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Chapter 23
Reefside High
"I expect these term papers to be well written, you have had over three weeks to write them….be honest, how many of you wrote them last night?" Tommy asked his first period science class. Almost everyone's hand went up. Tommy shook his head. He knew better than anyone what it was like to procrastinate and do things at the last minute. Glancing over at the clock, he saw he had about ten minutes in the period left. "Before you all leave for winter break, let me just remind you not to leave the packets I gave you until the night before school resumes. Seeing as none of you are probably going to pay attention, you have the remaining ten minutes to yourselves." The class broke into rounds of chatting.
"So Kira, Ethan, you guys got anything planned for vacation?" Martha asked her lab partners. "I'm going to San Diego to play in the ultimate gamer tournament." Kira rolled her eyes at Ethan. "I'm heading up to Lake Tahoe over vacation, and am working hard on my next song for a demo I started." Martha smiled. "That sounds like fun. Good luck on that demo, I expect a copy." "So you don't ask about me?" Conner said trying to sound hurt "I asked you yesterday remember. You said you were going to go and visit UC Reefside and then head up the coast to Blue Bay Harbor to be with your brother." Ethan laughed at the pair. If he didn't know any better, he would have never guessed that those two were dating.
"What are you going to do?" Kira asked. "Me? I'll be around here working on homework, sleeping late, and be conditioning at gymnastics so when this thing comes off…" Martha pointed to her cast "…I won't be too out of shape. I have a big competition in March, and if all goes well, I'll be able to do bars, it's all a wait and see game on how fast I can get my Achilles tendon healed enough to throw a bars dismount." RING! RING! RING! The friends said their good-byes and parted ways. "Kira" Trent called from down the hall, "wait up".
Although it hadn't been easy to accept Trent as a friend after the rangers earlier experiences with him, once the ice had melted and differences had been settled, they all had become fast friends. Conner and Ethan had come to rely on him as Trent had to those two. "Hi Ki…Miss Hart" Ethan called sick of watching Trent and Kira, and Conner and Martha in the hall. "Ethan, hey, Tommy isn't in his room by any chance is he?" she asked. "Aw…" "Never mind, I think I see him, I'll see you at 'practice' later tonight" "Will do Miss H."
Mesogog's Lair
"I don't understand what humans see in ….what is it called again?" Elsa asked Zeltrax. "Christmas." "Yeah, that's what I mean; anyway, it's disgusting how happy everyone is here. I think we need something to change that." "Elsa, for once I agree" Zeltrax and Elsa turned to face Mesogog. "Thank you Master". "Don't Elsa, all I said was that your idea was good. I expect you and Zeltrax to come up with a way to get rid of that putrid human emotion. It will help me to turn time back to what it rightfully should be….now get to work!" he ordered.
Tommy's Classroom
Students at school had asked non-stop questions about Kim and the baby. It had become a daily routine to spend the first ten minutes of the period trying to avoid answering questions. Tired of it, she finally gave in. Winter break couldn't come quick enough. With school now over for a bit, Kim could focus on a very important event that was about a week and a half away. "Hey Beautiful, looks like we have a free period." Tommy said glancing at the schedule written on the board. "Good, I have a bunch of questions for you…" Tommy sighed leaning back in his chair. "I thought we had finished this Kim…" "Finished? We haven't even started!" "You know, I'm beginning to wish we were going to elope" "Don't you even think about it Thomas James Oliver". Tommy knew when Kim used his full name she meant business. "Okay, okay, you win, I don't feel like fighting right now..."
AV Room
Cassidy and Devin as usual thought they had gotten the upper hand with the rangers, but had turned up empty handed. "I just don't understand it, every time we get some footage, some freak thing happens." Cassidy complained to her best friend Devin. "Cass, don't worry about it we'll find something…I have a feeling somewhere out there, someone knows something and it's just a matter of time before they slip up." "Yeah, yeah, now like move so I can like fix my hair before we go live."
Outside the room
"Well, at least I know I'm doing my job correctly." Keeping Cassidy and Devin off the trail of the rangers had not been easy for the mysterious person. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! "Hello?" "Hey cousin….yeah I've made sure the little security breech was taken care of…yes….yes….no they still don't suspect a thing…tell them? No, I'll tell them when the time is right. You'd think they'd be more careful, especially black and pink, it's so obvious from the colors they wear…love you to Hay…"
Tommy's Lab
"I'm glad you all were able to come before leaving for vacation" Tommy said looking over the four teens and his fiancée who sat lounging about on the couch. "You know we wouldn't leave without saying good bye Dr. O….did you really think you could get rid of us that easy" Conner joked. "Thank you Conner…as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, I have a few announcements for you guys." Hayley who had just entered the room was right on cue. "Tommy, Kim, and I have come up with a way for you guys to get here should Mesogog attack. We want you guys to know, we will call you away only if there is an emergency…." Trent nervously shifted from one side to the other. "Something wrong Trent?" Kira asked concerned. "Huh…oh yeah, just thinking" Kira nodded and turned her attention back to her mentors.
"What Tommy and Hayley want to say is that you guys are going to be able to teleport!" At this, Kira, Ethan, Conner and Trent just stared. "Did Kim just say what I thought she said….teleport!" "What, is something wrong with it?" Tommy asked. "No, it's just so…." "Dude, it's freakin awesome!" Conner exclaimed. "I've always wanted to do it" "Me too!" The adults of the room exchanged looks. "Teleportation has rules you know…" The teens sighed, "you just had to spoil our moment Dr. O…." Tommy and Hayley explained the rules as Kim excused herself for a moment.
Twenty Minutes Later
Kim still had not returned down the underground lab. "Kim? Kim?" Tommy called staring to get concerned with the whereabouts of his fiancée. The teens had left a few minutes earlier, to their disappointment, they had not been able to test out the teleportation system yet. "Up here Tommy" Kim said. Tommy let out a sigh of relief. At least nothing was wrong with Kim. "Kim, you never came back down so I….." "I'm sorry, I got kina sidetracked here with Cassie" "Hey Cassie" Tommy said. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there." "It's no big" she said. "Cassie and I have just finished talking about our little pink ranger situation."
Tommy scratched his head. Kim smirked "In case you don't remember, we decided that someone with powers would need to be ready to help the team should Mesogog attack." "Oh yeah" Tommy replied. "I made a small list of pink rangers, and contacted them, Kat is in London right now touring with "The Nutcracker" and couldn't come, Kendrix, and Dana don't have their powers anymore, and Jen is somewhere in the future." Kim said. "Kim called me and explained her situation here. I'm working on a masters in music at UC Reefside, so the situation seemed too perfect." Cassie said. "Well, I can only say one thing, welcome to the team Cassie." Cassie smiled. "Cassie has informed me that the entire space team is available and is on standby" Tommy let out a sigh of relief.
"I'll have Hayley work on updating your communicator" Tommy said. Cassie nodded and thanked Kim and Tommy. She headed down the stairs and left to her car. "You know in eight days we will be Mr. and Mrs. Oliver." "I know, I've been looking forward to this my entire life. I'm so glad we finished everything this morning." Tommy nodded in agreement. "So you, shall we continue with the baby names?" "Here we go again…" "An just what does that mean handsome?"
Mesogog's Lair
"I see you jokers have finally come up with a new monster to ruin that pathetic human holiday!" Mesogog hissed. Elsa retreated back just a bit. "Yes Master…he will be ready by tomorrow" "Good, I want to mess ups, when it hits December 24th, those puny rangers will be sorry they were ever born!"