Chapter 2: Getting Organized

"Tommy, I don't know" Kim said in concern "what if he follows me"

"If he sets foot anywhere on my property, he will wish he hadn't" Tommy said furiously "and he had better keep his distance from you or I just might have to kill him"

"Take it easy, Tommy, I'm okay"

"No, Kim you aren't and that's far too obvious" Tommy said bluntly "maybe you should come on to Reefside"

"I'm seriously considering it" she said leaning back on the headboard of her bed "I know the guy, he works at the gymnastics studio that I go to"

Tommy was blind-sided by that bit of news.

"Wait a minute, you mean to tell me you are almost constantly around him?"

"Yes, Tommy, that's exactly what I mean" she sighed "I used to think he was harmless, then he did this to me."

"Where is he now?"

"I don't know" Kim sighed "I think he's still around, the police might have caught him by now, I don't know"

Tommy was really frustrated by this, it was about time he took matters into his own hands. He would have to leave Reefside for a few days or so, and he wasn't looking forward to it, although he did want to get to Kimberly as soon as he could. She needed him and he knew it. After he got off the phone he went into his room and changed to go on a jog, he needed to clear his thoughts and figure out how he was going to help Kimberly. He left and locked the door, not realizing what he'd find when he returned.

About a half an hour later he arrived back and went to shower, the team arrived and were waiting for him when he was finished, but the most infuriating thing he found was Conner reading the letter he got from Kimberly.

"Conner McKnight!" Tommy exclaimed furiously and pulled the letter out of the weak grasp of the surprised teen "Hasn't any one told you to stay out of other people's mail!"

"Yeah" Conner replied

"Then why were you going though mine!"

Kira was shocked, whatever was in that letter was obviously something that had him distressed or else he wouldn't have gotten so angry.

"Guys, this defiantly isn't a good time" Kira said

"Yeah, Kira,I think you're right" Ethan agreed "Dr. Oliver, we're going to just go, okay?"

"That would probably be best" Tommy agreed using as few words as he could get away with to try and keep from cursing.

"Bye" Kira said "call us when you've calmed down"

"I'll do that" Tommy said as they walked away

They got out the door

"What's with him?" Kira asked

"Dunno" Ethan said

"It was about some girl named Kimberly" Conner said

They went to Cyberspace to figure out what was going on. Had they known how close Tommy and Kimberly were, they would have understood exactly how angry their teacher was.

After the rangers left, Hayley arrived and could instantly tell that Tommy had driven the other rangers out the door, knowing he was on the verge of telling off the next person that got on his nerves.

"Well, I see you're more than a little angry" Hayley observed "what happened to her?"

"What are you talking about?" Tommy asked

"C'mon Tommy, who is the only girl that could get you this ticked off with one letter?" Hayley smiled, she knew that look and she knew the letter he held tightly in his hand had something to do with it.

"Kimberly was raped" he said "I was furious when I heard"

"So what are you going to do?" Hayley asked

"Take some time off of work and go to Florida and bring her back here" Tommy replied with a shrug, "what else can I do"

"Nothing, and I didn't expect anything less from you" Hayley said "it's not unlike you to try and be her hero, and I know that she relies on that fact, that's why she turned to you"

"I guess you're right, Hayley" he paused and turned away from his friend "but I'm not sure if she's going to be okay with staying here"

"She needs you, there will probably be no place she'd rather be" Hayley smiled "besides, I'm sure you'll make her feel right at home here"

"I'll talk with Principal Randall first thing in the morning" he said firmly

"Good, you aren't going to make her wait any longer than she has to" Hayley smirked "I'll make sure that the rangers train every day, and that everything says as calm as possible, but I can't promise anything when it comes to the latter of those two items"

They both laughed, they knew that Mesogog never took vacations.

After Hayley left Tommy was left to try and figure out what to say to Principal Randall to convence her to give him some time off. It didn't take him long to figure out that he'd just tell her he had an emergency out of state and he needed to deal with it.

The next day Tommy walked into Principal Randall's office.

"Hi, Dr. Oliver" she said "you haven't had any trouble with your students I hope"

"No, I haven't, but I do have something I need to take care of"

"What is that?"

"I won't be here for a while, I have an emergency out of state that I need to take care of"

"Is it family?"

"No, but just as important to me"

"I won't ask what it is, but I trust you will tell you're class yourself"

"I will, I'm not leaving until after school today"

He left thinking that that had been far too easy, she didn't seem too questioning when he had outright told her that it wasn't a family emergency.

He walked into his first class and he knew that the first thing he had to tell the was his bad news.

To Be Continued...

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