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"You sure?" Tommy asked.

"Sam's eyes were red," Kimberly answered.

"Yeah, that's his handiwork, all right" Jason sighed.

"I don't believe this," Tommy groaned.

"I knew it was too good to be true," Katherine griped. "And I suppose Rita's joined him too," she continued.

"I don't think so," came the reply. "While I was sleeping, I felt a surge of protective power flow into me. I don't know what it was other than magic," she went on. The Rangers frowned.

"Okay, so we wait on the Rita angle," Jason mused.

"Since Zedd's reverted, what do we do?" Tommy wondered.

"Prepare ourselves," Jason answered. "We don't know what he may try next and we should be ready for anything," he told them.

"Right," the others agreed. Ed stared at them, amazed at how quickly they had deferred to the man.

"But we should also be careful. We don't have powers anymore, and he does," Tommy added.

"Right," Katherine and Kimberly agreed. Tommy glanced at Kimberly, who tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. Wow. Tommy's looking really good, Kimberly thought to herself. Then, What am I thinking? He's probably married with a couple of kids by now. Man, she's as beautiful as ever, Tommy thought, staring at her. Then, glancing at the younger guy next to her boss, he frowned. Was Kimberly involved with him? Not that it'd be any of his business, but he didn't want to step on anybody's toes. Ed frowned, feeling a bit confused, but figured their discussion had something to do with their past as Power Rangers. Then, Kimberly shifted and Katherine looked at her sympathetically.

"I know, you hate being cooped up," she stated.

"Yeah, I really do," the other woman agreed.

"Well, at least I'm not the cause of it this time," Katherine stated.

"Oh, please. Like I ever blamed you for that," Kimberly scoffed with a roll of her eyes.

"I know, but-" Katherine began.

"You still sometimes have the nightmares?" Tommy finished.

"Yeah," Katherine nodded. Jason and Kimberly looked at each other, then their friends.

"Tommy, Bro, do need to talk?"

"Nah, I'm good."

"Kat?"

"I'm all right." Jason and Kimberly nodded. Sam and Ed looked at them in confusion, but they said nothing further. It probably had something to do with them being Power Rangers. Just then, a nurse came in.

"And how are you feeling this morning, Miss Callaghan?"

"Like I'm ready to go home," Kimberly responded.

"Well, you'll have to wait a couple of hours. The doctor wants to perform one more test just to be on the safe side, and then if everything checks out, you can go," the nurse promised. Kimberly nodded. That was fair.

"You want us to stay?" Tommy asked.

"Yes, please," Kimberly requested. The trio nodded and Ed had to grin at the fierce protectiveness he saw on their faces. Meanwhile, Lord Zedd, known as Frederick Dustin to the human world, furiously used his staff to zap his minion, a snake-like creature with silver armor.

"YOU BUMBLING IDIOT! HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?" he bellowed.

"Forgive me, Sire. I didn't think he'd need backup seeing as how she was already weakened," he said in an anguished voice. Zedd didn't respond, but kept throwing bolts of electricity at the creature. What no one knew was that Rebecca Kramer, once known as Rita Repulsa, had also seen everything that had transpired. She laughed heartily.

"Now that's fighting, Pinky!" she approved. I'm glad the protective spell worked, she thought to herself. There was no way she was going to let her ex destroy the Rangers. Just then, there was a whoosh and the nurse that had told Kimberly that she could possibly leave the hospital in a couple of hours appeared in front of the witch.

"Well, did you do it?" Rita queried.

"Yes, Empress. The Pink Ranger will be out of the hospital in no time. Your warrior is in place so that there'll be no questions as to why she healed so quickly," the woman replied, as she changed into golden armor.

"Good work, Scorpina. Now we just have to keep an eye on Zedd," Rita approved. Scorpina shook her head in amazement. She couldn't believe she was getting this chance to make amends. She had thought for sure that she would've been destroyed in the wave like Goldar had, but Zordon must've seen some good in her. And she was grateful for that. Now if they could just figure out what Zedd was up to. Scorpina's eyes darkened as she and Rita continued watching the events in the hospital. The two ex-villainesses looked at each other grimly. Don't worry. You're not in this fight alone, Rita thought to herself. She would do everything in her power to make sure that the ex-Rangers were unharmed, even if it meant destroying her former husband.