KIDNAPPED
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Second part of "Always Me". Once again, familiar characters belong to Haim Saban and Fox Kids. I only own Tressa.
Tommy Oliver drummed his fingers on his desk. He was so bored that he almost wished that Rita would send down a monster. Almost, but not quite. Feeling a tap on his shoulder, he turned around in his seat.
"You okay?" Kimberly Hart asked quietly.
"I'm fine," Tommy responded. Then, quickly turned to face the teacher before she could press the issue. Finally, the bell rang. With a relieved sigh, Tommy gathered his things and headed out into the halls.
"Hey, Tommy! Wait up, bro!" a voice called. "Bro". Only Jason Scott or Zack Taylor called him that. However, Tommy knew it was Jason. The newest addition to the Power Rangers slowed his pace.
"Where you off to?" the leader of the Power Rangers asked.
"Nowhere special," Tommy replied with a shrug.
"We're all headed for the youth center. Come on," Jason invited.
"Okay, sure," Tommy agreed. The two headed back to the group where Kimberly, Zack, Trini Quan, and Billy Cranston were waiting.
"Hey," Kimberly greeted cheerfully. Tommy smiled at the petite and perky cheerleader.
"How you doin'?" Tommy asked.
"Fine," she replied. As they walked, the two began to talk about the latest homework assignment. Zack saw them deep in conversation and nudged Jason. The two chuckled. Finally, they were at Ernie's Gym and Juice Bar. The group sat down and ordered their customary drinks. Ernie went to the back to make the drinks.
"Hey, you okay, bro? You seemed kind of tense in class," Jason commented.
"Bored," Tommy answered with a shrug.
"I don't really like the quiet. It means Rita's up to something," Trini stated.
"We must keep constant vigilance against any aberrations or stratagems," Billy declared.
"Huh?" Tommy asked, looking to the others. Almost everyone looked as lost as him.
"He said we need to keep a look out for any monsters or schemes," Trini explained.
"Oh," everyone else chorused.
"Yo, Billy, no offense, but why can't you ever speak normally?" Zack questioned. Kimberly smacked him.
"I said 'no offense'!" Zack protested. Before she could reply, Ernie came back with their drinks.
"Here you go," he said.
"Thanks, Ernie," the kids chorused. They began to drink their smoothies. They were all unaware of the attractive young woman heading for Angel Grove.
"Soon Tommy, you'll be mine again," she promised. However, in the Command Center, the alarms had detected her presence and had begun to blare crazily.
"Ai-yi-yi! Trouble!" Alpha 5 yelped.
"Contact the Rangers at once, Alpha," Zordon instructed.
"Ai-yi-yi! Right away!" Alpha 5 yelped again. Hearing the six-tone beep, the Rangers looked around. Seeing that no one was within hearing distance, the leader of the team touched his communicator.
"Zordon, we read you," Jason said quietly.
"Rangers, my sensors are picking up a strange reading from a woman arriving in Angel Grove," Zordon reported.
"Zordon, what should we do?" Tommy wondered.
"For now, just be on your guard. I will contact you when I have further information," Zordon said.
"You got it, Zordon," Jason answered.
"Man, I wonder what's going on," said Tommy.
"Yeah, me too," agreed Kimberly. As soon as they had finished their drinks, they stood up, paid for them, and then left.
"Hey Trini, you wanna go to the mall?" Kimberly asked. "I hear that they have this really big sale in the shoe department," she continued.
"Yeah, sure," Trini agreed.
"Well, I've got a dance class to teach," Zack declared.
"And I have an experiment that I must get back to," Billy stated.
"How 'bout you, Tommy?" Jason wondered.
"I thought I'd explore Angel Grove some more," Tommy replied.
"Want a tour guide?" Jason offered.
"Yeah, sure," Tommy grinned. With that, everyone went their separate ways. Jason and Tommy had just started out when they felt a familiar tingling sensation.
"Whoa! We're teleporting!" Jason cried. They landed in a heap in some kind of a dark dimension. The boys grunted from the landing.
"This isn't one of Rita's places, so where are we?" Jason wondered. He looked around and was surprised to see furniture, which included a bed. Tommy, however, paled.
"No," he whispered.
