A/N: Here we go Chapter two, don't worry you get to see more into what is going on inside Kim's head.

Hint: When in doubt, talk to yourself.

Disclaimer: What! I still don't own this? What is up with that?

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Chapter two:

Kim stared around the train station, she was here; she was at the Angel Grove depot after catching the train from the airport. Now what? She had been in such a hurry just to leave Florida and get here, now she realized that she had nowhere to go.

Doubts started to filter into her mind as she tried to think of something to do. She had money, but not enough that she could feel comfortable getting a hotel room for who knows how long. She needed a place to stay that was cheap, at least until she got a job.

The Scott's always were decent people, you could go there. Zordon's voice advised.

Kim pulled a face at that thought, she didn't really want to show up at the Scott's unannounced, but Luke had broken her phone two years previous and she hadn't had a chance to replace it yet. She thought about using the payphone that was still in use in the station, but she didn't have any change to pay for it.

She shook her head and glanced out the window, the sky was overcast and it looked like it could start raining any moment now. She glanced at her children; Ellie and Inya were in the double stroller that she had brought with her, the only thing besides a couple of duffle bags full of clothes that she had brought. She didn't know how she was going to replace everything, but she hadn't known how to get to California with it either. Jaslee stared up at her, "I'm hungry Mommy," she stated, Kim nodded, they hadn't really had anything to eat since they ate lunch at the gym's cafeteria the day before and it was dinner time.

"Don't worry honey, we're going somewhere nice for dinner, okay," Kim's mind was made up; she was going to the Scott's.

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Tommy frowned as he pulled into the Cyber Café's parking lot, the school district's board of directors meeting about the budget hadn't gone well for him, and it was only October.

"How did it go?" Hayley asked as he slumped down into a seat.

"Terrible, they cut the Science program's budget, which meant they…" Tommy trailed off, his lips pressed firmly together, that was all Hayley needed.

"They got rid of your class," she stated simply.

Tommy rested his head in his hand, "What am I going to do? It's nearly impossible to find a teaching job in the middle of the school year."

You could always go home to Angel Grove. Zordon's voice filtered through his mind, Kim's there and she could really use your help.

"You don't have to teach, you could always do field work, I'm sure Anton could use your help with a dig site, or at the museum."

"I like teaching," Tommy said glumly, "At the museum, I'll be trapped inside behind a desk all day, with teaching I get to take my students outside to apply what they learned."

"No wonder they cut your class."

Tommy shot her a dirty look, "Last time I worked in the field it ended with me running for my life."

Hayley shook her head, "Why not teach Karate then, you're qualified for that."

Adam probably would appreciate the help at his dojo in Angel Grove, and Kim needs you.

Tommy shook his head clear, "I think I'll head to Angel Grove, Adam probably would let me teach at his dojo, and I can look for a job there."

"What about your house here in Reefside," Hayley asked.

Tommy thought for a second, "I'll leave it be for right now, maybe later I'll sell it or something. We'll see."

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Janet Scott hummed to herself as she put the large casserole in the oven. She didn't care that it was dumping buckets outside, Jason and his family were coming over for dinner and that was all she cared about. She loved it when her son came home to visit.

Just then the doorbell rang, Janet frowned, she wasn't expecting Jason for another half hour, his father wasn't even home from work yet.

She opened the front door to find Kimberly Hart standing there dripping wet from the rain with three little girls. Janet's motherly instincts immediately took over, "Get in out of the rain this instant before you catch a cold."

Kim allowed herself to be bundled into the house with her kids, "I'm sorry I didn't call ahead, I just left my husband and I didn't know where else I could go."

Janet might have blinked in surprised but water was dripping down Kim's face so much that she wasn't sure as she was herded into the living room. Mrs. Scott quickly handed them some towels and told Kim that the bathroom was at her disposal before disappearing into the kitchen to finish dinner.

She was fuming silently, she hadn't mentioned it to Kim but she had noticed a black eye and a nasty bruise on her cheek. No wonder she had left the man she was about ready to fly to Florida and give that man what for.

First, she had things to do, like contact Caroline and Ken and letting them know that Kim was with her. She glanced at the clock it was about two in the morning in Paris.

She decided to call Caroline last, if she waited five hours she might not wake her up, so she dialed the number for Ken, who answered on the second ring.

"Yes, what is it?"

Janet took a stabilizing breath, "It's Janet; Kim showed up at my place."

"Is she okay? A friend of her husband called asking if I knew where she was, said they had a fight and she stormed out, sounded worried."

"She's fine, but I wouldn't trust what that friend said, she didn't say but I saw some bruises. That man hit her, that's why she left, and now he's trying to get her back."

Ken swore over the phone, before saying, "I'll be on the next plane out."

After hanging up, she called Jason and told him to come over right away, she told him it was an emergency.

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Jason barged into the house without knocking, his heart pounding, "Come over now, it's an emergency," those had been his mother's exact words, so he had left Trini to get their two-year-old Zoey ready to go to dinner by herself as he sped over to his childhood home.

He blinked, he couldn't see anything wrong, besides two strange little girls watching Disney Junior on the TV. That was of course until the bathroom door opened and a woman with a bruise on her face stepped out, holding a baby.

He recognized the woman, as he should, they grew up next to each other, "Give me the guys address and I'll take care of it."

The woman looked surprised and shocked to see him, "Jason, what are you doing here?"

"I live down the block, Mom called and told me it was an emergency," He took her in, he could easily imagine how haggard she had looked when she had first arrived at the house, "Now I know what she meant," he placed a hand on her back and started to steer her towards his old bedroom, a good place to talk undisturbed.

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Kim sat Inya down on the bed, the baby was napping, before plopping down next to her, "Fire away," she told Jason half-heartedly, she knew he had a hundred questions.

"Why?" Jason asked, "Why did you let him hit you? Why did you even go out with this guy, let alone marry him?"

"I had no choice," Kim muttered, tears flowing down her cheek, "He knew, Goldar told him, he told me that if I left or told anyone about the abuse he'd tell everyone that I was the pink ranger. Jason, I couldn't let that happen, Zordon made us promise."

"We told Rocky, Adam, and Aisha that we were the power rangers when it was the only way to save Billy's life."

"Exactly, we did it to save Billy, my life wasn't exactly in danger."

"The Man Blackmailed you into marrying him!" Jason screeched.

"Shh," Kim shushed him, nodding toward the baby next to her, "The baby is asleep."

"Come on, if people found out I was a power ranger they'd kick me off the team because of my 'Enhanced Abilities,' they wouldn't care that I was a normal being. I would be a superhero and therefore I shouldn't compete against normal people. I actually had to throw some competitions to keep Luke happy."

Jason shook his head, plopping down next to Kim, "I want you to talk about it, you don't have to give me details, but I want you to start at the very beginning."

"I met Luke my first day at the gym, he was a gymnast there. He asked me out but I told him no, my roommate had warned me that he had a reputation. I told him I had a boyfriend, showed him a picture of Tommy winning a Karate Tournament."

Jason snorted, "You just had to pick the most intimidating picture you could find didn't you?"

Kim nodded lost in thought, "I kept turning him down, and he didn't like it, then one day it changed."

…Florida 1996…

Kim had just finished practiced when Luke approached her, she groaned, she was getting tired of his constant asking, it was starting to remind her of Bulk and Skull.

"Look I'll make it simple, you, me, movie tomorrow night."

Kim pulled a face, "Why do you think I'll change my mind, I told you no yesterday."

"Because a gold monkey that met me in my room told me something that I bet you don't want people to know. After all, you probably would lose your place on the team if they found out you are a superhero. Superheroes shouldn't compete against normal humans."

"You can't do that," Kim whispered, "you can't possibly know."

"That you are the pink ranger, but of course I do," Luke was circling her as if eyeing his prize, "and I know all about your boyfriend, he's red now isn't he? You don't want something bad to happen to him, now do you? What about your friends in Switzerland, Goldar told me about them too, or your mom. So many weaknesses. So easy to expose."

…Scott's house…

Ellie, a professional tantrum fit thrower, could have taken notes from Jason as he shouted and swore and threw stuff. Kim had to quickly evacuate the baby from off the bed before he flipped it over.

Jason was ready to teleport into the prison cell that Luke was in, murder him and teleport back out, they wouldn't know who murdered him and he would have a solid alibi, there would have been no way he could have murdered the guy at the same time he was at his family dinner.

He knew one thing if Luke ever showed his face in Angel Grove he would get the same welcome any of Goldar's friends would get, a blaster to the face.

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Wow, I'm hating Luke more and more, threatening to tell everyone her secret and to harm her family and friends to get her to marry him, yikes!