Tommy walked into the youth center, as he pulled out a pink velvet box. It was earlier than he planned, but he decided to propose to Kimberly a few weeks early. His plan was to marry Kimberly while they were in Paris since Caroline rarely came back to Angle Grove. He smiled when he saw Kimberly sitting at a table. "Hey, Beautiful," Tommy greeted as he walked over to Kimberly.

She quickly wiped her teary eyes and put the letter underneath the envelope. "I thought you were getting ready for the game," Kimberly said when she felt Tommy grab her hand.

"I don't have to be on the field for forty minutes," he answered when he pulled out a pink velvet box. "I have an important question to ask you."

Tommy opened the box and Kimberly saw the ring inside. He was going to ask her to marry him. She had always dreamed of being Mrs. Oliver. But, after getting her mother's letter, she was scared. All her mother's relationships had failed and she now was afraid to marry. She didn't want to be like her mother. "Kim, you're my very best friend and I love you more than you'll ever realize. Will you marry me?"

She just stared down at the ring with tears streaming down her face. "I think I need some time to think things through," Kimberly sobbed as she picked up an envelope. As she ran out of the room, Tommy's noticed a piece of paper laying on the table. He made sure no one was looking and noticed that it was written stationary with Eiffel Tower. Tommy began to read the letter.

Dear Kimberly,

This is a hard letter for me to write. Pierre and I got our divorce finalized last week. This is another relationship that didn't work out. I am so sorry I didn't tell you that we were having trouble in marriage. We started having trouble seven months ago, when I started doing art modeling. We fought over me getting tired from having to remained posed for several hours during his art classes. He was never home because he was always out painting historical landmarks. The only time I saw him was while I was modeling for his art class. I didn't want to worry you, when all of this happened. That's why I kept telling you that something came up at the last minute, when we made plans to visit each other.

Here is some more news I regret not telling you. A few months ago, Pierre was out of town and someone else filled in for him. His name is Alvin. He's allowed me to start working for him as a fashion model and a clothes designer. When I asked you to come to Paris over fall break, I wanted you to see the new house that I bought for myself to live in. I was going to tell you that Pierre was gone all week to cover up the truth. But, I can't keep lying to you because you'd eventually find out.

Please forgive me,

Caroline

"This must have been why she was so upset," he said to himself. All he wanted to do was go find her and wrap her in his arms. After folding the letter in his pocket, he began to look for Kimberly.

"Tommy, the coach wants us outside," Rocky announced as he walked met Tommy in the hall. "Hurry up and go change into your football uniform."

Kimberly sat in the locker room dressed in her cheerleading uniform. It was consisted of a purple pleated skirt with gold and white trimming, a purple shell vest with Angel Grove written across the front in gold sparkly letters, and a white turtle neck. There was purple and gold ribbon holding her hair in a ponytail. "I wish I didn't have to cheer tonight," she sighed as she began to put her poncho on over her cheerleading uniform. It was supposed to rain and she really didn't have her mind on the game. All she could think about was her mother's letter and Tommy. "Tommy is the most important thing to me and I must have hurt him terribly. Why didn't I tell him about that letter, instead of running off like that?"

She stayed in the locker, until it was time for the game. During the game, she just didn't feel cheerful. "Why aren't you cheering?" asked Ms. Glenn. Kimberly looked into the angry eyes of her cheerleading sponsor.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Glenn," Kimberly apologized. "I got a letter from a loved one that is troubling me. And I took my anger out on my best friend, when he proposed to me."

"Tough luck!" yelled Ms. Glenn as she yanked the pom poms out of Kimberly's hands. "It appears to me you don't care about my beloved cheerleading team. I told all of you to wear your cheerleading warm up suit with your white cheerleading shirt to school today. Everyone, but you followed my directions."

"Ms. Glenn, I had a dentist appointment yesterday. That's why I was not able to come to practice," Kimberly explained as Ms. Glenn grabbed her by the hand and lead her to the bench. "No one gave me my cheerleading warm up and tee shirt."

"Come with me," Ms. Glenn ordered. Kimberly followed Ms. Glenn off the football field and followed her inside. They walked to Ms. Glenn's office and the angry coach slammed the door shut. Kimberly took a seat in one of the empty desks. "Ms. Hart, I don't appreciate being lied to."

Ms. Glenn transformed into an ooze like person and she looked like a female Ivan Ooze. But, she was green and was little pretty. "Who are you?!" Kimberly screamed in fear as she began to shake all over.

"They call me Irina Ooze," answered the ooze like woman. "I was married to Ivan Ooze and we have a son named Alvin. We're out to get revenge on Zordon and the leader of the power rangers. I think it's the white ranger. I believe that you are his greatest weakness and we can use you as bait to capture him."

"You'll never use me to hurt him!" Kimberly promised as she ran out of the room. She had to get to Tommy before Irina did. Irina pulled out her magic flute and began playing it. Kimberly felt her hand be pulled behind her back and magic ropes wrapped around both of her wrists. Irina played the flute once more. Magic ropes wrapped around her ankles, knees, and shoulders. "What are you doing?"

"Making sure you don't reveal my plans," Irina explained as she put her flute in her pocket.

"You'll never succeed! The other rangers will see to that, you are disgusting slime-" Before Kimberly could say anymore, Irina threw ooze over Kimberly's mouth. "MMMPH!"

"My husband used that trick on other people before. He even tried it on Rita Repulsa. This time, my son and I have teamed up with Rita and Zedd. They are helping us get our revenge. Both plan to take out the white ranger." She threw Kimberly over her shoulder and carried her into a locker room.

She looked around to find a place to hide Kimberly. There were four long rows of lockers. Irina walked to the last row of lockers and she opened a locker and placed Kimberly inside. "I'll be back for you after the home coming dance," Irina explained as she looked at a helpless Kimberly. "When I come back, I'm taking you to Rita and Zedd's castle."

"MMMPH!"

"No one will find you," Irina laughed as Kimberly continued making noise through the ooze gag. "When I go outside, I'm going to tell everyone you attacked me and you were planning on telling horrible lies about me. I'm going to tell them that I made you stay up in my room and write an apology letter." Irina slammed the locker door shut and walked out of the room.

It was half time and Mr. Kaplan was about to announce who the home coming prince, princess, king, and queen were. Tommy noticed that Ms. Glenn was back on the field. But, Kimberly wasn't there. Ms. Glenn was covered in bruises and cuts. "Ms. Glenn are you okay?" Tommy asked as he walked over to her. He laid his helmet on the bottom bleacher. "Where's Kim?"

"Ms. Hart attacked me," Ms. Glenn answered weakly. "When I stopped Ms. Hart from running in the hall. She was acting all crazy."

"She's not crazy!" Tommy yelled at her in an angry voice. "Why are you trying to make trouble for her!?"

"Mr. Oliver, I'm not trying to make trouble for her," Ms. Glenn answered in a sweet voice as she sat down on the bleacher. "When I grabbed her arm, she shoved me. She said that she wasn't falling for my tricks. Ms. Hart said I was someone named Irina Ooze and I was married to Ivan Ooze. She said we have a son named Alvin."

"I don't believe Kim would make anything up like that," Tommy hissed through clenched teeth. In the corner of his eye he saw putties and tengas appear from nowhere.

"Everyone stay clam!" Mr. Kaplan cried through a blow horn. "Everyone get inside, where it's safe." All the people in the stands took off running to the youth center.

"You all take care of the putties and tengas," Tommy told the rest of his team mates. "I'll go on and find Kim." All of them spilt up and went into different directions. He heard a muffled cry nearby. Tommy followed the loud grunt noises until he got the boys locker room.

"Hello," Tommy called out, as he walked into the locker room. "Is anyone in here?"

Kimberly's heart leapt when she heard Tommy's voice. "MMMMPH!"

"Kim, is that you?!" Tommy called out. "Are you in a locker?"

"MMMMMPH!"

"Don't worry, I'll find you!" He started opening all the lockers. Finally, we he reached last row of lockers and opened the first locker, Kimberly fell out. He slowly pulled the ooze off Kimberly's lip. Then he gathered her in his arms and held her close for the neck few seconds. "Kim, Ms. Glenn is telling everyone that you claimed she someone named Irina Ooze."

"Irina Ooze is Ms. Glenn," Kimberly explained as she was taking deep breaths. "Irina Ooze is a morphological being like Ivan. She's in her human form right now. Things couldn't get any worse. I bet you are mad over how I reacted to your proposal."

"Kim, I saw the letter your mom wrote and I understand you were upset," he assured her as he wiped her tears away with his thumbs. He opened his gym locker and pulled out his duffle.

"Tommy, what are you doing?" she asked as she watched Tommy get his khaki pants and reach into the pocket.

Tommy pulled out his pocket knife and walked back over to Kimberly. "Hold still," he requested as he kneeled next to her. "I'm going to cut you free." He slowly cut the ropes off Kimberly's body.

"I love you," Kimberly smiled as she wrapped her arms around Tommy's neck and pecked him on the cheek. "Thanks for being my white knight again."

"I'll always be here for you," Tommy promised as he held her in his arms. He couldn't help but think about the letter. "Beautiful, are you afraid to marry?"

"My mother has had several relationships. But, none of them have worked out. When she met Pierre, I finally thought she was happy," Kimberly replied as tears were pouring down her face. " You're my best friend and I don't want our relationship to end up in a divorce like my parents."

"Kimberly, this is mine and your relationship. Your mother and father's relationships have nothing to do with us," he began as he held her in arms. "Not, all marriages fail. However, all married couples have struggles. All relationships are stronger, when your best friends first and a couple second. My mother had several miscarriages and she finally gave birth to my brother. I never met him because he died when he was only a few months old. He had breathing trouble and heart trouble. My parents were devastated. But, they didn't let that come between. They both supported each other and helped each other through it. That's what you do, when you truly love someone."

"Tommy, I never knew that," Kimberly gasped. "I'm sorry, that happened to them."

"Precious, I am too. It brought them closer together," Tommy replied as they sat there wrapped up in each other's arms. "This event with your mother has only brought us closer together. I hated it when your mother dated Pierre without telling you, until the engagement. She should've told you the truth when they were having trouble instead of acting like everything was okay. I know it really hurt you when she wrote you that letter and when she kept canceling her plans to schedule a time to see you."

"I'm used to it by now," Kimberly answered sadly. She rested her head on Tommy's shoulder as tears continued to run down her face. "When I was growing up, she missed my gymnastics competitions because she always had a date with someone. I'm used to disappointments, heartaches, having to stay with friends because Caroline was never home. She was too busy with her relationships. You don't have to worry about me not having anyone here to love me or have a place to call home."

"Kimberly, I don't want you to have to feel that way anymore," Tommy addressed while stroking her hair. "You're the most important person to me in the world. I want you to always come home to someone who loves you every day, see you don't always have to rely on others to give you a place to live, and you need some happiness brought back into your life. That's why I asked you, my best friend, to marry me. I talked with my parents about this before I bought the ring. They were agreeable to letting us live in the small apartment in the basement."

She never knew that she meant that much to him. "I want to be with you and know we'll never have to worry about being apart from each other," Kimberly admitted when she felt Tommy tighten his grip on her. "When I'm with you I feel like I'm a better person, I don't feel scared or alone, and I know you'd never give up on me. I'm willing to take our relationship to the next level."

He reached into his pocket and got out the pink velvet box. "Beautiful, from now on, you don't have face anything alone anymore," Tommy whispered as he slides the ring on her finger. "I'll be right by your side."

Mr. Kaplan came on over the intercom. "Our home coming king and queen are Tommy Oliver and Kimberly Hart," Mr. Kaplan announced. "Our home coming prince and princess are Jill Smith and Chris Dowell. All students have an hour to get ready for the home coming dance. At 8:00, the home coming king, queen, prince, and princess are expected to be on the dance floor."

"I actually remembered to bring my tuxedo," Tommy smiled as he opened his locker. "What about you?"

"My curling iron, make up kit and dress is in my locker in the girls' locker room," Kimberly answered. "Do you think I'll have enough time to get ready?"

"Of course," Tommy assured her as he stepped into a changing stall to get dressed. "Go get dressed and I'll meet you in the hall."

Tommy stood outside the girls' locker room in a black tuxedo, a white dress shirt, and green tie. He was wearing his hair the way Kimberly liked it, half pulled back into a ponytail and the rest of it hanging loose. His mouth began to water and hearts appeared in his eyes, when his eyes landed on her.

She was dressed in a rose evening gown that was powdered with gold, silver, and dark pink sparkles. Her gown was tight around her sweetheart neckline and it provided her with a lot cleavage. Her straight hair was curled and twisted in to ballerina bun. "Tommy, what do you think?" Kimberly asked when she spun around showing off her dress. "Do I look okay?" The back of the dress was a lot lower than the front and it was surprising that the narrow spaghetti straps were strong enough to hold it up.

His mouth began to water and hearts appeared in his eyes when his eyes locked on her. "You look gorgeous," he complimented as he looked into her beautiful face. Her eye shadow, blush, and lip stick even matched the color of her dress. "We can't afford to be late for the dance." They locked hands and walked into the school commons area.

"Nice going, Tommy!" remarked Ray Burns as they passed him. "We lost the game because of you!"

"What are you talking about?" Tommy questioned when he looked at his team mate. "They called the game off."

"After the power rangers took care of the dangerous situation, the game resumed," Tyler Richards revealed as he walked over to Tommy. He looked hot steaming mad. "You came back on the field and got a hold of the ball. I can't believe that you purposely scored ten points for the other team!"

"He was with me the whole time," defended Kimberly as she squeezed Tommy's hand. "Irina Ooze put me in a locker."

"Tyler, she's telling the truth," Tommy assured him as his other team mates walked over to them.

"What's that on her finger?" gasped Chris Dowell as he walked over to them. "After you left scored all those points, you left the field and ran off with that girl. What did you do?"

"For the second time, I didn't leave the field," Tommy hissed as all the angry football players gathered around them. "I was with Kimberly. She was locked in a locker and I found her. When I got her out of the locker, she was scared and I comforting her."

"You didn't answer the question about the ring?" remarked Chris through gritted teeth. "You asked her to marry you, after you left us there on the field."

"I asked her to marry me, but I never left the field!" Tommy reinforced. What was everyone talking about? Was it possible Irina Ooze took on his appearance and scored the points for the winning team.

"Tommy, maybe we should go to the dance floor," Kimberly whispered. "We won't win with them."

They slowly walked away from the two angry football players. As they headed to the dance floor, they saw students huddled together talking about how mad they were at Tommy. The cheerleaders were giving Kimberly nasty looks as she passed them. "We can't believe you attacked Ms. Glenn!" shouted an angry cheerleader.

"Thanks a lot, Tommy!" retorted the captain of the football team.

Mr. Kaplan and Ms. Glenn were walking over to where Kimberly and Tommy. "Ms. Hart, Mr. Oliver, in my office now!" demanded Mr. Kaplan. Tommy and Kimberly followed their angry principal into his office. They took a seat in front of Mr. Kaplan's desk. Ms. Glenn took a seat next to them. "In all my years in education, I have never felt so embarrassed at school ball game."

"Mr. Kaplan, I promise you that we didn't do anything wrong," Kimberly bravely said as she felt Tommy squeeze her hand.

"What do you call attacking the cheerleading coach, Ms. Hart?" Mr. Kaplan asked as his face was turning red like a strawberry, getting ready to explode. He then looked at Tommy. "What do you call purposely scoring points for the other team, Mr. Oliver? Those two stunts were wrong and you both knew it!"

"Mr. Kaplan, I was locked in a locker, by Ms. Glenn who is really Irina Ooze," Kimberly informed while looking at the angry cheerleading coach. "She is a lot like Ivan Ooze!"

" Ms. Glenn would never hurt anyone! She worked at other schools before and I've only heard good things about her!" screamed Mr. Kaplan as steam was coming out of his ears. "How do you know what Ivan Ooze was like?"

"Don't you remember when the power rangers defeated him there was a big article in the paper?" reminded Tommy as he tried to defend himself and Kimberly. He knew they couldn't tell them they were power rangers. Even if they could tell people they were rangers, no one would've believed them anyway. "In the article, it said Ivan was a morphological being-"

Ms. Glenn picked up a book and slammed it down on Mr. Kaplan's desk. "THAT'S ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU!" She shouted in a nasty voice. "I think both of you should be punished!"

"I was thinking the same thing!" added Mr. Kaplan as he looked at Ms. Glenn. "Mr. Oliver, I am suspending you from the football team for the rest of the year. I am very disappointed in you. I always thought I could count on you to help take our team to the play offs. I guess I was wrong."

"Mr. Kaplan, I promise you that Tommy would never make our football team lose," Kimberly declared as Ms. Glenn turned to look at her.

"If he wasn't on the football field, where was he?" remarked Ms. Glenn. Both Kimberly and Tommy could tell that she was looking at them with rage.

"I was inside looking for Kim and I found her in a locker in the boys' locker room," Tommy explained while he looked at his angry principal. "She was scared when I got her out. I was comforting her."

Ms. Glenn's eyes were locked on Kimberly like radar. "She was in my office writing me an apology for attacking me?" informed Ms. Glenn as she looked at the two rangers. Her eyes narrowed when she saw the sparkly ring on Kimberly's finger. "What's that on her finger? Ms. Hart, did you steal that ring from someone?"

"She didn't steal the ring!" Tommy informed her as he stood up with anger running all through his body. "I bought the ring and I proposed to her."

"So, that's where you went after you left the game," remarked Ms. Glenn. Her eyes were flashing green as she glared at him. "You took Ms. Hart out of my office to propose to her? Didn't you?!"

Tommy gulped as he realized there was no way out of dodging that question. "Yes, I did propose to her," he bravely confessed as he looked Ms. Glenn in the eye. "But, I didn't take her out of your office."

"Mr. Oliver, I'm very disappointed with you. You could've waited after the game to propose-"

Tommy got tired of Mr. Kaplan take Ms. Glenn's side. "FOR THE LAST TIME, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE GAME HAD RESUMED! I TOLD YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! IRINA GLENN TRANSFORMED INTO ME AND SCORED THE POINTS FOR THE WINNING TEAM! SHE IS IRINA OOZE!"

"Mr. Oliver, there was no reason for you to raise your voice at me!" yelled Mr. Kaplan as he looked at Tommy who was full of rage. "Both of you have in school detention until further notice."

"And that means you can't go to any school events and you lose your title as home coming king and queen," Ms. Glenn smirked as she looked at a shocked and disappointed Tommy and Kimberly.

Mr. Kaplan got up and walked out of the room to return to the home coming event. As soon as Mr. Kaplan was out of sight Ms. Glenn transformed into Irina Ooze. Tommy quickly grabbed Kimberly and ran out the door as Irina was throwing green slimy ooze everywhere. "I noticed the security camera was on Mr. Kaplan's office," Tommy said in a quiet voice as they were running down the hall. "Hopefully, he'll see her transform into Irina Ooze."

"We need find a place to teleport to the command center," Kimberly whispered as Irina was chasing them down the hall. They quickly ran out the door and got behind a bush. By the time Irina got out there, a beam of white and pink light was shooting up into the sky.