Here's the new chapter!


Kira, Zack, Billy, Hayley, Conner, Ethan, and Trent slipped into Kim's dressing room quetly and hovered near the back of the room. Aisha, Rocky, Trini, Jason, Tommy, and Adam stayed outside the room.

"So...how have you guys been?" asked Tommy.

"We're good," Trini answered. She was about to continue, but stopped when Kim began strumming her guitar.

"Don't know where you are
Wish I could hear you
I would sail oceans
To get a glimpse of how you feel"

Adam glanced at Tommy, a little nervous. So far, he's been the only one to hear the song, except for the little bit that Kira heard. Adam knew it was about Tommy. It was obvious to anyone who knew their story.

"You're all the things I'm looking for
Everything and so much more"

Trini grinned at the sight of Kim. She stole a glance at Tommy and saw his face colored with love as he stood there watching Kim. While everyone wanted the two of them back together, Trini was the sole spear-header of that, with Aisha close behind. She knew that Jason, Rocky, and Adam wanted them back together, but they were more closed about it.

"What I think
You are just perfect
Could it be
That I am worth it
Is this thing an open door
Walk right through to something more
You and me
My life would change in a second
In a second"

Tommy stood there, staring at Kim. Every word that she was singing he felt could have been exactly what's been thinking of since the letter. He remembered watching the Pan-Globals, but there was and never has been any mention of a Kimberly Hart anywhere. He wondered what happened and always secretly wished that Kim would give up her gymnastics career to be with him.

"Don't know how you feel
You seem to keep it to yourself
Would you climb mountains
To show me this is something real"

Kim smiled as she finished the song. "Thank you all for coming tonight. I hope you had a great time and had a lot of fun. Come see me in the future!" The fans cheered again and began to file out of her dressing room, escorted by security.

Adam turned to Tommy after speaking with the head of security. "So...you're the infamous Dr. O?"


"That was great, Kim!" Kira exclaimed as she hugged Kim after all of the fans exited the room.

"Thank you," she said as she hugged her back.

"Kimberly Ann Hart," a voice said. Kim looked up as she heard her name. She saw a face that she hasn't seen in ten years, maybe even longer.

"Zack?" Kim looked incredulous. "ZACK? IS THAT REALLY YOU?" Kim jumped on her friend and gave him a giant hug.

"Yeah. And Billy's here too." Zack's voice sounded muffled. He pulled Kim off and she looked around and saw Billy deep in conversation with Trent and a lady with auburn hair.

"Billy? Where..."

Billy turned at his name. "Kimberly!" He and Kim hugged each other for a long time. "I've missed you so much. You were terrific out there!"

"Thank you." Kim felt tears well in her eyes. "I've missed you so much, too. You too, Zack." She pulled him into their hug. "Where have you guys been? It's been such a long time."

"You did great up there, Kim," said Zack. "Absolutely fantastic."

When the three of them finally let go, Kim smiled at her two old friends. "You guys are sticking around, right? We usually go to dinner after my shows."

"Yeah, we talked about that earlier with Trini," answered Zack. "But we would definitely love to go." Billy nodded.

"We might be going to Chili's. It's Rocky's turn to pick and he always chooses Chili's. He loves their ribs, corn, french fries..."

"So pretty much everything on the menu?" asked Billy with a smile.

"Pretty much."

"There's someone I want you to meet, Kim." Billy took her hand and pulled her over to Hayley, who was standing awkwardly at the door. Trent had left her to play against Ethan and Conner on the Wii. They were arguing over which game to play before finally settling on Super Mario. "Kim, this is Hayley, my girlfriend. Hayley, Kim." They smiled at each other and shook hands.

"She's the same Hayley with us," Kira said.

"Oh, really?" Kim looked at Kira. "What a small world."

"You've got no idea, Kim," said Kira.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, first of all, we know you're the original pink ranger." Kim's eyes widened. "Because Trent, Conner, Ethan, and I were also rangers. In Reefside. And our mentor was Dr. O. He was also our teammate."

"Dr. O, the one who's late, right?"

Kira nodded. "Yeah, Dr. O is--"

Kim looked toward the door as she watched people walk in. Her eyes fell on another familiar face. "Tommy?"


Kim looked around in a panic. Her heart started to beat faster and her head was spinning. Her breathing turned shallow and short. She saw Kira and Zack smiling; Conner, Trent, and Ethan were still playing the Wii; Hayley and Billy kept looking back and forth between Tommy and Kim; Jason, Trini, Aisha, Rocky, and Adam were all staring at Kim with concern. And Tommy was standing in the doorway. Kim couldn't read his expression. She tried to keep calm and not faint. 'Just breathe, you'll be fine,' she kept reminding herself. "Tommy is your Dr. O?" she said shakily.

"Yeah. Are you alright?" Kira looked at Kim.

Kim took a deep breath. She nodded. "I'm fine," she said. "I'm fine. I am." She looked at Jason, Trini, Aisha, Rocky, and Adam. "I'm fine." Jason stepped forward and grabbed her arm, pulling her away from being the center of attention. "I'm fine, Jason. Really, I am."

Jason turned around to face his friends. "How about we head out to dinner? Kim, you go get cleaned up. We'll meet you and Adam at--where are we eating, Rock?"

"Chili's," he answered before Jason even finished the question. "I could already taste the chocolate molten cake. Not to mention the ribs, the fries. Ooh, a loaded baked potato and the corn. The corn is the best!" He said, trying to keep the mood light. Everyone laughed. "So let's go. There's a table with my name on it. We'll see you two later," he said talking to Kim and Adam.

"Alright, but I just need to pick up a few things from my room," said Kira.

"Okay, we'll meet you at the cars, then," replied Trent.

Everyone filed out of Kim's dressing room. Tommy stared at Kim and Adam. 'Are those two together?' he thought. 'Is that way Adam was acting kind of strange earlier?'


"Alright, what just happened?" Zack whispered to Billy.

"Long story," he answered softly. "Is it alright if i ride with you?" Zack nodded. "I'll explain in the car." Billy turned to Hayley. "I'm gonna ride with Zack."

Hayley nodded. "I'll talk to Tommy."


"What do I do?" asked Kim frantically. She was pacing up and down her room. "What's he doing here? When did he cut his hair? Where has he been? Why is he here? Why was he looking at me like that?"

Adam waited until she finally took a breath. "Calm down, Kim. First of all, just take a deep breath. Everything will be okay." Kim stopped pacing and sat down. She took a long sip of water. "Remember how we always said Kira and her friends should be rangers since they always wear the same colors?"

"I know that, Adam. Kira was telling me when you guys walked in."

"Alright, well, Tommy is the Dr. O that we've always heard about. He was the one who mentored them. Hayley helped out. She made the morphers. In a sense, Tommy was their Zordon and Hayley was Alpha. And he's here because Kira invited him. He probably cut his hair sometimes between us giving up our powers & the moon mission. Remember when Jason said Tommy had short hair? He's been in Reefside. And he was probably looking at you like that because he still loves you, too." Kim looked at him, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "So, go take a shower, get cleaned up and we'll meet up with them at Chili's. Because Rocky doesn't understand the point of having a variety of restaurants."

Kim looked up at him and smiled. "Thanks." Adam returned her smile.


"So...let me get this straight," said Zack as he and Billy were driving to Chili's. "Kim left Angel Grove to go to Florida for the Pan-Globals. I don't remember seeing her in any of the Pan-Global games."

"Us too. We're still trying to figure that part out, too."

"I see you've adopted normal people speech." Zack flashed him a grin. "Kim left Angel Grove and gave this girl, Kat her coin. They all got Zeo powers, while you helped Alpha out in the Command Center. She wrote Tommy a letter, saying she's found someone else and Tommy was just like a brother to her. You moved to an alien planet and Tommy and them got turbo powers. Kim showed up in Angel Grove, got captured with Jason, turned evil, and booked once she turned good. Then she disappeared, along with Jason, Trini, Aisha, Rocky, and Adam, until Jason went to help Tommy out with the mission on the moon. And Tommy hasn't heard from him since."

"A very succint and concise summary," Billy said, nodding while Zack shook his head with a grin.

"I knew you couldn't last. So, do you know how they all got in touch with each other?"

"No idea. I, regretfully, have not spoken to any of them since moving to Aquitar. Tommy was the only one I sought upon my arrival to Earth."


"Do you think they're together?" Tommy asked Hayley. "Where has she been? Why was she like that? Are her and Adam dating?"

"Tommy...I don't know," she answered impatiently. They were on their way to Chili's following Kira, Ethan, and Trent who were riding with Conner. "All of these questions should be directed to Kim and not to me."

Hayley, although she didn't know Kim, was never a big fan of her's. The night she and Tommy met in grad school, they stayed up late talking about how heartbroken he was over Kim. Nonetheless, she was appalled to find out that their breakup happened in high school, so long ago. She didn't like how this person made her friend so angry, so sarcastic. Billy told her how different the adult Tommy was as opposed to the teen Tommy. He had said that Tommy got better after the teenagers and himself became rangers, but Hayley has never quite forgiven Kim for making Tommy so closed off from everybody else. On the other hand, the person who she had seen before was not the Kimberly she imagined. This Kimberly looked like a lost, little girl who didn't know what to do. And she felt sorry for her.


"I have a feeling that dinner will be quite the awkward one," said Rocky as he drove through the streets. Jason was sitting to his right, with Aisha and Trini in the back.

"Well...at least Kim didn't faint," Jason said with a laugh.

"So, what should we do?" asked Aisha.

"Tommy, Zack, and Billy should know about Kim's accident," said Trini. "They're three of her oldest friends."

Jason shook his head. "That's up to Kim." He turned and looked around at his friends. "Don't say a word unless Kim starts it." Rocky and Aisha nodded. Trini silently stared out the window. "Trini? Trini, don't say a word to them about the accident." Slowly, Trini nodded.


"So you think I should tell them," Kim said slowly.

"I do." Adam turned around to look where he was going as he backed out in the car that he had rented. "They're your friends, Kim. You've known Billy and Zack since what? Kindergarten? And Tommy..."

"I know. Tommy's Tommy."

"They'll understand, Kim. Don't doubt your friends."

"But...I'm scared. I don't know what to do."

"You'll have me there. And Jason, Trini, Aisha, Rocky. We won't leave you. And Kira's there."

"I can't believe Kira and her friends were rangers. And Tommy was their mentor. That's pretty amazing."

"It sure is. I don't think any of us expected that."

"And Billy and Zack look good."

Adam nodded. "They do. I wonder when Billy moved back to Aquitar."

Kim got quiet. Adam looked over at her. "Do you think they hate me?" she asked after a while.

"I don't know," he answered honestly. "They may hate what you did, but I don't think they hate you."

"Speaking from experience?"

Adam nodded slowly with a small smile on his face. "Kim, I love you. You're my sister, my best friend. When I read that letter, I couldn't believe it was coming from you."

"But you did. You didn't talk to me much when I went back."

"Well, we were busy." Adam paused and smiled at her. "I didn't like the person who I thought you had become."

Kim nodded, continuing his statement. "...I felt like I didn't know you," they said at the same time. This was a conversation that they had many times. "I know," Kim continued.

Adam pulled into the parking lot of Chili's. "Ready?" he asked after he unbuckled his seatbelt. Kim nodded as she also unbuckled her seatbelt. "You gonna tell them?"

"Yeah, I will." Adam smiled at her. "I think it's the only way I could fully heal, you know?"

Adam gave her a hug. "You're strong, Kim. And we're always here for you. You getting the message? It's not too late. I care about you. There's always room for change." Kim hit his arm as he repeated the verse she dedicated to him in one of her songs.

"Shut up."


Song is "In A Second" by Aly & AJ.

The next chapter should be out tomorrow. The long awaited dinner happens finally. :-D