Kimberly let out a yawn as she turned over in her side.
"How are you feeling?" Tommy asked as he brought her a tray with bowl of soup and cold sprite. He laid it on the nightstand and took a seat on her bed.
"I feel refreshed," she answered as she took a sip of sprite. "But I am still a little tired."
"It's Saturday," he told her. "Why don't you got back to sleep and get some more rest. It's only 7:30."
"I don't think I can go back to sleep with everything that has happened," Kimberly confessed. "I just don't understand how Rita could get a warrior mode so quickly."
Meanwhile, Rita weakly walked into Lunar Palace. She was out of breath and fell to her knees. Beads of blood was pouring down her face. "Rita who did this to you?" Zedd gasped as he ran over to her.
"It was Tommy," she answered and passed out.
"I swear I will destroy Tommy," Zedd promised. "Even if it is the last thing that I will ever do!"
Several beams of light arrived in the power chamber. "Rangers, I've received news about the warrior coin," Zordon started. "The French painter who married Kimberly's mother was the one who gave it to Rita. Since Rita has used it, she can pass it down if she wants to. And the next person who uses it will be unstoppable-"
"-is there anything that we can do?" Kimberly interrupted.
"Yes, all of you must go back in time and stop Kimberly's mother from dating the French painter," Zordon explained. "And Kimberly this will also realter your history regarding Coach Schmidt. He knows about the power rangers because he followed you around when you left during training. He was working for Zedd. You must agree not to train under him."
"I won't," Kimberly promised as Tommy placed a hand on her shoulder.
Alpha opened a time portal, and they were all sucked in it.
Within a blink of an eye, they were back in the youth center. Tommy looked at the calendar and it was September 8th, 1995. The exact day that Kimberly was upset about her mother getting engaged to the French painter. Billy walked over to the counter and noticed that a newspaper was laying on the table. He picked it up and started to read what was on the front page.
"I don't believe this!" he gasped.
"What is it, Billy?" Tommy asked as Kimberly and Aisha followed him over to the counter. "What's going on?"
"There is a man who has been breaking into the museum," Billy explained. "He has been spotted at the museum."
On the front page there was a picture of man. He was tall, had black hair, and was wearing a red painter's hat. "That looks like Pierre!" Kimberly gasped as she pulled the picture of her mother's boyfriend from her purse.
"We bring you this live bulletin," announced a news reporter. All of them turned to face the TV. "Another painting has been stolen. The thief was last spotted here at the museum twenty minutes ago."
"Kim, let's go to the museum," Tommy whispered.
Just as they were walking out of the command center, their communicators went off.
"This is, Tommy. Go ahead," Tommy answered.
"Tommy, both you and Kimberly need to report to the command center," Zordon declared. "I need to talk to you and Kimberly about Zedd's latest Monster."
A beam of pink and white light appeared in the command center.
"That is Zedd's latest monster?" Kimberly questioned as she walked to the viewing global. "That is the monster that was in my dream."
"Yes, Kimberly," Zordon declared. "Only you can defeat the monster."
"Zordon, come in," Billy cried.
"Yes, what is it, Billy," Zordon replied. "The others and I have found out that the French painter isn't who he claims to be. He is working for Zedd so they can capture Kimberly's mother."
"How can I defeat this monster?" Kimberly asked as she took hold of Tommy's hand.
"You must overcome your fear of your mothering dating again," Zordon replied.
"And I guess I will also have to overcome my fear of marriage," Kimberly sighed taking a deep breath. "My mother has been hurt so much by men who claimed to love her. And I had several boys take advantage of me. Until Tommy came along, I was afraid to date. Even though I love him, I'm still afraid of marriage."
"Kim, I love you," Tommy said taking hold of her other hand. "I know just how you feel. Until you came along, I was afraid to date too. And I am afraid of marriage because my aunt has been married four times and none of them worked out. But I realize that my parents have a good marriage. Someone when we marry, we will work at our marriage and have good relationship, just like my parents. In the meantime, we need to defeat this artist mole."
"You're right," Kimberly smiled. "Giving him a peck on the cheek.
"We can overcome anything together and we need to work together to defeat this monster," Tommy assured her.
Tommy and Kimberly arrived at the park and met the artist mole. All of the other rangers had all of the color drained out of them and were barely able to get up from the ground. Tommy and Kimberly took hold of their laser guns and started to fire lasers at the monster several times until it exploded.
"I knew we could defeat him!" Kimberly smiled giving Tommy a high five.
They teleported back to the command center and learned the person who was stealing from the museum and was taken into Custody. Kimberly watched as her parents walked into the youth center.
"Kimberly, we've got something to tell you," Caroline stated. "Your father and I are going to try dating again and see if we can make our relationship work."
"We met in the library a few weeks ago, while we were doing taxes," Andrew explained. "We started talking again. And the library was attacked by putties. The next thing we knew was that we were outside, and they were attacking us. The white ranger saved us, and we have been talking on the phone ever since. We really want to see if we can get back together!"
"Really, I can't believe it!" Kimberly gasped as tears formed in her eyes. "I'm surprised because of the nasty divorce. But I am still happy. I really do hope that we can be a family again."
"At least they are going to try to make things work," Tommy said wiping her eyes with his thumbs. "It's better to find out now. I have a feeling that they will be dating awhile before any important decisions are made."
"I hate to interrupt," Billy apologized as he walked over to them. "Can I see Tommy and Kimberly for a minute."
"Of course, Billy," Caroline answered.
Tommy and Kimberly followed Billy over to a table. "I found the warrior coin," Billy whispered as he pulled out a gold coin. "I am going to take it to Zordon."
Author's note:
What is going to happen now that Kimberly's parents are going to try dating again? And what is going to happen now that Kimberly knows not to train under Coach Schmidt? Find out in the next chapter!
