Unavoidable Secrets Part 4

Summary: I finally tell you what the secret is. And I warn you, I was thinking about this all last night while I was working, and now I have to go to school. You're taking over my life!!!

Rating: R, because of subject content and some bad language.

Disclaimer: I don't think I'll bother. You know I don't own anything, so what's the point?

Author's Notes/Thank You's: I have to say I'm overwhelmed by the great reviews, and I'm sorry for confusing people with the strange way I've kept the secret. But, all will be revealed if you carry on reading!!! Thanks to everyone that's reviewed and also to Chloe and Alex AGAIN. I'm not that happy with the ending to this, but I can't think of anything else, so ... just read it!!


The nine people could barely fit into Kim's apartment. It was in one of the tiny streets off a main road, and one of seven in the particular building. Kim quickly moved over to the phone and dialed a number. Turning away so that her voice was directed towards a wall, she spoke into the receiver.

"He's here...yeah, both Zack and I saw him. What do you mean, you can't get here tonight? I thought you were supposed to protect us from a homicidal ex-boyfriend who likes to use his object of twisted affection as a punchbag and keep her friends hostage??"

The room fell silent. What did she mean? Kim turned around and saw seven faces looking at her in bemusement, and one with a resigned look on his face. She looked at them for a moment, then returned her attention to the job in hand. "So when can you get here? No, I don't think he saw us leave, but I'm not completely sure... yeah I'll be awake, you think I get eight hours sleep?? Okay. See you at eight." She hung up the phone, but kept a hold of it for a moment. Taking a deep breath, she gave a strange smile to Zack, and said, "He's in San Francisco. Can't get here till about eight tomorrow morning. Said for you to stay here."

"Alright Kim, that is it. What the hell is going on??" Jason looked at his two friends, and raised his eyebrows.

"Homicidal ex-boyfriend? Kim, what happened, and why the fuck did you never tell anyone?" Aisha said, coming closer to put an arm around her friend, who she noticed was looking close to tears.

"Zack, how did you get involved in all this?" Adam asked his friend. Zack and Kim looked at each other, unsure who was going to start the story-telling. Tommy, Trini, Rocky and Billy just looked at their friends, shellshocked. At least now they knew what was wrong, but how did it happen, and what could they do to fix it?

Kim sat down on a ratty couch, and Tommy instantly sat down beside her. He wasn't sure what had happened, but he did know that she needed someone. Zack sat down on the other side of Kim, and she began her tale.


"I was in Florida for about two months. And I loved it at first, or at least after I stopped throwing up because the Powers were leaving me. The gymnastics was harder than I'd ever known it, but I enjoyed the challenge. The only things that were missing were you guys. I made a couple fo friends, but they were all so different to me, I didn't ever feel as though I completely belonged. Then, I met a guy." She looked at Tommy briefly, but couldn't read the expression on his face. Once upon a time, she could read every single expression that he had in his repetoire. These days, she didn't even know herself.

"He was so nice to me, he made me feel as though I belonged there, and because he liked me everyone else did. Superficial I know, but anyway.

"We started going out every once in a while, and soon it became more serious. After about seven months, it got a bit...odd."

"What do you mean by 'odd'?" Jason asked. Kim rolled her eyes, and said,

"Well, he got really possessive, he wanted to know where I was at all times. he got so annoyed if I didn't come home when I said I would, gymnastics were pushed aside to stay with him."

"Why didn't you leave him?" Adam asked.

"Why do you think? I thought that I loved him." She gave another look at Tommy, and reluctantly continued her story. "By the time I'd been with him for two years, I didn't want it any more. I hadn't been back here since that Christmas, hadn't seen my family or anyone for so long, and I'd done what I acheived to do, which was to get a medal at the Globals. Zack was in Florida, he came to see me, and I asked him to help me get my stuff out of there without him knowing." At that point her voice broke, and Zack took over the story, all eyes switching from Kim to Zack, apart from Tommy who put an arm around Kim, who looked at him gratefully.

"How long ago was this?" Billy asked.

"I would say three months or so. I got most of Kim's stuff into my hotel room, we left out a couple of things so that he wouldn't see that anything was going on. Kim thought that he'd be out one afternoon, so she came home early, and we went to grab the rest of her stuff, but he was already there." Kim decided to join the convresation again.

"Basically, I said 'I'm leaving', he said 'you're not' I said 'try and stop me' so he did." She hitched up the skirt of her dress to mid thigh, to show a still red stab mark. "Zack got a few punches, I called the police, they couldn't arrest him because he'd gone, and I thought I was going to thank my lucky stars because I never told him the name of the town that I came from." She let out a deep sigh, and said, "But I got a couple of notes days after I moved in here, as did Zack, and the police insisted on providing us with protection, what with me being a failed celebrity and all."

The room fell quiet. You heard of things happening like this all the time, in newspapers and stuff, but they never thought that it would happen to one of their own. Trini and Aisha couldn't believe that Kim hadn't told them, and that they hadn't picked up the signs. Whereas the guys...

"Why didn't you let any of us know?? Did he hit you when you were going out with him?" Rocky demanded. Kim didn't answer, and Rocky had his answer right there.

"We'll stay here tonight," Jason proclaimed. "If he has both your addresses, and he knows where you were tonight, neither of you should be alone."

"Um, Jason? Have you happened to take a look around you?" Kim asked, standing up, and reluctantly leaving Tommy's comforting presence. "There's barely enough room for nine people to sit, let alone sleep."

"Well then, we won't sleep," Trini said, putting her arm around Kim, and bending down to bring Zack to her other side as well. "I doubt either of you get your healthy eight hours these days anyway, so we'll keep you awake until your police shadow gets here. Then we can figure out what to do as a team, instead of leaving you two alone, thinking that you can keep unavoidable secrets like this from us."

"A friend in need is a friend indeed," Adam murmured, as Rocky joined the standing group, stretched like a dozy cat, and said,

"Kim, have you got any food you don't want?"


Author's Notes (What, again??? You really are getting spoiled) I don't blame you if you're not happy with this, because I thought it was a bit too...not unlikely or anything, just implausible about the poilce escort etc. Anyway, let em know what you think about this chapter and the fic in general!!