In the summer of 1998, Tommy and Kimberly were officially graduated from high school. Both of them were going to start on their graduate studies. Tommy could already be a science teacher if he wanted to, but he wanted to study dinosaurs for his graduate studies. Kimberly was going to get her masters in fitness training. However, she decided that she was only going to take a few classes at a time. Her main reason was Riley and Maya. She had formed a close bond with the two girls and wanted to spend time with them since they Katy and David were always auditioning for parts, but weren't having success so far.
The fair was coming to town and there were several pageants taking place. There were pageants for all age groups. Kimberly was reading in the paper that there was a pageant for couples. The couple could either be dating or married. It really caught Kimberly's attention because she had always wanted to enter something with Tommy and the two of them win a trophy together. This was their chance and she showed the paper to Tommy.
"Tommy, we have to enter this together," persuaded Kimberly. "We could win."
"What do we have to do for this pageant?" asked Tommy.
"We have to compete in causal wear, swimwear, and evening attire," smiled Kimberly.
"I thought this was just for girls," answered Tommy.
"This year, they added this pageant," explained Kimberly. "It is called Mr. and Ms. Reefside."
"Will we be on stage at the same time?" questioned Tommy.
"Yes, we will," replied Kimberly.
"Have any colors picked out?" asked Tommy. "I thought we could go with pink and white. I could wear a white suit, a white dress shirt, a pink dress vest, and a pink tie. You could wear a beautiful pink dress.
They went to the mall to get their clothes for the pageant. Kimberly bought a pink sleeveless evening gown. He dress was floor length and it had a sequins and crystals all over it. Tommy bought a white tux, a white shirt, a pink dress vest, and a pink tie. For the swimsuit part, Kimberly bought a pink one piece suit and Tommy bought pink board shorts. For the causal part, Kimberly bought a pink sleeveless sheath dress and Tommy bought black dress pants and a pink button down shirt.
"Beautiful, I'm going to get a hair a cut," stated Tommy.
"Okay," answered Kimberly. "I'll meet you at the hair place after I check out."
Tommy went on the hair salon and got in quickly. He decided that he wanted to cut his hair and spike it. And he didn't even tell Kimberly that he was going to do it. Kimberly checked out and went to the hair salon. She sat down to wait for Tommy. His hair appointment lasted a little longer and she wondered what was taking him so long. About thirty minutes later Tommy got out of the chair. Kimberly noticed that he got a new hair cut.
"Beautiful, what do you think?" asked Tommy.
"You cut your hair and spiked it?" Kimberly said in surprised voice.
"I did," replied Tommy. "You didn't tell me what you think."
"All I can say is that I am stunned because you didn't tell me," answered Kimberly.
She fainted from disbelief. Tommy managed to catch her before she hit the ground. He realized he probably should have told her before he got the hair cut, since she never took surprises well. Everyone is the hair salon were looking in his directions because Kimberly fainted.
"Is she okay?" asked the woman at the cash register.
"She's fine," reassured Tommy. "She just doesn't take surprises well."
"She's so beautiful," completed the woman. "How long have you been with her?"
"I dated her for two and a half years and we got married in February of 1996," answered Tommy. "We went to high school together and graduated together. I married her before we started college. She's a wonderful person and I love her very much."
Tommy gently shook her and she woke up.
"You actually cut your hair spiked it," stated Kimberly.
"I really did," admitted Tommy.
"Did you tell anyone that you were going to do it?" questioned Kimberly.
"I told Riley and Maya," admitted Tommy. "I told them not to tell anyone. I wanted to surprise you."
"You did a good job," confessed Kimberly. "And the girls didn't tell me. I'm stunned Maya didn't tell me. She tells me everything you do before it happens."
"She wanted you to be surprised and she wants you to win," revealed Tommy. "You don't know how much you mean to your six year old niece. And you mean a lot to Riley too."
Tommy paid for his hair cut and he grabbed their shopping bag and they went home. Riley and Maya were playing video games when they got home.
"My brother-in-law cut his hair," gasped Katy.
"See, we told you that he was going to do it," smiled Maya. "I told you right after the went to the mall."
"We want to go watch them compete in the pageant next week," requested Riley.
"We'll take you both to the fair so you can watch them," promised Katy.
The Following Week
David and Katy took the girls to the fair to see Tommy and Kimberly compete. David revealed that he got a job as a police officer and was working a cop. Katy and Trini were still trying to audition for a movie. Riley and Maya were sitting in the front role watching the pageant. Tommy and Kimberly had just walked the stage for the swimsuit section for the pageant. They were in a trailer getting ready for the evening attire part.
"I'm glad we finished the swimsuit competition," confessed Tommy.
"Tommy, you did fine," reassured Kimberly.
"I didn't like having to stand on stage and everyone see what I looked like in a swimsuit," stated Tommy. "You looked very beautiful."
"You've seen me in a swimsuit hundreds of times," replied Kimberly.
"But, this time you wore a fancy pink one piece suit with white glitter and sequins," smiled Tommy.
"We're competing in a pageant," reminded Kimberly. "I had to get a nice looking suit to wear."
"You're going to look even more beautiful in your evening gown," stated Tommy.
"I'm going to put my make up on and have my hair fixed before I change into my evening gown," informed Kimberly.
She got out her make up kit and started putting on her make up. While Kimberly was putting her make up on, Tommy plugged in Kimberly's curling iron and started curling her hair. On the day he got his hair cut, he bought a hair magazine with hair styles. Kimberly let him fix her hair. He saw a fancy hair style that he really loved. Part of Kimberly's hair would be up in a bun and her long bangs would be down. Tommy even bought fancy pins to hold her hair in place.
Once Kimberly finished putting on her make up, Tommy started putting her hair in a bun. She really liked how Tommy had curled her hair. And she thought he did a better job than they did at the beauty shop because she did have to sit around with hair curlers in her hair. Tommy began to twist her hair in a bun and put her hair in a fancy bun.
"You should work in a beauty shop," joked Kimberly.
"I only do your hair," answered Tommy.
"Tommy could you hand me my dress?" asked Kimberly. "I'm going to change out my swimsuit."
He didn't hand Kimberly her dress.
"Tommy, could you please hand me my dress?" repeated Kimberly.
Tommy still didn't hand her the dress. She turned around to see what Tommy was doing. When she turned around, she saw Coach Schmidt standing behind her. He had his hands around Tommy's neck.
" You're really Kermit," revealed Kimberly. "Let go of him."
He didn't do as Kimberly requested. She punched him as in the face as hard as she could and he let go of Tommy. Tommy was breathing really hard, but he had enough strength to pull Kimberly close to him. He held her also close as he could. Kermit changed forms and Lord Zedd was standing in his place.
"ZEDD!" gasped Tommy.
Zedd had his Z staff and started firing a lot of volts at them. Both of them cried out in pain. Meanwhile, Riley and Maya had noticed that Tommy and Kimberly didn't walk the stage for the evening attire competition.
"Dad, they didn't come to the stage," informed Riley. "Maybe someone needs to go check on them."
"I'll go check on them," answered David.
"I'll go to," stated Katy. "Kimberly is my sister. Trini, you stay with the girls."
David and Katy left the pageant area and went to find Tommy and Kimberly. Trini stayed with Riley and Maya. All three of them were watching the news. The space rangers were fighting the villains. Rita, the Machine Empire, Divatox, and the other villains were fighting all of the rangers allies.
"Wonder where Zedd is?" asked Trini.
"Lord Zedd, is the guy that is red and carries a Z staff," answered Riley.
"How do you know about Zedd?" gasped Trini.
"We've seen him on TV and Maya thought she saw someone dressed like him," informed Riley. "Maya said she saw Kermit transform into him and he went into the changing rooms. It was where the contestants were getting ready for the pageant."
"I think I need to go see where Tommy and Kimberly are?" informed Trini. "You stay here."
Riley and Maya were watching the space rangers reveal their identities to everyone in Angel Grove. Both girls were interested in watching it, because all of the rangers were fighting all of the old villians.
"I think Zedd is here," whispered Maya. "I'm going to go help."
"Maya, we're only six," reminded Riley. "Let the adults handle it."
Maya got up and left and Riley followed her. They heard a lot screaming coming from the pageant dressing room area. Maya looked in the window and saw Zedd was shooting volts with his Z staff. Before she could get a better view, Riley grabbed her ankle and made her get down from the ladder she was standing on. Maya got down and she noticed a lot of former power rangers were there. Some of them were the people that Kimberly had told her about. They were Jason Scott, Zack Taylor, Billy Cranston, Rocky DeSantos, Adam Park, Aisha Campbell, Katherine Hillard, and Tanya Sloan.
"These were some of the rangers," pointed out Maya. "Jason was the first red mighty morphin ranger and the gold Zeo ranger. Billy was the blue mighty morphin ranger. Zack was the first black mighty morphin ranger, the second white ranger mighty morphin ranger, and the gold Zeo ranger. Rocky was the second red mighty morphin ranger and the blue Zeo ranger. Adam was the second black mighty morphin ranger and the green Zeo ranger. Aisha was the second yellow mighty morphin ranger. Katherine was the second pink mighty morphin ranger and the pink Zeo ranger. Tanya was the yellow Zeo ranger."
"I know, Tommy told me that too," answered Riley. "I've just seen Jason, Zack, Adam, and Rocky go inside pageant dressing room area."
"Wonder why?" asked Maya.
"I don't know," answered Riley.
Maya climbed back up the ladder and saw Zedd was still standing in the room. He still had the Z staff shooting volts all of over the room. Maya and Riley saw a bright light all over the area. Maya looked into the room and saw Zedd had turned into dust. She climbed back down the ladder. Riley was watching the TV near by.
"All of the villians have been destroyed," smiled Riley. "Astronema turned back into Karone."
"Who is Karone?" asked Maya.
"The red space ranger's long lost sister. They are interviewing her on TV with Andros," answered Riley. "Andros is the red space ranger. Karone was taken by Darkonda as a child and was raised to be evil by Ecliptor."
A Few Hours Later
Tommy slowly began to wake up. He noticed he was laying a bed, his head was resting against a pillow, and he was dressed in a hospital gown. Jan and James were standing by his bed side.
"How are you feeling?" asked Jan.
"Sore," answered Tommy.
"You were hurt seriously," revealed James. "We were scared you weren't going to make it."
Tommy noticed both of his hands were bandaged and his felt some bandages were wrapped around his chest. He had an ice pack on top of his head and he had a bandage on his fore head.
"Where's Kim!?" asked Tommy. "Is she okay?"
"Tommy, please relax," requested Jan. "Kimberly is fine. She was in the same shape as you. She has bandages on her hands, arms, legs, and a bandage on her forehead. Kimberly also has an ice pack on her head. Both of you hit your head pretty hard."
Tommy learned that both him and Kimberly would be Riley and Maya's guardians, since David and Katy didn't survive being attacked by Zedd. However, Trini survived the attack. She was just weak from being zapped by Zedd's volts.
"Where is Kimberly?" asked Tommy. "Is she in this room?"
"She's in this room," answered James. "She's got Riley and Maya with her. Both of them are laying on each side of her."
"Are they okay?" asked Tommy.
"They are okay. Neither one of them understand what happens," stated Jan. "All the know is that they won't see Katy or David again and they will be living with the two of you."
While Tommy and Kimberly were the hospital, Jan and James took care of Riley and Maya. A few days later, Tommy and Kimberly were released from the hospital. All of their friends help them move Riley and Maya's stuff into the new house that they recently bought. Their house was way back in the woods and off the road. Jan and James helped Tommy and Kimberly fix up a room for Riley and Maya. Maya's favorite color was yellow and Riley's favorite color was purple. But, both of them liked the color blue. Tommy painted their room a pale shade of blue. Kimberly found some border for the room that she really liked. The background was white and it had blue, yellow, and purple flowers on it. They bought Riley a light purple comforter with yellow and blue flowers. And they bought Maya a pale yellow comforter with purple and blue flowers. Kimberly saw some white, blue, purple, and yellow plaid curtains for the girls bedroom. Jan and James helped them buy two twin beds, a dresser and two night stands for the room.