Kim was the faster of two in reaching for her communicator. The second she grabbed it she hesitantly tapped the button and let out a small, but still holding importance, "Tommy?"
Just as he was about to do the same thing Tommy heard her voice.
"Kim? Is that you?" he asked.
"Yeah, It's me Tommy. Listen I know this might sound weird, but have you by chance been having really weird dreams that are almost like memories, but they weren't?" Kim asked tentatively.
"Whoa, this is weird. I was just about to ask you the exact same thing. In fact, I was just reaching for my communicator when you started speaking."
"Ok this is getting kinda freaky. I am beginning to think that something is up. Listen, I know we might not have been talking for like the last 8 years, and trust me when I say that this is kinda nerve-wracking, but I think that we need to meet up and try to figure this out."
"As weird as it might sound, I agree. How about you call me at this number tomorrow morning," Tommy said and he proceeded to give Kim his cell phone number.
The next morning brought a wake-up call for Tommy in the form of a very loud phone ringing. Tommy woke up very groggy and wondering why it was that he was getting a call at this ungodly hour in the morning. As he reached for his phone he remembered his talk with Kim. He clicked the talk button and answered.
"Hello?"
"Tommy, we really should meet up to talk about that dream. DO you know of any place that is somewhere like halfway between L.A. and Angel Grove?"
"Actually I don't live in Angel Grove any more. I am in Reefside now."
"Really? Wow, that is a pretty close distance. How about you tell me where it is that you live and I will be there in like 30 minutes."
"Kim, the drive is an hour one, you do realize that don't you?"
"Not when I am driving. Trust me I'll be there in half an hour."
"Ok. Well, when you get into the city give me a call and I will give you directions to my place. I am just going to make a few calls before you get here."
"Ok well I am heading out. I'll see you in a few."
"Bye Kim"
"By Tommy," with that the two clicked off their phones. Kim was just starting to head on to the freeway. Tommy on the other hand was calling the school to notify Principle Randell that he wouldn't be there for the day. Next he went to his communicator and told Connor, Ethan, Kira and Trent that he wouldn't be at school, but it wasn't an emergency, at least not one that required a colorful crew to help out.
In about 25 minutes, Tommy got a call from Kim saying that she was now in Reefside. Tommy gave her the directions and 5 minutes later, there was the distinct sound a doorbell ringing.
Tommy went to the door and opened it revealing a petite brown haired woman with a smile that was a bright as the sun. Kim stood in the door, looking almost exactly like she had looked when she was in high school, except she had a more mature look to her. Tommy stood in awe for a moment, wondering why it was that he let her go.
"Ha! 30 minutes exactly! I told you I could do it." Kim said as she pulled the headphones to her iPod out of her ears. "Wow, Tommy, what did you do to your hair?"
" Nice to see you again too Kim."
"Sorry. It's just after knowing you to be so attached to your hair being long and saying that you would never ever cut it short it is just a bit of a shock," Kim said apologetically.
"No, I am sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you. It's just been so long and the first thing you notice is my hair."
"Hey I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I like it. It's moreā¦mature." Kim said.
It was at this point that Tommy noticed that they had been having the entire conversation at his doorframe. "Ohh, sorry. Come in, come in." Tommy said, a little embarrassed at his lack of hosting skills.
Kimberly came in and sat down on Tommy's couch while Tommy took an easy chair. The two sat in an awkward silence for a short while. Suddenly as if realizing that they other wasn't going to talk they both said at the same time, "So about that dream." The two looked at each other and laughed nervously.
Kim was the first one to attempt to speak again. "Ok this actually hasn't been the first dream like this for me, but the one last night really made me think that something was going on and that I needed to talk to you to figure it out," she said quickly with a little bit of a blush to her cheeks.
"The dream last night wasn't the first one? How many dreams like that have you had? What were about? When did they start?" Tommy asked quickly.
"Wow, you only forgot who and where. Well any way I think I have about 10 dreams like this, each one is different, but they all include a battle. Each one has me fighting against a different monster and weirdly enough it's like I am fighting against a different main bad guy too. There was one where this guy called himself Lothor, and one where there was this chick with a funky horn called Toxica. Last night was the first one however, that had me fighting against some evil baddie that I knew. It was also the first one that had you in the dream."
Tommy's head was spinning with all the information that he had heard. From the sounds of it Kim had been having a dream against each villain a Power Rangers team has had to face. "Hey you still haven't told me when the dreams started," Tommy commented.
"Well they started after I found this weird pink gem thing. I saw it, I picked it up, it glowed, and the next thing I knew I was having these really weird dreams," Kim said.
Tommy paled at the words pink gem. He was silently hoping it was nothing, but he knew better than to actually believe that his life could be easy and that every thing he wanted would come true.
"Kim, do you have the gem with you?" Tommy asked cautiously.
"Yeah, do you want to see it or something?" Kim asked, slightly confused.
"If it is what I think it is, then well I must admit things will get very interesting." Tommy sighed.
Kim pulled the gem out of her purse. The second it was out Tommy's eyes went wide. It was exactly as he had thought. Kimberly Ann Hart had the Pink Dino gem.
A/N: Hi guys, well here is the first chapter of the story. I know that the two are kind of out of character, but for fight now it is the only way I can get the story to work. I will try to get them more into character. And for those who might be wondering, yes I will address the issue of the letter, but for now the two of them are both trying to suppress those memories. Trust me though, it will be addressed.
