Kendall hated being helpless, not to mention the fact that she was partly exposed to someone she didn't want to be with. Heckyl was going to disgrace her, hurt her, and kill her. She closed her eyes.

"Keep your eyes open! I want you to see everything," Heckyl commanded. A bright light flashed through the room and Kendall could now see that she was now in the forbidden storage room of the museum, strapped to the wall at the back. Her heart began to beat faster as she spotted Heckyl standing in front of her, looking her up and down, which made her feel immensely uncomfortable.

"Can you please... stop staring at me like that?"

"But I haven't gotten to see you like this anytime," Heckyl smirked. "I want to drink in your despair." He stepped closer to her and pushed his hand against her left arm, digging his sharp nails into her skin. No pain struck Kendall until he began to slide them down her arm, creating bright trails of blood from deep cuts. She bit her lip not to cry out. He removed it again and slipped on a pair of dark gloves. Then he gently wiped the scarlet off her arm, licking the blood off his hand as if he were a vampire. After they were cleaned, his hands moved over to the rest of her body, one of them circling her waist and the other brushing her chest, rubbing at the spot where her heart beat. Kendall's body grew rigid as he pressed against her, releasing her from the rest of the chains holding her to the wall. She instantly attempted to run, but Heckyl smashed her against it again and she fell to the floor.

"Ow!" she groaned.

"Get up!" He snatched her off the floor and that's when she noticed that he had taken her glasses, morpher, Dino-Com and Energem, and placed them near the other wall. Heckyl noticed her eyeing them and smiled wickedly. "You want your friends to see you? Very well." He chained her to the wall again and picked up the Dino-Com, pointing the camera at Kendall before activating one of the buttons and speaking. "Rangers, I have a friend of yours with me right here. Get a good look at her, because it will be the last you see of her before she's mine forever." The screen brightened and Chase's concerned face appeared in the frame.

"Heckyl?" His eyes blazed before widening. "What have you done to her?"

Heckyl glared at him. "This was your fault. You know that I wanted her and you took her for yourself."

"I didn't take her from anyone! I actually loved her and she loved me back."

"Yeah!" Kendall agreed.

"Be quiet!" Heckyl slammed his fist against her and she winced as blood poured out of the side of her mouth.

"Don't touch her!" Chase shouted.

"What's going on?" Someone else pushed Chase over a bit and two more people slid into view. It was Tyler and his dad.

"Kendall!" James gasped. "Where are you and what happened?"

"We've seen something like this in the news before," Tyler realized. His voice formed into a growl. "You're not going to rape her, are you?"

"I would never go so low as that," Heckyl retorted, though he did have a slight hidden motive.

"You're already underground," the Red Ranger roared. "I wouldn't put it past you. Release her this instant!"

"I'm in the forbidden storage room!" Kendall yelled. "Please help!" Her face was burning with the shame of needing help, but she forced herself to stay strong.

"It's locked. Don't even bother trying," Heckyl chuckled, shutting off the Dino-Com and turning back to his captive. He snapped his fingers and suddenly, a knife flew from the other side of the room right into his waiting hand. Kendall tried to struggle out of her bonds, hissing as her skin was seared from the metal every time she attempted to escape.

"Try to escape me and this knife is going straight through your heart." He compressed it against her chest, nicking the skin.

Kendall gulped. "I thought you were our friend. We rescued you from Snide because we thought you deserved to be our ally and friend." Heckyl readied a blow to her head, but she kept talking. "You shouldn't even be working at this museum." Sweat was rolling down her face and neck. "I don't understand why you'd do this to me."

"SHUT UP!" he shouted. His weapon flashed through the air and Kendall screamed in pain as waves of blood began streaming from the side of her head. Heckyl used his chance and stabbed her once more in the stomach, reveling in her shrieks of misery and suffering. He thrust the dagger into her legs twice each as well and her cries evidently faded as she passed out. He undid her shackles and she slid to the floor.

"Heckyl, are you in there?" a voice hollered from outside the room. "Let Kendall go!"

"Never!"

Then an explosion shook the ground as the door was blasted open and the Black Ranger burst into the area, his fists up and ready to fight. He was unmorphed, but his eyes burned ferociously. His blaster was pointed right at Heckyl, but when he saw Kendall, he lowered it.

"K- Kendall?" he breathed in disbelief. "No... what did he do to you?" His mouth curled into a snarl. "How dare you!"

Heckyl threw the bloody knife at him, but he avoided it and it buried itself in the wall behind him.

"Don't even think about it!" Tyler spat as he and his father fanned out beside Chase. The Purple Ranger's tormentor stepped back and planted his foot on her body, right above the bleeding injury on her abdomen. "I told you she's mine."

"No!" Chase rushed toward him, firing his blaster over and over again and each time, Heckyl avoided it by dodging away and finally, he raced out of the room. Chase followed with a slight nod at Tyler and James, who ran over to the unconscious Kendall.

"Kendall... God, I can't believe he'd be so cruel." Tyler inhaled a sharp breath as he saw her condition. Why did it seem like everyone was turning against her?

James blinked as her eyes opened for a minute, staring straight at the Red and Aqua Rangers. Then suddenly, she moved, reaching her arm out to touch Tyler with a whimper, then a wail ripped from her as she rolled onto her side.

"She's in critical condition," Tyler continued. "We have to save her."

"Grab her morpher." James nodded to the possessions Heckyl had taken from her. "I'll get her to the hospital. I promise, we won't let her die."

But she will be scarred for life, he silently added. He couldn't believe that someone would expose her like this and torture her just for their own desire. There had to be some deeper meaning behind his love for her.

"Kendall, I owe you so much," he sighed. "I promise, I will not let you go. Chase would never forgive me if I did."