Retribution Chapter 2, a power rangers fanfic

So I've been inspired to write the next chapter! That's right folks so hold on to your hats! Thanks bunches to all you lovely people who reviewed! You guys really helped me with my Kat problem! Cookies and love for y'all! Alright so let's get down to business shall we...

disclaimer: you know the drill, nothings mine but Chloe, Nishe and the evil dude, everything else I'm just playing with for a while but I promise to put them back when I finish, maybe not in the same condition that I got them in though! Lol!

A/N: look I told you if there was anything else I forgot to tell you I'd let you know! Alright so I realized that I said Murianthas took place about a year and a half ago but I never really said when they beat everyone else, my bad! So I'm saying that they won about six months after Murianthas. Sorry if I confused anyone!

A/N 2: another thing, I'm not really good with how long flights are so were just going to assume that they are either faster or slower than they actually are in real life. I tried to figure out how long a flight from Geneva would be to California, with the time changes, and I hurt myself. I swear I gave myself a brain cramp! So if it's wrong, sorry!

o...

He wasn't sure how long he had been floating, minutes, days, years, eons, it almost seemed like he had been floating since the dawn of time. But he knew that wasn't the case. He had been a man at one point, a powerful one, he had been dedicated to... something. He still couldn't remember what yet. Was it the woman? Nishe was glorious! Nishe? Who was Nishe? Was it him? No, no... it was the woman! His memory was returning! Not fast enough for the creature though.

As he drifted he noticed an unassuming planetoid. He was drawn to it. There was something there he needed. What is it that I need from here? He noticed whips of power coming from the planet. They caressed him like a lover, gently, softly, pulling him closer. The creature descended upon the planet, absorbing it whole. He began to feed on the planet, quenching his thirst like that of man in a desert. As he fed, tremors rumbled through the crust, the pressure built up in the core, leading to an explosion that could be seen for light-years. His own power was regaining, his mission began to seem clearer to him. Soon, he thought, soon I shall finish off the one called Zordon.

o...

Power Chamber

9:15 am

Saturday June 3, 1998

Billy was still in shock from his conversation with Aisha, correction, Kimberly. After not seeing or hearing from his former teammate in for nearly two years, he was shocked to learn of her child and further surprised but her willingness to not only agree to help save the world again but also that she would bring her daughter along with her. He couldn't begin to fathom where the father was or what he would have to say in the matter. Billy thought for a moment, the child was most obviously born well over a year ago, and from the way that Kim seemed to be correcting her child, it must have been old enough to move around some.

Where was Kimberly two years ago, he thought to himself. Then it hit him, she had been in Angel Grove! That was the last place that he could trace Kim to without her pregnancy being a problem. Had she been pregnant during her last visit home she must have known, right? Billy shook his head to clear it of the problem. It was too much for him to comprehend right now, he'd just wait and ask her when she got here. Right now he had other matters to attend to.

Billy walked into the main room to confer with Zordon on the the whereabouts of his fellow rangers.

"Billy, you have news on the others?" the being boomed from his chamber.

Do I?! He thought privately before answering, "I do. Trini, Zach and Jason will be arriving sometime in the next 72 hours. They will contact me later with the exact time and flight information. Rocky and Adam are, apparently on their way out the door as we speak. They should be here within a few hours. Also, Adam was speaking at the time to Tanya when I contacted Rocky, they will undoubtedly will have informed her of the problem and be here shortly. Tommy, however will be here in about a day and a half, he's driving from Illinois," Billy hesitated with the rest of the information.

"Billy, what of Kimberly, Katherine, and Aisha? Were you able to talk with them?" the Eltarian asked worriedly.

"I was but," he took a breath, "when I spoke with Kat, she seemed very reluctant to participate. She promised me that she would consider the offer and contact me tomorrow but I have my doubts as to whether she'll join the rest of us."

Zordon bowed his head at the news, he understood why Kat would not like to suit up again. She had given him a year of her life that she was unable to get back and now she was finally accomplishing her dreams. He couldn't fault her, after all hadn't he encouraged Kimberly, not to mention, Trini, Zach, Jason and Aisha to follow theirs?

"Zordon?" Billy broke through his mentors thoughts.

"Billy when Katherine contacts you again let her know that I understand that she doesn't want to help but that I would like to count on her as a last resort. She may be only one ranger but she is a ranger."

"Of course."

"As for Kimberly and Aisha?"

"Oh right, Kim and Aisha?" This would be were it might become difficult. "Well I contacted Aisha and asked if she had had recently been in touch with Kim and if she could come sooner than she already had planned. It was then that I heard Kimberly in the background. Zordon, Kim's a mother now, she has a baby, but she said that she would help. I only mention this because she plans on bringing the child with her. Far be it from me to tell Kim what to do with her baby but I'm worried about it's safety. And to that point, where is the baby's father and what would he have to say in this matter?"

"Your concerns are not unfounded Billy. However, I feel that the child will be adequately protected here. As for the child's father, it may be that Kimberly is not able to leave the child with him and would be easier if she brought it along."

"If you say so Zordon. I have a few errands to run and then I'll be back to help with bringing the Power Chamber up to par," and with that, the former blue ranger teleported out.

"Alpha, begin clear out the lower levels for habitation," Zordon requested from his robotic companion.

"Right away Zordon," Alpha agreed and was then on his way to ready the rooms for the rangers.

Left on his own, Zordon began to contemplate this new information he had been given. His former spunky pink ranger was now a mother, his heart felt light and heavy at the same time. His "child" had had a child of her own. He knew who the father of the child was. There was not to be any question on that matter. And while it should have been a time of great rejoicing, it saddened him that Kimberly chose not to disclose her happy news to the rest of the ranger family. He knew that when his white ranger eventually found out, there would be many problems to deal with, and not only those off planet. He sighed and went to work focusing his energy to try figure out how to defeat their newest enemy.

o...

160 miles outside Angel Grove, California

1:15 pm

Saturday June 3, 1998

Adam looked at the map once again. Somehow Rocky had convinced him, ( he taken the keys and locked the driver's side door), that he should drive after lunch. Rocky was fast and erratic, swerving in and out of traffic and almost sideswiping an 18-wheeler. Adam was positive that he would be killed or maimed by the time they got to the Power Chamber.

"Hey Rock," Adam said trying to control his nausea.

"What's up?" he asked making a tricky pass near the guardrail that many NASCAR drivers wouldn't try.

"Do you think that you could possibly slow down? I think I'm going to puke otherwise," Adam had gone a shade of light green. Rocky looked over at his friend and realizing that he wasn't kidding, slowed considerably. "Oh thank god,"Adam murmured to no one in particular. "Anyway what's your hurry? The others probably won't be here any sooner than late tonight, if that."

"I don't know. I guess I just miss the old place and the sooner we get there that happier I'll be. Did Tanya tell you when she's coming in? I'll bet your pretty excited."

"Yea, it won't be until about 9 or 10. She was lucky to get a flight out today. And granted that I got to see her a few... Woah, wait a minute. Why the sudden question about Tanya? You were in the room when she called with her flight information. There something you're not telling me?"

"No," he said quickly. His grip on the steering wheel tightened.

"Yes there is! Why are you so anxious to get back? It's a girl isn't it?! Oh man! I knew it! Who is it? Is it a ranger? I'll bet it is! Let me think here for a minute. Is it Kat? No, it can't be her you've never really shown any interest in her. Trini? She's cute I think you might have some competition from Jason though."

"Adam for the love of god will you shut the hell up?! If you must know," he took a deep breath, "it's Aisha."

"Aisha! Holy cow! How long has this been going on? And does she know or is it like that time you sent yourself a hundred valentines and said they were from all the girls that had a crush on you?"

"Hey, in my defense, I was 7 and it wasn't a hundred valentines it was only 20! And yea, she does know, thank you very much. It's only been a couple of months, mostly just emails and letters, but she should be coming back to the States permanently in a little while, so..."

"So you just wanted to get dibs on her first?"

"Why do you have to make it sound as if someone else had a shot?"

"Oh like you do?"

"More than you!"

"Well I should hope so!" They were silent for a few minutes.

"Is it just me or did that conversation get kinda weird back there?"

"You know Adam I think your right."

"No more jumbo fish burritos with pineapple?"

"No more fish burritos period."

"Good idea."

o...

Somewhere in Iowa

5:19 pm

Saturday June 3, 1998

Tommy walked into the truck stop determined to eat something if he was ever going to make it home by the next day. He had decided to forgo sleep and just keep driving through, not the smartest thing he could do but the quickest, considering the circumstances. He sat down at the counter and opened the menu.

"Anything I can get you, honey?" the graveled voice of the waitress asked. Tommy looked up from the menu to see a woman that couldn't have been younger than 60, her gray hair pulled back into a bun on the top of her head, with her little cap shifted slightly to the left. Her teeth were all some sort of yellow color, whether it was gold crowns or just the color her teeth had become, Tommy had no interest in finding out.

"Uh... yea. I'll take a coffee," he said a bit hesitantly.

"Regular or decaf?"

"Regular."

"Cream and sugar?"

"No thanks."

"Alright I'll be back in a minute," she turned to pick up the well used pot from down at the other end of the counter. Coming back she picked up a clean mug and filled it in front of him while asking, "Anything you want to eat or is this going to be it?"

"What do you have that's good?"

She snorted, "Good? Not a damn thing. Anything that won't kill you? The cheese burgers are edible."

"Alright I guess I'll take a cheese burger."

"Fries?"

"No, just the burger ma'am."

"Ma'am? Aren't you the polite one. Hey Fred! One cheese burger!" she hollered back to the fry cook and then went to fill the mugs of the other patrons. Tommy sighed as she left and took a slug of the coffee. It wasn't half bad. He stared at the design on the counter, tracing the pattern with his finger. He felt very alone all of a sudden. Part of him wanted to go back to Angel Grove, if only to see Kim one last time if possible, and another had plans of moving to Canada, changing his name and becoming a fisherman. He was lost in thought when the waitress brought his food to him.

"Here hon." she said placing the food in front of him. Tommy looked up just slightly to acknowledge her.

"Something wrong with the food?"

"Huh? Oh no, I was just... can I ask you something?"

"Sure, go ahead. I don't have much else to do," she told him as she wiped down the counter.

"Have you ever been in love? I don't mean that reused, microwaveable crap but the kind that, all damn day, all you can do is think about that one person, they're the one you wake up to face the day for and the one that you go to bed thinking about. The one that's so deeply ingrained in your psyche you'd steal for, if they needed something, lie for, to keep them from getting trouble, even if it meant you had to take the brunt of it, or kill for so you'd know that they would be safe?"

The waitress stopped wiping down the counter and looked Tommy square in the eye. "Once, years ago. Why? Some girl stomp your heart to bits?"

"See the thing is, I thought my girlfriend and I had the greatest relationship in high school. Hell, I planned on asking her to marry me after we graduated, but right before our senior year she was chosen to go across the country to train for the Pan Globals gymnastics team. Of course I couldn't tell her not to follow her dream, so she left, and we did the long distance relationship for a while. Then I got a letter from her saying that she had found someone else. But then she came back for a visit and I could tell that there hadn't been anyone else and I thought that maybe we could try again. But before I could talk to her she left and I hadn't heard from her in nearly two years. And then just today, I got a call from a mutual friend saying that she might be coming home again, this time for good, and I'm not sure if I should try to get back together with her or run in the other direction."

The waitress walked over to Tommy and placed her hand on top of his. "Listen honey, if you love that girl as much as I think you do, you go after her as hard as you can. If this is love, you shouldn't give up on it because you're afraid. You should go for it and grab on hard with both hands and refuse to let go. And if that doesn't work, kiss her senseless, then drag her off for the nearest justice of the peace," she finished with a slight smirk.

Renewed in spirit, Tommy looked at her and said, "Thank you ma'am. I can't tell you how much those words meant."

"No problem and that advise was on the house too."

Tommy quickly finished his food and coffee, left twenty dollars on the counter and was out the door in a flash. As he got into the jeep, he pulled down his visor once more, Kimberly's smiling face looked back at him. Smiling, he nodded to himself and thought, Alright Beautiful, here I come! This time I'm not taking it lying down, you're my girl and there's not a thing you can do about it! He started the jeep once again and was flying down the highway a few minutes later.

o...

Somewhere over Texas

5:57 pm

Saturday June 3, 1998

Kim took another deep breath as she looked out the window. She wasn't able to make out any distinguishing landmarks but at the moment she didn't really care. Fortunately, Chloe had passed out the minute they had gotten on the plane, so Kim didn't have to worry about her disturbing the other passengers. Aisha had gone to sleep about an hour ago and that had left Kim to her thoughts. She was nervous, anxious, and excited all at the same time. She played out the various scenarios in her head, one of Tommy so angry at her that he told her that Chloe wasn't his, or he accepted Chloe but took her to court for custody, the other that she thought could only happen in her wildest imagination, the one she wished would happen was that Tommy, while a little upset with her, decided that he still loved her and Chloe and they got married and lived happily ever after. Happily ever after doesn't exist in real life though, she thought bitterly to herself. Not the fairy tale happily ever afters, but the ones where you and Tommy are together and happy, it could happen!, another part of her brain shouted at her. She closed her eyes and shook her head a bit, then she flagged down the flight attendant.

"Yes ma'am, how may I help you?" the woman asked.

"Could I have a ginger ale please?" Kim whispered to the woman so as not to disturb Chloe.

"Of course ma'am," and she went off to fill Kim's request.

Alright Kim, she thought to herself, you're going to be arriving in Angel Grove in a couple of hours. Tommy will be there, but just remain clam. He's still a gentleman so there's no reason to worry. He won't do anything rash, I hope. Oh why did I decide to go again? She was interrupted by Aisha's yawn. Oh yea, now I remember. Aisha was just waking up as the flight attendant brought Kim her ginger ale.

"Do you need anything miss?" the woman asked Aisha.

"What? Oh no, I'm fine," Aisha told her as she stretched. She then turned to Kim and asked, "Have you been awake this entire time?"

"You better believe it. I can't help but think about Tommy and how he's going to take the news that he has a daughter."

"Probably about the same way I did."

"What shriek, bounce up and down and then make incoherent words for an hour?"

"Yes, everything but the shrieking part. Can't have him acting to girly can we?" Aisha said with a wry smile.

"Do you think he's really going to want Chloe? I've kinda been trying to prepare myself for a whole lot of rejection."

"Girl, I want Chloe! Hell there are people on this plane right now who want Chloe, if only for the fact she hasn't made a peep this entire flight! She's just so damn sweet and cute I don't think Tommy will stand a chance against resisting her," Aisha reassured her.

"Really?"

"Yes, really!"

"Well if you say so. I'm holding this against you if he doesn't!"

"Fine by me. Now look, why don't you try to take a nap. You could use the rest and since Chloe is out now, she'll probably be awake all night."

"Sha, why do you have to say that?" she said as she tried to get comfortable and get some rest.

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Alright folks! That's chapter 2! I know it's crazy, I've gotten 2 chapters out within 3 days! Do you know how strange that is for me? Anyway I noticed halfway through typing this that I've yet to let Tanya have any action, she's just been talked about. That will change soon though! I swear! She'll be in the next part! And you'll also get to see whether or not I've decided to keep Kat, once again thank all of you who gave me your opinions! I really appreciated them! So review and I'll get back to work on forever red and this one! Tootles y'all!