Chapter 7: Taking a Terrible Risk

"I've got a lock on a portal," Hayley announced. Kimberly ran outside and was going to wait for the teens. She saw Kylie reading her favorite book and walked over to her. "Sweet heart, I have to go somewhere, stay here, okay?" She asked. Kylie nodded and Kimberly left.

She looked around to see if there was anybody around before morphing. "NINJA RANGER POWER!" She yelled. She morphed into her old Ninjetti uniform and removed some of the wrapping around her face. So everyone could see her eyes and some of her hair. She waited for the rangers and once they came out, she used her speed ability to follow them.

Tommy was struggling against his binds and then when Mesogog pushed the stone forward, the black gem glowed. "Master its them on some sort of vehicles," Elsa informed.

"Like obedient dogs. I speak and they come," he laughed.

"I can save you some trouble. The good guys always win," Tommy stated.

"I suppose that all depends on who you believe the good guys to be. Zeltrax, Elsa, go, and bring help. I want no mistakes this time."

Tommy watched as they left, but then he saw a familiar pink streak following them. "Kimberly," he whispered. Then fear entered his heart. "She can't be using those powers. It'll kill her and I can't lose her," he pondered. He struggled against his binds to try and get to Kimberly before it was too late.

Connor, Ethan, and Kira looked over to see Kimberly standing next to them. "Whoa! How'd you do that?" Connor asked.

"I have super speed," she replied.

"Miss Hart?" Kira asked.

"That's my name, don't wear it out," Kimberly replied.

"Whoa! A Ninja," Ethan commented.

"You can say that. Now, come on, let's go save Tommy," Kimberly insisted.

Elsa appeared along with Zeltrax and the rest of the goons. "Hey, no one invited you to the party," Connor stated.

"I'm crashing and I brought a few friends. Is that rude?" Elsa asked.

"Extremely," Kira replied.

Elsa then looked at Kimberly. "And who are you?" Elsa demanded. Kimberly struck a pose.

"I am the crane, graceful and agile," Kimberly replied.

"Doesn't matter, you're not going through that portal unless you're in chains," Zeltrax threatened.

"The Crane and I might pull that look off. But these guys, no way," Kira stated.

Then they started to fight. Kimberly gasped when she felt a shocking sensation go through her body. It had already begun, her powers were destroying her. Elsa laughed when she saw the electric shocks go through the woman. "It looks like your powers are fading," she laughed. Kimberly gasped when Elsa was going to have her sword come crashing on her.

"MISS HART!" Connor yelled.

Kimberly looked up to see Connor practically flying through the air. "GRAB ON!" He instructed. Kimberly grabbed onto his arm and he pulled her behind him. "Hang on, this is going to be a bumpy ride," he told her. Kimberly felt the heat of the explosion on her back, but then she felt the pain of her powers.

When they arrived, Hayley was going to recalibrate the bikes to the exit. Kimberly gasped in pain as she ran to find Tommy. While Connor, Ethan, and Kira were busy with Mesogog, Kimberly came to the room where Tommy was held.

Tommy looked up to see a familiar pink clad girl. "Kim," he murmured. She hurried over and undid the straps. He caught her before she hit the floor. "You shouldn't be using these powers," he insisted. She grabbed his arms and looked at him.

"I wasn't going to lose you again," she whispered.

Just then, Tommy's students came in and saw Tommy holding Kimberly up. "What's going on?" Ethan asked.

"She shouldn't be using these powers. They're killing her," Tommy replied.

"Get her to de-morph," Connor insisted.

Kimberly finally de-morphed and fell to her knees. She smiled at him and he smiled back before looking at them. "We saw the video diary," Kira stated.

"We know you're a Power Ranger," Ethan added.

"I was, Ethan, not anymore," Tommy corrected.

They looked up when Mesogog and his team came in. "Ranger or not, you're mine now," Mesogog snapped.

"I hate it when he gets like this," Tommy groaned.

Kimberly started fighting Elsa while Tommy was fighting Mesogog. Kimberly ran to the stone. The pink gem inside the rock glowed when she touched the stone. Tommy looked over to see Kimberly fighting with the stone in her hands. "KIMBERLY!" He called. Kimberly looked over and tossed him the stone. "GO WITH THEM!" He yelled. She nodded and jumped through the portal. Tommy then followed her.

They came to the exit, Kimberly was still feeling pain go through her body from her powers, but then she looked over at Tommy when he came through. "Do we really need a souvenir?" Connor asked.

"This one we do," Tommy replied.

He had them go through the portal and pushed Kimberly through before going through himself.

They came back to the city and Kimberly was wearing her old uniform standing next to Tommy. She gasped and put her hands on the stone that Tommy held up to help him block the blast coming at them. At the same time, her powers were weakening her again. Then she opened her eyes to see a shield in front of her. "Whoa," she murmured. She gasped in pain and de-morphed. She looked to her side to see that Tommy wasn't there. "Tommy?" She asked. Tommy was nowhere in sight.

"This can't be happening," Kira insisted.

"Such negativity. Haven't you learned by now that anything is possible," Elsa stated.

"Even the destruction of the great Dr. Tommy Oliver," Zeltrax added.

Kimberly sighed in relief when he appeared. "I heard my name, you missed me didn't you Zeltrax?" He asked. She watched as Tommy opened his hand to reveal a Black Dino Gem. Kimberly opened her own hand to find a Pink Dino Gem.

"A Black Dino Gem, let me guess, the power of invisibility," Ethan concluded.

"Looks like it," Tommy agreed.

"And the pink one has the power of force fields," Kira stated.

"That's right," Kimberly commented.

"Those gems belong to my master," Elsa snapped.

"There are two things you have to learn about Dino Gems. One, you don't choose them. They choose you," Tommy informed.

"What's the other?" Elsa asked.

Tommy tossed Kimberly a morpher and held his up. "They go real well with Dino Morphers," he replied. He slammed his Dino Gem into the morpher along with Kimberly. Elsa laughed at the sight.

"Aren't you two a little old for this, Tommy?" She mocked.

"We may be old, but we can still pull it off. Ready, Kim?"

"Ready," she replied.

Tommy pulled out a key, but Kimberly could just push a button. "DINO THUNDER, POWER UP!" They yelled. They morphed and then got into their poses. "DINO THUNDER, BLACK RANGER!" Tommy yelled.

"DINO THUNDER, PINK RANGER!" Kimberly yelled.

She looked at herself and was impressed. Her uniformed seemed to be the same as Kira's, but pink. She also had the design of the stegosaurs on her helmet. "This is cool," Kimberly commented. Tommy grinned and then they started fighting Zeltrax together.

"Up and over?" He asked.

"You've said it," she agreed.

They did a back flip over Zeltrax's head and landed behind him. Just then, Kimberly was fighting Tyrannodrones while Tommy was fighting Zeltrax. However, because of using her old ranger powers and the transfer of new powers, she was feeling weaker by the minute. The Tyrannodrones disappeared and Kimberly fell unconscious. "KIM!" Tommy yelled. He sent Zeltrax away with a message and he ran to Kimberly. He held her and she de-morphed. "The power transfer added onto the stress on her body," he murmured. He called his zord and helped them out while he was holding Kimberly.

Back at the lab, Tommy had placed Kimberly on the table and Hayley checked her over. "She should be okay. She's just drained. She's lucky she didn't keep using those Ninjetti powers, she would've been killed," Hayley commented. Tommy sat next to Kimberly's bed and stroked her hair. Kimberly opened her eyes and looked to her side to find Tommy staring at her.

"Tommy?" She asked.

"I'm here," he assured her.

Kimberly then shot up from the bed. "Where's Kylie?" She asked.

"She's upstairs, she's just fine," Hayley replied.

Tommy gripped her shoulders and had her lie back down. "Please, get Kylie for me," Kimberly insisted. Hayley nodded and went upstairs to get Kylie.

Kylie came downstairs and Kimberly had Tommy go sit by the computer while she talked to Kylie. "Mommy, what happened to you?" She asked.

"I just go beaten up, sweetie. Kylie, do you remember me promising you that you'll meet your father?" She asked.

"Yeah," Kylie replied.

"Well, he's right over there."

Kylie turned and Tommy smiled at her. "Kylie, meet Tommy Oliver, your father," Kimberly introduced. The Rangers and Hayley watched as Tommy embraced the girl when she ran to him. Tommy looked at Kimberly with a smile.

"Thank you," he mouthed.

Kimberly nodded and fell asleep with a smile on her face.