Hey guys this is my first PR fic so I'm up for any suggestions.
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"Where the heck am I?" I quickly take a look around to see that I'm surrounded by darkness. The only light source that I seem to have is this spotlight that seems to be aimed at me.
"Welcome Black Ranger, to your subconscious. This is where you have your greatest battles, but unfortunately for you this will be your last."
What the heck? I turn around, trying to find the source of the voice. "Oh, really? What makes you think that?" I ask still looking around. I suddenly stop, realizing that it's kinda hard to look for someone when you can barely see what's in front of you.
"It's not something I think, Dr. Oliver, it's something I know to be a fact. But don't worry, you'll find that out soon enough."
There goes that voice again. Man, why does that voice seem so familiar? Wait a minute! Did he just call me Dr. Oliver? Mesagog! But how?
"What do you mean 'you'll sound out soon enough'? I say we torture the little traitor now!" Oh no . . . not her. I'd recognize that annoying voice anywhere. Rita Repulsa. But wait that can't be right . . . why would she be here? It's just doesn't make any sense. First Mesagog now Rita! And if Rita's here, that can only mean . . .
"For once I agree! Lets do this now!"
...Zedd. This isn't good. What's next? The Machine Empire? Divatox? How many of them are here? It won't hurt to ask.
"Who's all there? Mesagog, Rita . . . and of course Zedd. What do you all want? Why have you brought me here!" I shout into the darkness only to get laughter in return.
"What's the matter Tommy? Are you afraid?" Purred a female voice.
You gotta be kidding me. Divatox? I would be just my luck that every villain that I think of actually appears.
"Afraid of you Divatox? Heh. Never." I smirked a little. There I go into that cocky leadership mode that Hayley's always telling me about. Why do I have a feeling that I should have kept that comment to myself?
"Well see if you feel that way after this . . . " I raised my eyebrow at her comment. "After what?" ...Great the silent treatment. I'm not gonna like this. After about a minute or so I start to hear their evil laughter again along with something else in the background. It's muffled but is sounds like . . . . A person?
"Lets see if you recognize this voice White Ranger." I hear Mesagog hiss. White Ranger?
"The White Ranger is in the past." I fold my arms and close my eyes, hoping that my martial arts training with help me sense where my opponents are.
"What a coincidence, She's from your past also."
She? ...They wouldn't. Who am I kidding? They're evil villains of course they would. Seeing how Mesagog just entered the picture he shouldn't know of her . . . but then again, he was teamed up with Rita, Zedd, and Divatox. Rita and Zedd where around when we were together and even though Divatox wasn't there in the beginning, I'm pretty sure that she knew that something was between us just by the way I reacted when she kidnaped her and Jase.
"TOMMY!" My blood runs cold as my worst fears are conformed. Kimberly . . . no . . . I feel the last of my sanity slip away as anger consume me. I hear them laugh.
"That wiped that smirk off of your face didn't it? Divatox sneered.
I feel as though I'm losing all control. Just like when Divatox kidnaped her. She must have given them the idea.
"Let. Her. Go." I say through gritted teeth. Knowing that they weren't going to actually let her go. But I couldn't help but say it.
I hear her struggling. "Let go of me! Tommy!"
It tears me apart hearing the pain and anguish in her voice. I hear a click and a slight hum as I see a dim light appear in front of me, and a figure. As the light gets brighter, I begin to realize that its Kim. The look on her face-the emotions . . . I prayed every night that I'd never see her like this.
"Kim" I whisper to myself. The look on her face tells me that she heard me. But if she did so did they.
"I see that I've touched a nerve." I hate it when he gets like this. Last thing I need is Mesagog feeling confident.
"If you want her back, alive that is, I suggest that you listen and do as we say." You know I never realized how much Mesagog and Zedd sound like until now. My thoughts were quickly interrupted as Mesagog continues where Zedd left off.
"So what do you say Dr. Oliver?" I look to Kim, whose pleading eyes tell me two things at once. She wants me to help but the same time she didn't want me to get involved. It's a little too late for that Beautiful. I try to take a step forward.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, unless you want your precious Kimberly to have an unfortunate accident." As Rita says, this Elsa and Zeltrax appear at Kimberly's sides. I retracted my foot and stood there contemplating my next move. I gotta get her out of here . . . but how? If I try to move toward her, they might hurt her. I can't risk that. I guess . . . wait! I pull up my arm sleeve expecting to see my Black Dino Morpher. Which of course wasn't there. Damn! Why didn't I see that one coming? I hear Divatox laugh.
"Looking for your new toy Tommy? Well too bad! You're powerless here. No matter how many colors you go through."
I guess I really don't have any other choice. I fall to my knees and hold my head closing my eyes as I suddenly get a pounding headache. It doesn't help that I'm racking my brain looking for a different option. My mind coming up blank, I look to Kim. Realization dawning in her eyes as she sees what I'm about to do.
"Tommy no ... " she whispers shaking her head. Believe me Kim, I don't want to do this either. But if it's the only way that I can make sure that you are safe, than so be it. I can't risk losing her. I won't risk losing her.
"I have no choice Kim . . . I wish there was, but there isn't . . . look I just want to say that I'm sorry . . . " I can see the puzzled expression on her face as I say this.
"...I'm sorry for not being there for you before. For my screwed up priorities . . . for not making enough time for you . . . for not getting on that plane with you . . . for causing our breakup . . . " Kim quickly cuts me off.
"Tommy stop. You're not the reason for our breakup! The reason I broke up with you is–"
"Times up Dr. Oliver! Say goodbye to Ms. Hart!" hissed Mesagog. I looked up to see Elsa pull out a needle preparing to inject Kim.
"WAIT! I'LL DO IT!" I shout at the top of my lungs trying to get my captors attention.
"I'll . . . I'll do it! Whatever you want! Just let Kim go!" Silence. Then I hear their laughter as Zedd shouts "Excellent!"
"TOMMY NO!" shouts Kim as I see her continue trying to break free of the straps that held her in her spot.
"Well Tommy, now that you have agreed to surrender, I do believe that its time to get started" purred Divatox.
"Yes lets. Say goodbye to your Hart Dr. Oliver. For this will be your last time seeing her." Hissed Mesagog as he started to laugh with all of the rest. Mesagog laughing? Well that's new . . . Everything starts spinning as my headache grows worse. Why do I feel light headed?
"What . . . are . . . you . . . , do–ing . . . to me?" I ask my words sounding slurred to my ears. I'm . . . so . . . sleepy. Can't . . . stay . . . awake . . .
"TOMMY!" Kimberly's scream wakes me up long enough to see Elsa inject her with whatever fluid was in the syringe.
"KIMBERLY!"
"KIMBERLY!"
Tommy shoots up in bed breathing heavily with his body covered in sweat. He takes a quick look at his surroundings and realizes that he is in his bedroom. He sighs as he runs a shaky hand through his matted hair. "It was just a dream Tom. She's alright. You're alright." Tommy says to himself in an attempt to calm down. Which didn't work. 'Than why don't I feel alright?'
Tommy's thoughts are quickly interrupted as he hears four pairs of footsteps running up his stairs. 'Oh great.' Tommy thinks ruefully. Tommy's door bust open as four teens quickly barged into the room.
"Dr. O, you okay!" they all chorused with worried looks on their faces as they surrounded Tommy's bed.
He sighed and responded, "Yeah . . . I'm alright guys." At his students disbelieving looks he adds, "Guys I'm okay. Really it was just another bad dream, okay?" He watched them all release a breath that they had been holding, but quickly give each other a look and turn back to him. Conner looked at him with concern. "But Doc that's the fourth nightmare this week!"
Kira sits on the corner of his bed. "It's like every time that you go to sleep you have one. And last time I checked dad that wasn't normal." She puts her hand up to his forehead to see if he was warm. "Are you feeling okay?"
Tommy smiled inwardly as he heard that she had called him "dad." The four teens have been doing that a lot lately. Along with calling him Tommy, Tom, T, Dr. O, Kira's occasional Oliver when she's mad at him, bro, and of course, even though it annoyed him to no end, Conner's dude. He didn't mind the other ones that much but that last one -
"Dad? ...DAD?" Tommy came out of his thoughts and turned his attention back to the teens. "Hm?" They all sighed a sigh of relief. "Where'd you go? We've been calling you for a while now?" asked Trent watching him closely.
"Sorry 'bout that guys. I was just lost in my thoughts for a second." "You were thinking about your dream?" ask Ethan
"Yeah . . . among other things." Kira got up off the bed. "That settles it. We're calling Hayley." She looked to the others as they nodded their heads in agreement and headed out the door.
"Guys wait! You don't need to bring Hayley into this! It's -" Tommy took a quick glance at his clock that read 3:22 in the morning. "Its past three in the morning! You guys can't call her now!" Tommy shouts trying to stop the teens. They stop and turn to him. "Well we can't just sit here! We gotta check you out." Says Kira glaring at him.
Ethan looks thoughtful for a second. "Well we could always hook up the equipment and check him out. I mean, I know how to work everything down there. That way Hayley can rest for a little while longer." He says looking toward the leader of the situation. Kira looks back at Tommy and sighs. "Alright . . . that'll work. Come on dad. Lets go." She looked at him expectantly.
Tommy closed his eyes and sighed. He knew he wasn't going to win this one. He looked at the teens. None of them where budging without him. "Alright. Alright. I'll come. But uh . . . can I get dressed first?" Tommy asked as he looked down and realized that he was half naked. Kira looks down and mumbles a "yeah" and tells the guys to come on.
Tommy watched in amusement as the teens left his room. Having Ethan give them a run down on what he was going to do. "What have I gotten myself into?" Tommy asked shaking his head as he got up and headed for his dresser to search for a top. Eventually comes across a black beater and throws it on. He heads back to his bed and sits down clutching his head. 'Man why won't this let up?' Flashes from his nightmare ran through his mind. Kimberly's screams echos in his thoughts. 'It just felt so real . . . ' Tom looks at his shaking hands and starts mumbling the mantra that he had developed over the past couple of days. "She's alright Tom. She's okay. She's safe and sound in Florida. Just like Jason told you last night. Don't worry about it. He would tell you if something was wrong with her. Wouldn't he?" Tommy shakes the doubts from his mind. "Of course he would. He wouldn't keep something like that from me." He looks toward the phone, wondering if he should call his friend and report in on the latest nightmare like he was ordered to do the night before. Tommy grabs the phone and heads toward his bedroom door. After a second thought he tosses the cordless onto his bed. "I'll do it tomorrow." He heads down the stairs shaking his head "Here we go."
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