Disclaimer: Kimberpurplestar ~ Well here's Part three for you all. I hope you enjoy this next part as much as we had writing it. I do not own Power Rangers and I'm using them without permission. There is some harsh language in this chapter so be advised if you don't like that sort of stuff. Starfire will now say a few words as she always does. Starfire: For note, we wrote this before hand, but had to redo it since Kimber's evil computer killed off the original file. Please excuse the mistakes, for we did try our best to make it better. Enjoy the fic, and please review. Soon we are going to add review and comments to one of our fic to show our gratitude for all your encouragements. Thank you.

Chapter 3: If Your Not the One By Starfire Sorella & Kimber Purple Star

The Scott Residence The Day After

The morning sun slowly pooled through the kitchen windows of the Scott Household. The rays crept through the room till they landed on Jason, who was asleep on a stool, his head resting on the counter. As the sun glared on him he opened his eyes to the new morning. Jason sat up and all his muscles screamed at the position he had been in. Carefully he stretched his arms out wide and yawned. Looking up at the fridge he noticed a note that was in his mothers hand writing. Standing up he went over to it and pulled it off to read it.

~Jason, your father and I decided to start our trip to the Grand Canyon early. When you get in please make sure to lock up for the night. We'll be back in a few weeks. Love Mom. ~

Well his parents had been planning on going for their trip soon, he just never knew how soon. It was rather good timing however.

He rose from the chair and rubbed his eyes to try to get himself to wake up, when he heard a loud thud come from the living room. *Now what the hell.wait.Tommy.* He smiled as he walked into the other room. There was Tommy lying on the floor looking every bit startled, items from the coffee table lay strewn about him.

"Morning Bro? Sleep well?" Jason asked his friend jokingly. He noticed that Tommy had gotten a few small cuts on his hands when he toppled over one of the figurines in his fall. "Looks like you've injured yourself in that little nose dive to the floor. Let me go grab the first aid kit."

"Jase? What.what am I doing here?" Tommy sat up in complete bafflement looking at his hands. They weren't to bad but a few of the scrapes where deeper then others.

After going to retrieve the fist aid kit, Jason came back and knelt down next to his buddy. "I brought you back here last night. I had to practically drag you out of that hospital buddy. You wouldn't leave after we brought Kim in." He picked up Tommy's hand to see where the worst of the cuts were and starting to dress them.

"The hospital.Kim.is she alright?" He asked Jason but then winced "Hey ow, that hurt." Tommy looked at where Jason was putting some peroxide on his hand.

"Sorry, she was stable when we left. You practically mauled the doctor for information on her condition, hence your unconsciousness." Jason smirked as he finished with Tommy's hand.

"Man, I didn't do anything I'm gonna get arrested for am I?" Tommy asked with his own small smirk on his face. He rubbed his temples with his uninjured hand then pulled himself up off the floor with a bit of help from Jason.

Jason stood up, helped Tommy up and smiled. "No, but it sure took a lot of whatever they had in that needle that they stuck you with to knock you out." He laughed and headed towards the kitchen, Tommy on his heels.

"Yeah, I do recall someone jabbing something into me." Then he gave Jason a mocking glower. "I also recall someone suggesting hitting me over the head with a metal tray or something."

Putting the first aid kit back on the shelf from where he got it, Jason laughed. "Well someone was being quite obstinate about busting your way past security to see Kim." After a bit more laughing both men sobered. Tommy looked at his friend with a look of despair, "Is she going to be okay Jase? That's all I want to know."

Sighing to himself he sat down on one of the stools, Tommy did the same. "I don't know man. The doctors said she had a few broken ribs, a fractured left ankle. She had some internal bleeding but they got that under control. Their monitoring her for the moderate concussion which is keeping her unconscious right now and." He paused, "Blood clots may have formed from her head injury, they want to keep an on her because of that."

It took his breath away everything that had happened to Kim. How could this happen, how could he have let this happen? He never should have said the things he had said, it wasn't fair to her or to Jason. The way he had yelled at his 'bro' and the look of pain in both their eyes was heart- wrenching. "God, this. it's all my fault. If I hadn't acted like such an ass she wouldn't have run off."

Jason picked up the morning paper that was still rolled up and whapped Tommy on the head with it. "Well you were an ass, but this isn't your fault. You've got to stop blaming yourself man." Jason urged, throwing the paper down and then clapped a hand on his friends shoulder. "There was no way you could have known she was going be right there when you were making a complete jerk face of yourself." He paused. "Tell you what; let me make some coffee, maybe a little breakfast. We'll get cleaned up and head back to the hospital to check on her, alright?"

After nodding his head, Tommy replied "Yeah that sounds like a good idea." Jason nodded back and moved over to the coffee machine to start the two friends' day off with a warm cup of java.

Angel Grove Memorial Hospital 3 Hours Later

After both gentleman had eaten and gotten themselves feeling human again after their long night, they set off to see how Kim was doing. The pulled into the parking lot of the hospital three hours later and went inside.

Approaching the admit desk, Jason waited while the receptionist finished her phone call. When she had, "Excuse me, where looking for Kimberly Hart. She was admitted last night after a car accident?"

The young lady behind the counter checked both of the very handsome men who stood before her out. "Are you family?" She asked with a sweet sounding manner.

"We came in with her last night. Were friends of hers." Tommy piped up as he moved closer. "Please can you tell us which room she's in?" he pleaded.

The nurse frowned, "Well family is usually the only one allowed to see the patient before visiting hours." She paused but then smiled "But since we haven't been able to reach any family and you did come in with her." The lady looked at the computer before her and typed Kim's name in. With a smile she turned back to the two friends. "Room 303, down the hall to your left, take a right and it's along the right side."

Tommy had started walking down the hall as soon as he heard the ladies directions. Jason thanked her with a smile and then followed. Once he caught up with his friend they began to look at the numbers on the doors. Finally they came to room 303. Tommy stopped as did Jason in front of the room.

"You okay bro?" Jason asked as he put his hand on the doorknob. Tommy took a few deep breaths, "I don't know man." He sat down in one of the hallway chairs.

Jason sighed and knelt beside the chair, "Look man. She's not gonna look good we know that. She got hit by a friggin car for christ sake. Now I don't know what happened between you too and I don't care, but she needs you now."

He looked at Jason with almost a look of hurt. "How can you say that Jase? I acted like a complete moron. I hurt her already and you think I'm the one she needs right now?"

"Look Tommy, stop pulling the guilt trip already and just get your hide end in there. Its not gonna get any better if you keep sulking out here." With that Jason moved quickly to the door, opened it and stepped inside.

The sight of his smallest friend lying there was almost too much for him. Kim had wires and tubes everywhere. And IV was stuck in one arm and a breathing tube, he assumed, was down her throat. The incessant beeping of the heart monitor would have slowly driven him crazy if it wasn't an assurance that she was alive and fighting to stay so.

Out in the hallway Tommy took a few more breaths then stepped inside after Jason. Looking at Kim's fragile form in that hospital bed made him need to sit down again though. Grabbing a chair that was against the wall he slumped into it and whispered, "Oh god...Kim."

Jason wasn't doing much better but he tried to keep his cool. Moving closer to the bed, he gently touched her bruised face. Saying something to her quietly,"Oh Kim...I should have done something to prevent this."

Gaining his equilibrium again, Tommy got up from his seat and moved closer to Kimberly's beside. "She looks so small. She never looked that way when we... when she was in Angel Grove years ago."

Jason mused, "She was always small Tommy, but when you're so close to someone and see them beat up monsters and whatnot you tend to forget that they are human. Fragile in the psyche and physical too." Leaning forward he pressed his lips to her temple, "Still brave that she is...the brave foolish soldier." He voice course, "Always the one for the challenge the brave foolish soldier that march toward her death.* Leaning back he stroke the pale skin of Kim's cheeks.

Tommy could hear the love and the anguish in Jason's voice. He had known that Jason, as a leader of their team once must also have felt a great deal of regret and failure at what had happened to the littlest member of their group. "She always could kick some mean puttie butt couldn't she? On that battlefield she always knew just what to say to make sure we all kept our wits about us. We leaned on her as a support when it came to the more emotional aspects of our 'day job'." He frowned. "I leaned on her a lot with everything that I went through."

Jason mused once more, "The saying the pillar support? It was part of the foundation of Greece. Each pillar supported the roof, but here is the secret even though the pillar support was the main one in the middle of the team, it wasn't the one that held them all together, that was the keystone."

He nodded at his friends' analogy. "Kim is that keystone. Take her out or break her in any way, and you break the whole structure." Tommy gave a small snort, "Maybe that's why they targeted her as much as they did me. They knew she was my weakness and... at one time I thought I was hers." He sighed as he gently picked up her small hand.

Jason leaned backwards and sat down into the chair tired and weary; his face was a bit pale and shaken. "Yeah....one of the reasons, get rid of the emotional support, and see the rest tumble." Musing slightly "Isn't it bloody marvelous that they can tell..." Rubbing his face, he reached into his pocket pulling out a pocket watch snapping it open he stared at the light of the holograms appearing with pictures of all his friends. "The old rangers to the new rangers were always there we mentor them we support them, that was our duty, I regretted when I left you, Billy, and Kim with the responsibility to train the rest."

Tommy turned his gaze away from Kim momentarily. He noticed the little timepiece Jason held but dismissed it as he spoke. "Why Jase? I mean we missed you all too and it was rough seeing you go, but you all had a great opportunity to try and make peace in a different setting and way. I know it was a shock to myself of course that Zordon placed me as the leader. I always assumed when I came back as the white ranger you'd always be there leading, same as everyday."

"We take things for granted don't we eh Tommy boy?" Jason slowly raised his eyes to look at Tommy, "I bleed every time I lose people Tommy." He fingered the time piece, "I remember Kimberly, how she use to beg me, Zack and Billy to kiss her scrapped knees all better." Closing his eyes, if it was inside him that was feeling older or more tired of if it or his condition he didn't know. "All those wonderful memories of her crying out each of our names. Trini was like an eldest sister to Kimberly, did you know?"

"She used to say to me sometimes that Trini was like the older sister she never had. A confidant, best friend. Used to make me jealous sometimes, the way she could tell Trini things she couldn't or wouldn't tell me. Of course, sometimes it was probably for the best." He smirked at some of the conversations they had had on dates that he would have rather not treaded upon. He noticed Jason looked very tired and worn out. "You alright Bro? Stupid question, I know since everything that's happened of course."

Jason smiled a bit, knowing he was showing, "Yeah fine, I am just tired you know sleeping on a stool with a counter as a bed isn't really comfortable, man." He stared at bit into the watch and snapped it shut, "Which reminds me...I have something for you, it was supposedly a gift from Billy and Kim, but we've never found the time to give it to you." Motioning with his hands, he felt his knees shake a bit, knowing inwardly that he couldn't move from the seat.

His friend moved closer to him with a cocky smirk on his face. "Hey your floor isn't much better buddy. So what's this gift? It's not even my birthday." Trying to lighten the mood was never one of Tommy's strong points. That had always been Kim's job. She was could lighten up anyone's mood no matter how down they were. Just a smile from her at one time had lifted his spirits in his darkest moments.

Pulling a box out of his coat pocket he placed it into Tommy's callous hands, "It was a gift for being a ranger, you know how police officers get a nice golden watch for how many years they work..." He jittered slightly, "This however was something that each one of us receive if you can call it that. It is hand designed by Billy and Kimberly."

Tommy looked at the package that lay in his hands. It was wrapped very nicely though the wrapping itself looked a bit worn. "Looks like you've kept this on you for awhile." He slowly unwrapped, inside he found a small box. Opening the box he took a breath in. It was one of the most beautiful pocket watches he had ever seen. It had a Falcon encrusted on the outside, in some sort of white jewels. "Its amazing Bro. Kim and Billy designed these?" He didn't remember Billy or for that fact Kimberly ever mentioning anything about these.

Jason laughed slightly, "Yes, but get this..." Taking it he flipped it open to show the holographic picture boot up, taking his friend's finger he pressed it into the glass of the time piece. "It is now encoded for your touch only, it serves as a communicator." Flipping another latch he showed the inner workings with buttons and numbers, "If you need the number for each watch it is labeled with our names on it." Musing slightly, "I am listed as the red key with the 0 if you want to know. Each of us is color coded with our original color and position. Kim is P0, Billy is B0, so on so forth. Each ranger old former, new have one of these, the girls locket the guys pocket watches." Gesturing to his own watch, after he placed Tommy's watch in his hand. "I have the T-rex if that is amusement."

His eyes were wide eyed when he saw the holograms pop up. "Whoa, in the words of our genius friend, How prodigious." He laughed at his own use of Billy's favorite line. "I guess Billy saw me as the white ranger still. These are really amazing work. Remind me to tell Billy so next time I see him." He gazed at his watch like a kid with a new toy then back at Jason. "You'll always be the first red ranger bro. Not even Rocky can lay claim to that spot." He smiled at Jason but before he could say anything else he heard a small moan come from Kim's bed.

Jason nodded his head, and then looked up. "Hnn sleeping beauty is awake..." Standing up he walked over to Kimberly's prone form. "Kimmy?"

Tommy too moved back over to Kim's bedside. Her eyes fluttered open but they looked glazed and she starting flailing around as if she was afraid of what was happening. Her heart monitor started going crazy. Tommy looked at Jason, you'd better go get the doctor, I'll try to calm her down. He took one of her hands that was trying desperately to pull her out of the bed.

Jason nodded his head. "Alright..." He ran toward the wall pressing the button, then into the hallway. "We need a Doctor here!" He jerked a nurse and indicated the room.

Quickly the nurse ran to get the nearest doctor available.

Meanwhile Tommy was trying to get Kim to stop fidgeting so much, she was liable to pull out her IV. "Kim, please. You've got to calm down. Come on Beautiful, your gonna hurt yourself, trust me. Just relax you safe, it's gonna be alright." He then looked up with fierce determination in his eyes. "Jason tell them to put some speed behind it."

The doctor came running in, he glanced at what was going on, "Miss Hart, Miss Hart calm down please..." He looked at Tommy, "You there you calm her down, talk to her I don't care how you do it, she is hyperventilating and the breathing tube is interfering." Quickly running to the machine to reset the settings. Four nurses came in with Jason, the original red ranger ran to Kim's other side taking her hand. "Kim I'm here Kim calm down please..."

The nurses were going to each limb taking it into their hands to keep her still, "Miss Hart Miss Hart, can you hear me?"

Kim's eyes had fluttered open and fear immediately struck her. She could barely see anything around her, everything seemed so fuzzy. She couldn't make out the forms that stood watching over her and when she tried to speak she realized she couldn't. Something had been put down her throat to prevent her from breathing much less talking. Panic set in at the moment and only got worse when she felt hands grabbing her legs and arms, holding them down. *Oh god, no not again.* She pled to herself. She just had to find away to get free. Then one of the voices sounds familiar, she knew that voice. *That sounds like Jason...but I can't see him.*

Meanwhile Tommy was trying his best to calm her down as the doctor had almost demanded. "Kim just relax. It's me Tommy and Jason's here too. You've got to stop moving the doctor is going to take care of you." He looked up and over at the doctor with frustration in his eyes. "Do something already for god sake."

The doctor quickly adjusted the settings to allot air, "We are going to have to pull out the tube. If she keeps panicking she is going to faint..." Quickly running over he grabbed the tube. "HOLD HER DOWN!"

All the nurses braced onto their patience and with a jerk hard the tube came out, making Jason cringe at the sight of blood on the white tube until it was fully out. They heard gasping from Kim, when it finally was free, "Miss Hart Miss Hart damn it! Focus! Take deep breaths!"

Kim felt like someone had ripped half her throat out and tried desperately to catch a breath. Gasping and coughing hurt so much and her body was screaming for it all to end. Tears rolled down her cheeks unhindered as she kept gasping for the air she knew she needed.

Tommy watched with pain filled eyes as his ex-girlfriend struggled for every breath. The nurses put an oxygen mask.

The doctor stared at the lady for a second, "Nurse when she has finally calmed down give her the sip of this..." Holding up a small bottle with orange liquid that would help Kimberly's throat. "Have her finish this it should help her throat." Seeing the nurses' nod, he walked over to a tray and brought a pack and slipped it into the IV, "This is painkillers in a liquid form, it should help..."

Jason felt himself pale from everything, "Kimmy..." His fingers trembled slightly from what had happen thinking about what if he ever ended up this way.

Soon Kim calmed a bit, whether it was because the painkillers where taking affect or that her tiny injured body just couldn't put up a fight anymore Tommy wasn't certain. She stared up at him with a look of confusion and tried to say something. "Shh, don't talk just take it easy. Me and Jason are right here. See, there's Jason." He pointed to her other side where Jason stood.

Kim turned her head slightly looking at her longtime friend; she reached a weak hand out to him and whispered his name though it wasn't even audible.

Jason moved closely to press her hand against his cheek. "I understand..." His eyes staring deeply into the others, "Survive until the eighth square Kimmy..." Eyes slowly moving to Tommy, "Your knight is waiting..."

She looked up at her oldest friend with confusion till she turned her gaze to the otherside of her bed where she saw Tommy. *Why is he here looking like he cares after everything thats happened?* She thought. *I don't understand, what is going on?* She tried to sit up but she felt so weak, so tired.

Tommy looked at Jason with a slight bit of his own confusion. Deciding to forego asking his friend about it for now he looked down at Kimberly. She looked so pale and afraid but she also looked as though she was now trying to put on a brave front.

Kim didn't now what was going on but she wasn't going to let either man know how scared she was at the moment. She pulled the mask off her face but Tommy quickly put it back on. "You need to keep that on for a bit longer till the doctor says you can take it off."

Jason shook his head, "You two will never change..." Snorting in faint amusement, "Now Kim you should sleep right now."

Looking in the other direction, Kim nodded slightly and slowly her face seemed to relax. Worn out from it all, she let sleep overtake her.

To be Continued

Review Comments Section

Chapter 1 Nicole (Adventrous2002@aol.com) 2003-06-26 1 Anonymous I like this story and i hope you continue soon.Im ready for the next update! [~Kimber: Glad that you like it. Look for updates real soon. Chapters 3 and 4 are done and were in the Chapter 5 writing process now.~

*~Starfire: Thank you for reading, like Kimber says we are already in the stage of Chapter 5, but I won't post chapter 4 yet, since I would like to get some response from chapter 3 to put in the next page review comment section. I hope you like what we have written.~* ]

bakura5 2003-07-21 1 Signed your story is great and check out my story the rising of the creatures keep up the good work.

[~Kimber: Thanks for the encouragement. Its always great to hear from you all. I look forward to taking a peak at your story as well.~ *~Starfire: Thank you for your comment, it is good to know other people enjoy PR like us.~*]

PopPrincess1399 2003-07-14 1 Signed ooh ooh me like! hehe- i really hope that you continue! i have a question- how old are they? its a great story thought! keep it up! [~Kimber- Wow, I'm so glad you do. Our Chapter three will be out soon so we both hope you'll review that one as well. The age range is anywhere from 21 to 22,23. Really awesome question, had to actually think about it there. lol~ *~Starfire: Well correction it is up already since this is Chapter 3! -quips playfully to Kimber-~*]

rain 2003-06-30 1 Anonymous i really hope this turns into a jason/kim story! i love the idea of those two together!! well i likethe story soo far!! keep it up! [~So gald you do like it. I like the combo in some stories, but this one isn't one of those. Sorry, maybe another time. But please get reading because we've got a lot of story twists that do involve that first red ranger. ~ *~Starfire: Typically Kimber is referring to me and my twisted sadistic mind that wants to make things go loopy. However, it would please me very much if you would read it some more, though I am sure in the near future me and Kimber will be writing a Jason/Kim fic. After all my damn muses are having a field day, just ask Kimber, she knows. -Laughs insanely- ~*]

NoikoYen 2003-06-29 1 Anonymous hey great story so far I just wanted to mention that during Jason's telephone conversation with Tommy at the youth center, there was no mention of Tommy's name like you said there was when Kimberly's face went pale [~Kimber:Thanks for the comment and the catch on that. Me and Star were writing very late and so little things tended to get by us. I believe we did make a change and reposted chapter two though you'd have to ask the oh mighty sadistic one about that.lol -points to Star- ~ *~Starfire: -Grins- Not saying anything since I am sadistic!~*]

C 2003-06-27 1 Signed hey great job, even the formatting. way to keep the reader on the edge of their seats. I'm sure some of the burning questions will be claified in the next chapter. questions such as: 1) why did kim "have" to write the letter? 2) who was/is this aaron fellow and why did kim let it happen for so long? 3) why does kim feel like she is "nothing to him anymore, not after... " ? well can't wait to read more and see the answers to the burning questions in my head. C [~Kimber: All congratulations on formatting must go to miss sadistic. She is the one with all the wacky ideas and plot twists. I'm just along for the ride. Thank you though for your review. Several of those questions may have been answered for you others, still a mystery. Keep reading more insaneness to come.~ *~Starfire: -Hums- Who me? -Gives innocent look- I dunno what your talking about. Lalalalala~*]

zee (zee-zila@webtv.net) 2003-06-26 1 Anonymous That was a great 1st chapter. I can't wait 4 the part 2. [~Kimber: Glad you liked it and hope you've liked chapters 2 and now 3 which yes is of course out if your reading these comments. Duh! on my part. lol~ *~Starfire: Part 2 is out already and I hope you like that chapter, we do try our best though be bumble around a bit, since we are sleepy. ~*]

Chapter 2

Amy 2003-07-22 2 Anonymous I think this is a great fanfic. So whats goin to happen next? Please write a new chapter soon.

[~Kimber: Thanks, we like to think it is to. Lots of crazy and wacky stuff has happened and will continue to happen if Star has her way of course. Chapter 4 is done and will be posted once chapter 3 gets some reviews. lol. Thanks for your review.~ *~Starfire: Ah I love that question what is going to happen next! However, you just have to read and find out, since even I dunno where the heck I am going with this. -Crackles evilly- ~*]

Mya Dawning 2003-07-21 2 Signed This was very well written! Great ideas and great cliff hanger! PLease update ASAP! [~Kimber: Oh we are masters of the cliffhanger are we not Star? Star...stay away from those muses you know the horrible things they tell you to do. Well, thank you for your review we love that you have all enjoyed it so much.~ *~Starfire: Thank you for the review, and Kimber it isn't my fault, they find me not the other way around!~*]