DISCLAIMER: Nope still not mine.
SUMMARY: Kim's determined to make sure that her nightmare doesn't come to pass and she won't talk to anyone about it. Can Trini find out what's wrong?
Kim was back in her room. Tommy and Jason had gone to spar.
"Talk to me, Kim. Why are you pushing so hard?" Trini asked.
"No reason," Kim shrugged.
"Don't give me that crap. I've known you for too long. I can always tell when something's bothering you." Trini put her hands on her hips. "Tell me the truth."
"It's nothing. Honest, Trini." She tried to look her lifelong friend in the eye but couldn't. "A dream," she admitted, slumping in her wheelchair.
Trini pulled up a chair on one side of her while Aisha did the same on the other side. "Tell us. We can help."
Kim proceeded to tell them about the nightmare haunting her. She didn't know what else to do. She was absolutely terrified by the thought of telling Tommy or even Jason. "Trini, you have to swear not to tell Tommy! You too, Sha!"
"We won't tell him. We swear." Aisha desperately needed to calm Kim down. She didn't want her freaking out. "Just promise us that you won't do anything crazy. Like pushing Tommy away."
"I won't but you guys have to help me. Help me get on my feet. Help me hold onto him." Tears glistened in Kim's eyes. "You have to help me."
Trini wrapped her arms around the desperate young woman. "We'll help you. But you have to agree to listen to us. If we say slow down, you slow down. Agreed?"
"Agreed. Thank you. Thank you so much." Tears started streaking down Kimberly's face.
The rest of the Rangers faced other problems while unaware of Kimberly's fight.
"Andros, look out!" Kat yelled as the cogs ran at him.
Andros spun around and attacked. Adam came running up alongside him. The two fought together almost as well as Jason and Tommy.
Kat and Tanya had been separated from the rest of the team but they seemed to be holding their own. Until one of the Cogs hit Tanya from behind with what seemed to be a cattle prod.
Tanya fell to the ground, unable to hold her morph. Justin ran up, taking out the creature that had attacked his yellow teammate. Tanya lay still, in a great deal of pain.
"Tanya!" Justin yelled, as he knelt beside her to help her to her feet. "Are you alright?"
Tanya just nodded before morphing and getting back to the fight.
Once they had defeated the last of the Cogs, the whole team essentially collapsed into a boneless heap on the ground.
"I think we'd better get back to the Power Chamber," Adam panted.
"I don't have the energy to stand," Kat responded. A mumbled consent greeted her statement. They simply pushed the buttons on their communicators from where they sat on the ground, teleporting them to the Power Chamber.
"Rangers!" Alpha exclaimed. "What happened?"
"I don't know, Alpha. The Cogs seemed stronger than usual. I don't understand. Is something weakening our tie to the Morphin Grid?"
"It is possible, Andros. Particularly with Kimberly injured. She may be drawing on the Grid to assist in her healing." Zordon looked down at the assembled Rangers. "If she is doing so, she is unaware of it. Rest now, Rangers. I fear King Mondo will not let up in his attacks yet. Especially if he believes you have weakened."
"Yes, Zordon." The teens left the Power Chamber.
"Zordon, can we communicate with Tommy?" Alpha asked.
"We will try later. Perhaps we will be able to talk to Kimberly as well."
"I miss Kimberly."
"As do I, Alpha. We must maintain the hope that she will make a full recovery."
