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Quiet Evil
Chapter 17
By Andrea McPherren and Tanya DePass
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Billy smiled at his father before he spoke. He normally held in his emotions, but after nearly dying he decided that he could be more open. Hank sat up a little straighter without relinquishing his hold on Billy's hand.
"Son, I can't express how relieved and ecstatic I am to see you alive. I'm so sorry I ever doubted you or Kim about how serious it was with Tommy. Please forgive me." Hank said as he gazed at Billy with the unconditional love that a father has for his only son. Billy shifted uncomfortably under Hank's gaze as he struggled to form the proper words in response to Hank's plea for forgiveness.
"Dad, you have done nothing that requires forgiveness. I'm just happy to be alive. Tommy is in custody, I'll be fine after a day or two and none of us knew he would go so far as to try attempted murder. Please dad, all I want to do is go home and get better."
Hank nodded and gave Billy a fleeting kiss on the cheek as he rose to leave. "I'm going to give Kim and the others a chance to see you before they knock the door down. I'll be back in the morning son; I love you more than you can know."
"Bye dad, I love you too." Billy replied as he sat back and waited for Kim to come in.
Hank exited the room to allow Kim to come in and see Billy before she wore a hole in the floor. "He's all yours Kim." Hank said as he went back to the waiting room to see the others.
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Kim ran into the room and all but jumped in Billy's arm's once she was in his reach. She let herself be held gently as Billy finally broke his façade of calmness and held her tightly as he could in his injured state. Kim broke down in sobs as she let Billy hold her close.
"I --- I thought you were gone. You looked so bad as you laid there. God Bill I thought we lost you tonight. I can't take this anymore. Tommy has to be stopped, and God help whoever gets in my way." Kim said with such venom in her voice Billy winced.
"Calm down babe, everything's going to be fine," Billy said, as he hugged her tighter. She assaulted his lips with her own, kissing him hard, fearing that if she broke the kiss he would disappear. She finally broke the kiss and finally rested her head on his chest, crying quietly.
"Tommy is going to jail, he won't hurt us again Kim," Billy said. Kim looked up at him.
"Billy, you know that jail isn't going to hold him for long," Kim replied.
"I know, but I promise you that he won't hurt us again," Billy told her, as he continued to hold her in his arms.
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Tommy had been returned to his cell. He had just been seen in court and his trial was set to begin in three weeks. He was being charged with the attempted murder of William Cranston, attempted assault and stalking of Kimberly Hart. He smirked maniacally, as he thought of the revenge he would have on Billy and then take Kim as his prize.
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Three weeks later---
Billy woke up and found Kim snuggled in his embrace. His recovery had been quick and he was nearly back to normal. The doctor was amazed by his quick recovery, but Billy knew that it was because of his ranger healing factor. Billy sighed wearily, for today was the first day of Tommy's trial. Kimberly's eyes fluttered open and met his, and already he could see the fear in her eyes. Once Tommy was sentenced, they both knew that he would break out.
"Billy, I'm scared. I'm scared that he's going to hurt you again," Kim said.
"This time I'll be ready and he won't take me away from you," Billy replied.
"I suppose we better clean up and get ready for the trial. Though I wish that you could just take me away and then our problems would just go away," Kim said.
"I know that seems like the easy thing Kim, but we can't run from our problems. We have to face them and solve them if we are to ever have peace," Billy replied. Kim nodded and kissed him, before they headed for the shower.
Once they were cleaned up, they went downstairs to find Hank and Sheila Hart in the kitchen conversing quietly while Sheila made breakfast. Kim quirked an eyebrow at her mom's early arrival at the Cranston household, and Billy gave his father a hard look before changing his expression for the time being.
He needed to have a talk with his father, and he wondered if Kim had noticed how close their parents had become since Billy nearly died. Sheila blushed slightly at the expression on the kid's faces but decided that then and there wouldn't have been the best time to talk to them.
"Morning, who wants breakfast?" Sheila asked as Kim settled herself at the table while Billy went for his first cup of coffee.
"I'm in mom, what about you Bill?" Kim asked as she got up to get silverware for her and Billy.
"Sure, thank you Ms. Hart. Thank you for coming over and making us breakfast, that was very nice of you." Billy sank down at the table as he drank the coffee she made. He held back a grimace as he drank, thinking he would have to get a proper cup in before they left if he had the chance. He looked back up at Sheila to see she had an odd look on her face.
"Are you alright?" Billy asked as Sheila sat their plates down and got a second cup of java herself.
"Hmm, oh I'm fine Billy. I just wondered when did Kim start to call you Bill? I was surprised at that. You're welcome in regard to breakfast. Hank said he planned to take you guys out but I offered to come over and cook, so we could start the day in a more relaxed setting than being rushed to eat and get downtown."
"I didn't know you both planned to come with us." Billy said in between bites.
"Yes, we have to be present in case we're called as witnesses. I have the feeling that the defense may use our lack of response earlier against your case. I know I've said how sorry I was to both of you but I don't know if I can really express that to you." Sheila looked so sad, Kim went over and hugged her mom for comfort.
Billy shook his head "no". He didn't want to have a pity party first thing in the morning. "Ms. Hart, please stop. I know how sorry you are dad are about what happened. Like Kim and I said--- it's not like we knew he'd go that far. Let's just hope we can get though this quickly ok?"
"Ok, I just hope he gets the chair or life." Sheila said with enough vehemence to make Kim look twice. Her mom just wasn't the vindictive type.
Billy smiled, he liked seeing Ms. Hart's anger in regard to what happened. He hoped it would still be there if he and Kim had to take drastic measures against Tommy. He smiled at her and continued. "and as far as Kim calling me Bill goes. Well after what happened she called me Bill instead of Billy and it stuck. I prefer it actually we're definitely not kids anymore."
As Billy was about to continue the door bell rang. Hank and Billy looked at each other and shrugged. They weren't expecting anyone that early. Billy went to the door and looked out then opened the door to find Jason and his dad on the steps.
"Morning, come in." Billy smiled at his best friend and Mr. Scott who was like a second father to him. "Dad, it's Jason and Mr. Scott."
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While the Cranston's, Scott's and Hart's enjoyed the last bit of their morning the rest of the gang was on their way to school against their wishes. They wanted to attend the trial but were not allowed by their parents or the authorities. They wanted to show their support, and thought it unfair that they couldn't attend.
Rocky slammed his locker door in frustration, and was on his way to class when Aisha and Adam came up to him. They weren't in any better of a mood but at least their lockers had escaped abuse.
"Rocky, beating up your locker won't change anything. Now calm yourself. We are going to go to Billy's later to see what happened." Aisha said as she and Adam walked into their first class. Mrs. Applebee knew that they didn't want to be there, but she still had a class to teach despite her own worries about the trial being foremost on her mind.
Zack and Trini entered just as the bell rang. They nodded to the others unable to get a quick word in before the class started. They all sat through class as if it would never end, but it finally did. Everyone joined up in the hall to discuss the case and wonder how Billy, Kim, Jason and their families were coping with the first day of the trial.
Many students pointed and whispered at them as they stood around discussing their friends, since the news of Billy's near death at Tommy's hands had made the news in Angel Grove, Stone canyon and several counties surrounding counties. Aisha and Trini were taking the whole thing in stride, while Rocky was ready to snap at the next person who asked him about the issue.
Adam seemed to be quietly taking it all in. He finally spoke up, he was tired of Rocky's bitching and the other's resignation about the whole thing. "Why don't we see if anything is on the local news when we get home, then call Billy? Having a concrete plan will help us get through the rest of the day, and maybe cool you off Rocko."
Adam let his gaze fall on Rocky who blushed. He knew he was getting too bent out of shape about the whole thing, but he was anxious about the outcome of the trial. Trini smiled at Adam in thanks before picking up Adam's line of reasoning.
"True enough Adam, and believe it or not Billy is strong enough to survive this ordeal. He will go on no matter the outcome. I'll start to worry if Tommy gets off with a light sentence. Then we all should be afraid of how far he'll go. He's already fallen off the path of light of his own will, now there will be no stopping him if he escapes." Trini glanced at her watch and started off toward class.
"I have physics now, I'll catch you all later." Adam watched her walk off, a bemused smile on his face. Aisha snapped her fingers in front of him to get his attention.
"Earth to Adam. We have Music Theory let's go." Aisha dragged him off towards their class, which left Rocky to go to his study hall. He went in and listened to music while he finished off some homework, the whole time watching the clock.
While the rest of the guys crept through their day at school; Billy, Kim and company were at the courthouse awaiting their turn on the stand.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The trial progressed over the next few days. Jason, Billy and Kim had all taken the stand, as well as Hank and Sheila. The court was opening for the fifth day and it was time to hear from Tommy himself. The DA approached Tommy, who had just been sworn in.
"Mr. Oliver, why did you try and kill William Cranston?" the man asked.
"Because he deserved it," Tommy answered.
"So are you saying that you did it? Are you changing your not guilty plea to guilty?" he fired back.
"No, I was just doing something that needed to be done. I'm only guilty of not being able to completely finish him off," Tommy said.
"Mr. Oliver, are you aware of what you are saying? No jury is going to let you free," the DA stated.
"I can be free anytime I want," Tommy replied darkly. "And how is that?" he replied. At that moment, Tommy began to laugh maniacally, as his ranger armor melted onto his body. Billy bolted up in his seat, ready to defend himself and Kim.
The dark falcon ranger leapt out of the box and went straight for Billy. Billy knew that his identity would also be revealed, unless he wanted to end up dead. Billy closed his eyes. hating that he would have to reveal his ranger identity, but it was literally do or die. Billy silently summoned his armor and blocked Tommy without a moment to spare.
Kim pulled her mother and Billy's father out of the way as they stood there in shock, unable to believe what they had just seen. Everyone had fled the room leaving the two combatants to face each other.
The court room erupted in chaos as the two rangers escalated their fight. Billy stood back as Tommy seemed to be considering his next move, and he took advantage of the lull in combat.
"You just couldn't go quietly could you Tommy? Why make this battle public?" Billy asked as he kept his distance from Tommy while he worked on a way out of the building so they could have an all out battle without destroying the court house.
"Why not? I wasn't about to let them lock me away or give me the death penalty for something that isn't a crime. You deserved to die, and if it weren't for your father you wouldn't be here now.
You stole her from me, stole my place on the team and now you will pay William. Hopefully they got your morphing on film so that you will have no peace even in death."
Billy smiled coldly, he knew that there was no way their morphing could be captured on film, since they had gotten their powers from the dark side of the Ninjetti realm they had the gift of stealth and shadow. "Sorry, but even if they did it won't matter since I don't plan on dying any time soon. Now if you can shut up for five minutes how about we find a place to take our quarrel?"
Tommy growled under his breath at his opponent's arrogance. "Fine, Stone Canyon Desert, 10 minutes. Be there or I will find you Cranston." Tommy teleported out in a flash of blood red crimson as Billy demorphed and called out for Kim. "Kim are you ok?'
Kim, Sheila and Hank came out from their hiding spot not sure how to react to what they saw. Sheila looked like she was going to faint and Kim looked like she was about to launch the mother of all wars against Tommy.
"Kim, we have no time to discuss this. Please take our parents to the base. Monitor the fight and should it get too bad pull me out. I'm not letting him kill me just yet. If you can, use the EMP on him and teleport him to the middle of the Atlantic or space, I don't care as long as he's gone."
Billy kissed Kim passionately and teleported off to the fight for his life and of the woman he loves. Kim turned to her mother and Hank, offered her hands and teleported them to the base that she and Billy used as a haven while they were evil. Once they were on solid ground Sheila did faint, collapsing to the ground in a boneless heap.
Kim sighed, and nodded gratefully as Hank scooped up Sheila and took her to a nearby couch. Kim focused her attention on the battle about to start in the desert, her hand hovering over the electromagnetic pulse beam Billy had constructed once they were back to themselves.
Hank looked on, as he silently prayed that Billy knew what he was doing and would survive the fight. Kim caught his look of fear and smiled at Hank.
"Don't worry, Bill can take care of himself and he when he's made up his mind about something, he's not easily persuaded to change his mind." Kim turned her gaze to the monitors, as she hoped her love would be alright.
Tommy and Billy squared off in the waning daylight, ready to end their battle for once and for all.
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AN: Here's chapter 17! Enjoy and please leave us review!
Quiet Evil
Chapter 17
By Andrea McPherren and Tanya DePass
[email protected] and [email protected]
Billy smiled at his father before he spoke. He normally held in his emotions, but after nearly dying he decided that he could be more open. Hank sat up a little straighter without relinquishing his hold on Billy's hand.
"Son, I can't express how relieved and ecstatic I am to see you alive. I'm so sorry I ever doubted you or Kim about how serious it was with Tommy. Please forgive me." Hank said as he gazed at Billy with the unconditional love that a father has for his only son. Billy shifted uncomfortably under Hank's gaze as he struggled to form the proper words in response to Hank's plea for forgiveness.
"Dad, you have done nothing that requires forgiveness. I'm just happy to be alive. Tommy is in custody, I'll be fine after a day or two and none of us knew he would go so far as to try attempted murder. Please dad, all I want to do is go home and get better."
Hank nodded and gave Billy a fleeting kiss on the cheek as he rose to leave. "I'm going to give Kim and the others a chance to see you before they knock the door down. I'll be back in the morning son; I love you more than you can know."
"Bye dad, I love you too." Billy replied as he sat back and waited for Kim to come in.
Hank exited the room to allow Kim to come in and see Billy before she wore a hole in the floor. "He's all yours Kim." Hank said as he went back to the waiting room to see the others.
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Kim ran into the room and all but jumped in Billy's arm's once she was in his reach. She let herself be held gently as Billy finally broke his façade of calmness and held her tightly as he could in his injured state. Kim broke down in sobs as she let Billy hold her close.
"I --- I thought you were gone. You looked so bad as you laid there. God Bill I thought we lost you tonight. I can't take this anymore. Tommy has to be stopped, and God help whoever gets in my way." Kim said with such venom in her voice Billy winced.
"Calm down babe, everything's going to be fine," Billy said, as he hugged her tighter. She assaulted his lips with her own, kissing him hard, fearing that if she broke the kiss he would disappear. She finally broke the kiss and finally rested her head on his chest, crying quietly.
"Tommy is going to jail, he won't hurt us again Kim," Billy said. Kim looked up at him.
"Billy, you know that jail isn't going to hold him for long," Kim replied.
"I know, but I promise you that he won't hurt us again," Billy told her, as he continued to hold her in his arms.
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Tommy had been returned to his cell. He had just been seen in court and his trial was set to begin in three weeks. He was being charged with the attempted murder of William Cranston, attempted assault and stalking of Kimberly Hart. He smirked maniacally, as he thought of the revenge he would have on Billy and then take Kim as his prize.
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Three weeks later---
Billy woke up and found Kim snuggled in his embrace. His recovery had been quick and he was nearly back to normal. The doctor was amazed by his quick recovery, but Billy knew that it was because of his ranger healing factor. Billy sighed wearily, for today was the first day of Tommy's trial. Kimberly's eyes fluttered open and met his, and already he could see the fear in her eyes. Once Tommy was sentenced, they both knew that he would break out.
"Billy, I'm scared. I'm scared that he's going to hurt you again," Kim said.
"This time I'll be ready and he won't take me away from you," Billy replied.
"I suppose we better clean up and get ready for the trial. Though I wish that you could just take me away and then our problems would just go away," Kim said.
"I know that seems like the easy thing Kim, but we can't run from our problems. We have to face them and solve them if we are to ever have peace," Billy replied. Kim nodded and kissed him, before they headed for the shower.
Once they were cleaned up, they went downstairs to find Hank and Sheila Hart in the kitchen conversing quietly while Sheila made breakfast. Kim quirked an eyebrow at her mom's early arrival at the Cranston household, and Billy gave his father a hard look before changing his expression for the time being.
He needed to have a talk with his father, and he wondered if Kim had noticed how close their parents had become since Billy nearly died. Sheila blushed slightly at the expression on the kid's faces but decided that then and there wouldn't have been the best time to talk to them.
"Morning, who wants breakfast?" Sheila asked as Kim settled herself at the table while Billy went for his first cup of coffee.
"I'm in mom, what about you Bill?" Kim asked as she got up to get silverware for her and Billy.
"Sure, thank you Ms. Hart. Thank you for coming over and making us breakfast, that was very nice of you." Billy sank down at the table as he drank the coffee she made. He held back a grimace as he drank, thinking he would have to get a proper cup in before they left if he had the chance. He looked back up at Sheila to see she had an odd look on her face.
"Are you alright?" Billy asked as Sheila sat their plates down and got a second cup of java herself.
"Hmm, oh I'm fine Billy. I just wondered when did Kim start to call you Bill? I was surprised at that. You're welcome in regard to breakfast. Hank said he planned to take you guys out but I offered to come over and cook, so we could start the day in a more relaxed setting than being rushed to eat and get downtown."
"I didn't know you both planned to come with us." Billy said in between bites.
"Yes, we have to be present in case we're called as witnesses. I have the feeling that the defense may use our lack of response earlier against your case. I know I've said how sorry I was to both of you but I don't know if I can really express that to you." Sheila looked so sad, Kim went over and hugged her mom for comfort.
Billy shook his head "no". He didn't want to have a pity party first thing in the morning. "Ms. Hart, please stop. I know how sorry you are dad are about what happened. Like Kim and I said--- it's not like we knew he'd go that far. Let's just hope we can get though this quickly ok?"
"Ok, I just hope he gets the chair or life." Sheila said with enough vehemence to make Kim look twice. Her mom just wasn't the vindictive type.
Billy smiled, he liked seeing Ms. Hart's anger in regard to what happened. He hoped it would still be there if he and Kim had to take drastic measures against Tommy. He smiled at her and continued. "and as far as Kim calling me Bill goes. Well after what happened she called me Bill instead of Billy and it stuck. I prefer it actually we're definitely not kids anymore."
As Billy was about to continue the door bell rang. Hank and Billy looked at each other and shrugged. They weren't expecting anyone that early. Billy went to the door and looked out then opened the door to find Jason and his dad on the steps.
"Morning, come in." Billy smiled at his best friend and Mr. Scott who was like a second father to him. "Dad, it's Jason and Mr. Scott."
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While the Cranston's, Scott's and Hart's enjoyed the last bit of their morning the rest of the gang was on their way to school against their wishes. They wanted to attend the trial but were not allowed by their parents or the authorities. They wanted to show their support, and thought it unfair that they couldn't attend.
Rocky slammed his locker door in frustration, and was on his way to class when Aisha and Adam came up to him. They weren't in any better of a mood but at least their lockers had escaped abuse.
"Rocky, beating up your locker won't change anything. Now calm yourself. We are going to go to Billy's later to see what happened." Aisha said as she and Adam walked into their first class. Mrs. Applebee knew that they didn't want to be there, but she still had a class to teach despite her own worries about the trial being foremost on her mind.
Zack and Trini entered just as the bell rang. They nodded to the others unable to get a quick word in before the class started. They all sat through class as if it would never end, but it finally did. Everyone joined up in the hall to discuss the case and wonder how Billy, Kim, Jason and their families were coping with the first day of the trial.
Many students pointed and whispered at them as they stood around discussing their friends, since the news of Billy's near death at Tommy's hands had made the news in Angel Grove, Stone canyon and several counties surrounding counties. Aisha and Trini were taking the whole thing in stride, while Rocky was ready to snap at the next person who asked him about the issue.
Adam seemed to be quietly taking it all in. He finally spoke up, he was tired of Rocky's bitching and the other's resignation about the whole thing. "Why don't we see if anything is on the local news when we get home, then call Billy? Having a concrete plan will help us get through the rest of the day, and maybe cool you off Rocko."
Adam let his gaze fall on Rocky who blushed. He knew he was getting too bent out of shape about the whole thing, but he was anxious about the outcome of the trial. Trini smiled at Adam in thanks before picking up Adam's line of reasoning.
"True enough Adam, and believe it or not Billy is strong enough to survive this ordeal. He will go on no matter the outcome. I'll start to worry if Tommy gets off with a light sentence. Then we all should be afraid of how far he'll go. He's already fallen off the path of light of his own will, now there will be no stopping him if he escapes." Trini glanced at her watch and started off toward class.
"I have physics now, I'll catch you all later." Adam watched her walk off, a bemused smile on his face. Aisha snapped her fingers in front of him to get his attention.
"Earth to Adam. We have Music Theory let's go." Aisha dragged him off towards their class, which left Rocky to go to his study hall. He went in and listened to music while he finished off some homework, the whole time watching the clock.
While the rest of the guys crept through their day at school; Billy, Kim and company were at the courthouse awaiting their turn on the stand.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The trial progressed over the next few days. Jason, Billy and Kim had all taken the stand, as well as Hank and Sheila. The court was opening for the fifth day and it was time to hear from Tommy himself. The DA approached Tommy, who had just been sworn in.
"Mr. Oliver, why did you try and kill William Cranston?" the man asked.
"Because he deserved it," Tommy answered.
"So are you saying that you did it? Are you changing your not guilty plea to guilty?" he fired back.
"No, I was just doing something that needed to be done. I'm only guilty of not being able to completely finish him off," Tommy said.
"Mr. Oliver, are you aware of what you are saying? No jury is going to let you free," the DA stated.
"I can be free anytime I want," Tommy replied darkly. "And how is that?" he replied. At that moment, Tommy began to laugh maniacally, as his ranger armor melted onto his body. Billy bolted up in his seat, ready to defend himself and Kim.
The dark falcon ranger leapt out of the box and went straight for Billy. Billy knew that his identity would also be revealed, unless he wanted to end up dead. Billy closed his eyes. hating that he would have to reveal his ranger identity, but it was literally do or die. Billy silently summoned his armor and blocked Tommy without a moment to spare.
Kim pulled her mother and Billy's father out of the way as they stood there in shock, unable to believe what they had just seen. Everyone had fled the room leaving the two combatants to face each other.
The court room erupted in chaos as the two rangers escalated their fight. Billy stood back as Tommy seemed to be considering his next move, and he took advantage of the lull in combat.
"You just couldn't go quietly could you Tommy? Why make this battle public?" Billy asked as he kept his distance from Tommy while he worked on a way out of the building so they could have an all out battle without destroying the court house.
"Why not? I wasn't about to let them lock me away or give me the death penalty for something that isn't a crime. You deserved to die, and if it weren't for your father you wouldn't be here now.
You stole her from me, stole my place on the team and now you will pay William. Hopefully they got your morphing on film so that you will have no peace even in death."
Billy smiled coldly, he knew that there was no way their morphing could be captured on film, since they had gotten their powers from the dark side of the Ninjetti realm they had the gift of stealth and shadow. "Sorry, but even if they did it won't matter since I don't plan on dying any time soon. Now if you can shut up for five minutes how about we find a place to take our quarrel?"
Tommy growled under his breath at his opponent's arrogance. "Fine, Stone Canyon Desert, 10 minutes. Be there or I will find you Cranston." Tommy teleported out in a flash of blood red crimson as Billy demorphed and called out for Kim. "Kim are you ok?'
Kim, Sheila and Hank came out from their hiding spot not sure how to react to what they saw. Sheila looked like she was going to faint and Kim looked like she was about to launch the mother of all wars against Tommy.
"Kim, we have no time to discuss this. Please take our parents to the base. Monitor the fight and should it get too bad pull me out. I'm not letting him kill me just yet. If you can, use the EMP on him and teleport him to the middle of the Atlantic or space, I don't care as long as he's gone."
Billy kissed Kim passionately and teleported off to the fight for his life and of the woman he loves. Kim turned to her mother and Hank, offered her hands and teleported them to the base that she and Billy used as a haven while they were evil. Once they were on solid ground Sheila did faint, collapsing to the ground in a boneless heap.
Kim sighed, and nodded gratefully as Hank scooped up Sheila and took her to a nearby couch. Kim focused her attention on the battle about to start in the desert, her hand hovering over the electromagnetic pulse beam Billy had constructed once they were back to themselves.
Hank looked on, as he silently prayed that Billy knew what he was doing and would survive the fight. Kim caught his look of fear and smiled at Hank.
"Don't worry, Bill can take care of himself and he when he's made up his mind about something, he's not easily persuaded to change his mind." Kim turned her gaze to the monitors, as she hoped her love would be alright.
Tommy and Billy squared off in the waning daylight, ready to end their battle for once and for all.
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