Chapter 10: Learning about the Pain

A couple of days later, Hannah came into the school with her lip starting to heal, her eye was still bruised, and so was her left cheek. She had a wrist brace on her left hand from the attack. Jer had twisted her wrist when he threw her to the ground.

Hannah ignored people's gazes as she walked to her locker. She took out her books for her geometry class. "Hannah," Conner called. Hannah looked over her shoulder and held her books close to her.

"Hey, Conner," she answered.

"How are you doing?" He asked.

"Good," she replied.

Things were a little awkward between them. Hannah hadn't seen Conner all weekend since he rescued her from the attacker. "I'll see you around," he commented. Hannah reached out and grabbed his wrist with her good hand.

"Conner," she murmured.

"Yeah?"

Hannah bit the good side of her bottom lip as she looked at him. "Thank you," she answered. He nodded his head slowly.

"No problem," he assured her.

She let his arm go and watched him walk off.

After school that day, Hannah was over at the cyber café when she saw Kira come in. "Hey, Kira," she greeted. Kira grinned as she walked over to Hannah.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" She asked.

"I'm good," Hannah replied.

Kira sat next to her. "Kira, I have something to ask you," Hannah informed.

"Okay, shoot," Kira answered.

"Um, what's up with Conner?"

"What do you mean?"

Hannah sat back slightly. "Why's he so distant?" She asked. Kira bit her tongue for a minute.

"Um…" Kira trailed off.

"What?"

Kira took a deep breath. "You have to swear to me that you won't tell Conner that I told you," she insisted.

"Promise," Hannah answered.

The singer stood up. "Okay, last year, Conner was dating a girl by the name of Krista. I mean, this was a serious relationship. But then Krista got the chance of a lifetime to go study plants. She graduated early last year to do so. However, right before she left, she broke up with Conner. Then she took off as if Conner was nothing. That shattered him," she explained. Hannah listened to Kira in disbelief. Kira looked over at Hannah. "You like him," she commented.

"What?" Hannah asked.

"You like Conner," Kira replied.

"That's ridiculous."

Just then, their communicators went off. "Saved by the communicator," she thought. They hid around the corner.

"What's up, Dr. Oliver?" Kira asked.

"There's a monster attacking downtown," Tommy replied.

"On it," Hannah answered.

They nodded. "NINJA RANGER POWER!" They shouted. They morphed into their Ranger forms.

(Hart Home)

Kimberly was working on some school papers when she sensed that the Rangers needed her help. She stood up and held her hands out. "NINJA RANGER POWER!" She shouted. She morphed into her Ninjetti form and ran out of the house.

(Battlefield)

Hannah cried out in pain when she hit the nearest tree. "HANNAH!" Conner shouted. He ran over to her. "Hannah, are you okay?" He asked.

"Yes," she replied.

Conner helped her stand up. "Let's kick it up a notch," Conner insisted. The others nodded.

"RED RANGER POWER!"

"BLACK RANGER POWER!"

"YELLOW RANGER POWER!"

"BLUE RANGER POWER!"

"WHITE RANGER POWER!"

"GREEN RANGER POWER!"

Tommy then pulled out his saber and started fighting the monster. However, the cloaked figure came and helped out. "You again?" Tommy asked.

"Just trust me," the figure stated.

The figure double teamed with Tommy and they fought the monster together with the Rangers fighting right beside them. The figure did a jump front kick, but the monster grabbed the back of the cloak, ripping it off. "What?" Hannah asked.

"A Pink Ranger?" Kira asked.

The Pink Ranger stood up from the ground and pulled out her blaster. "FIRE!" She shouted. The monster fell to the ground. She looked over at the Rangers. "Go you guys," she told them. She backed up so they could combine their weapons.

"FIRE!" Conner shouted.

They watched as the monster exploded and they looked at the Pink Ranger. "Who are you?" Ethan asked. The Pink Ranger let out a sigh as she reached up for her helmet. She removed it and Kimberly shook her head as her caramel, brown hair fell over her shoulders.

"Kimberly?" Tommy asked.

"Mom?" Hannah asked.

Kimberly smiled gently. "Hi guys," she greeted.