Chapter Twenty-Four

Kimberly sat on Billy's couch, watching the news. She didn't want to be cooped up in the garage while Billy searched for a way to break through the shields that blocked the Command Center from them. She wanted some fresh air and alone time. She wanted room to think.

She sighed. She was really worried about Tommy. They didn't know if he was alive or dead and there was no way of them finding out. She only wanted to see him safe.

"Thinking about Tommy?" Jason asked as he sat beside the Pink Ranger.

"Yeah," she answered honestly. "Jason, what if he's hurt? What if he's dead?"

"Hey," the Red Ranger said wrapping his arm around her. "Tommy's a tough guy. I'm sure he's okay."

"But," Kim said rubbing the tears from her eyes and leaning against her friend.

"And don't think the worse," Jason said. "That's an order. Once Billy solves our morphing problem, we'll defeat Turbanshell and get Tommy back."

"What if we're too late?" Kimberly whimpered.

"We won't be," Jason said as a promise to her and himself. "Now, come on. Try your tears and let's go join the others."

When Jason and Kimberly met up with the other Rangers, they wondered if they had too seen the news program.

"Have you guys seen the news?" Kimberly asked.

No one said a world as they continued to watch the news. They saw the destruction Lord Zedd's creations were causing on Angel Grove.

"Man, we gotta get our powers back," Zack said without taking his eyes off the screen.

"Before it's too late," Jason said.

Kimberly turned to look at the Red Ranger. He just assured her that they would be able to stop Zedd. She wondered how he could go back on his word now. Then she looked at the TV screen again. Turbanshell was tearing the city apart. Angel Grove could be destroyed by the time they could stop the monster.

Then there were the Lord Zedd's evil Rangers. They could be anywhere right now. They could be anywhere in the world, destroying some other city that Angel Grove is not aware of because of the monster.

As far as the Rangers knew, the monster could only be a distraction to Lord Zedd's true plan. The monster could be there to weaken them for the Dark Rangers.

Now that Tommy's out of the way, their team was weakened and Lord Zedd probably wanted to take down the rest of them. It wouldn't be a surprise. More than likely, Lord Zedd was going to separate another Ranger from the team and take their powers and repeat the action until there were no more Power Rangers and he was free to take over Earth.

Kimberly bit her lip. Billy had to find away for them to morph again so they could save the world and Tommy.

END OF CH. 24