A/N: I don't own anything but the concept. I hope that everyone likes this chapter.

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"Okay everyone stick to your partner no matter what. These generals are not playing around. Kim, get on that zord and destroy any and everything that looks like it would power it then get your butt back to the ship." Tommy said as everyone nodded.

"Be careful." Kim whispered to him as she took off for Serpentra while the Reds jumped out to get her some distraction to get on board.

Tommy was nervous about letting her go but he pushed that feeling down and got back to fighting. She was a ranger, one of the first ones and he just had to trust in her ability as the ranger he knew she was.

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"Okay, DECA just sent me their coordinates on the moon," Billy said as he pounded away on the keyboard. "So now all we have to do is keep NASA away."

"And how are we going to do that?" Zack asked looking at him.

"I'm not sure." Billy said causing Zack and Adam to look at each other. If Billy didn't know how to do something then they were in deep trouble.

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Kim had finally got on the zord. She looked out the front and saw that the Reds were fighting well. Now she just had to do her job. Looking around she started pulling cords and cutting them so that they couldn't be fixed. She made her way to the back of the zord and saw the power supply or rather, what she thought was the power supply. It looked like a big battery. Now all she had to do was destroy that. Looking around she found a staff with a broke off end to use. Picking it up, she charged toward the power supply and was ready to stab it but was grabbed from behind and thrown to the side. She landed against the power supply.

"I don't think so, Kimmy." A voice said from the darkness to her right. Looking up, her eyes widened in shock and she cursed under her breath.

"What are you doing here?" Kim said as she struggled to get up. This was not good news and Tommy would be even angrier at this latest development. He would storm in here if he knew who was standing in front of her right at this moment.

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Jason was looking around for Kim but couldn't find her. She should have been out by now. Kicking the general in the leg, he looked again at Serpentra before turning back. He had to finish this guy off so that he could go and check on her. He had a bad feeling about this whole thing, it was almost like someone had set it up to get to them. Punching the guy to his right, he took his mind off of Kim and back on the problem at hand.

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Tommy was trying to stay close Cole as he fought. He wanted to make sure that he wasn't tired out or by himself. He had been watching Serpentra as well to keep an eye out for Kim. She had been in there for about ten minutes now and should be getting out. He was grabbed from behind. Turning and throwing his hips to the side he elbowed the general in the stomach before grabbing their arm and throwing them over his head.

"I see why you are called great." Cole said which caused Tommy to laugh. He would have to tell him later that Kim had shown him that move. It had been a part of her self defense class and unfortunately for him and Jason, they had signed up to be the attackers. They learned never to do that again. He saw that the general was getting back up and he sighed because apparently he was not going down easy.

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Rocky had just taken down his and Carter's general when he looked around for Kim. He had been keeping an eye out for her like he was sure Jason and Tommy were. Sensing that he needed to rest his back for a minute he motioned for Carter to step in. He didn't need Aisha's grief over hurting his back again. Carter got the general back down as he blasted him away. Their general was finally gone. Turning they went to join up with the others to help with their generals.

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"My dear Kimberly, this is my zord. Why would I not be here? I have been waiting for you to come back within my grasp. You are going to pay for all that Zordon has cost me, and then you will die." Zedd said as he stalked toward Kim. She had finally gotten up and was braced for the next attack.

"I don't think so, Zedd. You forget that Tommy, Jason, and Rocky along with several other Reds are waiting for me outside. I refuse to die at your hands." Kim said as she called up her bow from long ago. She knew that she would need a weapon to fight against him. Hopefully she could get outside because she knew that she couldn't defeat him by herself. He was too strong for her. It was better to fight with your teammates and not try to be a hero.

"I didn't forget that those excuses of rangers are outside and I will deal with them after you are destroyed." Zedd said as he raised the staff that he had taken from Kim. He charged toward her but she easily blocked that attack with her bow. She then dropped down and swept her leg under him and knocked him down. Flipping over him, she took off toward the door but was thrown to the side by a blast from him. She slid to the floor before coming up on her right knee. This was going to be hard for her to get to the door but she had too. Struggling to gain her feet, she blocked several beams from him with a combination of her bow and just ducking out of the way.

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"Billy, look at this screen." Zack said as Billy and Adam looked at what he was talking about.

"Oh that is not good. Kim is going to kill me." Billy said as a CNN anchor woman started talking about the Red Power Rangers on the moon fighting. They had live footage from the moon and Billy hung his head. He had been watching everything but apparently he had missed something. How had they gotten that close without Billy's scans picking them up?

"Hey guys I don't see Kim. Where is she?" Adam asked as Billy pulled up his own images from the moon. He didn't see her on his screens either. Something was wrong.

"I think that she is still on Serpentra." Billy said as he panned the area to stop on the zord. He started scanning for her energy signature and found that she was still in Serpentra but there was someone else there too.

"Billy, what's wrong? Did you find Kim?" Zack asked him looking over at him.

"I found her but someone is with her." He said trying to scan the other person.

"Well since all the Reds are fighting it has to be someone or something else. You think that one of the generals snuck on board?" Adam said looking from the screen to Billy.

"No I think that it's Zedd." Billy said looking up from his computer. The looks on Adam's and Zack's face were that of pure horror. How did he become evil again and why was he there?

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"How did you turn evil again?" Kim asked in a huff as she blocked another punch.

"I wasn't totally turned good and neither was Rita, so I took her last bit of evil and forged it with mine. It took too long to force all of Zordon's goodness out of me but finally I am back to my evil self." He said as he caught her foot and threw her against the wall once more. She got up and ducked another punch from Zedd before gaining her feet and grabbing his shoulders to knee him then she dived away from him. She was almost at the door now but Zedd was attacking with a vengeance. She was picked up from behind and thrown into the nearest wall again but thankfully she was even closer to the door. Standing she made a leap to the door but Zedd sliced her leg with the staff. His staff went through her suit and hit flesh. She didn't even give her leg a passing thought though because she had to get out of there. The door was right there. Stumbling out of the door, she looked for Tommy. She needed his help, right now. This was getting bad. Her leg was on fire and she was sure that he had hit something major because she was feeling light-headed and everything was blurring before her eyes. She couldn't think about that now though. Zedd was coming out after her. She was doing all she could to just block his attacks now. He was stronger than he had been in the past.

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Tommy and Cole swung their swords at the same time and destroyed the last of the generals. He then turned to find Kim. Now he was worried about her because she had not come out of Serpentra at all. Glancing around he started toward the zord and saw Kim stumble out. He then started running toward only to pause when he saw Zedd come walking out of the zord with a staff raised high. All the breath was gone from his body as he continued toward Kim. The feet that separated them were gone in seconds. The others were running after Tommy because they had seen Kim and Zedd come out of Serpentra. They also noticed that Kim was favoring one of her legs more than the other. Getting closer they watched Kim get back up and fire an arrow at Zedd before she fell back. Tommy got there just in time to catch her. He lowered her to the ground before jumping up and swinging his sword high. He came down and sliced one of Zedd's shoulders then raised his sword again before swinging it low before coming up with it. It caught Zedd on his left leg. He went down to his knees as Tommy came down again on his shoulder. The other Reds finally made it to them and took care of Zedd before tossing him back into his zord. They each had taken a swing at Zedd until he had fallen into a heap before them. Andros wired charges so that no one could ever use Serpentra again. He would blow the zord sky-high when they got airborne. Tommy turned back to Kim and rushed back to her side. He picked her back up and held her close. He saw blood on his arm and looked down. She had a deep cut up the inside of her right leg and it looked bad. Andros looked back at Tommy and knew that they had to get Kim back on board and fast. She was bleeding and he could see flesh where her ranger suit had been; his face paled beneath his helmet because he knew that it had to have been a hard slice to even go through the suit.

"Tommy, she needs medical help now." Jason said as Tommy nodded and made his way back to the ship. He ran the entire way as the other rangers followed him into the ship. DECA slid the doors shut and began the liftoff as the rangers rushed to the sickbay to tend to Kim.

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Tommy laid Kim down on the bed and removed her helmet. Her beautiful brown hair spilled out of the helmet onto the table. He brushed it to the side. Looking up at Jason, he took a deep breath. They had all removed their helmets on their way into sickbay.

"She needs to power down before I can see how bad her leg really is." Andros said as he pushed a tray of instruments to the bed next to Kim. He hoped that he had everything that he would need.

"Okay." Tommy said as he flipped her morpher. She was instantly changed back into her street clothes of blue jean shorts and a pink tank top. He grabbed her hand again and felt a faint pulse in her thumb. It gave him more hope than he would've ever thought possible.

"Okay Tommy, I need you to leave the room while I get everything hooked up. I will let you back in when I am done." Andros said as Jason and Rocky pushed Tommy out of the room. He looked back at her one last time before the door closed. She was still passed out on the exam table looking pale, paler than when she had been losing her powers. She looked so fragile that it pained Tommy to leave her there. Tommy paced the walkway while the others watched him. He kept seeing her stumble out of that zord with Zedd stalking after her. He was thankful that he had made it to her in time to catch her before she hit the ground. Everyone in the hall all prayed that Andros could stop the bleeding and save Kim; he had to for Tommy's sanity as his whole world was in there on that table.

"I want that ship destroyed now! I don't want anyone to ever try to power it up or bring Zedd back." Tommy screamed as T.J. nodded before walking to the bridge. He would see to that task since Andros was occupied with saving Kim. Everyone had powered down in those seconds as well. They didn't need to be morphed to wait on news of Kim.

"NASA's not going to be happy." Jason pointed out to him from against the wall.

"Screw NASA, my fiancée is lying in that room possibly dying. I want that ship destroyed." He said before turning back to the door. He sank to the floor and hung his head before he started praying like he had never prayed before. She could not be taken from him now. It wasn't fair. They had a life to live together.

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"Okay DECA, please monitor her heart rate. I have sewn up the leg and it seems like it should heal in no time. It was a good thing that she didn't have any other cuts. She is tougher than I knew." Andros said gathering the instruments up to clean them. He was happy that Kim's condition had not gotten worse as he stitched the cut. He had been worried about her crashing on table. Knowing that he was being pressured, he breathed a huge sigh of relief. He could feel that she would make it as long as she fought for it. Andros stepped out the door and told Tommy he could come in. He stood back as Tommy ran past him. Looking back, he gave a tiny smile before joining the others in the hall. He would wait out here because the only one who needed to be by her side was in there with her. Even Jason had stayed back to let Tommy be alone with her and Kim was his little sister.

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Inside Kim's mind

"Kimberly." A voice in the distant called out to her. She looked around but didn't see anything. This was a peaceful place with a waterfall and the trees in full bloom around her. She got a feeling that she had been here before. She knew that she was safe as well. It was like she was in a cocoon of warmth and safety. She also didn't hurt here either.

"Kimberly." The voice said again as she turned to see Zordon before her in long flowing robes. She looked down at herself and noticed that she was still in her ranger suit and it was stained with her blood. Why was it stained? Everything came back to her in a blinding flash. Zedd had cut her and she had passed out in Tommy's arms. So then why was she here?

"Zordon! How? Why?" Kim asked as she ran over to him with no pain in her leg at all.

"Kimberly, my dear, you must go back. You cannot stay here." Zordon said as he hugged his Pink Ranger. She had made him proud with holding her own against Zedd. Zordon knew that he didn't have much time with her so he had to make her fight to stay alive.

"Why? I feel at peace here and it's beautiful." Kim said looking at him. Why was he making her go back? She was in pain there. How could he want her to be in pain?

"Tommy and your friends need you. They love you." He pointed out to her with a sad look on his face.

"Tommy." She whispered as she turned away from her mentor. Thinking about her fiancée brought tears to her eyes. She could feel his pain and knew that Zordon was right. Tommy needed her.

"Yes he is lost without you. I gave him the second chance to go back to you and now I am giving that choice to you." He said to her as she turned back around. Zordon had given her the greatest gift of Tommy in her life.

"If I go back, then you will be dead for real." She said as tears poured down her cheeks. Why was he making her choose between the love of her life and the mentor to all the rangers? Could she be that selfish and choose to live and let Zordon die a second time?

"I am already dead, Kimberly. This decision does not bring me back if you choose to die. You will only hurt the one you truly love and who truly loves you." He said as she nodded. She looked at him one last time before closing her eyes. She could feel herself leave him and this place of peace and entered back into the world of hurt and pain. This is where she wanted to be, with Tommy.

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Tommy was at her side and holding her hand as he started crying. He had a feeling that she wasn't coming back to him and he had waited too long to be back with her. How could he be so stupid to let her go all those years ago? They could have been married by now with kids at home waiting for them to come back.

"Please come back to me, Kimberly. I love you and I can't live without you." He whispered to her. The others had left the room to deal with the possibility of Kim dying. Andros had given them bad news when he had told them that she had lost a lot of blood and that it had taken him a while to stop the flow of blood. Tommy had rushed to her side and knew that what Andros had said was true. He could lose her. It was like she wasn't fighting to come back to him. He tried to will her to fight to come back to him but it didn't seem to be working.

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"I'm going to kill those boys!" Aisha said as she paced her living room. They had seen the news report and watched as Serpentra was blown up.

"I what to know what is taking them so long?" Tanya asked them looking around the room. All the girls were tense and mad at the boys. How could they even think to do this mission without informing them? They were a team for goodness sake.

"Well we can go and meet them at the hanger with the others. We know that they have to land there." Kat pointed out as they nodded. They went to Trini's car and made their way to the hanger. Kat took care of calling everyone else and having them meet up at the hanger. The boys would have to deal with their teams for not telling them about this mission. Hopefully they would never do this ever again without telling them.

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"I'm worried about them. Andros, is there anything we can do?" Jason asked as he paced the hallway. The boys were all silent as they watched Jason paced.

"No I'm sorry. It's all up to her now. She has to push through this." He said to them. They were all hurting. She was one of their own and an Original on top of that. Jason was trying to hold it together but it was hard. He didn't realize how hard until he punched the wall next to Rocky. He didn't even feel the pain that was shooting up his arm. It could be broken for all he cared.

"Jase, what are you doing?" Rocky asked him as the others looked between the two Reds.

"I can't stand this. My little sister and best friend are in there and I can't do anything about it. She may die and he is hurting because of that. I can't do this. I can't be here." He said as he stormed off. T.J. got up to follow after him. Andros went with him while the others waited to see if Kim would make it. They actually didn't know what they could do for Jason that T.J. and Andros couldn't handle. Rocky stayed where he was just in case Tommy needed anything for Kim. He felt his place was here more than with Jason at the moment.

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Jason was punching the bag when Andros and T.J. walked in. It had taken them several minutes to find him in the ship. They both held back a sigh and shared a look. This was another aspect of being a ranger, being there when another one was in pain and hurting. This was the worst kind of hurt because it was hidden deep where no one could see it.

"Jase, she is strong enough to pull through this. You know her better than any of us except for Tommy." T.J. said coming up behind him. He laid a heavy hand on Jason's shoulder.

"I know but if she dies then we will all blame ourselves. She shouldn't have been on this mission. She should've stayed on Earth where she was protected." Jason said as he started crying. He punched the bag harder before sinking down on the floor. His head buried in his knees. T.J. and Andros had never seen any ranger break down but at this moment they had two of the best rangers ever broken because of one very special woman. They didn't know what to do to help either of them. It was up to Kim. She had to come back to them because she was the heart of the team.

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Tommy laid his head beside Kim's arm and held her hand tighter. They were closer to Earth but he didn't care because Kim was not awake and barely breathing. He couldn't do this by himself. She had to come back to him. Closing his eyes, he felt her presence all around him trying to comfort him. It also seemed like she was coming back into her body which he knew was not right. He felt her small hand gripped his as his head flew up.

"Kimberly?" He said looking down at her and held his breath until he knew that she was really awake.

"Tommy!" She said as she opened her eyes. He leaned down over her and she raised her arms up to hug him to her. They were both crying when he rose up.

"I thought I had lost you." He said as he wiped her eyes. He was being as gentle as he could be with her.

"You will never lose me." She said with a smile at him. They talked for a little bit before Tommy told DECA to inform everyone that Kim was awake. They all rushed in to see her and to make sure that she was really okay.

"Kimberly!" Jason said as he rushed into the room to the opposite side of the bed from Tommy. Everyone else but Rocky stayed back. They let her closest friends see her first. It was a right that they had earned long ago.

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"Andros, I do believe that the other rangers are waiting at the hanger." DECA informed the Space ranger.

"Oh not good, not good." He said as he looked back to where everyone was gathered around Kim.

"We have a problem, guys." Andros announced to the gang.

"What is it?" T.J. asked him as everyone turned to look at Andros.

"I do believe the girls have found out about the mission." He said as everyone but Kim and Tommy panicked. Jason was probably worried the most since he had walked out on his honeymoon. His wife was going to kill him. Maybe he could say that he had been abducted during his movie.

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They landed minutes later in the hanger. Tommy and Kim were by themselves as the others scrambled to find a way off of the ship without the girls finding them.

"Kim, I do believe it would be best if you went out first. Trini won't be mad at you and it would be a surprise to them because they don't know that you were on this mission." Tommy said with a smile.

"Yea you could be right. Help me." She said as she held out her hand. He grabbed it and helped her to stand and saw her grimace. She was a little unstable for a few seconds until she gained her balance.

"I might need to walk out with you." He said as she nodded. It would be too much if she didn't have him to lean on. They heard the bay doors open and made their way to the doors. Kim also wanted to be first because she had a bone to pick with Billy. She had given him one job and he couldn't even do that. Something had happened she knew but she wanted to tease him anyway.

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"Billy! What are you doing here?" Kat asked her boyfriend as he waited for the bay doors to open. He didn't know that she was here but then he saw that all of the girls were here too. Apparently they saw the news report; he was in so much trouble from Kim.

"Uh well, what are you doing here?" He asked her as the doors opened. Hopefully Kim would kill him now; she would be kinder than Kat would be.

"William Cranston! You are in so much trouble!" Kim yelled as Tommy helped her down the walkway. Trini and the others saw Kim limping down the walkway and leaning into Tommy's side. Something was wrong for her to be leaning into Tommy like she was. Kim had never leaned into him like that even when she had been held captive by Zedd. She was hurt.

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Okay what did everyone think? Please let me know. I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. I wanted to surprise the rangers with Zedd being back. It was his zord so it was only natural that he be back.