Thanks to Amorythewriter for beta :*

Tommy and Astra were laying in their bed after last night's celebration of taking the Zeo Crystal. It was so easy, that it was so unbelievable that nobody managed to do it before them. Finster was already working on it. That creature was a genius, Rita'd never seen his true potential. They hadn't the same mistake as she did.

- Everything seems to be going as it was planned. - Astra said as "good morning".

- Hello to you too. - Tommy said with a smile, still having his eyes closed. Astra put her head on Tommy's torso and sighed started to drawing circles with her fingers on his bare stomach.

- What do we have planned to do today? - She asked with a smile.

- I'm going to school. You can go with me if you like. - Tommy said with a smile. - You know, you will pretend to be a new girl in school. - he added and looked at her.

- New girl who stole you from Kimberly. - She giggled.

- No, no... I dumped her for you when she started to pull me down. God only knows what Kimberly is doing now, maybe she's started to do drugs? - Tommy laughed a little bit. He enjoyed rumors about his old friends since Kimberly lost her eye and she attacked him in the Youth Centre.

Astra laughed too.

In the same time, Trini was pacing nervously around her room. She didn't sleep last night after Zordon explained to them what power she gave to Tommy and Astronema. She saw that look in Jason's eyes. He tried not to judge her, but... there it was.

They won't trust you anymore.

She was telling herself, that she had no other choice, but was that true? She cursed under her breath when she heard the sound of the alarm, she turned it off and went to prepare herself for school. It was the last thing she wanted to do, but still, she decided that she had to.

Kimberly rose up early. She went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror, she took off the eyepatch and looked at herself. At her ugly scar in the place where one of her beautiful eyes was once. Tips of her fingers touched it. Billy's technology helped to regenerate tissue, but still, it was not enough. He couldn't help her with the loss of the eye or completely heal all her wounds. She was once the most beautiful girl in school. Who was she now? She heard the new gossips about her after the fight in the youth center. Who was she? Beautiful gymnastic? Drug dealer? Criminal? Warrior?

Warrior... she liked the sound of that.

Power Ranger. Warrior.

Yeah.

Warrior.

Jason didn't sleep well either. How could he, when his team was falling to pieces? Tommy was an addition to the team, but he had grown on them. Losing him to the dark side was terrible, true. But seeing how it was affecting the other Rangers was even worse. Kimberly was heartbroken at first, now she was cold. He remembered the girl that he knew a few weeks ago. Funny, happy... glowing. Now she was gone. Then Trini... Tommy just used her to his purpose, to gain more power. Jason saw guilt in Trini's eyes when Zordon explained to them what the Zeo Crystal is and what Tommy can do with it. She just asked to teleport her out of the command center. He wanted to stop her, he should stop her... but he was angry. Not at her exactly... he was angry at himself, that he didn't notice anything before. That he allowed this mess to happen.

There was still Billy and Zach... but it was just a matter of time until this would affect them too. Their parents were taken too.

And there was him of course.

All his friendship with Tommy was a lie. Oliver never saw him as a friend. It was only a play.

How could he know that other rangers won't betray him either?

Billy spent all night in the Command center, trying to figure out how to get access to the Dark Fortress, maybe they could find a loop in the defenses and find a way to free their parents and maybe the stolen Zeo Crystal. The pressure on his shoulders was cosmic. Everything depended on him... normally Trini would be here to help him, but now... she had her own problems on her mind.

- Billy, you should go home. Rest. - Alpha suggested with a worried voice. - It is dawn. - he added.

- No, I have to finish this. - Billy only murmured, scanning the Dark Fortress once more.

Zach slept like always. It seemed that he was not affected by the past events. At all. No worries about his parents. No worries about his teammates. Nothing. He woke up like he would wake up every other day and looked in the window. He felt nothing and he didn't even think about it, that he should feel something about Tommy's betrayal or Trini giving him the Zeo Crystal. But he felt nothing. He didn't feel anything since his last encounter with Scorpina, who was dead. He killed her. He was a murderer.

School lived his own life. Without worries about the future of the universe. Normal students didn't know about the Green Ranger's betrayal, about the new dark forces. For them the most important thing in the world was the next science test or the new girl in school.

Trini, Zach, Jason, and Kimberly meet as always on the yard before entering the building. They didn't say anything. Not even a simple 'hi'. Nobody questioned that Billy was not there. They entered in silence. Passing through other students. They saw some of them looking at them strangely. Then, they noticed Tommy and Astronema talking and giggling with other students.

The blood boiled in Jason's body. As he moved closer, the other students moved away after they saw his furious expression. But not far away, they wanted to see the argument between 'once-friends'.

- What the hell are you doing here? - Jason hissed with anger.

- I'm attending this school, the same as you. - Tommy shrugged. - We both do actually. Jason, meet Astra Smith. She is a new student. - Tommy added with a smile.

Jason looked at the blond girl at Tommy's side. He didn't recognize her before. It was Astronema... he didn't recognize her without armor and the wig.

- What is this, another one of your plays? What are you trying to accomplish Tommy? - Jason asked, trying not to kill them both in the middle of the school hall. - Where are our parents? - he whispered through clenched teeth.

- What I am trying to accomplish is you leaving Astra and I alone. Haven't you hurt me enough? - He answered with a little anger in his voice. Jason didn't know what he was talking about, then he realized that probably the whole school was looking at them. They saw Jason as this bad one. Tommy sighed and left with Astronema. The show was over. It was the same thing that he fell in the Youth Center. Tommy didn't only try to destroy them as Power Rangers but also destroy their normal lives. And he was good at it. No one wanted to talk with them. People were turning away from them, teachers looked suspicious at them. Only God knows what Tommy has said about them. It was a horrible mess.

And it was just about to become worse.

They heard the familiar sound of communicators and Billy's voice telling them to come back to the command center.

Hello. I know... It had been too long... but I hope that there are some people who were waiting. Actually, I know there was at least one, but please... If you are reading this, leave some review to let me know that there are people who are waiting for an update. :*

I know it was kinda a filler, but I needed to... well I don't know how to describe it. Just show how each Power Ranger was changed by Tommy's actions.

See ya in the next :*