Disclaimer: I own only Angela, all other character are property of Disney.

Second Chances

Chapter 1

"One more to go" said a 17 year old Kim Hart as she landed her very difficult Yurchenko double twist with a small step to the side. Since arriving in Florida, training for the Pan Global Games had been very difficult. She sighed as she thought of Tommy and the others she had left behind in Angel Grove. She missed them terribly, and was beginning to second guess herself for moving cross country and leaving behind the comfort of everything she had come to know. Snapping back into reality, Kim heard her coach yelling at her. "Hart, you'd better stick this next vault", yelled Coach Schmidt. Kim took a deep breath as she stood at the top of the runway. She sprinted to the springboard and quickly did the round off backhandspring entry onto the horse twisting two times in the layout position.

CRACK was all she heard as she came down hard on the mat and deeply bent her knees to absorb the shock of the landing. For a brief second it was as if everything would be alright. That didn't last long as she felt pain in her left leg collapsing down onto the blue sting mat. The other gymnasts in the gym looked in her general direction and started towards her before the Coach could be heard yelling for them to leave her alone; she needed to learn to deal with a little pain. Scared and disgusted, Kim tried several times to get up before finally being successful. She took a seat on a nearby bench as the tears began to flow.

"Was this what I left for, how could I be so stupid" she said to herself silently. One of the few friends she had made at gym was 16 year old Angela Calveris from Colorado. "Kim, don't cry" Angela said. "I know it's tough, but right now, you have to get back out there you can't let Coach Schmidt have the pride of watching you fail." Angela had been through a similar experience weeks earlier, she had arrived 3 months before Kim, and while training her beam set, missed a hand on her acro series. This caused her to fall and fracture her wrist. She pulled a small bottle of Ibuprofen from her gym bag and some sports tape handing them to Kim

Kim silently took them. She sat there silently as Angela helped her to tightly wrap her ankle and knee. Taking a bottle of water out, Kim took out two pills and swallowed them. She then took a towel and dried her face. Seeing the other girls in her rotational group had headed to bars, she gave a silent prayer of thanks that at least for a little bit she wouldn't have to stay on her injured leg. Kim took out her grips, and as she got up, she bit down on her lip, and tried to take in the pain as she limped over to bars. "I will not give in" she breathed to herself. Angela watched her and whispered "good luck Kim".

The Coach eyed Kim and gave her an approving nod. The gymnasts set the bars, added some chalk and began to swing.

Chapter 2

It had been a tough three weeks for Kim following the leg injury, having to put up with the daily fear and pain, but she had proven herself dedicated earning a spot on the Pan Global team. Angela had not been as lucky as Kim had after barely missing a spot at the Trials. Nevertheless, Angela had taken to helping Kim take care of her leg following every workout. It had only seemed to get worse however as time went on, Angela grew more worried and eventually persuaded Kim to go see a doctor on the condition it would be after the games.

Angel Grove

"Come on guys, Kim is gonna be on TV, hurry up" yelled Tommy waiting for Rocky to sit down. Rocky had been standing next to the snack table (a very dangerous spot). After twenty minutes, the chips, dip, crackers, and other goodies were nearly gone. Jason, Tommy, and Adam gave him a dirty look. "What? I was hungry", Rocky said as the girls laughed. "Shhh, it's starting" Aisha said. Rocky looked around and while the others were weren't looking, grabbed the remaining chips onto his plate and continued to eat.

Pan Global Games

"Come on Kim, stick it" her teammates could be heard yelling in the background. Kim had struggled slightly in warm-ups on vault, but knew she had to hit here in order to secure gold for the team. In the other three rotations, Kim had hit a solid floor routine (arabian double, double layout, triple full, double pike) for a 9.9, beam set (onodi-front ariel, bhs-tuck full, 2.5 twists dismount) for a 9.875 and bar set (giant 1.5, jauger, pak salto, khorkina, markelov, full twisting double) for a 9.725. With a 9.7 + here, she could potentially win the all around too.

Kim took her normal run from the 75 foot marker and hit the horse dead on throwing yet another yurchenko double. This landing Kim fought for as she tried not to move her feet taking the slightest shuffle with her leg foot. She saluted the judges and was immediately ambushed by her teammates who ran to hug her after the score of 9.75 flashed. Another surprise hit her as her name was placed on the scoreboard as number one. She had also won the all around.

Angel Grove (later that night)

"Hi, this is Tommy Oliver calling for Kim Hart". Angela, Kim's roommate giggled and handed the phone to Kim. "Tommy!" said a happy and familiar voice. Tommy broke out into a huge grin talking to his girlfriend. "We saw you at the Pan Globals today beautiful, you were terrific" Tommy said. Kim spaced out for a brief moment wishing she could be in Tommy's arms instead of on a hotel room sofa. "You still there…..?" asked Tommy a little worried her had gotten disconnected.

"What?...oh yeah, sorry, I was just wishing I could be there with you" she said. Tommy relaxed a bit. "Funny how great minds think alike". The two lovebirds talked a while longer before Kim finally had to go. "Love you handsome". "You too beautiful."

Chapter 3

Kim had had such a strong showing at the games, she had been offered a spot to continue to stay and train for the Olympics which were only 4 months away. Kim had doubts as to what to do; she wanted to return to Angel Grove back to her white tiger, but the Olympics! Debating what to do, Kim sought out Angela's advice. "Kim, I've been looking everywhere for you" Angela said bumping into her in the lobby of the gym. "Funny, I was just coming to see you…..you first" Kim said sitting down and resting her still heavily if not more injured leg. "Remember a few weeks ago how you promised you would go and see a doctor after the games….." Angel drifted off. Kim sighed as she nodded. Knowing Angela, she had probably already made an appointment. Kim said, "When and what time?" Angela grinned. "Today at 2:15".

Doctor's Office

"Hello Miss Hart, Miss Calveris, my name is Dr. Johnson. How can I help you ladies?" Dr. Johnson asked. Kim explained her vault mishap a few weeks previous and winced as she looked at the ugly black, blue, and purple marks covering her left leg. Dr. Johnson's casual expression changed to a serious one as he looked down. "Miss Hart, you should have come in as soon as the initial injury occurred, this looks very serious, we will need some x-rays and an MRI ASAP" he said.

Angela put her arm on Kim's shoulder as a sign of support. Two hours later, they trio met again in Dr. Johnson's office. "I'll be straight forward with you, this is not good…" he said indicated several points on the x-ray and MRI, "you have a torn ACL and meniscus, a broken ankle and several torn ligaments and tendons there as well, what worries me the most though is this long fracture on your tibia, it appears that the injury has gotten worse over time." Kim and Angela were a little shocked at the severity of the injury. "In my twenty years as a doctor, I have seen several injuries as serious as this, I know from experience gymnasts have a very high pain tolerance level. You are very strong."

The only thing Kim wanted to know right now was how it would affect her future training. Dr. Johnson seemingly read her mind. "This is going to require surgery and a lot of physical therapy, I'd say at least 8 months of hard work…" Kim's face seemed to fall, the Olympics would be in 4 months, but on the other hand, she would be able to go back to Angel Grove and spend time with Tommy. "…I really hate to say this, but I don't think you will be able to continue gymnastics after surgery, you will be lucky if you are able to walk normal again." Angela was very sad for Kim; it was hard to see her friend go through such a hard time. Kim had struggled to walk let along train in the past few weeks and knew what she had to do.

In her mind Kim knew with her gymnastics career virtually over, and the amount of recovery time it would take, Kim knew she would have to do the hardest thing in her life. She knew Tommy's duties as a ranger would need to come first, once more, why should he have to deal with a girl who might never walk normal again. Crying as she took out a pen and paper she began a letter, Dear Tommy.

Okay so what did you think? This is my first PR fic so be nice, as you can prob. tell, I am a gymnast, and tend to get carried away a bit when writing about it. I'm also looking for a beta here. This story will eventually end up taking place during PRDT and will be a TK fic.