Chapter 8
"Tommy, man, stay here. We heard the whole thing. She needs time to cool off." Jason said as he lower his arm. He knew that Kim needed to cool off more than anything.
"Jason, why did you hear it?" Tommy asked. He was shocked that Jason would listen to a private conversation.
"Well man you both were kind of loud. I know that Kim can let it loose but I didn't think I would see the day that you would yell at her." Jason said quietly. He knew that Tommy was really upset. He didn't think that Kim being captured upset Tommy that much. He had thought that Tommy had gotten over that but he was wrong.
"It was her fault. She is wrong. I do not want to send my guys in. They are not ready." Tommy said forcefully. He could not see any other way.
"Tommy we weren't either. Don't you think that Zordon was worried about us too? I mean Kim was 14 when we started. The rest of us had already turned 15. She was young but Zordon never held us back. He worried, yes but he did not hold us back." Jason reasoned. He knew the rangers did not know the Tommy of old. If they did, they would know why Kim and Jason were fighting him so hard on this issue.
"I know it is just hard. I am responsible for them." Tommy said finally. He walked away from Jason to stand next to the TV.
"I know how you feel but Kim is right. You are not the ranger she knew. I also know that it was not the letter either. You need to tell her that. You changed after college. That letter was years ago. She is still upset over it." Jason said as he too walked away. He went to stand next to the couch with Trini.
The rangers were just staring at each other and at them just trying to catch up with what they were talking about. They knew that they would ask Trini later. She would tell them where as Dr. O and Jason would not. They were guys and they would just shrug it off.
"I know but she makes me so mad sometimes and it just came out." Tommy said as he grabbed the teens' attention again toward the conversation again.
"Yeah I can understand. Trini makes me feel the same way but then I would never raise my voice to her like you did Kim." Jason said as he shuttered. He would have nightmares if he had even thought to talk to Trini that way. She would not kill him but she would torture him until he pleaded for death.
"Because you are scared of her." Tommy said laughingly. He knew that he was scared of her too. She instilled fear in people.
"You are too. She went after Kim and when she gets back, I feel for you. You are in a world of trouble with those two." Jason countered. He knew that everyone else but Kim was afraid of the Original Yellow Ranger. He shook his head at Tommy. He noticed that the rangers were looking very uncomfortable. He knew that they knew nothing of them being rangers. He guessed that Tommy forgot to tell them.
"I know. Trini always has Kim's back unlike me. I am afraid that if I go they will come after her again. I can't lose her now that she is back." Tommy said. He wanted Kim back but he just didn't know if it would now. He also noticed that his rangers were looking everywhere but at him. He had some explaining to do. He would have to do that later.
"Well making her run from your house is not the best way to handle that." Jason replied. He watched Hayley go stand behind Trent in the recliner.
"I know man. I will talk to her when she gets back. Right now I need to find a way to get and out to get Connor." Tommy said. He had turned to look out the window. He knew that Kim would have gone farther than his front yard but he looked anyway. He saw Trini making her way back without Kim. He guessed that they had talked and now Trini was coming to do him in.
"I can help with that if you let me back in the basement." Hayley said bringing Tommy out of his daze. He turned back to face the room. He noticed that Hayley had moved from the entrance of the kitchen to stand behind Trent.
"Thanks Hayley. You can go back down there. I may call in a favor from one of my friends." Tommy said. She had starting walking toward the top of the stairs when the last of his statement sunk in.
"A friend that I haven't met and who is that?" Hayley questioned. She did not know if she wanted to meet another of Tommy's friends. Rocky had almost done her in.
"Billy." Jason spoke up. He knew that Tommy would want to call Billy in. Jason also knew that Trini would love it. She would also serve as Billy's translator.
"You are right Jason. Billy will be able to help you. He has experience with Rita and Zedd's dimensions. He even created these things called Port-a-coms. They could get us into a place that we could not teleport to. He might still have those." Tommy said after a moment. He hoped that Billy had his Port-a-coms. They would help so much. He would mention those to Billy when he called him.
"Why have I not met him yet? He sounds like the one I would like to meet no offence Jason." Hayley said. She thought maybe at least one of the Original Power Rangers could work with computers. She knew that Trini could but she had not worked with her.
"Hey none taken. Trini is the only one who could talk to Billy. She translated for us. You would like him. You could converse with him in his language." Jason said. He was proud of himself that he used one of Trini's words. The only problem was that she was not here to hear him use it.
"Jason hold on a minute did you say converse? You have been around Trini way too long bro. I am starting to worry about you." Tommy said laughing.
"Yea I said it. I heard Trini and Billy on the phone and that was one of her words. We were talking about Billy so I thought I should use bigger words. It is one of the only things that I understand when Trini and Billy talk." Jason admitted. He knew he wasn't the only one who did not understand Billy.
Tommy stood there for a few minutes trying to catch his breath after laughing so hard. "I love that. Anyway, Hayley you will like him. Everyone likes Billy." Tommy said though a haze of tears. The teens had walked into to the kitchen a while ago. They went to get snacks and something to drink. They had walked up behind Hayley to wait for her to go down. They knew it was going to be a long day.
"Okay. You can call him now. It might save some time. We could get a lot more done that way." Hayley said as she started down the stairs. She noticed that the teens had plenty of snacks and drinks to feed a small army. She just shook her head at them. Tommy's next statement made her stop on the second step.
"Okay I will call him right now. I am not sure what time it is on Aquitar. Only Billy could do the conversion." Tommy said as he reached for his phone.
"WHAT? He is where?" Hayley and the teens screamed. They had never heard of Aquitar before. They thought that Dr. O was teasing even though he had never really teased them before.
"He is on Aquitar. It is about 30 light years away. I think." Tommy said as he looked at his phone. He was scrolling through his phone book to find Billy's number when Trent spoke up.
"Okay now I am confused." Trent said. He looked to the others to make sure that he had not misheard Dr. O but everyone had the same look except for Jason.
"Okay Billy traveled to another planet because he was aging too rapidly and they were the only ones able to help him. He comes back for visits every now and then." Tommy explained. He had not even looked up when he said it. He was still going through his phone book. Apparently, he had a lot of A's in his phone.
"Okay. I think that I am still confused but do not try to explain it. I will ask him when he gets here." Ethan said. He knew that this Billy could explain it more than Dr. O could. Hayley and the teens continued down the stairs. They hoped they would find a way out so that they could go after Connor.
"When who gets here?" Trini asked. She had finally come in the house. She knew that she did not want to go in when she was still so mad but she wanted to make sure that they were working on getting Connor back. It was Ethan's statement that bought her up short. She watched as Hayley and the rangers went down stairs.
"Billy. Trini, why are you back so soon and without Kim?" Jason asked. He covered his ears and watched Tommy do the same thing. They knew how Trini would react when he mentioned Billy's name.
"BILLY! He is coming. I need to get ready. Wait we only have one guest room and Kim is in that one. Where will he stay? When is he getting here? How many days is he here for? And…" Trini screamed then she went into planning for his trip here. She was stopped by Tommy taking her shoulders in his hands.
"TRINI! Calm down. I have not called him yet and he can stay here or since Kim is one of the great powers she may need to stay here." Tommy said. He just grinned at her. He knew that it would be easier if Kim was here to watch her but he knew that Kim would not stay here unless he could up with a plan.
"Tommy, I'm not sure that is a good idea. I mean Kim cannot stand you right now and Billy might want to be here so that he is close to all the sensors. He will want to be here to watch over everything. And what is this about Kim being 'one of the great rangers'? I know Kim was a great ranger but what does that have to do with anything." Trini asked. She knew that Billy would stay here because he would not want to be even a few minutes away.
"Okay a long time ago Zordon told me that there were two of the six originals that had this great inner strength. They are the two greatest rangers. Kim is one of those rangers. She does not know that part. She only knows that she has great inner strength. I haven't had a chance to tell her the rest. We also need to find the other. Billy can help with that too." Tommy explained. He knew it would be hard to tell Kim that her work was not done on that ranger front. He would cross that bridge with her later.
"Whoa. Kim is one of the greatest rangers. I cannot believe it. She is not going to believe that. Yes, Billy can help with that. Jason maybe Kim needs to stay here. I mean Tommy does have three extra rooms. If you want, we could stay too. We could say that our house is being fumigated or something like that. I mean this is perfect." Trini said. Her brain was working a mile a minute. She had several ideas about how to get Kim to stay here.
"Trini, you are Kim's best friend. How can you set her up like this?" Jason asked. He was proud of his wife. He reached out to hug her.
"It's easy. She will believe me over you or Tommy. She knows I have her best interests at heart." Trini said as she stepped out of his husband's embrace.
"Trini Scott, I cannot believe you and thank you. If Kim is here I can watch over her better." Tommy said as he had finally found Billy's number.
"Tommy, she can watch over herself. She is a big girl now and I am doing this for several reasons only one of those is you." Trini countered. She knew that Kim needed to be here.
"I hate to interrupt this little meeting but I need to get busy with a plan to get Connor out. If you need to call Billy please do. I would like to get him back as soon as possible." Hayley said at the bottom of the stairs. She knew that Tommy had not called Billy yet.
"Okay Hayley I will call Billy now." Tommy said as he punched the send button on his phone.
"Okay, wait if he is on another planet how are you going to call him?" Hayley asked as she came up the stairs.
"He gave each of the old rangers until Zeo these cool little phones. Trini knows more about them than anybody. They also double as regular cell phones so that we do not have to carry two phones around unless you are Zack and think that you need two phones." Tommy said as he held the phone to his ear.
"Yea the Zack-man thinks it is cool to have more than one phone but then he is a record producer for some big company." Jason said laughingly.
"Big company? Zack works for the main music company in the world. He is the VP for the American branch. He is kind of important Jase." Trini said. She knew that Jason never remembered that fact that Zack had a very important job.
"Yea whatever. He is something big like I really care. He owes me some money anyway." Jason said. He looked at Tommy still trying to reach Billy.
"Why does he owe you money?" Trini asked bringing his attention back to her.
"We had a bet going on something or other. I will tell you about it later. Bro you better get a hold Billy so that we can get your Red back so that Kim will not go after him. Cause you know she will." Jason said as he watched Tommy try again to call Billy.
"I am trying this phone just does not want to dial Billy right now. Trini try to talk Kim back in the house. Maybe Elsa has not located her." He said as the phone finally dialed Billy's number. It finally started ringing.
"Talk to Billy and I will take care of Kim." Trini said as she went back outside to find Kim. She knew that she would have to drag Kim back in the house.
"Okay Trini." Tommy said as Billy picked up the phone. He began to explain his situation to Billy. He pushed Kim to the back of his mind for right now.
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Okay Connor, think. How do I get out of here? It shouldn't be this hard. I am a Red for goodness sake. Think Connor. What would Dr. O do?
Well for one Dr. O would not have been captured by the lake. He was out there thinking about what to say to Kira. He wanted to ask her to the dance that was next week. He really liked her. He was even trying to learn how to dance. He had taken a couple of classes for the upcoming dance. He could dance a little but he could mostly shuffle his feet to the beat. He was nervous about asking Kira to the dance. He was not sure about her feelings for him.
He began to look around to find a way out. He had never seen anything like this. There was smoke on the ground of the cave, water dripping from the ceiling. He had heard when he was transported in here that they only wanted him for bait. He was to get somebody to come here. They were one part of this duo that had great inner strength.
He wondered if it was Dr. O. He thought that Dr. O had great inner strength. He just wished that he had been aware of his surroundings. He would not be in this situation. He knew that when he got out of here he was going to ask Kira to the dance. She might say no but he had a feeling that she would say yes. The only problem now was getting out. He hoped that the rest of the rangers came soon.
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Kim had run for a few minutes but she was now walking. She knew that she shouldn't have sent Trini back but she just wanted to be alone. She hoped that this Connor was alright. She knew that she could not go after him herself because she did not know how to get there. She might ask Kira for help. She knew that she liked Connor.
Kim just hoped that they would fare better than her and Tommy. They could barely be in the same room together anymore. She knew that she still loved him more than anything but she didn't think that they could get past this impasse. She guessed that she needed to get back. She was worried that if she wasn't there Tommy would put off going after Connor.
She turned to head back to the house when she was surrounded by the things that attack her and Jason earlier. She knew that she could not make it back to the house and she also knew that she could not fight them by herself. She knew that the closer to the house she was the better off she would be.
She took off running and they gave chase then she did a total 180 and began to fight. She would go down fighting. She did not know that Elsa was hiding in the bushes waiting for her to go down.
Elsa just didn't know that Trini had seen her and went back inside to get Tommy and Jason. The three of them followed Elsa until they seen Kim fighting by herself. They were about to charge in but there was a flash of light and …
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