Always a Frog, Never a Prince
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Kimberly sat perched on the end of the bath watching as Adam negotiated the difficult task of shaving in front of a smashed mirror. It wasn't easy for the black ranger, seeing for of him at once was a little distracting to say the least, he could also see Kimberly behind him, watching with bright brown eyes, and was sure that if it wasn't for the shaving foam plastered over his face, he'd blush.
"Ah, shit," bringing the razor away he pressed his index finger to the small cut on his neck that was beginning to seep blood.
Kimberly rolled her eyes, "It's funny, women have to go through the very painful process of waxing and yet you can't even shave properly."
"Hey," Adam turned and pointed the razor at her, "It's trickier than it looks, plus it wasn't my fault, I was distracted by your beauty."
The pink ranger smiled, "Naturally," she said while flicking her hair over her shoulder. She could see Adam was having difficulties, that was a given judging by the fact that he'd been standing in front of the mirror for ten minutes and had only managed to shave his neck. "Come here," she patted the spot next to her.
Adam turned around, "Why?" he asked suspiciously.
"Just come here," grabbing the razor less hand she sat him next to her and stood up, "Give me the razor," she held out her hand.
"Uh…I'm not so sure that's such a good idea."
"Adam, trust me," she smiled as he grudgingly passed it over, "Thank you," she chirped while taking a seat on his lap, "Stay very still," she warned while pressing the razor gently to his cheek, Adam had his eyes jammed closed and was imagining what he was going to look like with no cheeks.
He felt Kimberly drag the razor in an upward motion and was surprised, not to mention relieved, when he felt absolutely no pain. Opening his eyes he could see she was watching what she was doing very closely as she made the second stroke with again no pain felt by the black ranger.
Feeling Adam hold her slightly tighter Kimberly glanced at him, "Are you okay? I didn't cut you did I?" she waited for a response but didn't get one as Adam stared back at her. "What?" now she was beginning to blush, "What is it?"
"I wish you didn't have to go," he eventually replied.
Kimberly smiled sadly, "Yeah, me too. But on the plus side Christmas isn't that far away, I'll be back then," happiness was evident in her voice and she continued with her work.
"Won't your mother mind you coming over here for Christmas? And what about your dad, I mean…it won't look very…"
"Adam!" she said firmly, cutting him off, "If you don't stop talking while I'm trying to shave you I'm gonna end up slicing something off," he nodded and closed his mouth. "Besides, my mother will be happy for more time alone with her husband, and daddy is way too preoccupied with work anyway," she noticed Adam trying not to smile, "What now?"
"Daddy?"
"Hey," she pointed the razor at his face, "You wanna keep your lips, you stop talking."
"Done," the rest of the time was spent in peace. Kimberly was amazed at the comfort she was feeling, it was the first time in her mind that she'd actually felt that they were a real couple, and she could tell Adam felt it too. His arms weren't tense around her like he was afraid, they were relaxed showing that he trusted her, and his eyes were stared at her with a kind of happiness that she'd never seen in him before.
She knew from that moment on, she would miss him like crazy.
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Kimberly, for the second time that week, stood amongst the hustle and bustle of Angel Grove Airport. The only difference this time was that she wasn't on her own, most of her friends were there to see her off apart from Zack who'd had to work and Tanya who was in the middle of a lecture in collage.
Both she and Adam had said their goodbyes an hour ago and now he was stood behind Jason and Tommy with a somber look on his face. Rocky was in the middle of a game of hangman with Billy and was getting more and more frustrated by the fact that the former blue ranger was virtually impossible to beat. Looking out of the window she turned seeing Aisha and Kat approach, "Hey guys," she offered a friendly smile to the both of them.
"Hi," Kat began a little uncertain, "we thought we'd say goodbye now, we kinda don't wanna get crushed when all the guys rush you for a hug," she offered her hand out, "I hope you can make it to the wedding Kimberly."
Kimberly stared at the hand for a moment before a smile crossed her lips, "Thanks Kat, I'll be there. And I hope we're better friends than that," moving forward slightly the two embraced in a hug.
"I'm sorry," Kat whispered gently.
"I know," Kimberly responded.
Adam watched as Kimberly and Kat hugged and turned to look at Tommy, "We don't have to do that do we?"
The white ranger chuckled and shook his head, "I think we're too manly."
The sound of the tour operator's voice sounded over an intercom telling the room that passengers on the flight from Angel Grove to Orlando were to start boarding. Sighing Kimberly picked up her bag and turned to face the group, "Well guys, I hope I see you all again real soon."
"We do too Kim," Jason agreed hugging her gently.
Kimberly went through each person individually and gave each one a hug (yes, even Tommy) until she came to Adam, "Thank you for having me," she hugged him tightly, "I love you," she whispered, "Don't forget me."
"Never," he whispered in reply before letting her go.
Smiling Kimberly waved to all of her friends and disappeared through the gate and down the hall, "Hey," Adam turned to look at Rocky, "You okay bro?"
Adam smiled, "Yeah, I'm great."
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In the bleak nothingness of space a large dragon shaped shadow descended upon the moon. Inside Lord Zedd grinned sadistically and watched through his cracked red visor at the once again familiar sight of Earth looming on the horizon.
Stepping back away from the window he faced Goldar who shrank away slightly in view of his master, large battle scars adorned his body at the metal ribcage he had was severely blackened as if burnt by something, but even-so, Zedd had never been happier.
"Remove that trash from Serpenterra and prepare my throne room for our arrival."
"Yes my liege," Goldar's face was also different, he now had only one eye buy he still stood proud and tall. Moving over to where the room was darker he grinned sickly down at the carcasses that had been piled up there. Finster, Squat Baboo where all there, there blank eyes staring into nothingness as their mouths hung open where their dying screams had emanated. He lifted two of the bodies on to his shoulders exposing more bodies, alien bodies which were quickly decomposing thanks to lack of water.
"Goldar!" Zedd thundered, "Will you hurry up, I don't have all day."
"I apologise Lord Zedd," moving away Goldar allowed another smile to cross his lips, not even the Aquitar rangers could stop his beloved master, and with all of the former rangers retired they would never expect another attack. Dumping the bodies into the trash shoot Goldar went back to get the others, he watched as Zedd stood in front of the view screen, his metal finger clicking as he tapped it impatiently against the walls of the titanic beast.
Yes, Zedd was a new man, a better more ruthless leader, and now the power rangers didn't stand a chance.
The End
By Boulder
Authors Notes
Dum, dum, dum.
Okay, as most of you have probably guessed by now there is going to be a sequel. But before you get all excited don't, because before I do the sequel I'll be doing a different power rangers story probably. I've left a lot of loose ends to continue onto in the sequel plus the reintroduction of Zedd, where's Rita you ask? Ahh, you'll have to wait and see. Anyways, I didn't want this chapter to be too dramatic, I figured it would be best if the feud between Kat and Kim would end here as I don't want to keep on beating a dead horse so to speak. I know there's not much depth in this epilogue (thanks Hagar for pointing out my mistake) but it was really a means to an end for the story so I just wanted one scene with Kim/Adam and that's it. I also promised to say why I wasn't continuing one of my other fics (The Death of a Ranger). The reason basically is that I intend to use parts of that storyline in the sequel to this, that doesn't mean anyone's going to die though.
I'd love to thank each one of you individually for the support you've given, especially the people who's followed the story from the early chapters (you know who you are), but unfortunately there's so many names it's probably take up about a page. So I want to thank all of you so much for supporting this fic, you're the ones who made the fic continue. So thanks a million billion squillion to each and every one of you. And if you're interested keep an eye out for the sequel, it should be up in a couple of months.
Anyways, so long, adios, take care and good luck.
Regards
Boulder
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Kimberly sat perched on the end of the bath watching as Adam negotiated the difficult task of shaving in front of a smashed mirror. It wasn't easy for the black ranger, seeing for of him at once was a little distracting to say the least, he could also see Kimberly behind him, watching with bright brown eyes, and was sure that if it wasn't for the shaving foam plastered over his face, he'd blush.
"Ah, shit," bringing the razor away he pressed his index finger to the small cut on his neck that was beginning to seep blood.
Kimberly rolled her eyes, "It's funny, women have to go through the very painful process of waxing and yet you can't even shave properly."
"Hey," Adam turned and pointed the razor at her, "It's trickier than it looks, plus it wasn't my fault, I was distracted by your beauty."
The pink ranger smiled, "Naturally," she said while flicking her hair over her shoulder. She could see Adam was having difficulties, that was a given judging by the fact that he'd been standing in front of the mirror for ten minutes and had only managed to shave his neck. "Come here," she patted the spot next to her.
Adam turned around, "Why?" he asked suspiciously.
"Just come here," grabbing the razor less hand she sat him next to her and stood up, "Give me the razor," she held out her hand.
"Uh…I'm not so sure that's such a good idea."
"Adam, trust me," she smiled as he grudgingly passed it over, "Thank you," she chirped while taking a seat on his lap, "Stay very still," she warned while pressing the razor gently to his cheek, Adam had his eyes jammed closed and was imagining what he was going to look like with no cheeks.
He felt Kimberly drag the razor in an upward motion and was surprised, not to mention relieved, when he felt absolutely no pain. Opening his eyes he could see she was watching what she was doing very closely as she made the second stroke with again no pain felt by the black ranger.
Feeling Adam hold her slightly tighter Kimberly glanced at him, "Are you okay? I didn't cut you did I?" she waited for a response but didn't get one as Adam stared back at her. "What?" now she was beginning to blush, "What is it?"
"I wish you didn't have to go," he eventually replied.
Kimberly smiled sadly, "Yeah, me too. But on the plus side Christmas isn't that far away, I'll be back then," happiness was evident in her voice and she continued with her work.
"Won't your mother mind you coming over here for Christmas? And what about your dad, I mean…it won't look very…"
"Adam!" she said firmly, cutting him off, "If you don't stop talking while I'm trying to shave you I'm gonna end up slicing something off," he nodded and closed his mouth. "Besides, my mother will be happy for more time alone with her husband, and daddy is way too preoccupied with work anyway," she noticed Adam trying not to smile, "What now?"
"Daddy?"
"Hey," she pointed the razor at his face, "You wanna keep your lips, you stop talking."
"Done," the rest of the time was spent in peace. Kimberly was amazed at the comfort she was feeling, it was the first time in her mind that she'd actually felt that they were a real couple, and she could tell Adam felt it too. His arms weren't tense around her like he was afraid, they were relaxed showing that he trusted her, and his eyes were stared at her with a kind of happiness that she'd never seen in him before.
She knew from that moment on, she would miss him like crazy.
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Kimberly, for the second time that week, stood amongst the hustle and bustle of Angel Grove Airport. The only difference this time was that she wasn't on her own, most of her friends were there to see her off apart from Zack who'd had to work and Tanya who was in the middle of a lecture in collage.
Both she and Adam had said their goodbyes an hour ago and now he was stood behind Jason and Tommy with a somber look on his face. Rocky was in the middle of a game of hangman with Billy and was getting more and more frustrated by the fact that the former blue ranger was virtually impossible to beat. Looking out of the window she turned seeing Aisha and Kat approach, "Hey guys," she offered a friendly smile to the both of them.
"Hi," Kat began a little uncertain, "we thought we'd say goodbye now, we kinda don't wanna get crushed when all the guys rush you for a hug," she offered her hand out, "I hope you can make it to the wedding Kimberly."
Kimberly stared at the hand for a moment before a smile crossed her lips, "Thanks Kat, I'll be there. And I hope we're better friends than that," moving forward slightly the two embraced in a hug.
"I'm sorry," Kat whispered gently.
"I know," Kimberly responded.
Adam watched as Kimberly and Kat hugged and turned to look at Tommy, "We don't have to do that do we?"
The white ranger chuckled and shook his head, "I think we're too manly."
The sound of the tour operator's voice sounded over an intercom telling the room that passengers on the flight from Angel Grove to Orlando were to start boarding. Sighing Kimberly picked up her bag and turned to face the group, "Well guys, I hope I see you all again real soon."
"We do too Kim," Jason agreed hugging her gently.
Kimberly went through each person individually and gave each one a hug (yes, even Tommy) until she came to Adam, "Thank you for having me," she hugged him tightly, "I love you," she whispered, "Don't forget me."
"Never," he whispered in reply before letting her go.
Smiling Kimberly waved to all of her friends and disappeared through the gate and down the hall, "Hey," Adam turned to look at Rocky, "You okay bro?"
Adam smiled, "Yeah, I'm great."
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In the bleak nothingness of space a large dragon shaped shadow descended upon the moon. Inside Lord Zedd grinned sadistically and watched through his cracked red visor at the once again familiar sight of Earth looming on the horizon.
Stepping back away from the window he faced Goldar who shrank away slightly in view of his master, large battle scars adorned his body at the metal ribcage he had was severely blackened as if burnt by something, but even-so, Zedd had never been happier.
"Remove that trash from Serpenterra and prepare my throne room for our arrival."
"Yes my liege," Goldar's face was also different, he now had only one eye buy he still stood proud and tall. Moving over to where the room was darker he grinned sickly down at the carcasses that had been piled up there. Finster, Squat Baboo where all there, there blank eyes staring into nothingness as their mouths hung open where their dying screams had emanated. He lifted two of the bodies on to his shoulders exposing more bodies, alien bodies which were quickly decomposing thanks to lack of water.
"Goldar!" Zedd thundered, "Will you hurry up, I don't have all day."
"I apologise Lord Zedd," moving away Goldar allowed another smile to cross his lips, not even the Aquitar rangers could stop his beloved master, and with all of the former rangers retired they would never expect another attack. Dumping the bodies into the trash shoot Goldar went back to get the others, he watched as Zedd stood in front of the view screen, his metal finger clicking as he tapped it impatiently against the walls of the titanic beast.
Yes, Zedd was a new man, a better more ruthless leader, and now the power rangers didn't stand a chance.
The End
By Boulder
Authors Notes
Dum, dum, dum.
Okay, as most of you have probably guessed by now there is going to be a sequel. But before you get all excited don't, because before I do the sequel I'll be doing a different power rangers story probably. I've left a lot of loose ends to continue onto in the sequel plus the reintroduction of Zedd, where's Rita you ask? Ahh, you'll have to wait and see. Anyways, I didn't want this chapter to be too dramatic, I figured it would be best if the feud between Kat and Kim would end here as I don't want to keep on beating a dead horse so to speak. I know there's not much depth in this epilogue (thanks Hagar for pointing out my mistake) but it was really a means to an end for the story so I just wanted one scene with Kim/Adam and that's it. I also promised to say why I wasn't continuing one of my other fics (The Death of a Ranger). The reason basically is that I intend to use parts of that storyline in the sequel to this, that doesn't mean anyone's going to die though.
I'd love to thank each one of you individually for the support you've given, especially the people who's followed the story from the early chapters (you know who you are), but unfortunately there's so many names it's probably take up about a page. So I want to thank all of you so much for supporting this fic, you're the ones who made the fic continue. So thanks a million billion squillion to each and every one of you. And if you're interested keep an eye out for the sequel, it should be up in a couple of months.
Anyways, so long, adios, take care and good luck.
Regards
Boulder