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Springbaby83: Thanks, I'm glad you like it so far. Thanks again, here you go. Hope this is soon enough.
DISCLAIMER
Power Rangers belongs to Haim Saban and Disney. Flashpoint belongs to CBS and whoever else is affiliated with it. I only own the plot and characters you don't recognize. Okay, now is when I'm going to be calling Jules "Kim" in the narration except when it's in the perspective of other people in the SRU. Bold is telepathic speak. I'm using all Dino/Ninja Spirits that have been held. As of yet, I'm not sure if any of the other Rangers other than Jason, Tommy, and Kat will be making appearances. Reference to my one-shot "Not Him" as well as "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie".
Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion. Sam had shot Roger, who had then shot Jules. As they headed to the hospital, the words that Jules had murmured reverberated in Ed's head.
"Rexy…Dragon…Sis…need you." He frowned. What did those names mean? Okay, sis was pretty self-explanatory, but Jules had never mentioned a sister, and who were Rexy and Dragon? In the ambulance, Sam sat by Jules stroking her hair reassuringly.
"It's okay, Jules. I got you," he told her.
"Tommy? Tommy, I'm sorry," she murmured. Pain flitted across Sam's face.
"No, Jules. It's me-Sam," he corrected. Meanwhile, Tommy had contacted Jason and Katherine via his old communicator.
"You guys felt her, right?" he asked.
"Yeah, she was in so much pain," Katherine replied in her accent.
"We've got to get to her. See if there's anything we can do," Jason stated.
"But, how? We don't even know where she is," Katherine pointed out.
"Well, I don't care what you guys do, but I'm using the connection and going first class," Tommy declared.
"I'm in," Jason stated.
"Sounds good to me," Katherine agreed. Then, though they couldn't see one another, they all in unison shut their eyes. Ptera, where are you? Jason asked. Come on, Sis. Talk to me, Katherine urged. Ptera, come on, Beautiful. Give us a clue, Tommy pleaded. In the ambulance, Sam watched as Jules moaned.
"Guys, you came," she murmured. Who's she talking to? Is she delirious? he wondered. Kimberly let herself be comforted by the swirling colors: green, white, red, black tinged with gold, and pink came to rest beside her. You came, she said. Of course, Beautiful, she heard Tommy's voice say. The Dragon, Tiger, Falcon, Tyrannosaurus, Red Dragon, and Crane came to form a protective circle around the Pterodactyl, Firebird, and Crane who all roared weakly. Once they reached the hospital, Jules was wheeled in.
"What've we got?"
"GSW. She appears to be stable, but she's also lost a lot of blood." Seeing the name of the hospital through a haze, she let the image flash in her friends' heads, who then touched their communicators and landed unseen in front of the building. Then, they headed into the building. Guys, I'm going by the name Jules Callaghan. They don't know me as Kim here, she told them. Jason, Tommy, and Kat shared a look of confusion. Why would she lie about her name? All right, thanks for the heads up, was all Jason said. Then, they hurried in. Hearing pounding footsteps, the SRU team turned around to see two men and a woman.
"Jules Callaghan. Where is she?" one of the men asked. He had short cropped hair and was extremely muscular.
"Who are you?" Sam demanded.
"I'm her sister, Katherine, and these are our best friends," Katherine answered, hiding her Australian accent.
"She's in surgery right now. You're going to have to wait," Greg told them.
"Jase," the other man said.
"It'll be all right, Tommy. She's strong. She always been," he reminded him.
"Yeah, yeah, I know," the man called Tommy sighed. Sam watched them through narrowed eyes. I wonder if one them is the guy she's still hung up on, he thought to himself. After what seemed to be an eternity, a doctor came out and approached the team.
"How is she?" Sam asked anxiously.
"The surgery was a success and we were able to remove the bullet. She's resting comfortably in the Recovery Room," the doctor answered.
"Can we see her?" Greg queried.
"She says that there are only three people she wants to see," the doctor answered.
"Who?" Ed asked.
"A Rexy, Dragon, and a Sis," the doctor replied. The team looked at each other in confusion.
"That's us," Jason announced. "I'm Rexy, he's Dragon, and she's Sis," he continued, pointing to each in turn.
"They're old nicknames," Katherine explained, remembering to keep her accent out.
"Doc, why doesn't want to see us?" Sam wondered. Is she trying to avoid us? he wondered.
"I don't know even though I asked her the same thing. All that I could get out of her was that it was very important for her to see them," the doctor answered.
"Well, then, let's go see what this is all about," Tommy proposed.
"Right this way," the doctor said, and with that, he led them to the recovery room.
"Miss Callaghan, you have some people here to see you," he announced, as he came in.
"Dragon, Rexy, Sis," she grinned, carefully sitting up.
"Hey, take it easy, Girl," Jason cautioned, as the three came to stand by her bed.
"I'll let you four have some time alone," the doctor stated.
"Thanks," Kimberly said, and the man walked out.
"Aw, man. You had us so scared, Ptera," Tommy sighed. "I mean, you just-disappeared after the Muiranthias incident, and worst of all, none of us could feel you," he continued.
"I know you couldn't. I kept all of my shields up. I've been doing it for years," Kimberly responded.
"What? Why?" Katherine wondered in a hurt tone. Did she not trust us anymore? she wondered. Almost as if she knew what her sister in Pink was thinking, Kimberly reached over and rubbed Katherine's wrist.
"It wasn't anything you guys did. You just have to trust me that it was for your protection," she stated.
"What do you mean, Ptera?" Jason asked.
"No, forget it. It-it doesn't matter anymore," Kimberly insisted, averting her gaze.
"Kimberly, you just revealed that you've been holding up every mental defense you've ever learned for years, and we deserve to know why," Jason insisted. Almost as if she was being compelled, Kimberly looked into his brown eyes. He had used his 'Leader' voice. Jason knelt down so that they were eye-level.
"Talk to us…please? Tell us what's going on." Kimberly stared at the trio. She had served on teams with two of them and had trusted the other with her Power Coin. Seeing the looks of worry and concern in their eyes was the last straw. She latched onto Jason and began to sob.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. So sorry." Tommy and Kat knelt by the two and wrapped their arms around their friend, all of them wondering what had happened to the normally strong girl.