Chapter 11
Tommy and Kim made it downstairs just as the alarms went off. There was a monster near Reefside High School. Hayley bought up the image for everyone to see.
"Kira, you, Ethan, Trent, and I will go to the school to deal with the monster. Kim, get everything ready because as soon as we get back we are leaving to get Connor. Billy please give the coordinates to Kim. Hayley please monitored our fight and zords. Jason and Trini help Kim with whatever she needs." Tommy delivered his orders to everyone then came to stand next to the Dino Rangers.
"Right. It will be alright Tommy. I will take care of everything and may the power protect you." Kim said as she went to stand beside Jason, Trini, Billy, and Hayley.
She gave Tommy and the new rangers Zordon's parting words. She knew that it comforted Tommy to hear them once more. She watched as Tommy and the other Dino Rangers morphed even though she knew that Tommy was the Black Ranger it was still a rush to watch him morph once more. She only wished that she could morph and be there along with him once again.
"We will." Tommy said to Kim. He knew that four of the five that he was leaving behind wanted to be there with him to defeat the monster. He wasn't sure about Hayley.
Jason watched as his former teammate and best friend morphed and left to fight the latest monster. It was killing him to sit back and watch this one. He wanted very much morph and teleport with Tommy. He also knew that it was torture for Kim to sit this one out too. When Tommy and the other Dinos left, they all got busy with their tasks. Billy was getting the coordinates, Kim making sure that everything was set, Trini and he were getting Kim whatever she needed, and Hayley was watching the fight.
"How are they doing, Hayley?" Kim asked as she came up behind her. She knew that Hayley did not like her much but she wasn't sure why.
"They are fine." Hayley said sharply. She just wanted Kim to leave and never come back.
"Hayley, I'm not sure what I said or did to you but please tell me so that we can get this resolved and work together better." Kim said as she spun Hayley around. She motioned to Jason to watch the fight in case Tommy needed something.
"First off Kimberly, you wrote that letter to Tommy and ruined him for all women who came after you. Secondly, you waltzed in here and think that you own the place ordering us out so that you can fight with your ex. Third; you demand to go on a mission so that you can relive your glory days as a ranger. Lastly, you think that you can win him back because you act concerned that Connor a boy that you have never met is missing. Forgive me for not jumping on the Kimberly band wagon but I have work to do." Hayley said as she tried to swing back around to face the screens.
"Okay. Well first, the letter was and is between Tommy and myself. We discussed it years ago. Second, I was fighting to rescue one of the rangers I needed Tommy to see that. Third, I did not demand to go on the mission. Tommy asked me to go. And lastly, I am concerned about Connor because he is a Power Ranger, which is something I believe you are not. It is something that Tommy, I, and a select few share so yea I am concerned for one of my own. I do not plan to win Tommy back for acting concerned. If we decide to start dating again it will be because we both want it not because of me being concerned over a Red Ranger gone missing." Kim said as Hayley's eyes went wide.
Trini, Billy, and Jason were shocked as well. They knew that Hayley had a dislike for Kim but they did not think that it went that deep. They watched as Hayley just stared at Kim. They guessed that she didn't know what to say. She had never in countered a ranger quite like Kim before. She only knew a hand full of the past rangers.
This was the first time that one of the rangers had ever defended themselves with another person that was not a ranger. Jason was proud of his lil sis. She had never stood up to anybody who questioned her relationship with Tommy after the letter. Everyone knew that she and Tommy belong together even if she thought that she had found someone better. Kim had stood up to Tommy and Hayley in one day. She was becoming her old self once more. The one that took nothing off anyone, she was becoming the Original Pink again.
"I am sorry Kim. I guess I felt threaten by you being here. I was worried that you would break his heart again. I was with him in grad school when he relived your letter again. I feel like his big sister. I just want him to be alright." Hayley said honestly. She knew that Tommy still loved Kim more than even Jason knew. Tommy saw Kim in everything. He even bought this house because of her.
"Oh, Hayley. I am not trying barge my way back into Tommy's life and heart. I am not trying to break his heart. It would kill me if I did that again. Right now I am only focused on getting Connor back." Kim stated.
She put out her hand as a truce between her and Hayley. She watched Hayley lift her hand and take Kim's. Jason watched as the two women in Tommy's life take a baby step toward being friends.
Trini and Billy missed the whole exchange because they had found an easier way to get to Connor. Billy had originally thought that the Port-a-coms he had used so many times would not work but then Trini pointed out a number that was off. The last time that they were used was by Tommy to get Kim back when her power coin was stolen. He changed that one number and they were back in business.
Trini had been working on how the three of them would get back out because for some reason they could not use the Port-a-coms. She could not figure out why. It was like it was an open door but no exit to be found. They also had been watching Connor. He seemed to be doing fine. Nobody had come to him in the last 30 minutes. They were not sure if anybody had. They turned to check the status of the fight. The Dino rangers had defeated the monster after calling on their zords. They should be back in no time at all.
"They defeated the monster and they should be back." Hayley said. She punched a sequence a numbers on the control panel to bring up an invisportal for the team to come back. The Dinos all disappeared on the screen and reappeared in Tommy's basement. They all demorphed and waited on Tommy's command.
"Kim, are you ready?" Tommy asked as he came to stand between her and Hayley. He was ready to get there and get Connor back.
"Yes. Billy and Trini just finished with the adjustments. We are going to be able to use the Port-a-coms." Kim said as she watched Billy prepare the Port-a-coms. Trini, Jason, and Billy would set them up then Jason and Trini would stay behind and guard them until Tommy and Kim were through and on the other side. Billy would give them the signal to bring them back in.
"Okay so we're ready to go then?" Tommy asked. And at their nod, he said, "Let's go."
Tommy, Kim, Billy, Trini, and Jason left Tommy's basement via the back door. They stopped just a few feet from the house. Trini and Billy set the Port-a-coms a few feet apart. They checked and rechecked the coordinates then Billy left to go back to the basement leaving Jason, Trini, Tommy, and Kim there.
The Port-a-coms came to life after Trini pushed the buttons that Billy had shown her. Tommy looked to Kim and grabbed her hand. They shared a smile and looked to the entrance of whatever dimension that Connor was in.
Jason and Trini watched the former couple look to each other and hold each other's hands. They were happy that at least they were on the same page with each other. They watched Tommy and Kim step through the portal and disappear into a dimension that held Tommy's Red Ranger. Jason looked to Trini as the portal disappeared.
Billy called Trini's cell to let them know that they could come back in. They rejoined Billy, Hayley, Ethan, Trent, and a very worried looking Kira. Trini saw the hurt and the love that the young girl thought she had hid so well.
Trini had been in her place before. She had watched Jason go missing a few times and even then, she could not go because she was too close to the situation. She also saw Kim go through the same thing but Kim got to go and help get Tommy because not even Zordon could stop the Pink Ranger from going after Tommy. She also knew that nothing she could say would help Kira right now. It would just go in one ear and out the other. Kira's best hope was Tommy and Kim getting Connor back in little of no time.
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Connor felt a rush of wind. He wondered why he felt the wind only now. It didn't make any sense but then nothing made sense. No one had come to demand answers or anything about the Power Rangers. He was not sure why he was captured. He had not seen anyone since he had been thrown in here. He still was puzzled over the wind blowing after all this time in here. Maybe the rangers had found a way in here and they were coming to rescue him.
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