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Chapter 21 – The Potion Notion
The next day at the Youth Centre, Tommy was working behind the counter when Kat walked in. The blonde eyed him not so subtlety before plastering a smile on her face and walking over to the bar, sitting as close to him as she could get.
"What can I get you?" Tommy asked as he turned from the cash register. "Oh, hey Katherine." He smiled at her and Kat felt her heart melt just a little bit.
"Hi Tommy. I'll have a mango smoothie please."
"Sure, coming right up." He turned away from her to make her smoothie and Kat used the time to check him out. When Tommy turned back around Kat quickly averted her eyes, hoping he hadn't caught her.
"Here you go." He said, placing the drink in front of her. Taking a quick look around and seeing no one waiting on him Tommy decided to stay and chat for a bit, he knew how hard it could be to not know anyone in a new town. "So how you liking Angel Grove so far?"
"It's great, everyone's been really nice and welcoming." She replied, happy he had decided to stay.
"Yeah it's a great town, my family moved here summer before freshman year and everyone was awesome, it didn't take long to make friends."
"Well that's good to hear, I hope I'll make some friends soon."
"Hey, you've already got some friends. Me and the gang." He added when she looked at him quizzically. "Have you signed up for school yet?"
"Yes, I got signed up just yesterday, I start Monday."
"That's great! Hope we'll be in the same class." Inwardly doing a little happy dance, Kat responded with a shy smile.
"That'd be great."
Tommy smiled before excusing himself to take the order of a group of kids who came in. As he went to do his job, Kat sipped her smoothie and looked around the Youth Centre, having been unable to take it in during her short visit the other day. The whole lower level was a gym, with mats and machines and weights, even a balance beam. The upper level had tables and chairs, the hallway to the lockers and exit, the bar and 'A playpen?' Kat wondered thinking it an odd thing to have at a teen hangout. She was brought out of her musing by the arrival of Tommy who took the seat next to her, a soda in hand.
"Ernie let me off early, thought I'd join you." He said, to which Kat smiled. They talked for a few minutes before Kat's eyes landed again on the playpen and her curiosity got the best of her.
"Hey, Tommy? Why's there a playpen here?" she asked. Tommy's face took on a slightly guarded expression, but he opened his mouth to answer her; however, he was interrupted by a loud, recognizable cry. Tommy's head snapped in the direction of the entrance, his face one of worry. Seeing Kim walking in calmly with Kira alleviated some of his fears, though his daughter's tear stained face still had him worrying. Forgetting for a moment about Katherine, Tommy jumped off his chair and bent down to receive the little girl who, upon seeing her father, had squirmed out of her mother's grasp and ran the last few steps into his arms.
"Hey, sweetie." He cooed, planting a kiss on the top of her head, to which Kira responded with a big yawn before she laid her head on Tommy's shoulder and instantly began to doze off. He sent a questioning look to Kim who smiled and rolled her eyes.
"She woke from her nap grumpy then Jase wore her out while trying to cheer her up." Tommy laughed quietly not wanting to wake the little girl. Turning to place her in the playpen, Tommy was met by Katherine's expression of shock. Tommy smiled hesitantly, though Katherine noticed it was not from embarrassment, more guarded for the protection of the little girl.
"The playpen is for her." He finally answered. "This is Kira, she's our daughter." He said as Kim came to stand beside him. Katherine's shock did not abate.
"Y-your daughter?" she stammered. Tommy nodded. "Yours and Kimberly's?" Again Tommy nodded.
"I thought you were just babysitting…" she muttered, though Tommy and Kim still heard her.
"Babysitting?" Kim asked.
"I saw you two the other day at the park, I thought you were just babysitting." She explained.
"No, she's ours. I know it's a shock, and no one was more surprised then we were when Kim got pregnant freshman year. But we don't regret this girl." Tommy said as he and Kim looked down on to their daughter, pure love written on their faces. Katherine was in a state of shock. He had a child, with Kimberly. She felt any hope of him ever being hers disappear at the same time that a stray thought of not wanting to harm the baby by splitting her parents up entered her mind. That thought was quickly stomped down, however, as Katherine's eyes glowed red, something that went unnoticed by the couple, who were still lovingly staring at their baby.
"She's adorable. Though she looks nothing like you, Tommy." Katherine said, the spell on her fuelling her hate and making her want to tear Tommy away from Kimberly.
"I know, she's all Kim." He answered, finally looking back to Katherine, both he and Kim having been completely oblivious to Katherine's insinuation.
"So have you signed up for school yet?" Kim asked.
"Yeah, Tommy already asked me. I start Monday."
"Great! We'll see you there then." Kim said with a smile as she and Tommy waved goodbye and took Kira home.
-T/K-
Later that day, Katherine was walking home when she felt a cold chill running up her spine.
"Here kitty kitty." Called a scratchy voice from the side of the building Katherine was passing. Knowing immediately who it was, Katherine walked alongside the building, stopping when she came across the grossly dressed witch.
"Empress." Katherine greeted. "The plan is going well. The Rangers are welcoming me into their fold with no hesitation."
"Excellent!" Rita cackled. "We will tear them apart from the inside out!"
"Empress, are we still going ahead with trying to split up Tommy and Kimberly?"
"Of course! We must break up the love birds if we're to have any hope of destroying the Rangers."
"They have a daughter…" Katherine said hesitantly, sure that Rita already knew that, but unsure of her plans for the baby.
"Yes, little Kira." Rita spat out. "Unfortunately we can't touch her." Rita remembered all too well her attempts of getting her hands in the Rangers' child, and the subsequent ass kickings. Every time they went anywhere near Kira, all of the Rangers, especially Tommy and Kim, became particularly ruthless in the destruction of the monsters, wanting to send a message to Rita and Zedd that Kira was off limits, no exceptions. "Not yet anyways. First we must split up Tommy and Kimberly. Once they're in turmoil and vulnerable, then we'll go after Kira."
"Yes Empress. I shall see to it personally." She assured the witch. 'And then Tommy will be mine.'
"Of course you will! You've been a good little kitty." Rita crooned and Katherine inwardly shuddered. There were some people who just shouldn't croon. "And I've got just the thing to help." Rita pulled a vial out of the folds of her dress and handed it to the blonde. "Slip this to Kimberly when Tommy isn't around. She'll fall in love with the first person she sees."
"It will be done, Empress." With an evil smile, Rita disappeared. Katherine looked down at the vial in her hands with a smile of her own.
'I'll slip some to Kimberly when Tommy's not around, but also to Tommy when I'll just happen to bump into him. Then he'll be mine.'
-T/K-
Monday came and with it came Bulk and Skull's latest obsession.
"Tommy, Kimberly!" Bulk called as he and Skull cornered Tommy and Kim as they walked hand in hand down the hallway.
"You know you two look good together, right Skull, haven't I always said that? They're a lovely couple."
"Yes, lovely."
"Thanks…" Both Kim and Tommy said, unsure exactly what was going on.
"So Tommy, when exactly was the last time you took this lovely lady here out for an enchanted romantic evening?" Skull began singing what he thought to be a romantic song, while Bulk's voice took on a more salesperson like tone.
"Well, you know, having a kid and all kind of puts a damper on date night." He said.
"Hey now!" Kim chided, a playful smile on her face. "With all the babysitters we have I'm sure we can find one to take her for the night. You're out of excuses, Handsome."
"Exactly!" Skull agreed. "We gotta sell all these tickets to the Junior Police Ball or Lt. Stone is gonna throw us in the brig."
"What do you think?" Tommy asked.
"I'd love to."
"Alright!" Bulk said happily as he ripped off two tickets from the roll and accepted Tommy's money. From just up the stairs, Katherine watched as the two planned a romantic evening out. She slipped her hand into her pocket and wrapped it around the vial that sat there, thinking of the perfect opportunity to give it to them.
'Though it has to be before the ball.' She thought. 'Tommy will be taking me.' Katherine was pulled out of her thoughts by a hand being waved in front of her face.
"Earth to Katherine." Kim said in a singsong voice.
"Oh, hi, Tommy." She said, ignoring the petite brunette in favour of the tall one.
"Come on, we're gonna be late for homeroom." He said.
"You'll love Ms. Applebee, she's the best teacher ever." Kim added though her smile was slightly forced; she had not missed Katherine blatantly ignoring her, nor how she continued to look at Tommy. The first two periods went by without incident or excitement. Lunch rolled around and Katherine looked for any opportunity to slip the potion to Kimberly. By the time lunch ended, she was getting frustrated. The final two periods of the day offered no opportunities and so Katherine was obligated to accompany them to the Youth Centre with the hopes that an opportunity would be presented there. Luckily for Katherine, that is exactly what happened. Tommy immediately went to work, leaving the others to find a table. Katherine waited until Tommy took a break before slipping the potion into Kim's drink, before going over and slipping some into the drink Tommy had just made for himself. All she had to do was ensure she was the first one Tommy saw, while keeping him away from Kim long enough for her to see someone herself; with luck, it would be one of the other Rangers, making the rift between Kim and Tommy even bigger. Watching closely as both Kim and Tommy took a sip of their drinks, Katherine situated herself in Tommy's path, standing in between him and Kimberly. She felt her hopes rise as Tommy immediately looked her way after drinking the potion. However, instead of the effects she had anticipated, him falling in love with her, Tommy doubled over, a look of pain crossing his face.
"Tommy!" she cried, rushing to his side. At the same time, the Rangers were heard calling Kim's name; a quick glance in their direction showed Kim also doubled over. Trini and Zack ran over to Tommy's side, having sought him out when Kim fell and seeing that something was up with him too.
"I don't know what happened." Katherine said, completely truthfully. Rita had no reason to lie to her about the potion, she was under Rita's control after all, and this was not the result Rita had promised. "He just doubled over in pain."
"It's alright." Zack assured her as he and Trini helped Tommy up and supported him towards the door where they met Billy and Jason, the latter of which was carrying Kim. "We'll take them home. I'm sure they'll be fine."
"Be safe guys." Ernie called as he and the others exchanged a look, all of them knowing that whatever had happened to them was not natural. Once out of sight, the Rangers hit the buttons on their communicators and teleported to the Command Centre.
"Zordon, something's wrong with Tommy and Kimberly." Jason cried the moment they had materialized enough to speak.
"ALPHA, RUN A SCAN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM." Alpha did just that and came up with confusing results.
"Aye yai yai! The scanner is unable to determine exactly what is wrong. It is coming up both positive and negative for a foreign substance inside them."
"Positive and negative? How is that possible?" Trini asked. Billy walked over to Alpha and read the scanner. Taking it from the robot, he plugged it into the control panel and pressed a few buttons.
"It seems that there is indeed something in their system causing this reaction, but whatever it is not performing its intended purpose, and is in fact having no effect on them."
"No effect?" Jason growled in disbelief as he watched his sister and friend who were in obvious distress.
"Affirmative. That is why the scanner came back both positive and negative. There's something there, but it's doing nothing. Whatever is causing their distress is not coming from the foreign substance."
"Then where is it coming from?" Zack asked.
"The Crane and Falcon." Tommy muttered from his place on the floor, wrapped up in Kim. Upon arrival the two had sought out each other and clung to each other as if the other was going to disappear. "They're going insane."
"Why?" Jason asked, before mentally smacking himself. "Ok, stupid question, we know why. But what? And how?"
"Whatever was given to us was meant to separate us." Said Kim. "Or at least play with our hearts."
"Play with your hearts? Split you up how?"
"We don't know. But the Crane and Falcon stopped whatever it was."
"That would be the end of it if they weren't still convinced that something, or someone, was trying to separate them from their soul mate. As is, I don't think we'll be separating anytime soon."
"So let's figure out what that substance is and what its purpose was." Jason said.
"We won't be able to determine anything from this end." Billy said. "As their Animal Spirits neutralized the substance the scanner cannot determine what is was."
"So what do we do?" Zack asked.
"Do you remember anything before you collapsed? Anything unusual?" Kim and Tommy shook their heads.
"I just took a sip of my drink then…this."
"Me too. I'd just made myself a drink, took a sip, then collapsed."
"Well the one correlation here is that you both drank something first." Billy surmised. "Whatever it was was probably put into your drinks."
"But how? I'd just made mine and Kim had been drinking hers for awhile."
"Could it have just been in Tommy's drink, but because of the bond you both reacted?" suggested Trini.
"No. Whatever it was affected me too. Not just as a reaction to Tommy."
"Either way, we have to get our hands on those drinks." Said Jason.
"I hope they're still there." Trini said as she and Jason teleported back to the Youth Centre, returning a few minutes later with the cup Kim had been drinking from.
"Tommy dropped his when he collapsed, but Ernie hadn't cleared our table yet." Jason handed the cub to Billy who, along with Alpha, began running tests. Several minutes later, the Ranges attention was drawn to Billy as he made a sound of combined shock and disgust.
"Billy, what is it?" Trini asked.
"It appears they were fed a love potion." He responded, his shock gone and disgust at whoever did this fully set in.
"A love potion?" Jason exclaimed. "Like one that was supposed to make them fall in love with someone else and break them up? Who would do something like that? Well ok, we know who." Jason began pacing as anger welled up inside him, unable to believe that even Rita and Zedd would try something like this. After everything they had been through, the bond, finding out they were mates, the ancient power attached to their Animal Spirits and the prophecy, how could someone try to break them apart? Jason stopped pacing as a thought hit him.
"They don't know." He muttered to the confusion of his friends.
"Who doesn't know what?" Zack asked when he took too long before elaborating.
"Rita and Zedd. They have no idea about the bond or their Animal Spirits being mates, and certainly not about the prophecy. They think it's a love like any other person's and a simple love potion could break them up. But it can't, because it's not just a regular love, it's…fate…and they're much too strong for a potion to tear them apart, the Crane and Falcon won't let it happen."
"You're being very deductive today, Jason." Trini said suspiciously, though with no true feelings of worry or doubt. "Where are you going with this?"
"Let's draw them out." He said now in full on leader mode. "We have the advantage here, let's make them believe that it worked and play their game till they reveal their hand. Then we stomp on it and shut them down."
"You think this ruse will defeat Rita and Zedd?" Zack asked, now he was actually feeling doubt.
"No." Jason said dismissively. "But they've been trying to break us apart for awhile now, this is just their latest scheme, and this time they're trying to break apart the dream team. It's no secret Tommy and Kimberly are strongest when they're together. If they break up, we'd be down two powerful Rangers, and open to attack. And Kira." He paused for a moment, this particular unpleasant thought just entering his head. "We all protect her, but none more so then her parents. Billy, what exactly are the properties of the potion, besides making them fall in love with someone. How does it work?"
"The potion's effects were supposed to cause instantaneous love for the first person the drinker sees after having ingested the potion. They were to be completely devoted to that person, all other emotions pushed aside."
"So any other emotions, even their love for Kira, would be displaced, or pushed down or something?"
"Affirmative."
"And with Tommy and Kimberly distracted that much, they wouldn't be around or even have a clear enough head to protect their daughter, nor themselves. Meaning we'd have to choose between saving them, or saving Kira."
"There's no way some potion would ever push down our love for Kira." Tommy growled. "Not a chance."
"But they don't know that." Jason reiterated. "If this is their scheme, to break you apart and pick you off at the same time as getting their hands on Kira, let's call them on it. Or even if it isn't, they have something up their sleeves, some second part to the plan, and now we know about it, or at least enough to be on the lookout for it. We make them believe they've won then attack at the last minute."
"And show our hand?" Trini asked. "If you're right and they don't know about the bond, do we really want to enlighten them?"
"We're not gonna give them specifics." Jason defended his plan, fully believing it to be a sound one. "They'll just know something's up, and they'll know that either way. If we go back and Tommy and Kim are still obviously in love they'll know their potion didn't work and wonder why. If we play them, they'll eventually find out their potion didn't work and will still wonder why, but it'll happen on our terms, and we'll deal them a big blow along the way."
"So what, Tommy and I have to pretend to be in love with other people?" Kim asked sceptically, more because the Crane and Falcon were shouting their disapproval of this plan rather then her thinking it's a bad one.
"Pretty much. Then we wait for their next move and cut it off. What do you think, Zordon?" Jason asked their mentor.
"IT IS INDEED A SOUND PLAN. MY ONE CONCERN IS IN TOMMY AND KIMBERLY'S ABILITY TO PRETEND TO BE UTTERLY DEVOTED AND IN LOVE TO SOMEONE ELSE. ONE SLIP UP COULD TIP OFF RITA AND ZEDD AND THE ENTIRE PLAN COULD BACK FIRE."
"They won't have to do it for long, Rita and Zedd aren't the most patient of beings. If we go back to the Youth Centre today and set the plan in motion, they'll probably try something tomorrow." Reasoned Trini.
"So who would you be in love with?" Zack asked with a tone of amusement. "Who were the first people you saw after drinking the potion?" Tommy and Kimberly thought for a moment.
"Katherine."
"Skull." They said at the same time.
"Well Skull is fortuitous." Said Billy. "We can include him in the plan."
"Is that wise?" Jason asked uncertainly. "Bulk and Skull aren't known for their discretion."
"They've kept our secret for two months now, and no one has even guessed that they were hiding something, let alone that it had to do with us or the Power Rangers."
"He's got a point." Zack conceded.
"What about Katherine?" Tommy asked. "We can't include her but I don't want to hurt her. We all know she has a crush on me, I don't want to get her hopes up just to stomp on them later."
"The Rangers will just have to make sure that Katherine, and everyone else, knows that it was a ploy by Rita and Zedd." Said Jason.
"That just happened to effect only two people who are supposed to have no connection to the Power Rangers?" asked Trini.
"They chose two random people to test out their potion before they put it to actual use, only we thwarted their plan."
"That's about as believable as we're gonna get." Zack agreed. "And weirder things have happened, with less believable, or even no, explanation." The Rangers had to concede that point; sometimes things were just too weird to even try to come up with a plausible explanation. Reluctantly agreeing with the plan, Tommy and Kim released each other and mentally prepared to put the plan into action before they all teleported back to the Youth Centre. It didn't take long to convince Skull to help them out; he was actually kind of excited to be helping the Rangers foil one of Rita and Zedd's plans. Once he was on board, Kim was the first to return to the main room and began to put their plan into action. Tommy returned not long after, they thought it was better if they didn't return together, and approached Katherine. She initially was so concerned about his health and what had happened that she did not notice he was flirting with her. When she did, she was stunned, having believed the potion hadn't worked. A quick look at Kimberly saw her shock increase seeing the brunette all over Skull. Her shock was mirrored by every occupant of the Youth Centre, none of them quite believing what they were seeing. As the night wore on, people fully believed that hell had frozen over. Tommy and Kimberly, Angel Grove High's premier couple, known throughout all of Angel Grove, were not only completely ignoring each other, but were completely wrapped up in other people. Looks to their friends gave no additional information for they too were obviously in shock. At closing time, Kim loudly asked Skull to take her home while Tommy offered to walk Katherine home. One couple parted amicably when they reached the DeLampert residence, feeling they had done their job and convinced the enemy the potion had worked. The other couple lingered at the door, one vying for a kiss while the other tried to get out of it, eventually citing the need to get back to his daughter, though he promised to see Katherine first thing in the morning. Once he entered his house, Tommy paused only long enough to fill his parents in. They had promised to do so wherever they could and all of them intended to keep that promise. He then teleported to Kim's house where the two met in an embrace, neither liking what they had just done and feeling the need to be near their mate as their Animal Spirits once again made their disapproval known. For the rest of the evening, the two cuddled up on the couch, Kira between them, and watched a movie until Kira fell asleep and they put her to bed before they too joined her in slumber.
-T/K-
The next day, Tommy and Kim were under constant scrutiny as word had traveled to those who had not been at the Youth Centre last night. As the day wore on, they began to feel their resolve crack and hoped that Trini was right and that Rita and Zedd would try something today. After school, Jason, Trini, Zack, and Billy left the two alone with Skull and Katherine, saying they couldn't watch their friends fall all over other people. In reality, two of them went to watch over Kira, while the other two split up, each taking to guarding one of the couples. Trini ended up being right and the attack came while the two couples were walking in the park, both keeping a good distance between them, but being close enough to watch over each other. Zack and Jason morphed immediately upon seeing the Putties, the two morphed Rangers arriving moments after both Tommy and Kim had landed the first kick.
"Alpha, teleport Skull and Katherine out of here now!" Jason said. His order was quickly followed and the two civilians disappeared. Across the park by the playground, Trini and Billy also morphed and jumped into action to protect Kira and Vivian and Mark who were babysitting. The Rangers had agreed that it was safer to have all three possible targets in close proximity to each other in case back up was needed. Trini also told Alpha to teleport Tommy's parents, and Kira, out, getting them to safety, before they began herding the Putties and monsters together.
Tommy and Kim made a show of working together to defeat the horde of Putties as well as Rito and Goldar. The two henchmen became confused as to why they were so in synch with each other while they were supposed to be in love with other people. But any confusion they felt had to be pushed down as the Rangers engaged them in battle. Rita and Zedd had unleashed a huge force against them, believing, as they had with their cloned Green Ranger, that this was a foolproof plan. Of course the Rangers had a tendency to prove the two evil monarchs were fools as their plans tended not to work out the way they wanted. With this many Putties, and two other monsters, it would certainly be a blow to Rita and Zedd when they defeated them.
"Shouldn't you be protecting Katherine?" Goldar asked Tommy when the two met in combat.
"While Kim's here? I don't think so."
"What is the meaning of this?!"
"The meaning, Goldilocks, is that your plan didn't work." Kim interjected as she joined Tommy in fighting the golden monkey. "A love potion can't break us up, not a chance." It didn't take long for Goldar and Rito to discover that they had been made, and as the last of their monsters fell, and didn't regenerate and grow big, probably because Rita and Zedd were also in shock, the two booked it out of there. The Rangers didn't stay around to celebrate, deciding instead to finish things first before they met at Tommy's house where they could celebrate with Kira there.
Tommy and Kim de-morphed and allowed Jason and Zack to teleport them back to the Youth Centre. They arrived just outside and an excited crowd began to form seeing two Power Rangers.
"It's ok, you're safe now." Jason said to Tommy and Kimberly, making sure the crowd could hear him. Then, just as rehearsed, Skull chose that moment to run over to Kim.
"Lambchop you're safe!" he cried, flinging his arms around her and pulling her close.
"Skull what are you doing?" Kim asked as she freed herself from his grasp with some help from an outwardly irate Tommy.
"Making sure my honey bun is safe. Our date did get interrupted."
"Date?!" Both Kim and Tommy asked. "What the hell happened?"
"I think we can answer that." The Black Ranger spoke up, instantly drawing the attention of the crowd. "Rita and Zedd's latest plan was to try and make us their servants through a loyalty potion. They chose people to test it on, and I'm sorry to say, those people were you two."
"We were under a spell?" Kim asked.
"A potion, and yes. Whatever happened that was out of the ordinary was Rita and Zedd's doing." Jason said, his eyes shifting to Katherine who had arrived just in time to hear that last part.
"Man, I can't believe it." Tommy muttered.
"It is hard to believe, but it's true. We're sorry you got dragged into this, but it's over now, you should be fine." With those parting words Zack and Jason teleported out to meet up with the others before they finished up their part by returning to the Youth Centre in a panic having heard their friends were involved in the latest monster attack.
"Skull I'm so sorry." Kim said. "I never meant to play you."
"I know. I guess it was just too good to be true." He said dejectedly, playing his part well.
"Isn't it better though that we're friends?"
"Friends?"
"Yeah!"
"Yeah, friends!" Kim, along with the crowd, laughed at the sudden turn around.
"Come on, I'll treat you to a smoothie." She said, and with a look to Tommy for approval, linked arms with Skull, leading him into the Youth Centre. Tommy took that time to approach Katherine who was standing off to the side, the dejection in her face obviously not an act.
"Hey, Katherine."
"Hi Tommy." She muttered.
"I'm so sorry this happened. I can't believe something like this happened, and I'm even more sorry you got hurt in the process."
"I guess we were just not meant to be."
"I'm not gonna lie to you. I love Kimberly with all my heart, our daughter too, and I can't imagine life without them. But you're important to me too, Katherine. You're my friend and I'd like us to stay friends, if we can." He waited patiently for her response and wasn't disappointed.
"Yeah, we're still friends." Katherine said with a small smile.
"Smoothies are on me." He said with a smile of his own, following Kim's lead.
"Are you guys ok?!" Jason cried as he and the others ran into the Youth Centre some ten minutes later. Tommy and Kim said yes and launched into the whole tale, gushing about meeting the Power Rangers for the benefit of those listening in, and to the amusement of those who knew their identities. The Rangers stayed long enough to ensure that everyone was ok after what had happened and that their story had been accepted. Skull and Katherine walked them to the exit to show there were no hard feelings. Warm goodbyes were said, and Skull and Katherine waved them off.
"It's too bad this happened, but I'm glad to be their friend." Skull said, to which Katherine agreed.
"Yes, me too." Skull smiled at her and turned to go back inside while Katherine remained and stared at Tommy and Kim's retreating backs
'I don't know what you did, Kimberly, but he will be mine.'
A/N - Some more jealousy from Katherine and Kim's catching on, which really didn't happen in the show no matter how obvious it was. There's only about two more chapters with Katherine being evil, but she won't be going anywhere afterwards.
I've had some questions regarding Katherine's jealousy and Kim's reaction, some even requesting Kim put Katherine in her place. So just to make it clear, it's not going to happen. Sorry to disappoint some people. A part of me, the part that dislikes Katherine (though hates the bad writing of Zeo more) would love to have Kim put Katherine in her place, but, although Kim's not gonna let Katherine get anywhere with Tommy, it's not in her character to do so, she's too nice and warm hearted. I also don't hate Katherine, I did write a Kat centric fic after all...I just really hate Zeo and the blatant disregard to character that was "the letter" just so Tommy could have an on screen girlfriend. I'm re-watching the series now that they're coming out on DVD and recently finished "the letter" episodes, which completely reminded me why Zeo is kind of a lost season for me. Out of all the seasons I've seen the least of Zeo. Until now anyways, I'm forcing myself to watch them all.
Anyways, explanation & rant over with...
Review please!