A/N: I don't own anything but the concept. I hope that everyone likes this chapter.
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Tommy and the others struggled to fight against Ivan. He was distracted by the fact that Kim was under Ivan's spell. Knowing that she needed to fight made him all the more distracted. He just prayed that she fought whatever Ivan was trying to do to her. She had to fight for herself on this one. He couldn't go where she was.
Swinging his sword, he blocked another attack from Ivan's purple men. Ivan had let lose his tengas and purple ooze men to attack the rangers and to stop them from helping Kim. Tommy looked around but he couldn't see Ivan any longer.
Where had that monster gone? He did see Dulcea still fighting but no Ivan.
Turning he looked back at his wife and saw that she was completely covered in purple ribbons of light which scared him more than anything had ever before. He even thought that when Zedd had held her, he wasn't this scared. He could fight Zedd and his machine but he couldn't fight Ivan's purple crystal spinning over his wife's head.
"Fight it." He said while still fighting. He willed his wife to fight Ivan's power. She had to do this for everyone and for herself.
Jason looked over at Kim and almost screamed. His little sister wasn't fighting Ivan's control. She was an Original Power Ranger and she needed to fight this for everyone. Being chosen by Zordon meant that she needed to set an example for fighting mind control. He wanted to run over there and shake her into fighting.
She knew better than to let the bad guy win. She had faced many monsters by herself over the years to know that you could never give up. You had to fight even when there was no hope in sight.
Gritting his teeth he punched the nearest tenga and sent it into the tree. He watched the tenga became a puddle of purple ooze at the base of the tree. Turning he charge toward a group of tengas that had circled Trini. They would not harm his wife as long as he had breath left in his body.
"Fight it, girl!" Aisha screamed as she blocked another attack. She had turned to check on Kim and saw that she could barely make out Kim's body through the purple. She just knew that Kim wasn't fighting like she knew she could. Kim was a powerful fighter when she didn't doubt herself. Aisha knew that for a fact.
Kimberly Anne just had to fight this like she had never fought before.
"We have to help her." Tanya yelled to Adam.
"She has to do this on her own. She knows that we are here for her." He stated flipping over to his wife.
They had been trying to stay together to fight the purple ooze men. It seemed to make it easier to fight when they worked together.
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"Andros, can you lock in on Kimberly's mind?" Zordon asked the Red Space Ranger.
He looked pensive as he watched the battle from the Megaship. He wanted to be out there helping his rangers like Dulcea but knew that it was better for him to stay where he was. Kimberly did not give up herself to see him dead.
"No, there is a block. Whatever power that crystal has, I cannot get into her mind." Andros stated as Zordon nodded. He figured as much.
"Can anyone?" He asked simply not wanting to give up on anything. There had to be a way into Ivan's world that he had created with Kim's mind.
"Tommy maybe but she would have to let him in. She controls who has access but the crystal controls her to a degree." He said as Zordon nodded once again.
The others were pacing trying to control their energy. They wanted to charge in but Zordon had told them to stay. They needed to hold back in case Ivan decided to take the battle to new heights. With Kim out of commission, Tommy was the only one with an active zord besides the Space and Dino Rangers and they were not in the area to help.
Zordon knew that this was bad but Kim had to step up and be the ranger that he knew she was. She had to fight this on her own for her child and for the man that Tommy was. Like Ivan said, she was the key. She just had to step into her power and be the Pink Ranger.
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Kim opened her eyes to purple. She looked around trying to guess where she was. Nothing looked familiar but yet it did. It was like she was in a parallel universe colored purple. Turning to the right, she saw the others fighting against Ivan's army and they were losing. It was her fault that they were. She was just too weak to fight Ivan.
How could Zordon have ever thought she could do this? She wasn't sure why she thought she could do this. Ivan wasn't Rita or even Zedd. He didn't think like them and he surely didn't act like them. Ivan Ooze was a different beast all together. He played dirty to get what he wanted and she was letting him. She had nothing to fight him with.
"You are correct. You can't fight me." Ivan said as Kim saw him appear to her left. Kim shuddered at his presence. It was like he was reading her thoughts and she couldn't stop him.
"I may not but they will fight you." She said looking back at the rangers.
She watched Jason stop an attack that would have harmed Trini. He helped her up and they fought together. Jason was taking care to protect Trini but still being able to do his job. He was the reason that the first five were Power Rangers. He had convinced them that they could do this job, that they could be the Power Rangers. Jason would be able to handle Ivan just like Tommy could.
There was a reason that she was always captured. She was weak.
"It is remarkable that you still think that your friends will defeat me." Ivan stated.
Kim didn't turn to look at him though. She watched her friends fight. She should be out there with them helping them take down this monster. Instead she was here not fighting Ivan's spell over her.
"They will defeat you." She said simply. She saw Tommy turn back to her and felt a force pushing her to fight the crystal's power. Even with Tommy's will; she didn't know if she could do this alone.
"Oh I think not because you can't defeat me so they won't. You, my dear, are the key to this puzzle." He said as she tried to control another shiver. "I want to show you something." He said as she turned to look at him.
A screen appeared beside him.
"What is this?" She asked as images of her in battle years ago started playing.
It was images of her being captured, hit, and losing in several battles. She watched as she was sucked into that blasted jar while Tommy was the Green Ranger. It had been a bad day all around for her and being in that jar just topped it off.
The next image was of her giving up her power coin for her parents. She knew that if she had been strong enough then she and others wouldn't have had to give up their power coins. Tommy also won't have had to come back as the Green Ranger and almost die.
Feeling really down now, the next scene she watched was of her fainting in Tommy's arms. It was right after Kat had stolen her coin. She had been too weak to teleport back to the Command Center so the others had to charge her up basically so that she could teleport.
Adding insult to injury, she watched as she fought the tengas for Kat before she pasted out again. This time though the others were not there to save her. Instead, Goldar took her back to the Lunar Palace and Zedd began stealing her powers slowly.
Tommy had had to save her then too. The final scene was when Divatox had captured her and Jason. She may have managed to get out of the sub but she was captured again once she reached the island. The Turbo Rangers had to save her that time.
"You see my dear, you are weak without me. Let me in and all of this will disappear as if it never happened." He breathed next to her.
She closed her eyes and fought back tears. She was better than this, she just had to be. There must be something that she had done right in her time as the Pink Ranger. Zordon had entrusted her with this job for a reason.
"I am not weak." She said softly as the screen beside Ivan came back on.
This time though it showed all her victories as a ranger, the monsters that she defeated with her bow.
"What is this?" He snarled as he watched the images roll by.
"This is my legacy as the Pink Ranger. I am not weak and I never have been." She stated as she straightened up.
Squaring her shoulders, she faced her worst nightmare all alone but with the strength of the other rangers behind her.
"I am the Pink Power Ranger!" She screamed as she called forth her bow and fired a shot before he could blink an eye.
The world where she was immediately disappeared along with Ivan, now she was standing beside the slab of rock that she had been tied too only seconds earlier. Looking around she realized that all the tengas and purple ooze men were gone as were the rangers.
"Did you really think that I would make it that easy?" He asked behind her.
The next moment her bow was ripped from her hands as the world became purple again.
"You are not strong enough to defeat me, little ranger." He stated with laughter.
Summoning up her powers, she reached a hand forth and picked him up with her mind. "I am not weak." She stated as she threw him in the air and watched him land thirty feet away from her. She waited for him to stand up again and when he did, she grabbed him again. He flew even further this time landing fifty feet from her.
"Is that all you can do little ranger?" He asked standing up again.
She shook her head no and picked him up again. This time though she didn't throw him but slammed him hard into the ground. The purple was circling her body now as she picked him up again and slammed him into a nearby tree.
The wind picked up in whatever world they were in and swirled around her. The robes she wore flapped against her body. At that moment she felt stronger than she had ever felt before. Ivan watched as she glowed a brighter pink than he had ever seen.
The purple haze cleared and he saw the other rangers standing behind the Pink Ranger with their weapons raised. How had she done it? How had she beaten his crystal? No matter he would still defeat those rangers.
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"She did it." Andros said as the others ran over to the screen.
They saw Kim facing Ivan with the other rangers behind her with their weapons raised. The purple had finally cleared to reveal a glowing Pink Ranger and a fallen Ivan.
"I think he's about to take this battle to new heights." Ashley stated as Andros nodded. Their zords were ready.
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"Wow, now that's what I call a Power Ranger." Connor said as they saw Kim standing in her pink robes.
"No that's a Pink Ranger." Kira said with a smile. She was holding Nick who had started laughing when he saw the rangers on screen.
"You think he knows that his parents are the Power Rangers?" Trent asked looking down at the baby.
"I think he knows." Kira said as the baby looked up at her and smiled.
"Well he should know that his aunt is one awesome Pink Ranger." Ethan stated as everyone nodded.
They had watched her fight Ivan with skill and poise that only Kim had.
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Kim watched as Ivan stood up once again but this time Tommy was standing beside her along with the other rangers.
"Isn't this sweet but I think that I am through playing nice." Ivan said as the ground started shaking. Tommy grabbed Kim to prevent her from falling.
"I think its time for the zords." She said as Tommy nodded.
Looking up he knew that the only way to defeat him was pilot their zords. Ivan was standing above them and looking down on them.
"We need Ninja zord now!" Tommy and Kim yelled with their hands raised high.
The others knew that they had to get out of the way so they backed away and made their way to the ruins. Looking around they could not find Dulcea anywhere. Where had she gone?
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"Let's Rocket!" Andros yelled as the Space Rangers morph before jumping into their tubes.
They called on their zords and immediately brought them together to form the megazord. They saw Tommy and Kim fly in close with the Falcon and Crane zords before they joined them together.
"Well, well it looks like I have two zords to play with today. Too bad I am going to destroy them and all that are inside including that little Pink Ranger." He laughed as the rangers braced for his first attack.
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Dulcea watched as Ivan attacked the zords. The attack was easily deflected though. Kimberly had done her part now it was time to do hers.
Raising her bow she took aim. The zords took a fall which shook the planet and made her shake just a little. Sighing she took aim again. Ivan had made one mistake while battling Kimberly. His crystal was his one weakness and he had left it unarmed.
Smiling she released her arrow and watched as it hit the crystal dead center. The purple crystal shattered and the pieces flew in several different directions.
Turning she watched as Tommy and Kim took aim and fired a shot that hit him square in the chest. He like his crystal blew up. He was finally finished thanks to one very special woman who wouldn't back down from a monster.
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"They did it!" Connor yelled as he pulled Kira and Nick into his arms.
"Ivan has been destroyed!" Hayley said as Nick started crying.
Kira eased back from Connor and soothed the baby. As he calmed down, Kira looked back at Connor. She smiled because Ivan was finally gone from their lives.
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The rangers were back on board the Megaship as Kim relayed the events of Ivan trying to control her. Tommy and Jason each had to take deep breaths during her retelling but each took it better than Trini would have thought.
They had come close to losing Kim and she remembered those precious minutes that Tommy had stood over Kim and screamed at her to come back to him. They had defeated all of the tengas and purple men only to find Kim encased in those purple ribbons.
Tommy couldn't get to her and neither could anyone else. It was like she was dead but still breathing. It had broken her heart when Tommy poured himself into getting her back. He forced all his energy into her so that she could fight Ivan.
They had all breathed a sigh of relief when Kim started glowing pink. They knew that she had found her will to fight and was fighting against Ivan's power. It had been a shock when her body had disappeared and had reappeared minutes later.
She was facing Ivan standing tall. They had all called their weapons and stood silent behind her. Dulcea had told them that Kim must do this on her own. It was the only way.
"Kim, I'm just glad that you are alright." Aisha said interrupting Trini's thoughts.
"Me too." Tommy said rubbing Kim's shoulder.
"It's because of you that I am here. I felt your strength pushing me to fight him." Kim stated looking at Tommy. "Thank you for being my rock." She said as he pulled her into his arms. She didn't know how scared he was when he couldn't reach her.
Holding her close, he finally pulled in a deep cleansing breath. Ivan was defeated. The only thing that mattered now was to get home and decorate the nursery and he couldn't wait.
The others smiled and backed away from the couple to let them have time alone. Tommy knew that Kim needed rest so he picked her up and took her to one of the rooms that were aboard the Megaship. She would have eight hours to catch up on sleep.
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"Well at least we don't have to worry about Ivan being around during your wedding." Trini said with a smile as Aisha and Rocky nodded.
"Yea that's true. I would've hated to have to explain why most of my wedding party was leaving during the middle of the ceremony. My parents would have freaked out over that." Aisha said as everyone laughed.
"Well I would've blamed it on Rocky." Jason said which made everyone laugh once again.
"Hey now I can't take all the blame. Aisha's mom hates me as it is." He stated. Aisha hit his shoulder before explaining.
"My mom doesn't hate you. She just didn't like the prank that you pulled on her although my dad loved it." She said.
"What did he do?" Kat asked wanting to know what Rocky could possibly have done to Aisha's mom. She was like one of the most forgiving people Kat knew.
"Well Rocky thought it would be funny to tell my mom that the reason we were getting married was because everybody else was married and he thought we should be too." Aisha stated as she rolled her eyes at her fiancée.
"What did she say?" Ashley asked wrapped up in the story.
"She quietly pulled him aside and told him that that was not a reason to be getting married. When he tried to explain to her she simply said no that she would not give her blessing for us to marry. Kim had to come over and explain to my mom that Rocky was just joking and that we were very much in love and not just getting married because everyone else was." She said with a smile. "My dad on the other hand loved the prank. He thought that Rocky was going to say that we were getting married because I was pregnant." She stated as Rocky smiled.
"Well I had thought about that one but everyone uses that one." He said which caused Aisha to sigh and everyone else to laugh. It was just too funny.
"When is the wedding?" Cassie asked.
"In two months which is good considering Kim's pregnant. I may have to reorder her dress." Aisha said thinking about how to figure out how big Kim would be in two months.
"No, I don't think that you will because its am empire waist. Also Kim is still small so maybe she won't be showing that much in two months." Kat said.
"Maybe but with our luck she will be too big for the empire waist." Aisha said with a smile.
"Yea she could be having twins." Rocky stated as everyone nodded.
"Do twins run in either of their families?" Andros asked getting in on the conversation.
"No but this is Tommy and Kim we are talking about." Jason stated.
"That's true." Zack said with a smile. "Tommy and Kim attract everything." He laughed.
"Be nice." Trini said as Jason pulled her close.
Everyone continued to discuss Rocky and Aisha's wedding as Tommy and Kim slept down the hall.
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Okay so what did everyone think? Please let me know. The story is almost done but there are still a few chapters left so don't freak yet. We still have a wedding and a birth to go.