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Now, on with the Story!
A New Power, for an Old Power
Kira's POV
We came to Dr. O's house today knowing that we were going to see an odd occurrence happen, at least from what I hear it is quite odd for this to happen during a ranger period. I actually don't think that it has ever happened before, but I could be wrong. I don't know as much about ranger history as a lot of people do.
You see, Kim and Dr. O have decided that they will go ahead and exchange their current powers for the ones that they used to defeat Nicarni-Aso, a couple of years ago. That means from what I am able to understand that Kim will have to morph today, which is something none of us expected to happen so soon. I know that I thought it would be several more weeks before she did that, especially after just having a baby, but they seem to think that it is safe. Although I doubt that they have consulted any doctor about this particular situation. I don't even know if her doctor knows that she is a ranger at all, which is to be expected.
The other, older, rangers have decided to wait until they know that they will be going to the final battle within a few days to get their powers back, except for Jason who has had his for roughly a year as Dr. O saw it necessary to give him his powers when we went to get Kim back. It was a good thing he had them, he needed them. These powers have done some odd things to them in the past and both Kim and Dr. O know what the side affects are and what they might do to them.
From what I've heard, they're not that easy to deal with and it makes them sick after they've had them for awhile, but I know that they can handle it, if anyone can do it they can. It's really amazing to see all of the things that they have been able to do. They did this before; I don't see why things should change now because of everything else that they have going on. I just hope that it is not too much too soon, because Kim really might not be able to take such a pitfall so soon after having Angie.
"Hey, Dr. O. Ethan and Trent said that they couldn't make it today, but they'll be up here sometime before you come back to school. They're trying to not act too suspicious, what with Mesogogg showing back up and all," Conner said, as he and Kira walked into the command center and settled down on a couch at the back of it.
They could tell when they first walked in that Kim was not exactly thrilled about everything that was going on, but she would find a way to deal with it. She had always been able to do that before and they doubted that she was going to get in an argument over when she changed her powers. They, however, did not know the mood that Kim was in today and it was not good for them to witness it today.
"Okay," Tommy said, as he turned his attention back to Kim, who was not exactly happy with him at the moment, not after the decision he had made this morning.
She didn't know if her body was ready to receive the new, old, powers, but all of the technical experts agreed that she needed to try to get them sooner, rather than later. They could combat problems before she went into the field, but once she was out there, there was nothing that they could do and they didn't want to have to bring her back into the command center during a fight because of a problem with her handling the powers. They knew that they might not be able to get her back in time and that was a reality that they didn't really want to deal with, as there was now a child that depended on her and Tommy being alive.
"I've been out of the hospital for two days, Tommy. I don't know if this is a good idea to go ahead and do this. I don't think that my body can take it," Kim said, as Billy walked over and put his arm around her shoulders.
He could understand why they were stressing about this particular situation, but they all agreed that her going ahead and changing powers was for the best, although Kim had been struggling with it every step of the way. She didn't want to do this now, but she seemed to have been outvoted by people that claimed to know what they were doing in this type of situation. If they were wrong, they were sure that they would hear an earful from Kim, but they would rather receive an earful from her than see her die out there.
"Kim, honey, we don't know if it is a great idea either, but we do know that you need to do this. You have to switch powers sometime soon; you might as well do it now, so you can get used to it," Tommy said as he put his hand over hers and he carefully watched to see what type of reaction she was going to have to his statement.
He knew that he would find out what she was thinking in a matter of seconds and he only hoped that it would not be too bad. When she yanked her hand away, he knew that whatever she said next would not be good and he could only pray that it was not too mean and that the rangers would not stare at her in shock. They had not seen her mad at him before and he was sure that they were about to be educated in how to calm Kimberly Oliver down once she was pissed off at him.
"Tommy, it's not the same for you! You just didn't have a baby, now did you? You're not worried about what these powers will do to our baby! You're just worried about what will happen to the poor rangers if I can't fight!" Kim yelled as Conner and Kira looked over at her with curiosity in their eyes, but they kept their mouths closed.
Tommy had been known to have his yelling matches with some of the other rangers, when they didn't use their better judgement about a situation, but they had never heard Kim start one with him before. They knew that they fought, but it was rarely to the point that anyone else saw it, but now they were unlucky enough to see a fight.
They never had wanted to have front row seats to such an event, but they had been the ones that were lucky enough to not have anything to do this afternoon and that landed them right where they were at the moment. They wished that they could be somewhere else right now from how the two of them were acting, but that just didn't seem like it was going to happen for them.
"Well, you make it seem like I wasn't even there. Kim, I know that you are not comfortable doing this, but we need to know how much of an effect these powers are going to have on you. I don't want something to happen to you out there and we know that things are going to happen; I just don't want it to have anything to do with your powers," Tommy said, calmly, as she stared at him for a few more seconds before she handed over her dino morpher to Alpha.
They had yet to find someone that would take either of their powers, but they were working on it, although it was rough to really be able to find someone. No one seemed to be an accepting candidate, although they had not really tried searching for them, yet. When the time came they were going to have to throw it at someone and they could only pray that the people would willingly take the powers, without too many questions about why they needed two pink and black rangers. It was going to be hard enough to explain that they were two separate teams and thus worked apart.
"Okay, so if I pass out now, it's alright? It's not a battle; it doesn't really matter," Kim snapped as Tommy looked down at the floor and then over at the wall, to try to keep from saying anything mean to her, it wouldn't help for him to do that.
He knew that she was tired and had not had a complete night's sleep since she had, had Angie, but neither had he and he was not in a bad mood. He had come to the conclusion that they might as well do this now or they would suffer the consequences later, which did not make him feel any better about the matter. These powers had been the toughest to deal with and he honestly wondered if she remembered that now.
"No it's not, but wouldn't you rather have something like that happen here than when you are in battle, Kim?" Tommy asked to the wall, as he did not want to have to face the hard look that he was sure was held in her eyes, as he passed his own morpher over to Alpha.
He hated when she was mad at him, but this was something that just had to be done. He didn't like that this was the way that it had to be done, but they had no real choice. Mesogogg was now a very real threat once again and he wanted to make sure that they had the best equipment that they could.
Alpha quickly took a look at their morphers and began the long and difficult de-bonding process. He knew that the two of them had been through the most power withdrawals, but neither of them were going to feel too many affects from this or that was what he hoped. It, however, turned out to be much rougher on them than they had expected it to be and that hurt them.
After about five minutes, Kim was sitting on the floor and Tommy had propped himself up against the wall trying to keep from going and wrapping his arms around her. Kim had refused to let Tommy guide her to the floor when she sat down, as she was still mad that she had to do this, but she was now wishing that he was sitting behind her right now. Neither of them was feeling too great, but it sure as hell beat having to have their powers drained out of them. They had been writhing in pain from that particular type of agony; this power drainage just made them feel weak and a little bit disoriented, which didn't help them at all.
"You feeling alright?" Billy asked, as Kim looked up at him and he could tell what her answer was and it contained several words that should not be said in front of younger rangers. Tommy, however, did not look as bad, but they could still tell that it was not a great feeling for either of them, having your powers taken away never was pleasant to experience.
"I've been better," Tommy said, as Kim looked over at him, knowing that he did not feel that bad from how his voice sounded, but by looking at him she knew that he was only trying to keep her spirits up. He was feeling worse than he wanted to let on.
She, however, felt horrible, but they had honestly expected this to happen to her and for it to not happen to him. They hated to say that to her, but she now was agreeing with them, knowing that if they had waited, she wouldn't have been able to do anything. She would have been too weak from having her powers traded that she would not have lasted more than ten minutes in a battle of any size and they would need everyone they could get.
"Well, it'll only be a few more minutes before you can take your old powers back. I know that the two of you will feel better after that happens," Alpha said, as he noticed that Kim was trying to scoot herself closer to Tommy without calling too much attention to herself or what she was trying to do. She didn't want to admit to him that her yelling had been completely uncalled for, but she was sure that would happen as soon as he came anywhere near her. "Tommy, would you please…"
"Sure," Tommy said, as he walked over to where Kim was sitting and helped her up off of the floor. He knew that she was still mad at him for deciding this without really asking her about it first, but he had not had much choice. They did need to do this, as soon as they could. Mesogogg would only be quiet for so long and if they waited much longer then they might have some severe problems to deal with as a result of not having the stronger powers. "I'm sorry."
"It'll be fine. I know that you were right about this. I just didn't want to have to morph so soon after having Angie; I'm afraid of what it will do," Kim said, as she knew that she would not have been able to fight if they had done this the day that the final battle began. She would have been too weak and it seemed that they were right about going ahead and letting her exchange her powers.
"Okay, here you go Kim. Morph whenever you are ready," Alpha said, passing her, her morpher, with a little bit of trepidation present in his mind. Kim was not in the best condition to try this, but she seemed to be up for almost anything now that Tommy had convinced her to change powers.
She had barely finished muttering the morphing sequence before she slumped over into Tommy's awaiting arms. Alpha quickly de-morphed her, while Tommy picked her up off the ground and laid her down on the gurney that they had prepared, for this exact situation. It scared him to see that happen, but she quickly shook herself out of it, scared to know that she had blacked out but was glad to feel him holding her close.
"Why me?" Kim muttered, quietly as Tommy gave her a hug and then he morphed, without any side affects. He felt the surge of power go through him and none of the other powers he had ever had compared to this set. He knew that they were much more powerful, but he could only hope that all of the people that went against them would not be as powerful.
"I don't know," Tommy said, as he de-morphed and she sat up. The room started to spin, but she did not land back on the floor this time, as Tommy caught her and gently held her close to him. He gave her a kiss on the temple and then managed to get her to look him in the eyes. "Slow down, some honey. We've got some time to figure this out."
"You're one to talk," Kim said, as she remembered him having the same problems when he was the green ranger. He had tried to go on with little reserves, but it eventually cost him all of the powers that he had, although she was sure that he could remember that very well on his own and did not really need any reminding.
"I know, but you've got to. It won't do you any good to try to rush getting used to these powers," Tommy said, as Conner and Kira exchanged a glance before shaking it off.
"Dr. O, who is going to take your place on our team of rangers?" Kira asked, as she knew that there was no way for the two of them to have both of their powers and they had chosen the set that they currently had for this particular battle. She couldn't help but wonder why, although she got the feeling that the ones they now had were much stronger than their old powers.
"I don't know that yet Kira. We're going to have to do some searching in order to find the right people, but don't worry about it. When the time comes to battle Mesogogg for the last time, you'll have someone there," Tommy said confidently, as Kim gave him a wary look.
She knew exactly how hard it was going to be to find two people that could replace them, but she knew that her husband was going to try his hardest to do just that and keep the other rangers encouraged. He was not going to put someone in that could not do the job and if it came down to it, then they just wouldn't have those two rangers. It would help if they could have them, but they could live without it if they were forced to do so.
"How can you be so sure?" Conner asked, as he knew that bad things did happen sometimes and they might not be able to find someone to replace them at all.
"We're not, but we know that it will all work out eventually and if it doesn't there are enough of us to take care of it," Tommy said. The rest of the afternoon they worked on further modifications and teaching the younger rangers how to use their power boosters without it affecting them the way that it had the last time that they had used it. It was rough on Conner and Kira, but they felt that they were finally making some progress with it by the time that they left and they could only pray that it would stay quiet a little bit longer.
AN: I know that this is a short chapter, but I hope that you have enjoyed it! Feel free to review!