Erica shivered as she awoke in a cold cell in the all too familiar setting of the bottom floor of Messagog's lair. Whimpering she didn't hear the door open and didn't see a lone figure walk in and stop in front of her cell, casting a shadow over the scared girl. Looking up, she yelped when she saw Kat standing in front of her with a neutral expression, and in her hands the keys to the cell. Opening the door Kat walked in and blocked Erica as she tried to escape before placing her hand on her shoulder before leading out of the area and into an elevator. Starting to shake, Erica turned her head to face Kat wanting to see what floor they were going to.
"Kat please tell me where you're taking me," Erica said crying.
"Stop your crying Elsa I'm not in the mood," Kat said not looking at her.
"Who's Elsa?"
"Oh right your mind was rewritten so you actually believe that you're this innocent little high school girl," Kat muttered catching Erica's attention.
"Wait what did you say?"Erica asked concerned.
"Nothing just shut up and don't move unless I tell you to," Kat commanded glaring at her, "bad enough I had to go and get you but now that the useless white ranger is dead I have to pick up the slack and do everything he was suppose to."
Feeling the elevator stop and watching as the door open, Kat pushed Erica out of said contraption and forced her to keep moving down the hall. When they finally made it to the main control room Kat opened the door to revile that Messagog was standing there waiting for them with an unappeased look on his face. Pushing the younger girl in Kat turned and muttered something that Erica couldn't hear before closing the door and leaving the two alone. A sudden feeling of dread over came Erica as she turned to face the dinosaur hybrid, wondering what could be in store for her.
"You have…betrayed me Elsa," Messagog hissed walking up to her, "I don't tolerate betrayal, now because of you, my white ranger is dead."
"Please I didn't want any of this I just want to go back to my apartment and I want to hang out with my friend," Erica said backing away.
"Ah right you believe that you're actually friends with the power ranger," the dinosaur chuckled turning away, "what makes you think that they would take you back after you betrayed them and kept your little secret away from them."
"I know that they will," Erica yelled clenching her fist, "Kira is my friend and I'm sure that she would forgive me if I tell her what really is going on here."
"That you're not who you say you are, that in actuality you are really one of my minions named Elsa and that I transformed you into what you are today," Messagog retorted with a smirk as he watched her face fall.
"I…I…"
"Yes just let it all sink in Erica, but know this your whole life is a lie created by me," Messagog said grabbing her throat, "who will ever want to be your friend, who will ever love you?"
Sending a mental attack at the younger girl, Messagog carelessly dropped her to the ground and watched as she had multiple convulsions before stopping when she fell unconscious. Looking up to see Kat standing there looking at the younger girl in shock and, could it actually be, a hint of fear.
"Are you afraid for yourself, or for her?" Messagog asked walking away from the younger girl.
"You didn't have to attack her that much!" Kat yelled looking up at him before screaming and clutching her head.
"You are in no position to tell me what I can or can't do, now take her and place her back in her cell," Messagog commanded turning his attention towards the computer.
Kat picked the girl up in her arms and carried her to the elevator before gently placing her on the ground and hitting the button to take them to the basement floor. Kneeling down in front of her Kat started to look her over and check for any injury, she didn't know why but she had a sudden feeling of wanting to protect this girl. It startled her and at the same time it seemed so natural to her, because from what she remembered she was at one point in time a good power ranger and fought alongside Tommy and the others against to forces of evil. Closing her eyes, Kat heard the ding of the elevator and then picked Erica up and walked her to her cell and placing her on the bed.
'What is this feeling raising up inside of me?' Kat thought turning away, 'Could I actually care for this girl, I mean she was Elsa but…but she not Elsa anymore, any part of the woman was wiped away when Messagog rewrote her memory.'
Speed walking out of the cell Kat made her way to where she knew an invisa-portal was and walked through it appearing in her new Reefside apartment. Looking around she didn't see anything out of the ordinary but she could tell that her hands were shaking for some odd reason. Then it hit her like a load of bricks, she was wanting to protect that girl in the cell back at Messagog's island but she also knew that if she tried anything that both her and Erica would be killed.
'Did I become so inhuman that I forgot what it was like to care about someone else?' Kat wondered sitting down.
Deciding to test out if she could still actually care about someone besides herself she grabbed her cell phone and dialed a number that she hadn't dialed in a long, long time. Hearing the phone starting to ring she held her breath and prayed that he would actually pick up seeing that they were fighting last time they saw each other.
"Hello?" A tired man asked on the other end of the line.
"Jason it's Kat, meet me the Youth Center in Angel Grove tomorrow at six and come alone."
