A/N: Would you look at that? Thing I am back into the swing of things with this fic! I'll be honest, I was dragging a bit because I wasn't sure if it was flowing like I would have liked it to but I am feeling a lot better about it! I hope you enjoy this chapter. To write it, I re-watched the scene in the Turbo movie where Kim and Jason are sacrificed to Maligore for Divatox. The Turbo movie is so bittersweet to me. I like it because it has potential and I mean Tommy - hello! But also, you seem interaction between Tommy and Kim. It just bug the every loving crap out me that they left it at she was rescued and BOOM! That's it. Like, give me some closure it you are just going to rip them apart! And I know that they wanted to put Jason and Kim together in the movie but it didn't make it in (which, I apologize if you enjoy Kim/Jason but it will forever be Tomberly in my nerdy heart.) I just feel like so much more could have been done with them in that movie. I mean, when he sees her about to be tossed in a volcano, he only calls her name out in the beginning. And don't even get me started on the part where he realizes it's her that was kidnapped.
Okay. I could rant all day on the injustice to my favorite couple but I won't. Fair warning, there is some Kat bashing but evil Kim in this chapter. You've been warned. As always, please remember to R&R after reading and I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own or have the rights to anything Power Rangers. If I did, I think we all know who the hell would be together. -_- Come on, Hasbro!
Kimberly – The Past
"Really hoping you have a bright idea." I said, pulling on the chains above my head. Jason scoffed, squirming behind me.
"Me? I thought you were the one with the ideas here." He replied. Below us, the heat from the lava filled volcano was steadily rising. I could feel it burning my skin, knowing it was probably red by now. Sweat was pouring off of me and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't pry my restraints from my wrist. Closing my eyes, I tried to picture anything that would help take my mind off of this. Everything kept flashing back to Tommy and it burned worse than the flames below me.
"What's taking so long?!" Divatox screeched to our right. She was beating on her penis shaped henchman, demanding him to make the poor little aliens she had captured in a cage do something. The guy howled, trying to explain to her that he wasn't sure, but she wasn't having it.
"She makes me miss Rita." Jason mused, yanking at our chains. I laughed, opening my eyes again.
"Her voice isn't as annoying though." I replied.
"That's true." Divatox moved, walking towards the edge of the pit below us. She let out a loud cackle, gazing down at the magma below.
"Maligore, the great flame of destruction. It is I, Divatox, your one and only true soulmate. This moment has been long coming and now, I bring you two perfect specimens to sacrifice for our matrimonial pact!" She giggled gesturing up towards Jason and I. Around the room, the natives that had taken me captive on the beach began to chant Maligore's name in a hushed tone that rose into the air. "Awake! And feed upon their purity! Come forth and let evil twist their souls!" Divatox stepped back, raising her hands above her head. "Be free again and join forces with me!" Fire erupted in the air from the pit, causing Jason and I to lift our legs up in the air. The natives began to chant and dance, several of them beating on drums and cymbals.
"What do you suppose 'feed on their purity' means?" Jason asked, yanking again.
"I'm not sure but I don't want to stick around to find out." For the first time since our 'adventure' began, I felt fear beginning to sink into my chest. We had managed to get out of the submarine only to be plunged to our death in a volcano as a dowry. What kind of justice was that? Closing my eyes, I said a little prayer in my head for help. Any kind of help. Especially that of the Power Ranger type. Was Tommy coming to save us? Did they even know we were in trouble? How would they know?
"Kim?" Jason's voice said. Opening my eyes, I shifted so I could see his face slightly. "He's coming. Trust me."
"I hope you're right." I said softly.
"Pssh. I'm always right." He replied, a cocky grin on his lips. By the entrance of the cave, I waved as one of the metal beings working for Divatox walked over to the wench that was attached to the rope suspending us. He grabbed the handle, pushing it forward.
"Hey!" A voice said from the other side of the room. "Did we miss the party?" My heart filled with relief as five colorfully dressed people ran in, weapons on their hips and helmets on their head. I had never felt happier to see spandex in my life. Their suits were different than the last time I had been home, something I knew from Jason's time with the Zeo team. The red ranger stood in the middle of the pack, pink and blue on his right, and yellow and green on his left. He didn't even have to take off his helmet for me to know which one Tommy was. The red one stood with the same stance I had seen a thousand times and he had the same build.
"See? I am always right." Jason said, his voice sounding more positive than it had a minute ago.
"Who invited you?" Divatox replied through gritted teeth, a sour look on her face.
"We did." I called out, causing her to look up at me. "Rangers, this is Divatox. Divatox, this is your worst nightmare."
"Ha!" Divatox exclaimed, laughing. "Lower them into the volcano!" The machine lackie pushed on the wheel and the rope dropped. I let out a loud gasp, closing my eyes as we dropped a couple of inches.
"No!" Jason and I both exclaimed, trying to pull out of our restraints. The blue ranger ran forward towards the wheel, but he was cut off by Divatox men. Tommy rushed towards one of the men, kicking his square in the chest. This began the battle, rangers going up against those supporting Divatox. I watched as the rope continue to lower as Tommy went up against one, then two, then a third lackie. The blue ranger, who sounded incredibly young compared to the other ones, advanced passed an enemy, making it to the wheel. He pushed the one that was controlling it away, our lowering stopping as he did. Another noticed this, heading over to assist his comrade. The two turned, facing off against the blue ranger. He did well, keeping them away from the wheel.
"Ready to give up, Divatox?" The blue ranger called.
"Who is that?" I asked over my shoulder to Jason.
"I'm not sure. If we aren't deep fried, I'll find out for you." He replied, trying to pry his wrists from the shackles.
"Elgar! Go over there and show that powder blue Power Brat what my answer is!" Divatox exclaimed, shoving the penis shaped general towards the blue ranger. He stumbled a bit, beelining for the blue ranger who managed to dive out of the way just in time.
"Get over here, you little twerp!" Elgar called out. Behind him, the other ugly asshole on Diavtox's team she called Rygog, grabbed the wheel. Elgar followed after the blue ranger, drawing a weapon that he shot at him. Something wrapped around the blue ranger's throat, cutting off the air supply. Tommy was still battling a number of the metal putty like monsters, the yellow and pink rangers dealing with their own. I noticed that the green ranger was helping Lerigot, the small little alien Divatox had kidnapped. He didn't look so well, stumbling as the Power ranger helped him to the catch with the other creature that looked like him. The rope holding Jason and I suddenly gave again, this time dropping us a good foot or two. A scream came out of my mouth as the heat grew hotter as we neared the opening of the volcano.
"Kim!" I heard Tommy's voice call out as we steadily lowered at a faster pace than before.
"Tommy!" I called out, my eyes blurring with tears as I watched him scramble to try to reach us. Three of the putties grabbed ahold of him as Jason and I entered the lip of the volcano.
"KIMBERLY!" Tommy's voice rang out one last time before we were sucked into the hell below.
I'm not dead. It was the first thing I realized as I felt myself awake. I couldn't see anything but a bright whiteness. Had I been sleeping? No. This was a different kind of awakening. My entire body felt…energized. I suddenly felt like I could run a marathon and not even bat an eye. What was this? It was better than morphing! Shouldn't I be burning alive right now, lava melting my insides? What was happening to me? I felt something inside of me begin to disappear as a new feeling began to fill it instead. Anger. Hot red anger. I clenched my fists as flashes of everything that's happened to me since I left Angel Grove came to mind. The stupid girls at the gym. Coach Schmidt for telling me I was getting too soft. My mother for not even calling me to see how I was doing. Tommy breaking up with me.
Something flashed inside of me at the thought of Tommy. The already hot anger became hotter. Tommy. He was the cause of all the pain I was still feeling. I couldn't trust him. He was the reason I was so lonely in Florida. I thought he loved me. He said he did. Why did he suddenly change his mind when I was 3,000 miles away? Was Katherine that much better than me? Please. She was a blonde bimbo who would never amount to anything but a little skank. She was trying to sink her teeth into Tommy before I had even packed my bags. I should have taken her out when I had the chance. When I had powers.
Now you can, a voice whispered in my head. I can help you. The voice was warm and licked at my insides in a soothing way. I nodded, the whiteness in my eyes changing to red. I could see around me now, noticing I was standing on the edge of the opening for the volcano, facing the fiery pit below. Turning on my heel, I saw that everyone was standing still, just watching me. Jason was standing next to me and like me, I saw that his eyes were a glowing red color. I wondered if he felt as amazing as I did at that moment. Holding my hands up, I saw there were still shackles on my wrists. With a simple tug, I broke the chains between them and they fell to the floor. Jumping, I landed on the sand in the middle of the cave.
"Kim!" Tommy said, running towards me. He gripped my shoulders and anger flared in my core. I shoved him off me, tossing him to the side. Next to us, it pleased me to see Jason giving Kat just what she deserved; a swift kick to the face. She let out a muffled cry as she was sent flying. Adam came towards me, his hands held out in front of him.
"Snap out of it, Kim." He said, trying to reason with me. He didn't tell you about Tommy's betrayal, the voice said in my ear. I glared at Adam, kicking him in the gut. He doubled forward, rolling to the side as he gasped in pain. From behind, I felt someone grab me by the arm. A flash of yellow told me it was the other tramp on the team, Tanya. Sure, she was Aisha's cousin. She was also the skank's best friend. I'm positive she knew more about what happened behind my back better than anyone else. I shifted so I was facing her, reaching out and grabbing her by the throat. She clawed at my hands, trying to get me to release her.
"How pathetic." I whispered, flinging her to the ground. That's when I found Kat, trying to climb to her feet. She noticed me as I set my sights on her, walking towards the pink ranger. That was my color. I should be the one wearing it, not her. She robbed me of my powers, my friends, and Tommy. And I was going to give just exactly when she had coming to her next.
"Kim, you have to fight the evil!" She exclaimed, back handing a metal putty as it sprang towards her. I chuckled, continuing to walk forward.
"Evil is like evil does." I replied, liking how deep and menacing my voice was. She held her hand out and I grabbed her wrist.
"Don't do this!" She cried as I put her in a hold. I held her there, knowing I could snap it right in half with a blink of an eye. In my mind, I pictured what I was about to do to her. I was going to break her arms, her legs, every damn bone in her body. Then, I would make sure she watched as I took the rest of my anger out on the one who promised to love me for the rest of his life. If they wanted to be together so fucking bad, they were going to spend the rest of their short lives knowing that I was the one who got the last laugh. They weren't going to hurt me anymore. No one was. They were going to feel the pain they put me through, the anguish. Tommy was going to see just how bad he had hurt me and why I was about to snap his perfectly little girlfriend like a twig.
"No!" Tommy yelled behind me. "Leave her alone." He grabbed my shoulder and pulled me off of the blonde bimbo. I turned to face him, gleefully ready to inflict pain on him. "You can't do this, Kimberly." He let go of me and reached up to his helmet. Releasing the clasps, he pulled it off his head. "Listen to me, Kim. It's me. It's Tommy. Please, look at me." He gave me a pleading look, one that made anger flare throughout my body. Why the hell did he think this was going to work? Did he think I was just going to swoon over his pony tail like I did when I was fifteen?
'Stop it!', a different voice screamed in my head. 'You can't hurt him!' I shook my head, trying to stifle it. 'You love him. You can't hurt him. You need to wake up.'
"We're your friends, Kimberly." Kat said on the other side of me.
"Friends?" I let out a dark chuckle. "Some friends you are. I don't have any friends. I am going to make you pay for what you did to me." Tommy gave me a questioning look before Jason grabbed him from behind, forcing him to turn. His helmet flew to the floor as Jason gripped him by the throat, holding him slightly off the ground. Jason threw him forward and Tommy stumbled back. Grinning, I turned back to Kat. "Oh yeah? And sweetie, pink is out." Lifting my foot, I kicked her as hard as I could in the midriff. She flew back, holding her stomach as she landed.
"Jason, no! I don't want to hurt you." Tommy said as Jason backed him towards the pit where Maligore was waiting. Jason kicked him again and Tommy fell backwards, half dangling off the ledge.
'Go save him!' The voice screamed in my head. 'For the love of God, wake up and save him.'
"Stop it." I said, rubbing my temples.
'Not until you listen to me. Maligore has a spell on you. You need to shake out of it before Tommy and the rest of the Rangers die. Tommy is about to die unless you do something about it.'
"He deserves it." I whispered, glaring at Tommy as Jason held him above the pit. "For what he did to me. What him and Kat both did to me."
'They didn't do anything! You're the one that broke up with him. It's okay to still have feelings for him but you can't keep thinking that it's Tommy's fault that you aren't happy. You let him go.' The feeling of power quivered for a moment and I felt a wave of nausea hit me. The voice was right. Tommy wasn't the bad guy here. He came here to save me. He had tried to get me to break the spell by risking his life. He was here. He didn't hate me or choose Kat over me.
'But what about Kat? She still has the man you love.' The deeper, warmer voice said in my ear. Jason was choking Tommy now, his whole body leaning over him as he tried to push the long-haired leader of the Power Rangers into the pit with Maligore. He roared out with pleasure as Tommy slipped a little bit further in.
'You can't talk to Tommy if he's dead, you idiot! You need to wake the fuck up and stop Jason from throwing him in there.' The other voice screamed.
"Into the fire." I chanted, a smile coming over my lips as I watched the two fight.
'Kimberly, WAKE UP!' The voice demanded. It vibrated in my skull. 'Tommy is the love of your life. You can't let him die. You need to do something.'
"Into the fire." I repeated, trying my best to ignore the voice reasoning with me. Each time it spoke, the power faded away. I didn't like the feeling, the guilt coming between it. Suddenly, I felt something envelop my entire body. I saw a golden glow and I let out a gasp as another power filled my body.
'Yes! That's it! Embrace the love.' The voice said, sounding happier. The anger quickly flowed out of my body as I felt Maligore drift out of me. My eyes widened at the reality of what was happening to me. As it did, I saw Tommy kick Jason over his head. Jason tumbled forward, face first into the volcano. Tommy spun quickly, reaching out and grabbing Jason's hand. I could hear him grunt as he struggled to keep his grip on Jason.
"Tommy! Hang on!" I called out, running towards him. Diving forward, I landed next to him. Jason was struggling against Tommy's grip, trying to break free. Tommy gave me a desperate but hopeful look.
"Kim? Are you okay?"
"I'm with you, Tommy." I replied, bending down and grabbing Jason's hand.