Haunted

By: Luna Ace

Summery: Years after the infamous Dear John Letter Kimberly Ann Hart calls Thomas Oliver and asks him to met in Angel Grove's Park. Can a relationship ten years old be salvage?

He watched the woman sleep on the couch, knowing that what ever she was dreaming she was fighting him... again. Ten long minutes passed since he spoke a word to his former best friend. He ignored the questions that his best friend asked, just because when she needed him most he cut her out of his life. And, she did tried to explain, but he wouldn't let her.

He then turned around, and faced his best friend's glare. He wasn't phased one bit, and he led them towards the kitchen where Trini was all ready pouring three cups of coffee. She then noticed the tension in the room.

"I'm going to watch over her. Jase – Aisha's plane lands at noon." she said, solemnly as she walked into the living room leaving the two grown men alone for the first time that night.

"What about Kat?" Jason asked.

"Two thirty." Trini answered.

Jason watched his former best friend sit down. So, his former best friend thought. They treat this like a ranger reunion. Why hadn't he known or been invited? He knew the answer though, and he just couldn't believe it.

"Tommy? You all right?" Jason asked.

Tommy knew that voice. He cringed inwardly. There were many things he didn't know, and he believe Kim was the center of it all. He saw how fit Jason and Trini were tonight, and that somehow worried him. What had happened all those years ago?

But... Jason own his own dojo... so it made sense that he remain fit after his ranger days, but it didn't add up for Trini. She was working with a computer company- Intel, he believed.

"Yeah. Let's just get this over with." Tommy muttered, finally sitting down and taking his mug to have a sip from it.

It didn't matter that he had to go to school Monday. He now just wanted this weekend over and done with. Whatever was Kim's problem it wasn't his anymore. Nothing about her concern him.

And nothing ever will, he thought silently as Jason started to pace.

"If that's what Kim wants..." Jason muttered to himself.

But Tommy caught that.

"What Kim wants? What do you mean? She sent me that letter not the other way around..." he said as anger built up inside of him.

"We know! Dammit Tommy why do you think I asked her to talk to you? When we went back to Angel Grove she was more then willing to talk. She needed you! And what did you do? You went on a date with Katherine the night you agreed to talk to her! How do you think she felt? You abandon her. No wonder she thinks your dead." Jason huffed as he crossed his arms and glared at Tommy.

"You mean to tell me..." Tommy started then stopped. He froze. Everything inside him froze. She thought he was dead. But, how was that possible? He was living. He was here. Tommy began to wonder what the hell had happened to his crane-- his heart.

Jason on the other hand begun to debate weather or not to continue this discussion. He choose his next words carefully knowing that Tommy would listen now that he had his attention. All Jason knew was that tonight was going to be a long night. At least tomorrow he wouldn't have to tell Aisha this story.

"Let me start at the beginning. Once upon a time..."

"Jase! Okay. I get it. Get on with it," Tommy said rather annoyed.

Jason just laughed. It eased him a bit. But the story he was going to tell didn't have a happy ending. It was far from it.

"As I was saying there was this beautiful brunette who fell in love with a brilliant young man..." Jason stop as he saw Tommy's mouth open and begun to shot out words.

"Let me guess... she decided to end it with a Dear John letter. Jason if this is some kind of joke--"

Tommy stopped as he heard padded feet step inside the kitchen. He then turned around to face the said brunette from Jason's own story.

"Kim?" he asked. He starred at her with awe.

Kim blinked. She couldn't place the man. He was different. A stranger, and yet not a stranger. She watched him take a step towards her, but she stepped back. Her chocolate brown eyes widen as she heard a male's scream from inside her head.

"No... Trini..." Kim cried.

In an instant the Vietnamese woman came and dragged Kim away who began to cry in her arms.

"I... couldn't save him... I lost..." Kim whimpered as she was dragged away.

Tommy didn't quite understand. What was Kim talking about? Was she talking about him? He turned to Jason wanting an explanation-- and fast.

Jason stopped pacing and quietly had watched the whole scene. He knew what she dreamed and now seen thanks to Katherine. Her dreams were all the same. First Aisha's death. And, now Tommy's. He wondered if she had recognized her old beau.

"Yes Tommy-- she ended it." Jason said , now leaning on the kitchen counter. He was a few feet from Tommy. He needed to be a few feet from Tommy. The next few words were hard to say.

"She thought she found the one person she was suppose to be with. But, then Zack and Trini decided to visit her after we receive their first break at the Peace Conference. They could tell something was definitely wrong with the man. But, Kim wouldn't listen." Jason said-- sadness enveloped in his own voice.

Jason then turned away from Tommy and starred at the counter.

"Then she went off to Pan Globals. I went with her, because Trini and Zack pressed me to try and talk to her. I begun pressing her about going home-- to Angel Grove. But, she didn't want to. She didn't want to destroy her dream. And, she told me Nate asked her to marry him. She was so happy."

Tears began to wield up in Jason's eyes. He couldn't let Tommy know. He was amaze that he could say the next couple of sentences with out fail.

"When she had come back to Florida Nate was waiting for her in her apartment. God, I wished I knew then. I would have gone with her..."

Now Tommy knew he was crying. He listened silently. Tommy wondered what Jason was talking about... again. But if he asked now Jason wouldn't tell him until tomorrow, so he waited until Jason collected himself.

"We begun to think Nate was a good guy. We thought he was overly protective of Kim. He do little things for her. Then after Pan Globals he called Trini and Zack and asked what had happened to Kim. He didn't care that Kim was living her dream.

After two months Zack got a call from Rocky. He told Zack that Aisha was missing in Africa. Zack, was visiting his cousin and agreed to check out the whereabouts of Aisha. At first we thought nothing of it. But, then I got a call from one of Kim's team mates saying she went missing.

I begun to think something was wrong. I contacted Billy who I knew was working close with Zordon at the time. Then a little while after that Zordon contacted Trini and I."

"Zordon contacted you?" Tommy asked disbelieving.

"Yeah. I remember it as it was yesterday. Zordon had waited until things were quiet in Angel Grove then he transported the three of us to the Power Chambers. At first, we thought it was a mistake...

Trini was leaning next to a console Billy had been working on. He was typing coordinates away. The two were afraid for Kim and Aisha's safety.

"But Zordon I don't understand. Why can't the Zeo team handle this? We're not fit to fight putties let alone who ever taken Kim and Aisha." Trini asked the floating head that was in a tube.

"Patience Trini. Billy will explain. Turn to the viewing globe." their former mentor instructed them.

Jason and Zack, who were by the viewing globe did so. Trini had done the same. What the three saw was something they knew they didn't want to talk about. On the screen was Kim walking into her apartment. She wore her medals around her neck proudly, and she was beaming.

But, then something from behind her made a sound. They knew that someone was Nate. He had a bat in his hands. Which he used it to hit Kim in the head and knock her out. Kim was too frighten to scream.

No one made a sound while the imagery changed to Aisha.

The African American was sitting in a cafe enjoying a hot drink. Then, a woman who looked to be the same race as Aisha had walked up behind her. She engaged a conversation with Aisha-- slowly and carefully.

"Hey 'Sha!" the woman had said.

"Hello Amber."

Jason looked at Zack. The two couldn't make a connection. And, they knew this woman who Aisha had begun to talk to.

"What are you up to tonight?" Amber asked.

"Oh, nothing. You know homework for one of my Professors." Aisha said sipping her hot drink.

"Ah. You still on for that blind date on Friday?" Amber asked.

Then in the Power Chamber Trini gasped and begun to cry. Jason and Billy looked over to her. She grabbed onto Billy. She couldn't speak. She knew that woman. Shew was Kim's room mate-- for a time.

"Jase! That's Amber!" she cried.

The Vietnamese woman then crumbled to the ground-- taking Billy with her. Billy, who hadn't seen Kim since he left looked up at Jason with a questioning look.

"Jason?" Tommy asked.

"Huh? Oh sorry." Jason said.

"With you guys fighting Angel Grove there was no way we were going to make you worry about Kim. So, we decided to suit up again. Billy wanted to go back into action too, but I told him he couldn't. We thought we could handle by ourselves."

More memories engulf Jason as he spoke. He remembered how Billy came and save the day. Smiling, Jason went on with his story.

"We found Kim weeks later. We had to fight for her. It was a pretty gruesome battle and Trini, Zack and I couldn't defeat it. And, somehow Kim could summon her power bow without any of her original powers."

"I thought you guys didn't need any help." Billy teased as the six of them transported to the Power Chamber. Kim was holding onto Jason afraid for Aisha's life. If Aisha was dead she wasn't going to forgive herself.

Aisha was in the hands of Zack. He watched her-- hoping she was going to be all right.

"Ai Yi Yi!" a robot cried as it made a beeline straight for Zack.

The other four watched as Alpha 5 begun to order Zack around and told him to lay her down on a table. Billy instantly went to monitor Aisha's life force.

Hours later the five heard a familiar ringing of a transport in progress. Jason instantly took Kim's hand and held her close to him. The colors of the people who transported were blue and green. Jason, Trini and Zack gawked at the two newcomers. Billy smiled at the them, and Kim just starred at the ground. Guilt was in her eyes.

"Kim?" a voice called to her, forcing her to look up and she did. Both men had black hair and brown eyes to match, but the colors they had on where so different then before. One had on a green shirt, and the other had on a blue shirt.

"I believe you guys all ready met." Billy said strangely.

Kim didn't say a word. She stood still as the teen in the green shirt approach her.

"Kim what's wrong?" he asked.

Jason looked over to Zack and quietly pleaded with him to take Kim away from here so he could tell her story. ...

"Battle?" Tommy asked, gawking at Jason.

"Yeah. We swore to Zordon in secrecy that Kim would be the one to tell you. Like I said Tommy she needed you, and you've abandon her. Her boyfriend wasn't even human." Jason said as he closed his eyes. In his mind's eye he could still picture Kim's boyfriend-- more like a monster.

In Tommy's own mind-- he recalled the dreams were a crane was trapped-- either by rocks or in a cage. The beautiful crane was pink with long white wings. It's eyes were silver. It called to him-- like many times before, but his own white falcon wouldn't answer her plea-- her call.

He didn't know how much his beautiful pink and silver crane needed his help until Jason muttered a word that really didn't make sense to him.

"Zedd."

Sunday Morning had came and gone for Tommy. Jason had left around ten AM. And, he was getting ready to head home himself. But, somehow he couldn't leave for Reefside like this. But, he knew he had to. Both men hadn't slept a wink since last night.

He begun to recall the dreams he had from ten years ago, before the ordeal-- as he now called it. They were so happy. Tommy knew that this was the woman he had wanted to spend his life with. But now? He felt that she feared him. He didn't even realized that they were still connected until last night-- after Jason had gone to bed.

Life without Kim had been interesting without her. After giving his position up as the Red Turbo Ranger, he went to college and met Hayley Ziktor- an extraordinary woman who was very intelligent. She also own a place called Cyberspace Cafe. She was a brunette and had brown eyes. She was quite the opposite of Kim... and Katherine.

Tommy then realized something as he sped out of the driveway that afternoon: He had a good life without Kim, and he wouldn't trade it with the world. Even if Lord Zedd was the one that cause their suffering and pain.

And, just like that his plans to go back to reality had changed-- as he turned towards the park where they begun.

Don't forget to R+R!

A/N: Wow this chapter changed a lot from what I have written. Just to be clear the Zeo Rangers that were only mention were Adam (Zeo Ranger IV) and Rocky (Zeo Ranger III). They were also the very first of the Zeo Power Team to learn about Kim. How did Katherine learn about Kim? Find out next time on Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.

Plus, I'm a week ahead. So, if you guys want the next chapter sooner just tell me!