Fool On the Hill
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 sat under a tree by their lake. He hadn't care how much time has past, but he felt numb. The Crane was still calling to him, and yet he ignored it. He didn't want anything to do with her. He just... he wanted her to leave him alone.
He felt something in the bottom of his heart though. He had felt this before. It wasn't any old feeling he felt with past girlfriends- namely Katherine Hillard-Cranston. This old feeling hadn't been there since his Ninjetti days. And, he knew while it connected the six former Ninjetti together things were still going to get worse. They always did, before anything started to get better.
Yet, he wanted to hold her in his arms, and tell her sweet nothings. But, that hadn't happened in the past ten years, and thought they were merely over due. All, he figured out in the past ten years they were meant to be, but he never could allow her to see him so...vulnerable.
He just couldn't allow it.
Except he never saw this past when he was back in high school. He was barely her friend when they first met and then thrown into their other life by their enemies! And, yet she loved him. Through it all. But, now everything was different-- he was a Paleontologist, and a science teacher to boot. And, she had her own problems that dated back to their Power Ranger days.
"You all right Tommy?" someone asked, snapping him out of his own thoughts.
He turned around, and found himself face to face with Katherine Cranston. She was another part of his past, a part he wanted to forget. But, he couldn't. She was also the second Pink Ranger. The woman had begun studying dance in London, but he never did realize how she ended up as a Psychiatrist. He lost contact with her after they broke up. In fact, he lost contact with everyone from his Power Ranger days-- except Jason and Trini.
Jason was still his friend, barely. Jason had been pursuing Tommy to talk to Kim since the Divatox incident, but Tommy refused. AS for Trini herself she didn't like talking to the man since he wouldn't listen to her and Jason. She was all ways short and abrupt with him. And, he couldn't understand why until last night.
"Kat.. what are you doing here?"
That was a stupid question. He knew what she was doing here. He knew that Katherine and Aisha were in town to save Kim's life. But, what he wanted to know why was she here with him.
"Jason told me to pick up Kim's car. Somehow, I found myself walking the trail-- and it led me here. How are you feeling?" she asked, setting herself besides him.
"I'm all right. How's Kim?" he asked.
Katherine closed her eyes. She didn't know the answer to that. In fact, Jason just dropped her here expecting her to be back at the house soon. She tried to say something, anything really. But she couldn't. What could she say to this man that wouldn't hurt him?
"The Crane needs it's leader." Katherine whispered, hoping he got the meaning.
The Ninjetti. It always came back to that somehow. Even now ten years later since they received their Ninjetti powers everything came back to that. Then Tommy wondered: What were the Rangers flocking home to Angel Grove? He didn't understand. Closing his eyes, he begun to recall words from his former team mates.
"We'll always be here. We're a pack. And, I'll protect you Pink Crane." the Blue Wolf said carefully.
"You can count on us," the Red Ape snarled.
"We don't need the Falcon to protect you. He left you long ago-- and in doing so broke our pack," the Black Frog told the Pink Crane as he looked over to the Blue Wolf thoughtfully.
"Yeah! Once this is over we'll pounce the Falcon." The Yellow Bear said causing everyone to laugh.
"Thanks guys. Although I think we should leave the pouncing to the wolf," The Pink Crane said as the animal spirits looked over to the Blue Wolf.
Tommy shook his head clear. The dream had been creepy the first dozen times around. But, now he couldn't forget it. He forgotten who the animals had represented. All, he knew was they were trying to convey some sort pf message.
"Tommy!" Katherine called waving a hand in front of his face. He'd blinked and then stood up. Katherine done the same. "She needs you! Her body is fighting some unknown force. She's become very unstable in the past five years. Until now I thought it just past, but I guess not. She wouldn't let any man near her except the male Rangers!" Katherine cried.
Tommy's face became stoic. So what was that suppose to mean? Sure, he cared about her... to a point. And, to him it didn't matter anymore. She lied to him too... in a way. So, what if she was possessed it didn't mean crap to him. It didn't matter to Tommy at all.
This weekend had become a nightmare though. First Kimberly told him to met him here, and then somehow transform into someone that didn't know him. Then all the ex-Rangers start flocking to Angel Grove. Boy, he needed to get out of here, and fast!
"Thanks Kat! I'm going to be heading back to Reefside now." he said maneuvering away from her, and onto the dirt trail towards his car. But, Katherine wasn't finish with him. Not one bit. She took a step forward and grabbed his right arm.
"I'm not letting you walk away! You wouldn't of come here if you didn't know. Don't you go off saying 'Kim called me!' either. The truth of the matter is she knew there was a cycle coming soon, and she wanted you to witness it Tommy! And, she held onto the hope you'd release her from it. Now if that doesn't mean anything to you just walk away," she said letting go of his arm.
He started to walk away. He just kept telling himself he didn't care.
"But, just so you know Thomas James Oliver," she said watching him flinched, but still kept his back to her.
"She still loves you!"
That made him stopped dead in his tracks. Kimberly Ann Hart still loved him. How... what was the word quaint. Yes... How quaint.
"Is that why she thinks I'm dead?" he asked turning around, only loud enough for her to hear.
Tears had begun to fall from his eyes. He was lost. For the first time in a decade Tommy Oliver, the man was lost. Katherine slowly walked up to him. She still needed to talk to Aisha. But the man before her didn't look like a man at all. Instead, he looked like a lost little boy who just found out his best friend had move. In a way this was true, but she shook her head.
Katherine thought of the next words carefully. "Dulcea told the Ninjetti Rangers that the Falcon and Crane will always fly together... aren't I right? What's changed Tommy?" Katherine whispered to him.
She didn't want to be this close to him after so long, but she felt like she needed to be. She felt this was right. She watched him for a minute more before he was about to say something about the letter and maybe herself. But, she wouldn't let him.
"We weren't made for each other Tommy. I know that now. I dealt with it. The fact is are you ready to let Kim go?" she asked.
Somehow, Katherine had hit the target. He didn't know how she did it. But according to Jason and Trini the man had kept talking about Kim as if she was the highlight of his day. Even if they never saw each other in ten year time. He looked down to the ground, and searched his heart for an answer, but he was stopped short as a large electric pink Crane dove towards them. On instinct alone Tommy shielded Katherine.
The woman inside the huge Crane was brunette. She wore a pink and silvery dress. Her chocolate brown eyes flashed pink as she walked towards the two.
"Why bother Katherine?" the woman spoke.
Both Tommy and Katherine cringed. Katherine- for the way the woman spat her name. And, Tommy for the way she reminded himself of his own- and her own evil days. Tommy then reached for his Dino Gem and morpher, but found none. The woman held the artifacts up for them to see, she smiled proudly.
"Looking for these Thomas? Now we can't have you morphing into the Dino Thunder's black Ranger. That's against the rules." she said crushing the gem in between her own hands.
The now lifeless gem fell to the ground, as did Tommy. He was loss for words. His whole body shook. He had no way to save Katherine or himself. And, he couldn't look at the woman who did this-- for she was one in the same.
"Kim! Why are you doing this?!" Katherine cried, stepping in front of her friend.
"Destroying the Falcon? Because he destroyed my heart! I'm not good enough for him!And, I see now I will never will be." Kim cried, as she stepped back, turned around and stopped.
"Besides Katherine," Kim started. "The Frog is all ready powerless!" Kim snickered as she left the way she came.
Don't forget to R+R!
A/N: Love picking on Adam, lol. Especially after watching the movie again and seeing him with his disgust of his Ninjetti spirit. There was more to the end of this chapter, but I felt it was irrelavant since the chapter has all ready served it's purpose.