Author's Notes: Yay I got the new chapter up a bit before expected. I am now all moved, however I have since gotten a new job which is keeping me a bit busier than my old job, which is why it may be 2-3 weeks between chapters. Anyways here's chapter eight, hope you guys enjoy. As always I love hearing from everyone.

Power Rangers: Legacy
"Missing You"

Kim sat comfortably in the private plane that was carrying her from Los Angeles to New York on a beautiful May day. It had been almost three weeks since she last saw her boyfriend and she couldn’t wait to land so she could rush into his arms.

She would have to admit that the three weeks they had been apart she’d been keeping herself fairly busy, and hadn’t had a lot of time to miss him. She had a few major deadlines that had recently passed, not to mention all the ranger stuff that was going on that she was digging back into. When she had free time, Carri was doing a good job of keeping her mind elsewhere.

She watched as the plane touched down on the runway and started to slowly pull up toward the hanger. Kim pulled her seat up straight and stretched. This had by far been the best plane trip she had ever been on. She was the only one on the plane, which meant that she had the attendant, the huge leather chairs and the big screen television all to herself. Kim took in the interior of the plane one last time as it rolled to a complete stop.

The door swung down to reveal the stairs and the attendant came over to gesture her in the right direction. She grabbed her bags and walked out to the doorway, blinking a few times as the setting sun shined in her eyes. Once she had adjusted to the sunlight she looked down and saw Josh standing there waiting for her. Quickly she made her way down the stairs and ran straight into his arms.

Josh pulled her in and they shared a kiss as she dropped her bags to the ground. He let her go and she smiled at him. "Hey." Kim greeted

"Hey." Josh said as he picked the bags up off the ground and led them to his car. "How was your flight."

"Absolutely amazing." she said grinning at him

"I told you private planes were the only way to go." Josh replied. It had worked out that the plane was in LA a few days ago and would be returning to New York to take his mother out of town during the following week. He convinced his father to hold the plane off and let Kim hop a ride back.

Kim nodded as she spoke. "I owe your dad a huge thank you."

"You can give it to him yourself. He and mom are excited to see you. They want to have dinner tonight." Josh told her. Well his father was excited, he wasn’t as sure about his mother. She didn’t know Kim that well, she only knew her as Carri’s friend, and at the moment Carri was a sore subject. Carri had defied her wishes for years then for her to take off with nothing more than a postcard here and there was more than enough to drive their mother crazy.

"Great. When?" Kim asked excited that his parents wanted to take them out. It had been years since she had seen them and it would be nice to go out with them as their son’s girlfriend and not just their daughter’s best friend.

"They’re waiting for us now if you’re ready." Josh told her. He wasn’t sure with the time difference if Kim would be interested in dinner around what would be two thirty in the afternoon her time.

"I’m ready." she said as they approached the car. Josh popped the trunk and threw her bags in, before unlocking the doors and opening one for Kim. She climbed into the passenger seat and waited for him to enter on the drivers side.

Quickly he appeared beside of her, starting the engine and driving away. Kim watched and made small talk as they drove into the city. Parts of it she remembered from the last time they were there, and parts of it were new scenes to behold. They continued chatting until Josh pulled into the private garage of his parent’s building. Leaving Kim’s things in the car, the duo climbed out. Josh put her hand in his as he clicked the car door lock and led her up into the building.

After greeting the doorman they rode the elevator up an entered the Hillard’s breathtaking penthouse. As the door swung open Kim looked around. She had almost forgotten the extravagance of the place Carri’s parents owned. "Mom, dad." Josh called out throughout the house

"In here son." his father called back

Josh led Kim into the livingroom where his father was having a beer and watching baseball and his mother was sitting in her recliner quietly sipping on her martini. "We made it." Josh said as they walked in

His father immediately stood and went to greet his son’s girlfriend. "Kim it’s good to see you again." he said giving her a hug

"It’s good to see you too." she said returning the gesture. "Thank you for flying me back on your plane."

"It’s no problem." Jonathan Hillard replied brushing off her words of gratitude

"Hello Mrs. Hillard." Kim greeted as she turned toward her

"Hello." she replied giving her somewhat of a smile but not getting up

One look at the woman on the chair and Kim could immediately tell she wasn’t the same person she was last time she saw her. Carri chalked it up to the snooty attitude she took since being in New York. She had become one of the elite, and she was queen of the highest social circles, ones that included girls Carri used to go to school with and their mothers. Carri said her mother stopped introducing herself as Becky and started introducing herself to her new acquaintances with her full name, Rebecca.

Kim asked Josh if he thought his mother had changed and he said that she had without a doubt. Of course he attributed some of that to Carri and the actions she’s taken ever since moving back to California almost ten years ago. His mother put some of her frustrations into girls nights out, where they would sit at upscale bars and drink upscale drinks until the early hours in the morning. The more time she spent with these women, the more she wanted to be better than them. Eventually she achieved that goal and now she was the leader, the one they all strived to be like.

"Why don’t you have a seat." Jonathan said gesturing toward the couch

Kim sat and Josh went to grab them each a beer before joining her. He opened it up and Kim took a sip out of it before smiling at Josh’s parents. Rebecca gave her a cold stare for a moment before smiling sweetly at her. "So Josh tells me you work for Ashley Hammond?" she questioned. That in and of itself made her worthy for her son. Ashley was one of the top designers and one of her favorites. The one thing her daughter had done right was know Ashley, which had gotten her a few unique dresses.

"Yes I’ve been working there for a few months now." Kim replied smiling back at her, ignoring the stare she had gotten earlier. "It’s absolutely fabulous, I couldn’t have gotten a better job."

"That’s wonderful." she said as she took another sip of her martini. "And you’re still rooming with Carri?"

"For the moment. She doesn’t mind and I’m working hard to save money to get furniture and put toward a place of my own." Kim told her

Rebecca nodded and continued. "And how is my daughter? Since I never hear from her I have to get news from her friends and her brother." she said hoping that her discontent would get back to Carri

Josh glanced over at his father, not wanting to get Kim caught in the middle of everything. His father gave him a slight shrug as he wanted to see where this conversation was going before he jumped in the middle of it.

Kim found herself surprised by Rebecca’s statement. She wasn’t surprised by the question, it was only natural for her to wonder about her daughter. "She’s doing good. She’s really busy with work and finishing stuff on the house."

"She’s still with the karate instructor?" Rebecca questioned not hiding the distaste in her voice.

"Rocky? Yeah. He was up here when we visited New York years ago." Kim pointed out. She wanted to go into further detail, reminding her of how she approved years ago, but decided that it wasn’t her place to point it out. Besides she was pretty sure that Carri wasn’t going to hesitate to if she hadn’t already.

"Yes well." she sad giving her an awkward look before finishing the rest of her drink and setting it aside. He was good to Carri and good for her when they were in college. But now that Carri was a professional in Hollywood, she needed to be looking for something better than a man who teaches karate for a living. There were so many rich, handsome men in California she didn’t see why her daughter had to settle. Of course trying to tell her that was just asking for another headache.

Jonathan sat his beer on the coffee table. He had heard enough of the conversation and decided it was a fabulous time to go to dinner, especially before she had another drink. "Why don’t we go get something to eat."

"Great idea dad." Josh jumped in before his mother had a chance to protest. He pulled Kim up of the couch and watched as his mother grudgingly got up. They walked the women to the door and headed out for what was hopefully going to be a nice meal.

Tommy was in his jeep, heading toward Carri’s home. He had some ranger things he wanted to go over and he hoped to catch both of the girls there. Well ranger related issues was more of an excuse, he really wanted to do some prying. Since their argument in the Command Chamber three weeks ago, Kim had been more focused on the rangers. Tommy hoped that was due to the fact that she broke up with her boyfriend and was now free to give the team all of her attention.

He had to admit, seeing Kim in the park that night had made him more than a little jealous. He never thought he would react that way, after all she had broken his heart twice. But she was still Kim, his Kim, and the very thought of her in anyone else’s arms broke his heart. She had been right that he was the first to move on with Danielle. And that had been a fun relationship, but it wasn’t the same as it was with Kim.

With her he felt a deep connection. Something much more than a normal physical or emotional bond. It was hard to describe, but when he was with her things were amazing. He longed to have that again but now he wasn’t sure if it would ever be possible.

He arrived in front of the house and pulled into the driveway. He could only assume that both cars were in the garage that Carri had finally gotten cleaned out during her hiatus between filming the first and second episodes of her show. He turned off the engine and stepped out, quickly walking up to the front door. Tommy ran the bell and a few seconds later he was greeted.

"Hey." Carri said flashing him a smile. "What’s up?"

"I was hoping to talk about some ranger stuff." Tommy said giving her a smile

Carri shrugged, thinking it was odd that he came to the house instead of paging her to meet him at the Command Chamber. "Ok." she said opening the door and letting him in. She walked into the living room and gestured for him to have a seat as she sat in the recliner.

Tommy looked around briefly to see if he could spot the pink ranger. When he realized he didn’t hear anyone else in the house he inquired about her whereabouts. "Where’s Kim?"

"In New York with her boyfriend." Carri replied casually

"What?" Tommy snapped as he felt rage building up inside of him

"You don’t rule her life, she does have a boyfriend who’s not you, and she’s entitled to go see him." Carri was quick to point out. Tommy had no right to explode over the fact that his ex-girlfriend was visiting her new boyfriend.

Tommy crossed his arms and gave her a murderous look. "I have a half a mind to fly up there and drag her home kicking his ass on the way."

Carri glared at him and crossed her arms as well. "There will be absolutely no ass kicking." she said harshly. If looks could kill the one Tommy gave her certainly would. "Kim needed passion in her life and since you won’t give it to her she had to go looking for it. Whether or not I agree, I don’t think you have any right to take that from her."

"I wouldn’t give it to her because.... because she broke my heart." Tommy finally admitted to someone other than Kim. "Dammit Carri I still love her. It took seeing her with another man for me to realize that."

Carri was a bit taken back by his statement. She had a feeling he still cared, but didn’t know he was ready to admit that he loved her. "So why haven’t you told her?"

"She’s in a relationship with someone else, and I screwed us up. I’ve been waiting for them to break up so maybe I could have another chance." he explained

The red rangers features softened as he finished speaking. Carri let out a long sigh. Tommy missed Kim, and she didn’t want Kim with Josh anymore than he did so this may be her chance. If Tommy really, truly loved her they could work on separating her and Josh so that he could try again with her. Whether or not she thought it was a good idea, she had to tell him.

"Kim’s been dating my brother." she said making eye contact with Tommy. She could see the anger rising so she continued. "I don’t like the thought of it any more than you do. The only reason I’m telling you this is because I think we can break them up and get you another chance."

Tommy was angry, but to know there was someone else on his side made him feel a bit better. "What do you think we can do?" he asked. He hated to be the cause of any misery Kim felt, but he knew in his heart if he could get her to give him another chance they could make it work.

"If anyone knows them well it’s me." she started as she watched Tommy nod in response. "Josh is flying Kim back home next weekend and he’s planning on staying a day or two. I think I can give him enough doubt about their relationship to loose interest, or at the very least send him home not caring if he gets caught in the arms of another woman."

"Even if you can get Josh to back down, what about Kim? She’s not the kind of woman to give up that easily." Tommy pointed out. If she was in love with Josh, it would take more than a little distance to separate them.

"Pursue her." Carri said with a smile. "Flirt with her a little when you see her, stay close to her in battle, stuff like that. Whatever you do, don’t argue with her about anything. If something needs said to Kim, let me or Jase do it. Hopefully Josh will start pulling away and Kim will start to notice that you’re interested in her again. Then she’ll break up with him and turn to you."

Tommy raised an eyebrow and looked at her. It all sounded so simple but he knew well enough that things never went that easily. "Do you think it will work?" he asked

"Well," she said as she shrugged, "If it doesn’t work we’ll just have to go to plan B."

"Which is?" he questioned. Plan A seemed like it was going to be hard enough on Kim he hated to see what plan B was.

"I’ll tell you when it’s time." Carri said with a sly smile across her face. In all actuality there was no plan B, but if the situation called for one Carri would sure try and come up with it. "So what did you want to talk about earlier? About the rangers?" she asked switching topics.

"Just some stuff about Callisto and Rhianna and the metallic armor." Tommy said. When he initially came over here he was just going to discuss the basics and talk about some concerns that were surfacing over the course of the last three weeks. Billy said that Callisto’s minions were out searching the galaxy and that it wouldn’t be long before they came up with some sort of solution to the metallic armor.

Carri leaned back in her chair and made herself comfortable. "Alright I’m listening." she said. Anything that they needed to know about the fight at hand was important.

Tommy nodded and cleared his throat and they proceeded to spend the next hour hashing out the possibilities of upcoming battles.

Callisto sat in her chair in the main room of the palace thinking about the information that Cratus had just brought to her. She had sent him throughout the galaxy to find out how they could get past the metallic armor and defeat the rangers. She had contacts on distant planets who would have the information that she needed, or at the very least would be able to point Cratus in the right direction.

He had returned with a few possible solutions, none of which she was pleased with. The easiest way to get rid of the metallic armor was to destroy the source. Callisto had no clue what the source was and even if she did because of the armor she wouldn’t be able to get to it. This left her with two options.

The first option made much more sense than the second one. She could hunt down what she needed and do manual upgrades on her warriors and to Rhianna’s staff which would make the Cirranadrones and monsters more powerful. There was one downfall to this option, and that was that it would take weeks to complete. Once completed it was guaranteed not to fail, but the goddess didn’t think she wanted to wait that long. This fight had already dragged on much longer than she had anticipated and she was eager to end it quickly.

Which left her with option two. The benefits of the second option was that she could be ready in hours, not weeks. However the downfalls were much greater. The second option involved using magic to increase the power of her forces. The problem was magic wasn’t always one hundred percent reliable, especially not the magic she would use for this task. There were a lot of risks that were involved, the magic could become unstable and the whole plan could backfire among other things.

She tapped her fingers on the arm of the chair as she thought. Out of the two choices she wasn’t sure which one was better. Well the manual upgrades were the better choice logistically only she didn’t know if she could wait for them to be complete. She wanted the rangers dead and she wanted them dead now. The more she thought about it the more she knew what she was going to do.

Callisto rose from her chair and headed for Rhianna’s chambers. Knocking briefly she let herself in and saw Rhianna sitting there. "I know what we’re going to do."

"What?" Rhianna asked looking up at her. She had been waiting weeks for her to come up with a solution. She was tired of the rangers being able to defeat everything they could throw at them. Her revenge was well overdue and she couldn’t wait to get it.

"With the help of a little bit of magic." Callisto replied. She gave her a smile and turned to exit the room. Rhianna stood and followed and Callisto showed her what they would need to do to get their forces ready for an attack.

Josh and Kim walked through the streets that surrounded his apartment. They had gone to dinner with his parents before he took her to his place and let her get settled in. The night was still young so they walked through the streets and he took her to one of his favorite bars. Now they were now walking home.

"I enjoyed that place." Kim commented as they exited the bar and the door swung closed behind her

"I’m glad. I go up there with my friends all the time." Josh said. It was nice to be able to share a part of himself with someone he cared about so much.

Kim giggled. "I could tell." she replied. It was pretty obvious that he hung out there a lot when the bartender knew his name, his drink, and was full of funny stories about him to share with Kim. She did enjoy talking to someone who knew something about him besides his sister.

Josh put an arm around her and pulled her into him. "I was thinking maybe tomorrow you can come check out my show." He would love to be able to share his work with her if she was interested.

"Will your dad get mad?" she asked. She didn’t want to visit him at work if it was going to get him in trouble.

He shook his head no. "He probably won’t ever find out. He has so many projects going on he rarely visits the set. And if he did he wouldn’t mind seeing you there."

She flashed him a smile. "Ok." she said. It would be cool to see what Josh did for a living. She had visited Carri’s show before, but that was completely different. With the exception of her shooting in front of a green screen, all of the filming took place in cities across the globe. Most of what she did was desk work. Josh actually worked on a serialized drama and that sounded exciting.

They continued walking down the street until Kim paused to look in the window of a jewelry store. "Sorry." she apologized for stopping the flow before she continued on.

Josh grabbed her hand and pulled her back. "What you see something you like?" he asked gesturing to the jewelry in the window. "Those earrings match your necklace." he said as he pointed to a pair that matched the jewelry he gave her before he came back to New York

"They do." she agreed. "Too bad I’m saving to move out or I might actually buy them." she said as she grabbed his hand and squeezed it before trying to walk off again

"Hang on." he said before taking her hand and guiding her to the door of the store. They walked in and headed up to the counter and Josh smiled at the older gentleman. "I want to see the earrings in the window."

The man smiled at the young couple and walked over to pick them up, bringing them back to Josh. He took them off and put them on Kim’s ears before taking a step back and smiling at her. "What do you think?" he asked

Kim glanced in the mirror and noticed them sparkling back at her. They were gorgeous and they did match her necklace. She picked up the display that they were hanging on and flipped it over. For a moment she studied the price tag while she rubbed her thumb over it. She glanced at the earrings one more time before taking them off and putting them back on their display. "They’re too much." she said handing them back to the man. "But thank you for letting me try them on."

"They’re on me." Josh replied as he went to get his card out of his pocket

"Josh you can’t" she started not wanting him to spend that kind of money on her. Even if she had it, she didn’t know if she wanted to spend that kind of money on herself.

"It’s a gift." he assured her cutting her off as he handed the man a card. "For the best girl in the world." The salesman rang the earrings up and Josh signed for them before taking them and putting them back in Kim’s ears. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you." she said blushing, forgetting for a moment the price tag on the jewelry in her ears. She put her arms around Josh and drew him into a kiss, as the man standing behind the counter chuckled at them.

Josh lightly pushed her back and grabbed her hand, leading her out of the store and back onto the street. They continued heading toward the apartment for a few moments before Kim pulled him in close.

"I need to thank you." she said with a mischievous grin on her face

"You already did." he replied smiling back

"No." she said her grin growing larger. "I mean I need to properly thank you." She ran her hand all the way down his back and grabbed his butt, pulling him into her and giving him a passionate kiss.

"In that case," he started leaning in and pulling her close so that he could return the kiss, "let’s move a little faster."

As they walked down the sidewalk they practically couldn’t keep their hands off of each other. Once they got to the building Josh grabbed her hand and rushed her through the main doors and into the lobby. The doorman hit the button on the elevator and he led her in, punching the button for his floor. After the doors dinged back open Josh scooped her up and led her down the hallway and with one hand he opened his apartment door. He barely got it closed behind him before carrying her down to the bedroom so that she could give him a proper thank you.

Carri sat in her office the following morning with a million things running through her head. The biggest thing she had on her mind was the Kim/Josh situation. She was glad that she and Tommy had a plan. Hopefully they could execute it properly and get the desired results. Between her best friend and her brother and the forces of evil she could hardly concentrate on what was going on. Some of the things Tommy had told her the previous day had been disturbing, and if they were true it could prove to be devastating to the rangers.

For those reasons among others, she was falling behind on her work. She was doing alright with the show itself. But she had other concepts coming in that she was starting to look at, and those were spread among the pile of junk that was sitting on her desk. Not to mention the hundred phone calls she got each day, only half a dozen of which were actually important. This is why she decided to hire an assistant. She needed someone to filter her calls, someone to go through everything that was sent to her attention to figure out what she needed to look at and what was junk. If she could get someone to manage things for her then she could deal with what she needed to deal with, alleviating some of her stress. Not only that, but she wouldn’t have to worry about things getting so backed up anytime she had to go off to battle.

The problem with hiring an assistant was finding the right assistant. She interviewed several candidates the previous week and none of them seemed like they would be worth anything. A few of the girls were what she considered Hollywood airheads, only wanting the job to meet boys and become an actress. The rest didn’t have the qualifications or the personality of someone she would want for an assistant.

She rubbed her eyes as she took a look at the name on the next resume. Mollie Insco. She sighed as she thought about it. Hopefully this candidate would be better than the last ones. There was a knock on the door right on time. Carri called for her to come in and watched as the door swung open and a petite brunette entered.

Carri looked her up and down for a moment before a smile crossed her face. "Mollie Monroe?" she questioned glancing at the girl who was a friend in college

"Once upon a time." Mollie replied giving her a smile. She was just as surprised to see Carri as Carri was to see her. All she knew was that she was being hired for a job as an administrative assistant for a company called Ausus Productions.

"It’s good to see you." she said as she walked over and gave an old friend a hug. They broke the embrace and Carri gestured to the chair in front of her desk. "Have a seat." she said as she walked back around and sat down

"So I take it Abs is your husband?" Carri questioned, recalling that her college boyfriend was Steven "Abs" Insco.

"Ex." Mollie quickly corrected. They had gotten married right after college and it was pure bliss for a while. That was up until a year ago when she caught him in bed with his secretary. "The divorce just finalized recently. When I have time I’m going to go to the social security office and drop the Insco."

"I’m sorry to hear that." Carri said. They made quite the couple in college but she always thought he was somewhat of a playboy. It wasn’t surprising that he cheated on her with his secretary.

"Let’s not talk about that jerk. I’m here for a job." Mollie suggested giving her a smile. The last thing she wanted to do was remember the end of her marriage.

"Of course." Carri said. She understood not wanting to recall bad endings. She had a few of those in her life. "So it says here you worked for the president of D&S Designs up until a few months ago. What happened there?"

"The company folded. An up and coming designer named Ashley Hammond blew them out of the water. It was a nice place to work but they definitely weren’t at her caliber." Mollie explained

Carri couldn’t help but chuckle. She knew Ashley was great and she was amused at the thought of her blowing the competition away. "So it looks like you did pretty much the same things I need. Someone to sort my mail, keep up with my appointments, filter my calls, filter the projects coming my way, that sort of thing."

"All of that I am well qualified for." Mollie quickly pointed out. She was in desperate need of a job now that she was on her own. It was hard finding a place to work for that she thought she would like, where the boss seemed to like her.

"Well," Carri started looking over the resume. There were a million questions she usually asked an interviewee. She had to make sure that her hire was the right fit for her. Someone who could pick up the business stuff, take care of the little things for her, and not ask questions when she disappeared for periods of time and was unreachable. But there weren’t many questions she felt she needed to ask Mollie. After all this was the girl who she signed up for classes with, who she had lunch with, and who she spent hours in college goofing off with. She had the qualifications, there was no doubting that. And she knew that their personalities went well together. "You’re hired." she said matter-of-factly

"Really?" Mollie asked surprised that she would get the job after such a short interview. The last few interviews she had been on had been painfully long and more than awkward.

"You need a job, I need someone to start as soon as possible, and since I already know we get along well you’re hired. Can you start tomorrow?" she asked hoping that the question was yes. One less thing to stress about would be fantastic.

"What time?" Mollie replied. She would start right now if Carri would let her.

Carri thought about it for a moment. With the show it was hard to say when she would actually be sitting in her office to show Mollie around. "Be here around ten. I have to oversee some stuff for the new show early but after that I can come by and get you settled in."

"Sounds good." Mollie said as she stood. "Thank you so much." she added as she smiled at her. The girls said their goodbyes and Mollie turned and left the office.

Carri let out a sigh of relief and fell back into her chair. Now that some of the pointless stuff she had to worry about at work would be off of her plate, she could relax a bit. As she sat there she thought about the show and what time she had to be there that afternoon. She knew she had to look over her script and do some final edits so she could shoot her part for the next one.

As she ran things through her head her communicator went off. Briefly she glanced down at it before jumping up to lock her office door. Upon answering the page Carri took off to fight more of their ongoing battle of good versus evil.

Kim cautiously walked onto the set of Josh’s drama, her visitor badge clutched tightly in her hand. She had no idea where she was going or were Josh was, she only knew that his assistant had pointed her in this general direction. As she wove in and out of the people who were working, she saw someone she recognized.

It wasn’t Josh but for Kim it was almost better as she squealed with delight and called out his name. "Adam!" she yelled as she walked faster so she could get to him

The black frog ninjetti smiled as he turned from his conversation with his wife and saw his former teammate heading his way. "Kim!" he exclaimed as she ran up to him, arms extended. He threw his arms around her and brought her in for a hug. It had been years since they’d seen each other and her being here now was a pleasant surprise. "What are you doing here?" he asked, doubtful that she flew across the country just to come visit with him

"She’s here to see me." Josh pipped up as he approached them. He put a hand on her shoulder and she turned and put her arm around him, stepping on her toes to lean in and give him a kiss.

Adam looked at the duo curiously but declined to comment. "That’s cool." he said giving them a smile as he glanced over at Tanya and gave her a look. Last time he saw Kim she was firmly attached to Tommy’s hip. He didn’t know what had changed, but he couldn’t help but wonder if her adventure in space had something to do with it. Word in the ranger community was that Tommy was more than a little upset when she took off. "You remember Tanya right?"

"Of course." Kim said giving her a smile. She had only met her a few times and each meeting was brief. But she was still a former ranger and the wife of a ranger and because of that she knew a lot more about her than one might think. Of course there wasn’t much about Tanya’s life that was private, as shortly after the Zordon wave her singing career took off. Kim didn’t listen to much of her music but she did know that she had several number one hits over the years.

"Are you just visiting the set?" Tanya asked politely. She was trying to make small talk as she didn’t know Kim very well either.

"Yeah I thought it would be fun to come check out what it is that Josh does all day." Kim said with a smile as she brought her left hand up and tucked her hair behind her ear

Tanya glanced at her wrist for a brief moment and noticed what was on there. It was more high tech and more fashionable that what she remembered, but there was no doubting what it’s purpose was. She glanced over at Adam who had seen it too. She wasn’t going to ask about it but he didn’t hesitate to.

"So you’re active again?" he questioned

"Huh?" she asked not sure what he was talking about. Adam pointed down toward her communicator and it hit her. "Yeah I’m pink. The whole team’s back together. Fighting Callisto and Rhianna. Didn’t anyone catch you up on the meeting you missed?" she asked

"Not really." Adam said sheepishly. Tanya was taping for a talk show and Adam was tied up in a conference all afternoon and neither could make the ranger gathering. "Who’s the whole team?"

"Me, Carri, Jason, Rocky and Tommy." she replied. "We’re the Turbo rangers. I can’t believe noone told you about this."

"Me neither." he said. He had called Rocky to find out what he had missed. He knew Callisto was back, and that they were recruiting rangers to fight her. Rocky had failed to mention that they were the rangers that had been recruited. His impression was that their involvement was going to be as consultants and ninjetti’s and nothing more. Perhaps it was best that he didn’t go to the meeting, as he would have wanted to participate with his friends in the fight against Callisto. "How’s it going?"

"As well as can be expected. Rhianna’s getting stronger and Callisto still hates us so." Kim stopped and shrugged. There wasn’t much to say about the fight. If he had a few hours she could sit down and give him specifics but she doubted he wanted that.

"If you ever need help let me know. I’ll do what I can." Adam promised

"We will." Kim assured him just as her communicator went off. She sighed and started glancing around to see if she could find a secure place.

"Follow me." Tanya said. She had been on the set enough times to know where the few quiet places were.

"I’ll be back." Kim said flashing a smile toward Josh and Adam as she let Tanya lead her off

"So you’re dating the pink ranger?" Adam questioned one the girls were out of earshot

"Yeah. It’s been almost six weeks now." he said practically beaming. He was having a fabulous time with Kim regardless of the fact that she was always running off to do ranger things.

"Is it hard?" Adam asked. Josh looked at him curiously and Adam continued. "Dating a ranger. Knowing that she may run off and never come back."

"I try not to worry about it. After all she’s done it for all those years. They all have there’s no need to worry." Josh said. He did worry a bit, he couldn’t help it. But he certainly didn’t let it keep him up at night.

"Things happen to experienced rangers. Trust me." Adam said. He didn’t want to see his friend not grounded in reality. Sure they were great rangers but that didn’t mean that they couldn’t get hurt or even worse. He knew for a fact that no matter how many years you donned the uniform, you still put your life on the line every time you walked out onto the battlefield.

"Thanks for the concern but I think everything will be fine." Josh assured him. He was hoping Adam would be quiet before he started seriously putting doubt into his head.

"If you say so." Adam said as he gave him a half smile. There were a lot of interesting things going on in Angel Grove, a lot of things he wasn’t sure if he believed or not. He would definitely have to get up with his best friend and make him tell him everything.

Jason sat in the room of his house that he had designated for an office. It wasn’t much, but he had made it an optimal place to write. Which was good for him since he made a living out of it.

He had spent most of the morning working on the rewrites on his new book. His publisher was pressuring him to get it out sooner rather than later. However with the new developments going on around him he was doing several revisions and additions to make the story better.

The goal with this book was to start a new Luke Kirk series that would be loved by fans. The first series was far from over, but it was at a lull. Sales for the last book were good, but not nearly as good as the sales for the previous one. Plus he wasn’t sure where to go with that storyline at the moment. Now he wanted to start with something new and different, something that would capture his audience all over again. He had plot ideas flowing for a series and he couldn’t get them down fast enough.

If this book was a success, he already had an idea for what he wanted to write for the second book. At least for the parts of it dealing with the action. He had some thoughts for the character side of the story but he wasn’t sure yet. As of now he wasn’t completely sure how he was going to round up the character parts of this story.

He sighed and set back, pausing to crack his knuckles. Jason needed to leave the story be for a few moments and clear his head. There was one way that was guaranteed to clear his head, and that was to take a ride on his motorcycle.

Mind made up, Jason went through the house and grabbed his keys first before hunting down a jacket and his helmet. He exited his small home and went out and sat on the bike, sliding the helmet on his head. Before he could crank it up his communicator went off.

Sighting he brought his wrist to his mouth. "Go ahead."

"The others need you in battle now." Billy’s voice came through loud and clear

"On my way." he said climbing off the bike. The ride to clear his head would have to wait for later as he went back into his house and threw his helmet down before tossing his jacket on top of it. "Shift into turbo!" he yelled as he morphed and headed to the scene

That same morning Rocky found himself in the office of his Angel Grove school, going over some paperwork. It had been a quiet morning so far as he and one of the instructors spent some time cleaning the place before he came to sit down and look over some things. As he was reading down a sheet, his cell phone went off. Rocky picked it up and briefly glanced at the caller ID. He had taken the name out of his contact list, but that didn’t mean he still didn’t recognize the number. There was no doubt it was Jessica calling him again.

He would have thought after almost two months she would’ve gotten the message that he didn’t want to talk to her anymore. But once in a while he still received a phone call from her. Usually her messages involved sobbing and begging, none of which he care to listen to. A few seconds later the ringing stopped and Rocky went back to his work.

Much like every other call from her, this one came with a voice message. The alert went off on his phone and Rocky sighed, going to listen to it before he deleted it. This one was a bit different than the others. This one he needed to address.

As much as Carri wasn’t going to like it, Rocky went to call her back. She picked up on the first ring and sounded excited to hear from him. "Hey how are you." she said, her chipper voice a change from the woman who just spoke on his voicemail

"I didn’t call to be friendly." Rocky was quick to inform her. "I called to tell you to back off of this nonsense."

"I was a model Rocky. Do you know how hard it was to remove those bandages finally only to see the deformed nose underneath? I’m going to need two plastic surgeries to get it back to normal." Jessica said quick to sound defensive and pathetic all at the same time

"So you’re going to sue Carri?" Rocky questioned trying to be clear

"She was the one who broke my nose, or have you forgotten." Jessica pointed out. She thought it was an air tight plan. Carri hit her, broke her nose and ruined her life.

"Let’s not forget you hit her first. And I’m the witness to that. Not to mention there is no report of the incident even happening. Any lawyer Carri would hire will tear you to shreds just based on that." Rocky said. Her suing Carri was silly at best and he knew nothing would come out of it. Still if he could help it he wanted to try and avoid giving his girlfriend anything else to want to pull her hair out over.

"My lawyer says I can win." she lied in the tone of a five year old having a playground argument. Her lawyer actually thought it was crazy but he was willing to try if she wanted him to. "But you know if you take me back I might forget about the whole thing." she suggested

Rocky sighed. So that was what the law suit was all about. He dates her and she drops it. He doesn’t and she goes through with it. Part of him wanted her to do it just so she could fail and would leave her alone. "Nice try but there’s no chance in hell." he replied. Nothing in this world would make him leave Carri, especially not Jessica.

"Fine then we’ll see what you’re girlfriend thinks when I take all her money." Jessica said trying to hold back the tears. She was hoping that she could get him to come back to her.

Rocky’s communicator went off as Jessica finished speaking. "Fine." was his one word response as he shut the phone. He went to answer his page and was greeted by Billy saying that the team needed him now.

Quickly he morphed and headed to the scene, just in time to see the yellow ranger take quite a shot and fly past him, hitting the ground hard. She didn’t move and he ran over to her. As he got there she was starting to twitch. "Carri?" he asked hoping for a response

"I’m ok." she grumbled shaking her head. The monster had hit her a lot harder than she expected. Rocky leaned down and helped her up and she glanced around at the rest of the team.

Tommy looked over at her. The monster was tough but they could be tougher. "Metallic armor, power up!" he yelled as the extra layer of protection coated their suits. He watched as the battle continued, making sure to stay near Kim. Already since they had gotten there he had grabbed her arm once or twice to pull her to safety, letting his hand linger a bit longer than that of someone who was just acting as a concerned teammate.

The fight was a lot harder than it should’ve been considering they had the metallic armor. The Cirranadrones were pushing them around like it was nothing and the monster was brutal. Tommy feared that his concerns with Callisto and Rhianna were coming to light, and that they had found a way around the metallic armor.

Jason, Carri and Rocky found themselves facing off against the small army of Cirranadrones. They also quickly found themselves getting worn out and beat down by the Cirranadrones, something they were definitely not used to. They were moving faster, punching harder, and causing more damage against their armor than they should have been. The rangers called on their weapons and tried to fight back to the best of their ability.

Although she didn’t want to believe it, Carri had a feeling that Callisto’s forces were now more powerful than their armor. Which meant that Tommy was right. And if Tommy was right and they could knock the rangers back this easily, Carri didn’t know how they were going to stop them.

Tommy found himself wondering the same thing as he and Kim fought against the monster. They had both called for their weapons and were fighting fiercely, but it seemed like he was doing more damage to them than they were to him. Each hit Tommy took felt like it rocked him to the core. They were trying somewhat successfully to avoid the monster’s arsenal as they darted around the battlefield.

After what felt like hours of getting beaten, Tommy found himself kneeling on the ground clutching his sides. Everything ached and he didn’t think he could go on much longer like this. To make matters worse, out of the corner of his eye he saw Cratus and Goldar arrive on the scene. That was the one thing they really didn’t need right now.

Cratus called for Kim’s attention and the pink ranger took her focus off of the monster and turned it toward Callisto’s right hand man. As she did the monster pulled out a new weapon, some sort of cannon, and aimed for her. Tommy saw the shot fire off and he jumped up and pushed her out of the way, absorbing the blast himself and lifelessly hitting the ground.

Kim rolled to the ground from being shoved by the red ranger and stood to see what happened. "Tommy!" she yelled running to check on a fallen teammate

The monster was not planning on letting up as he charged Kim and Tommy. Without warning there was a flash of yellow followed by another ranger standing between them taking hits and trying to push the monster back. While Carri had the monster distracted, Kim teleported Tommy up and turned her attention back toward the fight.

"This isn’t working." Carri was quick to point out as she was thrown back and landed beside Kim. She was as tired and sore as everyone else and she didn’t know how they were going to continue.

"Maybe we should step it up a notch." Kim suggested thinking of their Planetary powers. She didn’t know how much more useful they would be in comparison to their Turbo powers, but they were stronger and perhaps they could damage the monsters.

"I’m game for anything." Carri said as she looked over at the pink ranger

Kim nodded and shifted into a morphing stance. "Planetary rangers power up!" she cried and within seconds the pink and yellow rangers were replaced with the red and white rangers

"How cute but it won’t make a difference." the monster said as he fired beams at the girls, knocking them back

"That still hurt." Carri grumbled as she hit the ground

"We need to show them our firepower." Kim said sounding confident that their weaponry would be enough. In all actuality she wasn’t that sure they would accomplish much more as Planetary rangers than they did as Turbo rangers, but it was worth a shot. "Fire saber!" Kim called as the weapon fell into her hands. She wasted no time going to the next level. "Power up!"

"Lightning lance, power up!" Carri called right behind her, getting her weapon and putting it to full power

Both girls attacked the monster at once with the power of fire and lightning. After several strong hits they stepped back to see if they did any damage. The monster started violently shaking and a few seconds later was engulfed by a bright white light before he exploded. The girls briefly shielded their eyes from the light.

"That was a little too easy." Kim commented

Carri shrugged. "Yeah but if it worked it worked. Come on." she said and they proceeded to take out the Cirranadrones in the same manner. Kim was right, it was too easy. They had never before been able to destroy the Cirranadrones like this with one hit from their weapons.

Seconds later the Cirranadrones were gone and the two Planetary rangers turned their attention toward Cratus and Goldar. They leaped to attack but the duo left before they had the chance.

"Let’s get back to the Command Chamber." Kim said once the coast was clear

The four rangers appeared in the main room of the Command Chamber and powered down, just as Tommy came walking out of the infirmary.

"What happened out there? Our Planetary powers are good but they’ve never been that good." Kim pointed out

"Callisto and Rhianna have been working on ways to get through your metallic armor. From the scans I did during the battle it appears as though they used magic on their army to increase their power so that they could get through the armor." Billy started the explanation. "Your Turbo powers weren’t strong enough to combat the magic. But when you used the full power of your Planetary weapons on them, it made the magic unstable causing them to implode."

"So are we going to have to run around as Planetary rangers now?" Carri asked. She didn’t mind using her Planetary powers but they weren’t a full team and they really needed a full team to combat Callisto and Rhianna’s forces.

"No, after that I doubt she’ll try the magical approach again." Billy said. At least he didn’t think she would. With the magic being that unstable it would be a poor decision on her part to try that again. "There are other ways they can get around the armor. Hopefully I’ll have enough time to figure out how to continue to increase your powers before they can try something like that again."

"And if you don’t?" Jason asked crossing his arms and looking at Billy

Billy gave him a solemn look but didn’t reply. Jason knew what would happen if he didn’t. Callisto would get her revenge and Rhianna would get her planet. "We were lucky this time. Hopefully it’s going to take them a while to regroup after this failure."

Kim nodded as she looked around the room at her fellow rangers. "Well I have to get going before I’m missed." she said, her gaze pausing briefly on Tommy. "Are you alright."

"Yeah I’m fine. Just a little sore is all." he assured her giving her a smile

"Good. We don’t want anyone getting injured out there." she replied flashing him a quick smile before she teleported out

Rocky walked up behind Carri and put his hands on her waist, giving her a quick squeeze. "I need to get back before anyone realizes I’m not in my office."

She turned and put her arms around his neck, giving him a kiss. "Alright. Call me later." she said releasing him

He let go as well and went to hit the button on his communicator. "I will." he promised as he disappeared

Jason made an excuse about having to go home and check on some stuff for work as well. He almost slipped and said he had writing to do but was able to quickly catch himself before he let Billy and Tommy in on his secret. Jason teleported out and Billy left right behind him, having to get back to his office as well.

Once everyone was gone, Tommy flashed Carri a smile. He had stayed close to Kim and she seemed concerned for him when he got hurt. All in all, he thought it was a step in the right direction. "You think she’s starting to remember me?" he asked

Carri smiled back. She was pleasantly surprised to see Kim concerned with Tommy’s well being both on the battlefield and in the Command Chamber. Lately Kim hasn’t cared to pay Tommy much notice, even if something happened to him. "I think so." she answered just before she teleported back to her own office

Tommy smiled to himself. Things were starting to look up for him. Hopefully soon he would have something to show for it.

Kim walked back onto the set and started looking around for her boyfriend. She couldn’t help but keep her thoughts drifting back to the fight. It had it’s good points and bad points. The bad of course being the magic that was used to help kick their asses. But the good, well the good was the fact that she and Tommy fought side by side and fought well together. They were working like they used to before they started dating other people. And it was kind of nice. He did get hurt but he was alright now so everything seemed to be fine.

As she wandered around the set she found Josh talking to Adam over in a corner. "Hey guys." she said as she approached

"Hey." Adam greeted. "How did it go?"

Kim shrugged. "We won. But I think the road ahead is going to be tough."

"Well at least you’re back in one piece." Josh said as he put an arm around her and pulled her close, drawing her in for a kiss

"Yup." she agreed although she couldn’t help but think that if it weren’t for the bad magic, she didn’t know if she’d be standing here with Josh right now

"Do you want to go see the set?" Josh asked. She had come and gone so quickly before he hadn’t had a chance to show her much of anything.

"I’d love to." Kim said as she smiled up at him

"Right this way." Josh replied as he put an arm around her and led her off

"Later guys." Adam called as they headed off. He stood there for a moment as they both yelled their goodbyes back, then took off to do some work of his own.

"I thought you said this magic would work!" Rhianna yelled. She was in the middle of throwing a bit of a temper tantrum. Callisto assured her that the magic would get through the rangers armor and yet her warriors imploded and the rangers were still standing.

"The magic did work." Callisto was quick to point out. There was nothing wrong with the magic, it did what it was supposed to do. It made their army strong enough to break through the rangers metallic armor and give them a beating.

Rhianna crossed her arms and glared at the goddess, her eyes glowing red. "Then why is our army space dust?"

The only reason Callisto was putting up with her anger was because she was young and didn’t have much knowledge about magic. Any spell could backfire, and this one was no different. It just ran higher risks than most spells. "Magic has consequences. This magic was unstable. The power from the Planetary weapons was enough to unbalance our magic and cause it to destroy itself."

"Can we try again?" Rhianna asked feeling slightly testy. There was a lot that went into the spell and if they didn’t try it again, they would have a lot to straighten up before their army was back to normal.

Callisto shook her head before she paused. "I suppose we could, but the results would be much the same. We’ll have to try something different."

"Like what?" Rhianna questioned

"I have an idea." Callisto assured her. She still wasn’t keen on the thought of the weeks it would take to preform the manual upgrades to her warriors. The easiest way to get past the armor was still to get rid of it by attacking it at the source. She had no clue what the source was, but she knew she could find out. It would be a small task, but if she could figure out how to make the armor disappear there would be no need for them to stress out over the manual upgrades. She was going to put Cratus on it right away. Hopefully it wouldn’t take more than a few days to find the rangers source and take it out, leaving them defenseless and easy for her to destroy.

The End

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