It could be worse, Kelly thought to herself as she made her way through the school the next morning, already late for class. Once she was in the classroom, she knew it would get a little easier. Mrs. Finch wouldn't let the other students pick on her, and didn't want anyone to talk about the fact that Sarah was the pink Ranger. "School is for learning, not for gossiping", she would say if she caught some students losing their focus over a few whispers.

But getting to class was hard, especially since Kelly now had to look over her shoulder. She knew Harley was watching her, and she was sure he was waiting for the right moment to pounce. Their talk with principal Hastings the day before had made him to return her chair, and Kelly received a forced apology. Her insistence that nothing happen to him beyond that meant he wasn't suspended for his actions, and didn't even receive detention. Kelly didn't want to anger him further and, if she was honest, it felt a little pathetic for a Ranger to have to rely on their school principal to solve their problems for them.

She made it to the elevator today and reached the second floor. However, as the doors opened, she saw Harley and his friends waiting for her. She let out a sigh and debated whether or not to get out of the elevator. The choice was taken from her as Harley's friends Dirk and Bradley pulled her out. Fortunately, this time they let her keep her chair.

"So, you rat me out, and your girlfriend doesn't show up this morning?"

"I didn't tell her what happened," Kelly answered. "And whatever you do, I'm not going to tell her."

"I just want to talk," Harley said, forcing some softness into his voice as though that would change Kelly's opinion of his intentions.

"Really?" Kelly asked. "Because usually when a guy shows up with his goons to back him up, he wants to fight."

"I ain't no goon!" Bradley growled. He clenched his fists and lunged for Kelly threateningly, but Harley held him back.

"Hey, easy big guy," he said. "She's just trying to get under your skin."

"Yeah, well it's working," Bradley muttered, to which Dirk nodded.

"Just get your girlfriend to show up here."

"No," Kelly shook her head. "Even if you guys just want to talk, and I doubt you do, a lot of people in this city want to hurt her."

"So? Isn't she a Power Ranger? Can't she handle it?" Dirk asked with a laugh.

"It's better if she lays low."

"For who?" Harley asked. "That interview didn't do anything to convince me, and anyone who thinks the Power Rangers are good or heroes or whatever are just as stupid as the rock they crawled out from under."

"You know they are the only thing standing between the monsters and destruction, right?"

"You've got to know about those clones of the big… what did he call himself?" Harley asked, turning to Bradley and Dirk.

"Galanax?"

"Yeah, yeah, Galanax!"

"Galvanax?"

"Whatever," Harley rolled her eyes. "He never would have got that tech if your girlfriend didn't hand it over to him."

"She…"

"Fine, she didn't intend on it being used for evil. She's pure of heart, whatever," Harley said mockingly. "The point is, because of her, Galanax or Galvanax or whatever, managed to flatten this city."

"I know," Kelly nodded. "She lost her father in that…"

"Yeah, I lost my mother, Bradley lost his grandfather and Dirk lost his little sister," Harley told her, rolling his eyes. "We all know someone who died because of that. Difference is, we didn't cause it."

"Sarah's beating herself up over that…"

"She has too much power," Harley said. "And I don't care if she's fighting monsters, she needs to pay for what she did."

"I'm not telling her you want to talk," Kelly shook her head. "She knows she messed up. She doesn't need…"

"I don't care how she's feeling. I know for two years we've all been trying to deal with losing people we care about," Harley growled. "And finally we know who to blame for that! So are you going to tell her to meet with me or what?"

"No. I'm sorry for what happened, and I know Sarah is too, but…"

Harley just rolled his eyes, then nodded his head, his signal for Bradley and Dirk to grab Kelly. They reached for her arms, and she managed to swat their hands away a few times, but eventually Bradley got a good grip on her arm and she couldn't pull free. Dirk grabbed her other arm and they lifted her out of the chair. She continued to struggle, but they held her tight and her legs were useless. She was about to call for help when Harley punched her in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her.

-Ninja-Steel-

Preston checked the clock on the wall, then his watch, just to be sure he had the right time. Kelly had often been late to class since Sarah's reveal. Some students decided to make her life a little more difficult as a result of her connection to Sarah. All the Rangers had to face some consequences of their friendship with the known pink Ranger, but Preston was sure Kelly had it the worst.

Five, ten minutes was usually the max. Kelly would roll into class and very quietly take her spot. Preston would share his notes, so she could quickly get caught up, and then it would be like nothing happened. Mrs. Finch wouldn't bring it up and would keep other students from talking about Sarah during class time.

But now it had been fifteen minutes, and there was still no sign of Kelly. Mrs. Finch had stopped teaching and was going around the class, watching as the students worked. Preston called her over, then pointed to the clock.

"Can I go see what's taking Kelly?" he asked. "I saw her this morning and she should be here by now."

"Go check," Mrs. Finch nodded. Preston didn't know, but this morning, Principal Hastings had called Mrs. Finch to her office. After what happened to Kelly the day before, Hastings thought it might be a good idea to inform her teachers, so they could keep an eye on her. While everyone could understand why some students might be angry with Kelly due to her connection to Sarah, Hastings and the teachers didn't want the school to become a hostile place for any of the students attending – regardless of their position on the Ranger matter or their connection to the pink Ranger. School was for learning.

Knowing there were a few people taking it upon themselves to target Kelly, Mrs. Finch thought it was best two students go looking for her, just in case. "Take Calvin with you," she suggested to Preston, who nodded and signaled for his friend to come. They left the room, closing the door quietly.

"You're worried about her too, huh?" Calvin asked.

"I'm sure it's just some kids blocking her in the hall," Preston said, though truthfully, he wasn't sure that was the case. He wanted to believe it, but there was something in his gut that told him something was wrong.

They walked the hallways, taking the path Kelly would have taken from her locker to the classroom. When they reached the elevator, they saw Kelly's chair, sitting empty, with the green Ranger nowhere in sight.

"Kelly?" Calvin called while Preston checked around the corner. He couldn't see Kelly going far on her own, or why she would want to go anywhere without the help of her chair, but he didn't want to take any chances. She wasn't around the corner, and there was no sign of anyone else either.

Calvin pushed her chair over to Preston, "You don't think she realized she could walk again, do you?"

Preston shook his head, "Should we call the others?"

"Yeah, I think we… wait," Calvin said and grabbed Preston's arm, over his communicator. "All eyes are on us because of Sarah, right?"

"Yeah."

"So, would it look weird if Hayley and Brody have an alarm go off at the same time, and they have to leave, and we all show up to wherever Kelly is?" Calvin asked and Preston took a minute to think about it. Since the Rangers didn't want to do anything to raise suspicion about their own identities and so far, no one really believed that they were all the Power Rangers with Sarah, but with all eyes on them, it might look a bit odd if a gang of kids known to hang out with the pink Ranger, show up to rescue her girlfriend.

"It might," he nodded.

"Until we know the Rangers are needed, maybe we just try and figure out what happened."

"Shouldn't you two be in class?" they heard someone ask and jumped before they turned around and saw it was Levi. As usual, the gold Ranger was wandering the halls, trying to find somewhere he could be helpful until his after school programs started.

"We're looking for Kelly," Preston explained and pointed to her chair. Levi saw it and his fists clenched.

"Harley."

"The football captain?" Calvin asked.

"Kelly didn't want anyone to know," Levi said. "But I found her on the floor yesterday. Harley and some of his friends had decided to mess around with her a bit."

"She didn't say anything," Preston said.

"She didn't want anyone to know," Levi said. "We talked to Principal Hastings about it, but Kelly really didn't want to. She was sure it would just piss him off more."

"That's why she didn't come to first period yesterday," Calvin remarked.

"You said you needed her help," Preston told the gold Ranger.

"I covered for her, yeah," Levi nodded. "I thought we had this handled. Principal Hastings spoke to Harley and he promised it wouldn't happen again but… I guess she was right. But yesterday, I found her without the chair. Harley had taken off with it."

"Looks like it's the other way around this time," Calvin muttered. "Anyone know where he might take her?"

"Gym locker room?" Levi suggested. "That's where he stashed her chair yesterday."

"Worth a shot," Preston shrugged and followed Levi as they made their way down to the gym. Since it was a nice day, the gyn class was taking place outside, so there was no one there. The boys made their way across to the other side and knocked on the boy's locker room door.

"Anyone in here?" Levi asked, but there was no response. He stood outside the door as Calvin and Preston made their way inside to look around. About a minute later, Calvin rushed out in a panic.

"You need to get Principal Hastings," he said.

"Is everything okay?"

"No! Just go get her here!" Calvin said then hurried back inside the locker room. Not wanting to question his friends when he wasn't sure what was going on, Levi hurried out of the gym and rushed to Principal Hasting's office. She seemed to be in the middle of a phone call and looked irritated when he burst into her office without so much as a knock. She held up her index finger to tell him to wait, but Levi figured what he had to say was more important.

"A couple students found Kelly's chair in the hallway upstairs," he said and hearing that, Hastings quickly ended her call and looked to Levi.

"Is she okay?"

"I don't know. She wasn't there," Levi said and the worried look on Hasting's face deepened. "After what happened yesterday, I told the boys to check the locker room and Calvin just came out asking me to get you."

"Do you think this was Harley?" Hastings asked, getting out of her chair to follow Levi.

"Can't be sure…" Levi said. "But it's too much of a coincidence not to be."

He and Hastings rushed to the gym, then knocked on the door to the locker room before they made their way inside. There, they saw Calvin pacing worriedly, wondering what to do, while Preston sat on the floor, with Kelly's head in his lap. She was banged up a little, with some bruises already starting to form on her arms and around her face. She didn't seem aware of her surroundings at all, though her eyes were open, but her right eye was starting to swell.

"Is she okay?" Principal Hastings asked, though the answer was obvious.

"She just woke up," Preston said.

"Kelly?" Principal Hastings knelt next to her and called her name, but Kelly barely responded, even when Hastings touched her arm. "Do you know where you are?"

Kelly still didn't answer. Principal Hastings told the boys to keep their eyes on Kelly as she stepped out of the locker room to rush back to the office. She needed to call an ambulance and she needed to make sure Kelly's father knew what happened.