"Ms. Hart? My name is Hayley. I'm a friend of Tommy's," Hayley paused, letting the vile she felt in her throat clear before she spoke again. "He needs your help."
She gave Kimberly the address, and quickly hung up the phone, turning towards the wounded Black Ranger. Mesogog's latest monster had been tougher then the Rangers thought, and Tommy, being the hero he was, bit off more then he could chew. He made a good show for the other Rangers, but once the left, Hayley realized just how seriously he had been injured.
Hayley bandaged him as best as she could, and asked if there was anything else she could do for him. She had hoped that, with as close as they had been getting since the Rangers were chosen, that their College fling would be rekindled. But her heart sank when she heard him say to find Kimberly.
She doesn't smile like me
She doesn't make you weak
And she'll never know
how to make you laugh
But she won't make you cry
She'll never break you heart
Like I used to
If you only knew all the words
I couldn't say
When I close my eyes I see you
In my dreams you will be near
Won't let you disappear
But I'm here on my own
Hayley couldn't believe what she had heard. Oh, she knew that Kim was back in town. As Ethan put it, she knew, or found out, just about everything that was going on. But it amazed her that, after everything that Kim had put Tommy through, and Hayley knew about all of it, that he would want her by his side, and not Hayley.
Kim hadn't helped him through College. Kim hadn't helped him reverse engineer the Morpher systems from his old Zeonizer. Hell, Kim hadn't even been there when he WAS a Zeo Ranger! Why should she be there now? What did that bitch do to deserve Tommy?
She didn't want to. But, when it came to Tommy, Hayley often found herself doing things she didn't really want to do. But, she also knew how upset Tommy would be if she didn't call his "beloved" Kimberly. Hayley wondered if Kim would honestly even care that Tommy was hurt.
By that point, Hayley had sat at Tommy's side, watching him sleep. Just that brought back some memories of their time together. But, his duties as a Ranger never seemed to let him go. The mission to the moon had been dangerous, and Tommy realized he couldn't put Hayley, as he put it "Someone I care about" in danger. He was worried that the Machine Empire was going to retaliate. Little did he know about Mesogog.
Suddenly, Hayley heard someone knock on the door upstairs, above the hidden command lair. Sighing heavily, she stood up, knowing it was going to be Kimberly, and that Tommy would be lost to her again.
(end)
