Purple

Spores: Part Three

It was after school finally. Jason had been thinking about 'the incident' with Billy this morning, and while in a twisted way it was kind of hot, realistically he knew this wasn't good. Billy wasn't in his classes. He could only assume he'd skipped the rest of the day after not getting what he wanted out of Jason.

He was headed to his truck when he'd intercepted Zack. Finally, someone he could tell. He tried texting Kimberly and Trini earlier but neither one of them were responding, and truth be told he didn't know how to properly describe it through text. Maybe it was better in person anyway?

"Zack! Hey man don't go yet." He said, calling out to him, ushering him over to the truck. The tall, handsome Asian tugged his bag on his shoulder as he shifted direction toward him.

"Hey have you seen Billy at all today?"

"Nah. Aren't you guys connected at the hip these days? Or uh... elsewhere?" He teased. Jason just gave him a stern look followed by an eyeroll.

"No we haven't done... you know what, that's not the point. Something weird happened this morning." He answered in an exasperated tone.

"He came in the locker room and he was super aggressive. He uh... grabbed me. Know what I'm saying?" Jason added. Zack just mused and gave a shrug.

"Sounds to me like he's ready for elsewhere after all." He teased. Jason shook his head.

"No because... I know Billy. This was different. He wasn't himself. And when I told him to hold off he got angry. Destroyed a locker and ran off. Used his powers in public." Jason said, visibly worried. Zack clicked his tongue and thought back to his own morning.

"I mean... this might not be anything buuuut... Kim was acting a little different. Came into our first period class looking FIONE as hell. I mean... normally she's hot but like... there was something different. Made out with Trini. Damn near made Ms. Appleby piss herself. She was aggressive too I guess." He said.

Jason furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the little watch Billy had given the five of them. He'd worked with Alpha to build them a teleportation device so that they didn't have to constantly trek up the mountainside and jump into the water every time they wanted to go to the command center.

"Maybe it's nothing. But it might also be something and if there's a chance I'm gonna check it out. We should go see Zordon."

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It would seem the quarry was the rangers go to spot. There was a nice little spot overlooking the town with a waterfall, and you could see the dig site not terribly far away. If the rangers had a watchtower, this would be it. But it also had its romantic qualities. At night, the sky was clearest up here. Jason took Billy here all the time, or so he told Kimberly. It was why even though she was under the influence of these strange spores causing her to act completely out of her Id, she still thought it would be the perfect spot for alone time with Trini.

The two laid on their backs staring up at the sky. It was still mid-afternoon, the sky was blue. It was a surprisingly non overcast day in Angel Grove for once. Trini had been alone with her girlfriend many times before but this time it felt different. Kimmie felt... dangerous. In a fun way. In a sexy way. It excited her and frightened her all at once. But Kimberly was just full of surprises.

Suddenly Kimberly sat up, tugging off her jacket as she gazed down at the jagged rocks below. She smirked as she stood up, walking to the edge of the cliff. Trini didn't think much of it at first. They had superpowers. They could take care of themselves. But she was sure they had limits that they'd not explored yet.

"You ever think about death now that we... you know... have a harder time dying?" Kimberly said in a strange voice, turning her body just slightly as she began to walk along the side of the cliff with her boots criss crossing in front of one another. Trini had to admit she was starting to get a little shaken.

"All the time. I mean... just because we cheated it once or twice don't mean our card's never gonna come up, Kimmie." She said, slowly pulling herself to her feet. She too looked over the cliff face, seeing the jagged upward turned rocks below, gazing up at them like twisted knives waiting to claim a victim.

"Look at them, Trini. Doesn't it make you squirm? Thinking about what it would be like to fall on them? Your guts being ripped from your body as you're impaled?" She said in almost a dark fashion. She turned, facing away from the edge of the cliff with her back to it, peering at Trini from the corner of her eye.

"We've jumped from cliffs before. Into water. But I want to know just how invincible we are. I want to know if I'm a god. Because we can be gods, Trini. The only thing we lack..." She said, giving her a wink.

"...is a leap of faith." She said, letting herself fall back. Trini screamed and in a flash, used the speed she was granted from the Morphing Grid to catch her and pull her back. The two fell back and rolled. Trini was panting, scared for Kim's life. But Kim? She was cackling.

"Fuck! What a fucking rush!" She grinned wildly. Trini looked up at her, concerned and scared.

"What the FUCK, Kim?!" She screamed, holding back tears. Kim just gave a snarky little pout.

"Awww baby... I was just trying to get our adrenaline going. I mean... don't ya feel all scared and... sexy now?" She smirked, kissing her softly. Trini relented once their lips touched, groaning as she felt Kimberly's fingers trailing softly down her body. But before they could reach any fun destination, an unholy screech resonated through the air. The two looked up from where they lay and locked eyes with a large, ugly frog monster. Kim sneered, rolling to her feet.

"Well this fuck is even fuglier in the daylight." She mused. And she was correct. The toad was about eight feet tall. Slimy as all hell. It was colored brightly, greens and yellows and reds, just like those cute but deadly frogs from the rainforests. But this one was not cute.

"You've seen this thing before?" Trini asked. Suddenly Kimberly remembered she never told anyone about it.

"Oops. Uh... I was gonna tell Zordon. I just forgot?" She smirked. Still, Kimberly ran carelessly at the creature, who hopped out of the way and snapped its whip-like tongue at her back, sending her flying against the rockwall.

"Kim! What the hell?! Uh... Morph?" Trini said, dodging a whip tongue attack of her own. She mumbled 'It's Morphin' Time!' under her breath and transformed mid-roll, and by the time she was one her feet, her energy daggers had manifested in her hands and she was slashing toward the frog.

Trini got a few good slashes, the monster screaming and flailing as it tried to fight back. She smiled under her mask as she felt herself get the upper hand. But then, in jumps a STILL unmorphed Kimberly, punching and kicking.

"KIM. MORPH." Trini shouted, not understanding why Kimberly was just so damn reckless today. She wasn't even fighting with any sense of discipline, like all her training went out the window. She was just fighting like some punk.

But the distraction of a reckless Kimberly was all the creature needed to get a one up on them again. It quickly knocked Kim back again, and its mouth suddenly opened impossibly wide. Suddenly the creature's tongue whipped toward Kimberly with a purpose.

It was going to eat Kimberly.

Acting fast, because she was the only one morphed and figured her body could take more, Trini jumped in front of Kimberly. The creatures tongue found itself snaking around her instead, tightening like a python. Sparks started to shoot from her suit as it dragged her toward its mouth. Kimberly jumped up again, trying to pull Trini back, but the tongue was stronger. Suddenly, the monster had somehow swallowed her up.

"Trini!!!" Kimberly yelled, somehow experiencing a moment of lucidity. She was prepared to launch herself back into action, but the monster jumped over the cliff's edge. Kimberly peered over in a panic, but there was nothing there. Just those same jagged rocks as before.