Chapter 30

"Adam! What are you doing?" Tanya asked her husband. She had woken up because of Rocky's screams and everyone's laughter. She also noticed that Jason was just standing in his door, as were Tommy and Kim. She couldn't help herself she started laughing too.

"Well Rocky was making all this racket so I tackled him and sat on him and anyway I didn't want him to wake you up." Adam said calmly. He was smiling when he noticed Hayley, Kat, and the Dinos. He knew that this looked bad but they needed to know that this was how close they all were. Power Rangers were the closest friends that they would ever have.

"Yea that makes perfect sense. Well I'm up now let him go and Rocky please let Jason out of his doorway. I'm sure that Trini would love her husband to join her for breakfast." Tanya said as she went past them to go to the bathroom. She was smiling because the old gang was back in full form.

"Tanya's right. Let him go so Jason can get out of his room and we can all eat." Trini said. She looked to Kim and Tommy and noticed that they were blushing. She hoped that Kim had told Tommy about her nightmares. She knew that Kim had them every night. It was something that she had had from being tossed into the lava pit. She hoped that Tommy could help her through this.

"Fine, I will let the crybaby up. He was spitting on me anyway and that's gross man." Adam said as he got up and noticed that Zack was still asleep. He kicked his shoulder to wake him up.

"Hey, man I am trying to sleep." Zack screamed from under the covers. He had them pulled up over his head. He knew that he would never get any sleep with these people.

"Zack, Rocky will eat all the food if you stay on bed all day." Trini said laughingly.

She jumped back as Zack shot out of bed and headed into the kitchen. Rocky walked over to Jason and just laughed. He bent down to get the tacks off the floor. He wanted Jason to at least step on one but he was too scare of Trini to leave even one.

Jason had walked into his room to grab a shirt. He walked back to the door and saw that Rocky had gotten all the tacks. He watched Rocky walk into the next room. He glanced over at Hayley, Kat, and the Dinos. He saw the look on Hayley's face. It was close to shock but she recovered quickly.

He knew that since Rocky had went into the room and given that Kim and Tommy were standing in his doorway when they had walked in that Hayley knew where Kim had slept last night. He hoped that she wouldn't make a big deal out of it.

He then walked out of his room to join everyone in the kitchen. He noticed that Kim, Tommy, and Aisha were not eating. He sent them a questioning look. Aisha pointed to her plate in the sink and Tommy and Kim blushed a deeper shade of red.

He had never seen Tommy in that shade of red before. He then looked at the food and knew that Tommy had made Kim all her favorites and he smiled. They were on their way to that power couple status that they had held so long ago. He would make sure that no one mess this reunion up.

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After everyone finished up, the girls washed the dishes and put them away since Tommy had cooked it. They all walked into the living and found a place to sit. Tommy knew that he had to explain the past of the Power Ranger.

"So, Dr. O are you ready to tell me about your past?" Connor asked as he sat down on the floor in front of the couch. Kira was seated on his right while Trent and Ethan were to his left.

"Yea, okay it started with Rita Repulsa being released from her chamber. Zordon of Eltar knew that in order to defeat Rita he would need to activate the power coins. These power coins would enable someone to morph and become a Power Ranger. He chose five teenagers. They were Jason, Zack, Billy, Trini, and Kim. They were given powers beyond what they had ever known and with these new powers came zords to defend the Earth. These rangers defeated Rita many times so she got an idea." He said taking a breath.

"Zordon was not the only one who had power coins. She had one. It was the Green power coin and along with the coin came the Dragonzord. She only had to find a teenager worthy of this power. I had just moved to Angel Grove and had proved that I could go toe-to-toe with Jason, the powerful Red Ranger. She cornered me after school and said that she had chosen me to be the Green Ranger. She teleported me to her Lunar Palace and placed me under a spell. She gave me the coin and the Sword of Darkness. The Sword of Darkness kept me under the spell. I faced the rangers and we were evenly matched. Rita called me back to outline her plans. She wanted me to invade the Command Center and destroy Zordon once and for all. I did get in the Command Center since I had a power coin. I did a lot of damage and sent Zordon into another time warp. The rangers found out who I was."

"I took Jason then and placed him in Rita's Dark Dimension. He battled me and Goldar and almost died. He managed to escape and help the rangers. They got back Zordon and broke the spell over me be destroying the Sword of Darkness. I joined the team to help defeat Rita but my powers were not that strong. She then created the Green Candle. It was linked to my powers and it slowly drained me of my powers. Jason tried to get my candle back but he had to leave the Dark Dimension to save my life. The candle burned out and we thought that Rita would get my powers back but Zordon said that if I give my power coin to another ranger Rita would not get the Green power coin back. I chose Jason to hold my coin. I was then drained of all my powers and went back to being normal."

"I left Angel Grove for a while to get my head on straight. Rita devised another plot this time involving the parents of Angel Grove. Rita gave the rangers a choice either surrender their coins and get their parents back or their parents would die. They chose to give up their coins and of course, Rita didn't hold up her end of the deal. She released her monsters to wreak havoc on Angel Grove. The only good part was that Jason still had the Green power coin. I had finally come back to Angel Grove only to find a mess."

"Jason had called me in and told me the dangers. I went anyway. I grabbed their coins through a force field. This force field threw me into a deep sleep but infused me body with the power once again. I became the Green Ranger again. We fought more battles against Rita until one more evil showed up. Zedd. He sent Rita packing and targeted the Earth once again but unlike Rita, he focused on the weakest link. The Green Ranger."

"My powers were limited and I could only go out if the Rangers really needed me. During this time, the rangers also got an upgrade in their zords. Zedd had frozen their first zords. These zords were forged in the power of Thunder. The six of us fought until Zedd totally destroyed my power once and for all. The Green Ranger was no more."

"The five of them still continued the fight but Zordon knew that they needed six rangers so he created the White Ranger and gave it to me. We were once again united until three of us were chosen to attend the Peace Conference. Jason, Trini, and Zack knew that their time as Rangers was done. We had one last journey to make. We had to find the sword that would past their powers onto three more. Jason, Zack, and Trini chose their replacements. These three had already shown their loyalty when they did not reveal who the Power Rangers were."

"These three were Rocky, Adam, and Aisha. They joined the team and continued to battle Zedd. All was going well until Rita came back. She and Zedd married and created an almost unstoppable force. The rangers were doing good until Rita's brother showed up. His name was Rito. He destroyed the Thunder zords and the powers with them. We then had to search for a new power source."

"It was found in the form of Ninja and along with new power new zords. After this Rita picked another human to do her dirty work but this time, it was a girl. Her name was Kat. She stole Kim's Pink coin thus sending the Powerful Pink into decline. Zedd needed a power coin to power the powerful Shogun zords that he had uncovered. They also stole the Falcon zord to help with this plan. He then captured Kim and starting draining her power."

"She was training with a World Class coach for Pan Globals and still helping with the Power Rangers. She decided that after a trip to the emergency room and an offer from Coach Schmitt to hand over her powers. She chose Kat who had finally broken the spell over her."

"The new team faced an even greater evil in the form of Master Vile. He turned us to kids and we had to ask for help in the form of the Alien Rangers. During that time, we each had to go on our own Zeo quest. We had to look deep inside ourselves to get the Zeo crystal and with looking inside herself, Aisha knew that he place was in Africa. She chose Tanya to take her place on the team. The problem was there were only five parts to the Zeo crystal and six rangers. Billy decided that his time was better served in the new Power Chamber. We then faced the Machine Empire with new powers and new zords."

"We had finally defeated them only to face Divatox. She had captured Jason and Kim while they were coming to surprise us. We traveled to the island of Murthanis but we weren't in time. Jason and Kim were dropped into a lava pit and became evil. A wizard friend of ours turned them back good. We got another upgrade in power."

"The Turbo powers was an even greater power than the Zeo. We even got a new team member when Rocky got hurt. Justin was young but he was ready to help us defend the Earth. Our time as rangers had come to an end and joining Justin as Rangers were T.J., Cassie, Ashley, and Carlos."

"They then took the battle to space leaving Justin here with his father and joining Andros to save Zordon."

As Tommy continued to discuss passed rangers, Kim walked into the kitchen. She knew that he had gone through a lot after she was gone. Jason had come back during that time and told her about battles. He had also said that the fearless leader of old was gone.

Tommy was not the White Ranger anymore and he had pushed his Green Ranger days out of his mind. She sometimes wished that she would have stayed with him. She knew that he needed her when he became the Red Ranger. She just wasn't there for him.

She never told him that she had come back to see him after Murthanis. She had seen how much he had changed when she had talked to him after being captured. She had hoped to talk to him but he wasn't in Angel Grove at the time.

She had called Jason and he told her that Tommy was racing cars. He wasn't a ranger anymore. She had kind of sad a sigh of relief. She had worried so much about him because she wasn't there. He was a great ranger but she always wanted to be by his side through each and every battle.

She listened as Tommy began describing the remaining Ranger teams. She smiled at how many had come after that very first team. She glanced back in the living and saw that the Dinos were wrapped up in Tommy's speech. She also realized that this was the longest speech Tommy had ever had.

She knew that his time in grad school had helped him. She looked over at Tommy and knew that he was different but she seen that fearless leader inside him. She hoped that everyone else seen it too.

She smiled at his mention of the Forever Red mission because it was then that she had stopped running from her past. She accepted that she was a ranger and that she had possibly lost the one true love in her life.

Trini told her that she should get to know the new Tommy. She took her advice and began to get to know Dr. Oliver. She grinned at the looks of everyone. They were as wrapped up in the story as the Dinos were even though they knew the story.

She finally walked back into the living room with Tommy explaining how he and Hayley had made the Dino morphers to go with the Dino gems. She sat beside him, leaned into his side, and waited for him to finish his story.

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"Wow! I can't believe we're not the first rangers and you didn't even tell us about being one of the first." Connor said as he jumped up and started to pace.

Kira, Trent, and Ethan looked at him then to Tommy. They knew that Connor would be mad because being leader meant knowing your team.

"Well I wanted to keep my past life out of this. I wanted these guys to get the break that they deserved." Tommy said as he motioned to the former rangers that were all over his living room.

He felt Kim stiffen beside him. He looked at her and saw the look in her eyes. He knew that she didn't agree with him not telling his teammates or even telling his former teammates about stepping back into the spandex.

"Well you could have told your teammates that you were experienced so that we would not have been looking out for you as much as we did. I also knew that it was something more when we finally got Trent on our side. You knew what to do at each step. We just didn't know that you had been in his shoes. Heck you have been in everyone's shoes except maybe Kira because she's a girl but I'm not sure since you dated the first Pink Ranger." Connor yelled at Tommy but he took in all in stride because he knew that he should've told these guys that he had been a ranger.

He looked at everyone else and noticed that they were presenting a united front. He smiled at that fact. Zordon's legacy still lived throughout the rangers.

"Connor, please sit down. Dr. O said he was sorry." Kira said as she tugged his pants leg.

He shook his head at Kira. He wanted to steam a little longer. He just didn't count on Kim jumping to Tommy's defense since she was mad at him for not telling her.

"CONNOR! Sit down! You don't get it do you. He was protecting us from this Mesogogg creature. He didn't want to have to rescue one of the former rangers because we don't have powers. We also don't like to back down from a fight even though most of us have not been active in a few years. If you had been here when I first showed up you would have seen Jason and I battling whatever those things are called. We knew that we were not rangers but we still fought. It is the reason that Zordon chose us so long ago. We put our safety in danger just to help someone else. You need to learn a few things about being a Red. It's not just a color; it's a calling because not every ranger can be Red. I know that there is something in you that the Red Dino gem chose you. You only have to let that part surface and until you do, you will never be a great Red. You will never join the ranks of Jason, Rocky, Tommy and the others." Kim said as she watched Connor soak everything she had said in.

She got up and walked outside. She knew that Tommy would follow her but she wanted a few minutes to herself. The thing that she hadn't counted on was Connor following her out.

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"Do you think that Connor will be okay out there with her?" Trent asked as he had stood to rescue Connor. He had seen the look in Kim's eyes. He was shocked that this sweet looking girl had once again gone off on someone.

"Trent, I think that we need to discuss what it means to be a Pink." Jason said with a laugh. All the former rangers shook their heads yes.

"Okay, what's with being a Pink? I mean we have a girl on the team." He said pointing to Kira who was still seating on the floor. She gave him a dirty look.

"First off, don't mess with a Yellow. They are the tigers that will fight for their friends. Pinks are normally the center of the team. They are not normally the fighters of the group but mess with one of their closest friends then stand back and watch the fireworks. When they blow up, they blow up. They are the most feared among the rangers. You can ask any of the past rangers about Kim. They are scared of her the most. Her blow-ups are legendary." Tommy said with a tinge of pride in his voice.

He knew that the reason for that famous blow-up was his fault. It was the Forever Red mission. He thought with a smile.

"Okay, well being a Pink myself we love deeply and rarely ever go over the top. Well at least I didn't." Kat said as everyone laughed.

"Kat's right. Pinks do love deeply and rarely go over the top and yes every other Pink past Kim has been a little more subtle except Jen. She reminds me so much of Kimberly it's not funny but seriously, Connor's fine out there with Kim. She will calm him down more than anyone ever could. She is a calming force." Tommy said with a smile.

He knew that Jason and Trini were giving him looks when he said that Kim was a calming force. She was though. She was his calming force more than anything.

"Could've fooled me." Trent said as he walked into the kitchen. He wanted to go outside but he also didn't want to face Kim right now.

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"Kim, wait." Connor said as he stepped out of the door. She turned around at the bottom of the front steps.

"What is it?" She asked as she walked back up the steps.

"I want to ask you a few questions and you seemed to know more about Dr. O than even Jason and Trini." He said as he motioned for her to sit with him on the swing that Tommy had.

She was not at all shock that Tommy had a porch swing. They had spent many nights on hers when they were in high school.

"Okay that's fine." She said as she sat next to him.

"Well, first off I'm sorry about going off on Dr. O but I thought that he should've told us about his past ranger life." He said and was surprise at her nod.

"I know. He should've told you but he didn't even tell any of the past rangers except Jason. I was mad at him but I know that he feared for our safety. He's always been like that. Remember he was a leader for several teams." She said as she looked out over the yard.

"Yea, I want you to tell me about some of his past. I want to know more than what he told me in there." He said as he pointed to the house. He wanted to know something of his mentor's past that he would never tell.

"Okay well like he said he was the Evil Green Ranger. We had fought him several times but we finally got him over to our side. What you don't know is that he suffered from feeling not good enough to fight alongside of us. He wanted to retreat inside himself but I refused to let him. I wanted him to be whole again to be the boy that I had met at the match against Jason."

"I would not get that boy back until he became the powerful White Ranger. He had to learn to trust us and become secure in his own skin once again. He was doubtful as the Green Ranger but with each battle, he came into his own. He was doing so well until Rita took his powers. He slipped back into that doubting ranger once again. I stood by him during that time. I had too. It was for me as much as it was for him. I couldn't let him set back and let his accomplishments fade into the background."

"The second time he lost his powers he was better. He knew that his powers were limited this time around. He knew that by choosing to fight his powers would fade faster. The man that stands before you now is the result of all the trials that he has been through."

"He would never tell you this but when he became the White Ranger, he didn't want to be leader. Zordon had made him leader over Jason. He never felt that he should've been leader over Jason but Zordon knew that Jason's term as the Red Ranger was coming to a close."

"He wanted a stable core for when the new rangers came in. Tommy grew into leadership just as Jason did before him just as you will. You just have to give it time." She said as she patted his knee.

She didn't know that Tommy stood just inside of the door with Jason, Rocky, Trini, and Hayley. The others had gone into the backyard to set up the volleyball net again.

"How much time? I mean I was captured and as leader, I should've paid more attention. My team counts on me. I had to be rescued by two former rangers. I couldn't even get myself out." Connor said sadly. He just wanted to be a good Red. He didn't even really want to be a great Red.

"I'm not sure but Jason, Rocky, and Tommy have been captured as Reds and I'm sure that other Reds have too. Yes, your team counts on you but you need to learn to count on your team and the only reason that Tommy and I rescued you was because he refused to let them come. Remember that everyone needs a little help every now and then." She said as she got up to walk back into the house.

She had calmed down from just talking to Connor. She knew that he had a little of every Red before him in him. She could see her three favorite Reds the most in him. Tommy had heard her get up so he and the others sat down in the living room and waited for her to come. They watched her come and sit beside Tommy.

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