Kim and Kira: Chapter 6
By Ryan T. Morris
Notes: The Power Rangers are the property of The Walt Disney Company. By the way, in this story I'm setting Tommy and Kim's age at 30. I should have mentioned it sooner. Also, unlike in DinoThunder, while he's in the lab he doesn't wear his helmet.
It was a few weeks after Tommy was freed from the amber and he was still stuck as the Black Ranger. While he was stuck, he decide to make the most of his time and sort out some of papers and photo he had collected over years, Kim and Kira were helping him out. While sorting out one of the boxes Kira made an amusing discovery, "Wow…" she picked up a picture, it was a group picture of the original Power Rangers, in uniform, without their helmets, before Tommy lost the Green Ranger Powers for good. "Nice hair!" she said with a smirk.
"Hey! It was in style back then…" said Tommy.
Kim walked over, looked at the picture, "You know, I didn't really care for the long hair… A boyfriend shouldn't have longer hair than his girlfriend." Tommy gave her a dirty look and Kim smiled at him.
"Wait a minute," said Kira, "You two dated?"
"Yeah… For about 3 years," said Tommy.
"What happened?"
"Well…" said Kim, "I left to train for the Pan-Globals and I found someone else."
"Well, It's good to see your still friends."
"Yeah," said Tommy, "it doesn't do any good to be bitter about those sort of things."
Kim smiled and Kira said, "So, what happened to the rest of the Rangers in the picture?"
"Let's see," said Kim, "Jason, the Red Ranger… He married Katherine…"
"The second Pink Ranger?" asked Kira.
"Yeah, and they live in Angel Grove. They just had their first baby not too long ago. A little girl."
"Billy, The Blue Ranger," said Tommy, "last I heard he was in Houston working for NASA."
"And Zack, the Black Ranger, is a chorographer in New York," said Kim.
"What about the Yellow Ranger?" asked Kira.
Kim sighed, "That's Trini, unfortunately we lost her about 3 years ago. She was hit by a drunk driver. The doctors say she might have made it, if she would have be wearing her seat belt."
"That's too bad." said Kira. Kim and Tommy nodded. Then, Kira looked at her watch, "I've got to get going, I got to meet Conner and Ethan at the Cyberspace. We've got a history test to study for."
"OK," said Kim, "I'll see you at home."
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Kira arrived at the Cyberspace and saw Conner, "Hey…" she said.
"Hey…" said Conner.
"Where's Ethan?"
"At home, he wasn't feeling to well."
"Oh, that's too bad…"
"Yeah, I guess it's just you and me…"
"OK… That's cool."
Kira and Conner grabbed a table and started studying. As they studied, Kira kept stealing glances at Conner. "Gee…," thought Kira, "I never noticed how good looking Conner is…I wonder if he would like to go out sometime… No… he'd never go for a girl like me. I've seen his type…thin, beautiful, girly, and dumb as a sack of hammers… Oh, well…"
Kira sighed, then Conner asked, "Is something wrong, Kira?"
"No…Um… I was just thinking about how hard this test is going to be…"
"Yeah, it's going to be brutal." Conner went back to studying and Kira mentally wiped her brow.
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That night, at home Kira was helping her aunt do the dishes. Kim looked at Kira, "Do you have something on your mind, Kira?"
"No… Not really… Why do you ask?"
"You've been drying the same plate for about five minutes."
"Oh," said Kira, as she put the plate in the cupboard.
"What on your mind?"
"OK, if I tell you, you have to promise not to tell a soul."
Kim crossed her heart and raised her right hand, "Rangers' Honor."
"OK… I'm thinking about asked Conner out on a date…"
"Really? That's great. What's stopping you?"
"Well… I'm afraid he'll say no…"
"Ahh…"
"I mean over the past few months Conner has become a really good friend. And, I've seen the kinds of girls Conner likes. Thin, beautiful, girly, and dumb as a sack of hammers."
"I know exactly the type your talking about… The dumb blond cheerleader type…"
"Bullseye!"
"Anyway, I'm afraid that if I ask Conner out and he says no, our friendship won't be the same…"
"I don't think you'll have to worry about that. If he says no, it might be a little awkward for awhile between you two. But, after some time, it'll be forgotten."
"Yeah… Your right… Thanks Aunt Kim…" said Kira, as she hugged her aunt.
"Your welcome, Sweetheart."
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The next day at school, Conner was walking down the hall to his locker. Kira watched from her locker and said to herself, "You can do this, Kira…" She took a couple of deep breaths and walked toward him. When she got to him, she said, "Hey…"
"Hey, Kira… What's up?"
"Not much… Um… I was wondering, if you would be interested in going to the movies with me, after my gig Friday night, at the Cyberspace."
"You mean like on a date?"
"Yeah… Kinda…"
"Sure, sounds like fun."
"Really?"
"Yeah…"
"OK… I better get to class…"
"See ya…"
Kira walked to a next class with a big smile on her face and a huge weight off her shoulders.
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That Friday, Conner and Kira were walking up the steps to the front porch of Kira's home. Their date went pretty well. After Kira's gig at the Cyberspace, Conner and Kira went to the movies. They each paid for their own tickets and snacks, & they sat next to each other.
They reached the front door, Kira unlocked the door and said, "Well, I had a good time tonight…"
"Me too…" said Conner.
"Well, good night…"
"Good night…" Conner leaned forward and placed a kiss on her lips and walked toward his car.
Kira walked in her house. Her aunt was sitting on the couch, reading a book, "Hi… How was the movie?"
"He kissed me…"
"What?"
"Conner kissed me."
"Really?" asked Kim. Kira nodded, "How was it?"
Kira smiled, "I liked it…" Kim smiled, then Kira said, "I'm going to bed."
"OK… Good night…"
Kira then headed up to bed.
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The next few weeks were good to the Rangers, Trent was able to break free of the evil encoding of the White Dino Gem and joined the DinoThunder Rangers. Also, with the help of Trent's Gem they were able to uncover the Shield of Triumph. With it, Conner could now become the Triassic Ranger. A few days later, Kimberly was sitting in the lab watching Hayley and Conner try out the simulator she built, for the Zord she was creating, "All right, you ready, Conner?" Hayley asked.
"Yep, ready," said Conner.
"Try the controls."
Conner touched the controls and said, "Okay."
"Initiating simulation…" said Haley, as she typed some commands into the computer.
As the simulation started, electricity shot up Conner's arm and made his hair stick up like he was touching a static electricity ball. "Hayley, can we stop please?" He asked.
Hayley gasped and turned the simulation off. Kim covered her mouth trying not to laugh. Just then, Kira came on the screen, and said, "Hey, Conner, are you there? It's Kira."
"Hey, Kira. Unfortunately he's a little fried right now. Are you all right?" asked Hayley.
"Yeah. I'm fine. I just wanted to tell him..."
Hayley cut her off. "Can we call you back? We're working on the control program for the new assault vehicle."
"Oh, yeah, sure. What about Ethan? Is he around?"
"Can you tell her, unless she's getting attacked by something green and scaly, send me an e-mail?" asked Ethan.
Kim could tell the look on Kira's face that what ever it was that she wanted to talk to the guys about it was big. "Did you hear that? And Ethan's right. Unless it's an emergency, we should keep the communication frequency clear," said Hayley.
"OK," She asked.
"Kira, wait," said Kim, "I'll meet you at the Cyberspace in ten minutes."
"Sure… I'll see you then," said Kira.
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When Kim arrived she saw Kira sitting at the bar, she sat down next to her and said, "Hey, so what's the big news?" She asked.
"I got a call from a really big music manager. He wants to sign me and record one of my songs, do a video, and everything," said Kira
"That's great!" said Kim, as she gave Kira a hug, "All your hard work is starting to pay off."
"I know, I feel like I'm on top of the world," Kira then looked at her watch, "Oh my gosh! I'm going to be late for my meeting with him!"
"Go! And, break a leg…"
"Thanks, Aunt Kim," Kira hugged her aunt and left.
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Later that day, Kira came running downstairs and said, "Great, you're all here."
"Kira, where have you been?" asked Ethan.
"Yeah, you should check in every once in awhile." said Conner.
"I tried… Never mind…" said Kira, "I need your opinion on something, and I need you all to be honest. Hayley, can you play this?" Kira handed her a DVD
"Sure," said Hayley, she put it into the computer and it started playing Everyone was shocked at what they saw. Kira's music, clothes, and hair were all different. Once it was over, she said, "All right, tell me the truth."
"Well…" said Ethan.
"Um…" said Kim.
"It's…" said Hayley.
"What? Is someone gonna tell me what they really think?" Kira asked.
"I will," said Conner.
"Conner!" shouted everyone.
"No! let him talk!" said Kira.
"I just think it's... it's not you." said Connor.
"I knew it. What was I thinking?" said Kira, then the alarm went off.
"Never thought I'd be glad to hear that sound," said Ethan. Kim nudged him.
They saw Zeltrax's attack ship in the skies over Reefside. It dropped a large mechanical centipede to the ground below. The teenage Rangers went to fight it with the Megazord. While Kim and Tommy helped Hayley with the new assault vehicle. When they saw that it wasn't going to well, Tommy and Kim joined the fight. Tommy called on the Brachiozord and the centipede knocked it on its side. The centipede shot a laser blast at the Rangers knocking them to the ground Tommy looked up at the ship and said, "He's getting away!" He then ran after the ship. "Oh, no you don't." Then, he jumped inside.
As Tommy fought Zeltrax inside the attack ship. Conner, with help from Kira, Ethan, and Kim's Dino Gems, became the Triassic Ranger. And with the new Triassic Mega Rover, defeated the centipede. He then demorphed and joined his teammates and asked, "Where's Dr. Oliver?"
"You wanna tell him?" asked Kira, as she looked at Ethan and Kim.
"You mean he's still up there?" asked Conner.
Everyone gasped when they saw the ship exploded. "Tommy!" screamed Kim.
"No! He can't be gone!" shouted Kira.
"It's all right, Rangers," said a voice behind them. They turned and saw the Black Ranger walking toward them.
They ran over to him and Kim said, "ThomasJames Oliver, don't you dare scare me like that again!"
"You're okay," said Kira.
"But what about Zeltrax?" asked Ethan.
"Zeltrax is gone," said Tommy.
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