Chapter 33
Tommy and Kim couldn't believe it that Rito had destroyed Elsa with one swing of his sword but the proof was in front of them. Elsa had never seen it coming. Rito turned to find the rangers that he was looking for and found them. He grinned and swung his sword high.
"You're next." He said pointing at Tommy and Kim with his sword.
He charged at them but was caught off guard when they joined hands and a beam of energy flew from them and hit Rito square in the chest knocking his back a little. It didn't destroy him though because he had deflected a little of the beam with his sword.
"I don't think so, Rito." Tommy shouted the rangers joined in behind him and Kim.
He smiled as he felt the power flowing through and knew that it was happening for every ranger there with him. He could feel the strength from each of his rangers and Kim flowing through his body. He knew where each part had come from especially Kim. He knew hers the best. She had always been his strength.
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"Rito destroyed Elsa but now he's going after Tommy and Kim." Billy said as he turned to look at everyone behind him. He saw the grim looks on the others and turned back to the screen to continue watching the fight.
"It looks like Tommy and Kim are more powerful than ever before but it seems that their power comes from being together." Aisha said as she came to stand behind Billy.
She watched her girl fight and was smiling when Kim and Tommy got in a direct hit on Rito. The Dino Rangers were taking care of the remaining tyrannodrones, putties, and tengas. They had a little help from Tommy and Kim but they were mainly fighting Rito. All the rangers came to stand next to each other again as Rito disappeared.
"Well I guess that Rito knew that his time was up but he did destroy Elsa." Jason said from the back of the room.
He had stayed near the back so that he could watch everything and be near his wife. She had stayed near the back because for one she was still mad a Hayley and two she needed a little more air. She guessed that seeing Zordon again had made her light headed. She had been taking deep breaths for the past couple of minutes with her hand on her stomach.
She knew that she was freaking her husband out but seeing Zordon and not knowing for a split second if her best friend was alive or not had taken its toll on her. She grabbed Jason's hand and squeezed it before looking at him with a smile. She was feeling a little better and she would feel a whole lot better when Kim came back so that she could yell at her. She didn't want to worry Jason so she would yell at Kim later and out of earshot of her husband.
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"He got away!" Connor screamed as he came up behind Tommy and Kim.
He wanted to take him down and get this over with. Kira put her hand on his shoulder to let him know that she was here and that he needed to calm down. He looked over at her and just seeing her face calmed him more than anything did. He nodded to let her know that he was better.
"Yes he did but he'll be back." Tommy said as he turned to look at his rangers. He knew that Connor was mad but the others seemed to have faired well against the putties and the tengas.
"If you're supposed to be this great ranger why didn't you stop him? I can't believe you let him get away." Connor said as he stormed off.
He was heading back to Tommy's basement. He just couldn't hold that comment back. He knew that he would hear about it later from at least Kira. His other teammates might lay into him as well. He just didn't realize that Tommy might come after him.
"Let him go." Kim instructed Kira. She knew that Kira wanted to go after him but Kim motioned for Tommy to follow his Red. She would talk to Connor later if his talk with Tommy didn't go well. She also hoped that Jason would join Tommy in his talk with Connor.
"Kim, he needs me though." Kira protested. She looked back to Kim as Connor and Dr. O disappeared. She was upset that Kim wouldn't let her go but she didn't fight her on it. She had heard too much of Kim's reputation to chance going after Connor against her advice.
"No he doesn't. He needs some tough love right now and I don't know him well enough so I sent Tommy. He can serve up tough love when called to." Kim said as she motioned for everyone to head back to Tommy's basement.
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"I think that you should join Tommy." Trini said to Jason as they watched Connor storm off with Tommy following him close behind. They knew that Kim had sent Tommy after his Red but Connor needed to talk to his Dr. O.
"Tommy can handle this." Jason said as he debated to go talk to Connor with Tommy. He knew that with Kim sending him Connor had said something. He also knew that Kim had wanted to go but she didn't know Connor as well, so she sent the next best at tough love.
"Yes he can but you were the Original Red remember that." Kim said as she walked in. She pointed for Jason to join Tommy with Connor.
He decided that he didn't want to upset Trini so he went outside to find Tommy and Connor. He hoped that by the time he found them that their talk would be over.
"What did he say?" Trini asked as she watched her husband walk out to find Tommy and Connor.
"He basically jumped down mine and Tommy's throat. He wanted to know why we didn't take care of Rito and why we let him get away." Kim said as she watched everyone else go upstairs. She guessed that they didn't want to hear her when Connor came back. She hoped to be calm by then.
"Wow. I can't believe you didn't go after him. I mean you are the best to serve tough love." Trini said as she went over to the computer that Hayley and Billy had abandoned. She had seen Aisha ushering everybody upstairs as well as Zordon and Alpha. She guessed that they would talk about the rangers' past with the Dinos.
"I was too mad but I saw you face when I came in so go ahead and yell at me." Kim said in a calm voice. She knew that Trini needed to vent without her husband near.
"Kimberly, why would you think that I would yell at you? I mean Zordon coming and then you leaving to fight, why would I need to but it might be because I didn't know if you were dead or not. Kim you know you have to be here for the birth, you are the Godmother after all." Trini yelled.
She had started off in a normal tone but then she ended in a yell. She was also talking with her hands as well and Kim knew that Trini was really upset. She only ever threw her arms in the air when she was close to tears. Kim went over to her best friend and gave her a hug. She knew that Trini hated to cry.
"I'm sorry but you knew that I would be fine. Tommy was with me and you know that he wouldn't let anything happen to me." Kim said as she stepped back from her. She dragged another chair, sat in front of her, grabbed her hands, and gave them a squeeze.
"I know it's just this pregnancy that has my hormones out of whack. I know that Tommy was there and that you were a ranger before. You have faced more monsters than I have but I was scared. I think that it was the fact that I wasn't out there with you." Trini said as she looked Kim in the eye. She was trying to hold back her tears but she noticed that Kim was crying and that broke the dam. She just let the tears flow as she held her best friend's hands.
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"Connor, you want to explain that comment back there?" Tommy said as he finally caught up with his Red.
"No. I was just mad. I mean he was right there and I know that you and Kim were trying your best." He said as Jason walked up to them.
He looked down at the ground and shuffled his feet back and forth. He knew that his outburst was bad but he was trying to adjust that his mentor was not just a ranger but also the Greatest Ranger that had ever worn the spandex. He finally looked back up to two of the men that had worn the Red before him.
"I know what you mean. I wish that we could've gotten him too but I know that he will be back at least we don't have to deal with Elsa anymore." Tommy said as he crossed his arms over his chest. He noticed that Jason was doing the same thing. He looked back to Connor and saw him look back down at his feet. He guessed that this was going to be a long conversation.
"How do you do it? I mean how many times have you slipped on the spandex and not gotten the bad guy?" Connor asked the former rangers. He looked at them and saw Tommy motioned for Jason to handle that answer.
"Every time but I also know that at least we get the monster of the day. The warriors like Goldar, Rito, and Elsa stay around until the end. I mean Kim and Tommy finally got Goldar and Rito took care of Elsa so there is really only one left. We also learned to wait when dealing with the warriors." Jason said as he shuffled his feet as well.
"Jason's right. I have wanted to beat Goldar since I turned from the Evil Green Ranger and that was years ago. You didn't have to wait that long for Elsa. I know it wasn't your sword that got her but she is gone." Tommy said as he leaned against the tree behind him. He saw that Jason was also leaning against a tree as well. Connor looked up with his first smile as he realized that Elsa was gone.
"You're right. Elsa is gone but now my only fear is Kim." He said as Tommy and Jason laughed at him. They knew that Kim was hard on people but it was only because she cares.
"Well I think right now you don't have to worry about her. She is letting my wife yell at her so I think that you're safe." Jason said with a smile. Tommy looked at him with a knowing smile but Connor looked on in confusion.
"Well with her hormones all over the place she needed to vent and Kim lets her do it to her. Trini is somewhat abrasive and Kim is the only one who can take it and not be hurt in the end. They are probably crying together right now." Tommy said with a smile.
He never wanted to be on the receiving end of Trini's venting. He knew that seeing Zordon again and her not knowing about Kim for a few seconds would throw her hormones everywhere. He hoped that she would be fine by the time they got back in there.
"Okay I guess anyway how long do you think it will be before they attack again?" He asked as Tommy and Jason straightened away from the trees they were leaning against.
"Not sure but we'll be ready." Tommy said as he turned back to his house. He was ready to get back and talk with Zordon and to see what Rocky had planned for Kat. He knew that Rocky would prank her soon and he wanted to be there for that.
"Okay well since Zordon is here and I know I want to talk to him I guess we should get back." Jason said as he turned with Tommy.
They all went back to the basement and noticed that Trini and Kim were wiping their eyes. Tommy and Jason were right about them crying but they were glad that they had missed it. Tommy and Jason went up to Trini and Kim, offered their hands, and helped the girls up. They followed Connor upstairs to join the others with Zordon and Alpha.
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"What is wrong with you? I told you to destroy those rangers." Zedd yelled at his brother-in-law. He knew that it was a mistake to send him in but with Goldar destroyed, he had no choice.
"Well she was getting in my way and I did find out the Tommy and Kimberly's strength comes from each other. I think that we could use that against them." Rito said as his sister came in the throne room. He also saw that Zedd was forming a plan to use that knowledge against the Greatest Rangers. He would finally destroy Tommy and Kimberly.
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