Kim entered the gym with her head spinning, could Jaslee be telling the truth, but how? There is no way She could show up here, right? She was so deep in thought that she didn't hear Zordon come up behind her until he put his hand on her shoulder. Normally something like that would just get a slight jump and a quick turn, but normally one does not lay one's hand on the shoulder of a former power ranger that had experienced years of abuse as well. The reaction happened so quickly that no one who was watching could really make out what happened. Kim turned, leg ready to send the attacker flying, saw who it was as Zordon stepped back out of range and lowered her fighting stance, "Zordon!" she exclaimed, shocked to discover her father figure standing with her daughter in his arms instead of some enemy.
"In my defense, I called your name twice," Zordon said, chuckling a little as if nearly getting kicked across a room full of people was comical.
"I'm sorry, I'm just worried about Jaslee, she said something that just doesn't make any sense."
"Being a parent is tough," Zordon admitted.
Kim nodded before pointing out, "You never raised a child, you took us in as teenagers."
"True, but I had to deal with Zack and Rocky," he pointed out.
Kim chuckled picturing her former teammates, those two had been a bit of a wild card, but they still got the job done, and in the long run, that was what mattered. She grabbed Inya from Zordon, noting that the little girl was still running a fever, and buried her face into her neck with a whimper as she shifted her into a more comfortable position.
"Okay, I guess that dealing with those boys was pretty bad, at least there wasn't much of an overlaying gap," Kim said with a smirk, "Zack moved out when Rocky moved in, and Zack didn't move back until after you left." She hadn't meant the last part to sound as accusing as it did, but it was out of her mouth before she noticed the tone she was using.
Zordon gave her a sad look, knowing perfectly well that she had a point even if she hadn't meant to say it just like that, "Kimberly," he said slowly, placing a hand on her shoulder, "Even I can't change the past, no matter how much I want to."
"I know," Kim said, so softly that Zordon almost didn't hear it, as she handed the little girl back to Zordon, "Can you keep an eye on her," she asked, "I have a class to teach."
Zordon nodded, "I'll let you know if someone does see your ex-mother in law in Angel Grove."
Kim turned to look at Zordon in confusion, she hadn't told him what Jaslee had said, so how had he known that.
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Jason smiled as he approached the counter of the youth center, Trini wasn't feeling good and so he had decided to pick something up on his way home. and the Youth Center just sounded like the right place to pick it up from.
Ernie smiled at him as he took his order, "How's your sister doing?" he asked as he worked on filling the order.
Jason frowned, confused, nobody, outside his family and their close group of friends tended to call Kim his sister, "She's doing good, back on her feet, despite everything that happened, why?"
"That woman over there," Ernie said, nodding to an older woman with dyed blonde hair that was seating at one of the tables, "She was asking about her just a little while ago."
Jason looked at the woman, her back was to him so he couldn't get a good look at her, but a feeling of dread filled him all the same, "Did you tell her anything?"
"Just that she moved," Ernie confessed, "But she won't leave, I don't think she believed me."
"I'll talk to her," Jason said, maybe she was just a friend of Kim's, someone who was just worried about her after the divorce, but what if she wasn't, he thought to himself as he walked over to the lady, "I understand you were asking about my sister," he said in his big brother voice, as the others called it, really it was only a little different from his power ranger voice.
The woman turned around, giving him a once over, "You're Kenny?" she asked, confused.
"No, Jason," Jason said, pulling up a chair and seating down without an invitation.
"Jason," the woman said, "That's right, she mentioned you."
"Mind telling me who you are and what you want with my little sister?" Jason demanded.
"Aren't you rude," the woman snapped, "Just like Kimberly, must run in the family."
Jason gripped the edge of the table so tight that his knuckles turned white and cracks started to form on the table, "Don't talk about her that way," he growled before forcing himself to let go of the table.
"Of course, you must believe those lies that she told you. I can assure you that My Luke was a perfect Angel, he didn't deserve being shot in the back like he was, your sister is nothing more than a cold-blooded murderer."
Jason jumped up, the chair falling to the ground in his haste, lunged across the table, grabbed the lady by the collar of her blouse, and dragged her across the table so they were face to face, "You Don't Know Anything!" he growled, actually wishing he could get his eyes to flash like Tommy, just so he could intimidate her just a little more.
The woman squirmed, and as soon as Jason released her scampered as far away as she could.
The Youth Center was eerily quiet until Ernie broke the spell, "Jason your order is ready."
