A/N: Now, for real, the chapter you have all been waiting for.

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riverkirby: It could happen. He doesn't have a girlfriend and men are notoriously bad for doing laundry. I will say this and only this, you are very observant.

Lavonne Adams: Kimberly is too young to have a seventeen year old daughter.

GinaStar: Thank you, I will take that as a compliment.

Disclaimer: Yeah, I still don't own it. The characters I do own are Audrey, Mallory and Alana.

Chapter Eleven: Storytime

Three pairs of eyes remained on Kimberly. She tried not to look away, she felt them probing into her soul. They expected answers and she was the only one who could give them to them. She bit her lip. Did she really have to tell this story? Now? With Jason and Tommy here? She knew she would have to tell Audrey one day, but she could already see Jason and Tommy's disappointment in her mind and she hadn't even begun.

Where should she begin? This was going to be extremely hard to explain to Audrey, let alone with her best friend and ex-boyfriend there. At least they would understand what Kimberly was talking about, but she could see them not being happy about the way it was done. The fact that Audrey wasn't told until now. And the fact that Zedd was after Audrey for something Audrey didn't know about.

Kimberly cleared her throat. "Okay, this all starts several years back. I had fourteen gymnastics students who I felt could achieve more. All fourteen of them had other obligations and couldn't give up the time necessary to train like they needed to. I had a meeting with each of them and their parents. In the end, six of those students had given up other obligations to train more seriously."

As she began her story, each person in the room wondered what this had to do with Audrey and more importantly, Zedd. Audrey knew she was one of the six that Kimberly was talking about, but what did gymnastics training in Orlando have to do with a bad guy in Angel Grove?

"Out of these six," Kimberly continued, "I began to notice a little more in one than the other five. A lot of me, in several ways."

Audrey wondered if this was still about her. A lot of Kim in her? What did she mean?

"Well, shortly after they began their training, I got really sick."

Audrey nodded. She remembered this. Kimberly had been really sick and the gymnastics students were sure they were going to lose their trainer.

"The doctors didn't know what it was, but they said if something wasn't done soon, they weren't sure how long I would live. Then someone came to me. He told me that it was my powers that were causing it and I needed to pass them on to someone."

Powers? Audrey thought. What kind of powers? This really confused Audrey, but she continued listening. Listen now, ask later.

"At that time, the only person I knew of that could handle them was too young to carry the burden. So I decided to do what was best. I asked to see her and I transferred them to her unknowingly. I was going to tell her when the time came, but in Orlando it didn't come up much that power rangers existed... never, actually. When Kat asked me to move back, I had no way of telling her. Then I ran into her here in Angel Grove. She began training under me again."

So why wait till now to tell me this, whatever this is? She thought silently, still opting to ask questions later.

"She got sick and that worried me. I tried to call her to find out what it was, but she wasn't taking my calls."

Audrey suddenly felt more guilt run through her. Kimberly had worried all because she lied about being sick.

"Another student said she was at school, but must not be well enough to attend practice. That made me feel a little better, if she was attending school, it wasn't bad." Kimberly sighed. "I really didn't mean for you to find out this way, Audrey."

When it became clear the story was over. Audrey spoke up. "Tell me what, exactly?" She asked.

Jason spoke up. "That you're a power ranger." He glanced at Kimberly. "How could you do this to her?"

Kimberly sighed. There it was. Jason was mad and she was sure Tommy was as well. "I had no choice." She said softly. Somehow, Jason could make her feel really low when he was mad at her, thankfully, that wasn't often.

Audrey looked confused. "What exactly is a power ranger?"

Tommy watched Jason stare Kimberly down. It was obvious he wasn't happy with her, granted, he wasn't either, but Kimberly had stated her reasons. Maybe it was his love for her, but he couldn't have beared the thought of finding out she had died, especially if the cause was her powers. "A power ranger is one of five or six people chosen to save the planet from monsters like Zedd."

"But I'm only seventeen." Audrey said. "I can't save the planet."

"We were fifteen." Kimberly told her, pointing to herself and Tommy. "Jason was sixteen."

"Okay..." Audrey bit her lip, trying to let all of this sink in. "You said there are five or six, who are the others?"

Kimberly shook her head. "We don't know yet, but you will find out when the time is right." She turned to Tommy and Jason. "There are others, right?" She bit her lip.

"None that I've heard of, but there have to be soon. If Zedd's back, they'll be called." Jason said.

"I hope it's not Dino Thunder again." Tommy said, shaking his head. "I was really hoping to retire this time."

"Dino Thunder?" Kimberly asks. "Tommy, how many teams have you been on?"

Tommy thinks for a moment. "Original, Ninjetti, Zeo, Turbo, then after a long break, Dino Thunder."

Kimberly shakes her head. "And how many colors did this consist of?"

"Green, white, red and black." Tommy listed.

"Black?" Kimberly asked, she hadn't pictured Tommy as a black ranger.

"Um okay, so do I get a choice in this? Or is it you're a power ranger and that's it?" Audrey asked, finally speaking up.

"You get a choice." Kimberly said. "I know it was forced on you, and I'm sorry, but if you want me to, I'll take them back."

"I'll think about it." Audrey said.

A/N: What will Audrey's choice be?