Chapter 3: Knowing what it's like to get Hurt
Kimberly arrived at the beach and walked over to Jen who was sitting on a rock looking out at the ocean. She climbed up the rock and sat next to her. "Lucas told me what happened to Alex. I'm so sorry to hear that," she sympathized.
"It doesn't concern you, Miss Hart," Jen told her.
"First off, it's Kimberly, Miss Hart makes me sound like I'm an old woman."
Jen just looked at the water. "I know what it's like to get hurt," Kimberly told her.
"Yeah, but Alex is dead. Tommy's still alive," Jen mumbled.
Kimberly stood up. "All right, Jen. I can see that you've been hurt. I have too. You lost Alex because of Ransik. I lost Tommy because of a stupid letter that I didn't even write," Kimberly snapped. Jen stood up with a glare.
"Alex is dead Kimberly, DEAD! Ransik killed him and he's never coming back," Jen snapped back.
Kimberly grabbed Jen's shoulders. "Listen to me. Fine you can mourn over Alex, but I see that every time you attack Ransik, you're doing it out of revenge. What good would it do if you get killed? You're blinded by revenge," Kimberly explained. Jen backed up and glared at her.
"You have no right to tell me how to fight. You've been trying to contact Tommy for years and not once has he answered you," Jen told her.
"I'm also raising four children on my own with very, very little help. I want my baby girl to at least know her father. If having faith in getting in contact with him is a crime, lock me up."
Jen glared at her. "You know what, forget it," Kimberly snapped. She stood up and walked away.
Kimberly found Wes sitting outside after Jen once again shouted at him for trying to help. "WES!" She called. Wes looked up as Kimberly ran over to him.
"What do you want? Here to yell at me too?" He asked.
"Look, I'm sorry for how Jen treated you. She's just going through a rough time right now," Kimberly assured him.
"Are you from the year 3000 too?" He asked.
Kimberly shook her head. "Come on, Wes, we have a lot to talk about," she informed. She then led Wes away from the bank.
They ended up at his house and they sat by the pool. However, Trip was there waiting for them. "Trip, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"I came to explain to Wes why Jen's the way she is," Trip replied.
Kimberly nodded and watched as Trip explained everything about Alex and even showed Wes an image of Jen and Alex. Kimberly couldn't believe how much Alex and Wes looked alike. "We need your help Wes. Talk to Jen, she'll listen to you if you just get her to listen," Kimberly insisted. Just then, Blake came out of the trees. "Blake, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"I followed you," he replied.
Kimberly sighed as she stood up. "Wes, this is my son, Blake. Blake, this is Wes," she informed. Wes's eyes widened when he saw Blake. Kimberly looked way too young to have a teenaged son. "I'll explained everything later, just not now," Kimberly assured him. Wes nodded and Kimberly wrapped an arm around her son's shoulders. "If you want to talk to Jen, we're at the beach," she informed. She looked at Trip. "Come on, we have to go," she informed. Just then, Wes's dad was calling for him and they went their separate ways.
Kimberly watched as the boys and Hannah were trying to help the Rangers gather whatever was left. She looked down at her daughter to see her fast asleep against her. Kimberly smiled and kissed the top of her daughter's head. She then saw that Wes had arrived. He wanted to help them. Circuit then flew next to Kimberly. "Kimberly, there's a mutant's attacking downtown," he informed.
"Jen, Ransik's released a mutant," she called.
Jen walked over to the rest of the Rangers and looked at Wes. She looked at the morpher in her hand and looked at Wes. "One more chance," she informed. She then threw the morpher towards him. Wes nodded and then Kimberly watched as the Rangers went to fight the mutant.
"Kimberly, you can watch the fight through this," Circuit informed.
Kimberly looked at the screen in front of them and nodded. She then watched as the fight between Rangers and mutant was about to start. "Ready?" Jen asked.
"Ready," they replied.
"TIME FOR TIME FORCE!"
Kimberly smiled to see that they were finally working together. "Use your Chrono Blasters," Kimberly instructed.
"Right," Wes answered.
She watched as the Rangers pulled out the Chrono Blasters and blasted the monster. However, they weren't working. "CHRONO SABER! TIME STRIKE!" Wes shouted. That worked, however, it ripped some sort of sticker on the side that made the monster grow.
"Oh, no! Circuit, they need zords for this," she informed.
"Right, I'm on it, Kim," Circuit agreed.
Just then, Time Flyers came and Kimberly was relieved to see them defeat the monster. "Come on guys," she insisted. The kids nodded and followed their mom towards the park.
Kimberly allowed Kylie to play in the swings and had Hannah watch her while she went to talk with the Rangers. "No, you can keep it," Jen told Wes. Wes was going to give the morpher back until Jen told him that he could keep it. Katie was so excited that she hugged Wes, but with her super-strength she almost crushed him. Kimberly winced and then Hunter and Blake walked over to him.
"You already know, I'm Blake, and this is my brother, Hunter," Blake informed.
Wes nodded to Hunter and looked at Kimberly to see her watching Hannah and Kylie play. "It's great to meet you two. You have a great mom," Wes told them.
"Yeah, mom's sacrificed a lot for us. We don't know how to repay her for what she's done for us," Hunter agreed.
Wes then went down to talk to Kimberly.
Kimberly smiled as Hannah and Kylie were playing on the swings when Wes sat by her. "So, how is it that a girl as young as you has three teenaged kids and a little kid?" He asked. Kimberly sighed as she looked at all four of her kids.
"Hunter, Blake, and Hannah aren't my biological children. I adopted all three of them. Kylie is my own flesh and blood," Kimberly replied quietly.
"She looks to be no more than five."
"Yeah, well, teen pregnancies have that way of making their parents too young to even have them."
Kimberly bit her lip. "Don't get me wrong, Wes, I love my kids with all my heart and soul. I just wish I could find my daughter's father. I haven't seen him in over five years. The last time I saw him, Kylie was only a few months old. I have sent him many letters telling him about Kylie, but I never get an answer back," she explained. Kylie then ran up to Kimberly.
"Mommy, I picked this for you," she told Kimberly.
Kimberly smiled as her daughter held out a daisy. "It's pretty, sweet heart, thank you," Kimberly told her. Kylie smiled and Kimberly kissed her daughter's cheek. "Go play with Hannah now. We'll be leaving soon," she informed. Kylie nodded and ran off. "Jen thinks she knows everything about me. She knows about Tommy and everything. However, she doesn't know how hard it is for me to raise Kylie without her dad. I regret everyday not going to him about the baby," she explained. She suddenly felt sympathy coming from Wes. She looked over at him. "I don't need sympathy," she told him. Wes looked at her confused. "I'm a empath. I can feel people's feelings. I know what their feeling. However, for some reason, the feeling of anger weakens me," she explained.
"Kim, I'm sorry about Tommy," he told her.
"It's not your fault."
She placed her hand on his shoulder with a smile. "I'm happy with my life nonetheless. I have four great kids and I've been training Power Ranger teams for a long time now. I love my life. I love doing what I do," she assured him. She then called for her kids and Wes watched as Kimberly picked Kylie up and walked away with her kids.
"How could someone not answer another person's letters? Especially when they're important ones," he pondered.
One thing's for sure, Wes was going to make sure that Kim never got hurt again.
