Kira Ford

[ooc: This prompt is based on RP history from somewhere I used to play on Insanejournal. The Sam in question is used without permission, but very lightly and with lots of love.]

"Bitch."

Kira didn't have a family.

Okay, that's not true. She had her mom as far as blood went. Then there were the four guys she fought with and sometimes against during her last year of high school.

Still, that didn't matter here. Here in this fucked up dimension? She was just a character on some lame ass kids' show, pulled from her home world—or possibly just brought to life—to fight in a war the residing god-like beings had decided to rage. Her family? It didn't exist outside Toon Disney.

Of course she didn't count on getting this close to anyone in—mostly the same boat. His show was badass and his brother was back from the dead, but he could identify with her on at least a few things. Half the time they fought, but somehow they'd managed to forge something of a familial relationship.

Enough of one to afford the insulting nickname that would follow his.

"Brat."

Color was everything to a Power Ranger. It seemed like every one so far had been inexplicably attracted to their own as far as wardrobe went. It was just a thing.

Of course, things were a little different now. Kira had added a new color to her closet, one she was slowly growing very fond of.

Green.

She wore it because of him. Yeah, he'd had other colors in the past, but there were reasons she'd picked the one she had. Red was also Conner's, white was also Trent's. Black was a little too basic. Not only was green the only option not linked to another team member, or just a little too classic, it was his first. She never could be sure if he still felt the guilt that came with being Rita's chosen and almost killing his friends while under that spell, but if he did, this was her way of saying it didn't matter to her. It could all happen again tomorrow and it still wouldn't matter. She knew who he was: a hero and the man she loved.

Yeah, she still wore her own, but with an added bonus. Yellow and green went great together, and so did they. Whenever she wore it, no matter where she was, it made her feel closer to him. It was almost like he was there, watching over her, taking care of her like she knew he loved to do.

Green just felt good on her, because to her, green was Tommy Oliver.

[ooc: For scienceinblack, who requested Tommy/Kira for Better Than Drugs by Skillet from my music meme list.]

feel your every heartbeat
feel you on these empty nights
calm the ache, stop the shakes
you clear my mind
you're my escape
from this messed up place
cause you let me forget
you numb my pain

Kira lowered her head for one last kiss, slow, soft and deep, before she rolled off him. Before her back hit the bed, he was on his side, arms around her and pulling her toward him again. She smiled as she closed her eyes and rested her head against his chest.

"Just can't let me go, can you?"

She heard Tommy's soft chuckle as he tightened his grip ever so slightly. "I wish I didn't have to."

"It's not like I won't be back."

He paused slightly before answering. "You don't know that, Kira."

( *** )

"Conner?"

No answer.

"Conner."

"Hm?"

"Get off me."

( *** )

He said he couldn't help it, and she believed him. The white gem was evil and it was too powerful. He had no control.

"Stop defending him."

"I'm with Conner on this one," Ethan agreed. "I mean look at what he did to Dr. O!"

Dr. O. The words made her turn to look at her fossilized teacher, still alive but encased in an amber-like substance.

Trent hadn't meant to do this, but it didn't change the fact that someone very important to her was trapped and they had no idea how to get him out alive.

Still, they needed to help him, and while Hayley didn't know if there was even a way, she agreed to try.

When they got to the lake, he was gone.

( +++ )

"I wonder what kind of person would come out if I ever did erase all my inhibitions at once, what kind of being is bottled up inside me now."
-Joseph Heller


When Kira realized she was actually going home for her birthday, her mom was the first one she called. Next came Conner, but while he was in Reefside now, he'd be gone by the time she got there. Ethan didn't pick up his phone, but she seriously doubted he was there. She skipped Trent altogether. Not that she didn't want to call him, but things were just...awkward between them lately.

Next person on her list? Cassidy Cornell.

( *** )