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Chapter 18
Reefside High
"I see no reason to make you do extra work over the holidays, so take this period to catch up with whatever up need…" Kim trailed off. The usually quiet class, already paying very little attention suddenly grew into a noisy group. Kim couldn't help but smile. She didn't blame them for not wanting to work. Thanksgiving holiday started as soon as school ended. Kim was also very cheerful because of a little something Tommy had asked Kim two weeks ago. She was rather surprised that no one had yet noticed her ring or even said anything, little did she know, that would all change in the next ten minutes. Tommy compared to Kim was trying to get as much work out of his students as possible. As soon as the students came back, mid terms would only be a two weeks away. "Guys, I know it's hard, but I need you to pay attention…." Tommy told his class. "…tell you what, if you guys all pay attention and take notes, when I finish this lecture, you can have the remaining time and use it to your…" Tommy was cut off by the school announcements. Tommy sighed and put his book down. He finished the sentence he was writing on the board and sat down, he doubted he would finish anything with it being the day before vacation/
"Good morning Reefside High, I'm Cassidy Cornell….." Cassidy made the usual round of announcements ranging from vacation dates to library news to club events. Ever since the first Tommy and Kim gossip report, all teachers at the school had come to dread it. "…good luck to the ladies basketball and gymnastics teams in their upcoming district championships…in the gossip report, we turn once again to the most eligible male teacher and female teacher, Dr. Oliver and Ms. Hart…" Tommy knew something like this would be coming. The screen showed exclusive coverage of Tommy saving Principal Randall, and then the pink ranger. "Dr. Oliver it seems has a new love interest, the pink ranger…but who is this person? We can exclusively reveal the pink ranger is…." Kim started going ghost white. Tommy also had the color drain from his face. The video showed the pink ranger demorphing; just as it seemed Kim's identity would be compromised, the tape broke off into static. "aw…please excuse us while we are having technical difficulties…" Cassidy yelled at Devin to fix the tape, but as hard as Devin tried, the tape got worse and worse until it exploded in the machine.
"Uh, Cass…I think we've got a slight problem…" "Devin, what now?" Cassidy was about to blow her top when she found out about the tape. "I think this is quite enough…what should I do with you two this time though…" Principal Randall said holding the master plug to the AV room. "Dr. O, what's this about you and the pink ranger…I thought you had a thing for Ms. Hart!" Conner joked knowing full well who the pink ranger was. "Conner…what have I said about students asking about my private life…" Everyone started snickering. "What?" Conner said. Getting info on Dr. Oliver's private life was like finding a needle in a haystack. Martha, the lone junior in the class knew otherwise though. "Excuse me, Dr. Oliver…" "Yes" he asked fiddling with his glasses. "I couldn't help but notice Ms. Hart had a ring on her finger at practice the other day, did you finally ask her?" she asked trying to be innocent. Everyone grew silent waiting for an answer; even Conner, Kira, and Ethan. The three teen rangers were observant, but hadn't bothered to look at Kim's hand. Tommy merely sighed.
"I guess the cat's out of the bag…" the class all started talking at once. "I'm warning you though, this is the one and only time…" the students didn't listen though, they just started asking questions. Tommy gulped. "What have I gotten myself into?" he asked himself. Kim was having a similar time. The students were bombarding her with questions about why she didn't care about Dr. Oliver and the pink ranger, where was she, etc. It took a full fifteen minutes for them to settle down and finally notice Kim's ring. "Ms. Hart, how long have you had that rock?" Kim just laughed.
Tommy's House, later that night
"You know Kim, Martha is quite observant…" "You're telling me…she kept asking me at practice about it. She noticed right away, but I didn't say anything…" Tommy shrugged. "I guess that's why she's the only junior in my class and has the highest grade…" "I can't believe Conner, Kira and Ethan didn't notice though…" Kim said laughing. "I wonder how long it's going to take the gang to notice…you haven't told anyone yet have you?" Tommy asked his fiancé. "Who me?" Kim said trying to sound hurt as she zipped her lips up and threw away the key. "I wouldn't dare…I haven't even told the others we're back in uniform yet…" Kim trailed off. "That's another surprise they'll be in for…" Tommy and Kim continued to talk about ways to reveal their secrets to the others, but it wasn't until Hayley arrived until they concocted the master plan. "It's just so crazy it might work!" Tommy exclaimed.
Thanksgiving Day, Tommy's home
Conner, Ethan, and Kira sat in their respective homes sleeping in as late as possible. Kim thinking of this as her alarm clock went off grew very jealous. "Why do I have to get up a 6:30 AM…" "because beautiful, you're cooking…" Tommy said softly pretending to be asleep. Kim threw her pillow at Tommy. "I expect you downstairs at 7:30 to barbecue my turkeys…." Kim said setting her alarm for him. "Yeah, yeah…" Tommy rolled over to claim the other half of the queen sized bed. Kim quickly showered, dressed, and headed down to the kitchen to set to work on the massive dinner planned for that night. Hayley, Trini, Aisha, and some of the others had offered to come early and help, but Kim had all turned them down. They were her guests, why make them cook. Rocky on the other hand decided to take Kim's refusal as a friendly suggestion, and had purposely planned to arrive hours earlier than the others after Kim had told him no. He was supposed to be the professional chef after all.
Flashback
"You know I can't let you do that Rocko…" "Why Kim?" "Three reasons, one, if I let you near the food, you'll eat all of it; two, you're the guest; three, did I mention what happened last time I let you help me cook something…you insisted that Rita and Zedd had poisoned it and …." "okay, I get the picture, but seriously Kim, I'm not as bad as I used to be I…" "Rocky" "alright, have it your way…"
End Flashback
Rocky shook his head, thinking back. Kim meanwhile seemed to be having a bad morning early on. She had already made a mess of the kitchen and was having one problem after another. "Morning beautiful…" Tommy said coming down at 6:30 sharp. Kim sighed as she greeted Tommy. "Hey handsome…" Kim replied just about to take a pan of boiling water off the stove while getting distracted as the oven timer went off. Tommy had headed out back to start the grill and stopped suddenly as he heard Kim scream. Tommy rushed inside to see what had happened. He saw Kim holding her hand the sink and running cold water over it. Kim had accidentally put her hand into the pan of boiling water and had badly burned her hand. "Kim are you okay?" Tommy asked concerned. "I'll be alright" she said. Tommy gently took her right hand while it was still in the sink and saw that she probably would require a trip to the emergency room. "Tommy, I a already so far behind schedule, I can't le…" DING DONG! DING DONG! "Tommy, can you get that" "I'm on it beautiful"
"Who would it be this early?" Tommy asked himself. Tommy opened the door and to his surprise, there was Rocky! "Rocky!" Tommy called. "Bro, it's been too long" he replied. Where's pinky?" "I'm over here…" Tommy showed Rocky in and closed the door behind him. "Hey Rocko…it's so good to see you" "Kim?" Rocky asked a little confused. "I know I'm kind of early…okay extremely early, but I couldn't help myself, I…" Rocky stopped as soon as he figured out that Kim had burned her hand. "Are you alright?" he asked concerned. "You should really get that looked at you know…" "See Kim, even Rocky says so….and now that he's here, you can put him to work and…" "Hey..." Tommy gave him the Conner look. "I mean, I'll be glad to get right to work, and I even promise not to eat anything until you get back…now you leave everything to me and go with Tommy…" Rocky said with an evil grin on his face. "Kim, Rocky will take care of the food, you go to the car, and I'll meet you there as soon as I grab my car keys".
As soon as Kim had headed out the door, Tommy quickly told Rocky about the grills in the back, and also gave him a twenty second tour of the kitchen. Rocky assured Tommy he would take care of things and told him to go take care of Kim. Rocky knew that unless Tommy and him pushed Kim, she would merely ignore the burn and keep right on cooking. "You'd think she would have already learned her lesson with her little leg injury" Rocky said to himself. "It's a shame she doesn't have her powers anymore…" Rocky shook himself out of his musings and got to work on the stuffing, gravy, pies before checking the turkeys on the grill in back. "I promised Kim I wouldn't eat until she got back, but will she notice if I make a sandwich to hold me?" pondered Rocky.
Reefside Memorial Hospital
"You're lucky it's not as bad as we thought Ms. Hart" said the friendly attending doctor. "The x-rays were clear, and if I didn't know any better I'd say your skin has already started to heal" he joked. Tommy and Kim gave a faint nervous laugh knowing full well that it was thanks to their powers. "Keep you're hand cleaned and wrapped for the next three to four weeks. I also highly discourage any use of the hand until you are at least cleared to by your personal physician….this ointment should be used once a day to help the itching and redness of the skin…" Tommy and Kim thanked the doctor before heading out into the parking lot and getting into Tommy's jeep. "Adam can take a look at your hand tonight, I doubt it will take more than a two weeks to heal…" "I hope so, I depend on writing on the board…" "Just make sure you don't let me catch you without that sling an bandage until Adam says so..." "Yes, Daddy…"
Tommy's House
"Mmmm, Rocky that smells good…" Kim said entering the house. "Rocky, I thought you weren't going to eat until we got back…" Kim teased her old friend. Rocky was about to take a bite from a giant sandwich. "I made you two one too…" "I suppose we'll have to forgive him then…" Tommy joked grabbing a plate for himself. "Hey, you guys were gone three hours, so I figured you wouldn't mind if I ate especially since I already finished three quarters of the meal….I just have to marinate the turkeys a bit more and they should be finished within the hour…" Kim was shocked. "You finished everything in three hours?" "Well the pies were easy, those took about an hour, the gravy, yams and stuffing took about half an hour, you had already made jello, I made salad dressing, and the mashed potatoes only took about an hour and a half...the turkeys I have my own secret to cooking so that sped up the process by a few hours…" Kim gave Rocky a giant hug. "What would I do without you Rocko? It's not even noon yet…" "Whibibdabgoobroo" "Tommy, don't speak with your mouth full!" Tommy grinned and swallowed. "I said this is darn good bro"
"I know bro…I do work in a five star restaurant you know…." "After I take the turkeys up, I want to hear all about what you guys have been up to…maybe we can watch a couple movies or two until the others get here…" "As long as it's not the godfather, football, or star wars, I don't care what we watch…" "Kim" Tommy and Rocky whined at the same time. The three friends talked for a while trading stories and finding out what the others had been up to over the past few years. Kim wanted to badly tell Rocky of their engagement, but the two had promised to wait until everyone was there. The two had also decided on a very "special" way to reveal the fact they were back in uniform to the others. "So have you two finally gotten together again?" Rocky asked carefully. "You'll have to wait to find out, just like everyone else" Kim grinned. DING DONG! DING DONG!
"I'll get it" Kim started. She headed over to the door, but had a few problems opening the door. "Um, Tommy, would you mind…" Tommy tried hard not to laugh. "I'm coming". "Jason, Trini!" Kim smiled running to greet her oldest friends. "Hey Kim, Tommy, Rocky…it's great to see you guys" Kim hugged Trini and Jason. The three talked for a few minutes, but the girls soon broke off into their own conversation leading to the next room over. After Jason and Trini arrived, the guests just started popping in. Adam and Tanya, Kat and Billy, Aisha, Zack and Angela, a now nineteen year old Justin, Andros and Ashley, TJ and Cassie, Carter and Dana, Leo and Kendrix, Cole and Alyssa, Eric, Wes and Jen last, but not least was Hayley and her surprise date, Cam. "Well it looks like everyone is here" Tommy said to Kim. "Before we all sit down to eat, I think it would be nice if everyone introduced themselves…" Kim hesitated for a second. "She knows Kim" Zack said smiling at his wife. "…in that case, add your color and team…" Tommy finished.
"Let's start at to the left…" "Jason, red and gold ranger, mighty morphin and zeo" "Trini, yellow, mighty morphin" "Adam, black and green, mighty morphin, ninjetti, zeo, and turbo" "Tanya, yellow zeo and turbo" "Kat, pink ranger, mighty morphin and ninjetti, zeo and turbo" "Billy, blue ranger, mighty morphin and ninjetti, amd zeo technical advisor" "Aisha, yellow, mighty morphin and ninjetti" "Zack, black ranger, mighty morphin" "Angela" "Justin, blue, turbo" "Andros, red ranger, space" "Ashley, yellow turbo and space" "TJ red and blue ranger, turbo and space" "Cassie, pink ranger, turbo and space" "Carter, red, lightspeed" "Dana, pink, lightspeed" "Leo, red ranger, galaxy " "Kendrix, pink ranger, galaxy" "Cole, red, wild force" "Alyssa, white, wild force" "Eric, red, quantum ranger" "Wes, red, time force" "Jen, pink ranger, time force" "Hayley, dino thunder technical advisor" "Cam, green, ninja storm" "Rocky, red and blue, mighty morphin, and zeo" "Kim, pink ranger, mighty morphin and ninjetti" "Tommy, green, red, white, mighty morphin, ninjetti, zeo and turbo"
"That was a lot!" Kim joked. The other rangers talked and started to break the ice a bit. Many were wondering who Hayley was and what se met by dino thunder technical advisor, but had forgotten in a Tommy like fashion. "So I heard that you boys have an interesting story about your trip to the moon…" Hayley started. All the red rangers started talking at once. The girls and other male non-red rangers started laughing. "Hey, how come I wasn't invited?" Rocky complained. Everyone just laughed. "What?" he whined. Aisha patted him on the shoulder. "So what have you guys been up to since saving the world?" Trini asked. They all went around the table and exchanged stories. "You two seem awfully quiet…why are yo.." Aisha stopped short. "Kim, what happened?" Kim had been sitting with her left arm on the table and her right arm in a sling by her side, the others hadn't yet noticed her injury. "Oh, this? It's nothing too bad, just a small burn I got this morning…." "Is anyone hungry? Our resident chef cooked up a storm this morning…"
Kim started to get up, but Tommy stopped her. "You stay, I'll get it…Rocky, why don't you come with me…" Kat had been watching the entire exchange and had quickly noticed Kim's left ring finger when Tommy had stopped her. "Kim, Tommy, is there something you want to tell us?" she said excitedly. "Um, well, we were going to wait until after desert, but Tommy and I have some news to tell you" Kim said. "I've asked Kim to take my hand in marriage, and she has agreed" Trini squealed in delight as did Aisha, Kat, and Tanya. Hayley, already knowing merely smiled. The other ranger ladies all started talking at once excitedly. Eariler in the evening, Kim had immediately clicked with Alyssa, the kindergarten teacher, Dana, the doctor, Jen sub commander of the Silver Guardians, Ashley, the fashion designer, Cassie, the rock star, and Kendrix, member of GSA. Adam, Jason, Rocky, Zack and Billy gave Tommy a high five. "It took you long enough bro" Jason said. "I concur with Jason." "Congratulations guys" the remaining rangers said. "You know, there's one other thing I think you guys should know…be right back" Tommy and Kim said at the same time. Hayley and Cam silently followed. "Are they ready?" Hayley asked Cam. "All set…" "I just need to call the others…" Tommy said.
Tommy and Kim came back out smiling evilly. "Since everyone is here, the last bit of news we have to tell you is something quite important...Rocky, I promise we will eat momentarly..." Tommy said. "Introducing, the newest set of rangers…the dino thunder rangers!" Five rangers appeared behind Tommy and Kim. Everyone gasped. "You sure have been busy!" Justin exclaimed. "Rangers, please remove your helmets…" Kira, Conner, and Ethan did so first laughing. "Dude, Dr. O, these things are hot, and my mom is gonna kill me if I'm gone for more than twenty minutes so can we hurry this up?" Conner whinned impatiently before actually taking notice of all the former rangers watching him intently. "Conner" Kira and Ethan groaned. "We apologize for his rude behavior" Kira said aloud. "I'm Kira, this is Ethan, and that….that's Conner" "So who are the black and pink rangers?" Jason asked. "That would be me and" "Me" said to very familiar voices. "Tommy, Kim?" everyone was now extremely confused.
The three dino thunder teens, Hayley and Cam stood there laughing. "Cyber Tommy, Cyber Kim, we are done with you guys…" Cam said. The unmorphed Kim and Tommy disappeared. "Well, we knew you couldn't stay away forever...especially since you are going for all the colors" Zack said. "What can I say, I only have pink, yellow, and blue to go." "I don't think pink is your color though, that's more my color" Kim said. The new rangers mingled for a few minutes with their predecessors before apologizing and leaving. "We could only borrow them for a few minutes, their parents probably wouldn't like it if they disappeared for the night. You will all see more of them tomorrow or possibly even later tonight." Tommy said. "This is really exciding and all, but can we please eat?" Rocky said. Everyone laughed. "I thought you said you changed Rocky…" "Cooking all day has made me hungry, and besides, I made extra for me…." "Some things never change".
Note Thanksgiving will be continued in the next chapter…I just wanted to stop here and post so yall had something to look forward too. Any storyline/plot ideas please post…I have a few ideas, but not as many for the other red rangers/rangers beyond space. I'm trying to get all the characters in, but it's a it tough. They will have more of a roll coming up at the wedding for KT and that's all I'm going to say about that. Did I miss any rangers? Last, but not least…review, review, review!