A/N: I don't anything but the concept. I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter and there only one more chapter left.
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"Its been ten minutes since Jason left, he should have been back by now." Adam said as he looked around at the others. He was leaning against the wall.
"Yea but maybe he found Kim and they got to talking. Shouldn't we go in?" Kat asked looking up from the bench that she and the other girls were sitting on.
"No you can but I'm going to find Jason and Kim. I have a bad feeling about them being gone this long." Tommy said as he looked around the group. They were just outside the doors of the gym where the dance was just getting under way.
"We're coming too." Rocky said as the other boys nodded. They all walked over to stand by Tommy.
"What about us?" Tanya asked them. She wasn't about to let the boys have all the fun.
"I want you to wait inside." Adam said looking at her.
"No they are our friends too and we are coming, too." Trini said as she jumped up. Kat, Aisha, Tanya, and Angela jumped up as well.
"No you will get into trouble and we can't have that." Tommy said going into undeclared leader mode.
"We promise to stay back until you need us but we are coming." Trini said looking first at Tommy then Billy. He nodded and sighed. He knew that she would just sneak after them anyway.
"Fine but don't move until we give the signal." Tommy said as they nodded. He didn't need anything happening to them. It was too much that they had both Jason and Kim.
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"Has Kim and her friends walked into the gym yet?" Pierre asked Zordon through his headset. He was standing in the shadows watching the door.
"No they have not. Something doesn't feel right." Zordon said scanning the crowd. He raised his wrist to look at the time and noticed that it was almost time for the King and Queen to take their dance. He knew that Kim would not miss this moment. Something was wrong.
"Zordon, I want you to meet me outside in five minutes." Pierre said. They had his daughter. He was sure of it. It was time to save both of the women in his life.
"Done." Zordon said simply. He felt that they were already too late.
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"You idiot! This is not the right boy." Scorpina screamed as Rito set Jason down beside him. Jason let out a groan when his body touched the cold pavement.
"He is on the football team though. You said that you wanted him." He said pointing to Jason still passed out on the floor.
"No, I wanted the tall guy. He is her boyfriend! I don't even know if she knows this boy." She screamed at him. Throwing her hands up, she walked over to the clearing. How would she get Isabella here now?
"What do you want me to do?" He asked her, scratching his head. He didn't know what was so wrong with using this boy. One teenager was as good as another.
"Pick him up; we are just going to have use him and hope that he is high enough on her friends' list." She said as she walked out. He bent down and threw Jason back over his shoulder with a grunt.
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"My, my you are more beautiful than I remembered. You look more like your mother now than a year ago." Zedd said as he circled her with a smile on his face. This was proving to be easier than he first thought.
"What do you want?" She asked straightening her back. She prayed that Tommy and Jason would show up soon because she knew if she wasn't at the gym in a few minutes that at least those two would come and find her. Hopefully they would call Zordon and Papa Scott to help them.
"What do I want? I want your crown and you at my side as my queen. We will rule the rule." He said as he leaned over her right shoulder. He noticed that she didn't even flinch when he said that. Good, he didn't want her scare of him. He just wanted her to be submissive.
"Well you at not getting me or my crown. What makes you think that I would just calmly do as you ask? I am the Crown Princess and my people come before your demands." She said in her royal voice that her mother joked with her about. She refused to look at him because she needed to stay strong.
"Oh I know that you will hand me your crown and your hand in marriage." He said as he motioned for Goldar to bring out the queen. What he didn't count on was Scorpina ruining his plans. Goldar paused in the shadows to see what Scorpina would do.
"Well, well it looks like my brother wants to help me with getting me my crown." She said as she stepped out of the shadows. She had just made it to the clearing to hear her brother's demands. Smiling, she was ready to get this over with.
"Scorpina, you are too late, the princess is mine." He said walking over to Kim.
"Oh I think not, I have someone she holds very near and dear to her heart." She said as Rito walked into the light with Jason over his shoulder.
"Jason!" Kim whispered as Rito dropped him before her. She longed to bend down to check on him. She let out the breath she had been holding when she heard Jason groan and move just a little.
"Oh I see that the Princess knows him. Well then I will turn him over, if you give me the crown." She said with a smile. She just knew that she had finally beaten her brother.
"No, I don't think she will because you see that I have someone, who she loves more. Goldar bring out my ace." Zedd said as Goldar marched the Queen out into the opening.
"Mom!" Kim screamed as Zedd smiled. He had won.
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"Okay at least Jason wasn't in the locker room but where is he?" Kat asked as she turned to look at everyone. They had started there just in case he had been there.
"Well where was Kim coming from?" Tommy asked looking to the girls.
"I think the back lot. It was where Zordon parked her car. She had to get her dress out of her car. She had it there through the game so no one would bother it." Trini explained as the other girls nodded. Tommy already knew that bit of information, what he needed to know was where in the world she was.
"Okay well, let's go there. Maybe she and Jason are there." He said as everyone filed out of the locker room. They walked around the football field to get to the back lot. Tommy shook his head why had Zordon parked her car out there. It was not the safest place. They finally made it to the lot and saw that most of the lights were out except at the far end. It was lit up like a Christmas tree there.
"Well I think that we need to get to the other side of the parking lot. It seems that they are waiting for us." Rocky said with a laugh. Everyone shook their heads at him then started walking toward the lights. There was something going on there and they were going to find out what it was.
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"Zordon, isn't that some of Kim's friends?" Pierre asked as they paused in the shadows.
"Yes it is except Jason is not among them. I wonder where my son has gotten of too." James said as he appeared behind them.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were back at the gym." Pierre said as he looked back at James.
"I was until I noticed that Zordon wasn't there. You weren't going to let me help were you?" He asked walking up to them.
"No, this is my fight not yours." Pierre said as Zordon watched the kids get closer to them.
"You're wrong. Kim is like my daughter. You sent her here under my guidance and I intend to carry out my orders." He said looking the King in the eyes. What he saw there was not that of a King but of a husband and father. He was hurting but holding it together because he knew that his family needed him.
"Fine, since the kids are getting closer, I guess that we need your help to watch out for them." Pierre said as he looked back at Kim's friends making their way to them. He hoped that they didn't get in the way. The safety of his wife and daughter depended on him.
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"How did you manage to capture the Queen?" Scorpina asked crossing her arms over her chest. .
"I have my ways. Did you think that I won't have had a plan?" Zedd said with a smile.
"Release my mother and Jason, now!" Kim screamed at them which bought them back to the fact that they had a decision to get from the Princess.
"Oh no my dear you see I cannot release them, only you can do that." He said turning back to his prize and future wife.
"What do I have to do?" Kim asked him looking at her mother and Jason who had finally gotten up and was being held by Rito next to Goldar and the Queen. She had to find a way to release both of them even if it meant turning over her crown.
"Kimberly, no!" The Queen screamed at her daughter.
"Oh its Kimberly now, I see that Princess Protection changed your name to keep you save. I guess they failed that mission since I have you now." Zedd said with a laugh. Scorpina looked over at him before turning to look at the Princess.
"Who is more important to you, your best friend or your mother?" Scorpina asked her with a smirk.
"Kimberly, you cannot worry about me. Free your mom." Jason said as she struggled against Rito's arms.
"No!" Carolina screamed. She did not want Kim to give up the crown just to save her. The country would not survive under Zedd's rule; her daughter would not survive with Zedd as her husband either.
"Oh and if you don't choose then they will both die." Zedd said will a deadly smile.
"How do you expect me to choose between my mother and my best friend?" Kim asked holding back tears. She would not cry in front of them. It would be a sign of weakness.
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"Okay I see Kim and Jason." Tommy said as he turned back to everyone.
"But?" Trini asked him sensing the 'but' he left hanging in the air.
"Well since Jason is being held back, I assume that these are the people that want Kim's crown and throne. We need to get in there." He said looking back at Kimberly standing the in the center. He wanted to rush down there and save her but he didn't know these people and he couldn't risk Jason and a woman who must be Kim's mother. They had to come up with a plan to save all three of them.
"Tommy, I say we sneak down there and take out the ones holding people then the other two. I mean there are only four of them." Rocky said. He was geared up for a fight.
"That would not be a good idea." Zordon said as he, Pierre, and James came up behind them.
"Why not? Kimberly and Jason are down there." Tommy said gesturing back at where Kim and Jason were.
"Don't you think we know that, she is my daughter. My wife is also down there with that scum." Pierre said with pain.
"What? That's Kim's mom?" Zack asked in shock as Tommy's fears were confirmed. The woman was Kim's mom and the Queen.
"Yes that is the Queen and we have to move carefully. She cannot be harmed and neither can Kim or Jason." Zordon said looking down at his charge. He had to save her not because it was his job, he had to do it because she was like his daughter and he loved her.
"How can we help?" Tommy asked. He was going to help in anyway he could and no one was going to stop him.
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"So who is it to be, Princess? Who will you save?" Zedd asked. He could feel that he was winning. The crown and the throne would be his.
"I choose…" Kim started until she saw movement in the bushes. She looked closer and saw that it was James and Zordon waving to her. She held back a smile though. She didn't want to alert Zedd or Scorpina to their presence.
"We are waiting." Scorpina said tapping her foot.
"I choose both of them!" Kim said as Rocky and Tommy launched into the air and took out Rito and Goldar. Rocky helped Jason to his feet as Tommy did the same with Kim's mom. Zack and Adam grabbed Scorpina to prevent her from escaping as Zedd grabbed Kimberly. He brought out a knife from his boot and held it to her throat.
"I think you should stop right there. If you don't want her throat slit, don't move." Zedd said as he brought the knife closer to her.
"No!" Tommy and Carolina both screamed.
"Drop the knife, Zedd or I will pull the trigger." Pierre said as Zedd felt the gun pressed against his temple. The King had slipped up beside him before he even knew it.
"Do you think that I can't slice her throat before you can pull the trigger? Do you want to see who can do it faster?" Zedd asked as he pressed the knife harder into Kim's throat. She didn't cry though but it had to be painful because there was a trickle of blood now pooling on the knife.
"I said to put down the knife." Pierre said once again. Tommy had slipped back into the shadows and was coming up behind Zedd. Zordon prayed that Tommy knew what he was doing.
"Oh I think not, you see I have your precious only daughter in my arms and the only way that I will take the knife away from her throat is for you to lower that gun and let us walk away." He said as he kissed Kim's cheek. She did move then as she leaned away from his lips.
"Release my daughter!" Pierre stated even louder than before. Kim closed her eyes and felt Tommy coming closer. She knew what she had to do then. Gritting her teeth, she slammed her head back into Zedd's head and broke his nose. The knife fell to the ground as Zedd released Kim and grabbed his nose. Blood poured out between his fingers. Tommy then knocked him down as Pierre and Zordon held him down to tie his hands.
"Kim, are you alright?" Tommy asked as he grabbed her and held her tight against him.
"I'm alright. I'm glad that you taught me that move a few weeks ago." She said against his chest as he started laughing. They finally got Zedd and Scorpina handcuffed and marched them to the awaiting car where they would join Rito and Goldar back to Cordova to stand trial. Tommy released Kim as she stepped back.
"Kimberly, my baby, are you okay?" Carolina asked as she grabbed Kim's shoulders and looked her over before pulling her in for a tight hug.
"I'm fine, mom. What are you doing here?" She asked her mom.
"Oh I was captured at the castle in my garden. I'm sure your father will double the security now." She said with a laugh before hugging her daughter close again.
"Yes I will to make sure that this never happens again. I will not lose either one of you." Pierre said as he walked back over to them with the girls following behind him.
"Oh mom, dad, I want to introduce you to my friends. This is Katherine, Trini, Aisha, Tanya, Rocky, Adam, Zack, Billy, and this is Tommy. Guys these are my parents the King and Queen of Cordova." Kim said proudly as she pointed to them.
"Nice to meet all of you and Jason you are looking well." Carolina said as she pulled Jason in for a hug.
"Its good to see you too, Momma Carolina." He said as he stepped back.
"Well I think that you kids have a dance to get too. So you need to get going." Pierre said as they nodded before walking away.
"Well since they are going to be tied up for a while, I need to see my very best friend." Carolina said to her husband.
"Oh I see you want to go see Alicia instead of spending time with your loving husband who has been worried sick about you for days." Pierre said with a smile.
"Yea that's about right." Carolina said before kissing his cheek.
"Well let's get her back to the house so that Alicia will quit worrying about her." James said as he followed her to the car. Pierre followed at a much slower pace and got in the car beside James. Zordon watched them leave before making his way back to the gym. He would watch over Kim like he had been doing her entire life. It was his job.
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"And now its time for the King and Queen dance." The Senior President said into the mic. Tommy smiled as he extended his hand towards Kimberly.
"May I have this dance?" He asked as she nodded and smiled. He led her out to the dance floor as the lights dimmed and one spotlight came on the highlight them on the dance floor. Everyone watched them in silence as they danced on until a new song came on. Other couples made it out onto the dance floor to join Kim and Tommy. It was the best dance of Kim's young life and one that she would never forget.
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Okay what did everyone think? Please let me know. Like I said at the top, there is only one chapter left. It should be out soon.