Jason sat in his truck looking out over the park in front of him. His eyes hadn't moved but he wasn't focused on anything in particular. He thought a trip to the park for some fresh air and a walk would help clear his mind. He had yet to however make it actually into the park and out of his truck. Once he put the truck in park he found himself zoned out.

Jason shifted slightly in his seat trying his best to clear his mind. He kept getting flashes. Unpleasant flashes. He could see his friends in front of him. Begging and pleading for him to stop but he couldn't. He found himself to his horror attacking them and delighting in it.

Jason took a deep breath. He would give anything if the visions were the result of some bad dream. In fact, they were very real events from merely a week previously. Events that happened thousands of miles away on an island in the middle of nowhere had somehow followed him home to torment him even now alone in the cab of his truck.

Jason felt his grip on the steering wheel tighten to the point his knuckles were turning white. He relented and let his body go limp up against the back of his seat in an effort to release everything that was tormenting him inside. He still felt it though, a fire inside of him. It felt like it was bubbling up. Like a monster racing to the surface to break his skin.

Jason let out a groan as he attempted to sit up in his seat again. He closed his eyes and found himself back on Murianthias. Tommy was firmly in his grip and he was squeezing. The look on Tommy's face as he saw it now was breaking his heart, but he could still feel how much joy it brought him at the time. It scared him and exhilarated him all at once.

The flashes again. One by one the Rangers fell at his hands. They were actively trying not to engage with him and he was reveling in their perceived weakness. Jason's skin felt hot. He felt some sweat beads forming on his forehead as his hands once again gripped the steering wheel in front of him. His heart was racing and he was nearly convinced that if he didn't move soon he might have an actual heart attack.

Suddenly he felt a hand gently rest on top of his own. It was soft and smaller than his own. He caught a faint glimpse of her scent and opened his eyes. She was seated next to him, facing him with a look of concern on her face. Her mouth was moving but he couldn't hear her voice over the sounds of anguish in his mind.

Jason focused as best he could on her lips before moving up to make eye contact with her. Her eyes were pleading. She was gently alternating between shaking his hand and stroking his arm. He focused harder on her, her movements, her eyes, her smell, her presence. He felt the heat in his body began to go from a raging fire to a comfortable warmth and his heart began to slow.

"Jason... are you okay, please talk to me," Her voice now audible. The panic clear. Jason shook his head and opened his palm, she immediately slipped her hand into it and began to squeeze his hand tight. Her thumb rubbing the back of his hand.

"Kim..." Jason finally was able to break through the dry heat sizzling at the back of his throat. Her expression attentive now, relief washing over her features at his acknowledgment. Jason felt different now... he couldn't explain it. "What's happening to me?"

"Oh... Jase..." Kim moved in and wrapped her arms around him as best she could and pulled his head into her chest. She gently began to brush her hair through his hair in an effort to soothe his panic.

"You'll get through it... just come back to me... here... now," Kim whispered her lips hovering just above his head. He nodded his acknowledgment. He pressed his head deeper into her. Moving her body closer to him with his hand on her waist.

She held him there for what seemed like hours although it was in reality just a few moments as Jason felt himself coming back to reality. He took a deep breath and pulled his head up from Kim's body to make eye contact with her. She searches his eyes trying to look behind the unshed tears welled up in them to discover something deeper. To see if he had made it back to her.

"Hey..." Kim's voice was barely above a whisper as she waited for him to react. Give her some sort of sign. "You're going to be fine... it will get better."

"I..." Jason opened his mouth, it felt as dry as the desert so he took a few swallows. "It was almost too much."

"I know... I could tell," Kim replied. She gently caressed the side of his face. "But you got through it."

"No..." Jason shook his head. "Not if you..."

"I'm here... I'll always be here," Kim assured him. He considered her appearance for a moment. How had she showed up here, now? He hadn't told anyone where he was going. Jason reached out and touched her gently on her cheek. She closed her eyes and smiled. "What is it?"

"Are you... is this real?" Jason wasn't sure anymore.

"Very real," Kim responded, her smile assuring.

"Why are you here?" Jason asked. "Did you just happen..."

Kim's shake of the head stopped him.

"I just knew..." Kim shrugged. "I couldn't get you out of mind, and I got in my car and I ended up here. Kim pointed out the window behind her. Jason glanced out the window to see her car, parked haphazardly as if done quickly.

"I... don't know how," Jason's confusion was as evident as his relief.

"You know we are connected somehow... what happened on that island, remember what Zordon told us?" Kim reminded him. Jason nodded. He remembered speaking to him after both had collectively spent a night having these visions and being tormented a couple of nights after returning from the island.

"I know... I just don't understand how it works," Jason replied. Kim nodded in understanding as she too didn't fully understand what had happened to them. "I remember what Trey said too.."

"It won't be for long..." Kim responded. She too remembered how Trey got a message through to the Power Chamber after feeling something was off with Jason. He had warned that the Zeo power was not fully out of Jason's system and whatever had possessed them on the island was feeding off that power.

"I hope not," Jason replied. His voice trailed off to a whisper as he continued. "I hate it."

Kim gave his hand another squeeze.

"How about a walk to get some fresh air?" Kim suggested nodding toward the park. Her tone was lighter now, intent on relieving the tension. Jason felt that. He also felt how effective it was as a smile crept over his lips.

"That is what I came here for," Jason responded. Kim raised her eyebrows.

"Well... that's perfect then," Kim stated before she winked at him and hopped out of the passenger door. Jason watched her slightly mesmerized momentarily before he pulled the keys out of the ignition and followed her.

"You know... you really should learn how to park," Jason teased as he moved around the back of the truck and over to Kim. She just crinkled her nose at him and mean-mugged him as best she could.

"Yeah... well... I had a good reason," Kim shrugged as he made his way to within inches of her. He smiled down at her and she felt her feet grow a little lighter. She wasn't ready for his hand to extend down and take hers. Momentarily her pulse quickened and she nearly froze. Something in his eyes now though comforted her and she matched his grip as both of them made their way toward the park entrance.