Tales From Jason's Palace

Chapter Four: Disturbed Ranger

Tommy's nights were filled with visits from his dream lover and the red ranger was beginning to find it difficult to concentrate spending more time outside meditating. He would practice his moves outside more than usual having needed the serenity of the sun that shone upon his flesh, his red tank top hardly shielding him as it clung to his sweaty chest and back. His long silky dark hair flowing down his back with chocolate eyes closed. This was his sanctuary and his safety from his dreams. Dreams that left him sweaty and panting with a desire he couldn't fathom nor understand a reason for. His lover was male but as far as Tommy knew, he didn't desire men nor even dream of them.

Katherine had noticed that Tommy was disturbed by something and had decided to confront her friend about it knowing that he needed to deal with it. As the pink ranger watched her leader move under the sun, a soft shiver ran down her own spine as the beauty before her. Her breath caught in her chest but she forced it down but couldn't force the blush that crept to her cheeks to disappear walking closer. She watched for a moment and smiled when Tommy noticed her and went to the nearby picnic table to collect his towel, dabbing at the sweat on his skin.

"Hey Kat. What's up?"

Katherine smiled and nearly groaned seeing him dabbing at the sweat on his body with the towel almost wishing she could lick up the droplets with her tongue but instead licked her bottom lip. Her blue eyes continued to follow those hands and that towel forcing herself to look away as to not embarrassment herself or him. "Oh nothing really. Just wanted to see if you were okay. You seem distracted and was worried."

"Nah I'm fine Kat. Just a little preoccupied is all. I can't stop thinking about Jase and Kim and that we just left them there. I mean man, they are our friends and we just left them there to fight that thing." Tommy sat down on the picnic table with a sigh and looked his friend knowing she knew how he felt and Kat nodded.

"We had no choice Tommy, but don't worry. We will get them back somehow. Alpha and Zordon are still looking for them and they have to show up sometime right?"

Tommy nodded and chewed his lower lip. "Yeah, I just hope we are ready when they do show up cause something tells me that something big is going to happen." With that, Tommy stood up and took Kat's hand as the two friends headed back into the youth centre to try and forget their worries with the other rangers. They would face whatever Jason and Kimberly had planned when it happened hoping that it wasn't something that they couldn't handle none wishing any harm to their friends.

That night, Tommy once again was left with an unsettled feeling as he woke up from a fitful dream with his lover uncertain. Whoever it was, it left him uncertain and disturbed but he wouldn't tell anyone as he went back to sleep never knowing that the worse was yet to come.