Kat sat at a table with Tonya, the work from their collage classes forgotten. She was watching Jason as he worked out with Adam and Rocky. She had a feeling that something was going to happen, but she just didn't know what...
"Hey Kat, isn't that Billy?" Tonya asked interrupting Kat's thoughts. Looking at the door she saw Billy come in with three other people.
"Yeah, that is. And if I'm right, that's Trini and Zach, and I think that's Kim." She explained as she stood up. "Hey Jason." She called, and pointed towards the door when he looked up.
Jason followed her direction and ran towards the group as soon as he saw them. Adam and Rocky were right on his heels. The group quickly made their way to where Kat and Tonya sat, having pulled another table over to provide room for them all.
"Kat, Tonya, this is Trini Kwan and Zach Taylor." Jason said as everyone sat down,
"And I'm Kim." Kim told Tonya.
"Hi." Tonya replied, and Kim smiled.
"So, what are you guys doing here? I didn't know you could leave the peace conference until Summer." Kat said curiously.
"They let us come for personal reasons." Trini told them.
"Cool." Rocky said, "So are you guys hungry?"
"Actually, no. Kim's got big plans for dinner tonight, and she told us we had to be hungry." Billy said, suspicion in his voice.
"What?" Kim exclaimed, "I can cook, honestly."
"Yeah right, we lived together Kim." A voice said behind her.
Kim sat up and began to turn as she cried, "Aisha!"
Aisha stood behind her and laughed as Kim jumped up and the two hugged.
Immediately, Adam and Rocky stood up for hugs as well.
"Aisha? What are you doing here?" Rocky asked.
"Visiting, hi Tonya." She said as she sat down.
"Geez, all we need is Tommy and we would have a complete reunion." Adam said with a smile.
"Maybe I can take care of that for you." another voice said behind them, and everyone looked up to see Tommy.
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Later that night, everyone except Kim was sitting in the living room of Jason's house. Kim, was busy in the kitchen making dinner, after reassuring everyone multiple times that she could indeed cook.
"So, what brought everyone back?" Tonya asked as nonchalantly as possible.
"Actually, I asked them to come." Jason said quickly, a little too quickly to his teammates thinking.
"Really, how come you didn't tell us?" Rocky asked
"And how did you get a hold of Tommy and Aisha?" Adam asked
"Zordon contacted Aisha, Tommy and I." Billy explained
"And it was a last minute thing." Trini said
"Last night last minute." Zach said with a laugh, trying to lighten the moment.
"Last night? Why didn't you say something?" Kat asked looking at Jason.
"Well, I wanted to surprise you guys."
"Then why were you so surprised to see them at the youth center?" Tonya asked softly.
"And why did you want to surprise us?" Rocky asked. Jason, Zach, Trini, and Billy looked at their hands instead of answering. So Rocky turned to Aisha and Tommy.
"Well?"
"I don't know, Zordon just told me to come." Tommy said shrugging his shoulders.
"Me too." Aisha said.
"Jason, what the hell is going on?" Kat asked standing up.
"We thought it would be a good time to get together as rangers since we haven't been together in forever." Kim said from the doorway, causing everyone to look up.
"Really?" Adam asked as Kat sat down, "Why didn't you guys say so?"
"Because I asked them to let me tell you, it was my idea." Kim said walking into the room, "Dinner's ready, so lets eat." Everyone stood up and made their way to the dinning room.
"So Kim, what did you make? Grilled Cheese?" Rocky asked with a smile.
"Very funny Rocko." Kim said as they walked into the room and everyone except Kim stopped dead in their tracks at the sight of the food.
"All right Kim, fess up. Who did you call to get all this?" Aisha asked
"No one, I told you guys that I could cook."
"Yeah Kim, but this is, what is all this?" Billy asked
"Caesar salad, lobster stuffed mushrooms, garlic cheese bread, shrimp scampi, and crab pasta. Now, are you guys going to eat, or stand there watching it get cold?" she asked as she sat down.
"We're going to eat." Rocky said sitting down, quickly followed by everyone else.
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An hour later, everyone sat around talking, as Kim got up. "So who wants desert?" she asked with a wicked gleam in her eyes.
"Do we ask?" Tonya asked with a laugh
"Well, that depends on how many of you want to spend tomorrow working off tonight's dinner." She said with a smile.
"I do." Rocky said and everyone laughed.
"Just bring it out, those of us who want some can get it." Jason said. Kim went into the kitchen and returned with a plate of cream puffs.
"Kim, how did you learn to cook?" Aisha said as she took one.
"My roommate taught me. Her parents own a catering business." Kim said as she picked up her glass.
"Where are you going?" Tommy asked
"To get some water. I'll be right back." She said as she walked out of the room.
Jase, is she okay?" Tommy asked after she disappeared
"It's not my place to say." Jason said softly.
"What's going on Bro?" Tommy asked concerned.
"She'll tell you when she's..." Jason began but stopped when they heard the sound of breaking glass. "Oh my God! Kim." He said as he, Trini, Zach, and Billy jumped up and ran to the kitchen. The others at the table looked at each other in shock, then followed them.
In the kitchen, Jason was kneeling next to Kim while Zach was getting another glass of water and Trini was picking up the shattered glass.
"Kim, are you all right?" Billy asked from her other side.
Kim looked up and him and softly said, "My bag, I need my meds. The one for dizziness."
"I'll go." Tommy said.
"By the door." Jason said as Trini went to get a wet washcloth.
Tommy and Adam rushed to the front door and got her bag. Looking inside, Tommy saw five bottles of pills. "Hell Adam, what's wrong with her?"
"I'm not sure, but my aunt was on two of those meds when she had cancer."
"Cancer? Crap! And I remember one of these being in Jason's bathroom years ago." Tommy said softly, "Come on. We better get back." Quickly the two hurried back to the kitchen and gave Billy Kim's bag.
"Which one Kim?" Billy asked looking in the bag as Jason helped her sit up.
"The blue bottle." Kim said taking the water from Zach. Billy took out the bottle and gave her one of the pills. She took it and Jason picked her up and carried her to the living room. A few minutes later, her color seemed to have returned, and Tommy finally asked the question on his mind.
"Kim, what's going on? Why do you have five bottles of medication in your purse, some of which deal with cancer?"
Kim looked at him, and smiled a sad smile. "I had hoped that you guys would never have to know, especially after the first time. But now, I guess the fates are against us. What did my mom tell you Trini?"
"That she's coming to..." Trini began but couldn't finish over the lump in her throat.
"She's coming to say goodbye. It's okay, I've accepted it." Kim said with a slight smile.
"Accepted what?" Tommy asked, suddenly afraid of the answer.
"She's dying." Jason said softly, "We both are." He said looking up at them, and then looked at Kim, "Inoperable this time. Looks like we both are going." He said with an ironic smile.
"Oh no." Trini said as she began to cry. Zach pulled her in his arms as his own tears began to fall.
"What the hell are you talking about Jason? How are you two dying? And what do you mean this time?" Tommy yelled.
"They both have cancer." Billy said softly, and they all looked at him in shock. "They both were diagnosed with leukemia when we were thirteen. But, Kim relapsed two years ago now, and its spread to her liver. As for Jason, he called Kim yesterday to tell her he had relapsed, but we don't know the details yet." He explained, she had filled him in while Trini and Zach were talking to her mom.
"My brainstem. They can't operate, its too dangerous." Jason said softly, and Kim began to cry silently.
"This can't be happening. Zordon has to be able to do something." Tommy said standing up.
Kim looked up at him through her tears, "No Tommy, he can't. I talked to him after I found out about my liver. Being a ranger was something Jase and I will never regret, but Zordon told us that it was very probable that all of the spells and blasts from Rita, Zedd, and all their goons, contributed to our relapses.
"There is nothing we can do now. We have to face what lies ahead. I don't want to die, but I'm ready to. I have to be, because I don't have very long. That's the only reason my doctor let me come, and tomorrow I have to go see Dr. Peterson and get established at Angel Grove Memorial again. I have a month maybe two, that's why we all came.
"They came to be with me, and I want to die here, not in Florida. The only memories I have of Florida is the hospital, I want to spend what time I have left with my family and friends in the place that has been home my entire life. That's why I'm here. And I need you to accept the truth. Please." Kim said softly.
Tommy looked at her, and then walked out of the house. As the door slammed, Kim broke down in tears once more. Everyone sat around the room and cried for the friends they were losing, and the difficult road they knew lay ahead.