Chapter 6: Explaining to the Yellow Ranger
"Hayley?" Ethan asked.
"How did you get in here?" Connor asked.
"More to the point what do you know about any of this?" Kira asked.
"We know that Tommy is in trouble. And you three are the only ones who can help him," Hayley replied.
Connor stared at Kimberly. "Whoa! This is a small world. The original Pink Ranger is standing right in front of us," Connor commented. Kira nudged him and then Hayley started explaining about the power, totally ignoring Kimberly.
"I've been helping Tommy prepare the Ranger energies since grad school. Who do you think built the morphers? I mean, Tommy's good with dinosaurs and fossils, but a rocket scientist, he ain't," Hayley explained.
They went back to the computers and Kimberly watched in horror as Tommy was taken by the Tyrannodrones. "Tommy," Kimberly whispered.
As Tommy was being threatened about his life, in the back of his mind he was thinking about Kimberly. If Mesogog got his claws on the stones inside the rock, that would mean that Kimberly would be destroyed along with him and the rest of the world. He still loved her he would always love her. He always thought about her after all this time. All he wanted to do was tell her again. All he wanted was to hold her in his arms and have his daughter with them.
Kimberly couldn't believe that Tommy had all this history about the rest of the Power Rangers that came after him. She did get the chance to meet Ashley and her husband, Andros, when she was at the Surf Spot one day. The other people she had no idea who they were. She was going to have a talk with Tommy about that one too. Kira looked over and watched as Kimberly sat down with tears in her eyes. She walked over and knelt down next to her. "Are you okay?" She asked.
"It depends what you define okay," Kimberly replied.
Kira then recognized her voice. "You're the mother of Kylie, aren't you?" She asked. Kimberly nodded and took a deep breath.
"I am her mother," she replied.
"So, you're the one that Dr. O still loves."
"Yes."
"Why did you keep it a secret?"
Kimberly sighed as she fiddled with her hands. "I was seventeen at the time. I was excited about being part of the gymnastics team. Everything was just going great. I had Tommy and my family. Well, one day, I was feeling a bit sick. I thought it was jus the stomach flu so I brushed it off. However, I became worried when I realized I had skipped my period. I went to the doctor and I was told that I was pregnant. I had to quit the team because it would endanger the baby. I realized that I didn't want Tommy to have to worry about a pregnant girlfriend and the Machine Empire all at once. If the Machine Empire would've found out about me, they would use me against him. So, I wrote a letter, telling him I have met someone else. Then I called my mom. She told me to put the baby up for adoption. I didn't want to. The baby was the last memory of Tommy I had. My mom hung up on me and when I tried to call her back, she refused to answer the phone. I had Kylie and then I moved back up to Angel Grove to start over again," she explained.
"So, that explains the letter and things," Kira commented.
"Yeah, it does," Kimberly stated.
"Do you still love him?"
Kimberly looked at him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't budge into your private life like that," she stated.
"It's okay, really. I am still in love with Tommy. I never stopped," Kimberly admitted.
Kira left her alone to think and went back to the team. Kimberly sat there thinking about what to say to Tommy once he was rescued. She had to introduce Tommy to the daughter he never knew. She wanted to be with Tommy for all of eternity. That's all she wanted. She just wanted to be with him. "I've got a lock on a portal," Hayley announced. Kimberly got up and hurried over to the computer.
"Let's go save the teacher," Connor insisted.
Kimberly ran outside and knew that this next stunt she was going to pull was heroic and dangerous all at once. "Hold on, Tommy," she whispered.