A/N: I don't anything but the concept. I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter.
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"Kimberly wait!" Tommy yelled as Kim fired at him. He ducked out of the way as his falcon cried out. Something wasn't right but he couldn't figure out what. He just knew that he had to reach her. "It's me, Tommy." He said rushing to her side and taking her shoulders in his hands. He felt the tension in her body vibrating through her shoulders.
"Get your hands off me." She said trying to break his hold but he wasn't releasing her at least not yet. She was pretty much killing him with her eyes though. He did feel his falcon and her crane around them though. It was like their animal spirits were pushing them together. They seemed to know that Tommy was the only one that could help Kimberly. He felt the flaps of their wings against them.
"Kimberly, look at me." He urged trying to keep his voice calm. He couldn't get angry at her because he knew that this wasn't her.
"I said get your hands off of me." She said as she used one of her new powers on him and blew him back several feet away from her.
He hadn't been prepared for that. He didn't know where she had learned that power but he was getting tired of it. Standing up, he watched her gain her feet and face him again. She didn't have her bow this time because it was behind him but he knew that she could probably summon it to her if she really wanted it. At least for the moment, she didn't want it.
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Trini looked at the nasty bruise forming on Jason's shoulder and sighed. She had convinced him to let her look at it while they waited for any news on Kimberly and Tommy. She knew that it was bad when he had removed his shirt as slow as he did.
He was already sore and she wondered if he could actually use that arm at the moment. They would need him in the next battle since Kim had Tommy. She had suggested some painkillers but he just gave her a look that told her all she needed to know. He wanted to keep his head clear even if his arm was killing him. Sighing she helped him put his shirt back on, careful of his shoulder. They did not need this right now but they would deal with it like they did everything else because they were the Power Rangers.
"Okay they are in the Dark Dimension." Billy said breaking the silence. He had been working hard on finding Tommy and Kim while the others gathered their thoughts. Once he had gotten the news, he couldn't believe that Kim would take Tommy there but then she wasn't herself at the moment. If she wanted to hurt him then she picked the best place to do it. He just hoped that Tommy could be strong enough to be in that place and face Kimberly.
"How do we get them back?" Jason asked. He didn't move from his spot though because Trini was glaring at him and it would hurt more if he did move at the moment. He needed to rest his body before the next battle.
"I haven't figured that out yet." He said removing his glasses to rub his eyes. It had been a long night and now it was about to get even longer with him working on how to get Tommy out of there.
"What can I do to help?" Trini asked moving closer to him. She knew that this was a strain on him since he felt that it was his place to find Tommy. Sometimes Billy put more pressure on himself than anyone else did because he wanted to be the one that they look too to figure something out.
"I don't know, I just know that I can't even use the Port-a-Coms to get someone there because its blocked. If I can find another way in, we might be able to use them then." He said as Trini nodded. She could help him with that since she did the first that Jason had been in the Dark Dimension and Billy could use the help.
"Do you think that Kim is blocking the way in?" Adam asked looking from Trini to Billy. He didn't know how the portals worked with the dimensions but hopefully Kimberly couldn't control them.
"She could be since she wanted Tommy to come with her." He answered. "But I'm not sure."
"The bigger question is why did Tommy go with her? I mean he knows that she is not thinking clearly at the moment." Rocky said leaning against the control panel.
"I think he sees it as the best way to get her back, I mean think about it. He can do a lot by just being with her. She screamed out when Jason was hurt and this is Tommy." Zack reasoned. "He can break through the evil surrounding her, hopefully."
"I'm just worried about them. If they were anywhere else in the world I wouldn't be this worried." Jason admitted. "I mean this is the Dark Dimension and has bad memories for him. It represents his past failures as a ranger."
"Don't worry; I am working on getting them both of out of there." Billy stated looking at Trini before getting back to work. Trini smiled and started helping Billy on the different numbers for the dimensions. They would find a way to get them out.
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"Have you found her?" Zedd asked as Goldar walked into the throne room. Zedd was sitting on his throne coming up with a plan. He was not going to lose Kimberly now that she was close to destroying those rangers. Tommy was not getting through to her to save her from the evil.
"No but Finster has narrowed it down to one of Rita's dimensions." He replied as Zedd nodded.
"Hurry him along then, I want her found before that Red Ranger starts putting thoughts in her head." He said as Goldar nodded and left him alone again. Zedd stood up and walked over to the balcony and check on those pesky rangers. He wanted to make sure that they weren't trying to get into whatever dimension Kimberly had taken Tommy. Looking closer, he didn't see them in park or anywhere so they must not know where they were either. This just getting better and better, turning away he made his way back to his throne and waited for Goldar to find them. It shouldn't be too long now.
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"What are you doing here, you sorry sack of bones?" Goldar asked when he saw Rito near the crystal they used to control Kimberly's dreams.
"Just here to see if Finster here knew where the Evil Pink Ranger was." He said waving his sword around.
"Pay attention to where you are swinging that, don't break that crystal." Goldar said walking into the room. He wondered why Zedd put up with Rito on a daily basis. "How you found them yet?" He asked looking over at Finster.
"No but I am getting closer. I want to say that she has him on the Island of Illusions." Finster answered as Goldar nodded.
"When will you know for sure?" He asked.
"When the scans are finished, I will come find you when they are." He said turning away from Goldar to get back to work.
"Fine but I think that her thoughts need to be scrambled a bit more." Goldar stated walking over to the crystal. He pushed Rito out of the way and pulled up one of Kimberly's memories and started changing it. This one was special to her because it was locked deep inside but it was time to turn it up a notch.
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Tommy and Kim were circling the small space, each not wanting to be the first to attack. Tommy knew that they couldn't do this forever but he refused to attack her. He would defend himself against her though.
"You know I remember that you used to be bad and that you fought Jason here. What's wrong Tommy? You can't bring yourself to hit a girl?" She asked as she flipped over to him and took his legs from under him. He forgot how fast she could move sometimes.
"Kim, I won't fight you and I am not that boy anymore. I am not evil." He said as he flipped back up. He blocked her next attack easily but the one after that not so much. He landed back on his back. Sweeping his leg to the side, he watched as she flipped back out of the way. Springing back up, he grabbed her hand and spun her to him. He locked her against his chest with her hands between them behind her back. He wasn't holding her too tight though just enough that she couldn't get away from him.
"Let go of me." She huffed out as she tried to free herself. She was struggling like he knew she would but she just couldn't get free.
"I don't think so; I want you to focus on me. I want you to see through the evil clouding your brain." He said next to her ear. "I want you to remember me." He breathed as she closed her eyes and saw her crane with another bird. What was it? Why did it feel so familiar?
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"You need to rest." Trini said as Billy rolled his shoulders forward to ease the ache.
"No what I need is to find a way in to the Dark Dimension." He said looking over at her. The others had gone home to get some rest while Billy, Alpha, and Trini worked on finding some kind of way for the others to get in.
Trini huffed. "Billy, you need fresh eyes. Right now, I'm not sure if you could focus enough to even find a way for them." She said trying to reason with him.
"I'll be fine, don't worry." He said turning back to the control panel as she nodded and got back to work too. She just prayed that they found a way in or Billy would never forgive himself nor would Jason. They had to get Tommy and Kimberly back.
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"Here this is all I could find." Zack said handing Jason a bag of frozen peas. They were at Jason's house hanging out since his parents were still out of town.
"Thanks but a bag of ice would have worked just as well." Jason said placing the bag on his shoulder and groaned. The cold bag sent chills down his back and arm. It was almost too much to take but at least it was starting to feel a little better. It was that or either his shoulder had gone numb from the cold.
"Actually mom said that frozen food is better for sore muscles than ice. I'm not sure why though." Adam replied as he sat down across from Jason.
"You know in old Westerns, they used steaks that they were thawing out." Rocky said with a grin picturing Jason with a steak on his shoulder.
"Well I don't have any steaks that I am trying to thaw so sorry to destroy that image." Jason said with a laugh.
"I'm not sure if I would want to eat that steak after it had been on Jason's shoulder, no offense Jason." Aisha said stretching her legs out in front of her. She was sitting between Zack and Adam.
"Dude I would, it's a steak." Rocky replied as Kat sat down next to him.
"Rocky, you would eat it off the floor." Tanya stated looking serious.
"He has actually." Kat said as Adam and Aisha nodded.
"You know how much steaks are? I mean it was still good." He said as everyone laughed.
"Hey I have to agree with Rocky, I would eat it too." Jason said as Rocky, Aisha, and Adam began to glow their Ninjetti colors. "Uh I assume something is happening with Tommy and Kimberly." He said as everyone looked at them.
"I'm not sure that this is a good thing." Adam said looking at his hands. "I think we need to get to the Power Chamber, now." He said as Jason nodded. The rangers stood up and teleported to the Power Chamber within seconds.
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"How hard is it to find two Power Rangers in Rita's dimensions?" Zedd yelled throughout the Moon Palace. He had given up on Goldar reporting back to him so he had gone to check on what the hold-up was.
"Well sire, their signals are all over the place. I thought that they might be on the Island of Illusions then I got a reading that they were on Venus Island." Finster said rubbing his hands together. He couldn't pinpoint where they were.
"Send Scorpina to Venus Island and Goldar to the Island of Illusions, they should be able to report back if they are not there." He said as Finster nodded.
"Yes sire, they should." He replied as Goldar and Scorpina disappeared to find the rangers.
"Keep working on finding them, we don't need to waste any time and don't let Rito near that crystal." Zedd said walking out of Finster's room.
"Does no one trust me?" Rito asked as he scratched his head and looked back at the crystal. What had Goldar been working on?
"Don't touch that, Goldar was working on one dream and if you do too many at once it will cause a problem." Finster said as Rito nodded but moved just a little closer to the crystal. He wanted to change that Pink Ranger's dreams because everyone else had had a turn.
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"No." Kim whispered as she pulled away from Tommy. "You lie!" She said throwing him to the side after finally getting free. Her mind had rejected the bird with her crane.
Tommy hit the floor just missing the electrified bars on the walls. "I do not lie; the evil that clouds your mind only thinks that I do." He said standing up.
"No!" She yelled as they started glowing. "What's going on?" She asked as she felt light headed.
"I don't know." He said as he felt his falcon circling his body. He looked up and saw the crane circling Kim's body too but he had no idea why.
"What did you do?" She asked as she charged towards him. She knew that he had to be the reason that she was light headed and glowing.
"Kim, stop this. Don't you see we are on the same side, we are Ninjetti." He said grabbing her hands and holding them between them. "Look at me." He urged as she struggled against his hold.
"Let me go." She cried as he shook his head. He hated to see or hear her cry but he had to be strong to break through the evil. He was so close.
"I'm not letting you go, Kimberly. I love you." He said pulling her close and into his arms.
"No, you don't. I know the truth." She cried as she pulled back from him. His eyes widened as he watched her begin to hover above the ground.
"Kim?" He asked as she looked down at him. She had never done that before.
"What's wrong, Tommy? You don't like the fact that I can do this. I know the truth and I am making my path." She said as her eyes blazed red.
Tommy's heart broke just a little as he tried to think of a way to help her. He was all out of ideas at the moment. "You don't know the truth." He said simply as she laughed at him.
"Don't worry Tommy, I'm defying gravity." She said as she called her bow to her once again. It flew past his head and into her hands.
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Goldar landed on the Island of Illusions and began exploring the small island. It wasn't as small as Venus Island but there were not too many places for Kimberly and Tommy to hide. He didn't think that they were here but he did as Zedd had commanded him.
Making his way around the island he tried to look everywhere that they would be but still didn't find them. This was a waste of his time. He should be back at the Moon Palace searching for Kimberly and Tommy instead of on this stupid island that they were not on.
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Scorpina looked around Venus Island but didn't see Kimberly or Tommy. She didn't sense that they were here and really why would they be here. It wasn't a place that had any meaning for them. She did have an idea where they could be but she would check the island out just to make sure that they were not here. This would be the last thing she did for Zedd though. She would not be ordered around anymore, no it was time for her to leave the Moon Palace and make her own way. She would break free of Zedd and Rita.
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"What are you doing here?" Trini asked as Jason and the others appeared in the Power Chamber. "And why are you glowing?" She asked when she looked back at Billy and noticed that he was now glowing blue.
"Well that's why we're here." Jason said as Alpha pulled out his scanner and started scanning the glowing rangers.
"We were just sitting around when they started glowing." Zack said folding his arms across his chest.
"Rangers, I fear the reason that you are glowing is because the Ninjetti are trying to pull Kimberly back from the edge. The spirit animals are connected and since you are still connected to your animals, you are glowing with their power." Zordon stated as the rangers nodded.
"Is there any way we could tap into those powers and pinpoint a way to get Tommy out of there?" Jason asked as Billy looked at him before turning back to the control panel.
"Jason, I think that will work. Glowing might have just helped us." Billy said as typed in a series of keystrokes.
"Zordon, are we going to be okay?" Aisha asked as Billy and Trini worked on getting Tommy back.
"We won't know until Alpha gets the scans back but I would think so. Your life force is no longer connected to your animals so if anything happens to them it won't hurt you." He said as Rocky, Aisha, and Adam nodded.
"I found a way to get Tommy back." Billy said as everyone looked over at him. "Stand back." He said as everyone moved back to give him room to teleport Tommy into the Power Chamber.
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"Why is my Dark Dimension closed off?" Rita asked walking into Finster's chamber. She had been thinking of luring Tommy there in a trap but she couldn't get in it.
"Who cares why is your Dark Dimension is blocked, Goldar and Scorpina should be back to let us know which dimension Kimberly is in." Zedd said as he walked in behind her as Goldar and Scorpina appeared. "Well?" He asked looking at them.
"Well they are not on Venus Island." Scorpina stated with scorn.
"They're not on the Island of Illusions either." Goldar said looking at Scorpina.
"One of you is lying or didn't check." Zedd said getting angry. How could they miss two humans?
"No, my scans have revealed that she is in the Dark Dimension with Tommy." Finster stated looking at Zedd. "She must have been throwing the signals off." He said as Zedd nodded and looked at Goldar.
"Well what are you waiting for, go get her and bring her back with that pathetic Red Ranger." He said as Goldar nodded turning to leave.
"What about me?" Rito asked swinging his sword around.
"You will stay here and let Goldar get the job done." Zedd replied pointing his staff at Rito.
"Monkey boy can't bring her in by himself, Ed. Let me go." He said swinging his arms wide again but this time he hit the crystal and sent it flying through the air. Everyone seemed to freeze as it hit the wall next to Finster.
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"Kimberly!" Tommy yelled as the crane flew in front of him as if to protect him from her. "Stop this, you are not this person." He said as she dropped her bow and fell to a heap in front of him. "Kimberly, are you alright?" He asked rushing to her side before he disappeared.
"NO!" She screamed as her body began glowing pink. The robes she wore turned pink as well. The falcon and the crane both cried as Kim yelled once again in pain as her memories flooded her weak mind. The anger coursed through her body as she struggled to find the truth.
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"No." Tommy said as he landed in the Power Chamber in a heap in front of Jason. The Ninjetti were not glowing when Tommy landed in the Power Chamber.
"Man am I glad to see you back." Jason said as everyone rushed to help Tommy up.
"Something happened to Kim but I disappeared before I found out." He said standing up with the rangers surrounding him. "Billy, can you connect with Kim and teleport her as well. I think that the evil is gone from her mind." He said as the rangers went wide eyed.
"I can try." He said as Tommy nodded.
"I assume that you didn't get your falcon back." Jason said as Tommy nodded. "Did you get close?" He asked studying Tommy closely.
"Actually I did and Kim's crane. Her crane flew between us as she took aim at me." He informed him.
"Wow Kim is taking this all the way, isn't she? I have taught her well." He said as Tommy smiled.
"I would have preferred her to take aim at Zedd but I guess I am the next best thing. I think that she knows that I can reach her." He stated as Jason nodded.
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"You idiot, look what you have done!" Goldar yelled as Zedd grabbed Rito and threw him across the room.
"Go get her back now!" Zedd yelled as Goldar disappeared. "I will deal with you later; you better hope that that Red Ranger hasn't gotten through to her." He said leaving the room. If Kimberly was turned back then Rito would pay for what he had cost him no matter how much Rita screamed. He would send Rito to the farthest reaches of this galaxy.
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Goldar appeared in the Dark Dimension to find Kimberly on the ground shaking. Walking over to her, he saw that she was glowing pink and knew that she was coming out of the evil. Acting quickly, he teleported them back to Finster's lab so that he could reverse the damage that Rito had done.
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"Well I did have a lock on her but now she is gone." Billy said looking over her shoulder at Tommy. "I'm sorry."
"I figured that Zedd would move fast, I just hoped that you would beat him." He said with a sigh.
"The good news is the last readings I got off of her shows that she was coming out of the evil now don't get your hopes up." He said as everyone smiled. "If Zedd has her, he will do all he can to place her back under the evil."
"So we have to wait until he decides to attack again?" Zack asked as Billy nodded.
"At least it will give Jason and Tommy time to recover." Trini muttered as Tommy looked over at Jason.
"How bad is your shoulder?" He asked noticing that Jason hadn't moved from his spot since he had gotten back.
"Okay." Jason replied as Trini shook her head.
"Trini?" Tommy asked as Jason sighed.
"Its bad and I'm not sure if he could lift his arm or not at the moment." She answered as Tommy nodded.
"Zordon, do you believe that Zedd will try to turn Kimberly back evil?" Kat asked as she looked up at their mentor.
"Yes Katherine, I believe so since this has been his plan all along." He answered as she nodded.
"Well its late and I know that we need to get some rest, Zordon will you inform us the minute you detect anything from the Moon Palace?" Tommy asked as Zordon nodded.
"I will." He confirmed before the rangers teleported out of the Power Chamber.
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Zedd walked in and saw Kimberly hooked up to Finster's machines once again. "So this means that you will have to tie her to another crystal." He stated while looking at Kimberly's glowing body.
"I am afraid that another crystal would not work but I believe that there is enough evil in her for her to finish the rangers but we have to act quickly or the good in her will win over the evil." He informed him. "If a balance is not set in her body, she will be destroyed from the good and evil."
"Then wake her up and we will attack now. I want those rangers finished off before her body destroys her." Zedd said as Goldar nodded. Rito was nowhere to be found which was fine by him. Goldar, Kimberly and an army of putties would take care of those rangers.
"Yes sire, I will wake her now." Finster said as he began unhooking the wires. Kim's eyes popped open as Zedd leaned over her.
"What am I doing here?" She asked looking at him with anger flashing in her eyes.
"Those rangers put you here; they want to destroy you before you destroy them." He said as she slowly sat up. He eased back as she got up.
"The rangers?" She asked looking around.
"Yes those people that you once called your friends." He confirmed as her body switched from pink to red.
"I will destroy them." She said standing up.
"Goldar will go with you to help you destroy them." He said stepping back.
"I do not need his help." She fired back looking at him.
"He will go with you." He stated as Goldar nodded. Kim disappeared then with Goldar following. "Now my plan will finally be complete." He said as he made his way to the throne room to watch the fight.
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"You must go to the park and join Goldar and Kimberly." Rita said to her brother. "They will need your help in destroying those rangers."
"You're right, they will need my help. Don't tell Ed though it will be a surprise for him as well as the rangers." Rito said as he disappeared. Rita smiled as she made her way to the throne room to watch the battle. She knew that her brother would clean up whatever mess Goldar would create.
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The alarms in the Power Chamber sounded off as Alpha ran to the control panel to see what was going on. "Zordon, Kimberly and Goldar are in the park with an army of putties." He said bringing it up on the viewing screen.
"Contact the rangers and let them know. I fear that this is not a good sign, Alpha." He said.
"Ayi ayi, Zordon, what are they going to do?" He said as he contacted the rangers. He was scared for them having to face at this moment. Billy and Aisha appeared in the Power Chamber as the rangers appeared in the park morphed.
"I guess that Zedd didn't want to wait." Aisha said as she watched some putties attack the rangers.
"It would seem so." Billy commented as he started running new scans on Kimberly. He knew that there was a reason that Zedd didn't want to wait and it had to do something with Kimberly. He would find out what it was so that he would know how the rangers could help her.
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"How is your shoulder?" Trini asked as she flipped over to Jason's side.
"Sore but I'll manage for the moment." He replied as he kicked two putties out of the way. Trini stuck by his side to help him out in case he should need it.
Kat and Adam were fighting side by side easily taking care of several putties.
Rocky and Tanya were dealing with putties and Goldar which wasn't good. They were becoming overwhelmed when Zack flipped over to them to help them out. The three of them worked well together against Goldar and the putties.
Tommy was dealing with several putties when Kim appeared at his side. "Miss me?" She asked as she kicked him into a nearby tree.
"Kim, its me." He said standing up and rushing back to her side.
"I know its you, Tommy. Is that supposed to mean something to me?" She asked as she kicked him again. This time he did a dive and rolled away from the majority of her kick to lessen its affect.
Goldar saw that Tommy and Kim were alone and knew that this was not a good thing but at the moment he could not get away. The three rangers facing him were knocking him further and further back. He finally knocked the rangers back and headed towards Tommy and Kimberly. He had to do something now.
"Trini, Goldar is headed towards Kimberly and Tommy; we have got to stop him." He said as she nodded. Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, he charged forward and made a swing at Goldar before kicked him. Trini was right behind him and kicked Goldar, knocking him to the ground.
"You will pay for that, rangers." He growled at them and got up. He raised his sword and took aim at Jason and Trini. They both manage to dive out of the way but then Tommy was directly in the way of the blast.
Kim blocked one of Tommy's attacks when she saw Goldar take aim at Jason and Trini. She watched them dive out of the way and knew that it would hit Tommy. All at once, her mind cleared as she knocked him out of the way of the blast.
"What?" Goldar called out as Rito saw his moment. He eased up and fired at the Red Ranger and watched him fall back as everyone seemed to freeze.
"TOMMY!" Kim yelled as a pain pieced her heart. The crane and the falcon cried out as well as the Ninjetti Rangers fell to their knees in pain.
Jason, Trini, Tanya, and Kat surrounded the rangers and watched as a pink cloud surrounded Kimberly and the fallen Tommy. They didn't know what was going on; only that Kim had not been glowing red when the cloud covered her.
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"No! What is your idiot brother doing there?" Zedd yelled out as his body turned red in anger. They had been so close but with one shot Rito had pushed the evil out of Kimberly's mind.
"He took down that Red Ranger, you should be happy." Rita stated looking through her telescope.
"I am not happy about this! The evil is gone from her." He said shaking his staff. "I hope she kills him so that I do not have to waste energy doing it."
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Okay what did everyone think? Please let me know. The next chapter should be out soon.