A/N: Part I of my new series, entitled Project Phoenix. As a disclaimer, this series is inspired by Kctimes2's The Adoption (one of the best stories I've ever read here) which is going to become more evident later. It will be a Tommy/Kim/Jayden series eventually.

A/N 2: In the meantime, this part of Project Phoenix is what I think should have happened with Kim at the Turbo movie. If you like cute, cuddly Kim, then this may not be the story for you. This Kimberly was never brought back by Lerigot thanks to some decisions she made and now she is a cruel, violent, vicious conqueror. This story details her conquests and how she turned from Kimberly Ann Hart to who she is now.

A/N 3: Usual disclaimer. Power Rangers doesn't belong to me.

Prologue – Eltar Falls, Again

May 2010

Eltarian Capital City

Eltar

Rhiannon, Eltar's queen, could hardly believe what she was seeing.

She stared in horror at her palace…which is the place she calls home. Or rather, what used to be her home.

In a matter of hours, she'd lost everything she owned.

Her rulership, her soldiers, her possessions, her whole livelihood had all been gone and she'd barely had time to gather defense of the planet.

What made it even more galling is that she'd lost her own planet and many people she loved to someone she'd wanted to meet for many, many years.

The woman who had once been the surrogate daughter of her best friend Zordon, and the heart and soul of his team of Power Rangers, had just conquered her, and Zordon's, beloved planet like it was nothing at all.

The attack had come straight out of left field too. No one had seen it coming. She had conquered a few planets but none of them near Eltar's jurisdiction.

The woman formerly known as Kimberly Ann Hart, now known as Queen Flammia (which as Rhiannon came to understand was the Latin translation on Earth for the word fire...which was a perfect description for the head of this army), had dropped off the face of the Earth after Maligore had resurfaced.

Lerigot's attempt to free her had failed thanks to some things that went on in her life, and the last most around the galaxy heard of her, she was allegedly a rising force in Dark Specter's ranks. Shouldn't Zordon's sacrifice have freed her of that burden?

Whatever the case, the evil was still very much there, and her forces had been forced to surrender to Flammia's massive army like it was nothing at all. Eltar hadn't seen Power Rangers in thousands and thousands of years, and the defense of the planet was nothing like it was before. For a planet that had held great significance to the woman whose body Maligore possessed it had been relatively easy to conquer.

She had to escape and get somewhere to notify someone, anyone of what exactly had just happened. If she didn't do it fast, then it could happen to someone else. Fortunately, she got out of the city made it to her ship without being relatively seen much; Flammia's forces had been mainly centrally located in the capital city for now and she had a ship in hiding just for situations like this.

Quickly, she boarded her ship and activated the ship's DECA like system, named Zordina after Zordon's daughter who was one of Eltar's last great warriors.

"Zordina, we need to get out of here fast. Cloak my ship and set a course for Aquitar please. It's not safe to be here anymore," Rhiannon said.

"Course for Aquitar set," Zordina droned as the ship took off into the air. Moments later the ship was in space, and Rhiannon breathed a sigh of relief. "Would you like me to get in touch with Delphine, Rhiannon?"

"Wait a moment, I want to make sure I'm not walking into a trap," Rhiannon said. "Scan Aquitar for all evil."

"Scan initiated," droned Zordina. It took a few minutes and it didn't come without Eltar's former queen holding her breath. Finally the scan was complete.

"No evil detected on the planet," Zordina droned.

"Good. Get us there max speed, and call Delphine or any of the Alien Rangers; we need to speak to them immediately."

Before she made the call to Delphine, the leader of the Alien Rangers of Aquitar, she reread the prophecy over and over and over again, known as the Phoenix Prophecy. Many of the events had already come to pass.

During a time of war, an intergalactic being

Feared by many worlds

Will attack Earth

Six warriors, all chosen by the legendary Zordon

Will rise to combat this evil

The courageous Frog, the cunning, fierce Bear

The silent, sure Wolf, the strong Ape

The agile Crane and the just Falcon, the Winged Lord and Lady of the Skies

Will stand in the way of his rule, and the rule of two arch nemeses

Through unforeseen circumstances

Two of them will part ways, and the team's heart will fall to the power of the darkness

Which will put this power holder's very soul on the brink of extinction

There was more.

From the very loins of the wings of the Ninjetti

Will come a powerful warrior

This warrior will embody his very animal spirit, the mighty Phoenix

Trained in the ways of the Samurai, but with the Ninjetti in his blood

If the sacrifice of the immortal one does not end the heart's curse

Then the Phoenix must rise and lead his troops into battle

To join forces with his father and the other holders of the Great Power

And the holders of the Dino Gems

Only the fire of the Phoenix, with his adopted sister and five other charges

Combined with the original power teams and and the holders of the dinosaurs

Can save the universe, once and for all

This prophecy does not foretell the fate of the Phoenix's mother, the agile Crane

What is to happen to her is not yet known nor has it been recorded.

Suddenly, it finally clicked in Rhiannon's head.

She had been trying to figure out the Phoenix's prophecy for many years. For many years some of the parts of the prophecy made sense, but not the majority of it.

With the return of the woman that was formerly known as Kimberly Ann Hart, it made perfect sense.

Zordon's sacrifice had obviously been unsuccessful in freeing the Crane. Why this was, she did not know yet.

This meant only one thing. There was only one hope left, and if this hope failed, then the entire universe was doomed.

That ignited another burning question. Who was the Phoenix, and where was he? Or was it even a he?

Because if he was dead too, then it almost certainly meant the entire universe was doomed, if the prophecy was to be believed. And history recorded that prophecies almost always turned out true.

Regardless, she needed to get to Aquitar stat. Then, she suddenly realized, she needed to get to Phaedos to see Dulcea. She only hoped that the Great Power had not been attacked as well. The atrocity that happened today could not go unnoticed.

Eltarian Capital Palace

Same Time

Having conquered the planet without a hitch (she honestly couldn't believe how easy it had been...some planet this was) Queen Flammia had begun to make herself very comfortable in her new throne room.

To date, this had been by far the biggest notch in her belt. Having been off the grid for a long time, she had been able to conquer other small planets, but no one had really noticed as she built her army through the years.

Thus, no one had really seen it coming when she launched her attack on Eltar. Her army was no picnic either. They were all tough and to be reckoned with; she had been a rising force in Dark Specter's army shortly after being corrupted by Maligore, then set off on her own after Dark Specter's death.

Not only did she hate the Earth Rangers and particularly Katherine with a burning passion (she knew she'd get them back one day when they didn't expect it), she'd proven her chops early with her intellect.

Her early conquests hadn't seemed like much, but with the help of Scorpina (the leader of her army) and her daughter Nepa (a Latin translation for scorpion) who she'd hired early on, she'd conquered small planets that had rich treasures and monetary value, and and thus she had earned more than enough money and riches to be able to trade for top of the line soldiers and weaponry.

For years, aliens and residents of Onyx, the place where all the dirty, smelly, foul trash of the universe went, had wondered where all the good hires had gone.

The one formerly known as the Pink Ranger of Earth had them. Only a select few knew but those who did knew it was best to stay out of her way because like in her Ranger days, she had a quick fuse.

Now, Eltar knew, and soon Earth and the entire galaxy would too.

"I really must commend you, my Lady," Scorpina hissed as she looked over at Flammia, then to Flammia's second in command. His name was Draco, the literal Latin translation for Dragon. He was a sight to behold; he was a massive black dragon with deadly teeth that could cut through any sort of Ranger armor, no matter the protection, razor sharp spikes that could kill anyone instantly, and could breathe blazing hot fire that would spread for miles around.

"Your plan has been brilliant all along. You promised me a front row seat to the destruction of Zordon's legacy and while I didn't see your vision initially, for the first time in many years, I actually think it's going to happen," Scorpina said.

"Yes, with the army we have, Zordon's brats will never know what hit them when we attack Earth," Draco boomed, his voice reverberating throughout the palace. "I hope they are enjoying their peaceful lives because it's all about to come to an end."

"Yes Draco, Scorpina but we need to do what we always do before we go any place else; we must see if we can make our army stronger. Vipera, come here," Flammia commanded. Instantly, a humanoid female dressed in snake skin, complete with a viper head helmet, entered the room. She was third in command behind Scorpina and Draco, and she was not to be messed with either.

Everyone in the entire universe had been shocked when Vipera had come off the market; she was one of the deadliest warriors in the universe but turned down almost every job offer. Now, she was the one laughing at everyone.

"Yes my Lady?" Vipera said.

"You know what to do," Flammia said. "Anything of monetary value, bring it here. If anyone gets in your way, show them what it means to mess with me."

"Yes my Lady," Flammia said as she turned to her viper army. "Vipers, let's head out!"

As the possessed body of Kimberly Ann Hart made herself comfortable in the latest addition of conquered planets, deep inside the recesses of her body, almost forgotten, the small part of Kimberly that still believed in the side of good could only sigh.

For two straight years, in the mid 1990s, everything had gone splendidly. Yeah, her parents' marriage was always on the rocks it seemed but she had everything she ever wanted; the best friends in the world, the ability to chase her dreams, the boyfriend of a lifetime and a love that only came around every so often.

Ironically enough, realizing her dreams now could cost all the people she'd known and still loved everything they ever held dear.

The holder of the Crane had gone from having everything she ever wanted, to this pitiful, helpless state where she could do nothing about what her body was doing.

As her body sat there in glee, she wondered aloud. How did something so right become so wrong?

Kimberly Ann Hart had become Lady Flammia, a vicious, destructive force.

This is her story.

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