Over the next few hours the sky got as dark as slate, the wind began to pick up and the tree branches began to dance. The heavy wind began to pick up and it had gotten icy cold, just like the rain. "Do you think it's going to any better?" Kimberly questioned while she felt the cold wind cut into her skin. She walked over the edge of the dumpster to get a closer look at the weather. "Hopefully, we can travel in the morning."
"Beautiful, if it's still like this, we won't be able to. There's no way we'll be able to travel out in this mess."
"I was afraid you say that," she sighed as he walked over to her. They laid down at the opening and watched the weather. Hail was beating on the dumpster and then it fell to the ground. "Just great! What else could go wrong?!"
"Kim, we can't worry about that now," Tommy began as they went back over to the ragged blanket. "We can't afford to get sick from this weather. Let's get under the blanket and try to get some rest."
Kimberly's eye brows rose and her mouth dropped as soon as he made the comment. "That blanket is full holes!" she complained. "How is that going to keep us warm."
"At least we'll be warmer," Tommy assured her as he threw the blanket over her. He crawled under the blanket and laid next to her and then he held her close to him under his wing. "Try to get some sleep. I'm right here if you need me."
A beam of yellow and blue light landed in front of the dumpster. "Are you sure that they are here," Aisha began while she walked around in old abandoned ally way.
"I'm sure of it," Rocky stated. "But, remember they could be anywhere. Kim's a crane and Tommy's a falcon. "This is where Billy got their signal."
"We have to hurry and find them," Aisha said in a worried tone as she walked over to the dumpster. The heavy wind was blowing the icy cold rain on her face. "I've heard someone has told the zoo about seeing a white falcon and a pink crane. The zoo is looking for them too."
Kimberly heard heavy footsteps and a bright light shining in all directions. "Tommy, Tommy, wake up!" she whispered as she gently pecked him. He didn't wake up and she pecked him a little harder. "Tommy! This is an emergency!"
"I'm up," he whispered as he let out a yawn. "What's going on?" The bright flash was directly on them. Rocky and Aisha kneeled and found them huddled together under the dumpster.
"It's okay," Aisha promised them as they looked her at her. "Rocky and I are here to help you. We're going to take you back to the command center where you'll be safe." Kimberly and Tommy slowly walked towards Aisha and she gathered them in her arms.
"Let's teleport back to the command center," suggested Rocky.
A bright beam of yellow and blue light shot up in the air and flew across the sky.
Aisha and Rocky appeared back in the command center. Aisha walked over to a large basket and placed Tommy and Kimberly in it. Both were shivering and were covered in the cold rain. "I'll get some blankets," Alpha declared as he walked over to a drawer. He got out a pink baby blanket and a mint green baby blanket and cover Kimberly and Tommy up with them.
"Zordon what has happened to them?" asked a familiar voice. Tommy and Kimberly looked up and saw Jason Scott in the command center. "Why are they birds?"
"It has to do something with a falcon and crane legend," Zordon began as he looked he looked at his two rangers in their bird forms. "Alpha and I trying to investigate as best we can. We believe the Ooze Family, Rita, and Zedd are behind this. I'm sure Tommy and Kimberly will be able to tell us what they know."
Jason walked over to Tommy and Kimberly's basket. "Tommy, what do you know about this legend? Do you know where the parents of Angel Grove are?" Jason asked as he glanced at his two friends in their bird forms. "What are the villains' and the Ooze Family up to?"
Tommy turned to face Kimberly who was curled up under the soft pink blanket. "Kim, they don't we can't communicate with them?" he told her. "What should we do?"
She hung her head as she stood up and looked at Jason. "We might as well let them know we can't communicate with them," she sighed. She watched Tommy stand up and look at his friend with sadness in his eyes.
Jason slowly moved his hand over to Tommy and started to pet him. "Tommy, can you understand me?" Jason asked while Kimberly moved close to Tommy to give him support for this hard moment. All Tommy did was slowly shake his head yes. "Can you tell me what you know about all of this?"
The other rangers gathered around the basket excited to hear some news that could help him out. But, they were in for a surprise. Tommy opened his mouth and only loud squawks and screeches came out of Tommy's mouth. They all turned to face Kimberly. She looked into five pairs of eyes and all they got out of her was loud squawks and screeches too.
"Why can't they talk to us?!" Aisha cried as she watched Kimberly hang her head. "They can understand us."
"Alpha and I will run some tests on them to see if we can find anything out," Zordon replied. He watched Tommy lay back down in basket and Kimberly curled up beside him. "In the meantime, we have to keep them safe."
Alpha covered them up and walked back over to the talk with Zordon and the other rangers. "Tommy, I guess we're officially on our own," Kimberly whispered in a sad tone as she felt him hold her close with his wing. "And I have no idea on what we can do to help. I guess we're going be eating our meals from a bird feeder, drinking and bathing in a bird bath, and we're going be naked from here on out."
"Kim, I know how you feel because I'm feeling the same way," he began as he tried to think of something to say to cheer her up and give her hope. "But, we'll figure something out. We always do. In the meantime, we have need each other more now than ever if we want to get through this."
She glanced into his warm chocolate eyes. "I realize that and I'm extremely grateful for it. This wasn't the way I wanted us to spend our married life together."
"Beautiful," he gently said as he put his feelings for her in that one word. "Having a normal life with you was is important to me. I'm sure we'll find a way to be humans again. But, if we can't, I'd rather us adapt to living our lives as birds together, than not have you at all."
They began to nuzzle each other affectionately. "So, you're actually okay with this?"
Tommy looked down at his feathery body and just glanced at it for a few seconds. "Kim, I promise you I'm okay with this," he assured her. "I almost lost you twice when the villains' tried to drain your life force. My biggest fear is losing you, it's been that way ever since we became friends because you were my first friend. Just hearing your screams, cries, and seeing you in pain was the worst thing I've seen. I'm just thankful, they gave me a choice of what I wanted."
"But, you almost lost me a third time-"
His heart ached when he was reminded about their argument and she left which caused her to be attacked by the cat. "That was my fault and I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you. That was another thing that hurts me. I thought that you were hurt and I was too late when I saw the cat pinning you down."
"I feared you would get hurt while you fought the cat to save me."
"Kim, I think that just showed us how much we actually love each other. You were willing to risk your life in and a storm to find me, just like I was determined to find and protect you."
"Thanks, Tommy," she purred as they got comfortable and started to yawn. "I needed that."
"Anytime, precious. After we get some rest, we'll start trying to find out some ways we can help the team out some way."
