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Chapter 2 With or Without You

Lord Zedd had captured Rocky, Tanya, Adam, Kat, and Kimberly. Tommy was visiting his uncle for the day and was coming back. Zedd wanted to destroy the Rangers before King Mondo could.

"You'll never get away with this, Zedd," Rocky yelled, trying to rip the rope from his hands.

"What do you plan to do with us?" Tanya asked.

Tears were rolling down Kim's face. She had no idea when she came to visit that this would be happening. She was the only one not morphed.

"I plan to unmask every single one of you Power Rangers to Angle Grove," Lord Zedd said as he passed every single person.

"What good is it to say who I am if I don't even have my powers anymore?" Kim asked.

"And why can't I?" Lord Zedd laughed, facing the former Pink Ranger. "I see that your leader is nowhere to be found, but don't worry, his time will come."

Lord Zedd was now facing opposite of Kim. She bit her lower lip. Her eyes closed in hopes Tommy would be there when she opened them. They opened to find no Tommy.

"I swear, Zedd, if you hurt any part of Tommy, I'll…" Kim yelled as she pulled herself further from the tree she was tied up to.

Tommy then appeared right in front of Kim, not seeing Lord Zedd behind him. His eyes grew wide seeing Kim tied up to a tree.

"What the…" he began.

"Tommy, look out," Kim yelled as he turned around to see a fireball coming towards him.

Not thinking, Tommy threw himself against Kimberly to protect her. The blast hit the tree so hard that it knocked Kim out. Who would have thought?

"Now you got me really pissed, Zedd," Tommy said as he began to morph. "Zeo Ranger 5, Red!" Before he knew it, Lord Zedd had disappeared. Tommy freed the others. He carefully put Kim on the ground. "Red Ranger, power down! Come on, Beautiful, it's time to wake up." He began to wonder the last time he said that. Déjà vu, don't you think? "Kim, come on, you got to wake up."

Kim began to groan as she rubbed her eyes.

"Power down," the others yelled.

"Tommy," Kim piped up as she pulled him down to her, his arms wrapped up in hers. "You dumb ass, putting yourself in danger like that."

Her smile said it all.

"I love you too, Baby," Tommy said pulling Kim into a passionate kiss. "I've missed you."

"What's with the 'Baby' word?" Kim asked, joking some more as she kissed him again.

"Why not?" Tommy laughed. Tommy then helped Kim up, and before he knew it, he was running for his life from her. "All right, all right I get it, you're mad at me for putting myself in danger."

"You're damn right I am," Kim yelled, finally catching up with Tommy and wrapping her arms around his waist.

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A couple of hours later, everyone was at Tommy's house. Tommy, with no shirt on and red boxers, was sitting on the couch. Before, Kim had been Tommy's room, trying to find something to wear. By the time Kim came back to the living room, everyone had left.

"I didn't get to even say bye to them," Kim frowned, plopping herself down of the couch next to Tommy.

She leaned on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Do you think I can stay the night?" Kim asked. "It's my last night before I go back to Florida."

She hoped that he would get what she was getting at. He looked down at her and smiled, but her eyes were still closed.

"Sure," Tommy said happily as he pulled Kim closer to him. He then noticed what she was wearing and he tried not to laugh. "I haven't seen that shirt in ages." Kim was wearing an oversized white and gray button down shirt. She finally opened her eyes back up to look at him. "It looks good on you."

Kim kissed Tommy and then laid her head back on his shoulder, then softly laid her hand on his bare chest.

"It's always been my favorite color," she said.

They stayed that way for some time. Tommy did not want Kim to go back to Florida, but she had already been training for so long that she could not give it up now. He regretted not telling her not to go now.

"See in the morning, Beautiful," Tommy said, kissing Kim's forehead as he got up from the couch.

He really wanted Kim to go to bed with him, but it just was not the right time. Plus, his parents so would not agree to it, that's if they were even there, which they were not. She have him big puppy dog eyes as he looked back at her. He smiled and turned off the light.

"Night Handsome," Kim said, closing her eyes.

Even though Kim really wanted to be with Tommy, she knew deep down that he had had a rough day. This would be the first time that they did not do anything while she came to visit.

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It was around one when Kim suddenly woke up. She looked around, but everything was so dark that she could not see anything.

"Tommy," Kim whispered.

She tried her best not to make a lot of noise as she made her way to Tommy's room.

"Tommy, Tommy…" Kim whispered again.

He moaned and turned to the other side of his bed. She rolled her eyes as she attempted to wake him up once again.

"Tommy, get your ass up," Kim commanded. He never budged. "And you say I'm stubborn."

She climbed into the bed and went back to sleep.

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Morning came for Tommy too fast. He could have sworn someone was in bed with him last night.

"Did you come into my room last night?" Tommy asked as he made his way to the kitchen where Kim was.

"Yeah," Kim answered throwing her arms around his neck. "I tried to tell you I couldn't sleep, but you wouldn't wake up."

"I'm sorry," Tommy apologized, looking back at the clock. "You better get ready before we go drop you off."

"That'd be best. You think you can handle the cooking?" Kim asked.

Last time she left Tommy in charge of the food, it came out rubbery. Tommy really was not the number one chef in the world.

"Sure, so get ready," he insisted.

"The eggs better not be burned by the time I get back," Kim said.

He laughed as she grabbed her clothes to go change.

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Kim's mouth dropped open when she exited the bathroom. Her plate was on the table, spoon, fork, and knife neatly placed in the right spot.

"Who did this?" she asked.

Tommy smiled as he pulled a chair out for her.

"Tommy, these eggs are to die for," Kim said.

"All thanks to Tanya and Adam," he smiled. "They wouldn't give it up until I could cook with my eyes closed."

"Well, they did a good job," Kim said.

"Thanks, that really means a lot coming from you," Tommy replied.

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Catch you on the next chapter!