Disclaimer: As usual, all things Power Rangers belong to Saban, not me.

Authors Note: The idea for this story came to me while reading "What Happens In Vegas" by Guardian of Hope. For those of you who have seen that story, no, this is not going to end with a quickie Vegas wedding :) But I wanted to write a story about Tommy and Kim meeting up in the year 2007. And after reading the other story, I figured Vegas is as fun a place as any to have them meet.

So I hope you guys enjoy. This first chapter is the tale of what has led Kim to Vegas for this vacation. Let me know what you think. There will be more chapters to come.

Power Rangers
"Viva Las Vegas"

Kimberly Ann Heart sat on a plane that was currently circling the city of Las Vegas, waiting to be told to land. She closed her eyes and sighed as she sat in her seat, thinking about what in the hell she was doing here in the first place.

She knew what she was doing here. Her best friend Melissa had talked her into going so that she could get away from all the craziness. Kim laughed a little, she wasn't sure if a vacation was quite the answer to the craziness. Life for her had been nothing but crazy for over ten years.

It all started back in her hometown of Angel Grove. She was once a normal girl, leading a normal life in a normal city. All that changed at the age of fifteen when Rita Repulsa was released from the space dumpster she had been trapped in and started to terrorize her home. It was then she was chosen to be a Power Ranger, defender of Earth. It was then that life became crazy for her, and she hadn't turned back.

She spent the next two and a half years being a ranger. She had made great friends and had a great boyfriend. As a young girl she had thought that was the tip of the iceberg. Until she was accepted to go train with Gunthar Schmidt, to be a part of the Pan Global games. Kim was excited beyond words. She left the rangers, her friends, and her boyfriend to train for the games which were a few years away.

She thought by not being a ranger life wouldn't be as crazy for her. Kim found herself sadly mistaken. Her life became hours of training for the games and hours of school to get her diploma. She would have little time at night to herself before crashing in the bed to get up and do it all over again.

Nine months into the training she found herself losing the will to keep going. She wasn't sure if she wanted to do it anymore, that was, until she met him. Jeffery Baines was training for the Pan Global games as well. He was a male gymnast, doing all his training in Orlando before moving to Miami to train at the same facility as Kim.

From the moment they met there was a connection. They spent all their free time together. At first they pretended they were just friends, but that ended the day he kissed her. She was surprised at how wonderful that felt. The moment she let him out of her apartment that night she went to her desk and pulled out a piece of paper, sending a letter to her boyfriend back in Angel Grove. Telling him that she loved him but had found someone else.

After she sent the letter, she found herself spending more and more time in Jeff's arms. At age eighteen, she thought this could be the man she spent the rest of her life with. With the exception of a crazy vacation with Jason that put her temporarily right back in the thick of things in Angel Grove, she spent all her free time with him.

Two years after she started seeing Jeff, things changed. Just days before the Pan Global games were set to start Zordon died. The wave his death sent around the galaxy affected everyone who had ever been a Power Ranger. She felt it in her heart, and all the sudden there was an emptiness there. He had been a father figure to her, and now he was gone.

Kim channeled all her anger and sorrow into her training and into the games. During that time she hardly spent any time at all with Jeff. Looking back, Zordon's death may have been what fueled her to be the best gymnast she could be, as she brought home several gold medals at the games. When the games were finished and she stopped and reflected, she realized she wasn't ready for a relationship at the moment. So she ended what she had with Jeff.

This was probably a good thing, as the next two years of Kim's life were a whirlwind of activities. Winning the Pan Global's meant overnight stardom. Suddenly there was a book deal, morning and nighttime talk show appearances, television guest appearances, a Wheatie's box, a Nike's endorsement, and the list went on. She spent the next two years of her life moving at this crazy fast pace.

Three years after her victory, things started calming down. Finally the next Pan Global games rolled around, and she commentated in them. After they had a new winner, the world started to forget about Kimberly Ann Heart. Which was fine by her, she thought she could finally calm down.

Kim found herself deciding to stay in Miami. She used the money she had from everything to purchase herself a house. As she got settled in she decided to relax, and pick up some hobbies. Money was not an object for her as she had made enough in that frenzy to last her two lifetimes. But quickly she found herself getting bored with staying at home. She almost missed the craziness.

She considered it fate when a woman from their local ABC affiliate stood on her doorstep one morning. The woman reminded her how she was still a celebrity, and even though other cities may have forgotten her Miami had not as she was local having trained there. She wanted her to co-host a local daytime talk show. The money would be decent, and it would keep her busy five days a week between that days show and prepping for the next show. Because of that, Kim agreed.

That was where she had been the last three years of her life. The show had made her life crazy again. Through the show she met her best friend Melissa. She had a few dates here and there, but nothing serious until a year ago when Cole came into her life. She thought Cole was amazing, but noone else seemed to view him that way. It wasn't until last month she realized he was a cheater and a liar, among other things. She was quick to drop him, and Melissa was quick to say she needed a vacation.

She wasn't going to go, but Melissa had all but booked it for her. That's how she found herself on this plane that had just landed in Las Vegas. She waited anxiously to exit the plane, then headed down to the baggage claim. A few minutes later the light blinked and a loud noise overcame her, signaling that it was getting ready to spit out luggage. She waited to collect hers, then drug it outside as she signaled for a taxi. One it arrived she climbed in, telling him to take her to the casino she was staying at.

Kim got out of the taxi and stood in front of the casino looking it over. She had never been to Vegas before, and she had to admit she was kind of excited for the whole experience. She pulled her luggage into the casino and headed for the desk to check in. A few minutes later she was on her way up the elevator.

Her room wasn't hard to find. She fumbled with the key before finally getting in, then lugged her suitcase in behind her. She spent the first half an hour unpacking and looking through all the information leaflets she found laying around. When she was done, she sat on the bed thinking about what to do next.

Kim thought for a few minutes before smiling to herself. What the hell, she was in Vegas, and she was going to gamble. She gathered a few things before heading out the room and down to the casino floor.