Chapter 22: New Friends Part I

Kimberly sighed as she looked over her paperwork. She looked up when the door opened she gasped. "Tara!" She gasped. She stood up and embraced her best friend from the Pan-Globals. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Some nice guy with a jacket that had "Lightspeed Rescue" on it came to get me. He said that they have job offering for me," Tara replied.

Kimberly laughed as she stood back. "So, you're going to take the job here at Lightspeed?" She asked.

"First off, the cutie that came to get me told me to come to you. He said you're the one that needs the help," she informed.

Kimberly smiled when she knew that it was Carter that did this. "Carter was right. I do need some help," Kimberly replied.

"Carter, that's his name?" Tara asked.

"Yeah, but he's got a girlfriend," Kimberly replied.

"Dang, why is it that the cuties have girlfriends or wives?"

"That's a mystery."

Tara's face then became serious. "Kimberly, the last time we met, you were in the hospital and found out that you were pregnant. What happened to the baby?" Tara asked. Just then, Kylie came running in.

"Mommy, look what I drew," Kylie announced.

Tara's eyes widened when she saw the little girl. Kimberly smiled as she held the picture up. "Look mommy, that's you, me, Hunter, Hannah, Blake, Auntie Dana, Uncle Ryan, and Grandpa," Kylie informed.

"Oh, it's beautiful sweetie. Mommy's going to put it with the other pictures you drew," Kimberly told her.

Kylie smiled and then Kimberly picked the young girl up. "Tara Stevens, this is my daughter, Kylie Trini Hart," she informed. Kylie smiled and waved. Just then, Hunter came running into the room.

"There you are, Kylie, we've been looking all over for you," Hunter told her.

"What a big brother you are," Kimberly teased.

Hunter smiled and took his sister into his arms. "Hunter, this is my friend, Tara Stevens. Tara, this is my oldest son, Hunter," she informed. Tara shook his hand with a smile before watching him go off.

"I didn't know you had a son too," Tara commented.

"Actually, I just got him and my other two children, Blake and Hannah."

Kimberly sat down and told Tara everything. Just then, Dana came in. "Kim, you have to see this," Dana informed. Kimberly got up and followed Dana towards the infirmary.

When she entered the room, her eyes widened in shock. Angela was taking care of an injured young man.

He had dark brown hair cropped short, hazel eyes, he was wearing sneakers, tan pants, a red tank top, a blue-jean button down shirt, the buttons undone, and beside him was a saber of some sort.

"Leo? Leo Corbett?" She asked. She ran over and kneeled in front of him. "Red Galaxy Ranger?" She asked.

"That's me. You must be, Kimberly Hart. Andros has told me a lot about you and your family."

Kimberly smiled and nodded. "Angela, is he going to be okay?" She asked.

"He has a bruise the size of an orange on his side. Come look at this," Angela replied.

Tara watched in disbelief as Kimberly was talking to the person who called himself, Leo. Kimberly's eyes widened when she saw the bruise. "Leo, where did you get this?" Kimberly asked.

"We were attacked by ghouls," Kelsey replied.

Kimberly looked up at her friends. "Ghouls?" She asked. They nodded and Leo winced when Ms. Fairweather took care of his injuries.

"Trakeena has returned, Kim," Chad informed.

"What?" She asked.

"She's come back to destroy earth," Leo added.

Kimberly looked over to see her children there. She walked over and stood in front of them. "You guys stay right here. I'm going to find Carter," she informed. They nodded and they watched as their mother went out to find Carter.

Kimberly found Carter's signal down an alley and then she could feel fear. "Someone is with him," she whispered. She ran down the alley and saw Carter fighting ghouls and a little girl was being held down. "HEY!" She shouted. She ran over and kicked the ghouls away and stood beside the girl. "Are you okay?" She asked. The girl nodded and then she protected the girl. Her eyes widened when she saw two more Rangers helping Carter fight. Kimberly gasped when a ghoul came at them. "Stay here," she instructed. She then did a front flip over the ghouls head.

"Kimberly, are you crazy?" Carter demanded.

"Hey, just because I take care of the stuff at Rescue Ops, doesn't mean I know how to fight," she replied.

She did a series of back flips and then she helped defeat the ghouls. Then the Blue and Yellow Rangers ran up to them. "Lost Galaxy Rangers? No way!" Carter commented.

"Yeah, that's us," the Blue Ranger replied.

"And it looks like we came here just in time," the Yellow Ranger commented.

Kimberly looked over to see the little girl unconscious. "The little girl!" The Blue Ranger gasped. Carter looked at the girl.

"Heather," Carter murmured.

He hurried over and picked the girl up into his arms. "It looks like she's okay. Looks like she just fainted," Kimberly informed.

"We need to get her back to the Aqua-Base, I owe you guys one," Carter stated.

"No worries," the Yellow Ranger assured him.

"Come on," Carter insisted.

Kimberly placed the girl into the bed while Dana was checking her over. Tara then came in. "Okay, Kimberly Ann Hart, what is going on?" She demanded. Kimberly gestured for Tara to calm down before leading her out of the room.

"This is classified information I'm giving you. You have to be part of Lightspeed in order to know this information," she started.

"I'm part of Lightspeed," Tara assured her.

"I'm the mentor for the Lightspeed Rangers. I was a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger."

Tara's eyes widened in disbelief. "I have the gift of empathy and I've been helping the Rangers over the past year," she explained. Then she knew that Tara could keep it a secret. Carter then came up to her.

"We have to stop Trakeena," he insisted.

Kimberly nodded and then she watched as the Rangers left and then Heather went with them. Kimberly ran to Rescue Ops to watch. Tara stood behind her as they watched the battle between Rangers and Triskull.

"GO GALACTIC!"

"LIGHTSPEED RESCUE!"

Kimberly watched as the Rangers went to fight Triskull. However, her eyes widened in horror when an explosion occurred, engulfing the Rangers. "NO!" She screamed.