"Wonder why the truck stopped moving?" Kimberly asked.

"I don't know," Tommy answered truthful. "Maybe, we're at Coach Schmidt's hideout."

The doors swung open and Coach Schmidt came walking in. Tommy noticed the sky was getting dark and saw that the clouds were dark grey. "Hello, Tommy!" Coach Schmidt greeted when Tommy and Kimberly walked over to him. "I'm afraid we won't get to my hideout until the middle of night. I can't afford to waste time stopping to rest."

"Well, why did you pull over?" Kimberly questioned. She could feel the cool breeze on her skin. "You are only wasting time."

"Shut up!" Coach Schmidt roared as he looked at Kimberly with hate and disgust. If it wasn't for Tommy, he wouldn't be on the run and he'd still be getting a nice fat check from the fitness center. But, he resigned after he took Kimberly and Tommy as his hostages. He heard on the radio that his brother ratted him out. "I know what I am doing. I thought you and Tommy could use a nice nap." He pulled out a bottle and sprayed it all over Kimberly and Tommy.

Kimberly hit the floor and was sound asleep. "Coach Schmidt, if this hurts her in anyway, you are going to deal with me!" Tommy threatened as he looked at Coach Schmidt with hate. "You won't hurt her or lay a hand on her again! And if you are as smart as you think you are, you won't take her from me!"

"Tommy, I had no intention of taking her from you," Coach Schmidt informed when he saw the anger in Tommy's eyes. "My whole idea was to keep the two of you together locked in the basement. You'll have everything you need down there and neither one of you will want to come out of the basement."

They heard a clap of loud thunder nearby and Coach Schmidt immediately shut the doors and got back in the truck. Tommy heard Coach Schmidt slam his foot on the gas petal. "What am I going to do?" Tommy thought as he gathered Kimberly up in his arms. Coach Schmidt was driving the truck over the speed limit and he feared Coach Schmidt would wreck the truck. Suddenly, the truck doors swung open and they had away to escape. The only problem was that he had no idea where they were. But, I realized that this may be the only opportunity that he would have to escape without Coach Schmidt realizing for several hours. He'd rather be lost in the forest than in Coach Schmidt's basement. At least he'd be out in the open, find food and see Kimberly got enough to eat, and hopefully he'd be able to find a way back to Angel Grove in a few days. He held Kimberly close to him and he jumped out of the truck. Tommy began to doze off as he rolled down the steep hill.

Tommy and groaned he slowly opened his eyes. He stood up and shook his head to clear away his dizziness. He saw that he was in a forest with tall trees. It took him a few seconds to realize he was in an unfamiliar area. He had feeling of concealment... there was a strong breeze. Tommy was it was cold and chilly. He began to shiver as he rubbed his hands together. The only clothing, he had on was a brown lion cloth.

"Oh man," Tommy moaned silently as he took a record of his missing possessions.

Around him, he heard moaning... Kimberly was regaining consciousness.

"Kimberly are you okay?" he asked. He wondered if Kimberly was in the same position as he was in.

She stood up to get a better view of her surroundings. All she could see was trees and bushes and a spring nearby. Her throat was dry and she was thirsty. Kimberly noticed there was a spring a few feet away from her. Kimberly slowly walked over to the spring, kneeled, cupped her hands, and started drinking from the spring. The water clear blue and she noticed that she could see her reflection. She was a brown lion cloth and bikini bra. "Tommy, did you have a wardrobe change?"

"Kim, where are you?"

Kimberly didn't answer. She felt herself shaking over and felt goose bumps appear on her skin. She couldn't let Tommy see her like that. Her body wasn't prefect and she didn't think that she was pretty like all the other girls around her. Kimberly walked over to the stone wall and took a seat. She hugged her knees against her chest.

Tommy instantly knew that she was in the same shape he was in. He knew he had to take the first step or they would never get back home. He remembered feeling this same fear when he moved to Angel Grove. He had been alone, facing a new school without any friends. But, things turned out okay. He found a group of friends who accepted him and someone who loved him.

"KIM! WHERE ARE YOU?" Tommy walked behind the bush and saw Kimberly sitting against the stone wall. After a sigh of relief, he rushed over to her and tightly embraced her. "Why didn't you let know you were okay? I was worried."

"Tommy, I just didn't want you to see me like this," Kimberly confessed when he took a seat next to her. "I don't have a prefect body, like most people expect me to have."

Kimberly was almost skin and bones. Something happened during her training to cause her lose weight and not eat. "Beautiful, let's talk about it," Tommy suggested as he gazed into her eyes. "Maybe I can help you."

She immediately stood up and covered herself with her hands, since bikini showed a lot cleavage. "Tommy, this is one time you can't help me," Kimberly lied as she started walking away from him. "I can get myself out of the situation with your help." While she was still covering herself, she broke out in a run. Her goal was to get as far away from Tommy as she could.

It finally dawned on Tommy that Kimberly was trying to hide that she lost weight and didn't want anyone to know it. He knew that he couldn't let this continue. He had to confront her about the issue and try to help her through it. Tommy quickly broke out in a run to try to find Kimberly.

As Tommy's voice got louder and louder, she began to look around for a place to hide. She was noticed there was a hole in a hollow tree that she was standing next to. "This is better than being seen." Kimberly crawled through the large gap. She sat as far as she could from the opening to avoid being seen. Kimberly took a deep breath and she let it out as slow as she could. Then she curled up in a ball shivering.

Tommy continued to search for Kimberly, until he felt a drop of rain hit his shoulder. The next minute it began to pour down rain and he could hear claps of thunder. "I guess, I'll have to search for her after the storm," Tommy sighed as he was getting soaked. He began to look around for shelter and a few yards away he saw a small opening in a hollow tree. After seeing a blue streak of lighting, he made a mad dash to the hallow tree. Tommy crawled through the opening and he noticed there was someone already in there.

"TOMMY!" Kimberly gasped and started blushing as soon as Tommy's eyes landed on her. The next moment, Tommy wrapped his strong arms around her tiny body and was squeezing her as tight as he could. "Tommy, you're crushing me!"

"Kim, why did you take off like that?" he questioned as when he loosened his grip on her. "Please talk to me."

I'm sorry Tommy," Kimberly apologized as she wiped her face. "You wouldn't understand."

He let go of her and they were face to face with each other. "I will if you just tell me. I've been noticing that you haven't been eating and you are skinner," confronted Tommy as he stared into her face. "And I'm not going to buy a few pounds as an answer. I want to know how much weight you've lost."

More tears formed in Kimberly's eyes. She was really scared of Coach Schmidt and didn't want to be humiliated again. "I can't," Kimberly sobbed. She pulled her knees against her chest. "Coach Schmidt told me I couldn't talk about this with anyone."

"Kim, I've figured out that you weren't eat for an awhile, you look like you've lost ten pounds or more, and you've collapsed in the youth center," Tommy went on. Taking a deep breath, he had used every bit of his courage to come out and be blunt with her. "This has really been scaring me. Please let me help you. Just talk to me."

Taking a deep breath, she told him what she was keep from him. "The coach humiliated when he saw I weighted 120," she explained with tears in her eyes. "He made me loose ten pounds and when I got down to 110. Then he said he wanted me to lose another 10 pounds. I felt like I was the fattest person in the gym and I've been scared to eat."

Tommy just wanted to strangle Coach Schmidt and break his nose. And maybe give him a black eye or two. "Kimberly, you have been shaky and tired," Tommy acknowledged as he sat next to her. "Have you been starving yourself or have you been eating and then vomited your food up?"

"Tommy, I'm doing better," Kimberly reminded him in an angry tone. "Ever since I've had to take time off practicing."

"I'll admit that you've been eating more, but it's only because you haven't been around that stupid coach," Tommy admitted. "But, you can't go back to gymnastics with him as your coach. What he was having you do was uncalled for. No wonder he has a bad track record. Your body can't handle crash dieting. If you go back to that, you'll be in the same shape you were in before. And you'll be throwing everything away that you've worked hard for. Stop pushing yourself so hard, take care of yourself and eat."

"I just that if I pushed myself through this, I'd be able to cope," she sobbed as more tears streamed down her face. "But, I can't stop. I'm too insecure about my body. I am scared to go back to gymnastics because I'm not as good as I used to be."

"Yes, you can stop this crash dieting and go back to gymnastics. But, do it at your level." Tommy assured her. "You're beautiful, smart, talent, and sweet. You're not fat. And there's nothing wrong with your body."

The storm got worse as the night went on. Claps of loud thunder could be heard and fine lines of blue lighting were striking different areas. The heavy rain was still coming down hard and the cold wind was blowing. Tommy rested his back against the inside wall of the hallow tree and pulled his knees against his chest. Kimberly was lying next to him curled up in ball.

Kimberly felt warm tears beginning to run down her face. But, she didn't wipe them away. What was the point? Her dream of being in the Pan Global Games had been shattered because she got the wrong coach to train her. If it wasn't for Coach Schmidt, maybe she would've found another coach to train her. But, she realized that she may have never had the opportunity to train. "I might as well kiss that dream good bye," Kimberly muttered to herself. "The tryouts are tonight and I'm not there." She felt powerless because she didn't have her morpher or her communicator. If she had them, maybe things would have turned out differently.

Tommy sat at the other side of Kimberly. His heart of gold was breaking while he watched her cry. All he wanted to do at the very moment was to hold her in his arms. But, she had let him know she didn't want him to hug on her while they were both in that state. Tommy just wanted to see her happy again and see her beautiful smile. He remembered seeing a flower bed near by the hallow piece that looked like a masterpiece. It had pink roses which was Kimberly's favorite. But, he also spotted a banana tree too. He could hear her stomach growling and she looked as if she didn't have a meal for hours. Tommy wasn't about to let her be hungry all through the night.

"TOMMY!" Kimberly screamed when he disappeared into the storm. She immediately got up and went after Tommy. "TOMMY, COME BACK!"

Tommy ran through the forest as the ice-cold rain was hitting his bare skin. His long hair of soaking wet and he was cold. As the cold rain continued to fall, he picked as many bananas as he could carry. He heard a loud strike of thunder nearby and strikes of blue lighting in the sky. The wind got heavy and he took off running back to the hollow tree.

Meanwhile, Kimberly sat inside the tree at the entrance shivering. Her eyes were red and puffy with hot tears streaming down her face. Now, her heart and mind was only focused on Tommy. "Why did I have to take my anger out on him?" she asked herself as she began to feel weak from hunger. "He probably left because of how I was treating him." Kimberly felt like she had lost everything and had nothing else to lose. She lost her father after he cut her out of his life after divorcing her mom. Then it was Trini, Jason, and Zack when they left to go to the Peace Conference. After that, it was her mom because she hid the fact that she dated the French painter without telling her. In fact, she didn't tell Kimberly that she married him until she was living in Paris. Then it was Zordon, Alpha, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha because Coach Schmidt kidnapped her. Now she lost Tommy. Her best friend in the entire world and the person who she loved most. If anything, she had herself to blame for that. He was in the exact same shape she was in. No morpher, no communicator, dressed like Tarzan, scared, hungry, thirsty, and cold.

She wanted to know that he was okay. She wanted to tell him she was sorry for running off, when he tried to help. How she was sorry for worrying him when she hid from him. He loved her enough to look for her during the storm. All he wanted to do was make sure she didn't get in worse shape and give her love and comfort. Now, she was alone and had nothing left. "Tommy, I hope you are okay," Kimberly whispered as she felt a cold air front come in and her teeth began to chatter.

Fear began to go through her body when she saw a figure walking towards the tree. Her heart began to pound and she scooted as far she could from the entrance. The person crawled in to the tree and her heart skipped a beat. "TOMMY!" she cried out with joy. Kimberly flung her arms around him and embraced him tightly. Water was dripping from his hair and he appeared to be very cold. "Tommy, please don't get mad and leave again."

"I went to get us some food. I wasn't about to let you be hungry all night," he explained as he handed her two bananas. "Kim, please don't make yourself sick, after you eat."

Putting weight back on didn't mean a thing to her anymore. She pilled the banana and took a huge bite out of it. "Thanks for the food," she smiled as they were both eating their two bananas.

While they were eating they saw Rita and Zedd walking through the forest. A funny looking creature was walking next to them. It had a black umbrella for a head with khaki patches on it. It was wearing a pink and white coat.

"Storm chaser is a really good monster," Rita complimented. "I loved the idea of how we made the monster out the broken umbrella and its coat from Tommy and Kimberly's clothes. The pink ranger is already insecure about her body. I'm sure that she is out on her own after the white ranger saw her ugly body. It will hopefully tear them apart for good. She's already not trusting him as good as she once did."

"They will probably make the forest their new home. The red, yellow, blue, and black rangers are really having a hard time fighting our other monsters and tengas without Kimberly and Tommy."

"And they don't have their leader," Zedd remarked as he walked around the forest with Rita. "Let's get back to the castle and find things to cause trouble for the other four rangers."

Tommy and Kimberly were huddled together trying to stay warm. "Have any idea about where we're going to sleep?" Kimberly asked in a worried voice. "I wish we had something to cover up with."

"We'll sleep in here tonight," Tommy answered. He rolled over on his back and go as comfortable as he could. "Kim, we have no blankets or a heating source, all we can rely on is body heat." Kimberly laid on her side. She rested her head on his muscular chest and wrapped her arms tightly around his waist.

"What will we do about tomorrow night?"

Tommy wrapped his arm around her and held her close to him. "I honestly don't," he answered in a truthful voice. "We can't stay here. We need to find a way back to Angel Grove. I also fear Coach Schmidt will start looking for us when he knows we're missing."

"Are you saying that we could be sleeping out in the open?" Kimberly questioned.

"Kim, I'm not going to lie to you. Yes, it is very likely that we could," Tommy confessed as he gave her a kiss good night. "Beautiful, why'd you get so quiet?"

"We're going to be living like cavemen," Kimberly sighed and she snuggled closer to him. " We'll be filthy and I won't always be beautiful in your eyes."

"Kimberly, why do you think I call you Beautiful?" Tommy asked.

"Because you think I look pretty?" Kimberly guessed when she looked into his warm chocolate eyes.

"That's one of the reasons. Why else?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Because you have a beautiful heart and soul. You're a wonderful person and you're sweet and caring. I feel in love with you as soon as I laid my eyes on you. I call you beautiful because of who you are inside."

"I can't believe Rita and Zedd tried to tear us apart again," she sniffed. Tommy felt some warm tear drops land on his chest. "They nearly succeed when we ran for school present. When they created the hate master and they nearly tore the whole team apart. And today when we've be stranded here in the forest."

"Rita and Zedd are always going to be pulling their usual tricks," he reminded her while stroking her hair. " I never asked you this. When I came back with food, you asked me to not get mad and leave again. What made you think I was mad?"

"Because of how I was treating you. I ran from you when you tried to talk to me. You spent time looking for me before the storm got out of control. And I didn't want to be hugged," Kimberly cried as tears continued to run down her face. "I tried to go out in the storm to follow you, but I wasn't able to because I was about to pass out from hunger. When you didn't come back for a while, I thought I had lost the only thing that I have left."

"I was never mad, precious." Tommy assured as her. He rolled over on his side and scooped Kimberly up in his arms." I was afraid you were mad at me. I didn't mean to hold you back from your athletic dream, but I couldn't let you train under Coach Schmidt. It wouldn't have been fair to let you suffer."

"Tommy, we're suffering right now," Kimberly reminded him when she gazed into his beautiful chocolate eyes. "We don't feel safe here, we're wearing horrible outfits, we're powerless, we don't know when our next meal is going to be and we're all alone."

"You meant it's just us," Tommy corrected while he wiped her teary eyes with his thumbs. He rolled over on his back and Kimberly was laying on his chest. "I'm going to keep you safe and I'm going to take care of you."

Kimberly laid her head on Tommy's shoulder and put her arms around him. "I'm going to protect you and take care of you too," she promised as she began to doze off. "I love you, Tommy."

"I love you too, Kim," Tommy purred as his eyes got heavy and he fell asleep.