"He did what?" Tommy asked as Trini retold her story, yet again, hoping that maybe Tommy would be able to help her figure it out.
Billy had only stared in shock and Tommy was not doing much better. Neither of them could believe that Jason would visit her and not physically harm her. Kim had come to Tommy in the beginning, but even then it had been uncomfortable. They were not exactly on the best of terms and now he was having to try to save her, but that was another story. He knew that he would eventually have to face all the years that they ignored each other, but right now he just wanted to know that she was all right and back on his side.
It was different with Trini and Jason; they were friends, they still got along. It almost made sense that he would reach out like this, but why wait so long? He had been like this for almost a month, but Trini had only recently been brought into the loop and that could explain some of it. Tommy had known about Kimberly since the beginning, Trini had only found out two days ago.
"I'm not going to repeat it again Tommy, what do you think it means?" Trini asked as he sat down next to her and just shook his head. He had no clue what it might mean, but he was not going to tell her that right now.
"I think it means that you have a better chance with him than I have with Kim. Tri…we've got to keep trying," Tommy said as Trini just shook her head. She was not happy right now, no one had any answers for her and this was just becoming ridiculous. They had to know more than they were letting on…but she could almost see why they would keep it a secret if it was bad. They didn't want for her to give up hope on saving him.
"I already had figured that one out Tommy…what the hell else can we do to help them?" Trini yelled as Tommy looked at her, shocked that she was this upset.
"I don't know Trini, I really don't know…I've done everything short of telling her I love her," Tommy said as Trini looked over at him.
"You still have a problem admitting it after all of these years? Come on Tommy, everyone knows that you still love her; it only makes sense that it would take that to break her out of it," Trini said as Billy looked over at Trini and shook his head. There were things that he knew that certainly made him think that she needed to listen to her own advice.
"Yeah and it's the same thing with you, you just haven't noticed it yet," Billy said as Trini and Tommy looked at him, wondering what he was talking about. Billy had never exactly been one to skirt around the truth, especially when it was helpful. This time, however, he was doing just that and it was thoroughly pissing her off.
"What do you mean Billy?" Trini asked as Billy looked at her.
"You know good and damn well what I mean Trini, the question is whether or not you remember what I am talking about," Billy said as Trini stared at him. She had never so much as said anything to anyone about how she felt for Jason. "I take that as a no."
"Damn skippy it's a no," Trini said, utterly irritated with Billy at the moment. She had no clue what he could possibly be talking about.
"Peace Conference," Billy said as Trini looked over at him with wide eyes.
"We were stupid teenagers, Billy, we didn't know what we wanted, we just knew that we were both lonely," Trini said as Tommy looked between Trini and Billy, hoping to figure out what they were talking about.
"Exactly and you bonded there. Trini for him to help you through everything that you went through and you to do the same, you made a connection. The fact is that was much more than simply helping each other, this creature assumed correctly that you and Jason have a connection that goes deeper than you simply being friends. He knew there was someone out there Jason loved, he just may not have expected another ranger," Billy said as Trini just sighed. She did not want to have this conversation with him right now. She did not want to face the hard truth of it all.
"Tommy, we have a problem," Hayley said as she walked over to the three of them and Tommy looked down at her just shaking his head. "They're attacking Reefside again, we've got to do something, they're too powerful for our rangers."
"They're not too powerful for us, some part of them is still human," Trini said as Tommy looked down at her, after last night she knew better than anyone that Jason was still there, she just had to find a way to get to him.
"Feels so good," Jason said as he tossed the red ranger away from him with a laugh. When he had been a ranger, he had had real power, what these pipsqueaks had was nothing close to his powers. "And this is just the preview of what's to come."
"Jason…" Trini said as she landed behind him and he turned around to face her; a sneer on his face.
"You again, didn't you get enough last time?" Jason asked as Trini just shook her head.
"This isn't you, I need you to come back to me," Trini prompted as she placed her hands on each side of his head and he began shaking it in denial.
"You don't need me," Jason said, angrily, tossing her away from him and she landed with a dull thud and let out a groan of pain. Jason, however, looked back and then walked over to her.
"Jase, please don't," Trini said looking up at him, barely able to distinguish his form from the surrounding area.
"Don't what Trini?" Jason asked as he reached down and lifted her into a seated position, surprising all of the nearby rangers. It seemed that hurting her had actually affected him this time. It was as if he was being snapped out of the spell.
"Hurt me again," Trini said, promptly passing out and Jason looked down at her before looking around at the others.
"Tri…come on, come on stay with me," Jason said, gently shaking her shoulder as Conner, Kira, and Ethan looked over to see that Kim was no longer fighting Tommy, but clinging to him with all of her remaining strength. Something had brought the two of them out of their evil, but none of them knew what it was.
"What is happening?" Xanderien roared as he watched through the glass his two rangers apparently break out of the spell without any repercussions.
"You forgot to calculate one factor," Stanton said as Xanderien looked over at him, silently daring him to continue with pointing out his miscalculation. "You forgot the human factor…that they are not like us…they will forever be human and have those that when you wish to harm them mean more to them than even the evil can impose."
"They are mine," Xanderien said as he teleported into the scene and snatched Jason away from Trini. He would be damned if he did not have at least one evil ranger to play with.
"Jason!" Kimberly yelled as she tried to reach him, but was too late, he had already disappeared along with Xanderien.
"Jase…" Trini muttered as she shook her head from side to side as Kim and Tommy kneeled down next to her.
"Conner, go back to the command center, Hayley will be waiting for you there. Tell her and Billy to set up someplace to take care of the two of them," Tommy said as Kimberly stared over at him.
"Tommy, you can't…Trini will be the only one to bring him out of it," Kim said as Tommy just shook his head.
"And if you haven't noticed, she's currently unconscious, so I'm going to have to try to bring him back before he's made evil again," Tommy said as Kim barely nodded before he teleported away and she looked over at the young rangers. She was going to have a lot of explaining to do.