...Ashley awoke with a killer headache. She tried to use her hand to block the light only to find that her wrists were tied down. "Oh, how wonderful! Yellow Ranger, I am Doctor Zit," said a creature in a white lab coat. He looked down on her, his straggly hair popping out of his head in odd directions.

She looked at him with unsure eyes. "What's going on?"

He gave her a huge smile. "You are in my lab. This is my favorite part. See," he said moving out of sight. Ashley heard him tapping at something. "I like to keep my patients informed about what's going to happen to them unlike some evil scientists."

"Evil scientists!" she shrieked.

"Oh yes," he said. The table she was laying on began to move. As she watched, everything began to come into perspective as it flipped towards the floor. "There aren't many like me any more. We're like a dieing race."

Ashley just stared at him with wide eyes. "I guess you want to know how you got here, again. Well, as I told you the last time, I made a tiny mistake and took out the wrong part of your brain. I was about to put it back in when you woke up. However, I could save you a lot of pain and screaming if you just tell me what I need to know."

Ashley felt that she was going to be sick. She couldn't even tell if he was being serious, but if he was…

"Where is the Orb of Fire that Andros stole from Ararat?" the scientist asked slowly as he approached her with a strange looking machine.

At first, she couldn't even hear what he asked. She was too entranced on the machine that was coming closer to her. It could have been the spinning blades or perhaps the sharks that were flying off it. Maybe it was the whirling screw that was in the center of it. "Um," she said gulping. "Could you repeat the question?"

"Oh come on Ashley, your acting like you've never seen this thing before. Oh wait, maybe you haven't. Well, in that case I'll go a little lighter on you," he said. Turning away, he put down the instrument and found something less vile looking. "How's this?"

Ashley gave him a look. She could get past the fact that he was asking her if this device was painful enough. "I'll take that as yes, doctor, it is better," he said with a smile. "Now, back to business. Where is the Orb of Fire that Andros stole from Ararat?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about," she said.

"Ashley," he said in a warning tone. "Let's not play this game. We were getting somewhere before I took your brain out. Why can't it be like old times?

Dr. Zit kept talking to me for an hour before he used his "better" machine. It hurt, a lot. I had to force myself to think about Earth and Zordan just to keep from losing what was left of my mind. Dr. Zit tells me that he only used the device for a minute, but I felt longer. He left for lunch after our torture session telling me that this type of activity works up an appetite. I found it sick, but I was too nauseous to care. It seemed like a day before he came back with a meal. I had to eat it through a tube. Apparently I used meal time to attempt escapes to many times. Finally, I felt confident enough in my ability to ask questions as I worked on fact hunting.

"Dr. Zit," Ashley said as the doctor put down her tube.

"Yes, my sweet," he replied looking back up at her.

"How did I get here?"

He sighed with a smile. "Astronema wanted information, so she sent out a announcement to anyone evil that she needed a mad scientist to extract information out of a very suborn subject. I volunteered and since my work is legendary, I got the job and here we are." His smile seemed to fade a little as his gaze became far away. "It was really hard at first. You were so loyal to Andros it was disgusting, but after a time, you gave in.

"Never," she said shocked at herself.

"Oh, I would have believed that too, if not for Andros's…" he paused looking for the right word, "...broadcast." She raised an eyebrow to him. "He declared in an alliance gathering that he was following his sister and changing sides. That was after he sat through the battle plans and other tactical reports. Brilliant really. He had them eating out of his hand. You and I watched the meeting together. Of course, you choose not to believe it at first, but in time, you did. After, he came to see you.

"I've never seen you so uncomfortable, even during one of our sessions. Seeing him just irked you the wrong way. I remember. You couldn't look at him very easily. It made me sad really," he frowned. "I wanted to protect you from that truth, but now Andros is a general in Astronema's army and he has all the force he had as the Red Ranger."

Ashley wasn't sure what to say to anything. She was still getting over Andros betraying them that she couldn't spend the effort thinking about anything else. "Ashley," Dr. Zit said softly as he moved closer to her. "I don't want to keep you here forever. I had just gotten through to you before the "brain incident". All I need to the location of the Orb of Fire or a name."

"A name? Of what?"

"A contact. Someone I can ask to give me the location."

"Why don't I just go ask Andros?"

Dr. Zit starred at her numbly. "What?"

"I'll do it. He won't lie to me, that stupid idiot of a man. He can't. Tell him that you broke me and I will get him to tell me the location."

Dr. Zit smiled lightly. "I doubt it will work, but it's worth a try. I'll get him right now." He turned to the door, but stopped. "Would you like your brain back before or after?"

Ashley glared at him. She still couldn't believe she was missing a potion of her brain. "After."

His smile grew as he left.

I waited for over a day, a real day, before he returned. Only he didn't bring Andros, instead he had Ecliptor. Apparently Astronema didn't want to waste her General's precious time, so I got a torture session. By the time Ecliptor left, I couldn't feel my lower body. Dr. Zit kept telling me that it wasn't that bad. If anyone tells you that, you know it's obviously worse.

I've decided to let myself sleep. Maybe the next entry will be the last.

Ashley.