Chapter 10: Telling the Truth Part I: The Hurt

Sadly, Zordon told Kimberly that he would be leaving soon, but his friend, Dimitiria would be taking his place. It was breaking Kimberly's heart waiting for that day to come when Zordon will leave. First Billy, then Jason, and now the person close to her like a father was going to be leaving. The only ones that would be left would be Rocky and Kylie. It was nice having Rocky around, even though she missed her other friends more.

One day, Kimberly was putting Kylie down for her nap. She jumped when a red light flashed in front of her and a Red Ranger appeared. "W-Who are you?" She asked. The Ranger de-morphed to reveal a young, handsome man.

He had shoulder-length brown with blonde streaks, brown eyes, he was wearing black boots, silver colored pants, a tight read shirt, a silver jacket with symbols on it, and his hair was pulled back in a half-ponytail.

"I'm Andros of KO-35," he informed. She looked at him confused. "I'm here to assure you that Zordon's going to be okay when his time comes for him to leave," he added.

"I know that, I just don't want to be left alone," she told him.

Andros smiled at her. "You won't be alone. We'll be here for you," he assured her. Kimberly smiled at him.

"Thanks, Andros, I don't even know you though," she commented.

"We'll stay in contact," he laughed.

Kimberly nodded and then she watched him leave. Knowing that she'd never be alone.

(Weeks Later)

Kimberly stayed in contact with Andros. They became great friends. Not knowing that everything was going to go wrong on her once again.

Kimberly was trying to calm Kylie down as she was walking around the outside of the Power Chamber. Rocky was keeping watch for her while she was trying to get the wailing baby to stop crying. "What's the matter sweetie?" She whispered.

"She's just fussy because her Uncle Jason isn't around," a familiar voice replied.

Kimberly turned around to see Jason standing there. "Jason!" She gasped. She hurried over and hugged him with her free arm.

"Aw, come here, sweetie," Jason murmured.

He took his 'niece' into his arms and the baby immediately calmed down. "I guess you were right," she commented. Trini then appeared out from behind Jason. "Trini!" She gasped. She embraced her best friend with a smile. "I'm so happy to see you guys," Kimberly murmured.

"Kim, Tommy and the others are coming," Rocky informed.

"Thanks, Rocky. Come on, I've got to get back," she informed.

She took Kylie back into her arms and they went back into the Power Chamber.

Kimberly placed the sleeping baby into her crib and looked at her friends as she sat down on her bed. "How are you doing?" Trini asked.

"I'm hanging in there. Zordon told me that the scar on my head may never go away and I can use my powers of empathy for when danger comes," Kimberly replied.

"That's great about your gift," Trini told her.

"It is," Kimberly sighed.

"Kylie's gotten big," Jason commented.

"She has. The light of my world," Kimberly sighed.

Trini then sat next to her friend. "Kim, you need to go out and have some fun. During the past months, you've done nothing but sit in this Power Chamber for a long time," Trini pointed out.

"You're right, but where can I go? I can't leave Kylie by herself," Kimberly reminded.

"I'll watch her. Jason wants to take you scuba diving. To get your mind off things," Trini assured her.

"Yeah, come on, Kim. You need some fun. When was the last time you had fun?" Jason asked.

Kimberly thought about it. It's been a long time since she last had fun. She couldn't remember the last time she had fun. Kimberly walked over and took Kylie from her crib. She walked over and placed her into Trini's arms. "Okay, I'm in," she informed. Jason wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"You won't be sorry, Kim," Jason assured her.

Kimberly smiled before saying goodbye to Kylie and Trini. Then she and Jason left.

Kimberly sat in the boat getting everything on. "You ready, Kim?" Jason asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be," she replied.

Jason chuckled before they went into the water.

Kimberly was enjoying herself. For the first time in a long time after her incident, she was actually having fun. Kimberly's eyes widened when someone grabbed her from behind. She tried to fight them off, but then she couldn't remember what happened afterwards, because her world went black.

When Kimberly came to, she found herself in a cell. It was dark and she was cold. "Jason? JASON!" She shouted. She felt someone grab her and she went to fight them off when he covered her mouth.

"Kim, hey, it's me. It's Jason," he assured her.

Kimberly hugged him with a sigh in relief. "Where are we?" She asked. She stood up and started to look around.

"We're trapped on a ship of some sort," he replied.

"How can you possibly know that?" She demanded.

"Unlike you, I was conscious when they brought us onboard."

"What do they want with us?"

"I'm not sure."

She sat in a corner with her arms wrapped around herself. "I'm so cold," she whispered. He sat next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"Everything's going to be okay, Kim," he assured her.

"No, it's not," she mumbled.

She stood up and crossed her arms over her chest with her back towards Jason. "What if this enemy finds out about Kylie? What if he or she finds out that my baby is the Red Ranger's baby?" She asked. Jason jumped up and covered her mouth.

"Hush, you don't know if they're listening," he pointed out.

Kimberly nodded and sighed. "Tommy's probably going to take his grand old time to save us. You would think he'd know that I'm in trouble by now," she pointed out. Jason got very quiet and looked at the wall. She looked at him confused. "Jas?" She asked.

"Kim, there's something I have to tell you. Something that's going to be hard for you to hear," he replied.

"Tell, me, what is it?" She asked.

"Kim. After you were brought to the Power Chamber, when Billy went to the mountains. He left something out," he started.

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"Kim, Tommy received a letter. It was from you. It said that you met someone else."

Kimberly's heart broke. "And he believed it? He actually believed that I met someone else?" She asked.

"He doesn't know what happened after that, Kim. He doesn't know that you're here and that Kylie's even living," he replied.

She leaned up against the wall hurt. "I didn't send a breakup letter to Tommy. I sent many letters to him. Every letter telling him that I loved him more than anything in this world," she commented.

"Did you write any letters while you were in the Power Chamber?" He asked.

"No, it was too much of a risk," Kimberly replied.

"You see."

"He should know though. He should know that I love him more than my life."

She was hurt, very hurt. Someone had sent that terrible letter to Tommy. Telling him a bunch of lies and it broke her heart. Now she was trapped on a ship going God knows where and Tommy didn't even know that she was okay and that she loved him dearly.