Kira and Naomi headed for the park to take photos so that Naomi could begin
writing her story. As they came to the lake, they sat on a bench and Naomi
turned to Kira.
"So Kira, tell me your side of the story." Naomi said, pulling out her notepad. Kira nodded.
"Ok.... I've been sick a lot recently, like flu and colds and such, so my parents took me to the doctor's to have me checked out, and he wrote a letter saying I was to be excused from classes until I was better." Kira said. Naomi nodded.
"Anything else?" She asked. Kira shook her head.
"Not really, Randall knew about my absences." She said. Naomi wrote down as she spoke.
"Is there any reason that you can think of that Randall would ignore those notes?" She asked. Kira sighed.
"I don't know." Kira said. "Mega power trip, maybe." Naomi nodded and wrote it down. She looked at Naomi. "Why are you doing this?" She asked. Naomi looked up.
"Well, we're friends." She said. "It was so wrong of Randall to do that to you. And besides, when I see some sort of injustice going on, I just can't sit back and take it." She smiled. Kira smiled.
"Thanks." She said. "You don't know how much this means to me." She said. Naomi gave her a warm smile.
"I'm sure if the situation where reversed, you'd do the same for me." She said. Kira laughed.
"Right, I'd write a wicked protest anthem." She said. Naomi laughed.
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Dana Mitchell-Greyson waddled into the living room, trying to rush to the phone, which was a difficult thing to do, seeing as she had the extra weight of her five month pregnancy. Five months wasn't such a big deal, but since Dana was normally such a small-framed girl, she began showing at three months, so at five she wasn't huge, but big enough to cause slight discomfort. She finally reached the phone and answered it.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Hey, it's me, Kim." Came the voice of Dana's friend, Kimberly Hart. She and Kim met in medical school. They were paired together as lab partners and started hanging out, and were surprised to find out that the other was a former power ranger....and found it quite hilarious when they found out they were both pink rangers.
"Hey." Dana said, smiling. "What's up?" She asked.
"Listen, how much power to you have over at Reefside general?" Kimberly asked. Dana lifted the phone and went over to sit on the couch, resting her feet on the coffee table.
"What do you want?" Dana asked with a slight laugh. Kimberly sighed.
"Jason's being transferred to the Neurology center at Reefside, and I was wondering if you could pull some strings and help me get a transfer there?" She asked. Dana sighed.
"I don't know Kim. I mean, there's a lot of great doctors here..He'll get taken care of, you don't need to worry." She said.
"Dana, I just.....He's been my best friend since we were in diapers, and....I can't help feel responsible for what happened." She said. Dana took a deep breath.
"Kimberly, it was an accident. I mean...Jason shouldn't have been rock climbing by himself." She said softly.
"Dana, the rope was clearly cut..And who else besides Tony had a problem with Jason? I mean, Tony threatened him when Jason wouldn't give him my number so he could reach me. Don't you find that all just too coincidental?" Kimberly said. Dana sighed.
"Kimberly, I'm too big and tired to argue." She said. "I'll call in some favours and see if you can get transferred here, ok?" She asked.
"Thanks." Kimberly said. "You don't know how much-"
"You owe me." Dana cut in with a laugh. "We'll work out a payment plan when you get here." She said. Kimberly giggled.
"Well, listen, I better go, Trini's getting out of school now, and I want to go pick her up." She said. Dana and Kimberly said their goodbyes and hung up.
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Kira looked across at Naomi.
"So is that it, or do you need more?" Kira questioned, hoping to leave so she could get some rest before school tomorrow. Naomi looked at her.
"That should be it; I can always give you a call if there's more." She replied. Kira nodded and stood.
"Thanks again Naomi." She said, waving as she walked away. Naomi just nodded.
Somewhere on a deserted island, Elsa sat twiddling her thumbs thoughtfully, something new for her. She looked around and saw the Yellow Ranger walking by herself. Elsa smiled.
"White Ranger come here." She snarled. The White Ranger appeared.
"Yes?" He asked, annoyed that it was Elsa who'd called. She pointed at the screen.
"Think of a sinister plan to get rid of her, and her pesky boyfriend!" She shrieked before leaving the room. The white ranger watched as Kira left the park. He had no intention of harming her............But Connor on the other hand..........
Naomi walked back into Cyberspace. She saw Ethan and Connor sitting where she and Kira had left them. She walked over.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey, where's Kira?" Connor asked.
"I don't know. I thought she would've come back here. Guess she went home." Naomi replied. Connor stood up.
"I'm going to go check on her." He said as he left. Naomi watched him leave. She sat down across from Ethan.
"Man, that guy is strung." Ethan commented on his retreating friend. Naomi laughed softly.
"I don't know, I think it's sweet." She said. "I know I'd feel pretty good if someone felt like that about me." She said. Ethan looked at her.
'If you only knew, Naomi.' He thought. 'If you only knew.'
Kira unlocked the door to her house and went inside. The interview had gone well, and she couldn't wait for the school board and PTA to read it so that she'd be sent back to school. She dropped the paper and mail on the kitchen counter and sifted through it.
"Junk, junk, more useless piles of crap and junk, oh! A letter for me." She grabbed the letter and opened it.
"Dear Ms Ford,
We are contacting you as we need you to testify against Harold Verntab, so that he might be detained longer and not receive parole. We request that you be present in Angel Grove, California, on March 11, 2004. Thank you, California Parole Board." Kira yelped as she finished the letter and tossed it onto the table. She didn't want to relive that, nor did she want to testify. She grabbed an apple juice from the fridge and padded into the living room and sat on the couch. Although she didn't want to relive what had happened, it was inevitable.
Kira's Memories
16-year-old Kira lay on her boyfriend, Harold Verntab's bed staring at the ceiling. She had decided that she no longer wanted to date him. He was 22, and she was only 16. He wanted to take her to huge college parties to get completely wasted, while she wanted to take him to a local high school hangout so he could watch her perform. Neither of them agreed on much anymore. Harold came into the bedroom and jumped onto the bed and kissed Kira.
"Hey beautiful." He murmured. Kira smiled. He always used cute pet names around her. She sat up and looked at him.
"We need to talk." She said. He looked at her and nodded.
"I...I don't think we should be together anymore." She managed to get out. Harold looked at her.
"Pardon me?" He asked, his voice filled with danger and icy coldness. Kira looked at him.
"You heard me." She repeated. Harold grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. He shoved his face in hers.
"If I can't have you, nobody will." He growled. He forced Kira to the bed and sat down on top of her and started kissing at her neck, while trying to get her pants off. Kira knew what was happening. She'd taken Karate since she was 6, she just needed to wait for the opportune moment to push him off her. Kira saw her moment when he pushed himself up to remove her of her pants. Kira shot up and slammed her fist into his nose and shoved him sideways off the bed. She rolled off the other side and made a dash for the door. She flung the bedroom door open and sped towards the apartment door. Harold picked himself up and grabbed a knife sitting on his dresser. Kira fumbled with the lock and just as she went to open the door, she felt something sharp slam into her stomach.
Present time
Kira's hand went under her shirt, she felt the scar that Harold had left. She remembered feeling as if her life was slipping away, slowly. Everything was a blur. She remembered rain falling on her face as paramedics wheeled her into the ambulance and police took Harold away. She then remembered waking up in a hospital room, her parents talking to a doctor over her.
Memory
"Is she going to be all right?" Mrs. Ford asked.
"Yes." The doctor replied. "She might have permanent scaring from her ordeal, but other then that, she'll be fine." He said.
"Mom?" Kira asked hoarsely. Her parents turned to her and went to her.
"Oh, sweetie." Her father said as he kissed her forehead. "We were so worried. You lost a lot of blood, the doctors weren't sure you'd make it, but you're going to be ok, you're going to be ok baby." He said. Kira's eyes slightly shut. She wasn't sure she'd ever be "OK." Not ever. Tears filled her eyes.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about...." She said, choking back a sob. Her mother smoothed her hair out of her face.
"Shhh, don't worry about it honey." Kira nodded and her eyes closed again and she drifted to sleep.
Kira shuddered and shook her head. She finished her apple juice and stood. She needed a nap, maybe Conner would come over later, and they'd have a nice night in.
"So Kira, tell me your side of the story." Naomi said, pulling out her notepad. Kira nodded.
"Ok.... I've been sick a lot recently, like flu and colds and such, so my parents took me to the doctor's to have me checked out, and he wrote a letter saying I was to be excused from classes until I was better." Kira said. Naomi nodded.
"Anything else?" She asked. Kira shook her head.
"Not really, Randall knew about my absences." She said. Naomi wrote down as she spoke.
"Is there any reason that you can think of that Randall would ignore those notes?" She asked. Kira sighed.
"I don't know." Kira said. "Mega power trip, maybe." Naomi nodded and wrote it down. She looked at Naomi. "Why are you doing this?" She asked. Naomi looked up.
"Well, we're friends." She said. "It was so wrong of Randall to do that to you. And besides, when I see some sort of injustice going on, I just can't sit back and take it." She smiled. Kira smiled.
"Thanks." She said. "You don't know how much this means to me." She said. Naomi gave her a warm smile.
"I'm sure if the situation where reversed, you'd do the same for me." She said. Kira laughed.
"Right, I'd write a wicked protest anthem." She said. Naomi laughed.
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Dana Mitchell-Greyson waddled into the living room, trying to rush to the phone, which was a difficult thing to do, seeing as she had the extra weight of her five month pregnancy. Five months wasn't such a big deal, but since Dana was normally such a small-framed girl, she began showing at three months, so at five she wasn't huge, but big enough to cause slight discomfort. She finally reached the phone and answered it.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Hey, it's me, Kim." Came the voice of Dana's friend, Kimberly Hart. She and Kim met in medical school. They were paired together as lab partners and started hanging out, and were surprised to find out that the other was a former power ranger....and found it quite hilarious when they found out they were both pink rangers.
"Hey." Dana said, smiling. "What's up?" She asked.
"Listen, how much power to you have over at Reefside general?" Kimberly asked. Dana lifted the phone and went over to sit on the couch, resting her feet on the coffee table.
"What do you want?" Dana asked with a slight laugh. Kimberly sighed.
"Jason's being transferred to the Neurology center at Reefside, and I was wondering if you could pull some strings and help me get a transfer there?" She asked. Dana sighed.
"I don't know Kim. I mean, there's a lot of great doctors here..He'll get taken care of, you don't need to worry." She said.
"Dana, I just.....He's been my best friend since we were in diapers, and....I can't help feel responsible for what happened." She said. Dana took a deep breath.
"Kimberly, it was an accident. I mean...Jason shouldn't have been rock climbing by himself." She said softly.
"Dana, the rope was clearly cut..And who else besides Tony had a problem with Jason? I mean, Tony threatened him when Jason wouldn't give him my number so he could reach me. Don't you find that all just too coincidental?" Kimberly said. Dana sighed.
"Kimberly, I'm too big and tired to argue." She said. "I'll call in some favours and see if you can get transferred here, ok?" She asked.
"Thanks." Kimberly said. "You don't know how much-"
"You owe me." Dana cut in with a laugh. "We'll work out a payment plan when you get here." She said. Kimberly giggled.
"Well, listen, I better go, Trini's getting out of school now, and I want to go pick her up." She said. Dana and Kimberly said their goodbyes and hung up.
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Kira looked across at Naomi.
"So is that it, or do you need more?" Kira questioned, hoping to leave so she could get some rest before school tomorrow. Naomi looked at her.
"That should be it; I can always give you a call if there's more." She replied. Kira nodded and stood.
"Thanks again Naomi." She said, waving as she walked away. Naomi just nodded.
Somewhere on a deserted island, Elsa sat twiddling her thumbs thoughtfully, something new for her. She looked around and saw the Yellow Ranger walking by herself. Elsa smiled.
"White Ranger come here." She snarled. The White Ranger appeared.
"Yes?" He asked, annoyed that it was Elsa who'd called. She pointed at the screen.
"Think of a sinister plan to get rid of her, and her pesky boyfriend!" She shrieked before leaving the room. The white ranger watched as Kira left the park. He had no intention of harming her............But Connor on the other hand..........
Naomi walked back into Cyberspace. She saw Ethan and Connor sitting where she and Kira had left them. She walked over.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey, where's Kira?" Connor asked.
"I don't know. I thought she would've come back here. Guess she went home." Naomi replied. Connor stood up.
"I'm going to go check on her." He said as he left. Naomi watched him leave. She sat down across from Ethan.
"Man, that guy is strung." Ethan commented on his retreating friend. Naomi laughed softly.
"I don't know, I think it's sweet." She said. "I know I'd feel pretty good if someone felt like that about me." She said. Ethan looked at her.
'If you only knew, Naomi.' He thought. 'If you only knew.'
Kira unlocked the door to her house and went inside. The interview had gone well, and she couldn't wait for the school board and PTA to read it so that she'd be sent back to school. She dropped the paper and mail on the kitchen counter and sifted through it.
"Junk, junk, more useless piles of crap and junk, oh! A letter for me." She grabbed the letter and opened it.
"Dear Ms Ford,
We are contacting you as we need you to testify against Harold Verntab, so that he might be detained longer and not receive parole. We request that you be present in Angel Grove, California, on March 11, 2004. Thank you, California Parole Board." Kira yelped as she finished the letter and tossed it onto the table. She didn't want to relive that, nor did she want to testify. She grabbed an apple juice from the fridge and padded into the living room and sat on the couch. Although she didn't want to relive what had happened, it was inevitable.
Kira's Memories
16-year-old Kira lay on her boyfriend, Harold Verntab's bed staring at the ceiling. She had decided that she no longer wanted to date him. He was 22, and she was only 16. He wanted to take her to huge college parties to get completely wasted, while she wanted to take him to a local high school hangout so he could watch her perform. Neither of them agreed on much anymore. Harold came into the bedroom and jumped onto the bed and kissed Kira.
"Hey beautiful." He murmured. Kira smiled. He always used cute pet names around her. She sat up and looked at him.
"We need to talk." She said. He looked at her and nodded.
"I...I don't think we should be together anymore." She managed to get out. Harold looked at her.
"Pardon me?" He asked, his voice filled with danger and icy coldness. Kira looked at him.
"You heard me." She repeated. Harold grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. He shoved his face in hers.
"If I can't have you, nobody will." He growled. He forced Kira to the bed and sat down on top of her and started kissing at her neck, while trying to get her pants off. Kira knew what was happening. She'd taken Karate since she was 6, she just needed to wait for the opportune moment to push him off her. Kira saw her moment when he pushed himself up to remove her of her pants. Kira shot up and slammed her fist into his nose and shoved him sideways off the bed. She rolled off the other side and made a dash for the door. She flung the bedroom door open and sped towards the apartment door. Harold picked himself up and grabbed a knife sitting on his dresser. Kira fumbled with the lock and just as she went to open the door, she felt something sharp slam into her stomach.
Present time
Kira's hand went under her shirt, she felt the scar that Harold had left. She remembered feeling as if her life was slipping away, slowly. Everything was a blur. She remembered rain falling on her face as paramedics wheeled her into the ambulance and police took Harold away. She then remembered waking up in a hospital room, her parents talking to a doctor over her.
Memory
"Is she going to be all right?" Mrs. Ford asked.
"Yes." The doctor replied. "She might have permanent scaring from her ordeal, but other then that, she'll be fine." He said.
"Mom?" Kira asked hoarsely. Her parents turned to her and went to her.
"Oh, sweetie." Her father said as he kissed her forehead. "We were so worried. You lost a lot of blood, the doctors weren't sure you'd make it, but you're going to be ok, you're going to be ok baby." He said. Kira's eyes slightly shut. She wasn't sure she'd ever be "OK." Not ever. Tears filled her eyes.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about...." She said, choking back a sob. Her mother smoothed her hair out of her face.
"Shhh, don't worry about it honey." Kira nodded and her eyes closed again and she drifted to sleep.
Kira shuddered and shook her head. She finished her apple juice and stood. She needed a nap, maybe Conner would come over later, and they'd have a nice night in.