Disclaimer: I own only Angela and Dr. Johnson, everything else is property of Disney.
Note: In the letter, I changed one line to fit the previous chapters I have already written. I have not seen many of the earlier PR episodes than PRIS and the end of PRT. Also, the timing and events of the TPRM have been altered to fit my storyline, considering that I've never seen it and am operating off various summaries and transcripts, I hope you'll be nice.
Chapter 4
Angel Grove
Tommy Oliver, the former white ranger turned red zeo ranger sat in his usual place with the gang (Aisha, Kat, Rocky, Adam, and Billy) at the Angel Grove Gym and Youth Center, run by a man named Ernie. It was quite a common site to see this special group of friends here. They had had an easy day finishing school for the day before being called away to their "job" of protecting Angel Grove from the Machine Empire. "I'll have the usual Ernie" Tommy said relaxing into the chair. Ernie handed Tommy a tropical orange smoothie and a letter. "This came for you today" he said.
Tommy handed the letter to Adam to read aloud as he drank his smoothie and finished his last bench pressing set. It read:
Dear Tommy,
Everything is going great here in Florida. Coach Schmidt has me in the best shape I'll ever be. Tommy, this is the hardest letter I've ever had to write. You've always been my best friend, and in some ways, you're like a brother. But something has happened here that I can't explain. It's both been wonderful and painful at the same time. Tommy, I've met someone else.
Tommy, you know I would never do anything to hurt you. But I feel like I've found the person that I belong with. He's wonderful, kind, and caring. You'd really like him. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for hurting you. But I have to follow my heart. I will always care about you, Tommy. Please forgive me.
Kimberly
Adam was at a loss for words, stopping halfway through. He suggested to Tommy that he finish the letter another time, but stubborn as always, Tommy took the letter and read it aloud. Emotionally torn, he excused himself, and headed to the one place he could think clearly, Angel Grove Lake. Tommy had many thoughts going through his head. "Why Kim….why? You'd never mentioned anything out of the ordinary in your other letters or our phone chats…..why?"
Kat and Billy felt stunned that Kim would do something like this. Not knowing what to say, Kat told Tommy to call them if he needed to talk. Thinking to herself, Kat wondered what she could do to help Tommy get his mind off Kim. "Billy, I think I have an idea…" she trailed off. Kat's plan would eventually be a weekend trip to AG Pines, to vacation in the mountains and go skiing.
Chapter 5
Miami Memorial Hospital
Kim had undergone surgery 2 weeks ago and was well on her way to recovery. However, she was still extremely emotional over her letter to Tommy, the one thing that always got Kim through her day was a giant white Teddy bear she had received from Tommy when she had taken a bad fall off beam at the Youth Center shortly before she departed for Florida. As she looked over the most recent issue of International Gymnast Magazine, Kim heard a knock on her door and realized she had a visitor. "Trini!" she yelped trying to sit up in the bed, but a giant cat prevented her from reaching the full sitting position.
"Hey Kim" she said hugging her former pink teammate. "I brought a few stragglers along with me, I hope you don't mind" she said as Jason and Zach entered the room. Both guys greeted Kim warmly. She hadn't seen her friends and teammates since they had left for a Peace Conference in Switzerland. "I've missed you guys so much" Kim said. She hadn't had much time to talk to them due to her training. "Gees Kim, you've got it made, getting to sit around all day and at the push of a button have someone do everything for you", said Jason joking around as always.
They talked for a while until the conversation shifted to how she was doing and then there was the subject of Tommy. "Please, guys, you can't tell Tommy or the others anything. They've got enough to worry about as it is. Promise me this will remain our little secret." Kim pleaded. "Well, I wouldn't say it's a little secret, more like a giant, colossal…"Jason started before getting lightly punched by Zach and Trini. "We get the picture bro", Zach said.
The trio was a little skeptical at first, but after being begged by Kim and falling for the looks she was giving them, the three gave in. No matter how much they may not have liked it, they promised not to tell the others. Kim let out a sigh of relief. "We'll do whatever we can to help you though" Trini said as she patted Kim on the shoulder. By the time the Doctor came in to check on Kim, the three knew it was time to go and that Kim should get some rest. "We'll be back later, maybe even with some decent food", Zach said with a hearty laugh while receiving a slightly less than amused looked from the doctor.
Chapter 6
4 months later
As Kim started to get stronger and stronger, her attitude started to change back to the old Kim that had once been so happy and cheerful. She had been discharged from the hospital, but still was attending regular physical therapy. While she might be able to walk with a limp small distances, she tired quite easily. While Zach, Trini, and Jason had returned to Switzerland, it wasn't uncommon for one of them to come and pop by once in a while at visit Kim. They had been keeping close tabs on her, especially Jason. Kim had been like a sister to him. It pained him to see Kim having to struggle to relearn the simplest things.
When he had returned to Angel Grove on a visit, he had gained the gold ranger powers for a short time. Jason had been maintaining a close relationship with girlfriend Emily, but constantly being overseas had caused a rift in their relationship. They had agreed to remain friends though. Trini had always liked Jason, and slowly as they began to spend more time together, they became close. Kim was very excited as her best two best friends finally decided to try a relationship. Zach being Zach was still with Angela as she attended school abroad in Switzerland with him.
Angel Grove
RING, RING, "Hello…..Rocky! is that you?" Kim said. "Kimbo….wow, this is a surprise, I haven't talked to you in ages. How's everything going?" he asked. "Great, but that's probably something I should be asking you. "I heard you had an accident, are you okay" she asked concerned. Rocky shrugged, "I'll live.", he said. "I have a surprise for you…." She said trailing off. "Aw come on Kim, tell me, you know I can't wait on surprises." Rocky said. "Well, okay, first, open the door..." Kim said trying to cover her giggles. Rocky was puzzled but did as he was told and to his surprise there was Kim, and Jason. "Wow, two surprises for the price of one.", he said hanging up the phone and greeting the pair.
While they were anxious to hang out and trade stories, they could see Rocky appeared to be slightly tired and took that as their cue to leave. Kim used much of her strength as she worked on trying not to limp. She had been successful thus and was very pleased with herself. Swimming had been one form of her physical therapy, as a reward for her hard work, Jason had surprised Kim with a scuba diving trip planned later for that afternoon on the condition she would rest when they arrived back at the hotel they were staying at. Kim readily agreed. She figured it would be one way to get her mind off things, the one thing she was not looking forward to was facing Tommy the next day. In her heart she still loved him very much, but after hearing about how close he and Kat had become was sad.
NoteThat's the end of chapters 3-6 what did you think? I know I'm moving pretty quick in time, but I plan to do 2 chapters coving TPRM and PRT before switching to the bulk of the story from PRDT. You know what to do, hit the lilac button and leave a review : P evil grin