Chapter 14: Everything Is Everything

By: Lauryn Hill

"What?" Tommy looked at Kimberly, shocked. He couldn't believe those words. No, not his Kimberly. Not Kimberly Hart. She couldn't have done what she just said. She wouldn't.

"Michael was so anger that he lost his mind, and if he couldn't all his family's treasures, then no one could. He tried to burn down his father's estate in Japan. Miles nearly died. Michael and I, we fought in a training room. There was fire all around us, as we battled. Beams falling around us. Miles was badly injured by Michael. His own uncle tried to kill him as well. Miles was hit and pinned by a beam, and when I tried to help, Michael, he had me in an headlock, trying to suffocate me. I was able to break free, and a beam fell on him. There was so much smoke and fire. I went to Miles and freed him, but he was pretty much out of it. I went back over to Michael. He was trying to free himself. And I would have helped him, but I hated him. I wanted him to die. He had killed my master, my friend, a father to me that helped me so much."

"You didn't kill him, Kimberly."

"Yes I did! I should have…I know I could have saved them both, but…"

"He tried to kill you and he might have if you did help him. You said it yourself, there was smoke and fire all around. You had to help Miles. What happened wasn't your fault?"

"Yes it was! I killed a man and I have to live with that forever." Tommy cupped her face.

"You didn't kill him, okay." Tommy went to kiss her, but Kimberly pulled back. She bit her bottom lip, which Tommy knew something else was trouble her. "What else?"

"Some thing I did a few days ago."

"What?"

"I…I uh, well, I was hurting and…"

"Kimberly, just tell me!"

"I kissed Jason!" Kimberly confessed.

"What!"

"Well, we kissed, more like we kissed for a while."

"When?" Tommy asked.

"Does it matter?"

"Did he kiss you?" Tommy asked.

"No."

"You kissed him?"

"No. I don't know what we did or why we did it. But I know we kissed, many times. I mean, I just caught you and Katherine kissing and I was just mad and upset. I couldn't see straight, I wasn't thinking straight! I just… I just wanted it all to stop."

"How?"

"How what?"

"How did you kiss him?"

"Tommy, it meant nothing afterwards, it was just a..."

"How did you kiss him!" Kimberly took his face in her hands and kissed Tommy. Tommy felt her tongue invade his mouth. He pulled her on top of him to straddle his waist. Kimberly pulled away and sat up on him better.

"Nothing like that," Kimberly said with a smile. Tommy smiled.

"I surely hope not. Why?"

"Why did I kiss him?" Kimberly asked.

"Yea."

"I lost you. I lost you again. You don't know what losing you is like. It's a pain, no one should experience. And even though the first time, completely my fault. It was a lie, because I felt guilty about making you feel so bad because I was away. That nearly killed."

"What?"

"Breaking up with you, was the most…the hardest, most upsetting thing in my life. I lost myself. My spirit was broken again when I saw, though I know is a lie, but then…I, I didn't know that."

"So, how do we do this?"

"I don't know."

"In karate, we always are taught to never take revenge, never intentionally go after someone, even when they have done wrong. I don't know how I will be able to…"

"We don't kill them or kick their asses, though I seriously would love to...but I think I have creative way."

"Creative way?" Kim smiled. She bent down and kissed him.

"Very creative way."

Mrs. Oliver went to talk to Kimberly, but found her room empty. There was a hole in the hallway, with a little blood on it. She went to see if her husband had seen Kimberly. Mrs. Oliver started to worry when Kim didn't answer her cell phone and she found it on the ground outside her room. Mrs. Oliver opened the door to Tommy's room and gasped. She had to blink several times to believe the sight was looking upon. There laying in bed, her son and Kimberly. Tommy's holding Kimberly's back, as she laid on his chest. She smiled and closed the door behind her.
Later that Night

Mrs. Oliver was sitting in the chair at Tommy's desk. Tommy groaned and shifted in the bed, causing Kimberly to wake up. She pulled at the sheet to cover herself more.Kimberly saw Mrs. Oliver sitting there.

"Well, well, glad to see you awake." Tommy groaned and woke up. "So, when did this happen?"

"Bout 4 hours now," Kim whispered. Tommy saw his mother.

"Hey, Mom."

"Just like that you two are back together?"

"Everything is everything. The way it was supposed to be," Kimberly said. "The way it was always meant to be." Tommy smiled and kissed her. "We found out the truth."

"What truth?"

"It was a lie to break us up," Tommy confessed to his mother.

"What?" Tommy told his mother the story, the whole truth about Jasmine and Katherine's plan to break them up.

"She drugged you! She drugged my baby!"

"Mom!"

"You could have died, Kimberly! You could have gotten sick! How dare they! Those little…bi.."

"I know, I know Mom."

"She is not getting away with that! I will call her mother and father and… Katherine, ooh, just wait until I get my hands on that girl. I took her into my home that deceitful slut!"

"MOM!"

"Mom, we are handling this," Kimberly and Tommy said together

"Good, you should be. They should not get away with this!"

Tommy woke up finding Kimberly awake, sitting by the window. She looked back and saw him awake. She smiled. The sun had just risen, as he looked at the clock. Only 7am.

"Morning."

"Good morning," Tommy said sitting up. "What is it?"

"Just thinking."

"About revenge?"

"Not really. Remember what Zordon said, about Rita's spell on Katherine? Only through time would she really be cured. What if she isn't?"

"What do you mean?"

"That evil was with her for months, building Tommy. She was filled with Rita's evil and she was infatuated with you for weeks. She hated me, she attempted to kill me, many times, as that cat-monster and when she was human."

"But so did I."

"That was different, you were in a cocoon of evil for an hour or so. Not under a spell for weeks! You were under Rita's spell a few days at best before Jason freed you."

"And I tried to kill you too. All of you guys."

"I know that, but I feel like…being evil is something everyone is born with, only through our actions are we truly evil. "

"You think that evil is still with her?"

"Of course. Katherine could not do these things. Drugging you to win you back."

"She was desperate, having felt like you took me from her."

"But I didn't!"

"I know that! I love you, and with me never loving her the same, she was mad. She wanted her own revenge."

"But maybe this isn't her fault," Kimberly said.

"But Alpha has done many scans since then, with Billy. Billy would have told me, if…"

"Not exactly. Billy doesn't tell us everything."

"What's that suppose to me?"

"Nothing too serious, just so you know. Billy doesn't tell us everything."

"Fine, he doesn't tell us everything, but he wouldn't keep something like that, something that could cause harm to our team, or to any of us."

"I know that. Billy would have told us, if Katherine was going to be a danger."

"There. Then that evil spell is gone. Katherine isn't under any spell."

"True. Maybe the spell is gone, but evil, evil is in everyone. No spell needed. We all have the potential to be evil, just a little push is all it takes."

"Okay, maybe she still has that feeling of that evil influence, but that doesn't mean she this isn't her fault. She still did it. She had many opportunities to stop herself, and choose not to." Kimberly sighed.

"Yeah, but she was hurt. Seeing us together, wishing she was in my place. Like you said, she was desperate. Desperate people, do desperate things."

"And that doesn't mean, we let them off the hook, when they do things that hurt others. Especially drugs, Beautiful. That is dangerous, what if something happened and I didn't get to you in time. You could have drowned. And me, what if I had an allergic reaction to those pills. They played a very dangerous game, and luckily we are fine."

"I know. Maybe I'm just trying to find an excuse. A reason for all of this. So I don't hate them, hate her" Tommy nodded and opened the covers as Kimberly got into bed. She hugged him.

"Don't waste your energy trying to figure them out. And don't waste your energy hating them. They will pay for this. It may not be perfect revenge, but I assure you, they will get away with this without some punishment."

"I love you." They laid back down. Tommy rubbed her head, as she laid to his chest.

"I love you too," Kimberly said hugging him.

"Let's get some sleep. We have a lot to do." Kimberly nodded. They kissed and went to sleep.

Christmas Day

Kimberly and Tommy were handing out present after the great Christmas morning breakfast before sitting on the sofa chair together to open their gifts. After midnight mass, they slept in pretty late this morning. Normally, millions of kids around the world, once the sun was up on Christmas morning, presents were torn into. But Kimberly and Tommy found their real present with themselves, being back together, this time for good.

"Remember our first Christmas together?"

"Yeah, I gave you that bracelet with the pink stones."

"Not that present."

"What other present then?" Tommy asked tearing paper a small box from Kimberly.

"A kiss."

"A kiss?"

"Yeah, a kiss that you gave me. You gave me hope." Tommy looked at her. "You let me see, that true love exist. My parents were separating and I felt like love, love didn't exist, but you made me see how wrong I was. Love is not a fantasy. It's real. And that was the greater than any bracelet. You kissed me and I feltlove." Tommy smiled and cupped her face. He kissed her softly, brushing away some fallen tears. Kimberly smiled.

"Does that mean, I won't like my Christmas present from you this year?"

"Look, I only had 2 days to find you this, so don't get too mad." Tommy smiled and lifted the box. He laughed as he found an envelope.

"What is it?"

"Open it."

"Okay." Tommy did and found a plane ticket.

"I want you to come with me, to Paris for the New Year." Kimberly's mother insisted that Kimberly bring in the New Year in Paris, which Kimberly agreed back when she and Tommy were broken up. Knowing she couldn't back out of it now, Kimberly wanted Tommy to be with her.

"I would love to." They kissed.

Katherine and Jasmine sat at a café on New Year's Day. Jasmine was disgusted with Katherine about not keeping up with Tommy and keeping him away from any possibility of a rekindle with Ms. Hart.

"What do you mean you don't know where they are?"

"Well, I know that Kimberly went to Paris to be with her mother for New Year's, and Tommy's parents went up to visit family in Seattle, but Tommy just disappeared."

"And you are sure he isn't with Kimberly!"

"Of course not! She hates him still!"

"We have to make sure no one finds out the truth. How is that collar on Tanya and her big mouth?"

"Fine, fine. Tanya won't tell a soul, she's my best friend."

"Are you sure?" Jasmine asked eating her breakfast.

"Positive. She knows the pain I went through, because she felt it with her ex. He cheated on her, only because the other girl was persistence and never gave up getting him. She knows the pain of losing someone you love."

"Well, make sure. We can't have any fuck ups."

"I will get Tommy back." Jasmine smiled. "I will," Katherine said drinking her juice thinking about how she will feel when Tommy runs to her.

Kimberly and Tommy were about 15 minutes from touchdown in LAX arriving home from Paris. A glorious 5 days in beautiful Paris, France was just what the couple needed to bring them closer than ever.

"I still don't see why we can't tell everyone we are back together."

"Because, if we want this to work, no one must know," Kimberly said clicking her seatbelt back after sitting up from Tommy's lap.

"But I want everyone to know we are back together!"

"Well, we can't yet! I love you and I know you want to shout that to the world, handsome, but we have to be separated and still having everyone believe I hate you."

"I don't know if this is a good idea, Beautiful?"

"Oh, come on. We talked the whole plane ride going to Paris and coming home, how this plan will be perfect. I even helped set up some lines with you to elaborate on."

"No, I said it was perfect in that we have Jasmine tell the whole story, how she and Katherine lied and tricked us and break us up in front of everyone, but not this way. I am not a good actor!"

"Oh, baby, it's not that hard. Just show her some attention and she'll be putty in your hands. She just wants attention, so you will give her it."

"But how can you be so sure this will work?"

"Because I know Katherine and I know Jasmine. They are just like any other girl, who wants something. They will do what they have to do." Tommy nodded. "Baby, you don't have to be an Oscar winning actor to make this work. Trust me, just stick around the script and everything will play itself out. I learned this from that acting course I took over the summer. You are just inventing a new personality, it's not you, but you can act like it's the real you." Kimberly kissed them.

"Flight attendants, prepare for landing." The captain said over the intercom. Kimberly took Tommy's hand. He kissed her hand and they went to put their plan into action.

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