Chapter 1: Empathy

A few days had passed since Kimberly woke up. Everything was going great for her, until one day. Kimberly woke up and she panicked when she heard so many voices. She shot up from bed and felt somebody place their hand on her shoulder. She spun around to see that it was Trini. "Easy Kimberly," she cautioned.

"Trini, don't you hear it?" She asked.

"What are you talking about?" Trini asked.

"Those voices, don't you hear all those voices?" She asked.

"Kimberly, there's nobody here except you, Zack, Aisha, and me."

"I'm telling you I can hear people talking."

Later that day, Kimberly was sitting in her bed with her knees to her chest, rocking back and forth on her bed. She couldn't get the voices out of her head. It was starting to scare her. She didn't understand why she was hearing all these voices.

Outside of her room was Zack, Aisha, Trini, and the doctor. The doctor looked over at Kimberly before looking at her friends. "I would insist that Kimberly be admitted to a mental institute," he informed.

"No! We're not betraying Kimberly that way," Aisha insisted.

"She might be dangerous to herself and the baby if she doesn't get admitted," he informed.

"We can take care of her. She's been under a lot of stress lately," Trini pointed out.

"I think it would be safer if she was admitted," he insisted.

"Don't you get it, doc? Kim's not going into a mental institute," Zack snapped.

"Then where will she go? She can't stay here, she's scaring the other patients screaming about hearing voices," the doctor commented.

Aisha had an idea and called Billy.

Billy came over and they could see that his communicator was still around his wrist. "Billy," Trini murmured. She walked over and embraced her best friend. Billy hugged her back and kissed her cheek.

"What's going on? Is Kimberly okay?" He asked.

"Billy, we need your communicator to talk to Zordon, I think he could tell us what's wrong with Kimberly," Aisha replied.

"What are you talking about?" Billy asked.

"Kimberly is hearing voices," Trini replied.

Billy walked into the room to see Kimberly sleeping. Billy sat on the edge of her bed and held his communicator up to his mouth. Trini shut the door and listened to Billy's conversation. "Zordon, it's Billy," Billy informed.

"Billy, is Kimberly right by you?" Zordon asked.

"Yes she is, Zordon," Billy replied.

"I know what you're calling about, bring her to the Power Chamber immediately," Zordon instructed.

"On our way," Billy informed.

Billy had Trini and Aisha tell the doctor that Billy was going to take care of her. "We're coming with you," Trini informed. Billy nodded and held onto Kimberly's hand.

"Alpha, five to teleport," Billy informed.

Then a blue light along with four white lights went to the Power Chamber.

They arrived in a secret room and Billy got up from Kimberly's side. Kimberly stirred and woke up. "Billy?" She asked. Billy nodded with a smile.

"I'm here, Kim," he replied.

The voices appeared in her head again and she shot up from bed. "They're back," she whispered.

"Alpha, run a scan over Kimberly's head," Zordon instructed.

"Zordon?" She asked.

"Yes, Kimberly, I am here along with Alpha," he replied.

Alpha walked over with the scanner in his hand. "Lay back, Kimberly," Billy instructed. She held onto Billy's hand as Alpha ran the scanner over her head.

"Kimberly, what exactly are you hearing?" Zordon asked.

"I can hear people like how their mood is," Kimberly replied.

"Her brainwaves are a bit off," Alpha informed.

"And you said you can hear people's emotions?" Trini asked.

"Yes," Kimberly replied.

"The scanner indicates that you have the power of empathy," Zordon informed.

Kimberly sat up confused. "What?" She asked. Billy looked at her with a sad sigh.

"It means that you have the power to hear people's emotions," Billy replied.

"I'm sorry to say this, Kimberly, but until we can get your powers under control, you can't have anyone in the same room as you," Zordon informed.

"What about us?" Aisha asked.

"You have to go back to your normal lives, you'll be able to see her again when she can put walls up to shield your emotions," Alpha instructed.

Trini walked over and embraced Kimberly. "We'll see you soon, Kimberly, get better," Trini murmured. Kimberly nodded before Zack hugged her.

"Take care of yourself, Kim," he murmured.

"I will," she assured him.

Aisha hugged her then Kimberly watched as the three of them were teleported out of the Power Chamber. "Kim, I'll be behind that glass whenever you need to talk to me," Billy informed.

He kissed her forehead before leaving. "Kimberly, I'll let you rest today, tomorrow we'll start your training," Zordon informed.

"Zordon, what do I have to do?" She asked.

"You have to do some meditating to build up your body's strength to be able to project the emotions. You'll see colors of each emotion. You have to learn how to receive an emotion from only one person at a time," Alpha replied.

Billy then held the microphone up to his mouth. "Get some sleep, Kim, training will commence tomorrow," he informed. Kimberly nodded and lied down. She fell into a deep sleep and she unconsciously placed a hand on her stomach where her baby slept.