Tommy and Kimberly remained in the command center for weeks. Alpha and Zordon tried everything they could think of to changing Tommy and Kimberly back into humans. But, everything failed. Finally, Zordon got a message from Duclea that she could try to communicate with Tommy and Kim. She requested that Tommy and Kimberly come to Phadoes.
Rita and Zedd watched from their balcony and saw a beam of pink and white light go across the sky. "You know the plan," he said to Rita, Alvin, and Irina. "Tommy and Kimberly don't have their powers and will be useless. We're going to send Goldar down to Phadoes and when the time is right, we'll kidnap the pink ranger."
"She can still communicate with Tommy," Alvin warned as he stared at the empty bird cage. "She'd cry for him and he come straight to her."
Zedd pulled out a muzzle and handed it to Alvin. "As soon as you capture her, put this muzzle on her," he instructed. "Then take her to the secret cave that Goldar will be hiding in. He's got a cage ready for her."
Irina walked over to the edge of the balcony and started to spy on Tommy and Kimberly. "I have the prefect plan to capture her," Irina revealed. She pulled out a helmet and showed it to the rest of the villains'. "We will wait until night fall. When they are both asleep, we'll snatch her. I got this helmet a long time ago and we will put it on her. which will block her from considering Tommy's heart, mind, and soul. It will also prevent him from sharing power with her-"
"-Then we can bottle her up and throw her into the sea of sorrow!" smirked Alvin.
The beam of pink and white light landed somewhere in the jungle of Phadoes. "Wow, look at this place!" Kimberly gasped as she looked around. Everything looked so much bigger than it did the last time. "Wonder how long it will take us to reach Deuclea's Plateau?"
Tommy placed his wing around Kimberly. "I have no idea," he answered as the he looked around. All the trees appeared to be skyscrapers. Since they were in an area that they had never been in before, they didn't have any clue about which direction to go in. "Kim, what do you think could be in this part of the jungle?"
"I don't know. The last time we were here we found a lot of unexpected things to fight and get passed. Remember the dinosaur fossil that came to life and those ugly things we had to fight before reaching the great power?"
"Yeah, I do. I fear that danger could be lurking around anywhere, so let's try to stay low to the ground to avoid being seen. Stay close to me."
Both walked very close together with a wing around the other for comfort and to get from getting separated. They walked around for hours, but they realized that the three paths that they took always left them back to where they started. "Kim, let's call it a night and get some food and find a place to crash for the night," Tommy suggested as he broke of a branch from a black berry bush, a cherry bush, a raspberry bush, and a blueberry bush. They found an a hallow tree with an opening next to spring. "I think this would be a good place to sleep. Tomorrow, we'll take the path that leads from a different location. I suspect this area is a dead end." They both drank from the spring and went inside the hallow tree and began to eat their berries.
"Think, we'll have any luck tomorrow?" Kimberly questioned as she rested by Tommy against a tree wall. She was tucked under his wing and he was holding her as tight as he could. "I'd like to start living a normal life again."
"I know you do," he answered as he let out a loud yawn. "It has been so frustrating trying to communicate with the others and they can't understand us. I wonder why they villains are able to communicate with us?"
"Maybe because they want to know what we're thinking and planning?" Kimberly guessed. She laid her head down on the ground and Tommy rested his head against it.
"You're probably right. I'm sure they knew how this would affect us and we wouldn't be able to help the team."
"We're even limited on what we can do for each other."
"Kim, please don't say that," Tommy requested, while he looked away to make sure they couldn't be seen. "We can still communicate with each other, eat meals together, snuggle up with each other, and simple things like that. Right now, that is good enough for me."
She stretched her wing out and rest it over him. "How is that good enough for you?" she questioned while moving closer to him. "We aren't able to spend our senior year together like we planned, we didn't get to enjoy our wedding night, and we can't go out in society."
"Beautiful, I know," he reminded her. "I guess the reason it's good enough for me right now is because I moved around a lot and didn't have many friends, until you came along. After I met you I didn't want to be separated from you. I knew you were the girl I wanted to marry. We've been through a lot together over the past several months now I'm finally married to you. If I have to go to a new place, we'll be going together. And at least have one friend with me wherever I go and I don't have do it alone anymore."
"That's sweet, Tommy," Kimberly purred as she drifted off to sleep. "I never thought of it that way before."
Alvin, Goldar, and Irina appeared in front of the tree. "The invisible spell that Rita gave us worked," smirked Alvin as he stared at the tree Kimberly and Tommy were in. He had a metal shackle that could be used as a muzzle, a long chain with a shackle on it, and a helmet. "Now who is going to get her?"
Irina muttered a spell and Kimberly magically, flew out to them. "Hurry before she wakes up," warned Irina as she put the helmet on Kimberly's head. Alvin put the metal shackle around her beak and then put the shackle on her neck.
Kimberly's eyes opened as soon as she felt cold wind blowing on her. She had been caught by the Ooze family and Goldar. Kimberly tried to cry out for help, but she couldn't open her beak. Then she tried to fly back to the tree, but Irina whispered a spell that stripped her of most of her feather. Her beautiful pink feathers landed on the ground. She fell into the spring and there was a loud splashing sound.
Tommy's eyes snapped open and he noticed he was alone. "KIMBERLY!" he cried as he went outside to look for her. His heart break shattered when he saw the pink feather scattered all over the place. A lot of them were floating in the spring and he let out a loud cry. He laid down by the spring and stared into his reflection. Tears were streaming down his face while he cried for Kimberly. What could have happened to her? She was lying next to him and they were out of sight. It just didn't make sense. "I just want my Beautiful Kimberly back! I wish I knew where she was so I could go to her. She's everything to me and I can't lose my best friend! I'd be willing to stay a falcon longer in exchange for getting her back." His tears feel in the spring and something magical happened.
A snowy white owl was standing in front of him. "Tommy, it's been a while," greeted the familiar voice. "She's still alive."
"Tell me where she is and how I can get to her," Tommy begged as he looked down at the shackle on his ankle, which reminded him of their wedding day. He almost lost her then when Zedd tried to force her into marriage. But, they could get Rita involved and Rito got them blame. That didn't matter to him because the villains' left the wedding chapel leaving them to get married. Tommy had to admit that he would have liked to have had his friends and family there. But, he was willing to go on and marry her without any guests to prevent the anyone else to force her into an unwanted marriage. "Can you tell me what happened to her?"
"The Ooze family and Goldar captured her. Irina said a spell to make her fly out of the hollow tree. They put a muzzle on her beak and she's got a metal collar on her neck which is connected to leach. " Duclea explained while staring into his worried chocolate eyes. "They put a helmet to prevent her from considering your heart, soul, and mind. She tried to fly but Irina used a spell to remove her feathers to prevent her from flying. She fell into the spring and they drug her out and made her go with them."
"What is the quickest route I can take to get to her?"
"I can teleport you to the entrance of cave that she is in, but once you get in the cave, you will be on your own. Teleportation doesn't work in there and a lot of magic spells can't be used in there. You will have to make it outside the cave before I can teleport you both to a safe place."
"Just teleport me to the entrance of the cave."
Tommy appeared outside a big cave. He slowly stepped inside and could hear people laughs and things being thrown. And he heard a scream. "KIMBERLY!" he cried as he walked a quickly as he could without being seen. His goal was to get Kimberly out of there without being seen. Luckily, he could fly if he had to and they wouldn't be able to do anything to prevent it.
He walked a long way and he saw weird looking figure. It appeared to look like a bird but it had no feathers. A metal shackle was around its neck and a long chain was attached to it. There was a funny looking hat strapped on its head. His heart broke when he realized it was Kimberly. "He will find me!" Kimberly warned as she was struggling to break free. "He loves me and won't stop until he does!"
"He won't want you anymore," laughed Alvin as he got out a mirror and showed Kimberly what she looked like. "He will forsake you when he sees you."
She let out a horrible scream as soon as she saw what she looked like. "I look like a raw chicken!" Kimberly sobbed as soon as she saw herself. "I'm so ugly looking."
"You meant you are a raw chicken!" corrected Irina. She threw a tomato at Kimberly. Alvin and Goldar grabbed a tomato out of the box and started to hit her with them too. "Next up are rotten tomatoes!" From the middle of nowhere something swooped down and started pecking her and scratching her. No one could see what it was because it kept flying around fast like the speed of light. Once Irina was scratched all over, she collapsed from being in too much pain.
"Let me deal with it!" shouted Goldar. He looked around and could only see strikes of white light. Finally, the object swooped down and started pecking him and scratching him in the face and eyes. It didn't stop until Goldar had lost sight in both eyes. He started walking around swinging his sword trying to hit the flying object, but ended up cutting the chain that was holding Kimberly to the wall.
The white object started flying around grabbed the key was on the wall that was used to remove the shackle that was around her neck. Suddenly, Alvin started to get scratched and pecked until he hit the floor and was very weak. Kimberly felt the shackle fall off her neck and the next thing she knew the object grabbed her in its claws and was flying out of the cave. A snowy white owl was waiting outside for some reason. A ball of orange light hit the figure carrying Kimberly and they both crashed on the ground. Kimberly finally got a good look at her rescuer's identity. He had a beautiful head of white feathers and the most handsome chocolate eyes there ever was. "Tommy!" she cried as she felt her helmet magically be removed from her head. She collapsed next to him and they both suddenly disappeared with the white owl.
Tommy woke up in a cave and was lying in a comfortable nest with a nice warm blanket covering him up. Kimberly lying next to him. He got out of the nest and started to walk around the cave. A waterfall was coming down hard in front of the entrance. At least Goldar or the villains wouldn't think to look for them there. He began to feel chilly and walked over to a pool of water to see his reflection. "OH NO!" He cried when he looked in the pool. He saw he didn't have any feathers on his body either. "What happened to me?!" Tommy walked around and saw white feathers all over the cave.
The snowy white owl flies back in with several branches of berries for them to eat. "What happened to me?!" Tommy questioned as Duclea laid the branches by their nest. Kimberly woke up and walked over to Tommy.
"The orange ball of light hit you, which caused you to lose all of your feathers like Kimberly," Dulcea explained. Alvin stepped outside the cave and did a magic spell. "He was trying to capture you along with Kimberly. But, I was able to teleport you to safety."
Tommy felt Kimberly brush up against him and she was starting to nuzzle him affectionately. "Thanks for coming for me," she purred as he started to nuzzle her in return. "Even though I am no longer beautiful anymore."
"I still think you are the most beautiful and most precious thing there ever was even without feathers," he assured her. "I hope you don't feel any different about me."
"How could I feel any different about my best friend?" she questioned. The both began to shiver and huddled closer together. "I wish we were warmer though."
"The pool is warm and you can soak in it," Duclea explained. Kimberly and Tommy made their way over to the pool of water and jumped in.
"This feels so much better," Kimberly beamed as she felt Tommy's bare wing wrap around her. "Will we always have to remain like this from now on?"
"Your feathers will grow back; but, it will take some time,"Duclea revealed to them. "Both of you will have to stay hidden for a while, especially until your feathers grow back. The ooze family will stop at nothing until the find you. And now that Tommy has injured Goldar, Rita and Zedd probably come looking for you and Tommy."
"Are we safe where we are at?" Tommy asked.
"Yes, the entrance to this cave is invisible to all enemies. This cave comes out at my Plateau and it's heavy guarded. I'll contact Zordon and let him know you are okay and what has happened?" She walked down the long dark hall and disappeared from site.
Kimberly wrapped her bare wing around Tommy's body. "I don't like the fact that we've been birds for a while," Kimberly fretted. "I wish we could go back to being humans and everything would be normal again."
He looked down into the anxiety filled in her beautiful doe eyes. "Beautiful," he started, while he held her in both wings as if he was scared to let go. But, a gentle and warm smile appeared on his face. "I wish things were better too. We need each other to each other to make it through this rough time. I know it's easier said than done. But, we must if we want to keep what we have. I've almost lost you several times with Coach Schmidt and the Ooze family. I refuse to lose you not matter what we're faced with."
"I know, Tommy. I love you and I don't want to lose you either."
"Then let's get through this. We know each other's fears and weakness are. We can work to overcome them together."
They got out of the pool and got back in their nest and covered up, while they started to eat their berries. Kimberly moved closer to Tommy to get warmer and for extra comfort. "Wonder exactly how long it will actually take for our feather grow back?" she asked when she felt Tommy tuck her under his wing and pull her as close to him as he possibly could. "I know you probably already know this. Ever since I became a raw chicken, I've been feeling vulnerable, naked, afraid, and alone."
"Precious, you don't have to feel like that anymore," Tommy assured her. "You with me now. You're loved, treasured, and protected. There's no need to feel afraid or alone anymore."
"I am still going to have be a raw chicken-"
"You mean we're going to be raw chickens together," he corrected her as he started to nuzzle her. "We'll get through this."
"I know, I never dreamed we have to spend the beginning of our marriage in this state-"
"-Kim, the whole point of being married is having your best friend always by your side, isn't it?"
"I guess you're right," she replied and she started to nuzzle him with all the love and affection that she could give him. "I at least still have you and I'm grateful for that."
"That's my girl," he smiled as they both let out a loud yawn. "Let's try to get some rest now. You can rest peacefully, I'll won't be going anywhere."
"Thanks, Tommy," she yawned as she laid her head down. "I love you."
"I love you too, Kimberly," he said letting out a yawn. He rested his head close to hers and drifted off to sleep.
