Kimberly and Tommy finished eating at 7:40 PM. Tommy looked down at his watch and noticed they had five minutes to get to the bus. He quickly put his rain coat and back pack on, got out his wallet and paid for their dinner. Tommy heard thunder and he knew it was going to start raining at anytime. Plus, he knew storms were on the wall.

"Beautiful, slip your raincoat on," ordered Tommy. "It could rain at anytime."

"Do you still have my purse in your book bag?" asked Kimberly.

"Of course, I do," promised Tommy. "Come on, we need to get to the bus."

Kimberly slipped on her raincoat and Tommy grabbed her hand. Both of them started to make their way to the bus. Meanwhile, Randall was taking attendance to make sure they had everybody. She was watching to see if Kimberly and Tommy were coming to the bus. Randall saw that they were coming out the door and heading towards the bus. She told the bus driver to leave because they had everyone. And the bus driver left without them. Tommy and Kimberly saw the bus pull off the parking lot with out them.

"Now what are we going to do?" asked Kimberly.

"I'll call Randall and tell her that they left us," explained Tommy. "It's only 7:42 PM, we don't leave until 7:45 PM, which is three minutes from now."

Tommy pulled his cell phone out and called Principal Randall.

"Hello," answered Principal Randall in a sweet voice.

"Principal Randall, this is Doctor Oliver. The bus left without us. It's 7:42 and the bus wasn't suppose to leave until 7:45," stated Tommy. "You accidently left me and Kim at the mall. I see you aren't that far, could you have the bus stop so we can get on."

"Doctor Oliver, I'm so sorry about this. I thought you were both on the bus," lied Randall. "The bus driver won't stop, I'm afraid. They are calling for a heavy down pour. It will probably slow us down and we will barely make it home by 9:00. If we stop, we'll be late getting home. I can't afford to deal with angry parents because they were about their kid not getting back, when we said they would."

"What do you expect me and Kimberly to do?" asked Tommy. "Reefside is an hour away from here. It is beginning to rain and it is suppose to storm tonight. There aren't any hotels near by the mall and there aren't any hotels on the rest of the way back."

"Doctor Oliver, I'm aware of that," informed Randall.

"Can you advise what do?" asked Tommy.

"I would say to call someone from school," suggested Randall.

"Who do I call?" questioned Tommy.

"I just go a text from the assistant principal saying that the electricity and the phone lines have been knocked off all over Reefside," lied Randall. "He texted me before you called. I tried to call him and I can't get through. I assume there isn't any cell phone services working either."

"What do you advise me to do?" asked Tommy in a worried voice.

"Since you won't be able to call anyone on their land phone or on their cell phone, I'm afraid there is only one thing you can do," lied Randall. "I'm afraid that you're just going to walk home."

"Are you saying that you expect me to walk through heavy down pour and while it is raining?!" gasped Tommy.

"That's what I was saying," stated Randall. "The mall closes at 8:00 PM, you can't go back there."

Tommy saw all the mall employees walking out of the mall and someone locked up. He knew they couldn't go wait in the mall.

"The mall just closed now," explained Tommy. "Is there anything else I do."

"I'm afraid you're going to have to walk home," lied Randall. "Everything will closed down because of the sever storms. The only thing I can tell you is to look for a ditch or somewhere out in the open to spend the night."

"Principal Randall, I'm begging you, is there anything else I can do," begged Tommy. "I don't won't to be out in this type of weather."

"Stop thinking of yourself!" shouted Randall. "You're only thinking of you and only you."

"I'm thinking of Kimberly," corrected Tommy. "I don't want her out in this type of weather. And I don't want her getting soaked because she could get sick."

"Kimberly Oliver isn't any concern to me," remarked Randall. "I'm stupid and married her like you did. Kimberly is your responsibility, not mine. You're resourceful, I'm sure you'll be able to take care of yourself and her. She's weak and isn't no near as smart as you are. I would have loved to see how she would have made it home alone. My battery is getting low, I need to get off and save my cell phone for more important calls."

Principal Randall hung on up on Tommy. Tommy had no idea what he could do. Kimberly was scared of storms, he knew if their was no power, he couldn't contact the rangers with his communicator, he had no idea how they were going to get through the night, and he knew their lives were at risk. Tommy Oliver was a really strong person, especially when it came to Kimberly's well being. This time, he wasn't just barely able to hold together. Kimberly was on her knees sobbing. Tommy kneeled down to comfort her.

"Tommy, I am sorry," sobbed Kimberly. "I was stupid and didn't realize I was walking around with the seams ripping out of my clothes. If I was smarter and was dumb like Randall says I am, we wouldn't be in the position.

The only time Tommy ever lost his temper with Kimberly was when it came to her safety and well being or if down graded herself in front of him. His face turned red with anger. He couldn't stand to hear her call her self stupid, dumb, or saying she didn't have any self worth. Since he heard all three come out of her mouth he lost his temper and smacked her as hard as he could across the face.

"I NEVER WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT ABOUT YOURSELF AGAIN!" yelled Tommy. "YOU'RE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL I KNOW! YOU ARE VERY INTELLGENT!"

Kimberly started sobbing more and she flung her arms around Tommy's neck. He could be believe that he smacked her across the face. Tears started running down Tommy's face because he felt horrible for yelling at her and smacking her.

"Beautiful, I'm sorry for slapping you in the face and for yelling at you," apologized Tommy. "I can't stand to hear you put yourself down."

"Tommy, I'm really scared," Kimberly said tearfully.

"Beautiful, I know. I am scared too," confessed Tommy. "We have to keep going."

"Where?" questioned Kimberly.

"We're just going to have to walk until we find a place to crash for the night," explained Tommy.

He stood up and helped Kimberly up. Tommy held out his hand and she took hold of it. They started walking and Tommy noticed that the street signs were lit up and they had a little light to help them see.

"Are we going to be walking all night?" asked Kimberly.

"Beautiful, I honestly don't know," confessed Tommy. "We'll have to keep going until we find a place to stay during the night."

"Will we be out in the open?" asked Kimberly.

"I hope not," explained Tommy. "I'm hoping to find an empty barn or an abandoned house."

They walked off the mall parking lot and started walking on the side of the road. It was rush hour, so Tommy got them off the main highways as quickly as he could. And that took them about 30 minutes. It began to rain harder, when they got off the main highways. However, the street lights were still lit up.

"How much longer until we're back in Reefside?" asked Kimberly.

"I honestly don't know," replied Tommy. "I've never walked along distance like this before. It's a two hour drive to Stone Canyon."

"Do you see anything familiar?" questioned Kimberly.

Tommy looked up and saw a gas station. He realized that the gas station if it they were on the bus, they would have passed the gas station within twenty minutes. He looked at his watch and saw it was 9:45 PM.

"If we were driving we'd be 40 minutes away from Reefside," said Tommy. "It's taken us two hours to get here. It will probably take another four to six hours to get home."

They stopped at the gas station to go to the bathroom and to get a map. Tommy looked at the map to see what would be fast route home. It turns out that they were on quickest route there was.

"Beautiful, we're on the quickest route," stated Tommy. "We need to keep going."

They left the gas station and continued walked towards Reefside. The rain began to pick up about an hour later and the wind began to blow. And they heard a lot of thunder.

"Can we find a place to rest," asked Kimberly.

"Kim, we will as soon as I find a place," promised Tommy.

About ten minutes, the wind began to blow really hard, there was a lot of thunder and lighting, and the down pour began to start. Kimberly began to freak because they were out in the open. Tommy began to look for a place for them to rest for the night. He noticed their was a big hollow tree next to the grave yard that they were walking by. The tree looked dead and it had a huge opening in it.

"There's a huge opening in that hollow tree," pointed out Tommy.

They quickly walked to the hollow tree and both of them noticed that there would was enough room inside to hold two people. He quickly grabbed Kimberly and they went inside the opening. Tommy opened his back pack and got out the emergency blankets. He laid one of them on the ground for them to sit on. Then he sat against the inside of the tree and Kimberly sat down in his lap. Tommy wrapped the other blanket around him and Kimberly. She was resting her head against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her waist. A few minutes after they sat down inside the tree, the heavy down pour began to take place, the wind was about 20 to 30 miles an hour, and it was thundering.

"Are we going to be here all night?" asked Kimberly.

"Yes, we are," answered Tommy. "I'm not taking you out in this type of weather. At least were warm and dry in here."

"What about tomorrow?" questioned Kimberly.

"We'll finish walking home," said Tommy. "I'm hoping that I'll be able to call some Haley or one of the rangers to come get us. They can take us to school, so I can drive us home. The storm is suppose to be over sometime tonight."

"So I assume we're going to sleep here tonight?" remarked Kimberly.

"Yes, we are," informed Tommy. "Neither one of us is going out in this weather. It's too dangerous."

They could here a lot of thunder, the could see blue lightening, and hear the rain pouring down. Kimberly screamed when blue lightening struck close to the tree. Tommy held her closer to calm her and he kissed her.

"Beautiful, I love you so much," smiled Tommy.

"I love you more," grinned Kimberly. "Sorry about the comment I made. Randall made me feel horrible."

"I know, Randall is just like that. She hates me too," replied Tommy.

"Do you like her?" asked Kimberly.

"I dislike her even more because of what she said to you and did to you," stated Tommy.

"Randall makes passes at you," pointed out Kimberly. "Is that why she doesn't like you?"

"More than likely," answered Tommy. "On the first day of school, she asked me out. I told her I didn't want to date her. And I told her I was married."

"Did she ask anymore?" questioned Kimberly.

"She wanted to know if I married a girl I knew from high school or a girl I met in college," confessed Tommy. "I told her it was girl from high school."

"She said she didn't know we had any connections," reminded Kimberly. "I think Randall is watching us for some reason."

"Randall stocks me all the time," admitted Tommy.

"She does me too," replied Kimberly.

"Hey, Beautiful, why don't we try to get some sleep," suggested Tommy. "We've got a long walk home tomorrow."

She was already beginning to fall asleep. Tommy kiss her good night and he rested his head on top of hers and he fell asleep. Meanwhile, Zeltrax and Elsa were standing outside the tree.

"I told you they'd have to stop some where for the night," remarked Zeltrax.

"I didn't need you to remind me," Elsa said hatefully. "The first prank on Doctor Oliver and his pink princess worked perfectly. Now here is the second prank."

"What are you going to do?" asked Zeltrax.

"We just had the evil white ranger attack Reefside, a few hours ago! What if we could use him to bring us the pink princess?" suggested Elsa.

"I want to have some fun with that," requested Zeltrax. "We could call Doctor Oliver and his pink princess to the warehouse. We can freeze Doctor Oliver. Once he's froze, we'll take his pink princess. When he gets out free, we'll show him that we have the pink ranger. He'll have some fun and make him surrender to get his pink princess back."

"I love the idea," smiled Elsa.

Both of them disappeared through a portal. Kimberly and Tommy were able to sleep during the night. The following morning Tommy pulled out his cellphone and called Haley to come get them. Haley was there quickly and drove them to Reefside High School. Tommy drove home and they met the other rangers. He learned while they were away, an evil white ranger had been attacking the city. Kira secretly knew that it was Trent. She had a close relationship with Trent for the past few years. She knew he was Anton Mercer's son. Kira knew that Trent couldn't help morphing into the evil white ranger and she was trying to help him find a way to get his powers under control.