So I ended up making chapter 2. Round of applause since I almost never make multi-chapters.
Once the clock struck eleven Trini was out cold on the bed. When Kim looked at her the Latina girl had the smallest smile on her face. She looked so peaceful and calm when she was sleeping; it was painful thinking about how tortured she felt when she woke up.
Kimberly grabbed the plate and silently closed the door on her way out of the bedroom. She went down the hall and padded down the carpeted staircase to make her way to the kitchen to dispose of the dish. She was washing her hands when she heard the fridge door open. Turning her head, she saw Zack pulling out an apple from one of the shelves. When he turned to face the girl, Kim raised an eyebrow at him and he just smiled back at her sheepishly. The Indian girl huffed and made her way into the living room, the boy hot on her heels.
The other two rangers were sitting on the couch talking in soft voices when they heard the others come in the room. Jason turned his head and stood up to face them.
"We need to talk about Trini."
Kim and Zack nodded back at him and plopped down on their own seats around the coffee table. Jason sat back down with his arms still crossed. The room was noiseless, minus Billy tapping his foot on the wooden floors.
"Well?" Jason prompted.
"Well what?" Kimberly asked.
"Well what are we supposed to do about this?"
Kim scowled. "What do you expect us to do? Go over to her mother's house and pummel her?"
Billy spoke up, "We can't do that. Zordon said we can only use our powers against people if they attack us first."
Jason looked down. "Yeah, you're right Billy." He sighed, leaning back into the cushion behind him. "So how's she doing, K?"
The pink ranger fiddled with her sleeve. "Physically? She looks better than when I found her. She chuckled, "After being in the mountains for a week she needed that shower."
Zack shifted in his seat. "But how's she feeling?"
The other three rangers stared at him for a moment. The black ranger was sitting in a way that he shrunk in the chair. He was staring at the floor like someone kicked his puppy. It was odd seeing the usually energetic and jovial boy look so down. They didn't like it.
The Indian girl broke the silence, "I don't really know. She seemed... happier? I guess this afternoon when I brought her her clothes, but..." She trailed off.
"But what?"
She slouched further in her chair. "I feel like she's just putting up a brave face."
When the guys thought about it, it made a lot of sense; Trini always tried to put on a brave face. After Rita attacked her in her room, she contacted her team immediately and it was never mentioned again. When she talked about her family for the first time she shut the topic down with a monotone I've never told anyone this before. When she was being bullied at school with people writing on her locker and pushing her around, she never once told them about it – if anything it's more like she pretended it never happened – and they only realized what was happening to her at school when they saw her locker.
The Asian boy clenched his fists in his lap. "Well I won't let her, not again."
"Zack—"
"No!" He shouted as he pushed himself up in his chair. A harsh shh from Jason made him lower his voice again. "A mother is supposed to love you and care about you no matter who or what you are." He pointed up towards the staircase angrily. "Her bitch of a mother doesn't deserve such an awesome daughter!"
Zack was practically seething by the end of his rant, his eyes wide with rage. His fists her balled up so tightly the other rangers were worried he would start to bleed. Kimberly stood up and wrapped her arms around him in a gentle embrace. He hugged her back tightly and buried his head in her shoulder.
Billy furrowed his eyebrows at his friends and looked towards Jason. "Can...Can parents really be this terrible?" He looked like he was about to cry.
Jason rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Unfortunately they can be."
Billy's downcast face almost made Jason tear up. The boy was so pure and truly cared about his friends; he didn't want anything bad to happen to any of them. "She's going to be staying at Zack's, right? I-I don't want her to go back there."
"Don't worry, buddy. None of us do."
The guys decided to sleep over for the night. The team would be leaving early in the morning to raid the house while the family was at church, and it would be a hassle to make them go home then bring them back a few hours later anyway.
Zack trudged up the stairs and knocked on Kim's door. "Hey, Crazy Girl," He put his hand over his mouth to stifle a yawn. "We're gunna head out soon."
The doorknob twisted and Zack took a step back when the door opened. Trini appeared in front of him sporting her black bomber jacket and faded yellow beanie. With a mischievous grin, Zack pulled the beanie down over her face.
"Hey!"
"'Hey' yourself. You kept us waiting!"
The short girl pulled her hat back up and glared at him, to which he just smiled widely at her and pat her head. She shot him a glare but he ignored it as he turned around and walked back downstairs. "Who even goes to church this early anyway? It's not even eight o'clock yet!"
The yellow ranger shrugged at him. "Try being forced to go with them. They leave the house at seven-thirty and it killed me."
"That's flat out torture."
Trini grimaced. "Yeah..."
Zack winced, "Bad choice of words?"
"Ya think?"
"Don't worry about it," she brushed off. Once they reached the bottom of the stairs Trini jumped on the taller boy's back, causing him to yelp in surprise.
"Hey—!"
"Carry me to the car." She demanded. The yellow ranger wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. The Asian boy just sighed dramatically. He put his arms under her legs to steady her and walked her to the garage to meet the rest of their team.
"How much longer until we get there?" Jason asked while hitting his head against the back of the car seat.
Billy raised his head. "Exactly fifty-seven seconds rest of the way."
Kim turned down the street and Trini took a deep breath to calm herself down. She honestly didn't expect to come back so soon, if at all. Less than a minute later, they're parking in the street beside the house and getting out of the SUV. The team slowly walked up to the house.
Trini stayed back for a moment just staring at what was once her home. She may not have lived there long, but she had a few good memories; memories with her little brothers, chasing them around the house and teasing them and playing soccer in the backyard. She remembered when Diego got his trophy from his soccer meet and she carried him around on her shoulders (it may have been a participation trophy, but he was happy nonetheless).
She felt a hand touch the back of her own. She looked down at her hand then back up at the girl standing next to her. Kimberly had a worried look in her eyes when she stared at her, but Trini looked away. The Indian girl properly gripped the small girl's hand. "We don't have to go in if you don't want to. If it makes you uncomfortable—"
"It's fine." Trini forced. "I want to. Can we go in now?"
Kim just nodded. They walked to the front door to meet the guys again and Trini tried to open the door. The handle wouldn't turn and she groaned. "I should have figured they'd lock the door."
Jason made a face. "Is there any other way in?"
The Latina stopped to think for a moment then looked back at Kim. They grinned at each other and made their way to the side of the house, the rest of the team following them. They stopped just below a window, looking upward. Billy furrowed his eyebrows. "How do you know it's unlocked?"
Trini turned her head slightly to look at him. "I never lock it." She put her foot against the house and launched herself upwards to grab the windowsill. She hefted herself up and slid the window up so she could climb inside. She landed on the floor on her back with a huff.
"Come on up!" She laughed. The short girl quickly moved out of the way so no one fell on her.
They all jumped up one by one and looked at her damaged room with shock. Trini never finished fixing the walls and shelves due to her being busy with school or training, so there was still white plaster on the walls with a few cracks and holes she missed. Her shelf still had a broken ledge and she had moved all the books and other items around the bottom of it. There was still a worktable with a closed can of paint and plaster in the corner.
The team just looked shocked, having never set foot into her bedroom.
"Is this what Rita did?" Kim asked with wide eyes as she looked at the walls.
Trini stood up and stretched. "Yeah. Not my problem anymore though, right?" She kicked the pile at the bottom of the shelf. "Let me grab one of the bags in the closet and we can start."
"But you just got out of the closet, why would you wanna go back in?"
"Shut up, Zack."
The group went through her room and packed away some of her clothes, obviously including her beanies and other hats, and Kim grabbed her toiletries from the bathroom down the hall. With all five of them manoeuvring around the small bedroom it took longer than they had hoped, but it was still fun nonetheless. They threw her shirts around at each other and Zack and Jason kept tossing one of her hats over her head.
Everyone stopped when they heard loud voices from outside the window.
"Mi hijo get in the front door, not the backyard!"
"Mamá I wanna play on the swing though!"
"You have to change first; I won't have you ruining your church clothes!"
The teens all looked at each other; all their eyes wide. "Shit!" Kim whispered. "We gotta get out of here!"
"No!" Trini whisper-yelled back. "They'll see if we go out now! And you guys would totally get arrested for break-and-entering."
The rangers waited silently in the room until they heard the front door close. Jason ran over to the window and helped Billy slide down the side of the house. Jason climbed out and dropped to the ground. "Pass down the bag!" He whispered fiercely. Trini grabbed the duffle bag and held it through the window. The dropped it and the ex-football player caught it and he and Billy ran to the car. Zack was about to follow him when they heard it.
"Wait, I think it's in here!"
And the door swung open.
I wasn't going to end it here but I'm like hey look at that cliffhanger. Pretty sure there will be one more chapter after this :P