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Two hours later, Tommy was pacing by the river. Hearing footsteps, he turned around.

"Kimberly," he noted.

"Hi," she said softly.

"How did you find me?" Tommy wondered.

"Please. It's me. I know that whenever you want to brood, you go to a lake. I just had to ask Conner for directions," Kimberly responded. For a moment, the science teacher was silent.

"You wanna talk about it?" she asked.

"I was so scared, Kim. When the energy was moving up my body, I could hear it twisting my thoughts, trying to turn me against you guys," Tommy confessed.

"I know. I felt what it was doing to you," Kimberly told him.

"How" Tommy's question fell to the ground as he gave her a confused look.

"According to Zordon, when we foiled Goldar's last attempt by using our power coins, the interchanging of our particle beams connected our powers," Kimberly confused.

"That's kinda cool," Tommy said.

"Huh. Yeah," Kimberly agreed with a grin. Then, "You know, before all this mess happened, you were trying to ask me something," Kimberly reminded him.

"Right. Now that that's over with, my question will be a piece of cake," Tommy responded. "Well, the thing is, our favorite psychotic principal, Ms. Randall roped me into being one of the chaperones for the school dance and I was wondering" he hesitated.

"What?" Kimberly asked.

"Kimberly, would you go to the dance with me?" Tommy asked. For a moment, she was silent. Then, she turned around.

"Well?" Tommy asked. The woman smiled. "Kimberly?" he persisted. Then, she laughed and turned to face him.

"I didn't want to make it too easy for you," Kimberly told him through her laughter. "Tommy, of course I'll go with you," she told him.

"I can't believe I fell for that again," Tommy laughed. He grabbed the woman and spun her around, causing her to shriek in delight. When she was returned to the ground, he pulled her close and kissed her.