A few weeks went by since Tommy joined the power rangers and learned his powers were limited. He only went into battle when he was really needed, so he could reserve what powers he had. Tommy feared that there would be a time that he would lose his powers during a very difficult battle because he kept having nightmares about losing his powers. But, he tried to stay busy to keep his mind off things. One of those things was starting a garden club with Kimberly.
The youth center was packed with students signing up for different clubs that they were interesting in. Aisha started a music club, Billy had started a science experiment club, Rocky and Adam started a karate club, and even Bulk and Skull started a club... which was finding out who the power rangers were. Aisha's club was a huge success as a long line of students signed up to sign up for the club. Her club included karaoke nights, a music festival, and a school talent show. However, no one was showing any interest in Tommy and Kimberly's club.
"Thanks everyone for signing up for my club," Aisha thanked as people were writing their names on the clip board. "Our first meeting will be this afternoon. We will be talking about ideas for the club. Someone has already suggested a summer jam." She watched as people were signing up for Adam and Rocky's club. Their first topic in the club would be self-defense. Billy had a lot of the science nerds signing up his club. All of them were suggesting that the first science experiment that they did was make mouse trap car. She turned to look at Kimberly and Tommy's club. They had put in a lot of hard work to advertise for their club. Tommy had brought in different types of flowers that they had planted. Both had been gardening together for years and could make anything grow. Kimberly even bought a new outfit to wear when they advertised for their club. She was dressed in a pink flower print jogging suit, and a dark pink flower print tank top. Kimberly even had her hair pulled back into a pony tail with a pink floral hair srunchie.
"Aisha, it seems like a lot of people are really wanting to have a music club," Kimberly complimented as she saw Aisha's smile from people complimenting her and telling her she had a really good idea. "I'm happy that you've had such a good turn out."
"I know," Aisha replied as she stood at her booth. "Isn't it great?"
"It sure is," Kimberly answered forcing a smile on her face. When Aisha turned away, Kimberly's smiled faded as she glanced into Tommy's eyes. "I wish there was someone left to join my club."
"Don't worry," Tommy assured her as he heard her let out a sigh. For the last few hours he had seen her rearrange the plants on the table, stare at the sign that they spent a lot of time on. "Someone will sign up."
"Are you sure that you got the correct information on the flyer you typed up and you turn it into Mr. Kaplan?" Kimberly asked when Tommy put his hand on her shoulder.
"I promise, Beautiful," Tommy replied. He watched her glance at her clip board with no names on it.
"So, what if no one joins the club," Kimberly remarked while she stood at her favorite plant.
Bulk and Skull looked over to her and smirked. "You can't do much with just only one person?" Bulk snickered at he saw Kimberly stand there in disappointment. "Can you Ms. Flower Power? What's the matter, did your best friend get all of the club members."
"Somebody will show up," she argued as she watched a few people sign up for their club. "You just wait and see."
Tommy picked up her pink pen and wrote something down. Her face lit up when she saw Tommy writing on the clip board. Kimberly watched him lay the clip board down and grabbed it to see who joined the club. "Who joined your club?" asked Skull when he watched her stare at the clip board.
"I signed up," Tommy clipped as he felt anger inside him explode just from watching Kimberly get smart remarks from Bulk and Skull. "She has one new member in her club."
"That doesn't count," remarked Skull as he began to laugh with Bulk. "You signed up for your own club. If I were you, I'd go join someone else's club."
"That's it!" Kimberly shouted as her face turned red and she walked away. "No one is interested in my club. They are more interested in Aisha's club."
She took a seat at counter and Tommy joined her. "What will can I get for you today," Ernie asked when he walked over to the counter.
"The usual," Tommy answered. "One large Strawberry Banana smoothie. And it's on me."
Ernie walked away to make the smoothie. Kimberly gazed into Tommy's face. "Tommy, why did you sign up for your own club?" she questioned while he took hold of her hands.
"I wanted you to know that I wasn't going to back out on you," Tommy assured her. She gazed into his face and a weak smile appeared on her face. "So, what if no one else joins our club. We'll just work on our projects together like we've always done for years. We'll grow the best plants and design the best garden there ever was."
"Thanks, Tommy," she smiled weakly. She had always enjoyed gardening with Tommy since they were children. Even in the winter, they were planting flowers and different plants in Jan and James' green house. "I guess you're right."
There were two people very interested in Kimberly and Tommy's club. They weren't in the youth center, auditorium, or even in Angel Grove. They were on the moon spying Tommy and Kimberly. "Kimberly's touch of jealously is just what I need to put my plan into action," Lord Zedd acknowledged while he stood by Rita.
"That's an excellent plan!" Rita gasped as she turned away from her telescope. "But, I have an idea that would cause more damage!"
"What would that be?"
"I've heard Tommy telling Kimberly about his dreams," Rita began while she started looked through the telescope. "Why don't we not only turn her against Aisha, but Tommy as well."
"That's prefect!" Zedd roared as he took a seat back on his throne. "We'll take down flyers that Tommy posted and we'll exchange Kimberly's cactus plant with one of mine. A poison one and when she pricks her finger on it, it will turn her against her two friends. Kimberly's jealously will the cause of her own doom."
One of Zedd's putties brought him a cactus plant that looked like Kimberly's plant and he poured a potion on it. "Go exchange this plant with Kimberly's," he instructed.
A few minutes later, a putty appeared in front of the youth center. As soon as no one was looking the putty turned into a man. The man had curtains of long blonde greasy hair. He had on a pair of sunglasses and a heavy black coat, with an evil green he walked into the youth center. The man walked in and saw Tommy and Kimberly's table was empty. He grabbed Kimberly's favorite cactus with the three pink flowers and exchanged it with the poisonous one.
Tommy and Kimberly sat at the counter drinking the last sip of their strawberry banana smooth that they were sharing. "Let's go back to our table," Tommy suggested. "The day isn't over yet. Maybe someone will sign up." They got up from counter and headed back to their booth. On the way back, Kimberly bumped into the putty that was disguised as the tall blonde man. The putty glared at her behind his sunglasses as he walked away. No one was waiting at their booth and she let out a sigh and picked up her favorite cactus. She had no idea that she was holding Zedd's cactus and she accidently pricked her finger on one of the sharp thin needles. "Ouch," she cried. Green light began to sizzle around her hand and her eyes flashed green. Her mouth turned into a nasty smile as she walked over to Aisha's table. "Thanks a lot Aisha for stealing all of the students for your music club," Kimberly clipped as she watched Aisha face her with a shock on her face.
"I didn't do it on purpose," Aisha apologized as she was stunned at Kimberly's behavior. She had no idea what had gotten into her. Earlier Kimberly appeared as if she was happy for seeing all her success. "After my first meeting, I'll meet you and Tommy. All of us can go look for some members to join your club. How does that sound?"
Tommy took hold of Kimberly's hand and smiled at Aisha. "That sounds great," Tommy beamed as his eyes lit up. "We'd really appreciate that-"
"-we don't need any help!" Kimberly snapped. "Tommy and I are fully capable of doing it on our own. Unlike you, I can trust Tommy. He has never betrayed me or let me down." She stormed off to her table and took a seat.
Tommy followed Kimberly back to the table and took a seat next to her. "What's gotten into you?" Tommy questioned. He took hold of her hands and gazed into her beautiful doe eyes.
Mr. Kaplan walked in and headed over to their table. "Tommy, I told you a few days ago that they flyers were due," he informed as he watched Kimberly look at Tommy with shock and disbelief. "Did you turn them in?"
"Yes, Mr. Kaplan," Tommy quickly answered. He watched Kimberly's mouth drop in shock as soon as she heard the news. "I turned them to Ms. Reed on the due date. She said she'd make copies of them."
"That's funny, all the flyers that were made for each club was posted today," puzzled Mr. Kaplan. "I saw everyone else's flyers expect for yours and Ms. Harts." Before he could say anything else, the secretary got on the intercom and asked him to report to conference room for a meeting.
Kimberly mouth sat in a hard line and her eye brows rose. "What kind of game are you trying to play with me?!" she hissed while looking at Tommy with a face full of praise and disgust. "You said that you turned the flyers in! Maybe this is your fault why we don't have any club members. Did you have something else you wanted to do instead?"
"Kim, I've had a lot going on lately, but I turned the flyers in," Tommy assured her. What else could he say to her? He knew he turned them in for a fact and I saw Ms. Reed start to make copies. She ran them off on pink paper."
"I knew that you would use your dream about losing your powers as an excuse," she whispered in an angry voice. "I don't need your help in this club, I can do it myself. "
Billy, Adam, and Rocky, walked over to the table. "What's gotten into her?" Rocky questioned while he glanced at Tommy and Aisha. He could tell both were hurt and stunned. Tommy just hung his head while Aisha sadly stared at Kimberly's both. Billy just shook his head and Adam ran his fingers through his hair and frowned.
Bulk and Skull's club walked by them. "We are going to go around and record everyone's voice. We heard the power rangers talk and we're going to keep it up until we find voices that match what we heard," Skull stated he turned the tape recorder on.
"Enough," Rocky said as the microphone in his face. "We have a crisis going on with one of our friends."
Bulk walked around and stuck the microphone in Aisha's face. "Can't you see that we something else on minds right now?" Aisha remarked as she smacked the microphone out of her face.
They tried to put it in Tommy, Adam, and Billy's face, but they pushed the microphone out of their face. Bulk and Skull exchanged looks with each other. "Those five are definitely not power rangers," remarked Bulk as they walked over to Kimberly.
The microphone was shoved into Kimberly's face. "Get a life," she snapped while she was gathering up her flowers from the table.
"She is definitely not a ranger either," Skull declared as they moved on to record someone else.
Tommy, Billy, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha walked over to the counter. "Tommy, maybe these will cheer Kimberly up," Ernie suggested as he handed him some pink roses out of his vase. The five rangers walked over to Kimberly.
"Here are some flowers for you to put in your garden," Tommy said as he handed Kimberly the flowers. "I hope these cheers you up."
"Yeah," Rocky added. "It's a hassle to get into an argument with your best friends."
She snatched them out of Tommy's hand and threw them on the ground. "I hate flowers!" she snapped and she took off running outside. "And Tommy and Aisha aren't my best friends okay?!"
Kimberly was in the school's green house with her plants. She wiped the sweat off her face and took off her jacket. "Why am I wasting time with these flowers," she cried in frustration. "This is so dull."
She had no idea that Rita and Zedd were watching her from the balcony from the moon. "Zeddy, she won't think flowers are dull after she sees the monster we create from them," Rita snickered as she turned to look at Zedd.
Rita and Zedd crossed their magic staffs. "Behold the Bloom of Doom!" they cried. A flash of lighting came from their wands and a flower sprung up. It wasn't a normal flower. It walked on two legs and had long, thick, and slimy green vines, and its head was a bunch of flower. In a way, it looked like a Cyclops because it had an eye in the middle of its forehead.
The bloom of doom shook pollen from its blooms. "Feel the fire of my poisonous pollen!" the bloom of doom squealed in a high-pitched voice.
In the command center the pink and orange sirens began to go off. "Alpha check the viewing globe and see what has happened in down town Angel Grove," Zordon commanded. "I sense one of Rita and Zedd's evil creations are nearby."
Alpha turned and stared into the viewing globe and saw a funny looking flower monster in the park. All the patches of grass died as the monster walked across it. "It's the Bloom of Doom," Alpha cried as he watched the monster from the viewing globe. "It has fiery poisonous pollen. We need to Alert the power rangers."
At the youth center, Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Tommy, and Billy heard their communicators go off. All of them stepped into the hall. "Come in Zordon, we read you," said Rocky.
"Zedd has sent his bloom of doom," informed Zordon. "Please morph and teleport to the park."
"I'm ready!" Tommy announced as he pulled out his morpher. "Let's get to the park!"
"Tommy, are you sure about this?" Aisha questioned as she turned to face him. "Do you think you should save your powers?"
"I already know there's a risk," Tommy replied. His mind was already made up. "I am going with you."
"It's Morphin time!" shouted Rocky.
"Dragon Zord!"
"Mastodon!"
"Triceratops!"
"Saber-toothed Tiger!"
"Tyrannosaurs!"
Meanwhile, Kimberly had gotten frustrated and walked out of the green house. She slipped her jacket on and started to head back to school. Her communicator beeped and she stopped to answer it. "Come in Zordon," she answered.
"You need to join the others in the park," he explained as she tapped her foot impatiently. "Alpha is teleporting you a special new weapon to fight the monster with."
A long stick with a long pink ribbon rolled up appeared in her hand. "What am I supposed to do with this?" Kimberly question while looking at her new weapon.
"You need to wrap the ribbon around the monster with a vine," Zordon replied.
"At least you aren't giving it to the club stealer Aisha or that back stabber Tommy," she remarked while brushing dirt off her jacket. She pulled out her morpher and held in the sky. "It's morphin time!"
"Pterodactyl!"
Kimberly teleported to the park and met her friends fighting off the putties. Rocky, Adam, Tommy and Billy charged at the putties. But, the monster started shaking and yellow pollen started shooting up in the air. Kimberly, and Aisha weren't in its path.
"What is this stuff?!" Rocky shouted as he felt the pollen burn his skin.
"It's a fire pollen!" cried Billy.
"It burns!" Adam yelled out in pain.
"This pollen is making me weaker!" Tommy screamed as he dropped to his knees.
Outside the storm of pollen, Aisha ran to the monster, but Kimberly got in the way. "Forget it!" Kimberly hissed while she pulled out her new weapon. "I have the prefect weapon to take out this ugly flower!" She snapped her wrist and a long pink ribbon began to twist and twirl through the air. The Bloom of Doom was all tangled up in the ribbon.
Tommy slowly got up and weakly made his way over to Kimberly and Aisha. "Good job, Kim," Tommy shouted as he pulled out his dragon dagger and Aisha pulled out her power daggers. "We'll take it over from here!"
Before Kimberly could say anything, Trini and Tommy's weapons struck the monster. The two-weapon burned through the ribbon and the Bloom of Doom was free again. It disappeared into cloud of pink blossoms. "Thanks a lot Aisha and Tommy!"
The Bloom of Doom appeared behind her. Kimberly quickly turned around threw the ribbon like lasso, but the Bloom of Doom quickly yanked the ribbon hard. Kimberly flew over the monster's head and was thrown on the ground close to where Tommy was.
"How does it feel to be so jealous, pink ranger?" remarked the Bloom of Doom. It stared into Kimberly tried to get up, but she couldn't resist considering the monster's eye. Tommy slowly stood and noticed that more putties were sent to the park. Rocky, Adam, Aisha, and Billy started to fight the putties. But, why weren't the attacking him or Kimberly.
He weakly walked over to Kimberly and kneeled. "Kim, let me help you up," Tommy offered while he held out his hand. But, Kimberly didn't answer instead she appeared to be in a trance. Tommy looked up and glared at the monster and immediately began to become dizzy and hypnotized by the Bloom of Doom.
"Kimberly! Tommy!" Aisha cried as her and the other rangers fought of the remaining putties. She started to run over to aide her friends; by the time she got there, the cloud vanished. Tommy, Kimberly, and the monster were gone.
"What happened to them?" Rocky asked as he caught up with Aisha. "They were right here a few minutes ago."
"Something tells me that this was a trap," Billy theorized when him and Adam reach Rocky and Aisha. "I have a feeling that the putties were sent down to prevent us from helping Tommy and Kim."
"Let's get back to the command center," suggested Adam.
A beam of red, yellow, blue, and black light appeared in the command center. "Zordon, what has Rita and Zedd done with Kimberly and Tommy?" Aisha asked while she removed her helmet and put it on the counter.
"Rita and Zedd have cast a spell on her and poisoned her with jealousy. Their plan was to make all of you fight each other," Zordon began. "I believe Rita and Zedd probably took this advantage to make help Tommy lose his powers quicker."
"Where are they?" Billy asked. He laid his helmet on the counter and walked over to Alpha.
"They aren't on earth or at Rita and Zedd's moon palace," Zordon answered.
Adam and Rocky walked over to Aisha and Billy. "Where are they?" Rocky asked as he placed a hand on Aisha's shoulder.
" They are in an interdimensional warp," revealed Zordon. He looked down at his rangers. All of them were watch Alpha at the command boards. "It will be nearly impossible to get to them. Alpha is working on solution. For now, all we can do is wait."
"Where am I?" Kimberly whispered as she slowly stood up and saw darkness was surrounding her. A grey thick and smoky cloud appeared around her knees like the waves of an ocean. Tall cactus with their arms stretched out wanting to snatch her began to come into view.
"Welcome to my garden," greeted the Bloom of Doom greeted as it appeared into view. "I hope you like this place because you will remain here forever!"
Kimberly quickly squeezed her hands into tight fists to keep from trembling. She heard familiars voice somewhere in the darkness. "Do you see where your jealously has brought you, Kimberly? To your Doom!" It was Rita and Zedd and their laugh roared and started to ring in her ears.
"You might as well give up," teased the Bloom of Doom while it jumped for joy waving its vines and blooms. "There is nothing anyone can do to help you now!"
"You honestly don't know who you're dealing with," Kimberly said through clenched teeth.
The Bloom of Doom started to wave its vine like arms. "Let's see how you will deal with this," the monster warned as it began to shake its head and a storm of pollen of fiery pollen shot out of its blooms. A yellow sticky substance blew up around Kimberly. She hit the ground in the sprinkling of particles.
"This pollen burns," she cried out in pain while she watched the monster enjoy watching her suffer.
"You can't fight me here!" shouted the monster as it watched Kimberly struggling to stand up.
In the meantime, Tommy regained consciousness. "Where am I?" he asked himself as he stood up and started to look around. He was surrounding in darkness and cactus' lined up on each side of the room.
"I HAVE TO FIGHT THIS!" It was Kimberly and it sounded like she was in trouble. Tommy looked around and spotted a pink speck in the middle of the room standing a few feet away from the ugly plant like monster.
"Fight this!" The monster threw its vine like arms out and grabbed Kimberly. She felt the vine's being to squeeze her like a snake crushing its prey.
His muscles were sore and he was still feeling weak from the pollen. But, he didn't care. He had to help Kimberly try to battle the monster. "KIMBERLY!"
The monster began to drag Kimberly closer to it. Kimberly dug her boots into the floor and fought as hard as she could. "My friends know you have me and will come for me!" she threatened while she continued to struggle to get free. "You'll never succeed!"
"You don't have any friends! teased the plant like monster as it was dragging her closer. "Remember you lost all of your friends' due to jealousy."
A laser shot out in the middle of the room and hit the monster. It released its vines and Kimberly was thrown back a few feet and she was thrown into someone, knocking both into the ground. As she got to her feet, she looked around to see who was there with her. She saw a person in a green body and helmet laying on the floor. Her heart leapt when she saw the gold shield. "TOMMY!" Kimberly cried as Tommy slowly stood up. "What are you doing here?!"
"I got here the same time you did. I couldn't resist considering the monster's eye." he panted and drew in a long breath. "The next thing I knew was that I was laying on the ground and heard you fighting this ugly plant. Please let me help you." A storm of pollen came flying in their direction. Tommy didn't answer. Instead, he pushed Kimberly out of the way and took felt the fiery pollen burn him instead. Kimberly charged right into the storm of pollen and began to feel pollen burn her as she made her way over to Tommy. He was laying on the floor panting hard.
"Tommy, I'm sorry for how I treated you," she apologized as she helped him up. "I hope you can forgive me. And I hope that Aisha will be able to forgive me."
"How touching!" snickered the Bloom of Doom as it threw out it's vines.
"Kim look out!" Tommy cried as he grabbed Kimberly's hand and they jumped over the vine. "Looks like it missed us."
The monster vanished and Kimberly and Tommy began to look all over for it. Kimberly heard a loud whip and saw a vine like arm go flying. She tried to push him out of the way, but the monster wrapped its vine around Tommy and Kimberly and slammed them to the ground. "Are you okay?" Kimberly asked as she went over to him.
"I'm fine," Tommy replied as they took hold of each other's hand. Before Tommy could suggest that they pull out their weapons, the monster threw out a vine and it wrapped around both. The vines were much tighter this time. Kimberly and Tommy struggled in the tight grips of vine. Both were digging their boots into the ground as they were being drawn closer and closer to the monster.
Billy frowned as he walked over to stand by Alpha at the computer consoles. Alpha handed Billy the pages that printed out and he began to study them. He began to type some information into the computer and the others surrounded him. "We can reach them," he announced while he took a sigh of relief. "But, only Aisha is the only one who can do it."
"What do you mean?" Aisha gasped as she walked over to Billy.
"You need to throw your power daggers at a 90-degree angle from your shoulder," he explained. "If you are successful, your daggers will pierce right through the dimension."
"What about the spell of jealousy?" Aisha questioned as she grabbed her helmet.
Alpha was able to pull up an image on the viewing globe. "My senses tell me that the spell of jealousy was broken," Zordon began as he, the rangers, and Alpha had their eyes locked on the view globe watching Kimberly and Tommy struggling against the monster's vines. "Kimberly's will to help Tommy overpowered the monster."
"I'm morphing back into action!" Aisha declared as she put her helmet back on.
"Hurry, Aisha!" urged Zordon. "If Tommy and Kimberly stay in the interdimensional warp too long, they will be lost forever."
A column of yellow light appeared on the highest bridge of Angel Grove. She stared towards the park, which was the last place she saw Tommy and Kimberly. "I hope this works," she prayed as she took out her power daggers. And then she threw straight. There was a loud sound of another demission breaking open. Bright sparks began to sprinkle in the air. "KIMBERLY! TOMMY!"
"AISHA!" Kimberly and Tommy cried as she made her way over to them.
"You came!" Kimberly smiled.
"Of course," Aisha replied as four beams of colored light appeared behind her. "We're friends, right?"
"Always!" Kimberly said while shaking Aisha's hand. She pulled out her power bow and started to shoot arrows at the monster, while the others joined the fight.
"Power Blaster!" Aisha cried as the monster was getting ready to release more pollen.
"Power Ax!"
"Power Bow!"
"Power Lance!"
"Power Daggers!"
"Power Sword!"
They fired the power blaster at the Bloom of Doom. It let out several cries as it exploded in the air.
The returned to the youth center and stood at their booths waiting to see if more students would sign up for their club. Students were lined up to join Kimberly and Tommy's club. It turned out that Tommy and Kimberly's flyers were thrown all over the boys' bathroom and someone found them and turned them into Mr. Kaplan. "I'm glad someone found these and turned these in," Mr. Kaplan told Kimberly and Tommy. "I'm glad everyone was able to find out where to go."
"It all worked out well," Kimberly smiled as Tommy wrapped his arm around her. "Our friends didn't give up until they found us."
The other rangers walked over to their booth smiling and happy that everything worked out for their friends. "Aisha, can you ever forgive me?" Kimberly asked.
"Of course," she replied. "You have nothing to be ashamed of. You were under one of Rita and Zedd's spells. Our friendship is as a rock."
Kimberly turned to face Tommy. "Tommy, do you still want to be in the club?"
"You know that I wouldn't back out on you," he assured her while gazing into her eyes.
Kimberly and Tommy walked by the lake hand in hand. "Kim, I feared that I loose my powers today," he revealed. "I didn't tell you this-"
"Tell me what?"
"When I've been having my nightmares, we're the only ones fighting a monster," he fretted and he felt her squeeze his hand. "Everyone has been frozen in place and my powers are growing weaker. During the fight, I loose my powers and then I have to go retrieve something that Rita and Zedd have taken."
They continued to walk along the shore line without saying a word. Finally, Kimberly broke the silence as they were walking back to Tommy's house. "Do you have any idea what you have to retrieve?" she asked while the wind began to blow and leaves were flying through the air. "Maybe, we can find out what you have to retrieve?"
Author's Note
How much longer will Tommy's powers last? What will happen when he begins to realize what he has to retrieve? What do Rita and Zedd have planned? Find out in the next few chapters.