Kim and Kira: Chapter 5
By Ryan T. Morris
Notes: The Power Rangers are the property of The Walt Disney Company.
Over the next few days, the Rangers and Hayley were no closer to freeing Tommy, but they eventually learned the identity of the White Ranger. During another battle with the White Ranger, the forced Kira to demorph. Seeing her shook his spellbound mind enough to spare her harm. Later, Trent confided in Kira his own secret identity but shunned her help.
A few days passed and they were still trying to figure out how to free Tommy from the amber. They were all in the lab and while Kimberly was monitoring the city, Kira was playing her guitar, Connor was playing with his red soccer ball, Ethan was playing a computer game on his laptop, and Hayley was scanning Tommy again. "Hayley, one more level and I'll break my all time record," Ethan announced. Then, Connor tossed his ball on to the keyboard, which turned Ethan's computer off. "Connor," Ethan groaned.
"Sorry."
"Now I have to start all over."
"There's this great new thing called the outdoors you might want to check it out,"
"Tell you what… I'll check that out when I see you checking out the library."
Connor laughed and looked over at Kira, "You got as much chance of seeing that as Kira at a fashion show."
Kira looked up from her guitar and looked her teammates, "Do you really wanna go there?"
Kimberly laughed and looked over at Hayley. "Any luck on defossilizing Tommy?"
"Not yet," said Hayley, "I just can't find an energy source that can safely break the molecular bonds of the amber."
The computer started beeping and they all headed to the computer terminal. "That's weird," said Hayley, "The satellite's picking up a strange reading in the forest."
"Let's go take a look," Connor stated.
"You guys go, I'll stay here," said Kim.
"All right," said Conner. Then the teens left through the back entrance of the lab.
When they reach the woods, they saw Trent, Devin, and Cassidy there. "Trent?" said Kira.
Trent looked over at them and asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
"I might ask you the same thing. Haven't seen you around for awhile," said Connor.
"Yeah, we really need to catch up," said Ethan.
"Guys, not now," said Kira
"Yeah, Kira is right. Let's check this thing out," said Connor.
"Pardon me, but I don't think I'm supposed to let you do that," said a monster.
The Ranger got into a fighting stance and Devin and Cassidy ran off. Then, Tyrannodrones surrounded them. Connor looked over at Trent, and asked, "Whose side are you on today, Trent?"
"You want my help or not?" Trent asked.
Then they started fighting the drones. Soon, their communicators started beeping and Kim's voice came on, "Guys, Hayley's analyzing the radiation from that rock, and it's really freaky. Get away from it."
"It's a little late for that, Aunt Kim," said Kira.
As the fight continued, the timid monster was looking at the rock and purple sparks flew into him and he became much more aggressive, then Ethan asked, "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Ready?" asked Connor.
"Ready," said Kira and Ethan.
"DinoThunder, Power Up!" said the teens. As the fight continued Trent ran away and purple sparks from the rock flew into the Rangers. Once the Tyrannodrones were defeated, the Rangers demorphed and Connor said, "Well, that was a challenging altercation."
"I was just getting started. I wanted to annihilate that goon," said Ethan.
"Ew. I got dirt under my nails. That's, like, totally disgusting," said Kira.
"Hey, where's Trent?" Connor asked.
Just then, the communicators beeped. "Guys, head back to the lab. I have some news about the space rock," said Hayley.
"Space rock?" They asked.
When they got back to the lab, Kim sat next to Hayley, and Hayley said "It's actually a meteor fragment."
"Fascinating," said Connor. Hayley and Kimberly looked at him with confused looks on their faces. He continued, "It must've broken off during some sort of intergalactic collision." All four of them looked at him. "What?"
"I'm just afraid coming in such close proximity to it might have some strange side effects." said Haley.
"Do you guys feel okay?" Kim asked.
"Well, I, for one am going home," said Kira, "If I don't soak my cuticles nails in a aloe bath, my nails will never grow out."
"I gotta hit the gym. I need to work on my pecs," said Ethan
"I want to get home to watch that documentary on the Great Pyramids," said Conner, "Looks fascinating."
The teens left, Hayley and Kim looked at each other and said, "Uh-oh."
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Later that day at Kira and Kim's house, Kira was going through her closet, "Ugh!"
Kim was walking by and stuck her head in Kira's room, "Something wrong, Sweetie?"
"My clothes…" said Kira, "look at what I'm wearing. If I ever want to get a record contract. I have to look like an average teenager. Not like some Avril Lavigne wannabe," Then Kira's eyes lit up, "Let's go shopping…"
"Um, OK."
Kim and Kira headed to the mall. Kira bought a bunch of new clothes, shoes and all sorts of makeup, shampoos, conditioners, moisturizers, and other beauty products. Kim didn't like what was going on. She enjoyed spending time with Kira, and she enjoyed going shopping, she picked up a few nice outfits for herself and some nice pairs of shoes. What she didn't like was this new self-absorbed Kira. She hoped that Hayley would be able to figure out how to return the teens back to normal.
When they got home, Kira headed up to her room and closed the door, she emptied the bags, took off her clothes and went in her bathroom. As Kira was in the shower, Furball made her way in to Kira's room, climbed on Kira's bed and laid down on top of Kira's new clothes. When Kira came out of the shower, she saw Furball on her clothes and she screamed, "You horrible cat! Get off of those clothes!" She grab Furball, opened her door partway, dropped Furball on the floor, and slammed the door shut. Kim rushed up the stairs when she heard Kira screaming, and she saw Kira's hand dropping Furball on the floor. Kim picked up Furball and she heard Kira say, "Great, that stupid cat, got cat fur all over my new clothes…"
Kim looked down at her cat and picked her up, "Don't worry… It's just a phase… I hope."
The next day, Ethan was lifting weights in the lab and when Hayley came in. "Ethan, are you sure you feel okay?" She asked.
"Oh, yeah. I'm pumped and ready to rock," Ethan replied.
Kim came downstairs just as Connor came in. "Good morning, all. The weather is particularly pleasant today. Excessively low humidity."
"Whatever, bro. How do my arms look? I looked ripped or what?"
Kim was walking over to the computer and Connor said. "Good morning, Miss Hart."
"Good morning, Connor," said Kim, in a confused tone, as she sat down.
Just then, Kira came downstairs, "Good morning, Kira," said Conner.
"Hello. Sorry I'm late. There was a sale and I just... Well, you understand." said Kira.
Kim put her hand up to her head, and said to herself, "I hope we get them back to normal soon. I don't think my credit cards can take it."
"Hey, you guys think I'm ready for the Ironman competition?" asked Ethan.
"Okay, there were definitely side effects from you being exposed to the meteor. We need to destroy that rock and get you guys back to normal," Hayley insisted.
"I'll second that!" said Kim, as she did some scans of the city.
"Side effects. I find that highly improbable," said Connor.
"Yeah, I fell like I could kick Mesogog's butt myself." said Ethan.
Just then, the computer beeped, "That's gonna have to wait. Look who's back," said Kim. The screen showed the same monster they met up with in the forest, Kim got up from her chair and walked over to where the teens were standing. She rolled her eyes at how Kira was fixing herself up.
"Ready?" asked Connor.
"Ready," said Ethan and Kira.
"Ready…" said Kim, sounding less than enthusiastic.
"DinoThunder, Power Up!" said Kim and the teens.
They morphed and ran to defeat the monster. When they arrived, Conner said, "Let's devise a strategy of attack."
"I've got a strategy," said Ethan, "We crush him."
'The lines on my suit are so completely wrong," said Kira, "why doesn't anyone make superhero costumes for petite?"
"Guys!" said Kim, "We don't have time for this!"
"Colorful athletes prepare to be destroyed," said the monster, then he shot an energy beam right at Conner, and knocked him to the ground.
"That was totally uncalled for," said Conner, "Kira? A hand?"
"I just know I'm going to have the worst helmet hair after this," said Kira.
Kim sighed, then the monster shot energy beams at the other three Rangers and knocked them to the ground as well.
"Your no match for me, silly suckers," said the monsters, "Later posters!" Then he disappeared into an invisaportal.
The Rangers picked themselves up and Conner said, "I told you we should have thought this out."
"In my business, you go big or you go home," said Ethan.
"Well, I say we go to the mall," said Kira.
Then the three teenage Rangers went in their own directions and left Kim just standing there in frustration.
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A few hours later, Hayley and Kimberly called the teens back to the lab. When they arrived back at the lab. Hayley said, "Hey, guys."
"What now? I was having a super-intense workout," said Ethan.
"And I was right in the middle of a very compelling biography," said Connor.
"Is this gonna involve dirt? 'Cause if it does, I'm gonna have to say 'uh-uh'," said Kira/
"Sorry we interrupted your busy day!" Said Kim, " We just though you like to know Hayley thinks she's found a way to unfossilize Tommy!"
"Really?" said the teens together.
"The meteor fragment," said Hayley, "My theory is that it freezes your inner self. That's why you guys are acting so weird."
"Of course! If you could harness it's power, you could free Dr. Oliver from the inside out," said Conner, "Although I do take offense at being called weird."
"Sorry. You're not being weird. It's just that the rock is allowing you to show a side of yourself that you don't usually show."
"A recessive personality trait."
"You could say that. Like Conner there is a part of you that's intelligent, studious. Ethan there's a part of you that athletic, even competitive."
"So that's why Trent helped us…" said Kira, "There's still a part of him that's really good." Hayley nodded.
"I still don't get any of this," said Ethan.
"You don't have to," said Kim, "For now, just pull it together as a team. Trust me."
"That sounds logical," said Conner.
"All right," said Hayley, "here's what I need you to do." Just then, the computer beeped and the screen showed that the monster had returned.
"Again?" said Kim.
"First things first," said Hayley.
"Ready?" asked Connor.
"Ready," said Ethan, Kira, and Kim.
"DinoThunder, Power Up!" said Kim and the teens
As they fought the monster, they were able to keep it together. After they fell when the monster blasted them. They said together, "Super Dino Mode!" They continued to fight the monster. Once they knocked the monster down, they were ready to put the Z-Rex Blaster together. And, almost as fast as the monster was destroyed it was 30 stories tall. Kimberly stayed behind as the teens formed the Megazord. Kimberly watched as Trent helped them with the monster, but then he left without saying a word.
After the monster was destroyed, they took the Raptor Cycles back to the rock and blasted it with their lasers. Then they powered down.
Ethan picked up a piece of the rock and Kira asked, "You think this will work?"
"The components should still have residual powers that can help Dr. O," said Ethan.
"How do you know this stuff?" asked Connor.
"It's called education."
"Okay, that was brutal. Hey you sound like the old Ethan." said Connor.
"Hey, I do," said Ethan.
"Thank you! One more second at a shopping mall…" said Kira.
Kim smiled, "It's great to have you guys back. Now, let's get this rock back to the lab"
When they got back, Hayley stood up from her chair. "I assume you're feeling back to normal?" Hayley asked.
"Thank goodness," said Ethan.
"I here that," said Conner.
"Hey, since the meteor changed Trent to good. Could we use it to fight the effects of the Dino Gem?" asked Kira.
'That might work," said Hayley, "But, lets try this first." Hayley placed the rock into the machine she built to free Tommy from the amber. Hayley started up the machine, then an energy beam shot out toward the amber. As the amber started to melt, the machine blew up.
'The rock!" said Kira, as she pulled it out of the machine, "It's fried!"
"Yeah, but look," said Conner. They looked at where the amber was and their stood the Black Ranger.
"It worked!" said Kim.
Hayley and the Rangers rushed over to him, Kim gave him a quick hug. Then, Tommy said, "Good Job, Guys! Power Down!" Nothing happened. "I said 'Power Down.'" Still nothing happened. They all looked at Tommy in disbelief. "I think we might have a problem."
To be continued…