disclaimer-pretend you're pshycic, and guess what i am supposed to say here next.

Chapter Forty Two-Back To The Past

Two And A Half Years Later

"Just don't forget the bushes." Tommy said for what must have been the thousandth time that day. "If you do then-"

"Nothing will change. Everything is gonna happen the way it happened before. We aren't gonna break the time loop. I get the point Tommy!" Kim exclaimed.

"It's nice that the two of them get along so well together, isn't it?" Ann commented to her brother.

David nodded his agreement. "It's times like these that I wonder what we missed gorwing up."

"We should really come back from school more often." Ann said, once again watching her parents go over exactly what Kim was supposed to do.

Today was the day that Kim had woken up over fourteen years ago. Ann and David were now freshmen in college, and they had decided to come home for the day, now they were rewarded for their decision by once again, getting to witness their parents fight about what would happen when Kim eventually went back. And speaking of Kim going back, today was the day they had all assumed she would be returning to her own time. So now Tommy, as he had been doing since...well forever, was lecturing Kim on what she must do exactly. Everyone seemed to be in aggreance that he getting on everyone's nerves. Well everyone except for Tommy agreed on that.

The twins were interrupted from their identical thoughts, by the sound of a slamming door. They both turned to see their father still standing there looking as if he had an immense headache.

"What is it with her?" Tommy questioned.

David looked at him like he was crazy, which he probably was, but anyway, "She gets the point dad. She knows what she's supposed to do."

"Yeah, but-" Tommy started.

"Zip it dad." Ann cut in. "Mom is a big girl, and once she gets directions, she'll follow them. You don't need to keep drilling them into her."

"Fine." Tommy said dejectedly. "What time is it?"

"It about half past five." David said consulting his watch.

"Oh man." Tommy muttered. He walked over to the stairs Kim had ascended just moments before. "Kim! Get down here now! It's almost time for you to go!"

Muted grumblings could be heard as Kim once again came down the stairs. She walked into the living room with a scowl on her face. She was also purposely avoiding Tommy's gaze.

"Hey mom!" Ann said enthusiastically. "So you're going soon, huh?"

"Why don't you ask Mr. I-Know-Everything-And-Won't-Listen-To-What-Everyone-Is-Trying-To-Tell-Him over there." Kim said, glaring mutinously at Tommy. "He seems to have an answer for everything."

"Get over it." David said. "It's not like you're gonna have to deal with this ever again. In a few minutes, you'll go back, and then when you wake up, you'll find that the Tommy Oliver there worships you and will do anything you ask."

"Don't go giving her any ideas." Tommy threatened warningly.

Kim smiled sweetly at Tommy. "He's not giving me any ideas. Honestly Tommy, don't you know me better than to think that I would use other people to my own advantage just because I've supposedly been in the hospital for about three years?"

"Yes."

Ann glanced at her watch just then. "Okay, yuo should be leaving within the next minute." She looked up at her mother and smiled. "Make sure to say hi to me for me."

"I will." Kim said. "And don't worry Tommy, I'll remember what I'm supposed to do. If I do anything wrong, then you'll obviously know, and you can get Billy to build you a time machine like he did for the twins, and you can come back and start yelling at me again."

She then looked at all three of them, the family she would be going back to. "I'm really gonna miss you guys, you know. It doesn't matter that I'm going back to you. You won't be the same."

"Don't worry about it mom." Ann said. "All that matters is that we'll be a family again. For real this time."

"I love you." Kim said, right before she just disappeared.

Ann turned to her brother and her father. "Well, I guess that's it then. Can't wait to find out how my life is gonna change with mom in it."

As Jason walked out of the door, Tommy went to sit down in the chair next to Kimberly's bed. For a while he just stared at her. Then Ann wanted to sit on Kim's bed and tell her a story, so Tommy got up to help her, and as he did so, David stole his chair. So Tommy just stood off to the side, watching his kid's talk to their mother. The mother who didn't even know they existed.

Then something so small happened, Tommy almost didn't notice it. Kim's eyelid's flickered. The movement was so small, but Tommy's heart leapt, Kim could be waking up!

Oh my god! Did I just see what I think I just saw? Please let her be waking up.

And he knew for sure that something big was going to happen when her eyelid's flickered again, and finally opened for the first time in almost three and a half years.

"Kim?"

Slowly, Kim's head turned in the direction of Tommy's voice. And she smiled. Oh, my god! She's awake!

"Tommy? I should have known you'd be here." Kim said. Well, it was more like a whisper, since Kim hadn't used her vocal cords in so long.

Quickly, Tommy got Ann off of the bed. After telling them to be quiet for a minute he turned back to Kim.

"I'll be right back Kim. I have to get a doctor." And with that, Tommy rushed off leaving Kim to stare curiously at the two toddlers she had been left with. He went to find a doctor for his fiancé who had finally woken up.

Kim smiled at the two young children in front of her. She had been right, they weren't the same. This Ann and David could hardly be older than two, and they didn't seem to fight with each other as much either. That in itself was a miracle. Ann's words right before Kim's departure rang in her ears.

All that matters is that we'll be a family again.

And they were a family. But before Kim could fully appreciate this new family, she had to make sure she completed her mission. The way Tommy had constantly been lecturing her to do it.

The Next Day

Kim was silent for most of the car ride home. She was lost in thought and staring out of the window. She barely noticed when they pulled onto a practically deserted road. But her head jerked around when they finally came to a stop in front of a house in the middle of nowhere.

First, Tommy got the twins out of their car seats. They immediately ran to the porch, and stood there, sort of patiently. Just as Tommy was opening her door, Kim saw it. The bushes had moved. it was just a slight movement, but to much to be considered just the wind, or just some animal. This was her chance.

"Tommy." She said suddenly.

"What is it Beautiful?" Tommy asked.

She pointed at the bushes. "They moved. I think there is something there. Something bad."

"Are you sure?" Tommy questioned. "It could have just been the wind, or some animal."

"Yeah, well some of the bad guys we've faced have been animals." Kim said. "What if they survived. What if they're after the kids. just go check, will you please?"

Tommy sighed, and cautiously approached the bushes. He disappeared behind them, and there was silence for a moment. Then a shout, a flash of light, and the bushes shook violently as if there was a fight going on behind them. Then, all of a sudden, it was over. An unfamiliar black ranger stepped out from behind the bushes, dragging none other than Goldar.

Kim smiled at the black ranger. "Told you so."

Under his helmet, Tommy rolled his eyes. "How did you kow it was me?"

"I have my sources." Kim siad mysteriously. "Let's get him down to the command center. I know someone we can contact to...take care of him."

As Tommy led Goldar behind the house and into the woods, Kim walked steadily on her feet to the house, where Ann and David were still waiting. They didn't seem to have noticed a thing. Kim smiled at the pair as they looked up when they heard her approaching footsteps.

"So, who wants to go give me the grand tour of the house while daddy takes care of something?"

"I wanna show you my room!" Ann said immediately.

"My room too." David added.

"I think we'll have just enouigh time for both." Kim said, still smiling. Nothing could ruin her day now. Not when everything was going just according to plan.

"The twins are upstairs sleeping." Kim announced. She had just walked down into the command center, and was surprised to see that it was now full of people. One woman she recognized as Tommy's friend from college. And then four teens she could only assume were the rangers. Not that she hadn't known all of this already. The five of them looked up as she spoke.

"Not to be rude or anything," The one in white began, "But who the heck are you?"

"So glad you asked." Kim said. "My name is Ki-"

"Kimberly!" Hayley exclaimed.

"You know her?" Ethan asked incredulosely.

"How could I not know her?" Hayley asked exasperatedly. "Her and tommy have known each other since forever."

"High school really." Tommy corrected.

"So basically forever." Conner concluded. Tommy shot him a death glare. Conner just shrugged this off, apparently this happened a lot.

"As Hayley said, my name is Kimberly." Kim continued. "But you can all call me Kim."

"Yeah, so, I get that you know Dr. O and Hayley and all," The girl in yellow, Kira, said, "But um, why are you here? And how do you know this was even here?"

"You know that is a really good question Kim." Tommy said suddenly. "I didn't tell you about the command center, or about being the black ranger, so how did you know this was here and that was me?"

"Honestly Tommy." Kim said while rolling her eyes. "Just because I have been in a coma for the past three years does not make me a complete idiot. One, you walked behind the bushes, the black ranger walked out. Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out. And two, you aren't the only occupant of this house. Other people live here, and know that this thing is down here. And those people happen to like to talk, a lot."

"Ann." Tommy muttered.

"Who else?" Kim asked. "And just so you really understand who I am, for you four anyway. My full name is Kim Hart. I was the original pink ranger."

"I knew you looked familiar from somewhere." Ethan said. "But what are you doing here?"

"You're supposed to be the genius here Ethan." Tommy said. "the twins didn't come from nowhere."

Everyone seemed to understand this, except for Conner, who had a clueless look on his face. Kim shook her head sadly at him.

"I'm their mother." She clarified. "And now that we've got the cleared up, how about we get back to Goldar? Clear off the coputer. I need to call someone."

"Who?"

"You'll see."

The viewing screen became fuzzy for a moment after Kim pressed a few buttons. Then the screen cleared to show a view of a room that was familiar to Tommy. Very familiar.

"The power chamber." He said softly. Kim nodded, just as a very familiar looking robot came on screen.

"This is the Earth Power Chamber, how may I help you?" Alpha asked.

"Oh come on Alpha." Kim said. "Don't you recognize us? We're only like, maybe ten years older than we were the last time you saw us, but still you really should recognize us."

"Kimberly!" Alpha exclaimed. "Tommy! But how did you know someone would be here?"

"I just knew." Kim said mysteriously. "Hey, is Zordon around? We need to talk to him about something?"

"I'll go get him." Alpha said. He was back in the room in a minute, this time leading Zordon behnd him.

"Rangers." Zordon said. "How may I be of service?"

"The name Goldar ring any bells?" Kim asked.

"Oh man!" Jason said suddenly.

Kat turned to look at him in alarm. "What's the matter?"

"I can't believe I forgot about that!" Was all Jason replied.

"Forgot about what?" Kat questioned.

"I went to the hospital yesterday." Jason explained. "And as I was leaving, I ran into Tommy and the twins and they invited us over for dinner, but I kinda, sorta, maybe forgot to go."

Kat rolled her eyes at her husband. "Typical. Well, why don't you just call them right now and apologize."

"That's a good idea." Jason said, picking up the phone.

He dialed Tommy's number, and sat there waiting for a minute, before someone finally answered it.

"Hello?" A voice questioned. It wasn't Tommy's, but it sounded so familiar.

"Um, is this the Oliver Home?" Jason questioned uncertainly.

"Oh, yeah, it is!" The voice exclaimed. "Wow, I'm not used to hearing that. How can I help you?"

"Is Tommy around?" Jason asked.

"No he isn't." The voice said. "Hey, is this Jason? I'd recognize that voice anywhere."

"Um, yeah it is. How do you know who I am?"

"Honestly, you take a little nap that happens to last for a couple years, and all of a sudden everyone is forgetting who you are." The voice complained. "Well if you don't kow who I am, then I'm not gonna tell you. But we could use some of your help, Kat's too. So come over right now, and if you can't figure out who I am, then when you get here you'll know. And believe me, you'll feel extrememly stupid."

"Um...ok." Jason said uncertainly. "We'll see you in a few minutes."

He hung up the phone and turned back to Kat with a confused look on his face. "That was weird."

"What?"

"Some woman answered Tommy's phone." Here, Kat looked shocked. "And her voice sounded familiar, and she said she knew me. I wonder who it was?"

"Did she say anything else abot who she was?" Kat questioned.

"She said she took a na- NO!" Jason said suddenly.

"What?"

"I think I was just talking to Kim." Jason said softly. "Come on, we have to get over there. Now!"

Kim walked back down the stairs and into the command center.

"Kat and Jason are coming over to help." She announced. "We'll definitely need Kat's help."

"Why?" Ethan questioned.

"Because we need Ninjetti powers and she has them." Kim said slowly, as if she was trying to explain this to a toddler. "Come to think of it, we'll need your powers too. Gosh, does Dulcea know everything in advance or something?"

"How did you know about that?" Kira questioned suspiciously. "We haven't even told Dr. O yet."

"I...um...just assumed?" Kim said quickly, but it came out more like a question.

"No you didn't." Tommy said. "You knew. And you knew Goldar was going to be there. Who are you? Are you even Kim?"

Kim rolled her eyes. "Who else would I be?"

"Then tell us how you knew all that stuff." Hayley said, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"I kinda can't tell you that." Kim said. "Maybe in like thirteen years or so, but not a moment before then."

"No." Tommy said slowly. "You can tell us now."

a/n-so based on what i said last chapter, there's probably gonna be more like two or three chapter after this one. there's actually more stuff i could write about here than i thought. well, hoped you liked it!