TWICE CHOSEN

RogueAngel82

The evening was fast approaching when Kimberly's friend decided it was time to take their leave. The day had past in a blur of unburied memories, and forgotten dreams. Kimberly having given up her viewing of how much her friends resembled the past, had turned her attention to what they had become in their future.

Trini had put her likable and calming persona to good use, and made a name for herself as a journalist. Aisha had found a why to answer her love of animals and had become a veterinarian. Rocky and Adam had gone into business together and had opened a small but successful martial arts training centre. While Billy had gone on to make a name for himself in the technology world, working for a number of computer companies, research laboratories, and freelance for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Not that Kimberly had been surprised Billy, had spent a lot of his youth working on highly advanced Zords, a few designs for space shuttles shouldn't been to much for him.

Jason had gone into business, his calm and collect personality had shown his bosses that he was someone to count on, and he had quickly risen through the ranks. However, as Jason had informed Kim, he still liked to keep his ties to his past and his art, by acting as a part time teacher at Rocky and Adams school.

"But don't make me go on about work," Jason finished his run down with a smile. "I'll have you all asleep before you can say the word, Boring. But have you been doing Kim? We haven't seen you in so long."

Images of demons and vampires flittered across her minds eyes, memories of battles full of blood, sweat and tears. Lines of girls going through fighting moves, as orders were yelled out, in her own voice.

"Training," She whispered, only to realise they had heard her, shotting her bizarre looks, she stuttered covering, "T..Teaching."

Teaching was good, she thought, Yeah that's a good cover. The Watches councils branch did have the publics view of just a school.

"You and Tommy both going into teaching," Adam said with a smile, "Who would have thought."

"I must admit that it is extremely peculiar your and Tommy career choice." Billy added an amused smile tugging at his lips, "The both of you didn't seem that interest at school, when you yourself attended. Your attention always seemed to be on…other things."

"Yeah like each other," Rocky snorted, causing the whole room to brake into laugher even as Kimberly's cheeks flared.

"Well we should head off," Jason said finally, "We've been in your hair enough today." He gave Kim a half smile.

"Where're you guys staying," Kim questioned, she would have loved to have offered for them to stay there with her. She and Jordan had more than enough room. However there was a fifty/fifty chance that house would be some how demolished.

"We're all staying at one of local hotels," Aisha replied standing as well, bending she retrieved her things, her hand bag knocking a chair side table. She glanced at the shaking lamp, before sending an apologetic smile to Kim. No one notice the small com unit fall from the table and into a little yellow handbag sitting on the floor.

Trini crossed the room to give Kim a swift hung. "We'll call you okay," she stated, "Organise something for just us girls." She smiled brightly, and moved towards the others before freezing and turning back. "Hang on," she said picking up her yellow bag. "Forgot my bag."

Kimberly walked them all to the door, giving them each a farewell before closing the door and slumping against it. What ever was she going to do? Her past had been her past for so long, but now it was colliding with her future. What could she do to prevent an all out crash?

#SC#

Flashback

She had no idea of what draw her there, at least that's what she told herself. But if she thought hard about it, she would know the truth. She would understand that she always had a desire to know what had happened to him. To know how his life turned out. The bustle of students moving to a from around her made it easy to blend in. He went to school here, she knew, but that was it, not what he studied or who his friends were. Kimberly paused under the shade of a large tree, her keen senses taking in all her surrounding. The way the sun filtered in through the heavy canopy of leaves, the damp smell of the lawn, how her heels sunk slightly into the soft soil. The sound of the branches moving in the wind, and to low roar of voices in the distance. She closed her eyes soaking in the environment.

"Tommy."

The call seemed to echo above all others, as her eyes snapped open to zero in on the source. A woman, about Kim' own age, with hair the colour of honey. A wide smile on her lips as she ran forward to leap into His arms. He who Kim had been looking for, he who Kim had let go. The wince of pain went through Kim, as if her body was reacting to a hit to the gut. She closed her eyes as she rolled with it. Opening going to refocus, to find them moving in for a kiss of greeting. Strength sapped from her, she fall against the tree, sliding down it to the ground. She know why she'd come, she'd come to see that his life had moved on. To see if he could live without her, when she knew she couldn't live without him.

End Flashback

The pound of booted feet echoed across the high alley walls, as if calm and grace were forsaken for speed. Black boots marched through puddles of murky water, as pink laces flicked around. Black trousers with buckles around across the thigh, held up by a pink belt around a slim waist, the extra length flittering along after. An old beaten pink top came next, the sleeveless arm holes hang off shoulder. Long black hair flowed behind. Jordan walked through the dark back alley, as she cared not who or what stop her, and truthfully she didn't.

Her determined stride slowed as she glanced thoughtfully from side to side. Suddenly she was grabbed from behind. The massive bear hung meant to over power a victim. The vampire growled into Jordan ear, leaning in for her neck. With a roll off her eye, Jordan slammed her head back. She heard the tell tale crunch of a broken nose and smirked. Grabbing hold off the creatures arm she side stepped and spun it flipping the vampire onto his back.

Jordan was on him a second, stake high in the air and slamming down. The sharp point froze just above the heart. The tip brushing the vampire shirt, as Jordan blinked down at the vampire with a mystified expression. With a slight tilt of the head she studied him, as if to work out a great puzzle. Finally she reached up her free hand to brush the ridges of the vampires forehead. Watching as he opened his eyes to give her a bewildered expression. Yellow eyes meet aqua and hold, before the petrified vampire blinked.

"What the hell!" He stated.

"Aptly put," Jordan said with an arch of an eye brow, before pressing down. The vampire exploded into dust beneath her, and Jordan stood. Raising her hand before her, she rubbed the remaining dust between her fingers.

"Strange," She mused, "It was as if, there was a connection." She dropped her hand and looked up at the moon. "Almost a kinship." And with that she turned and continued on her walk, disappearing into the night.

TBC