a/n-yay! another chapter!

disclaimer-the rumors about me owning the power rangers, which you probably have never heard, are all untrue.

Chapter Eleven-Settling In

Upon pressing a button on their communicator's, Ann, Jason, and Kim were teleported to the command center, where Zordon and Alpha were waiting for them.

"Kimberly." Zordon said when they appeared.

"Oh, Zordon, I've missed you so much!" Kim said, running over to Zordon, and hugging him. "Zordon, you aren't in your tube."

"No, I'm not." Zordon said with a smile on his face. "Billy was able to bring me back, and I didn't need my energy tube anymore."

"That's amazing. This must be Alpha 15." Kim said, seeing the robot behind Zordon. She ran over and hugged the robot too.

"I don't really know you I guess." Kim said breaking away from the robot. "But I knew Alpha 5, and you remind me of him so much. And I haven't seen him in years."

"That is alright miss." The robot replied. "I have heard many stories about you and the other rangers from him. I feel like I know all of you. I consider you a close friend, much like Alpha 5 did."

"Thank you." Kim said, smiling at the robot.

"Kimberly." Zordon said. "We have prepared a room for you to occupy while you are staying here."

"Thanks Zordon. And thanks for letting me stay here. And please, just call me Kim. Everyone does now, or then I guess."

Zordon smiled at the woman. She had always been one of his favorites of all of the power rangers that had come and gone through the years. She had been the first, the original pink ranger. Seeing her now, when she thought he was dead and gone, made him smile more than he had ever smiled before. Even more than on the day when he had seen her marry Tommy. But that had been a different Kimberly, Kim as she wanted to be called. That had been the Kimberly Hart who had just woken up from a two year coma that she had spent seventeen years in the future, only to wake up and meet her two children, technically for the first time. That Kimberly had been very confused, but over joyous at the way her life was turning out.

This Kimberly Hart in front of him knew barely anything of the life she was going to lead. She had met two of her future children, but it really hadn't sunk in yet. But Zordon knew that when it did sink in, she would be very supportive of all of them. She would be there for her children, like her mother had decided not to be there for her.

"I will show you to your room now. If you are ready?" Alpha said, coming up to Kim, who smiled at the robot.

"That, would be wonderful." So the robot led the woman from the past out of the main room of the command center. Zordon turned to Ann and Jason.

"I expect all of you to be supportive of her. It hasn't really sunk in yet the she is basically trapped here for three years. She is your mother, at least she is the woman who will someday become your mother. You will be expected to treat her accordingly."

"We will Zordon, we promise." Ann said, Jason shaking is head in agreement beside her.

"Very well. You may leave now. You should inform the others about her presence here. Today, she will be busy settling in, but tomorrow I will bring all of you here to be with her for the day."

"Sure." Jason said.

"Do you think we should say anything to anyone else besides the other four of us. I mean, I think Willie is starting to get suspicious, and mom already confirmed that she along with dad and Uncle Jason know about us. Having Kim here will be kind of hard to hide."

"In due time, all will be revealed to everyone." Zordon said. "For now, just deal with the other four. And make sure your mother doesn't say anything either, although I know she probably won't."

With a wave of his hand, Zordon sent the two siblings back to their home, to tell the others about the appearance of the Kimberly of the past. Just as she entered the room once more.

"Oh, did they leave already? I was hoping to get to talk to them a little more." Kim said sadly.

"There will be plenty of time for that later Kim. They will come back tomorrow with the rest of their team. For now though, you will be permitted to enter Angel Grove, seeing as I doubt we have any clothes for you to wear for the next three years."

"Oh, goody!" Kim said excitedly. "Shopping!"

"Still the same I see." Zordon commented with a smile. "I have some money here for you to spend. Just be careful while you are there. Some of your old friends and teammates still live in Angel Grove."

"Of course Zordon. You know I'll be careful, and make sure I'm not seen."

So Kim exited the command center, and entered Angel Grove. She was very excited at this chance to glimpse future fashions. Kim had not noticed anything significantly different about the way any of the people she had already seen were dressing.

Right now, Kim was wearing one of her old sweatshirts over her gymnastics outfit. She had found it in her old locker. Which was actually very strange, since the command center had been destroyed, along with the locker. But Alpha had explained to her that a lot of stuff had been salvaged from the wreckage, and the section where the lockers had been located had been minimally damaged. So, Kim had something to wear over the old leotard she had been wearing when she had been transported to the future.

"Wow!" Kim exclaimed under her breath as she entered the city. "Not much has changed within the past sixteen or so years."

Kim looked around, wondering where she should go first. She decided on the mall. Kim had always found the best clothes there, and at great prices too. So, Kim walked a few blocks, until she stood in front of the Angel Grove Mall, which looked the same as ever. She entered the building, wondering what she would fin inside.

Over an hour later, Kim left one of the stores she had been shopping in. She was pleased to see that the style she had been wearing what would be about twenty years ago, was back in style now. Which meant that she really didn't have to try all that hard to find something to wear. As she exited the shop wondering where she should go next, Kim ran into a teenage boy, and dropped her bags.

"Oh, I'm so sorry miss." The boy said looking truly apologetic.

"No, it's ok. I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going." Kim said bending down to get her bags.

"Here, let me get those." The boy said, swiftly bending over and snatching the bags off the ground before Kim could move an inch.

"Thank you." Kim said to the boy.

"No problem. Hey, wait a minute, you look familiar. Do I know you?"

"Umm, probably not. I really haven't been to Angel Grove in about seventeen years. But what's your name anyway?"

"It's Ted. Ted Park." The boy said. "Sound familiar?"

"Well, I went to high school with someone who's last name was Park, but that was a really long time ago."

"It can't have been that long ago." Ted said. "You don't look that old."

"Trust me, I am." Kim said. The boy gave her a confused look.

"If you say so then. I have to go now."

"Ok. It was nice meeting you Ted."

"You too…"

"Kim. Just call me Kim."

"Alright. It was nice meeting you too Kim. Bye."

"Bye." Kim said, before walking in the opposite direction of Ted.

As Ted walked away, he wondered to himself why that woman looked so familiar. Then it hit him. She looked exactly like Aunt Kimberly, except a lot younger. Did his aunt have a younger sister? Or maybe a cousin? Either way, he had to tell Ann, or David. He quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed his friends' number.

"Hello?" Answered Ann's voice on the third ring.

"Ann?"

"Yeah. Ted is that you?"

"Yeah. Ok, so I am at the mall right now, and you will not believe what I just saw."

"Do I want to know what you just saw?" Ann asked suspiciously.

"Depends. How often do you see someone who looks exactly like your mother walking around in the mall?" Ted asked.

"No way. She's at the mall already?"

"What are you talking about?" Ted asked, confused.

"This is a very long story, but I'll try to cut it as short as possible. The woman you saw was my mother."

"She was? No offense, but your mom is kinda older than the woman I saw."

"I know. That's because she is my mom, but from the past. She came to the future for some reason, and we don't know why. Tomorrow, all of us are going to meet at the command center to go and talk to her."

"All of us, as in the whole team?" Ted asked.

"Yes. Do you think you can make it for an indefinite amount of time around ten?"

"Sure. But I hope you'll explain everything in more detail then."

"Course I will." Ann said. "So tomorrow at ten?"

"Tomorrow at ten." Ted confirmed, before he hung up, even more confused than before. How could his Aunt Kimberly be here, if she was from the past? Hopefully, all would be revealed the next day at ten.

Just then, Ted walked past the woman, who he now knew was Kimberly. He smiled at her, she returned the smile, looking just a little confused.

Kim's POV

OK, so I was walking out of the store, and I accidentally ran into this teenager. He looked about Ann or David's age. It was really weird, because he looked like he knew who I was. And I could feel the spirit of the frog within him, but he didn't look a thing like Adam at all. It was kind of strange, I felt the frog calling out to me in greeting, because it recognized me as the crane of the past, that was I guess missing.

That makes sense, right? I mean, if I was here- no, if I am here in spirit form, well sort of anyway, then that would mean my spirit was missing in the past, right? Oh, I'm so confused.

There is that boy again. He just put a cell phone in his pocket. I wonder who he was talking to? Oh no, he's looking in my direction, I think he sees me.

Thank goodness. He only smiled at me as he walked passed. If he had stopped to talk to me, I wouldn't know what to say. But as he walked by, I felt the frog shouting out its farewell. But the thing is, the way that it sounded, to me anyway, it knows that we will see each other again, soon. I don't think that really makes sense, does it?

An hour later, Kim had finally finished with all of her shopping. She had had to pick up as much clothes as she possibly could, while at the same time, trying not to spend all of her money. She knew that she could make the money last as long as possible if she really tried hard. Kim didn't know how much money Zordon had at the command center. And she didn't know if she would have to buy food, never having seen Zordon eating anything, and knowing that robot's don't eat. There had always been snacks and stuff like that in the command center, but that was because the team had made sure it was kept full of as much food as possible, especially when Rocky was on the team.

When Kim got back to the command center, she brought everything straight to her room, and changed right away. As comfortable as her clothes were for gymnastics, she had been wearing them all day, and they were kind of sweaty. When Kim came out of her room again, she went straight to the main room, to find Zordon and Alpha.

"Hello?" Kim called as she walked into the room. "That's strange."

The room was empty. They never left it empty like this. Unless they were in the Zord bay or something. So, Kim decided to check it out, to see if anyone was in there.

"Woah!" Kim said as she walked into the Zord bay. "These look so cool."

There were six new zord's in the large space. Well, different from the ones she remembered anyway.

"Let's see, Dove, Eagle, Crow, Rabbit, Tiger, and Lion. Three that fly, three on land."

"Very good, Kim." Zordon said, coming from behind one of the zords. "We just found these today."

"You just found them?" Kim asked. "Well, that's kind of what happened with us. Our Ninjetti zords did appear like out of nowhere."

"Very true." Zordon agreed.

"So, who do each of these belong to?"

"Well, as you probably know, the dove is Ann's. David is the eagle, Ted the crow, Kaylie the rabbit, Kimmie the tiger, and Jason the lion."

"Let me see. Ann, David, and Jason are my children. Then Ted is…wait a minute. I met a teen at the mall and his name was Ted. I sensed the frog surrounding him. I think Ann said something about him being adopted by Adam and Tanya?"

"Yes, Ted was adopted by the two of them. You sensed the frog, because it claimed Ted, as it's own." Zordon explained.

"I see." Kim said. "Well then, Kaylie was um…Jason and Kat, that's it! She is Jason and Kat's daughter. And Kimmie, is Trini and Billy's daughter. So wait, I can guess this. Kimmie is definitely yellow, I saw Ann in pink, and Jason was wearing red. Ted was wearing green, and I have absolutely no idea what could be left for Kaylie, and blue is the only color left I can think of for David."

"Very good, Kim. You are right for all of them, and Kaylie is purple."

"Purple? I haven't heard of that one yet."

"Yes." Zordon agreed. "It is a very unique color."

"So, when are they coming tomorrow?"

"They will be here around ten in the morning I believe. So, do you want to see the rest of the zords?"

"You bet. So, who does each one belong to?"

"This, is the dove, as you have already learned, it belongs to Ann." Zordon said, indicating the first one they walked up to. "This here is the eagle, which is David's. Next we have the crow which Ted commands. Those are the three zords that fly. The land zords are commanded by Jason, the lion, Kimmie, the tiger, and Kaylie, the rabbit."

"The rabbit is a very strange zord. Well, not really I guess." Kim added as an after thought. "They are all strange, aren't they?"

Zordon nodded his agreement as Alpha came out from behind the tiger zord, which, Kim recalled, belonged to Kimmie.

"So," Kim started curiously, "Who is the bad guy this time?"

"We really don't know." Zordon said very quickly, too quickly.

"Come on Zordon, you know I'll find out eventually, who is it?"

"I- I- I don't think I should be telling you this." It was a sign of how determined Kim could be that she was making even Zordon stutter.

"Look Zordon, face it, I will find out eventually. Just tell me who it is. If you don't, then I'll just have to ask someone else."

"No, don't do that. I'll tell you. I guess I'll have to tell you the whole story, but you cannot tell anyone else what I am about to tell you."

"OK." Kim quickly agreed, she wanted to hear this.