Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers or anything affiliated with the subject. I do, however, own the character of Alex Meyers.

"Kim," Tommy said as Kim walked up to him in the park, just shaking her head.

He had the feeling that Jason had gone back to Kim's to talk to her and he knew that was never a good thing. They often times got in fights over things like this and he was not sure if he was ready to handle that. He was already being pulled in too many directions for him to be able to handle it well, but things would get worse if they didn't do something soon.

"I know, Tommy. You don't have to say anything to me about it," Kim said quietly, as she sat down next to him on a bench. Jason had come back to her house and she had had to listen to him complain about Tommy's insensitivity, but what Tommy said had been the truth. She just knew that it was best to not say that to Jason, he needed someone to just listen to his ranting, and even agree with him about some of it. "They are both in the same boat and they won't help themselves get out of it."

"I figured it would be like that. So, how in the world are we going to get them to realize it without causing World War three?" Tommy asked as he heard his communicator beep, which seemed to always happen when he was finally getting somewhere with an idea. He could not wait until he was able to say that he was done with his ranger work, even if it was only for a few months of peace and quiet. Right now he'd do anything to have a few months to clear his head about everything that had happened lately. "Well, I have to go. Just tell Trini not to worry, we'll be back in a little bit. She probably is going to have to get used to not being in uniform."

"Sure, Tommy. Just remember we had to do this too. We know the drill and she can deal with not being in uniform," Kim said giving him a hug before he teleported away to the Command Center.

Trini, meanwhile, was walking the streets of Angel Grove, trying to collect her thoughts. She had called Zack earlier and he had told her not to give up hope. Jason had told him enough to make him feel that she needed to do this. She needed to come in and rock his world and make him realize that he couldn't give up on having her and she wouldn't let him do that. It was just going to be hard to get both of them convinvced of it.

It just did not make sense to her why he'd be dating Emily if he truly was interested in her. Now, Emily seemed to be a nice girl, but the look she had given her told her that Jason was hers and that she had better plan on just staying friends. She just figured she would have to settle for friends for a long time to come. Jason wasn't going to break up with someone just because she showed up. They were only friends; she didn't have that type of pull.

"Miss," a voice said and Trini continued on her way down the street. She had learned to ignore anyone who didn't call her by name. It saved her the trouble of unnecessary attention that she had gotten from some in Geneva. It was common place for those that knew she was an American to try to get her attention and she just didn't want to deal with that right now. "Trini!"

"What?" Trini asked turning around to see that no one was there that she might know. Maybe she should go back to Kim's and catch some Z's. This really was not normal, even for a former ranger to hear someone calling their name in the middle of a busy street. She had to just be a little more tired than she knew. "I can't be going crazy."

She continued to walk, but suddenly remembered that she had promised to go to the park. As she turned around to head to the park, she noticed a streak of light pass through the sky. That could only mean one thing in this city and she knew she needed to be extra careful. The park was notorious for being attacked and she could only pray that all of them were safe.

"Trini, leave," Jason commanded as she ran up to them in the park.

Kim was fighting, but they all knew that she was out there to protect Tommy. She still didn't seem to trust that he was fully cured and they all admitted an extra pair of hands was nice. Plus, she also knew that there was a real chance that it would be recognized that she no longer had any powers and she might as well be with the rangers.

Jason, however, did not want Trini there. She didn't need to do this unprotected, although she could argue that point with him to no end. She had enough experience to know when things were too bad for her to stay. She would leave then and he didn't need to question her on that.

"No, I'll help," Trini said, as she began to fight. Tommy and Kim exchanged a glance. This was about to prove everything they had thought, because Jason looked tempted to grab her and teleport her away. Then, the monster landed, which caused Tommy to place Kim behind his back, while Jason did the same thing to Trini. "Don't say it, Jase."

"Kim," Tommy said as she nodded her head and then grabbed Trini. Neither of them wanted to test Jason's will or he would protect Trini until his dying breath was taken and they did not want that to happen.

"Trini, come on," Kim said pulling her out from behind Jason and she saw the grateful look in Jason's eyes. He had been worried something would happen and she knew that he was grateful that she was taking her away from the battle.

"They need our help. They are outnumbered back there. We can help them," Trini said, as Kim dragged her along. Trini was honestly getting mad at Kim, but Kim was determined to get her out of the way before she said anything else to her. "Kim."

"They don't want us to wind up dead, which is exactly what will happen if we stick around too long. We have no protection. We aren't rangers anymore; we have to live with that fact," Kim muttered as she continued pulling her away from the attack that was going on behind them.

Kim knew from experience that she had to get away or they'd come after her as well. They knew that she had been acting as the red ranger for the past couple of weeks and it would eventually sink in that she was not in the battle against the Machine Empire. Then they would come looking for her to use her as a lure for the rangers. She did not want for that to happen any time soon.

"Why would they think that? Oh my goodness," Trini said, as she saw Jason and Tommy be thrown in the air and then Kim yanked her away. Trini had seemed to have forgotten what happened during their cut-throat battles, but she couldn't just stand there and watch. It was much too dangerous for them to do just stand around. "Kim, are you sure that they'll be fine?"

"Trini, you should know what happens. Come on, we have to get out of here before they figure out who we are. We don't want them to use us as bait," Kim said, as she knew that if the Machine Empire detected her, they were screwed. She no longer had any protection against them.

"Why?" Trini asked pulling out of Kim's grip and then seeing Kim turn around and stare. Why in the world would she be risking her life right now when Jason wanted her to get as far away from this as possible? Wouldn't she at least listen to him about something like this? "They need help."

"All we will do is distract them, Trini. We have to go," Kim said, calmly as Trini now stared at her. How could they be a distraction? They were there to help them with everything that happened.

"Kim, you have to be kidding me! They know we can help!" Trini yelled, as Kim took a step back. Jason must have hurt Trini more than she had imagined for Trini to be having this type of reaction to a simple battle.

"I'm not, now we have to get further away. We don't have a choice," Kim said grabbing Trini's wrist and pulling her further away from the scene of the battle.

Trini did not argue with Kim, but she still did not like the idea of leaving them alone. She still felt the responsibility to fight, although that responsibility had long been passed from her shoulders to someone else. It was just hard to abandon it when she saw another battle she could help in.

"They gone?" Jason asked, as he scanned the area for Kim or Trini. He had lost track of the both of them once the battle began. He saw neither of them, but he knew that might mean he missed her.

"Yeah. Kim made sure to get them out of the way," Tommy said, as he looked around the destroyed area of the park. This just had to stop for all of them sometime soon. It was starting to become much worse than they had ever imagined it getting, but they always seemed to be able to do things that no one else could. They just had to continue to have faith in themselves that everything would work out fine and dandy in the end. They just didn't know when the end of all of this would come. "We should be able to find them. They couldn't have gotten that far away."

"Jason, what made you do that? What made you protect her?" Kat asked, innocently, as Tommy looked over at her.

Jason might not see through what she was asking, but he certainly did. He knew that Jason was in no mood to answer anything like that. He had to talk to Trini before he could answer that question.

"She's my best friend and I can't let anything happen to her," Jason said and they were almost sure they heard a hint of sadness in his voice.

He continued to be quiet, as they walked in the direction that they had last seen Kim and Trini going. They could all tell he was worried that they had not made it far enough away and might have been captured. They didn't even want to think about what that could do to Jason's well being.

"Well, why are you so down about that? Do you want to be more than friends?" Rocky asked as Jason looked at him and then looked over at Tommy who didn't say a word. Tommy hadn't told them anything, so he was wondering where they got the idea that he was upset from. Jason didn't realize that every action he was making, made it obvious to them that he was very upset about something. They just hadn't been able to figure out what it was yet.

"I just have a lot to think about and I know what I want, but I can't convince her," Jason said, as Kim tackled Tommy, while Trini hung back from the rest of the group. Kim had a lot of things she knew she needed to tell Tommy and he knew that he was not going to believe half of what came out of her mouth. "Trini, come here."

"Jason," Trini started to object as he held up his hand and she didn't say anything else. He just wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug and let her stand there. He knew that there was no way he'd move unless she tried to move away from him, which he had the idea she would not, for awhile. They both were too worried about each other to care what anyone might think about their actions.

"Um, we'll be over there," Tommy pointed as Jason nodded his head and Kim pulled him in that direction. They knew it was best for them to be alone and maybe they would manage to get some of this mess sorted out.

"Since when?" Emily asked, as she walked up behind Jason and he jumped, but did not let go of Trini, although she struggled to get away. Trini did not want to be in the middle of this, but she had the feeling that she landed herself there, by giving Jason a hug. Emily's parents had decided one day was enough in the mountains and she had hoped to spend some time with Jason today, but he had not been at home, so she decided to check the park and she found him, but this was not what she expected to see. "Since when Jason?"

"Emily, we're just friends. I've told you that already," Jason said without a bit of conviction in his voice. He knew she was becoming mad at him, but Trini was his friend and Emily just had to accept that. He was going to try to do what Trini had asked of him, but he knew that it would be nearly impossible for him to do that now. Emily was going to tell him that he had to choose between the two and it was not a choice for him anymore. "Why are you back so soon?"

"That shouldn't matter, Jason. But you are just friends? Just friends? Jason, every time I have seen the two of you together you have been about as close as you were a few seconds ago. It seems like you are much more than friends," Emily said, as Trini took a step further away from Jason, but Jason grabbed her wrist to keep her from pulling away. He had to prove to Trini why he knew he would not be able to stay with Emily. He had to let her know that he cared about her far more than she could imagine.

"Jason, really, you two can talk. I'm fine with it. Just let me go," Trini said, as Emily began to become really mad. Why did Jason need her permission to talk to his own girlfriend?

"He does not need your permission to talk to me. He can do that on his own," Emily snapped as Trini looked at her and then turned and walked away.

Jason knew that Trini was furious right now, but she was by some miracle not yelling at Emily. Trini had really meant every word that she said to him and she was going to follow through with it as well as she could. He just wished that she wouldn't. It would certainly make things much easier on him if she didn't continue to act this way.

"Why do that? She hasn't done a damn thing to you to deserve this," Jason said, coldly, trying to reign in his own anger. It might kill him to do what Trini asked, but he'd be damned if he didn't at least try to do it. She meant much more to him than anyone else, she was just going to have to figure that out or she would have to move on.

"You listen to her more than me. You listen to that bitch and she's not even your girlfriend and it took me three months before you would hug me and you still don't let me get close to you for the most part. Why is your little bitch so special? She gets everything she wants from you," Emily said, as Jason glared at her and tried not to yell the first thing that came to mind. "Jason, say something."

Emily had no clue that she had just crossed an invisible barrier. No one said anything about his relationship with Trini like that and no one called her a bitch. All of his past girlfriends had understood it, but it seemed that Emily was never going to understand it at all. She was not going to understand that Trini was the person he felt the most at home with, which was why this problem was really here.

"Emily, leave," Jason said, almost in a whisper.

The two of them had gotten into fights before, but it had never been like this. It had always been over something stupid and Trini was not something stupid, by any means, in Jason's mind. He knew that he would do something rash if he continued in this fight right now and he wanted to have some time to clear his head before he did anything. He wanted to make sure he could deal with the consequences of either action.

"Jason, I am not leaving. You can't tell me to do something like that," Emily said, outraged, as he walked past her and continued on his way.

"Well, then I'll leave you to continue to bitch," Jason said as he glared over at her.

He knew that he had to clear his brain and that being around Emily or Trini would not help him any. Emily, however, then turned her own anger towards Trini. If Jason was not going to listen, maybe she could make Trini understand that she wanted no part of their friendship in their relationship.

"You did this, you were the one he always called. I should have known you were more than friends," Emily said as Trini stared over at her as the tears started to stream down her cheeks. She was ready to make her pay, but she knew it wouldn't solve anything.

"Trini, sit down," Kim muttered, as Trini stood up and seemed to be intent on going towards Emily and giving her a good lashing.

Trini, however, continued on past her. It seemed that she needed some time to herself and the rest of them wanted to get out from under Emily's enraged gaze. They hadn't known about Jason's infatuation with Trini, but that didn't mean that Emily didn't assume that about them from the beginning. They just wondered how they could be so blind to what their friends had needed for a long time.