A/N: here's the next chapter. I know I said it would be longer, but it's not, sorry.
A/N 2: I know that Aiesha's name was spelt without the 'e' on the show, but I read that it can go either way, and a friend of mine spelt it with the 'e'. I thought it was cuter that way. If anybody hates the way it is spelt, let me know and I'll post it without the 'e'. Anyways, enjoy.
Sunday night
She looked around her place once more, her gaze sweeping over everything; making sure nothing is forgotten. By this time tomorrow, she would be home with friends and family. She missed them a lot. She also couldn't wait to see Connor again and briefly wondered if Kat was going to cause problems. As it was, she didn't know if she could go the entire reunion without spilling the beans on Kat. Recalling that she had one more thing to do, she placed the last of her suitcases by the door, and went to the phone. She picked it up and dialed a familiar. The phone rang three times before she heard the voice on the other end, "Hello?"
"Hi, it's me."
"Oh hey sweetie," the person said, "What's up?"
"Well I just called to remind you that I'll be in at about nine," she said, "So do you think you can get me from the airport?"
"Sure," they replied, "And I'll have your gift with me."
"Really," she asked incredulously, "You finished it?"
"Yep"
"What about the other thing?"
"That's been done since two months ago," they said, "And everything is on and working."
"Thanks so much," she said, "Well I have to go and get some rest so I'll see you at nine tomorrow."
"Bye baby, love you."
"Love you too, bye." She hung up the phone and went to get some sleep.
On the plane
'I can't believe I'm on my way home. I haven't seen everyone in so long. I wonder how Tommy looks.'She thought to herself, 'I'm really excited to see everyone, well almost everyone. I am not looking forward to seeing Kat at all. But I won't let her ruin this trip, I only wonder how long it'll be before her secret comes out. And how do I tell Tommy that the letters were faked? I wonder how he's going to react. Both Sha and Tri said he still have feelings for me, so hopefully this will be a reunion between us as well. Falcon and Crane back together again.'
She was broken out of her thoughts by the captain, "Fasten your seatbelts, we are beginning descent at Angel Grove International Airport."
Twenty minutes later, she was off the plane, and going through security. She grabbed her suitcases and looked around for someone. She spotted him standing a few feet and turned towards him and yelled, "Uncle Carson, over here!"
The man in questioned turned towards the voice and spotted his niece standing a couple feet away with her luggage. With a smile on his face he made his way towards her, "Hey sweetie," he said as he hugged her, "Haven't seen you in awhile."
"I know," she said, "So did you bring it?"
"Of course I did," he laughed, "Impatient are we?"
"Uhuh"
"So tell me why one of your friends couldn't come get you," he asked, "I'm sure Jason or Trini would have loved to pick you up?"
"I know, but this way I get to see you and I get my gift," she laughed.
"Good point," he smiled, "Well let's go. It's out front."
"Ok." He helped her with her luggage and turned to walk out. She followed at his side, as she told him about her mom and stepdad. When they reached the parking lot, she let out a squeal at what she saw. Parked in front of them, was a pink and white SUV.
"Ahh, I can't believe it," she exclaimed, "Uncle Carson it looks good."
"I knew you'd like the end result," he said as they approached the car. Kim went over every detail and saw that it was just what she wanted. The front windshield had the words "Lil Terror", whereas the back windshield had the word "Dragon"; on both sides of the car was the faint image of a falcon and crane in flight. The inside of the car had more colors. Hanging from the rearview mirror was the letter Z, and miniature versions of a yellow tiger, a black lion, a t-rex, and a symbol that represented the yellow zeo ranger. The seat covers were pink with four animals faintly stitched into them; a wolf, frog, bear, and an ape. The car also had the sleekest stereo system, DVD attachments that were accessible from behind the driver and front passenger. All in all, the car was a representation and a tribute to her friends and the legacy that brought them together. Kimberly was in absolute awe.
"Uncle Carson, I love it."
"Good," he said, "Do you want to drive?"
"Hell yes," she exclaimed. He chuckled at her enthusiasm and gave her the keys.
"So where to?" he asked.
"Well I want to stop by the house before I head out to the park," she said, "I want to drop my luggage off and change out of these."
He looked over at her outfit; which was a pair of white, three-inch boots, light blue jeans with a pink floral design, a white strapless top and the matching jacket to her jeans. He shook his head, smiled and said, "Well if you are going to the park, then you do need to change."
"Alright let's go," she smiled. She maneuvered the car out of the busy parking lot and headed off towards her destination. They drove for about 45 minutes before she pulled into a driveway in front of a huge house. The house was three stories high and like the car, was white and pink. Kim looked up in awe and shock. Carson looked over at his niece and smiled to himself at her reaction. Getting out of the car, they both made their way up to the front door.
"Here," he said as he handed her the keys, "I think you should do the honors."
Still in awe, she took the keys and opened the door. She walked through the front doors, she looked around. To her left, she could see the front room; which had a fireplace and about three chairs, with enough space to add more if she wanted. To her left, was a hallway leading to the kitchen and the den. The basement was off to the left of the kitchen, with the bathroom on the opposite side, next to the den. In the den, were a book and DVD shelf, a huge TV, a fireplace, a desk and about two couches, a love seat, and a variety of video games. She checked the basement next, which was like her own personal gym. It had a balance beam, weights, a punching bag, a treadmill and mats. Off to the left, were a bathroom, and a hot tub. Leaving the basement, the upstairs was next. That floor had about five bedrooms, including the master bedroom and each bedroom had its own bathroom. The last and upper floor had five bedrooms and two bathrooms. After touring the house, she made her way back down to where her uncle was staying.
"This is absolutely beautiful Uncle Carson," she said, "I love it."
"I'm glad," he said, "Well, while it was nice seeing you, I have to get back to the store, but I'll see you over the week, right?"
"Thanks for everything Uncle Carson," she hugged him, "And yes, you'll see me again."
"Bye Kim," he kissed her on the cheek, "If you need anything, you know where to find me."
"Ok," she smiled, "Bye." She closed the door behind him and went up to her room to change. She switched her boots for comfortable tennis shoes, her jeans for shorter ones, and her pink strapless shirt for a pink and white tank top which had the original rangers on it. She decided to leave her hair, which fell about mid back, down, grabbed her shades and bag and headed out to the park to meet her friends.
…
By now it was twelve noon, and the others had already grabbed something to eat and were hanging out at the park waiting for Kimberly to arrive.
"So what time did Kim say she was meeting us?" Billy asked.
"I think she said that she'll meet us at our spot a little after twelve," Zack said, "So she should be here soon."
"So what do we do in the mean time?" Rocky asked.
"I say relax," Krista said.
"Same here," Kira said, "At least until Kim gets here."
Connor, Trent and Ethan were fooling around, chasing one another across the park with water guns. The others looked on at the three young men acting like kids.
"You know, looking at them," Hayley started, "You'd never think that they are young adults."
"I know huh?" Aiesha said, "But don't worry, Rocky here still acts like a kid."
"Hey," he started, "I don't—
At the look on her face, he stopped. The others laughed as Aiesha shook her head as if to say that's what I thought. The looked up to see Connor and the others heading back towards them. As they neared the others, two blondes passed by. They both looked Connor over, but he seemed to pay no attention to them. Kira, Trent, and Ethan exchanged looks with each other. They had expected Connor to be flirting with them both.
"Connor, you just ignored two girls," Ethan said, "Who, according to your standards is extremely hot."
"What can I say?" he said, "Blonde's don't interest me."
"Since when?" Trent asked.
He shrugged and sat down across from Kat. He grabbed a water bottle before he answered, "Well, I just don't like blondes. They always want something, and they don't care what they do or who they hurt to get what they want."
By now the others had turned their attention to him, and Kat started to feel apprehensive. 'Why do I feel as if he's talking about me? I mean there's no way that he could know what I did, could he? Breathe Kat, your probably blowing things out of proportion. Cause there is no way that Connor knows anything when the others doesn't know.'
"Why do you say that Connor?" Tanya asked.
"Well, I know this blonde. She's ruthless when it comes to getting what she wants and she doesn't care who she hurts. She uses low, dirty tactics to get her way and to hell with everyone else. See, some blondes pretend to be all ditzy and friendly when in reality they are just lulling you into believing them, into a fall sense of security, before they hurt you. And you never see it coming."
"Sounds like you've had experience," Trini said suspiciously. What he was describing sounded too much like Kat. Looking at the blonde, she noticed the discomfort on Kat's face.
"A blond, blue-eyed girl named Ca…" he started, noticing the deer in the headlights look from Kat, "Name Cassidy."
Kat let out the breath she was holding, 'See Kat, no reason to be worried, it wasn't you' she thought to herself. She tensed as she heard Connor start to speak again. She looked up and realized he was looking directly at her.
"But you know what I learned from Cassidy," He said while looking at Kat.
"What?" Kira asked.
"That being ruthless and deceiving is not a good thing and that secrets always come out," he said, "Always."
'He knows. He knows what I did. Oh my God how did he know?'
Trini had a smile on her face as she glanced from Connor to Kat, "You know what Connor, you're absolutely right, secrets always come out," she turned to Aiesha, "Don't you think so Sha?"
"Uhuh," Having caught on to her thoughts and her look, Aiesha smiled, "Secrets do have a nasty way of coming out. And the worse the secret—
"The bigger the blowout," Connor finished.
'Why are they looking at me? They couldn't possibly know could they?' She looked towards Aiesha and Trini, and even though they were smiling, the eyes seemed accusing. That's when it hit her, 'Oh my God, they know. I should have expected that she would tell those two, but what about Connor. What am I going to do? I can't lose Tommy or my friends.'
She was broken out of her thoughts by Trini's voice, "Kat are you ok?"
"Yea you're starting to look a little pale," Aiesha said, "Are you worried about something?"
"No I'm fine."
"OK, if you say so."
"You know, I hate people like that," Angela, Zack's girl said.
"Like what?" Angie asked.
"That pretend to be your friend and then they betray you, and in the worst way possible."
"How'd we get on this topic anyway?" Kat asked desperately, "You guys are bringing down the mood."
"Well we were talking about Connor's lack of response to the two blondes."
Looking at his watch, Adam said, "I wonder where Kim is?"
"I don't know, she should have been here by now," Tommy said, to the surprise of the others, "What?"
"Nothing, I just didn't think you had it in you bro," Jason said.
"Well I decided to listen to you guys and be civil and to talk before getting angry," he said.
"Wow, you finally remembered something," Tanya said.
The others laughed at the look on his face. The laughter was cut by Trent, "Hey who's that coming over here?"
The others turned to where he was looking, and saw the petite brunette that was their friend heading towards them.
"KIMBERLY!!" Rocky shouted before taking off towards her.
A/N: so Kim's home, finally. And Connor, Trini and Aiesha let Kat know that they know. Things are getting interesting.
A/N 2: Read and review. Next chapter should be posted by tonight or Friday.
