Introduction


        Just a quick note, I wrote this on April 3, 1993 and
        consider this my first ever written fanfic ...hope you
        enjoy.....




                The day had started too early for Kim. The alarm
     had gone off with it's usual incessand sound which always
     made Kim have to get up and turn the fool thing off. She
     stretched, and with a yawn, started getting ready for
     breakfast of the usual eggs, toast, and the awful
     singsongy Mrs. Cleaver "Good Morning" from her mother
     which drove the half asleep teenager up a wall. She
     hated that and never could really deal with the
     pressures of school or too cheerful mothers at seven
     in the morning.
                Kim shrugged and walked downstairs , ready
     for another fun day of high school. Her friend Jason,
     true to form was already up, having been up since six
     in the morning. His martial arts training had always
     kept him mentally and physically in top form. The routine
     for today had changed slightly. After
     a good workout and a shower, he had put on a fresh
     shirt and picked up his keys. Kim needed a lift and
     had asked Jason if she could ride with him. Jason
     thought highly of kim, who really needed to be at her
     best in school because of Angel Grove's Awards day
     being right around the corner. She was to be one
     of the inductees during the ceremony.
        They all met in the parking lot, like they usually
     do, and headed off to their classes. Jason gave Tommy
     a high five as they trotted off to p.e. class for
     first period, while Zack took off to science with Billy
     , and Kim and Trini headed off to english. Kim arrived
     in the classroom and sat down to go over her notes. Bulk
     and Skull, the two school bullies arrived in the room with
     only one thing in mind; Mayhem. Kim put her head on her
     desk. She didn't need this aggravation while she was trying
     for an addition to the Honor Club, which she so eagerly
     wanted to join.
        While the teacher was into the lesson, Bulk was
     writing intently. He smiled at Kim and hissed quietly,
     "Hey goody good, pass this back." She looked at him like
     she could kill him. "No way." Bulk snarled at her as he
     held out the note. "C'mon, i just want you to pass it back,
     now what's the harm in that?" With a moment's distraction,
     Kim took the note and passed it to the student behind her.
     Suddenly the note was where she never intended it to be.
        The note was sitting in the teachers hand. She hadn't
     noticed that he had moved around to the back of the room
     and sat in the seat behind her while she and Bulk were
     talking. He smiled a smile that told Kim she was dead on
     the spot. "Kaplan's office, now!" yelled the teacher. She
     knew that teacher all too well because when he yells, don't
     argue, just go. She headed down that long hallway that
     seemed to be constructed only for students who had gotten
     into trouble. Everybody in the hallway seemed to be staring
     at her as if they knew what had happened.  The redness
     in her face finally started to go away as she went into
     the office and the secretary motioned to her to sit down
     in Kaplan's office. The Principal walked in. "Kimberly,
     I am very surprised at you. Personally I don't think you
     even had it in you to do this." he held up the note. "But
     even great students like you should be punished for when
     you do wrong."
         Kim seemed to shrink into her seat. She knew that she
     was a goner and that Kaplan was nly toying with her. "Kim."
     He said, "Don't take this too hard, but I'm going to have
     to assign you two days of detention, starting today. Even
     if Bulk did start it, you were an accessory to it. Don't
     worry though, it shouldn't stop you from entering the Honor
     Club." He handed her the detention slip and dismissed the
     disheartened girl. Kim laughed nervously to herself. "Well,
     only fifty-two more days until summer vacation."
         She sat in the detention room before the session, and
     Jason appeared in the doorway, on the way to his final class.
     "Kim, what happened?" he asked. Kim looked up. "Bulk happened.
     He...I ..." her voice caught as Jason smiled. "Don't worry,
     all of us know your a perfectionist. You'll still win that
     award, hands down." Kim gave him a hug. "Thanks Jase, you've
     always been there for me." He gave a gentle courteous bow and
     headed for class.
           On the moon, Rita Repulsa gazed into her telescope. Her
     eyes were wet from laughing so hard that the eveil one had been
     crying. "That goody-two shoes finally lost it!" She couldn't
     stand all the free entertainment that she was getting. Rita
     smiled. On her birthday nontheless!
             Kim sat in the detention class, wondering how her social
     life could end at only eighteen years old. Straight A's in her
     class and a lifetime of work had gone down the drain. Ever since
     her parents divorced, she had really tried her best to impress
     her mother. She had one other little accomplishment, she was a
     Power Ranger and proud of it at that. As she sat in the class,
     her communicator beeped. Zordon, mentor of the team, had an
     emergency. What the heck, thought Kim as she looked at the time.
     3:00, it's almost time to let out of school anyway. She slipped
     into a secluded area of the school after the bell rang and
     instantly teleported to Zordon's Command Center.
             As she arrived, she looked up at Zordon's tube. "What's
     up?" She asked. The wise sage, who was caught in a time warp replied.
     "The team is in trouble. You need to go to Angel Grove park and help.
     Be careful and let the power protect you." Kim pulled out her power
     morpher. The unit had always intrigued her, but now wasn't the time
     for petty fascination, it was time to morph. She placed the unit on
     her hand. Pterodactyl!" She yelled, and instantly transformed into
     the Pink Ranger. She pressed a switch and teleported to the park.
     When she arrived the others were in heated combat with Rita's putty
     patrol.  The Putties were no match for the team because they were
     completely mindless. A series of punches and kicks and the putties
     were history. Jason laughed as he shouted at Trini. "Man, we didn't
     even break a sweat!" A low rumble shook the place. the team turned
     around and took a step back,because the main henchman of Rita's had
     arrived.
		The rangers pulled out their weapons and began the attack.
     Jason screamed over the fighting. "Where were you? In the powder
     room too long?" he barked. Kim laughed. "I was on a date thank you."
          "Hey, I was only kidding!" Jason said. When they got together,
      Goldar had really bore down on them ready to destroy the city. He
      swung his sword and they tried a counter, but it was too late.
      Goldar had scattered the team like flies. Jason picked himself off
      the ground. "Let's bring them together!"
             "Power Axe!"
             "Power Bow!"
             "Power Daggers!"
             "Power Lance!"
             "Power Sword!"
         The blinding beam of energy came out of the gun. Only
       one problem however, was Goldar dissapearing and leaving
       a mirror in it's place. The beam reflected and stuck Jason
       full in the chest. "Now I have you!" screamed Goldar.  As
       the weapon split apart, the team turned around to face the
       voice that addressed them. Goldar had reappeared behind them
       and was holding his sword at Kim. "Let her go, NOW!" Jason
       roared. Goldar snorted, "I don't think so. You want her to
       live, catch!" He threw the hapless girl at the Red Ranger.
       Jason caught her but failed to see the sword swing directly
       at his lower back. The flat side of the sword connected as he
       dropped Kim with a cry of agony. Goldar laughed and teleported
       back to Rita.
           It was a sad sight as all of the rangers gathered around
       the fallen teen. Kim was white with horror. "Jason..please tell
       me your alright..." her voice was a shallow whisper. Her freind
       was laying face down on the ground , clutching his back. "Can
       you morph?" Zack asked weakly. "I'll try." Jason touched his
       power morpher and became a teen again in street clothes.
       The EMS workers arrived on the scene and gently placed the
       injured leader on a stretcher as the others watched. Yellow
       and Blue ranger helped to lift the gurney into the ambulance.
       It was a depressing sight to see the rescue vehichle drive away
       with Jason inside.
           Back at the school, the five sat and talked with Rocky, a
        freind of Jason's, about the tragic accident. He tried to
        calm the upset kim, but she turned emotionally to the others.
        "Look." she sobbed. "I caused this accident, can't you see?"
        Jason wouldn't be hurt if i had done my part and not been
        daydreaming!" Trini tried to comfort the distraught girl.
        "No!" Kim yelled. "I can't take it! I'm quitting."
                In one quick move, she had gotten into her car and
          roared off. "Oh Kim." Trini whispered. Rocky put a hand
          on her shoulder. "Don't worry. She needs a little time
          to deal with this. When she wants to talk to us, we'll
          be there for her. I promise." All smiled at their freind,
          who had just moved to Angel Grove.
                Zack smiled. "Let's go visit Jason." The five got
          into Trini's car and they drove off to the hospital. Not
          a word was said in the car as they drove up to the parking
          lot. When they walked up to the hospital door, things went
          downhill from there. The building was cold-looking, and was
          like a place for someone to go and die. The teenagers, were
          escorted to a waiting room, where seemingly like hours later
          a doctor came into the room. Trini was the first on her feet.
          "Doctor?" The doctor smiled tiredly. "Yes. I'm Dr. Cynthia
          Taylor and I know why you are here and...I'm sorry. Things
          don't look good for your friend. I know it's rough, but he
          may never walk again."
            Trini placed her head in her lap, crying. Rocky and Billy
          stood in utter shock. Dr. Taylor sat next to the depressed
          Trini. "Jason needs his friends now in there instead of in
          here mourning his loss." Rocky stood. "Your right." and
          without a second word, they walked in to the dimly lighted
          room.  It only had a small television and wash basin with
          a bathroom off in the corner, but had never been used. A
          lone light illuminated the area where the injured Jason was.
                Jason painfully turned over and managed a feeble wave
           to his freinds. Rocky asked. "How are you?" Jason replied.
           "I can't move my legs." He looked around. "Where's Kim?
           I was hoping to talk with her." he groaned. Trini tried to
           be reassuring. "Kim quit the team yesterday. She does
           blame herself for the accident." Fighting the agony, Jason
           tried to sit up. 
                   "Her fault?" It's all mine. I shouldn't have let
           Goldar use her like that." He laid back down. "This team
           is my responsiblity and I should be at fault." Rocky walked
           up "I don't know who is at fault or even what this Team
           is , but we gotta get you healed up bud." Tommy spoke up,
           a slight smile on his face. "Jason, let me talk to her. I
           think i can convince her to rejoin the team." Jason smiled.
           "Alright. go for it. I knew i could count on my freinds."
            Trini was smiling most of all.
                Rita looked up from her scope. "So, Kimberly blames
            herself hmnmm? Finster! Make me a monster, and do
            it quickly!" Finster yawned. "Yes misteress. Your monster
            is coming right up." Finster pulled out some fresh clay
            and began to sculpt. Rita laughed. "Good! Now Zordon's
            weakling teenagers will be defeated once and for all!"
                Tommy knocked on the door to Kim's room. "Kim..
            Kim it's Tommy." Silence. "I know your in here Kim,
            please open the door. I want to help." The door slowly
            opened. Tommy entered the darkened room and looked
            around. He found that the poor girl had been crying over
            Jason's injury the whole time. "Kim, I.." she put a
            finger to her lips, quieting the startled Green Ranger.
            She was watching a video of newscasts, telling of the
            Rangers heroic exploits. Image after image followed, and
            tommy finally found the ability to speak. "Kim, I just
            spoke to Jason. The team really needs you. Please come
            back to us."
                Kim smiled but said nothing. She thought back to the
            time when the putties destroyed her float for the flower
            power parade and when the team helped fix it. The Rangers
            had a sensitive site as she found that out on Parent's day.
            Her parents were divorced and Trini comforted her, telling
            Kim they were inside waiting for her and it wasn't her
            fault for the split. She would never forget that.
                Those time that the team shared together were so
             intense and always unique for a group of teenages that
             they would always carry the memories with them forever.
             She never wanted the good times to end in  injury to
             anyone but the bad guys. Tommy sat and watched as Kim
             suddenly broke the silence.  "I care too much for these
             guys. I never want to see them hurt in any way. Jason
             could have been killed because of my screw up." Tommy
             knew that kim was taking the events of the other day
             extremely hard. No one could have prepared themselves
             for what she endured. "Let it out kim." said Tommy,
             holding his arms out. "That's what we're here for."
              Kim put her head on his shoulder and cried. "I hope
             he will be alright." Tommy only smiled. "I'm sure he
             will, Kim." Tommy had a small tear in his eye. The
             young man had been genuinely touched by Kim's caring
             attitude.
                Back at the hospital, Billy had a plan. "It goes like
             this guys, Jason, I'll modify your power suit to have
             your voice \even if someone else is wearing it. Maybe
             we can get Kim to belive your back." Jason smiled.
             Billy was always the wisest of the five. He sat up,
             using the devices on the bed to make him more comfortable.
             "One question though. Who will wear it?" Billy replied.
             "I will, or , " he seemed thoughtful for a moment. He
             looked over at Rocky,  who had shrunk back into a corner.
             "Since you've stumbled on to our little secret, would
             you help?" Rocky smiled. "Help the Power Rangers? When do
             we begin?"
                Back at Kim 's house, the cry had done her some good.
             She had fallen asllep and was resting well with Tommy
             watching over her. He thought she was so beautiful to
             be so caring. He decided about leaving her to get some
             restand was just about to do so when her communicator
             beeped.
                "Yeah Zordon?" Tommy said. "We need Kim's help. The
             rangers are in trouble." Tommy ran over to Kim and
             gently shook her awake. She stirred blinking her eyes
             at the bright light and stared at Tommy. He handed her
             the communicator and said. "Zordon needs us. Here you
             go." She picked up the two-way. "Yes?" She said. "There
             is a battle in the park. The team will all if you do not
             help." Kim looked over at Tommy, who shrugged his
             shoulders. "Kim, go on. But i'll be upset if you get
             hurt and forget our date tonight." She looked at him
             strangely. "Go on!" He urged. She turned to leave. "But,
             I'll be upset if my freinds come back injured because
             of me." Tommy laughed. "I'll be upset if anyone returns
             hurt. So take it easy and all of you return in one piece.
             I'll be there if I'm needed." She smiled and morphed
             out to her friends.
                The pink ranger appeared in the midst of a terrible
             battle. The monster that Rita had sent down had already
             grown huge in size. To her amazement though, was the
             Red Ranger. They got together and held up their power
             crystals. "We need Dinozord power, Now!" they yelled.
             From the far distance, a low rumble was heard. The zords
             were coming to help. The rangers entered their respective
             machines. "Log on!"
               "Zack here, let's rock and roll!"
               "Billy here, all systems go!"
               "Trini here, on line!"
               "Kim, back in the attack!"
                Red Ranger held up his power crystal. "Rangers, power
             up your crystals." In the same motion, all four pulled
             their crytals out and inserted them into the console.
             "Two, One, Power up!" Red Ranger worked the controls on
             his zord. "Alright, let's show them some Megazord Power!"
             The computer voice intoned. "Megazord sequence has been
             initiated."  and the awesome machine slowly began to
             rise up as the process completed. "Megazord Activated."
                  The Monstor took a swing. The megazord only backed
             up a few feet. "We need the power sword now!" A glint
             of light appeared in the sky. The Power Sword was fast
             approching. Megazord caught it as the rangers said at
             the same time. "Strike Three, Your out!" with a sweeping
             motion, the megazord sliced through the monster and it
             exploded in a shower of sparks.
                "Yeah!" The team cheered. Red Ranger looked at the
             others and said "Let's get back to the hospital. I
             don't feel too hot." On Rita's homeworld she was
             throwing a tantrum as usual. "I'm getting a headache
             again! You losers!"
                The team returned to the hospital as their comm
             units beeped. "Congratualtions Rangers, you have done
             well. Kimberly, I hope you will stay with us." If one
             could see the expression behind her helmet, you could
             see Kim smile with the smile of a person who made the
             right choice.
                "Well, I do think Pink Ranger is back, unless I
              have a hair appointment." Billy frowned. "I was just
              kidding guys!" Everyone laughed as they entered the
              hospital and met up with Tommy, who had been waiting
              for them. "Kim, I want you to close you're eyes before
              you go in." She was led in by the others into the room
              when the lights came on.
                "Surprise!" All of them showted. She opened her eyes
              and saw Jason standing there on crutches. "Your ok! But
              how...I saw..." Jason smiled at her. "The doctor
              rechecked me. I only had a pinched disc. That meant I was
              only temporarily paralyzed." Kim frowned, remembering
              something. "Wait a second. If you're here." She pointed
              at the red ranger. "Who is that!?!?"
                The figure took off the helmet. It was Rocky. He had
              filled in for Jason while he was recuperating. "Don't
              worry." Jason said. "I won't even miss a day of school!"
              Kim laughed. "School...Oh my. I've got a second day of
              detention! Rocky, anyone, gimme a ride!" Laughter echoed
              over the hospital room. "That's not funny!" she hissed.
                 Rocky smiled. "C'mon Kim. I'll give you a lift."


         
 And the Adventure Continues