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A/N : Ok, this chapter will be from Jase's point of view and will probably be short because I want to get to chapter 5 and Tommy and Kim's first encounter since the whole Divatox mess ended…and wait till you hear what I have in store for that chapter…Well, anyways…on with the story and as always R&R. Thanks!
THE POWER RANGERS IN :
THE HARDEST THING I EVER DID
Chapter 4
I watched as Kim got out of the car, she must've spotted her old car right away for she almost instantly started walking over toward it. She got to the other side of Trini's little yellow bug…I still can't believe she insisted on getting a bug…A BUG! Anyway, Kim got to the other side of Trini's Beetle and stopped, her eyes widened as she looked at a car that wasn't suppose to be here.
Kim must have told her mother she was coming to Angel Grove for a visit or something, for no sooner had Kim sent us a letter about coming home then her mother called Trini and asked if it were true. Of coarse Trini had told her yeah, about a week later the car showed up on a roll back, the driver of the car carrier had a note that was to be delivered to Trini and I, which read as follows:
Dear Trini and Jason,
Greetings, I hope this letter finds you two in good health. Congratulations on the marriage, Kim was gushing about it…she was only sorry about not being able to make it.
On to the reasons for this letter, since Kim will be staying with you two for a little while I've pulled her car out of storage, this is not the original car she had in Florida, not exactly anyhow…she told me she'd had to get rid of it. I searched extensively until I found the car…unfortunately it was in a junkyard, apparently who ever had bought it from Kim had crashed it. I pulled it from the junkyard and had it repaired, quite extensive repairs too.
Kim doesn't know I did this, this should be a pleasant surprise for her since she was strangely attached to the car.
Sincerely Karen DeVane
I figured if that was the case and Kim didn't know she owned the car again, we'd surprise her with it when we got to the house. I expected her to start screaming and jumping all over the place. Like she had when we were younger…
What happened next I wasn't quite prepared for. I watched as Kim's eyes widened in surprise, I was waiting for her to squeal in delight or something…anything. Fear passed over her face followed quickly by confusion. I could almost hear her saying 'What the hell?' Then she passed out, that really wasn't what I had expected to happen.
"Jason!" I heard Trini gasp, I was running at once hoping to make it to Kim before she hit the floor. I dove for her body, my hands just cradling her head before it slammed forcefully against the hard cement of the garage floor. I felt the pain explode in my hands and hoped I hadn't broken anything, but at least Kim was unharmed.
Trini made it over to us in no time flat and bent down beside Kim and me just as I was moving my hands away to take a closer look at them, "Is she alright?" she asked quietly. She gingerly touched Kim's head, running her fingers deftly down over our friend's face, and then I noticed the look on her face. She had Kim's face turned toward me, her hand was lightly touching the area behind Kim's right ear and she looked like she was about to get sick.
"What?" I asked and leaned over so I could get a look at the side of Kim's face too, my hands were quickly forgotten. I was terrified I was going to see blood or something far worse…I wasn't actually prepared for what I saw. A small angry pink line slashed downward, from just behind her ear down her neck and around her hairline toward the back of her neck. I thought in dismay as I looked at the fading cut, It was just like someone had tried to scalp her, the small pink scar paralleled her hairline perfectly, then ran partway down the back of her neck.
Trini and I both looked at each other at the same moment, "What happened to her?" Trini asked, I could see the fear in her face, her eyes…in the expression of complete horror she wore on her beautiful face. I wanted to comfort her then but I really didn't know what to say or to do. I did the only thing I could think of, I just shook my head in confusion.
I tried wracking my brain, tried recalling anything that could give me a clue about what had happened to one of my best friends…I thought back to the mess with Divatox so long ago. We'd been captured and used against our friends, even then Kim had seemed distant, like something was bothering her. I had always associated it with the letter she'd wrote to Tommy and the fact of seeing him the way she had all of a sudden, she'd figured on seeing him on her own terms…and then there was his involvement with Kat. Could there have been more to it than just that, more than she was letting on? No, she would've told someone, if not me than Aisha or Trini…she hadn't said anything to anyone about having surgery or anything else of the like. What in the hell happened to her?
I looked up at Trini and met her dark gaze, "I just don't know, but we should probably get her into the house." We carefully picked her up and carried her into our home and up to the guest room. After Trini had finished tucking her into bed she met me down in kitchen. "She ok?" I asked as I got a glass down from one of the cupboards and got the orange juice out of the fridge. "Want some?" I asked and held the OJ out toward her.
"No thanks, I'm not thirsty right now." she paused and watched me down my glass of juice then turn and put the juice carton in the fridge and the glass in the sink. "Jase, I found something else," her voice trailed off and I turned worried eyes back toward her. "There's a large scar on her back too. It's not a neatly cut one like the one on her face…it's like," she paused, at a lost for words to describe what she had seen. "I don't know…and she…" she paused once again. She was trying to collect her thoughts. She was worried, I could tell it from the look in her eyes. "She keeps tossing and turning and mumbling something about horses and balance beams…" Was that confusion I saw too? "I think that accident earlier jarred her too."
I looked at her and waited for her to elaborate. She didn't continue, "What makes you say that?" I finally asked.
"She keeps mumbling about it." I raised my eye brows, a kind of 'Oh really' gesture. "She said something about-" she was cut off as we both heard a vehicle pull up outside. I walked up closer to the window above the sink and peered out to see who it was. Out there sat a white jeep, right in front of the garage door Kim's car sat behind.
"Tommy?" Trini asked from beside me.
I turned to look at her, "Yeah, I think this may just start to get interesting."
"Anybody home?" I heard him call as he walked in from the garage and into the kitchen. He hadn't quite made it into the kitchen before I heard him swear, "What the hell?!" He must've just seen Kim's car…
Hmmm, just what is gonna happen next? Actually I may wait till Chapter 6 to have Kim and Tommy come face to face…what do you think? Let me know, and as always, R&R. I love reading what you all have to say.
