Mortal Combat

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?

Katherine stood alone on the rocky cliffs thinking of her past. Inside the Command Center, her comrades and husband were working on a solution to destroy their enemy's... and find a way to bring Kim back to her normal self. How did Kim act before all this happened? How did she...? Katherine was confused. It had been years since she and Kim had hung out. When the spell hit she Kim had been hanging with the wrong people and it wasn't right.

She fell to he ground and let out a small cry. It wasn't her fault that she was sucked into this world of Power Rangers. This world where she alone would have to defend a whole city. At least she had friends and these special powers. Looking down at the Pterodactyl coin she sighed. This was her destiny, and she would have to fight until she died. That was certain. Or maybe they can retire. But first...

"Hey. Penny for your thoughts?" Billy asked.

Katherine looked behind her and smiled. He was leaning on the wall of the Command Center. She watched him as he begun to walk over to her, ever so slowly ever so slightly. She felt as if it were a dream... or one random night of many. He would come home late at night rarely, and she'd be standing on the balcony thinking. Her random thoughts could be anything or nothing. All that mattered to her was he'd come home safe.

And, now... death could come to both of them.

"You know as well as I do that this may be our last battle. Kim may win, and destroy the Earth!" Kathrine said in terror.

Billy hugged his wife as he shut his eyes. He begun to think about his family. His friends. He thought about all the times he would think that this battle would be his last, all the times he had been wrong about that. But, he could feel Katherine's fear. The stakes were higher now. Not just for Katherine and him, but for Rocky, Aisha, Trini, and Jason.

They all had children. If they perished in battle then who would take care of their children? Who would keep their memory alive? Tears welled in his eyes. Hew could imagine Aisha and/or Rocky dying a slow but painful death.

"It's going to be all right. We've won one battle." he said, trying to sooth his wife's shaking body.

"You mean- Aisha made it out okay?" Katherine asked.

A lump formed in Billy's throat. That battle between Scropina and the Rangers was still going on. He then shook his head.

"No. Jason won his battle. More like Trini won it for him."

Katherine looked up and studied Billy for a moment. Her heart pang. She missed her five year old daughter.

"I miss her you know. More and more each day." Katherine said sadly.

"But Kat. Shelia will be okay. We can't ask her to come here. You know as well as I do she could be in danger."

Truth be known, that thought scared her. Shelia Cranston, was the brightest girl she had ever met. She was blessed the day that strawberry blond, blue eyed girl was born on Earth. Katherine knew she'd do anything to protect her.

"I know Billy. I know."

And, with that Katherine burst down into tears.

He was on his knees, breathing in deeply, and trying to keep his eyes on the other, more important battle. He gritted his teeth. He still wanted to save her from everything, but he knew he couldn't. The truth was she was stronger than him. And, that would remain a deep dark secret. But, he wouldn't give up. Not now. Not ever.

Punch. Kick. Kick. Block.

If only this was any easier. He wished these damn Super Putties vanished quickly. But, that was only hopeful wishing. Only wishes never came true. The only thing that could be worse... no it was all ready hurting him. Yes, his back was in pain right now.

The injury had taken years to heal. And, he had Aisha right beside him as he went through all those surgeries, and therapy. Yet, everything was almost back to normal. To have his back become injured again was nearly impossible, yet probable.

There was so much that a Red Ranger could do. Maybe that's why Tommy became leader? Maybe that's why he was so much better than Jason and him put together. But, he had heard the truth from Jason. When the White Ranger Tommy came into existence, Zordon had asked Jason to step down from the role. He did, and Tommy had become the leader of the Power Rangers.

And, Rocky had a great time serving under Tommy for the next three years or so. When Tommy was heart broken over Kimberly he had turned to Adam, Billy and him. They had tried to figure out why she would do such a thing-- yet none of them would know the truth until after their service as Power Rangers. And, Aisha was the one that had filled him in.

"Rocky!!" Aisha screamed.

He turned around quickly. Scorpina had Aisha on the ground and was hovering her tail over her.

Since when did Scorpina get the upper hand? And, when did the Putties disappear?

He quickly looked around, and sighed. He had two- three options. (1) Pull out his blaster. (2) Pull out the Power Sword If and only if he could still call it... and (3) Do Nothing. The last option wasn't really and option. But, Aisha was in danger and if he did nothing then they'd loose a Ranger... another Ranger. But, to death-- not to evil.

He knew what to do. So, he got into gear and ran towards his wife and pulled out the Power Sword-- which took a longer time to materialize in his arms as it didn't belong to him, but to Jason. He then stomped over towards Scorpina and Aisha.

Aisha was rolling around on the dirt ground as Scropina was trying to sting her with her tail.

"That's enough vile woman," Rocky muttered under his breathe and put laid the sword against Scropina's neck.

The scorpion woman hissed uncontrollably as she started to squirm. But, Rocky held onto her tightly, and nodded for Aisha to stand.

"Did she sting you?" Rocky asked quickly.

"Not yet." Aisha mumbled nonchalantly.

"Good," he said effortlessly as he slit Scropina's throat.

Her head landing a few feet from them before it turned to dust...

It seemed like forever when she had stopped crying. Her daughter was her whole world. If only she could hold her, talk to her. But they had agreed- the Cranston, DeSantos, and Scotts- that contact with their children could endanger the children.

"Bill can't I call her?" Katherine asked quietly.

Billy sighed. They both knew the consequences well. They couldn't put their children in danger. They couldn't risk calling the children.

Even Jason and Trini had sent their son to their grandparents with specific instructions-- not to contact them. They couldn't explain the reason why since it would have broken the rules that Zordon had set down for them ages ago. They just had explain that they were recruited by Big Brother. And, left it at that.

"You know the answer to that." Billy said.

Katherine nodded sadly as she saw two lights- Red and Yellow fly their way.

"Their safe!" Billy exclaimed, changing the subject as he pulled Katherine towards the doors of the Command Center.

But, then stopped as Aisha stepped outside.

"Billy! Rocky's been injured!"

AN: And, that's the end of another Chapter. No. I haven't forgotten about the battles in Reefside. I'll try to upload the next chapter ASAP. Although, I am sorry to say I'm going to go on another three week vacation in May-- and I was hoping to have this fic done by then. But, that's impossible.

-Ace.