I'm soooo sorry it has been super long since I last updated!!! You must all hate me!!! School and work have been kicking my butt this semester, that I seriously have almost no time at all.

Thanks goodness for the holidays.

A special little shout-out to jps1926 for making sure I didn't forget about this! Thank you!


"You look great, Kira!"

Kira's smile grew when she heard Kim's voice.

"Thanks!"

Kim sat down next to Adam who was sitting behind the photographer. "How's she doing?"

"Great. A natural in front of the camera. Today's the last day of her photo shoot, so--"

"The artwork for her CD should be finished by...next week?"

Adam nodded. "I think she's set. We just need to finish up the artwork, send it in, and she'll be ready for the release of her cd in a couple of weeks."

Adam stood up and grabbed two bottles of water for himself and Kim.

"So Amy's been asking me questions lately."

Kim furrowed her brow. "About what?"

"About our secret mission."

"Your secret mission? The one that you and Kira left to go on a month and a half ago?"

"Well, she's been asking since we got back. You know, the whole suddenly gone and suddenly back thing got to her, I think. And she's not only asking me about that."

"What else?"

"It didn't help that Zack finished the casting for the show and the people he chose look enough like us to be our twins."

Kim laughed. "I know! I can't believe he found people that look like us. So what'd she say?"

"Nothing, really. Just little questions."

"Like what?"

"Like did we want to be power rangers growing up, is that why Zack chose actors and actresses that look similar to us."

Kim laughed again.

"And it also didn't help that the characters of Johnny, Karan, and Steve were gonna be their best friends from a nearby town, who moved there after three of them left."

"Well, we're--Zack--isn't very creative, I guess." Kim giggled.

"I guess. I am glad that he is modeling the show after our experiences, though, you know. Gives us a chance to get our stories out there without revealing our old identities."

Kim nodded in agreement. "It's already pretty wild with the whole 'Annie H' stuff."

Adam nodded in reply. "It was crazy when we went to help the overdrive rangers. The town knew that they were all rangers and it was great, finally getting credit, but I am so glad that Zordon made us keep our identities a secret." Adam paused to take a sip of water. "And Bridge told me that in the future, they actually have some sort of academy for power rangers. And there's an A-team and a B-team, or something like that. And you could get promoted from like...blue to green to red...or whatever. Bridge didn't start out as the red ranger. It was weird."

Kim smiled. "Still, it must've been nice to be back."

"It was. But...trying to keep up with those kids...made me feel old. They all have superpowers and stuff."

Kim laughed. "Well, we were the ones that started the legacy. So what else did Amy say?"

Adam rolled his eyes. "She remembered that you, Trini, and Jason are from Angel Grove...aka 'Halo' Grove."

"Okay."

"And that me, Rocky, and Aisha moved there."

"Well, that's not bad."

"Then she asked me if any of us have ever met the power rangers. She said that she used to always hear about how the power rangers would save the day and monsters would grow and the power rangers would still win."

"They heard about that all the way in Florida?"

"Hey, they've heard about us out there." Adam pointed up and around him. "I think we're universal."

"So what'd you say?"

"I said that we've seen them around and stuff. Kind of hard when you live in a small town."

Kim laughed again. "She was probably wondering why we're so invested in the power rangers."

Adam rolled his eyes. He looked at his phone, which started ringing.

"Go ahead. Kira looks finished."

Adam nodded and walked off with his phone to his ear.

Kim joined the throng of people surrounding Kira. "Hey, pretty girl."

"Kim!" Kira turned and gave her a hug. "Thanks for coming!"

"No problem. Thought I'd drop by for your first photo shoot for your first album!"

Kira smiled. "Where's everybody else? Thought you'd be hanging out with Dr. O."

Kim smiled. "Tommy's at school. Trini's at work. Aisha and Amy are at the clinic. Rocky and Jason are at the dojo."

"Zack leave already?"

Kim nodded. "A couple of weeks ago."

"Oh, okay."

Kira and Kim walked off the set after they stopped to hug the photographer. Kira closed the door to her dressing room as Kim took a seat on the couch.

"So, what's up Kir? How've you been? It's been awhile since we've had a chance to talk."

"Yeah, it has. I guess I have Dr. O to thank for that, huh?" Kim raised her eyebrows and laughed. "I'm good. Trent's coming down here next week, so I'm trying to get everything settled before he gets here."

"And how are Conner and Ethan?"

"They're fine. I talked to Conner yesterday. He just got back from Mexico."

"From soccer camp, right? He was one of the coaches?"

Kira nodded. "Yeah, he's back in LA. The semester starts up for him in a couple of weeks, I think. But I think he had a great time." Kira sat down opposite Kim. "And Ethan...I talked to him this morning. He's still in Washington for that internship."

"Sounds like they're doing good."

"Oh, they are. Before they all start school again, we wanted to get together and hang out again."

Kim nodded. "Well--" She stopped, interrupted by the knocking at the door.

"Come in," called Kira.

"Hey Kira," Adam said as he stepped inside. "Oh good, you're here too, Kim."

Kim nodded. "What's up, Adam?"

"Just got off the phone and what do you think of headlining a benefit concert for AIDS awareness, Kim? It'll be in December, so we've got some time to plan."

Kim nodded again. "Sounds good."

"And Kira, one of the supporting acts?"

"Of course!" she exclaimed. "I'd love to."

"Great," said Adam. "I'll let them know." He stood up and pulled out his phone again. He looked at Kim. "California next week, right?" Kim nodded. "Okay."

"We should record a song together," Kim said.

"Okay!" Kira's eyes nearly popped out of her head.

Kim laughed.

"You don't understand, Kim. I know we're close and you're like my sister and you're dating my old science teacher who was your old boyfriend, and then I find out that you were one of the originals, but I am like your biggest fan ever! I would love to do a song with you!"

Kim laughed again. "Okay. Once you, you know, get settled with everything with the CD and everything else, we'll work on it."

"Sounds good!"

Kira began to take the pins out of her hair. "So when is Zack's TV show going to be on TV?"

"I'm not sure. He said they finished the pilot last week and it just now got picked up for, I think, 12 episodes, it was."

"Cool. So California next week?"

Kim nodded. "I'm heading out there to help Zack plan more episodes."

"And that's supposed to be based on you guys, right?"

Kim nodded again. "Yup. Our old experiences."

"Your memories are that good?" Kira looked at Kim with a bemused look.

"I wish." Kim laughed. "I kept a diary back then. I think Trini did too. But Zack and I figure that as long as one of us remember, everybody else will chime in with their own versions of what happened."

"Even Dr. O?"

Kim laughed. "I'm not sure. I bet he'll say that he doesn't remember anything about the evil green ranger."

"HAH!" Kira laughed again.


"So Trini had to climb over the rocks and get over that fear of heights, right?"

Zack looked at Kim for confirmation.

Kim nodded. "Yup. And you scared her--"

"And she climbed up the rope."

"We had good times back then."

"We sure did. So getting over your fears is that one."

"Right. I know it's a kids show and there's supposed to be a moral at the end...but it's funny how in our lives, there really was a moral at the end of the whole battle."

Zack laughed. "Yeah. I guess that's life, though."

"Don't forget when you guys didn't want to help us clean up. Remember that?"

Zack shook his head, smirking. "Vaguely."

"Zack," Kim scolded. "You do remember. And that one could focus on teamwork."

"And I taught Alpha how to do hip hop, remember?"

Kim laughed, nodding. "That was the most hilarious thing, ever!"

"And when Jason wanted to beat that fitness record."

"And when you and Bulk had a dance-off."

"Ohh...Kimmy. I know what's going to be the greatest episode."

Kim looked at him and frowned. "What?"

"When you and Billy switched brains or whatever."

"Oh god. Don't remind me. That was horrible."

"It was great."

"Horrible."

"Hilarious."

Kim rolled her eyes. She gave Zack a small smile. "I guess it was pretty hilarious."

Zack nodded rapidly. "High school was fun, wasn't it?"

Kim thought for a bit. "For the most part."

Zack gave her a smile and rubbed her arm. He pointed to the clock in front of them. "Come on, Hayley's gonna be mad if we're late for lunch."


"So what did Adam tell Amy?" asked Hayley as she reached for her soda.

Kim shrugged. "Just that working with Zack and bringing up the Power Rangers makes us remember our old high school days. I don't know if she bought it, though. I haven't really had a chance to talk to her since Adam and Kira got back."

"What about 'Sha?" asked Zack. "Has she said anything to her?"

Kim nodded slowly. "She said that Amy started talking about the Power Rangers at work and all that good stuff. But she never really went right out and asked Aisha anything like she's been asking Adam. Amy's a smart girl, I'm sure she knows something is up with it."

Zack and Billy exchanged meaningful looks.

"Do you think he's gonna tell her?" asked Hayley. "About you guys, I mean."

Kim shrugged. "I don't know. But if he plans on getting any more serious than he is, than I think he should."


Hope you all enjoyed that. Again, sorry for my looooong disappearance. I promise, the next chapter will be up much more sooner than later. Hopefully by the end of next week. That's when my finals will be over.

I'm planning on fast forwarding a couple of months in the story. If you're keeping track, right now, I'd say the characters are in August/September time period. So next chapter, I'm forwarding until November/December, so we'll get Thanksgiving, the concert, Christmas, and put everyone in that good old holiday spirit. And the entire gang (plus some) will make an appearance.

Thanks again for reading!