Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers, or the settings where they have
taken place. They are owned by Saban. I don't wish to get sued. The names
of the children and also Cristina are mine.
Setting: Between 1997-2060
F.Y.I: You are going to have to use your imagination a bit. In this story I have it so all the Rangers, new and old know each other for the most part. There are many flashbacks throughout this story also.
Adam's family life wasn't great. He got very depressed during the holidays because his family most of the time had business and he spent it in his house alone.
Flash Back
"You can come over tomorrow to my house Adam" Kimberly tells him.
He just shakes his head and says, "I'll be fine. Have a great Christmas guys," and he walks away.
"Later bro." I say, shaking my head.
"I'm worried about him Rocky." Kim says staring me right in the eyes.
"Same here Kimberly." I give her a reassuring squeeze around her shoulders and say,
"We better Jet. Tommy's gonna wonder what's keeping us." And we walk off over to the youth center.
December 25 came and went very quickly. On the 26 we all meet at the Youth Center, except for Adam.
"Is Adam coming?" Billy asks me.
"I haven't heard from him in a day." I get a sick feeling when I realized what I just said.
I have never gone a day not talking to Adam.
"Maybe we should go over to his house, and just check up on him." Kimberly says, looking as worried as I am.
We head over to his house and I ring the doorbell, but there is no answer. I knock, once again there is no answer. Kim pushes past me, turns the knob and opens the door,
"Adam?" She calls.
"Yo, Adam? You home?" I call out. no answer. "Something's wrong." We all go looking for him. Kim heads upstairs and goes into his bedroom to his bathroom. She knocks on the door. "Adam? Are you in there?" With a hard swallow she turns the knob opening the door. We all hear her scream. We run up the steps to his room, Kimberly is hovering over Adam. Billy runs to the phone to call 911. I would never be able to forget this picture. Adam had shot himself right in his head. There is blood all over the place. Kim is sitting right next to him, her legs drawn up to her chest. Aisha was just staring. Tommy goes over to Kim.
"There's so much blood," she says. "There's so much blood. why." I see Aisha, she's crying. I go over to her and hug her tight, we both cry.
The police come fairly quickly; gently they help Kim up and move her away from his body.
"Who found him?" Officer McNeill asks.
"Kimberly did," I say pointing to her. She is sitting on Adam's bed, staring into space, motionless. Tommy is sitting next to her, holding her close trying to comfort her, but also trying to comfort himself.
After what seems like an eternity, the ambulance comes. The police take a few pictures and then take Adam away on a stretcher covered with a white sheet. "They took him away" I thought, "My best friend is gone." I barely realized the officers shuffling us out of the room and down to the Parks living room. They kept asking us all these questions about Adam. We answered what we could and were dismissed. We left in silence walking to the park. We sat down on the picnic table, just staring at each other, saying nothing, just needing each other's company.
Aisha is the first one to break the silence. "I don't." her voice trails off. Billy wraps his arms around her, "We are all baffled by his action Aisha." I looked around the table, and everyone is gray. Tommy has his arms wrapped around Kim, who hasn't spoken in about an hour. Billy and Aisha have tears in their eyes. As for myself, I am in complete shock. As if out of nowhere our parents come over and drag us home to discuss what's happened, not that we really needed them too.
When we went back to school, the teacher had to make an announcement, though even though he was buried 3 days ago.
"Class, I have to make an announcement." Mrs. Applebee states. "On December 26, for those of you who don't know, Adam Park died." I saw Kim go white. We were the only 2 rangers in the class. "He committed Suicide, and was buried on the 31st of December."
The entire class fell silent.
"How did he do it?" Called a voice from the back of the room.
"He Shot.." Mrs. Applebee starts, but has trouble finishing. "He shot himself." She finishes as a tear runs down her face. Kimberly gets up very quickly and runs out of the classroom. I go after her. I follow her outside the school. She is in tears.
"Kim," I say to her quietly.
"I don't understand this whole thing Rocky. Why didn't he talk to us if he was that depressed, why didn't we realize that he was that unhappy with his life." She says crying. I place my hand on her shoulder and she quickly shakes it off.
"We couldn't have known Kimberly." I said, but I was wondering the exact same thing.
"The hell we couldn't Rocco De Santos. He is our friend, and we weren't very good friends for that fact." She says to me. "And you should have known dammit! Why didn't you know! You were his BEST FRIEND!" I look at her with complete shock. I was actually hurt by her words. She quickly realizes what she said and told me, "Rocky, I am so sorry.. I didn't mean that." Her eyes were bloodshot with tears. "I just."
"I miss him too Kimberly." I say, she comes over to me and hugs me.
END
"Rocky." My wife interrupts my thoughts.
"Yes Cristina?" I answer her.
"Where were you? You looked distant."
"Just remember Adam, and what happened to him that one day we found him."
"Oh. Well can we go home? Its chilly out."
"Yeah, sure." We leave the cemetery and go home.
Tonight's the first time in a while I am not able to sleep. I quietly get out of bed, trying not to wake Cristina up. I creep out of my room and down to the basement. I wanted to pass the time, so I put on a homemade movie. I smile as I see how happy everyone was, and I reminisce about how much fun we had that one-day when we all went to the park.
"Rocky, will you turn that damn thing off?" Kim yells at me.
"You know what Kimberly, you'll thank me one day for making this." I yell back at her. She has been sick a few days before, and you could see that her color still wasn't 100%. She was relaxing, almost looking like we had drug her out of bed to come here.
"No I wont, because I'll remember how crappy I looked." She groans.
"You look fine!" I smiled and perform a close-up of her.
Everyone was there. It was about 4 months before we lost Adam.
"Hey Aisha! Smile!"
"Rocky! Turn off the damn camera. I don't care if its your new toy, I'm gonna belt ya!" Aisha shouts at me smiling.
"He can't!" Adam laughs. "He doesn't know how too!"
"I do so!" I yelled. "I just ain't falling for that!" I smile back at him.
"So close Adam!" Tommy says, while petting Kim's hair.
"Yet not." Billy says quickly after.
"E Tu Billy?" I exclaimed to him.
My god, it feels like only yesterday we were all together, but it has been about 60 years. When Adam died, it took us a long time to deal with it. We all went through those 7, give or take a bit, stages of grief, but we were always there for each other. I don't think we could have done it without one another.
To be Continued..
Setting: Between 1997-2060
F.Y.I: You are going to have to use your imagination a bit. In this story I have it so all the Rangers, new and old know each other for the most part. There are many flashbacks throughout this story also.
Adam's family life wasn't great. He got very depressed during the holidays because his family most of the time had business and he spent it in his house alone.
Flash Back
"You can come over tomorrow to my house Adam" Kimberly tells him.
He just shakes his head and says, "I'll be fine. Have a great Christmas guys," and he walks away.
"Later bro." I say, shaking my head.
"I'm worried about him Rocky." Kim says staring me right in the eyes.
"Same here Kimberly." I give her a reassuring squeeze around her shoulders and say,
"We better Jet. Tommy's gonna wonder what's keeping us." And we walk off over to the youth center.
December 25 came and went very quickly. On the 26 we all meet at the Youth Center, except for Adam.
"Is Adam coming?" Billy asks me.
"I haven't heard from him in a day." I get a sick feeling when I realized what I just said.
I have never gone a day not talking to Adam.
"Maybe we should go over to his house, and just check up on him." Kimberly says, looking as worried as I am.
We head over to his house and I ring the doorbell, but there is no answer. I knock, once again there is no answer. Kim pushes past me, turns the knob and opens the door,
"Adam?" She calls.
"Yo, Adam? You home?" I call out. no answer. "Something's wrong." We all go looking for him. Kim heads upstairs and goes into his bedroom to his bathroom. She knocks on the door. "Adam? Are you in there?" With a hard swallow she turns the knob opening the door. We all hear her scream. We run up the steps to his room, Kimberly is hovering over Adam. Billy runs to the phone to call 911. I would never be able to forget this picture. Adam had shot himself right in his head. There is blood all over the place. Kim is sitting right next to him, her legs drawn up to her chest. Aisha was just staring. Tommy goes over to Kim.
"There's so much blood," she says. "There's so much blood. why." I see Aisha, she's crying. I go over to her and hug her tight, we both cry.
The police come fairly quickly; gently they help Kim up and move her away from his body.
"Who found him?" Officer McNeill asks.
"Kimberly did," I say pointing to her. She is sitting on Adam's bed, staring into space, motionless. Tommy is sitting next to her, holding her close trying to comfort her, but also trying to comfort himself.
After what seems like an eternity, the ambulance comes. The police take a few pictures and then take Adam away on a stretcher covered with a white sheet. "They took him away" I thought, "My best friend is gone." I barely realized the officers shuffling us out of the room and down to the Parks living room. They kept asking us all these questions about Adam. We answered what we could and were dismissed. We left in silence walking to the park. We sat down on the picnic table, just staring at each other, saying nothing, just needing each other's company.
Aisha is the first one to break the silence. "I don't." her voice trails off. Billy wraps his arms around her, "We are all baffled by his action Aisha." I looked around the table, and everyone is gray. Tommy has his arms wrapped around Kim, who hasn't spoken in about an hour. Billy and Aisha have tears in their eyes. As for myself, I am in complete shock. As if out of nowhere our parents come over and drag us home to discuss what's happened, not that we really needed them too.
When we went back to school, the teacher had to make an announcement, though even though he was buried 3 days ago.
"Class, I have to make an announcement." Mrs. Applebee states. "On December 26, for those of you who don't know, Adam Park died." I saw Kim go white. We were the only 2 rangers in the class. "He committed Suicide, and was buried on the 31st of December."
The entire class fell silent.
"How did he do it?" Called a voice from the back of the room.
"He Shot.." Mrs. Applebee starts, but has trouble finishing. "He shot himself." She finishes as a tear runs down her face. Kimberly gets up very quickly and runs out of the classroom. I go after her. I follow her outside the school. She is in tears.
"Kim," I say to her quietly.
"I don't understand this whole thing Rocky. Why didn't he talk to us if he was that depressed, why didn't we realize that he was that unhappy with his life." She says crying. I place my hand on her shoulder and she quickly shakes it off.
"We couldn't have known Kimberly." I said, but I was wondering the exact same thing.
"The hell we couldn't Rocco De Santos. He is our friend, and we weren't very good friends for that fact." She says to me. "And you should have known dammit! Why didn't you know! You were his BEST FRIEND!" I look at her with complete shock. I was actually hurt by her words. She quickly realizes what she said and told me, "Rocky, I am so sorry.. I didn't mean that." Her eyes were bloodshot with tears. "I just."
"I miss him too Kimberly." I say, she comes over to me and hugs me.
END
"Rocky." My wife interrupts my thoughts.
"Yes Cristina?" I answer her.
"Where were you? You looked distant."
"Just remember Adam, and what happened to him that one day we found him."
"Oh. Well can we go home? Its chilly out."
"Yeah, sure." We leave the cemetery and go home.
Tonight's the first time in a while I am not able to sleep. I quietly get out of bed, trying not to wake Cristina up. I creep out of my room and down to the basement. I wanted to pass the time, so I put on a homemade movie. I smile as I see how happy everyone was, and I reminisce about how much fun we had that one-day when we all went to the park.
"Rocky, will you turn that damn thing off?" Kim yells at me.
"You know what Kimberly, you'll thank me one day for making this." I yell back at her. She has been sick a few days before, and you could see that her color still wasn't 100%. She was relaxing, almost looking like we had drug her out of bed to come here.
"No I wont, because I'll remember how crappy I looked." She groans.
"You look fine!" I smiled and perform a close-up of her.
Everyone was there. It was about 4 months before we lost Adam.
"Hey Aisha! Smile!"
"Rocky! Turn off the damn camera. I don't care if its your new toy, I'm gonna belt ya!" Aisha shouts at me smiling.
"He can't!" Adam laughs. "He doesn't know how too!"
"I do so!" I yelled. "I just ain't falling for that!" I smile back at him.
"So close Adam!" Tommy says, while petting Kim's hair.
"Yet not." Billy says quickly after.
"E Tu Billy?" I exclaimed to him.
My god, it feels like only yesterday we were all together, but it has been about 60 years. When Adam died, it took us a long time to deal with it. We all went through those 7, give or take a bit, stages of grief, but we were always there for each other. I don't think we could have done it without one another.
To be Continued..