Authors Note: There are SO many stories out there surrounding the idea of Kim going to Reefside and reuniting with Tommy. But for some reason most of those stories involve a character dying or a character being raped, and an even fewer amount of those stories involve Kim becoming a pink ranger again. Not that the authors don't have good ideas but they're just not my cup of tea. So what do I do? I write my own! I hope you enjoy the prologue, and please review!

(( P.S Sorry for the typos guys, in my defence its three in the morning, and I'm just focused on getting this puppy published so I can go to sleep!))

Always Pink

Kimberly was never one to go looking for trouble, trouble usually found her. Of course when you're part of a team of teenagers set out to save the world -trouble was usually in the job description.

But since those days she has always led a relatively quiet life. She eventually left the glamour and the fame offered with being a professional athlete to being a coach at a youth gym. All the kids seemed to really like her and she treated everyone as equal as she could. Her co-workers didn't know much about her so they had no idea what to expect when she accepted an invitation to the Christmas staff party.

"Each of these drinks has to have ATLEAST 200 calories each" Kimberly stated, "why exactly do you need a fourth?"

Her co-worker Elizabeth was a bit of an eccentric and definitely drunk, she made a pffft sound at Kimberly waving her finger.

"Can't you leave your job at the gym?" She asked "Cmon Kim it's a party! Those teenage girls aren't here watching you; you can stop being a role model for one night."

Kim didn't really know how to answer to that – to her it wasn't about being a role model; it was about staying healthy and ready for anything ANYTHING, and she wasn't about to tell the drunken woman "I choose to stay sober in case I get attacked by a monster for whatever reason.."

"WHAT?!" Elizabeth exclaimed.

Whoops I have to stop talking out loud. Kim just shrugged "I was joking."

Elizabeth looked at her with wide confused eyes then simply laughed "Oh gawd Kim you're so funny! I mean you are SO funny!"

Elizabeth then sauntered away towards the bar for another drink, leaving Kim alone at the table with nothing but the stench of alcohol and over played Christmas music to keep her company.

It was times like this that she stole a moment to look at the photo in her wallet – the small picture was a stunning reflection of Kimberly in her teenage years smiling wide arm and arm with a medium height blonde. Both girls wearing pink Kim's pink being a darker mature pink while the other girls shade was pale to a near white.

Katherine had been through so much in her life before meeting the rangers. Kim remembered taking a strong liking to her and in the end of her career as a power ranger all signs pointed to Kat being the logical replacement. The photo was taken just a couple hours after Kimberly had surrendered the power coin.

In reflection the first year had been the hardest, she worked herself to near exhaustion every day. She left the rangers for a reason – she thought she had wanted to be famous, with out having to hide her face. She had wanted to make Zordon proud of her, she wanted to be able to visit with her head held high, and at the same time she wanted to forget. Not because the memories were bad but because to this day if she was caught watching the news it was almost impossible to pull her away, and every word about the rangers always made her heart miss a beat.

She was over most of it by now, but a few things still stung – like visiting for example. After she left she never visited- hell she never even tried.

A deep sigh and she pushed the photo back into her wallet as a familiar knocking came to her table surface.

"Hey Jeff" Kim mused with a small smile, and her Manager simply grinned sitting across from her.

"What's the meaning of this pink?" Jeff asked "It's a CHRISTMAS party, and yet here you are not acting very jolly."

Kim liked Jeff, he was a decent guy and even though he ran a pretty tight ship at the gym it was a system Kim appreciated. They rarely had any problems with each other and if you did everything you were supposed to then Jeff was the coolest guy ever.

"What?" Asked Kim "you mean like Elizabeth? Who is completely sloshed by the way."

Jeff gave a face as if to ask what else is new. But didn't say anything by it, he looked Kim over slightly.

"Well at least you're wearing Christmas colours red and green look good on you."

Kim laughed at the irony of that statement "Oh Jeff" she chuckled "you just said a mouth full there."

Jeff then looked confused – just as she expected him to be.

"Anyway" Kim said "I've been thinking a lot lately, and I think that starting new years I'll be leaving the pink clothes in my closet I can't always walk around looking like a piece of bubble gum now can I?"

Jeff huffed "if you're trying to get me to drop the nick name it isn't happening. Sorry Kim but you'll always be pink."

Always Pink.

Kim let a small smile grace her features before standing "Well this pink crane has got to get flying now – she's tired and quite frankly a little annoyed with having to listen to 20 different versions of jingle bell rock."

Jeff blinked "did you just say pink crane?"

Kimberly pulled her jacket off her chair and slipped it on grabbing her car keys from her pocket.

"I did indeed."

"You're a mystery sometimes pink." He then said, and Kim nodded.

"Until the day I die." She confessed "merry Christmas Jeff."

The sudden rush of cold air to the lungs visibly relaxed Kim when she stepped outside, of course the fact that it had started to snow while she was at the party dampened her spirits some. Upon reaching her little silver Sunfire she kicked at it feebily when she discovered that her doors were frozen shut.

"Here let me help."

The unfamiliar voice caught Kim off guard and she spun around to face a man in a large black hoodie standing a little too close for comfort.

"No" Kim said "I can do it."

The man chuckled "alright then girly" he said "if you won't let me help you then at least give me your wallet."

Not cool.

Kim was suddenly so SO glad that she didn't drink tonight.

"And if I DON'T give it to you?" Kim asked, and the man snarled

"Then my friends and I are going to take it."

As he said this three other guys came out from hiding behind other cars in the parking lot. Kim had heard about these guys – they waited outside of bars and robbed people who came out alone, over and over the police had come close to catching them but they always seemed to evade them.

Well tonight that was all going to change – looking at the photo earlier made her a little nostalgic and she doubted these goons were anywhere near as strong as a small group of puddies.

"Oh really" Kim said "try it."

She wasn't surprised when the first fist went flying at her, she side stepped it expertly and locking her arms around his she pulled her weight forcing the first attacker to smash his fist straight through the driver's side window of Kim's car.

He cried out – rather angrily, Kim huffing "you better be planning on paying for that!" she snapped.

She left him to his own devices as the second member of the group came rushing at her, she noted that his stance was sloppy and that he ran at her face first -his arms useless at his sides.

Smart………

Not!

She flew up in a spin, her foot easily catching the side of his face sending him flying sideways and crashing onto a patch of ice, the ice providing just enough momentum to send the poor bugger broken nose and all sliding head first into the base of a parking lot lamp.

Kim landed in her usual fighting stance looking the last two members of this craptastic gang over.

"Who's next?" She asked a tad haughtily, she was so caught up in the fact that she was winning that she failed to note that her original assailant had gotten free from her window and had come back at her with another punch – his fist landing pretty hard against her temple that she actually stumbled a bit.

The bastard had a pretty decent upper cut but it wasn't good enough. Kimberly recovered quickly enough and as he came flying at her again she leaned back wards into a flip his fist missing her completely, she indulged a bit and twirled sending her fist right back at him, and knocking him square flat. By the time she was done the manoeuvre the guy was down and out conveniently in a heap next to the other guy she knocked out. The other two having took off in a scared run.

It wasn't until she was sure those two weren't getting up did she asses her own damage. She had fought pretty hard for the first time in years – her adrenaline was pumping that all too familiar sense of fulfillment over taking her, if she could transform right then she would've if only just the feel the power of her old armour rejuvenate her. Aside from that she ached, her temple bled a bit and was no doubt bruised, scratches on her hands and leg showing her defensive wounds.

"PINK!"

Kim looked up as Jeff came running at her from across the parking lot, he stopped in awe when he reached her "you – I saw all of that, are you alright?!"

He seemed a little freaked out – why? Didn't he know she was a power ranger for crying out loud?

"I'm fine Jeff." She insisted "you should call the police before they wake up though."

Her adrenaline still pumping a bit she managed to pry her car door open, little bits of glass falling to the ground from where the first guy had smashed his fist.

"You're just leaving?!" Jeff hollered.

"Yup" Kim said "I have to go."

"Go where? Kim I'm pretty sure the cops are going to want a statement."

"Ah" Kim said "everything they need to know is probably in the security system, but no more talking, I have to go."

"Kim-" Jeff protested, Kim shut the door of her car and looked at Jeff through the hole in her window.

"You were right Jeff." She then said "I can't give it up – during that fight I realized, I will ALWAYS be pink."

She then waved as she started up her car, and pulled out of the parking lot. She had a lot of thinking to do – but first thing was first, she needed to get some sleep and then she needed to get her window fixed.