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Note: Things are going to start to pick up a bit here. This won't be til much much much later on in the story, but I need to know what direction to go in; I was thinking of having a character I've already introduced be adopted before Kim finds out about something. What do you guys think? On another note, I'm gonna stick with the PRDT story line as much as possible, but don't think it's necessary to type a Megazord battle with every chapter, I don't mind the smaller fights, anyway, enjoy : P Hit the lilac button and review when done. This is an extra long chapter to make up for no update tomorrow
Chapter 13 (How lucky is Ch 13 on the 13th; my 17th b-day )
Hayley's Cyberspace Café
Hayley and Kim had talked for hours, not realizing how fast time had flown by, Kim glanced at her watch and realized she had a date with Tommy later that night. Excusing herself, Kim went to greet Kira before she left. "Miss Hart, what a surprise" Kira said. "You were great tonight Kira. Don't be surprised if I pop by more often, this is a great place." seeing Conner and Ethan, she waved and headed off. Trent Fernandez, the new boy in town, balancing a plate of juice in his hands wasn't looking where he was going. He had just moved into town and had started working at the Cyberspace that very day. Kim seeing in slow motion what was going to happen sidestepped Trent just in the nick of time. Trent looked up and was very grateful. "Sorry Miss Hart, I didn't see you there" he said. "That's alright, just be more careful next time" she said as she left the building.
Mesogog's Lair
Tommy awoke slowly adjusting to his surroundings. Looking around he realized he was in a strange lab. It was two full minutes before he remembered being kidnapped by Elsa and the Tyrannodrones. "Dr. Oliver, nice of you to join us…" Mesogog trailed off. "Mesogog" Tommy murmured. Mesogog paced the length of the room before her started to interrogate Tommy. "How rude of me not to explain. My sensors tell me this stone encases a power source that will be most useful to me. Alas, all my efforts to retrieve this power source have been...less than successful. That's where you come in." he said. Tommy glanced up to the stand next to him where in a clear/white colored substance a black dino gem lay encased. "I have to get that away from Mesogog" Tommy thought to himself.
Tommy's Lab
Kira, Conner, and Ethan were worried about their science teacher. He hadn't shown up for training with them. Knowing their teacher, something must have happened. After heading to his house and finding no sign of him, the three headed to the command center where they started their search for answers. "Maybe the computer can help us" Ethan said putting his computer knowledge to use. "What's that" Kira asked as a video started playing on the screen. "Hi. My name is Tommy Oliver. If this is playing and I'm not around, then something is seriously wrong. This is confidential video record of my life…" "Snore" Conner started. "A record of my life as a power ranger!" "Okay, I'm awake" Conner said started.
The video played and started with the history of the power rangers. "My story begins in Angel Grove…" the video trailed off and showed Kim, Trini, Jason, Zach and Billy receiving their powers for the first time. "…when five teenagers with attitude were recruited to fight the evil space sorceress, Rita Repulsa. They harnessed the power of the dinosaurs to become Earth's first Power Rangers….under the guidance of intergalactic being Zordon, Trini, Zack, Kimberly, Billy and Jason bravely defended Earth, which forced Rita to create her own Ranger." "This is too weird" said Ethan. "Okay, but where's Dr. O?" Kira asked. The video showed Tommy and Kim meeting for the first time at Angel Grove High. "Dude, look at Dr. O's hair…" Conner joked. Kira and Ethan smirked, but didn't laugh.
Tommy's video explained how he had been the evil green ranger and how he had almost destroyed them, and explained how thanks to Jason he had been set free from Rita's spell. "…but my friends never gave up. They helped me destroy the Power Sword, and I was freed. And that's when I joined the team. But not for long. I soon discovered the Green Ranger Powers were only temporary." The video cut to a scene between Kim and Tommy again when Tommy's received the white ranger powers. "Zordon spoke 'As you are aware, the Green Ranger's power was completely decimated by his last few battles. Alpha and I felt it was time to create an even more powerful Ranger to combat Lord Zedd, and his diabolical evil. And now my friends, I present to you, the White Ranger.' " Kim could be seen fainting as Tommy removed his helmet to reveal himself to the rangers as the White Ranger,
"Why does she look so familiar?" Conner asked. Kira hit him on the head, "maybe because you see her everyday…I don't know why I didn't see it sooner. Kim, as in Kimberly Hart, our English teacher". Conner and Ethan could only stare. "Wow" they said at once. The images on the screen froze. "What did you do that for?" Kira asked Ethan. "I don't know about you, but right now, I can't handle all this at once, our teachers are the oldest living Power Rangers." Ethan trailed off. "Not the oldest, just the best", Hayley said as she appeared in the room. The three teens quickly spun around. "Hayley, but how'd you get in here?" Conner asked. "Getting to the point, what do you know about all of this?" Kira asked Hayley. "I know that Tommy is in trouble. And you three, are the only ones who can help him." she said.
Hayley quickly took a seat at the computer, began furiously typing and explaining at the same time. "I've been helping Tommy prepare the dino energy since grad school. Who did you think built the Morphers? I mean Tommy's good with dinosaurs and fossils, but a rocket scientist he ain't." The three teens laughed. "Do you know where Dr. O is?" Kira asked. Hayley inserted a CD-Rom into the computer. " I have an idea…this is a surveillance video from the alley of the cyberspace…". Hayley trailed off. The screen showed Tommy being attacked and kidnapped. "Why didn't he just morph?" Ethan asked. "Watch and see for yourself" Hayley replied.
The video continued on and showed the power transfer between Trini, Zack and Jason to Aisha, Rocky, and Adam. "…the new team fought bravely, but it wasn't enough. Rito destroyed our Zords…". "So they lost their powers?" Ethan asked. "Hold on, we're getting there…" Hayley said. "Zordon sent us on a quest to find Ninjor, a warrior from the past who showed us the secret of the ancient Ninja…our quest complete, we gained new weapons, new Zords, and new enemies…when Kimberly decided to leave, Katherine was the only choice. Katherine assumed the Pink Ranger Power, and just in time. We were under attack." The video showed and explained about Kat before showing Rita and Zedd attacking and destroying the Command Center. "…beneath the ruins we found the Zeo Crystal, a mystical power that guided us into the next chapter of our lives as Rangers."
"The Zeo Powers were awesome, but when we needed reinforcements, we turned to an old friend…Jason returned, and assumed the Power of the Gold Ranger." The video showed Jason assuming the gold powers and showed few battle scenes with Cogs. Shifting scenes again, the video shot to show the graduation ceremony for Tommy, Kat, Adam, Rocky, and Tanya. "After high school graduation, we were ready to face the world. But not before going on one more adventure, as Rangers. It was time to shift into a higher gear…The old Rangers were gone forever, but the Turbo Rangers were born. A space pirate named Divatox launched an attack upon Earth. We were given the Powers of Turbo, and took her head on, with a little help." Divatox was shown trying to get access trough the Nemesis Triangle. More turbo scenes were shown along with Justin Stewart gaining the blue turbo powers before the passing the torch ceremony was shown.
"TJ, Cassie, Carlos, and Ashley replaced us as they continued the fight against Divatox." The video was then paused. "Hey, I was watching that" Conner said aloud. Hayley ignored him. "After that, Tommy went to college, where he met yours truly. But when he found the Dino Gems, he knew he could never escape the Power for long…" "Sorry to ruin this fun little story, but can be get back to finding Dr. O" Ethan said. Kira lit up after Ethan's remark. "Hey, I just thought of something…invisiportals! They are all over Reefside, could we use one to gain access to Mesogog's lair?" she asked. "I'm working on it, but just need a little more time" Hayley replied. "What do we do until then?" Conner asked. "Watch more of your ranger history, you might actually learn something" Hayley said.
"…Divatox was tough, and the Piranahtrons were relentless. Divatox wasn't ready to give up, and staged a fearsome attack, taking out the Turbo Rangers' command centre, and with it, their Powers. She headed for space, and Earth's ultimate destruction. The Rangers knew that they had to follow Divatox into space, and embarked on their most dangerous mission, leaving behind the world they knew..." The scene changed to show the rangers leaving Earth and Justin behind as they chased Divatox into Space. "The journey into space was treacherous, and the line between friend and foe, a thin one….Andros proved that he was more than a friend, he was just the kind of leader that they would need to fight their new enemy." The video showed the second team of former Turbo rangers teaming up with Andros to become the space rangers.
"The Space Rangers freed Zhane from his deep freeze, and the Silver Ranger was a noble addition to the team…together they defeated Astronema, and the Earth was safe for a time being." "..but deep in space, another battle raged. On the distant planet of Mirinoi, five new heroes, Leo, Damon, Kendrix, Maya and Kai retrieved the Quasar Sabers and were chosen to be the defenders of the Lost Galaxy. They would have to combine their powers if they were to defeat their mortal enemy, Trakeena. Trakeena threatened to destroy the space colony, Terra Venture, and took on a horrifying new form. Red Ranger and his Battlizer were the colony's only hope." The shot showed Leo fighting Trakeena in the final battle against the evil space mutant before coming out victorious on top.
"With Trakeena destroyed, the people of Terra Venture were forever grateful to the Rangers of the Lost Galaxy. Meanwhile, on Earth, an elite team was being put together to fight a new battle against an invasion of demons." Lightspeed Rescue Ops was shown in the background as Dana, Carter, Chad, Joel and Kelsey took they morphers from a box Dr. Mitchell held." The Lightspeed Rangers needed one more to complete their mission. That's when Ryan joined the team." Shown fighting together, the video was paused again. "I think I've got something" Hayley said pulling up picture on the screen of firewalls into Mesogog's invisiportal. "Almost got it, but need a bit longer" she said clicking to resume the video diary.
Mesogog's Lair
Still struggling to be free, Mesogog continued to interrogate Tommy. "Once I obtain the power from the dino gem, I will be able to complete my dream of turning Earth back into the pre-historic days when dinosaurs ruled supreme" Mesogog said. "Why can't you just want to rule the Earth like all the other psychos" Tommy shot back. Mesogog did an about face, sticking his scale dino face into Tommy's face. "Are you going to help or not?" he asked. "Do I really have to answer that…" Tommy trailed off. "Have it your way." and with that, Mesogog clicked a large red button where the life force etractor Tommy was strapped to surged to life.
Kim's House
Kim was starting to grow a bit worried. "Mabye I'm overreacting…Tommy has forgotten me before" she said to herself. She couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine. "I know something is wrong" she said. Grabbing her car keys and purse, Kim raced over to Tommy's house. "Hang on Tommy" she said saying a silent prayer.
Tommy's Lab
"What's going on?" Conner asked as the computer screen read search failed. "I need a short break, Mesogog's firewall is stronger than I thought, but I can crack any code. For a mutant freak, it's funny how his defense system is stronger than the Pentagon's… " Hayley joked. The three teens just started. "Don't ask" she murmured taking a sip of coffee before continuing on. "Here, watch ore of your heritage". The video shot to a spaceship landing and exploding before showing Jen Scotts and Wes Collins together t the Collins mansion. "My friends and I are from the year 3000…"Jen trailed off as Kira paused the image. "Whoa, back up, did she say the year 3000, as in from the future?" Ethan said. "They're down with time travel?" Kira asked. "Couldn't they take us back to the moment Dr. O was kidnapped?" Kira asked as Hayley looked up intrigued. "So we can watch it over again?" Conner asked. Kira and Ethan gave Conner dirty looks. "…oh, so we can go back and rescue him." he said as the light bulb look appeared on Conner's face.
"Let's watch more, maybe they'll tell us a way to reach them." Kira said. "Rangers from the future chased a mutant criminal through time. But it took a modern-day hero to finish the job…" the video showed the Time Force team and Wes morph for the first time. There was a brief battle before Eric Meyers appeared on screen with the Quantum Morpher. "It took a while for Eric to learn that the greatest virtue about being a Ranger is not the Power...but the reward of helping man kind." The screen paused again as the story finished. "That was awesome, but not very helpful" Ethan said. "There must be dozens of rangers all over the place, couldn't we just team up and go scout the city?" Conner asked.
"It's not that simple, most rangers don't even have their powers anymore. Some never even wanted them." Hayley said. Calling up the second to last image as the Wild force Power Rangers appeared on the screen.
The screen showed Alyssa, Taylor, Max and Danny. ""We need a fifth ranger" Alyssa said. "Cole joined, and the Wild Force Rangers used the spirits of the ancient animals to fight the evil Orgs, creatures determined to conquer Earth through pollution and destruction. The final member to join was Merrick, the Lunar Wolf…" Merrick was shown morphing and helping the other five rangers fight the final battle against Master Org. "Meanwhile, back in reality, we still have no way to find Doctor O." Ethan said. "I know there's at least one more group of Rangers out there, they had a guy named Cam, he was even more of a genius with this stuff than I am." Hayley said. Conner instantly looked up. "Try typing in 'Ninja Storm'" he said. Everyone turned to stare at Conner. "What? My twin brother went to this super secret ninja school. Everyone there knew a few of the students got chosen to be Rangers" he replied.
"Your brother was a ranger?" Ethan asked. "Nah, he couldn't even finish ninja school. He's like a total airhead. We're so different" Conner said. Kira let out a slight laugh. Conner gave her a dirty look. "Look I found them" Hayley said. "It was the Power of Thunder that gave them their biggest challenge…" The screen shot to show Tori, Dustin, and Shane receiving their wind morphers from Cam before cutting to a morphing sequence and a battle with Hunter and Blake. "…but their greatest enemies proved to be their greatest allies…with Earth at the brink of destruction, another friend, Cam, went back in time to retrieve the one power that could save them all...the power of the Green Samurai Ranger." Cam was shown fighting Sensei's brother for control of the samurai power. "…in their final battle against Lothor, the Rangers made their ultimate sacrifice using their own life force powers to send Lothor into the Abyss of Evil." The explosion in sealing the Abyss was shown on the screen.
"Hey my bro taught me some moves, wanna see?" Conner asked. Not waiting for an answer, Conner went into a series of fast, powerful, intricate kicks before kicking the main computer sending sparks around the room and making the screen go blank. "Please tell me that did not just happen" Kira said turning her head to glare at Conner. "I think we lost out last hope of finding Tommy." Hayley said. Conner mentally kicked himself asHayley tried to get the computer back online. "Anything?" Conner asked. "I think I've got something" she said. "We are so lucky you're a genius." Ethan said glaring at Conner. "Even geniuses need help sometimes. That little jolt must have done something to the wiring, because I'm getting something." Hayly said. Tommy's image reappeared on the video screen. "With the return of Mesogog, it became necessary to invoke the power of the Dino Gems. Should anything happen to me, these three are charged with protecting the planet..". Images of Kira, Ethan and Conner appeared on the screen."He actually trusts us?" Conner asked. "We owe it to him to save him" Kira said. "It worked! I have a lock on an Invisaportal." Hayley exclaimed excitedly.
Mesogog's Fortress
The lifeforce extractor was dangerously near Tommy as Mesogog let out an evil grin. "it won't be long now" he said. Struggling to wiggle free of the binds, Tommy hoped the rangers would find him soon.
Tommy's House outside the lab
Kim stood on Tommy's deck ringing the doorbell waiting for an answer. After ten minutes of waiting, no one answered Trying the doorknob, Kim found the door to be unlocked. "Tommy" she called looking around for him. "Hello, anyone home" she called. It took all of Kim's training and physical and mental strength not to panic. Tripping over a small red toy soccer ball on the ground, Kim grabbed the first thing she could to keep from falling. Her leg was already weak and falling on it would not be good. Grabbing the jaw of a dinosaur fossil model, Kim was surprised when the floor opened up to reveal Tommy's lab. Falling down, Kim hoped there was something soft on the other end.
Tommy's Lab
"Did you guys hear anything?" Ethan asked. "Like what?" Conner asked. "I dunno, just..nevermind." Ethan said. "What? It's not like something is just gonna fall out of thin air" he replied joking. Two seconds later Kim landed on top of Conner "You have got to stop doing that Conner" Kira joked before realizing it was Kim who had falled on top of Conner. "Ms. Hart, awww, what a …surprise" she said. Kim slowly made her way to a sitting position. She looked around the room as saw she had gotten stares from Ethan, Conner, and Kira. "Kim, I'll explain in a minute, you three I have something to show you."
Hayley led the three rangers to where she had earlier completed her newest project. "I present to you, the Raptor Cycles" she said proudly. Conner, Ethan, and Kira let out huge smiles. "Hayley things are sick!" Conner said. "Glad you like them…now listen carefully…in order to get through the invisiportal, you must reach speeds of 532 mph or you will get ripped to shreds…" the Ethan gulped. "…that's why I invented these babies. They'll get you there in about 90.73 seconds, according to my calculations." "Aw, we won't have to cross any water to get to the fortress will we?" Conner asked quietly. "Conner, you can't swim?" Ethan joked before Kira ribbed him with her elbow. "No, you won't have to get wet" Hayley said fighting off some laughter. Kim on the other side of the room tried not to laugh at her 4th period student. Conner breathed a sigh of relief. "If your done, can we get going?' Kira asked impatiently. Hayley nodded. Pulling out their morphers. "READY" Conner said. "READY" Kira and Ethsn replied. "DINO THUNDER, POWER UP, HA!" they cried.
Kim, not used to seeing other morph watched for the first time in many years. "I never thought I'd miss having a morpher so much" Kim thought to herself. She watched as Hayley opened the invisiportal and the three disappeared into it. After making sure they had arrived safely on the other side, Hayley still glancing every now and then at the computer faced Kim, "I'm not sure how much, if any, Tommy has told you about his "project", but I'll be more than happy to fill you in after you told me all those interesting stories about what Tommy was like in high school." Kim grinned, but from the look on her face, was still very worried about Tommy.
Mesogog's Island
The three dino rangers breathed a sigh of reief after making it safely through the invisiportal, they had had to fight Elsa, Zeltrax, a monster and an army of Tyrannodrones to get there. "He's got to be around here somewhere" Kira said as they started searching for the lab. Kira having already have been there knew somewhat where she was. "Guys in here" Ethan called. Tommy was happy to see them. "Conner, hit that button" he immediately ordered as Mesogog and his henchman drew closer after following the three through the invisiportal. The door shut just in the nick of time. Meanwhile, Ethan and Kira worked to help free Dr. Oliver from the chair. As Mesogog broke through the door, Tommy yelled to the three to get through the portal and he would follow them. "I need to get one thing" he called as he fought the Tyrannodrones. Conner, Ethan, and Kira fought as they needed to before jumping through the portal. "One thing you need to learn Mesogog, the good guys always win." Tommy said grabbing the encased black gem and jumping though the portal.
Already on their cycles, Tommy followed the three through the second portal and landed solidly on his feet. Not surprisingly though, Zeltrax, Elsa, the monster and Tyrannodrones followed them once more through the portal. Outside, Zeltrax blasted Tommy, but having quick reactions, Tommy used the encased stone to protect himself. BOOM! With a flas of light, Tommy and the stone disappeared, seemingly destroyed. "At least one thing went right today" Elsa started. "I wouldn't be so sure" Tommy said as he reappeared moments later. "Invisibility, Dr. O?" Ethan asked. "Looks like it." he smiled. Elsa rolled he eyes. "You know, there are two things you need to learn…" "And what would that be Tommy?" Elsa asked. "You don't choose the gems, they choose you…" "And what would the second thing be?" she asked. "…these go real well with dino morphers"
Tommy tapped the gem into a morpher and smiled. "DINO THUNDER, POWER UP!" with a flash of light he transformed into the black ranger. "Aren't you a little old for this" Elsa said taking a fighting stance. "You tell me" he said fighting with the other rangers before being singled out by Zeltrax. "Give up" Zeltrax yelled. "You never learn do you?" Tommy said sarcastically. He pulled out his sword and started fighting. They formed the Z-rex blaster where they destroyed the monster. As usual, the monster grew to full size, but this time when Hayley sent the zords from the lab, a new zord appeared. "This is the Brachio zord, retrieving the black dino gem must have awaken him. Once you see what's inside him, I think you can take it from there." Hayley said. "Thanks Hayley" Tommy said.
Tommy's Lab
Kim sat down and watched the battle from the couch. "You know Hayley, watching the battle and fighting in it seem like two totally different things. I feel so useless watching from the sidelines." she said. " "I don't know whether I should be angry, happy, or relieved at Tommy. He had me worried sick after not showing up for our date." Kim said. Hayley shook her head. "The Tommy I knew in college was sometimes on top of things, but other times like the Swiss- cheesed brained boy you described him to be in high school." Hayley and Kim looked at each other and laughed. Still working on the computer, Hayley did a double take as she checked the readings from the gems. "This is strange, according to the computer there are five gems bonded with one's DNA, but Tommy, and the others make four…let me do a scan…" Hayley trailed off. Kim watched on, amused. "What do these gems look like? I'm intrigued after you've told me all that interesting info on them." she said.
Hayley pulled an image of the red, yellow, and blue gems on the screen. "Why do they look so familiar?" Kim asked herself. "Wait…" she said aloud. Remembering the strange rock se had found earlier, Kim dug through her purse and pulled it out. "I forgot to ask Tommy last night about this rock, I thought it was interesting looking, and being a science teacher, assumed he could tell me about this…but I'm guessing it's more than an ordinary rock…" Kim said. Hayley only stared at the pink dino gem as it glowed brightly. Kim hadn't held it long enough to before now to feel it's power surge through her body and reveal a large flying dinosaur to her. "Wow" Kim said. "Well Kim, looks like I need to get to work and build another morpher….welcome to the team." Hayley said smiling. "Just one thing…" Kim trailed off as Hayley could be heard laughing madly in the background.
Reefside
"Wow, the Brachio zord is awesome!" Kira said. The teams usual three zords emerged from the zord bay, but as they ran into trouble, Tommy called upon a new zord that had decided to come along for the ride, the Cephala zord, a purple zord that could literally pack quite a punch. It joined at the arm on the megaord to replace the Tricera zord.
The Thundersaurus megazord defeated the monster again. "Good job guys let's head back to the lab" Tommy said.
Tommy's Lab
Kira, Ethan, Conner and Tommy all arrived back in to the lab in high spirits. That is until a grim faced Kim sitting on the couch eyed Tommy. Kira, Conner, and Ethan all took one look before making various excuses to get as far away from Kim and Tommy as possible, Hayley left as well excusing herself to get back to her café. Tommy started reaching for his dino gem, but was quickly interrupted by Kim, who finally spoke first, "if so you much as reach for that gem again Thomas James Oliver and turn invisible, then you risk facing more trouble than you are already in." Kim said in a deadly quiet voice. Tommy sighed and took a seat across from Kim, he was about to get it. Thinking she was going to yell and scream, Tommy was taken aback as Kim started laughing. "You should have seen the look on everyone's faces" Kim said. Tommy was now very confused. "Tommy, come here, you know I can't hold a grudge, but you did worry me to death when you missed our start of the weekend date…" Tommy hit himself on the head. "I knew I forgot to write something down, Kim I'm so sorry, I lost track of time and…"
Kim silenced Tommy with a kiss. "I forgive you this time Tommy, but we need to have a serious talk about trusting each other and not keeping any life altering secrets from each other…just when were you planning on telling me about the new ranger team and…" Kim gave Tommy a long lecture before giving him a chance to explain. "I was planning on telling you eventually, but I had hoped it would remain a secret for a while, I don't like it when you risk your safety, or worry about me…" Tommy started, but Kim silenced him once more. "I would have understood you know, I was a ranger once, I still am, but…" Tommy blinked a few times, "sorry, I must have spaced out for a minute, I thought you said you were a ranger again and…" Kim rolled up her sleeve to reveal a silver bracelet with a pink dino gem on it. "How? When? What?...I think I need an aspirin…" rubbing his temple, Tommy took off his glasses and searched for a bottle, "maybe I better make that two or three." Kim laughed, "Hayley is good" Kim thought to herself. "I'll have to remember to thank her later".
"You can't have all the fun you know Mr. I-change-colors-every-time-I-get-a-new-morpher…" Tommy grinned. "Hey, it's not my fault, I didn't choose the gem, it chose me…by the way, you're wrong, I didn't change colors when I became the red Turbo ranger" Tommy playful teased Kim. Kim just rolled her eyes. "Whatever" she said " I think now that we're back we need to take a trip to the mall?" Tommy said. "Why?" Kim asked. "Well, I looked in my closet, and I don't know about you, but I have a serious shortage of black…besides, you look good in pink" Tommy said. Kim wasn't so sure. "Tommy I don't know, my bank account is kina low with my rent, and all the other bills I still have to pay, maybe on payday" Kim said. "Since when does Kimberly Hart not want to go to the mall, especially when I'm paying and inviting her to move in with me."
"Since I became I teacher, realized how underpaid we are, started living on my own, and had a stack of medical bills to pay after my accident in Florida…but if you're paying I suppose I'll have to go with you to help you shop" Kim said. Not realizing Tommy was serious, Kim laughed. "What's so funny, Kim, I'm serious, I want you to move in with me…" "Are you sure, I mean school just started and I still haven't unpacked all of my belongings and…" Tommy shrugged. "Kim, take a deep breath and say yes Tommy, anything you say Tommy" he said. Kim smiled, "Yes, Tommy, our fearless Swiss-cheese brained leader, Tommy". "You know, maybe I should make you pay rent.." "Not if you want all the benefits of having me around including, cooking, cleaning, among other things…"Kim said. "Do you care to take this upstairs Ms. Hart?" "Only if you have been a bad boy Dr. Oliver…"
Sunday Night, Tommy's House
"It's been a long day Tommy, and I'm finally done! No more papers…" Kim's stack of papers quickly came and went. Staring over at Tommy's grading pile, Kim smirked. "'Sure Kim, mine are only matching and should be fairly quick to grade'…weren't those your exact words Tommy?" Kim teased as Tommy sat on the sofa still grading papers after five hours. "Well, maybe that's because you got a two hour head start on me…let me remind you who moved all of the boxes up the stairs and carried your heavy clothing suitcases…" Tommy playfully shot back. "I did spend four hours cooking you that stake and the pumpkin pie, and the veggies, and…" "Okay, okay, were both tired, and sore…how come when we were teens we I never felt this tired. It's been two days and I have so many bruises I feel like a giant bruise…" Tommy complained. "That makes no sense, but I know how you feel, falling the other day on top of Conner's big head seemed to have made my leg stiff" Kim said. Tommy felt sorry for Kim, he knew Kim still had trouble after all these years with her leg being stiff and sore at times, he knew he shouldn't complain. "How about some ice cream and a hot shower." Tommy suggested. Kim instantly agreed. "Alright, but I'm first…" "Whatever you say beautiful".
Hayley's Cyberspace
"Do you think Ms. Hart let Dr O have it?" Conner asked Kira and Ethan. "I bet you she did" Ethan said. "I bet not" Kira said smirking. "You wanna put your money where your mouth is?" Conner asked Ethan and Kira. "Fine" they both agreed. "Trent" Conner said calling over the new boy. "Trent, you're witness to this bet okay…if Dr. O and Ms Hart went at it then Ethan and I get twenty bucks each from Kira, but if they didn't, then we owe her twenty each…" Conner trailed off. Trent looked hesitant, "are you sure that's a good idea?" Trent asked. Kira shrugged "Their loss is my gain…I'm in, but I wanna up the stakes, if they didn't go at it then along with money, you two will owe me something more, let's just say, I wanna make this worth my while." Kira said. Trent tried to say something, but Kira was enjoying this and elbowed him in the ribs. "Fine, we're in…" Ethan and Conner said before they wet over to play video games. "Don't you think they should know you talked to Hayley earlier?" Trent asked. "Nah, it's mere fun this way, tell you what, I'll split with you….you can have twenty and enjoy the sheer entertainment of watching Conner dress up as a girl, and Ethan dress up in a pink fur bunny costume." Trent grinned. "I'm in". Hayley meanwhile nearby laughed. "I wonder how this is going to play out" Hayley said to herself.