Rocky, Kat, Billy, Aisha and Adam sat around the living room watching 'Rush Hour.' Adam had disagreed completely when Aisha and Kat had suggested 'Serendipity' or 'A Walk to Remember.'
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Tommy slept perfectly still on a medical cot with many wires hooked up to him, trying to jolt his memory of the evening. Alpha, in the meantime, was checking the scans for that day.
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Kim sighed and turned off the t.v. show she had been watching. She looked around the room until her eyes fell on Adam's photo album.
~I shouldn't..it's private..but still...~ She thought before finally grabbing the book and opening it.
A few 'aww's escaped her as she saw his baby pictures. The she reached pictures of elementary school with Rocky and Aisha. Kim laughed as she saw a shot, probably taken by one of their parents, of Rocky and Adam scaring a young Aisha with a rubber spider. Surprisingly, Kim actually liked spiders even though only Trini and Zack would believe her. The former pink ranger continued flipping pages, looking at each picture and smiling until she got to when he moved to Angel Grove.
There were a few pictures of the three in front of their new houses but the ones that really got to her were from when they had all had a picnic together in the park. Kim saw one of Adam pushing her into the lake. She laughed, remembering it as though it were yesterday. The next shot was Tommy pushing Adam in right after that. She sighed with a smile. He had always been her white knight, coming to her rescue or defending her honor if she couldn't. Even though she was a strong person, it was still nice to have a 'protector.'
~He was so sweet then! What happened?~ Kim argued with herself. ~He did seem sincere earlier...NO!~
She shot up from her seat, the book falling from her lap.
"I saw him! I know!" She began yelling to air.
"I got the letters. I know his handwriting. I KNEW everything about him."
*****
He shot up from what seemed to be a nightmare, but it was too real..too vivid. The machine he was hooked up to was beeping rapidly as he recalled his 'dream.'
~
"What do you mean draining?" A young Tommy asked.
"The Great Power is being drained for something and the key must be found." Replied Zordon.
"So why not send Billy?"
"Billy must watch over the other rangers in their weakened states. I wanted to wait until now to mention this- Alpha and I have enough power to return ONE of you to your rightful age so that you may travel to retrieve the final piece of the key."
"You do? THAT'S GREAT!" Tommy exclaimed and jumped up like the child he resembled. He then calmed down. "But what you mean the final piece?"
"We've looked for this key for many centuries incase such an event happens. However, I know this may not be good news, the final piece is in Florida."
The young falcon paled. ~Florida, of all places FLORIDA!~ He finally swallowed his pride.
"I'll go. For the team and for the planet."
"I knew you would. I'm very proud of you. Alpha, start the re-aging process now."
The small robot hurried between different keypads pressing a combination of buttons. The lights flickered on and off before shutting down completely for 30 seconds. The pitch blackness was cut by Zordon's tube glowing once again and the rest of the lights turning back on, accompanied by the humming of computers. Tommy stood tall, revealed by the light, back to his previous age and smiling.
"It worked!" He smiled.
Zordon laughed a bit at his eagerness but soon grew as serious as before.
"Tommy, once you retrieve the key piece and it is used to return and seal the Great Power...it will turn back time to before you were all turned to children. Neither you nor I nor anyone will remember how the problem was solved." He warned.
The falcon nodded, "Whatever's necessary Zordon."
"Good luck and may the power protect you." Those were the being's last words as Tommy was teleport out to Florida.
~
"I...I remember..." Tommy shook his head, but the wires either hit his face or were pulled as his head moved. He laughed and removed them before going to see if Zordon and Alpha had had any luck too.
*****
"Night guys!" Kat and Aisha called from their spots on the two couches.
"Why do they get the couches again?" Rocky asked from the floor.
"Because they're girls." Billy and Adam responded simultaneously and laughed.
"Well darn, that's not fair." This response earned Rocky two pillows in the face from Kat and Aisha.
"OK OK!" The red ranger held his hands up in a truce. "I won't say anything else." He pretended to zip his lips, causing more laughs from everyone else.
"Well if a few pillows thrown at you was all it took we should've tried that ages ago!" Exclaimed Aisha. Rocky shot her a 'haha-very-funny-sleep-with-one-eye-open' look which was more humorous than threatening.
"Once again..." began Kat.
"Night Guys!" Her and Aisha stated again.
"Good night everyone." Billy smiled.
"Night." Rocky stated simply but with enjoyment in his voice.
"Sleep well everyone." Adam smiled and turned out the lights before rolling over.
*****
Kim had been going over the events of the previous months, starting with the first suspicious letter she had received from Tommy.
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She had crawled out of the smoke-filled apartment with her jacket over her head. Luckily it had had money in it which is how she bought the necessities she carried in her backpack. She had gotten out the front door and thrown off the restraining garment coughing. Her eyes burned a bit from the smoke particles but she saw a familiar face smiling some feet away. Before Kim had realized it he had taken off running down the corridor. After that registered in her mind she was off after him, ready to kill or severely injure her former friend and love. Unfortunatly, before she could catch up to him he turned and a flash of red light signaled his disappearance. She turned the corner and found nothing but a small, empty match book on the ground.
~
Kimberly shook her head at the memory, fighting back tears though her teeth were clenched.
~Wait a minute!~ Her mind shouted. ~Tommy has a white teleportation beam..he wouldn't have disappeared in red normally...~
She mentally slapped herself.
"Why didn't I ever notice that before???" She began talking to her 'invisible friend' once again. She ran over to her backpack and began throwing things out in search of her communicator. Kim smiled and hugged the small band, once found, and strapped it to her wrist.
"I don't care if I'm in my pajamas... I want this settled SOON!" She declared to the empty apartment before teleporting out in a faded, pink light.
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Hey, sorry this took so long. REALLY I AM!! Hope you enjoy this new chapter and I'll be trying to write more in the meantime. Reviews welcome as always. *hugs* Love & War, Achlys :)
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Tommy slept perfectly still on a medical cot with many wires hooked up to him, trying to jolt his memory of the evening. Alpha, in the meantime, was checking the scans for that day.
******
Kim sighed and turned off the t.v. show she had been watching. She looked around the room until her eyes fell on Adam's photo album.
~I shouldn't..it's private..but still...~ She thought before finally grabbing the book and opening it.
A few 'aww's escaped her as she saw his baby pictures. The she reached pictures of elementary school with Rocky and Aisha. Kim laughed as she saw a shot, probably taken by one of their parents, of Rocky and Adam scaring a young Aisha with a rubber spider. Surprisingly, Kim actually liked spiders even though only Trini and Zack would believe her. The former pink ranger continued flipping pages, looking at each picture and smiling until she got to when he moved to Angel Grove.
There were a few pictures of the three in front of their new houses but the ones that really got to her were from when they had all had a picnic together in the park. Kim saw one of Adam pushing her into the lake. She laughed, remembering it as though it were yesterday. The next shot was Tommy pushing Adam in right after that. She sighed with a smile. He had always been her white knight, coming to her rescue or defending her honor if she couldn't. Even though she was a strong person, it was still nice to have a 'protector.'
~He was so sweet then! What happened?~ Kim argued with herself. ~He did seem sincere earlier...NO!~
She shot up from her seat, the book falling from her lap.
"I saw him! I know!" She began yelling to air.
"I got the letters. I know his handwriting. I KNEW everything about him."
*****
He shot up from what seemed to be a nightmare, but it was too real..too vivid. The machine he was hooked up to was beeping rapidly as he recalled his 'dream.'
~
"What do you mean draining?" A young Tommy asked.
"The Great Power is being drained for something and the key must be found." Replied Zordon.
"So why not send Billy?"
"Billy must watch over the other rangers in their weakened states. I wanted to wait until now to mention this- Alpha and I have enough power to return ONE of you to your rightful age so that you may travel to retrieve the final piece of the key."
"You do? THAT'S GREAT!" Tommy exclaimed and jumped up like the child he resembled. He then calmed down. "But what you mean the final piece?"
"We've looked for this key for many centuries incase such an event happens. However, I know this may not be good news, the final piece is in Florida."
The young falcon paled. ~Florida, of all places FLORIDA!~ He finally swallowed his pride.
"I'll go. For the team and for the planet."
"I knew you would. I'm very proud of you. Alpha, start the re-aging process now."
The small robot hurried between different keypads pressing a combination of buttons. The lights flickered on and off before shutting down completely for 30 seconds. The pitch blackness was cut by Zordon's tube glowing once again and the rest of the lights turning back on, accompanied by the humming of computers. Tommy stood tall, revealed by the light, back to his previous age and smiling.
"It worked!" He smiled.
Zordon laughed a bit at his eagerness but soon grew as serious as before.
"Tommy, once you retrieve the key piece and it is used to return and seal the Great Power...it will turn back time to before you were all turned to children. Neither you nor I nor anyone will remember how the problem was solved." He warned.
The falcon nodded, "Whatever's necessary Zordon."
"Good luck and may the power protect you." Those were the being's last words as Tommy was teleport out to Florida.
~
"I...I remember..." Tommy shook his head, but the wires either hit his face or were pulled as his head moved. He laughed and removed them before going to see if Zordon and Alpha had had any luck too.
*****
"Night guys!" Kat and Aisha called from their spots on the two couches.
"Why do they get the couches again?" Rocky asked from the floor.
"Because they're girls." Billy and Adam responded simultaneously and laughed.
"Well darn, that's not fair." This response earned Rocky two pillows in the face from Kat and Aisha.
"OK OK!" The red ranger held his hands up in a truce. "I won't say anything else." He pretended to zip his lips, causing more laughs from everyone else.
"Well if a few pillows thrown at you was all it took we should've tried that ages ago!" Exclaimed Aisha. Rocky shot her a 'haha-very-funny-sleep-with-one-eye-open' look which was more humorous than threatening.
"Once again..." began Kat.
"Night Guys!" Her and Aisha stated again.
"Good night everyone." Billy smiled.
"Night." Rocky stated simply but with enjoyment in his voice.
"Sleep well everyone." Adam smiled and turned out the lights before rolling over.
*****
Kim had been going over the events of the previous months, starting with the first suspicious letter she had received from Tommy.
~
She had crawled out of the smoke-filled apartment with her jacket over her head. Luckily it had had money in it which is how she bought the necessities she carried in her backpack. She had gotten out the front door and thrown off the restraining garment coughing. Her eyes burned a bit from the smoke particles but she saw a familiar face smiling some feet away. Before Kim had realized it he had taken off running down the corridor. After that registered in her mind she was off after him, ready to kill or severely injure her former friend and love. Unfortunatly, before she could catch up to him he turned and a flash of red light signaled his disappearance. She turned the corner and found nothing but a small, empty match book on the ground.
~
Kimberly shook her head at the memory, fighting back tears though her teeth were clenched.
~Wait a minute!~ Her mind shouted. ~Tommy has a white teleportation beam..he wouldn't have disappeared in red normally...~
She mentally slapped herself.
"Why didn't I ever notice that before???" She began talking to her 'invisible friend' once again. She ran over to her backpack and began throwing things out in search of her communicator. Kim smiled and hugged the small band, once found, and strapped it to her wrist.
"I don't care if I'm in my pajamas... I want this settled SOON!" She declared to the empty apartment before teleporting out in a faded, pink light.
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Hey, sorry this took so long. REALLY I AM!! Hope you enjoy this new chapter and I'll be trying to write more in the meantime. Reviews welcome as always. *hugs* Love & War, Achlys :)