Kim glanced at her watch, "How long until Rocky gets hungry enough to give up on this silliness?" she asked Trini with a sigh, she wanted Tommy to get back soon, she missed him.
"Knowing him, shouldn't be much longer," Trini insisted, sitting down on the edge of the bed in Tommy and Kim's room, checking to make sure that her children, who she had round-up and herded into the hotel room were entertained with the Disney Channel.
"So how are you and Tommy doing?" Trini finally asked.
Kim felt a blush creep up on her face, as her hand went to her abdomen seemingly on its own accord, "It's doing good, I retired from competing, in case you haven't heard."
"I heard," Trini said with a grin, "But that doesn't mean I believe it," with that she grabbed a pillow and threw it at Kim, who gracefully dodged it.
"What does that even mean?" Kim shouted, throwing the projectile back at Trini.
"You keep telling us that you are going to quit, then the next time we see you you're on the beam again."
"But I mean it for real this time," Kim insisted, "I missed Tommy too much." Kim collapsed on the bed, causing Trini to bounce slightly.
The two women were silent for a moment before Trini spoke up again, "So how are we going to torture the boys this time?"
"Hmm, I don't know, what did we do last time?"
"Last time," Trini frowned, "I believe last time was when our Hubby's decided to go on a trip to the moon with the other reds."
"Yeah, don't think the same punishment will work on the others."
"Especially since Connor and Zack aren't married."
Kim sat up, "You know, Connor isn't going to hang out in the woods, he'll superspeed somewhere else."
"Somewhere where he can blend in," Trini added, "a place full of teenagers."
"Like the Youth Center."
...
Connor smirked as he slowed to a stop, there was no way that they would be able to find him here, so far from the patch of woods that the others no doubt was hiding in. He glanced up at the moon that shone brightly in the sky, illuminating a playground jungle gym. No one would ever think that he doubled back and headed to the park in the center of Angel Grove.
His stomach growled, reminding him that he had not yet had any dinner. Now if he remembered the stories that Dr. O told them about Angel Grove then the Youth Center, which according to Dr. O had the best food in the world would be across the street from the park. Now all he needed was to know where exactly it was, and hope that it wasn't closed.
It took him forever, like five whole minutes, to find the Youth Center. At least the lights were still on and there were cars in the parking lot, the perfect hiding spot.
He hurried into the Youth Center, unaware of three people watching him from a table in the corner.
"See," one of them said, a smirk in her voice as Connor hurried past, "He came straight here."
"Do we nab him now?" another, younger than the other two asked.
"No," the third one said, "Give him time and the others will come too."
...
Rocky was hungry, extremely so, but he didn't dare return to Aisha in the car, no doubt by now that Tommy and Jason were waiting for him. He needed to go somewhere else. Somewhere with food, that the others wouldn't think of. He would have to travel on foot so it couldn't be too far away, and it was getting late so it had to be open late.
"The Youth Center!" he exclaimed, it should have started its summer hours recently and that would mean that it would be open until eleven-thirty, by that point Aisha and the others would have given up on waiting for them and head back home or to the hotel.
Aisha was probably going to be upset with him, and he did not want to have to sleep on the couch in the hotel room, so he might just take a taxi home to Stone Canyon after the Youth Center had closed. He had his ticket into the Power Ranger Theme Park so he didn't have to meet up with Aisha at any time, at least until Aisha has forgiven him, something that should happen in the next twenty-four hours, at least she wasn't Kimberly, he heard what happened to Tommy the one time he did something stupid without telling Kim about it. Tommy had been forced to sleep on the couch for a week, and there were rumors of a shopping spree.
Rocky shuddered, shopping with Kim was the worst punishment anyone could come up with, and therefore one of the first punishments the girls would dish out if they thought the boys were stepping out of line. Nothing was worse than spending the day in the mall lugging around Kim's bags. If she was really mad at you she would even make you pay for some of the stuff. The only one who never complained about the shopping was Tommy, and he had been head over heels in love with Kim since they first met, and that was saying something since he was under a spell at the time.
Rocky shook his head, clearing the abstract thoughts from his mind, he was outside of the Youth Center now, making his way through the parking lot. Was that Jason's car? He couldn't remember what his car looked like exactly, but that one looked suspicious. Nah, it was impossible, none of them would think that he would walk almost two miles to the Youth Center to get dinner.
...
"See," Kim whispered, nodding to the door as Rocky entered the room, "Leave it to Rocky to think with his stomach."
"Do we nab them now?" Kira asked, about to stand up, but Trini pulled her back down.
"No, we wait to see if Zack shows up, he doesn't have a black hole for a stomach or superspeed so it might take a while."
"I'll call Tommy and Aisha," Kim offered, pulling out her phone, "let them know we have a visual. I bet Zack is watching them and as soon as they leave, he'll make a break for it."