Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated. I was doing stage crew for West Side Story at my school. It was fun, but I am so sore. I am dedicating this chapter to Officer Krupke. (Don't ask!) Ok, here it is.

Chapter 4

Zordon's Point Of View

I examine the crowd before me. Jason head is still turned to Kimberly, who is no longer in the shadows. I wonder how they will all react. They will be surprised to see her, but I don't think that they will respond to her call for this meeting in a foul way. Kimberly gave me the letters they sent her. She said she will never be able to tell anyone what is wrong if they are in her reach.

I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't tell me. She needs her friends to know. Whatever it is, she needs their help.

Kimberly's head is down. Her hands are clasped in front of her. She doesn't move.

The others look at me, then back at Kimberly. They are confused.

Finally one of them snaps out of their silence. It is Trini.

She quietly creeps forward to Kimberly.

"Kim?" Trini asks with sadness in her voice.

Kimberly starts to cry. Her tears fall silently down her cheeks, but she keeps her head down. She doesn't want them to see, but they already have.

"Oh Kimmie, it's alright. Everything will be alright." Zack whispers as he takes his childhood friend into his arms. She pushes away, but accidently throws herself off-balance, into Jason's arms.

They look at each other, but no words are spoken.

He holds her tighter when she tries to push away. Finally she simply collapses into his arms and sobs. He rubs her head while rocking her back and forth.

"Oh Kim, what happened to you? What happened?" He mutters into his best friends hair. She only cries harder.

After a minute, Kim is standing on her own and ready to tell everyone why she had called this meeting.

"I . . . I wanted to talk to all of you, but Tommy can't know," she stumbles. "You all have to swear you won't tell him why I came back. I have to do that." She pleads more forcefully. "You have to swear."

"Ranger's promise," Rocky declares.

"Ranger's promise," the others echo.

"I don't know where to start," she admits.

"How about you start with how we can help you now, then you can tell us what is wrong when you're ready," Kat offers. I can tell that Kat can also see Kim's hesitance to revealing her secret.

"Ok. That would be good."

"So, what do you want from us right now?" Jason asks.

"Your forgiveness."

"For what?" Adam questions.

"The letter," she answers quietly.

"No Kimmie, you have to forgive us," Aisha corrects very matter-of-factly.

"No, you all had every right to-"

"No, we didn't. We didn't even call to see what was wrong." Jason interrupted.

"Alpha, give them to the ranger," I order. It is the only way she will get past this.

Alpha passes a letter to all of the teenagers, except for Kimberly. Each letter is in the holder's own handwriting.

"God, why did I write this?" Jason asks to no one in particular, while reading the letter he sent.

"We were all angry. . . and scared," Rocky responds looking over his own hate-filled words.

"But, we should have thought of a better way." Billy's voice is filled with anger for himself.

There is suddenly the sound of paper being torn to shreds. All the rangers look to the west end of the room, where the sound is coming from. It is Trini. She has just ripped her letter into confetti. "There, it's gone."

Jason goes to some candles that are lit nearby. He places the corner of the paper in the flame and watches as it is engulfed in a small inferno. "Gone."

The others take to destroying their letters. Some with scissors, or the flame, or with their hands. Then, there is Aisha. She destroyed her letter by taking the pen she wrote it with and stabbing the letter, until all that was let was some paper and a whole lot of holes. She then preceded to go outside the Command Center and hurl the pen as far into the desert as she could.

I watched as Kim stood the entire time not sure what to do, just looking astonished by their actions. But when Aisha came back in, she couldn't help but laugh. No one could.

"Can you tell us a little of what's wrong now?" Jason asks.

"Well, I guess you all should know that what I wrote to Tommy was a complete lie. . . I didn't want to lie, but I had to. I could tell you. . . I can't tell you. . ." Kimberly stumbles. She takes a deep breath and tries to continue. "I. . . I - I don't think I can do this. I can't let this wreck you."

Kat runs to give Kim a hug, and the former pink ranger does not resist. "It's ok. You don't need to tell us. Can you just give us generally?"

"I'm sick, really sick."

"Ok. How about we all go to the Youth Center for smoothies?" Kat suggests.

"That sounds like a good idea," Rocky agrees.

Alpha and I teleport all the rangers, former and current, to an alley way near the youth center. I wonder if Kimberly is alright. Will she make it through?

Ok. Sorry it was short, the next one will be longer. I promise.

To all my reviews- Thank you all so much for the reviews. I love them. See this chapter wasn't REALLY a cliff-hanger.

To everyone else- Please review and tell me what you think.

To my rabbit- STOP EATING THE CARPET!