Author Note: Special thanks to my dedicated readers. You know who you are. :-)

"You'll never get a way with this Queen Machina!" Kat screamed from the Dungeon of Dispair.

"Evil is like evil does, Katherine." Billy glared, as he stood beside his empress.

Katherine groaned and sat in her cell. As she teared once more, she recaptured all the moments she and Billy had till now. She wanted him back to the way he was, so that they'd get out of Aquitar.

The day arrived; it was Maddie's recital and Will's karate tournament as well as his red belt testing. As a good uncle should, Tommy went to Will's tournament and Kimberly went to Maddie's recital. Kim had arrived overnight on the red eye flight from Europe to see her niece's dance recital.

"Thank you Aunt Kim for coming to my recital, it means a lot to me." Maddie said with a smile.

Kimberly hugged her niece before she went into the dressing room to get her dress as well as hair and makeup done.

Meanwhile back in Aquitar, Queen Machina had plans for her evil human. She took Billy to kingdom's meeting room where she explained that the Machine Empire needed to be rebuilt. However, Billy was more ecstatic to see its rebuilding than anyone else.

"My empress, I can't wait till this is accomplished." Billy bowed, as he attentively listened to her plans. "Is this why you have brought me here?"

Queen Machina nodded "Yes, Billy, that is why you are here for a reason. I want you to help lead the cogs in restructuring the Machine Empire."

"But, my queen, it'll take days perhaps years to reconstruct it. The Red Rangers have destroyed the empire years ago." Billy retorted, as he took his seat.

"Those foolish Red Rangers don't know what hit them." Machina replied.

While in her cell, Kat daydreamed of her children and how they were doing. She continuously blamed herself for not being there for them for their special occasions. As she opened her purse and looked at the pictures that were in her wallet of the family picture. The four of them were dressed in white with cascading colors of pink and blue in the background. As she continued to look at the pictures, she sighed as she looked at the picture of her and Billy on their wedding day.

"Billy, I wish you could fight this spell." She said quietly.

Suddenly, a loud pound came from her cell – it was a cog. The cog had brought her something to eat and drink but Kat refused. She only wanted to return to land, to be with her husband and their two children.

While back on land, Kimberly and Maddie met up with Tommy and Will at a local pizzeria. The four of them exchanged their day as well as talked about their day as adopted parents.

"Here go you guys, pepperoni and extra cheese pizzas on the side of buffalo wings." The waitress said, putting the pizzas on the rack, and then placing the wings on the middle of the table.

"How was the recital?" Tommy asked, putting a slice of pizza on Kim's plate.

"It was cute. You should've seen your niece." Kim said with a smile, passing a napkin to Will who was about to be smothered in hot sauce.

"Yeah Uncle Tommy, it was cute." Maddie said. "I was so nervous though."

"You did great." Kim grinned. "Will, how was the tournament?"

"It was good till Uncle Tommy had to yell at the ref for a bad move that my opponent did." Will retorted.

"He did what?" Kim said as she raised her eyebrows. "Tommy, why'd you do that?"

"Because…" Tommy mentioned, patting his mouth. "The ref said it was an out of bounds mark when it wasn't."

"Ohhh Tommy Oliver and his big ol' mouth." Kim groaned, picking at her buffalo wing.

While on Aquitar, Billy made his rounds. He checked all the areas he'd be dealing with for the next few days. Queen Machina had instructed him to look at the areas where a reconstruction site would be, and he picked out earth since there was a lot of ground.

"Billy!" Kat said, shaking the cell's bars. "BILLY!"

Kat tried her best to get Billy's attention. He was still under Machina's wrath and spell. Billy looked at her coldly and continued walking around. Like a zombie, Billy glared at his wife as she began to tear again.

"Billy, please." She wept. "You have to fight the spell. I know you can do this."

After a quick dinner, Tommy treated the three to a movie.

"I hope their parents are alright." Tommy said, paying for the bill at the counter.

"I do too." Kimberly said, looking at Maddie and Will who were sipping their drinks at the table.

Suddenly, Tommy's communicator started buzzing. He motioned to Kim and the twins to come outside.

"What is it Zordon?" Tommy asked, tapping into his communicator.

"It's Billy and Kat – they're in grave danger." Zordon responded.

Tommy and Kimberly looked at each other then at the twins. With fear in their eyes, they didn't know how to face their niece and nephew.

"What movie are we going to see Uncle Tommy?" Will asked, holding his beverage.

Author's Note No. 2: Yep, another cliff hanger-sort of thing, but don't forget to vote for this 'fic. ;-)