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Now, on with the Story!
No One Messes with PinkieThey got home, late, for the second night within a two week period, knowing that all they wanted to do was go upstairs and go to sleep for the night, but Alpha had been keeping them out of the command center for the past few days and luckily things had been quiet around Reefside. This was something they were not exactly sure what to think about, although Kim couldn't help but be happy about it as it kept Tommy from going out into dangerous situations. Tommy, however, hated the lull in activity since their wedding and had yet to ask Alpha about the mysterious communicator's permanent appearance of his counterpart's wrist, on the day of their wedding. But all of that was really not as pressing as some of the other issues he had coming to mind, like just getting into the command center in the first place.
"Tommy, we may have to break into the command center, but we have to go down there and check on some things. It's just too suspicious for Alpha to be keeping us out of there like this. He didn't even try to keep us out when we were trying to find out what they were doing to close down the command center while they were making your new powers," Kim said, as she set down her purse, which contained a gift certificate she was going to use at the soonest possible moment from Tommy's parents. They had gotten the one thing that they were sure she would use, as they knew what was in their house and they didn't need much in the sense of appliances.
She also set down the box that Tommy had gotten out of his room, having discovered on the way back home that it contained some old letters between the two of them. She had to admit that she was surprised to see what was in it, but had no doubt that he had saved it for a day when they could look back on it and smile. Instead of looking back on it and crying like they, both had on their own several times before they came to their senses.
"I know, you don't want to wait until tomorrow morning, do you?" Tommy asked, as Kim nodded her head in agreement to the question. She just had this feeling she had gained something back, as she had not told him that had happened when he had placed his communicator on her wrist. It was almost as if she became a ranger again on their wedding night and found herself lost in how her body was changing back to the way she was when she had been a ranger, but she knew that Tommy had noticed all of that, as he had been noticing her extended energy and stamina, but had yet to comment on it. They both were trying to ride it off as them being more active at the dojo, but even that wasn't holding up to their brains for a very long time, as they knew that working out in the dojo could only do so much. The rest of what was being done came only from one source, but they were not sure that they even wanted to talk about it. "Let's go."
"I yi-yi-yi-yi. What are the two of you doing down here? You're supposed to be enjoying this vacation, not working in the command center the whole time," Alpha said, as the robot blocked the path and Tommy seemed tempted to jump over him, which caused him to move out of the way without a second thought. He did not want to risk being kicked by the six-foot tall ranger, as he knew that he could sustain permanent damages from it and then his whole reasoning behind being there would be destroyed. "As you insist."
"Alpha, we just wanted to check on things down here, since it is our basement after all," Tommy said, pulling up the screen to check on the rangers and seeing six windows open, like he had that morning, only now he realized something was off. There were only supposed to be five of them that were active right now, not six, so why had he not noticed this that morning? "Alpha, who's the sixth ranger and when did you find the dino gem?"
"Tommy, let me explain before you get all riled up about this one. The two of you were about to go off to Venice and I didn't want you to come in when I knew whom the powers rightfully belonged to the entire time. I've never known of this pink ranger to turn down powers that where rightfully hers, unless she does that now," Alpha said as Tommy started shaking his head, adamantly, in denial of what Alpha was claiming was going on. There was no way she had gotten her power back without him knowing about it, although it would explain why the communicator changed on her wrist.
"Tommy," Kim said, as she could only stare at Alpha, questioningly. Why hadn't they known earlier about all of this? They would have been willing to give a day up to help him find someone to take the post, although Alpha seemed to know who it belonged to, already and did not want them to try to persuade him otherwise. It made her sad, knowing that she was not going to be a ranger, again, but she could always work in the command center, although she hated that idea with a passion that no one could believe if they knew her outside of being a ranger. Although Tommy knew exactly how she felt about her position of sitting on her butt while he was fighting on a daily basis without her having to explain it to him. "Who is it?"
"Lord Kim, it's you, sweetheart," Tommy said, as he truly thought she would faint this time, as he had not been delicate in his approach of telling her the truth about who the dino gem belonged to now. The couch stopped her fall, as she came crashing down upon it, clutching the silver and pink communicator as Tommy could only shake his head, in disbelief as he slowly walked over to her side.
Yes, he wanted her out there with him, everyone knew that, but this was not the way that he thought it would happen. He had hoped that he would have been able to find this and then give them to her, but who would have thought that it would have showed up on their wedding day. The one day, that he had promised to do nothing ranger related and he had somehow managed to keep his promise to her.
"Me? Is that why the communicator changed?" Kim asked, as she twisted her wrist out of curiosity and it turned into a morpher, which caused her to gasp. She must have done that hundreds of times without thinking about it and she could only pray it had not turned into a morpher each time she did it. Although, she was sure that Tommy would have told her the first time it happened, after they had teleported to the command center and demanded an answer from Alpha, of course.
"Yes," Alpha said, as she had seemed to recover from the shock and was now smiling, while Tommy was still letting it all sink in, rather slowly. When it finally rang true in his mind, he nearly tackled Kim with his excitement and they both couldn't help but laugh for a few seconds. Yeah, it was sure to be rough, as Ally would be picking up the lesser level classes fulltime, which she had been doing a lot as is, and the advanced girls would be living by her schedule, but they'd make it work, they always had before. Of course, this was the second time that they had had to give their classes away, but they had to do it for the rangers and the greater good and everyone involved knew that, whether or not they liked the sound of it was a different story. "When Tommy put his communicator on you, I read that there was a pink communicator missing, but I didn't understand it until I scanned Reefside. I had originally contacted you to see that everything was all right in Angel Grove, as I was worried that Mesogogg might have decided to attack there. That was when I discover it was about three miles away from here, still undetected by Mesogogg. I sent the Dino rangers to locate it and bring it to me, as the two of you were having your reception. That was when they found it and now we have new ranger on the team."
"I'm not new at this, Alpha, I've done this for years," Kim said, as her own face paled, as a sudden thought came to her mind. Now that she had powers, who was to say that Richard would not come after her with his full force and then they would both be up against a human with powers, just like them, only evil. It was much harder to think about truly taking them out, as they were human, after all, but Tommy seemed to be the one that it did not conflict with the most, as their fellow rangers did not know the full story of it all. Some rangers were sure to have a clearer picture in their minds than others, although it had to be pretty fuzzy for all of them as they had delayed telling them the whole story. "But what Zord will I have, Alpha?"
"You'll help Tommy with his Zord, as it has become a pain for him lately. Make sure you log on to the program as soon as you can, as it may not take you quickly," Alpha said, as Kim couldn't help that there were certain things that would just be best if they were shared between the two of them. Tommy was bound to be involved in a fight sometime that would not grow and she would have to take over the machine, although she didn't like the idea of not flying her own Zord, but she and Tommy could and would work as a team when they had to.
"I can't believe it. We're out there together again," Tommy said, as his hands were shaking from the nerves and excitement. He couldn't help but be happy, despite the problems that might ensue from her really going back into action. She just gave him so much comfort by staying with him. It was not that he did not trust the younger rangers; it was just that when she had his back, he felt that he did not have to worry about being ambushed without having at least a second or two warning. "I've been waiting for this day since I got my powers. Thank you Alpha and you can call us any time, you know that."
"Alpha, we've got some trouble out here," Conner's voice boomed out into the command center, as Kim and Tommy jerked their heads towards each other and then slowly looked over to the screens.
Kim gulped, as she knew the ridicule she was likely to face going back out there, mainly from Zeltrax, who probably assumed that she was still scared of him, although he was not the one that she really feared. He was just a mere inconvenience and she would take care of him, if he tried to mess with Tommy again.
"I'm sending you help, Conner," Alpha said, as he punched in the coordinates for their location.
Kim and Tommy relaxed into their normal position for teleporting, trying to block out any negative thoughts that had managed to creep into their minds. Tommy could only imagine their eyes widening, when the two of them landed there. He couldn't help but mentally prepared himself for the hell that they would be receiving from the other former rangers when they found out about this though. It was one thing when he went back into action, as he had done that more than once, but with both of them being out there, they knew that their friends were not likely to like it at all.
"Mrs. Hart, I mean Oliver?" Conner asked, looking at her with wide eyes, as she stopped a tryadrone from attacking him, but she still had not morphed. So he could not understand why Dr. O let her come back out there if she wasn't a ranger and she couldn't be who Alpha gave the pink dino gem to. It just didn't seem logical for her to get the gem, if she had been a ranger before, but of course, that was the very thing that had happened to Dr. O and it seemed like the best thing in the world.
"That's right, red, but you might want to keep it quiet," Kim said with a smile, as Tommy couldn't help but laugh at his wife's reaction to all of this. They had remained unmorphed, but it was obvious to Tommy that Conner had not taken a good look at Kim's wrist, as he would have known that she was a ranger and would not have been trying to keep anything from attacking her.
"Maybe we should have warned them," Tommy said, as they both continued to fight without having to morph. They seemed so shocked about having another ranger person out there to help them that they could barely focus on anything else and they were starting to get thrown to the ground much more than they liked it.
"Yeah, that would have been a bright idea," Kim said, as she ducked to avoid being kicked in the head by a tryadrone.
"Glad I can have at least one of them," Tommy said, with a smile, as he noticed that the fellow rangers were looking at them as if they had lost their minds. They had never fought very long without morphing and Tommy and Kim considered that a specialty of theirs, but they didn't think that it was humanly possible.
"Puddies were so much easier to take care of," Kim said, as she kicked a tryadrone, having decided to conserve her power inlet, as she knew how disposable they could be, from her last experience as a ranger. There were no power boosters for the Dino Rangers and if she was not careful, she would overexert herself in a matter of minutes.
"Puddies?" Zeltrax asked, walking up behind Kim and attempting to grab her, as she was only paying attention to the tryadrones. He had to admit that Tommy was one brave man to let his wife come back and not be a ranger, but he was no ordinary man, that much was for certain.
"Dino Thunder, power up, ha!" Kim yelled, quickly summoning her powers. She may be a protected woman now, but Zeltrax still could think that she would be easily disposed of, as he had been able to knock her out rather easily, only a little over a month ago.
"Nice trick, pinkie, too bad it won't be good enough," Zeltrax said, as Kim jumped above his head and landed on the other side. Oh, how nice it was to be back in the action, with all of the advantages that it brought to the skills that she already had instilled inside of her.
"There's a new one," Cassidy said, as she and her loyal assistant made the rounds, trying to find new stories of interest, although it was close to one o'clock in the morning.
She knew that anything that had to deal with the Power Rangers would be considered interesting and maybe even worthy of airing on the local news, if she was lucky enough to manage to get some good shots of them fighting. It seemed that it took a very skilled cameraman to get even a decent shot of the rangers and Dean was alright, but half the time his shots came out so blurry that no one could distinguish the rangers, except for the fact that their trademark colors littered the screen. He was just going to have to get better at this job or she would have to find someone else to do it.
"Get out of here, kids!" Tommy yelled, towards Cassidy and Devin, knowing they were likely to get hurt and he did not want that on his conscience, after everything else that he had experienced over the years that he had been doing this.
It had not wound up good for people that stuck around during fights and he only hoped that they did not go after them. They were students of his, no matter how annoying they were; he felt that he had to protect them even more than most other civilians, because he saw them every weekday, although Kim might argue with him on that one. The kids knew better than to be there when something like this was going on, but if they didn't listen, then they couldn't do anything to help them.
"Let them be," Kim said, looking over at him for a second and he nodded his head in recognition of hearing the statement. As she knew it could cause more suspicion as to who they truly were and that was something that they could not risk with everything else that was going on in their life. If people figured out what they were, then they might as well transport to Aquitar and go to living underwater, but hopefully it would not come to that. They had somehow managed to keep it a secret from all but two people and even they only knew by accident, but thank goodness that they were trustworthy. "They'll learn their lesson one day, if they don't get the idea that it is best for them to stay away from here by this battle."
"Oh, so the great and mighty black ranger has one person that will cause him to back down. Well let's see if she can handle this," Zeltrax said, as Richard appeared and it became obvious to them that the pink ranger could only be one person: Mrs. Oliver. They had thought that she had simply teleported in and out at the beginning of the battle, although that made no sense at all, now that they were thinking about it.
Alpha had been right to keep them out of the loop as long as he did, knowing that they would have had not honeymoon at all and they had all agreed that they deserved that break. They had not been able to get that break since school started this year and the six days that they spent away was not even sufficient in most of their minds, although they refused to stay out of the country any longer than that.
"Richard," Kim muttered, glaring at him from under her pink and white helmet and she could feel Tommy's gaze going to him as well and knew that his fists were in balls, trying to reign in the anger that was boiling up inside of him. If she had to teach him the hard way, then she would, although she did not like the feeling she was getting from looking at him. He seemed to be determined to make her pay, for everything that she had not done with him and had done with Tommy.
"Nice to see you again," Richard said, extending a hand and she shrugged it off.
She was not going to be nice to this man, not after what he had done to her mental well being all of those years ago and he could still do that now if she let him in that far, but Tommy wouldn't let her do that. He was her mental check up and he had been keeping her from closing herself down ever since Richard had showed back up on the scene. He was not going to let her shut him out, although she had tried to do that few times, in an attempt to keep things from happening to him. Each time she had done that, he had done crazy things to remind her that they really were in it together now, no matter what anyone tried to do to them.
"Which one you want? The others can take care of the tryadrones and the monster, if he sends another one," Kim said, as Richard immediately tried to grab her, but found that the black ranger's gloved hand was grabbing his wrist and jerking him away from her.
Well, that was Tommy's unsaid way of deciding who he would go up against for a little while at least. That meant that it would just be her and Zeltrax, which scared her more than she wanted to admit to anyone, although she knew Tommy had been right to take on Richard first. She shouldn't be put up against him right away, not knowing what he was capable of and Tommy had, had the powers a little bit longer and they protected him some more, as they had worked their way into his system a little bit more.
"Hey pretty girl. You know that ranger of yours, it would really hurt him for me to actually get you, but as he wishes," Zeltrax said, running towards Kim, sword at the ready and she could not think of a weapon that would protect her from him.
Then, she suddenly knew what he was going to do next and jumped out of the way, as the sword came crashing down on a table that was behind her. Funny, it seemed that her special power was to be able to feel out what everyone else was doing and thinking, which did have some pluses. She just could not help but wonder why this had been the particular power that she would get, instead of Kira or maybe even Ethan.
She could feel what Tommy and Richard were doing to each other, as well as the others in their own battles. Hopefully, this, did not even so much as go anywhere outside of her ranger suit, as she did not want to feel Tommy's emotions all of the time. If it did, then she was going to have to learn to block it out, quickly and he would just have to understand it until she was able to do that successfully.
"Jeez, I thought that you were better than that, Zeltrax," Kim said with a laugh, as Zeltrax angrily teleported out. He could not stay any longer, as Tommy had damaged him so severely the last time that they had battled that he could barely stand upright, even after a small excursion against the little pink ranger.
He also knew that his wife was no novice fighter as well, which he knew from going up against her on the other occasions that he had been so fortunate or unfortunate as the case might be. That was why he was surprised, in some ways that he had been able to knock her out, as she had been destroying tryadrones left and right that night. Well that was until he knocked her out and then all hell broke loose on him. He had never thought that he would be going through a battle that bad, but when it happened, he sure as hell knew why Tommy might be considered one of the best rangers ever and why he was one of the most feared when mentioned to those that had gone up against him.
"Why'd he leave?" Tommy asked, as Kim ran over to his side and helped him up, as Richard had thrown him a good distance, but he was now backing away, knowing that the two of them being united was not something he wanted to go up against. He had seen what they could do together and he was not exactly sure that he had the energy to go up against the two of them, without some sort of back up that was more formidable than the tryadrones.
"I don't know, but if you want to you can always ask him the next time he shows up," Kim said, as a tryadrone grabbed her, bringing her much closer to Richard than she had already been, knowing that Tommy was terrified at what could happen to her, but Richard was now making him very busy, trying to distract him from his wife's situation. He seemed to have picked up some more combative skills, but Kim knew that there was one weakness that would never go away, for men at least. "Tommy, don't worry about him, go help the other rangers, they're in more trouble than I am. This is something I need to do on my own."
"Baby please," Tommy begged as Kim pushed him towards their hurting rangers and he stumbled away, rather reluctantly for a few steps and then broke in run as he knew that she was right. They needed him and she could hold her own against this man, for as long as they needed her to, as she had, somehow, been able to do it before.
"Nice to see you changed clothes," Kim said, as the last few times she had seen Richard he had been in these splatter stained pants and a stained, oversized, polo shirt, that he had surely picked up off of one of his older brothers.
Now he had donned a black shirt and black pants, as he had decided to try to put aside everything that he felt for her. If he was truly going to do his job, he would have to stop caring about her, someway, somehow. The fact that he still cared, was the only things that kept him from killing her in all of the opportunities he had, had before now and now he was not afraid to use the power that had been given to him, for that very purpose or so he had thought. When he saw her again, he wasn't as sure that he would be able to do what he thought he could.
"Well, I am a full convert now, Kimberly. You got married, now I'll get even," Richard said, throwing a pulse of energy towards her, at the same time Tommy was being thrown to the ground by one of the tryadrones. The pulse hurtled her into a tree, which caused her to yell out in pain and for Tommy's attention to fly over to her as he heard the yell. She had to admit to herself that she was not fully focusing on Richard, as she had heard and felt Tommy and Conner groan with pain, as well, although they were already up and fighting again. 'Focus, Kim, focus.'
"Trickery, right? You'll never fully go to them, we both know that and I will not let anything go to waste here, Richard. I will fight fair, but if you do not, then we will continue like this," Kim said, doing her best to sound confident, as she walked closer to the man who had attempted to steal everything away from her and would continue to do that, if she allowed him to. She wanted this to end right away, but there was no way that she would be able to do it alone.
"And I know that you are scared shitless right now," Richard said sending another power pulse towards her, but she prepared herself for it and held out her power bow and used an arrow to pierce the pulse, but part of it still managed to reach her. His harshest treatment was to be designated for her and only her, unless Tommy decided to help her. His treatment would be exactly the same as hers, as he truly hated him. "You think that will really work."
"What are you doing?" Kim asked, as he reached for her helmet, which caused her to grab him by his wrists and push his hands away from her, as she knew that Devin and Cassidy could still be in the park, somewhere close by. No one could know who they were, that was just something that they never risked. If their identity were to be found out, they would become the most famous people in the world and the most likely to be killed all in one day.
"Why do you have to keep it a secret, pinkie?" Richard whispered, preparing another, stronger pulse, as he knew he had been able to break her concentration with this single action. "You know that you could have everything in the world, if only you would let people know who you are. Think about it, all of the fame and the fortune that you would want, Kimberly."
"No, you're wrong, fame and fortune do not matter to me, as they always have to you, Richard. You see, I wouldn't have him if I did that," Kim said, and Richard then sent out a pulse that caused Kim to yell out, from shock and pain. Although she somehow managed to land on her own to feet, she could barely focus her powers on him, as he had made her think about Tommy, again. She could tell that he was doing all right, but she knew that her main focus had to go to someone that she despised, if she was going to make it through this without fainting.
"You alright?" Conner asked, as he ran over to check on her. Dr. O was in an intense battle with the monster and his wife had been doing the same thing with Richard. With the tryadrones nearly gone, Conner and Trent had gone to help Tommy and Kim, as much as they could.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Kim said, ducking, as Richard tried to tackle her and landed on Conner instead, who was not too happy at the position that it put him in.
"Man, you have some issues," Conner said, throwing him off and seeing that he was going after Kim, which landed the pink ranger on top of a picnic table and in a heap of trouble.
"Richard, let me remind you of why we will always win," Kim said, kneeing him in a delicate area and he rolled off of her, but was able to recover quickly enough to throw her down on the ground, which infuriated Conner to no end.
Who did this man think he was throwing her around like that? He knew that Dr. O would have been furious and he was quite close to feeling the same way. The pink ranger did not have to do this if she did not want to, but she was there and had been fighting her heart out. The sort of treatment she was receiving was cruel and he wanted to make the man pay, although he was not sure that he was the right person to do that.
"No one messes with Pinkie," Conner said, taking a hold of Richard's shirt and throwing him as far as he could, with a satisfied grin under his helmet, as he heard him grunt, before even trying to stand up. "You need to learn to pick on someone your own size."
"Oh she's my size," Richard said, as Kim noticed the others had defeated their problems, but there was still no guarantee that the monster wouldn't grow, but Kim and Tommy could handle things on the ground if that happened.
"You pervert," Kim said, as Conner's eyes widened under his helmet, as he caught the meaning of that sentence. He was surprised to hear that one come out of an evil person, as most of them tended to keep their threats G-rated, but it seemed that Kim had been prepared for something that sickening to come out of this man's mouth, as she was now thoroughly pissed off at the man.
"He still bothering you?" Tommy asked, as he ran up next to her and could tell that they were going to be icing down some bruises and she would be explaining the attitude in which she and Conner were standing in, a little bit later tonight.
"We gotta get rid of him," Kim muttered, holding herself upright, but feeling her stomach lurch. If Tommy had made that comment, she would not feel this way. She probably would have left the room and then laughed, as it would be completely unexpected from him, but from this man, it was mild compared to some other things that she had heard. When he had been stalking her, he would often say things like that or even worse, but the coach just didn't believe her when she told him about everything that had happened.
"Here you go, Oliver's," Richard said and sent a pulse out but was surprised that Kim seemed to know before he did it and shielded Tommy from taking a direct hit. She knew that it was more important for him to be there than her, although he would argue that point to no end, as he had happened to be knocked out during their supposed "last" battle.
"Richard, do you really want to go up against us now that it is only you?" Tommy asked, stepping in front of his drained wife, as she was now propping herself up against his back, trying to find a way to hold herself up, without his complete support.
"I've got her down, Tommy, why don't you just let go?" Richard asked, as Tommy could only glare from under his helmet, as he felt Kim's grip loosen on his sides as she moved to stand next to him.
When she completely let go of him, she was determined to not let Richard know how she was truly feeling, because all she really wanted to do was cry. She had never been beaten like this before, not even when they defeated Nicarni-Aso. She was thoroughly pissed about all of this and she wanted to let him know exactly how she felt, but she did not have the energy to do that and could only hope that Tommy could take care of it without a problem.
"Because, she's my wife and you will not take her away from me. Brachio Staff," Tommy said, as the weapon appeared in his hands and Richard's eyes widened, from fear. Zeltrax had told them the story of what Tommy could do with any weapon and he did fear him, even if they could possibly be equal, he had more experience and would win if they went against each other now, as he could tell he was mad. They had all figured out that a sure-fire way to get their asses whooped was to piss Tommy off by doing something to his wife and they were pretty sure that it worked both ways.
"We'll finish this later," Richard said, opening an invisaportal and going through it, but not fast enough to avoid seeing Kim with Tommy's arm around her, pulling her closer to his side. He knew that she had been right earlier. He would truly never get over her and go completely evil. There was no way he would really kill her, although going after Tommy was much more believable in his eyes. No, Mesogogg would certainly have some problems with his decision to leave, but he knew that they could not be down two people in the field, as Zeltrax had not returned to his full strength as of yet.
"Teleport back," Tommy commanded, as Kim was being supported by him and he was actually hoping to try to get past it being two o'clock in the morning, by managing to get a good night's sleep.
"What the hell was that?" Conner asked, as Tommy unmasked Kim, carefully and looked at her pale face, knowing she had strained herself tonight, but she did look happy that she really was back. He had seen that look more than once and he was just happy that she was going to heal quickly because of the powers that were now inside of her. "That man is crazy, ya'll."
"You just picking up on that one, Conner?" Trent asked and Kira smiled, they all knew that Conner was stating what they all had been thinking, ever since that man showed up. Tommy, now, had Kim settled in his lap, while they were still in uniform, except for their helmets, which they had discarded to the floor. Both looked not to be very fatigued, except for their coloring, which showed it all: they were completely distressed by all of the sudden events that had occurred tonight.
"Trent, Conner, we don't have time for this tonight. We have to get the four of you home before daybreak," Tommy said, cutting off the fight that could ensue, from their pure exhaustion. These teens were getting used to the sleepless nights, but some of them were bound to have some things to do tomorrow, after all it was still the holiday season and their families would not cancel things because of how tired they were. "You all did good tonight, but I know we have more to improve upon, namely how we are going to deal with Richard."
"Dr. O, sorry to interrupt, but we need to know the whole story about Richard if we're going to be able to deal with him," Ethan said, as Kim physically held Tommy in the chair, as she knew he had been praying that they would never ask about that and secretly, she had been doing the same thing.
"Look, we can talk about it later," Kim said, as they looked at her, suspiciously. She had never acted like she was infuriated when he came around, but Tommy was a different story and if it had something to do with her, then it did make sense. "He's not the one that Richard troubles the most, that's me and I have to think about how I am going to tell you this. It's not really something I ever thought you would need to know, but he's here now and I don't have much choice about this."
"Take your time," Kira said, as they powered down and settled themselves on the couch. Kim looked down at Tommy and he could only give her a nod that it needed to be explained to them now, although she had to admit that she had told more people in the last few years about what had happened than she thought she would in her entire lifetime.
After the Explanation
"You've got to be kidding me," Kira said, as she was the first to regain her voice, but Kim could only shake her head that it was all true. Kim and Tommy didn't even seem to notice that they were still in uniform anymore, as they had done this for many hours in the past years on the job, not that, that was an important skill in things like this. It was just that when they were teens, they often times had to do repairs and in order to keep themselves. They stayed morphed, as the fabric was more uncomfortable the longer they were in it, although after a few years, they got used to it and that was when coffee became their friend.
"I wish she was," Tommy said, as Kim looked down and gave him a smile, as he continued to stare down at the floor. He hated knowing that he had not been able to help her with that when they were teenagers, but thank goodness, he was able to help her now.
"Hey, he didn't get what he wanted," Kim said, as Conner, Ethan, and Trent, finally got the full realization, which gave way to a flurry of different reactions to the situation.
"So he tried to…you know, all those years ago and then he just showed back up one day," Ethan said, as he was who could word it the best without actually having to say the words.
"Basically, but ya'll need to get home. It's about four and it's not good for you to be up this late," Tommy said, as he had to admit that his legs were going numb from Kim sitting on his lap for that long, although she could not weigh that much, but this was one thing he was not used to. Most other times that she had sat in his lap, it was maybe for an hour at most, but they had been like this for about two hours and he could barely move now.
"Tommy, they have the right to ask questions, we both know that you did," Kim said, as she stood up and pulled another chair over next to Tommy's. Tommy stretched out his legs and decided to prop them in her lap, as she insisted on answering their questions, although that might push him over the emotional edge.
"What is he doing working for Mesogogg? I thought a guy like that would just quit after he gets thrown in jail," Conner said, proving how naïve he still was in these types of things.
"I don't really know why he is working for Mesogogg, but the important thing is that he is. In Florida and California, there is not much room for sex offenders in the workplace. He probably turned to Mesogogg as a last resort, but I could be wrong on that one," Kim said, as Kira just continued to stare at her, having questions about other parts of the speech that Kim made. They didn't make sense; it seemed that she had just left another part out of the story as well, a part of the story that would reveal why she and Tommy acted the way they did so many times. "Kira, are you alright?"
"Yeah, but you said that you and Dr. O went through a rough time during all of that. What happened between the two of you?" Kira asked, as Kim looked over at, the now sleeping, Tommy, then down at the floor before regaining eye contact with Kira. Why did the she have to be so perceptive?
"I was stupid and I broke up with him. We went about five years without talking to each other after my stupid letter. Then, we had that mission that we had to participate in together. Jason and the others made us talk to each other on the first day that we saw each other. You see how that conversation went and we got back together soon after that," Kim said, as Tommy's head slipped off the side of the back of the chair. He really had been trying to keep himself awake, but after hearing some of the questions, he had decided it was just best for him to try to sleep.
"She broke up with you?" Conner asked, loud enough for Tommy to wake up and know that something had been directed at him. Kim watched, as he lifted his head off of the back of the chair, to respond to Conner's question.
"Yes, now please go home and get some rest. You can come back by tomorrow if you want to ask some more questions," Tommy said, before he nodded back off into la-la land.
"I guess that means I'm walking you out," Kim said, standing up and motioning for the to head towards the cave entrance before heading home. They were a tired bunch of kids and she was just going to tell them to teleport home, as doing anything else could make them wind up in an accident with the way their minds were probably working at the time. "Conner, hold up."
"What? Did I do something wrong?" Conner asked, as Kim laughed.
"No, I just wanted to tell you thanks for standing up for me out there. It's rough to have to do this, with Richard around and I'm sure Tommy would tell you that too. Make sure they get home all right and if you need get in touch with us, you can at any time. Although I would suggest that you let Tommy get some sleep first," Kim said, with a smile, before pushing him towards the cave door.
"It's no problem. You're one of us; we have to look after you too. You sure as hell have our backs out there, it just works both ways," Conner said with a smile before leaving to teleport back home.
"Tommy, come on. Let's go get some sleep," Kim said, as he looked up at her and realized that they were still in their uniforms.
"We better power down first," Tommy said, pointing to the uniform she was wearing and seeing her stare at herself and then at him.
"Yeah," Kim said, as she powered down and looked down at her bruised body and then over at Tommy, who had, sleepily, headed towards the stairs to grab a bag of ice, to try to decrease the coloring that was sure to be more prominent in a few hours.
"We're pathetic," Tommy said, as he looked back down at her and saw that she was placing one of their helmets away for the night.
"No, we're just old pros at this," Kim said, walking up the stairs behind him, careful to not miss a step, as her clumsiness was enhanced when she was this tired.
"What did you talk to Conner about?" Tommy asked, holding out a bag of ice, as he knew she was hurting now, by the way she had haphazardly hobbled up the stairs.
"He stood up for me against Richard," Kim said, as she smiled, although Tommy picked her up and placed the bag of ice on her bruised arm. "He is doing a good job, Tommy. I think he has finally began to fit into his job."
"Good, because if you're going to step in front of me every time those pulses are sent out, he'll have to really step up," Tommy said, as he shook his head, while seating them on the couch. He honestly did not have the energy to go any further into the house and they both were fine with that, as the couch was comfortable.
"Tommy, I know what is going to happen in those battles. I have to protect you," Kim said, as he stared at her.
"So, do you know what I am thinking now?" Tommy asked, as his last thought was not very good for her to know.
"I'm not focusing on it Tommy and I won't, we don't abuse our powers like that," Kim said, feeling like falling asleep in his arms right now and not worrying about anything else until they woke up.
"That's good," Tommy said, as Kim gently slapped him, before laying her head on his lap.
"I'm getting some sleep Tommy. I suggest that you do the same. We've had a long day and there is no telling what is going to happen to us later today," Kim said, as she snuggled closer to him.
As sleep, finally, over took them, they both had dreams, that they would one day become just a legend and not a reality. That the rangers might be something that you only heard about in history books, in the hopes that they would never be needed to do this again, as they had things that they wanted to do with this life, besides being rangers.
AN: I hope that you like this chapter and now you see how they find out about Kim getting her powers. Thanks to those of you who review and to those of you that just enjoy reading it, thanks for taking your time to read my story! Until next time, happy reading!