Out of Place (Kim, DT rangers)

[chels]

It had only been a few weeks since her life changed forever, and Chelsea was still getting used to things. Not long ago, her biggest concern was helping to support her family, now she found herself thrust into a war fought not only on this planet, but others as well, and she was doing it superhero style. Yeah, it was safe to say that life was a little bit stranger now. At least she had friends now, or at least a group that she got along with for the most part. She was still getting to know them actually.

Ethan, she was having trouble relating to. She was never into the whole computer gaming culture, so she had trouble understanding him most of the time. Still, he was nice enough and she was sure that she could count on him in a battle.

Trent was nice enough, but too quiet for her taste. He was cute though, and he did have a talent for art that took her breath away. She would have to work on getting him out of his shell a bit more.

Kira was the only other girl on the team, and while Chelsea had never had many girl friends, she really liked Kira, and the two of them had been hanging out more and more lately, especially since Kira played daily at the cafe where she worked. It actually felt nice to have a female friend for once.

Connor was the one that she got along the best with though. He shared her love of sports, even if he whined like a baby when she had stopped every one of his shots the one time she agreed to help him practice on the soccer field. Funny, he had not asked her to do that again in some time.

Then there was Dr. Oliver. She was still a little creeped out that her science teacher was fighting next to her as well as serving as her mentor on the team. She had to admit that his experience and knowledge was dead useful, but she still could not get used to the fact that she and the rest of the team almost always hung out at his home/base, with Connor annoying the teacher by always eating his food. Dr. Oliver could be very protective of his turkey.

That was where she was now, in the basement lair....alone. She felt as though she was having trouble fitting in, and was kind of hoping that Dr. Oliver's wife was around to help talk her through it. She had met Kim a week prior and the two had hit it off immediately. She saw the older woman as the older sister that she never had, and felt completely comfortable around her. If anyone could help her sort through these issues, it would be her. So here she sat, patiently waiting and thumbing through a well worn issue of Vogue that she guessed belonged to Kim.

She could wait.

[kim]

She had been out most of the day doing some shopping for Tommy. It seemed all that her husband wore anymore was black at times she worried he would come home with a lip ring or even a few nipple piercings if she didn’t know him any better at least. In her bags she had some white and green cloths ranger friendly at least she thought as she closed her eyes and walked into the house with the bags and set them down inside their room. Lately it seemed they had all teens around the house all the time so she did her best to keep the house clean as much as possible which was hard when Conner was always raiding their food.

Walking down the stairs to the basement to make sure everything was okay she noticed that someone was down there and paused brushing her hair behind her ear as she noticed who it was. A new ranger like the one that she had given the gem to them were both still learning. Hell Hayley had even tried to give her back the gem but after talking with Tommy the girl seemed to be doing well in her eyes. Sighing quietly she made her way to the bottom and smiled at the girl from behind she was not bad…interesting but not a bad person which was always a good thing.

the two had rarely spoken she traveled back and forth now with Caitlin being almost catatonic with whatever had happened to her when she had killed Kelly…the day still brought sadness to her as she swallowed slightly and rested her hands inside of her pockets Hey Chelsea everything quiet today? of course they never told her everything about Caitlin in case it would scare them off they had lost to many rangers in the past few months that it may have chased any of them off then when you added it in with Caitlin she knew she would have run off without a thought in the day…it was just to much.

Swallowing slightly she found a place to sit down and relaxed her mind elsewhere for a few moments. Checking the screens she typed the password into the pc and hit enter which of course was ZORDON. No trouble which was always a good thing as she glanced at her she paused how are you handling all of this? I know it has to be a lot to handle in a few weeks she asked the girl with a pause concern slipping into her voice as turned her gaze onto Chelsea.

[chels]

She was so engrossed in the magazine...wondering who in the heck would wear some of those outfits, when, for the second time in as many days, she had someone startle the living bejeezus out of her. even though she had been expecting her, Kim's arrival still surprised her a little. She nodded at her question. It had been quiet, a little TOO quite for her tastes, and she was from the country, where quite was normal. Though she thought to herself that she had gotten so used to city life that she had become accustom to the noise that went with it.

She put down her magazine as she watched Kim sit at one of the computer monitors and punch in a password, looking for any signs of trouble. Now that was really something that she thought that she could never do. Chelsea and technology never did get a long much, and while she was starting to learn, she still had a long way to go. Heck, her cell phone JUST made calls!

"how are you handling all of this? I know it has to be a lot to handle in a few weeks" Wasn't that the truth? If only Kim knew just how much she had to handle. She had let herself go with Hayley the day before, but she was still not sure how much she could trust her teacher's wife. She seemed like an okay person, but then again, so did her father when he was not drinking. Still, her voice dripped of genuine concern, so while she would tell her everything yet, she would open up just a bit.

"Okay I guess. Moving here from the country was a bit of a culture shock, and I was never very good at making friends, but that has of course changed. Its just...just that I can't shake the feeling that I am not wanted, that I am only part of the team because that damn gem bonded with me. I feel like I am a square peg trying to fit in a round hole"

She was starting to babble now, and probably scaring off this poor woman. She mentally shrugged. It would not be the first time that she opened her mouth and said something stupid. Why shouldn't this time be any different?