I don't own any rights to anything but this story. Someone very dear to my heart asked if I could include something for her in it and decided to write it and see how many people could or would enjoy something like this.

Chapter 4

Deciding this was the time to tell him her secret she took a deep breath before she started. "Tommy I'm a….." Kimberly never got to finish before a Tanga had flipped over the raft knocking both Tommy and Kimberly into the water.

As soon as Kimberly hit the water she knew she was in trouble. She had maybe seconds once she resurfaced. So once she and Tommy had resurfaced she looked around. She saw the other rangers fighting the tengas. "Tommy go and help the others" she pleaded.

Tommy shook his head no saying "Kim you don't have your powers anymore. We need to make sure you stay safe as well."

"Look Tommy they need your help." Kim could feel the start of the change in her legs and knew it wouldn't be long now. "Just go, please go. They need your help and you are their leader."

Tommy knew that something was happening this very second with her but he didn't know what. What he did know was that he had to get going though as the other rangers did need him. Nodding he called on his ninja ranger powers and teleported to the beach.

As soon as he was gone Kimberly ducked back under the waters surface. Her transformation was complete now and she had become a mermaid. "I'm stupid" she thought "I had approached this with little thought to the safety and secrecy required for us all. The last thing I need is for Rita and Zedd to find out what I am and have them try and use that to their advantage." All of the sudden Kimberly started feeling sick to her stomach and knew that the rangers were now in their full gear instead of just their ninja ranger outfits. Kimberly had been warned over and over again that that much use of power around her would have this affect on her. That is why no other mermaids would visit the Angel Grove. The power from the power rangers could drop anyone of them to their knees once they were in their uniform. For this reason alone Kimberly would never be able to be a power ranger again and call forth her animal spirit. It could really harm her if it didn't kill her if she tried. Then again though the power would never transfer to her anyways. Her mermaid powers would instantly reject them and the power transfer would not be able to complete it's self. Though harm would come her way if she ever got brave enough to try. "I've got to get away from here" she thought. Then she turned and started swimming the other direction underwater. "I love being able to breathe underwater" she thought "so long as I stay away from all the popular swimming places I should be okay until night fall when everyone leaves. Then no one will see me at all."

Back at the beach the rangers had defeated the tengas and Goldar. Their battles were coming more and more frequent but the rangers always came out on top. Once their enemies were gone the rangers demorphed. Tommy looked around for Kimberly but didn't see her. He did however see the raft he took out earlier still flipped upside down. "Where's Kim?" Tommy asked

Everyone looked around but no one had any answers and didn't know what to tell Tommy. "Guys I am going out to get the raft and then I think that we need to go to the command center just to be sure that Kimberly didn't get taken by Goldar and his goons" said Tommy

The others agreed and once Tommy got the raft out of the water and back into his jeep they all teleported. "Good afternoon rangers" greeted Zordon. "I commend you all on another won battle."

"Thanks Zordon" said Tommy "But I'm afraid we came because we all have a question for you."

"Go ahead white ranger" replied Zordon

"Well Kimberly was out with us today at the lake and when we finished fighting she was gone. Now I believe Kimberly wouldn't leave like that without somehow getting word to us that she was okay. I guess we want to be sure that Rita and Zedd don't have her captured somewhere."

"Tommy I understand your concern. Alpha can you do scans to see if Kimberly's energy force is still on earth?"

"Of course Zordon" replied Alpha

Alpha did his scans and try as he might he could not pick up her energy signal on earth. "Zordon I can't find her energy signature anywhere on earth or the moon." Replied Alpha. "I found something that closely resembles the signature that Kimberly had when she left for Florida but that energy source says it is still at the lake."

"That must be her then, right Zordon?" asked Tommy.

"Well Tommy it would take a lot to alter her power transfer that much but I agree that this new signature must be hers. That means she is safely still at the lake. No need to worry about Rita and Lord Zedd having captured her. Now go and find your friend, rangers." directed Zordon

Tommy and the others agreed and teleported out of the command center with the intention of finding their friend. When they got back to the beach they searched for Kimberly. When they didn't have any luck they all decided to hang out a little while more in hopes that she would show up. When it was nearing eight o'clock that night they all agreed to go home and try and meet up with Kim tomorrow. When all the others had left Tommy decided to wait a while longer and see if Kim showed up. Off and on since they got back from the command center Tommy had kept checking to see if that energy source they thought was Kimberly's was still present at the lake. After it had been conformed time and time again Tommy knew it was only a matter of time until she showed up. When it was nearing 9pm Tommy had decided that she wasn't going to show up. He started to get his things together with the intention of heading home himself when he thought he saw someone walking toward the parking lot. Determined to find out if it is Kimberly or not Tommy started running toward the lone figure.

"Kimberly?" Tommy said as soon as he was close enough to the figure.

"Tommy?" Kimberly said as she turned around. What are you still doing here? I thought everyone had left the beach long ago."

Tommy was so happy to see her after having been so concerned about her that he walked right up to her and kissed her. After a few seconds he lifted his head and just looked at her.

"Tommy" she asked again " how come you stayed behind?"

"I stayed because you were here. I needed to see for myself that you were okay. Why Kimberly? You know that we would have been concerned by you disappearing after the fight. You also know that we would have wanted to make sure you were alright, you know see for ourselves that you were okay. Yet you disappeared. You weren't even going to show up until you thought that we all left? What is going on with you?"

"Tommy I know it's just that there is something about me that you don't know yet. It would all make sense if you just knew!" She threw up her hands in frustration

"No don't do that Kimberly" Tommy said kind of getting mad. "Just tell me what I should know! What is this big secret that you didn't want to tell us after the fight? What is it that you didn't want to show us?"

"Tommy you don't understand!" she all but screamed as she threw up her hands and started to walk away.

Tommy was to quick for her and grabbed her arm and turned her around "No you don't, not again. Now tell me what I want to know" he shouted

"You wouldn't understand!"

"Try me Kimberly. TELL ME! TELL ME NOW!" he shouted at her. He still had her in his grip and he was getting so mad he was starting to shake her a little bit.

"I'M A MERMAID" she shouted at him

Laughing he let her go and said "Yea right. I think you went swimming with the fishies one to many times Kim."

Kimberly was mad, she was very mad. She turned away from him and ran to the water knowing he would follow her. As she ran off the dock and into the water she could feel the transformation begin. Wondering where she went Tommy went out onto the dock near the end and waited. Then merging her head from the water Kimberly said "Look" and pointed to her mermaid tail. Shock was written all across his face as he looked and a bit of something else was there too. Then Kimberly got his attention again by pointing her finger at him and saying "and that is why I didn't tell you before"

After that she dove back under the water leaving a stunned Tommy crouching down on the dock.