The Truth (Tommy & Kimberly)

The Truth

The night was peaceful for once since they had arrived and they battled the Prince for the first time. It gave them time to recover from the brutal battle. He was determined that was for sure, to get his hands on the book they all swore to protect.

She just never imagined it was this hard and life draining. Sure, Lord Zedd and Rita were a handful but they were nothing like him or so heart felt on getting that book.

Her ribs were damaged and bruised, it made it difficult to breathe at times and the lump on her head gave her a headache that just wouldn't go away.

But like the others, they stood their ground protecting and fighting like old times. The consequences were the least of their worries...the least of hers. She had other thoughts on her mind. She had dreamed of this day that one day their path would cross, she just didn't think it would be this way. Her terms, her way. Not destiny knocking on their door. She avoided him the best she could, the occasional look they shared but the longer she stayed in the same room as him, the ugly past of her mistake came straying in. Her heart dropped to the pit of her stomach when she saw him in the first time in over ten years. 13 years to be exact.

13 long years she avoided the truth. She tried many times, she wanted to call him and tell him the truth that there was more to then just the letter she wrote. The letter she knew that would break his heart. It broke her heart just writing it. But it was for the best, wasn't it?

She dealt with the consequences of her own actions. Maybe it was her blowing her knee out at the Olympics or the depression that crept along the way from not being able to follow her dreams any longer. Maybe it was fate telling her that she, Kimberly Hart, had made the wrong, worst possible decision of her life to end her relationship with the one man that ever loved her like she was meant to be loved.

She tried writing another letter to quick explain why she did what she did. But couldn't bring herself to send it. The damage was done from the first letter. Why would he believe her if he got a second one? She even went as far as taking herself to Reefside and explain to him in person. But she couldn't. She couldn't deal with the door slamming in her face. So she left it alone., she went against everything that she felt to just ignore the truth.

But now, here she was. A power ranger again. Old feelings that she buried along with her Olympic dreams slowly started to surface. She had to work with him again. It was a bad twilight movie she couldn't get out of, no matter how hard she fought.

She slipped out the entrance of the cave they were using to help shield the guardian from the prying spies of the Prince. Fresh air was needed even if it hurt like oh holy hell with each breath she took. The sun had just sat behind the horizon cascading a laminated shades of pink and oranges through the scattered clouds. The soft sound of birds chirping their way through the quiet air off in the distance. The longer she stood there, the more it was a soothing sound to her ears.

The edge of the cliff was only a few feet away from her. Her stomach twitched at the flutter of being up so high. Chills ran up her spine and down her arms, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up as the uncomfortable feeling began to make her feel sick to her stomach. She wrapped her arms around herself, the trees began to spin and fade from her line of sight. She gasped for air, hearing her heart beat pounding hard in her chest, in her ears. Something was wrong. She felt weak in the knees.

She gasped again as she stumbled back away from the edge. Every muscle in her body stiffened when a pair of arms came out of nowhere grabbing a hold of her shoulders and steadied her from taking the fall into the rocks behind her.

His voice was thick and heavily filled with concern that she almost didn't recognize it. She opened her mouth to apologize to him that she didn't know anyone was there behind her, but nothing came out. Instead, Kimberly relaxed resting against him.