Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers. Only the idea for this story.

To rid of any confusion in this chapter (or at least, in attempt and hopefully), the amount of time passed changes significantly in this chapter. When Kimberly appears again, it will have been about three months.

About 3 weeks earlier

The tall blonde looked up at the massive courthouse building in front of her. If anyone wanted to locate anything, she was hoping this was the place. She had tried London first, but she had left without an answer. Paris was her second and her final guess at this puzzle. Taking a deep breath, she stepped up the stairs and entered the building.

Immediately an elderly woman in a business suit approached her with a large smile plastered on her face. Clasping her hands together, she asked, "Vous avez besoin aider?"

"What? Oh. Uh, …je ne parle… pas français." She replied with a slightly pained expression silently cursing herself for not paying better attention in French class during high school. She bit her lip in nervous habit.

The woman in front of her grinned and nodded her head in understanding. "No worries. I am bilingual. Sort of a requirement here." She waved her arms around. "Do you need any help is what I asked you."

"Oh, thank you! I need to find someone."

"You're in the right place." She motioned for the young woman to follow her. As she began ascending the stairs, she turned to face her. "By the way, what is your name, dear?"

"Katherine Hillard." She responded.

"Hello, Katherine! I'm Diana." The elderly woman had a warm smile. "Are you from England? You don't sound American."

Kat shook her head. "You're right, I'm not American or English. I'm Australian, but I used to live in America, and I am currently living in England."

"Cultured are we? Well, welcome to Paris!" She unlocked an office door and let Katherine enter before her. "Tell me, what brings a young woman like you to Paris? You said you needed to locate someone. A boyfriend?"

"Oh, no, just a good friend who I haven't spoken to in a long time. I heard she was in Paris for a few weeks, so I decided to surprise her!" Kat cringed at her little white lie. She hadn't seen Kimberly for a few years, and she did want to catch up with her. Still, that wasn't exactly why she was here, and she felt horrible for not being completely honest with the kind employee. "Now, here I am!"

"That is so sweet! I love reunions. I just attended a little family get together. My husband and I finally got the family all together for Thanksgiving. We haven't had my three kids together since they were in college, them being busy with work and all." Diana pointed at the three picture frames on her desk. "You know, my youngest son is single."

Kat flushed at Diana's slight smirk. "Now, I didn't mean to embarrass you! Have a seat. Now, on to business. What is the name of your friend?"

"Kimberly Ann Hart."

"Do you know where she is staying? How long she's been here? Anything of the sort?" Diana asked, typing at her computer.

"Um, no." She paused. "Well, I know that she hasn't been home for about a week and half. So I'm guessing that's when she arrived here. If it helps, she lives in Miami, Florida."

"Hmm, well, it will be difficult to locate her without any valid information saying she is here. We'll check the airport that is most common for transatlantic flights. She would have flown right?"

Katherine nodded. "Right."

That would be how Kimberly normally traveled. Then again, when was life ever normal for the power rangers? Even though none of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were in action, their lives had been anything but normal.

"Hmm. This is strange." Diana's brow creased. She leaned closer to the screen to read its contents.

"It looks like a Kimberly Ann Hart never bought a ticket for France. Not in the last month at least."

Katherine sunk in the seat. She was beginning to think Billy's suspicions had been right. Perhaps Kimberly had been kidnapped. That would be the only explanation.

"I'm sorry. I could call the airports to question this; maybe there was a glitch." Diana offered sympathetically.

"No, no! That's all right. I'm just going to go call another friend. He'll know how to get a hold of her. Thank you… very much." Katherine declined quickly. She shook Diana's hand and hurriedly exited the office and headed to the bathroom.

Once she was safe in a stall, she brought the communicator close to her mouth. "Billy, this is Kat. It's a no go. She's not here."

She leaned her back against the toilet and sighed, trying to think of where to look next.Kimberly, where are you?

Kimberly wandered aimlessly down the large hallway with curiosity. So this was where she had woken up. To think that it had only been months since she had awoken in oblivion.

She stopped in her tracks. Two very large doors had caught her traveling eye. She pulled one of the doors open to see darkness. She stepped in the dark room. Light coming from the hallway and two large windows covered with drapes filtered in. Her heels clicked as she walked to the windows. Bright light blinded her as she pulled the thick heavy drapes away from the center of the window. She repeated with the other and turned around to examine the mysterious room.

What she saw made her jaw drop. She stared in awe as she turned in circles, taking in the sight. She had just discovered the castle's library. In a way, it reminded her of Beauty and the Beast, but a more realistic amount of books.

For the first time since she had arrived at this God forsaken place, she smiled.

The gymnast slowly walked towards a wall and pulled a small blue book off the shelf. Beowulf. Ugh, she had read that in senior English. She put the book back, and sauntered over to another section. This time, the book she grabbed was much bigger and very ancient. Once the book was in her hands, she felt a warmth course through her body despite the wind picking up around her. A window must have been opened. She looked around to see if anyone had caught her, but there was no on else in the room.

She frowned, but turned her attention to the book again. The pages were yellowed and rough. She searched for a title on the rusted red cover, but failed to see one. She raised an eyebrow. Something was different about this book, and she had to find out why.

Cautiously, she carried the book to her room and set it on her bed. She admired the beauty of the intricate designs and fingered the spine.

Laying stomach down, she carefully leafed through the pages. This wasn't a normal story. It seemed that this was a book full of poems rather than an actual tale. She stopped searching as she flipped to one page.

Okay, so this was also a cook book. Ingredients were scripted all over the page. Maybe she could learn how to cook while she was here. Might as well since there was nothing better to do. She frowned as she read the contents. As she read, it dawned on her. Her eyes widened at her discovery.

How could I have been so naïve?

Nervously, she closed the book and sat up. She brought her knees up to her chin and wrapped her arms around her legs. Why would Divatox keep a book of sorcery in such an available library?

"Hi ya!" Kimberly yelled as she side kicked the boxing bag Hygelac had placed in one of the dungeons. As she began a series of punches, she heard laughter behind her. Kimberly rolled her eyes and turned around to see Divatox staring at her with a grin.

"My, my. Aren't we a little powerhouse?"

Kimberly grunted and grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat off her face. "What do you want, Divatox?"

"Nothing, nothing. I only wanted to see how my little soldier is performing." Divatox sat down on a bench and crossed her legs.

"I'm not your little soldier. When will you get that through your thick skull? You will never have power over me!" Kimberly fumed.

Divatox put up her finger to shush the furious girl. "I never said you would be my slave or whatever. I believe that was you. Now, I think I said something more along the lines of you joining me." She paused and took a deep breath before continuing, "Kimberly, have you been feeling different lately?"

Kimberly froze in mid-wipe. Could she know about the Book of Spells? It had only been a week since Kimberly had found the library, but she sure hadn't felt the same since she had pulled that book off the shelf. When she looked in the mirror, there was nothing. The metal device above her eyebrow was still there, and a scar was forming around it from the many jolts of electricity she had endured before Divatox had become bored. Still, it was just plain, old Kimberly. Yet, she was entirely changed. It was as if another being was inside of her. Some very powerful being.

But she would not let Divatox know this. Even if her nemesis somehow already knew, Kimberly would not be the one to tell her. So she lied, "No, of course not."

She never had been a great liar.

A small smile played at the Pirate Queen's lips. "Really…I've noticed your manner has been changing. You have been more reclusive lately. Tell me, is the library really that interesting?" She ended with a bored tone.

Kimberly glared at her.she had been making frequent trips to the library since she had discovered it. How didDivatox know that?"It's more interesting than seeing your hideous face all the time."

"Ooh, you'd be so lucky to be half as beautiful as I am, little girl." Divatox growled.

"I thought you said before that I was stylish." Kimberly retorted as she began to do a series of yoga poses. For some reason, she was getting antsy and needed to relax. Just being around Divatox was beginning to irritate her immensely.

"Being stylish has nothing to do with beauty, although it does help. Unfortunately for you, you will never be able to follow in my footsteps." Divatox boasted, her chest swelling a bit with pride. She examined her finger nails and blew on them.

"Good, you were nothing but a failure anyway." Kimberly muttered underneath her breath, but loud enough for Divatox to hear.

"HYGELAAAC! Get in here NOW!" Divatox howled at her assistant.

"What are you bringin' him in here for?" Kimberly voice lowered.

"You two are going to spar." Divatox grinned arrogantly.

Kimberly inwardly groaned. She had only sparred with Hygelac once and it had taken her body a few days to recover from the injuries she had collected. Hygelac may not be as limber and graceful as she, considering his size, but he made up for his weaknesses with incredible strength, endurance, and speed. He was a challenge; she had called him a Hulk Wannabe for a reason. However, Kimberly found her attitude changing. Unlike last time, sheadrenaline flowed through her veins and anticipation took over her fear.

She knew that in order to beat Hygelac, she had to get the upper hand immediately or she would be unconscious in seconds. Hygelac entered the room with his head facing downwards and stopped just a few feet in front of Kimberly.

Kimberly felt sorry for him. He was a prisoner to Divatox and obeyed every command even though it was obvious to the former ranger that he was never eager to do so. Nevertheless, he served Queen of the Whores herself expecting nothing in return. Kimberly just did not understand him.

"Let the games begin!" Kimberly heard Divatox's booming voice behind her. At once Hygelac's head snapped up and reached for Kimberly's neck. She blocked him and twisted his arm as far as it would go without breaking. Hygelac retaliated with a grunt and shoved her with his other arm.

Normally, a simple shove would accomplish very little in a combat, but Hygelac had a supernatural strength, so Kimberly flew backwards and landed on her shoulders with her legs extended into the air. She felt her back pop and cringed at the pain shooting through her body. She continued the motion and turned the fall into a backwards somersault. Hopping up, she readied herself for another attack.

Yet, Hygelac never approached her. She frowned and leapt at him, hoping to get the upper hand this time. In mid leap she twisted her body around to give her right leg enough momentum to kick him in the jaw. Unfortunately, as quick as she was, he was a quick thinker and grabbed her ankle before her foot could collide with his head. Since he was significantly taller than she was and did not let her ankle go, her left leg could not reach the ground and slipped from underneath her. She instantly fell to the ground again. He came down with her only to pick her up and throw her. She slammed into the wall and slid to the floor. Swallowing the scream that wanted to burst out, she stood up and stumbled a bit. Her hand found her waist as she tried to catch her breath.

She could hear Divatox laughing in the background. Kimberly glared at the villainess. What did she know of any pain? Kimberly had never seen her participate in any combat before. Kimberly stepped forward slowly and waited.

This time, Hygelac rushed at her, and for this Kimberly was grateful. It was easier to be on the defense. Zordon had trained all rangers to be fight that way. When Hygelac reached her, he swung his fist. Quickly, Kimberly ducked and kicked his feet out from underneath him. He crashed into the ground.

Without hesitation, he used his hands to spring him up, but she was ready for him now. The pain she had received earlier was now replaced with pure energy and stimulation. She grabbed his broad shoulders and pulled him towards her. During this motion, her knee collided with his stomach, knocking the wind out of him.

While Hygelac was still recovering from the previous blow, she kicked him backwards and charged after him as he staggered. When she tried to punch him, however, he grabbed her fist and threw her arm back towards her own body. She wobbled at the sudden contact. During this time, he grabbed her head between his hands.

She watched his head come closer to hers. Unbearable pain blasted throughout her skull as his forehead contacted with hers. As she slumped down to the ground and fought to stay awake, she couldn't help but think, Well, I lasted longer than last time.

- - end chapter 3 - -

Okay, so a little cheesy at the end. I haven't ever written a fight scene before, so I hope this was all right. Hopefully, as the story progresses, I'll improve. I've been reading Pawns for help in these type of scenes because I believe Vespera has captured great moves in that story. If you haven't read it, you really should. It's also about Kimberly turning evil.

Daisyz- Thanks for the review! Yeah, there will be more of the other rangers later on in the story, but I need to develop Kimberly's transformation first. :)

Suggestions are great, please read and review!