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Billy snorted. "You're right on both counts, this s extremely overcooked and I've yet to observe one eating, but Jason tells me they do drive...and ah, this heat regulator is clearly, as they say, 'busted'."
He closed it with a sigh. "I think we'll be all right, but it'll still be better to get out of the open. Which way were you headed?"
He closed it with a sigh. "I think we'll be all right, but it'll still be better to get out of the open. Which way were you headed?"
Jason was a common enough name that she didn't give much thought to it. It was a little freaky though, imagining a putty driving. She'd have to keep an eye out. They had enough trouble with putties on the ground.
"A heat regulator, is that something you can just buy a new one of? Because this seems pretty cool. Especially after Krispy Kreme bit the big one."
Maybe she didn't frequent it but it was still nice to kill an afternoon there. Especially after detention, really made things bearable.
"I was heading to get a coffee. Something from home just isn't enough."
"A heat regulator, is that something you can just buy a new one of? Because this seems pretty cool. Especially after Krispy Kreme bit the big one."
Maybe she didn't frequent it but it was still nice to kill an afternoon there. Especially after detention, really made things bearable.
"I was heading to get a coffee. Something from home just isn't enough."
Okay... odd way to morph, but she closed her hand over the other Ranger's hand and nodded to Alpha who teleported them back to where they had started. She took a deep breath.
"Alright. Ready." As she would ever be.
"Alright. Ready." As she would ever be.
Billy had to smile again. He wasn't all too familiar with Krispy Kreme, but had to guess it was some type of donut shop. Donuts and coffee certainly sounded appealing right about then.
"More that I can dig one out of my garage. And my favorite coffee shop is right across from the juice bar. I frequent it when I need something stronger than a smoothie, but I know better than to tell my friends," he admitted with a sly look. "Was that the place?"
"More that I can dig one out of my garage. And my favorite coffee shop is right across from the juice bar. I frequent it when I need something stronger than a smoothie, but I know better than to tell my friends," he admitted with a sly look. "Was that the place?"
It seemed normal to Kim. Or, at least as normal as having an alien coin and access to super strength and armor could be. This was a new normal, she was getting used to it. That was probably the better explanation. Not normal but she'd adjusted.
"Just up this way." She started to lead the way, not sure if she had the ability to climb the way Kim's team seems to be able to do, so she took her along the path through the mine to the chasm. Then came to a stop.
"Down here. Don't sweat it, there's water at the bottom, nothing is sticking out. Just a swim and we can walk through the cavern to the ship." She'd try to warn about the weirdness that was the cave being under the water but that was better seen than anything else.
"Just up this way." She started to lead the way, not sure if she had the ability to climb the way Kim's team seems to be able to do, so she took her along the path through the mine to the chasm. Then came to a stop.
"Down here. Don't sweat it, there's water at the bottom, nothing is sticking out. Just a swim and we can walk through the cavern to the ship." She'd try to warn about the weirdness that was the cave being under the water but that was better seen than anything else.
"S'good, at least. Hope the other one works then." Okay, the juice bar wasn't familiar, and one sleek eyebrow goes up. It bothered her a little. She'd lived here most of her life and somewhere not being familiar, even just the name, bothered her.
"Actually, I don't even recognize the juice bar. I didn't even realize we had something like that, you'd think the girls from cheerleading would have mentioned it once." Before she'd quit.
"Actually, I don't even recognize the juice bar. I didn't even realize we had something like that, you'd think the girls from cheerleading would have mentioned it once." Before she'd quit.
"You're likely from one of our rival schools? The juice bar is Angel Grove High's main after-school hangout, and my friend Kimberly used to be on the cheer team. I'd think she would've introduced you at some point..."
He shook his head. "And to think I finally knew this town."
He shook his head. "And to think I finally knew this town."
She couldn't help a little choke of a laugh.
"I definitely go to Angel Grove, I just live out by the mine. And I don't remember any other Kim's on the cheer team, just me." This was weird. Really weird. And she suddenly started thinking about everyone on the team, their names, and no. No other Kimberly.
"I didn't fall and hit my head or something, did I?" She reached up, gently prodding the back of her hand and finding nothing tender or bloody.
"I definitely go to Angel Grove, I just live out by the mine. And I don't remember any other Kim's on the cheer team, just me." This was weird. Really weird. And she suddenly started thinking about everyone on the team, their names, and no. No other Kimberly.
"I didn't fall and hit my head or something, did I?" She reached up, gently prodding the back of her hand and finding nothing tender or bloody.
She took a breath and went with her. She didn't let go of the other Ranger's hand unless she was asked to, as she went with her. She really wished Billy was there. But she'd do her best.
She looked down over the edge, and her hand tightened for just a moment as she swallowed hard, pale under her helmet. Didn't matter that was water down below. Water from enough of a height as as hard as concrete, and she wasn't sure how much her armor would protect her.
"You're serious?"
She looked down over the edge, and her hand tightened for just a moment as she swallowed hard, pale under her helmet. Didn't matter that was water down below. Water from enough of a height as as hard as concrete, and she wasn't sure how much her armor would protect her.
"You're serious?"
She almost, almost said 'dead serious but caught herself quickly enough. That would probably have made matters so much worse. Instead, the visor of her helmet retracts, showing her face and a faint smile.
"Sorry to say, I am. I'll go first and yell up to you. I can even unmorph, if it will make you feel better. This is how we always got back and forth, and we did it unmorphed at first, until we learned how to access the Morphin Grid." And even then, they tried not to morph before coming up here. None of them wanted the ship found. Sure, Alpha could probably fend off Angel Grove police but they'd probably call in the army or something.
"Sorry to say, I am. I'll go first and yell up to you. I can even unmorph, if it will make you feel better. This is how we always got back and forth, and we did it unmorphed at first, until we learned how to access the Morphin Grid." And even then, they tried not to morph before coming up here. None of them wanted the ship found. Sure, Alpha could probably fend off Angel Grove police but they'd probably call in the army or something.
Okay, the helmet missing a peice was just odd. She made herself let go of the other girl's hand. "No, you don't have to..." she said weakly.
If they were from other universes, were the rules different? Would what was fine for them kill her? Or was it the place that decided the change in physics. Billy would either know... or spend the next ten hours trying to figure it out...
If they were from other universes, were the rules different? Would what was fine for them kill her? Or was it the place that decided the change in physics. Billy would either know... or spend the next ten hours trying to figure it out...
The rules could be different. Their armor was different, and their Zordon's and Alpha's. The thought did cross Kim's mind, so she nodded and let her hand be released.
"I've got an idea then. Hold onto me. I'll break our landing in the water. My armor is tough, and so am I. We trained against putties without armor when we started." Her visor flicks back down, a faint grin visible before her face is covered again, and she holds her arms out.
"I've got an idea then. Hold onto me. I'll break our landing in the water. My armor is tough, and so am I. We trained against putties without armor when we started." Her visor flicks back down, a faint grin visible before her face is covered again, and she holds her arms out.
"The mine? There's a quarry, and a cave, but I don't remember any mine. The nearest would probably be in Stone Canyon."
Billy tried to run through the town layout in his head. No, he couldn't recall anything similar. "But you might not be the one with the faulty memory, it could be me. Or perhaps one of us is dimensionally displaced?"
He tapped his chin in thought. "What year is it?"
Billy tried to run through the town layout in his head. No, he couldn't recall anything similar. "But you might not be the one with the faulty memory, it could be me. Or perhaps one of us is dimensionally displaced?"
He tapped his chin in thought. "What year is it?"
"We sometimes fight them without armor too," she said, but... she appreciated and understood the gesture. She walked over and put her arms around the other Ranger, letting her pick her up if that was her plan, hugging her awkwardly if it wasn't.
"I suppose it's more like a quarry but the signs say mine."
And trespassing was exactly what you shouldn't do that never stopped her. There were some good hiking paths through there. And a swim spot nearby. Plus, it was faster to get to school, cutting through there.
"Dimensionally displaced?" That technobabble went right over her head. "It's 2017."
And trespassing was exactly what you shouldn't do that never stopped her. There were some good hiking paths through there. And a swim spot nearby. Plus, it was faster to get to school, cutting through there.
"Dimensionally displaced?" That technobabble went right over her head. "It's 2017."
"Meaning that one of us has been moved to a different time, or a parallel universe---that isn't really my area of study, but I can make it so."
Billy digs in his bright blue bag for a notebook and scribbles a few messy lines on a page.
"And that's our first clue, because according to my calendar, it's 1994."
Billy digs in his bright blue bag for a notebook and scribbles a few messy lines on a page.
"And that's our first clue, because according to my calendar, it's 1994."
Awkward or not, Kim wrapped one arm around her, making sure she was ready and then threw herself, and Trini, backwards into the chasm and down into the water, the pink ranger making sure she was the one that hit, and then letting the other go.
"You good?"
"You good?"
She clung, eyes wide under her helmet, as she tried very hard not to scream. Or pass out. She managed the first. The second was a near thing. She gasped when she was left to tread water on her own. Not trusting her voice she nodded. It was shaky, but it was a nod.
she never wanted to do that again. Ever.
she never wanted to do that again. Ever.
It was hard not to scoff a little and give an almost nervous laugh. She hadn't even been born in '94, were here parents even together yet? Did Zordon's rules apply here if something went wrong? the only thing she could think of that went wrong was when they'd been defending the zeo crystal but it had been long enough that if anything were going to happen, she'd think it would have happened sooner.
"So... I'm in the past." A brief pause. "I have detention every Saturday, I can't be in the past or some alternate Angel Grove."
"So... I'm in the past." A brief pause. "I have detention every Saturday, I can't be in the past or some alternate Angel Grove."
"Alright, now we go down. There's a spot if you just go straight down, where you'll come out of the water. Brace yourself, gravity is weird there. We're gonna fall out of the water into a cave. Not a big fall, like skipping a couple steps."
That was a bit of an understatement. It was more than that but better than jumping down here had been. Kim gave her a moment and then dove under water and swam down to the cave. Hopefully the other Zordon had already given hers and Alpha a heads up they were coming. She didn't want to see the other girl get thrown around by a little robot after jumping into a chasm with her.
That was a bit of an understatement. It was more than that but better than jumping down here had been. Kim gave her a moment and then dove under water and swam down to the cave. Hopefully the other Zordon had already given hers and Alpha a heads up they were coming. She didn't want to see the other girl get thrown around by a little robot after jumping into a chasm with her.
Billy sighed. She really was in quite a pickle, but if there was anyone prepared to help her return to her world, the Rangers, Zordon, and Alpha were likely the people best equipped to do so. He stepped a little closer, offering a sympathetic smile.
"Luckily, we may be able to put you back home in a time point before your next detention---like you never left. I think I can help you, but we're going to have to see a few strange places. I'll have to make a call to a friend, but before I talk to him it occurs to me that you told me your name, but I never introduced myself."
He offered his hand, trying to project confidence. "Hey, Kim. I'm Billy, pleased to meet you."
"Luckily, we may be able to put you back home in a time point before your next detention---like you never left. I think I can help you, but we're going to have to see a few strange places. I'll have to make a call to a friend, but before I talk to him it occurs to me that you told me your name, but I never introduced myself."
He offered his hand, trying to project confidence. "Hey, Kim. I'm Billy, pleased to meet you."
Before finding the coins, Kim would have wanted nothing more than to get through senior year and bail on Angel Grove, now she just wants detention and school out of the way. Less homework was always a bonus. Or none.
"You're gonna have to work hard to out-strange some things." Not that she was saying just what needed outdone. This whole situation, for the moment, didn't count. Instead, she just gave a little smile and shook his hand.
"Billy. Cool. Billy Cranston?" He looked nothing like her Billy. Which actually, in a roundabout way, made her curious. "Hey, if I'm here, are there going to be two Kim's here or did yours end up in my Angel Grove?"
"You're gonna have to work hard to out-strange some things." Not that she was saying just what needed outdone. This whole situation, for the moment, didn't count. Instead, she just gave a little smile and shook his hand.
"Billy. Cool. Billy Cranston?" He looked nothing like her Billy. Which actually, in a roundabout way, made her curious. "Hey, if I'm here, are there going to be two Kim's here or did yours end up in my Angel Grove?"
"Actually, yes, and I"m guessing you're Kim Hart," Billy laughed, but as he pulled back he started to frown. He hadn't even thought of that, and the possibility was indeed alarming.
"Hold on, I'll call her." He rolled up his sleeve and pushed the button on a blue watch-shaped device.
"Kimberly? Can you read me, Kimberly? It's Billy, come in." He fiddled with the knobs and waited a few moments longer, then sighed. "She may be inaccessible for a mundane reason, but you're most likely correct that she's taken your place. We'll have to get the two of you restored to your proper dimensions, and for that...do you know a Zordon or Alpha?."
"Hold on, I'll call her." He rolled up his sleeve and pushed the button on a blue watch-shaped device.
"Kimberly? Can you read me, Kimberly? It's Billy, come in." He fiddled with the knobs and waited a few moments longer, then sighed. "She may be inaccessible for a mundane reason, but you're most likely correct that she's taken your place. We'll have to get the two of you restored to your proper dimensions, and for that...do you know a Zordon or Alpha?."
She couldn't help but give a look at his communicator. It was weird but more compact than her cell phone, at least. Not that it was helping at the moment any more than her phone was helping her. Her other self was in for a treat if she'd take her place.
The familiar names though, it was hard not to sigh in relief and smile. Some things didn't change, it seemed. And weird as this was, it was now a weird she could handle.
"Oh, thank god. I definitely know them." Her hand hovers over her pocket but it was too public, she couldn't bring her coin out. "They must have an idea. And I know my friends will get your Kim to the ship if she ended up there."
The familiar names though, it was hard not to sigh in relief and smile. Some things didn't change, it seemed. And weird as this was, it was now a weird she could handle.
"Oh, thank god. I definitely know them." Her hand hovers over her pocket but it was too public, she couldn't bring her coin out. "They must have an idea. And I know my friends will get your Kim to the ship if she ended up there."
Billy couldn't help but believe her. He grinned. "Let me guess: their names are Jason, Trini, Zack, and Tommy?"
He'd have to do further research. They were from worlds with a few bizarre similarities, and he had quite a few questions about the 21st century.
"It won't take long to get to the Command Center. You teleport, right?"
He'd have to do further research. They were from worlds with a few bizarre similarities, and he had quite a few questions about the 21st century.
"It won't take long to get to the Command Center. You teleport, right?"
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