"I don't know any Tommy but the others? Exactly right, we all found the coins together." Something about it was familiar. Someone at school maybe? She'd been paying so much more attention to dealing with Angel Grove and the putties that she hadn't given any real attention to what was going on socially.
Questions she would answer. Maybe? Probably. To her, there didn't seem like there would be problems with sharing what she knew. Hell, he could even take a look at her phone if he wanted, so long as she got it back in one piece. They got expensive, and she'd learned her lesson after crushing the first.
"Teleport? No. We usually hike to the mines when we need to see them." Teleporting hadn't even been mentioned as an option yet but she'll be annoyed if it was the whole time. How much time could they have saved?
"Hiking? We've done it when we lost our connection to the Grid, but it's a long trek out in the desert."
He winced at the thought. "I built these communicators to open a radio channel between our group and Zordon and Alpha, but when I tested them, I discovered that I'd inadvertently tapped into the grid's locator frequency. With Alpha's help, they became teleportation devices too."
It could be unsettling the first time, so he wanted to take this slowly with her. "Take my arm. It might feel strange, but it will pass quickly---and no one's become ill yet."
Okay, the desert was far but why so far out? Although, she supposed not many people wandered out there but no one could get down to the ship in her world either.
"They contact us directly. I'm guess it has something to do with the coins." She wasn't so clever as either Billy though, and just a vague guess. Maybe she should consider paying better attention in science or something.
Either way, it didn't help her now. So she reached and took his arm, hesitating just a bit. At least, where ever they went, then she could pull her coin out without worrying about anyone from Angel Grove seeing. If she was revealed, then it risked her other self being revealed. She was kind of self-centered but not so much as to risk outing her other self or anyone else.
"I've got a pretty strong stomach. Ready when you are."
"All right. Zordon, Alpha, I'm bringing someone you'll want to meet..."
Billy switched communications modes, and the two vanished in streaks of blue and pink. They reappeared on a small platform in a room that seemed to be surrounded by stars, with a glowing blue tube greeting them. The floating head within and a small robot both spoke.
"Billy! Oh no, we've got company! And I haven't even dusted..." the robot lamented, making attempts to tidy the control panels anyway.
"Billy, I've detected a dimensional anomaly...I assume that's why this young woman is here?" the voice boomed from the glowing tube.
"Yes, Zordon...this is Kimberly Hart from an alternate Angel Grove, and we believe that the Kimberly from this time is stranded there," Billy offered tentatively.
"Welcome, Ms. Hart. I am Zordon of Eltar, and this is my assistant Alpha 5. We are well-versed in dimensional anomalies, but before we begin, do you have any questions?"
Her grasp turned just a bit tighter, always conscious of her improved strength, as they teleported and arrived, the woman letting out a gasp as they arrived, eyes going wide in surprise. She wasn't sick but that was... that was something else.
"Whoa..." She took a couple slow breaths and looked around, eyes widening at the robot and floating head. This was all very different from what she knew. This place didn't look sixty-five million years old. And the head- Zordon, didn't sound like the one she knew. He also seemed more polite already but she tried not to let first impressions fully color her opinions.
"Kim is good." For a start. "This place, uh, it's nothing like the ship my Zordon and Alpha are on. Oh man-"
This was weird. She could handle it though, right? How weird was too weird? And how quickly could they get there? She brushed a hand through her hair, taking a moment to try to settle her thoughts.
"Okay... how could this happen? I mean, my friends and I were just dealing with reanimated putties yesterday and now I'm in another dimension? In the past? I'm not even born for five years!"
Billy stepped forward then. "My best guess is that our dimensions share a link to the Morphin Grid...and if an event impacted the grid at a specific time, both Kimberlys might have been affected. Kim, did anything unusual happen with your powers before this happened?"
"Not really? She did give some thought to what had happened over the past couple weeks but, aside from finally tapping into the Morphin Grid, she couldn't think of anything.
"We only learned how to tap into the grid about a week ago, just after our first encounter with Rita. And the only thing since then has been reanimated putties." Wait. Rita. "Rita was still kind of tapped into the Morphin Grid though. Her armor was super messed up but it was recognizably the same armor as ours."
Her eyebrows went up. Good guess. Although, depending on how similar these realities were, they had to have had a green ranger too. Still, he hit the nail on the head pretty quickly.
"Yeah, it was. It was freaky, like thorns. She still believed she was worthy,"
Billy shared a look of disbelief with Zordon before continuing.
"In this world, Rita created the Green Ranger powers, but as far as I know she never used them herself. She chose a champion---another Ranger---to fight us in her place. That was the Tommy I asked you about, but he's our friend now."
Zordon chimed in. "You're correct, Billy. This reality's Rita Repulsa never used the green coin in my battles with her---she prefers to have henchmen do the heavy lifting, as you well know. It interests me that your Rita is so comparatively involved, Kim...but we have other issues at the moment. May we see your power coin, if you have one? If we compare its energy signature to Billy's, we may be able to better locate your reality through the Grid."
Billy heard the implied command and took that moment to reach behind him. He produced a silver belt buckle with a small triceratops coin set in the middle, holding it up for Kim to see.
"Uh, yeah. My Zordon told us she used to be his friend until she betrayed them."
Her power coin? Without much thought, glancing at Billy, she pulled her coin from her pocket and held it up. The pterodactyl in the crystals center finally visible now that all the dirt and stone had come off.
"What- sorry, what's that thing?" Indicating Billy's morpher and offering her coin to either him or Alpha. Not like she knew what to do with it to try finding her reality. This was all very beyond her understanding.
Zordon sighed quietly. "I wondered once if we could have been allies instead of enemies...but perhaps that path was always doomed to failure. Alpha, activate the morph analysis."
"Activating now, Zordon." With a few button presses, the air around them took on a strange electric feeling, almost like the Grid's energy. Billy swallowed his concerns and pressed the open switch on the morpher.
"This is a Power Morpher. It helps us focus the grid's energy when we morph. You don't have one?"
Kim could feel the hairs on her arms standing on end at the feeling in the air, just like each time she and her friends had tried to access the Grid themselves. It felt weird not being the one doing it but not unbearable.
"Sorry I couldn't give you some kind of closure." She did feel a little bad. It really sucked when you realized nothing could have changed. Or probably couldn't have.
Her focus returned to Billy though, eying the morpher, curious. It sounded useful, focusing the Morphin Grid's power but their way seemed to work pretty well so far.
"No, nothing like that. We just have the coins to connect us."
Zordon smiled down at her from within the tube. "Do not worry yourself, Kim. Let us focus on restoring you to your team. Alpha, status report?"
"Her energy is similar to our Kimberly's, but I've detected small differences. But how do we use those to find the other world?"
Billy spoke up then, staring at the swirling viewing globe. "And do you think anything else has fallen through the wormhole? I've been worried that things are a little too quiet. The calm before the storm."
She couldn't help a little grin. This Zordon was so different, nobody would believe her. "You're a lot nicer than our Zordon. No offense, he's a serious jerk most of the time."
Kim crossed her arms at the question though. That was a problem. And even f this world had rangers, it was possible that her being here brought trouble. Or maybe she accidentally followed any trouble. Either way-
"If something from my Angel Grove came through, I can't leave you guys to clean up. Especially if we don't know how long it'll take to switch us back. And if it takes awhile, what do I do? Billy, you didn't recognize me so I won't be able to pass for your Kim."
Billy closed his eyes in thought. "I'd have to tell the other Rangers. They'll understand and want to help us. As far as the public...they don't know who we are, and half of them think we're Martians anyway. We'll simply announce to the press that our Pink Ranger has some upgrades...and you can stay with any of us, and choose any name you like"
He sighed. "And as far as Mr. and Mrs. Hart...we'll simply tell them that Kimberly went on a girls' retreat with Trini. They won't like it, but we've pulled it off before. Does that work, or should I try something else?"
"Hey, that's what Apex thinks we are too." In spite of the situation, she could find a little humor in that at least. At least one kind of similarity between two realities. Although, she supposed the general public thought the same, they didn't have much reason to think otherwise. And they weren't going to try changing their minds, fewer eyes on the teens of Angel Grove then.
"That should work. You know her parents here better than I do, after all. Mine are probably going to be an issue for your Kim though. They're already on me for punching Ty's tooth out, they'll never let me just bail for a few days or something."
They could always just let her parents think she ran away or something. It wasn't a great option but it was an option.
"I like it. I can remember that---and I"m not worried. Kimberly is clever, she'll find a way until we find her."
Billy took note, and Zordon and Alpha murmured their agreements. The Blue Ranger continued to watch the viewing globe warily, though---and naturally, it buzzed.
"Trouble in the financial district," Billy reported with a grim face. "Shall we morph and move out?"
"Glad to hear it. Jason will look after her, he does that. And if she doesn't crash with Trini or someone, I'm sure Zordon's ship has to have a living area or something." Nobody on her team would leave someone hanging. And she believed them that their Kim was clever. Maybe it was ego.
Kim turned her eyes towards the viewing globe then, kind of wishing they had something like that to prepare them before they headed out for a fight. The ship seemed so advanced, it was stupid not to, really.
"Can't leave Angel Grove hangin' right?" Kim held up her coin with a grin, letting her armor form around her and then retracts the front of her helmet.
Billy blinked. Now that...that was different. He could see echoes of his Kimberly's uniform, but she had a serious shell. She looked every bit the part of a powerful warrior.
"Wow, that's...wow. The Grid must really prepare you for battle...ours, comparatively, are not quite as sturdy. Promise not to laugh at me?" Billy joked, opening the morpher. "Triceratops!"
His was a simple flash of light and a simple blue and white suit. Spandex? Sure looked like it. He popped off his helmet with a small laugh. "We might make an odd pair, but I think we'll be all right."
She immediately mimed zipping her lips in reply. No laughter from her but she couldn't help but stare a little at his morph and his... uniform? Armor? Either way, it seemed to have worked for him and his team, presumably.
"It might be because of how we morph. We just kind of connect to it." So maybe it was stronger, maybe his would be different if he did too? Not that she would suggest, more because if this way worked for them, there had to be a reason.
"Definitely gonna stand out but I'm ready if you are." With a grin, the front of her helmet slipped back into place.
Billy clasped his helmet over his head with a grateful smile. "All right. Back to action!" he shouted, activating the teleport back out to the field. Sorry, Kim---you'll have to get used to the cheese in this universe.
"All right, clay-brains, who's up first?" He struck a deliberate pose before charging in, rolling and dodging between timed hits. He needed to land more hits than Kim would, but he did it well.
Cheese, she can handle. It might be met with smirks and veiled laughter at times but never meant rudely. It would just be a little... weird, to her. It would probably take her some time to get used to how things work here.
Behind her helmet, she blinked curiously at the 'clay' part of the insult but it clicked quickly enough. These were their putties. Training against these would have been so much easier but it also wouldn't have prepared her team too well. Caught in her thoughts, a putty almost snuck up on her but she turned to backhand it quick enough, throwing it back a few feet. Now she was irritated and her body almost went to auto-pilot, everything Trini and Jason had showed the team coming to the front of her mind.
Billy grinned at her behind the helmet. "Great work! But---ah!"
They were bettering their tactics. He flew across the sand and skidded into the dirt, groaning and gritting his teeth. He reached for his belt and unfolded the Blade Blaster with a quick smack, firing enough shots to give himself space to stand.
Ganging up, she could handle, they'd had a small army thrown at them for training while Alpha just cheered them on. And reminded them that they were probably going to die. What really struck her was that he was armed and nobody on her own team but Jason seemed to have a weapon.
Their armor may have been different but at least they had an advantage there. Unfortunately, the financial district didn't offer much in the way of makeshift weapons and she wasn't willing to tear a stop sign or something out of the ground. So fists it was.
At least she was good at that! And decent at ducking under swings, grabbing putties around the waist and slamming them into the ground, getting up with flourish when knocked down, or just kicking them in the head.
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Questions she would answer. Maybe? Probably. To her, there didn't seem like there would be problems with sharing what she knew. Hell, he could even take a look at her phone if he wanted, so long as she got it back in one piece. They got expensive, and she'd learned her lesson after crushing the first.
"Teleport? No. We usually hike to the mines when we need to see them." Teleporting hadn't even been mentioned as an option yet but she'll be annoyed if it was the whole time. How much time could they have saved?
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He winced at the thought. "I built these communicators to open a radio channel between our group and Zordon and Alpha, but when I tested them, I discovered that I'd inadvertently tapped into the grid's locator frequency. With Alpha's help, they became teleportation devices too."
It could be unsettling the first time, so he wanted to take this slowly with her. "Take my arm. It might feel strange, but it will pass quickly---and no one's become ill yet."
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"They contact us directly. I'm guess it has something to do with the coins." She wasn't so clever as either Billy though, and just a vague guess. Maybe she should consider paying better attention in science or something.
Either way, it didn't help her now. So she reached and took his arm, hesitating just a bit. At least, where ever they went, then she could pull her coin out without worrying about anyone from Angel Grove seeing. If she was revealed, then it risked her other self being revealed. She was kind of self-centered but not so much as to risk outing her other self or anyone else.
"I've got a pretty strong stomach. Ready when you are."
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Billy switched communications modes, and the two vanished in streaks of blue and pink. They reappeared on a small platform in a room that seemed to be surrounded by stars, with a glowing blue tube greeting them. The floating head within and a small robot both spoke.
"Billy! Oh no, we've got company! And I haven't even dusted..." the robot lamented, making attempts to tidy the control panels anyway.
"Billy, I've detected a dimensional anomaly...I assume that's why this young woman is here?" the voice boomed from the glowing tube.
"Yes, Zordon...this is Kimberly Hart from an alternate Angel Grove, and we believe that the Kimberly from this time is stranded there," Billy offered tentatively.
"Welcome, Ms. Hart. I am Zordon of Eltar, and this is my assistant Alpha 5. We are well-versed in dimensional anomalies, but before we begin, do you have any questions?"
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"Whoa..." She took a couple slow breaths and looked around, eyes widening at the robot and floating head. This was all very different from what she knew. This place didn't look sixty-five million years old. And the head- Zordon, didn't sound like the one she knew. He also seemed more polite already but she tried not to let first impressions fully color her opinions.
"Kim is good." For a start. "This place, uh, it's nothing like the ship my Zordon and Alpha are on. Oh man-"
This was weird. She could handle it though, right? How weird was too weird? And how quickly could they get there? She brushed a hand through her hair, taking a moment to try to settle her thoughts.
"Okay... how could this happen? I mean, my friends and I were just dealing with reanimated putties yesterday and now I'm in another dimension? In the past? I'm not even born for five years!"
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"We only learned how to tap into the grid about a week ago, just after our first encounter with Rita. And the only thing since then has been reanimated putties." Wait. Rita. "Rita was still kind of tapped into the Morphin Grid though. Her armor was super messed up but it was recognizably the same armor as ours."
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"Was it green, by any chance?"
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"Yeah, it was. It was freaky, like thorns. She still believed she was worthy,"
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"In this world, Rita created the Green Ranger powers, but as far as I know she never used them herself. She chose a champion---another Ranger---to fight us in her place. That was the Tommy I asked you about, but he's our friend now."
Zordon chimed in. "You're correct, Billy. This reality's Rita Repulsa never used the green coin in my battles with her---she prefers to have henchmen do the heavy lifting, as you well know. It interests me that your Rita is so comparatively involved, Kim...but we have other issues at the moment. May we see your power coin, if you have one? If we compare its energy signature to Billy's, we may be able to better locate your reality through the Grid."
Billy heard the implied command and took that moment to reach behind him. He produced a silver belt buckle with a small triceratops coin set in the middle, holding it up for Kim to see.
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Her power coin? Without much thought, glancing at Billy, she pulled her coin from her pocket and held it up. The pterodactyl in the crystals center finally visible now that all the dirt and stone had come off.
"What- sorry, what's that thing?" Indicating Billy's morpher and offering her coin to either him or Alpha. Not like she knew what to do with it to try finding her reality. This was all very beyond her understanding.
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"Activating now, Zordon." With a few button presses, the air around them took on a strange electric feeling, almost like the Grid's energy. Billy swallowed his concerns and pressed the open switch on the morpher.
"This is a Power Morpher. It helps us focus the grid's energy when we morph. You don't have one?"
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"Sorry I couldn't give you some kind of closure." She did feel a little bad. It really sucked when you realized nothing could have changed. Or probably couldn't have.
Her focus returned to Billy though, eying the morpher, curious. It sounded useful, focusing the Morphin Grid's power but their way seemed to work pretty well so far.
"No, nothing like that. We just have the coins to connect us."
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"Her energy is similar to our Kimberly's, but I've detected small differences. But how do we use those to find the other world?"
Billy spoke up then, staring at the swirling viewing globe. "And do you think anything else has fallen through the wormhole? I've been worried that things are a little too quiet. The calm before the storm."
There it was, always on the back of his mind.
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Kim crossed her arms at the question though. That was a problem. And even f this world had rangers, it was possible that her being here brought trouble. Or maybe she accidentally followed any trouble. Either way-
"If something from my Angel Grove came through, I can't leave you guys to clean up. Especially if we don't know how long it'll take to switch us back. And if it takes awhile, what do I do? Billy, you didn't recognize me so I won't be able to pass for your Kim."
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He sighed. "And as far as Mr. and Mrs. Hart...we'll simply tell them that Kimberly went on a girls' retreat with Trini. They won't like it, but we've pulled it off before. Does that work, or should I try something else?"
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"That should work. You know her parents here better than I do, after all. Mine are probably going to be an issue for your Kim though. They're already on me for punching Ty's tooth out, they'll never let me just bail for a few days or something."
They could always just let her parents think she ran away or something. It wasn't a great option but it was an option.
"I guess... call me Jen? Jen's a good name."
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Billy took note, and Zordon and Alpha murmured their agreements. The Blue Ranger continued to watch the viewing globe warily, though---and naturally, it buzzed.
"Trouble in the financial district," Billy reported with a grim face. "Shall we morph and move out?"
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Kim turned her eyes towards the viewing globe then, kind of wishing they had something like that to prepare them before they headed out for a fight. The ship seemed so advanced, it was stupid not to, really.
"Can't leave Angel Grove hangin' right?" Kim held up her coin with a grin, letting her armor form around her and then retracts the front of her helmet.
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"Wow, that's...wow. The Grid must really prepare you for battle...ours, comparatively, are not quite as sturdy. Promise not to laugh at me?" Billy joked, opening the morpher. "Triceratops!"
His was a simple flash of light and a simple blue and white suit. Spandex? Sure looked like it. He popped off his helmet with a small laugh. "We might make an odd pair, but I think we'll be all right."
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"It might be because of how we morph. We just kind of connect to it." So maybe it was stronger, maybe his would be different if he did too? Not that she would suggest, more because if this way worked for them, there had to be a reason.
"Definitely gonna stand out but I'm ready if you are." With a grin, the front of her helmet slipped back into place.
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"All right, clay-brains, who's up first?" He struck a deliberate pose before charging in, rolling and dodging between timed hits. He needed to land more hits than Kim would, but he did it well.
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Behind her helmet, she blinked curiously at the 'clay' part of the insult but it clicked quickly enough. These were their putties. Training against these would have been so much easier but it also wouldn't have prepared her team too well. Caught in her thoughts, a putty almost snuck up on her but she turned to backhand it quick enough, throwing it back a few feet. Now she was irritated and her body almost went to auto-pilot, everything Trini and Jason had showed the team coming to the front of her mind.
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They were bettering their tactics. He flew across the sand and skidded into the dirt, groaning and gritting his teeth. He reached for his belt and unfolded the Blade Blaster with a quick smack, firing enough shots to give himself space to stand.
"They gang up sometimes! Look out!"
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Their armor may have been different but at least they had an advantage there. Unfortunately, the financial district didn't offer much in the way of makeshift weapons and she wasn't willing to tear a stop sign or something out of the ground. So fists it was.
At least she was good at that! And decent at ducking under swings, grabbing putties around the waist and slamming them into the ground, getting up with flourish when knocked down, or just kicking them in the head.
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