Chapter 4- The Message of Friendship
Kimberly stared at the one floor white house that belonged to the Cranston family, as Jason's car pulled into the driveway. Billy's garage had always served as their second base, and before becoming a Power Ranger, she knew that Billy often spent most of his time there, tinkering with his scientific inventions. She knew Billy had been working on a communications device since he'd been five years old, and had hoped someday that he'd be able to contact Aliens. With the help of Alpha 5, Billy was able to complete it a few months before she left, and she hoped that it could still be of use.
Zack glanced around at the outgrown grass on the lawn, remembering that Mr. Cranston had always paid either him or Jason to take care of it. Other than that, the house looked lonlier than it had during their Ranger days, and its shrouded mysteriousness gave Zack chills. He turned to Kimberly. "So what's this thing called anyway?"
Kimberly shrugged. "It was one of those long weird word thingies that Billy always is accustomed to using,"
Jason snickered, remembering all of the situations where Kimberly couldn't understand a word that came out of Billy's mouth. The three of them got out of the car and walked up to Billy's garage, it was still pretty early, and Mr. Cranston was still at work. Jason pulled out the garage key that Billy had given him when he ventured to Aquitar, and inserted it into the lock.
"Here goes nothing," Jason said, as he casually lifted up the garage door.
The place was a mess, Billy's old experiments, and papers were strewed across the concrete floor, and chemicals he'd used for testing had spilt everywhere. The mess was kind of a shock to the three of them, because Billy had always been extremely shipshape with his belongings. Kimberly walked around trying to find the device that Billy had demonstrated for her.
"What do you think happened here Jase?" Zack asked, commenting on the mess.
"I don't know man, Billy usually spent most of his time at the Power Chamber, when I came back, maybe he lost interest in it, and I think he missed being in on the action," Jason looked around on the shelves that were built around the room. "What's it look like Kim?"
"Like a computer actually, it has a microphone, and a keyboard to type in the coordinates," She added. "I am so glad you guys decided to wait and come this morning, It'd feel awkward asking Billy's dad to look in the garage,"
Listening to Kimberly's description, Zack bent down and opened a cupboard that contained a weird computer screen, keyboard, and a microphone. "I think I found it!"
Kimberly walked over to where Zack was bent over, and agreed that he had found the device. Jason helped him move it up onto the counter top, and the three began studying it over. After ten minutes, they still hadn't found a way to turn it on.
Kimberly slumped down onto the ground. "This is hopeless you guys," she looked around at all of the stuff Billy had made. "Look at this stuff, isn't it obvious that Billy is the only one who knows how to work it?"
Jason nodded at her remark. Billy had always been the brains behind their team, and whenever they needed a device to stop a monster's attack, Billy created it. "What we need right now, is someone as smart as Billy,"
"Yeah right Jason," Kimberly said. "And what are we going to tell them? That we need to contact our human friend on another planet?"
Zack smirked, but Jason shook his head. "No, I have an idea...you two stay here, I'll be right back,"
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Adam Park made his way through the many trees that populated Angel Grove's infamous park, a place that had seen many ranger battles in its day. He missed those days more than anything, and it wasn't that he didn't enjoy being the Green Ranger, he just missed his power coin more than anything. He hadn't been paying any attention to where he was walking, and it just so happened that he crashed into two girls. He looked up at his crash buddies, and he came to an immediate jolt.
Two girls, one with shoulder length brown hair that she wore in pig tails, and the other with long black hair smiled back at him. The brunette was dressed in an unbuttoned yellow blouse with a black sports bra underneath, and on her back she carried a black backpack and a few school books in her hand. The black haired girl also carried books, and was dressed in a Pink Mexican style blouse with black designs interwoven through it.
"Oh my gosh! It's the cute guy who gave his powers to Carlos," Cassie Chan whispered to her best friend Ashley Hammond.
"His name is Adam, and stop whispering. It's not like he can't hear you anyway,"
Adam couldn't help but smile, but then he remembered why he was so shocked to see them. "So you guys are all right?" he asked quickly.
"Um, yeah," Ashley responded, with a stern face. "Why wouldn't we be?"
"You've got to be kidding me," Adam responded, "The Power Chamber, it's been blown to pieces, and where's the usual every-day monster attack? There wasn't one yesterday!'
"Oh that," Ashley said. "It's a long story Adam, and we're going to be late for school,"
"SCHOOL?" Adam couldn't believe they were acting so strangely, they both had brand new tans, and they looked as if they were in a daze. "Have you two been doing drugs?"
"No!" Cassie said defensively
. "Adam! I can't believe you'd say that..." Ashley chimed in, as she put her books down on a nearby bench. "Look, I'll give you a shortened version of what's happened. Zordon has been captured by some dude named Dark Specter who is like the leader of all the bad guys. Carlos, TJ, Ashley, and I took a shuttle from NASADA into outer space to look for him. We got intercepted by this big blue space ship thing, and then this guy named Andros gave us new powers so we could fight this new girl named Astronema. Now we're really late, and I get another tardy, I'm in detention,"
As Adam attempted to compass her story, questions zoomed out of his mouth. "Wait...wait! Who is this Andros? And where is Justin?" Adam demanded.
"Ugh, come on Cassie," Ashley groaned picking up her books. "Look, Adam, meet me at the Surf Spot at one, it's our lunch break, and I'll bring Carlos with me, and then we'll explain everything. In the mean time, I haven't seen Justin since we left, and I'm guessing he's with his dad wherever they are moving to,"
Adam watched as the two of them departed from the park, wondering if Dimitria had made the right choice in demanding that he and the others pass on their powers. Although he knew they were good choices, at the moment they were acting very juvenile, and he knew himself that if Tommy, Tanya, or even Aisha who no longer had powers could help Zordon in some way, that they'd be striving to do it. Adam shook his head, he couldn't believe Justin didn't tell him he was moving. "What's happened to us? The chain of friendship in the Ranger team was fading quickly." he wondered to himself. "I've got to find Jason, and the others and tell them about Zordon,"
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Meanwhile, at the Cranston House, Kimberly and Zack sat on the front lawn catching up on old times, because Kimberly has noticed that as the World Peace Conference approached, a gap occurred in the team in the form of two threesomes. Jason, Trini, and Zack were always together, and she, Billy and Tommy hung out a lot, and that was how they met Rocky, Adam, and Aisha. She turned to Zack with a grim expression on her face. "Zack? Do you regret giving your power coin to Adam?"
"Sometimes I wish I wouldn't have Kim, but I got to experience so many things in Switzerland, things that I could have never experienced as a Power Ranger. Now, I'm living my dream, and teaching others how to dance. I think I've experienced a lot in my life, and I'm grateful for that, and even if I would pass away tomorrow, I would have no regrets," Zack replied.
Kimberly listened to his answer, she could tell that Zack really meant what he had said, and deeply she'd hated herself for leaving the others for many months after she'd left, but a part of her knew that she'd left her power coin in safe hands, and that she was doing what she'd always dreamed of. "My last few days as a Power Ranger were pretty rough, if I wasn't sick, I was imprisoned by Zedd and Rita, or I was stuck in a taxi that had been turned into a monster. Honestly, all I think I would have needed was a break,"
Zack smiled at her. "Look Kim, I really didn't get the chance to get to know Kat, but from what I can tell, you were always Zordon's Pink Ranger,"
Hearing those words made Kimberly feel better about her decision to leave, even though Zack's kind words might have been untrue in Zordon's eyes. She wished she could have said good bye to Zordon, but hoped deep down inside that she'd get another chance. Just as she was about to ask Zack another question, Jason pulled up into the driveway, followed by Adam in his car. Both of them stepped out, along with a boy who looked like he might have been thirteen years old. The boy looked familiar to Kimberly, but she couldn't recall where'd she'd seen him.
"We've got some urgent news," Jason replied.
Kimberly could tell from Jason's face that the news couldn't be good, so she calmed herself for its delivery.
Jason sighed before he spoke, but finally broke the bad news. "Zordon's been captured..."
Zack jumped up from his place on the ground and threw his arms up in there. "Captured?" he started pacing around trying to comprehend what he'd just heard from Jason's mouth. "By who?"
Adam stepped up. "He's been captured by someone named Dark Specter, supposibly this Specter dude is the leader of every baddie we've ever fought,"
Kimberly eyed Adam, wondering if he'd realized the mistake he'd made in front of the boy, and hoped that he hadn't blown their cover.
Jason noticed her actions and smiled. "No worries Kimberly, this is Justin, the former Blue Turbo Ranger,"
Kimberly suddenly felt stupid, she realized where she'd seen the boy, he was the kid that replaced Rocky, but she hadn't recognized him with his short haircut. Things seemed to be getting worse by the day, and she couldn't realized that Zordon had been captured, meaning that she'd probably never see him again. "So if he is here, that means the other Rangers are alive too?"
Adam nodded. "From what the two girls told me, they've gone into space and met an alien Ranger, who gave them new powers. They didn't seem too reluctant to relay a lot of information though,"
Kimberly rolled her eyes. "What? Do they think they're better then us?"
"All right, all right," Jason said. "I know we're all upset, but let's not jump to conclusions, besides, Justin is here to help us get in contact with Billy.
Kimberly and Zack flashed Jason a look of amusement. "Jase, we couldn't even figure it out, what makes you think this kid can?" Zack asked.
"He's pretty smart," Adam said.
"Pleased to meet you Zack, and nice seeing you again Kimberly," Justin broke his silence. He could tell the former Rangers were unsure about his abilities, but he was sure he'd be able to figure out whatever contraption they threw at him.
"In the meantime, I'm going to go meet the new guys at the Surf Spot, they promised to give me more information," Adam replied. "Good luck guys,"
Jason led Justin into Billy's garage, and were followed by Kimberly and Zack. To Justin, Billy's garage was like a toy room, there were tons of gadgets that he could have tinkered with. Jason led him over to the machine, and Justin studied it for a few minutes.
"I think I've got it," Justin said. He lifted the screen up towards the ceiling, revealing a panel that concealed some type of camera.
"Wow, man, you're pretty fast," Zack replied. "Now, how do we send a message to this planet?"
"What's the planet called?" Justin asked.
"Aquitar," Kimberly replied quickly.
"All right, from what I can remember while seeing Alpha's planetary code symbols, Aquitar is in Sector Four, if this thing works, all you have to do is type it in the output screen. I'm getting low power readings from this thing though, I think Billy must have had it connected with the Power Chamber's mainframe. I'll go ahead and type in the coordinates,"
Kimberly stepped in front of the screen and immediately started explaining what was happening on Earth. Kimberly's mind was going haywire, Zordon was always like a second father to her, and she was ready to do something about his capture.
Jason was surprised at Kimberly's broad decision, he knew she liked being the center of attention, but he could also tell that she was very shaken up over the news of Zordon's capture, probably even more so then he or Zack. He turned to Justin and patted him on the back. "Thanks man, we really needed that,"
"Glad to help," Justin said. "I should probably get back to school, I snuck out during lunch, and freshman aren't allowed to leave like the upper classmen,"
Jason realized how much had changed at Angel Grove High with Justin's words. He'd been allowed to come to the Youth Center whenever he wanted during his one and a half years there. His nephew had spoken to him about all of the gangs that ran the place these days. Jason shook his head at Justin. "Man things have changed...You take care though,"
"Yeah," Zack agreed. "Thanks man, I'm sorry I doubted you earlier, we couldn't have done this without your help," Zack threw Justin a high five, and Kimberly waved as he left the garage doors.
"Hopefully Billy gets this message," Kimberly said.
"Yes, all we can do in the mean time is wait," added Jason. "Kim, did you send that letter in the mail?"
Kimberly nodded. "Yeah, Trini should be getting it any day now,"
"All right guys, I hate to run, but I've got a dance class in like thirty minutes," Zack said slapping Jason's hand. "Call me if you find anything else out,"
"See you later man," Jason said.
"Bye Zack!" Kimberly chimed in.
"Oh yeah Kim, that reminds me," Jason turned to her. "They're launching that space colony today, I was going to go check it out...do you want to come?"
"You mean that thing they've been working on since were like five?" Kimberly asked.
Jason nodded. "Yep, Terra Venture, it looks amazing,"
"Yeah, I'd love to, it'll help me get my mind off of things,"
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Cestria sat comfortably in the Aquitan meeting chambers thumbing away the minutes until Billy returned from his necessity way of demanding that he fix the water generator that Astronema had destroyed. She suspected that one of the Aquitan civilians had already broken the news about Astronema's visit, but she'd already thought of the perfect cover up. She jumped at the noise of the viewing screen alarm, and suddenly a young earthen girl with long brown hair appeared on the screen.
Kimberly's image stared back at a startled Cestria, as she spoke her message. "Billy, it's Kimberly, listen to me, I don't know if you know this or not, but Zordon has been captured, and I really think you need to come home, because we really need you. Please come home Billy, I know you must be happy there, but we are your friends. Do it for us," the image faded back to blue, and a red light flashed justifying that the message had been conserved in the file system.
Cestria could tell that the girl was very heart broken by the news of Zordon's capture, it had also affected Cestria somewhat, because the old wizard had treated her kindly during her stay on Earth. Astronema's warning flickered in her brain, and she wasn't going to sacrifice herself over a human. "I'm sorry, Kimberly," she said softly. Cestria raised from her seat and walked towards the screen, and opened a nearby panel that revealed the screen's controls. She punched in a code number by number with a twisted smile on her face. She punched in a code that impeded any further messages from Earth. She punched in another code, and breathed a sigh of relief. Billy hadn't seen the message, and now he never would, for Kimberly's message was deleted.
To Be Continued
Special Note: Thanks for all of the good reviews, this is my very first attempt at a fanfiction, so I'm glad you like it :)
Kimberly stared at the one floor white house that belonged to the Cranston family, as Jason's car pulled into the driveway. Billy's garage had always served as their second base, and before becoming a Power Ranger, she knew that Billy often spent most of his time there, tinkering with his scientific inventions. She knew Billy had been working on a communications device since he'd been five years old, and had hoped someday that he'd be able to contact Aliens. With the help of Alpha 5, Billy was able to complete it a few months before she left, and she hoped that it could still be of use.
Zack glanced around at the outgrown grass on the lawn, remembering that Mr. Cranston had always paid either him or Jason to take care of it. Other than that, the house looked lonlier than it had during their Ranger days, and its shrouded mysteriousness gave Zack chills. He turned to Kimberly. "So what's this thing called anyway?"
Kimberly shrugged. "It was one of those long weird word thingies that Billy always is accustomed to using,"
Jason snickered, remembering all of the situations where Kimberly couldn't understand a word that came out of Billy's mouth. The three of them got out of the car and walked up to Billy's garage, it was still pretty early, and Mr. Cranston was still at work. Jason pulled out the garage key that Billy had given him when he ventured to Aquitar, and inserted it into the lock.
"Here goes nothing," Jason said, as he casually lifted up the garage door.
The place was a mess, Billy's old experiments, and papers were strewed across the concrete floor, and chemicals he'd used for testing had spilt everywhere. The mess was kind of a shock to the three of them, because Billy had always been extremely shipshape with his belongings. Kimberly walked around trying to find the device that Billy had demonstrated for her.
"What do you think happened here Jase?" Zack asked, commenting on the mess.
"I don't know man, Billy usually spent most of his time at the Power Chamber, when I came back, maybe he lost interest in it, and I think he missed being in on the action," Jason looked around on the shelves that were built around the room. "What's it look like Kim?"
"Like a computer actually, it has a microphone, and a keyboard to type in the coordinates," She added. "I am so glad you guys decided to wait and come this morning, It'd feel awkward asking Billy's dad to look in the garage,"
Listening to Kimberly's description, Zack bent down and opened a cupboard that contained a weird computer screen, keyboard, and a microphone. "I think I found it!"
Kimberly walked over to where Zack was bent over, and agreed that he had found the device. Jason helped him move it up onto the counter top, and the three began studying it over. After ten minutes, they still hadn't found a way to turn it on.
Kimberly slumped down onto the ground. "This is hopeless you guys," she looked around at all of the stuff Billy had made. "Look at this stuff, isn't it obvious that Billy is the only one who knows how to work it?"
Jason nodded at her remark. Billy had always been the brains behind their team, and whenever they needed a device to stop a monster's attack, Billy created it. "What we need right now, is someone as smart as Billy,"
"Yeah right Jason," Kimberly said. "And what are we going to tell them? That we need to contact our human friend on another planet?"
Zack smirked, but Jason shook his head. "No, I have an idea...you two stay here, I'll be right back,"
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Adam Park made his way through the many trees that populated Angel Grove's infamous park, a place that had seen many ranger battles in its day. He missed those days more than anything, and it wasn't that he didn't enjoy being the Green Ranger, he just missed his power coin more than anything. He hadn't been paying any attention to where he was walking, and it just so happened that he crashed into two girls. He looked up at his crash buddies, and he came to an immediate jolt.
Two girls, one with shoulder length brown hair that she wore in pig tails, and the other with long black hair smiled back at him. The brunette was dressed in an unbuttoned yellow blouse with a black sports bra underneath, and on her back she carried a black backpack and a few school books in her hand. The black haired girl also carried books, and was dressed in a Pink Mexican style blouse with black designs interwoven through it.
"Oh my gosh! It's the cute guy who gave his powers to Carlos," Cassie Chan whispered to her best friend Ashley Hammond.
"His name is Adam, and stop whispering. It's not like he can't hear you anyway,"
Adam couldn't help but smile, but then he remembered why he was so shocked to see them. "So you guys are all right?" he asked quickly.
"Um, yeah," Ashley responded, with a stern face. "Why wouldn't we be?"
"You've got to be kidding me," Adam responded, "The Power Chamber, it's been blown to pieces, and where's the usual every-day monster attack? There wasn't one yesterday!'
"Oh that," Ashley said. "It's a long story Adam, and we're going to be late for school,"
"SCHOOL?" Adam couldn't believe they were acting so strangely, they both had brand new tans, and they looked as if they were in a daze. "Have you two been doing drugs?"
"No!" Cassie said defensively
. "Adam! I can't believe you'd say that..." Ashley chimed in, as she put her books down on a nearby bench. "Look, I'll give you a shortened version of what's happened. Zordon has been captured by some dude named Dark Specter who is like the leader of all the bad guys. Carlos, TJ, Ashley, and I took a shuttle from NASADA into outer space to look for him. We got intercepted by this big blue space ship thing, and then this guy named Andros gave us new powers so we could fight this new girl named Astronema. Now we're really late, and I get another tardy, I'm in detention,"
As Adam attempted to compass her story, questions zoomed out of his mouth. "Wait...wait! Who is this Andros? And where is Justin?" Adam demanded.
"Ugh, come on Cassie," Ashley groaned picking up her books. "Look, Adam, meet me at the Surf Spot at one, it's our lunch break, and I'll bring Carlos with me, and then we'll explain everything. In the mean time, I haven't seen Justin since we left, and I'm guessing he's with his dad wherever they are moving to,"
Adam watched as the two of them departed from the park, wondering if Dimitria had made the right choice in demanding that he and the others pass on their powers. Although he knew they were good choices, at the moment they were acting very juvenile, and he knew himself that if Tommy, Tanya, or even Aisha who no longer had powers could help Zordon in some way, that they'd be striving to do it. Adam shook his head, he couldn't believe Justin didn't tell him he was moving. "What's happened to us? The chain of friendship in the Ranger team was fading quickly." he wondered to himself. "I've got to find Jason, and the others and tell them about Zordon,"
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Meanwhile, at the Cranston House, Kimberly and Zack sat on the front lawn catching up on old times, because Kimberly has noticed that as the World Peace Conference approached, a gap occurred in the team in the form of two threesomes. Jason, Trini, and Zack were always together, and she, Billy and Tommy hung out a lot, and that was how they met Rocky, Adam, and Aisha. She turned to Zack with a grim expression on her face. "Zack? Do you regret giving your power coin to Adam?"
"Sometimes I wish I wouldn't have Kim, but I got to experience so many things in Switzerland, things that I could have never experienced as a Power Ranger. Now, I'm living my dream, and teaching others how to dance. I think I've experienced a lot in my life, and I'm grateful for that, and even if I would pass away tomorrow, I would have no regrets," Zack replied.
Kimberly listened to his answer, she could tell that Zack really meant what he had said, and deeply she'd hated herself for leaving the others for many months after she'd left, but a part of her knew that she'd left her power coin in safe hands, and that she was doing what she'd always dreamed of. "My last few days as a Power Ranger were pretty rough, if I wasn't sick, I was imprisoned by Zedd and Rita, or I was stuck in a taxi that had been turned into a monster. Honestly, all I think I would have needed was a break,"
Zack smiled at her. "Look Kim, I really didn't get the chance to get to know Kat, but from what I can tell, you were always Zordon's Pink Ranger,"
Hearing those words made Kimberly feel better about her decision to leave, even though Zack's kind words might have been untrue in Zordon's eyes. She wished she could have said good bye to Zordon, but hoped deep down inside that she'd get another chance. Just as she was about to ask Zack another question, Jason pulled up into the driveway, followed by Adam in his car. Both of them stepped out, along with a boy who looked like he might have been thirteen years old. The boy looked familiar to Kimberly, but she couldn't recall where'd she'd seen him.
"We've got some urgent news," Jason replied.
Kimberly could tell from Jason's face that the news couldn't be good, so she calmed herself for its delivery.
Jason sighed before he spoke, but finally broke the bad news. "Zordon's been captured..."
Zack jumped up from his place on the ground and threw his arms up in there. "Captured?" he started pacing around trying to comprehend what he'd just heard from Jason's mouth. "By who?"
Adam stepped up. "He's been captured by someone named Dark Specter, supposibly this Specter dude is the leader of every baddie we've ever fought,"
Kimberly eyed Adam, wondering if he'd realized the mistake he'd made in front of the boy, and hoped that he hadn't blown their cover.
Jason noticed her actions and smiled. "No worries Kimberly, this is Justin, the former Blue Turbo Ranger,"
Kimberly suddenly felt stupid, she realized where she'd seen the boy, he was the kid that replaced Rocky, but she hadn't recognized him with his short haircut. Things seemed to be getting worse by the day, and she couldn't realized that Zordon had been captured, meaning that she'd probably never see him again. "So if he is here, that means the other Rangers are alive too?"
Adam nodded. "From what the two girls told me, they've gone into space and met an alien Ranger, who gave them new powers. They didn't seem too reluctant to relay a lot of information though,"
Kimberly rolled her eyes. "What? Do they think they're better then us?"
"All right, all right," Jason said. "I know we're all upset, but let's not jump to conclusions, besides, Justin is here to help us get in contact with Billy.
Kimberly and Zack flashed Jason a look of amusement. "Jase, we couldn't even figure it out, what makes you think this kid can?" Zack asked.
"He's pretty smart," Adam said.
"Pleased to meet you Zack, and nice seeing you again Kimberly," Justin broke his silence. He could tell the former Rangers were unsure about his abilities, but he was sure he'd be able to figure out whatever contraption they threw at him.
"In the meantime, I'm going to go meet the new guys at the Surf Spot, they promised to give me more information," Adam replied. "Good luck guys,"
Jason led Justin into Billy's garage, and were followed by Kimberly and Zack. To Justin, Billy's garage was like a toy room, there were tons of gadgets that he could have tinkered with. Jason led him over to the machine, and Justin studied it for a few minutes.
"I think I've got it," Justin said. He lifted the screen up towards the ceiling, revealing a panel that concealed some type of camera.
"Wow, man, you're pretty fast," Zack replied. "Now, how do we send a message to this planet?"
"What's the planet called?" Justin asked.
"Aquitar," Kimberly replied quickly.
"All right, from what I can remember while seeing Alpha's planetary code symbols, Aquitar is in Sector Four, if this thing works, all you have to do is type it in the output screen. I'm getting low power readings from this thing though, I think Billy must have had it connected with the Power Chamber's mainframe. I'll go ahead and type in the coordinates,"
Kimberly stepped in front of the screen and immediately started explaining what was happening on Earth. Kimberly's mind was going haywire, Zordon was always like a second father to her, and she was ready to do something about his capture.
Jason was surprised at Kimberly's broad decision, he knew she liked being the center of attention, but he could also tell that she was very shaken up over the news of Zordon's capture, probably even more so then he or Zack. He turned to Justin and patted him on the back. "Thanks man, we really needed that,"
"Glad to help," Justin said. "I should probably get back to school, I snuck out during lunch, and freshman aren't allowed to leave like the upper classmen,"
Jason realized how much had changed at Angel Grove High with Justin's words. He'd been allowed to come to the Youth Center whenever he wanted during his one and a half years there. His nephew had spoken to him about all of the gangs that ran the place these days. Jason shook his head at Justin. "Man things have changed...You take care though,"
"Yeah," Zack agreed. "Thanks man, I'm sorry I doubted you earlier, we couldn't have done this without your help," Zack threw Justin a high five, and Kimberly waved as he left the garage doors.
"Hopefully Billy gets this message," Kimberly said.
"Yes, all we can do in the mean time is wait," added Jason. "Kim, did you send that letter in the mail?"
Kimberly nodded. "Yeah, Trini should be getting it any day now,"
"All right guys, I hate to run, but I've got a dance class in like thirty minutes," Zack said slapping Jason's hand. "Call me if you find anything else out,"
"See you later man," Jason said.
"Bye Zack!" Kimberly chimed in.
"Oh yeah Kim, that reminds me," Jason turned to her. "They're launching that space colony today, I was going to go check it out...do you want to come?"
"You mean that thing they've been working on since were like five?" Kimberly asked.
Jason nodded. "Yep, Terra Venture, it looks amazing,"
"Yeah, I'd love to, it'll help me get my mind off of things,"
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Cestria sat comfortably in the Aquitan meeting chambers thumbing away the minutes until Billy returned from his necessity way of demanding that he fix the water generator that Astronema had destroyed. She suspected that one of the Aquitan civilians had already broken the news about Astronema's visit, but she'd already thought of the perfect cover up. She jumped at the noise of the viewing screen alarm, and suddenly a young earthen girl with long brown hair appeared on the screen.
Kimberly's image stared back at a startled Cestria, as she spoke her message. "Billy, it's Kimberly, listen to me, I don't know if you know this or not, but Zordon has been captured, and I really think you need to come home, because we really need you. Please come home Billy, I know you must be happy there, but we are your friends. Do it for us," the image faded back to blue, and a red light flashed justifying that the message had been conserved in the file system.
Cestria could tell that the girl was very heart broken by the news of Zordon's capture, it had also affected Cestria somewhat, because the old wizard had treated her kindly during her stay on Earth. Astronema's warning flickered in her brain, and she wasn't going to sacrifice herself over a human. "I'm sorry, Kimberly," she said softly. Cestria raised from her seat and walked towards the screen, and opened a nearby panel that revealed the screen's controls. She punched in a code number by number with a twisted smile on her face. She punched in a code that impeded any further messages from Earth. She punched in another code, and breathed a sigh of relief. Billy hadn't seen the message, and now he never would, for Kimberly's message was deleted.
To Be Continued
Special Note: Thanks for all of the good reviews, this is my very first attempt at a fanfiction, so I'm glad you like it :)