Here you go guys! The longest chapter, in my opinion! It's part 3 of the Western Arch. There will be one more part after this, and then the next episode will soon follow. The next episode however, is the Season 2 Finale! I will mark it in the chapter title, so don't worry.
I don't own Power Rangers! I do however, own the plot that circles around Kaleb and Kaleb himself.
Kim watched, helplessly as the Putties attacked Angel Grove. People were being chased, kids were being cornered, and no one was fighting back. She could only stand there, watching, with her friends' ancestors. Goldar was still laughing, "Citizens, your masters want to welcome you to your new town of Zedd and RitaVille!" He proclaimed.
Kim looked really scared. She couldn't take on Goldar, that cactus monster and all of these Putties on her own. She held her arms out, pushing the group back, "C'mon guys, let's get out of here before Goldar sees us." She suggested.
Rocko looked to Kim, "That's Goldar?"
Said golden monkey looked right at them, grinning, "You!" He cried, laughing.
Kim's eyes widened, "Run!" She turned to the ancestors. "Go! Run!" She demanded. Rocko turned to her, "But we can't just leave you here!"
Kim smiled, "It's okay, just go!" She commanded.
William tried to stay, "But, Miss Kim! You sure you don't want us to help?" He asked. Kim pushed him, "Just please, go run! Now!"
The man in blue did as he was told and ran off along with the others. Kim looked out to Goldar, and she clenched her fists. If she was going to go down, she'll be going down swinging. She walked out in front of him, the cactus monster and a few Putties. "Okay Goldar, what do you want?" She asked.
Goldar pointed his sword at her, "What I want is what I always want, the destruction of you all of the other Power Rangers! And I will succeed!" He told her. The cactus monster nodded, agreeing with his cohort.
Kim stood tall, giving all of the evil creatures in front of her a cold look, "You don't stand a chance Goldar." She informed him, with total confidence in herself.
Goldar tilted his head, "Is that so? Don't count your chickens!" He tormented.
Kim shook her head, "I hope this works. Here goes." She placed her hand behind her, "It's Morphing Time!" She cried.
Pterodactyl!
There, she stood, in her Pink Ranger suit. She flipped over and in front of Goldar, getting into position, "Time for a showdown!" She exclaimed.
Goldar looked surprised for a second, before getting into a fighting position himself. All of the creatures against the Pink Rangers got ready for a fight. They circled each other, not making a move to fight. Goldar, Needlenose (The Cactus Monster), and Kim all made some sort of remark towards their respective enemy.
Finally, Goldar unleashed the Putties onto Kimberly, while laughing his golden pants off. Kim got ready and unleashed everything she had into beating the clay creatures. She ran towards them, kicking, sweeping , punching and just clobbering the Putties out of her way. If anyone saw her, they'd be really impressed to see her do that. It was like the Putties were just light feathers that could be tossed aside. Of course, then the Putties decided to gang up on her.
Kim decided to take it one at a time. She kicked one down, then blocked a hit from another. She slammed two of their heads together and jumped over a kick sent towards her legs. Two Putties tried punching her at the same time, from different sides, but she bent backwards, letting them hit each other. Of course, she got hit in the stomach by one of them, but she quickly recovered.
The Putties then moved so that she was backing up into an alleyway. Goldar and Needlenose walked in front of one group of Putties, while another group appeared on the other side of the alley. She was surrounded. "We've pussyfooted around for long enough, attack!" He commanded.
Kim just started doing backwards handsprings, getting away from the army fast. They dispersed quickly, as to not get hit by the flipping girl. When she stopped flipping, she got a thought in her brain. She, without thinking about anything, pressed the teleporter on her suit's belt and just prayed that he'd be there. She saw the flash of pink light and pretty soon, she was flying off to where she'd hopefully see at least two familiar faces who would be able to help her.
When she landed, the alarm was going off, with Alpha screaming about an intruder. Kimberly saw Zordon and grinned behind her visor. "Zordon it's me Kimberly!" She cried.
Alpha turned around, "It's a Power Ranger! Aye yi yi aye!" He cried.
Zordon remained stone faced, as Kim took her helmet off, revealing her face. "Zordon, I come from the future! You made me a ranger so I could help fight off Lord Zedd and Rita!" She explained quickly.
Alpha looked freaked out, "Zedd and Rita? Where?"
Zordon finally started speaking, "I'm picking up a recent disturbance in the time stream. It seems you were accidentally swept into a Time Hole." He explained. Kim sighed in relief, happy to have someone on her side who could help.
"You should check on Angel Grove. It's being over run by Putties and Goldar and this huge cactus monster." She explained.
Alpha pulled the city up in the Viewing Globe and gasped, "She's right Zordon! What are we going to do?"
Kim turned to the intergalactical being, "Zordon, I know that Rita has the Evil Green Dragon Power Coin, but what about the other coins along with the Parasaur Coin?" She asked.
Alpha turned to the girl in shock, "The Parasaur? But, there has never been a worthy suitor for that kind of power! We had to lock it away, due to Rita wanting both the Dragon and Parasaur Green Power Coins. If she ever got them, her power would be limitless." The robot explained.
'Well, that explains why she wants Kaleb on her team so bad.' Kim thought to herself, before speaking, "Alpha, I know a perfect suitor for the Green Parasaur Coin. You have to trust me." She told the robot.
Zordon nodded, "Alpha, we must rely on this young girl. Go get the Blue, Red, Yellow, Green and Black Power Coins. Don't bring the Pink. Too much Pink Energy would be disastrous to the whole world." He explained.
The robot nodded, "Right Zordon, teleporting the coins to us, now." He beeped, pressing a few buttons. Soon, a black case landed in front of the robot. He opened it and he buzzed a bit, "Aye yi yi! The Parasaur Coin, it's reacting to something."
Zordon nodded, "This young girl must've been right about finding the right suitor for the Good Green Ranger. The coin wouldn't be acting like that if she was wrong." He told the robot. Alpha grabbed the box and held it out to Kim, "Be careful. Don't let anyone touch them if they aren't meant to." He warned.
Kim nodded, and she teleported out of the Command Center and landed back where she first appeared in this time. She saw her friends' ancestors climbing out of the same carriage that she saw earlier that day. They ran towards her and the were really happy to see her. Holding his hat, William cried out, "Calamity Kim! We thought you were buzzard bait." He said, worried. Everyone else nodded, except for Kalum. He just grinned.
"Not me! I wasn't worried at all." He boasted.
Rocko laughed, "Uh huh, that's why ya'll were shaking in yer boots, constantly askin us if she was gunna be alright?" He told the youngest of the group. Kalum crossed his arms, pouting, "I wasn't worried, I was curious. There's a difference." He told the older man.
Kim sighed, "I'm fine, thanks guys."
Abraham gave her a scared and confused look, "Are those monsters really from the future?" He asked. Kim nodded,
"Unfortunately, yes."
Rocko fixed his hat, giving her a worried look, "Then how're we gonna get rid of em?" He asked.
Kim smirked, opening the box in her arms, "I was hoping you'd ask that." The coins all shined brightly, giving off light of their respective color. Alesha went to grab one, the red one, but Kim stopped her. "Alesha, no!"
The yellow dressed girl snapped her hand back, scared. "What, what is it?"
Kim sighed, "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. It's just, each of these coins were designed for each one of you personally. If you grabbed the wrong one, then you'd get very hurt or something worse." She explained.
William raised an eyebrow, "Then how do know which one is the right coin?" He asked.
Kim smiled, "I know. William, grab the one that is shining the blue light." She told him. The brown haired brainiac looked nervous but slowly grabbed the coin that was giving off the blue light. The coin sent a blue streak of energy through his body, and he smiled. "Whoa, that felt strange." He told them, laughing a bit. Kim sighed in relief. The ancestors possessed the same coins as her friends.
"Alesha, you should grab the yellow one." She told her fellow female.
Alesha did the same as William and got the same energy flow go through her. "Jeepers, what was that?" She asked, alarmed, but energized.
Kim ignored her for the moment and turned to Abraham, "You, grab the one that gives off the dark grey light." She informed the man in all black.
Abraham grabbed the coin and his cousin was bouncing up to see, "Let me see! I wanna see!"
Kim laughed, before bending to him, "Why see his, when you can look at your own? Grab the green coin."
Kalum did, and as soon as the energy flowed through him, his hat flew straight up into the air and fell back down, lightly on his head. It was like something out of a cartoon. Kim laughed a bit at that, before finally turning to Rocko, "I'm sure you know now that you get the red coin, right?" She asked.
Rocko nodded, laughing a bit and grabbing the coin. The energy surged through him, making Kim sigh in relief that no one had gotten the wrong coin.
Kalum took a look at the coin and sighed, looking up, "But, Miss Kim, how are these coins gonna help us? We ain't heroes." He said.
Kim looked down to him, "When I first got my coin, I thought the same thing."
Rocko grinned, "Well, I'm in!"
William nodded, with Kalum saluting her, nodding as well. Alesha grinned, "Alright!"
Abraham smirked, giving Kim the answer she was looking for. She bounced on her feet, "I knew I could count on you guys." She cheered a bit.
She looked down the hill at the town, "Now, let's go kick some tail!" She snapped, angry at the monsters ruling the city.
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Ten Minutes Later
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Kim led the pack of newly formed rangers back into the city. She cautiously walked down the street, with the gang behind her. "Okay, just keep your eyes open and stay near me." She warned the group. Everyone was focused, looking around for any sign of danger or trouble.
They walked for a while, down all of the streets and not finding a single Putty roaming around. It was very creepy and it made Kim very paranoid. This screamed ambush is she remembered the signs properly. Rocko turned to Kim, "Well, looks like them varmints left town." He said, looking around again. Kim shook her head, laughing a bit, "I wouldn't count on it. They're around here somewhere." She said in a tone that freaked Alesha and Kalum out.
Walking into the main street, William spoke up, "Well, I reckon that they really vamoosed this time Miss Kimmy." He commented.
Kim just continued walking, "William, Goldar never gives up that easily." She spoke in the same tone as before.
There was a sudden mumble and Alesha looked around, "What was that?" She asked.
The sound got louder and it sounded like there was multiple causes for the sound. Kim glared, "Putties!"
As soon as she said that, all of the clay creatures surrounded them. Kim went into protective mother mode, "Alright guys, stay behind me!"
Well, that didn't work out so well, as a Putty ran forward towards Alesha, and she ran off. The group split up after that. Kim jumped and kicked the Putty running towards her, knocking it down.
Rocky ran onto a porch, when he was surrounded by three of them. He grabbed a giant metal bowl from the wall that was there and used it was a shield for one, then hit the one behind him over the head. He then kicked the bucket under the feet of the last one, before jumping back into the street. "Yee-Haw!" he cried.
Alesha and Abraham ran together, but were quickly surrounded. Abraham, to save Alesha, spun her around and dipped her, like they were dancing together. He repeated the same thing over and over again, and every time, Alesha would kick a Putty. She giggled at the last one, poking Abraham's nose.
Kalum looked scared, but put on a brave face as one of the Putties backed him up into a wall. He growled, before kneeing the clayman in the gut and then crawling between his legs. He then kicked the Putties butt, literally, and had him slam into the wall face first. He lifted his hat off his head and spun it around in celebration. William, however, picked him up and ran off the porch with the boy in his grasp.
Kim had her leg get caught by a Putty and she flipped backwards and kicked the one grabbing her ankle. She then karate chopped a few more, before checking up on her new friends. Behind her though, on a wooden beam, Goldar appeared, "Well Miss Kimmy, your little group of Power Imposters couldn't beat tooth decay much less Zedd's Putties. Why don't you just sit a spell while I consolidate my master's control of the world!" He laughed.
The ancestors regrouped with Kim, and looked up to the golden bat/monkey hybrid, before he disappeared in a flash of fire. The Putties, while the group was distracted, cornered them and surrounded them. There was no way out. All that could be heard was the sound of the Putties constant mumbling, the group's sharp breath intake, and the clopping of a horse.
Coming down the street and right in the view of Alesha, came a familiar face riding on a familiar white horse. "Look! It's the White Stranger!" She cried. Kim and everyone else looked, and smiled. The man jumped off his horse and grabbed a Putty, punched it in the stomach before tossing him aside, doing the same for three others. He then walked over to the group, "Good to see you again ma'am. Glad to see you ain't hurt." He said, smiling at Kim. He then pulled her by the arm, spinning her, while kicking his foot high to kick a Putty coming up behind her. He dipped her, smiling, "I see you could use some help." He quipped.
Kim nodded, "Yeah, thanks." She said, breathtaken by the White Stranger's actions.
He stood her up and walked back to his horse, "If ya need me again, just holler, I'll be here." He said, kissing Kim's hand before climbing his horse again. Kim blushed a bit, before shaking her head. 'No! That wasn't Tommy!' She scolded herself.
Before the White Stranger could leave though, Goldar and Needlenose came back, laughing. They had a whole new army of Putties with them too. The White Stranger hopped off his horse to go back to the group, getting ready to fight again. Kim looked at the others, smirking, "You know, I think it's time." She said.
William raised his eyebrow, "Time for what?"
Kim smirked, "It's Morphing Time!"
The rangers all watched their bodies as their clothes were replaced with spandex suits. They were all in their respective colors too. Kalum's suit even made him grow to the others' height. On the arms of all of their suits, minus Kim's, were frills and instead of regular combat boots, they were wearing cowboy boots. They also all had a white bandana around their necks.
Kim grinned, pointing at Needlenose, "There's that….uh….varmint!" She cried, having trouble thinking of a word that they'd understand.
The cactus looked offended, "Varmint? I'm a plant! Don't you guys know anything?"
The Western Rangers, The White Stranger, and Kim all got into fighting positions. The White Stranger was at a slight disadvantage, since he was the only one not in a fancy fighting suit. Kim pointed at the cactus, "Yeah, well we know this. When we're done with you, there won't be enough left for a tumbleweed." She snapped, before running into battle.
The White Stranger jumped over a pair of buckets, before turning around. He watched as a bunch of Putties tried to jump after him, but he placed his hands on their chests and just pushed them so they kept going. He did this multiple times, feeling rather proud of himself.
William jumped over a horse post, making three Putties crash into each other, trying to catch him. Rocko, who was on the same porch as William, ducked as a Putty tried to punch him in the head. He laughed, grabbing a blanket that was being held out to dry, pulling it out from under a Putty. He then held it out to the side of him, "C'mon!"
A Putty ran into the blanket, him pulling it away just in time, "Torro!" He exclaimed, laughing before throwing the blanket on a Putty that was right in front of him, before kicking him. "I knew those lessons south of the border would pay off." He clapped his hands together, laughing.
Alesha was fighting the Putties in the most dainty way. She wouldn't hit them too hard and she was easily caught by the Putties. Luckily, Kalum was there, and he kicked the Putties away, using a lasso to tie them up to a post, "Haha, that's what I'm talking about!" He exclaimed. Alesha nodded her thanks to the young Green Ranger. They watched as William slammed a Putty into a post, knocking him senseless.
Abraham fought the best, kicking and punching Putties like it was nothing. Of course, he sighed, bending down to brush off his boots, "Man, those claybrains scuffed up mah boots." He said. Of course, unknown to him, just as he ducked, a Putty tried tackling him, but ended up flying over him and into a water trough.
Kim jumped into the action too. She aimed carefully and quickly as she kicked each Putty she faced in the Z chestplate they all had. She chuckled to herself as they all disappeared around her. Kim then ran over to where the rest of the rangers were regrouping.
Needlenose was laughing, "Oh, looks like I gotta do all the wasting here in ZeddandRitaVille!" He said, in a heavy Spanish accent. Rocko and Kalum looked to each other, as both of them were from Spanish descent.
The cactus shot a glowing green spike out, and it hit The White Stranger right in the chest, close to his heart. He fell onto the ground in pain. Of course, he was able to pull the spike out, the pain going away immediately. Kim still grabbed him and pulled him back, leading him to a post where he could lean on it to regain his strength.
Kim glared at the cactus and Goldar, "Alright, you fertilized freak, you're mine!" She hissed, vengefully.
The cactus laughed, "Well, actually, my little hot tamale, I belong to Lord Zedd." He quipped. Goldar slashed his sword in frustration, "Enough!" He then smirked, "This is the final showdown Miss Kimmy! When my spiny friend and I are through with you, Angel Grove's past will be destroyed and your friends in the future will vanish forever!"
He then moved his hand to the back of his suit, "When I count to three, draw!"
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
The rangers all pulled out their blasters and without even aiming, fired right at the two monsters, hitting them dead on. The blast however, knocked them back and in the cover of the smoke caused by the blasts, they were able to escape back to the future through a random time hole that vanished as soon as it appeared.
Kim didn't care. She de-morphed and grinned. She bounced around, having a little celebration of her own. She did it! She defended the town against Goldar and his evil cactus buddy! She did it, but not by herself. No, she had the ancestors to thank too.
Speaking of, they de-morphed and Abraham and Alesha started dancing in celebration together, with William joining in a couple seconds after. Kalum and Rocko just watched as Kim led The White Stranger over to the group. Kalum looked to Kim, "Um, Kimmy, what are you gonna do now? How ya gonna get home? I mean, back to your Angel Grove?" The young teenager asked.
Kim frowned a bit, looking around, "I, uh, I really don't know." She answered. 'I hope Zordon figures something out.' She thought.
Just as soon as she said that, a colorful ring appeared around her, making the ancestors stop and look to their savior. They gathered around, watching. Kim looked to the ring and smiled, "Well, I guess this is goodbye." She said.
Abraham sighed, but waved, wrapping an arm around Kalum's shoulder. The child tore away from his cousin, quickly taking his hat off and tossing it to Kim. She caught it, and smiled, placing it on her head. Rocko, The White Stranger, Alesha and William each looked sad and happy at the same time.
Then, before she knew it, Kim was in the Command Center with her real friends. Kaleb sighed in relief, seeing his friend back, safe and sound after all the things they just watched. He hugged her tight, with her hitting his back, "Kaleb, can't breathe!" She cried.
Kaleb let go and sighed, "Sorry, I was just so worried!"
Aisha laughed, "Yeah, even Rocky couldn't calm him down." She teased.
Rocky and Kaleb both just blushed, looking away from each other and the group. Kim then was swooped into a hug by Tommy, who had tears in his eyes. "I thought I lost you." He choked.
It was actually rather humbling, seeing the Power Ranger leader in tears like this. It showed that he was human, and that he actually cared. Kim smiled up at him, "I'm not going anywhere now."
They hugged again, but this time, it wasn't just their arms that were doing the physical contact. No, Tommy decided that now would be a good time to grow some and finally make a move. So, he kissed her straight on the lips, much to everyone's surprise.
Kim wrapped an arm around his neck, getting into it, and she placed her hat on his head. Usually it's the opposite way around, but hey, this was the norm in their group.
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Kaleb's PoV (Finally, back to where things make sense)
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Having Kim back was the best feeling ever. Of course, after fighting a thirty foot tall cactus in a robot wasn't really a bad feeling either, I think this one was better. But, nothing could beat the move that my main man Tommy pulled as soon as he got her in his arms. Finally, Tommy moved from being in the friend zone, to being in the end zone, scoring one massive touchdown in the form of a Miss Kimberly Hart.
Ah, so many feels going through my body right now, it wasn't even funny.
"So Kim, who were those people you were with? I mean, Zordon told us they were our ancestors, but what were they like?" Billy asked.
I nodded, "Yeah, and why was I the littlest kid?" I whined. Rocky slid next to me, "I thought you looked adorable as a kid."
I rolled my eyes, hitting his chest, "Yeah, whatever." I looked away, "Why did you have to look so damn good in a cowboy outfit?" I growled, gritting my teeth. Seriously, Rocky's ancestor looked exactly like Rocky, so it was him, in a cowboy costume, looking sexy! Like really, how is that fair?
Kim laughed, "Well, I think Adam's ancestor had a crush on me." She started. Adam rolled his eyes, groaning, "Really? Why did my ancestor have to be the pervert?" He asked.
Kim laughed, "I don't know, but in some twisted way, I was in the middle of an unrequited love triangle. It was Adam's ancestor, Abraham, liking me, and then it was also Tommy's ancestor, The White Stranger, liking me too. It was weird." She explained.
I crossed my arms, "What about me?"
Kim grinned, "Your ancestor, Kalum, was hysterical. I mean, it was just funny how you, Rocky's ancestor, Rocko and Abraham would bicker back and forth. Oh that reminds me, Adam, are you related to Kaleb at all?" She asked.
Adam raised an eyebrow, suddenly shocked at the quickness that she asked this question. It was like the Kimberly back at the scavenger hunt all over again. Over hyper and needing to talk fast to get her point across. "Uh, no, we aren't related. Why?" He asked.
Kim laughed, "Oh nothing except the fact that Kalum was Abraham's little cousin." She explained.
I turned to Adam. He was probably thinking the same thing. Since these were our ancestors, then they were family to us. Old grandparents. So that meant that I was related to Adam. But how? I mean, I never knew I had family my age, besides Rosa and Ant. I didn't even know if my parents had any siblings.
Oh boy, don't they have some explaining to do. Wait, we can't do that, because then, they'd get suspicious as to how we found out. Ugh, why does everything have to be so complicated?
There you have it! Tommy and Kim, aren't they adorable? They are infact my favorite het pairing in the whole series, followed closely by Kira and Conner from Dino Thunder. But Conner belongs with Trent, as Rocky belongs with Adam, but not in this story! Nope, Rocky's all Kaleb's.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this part and please, tell me how I'm doing. I'm not that experienced in writing, so I want to know if I'm getting the characters right. Like is Billy smart enough, is Rocky being him the right way and am I unintentionally bashing any characters, besides the evil villains?
Thanks for the criticism!