Author's Note: Thank you for your reviews everybody! I do read them all even if I don't respond to them. And the overall plot of all of the shows up through and including Jungle Fury will be maintained. Mesagog's plans are exactly what they are on the show excepting a few minor (and one major) changes. Everything (and I mean everything) that happens on the show will happen in the story. I may not be writing about it, but it will be mentioned at least once. The only major change is one that vaguely pertains to SPD and Sky. If you want to go ahead and guess what it is, do so. I'll tell you if you're right. It makes me smile thinking about it. Oh, and you get a glimpse of part of the change in the Dino Thunder saga.

Part One: Tommy and Kimberly's Dating Years

Chapter Twenty: A Very, Very Annoyed Pink Ranger
(Because Her Boyfriend Did Not Inform Her That He Was Not Blown Into
A Million Gagillion Pieces)

Date: September 13, 2002

Tommy Oliver was pissed as hell. Actually, pissed wasn't a strong enough word. He couldn't decide what word was strong enough as his brain was not working correctly. He hadn't slept much on the island to start with and getting blown up and having to find your own stinking way home really wasn't all that helpful. He had come up with the idea for Tyrannodrones, but they had quickly become quite creepy, reminding him of the Putties and Tengas that Lord Zedd and Rita had sent down years prior. And sadly it seemed that his good intentioned idea had indeed become the minion for a new baddie, whoever Mesagog was.

Mesagog seemed to have vanished though and Tommy fervently hoped that he had been destroyed in the explosion. As far as he could tell, Mercer had vanished shortly before Mesagog appeared. Hopefully that didn't mean that Mercer had been killed. He was a good man who had done a lot for Tommy over the years since college and grad school.

But then the island blew up.

Well, actually first the Tyrannodrones appeared as the island was rumbling in the pre – explosion tremors and then it exploded as he jumped into the ocean.

Yeah, so Tommy Oliver was not a happy man.

Trying to swim in the ocean when you're terrified that the Tyrannodrones that you've created are going to try and attack you and sharks are going to try to eat you because you're bleeding is not easy. Nor is it fun. Then there's the added problem of, how the hell are you going to get back to California? Though honestly, he'd have taken Hawaii at that point.

But for some reason, somehow – perhaps the lingering traces of Zordon in the universe? – his Dragonzord had appeared, much like Godzilla did in the movies. He clambered into it and made his way to the cockpit, his fingers tracing the walls reverently. He sat, sopping wet, in the cockpit for a few moments before he touched the controls and headed towards California, home, and Kim.

The trip took far shorter than he would have liked considering the fact that he was in the one Zord he missed the most. But truthfully, he would give up having the Dragonzord to get home to Kim.

Which was exactly what he was trying to do at the moment. He'd headed to the first bus station he could in whatever town he'd landed in, forcing the cashier to take his incredibly soggy cash. He hadn't figured on needing any money while on the island actually, so he was lucky he had anything in his wallet at all.

He'd been trying for one ticket to Reefside, but he'd ended up having to travel through about seven different towns before reaching home. And once he'd actually reached Reefside, he then had to figure out how exactly to get to his house, which prompted another bus ride. The bus only dropped him off at the edge of the woods where he and Kim lived, rather than the actual house. By then, he was extremely tired and all he wanted was to get into the house and take a long nap – though honestly since it was almost eleven it really wasn't actually a nap – after finding Kim. After he slept for at least nine hours he was going to tell her everything that happened. Because honestly, this was hopefully going to be highly amusing after he slept. Or after a few days. Or something.

God he needed sleep. Or caffeine. Or sleep and then caffeine.

He got to the house and noticed that Kim's car was there, but since the lights were all off, she was asleep. The front door was locked, which was unusual, so he fumbled in the dark for the spare key before going into the house. He began peeling clothes off almost as soon as he was inside, leaving a trail of them up to the bedroom. He collapsed face first into the bed and was asleep almost instantly.

He had no clue how much later it was when he was woken up by a scream.

"Wazhapenin?" he mumbled blearily, raising his head.

Kim stood in the doorway, framed by the light from the hallway, her hands clasped over her mouth.

"What's wrong?" Tommy asked.

"You're not dead," Kim said through her hands.

"Uh, no," Tommy said, bewildered. "Why would I be dead?"

"The island blew up," Kim said.

"You knew about that?" Tommy asked curiously.

Kim's eyes narrowed and her hands fell from her face to land on her hips. "I'm going to kill you!" she shrieked, leaping towards the bed and jumping on him.

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Trini and Jason heard the scream and bolted inside the house, racing up the stairs.

"I'm going to kill you!"

Jason and Trini exchanged a worried glance and burst into the bedroom, but stopped short. Tommy lay on the bed, arms over his face as Kim pummeled him.

"You're not dead," was all that Jason managed to say.

"Jason? Jase! Save me! I don't even know what the hell I did!" Tommy yelped from beneath Kim.

"You got blown up!" Trini said.

"I got what?" Tommy asked. "Kim! Stop it!"

"The island you and Mercer were on blew up!" Jason said.

"We've been looking for you for hours!" Trini continued.

"More than that," Jason murmured.

"I didn't get blown up!" Tommy said.

"Clearly! But you didn't think to call?! Or let somebody know that you weren't dead? Do you have any idea how worried I was when I felt you just blip of the Morphing Grid radar?" Kim shouted.

"Wait—what?" Tommy asked incredulously.

"You remember when Kendrix died?" Trini asked.

"Yes-ow! Stop it!"

"Well, you got all crazy and colorful and then you're just gone," Trini finished.

"So you knew something happened?" Tommy asked, flipping Kim over and pinning her hands down. He looked up at Jason and Trini. "But what happened?"

"I called the Lightspeed guys," Jason said. "They helped us look for you. And Cam Wantanabe hacked into some government site and used their satellites to find out where you were island wise. And it was exploded."

"So we had to go and find you even thought we knew you were alive but we didn't know exactly where you were. Or we weren't really sure that you weren't dead. It was very confusing," Trini said.

"I hate you," Kim spit out.

"You do not," Tommy said. "Now Jase, Trini, tell the others I'm fine, would you? I'll call everyone in the morning. At the moment I need to talk to Kim and get some sleep."

"Okay," Trini said, pulling Jason out of the room.

"We need to talk," Tommy said, looking down at Kim.

"You suck. I hate you and I wish you had gotten all exploded," she said.

"No you don't," Tommy repeated. "And I'm sorry I worried you, I really am. I didn't know that you felt it and I wasn't thinking clearly when it happened. I was insanely freaked that the Tyrannodrones were going to kill me and I was bleeding so I was also freaked that sharks were going to eat me. And then I was in the middle of the ocean so I didn't know how to get back home."

Kim stared at him silently for a moment. "How did you get home?"

"Dragonzord."

"I'm sorry, I thought you said Dragonzord."

"I did," Tommy said. "Dragonzord appeared and he brought me home."

"Wait, what?" Kim asked, startled.

"You heard me," Tommy said. "After Dragonzord brought me to California I hopped about four buses to get to Reefside and then another one to get to the house. I didn't know that you guys knew what was going on. If I had, I would have called you. My phone got trashed in the ocean and it's probably somewhere in Dragonzord now. I'm really sorry I worried you."

"You didn't know?" Kim asked.

"No idea," Tommy said.

"I'm still mad at you. And I'm going to be mad for a while," Kim said. "But I'm glad you're fine."

"Can we sleep now? Because I'm beyond exhausted," Tommy said.

"Fine," Kim said. "But you'll kind of have to get off of me."

Tommy grinned and rolled off of Kim, pulling her to his side and closing his eyes. "Ow!" he yelped as Kim pulled her elbow back into his gut.

"Payback's a bitch," Kim said.

**********

Next time on Power Rangers: One Little Change

"I'm going to kill Hayley," Tommy growled.

"That's not nice," Kim said, though she didn't sound convinced. "It could be fun."

"I doubt that," Tommy said. "She's never organizing a surprise vacation for us again."

"She meant well," Kim told him. "How could she know what Bulk's full name is? We never told her."

"Doesn't mean it's going to be a fun vacation," Tommy said through gritted teeth.

"Come on, let's go," Kimberly said, linking her arm through Tommy's.

"Oh God I'm going to die," Tommy groaned as they walked in the front doors of Club Bulkmeier's.

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Author's Note .2: If you have any questions about what's going to happen in the future of the story, go ahead and drop me a review. If you have any guesses about what's going to change, drop me a review. If you're right I might just be letting you know.

And I'm incredibly sorry about the delay. My mom's having powercord problems and I've got the only powercord in the house that works with her laptop. So we've been trading off (aka she's been stealing it). Tomorrow she's going to call Dell and hopefully she'll have one soon. And you will be getting an update on Friday. I promise.