Power Rangers in Love: Tommy's Story
Disclaimer: See all 27 previous chapters. I'm lazy.
Summary: This story is about Tommy Oliver and the young woman, Claire St. James, who got him to fall in love all over again. Will be TommyOC. R 'n' R for me please!
AN: This is it! This is the Chapter you've all been waiting for! This is also the chapter where you guys learn a little more of Claire's background. So, without further adieu, I present you: Chapter 28- Kimberly's successor! Enjoy!
Shout outs
Lonly Girl: I thought it was interesting also. Claire . . . well, you'll see about Claire in this chapter and this is the chapter where the new Pink Ranger comes into play! Thanks for your review!
grumpyk: I hate it too, but not when I'm writing it! grins She might be the Pink Ranger, you'll just have to wait and find out! I know, I know, I'm mean, but it's my story so there! hides please don't stop reviewing! Oh good, I'm glad you'll still review! Here's Chapter 28! Hope you guys like it!
PrettyDiva: Don't I know it! LOL:D Thank you, thank you. I strive to keep my readers interested, and apparently I'm doing a pretty damn good job. I know, but there's more to come concerning Claire! Here it is! Chapter 28!
zeopurple: She might be, she might not be. You'll find out for sure if Claire's ok this chapter. Oh, Kim for sure leaves, as to who her Power Coin goes to . . . read and find out!
manders forever: Thank you so much! It is good. At least I think so. I will keep up the writing! I'm glad you like this story, it makes me really happy that you enjoy my twists! Here it is! Chapter 28!
Chylea3784: Thanks for your review! It did indeed feed my muse and entertained the plot bunnies! It does feel good to get reviews! Thanks to all of you! Here it is! The long awaited chapter! Enjoy!
Last time:
"What do we do?" Rocky asked, and Tommy felt like they were between a rock and a hard place.
Now . . .
Chapter 28
Kimberly's Successor
"Zordon, what should we do?" Tommy asked, looking up at the sage old wizard.
"I'm sorry, rangers, but this decision must be made by you."
"Well this doesn't make it any easier does it?" Rocky asked, leaning against a computer terminal.
"No, Rocko, it doesn't." Tommy replied, looking at his teammates. "It certainly doesn't."
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Up in the Moon Palace, Rita was celebrating her victory when Zedd brought her to a crashing halt."I don't think you can pull it off, Rita."
"What?" Rita asked, glaring at him. "Of course I can pull it off! With the rangers at an indecision, they, along with Ninjor, will so be gone!" She cackled and Zedd glowered at his wife.
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At the Hospital, Kim was getting ready to be released. She had been kept overnight for observation. She was packing up the last of her things when Kat and Claire walked in. She smiled.
"Hey you two."
"Hey Kim." Claire hugged her and sat in a chair.
"Hi." Kat smiled and sat next to Claire.
"Kim," Claire started, looking up at the girl. "I know how you feel about getting back up on the beam."
"You do?" Kim asked, sitting on her bed.
Claire nodded. "I haven't really talked about the night my mother died a little over a year and a half ago, not even to my dad. It's just been too painful, but I think I'm finally ready." Kim put her hand on Claire's, earning a smile from her best friend. "The night my mother died, I was driving. I was getting in a little extra practice before my test the next day to get my license. I saw the headlights flying towards us and I panicked. I swerved to the left to get into the other lane, but the car slammed into the passenger side, killing my mother instantly. Ever since then, I've been afraid of getting in the driver's seat of a car. I was also afraid of what would happen if I ever tried gymnastics with my being out of training competitively.
"The day you guys came in and saw me on the beam, that was the day I decided that I wouldn't let my injury make my decisions for me. Kim, you should at least reconsider giving up gymnastics completely. This is a great opportunity for you and it's been your dream since we were kids to go to the Pan Global Games." Kim nodded, knowing that she would have to conquer her fear to achieve her dream. She said to Claire, squeezing her hand.
"I never knew that you were driving. I'm so sorry about your mother Claire." Kim hugged her and Kat asked, looking at the girl with newfound respect.
"Do you ever think you'll get behind the wheel again?"
Claire took a breath and replied, looking from Kim to Kat. "I don't know, Kat. I really don't know."
"When you do," Kim smiled down at Claire. "We'll be with you when it happens."
Claire felt tears fill her eyes and said as the three girls hugged and the others walked in. "Thanks Kim."
"Are we interrupting something?" Rocky asked, wiggling his eyebrows. Claire and Kim looked at each other, grinning, before they both grabbed pillows from the hospital bed and threw them at Rocky. "Hey! I was joking!" They laughed and Tommy asked, looking at Claire.
"Has Dr. Lindley gotten the results of the growth test back yet?"
Claire looped a strand of hair behind her ear and said, looking up with a huge smile on her face. "It's not cancer! Dr. Lindley was really mad when I got there because the Lab guys screwed up my results with someone else's! My knee's perfectly normal! She just looked at my x-rays this morning!" Tommy hugged his girlfriend and swung her around in a circle. Claire smiled and was about to say something when Tommy kissed her soundly on the lips.
"You two need some air? I got a fresh supply right here if you need it." Aisha said, smirking at the couple. Tommy and Claire broke away smiling, until Kat said, sobering everyone up.
"Guys, I think you need to let me go to get Ninjor back."
The guys shook their heads, Billy more adamantly so than the others. "No way, Kat. You're not surrendering yourself. We'll think of another option to retrieve Ninjor." Claire hugged the girl and the rangers looked at each other, wondering what in the world they should do.
Tommy snapped his fingers and said, grinning. "I've got a plan. This is what we do . . ."
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An hour later, Kat and the rangers were at Angel Grove Park, meeting with Rita and Rito for the trade. Rita put Ninjor's jar down and a forcefield went up around Kat, activated by Billy. Tommy grabbed the jar and opened it, only to find that it was empty.
"Ninjor's not in here!"
"Tengas!" Rita screeched. "Attack!" She howled with laughed and the rangers fought the tengas, trying to keep them away from Kat and the forcefield.
A tenga got passed the rangers and smacked itself into the generator, causing it to short and the forcefield to go down.
"Ha! Now I got you!" Rito grabbed Kat and she yelled.
"Guys! Help me!" The rangers were too late. Rito disappeared with Kat.
Rita cackled. "Lose something White ranger? HAHAHAHA!"
"You won't get away with this, Rita. I promise you, we'll get both Katherine and Ninjor back!" Rita cackled and disappeared.
"Let's get back to the Command Center." Adam said, looking at the destroyed generator. The rangers nodded and teleported to the Command Center.
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Kat was in her cell in the dungeons, trying to think of ways to get out of there when she saw the guard switch and Rito took the place of the previous guard. Kat smiled. Perfect. Rito said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Stupid neck pains."
"I'll give you a neck rub, get those nasty pains out of your neck."
Rito, being the stupid bag of bones that he is, said. "Thanks, Kitty Kat." He walked over and Kat began rubbing his neck.
Rito fell asleep a few minutes later and Kat silently took the keys from Rito and let herself out of her cell. Now, to find Kim's Power coin. She weaved her way through the palace, finding her way to a room off the throne room where the power coin was being kept. Yes, I got it!
"Going somewhere, Kitty Kat?" Kat whiled around to find Rita standing behind her. "Tengas!" Kat was about to panic when she felt herself being teleported out. The last thing she heard was Rita screaming about her headache.
Kat landed in the Command Center and saw everyone there. She walked over to Kim and said, handing her the power coin.
"I think this belongs to you."
"Thanks Kat." Kat nodded and left the Command Center. Kim turned toward her friends and said, wringing her hands. "I'm going to compete in the Pan Global Trials." They cheered her on and Claire said, hugging her.
"We're right behind you, Kim. All the way."
"Thanks." The rangers left the Command Center and went to watch Kim at the Pan Global Trials.
Once at the trials, Kim dominated on the beam. She stood out among her fellow competitors and won. Claire and the others cheered for her when they announced Kim as the victor. They were all talking with Coach Gunthar Schmidt walked over to them. He said, shocking Kim.
"I would like you come come to my private gym in Florida and train for the Pan Global Games. The plane leaves at 9:47 tonight. I hope to see you on it." He left and the rangers went back to the Command Center.
Once there, Kim turned to her friends. "I don't want to leave you guys to go to Florida. You're my best friends."
"Kim," Aisha stepped forward. "This is a really great opportunity for you. You should go."
"Yeah, this is a once in a lifetime chance." Adam said, smiling. "It doesn't come around very often."
"When it does," Rocky said, smiling. "You have to take it."
"Are you guys sure?" They nodded and Kim was excited, until she realized that there would be no pink ranger. "Guys, you'd be down one ranger."
"Kimberly," Zordon said, looking down at the young woman he considered a daughter. "You may choose one to carry on where you leave off, passing on your pink powers."
"Alright then, I choose . . ."
AN: I would be really cruel if I were to leave off here wouldn't I? You're all lucky that I'm not at all cruel (to tell you the truth, I'm not any good at it. ;) LOL.). So here's the rest of the chapter! Hope you like who I chose to carry on as the Pink power ranger.
"I choose Claire St. James to be the next pink ranger. She's strong and fair minded. I think she would be an asset to the team, Zordon."
"Very well." Claire was teleported in and she blinked a few times, saying.
"I don't think I'll ever get used to that." She looked around and saw the smiles on their faces. "What's up guys?"
"Claire," Kim stepped forward. "I have chosen you to be my successor to the Pink ranger powers. You're strong, fair minded, and you would make an awesome pink ranger. I, Kimberly Hart, therefore pass on my power as Pink Ninja Ranger to Claire. Do you accept?" Claire nodded and said, taking the power coin.
"I accept." Kim placed the power coin in Claire's hand and Zordon said, smiling down at the newest member of the team.
"Claire, as a Power ranger, there are three rules you need to know. One, never use your power for personal gain. Two, Never escalate a battle unless Rita forces you to. And three, keep your identity secret, no one may know you are a power ranger." Claire nodded.
"I will, Zordon." The rangers grinned and Zordon said, nodding.
"Welcome to the team, Claire." The rangers grinned and hugged Claire, who rolled her eyes, smiling.
"I hate to break up the party," Kim said, smiling, knowing she had made the right choice. "But I have a flight to catch in a little over an hour." The rangers smiled sadly at Kim and they went to the airport after she had packed her things.
They stood at the gate to Kim's flight and Claire said, hugging her best friend and her predecessor. "I'm going to miss you, Kim."
Kim smiled. "You have to promise me that you'll keep them in line."
Claire smiled back. "I promise. You just kick gymnastics butt down there, ok?" Kim laughed and hugged the rest of their friends.
Kim went to the gate after Claire had given her a scrap book, in pink, for Kim to look at the flight to Florida, of all of them together. She gave the attendant her ticket and turned back, waving to her friends. They waved back, teary eyed and she felt tears pool in hers. She boarded her flight and Tommy said, as they watched the plane take off.
"There she goes."
Rocky said, rubbing his hands together. "I say we go train the newbie."
Claire gave Rocky a look. "I'm a military brat, Rocko. Or have you forgotten?"
Rocky cleared his throat and said as the others laughed. "Right. I temporarily forgot." Claire shook her head and they left the airport.
AN: Well? What do you guys think of the New Pink Ranger? Please don't hurt me! -hides behind chair-
You know what to do!
