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A/N : Ok, I think this was originally chapter 8, but things are getting switched around and this got switched slightly with everything else. Hope you like.

THE POWER RANGERS IN :

THE HARDEST THING I EVER DID

PART II

Chapter 9 : More Mysteries

A few hours later.

Kat walked back toward the worried group. Kim had just been brought out of surgery, and although the doctors had said everything was going to be all right, there was still that small doubt, and everyone was feeling it. She was not out of the woods yet. Kat walked up to Aisha and Billy, "How is she?" She asked.

Billy looked over at the blond Australian then looked over at where Tommy, Jason and Trini were standing directly in front of the ICU room. Tommy was suppose to be in a hospital room himself, but had refused until he knew for sure that Kimberly was going to be all right. That was still an uncertainty. Aisha cleared her throat and spoke up, drawing Kat's attention back to her. "She's sleeping right now. The doctor that Tommy spoke to said that that's good for right now. She needs the rest, time for her body to attempt to heal."

"I hear a but in there…" Kat said.

"She's still not out of the woods," Aisha responded.

"But she's going to make it, right?"

"They won't give a definite answer one way or the other," Aisha said. "They pretty much try to sugar coat it without giving a direct answer."

Kat shook her head and walked over to Tommy, Jason and Trini. Jason and Trini turned to look at her and smiled sadly. Kat returned the smile, "I got hold of Rocky and Isabel, they're on their way back."

Jason just nodded his head. Trini just smiled.

Kat walked over to Tommy and laid a hand gently on his arm then turned to look through the clear glass at the woman laying in the room beyond.

Kim lay silently in bed, her eyes closed peacefully in sleep. She was not out of the woods yet, not by no means the doctors had said. She was still in critical condition, though she had just been moved up a notch to stable, but still critical. That status still did not ease her friends' worried minds.

Tommy, his one leg in a cast along with the arm that Kat had her hand on, looked over at Trini and Jason, standing just behind him. Kat stood next to him, her hand poised lightly upon his arm, as if trying to lend silent support. We'll get through this, like we always have. She'll make it through, you just have to have faith, that's all. A voice said within his head.

"Do you really think she's going to make it through this?" Tommy asked as he once more turned his worried eyes toward the young woman laying so very still in the ICU room in front of them. The masses of tubes and wires and beeping machines were to much for Tommy, he couldn't stand seeing Kimberly that way. She looked more dead still, then alive.

"Sure she'll make it through," Trini said as she moved up to his other side and laid a comforting hand on Tommy's shoulder. "She came back to you, it would take hell on earth to tear her away again, believe me."

"I hope you're right Trini," Tommy sighed.

Inside the closely monitored room Kim sighed in her troubled sleep. Images of someplace she had never been, or at least couldn't remember, played through her mind. She was with a little girl, she was a child herself, and they were out in the dark, but they weren't scared because they both were giggling in glee. They were outside alone, playing in the dark and they weren't supposed to be there.

Kim sighed in her comatose state and attempted to move but it still hurt too much. In her dream state she could sense danger, a terrible danger. She wanted to tell the other little girl that they needed to go into the house, but something told her that that isn't how this dream-scene played out. They were running toward the darken woods and night sounds assaulted her sensitive child's hearing. Don't go near there, a voice echoed in her mind, echoed through the dreamscape. Trying to warn them of the impeding danger.

Kim and the other girl ignored it and they raced forward, growing ever closer to the dangerous woods. The thought of Little Red Riding Hood suddenly popped into her head and she suddenly wondered if there were wolves around this strange place. The thought immediately left her mind as she heard an owl scream in the night. Both girls stopped dead in their tracks and slowly looked at one another. Simultaneously they turned to walk back toward the house.

Then they heard the twig snap behind them. The other girl looked at her and motioned for them to continue. They started toward the house once more, only to hear another twig snap again. The other girl stopped and turned around to look behind them. She must've seen nothing 'cause she grabbed Kim's hand and started to walk again, back toward the house. When they heard a twig snap again they didn't stop this time, instead the other girl pulled on Kim's hand to follow and they started to run toward the house. The other girl tripped and fell flat on her face then clambered to get back up. Kim screamed as she felt someone grab hold of her from behind. She saw the other girl launch herself into the air and sink her teeth into her assailant's thigh. He yelled in rage and proceeded to drop Kim unceremoniously onto the unyielding ground.

Run!! She heard the word echo through the dreamscape, and the shear panic that vibrated through it urged her into action, though she wasn't certain if she'd actually heard it by her ears or if she'd heard it in her mind. Both girls darted in two different directions but the thing chose to follow her. She wasn't as fast as the other girl and it didn't take long for the man to grab her and run toward the dark and dangerous woods. "Isabel!" she screamed, at once she understood who she was and what she was experiencing.

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Kim gasped in terror and tried to sit upright in the uncomfortable hospital bed. Warning bells went off all around her. Her eyes opened wide as she glanced around the unfamiliar room…the unreality of the dream still stuck fresh in her mind and she couldn't get rid of the unease she now felt. "Isabel," she gasped as Tommy rushed into the room with Trini and Jase right behind him.

She caught out of the corner of her eyes the rest of the group poised just outside of her hospital room. She looked up at Tommy, "Aren't you suppose to be in a room too?" She asked.

Tommy didn't have time to answer as a nurse pushed him out of the way to peer in at Kim.

Another nurse was just striding in and looked at the three visitors with a practiced eye. "You shouldn't be in here!" she said pointedly. "This is a restricted area, for family members only."

"I'm her boyfriend," Tommy said, he didn't spare the nurse a single glance. His eyes stayed riveted to Kim and her uneven breathing.

"I'm her sister," Trini lied. The nurse looked at her doubtfully. "Um, her adopted sister." The nurse just looked at her, telling her silently what she thought of that idea.

"Just please stay out of the way," the nurse said as a doctor and a few more nurses rushed into the room.

"What's going on?" the doctor asked, his face a calm, but fake, mask of control.

"Rapid heart-rate," the nurse answered as she glanced at the heart monitor. "She must've been dreaming."

"I'm…I'm fine." Kim said weakly. The images and the fear still stuck in her mind. She had been reliving what had happened to Brenda. Her gaze wondered over to where Trini, Jason and Tommy stood out of the doctor and nurses way. "Where's Isabel?" She needed to talk to Isabel right away, she needed to know if what she had seen was true or not.

Tommy stepped forward, but made sure he stayed out the way. "She's on her way, she went home for a little while till we called to let her know you were out of surgery. Her and Rocky should be here shortly." He answered, wanting so desperately to hold her but knowing he had to stay out of the doctor's way.

"I-I need to talk to her," Kim said quietly. She'd thought it had all been a dream…Brenda and Victoria, but it hadn't been a dream. She'd actually met Isabel's twin sister, in fact she had experienced Brenda's death. She knew all that had happened, every bit of it, and it scared her. Scared her terribly. What she seen couldn't be true, could it?

Kim was once more lying back on the uncomfortable hospital bed and the doctor had a stethoscope pressed to her chest, listening to her heart. "She seems to be doing better." He said somewhat distractedly. He then shined a tiny flashlight in front of her eyes, having her follow the small but bright light. Her eyes flinched as he shined it directly into her eyes for a moment. "You're doing a lot better now Miss Hart," he finally said to her.

He turned around and looked at one of the nurses, "Page me if anything else happens," his beeper suddenly went off. He checked it and looked up at the nurse once more. "I'll be in OR if you need me," with that said he turned around and left the room.

Trini cleared her throat and the nurse turned to look at her. "Is it alright if we visit with her for a while?"

"As long as you don't disturb her to much I suppose I can allow you to stay, but you mustn't over excite her." The nurse said curtly. She glanced at the group standing just outside of the room and said quickly, "You can visit a few at a time, but no more than three. Understand?"

The group all nodded their heads.

Trini nodded her head and said "Thank you."

The nurse turned and left, leaving the four friends in the room, all alone. "How ya feeling Kim?" Trini asked as she stepped up and sat on the bed next to her friend.

"Sore." Kim answered and tried a weak smile. "I feel like I got ran over by a semi…" her voice trailed off as realization hit her. She'd almost literally gotten ran over by one of the large trucks.

"I'm just glad that you're ok." Jason said from next to Trini.

Kim offered them a weak smile. "Will they be here soon?" She asked.

"Who?" Jason asked as he looked out the door at the rest of their friends.

"Rocky and Isabel…I need to talk to her."

"Any second," Trini answered.

"Good," Kim sighed and closed her eyes. Totally exhausted, sleep claimed her once more. This time though, the dreams that greeted her weren't so bad, they were actually happy ones. Images of times gone by flitted through her mind as she relived more happier times of her life.

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Traffic was bad as Rocky waited at a red light, "Won't this thing ever change?" He complained. The light seemed to stay red forever, as if the thing knew that he was in a hurry and was doing everything to slow him down.

"Why red?" Isabel asked from the passenger seat beside him.

"The light?" Rocky asked, looking over at her somewhat puzzled. "Are they a different color over in Australia?"

"No," she said and actually smiled. "Your truck. You're not a Ranger anymore, so why did you pick the color red? I noticed that most of you have vehicles that match the color of the Ranger you were. Trini and her yellow Bug, Jason and the red Grand Prix. Tommy and his white…" her voice trailed off as she mentioned the demolished white jeep.

"Force of habit I guess…" Rocky said in a strangled voice.

"She's all right," Isabel said, trying to comfort and console both herself and him at the same time. Maybe if she said it enough it would be true. "We have to think positively."

"Yes," Rocky agreed. "We do."

A sudden shrill ringing echoed through the truck, Rocky looked curiously at her. "Cell phone?" He asked.

She looked at him then at her purse sitting on the seat between them, "Yeah, I thought I had left it at home. Guess I must've stuck it in my purse without knowing it." She picked the tiny purple phone up out of her purse and pushed the send button. "Hello?" She said into it. She didn't know who could be calling her.

"Isabel?" The voice was slightly familiar, but she didn't place it right away.

"Yeah…"

"This is Doctor Manning," the person identified himself.

"Hello sir," she said. "What can I do for you?"

"I know you're scheduled to have tomorrow off…but…well, Michelle was involved in that severe car accident earlier today and she won't be able to return to work for a few weeks."

"Yes?" Isabel asked, feeling she already knew where this was leading too.

"I was hoping you could cover her shift for me tomorrow. I already called Julie and Steph but they both already have plans."

"Sir, a few friends of mine were involved in that car accident too, the one isn't doing very well."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Mr. Manning responded. "I'm sure I can ask my wife and see if she won't mind filling in."

"If she won't, call me back and let me know, all right?" Isabel asked.

"Will do, thank you Iz. Sorry to hear about your friends. I heard it was a pretty bad accident. The news said that the last two they got out were lucky to be alive."

"They were my friends," Isabel said quietly.

"Um…I'm sorry. I'll let you go now then."

"Thank you. Bye sir." She ended the call and turned to look over at Rocky.

"Your boss?"

"Yes, he wanted me to fill in for Michelle tomorrow. Seems she was involved in the accident too." A sudden thought occurred to her then. "I hope she didn't have her daughter with her. I didn't even think to ask till now."

"Maybe you can find out at the hospital." Rocky suggested.

"Maybe," Isabel agreed as the phone began to ring again. "I guess his wife didn't want to work," she said as she looked over at Rocky.

Hitting the send button she placed the small device up to her ear, "Hello Mr. Manning."

There was no answer.

"Hello?"

Still nothing.

"Is there anyone there?"

Suddenly she heard heavy breathing on the other end. "This isn't funny, who is this?"

Rocky looked over at her, his eyes questioning if everything was all right or not.

She was about to turn the phone off when she heard someone begin to speak.

"I know where Brenda is."

"What?" Her voice raised in pitch.

"I know where Brenda is."

"Is this some idea of yours as a sick joke?"

Rocky suddenly grabbed the phone from her, "Who is this?" He said angrily into the phone.

"Your worst nightmare," the man said, then hung the phone up.

The sound of horns honking from behind him brought his eyes back to the road and the traffic light in front of them. He punched the gas, intent on only getting to the hospital and then asking Isabel exactly what that had been all about. He was far to angry to ask about it right there and then.

Ok, this was changed just slightly. Hope you enjoyed it. I know that chapter 10, which use to be chapter 9 is going to be changed big time so it may take me a bit longer to get that one out…or chapter 10 may be chapter 2 of Dark Shadows and chapter 11 might be the original chapter 9 of this series, but anyway you put it, it is going to be severely changed. Hope you enjoyed, and as always, please review!!