Kim gulps, "Natalie Portman or Salma Hayek." "Wait no I think it is Megan Fox," Kim runs a hand through her long hair.
"I was thinking more along the lines of you," Tommy glances at Kim. "You both are nice outgoing but spitfire nevertheless," Tommy replies with a grin.
"Well than we should get along fabulously," Kim glances at the door but Tori have yet to come out. "How have you been," Kim twirls a lock of hair around with her finger.
Tommy licks his lips. "I have a PHD in paleontology and when I decided to take a break a teaching position became available at the local high school and I was offered the job, so I took it." He glances at the door. "Not really that much too talk about." "What about you," Tommy wipes his hands on his jeans again.
"Um…I graduated with a PHD in business with a minor in psychology," Kim laughs nervously. "So I understand the minds of children and teens."
"Tommy moves hair out of his eyes. "No children or anything?"
Damn he looked sexy moving hair out of his face. "Eh I do not have any children right now but who knows what the future holds," Kim looks at Tommy. "What about you any little ones practicing karate and looking at the world as a place with too many people in it," Kim asks.
Tommy laughs, "No, I do not have any children of my own yet either."
"What is the hold up," Kim questions. Why haven't you settled down with a family?
"I have not met the right woman yet and being a ranger again recently did not help the matter," Tommy glances at the door again for his niece.
Kim has a confused look on her face. "You were a ranger again but no one told me that you were a power ranger again."
"You are keeping tabs on me," Tommy asks with a little twinkle in his eyes.
"N… uh um no…not really; I just eh check on all my friends," Kim stammers.
Tommy cocks his head. "So we are friends huh?"
"Is it getting hot in here or is it just me," Kim fans herself with her hand. "I should check on the thermostat…"
"Well, I think you would want to hear how I became a power ranger again before my niece returns because let's face it when is the next time we will be alone," Tommy looks at Kim.
Kim nods her head. "You are right the only time I will see you are when you drop Tori off for practice and ride the bus for meets."
"I was on an expedition funded by a good friend of mine when I accidently stumbled across the gems while searching for a rare dinosaur bones." Tommy has to hide a smile as Kim is looking at him with such interest and has completely forgotten about their hating each other. "I gathered the gems and went back to my tent." "I had the intent to store the gems at my home until I could find out what to do with them but my friend Anton Mercer had different plans." Tommy sighs, "He discovered the gems the next day after and begin to act different; before I knew it he transformed into this dinosaur creature and came after me."
"Oh Tommy that must have been awful," Kim touches Tommy's hand. Kim does not think about comforting him until a few seconds later. I wonder will he move his hand away.
Tommy looks at Kim's hand covering his hand. "It was, we fought and soon the island begins to rumble and shake." "The island had a volcano in the middle of it that chooses that time to erupt." "I tried to help Anton but he pushed me away and I barely had time to make it off the island before it was completely gone." Tommy moves hair out of his face with his other hand. "I grabbed the gems and jumped off a high cliff into the water." "I managed to use a broken table as a raft until I was found." "When I made it home; I put the gems in a secret room in my basement and begin studying the gems." "I was offered a job to teach science three weeks later and I accepted it since I did not have any expeditions coming up."
"Do you know if Anton Mercer made it off the island alive," Kim asks. "You do not have to answer it if you do not want to."
"He did but he was not the same," Tommy looks at nothing in particular. "A force decided Anton was the perfect pawn, so it possessed him and that is why when he saw the gems he turned into that awful creature." "When I accepted the job I was given detention duty and had to watch three kids but I was close to discovery about the gems and wanted to go straight home." Tommy subconsciously squeezes Kim's hand. "I told the kids to find me something that liked scientific and drove home." "The children begin searching in the woods when they fell through through a weak spot and ended up in a secret room in my basement." "They grabbed the dino gems and started to travel back into the school when drones began to attack them." Tommy sighs, "I had just reached my house and noticed right away that something was wrong and it helped that my alarm was going off." "By the time I caught up with the kids Kira had slipped through a portal."
Kim looks worried. "She went through a portal; those are around here?" Kim begins to rub his hand with her thumb.
"Yes, she went through a portal and I was so angry that they had grabbed three of the gems that I did not listen to them try to explain what had happened." Tommy runs a frustrated hand through his hair. "When I realized what had occurred I made them take me to the spot where she disappeared." "As soon as we arrived at the location Kira fall next to my jeep," Tommy sneaks a glance at his hand that Kim was massaging. "I went to help her up and realized that the gems had bonded with them." "What could I do but tell them about the power rangers." "The boys were hesitant to accept their duty but Kira explained what she saw and that changed their minds completely." "She was transported to the lab of a man with a dinosaur's body and he had minions helping him plot to take over the world."
"Anton was the villain you had to face," Kim frowns. "How terrible that must have been for you; I could not imagine having to fight a friend unless I was under an evil spell."
Tommy nods his head. "We all know how that went." "I was thinking who could be the next ranger while holding what I thought was the last gem when it bonded with me." "That made four colors and five rangers for me." Tommy laughs, "When we had to fight I was hopeful that we would win until we fought a white ranger; I know an evil ranger, so 1993 right."
"The situation may have not started out good but it turned into something magnificent," Kim smiles at Tommy.
"Trent reminded me of a younger me and the fact that he was dating Kira made the experience all the more weird." Tommy chortles at Kim's expression. "Also the fact that he is Anton Mercer's adopted son made it even more bizarre." "You know the story so I will not go into detail there and that is how I began a ranger again."
Kim notices that she is still holding Tommy's hand. "I wish my life were that exciting but we cannot all find a power source and become rangers again."
"I am sure your life was not dull…" Tommy stops talking as his niece enters the practice room.
"So, I guess I should ask her what music she wants to tumble to," Kim lets go of Tommy's hand and walks into the practice room. "Hey Tori what kind of music do you like to tumble too."
Tommy stares at his hand. He felt emptiness once Kim let it go. No way will I allow myself to be tangled in her web again.
"I like almost any kind of music to tumble to like hip hop, rock, pop, I can basically flip to anything," Tori looks at Kim.
"Good, a student from yesterday was practicing to a cd that has a mixture of tracks on it," Kim walks over to a table and picks up the remote to the stereo.
Tori breathe in as the music starts. This is it Tori, you can do it. Tori begin to do a series of handsprings, summersaults, and with a few dance moves.
After she is finished, Kim applauses, "I would like to offer you a spot in my school."
"Great," Tori hugs Kim. "I cannot wait to start."
Kim mentions for Tommy to join them in the room. "I will give you a day to buy what you need and you can start tomorrow." "Do not worry I have a list of what you will need and where to go."
"Good because Uncle Tommy is not shop savvy enough to know what to buy or where to go," Tori glances at him as he enters the room.
"I can follow a list," Tommy tells his niece. "How about we celebrate with an ice cream sundae at Hayley's café."