Tommy and Katherine arrived at the beach and walked down the sandy path to the shoreline carrying surfboards in their hands.

"Are you sure you're really ready for this?" Tommy asked.

"I can't stay away from the water forever, besides that dive I took at the community pool was only the first step to conquering my fear," Kat replied.

"Well thanks, for asking me to tag along, I know what a huge step this is for you," Tommy told her and smiled.

"I couldn't think of anyone else I'd rather have here with me," she admitted.

"Just try not to make me look to bad," Tommy joked.

"I can't make any promises, just try and keep up," Kat teased as she grabbed her board and took off for the water.

"Wait for me!" Tommy shouted with a laugh and followed her.

After several tries Katherine and Tommy both managed to catch some pretty big waves. Tommy was impressed how at ease Kat seemed when riding her surfboard. He was just glad she seemed to be enjoying herself. Her fear of the water seemed to totally disappear as if she'd never had it at all.

"You were great out there, you didn't really need me at all," Tommy remarked once they finally came out of the water and settled on the beach.

"You weren't so bad yourself," Kat quipped as they sat down and watched the waves crashing.

"Did you do a lot of surfing back in Australia?" Tommy asked.

"Whenever I could get a break from my diving, I was surfing, I wanted to be just as good as the boys, soon I started entering competitions," she told him.

"That's amazing and on top of all that you still managed to find time for ballet," he responded back. Then they were silent for a few moments each lost in their own thoughts.

"So wanna leave the boards behind and go for a swim?" Kat asked breaking the silence.

"I was just hoping you'd say that," Tommy said as they both stood up. Katherine began unzipping her body suit and revealed the pink bikini underneath. Tommy sucked in his breath at the sight of her.

"Come on let's get going," Kat said interrupting his thoughts.

Holding hands they both ran toward the water and didn't stop or flinch at the coldness of it and dove into the nearest wave. They came up for air and their legs kicked underwater, keeping them afloat. Katherine felt as though she were dreaming and never wanted to wake up. Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice in her head taunting her. My evil little kitten, you have the White ranger just where I want him. Katherine felt as though she was frozen in the water and she felt her grasp on Tommy's hand loosen.

"No, not again, I'm not evil, I'm not evil," Kat cried as she began sinking under the current.

"Kat, snap out of it!" Tommy yelled as he grabbed her and kept her from going under. He put his arm around Katherine and swam them safely to shore. "You're ok now, I got you," he told her. "What happened out there?"

"I'm sorry Tommy, I just got lost in my thoughts, I heard Rita's voice in my head and she was calling me evil," Kat explained.

"You're not evil Kat, whatever you heard it must have been a side effect, I'm here now and I'm going to make sure Rita never gets her hands on you again," he promised as he wrapped his arms around her trying to stop her from shaking. "I think we've had enough of the water today." They gathered up their stuff and headed back to Tommy's car.

"I'm sorry I freaked out on you back there," Kat spoke as Tommy pulled up in front of her house.

"I'm just glad I was there," Tommy told her as he switched off the engine.

"Tommy what if it wasn't a side effect, what if there are still parts of Rita's spell influencing me," she pondered.

"I don't believe that, I just think you're letting your worries get the best of you," he responded.

"I'm not so sure, I mean why else would I be feeling this way," she said.

"Feeling what way, what are you talking about?" he questioned.

"It doesn't matter," Kat replied.

"Yes it does, if you think that Rita's spell still has a hold on you in some way then we should alert Zordon and the other rangers," Tommy said going into leader mode.

"What I'm feeling has nothing to do with Rita," Kat finally revealed.

"Then what does it have to do with?" Tommy wondered.

"It's nothing, let's just drop it ok," Kat said as she reached for the door handle.

"Kat, I hope you know that you can talk to me about anything, so when you're ready I'll be here," Tommy affirmed.

"Yeah, I know, but I'm not ready yet," she replied. Katherine got out of the car and helped Tommy as he unloaded her board. I don't know if I'll ever be ready.