AN: I want to thank everyone for the comments, you keep this story going. I am basing this short (relatively speaking) story on a picture someone drew on deviant art. Here is the link art/Lord-Zedd-282992783 This may be edging a little close to the teen limit so I recommend this story for over the age of 16. If it gets darker in later chapters, should I choose to continue it, I'll change the rating to mature.

Also for those who think Tommy could not have been beaten, in the search for the Zeo crystal when Zedd fights Tommy he is more than a match for the ranger. The fight only ends in a stalemate when Tommy gets in a lucky shot and breaks Zedd's staff.

**************************Rita's private chambers***********************

The empress of evil was worried. She had already screamed at her minions to leave her chambers and she did not find these new human servants Zedd was sending up from earth to her liking. There were too afraid of her and there new surroundings to be of any use yet. Quickly she paced her chamber floors, wringing her hands, the only sound to be heard was the flurry of her shirts as they moved across the floor. She only wanted to have some fun. After all her dear "husband" was on earth this very moment picking out human females for his harem. She...she was angry and she knew she shouldn't be. Even her father had had a harem. She had been raised around it. Stomping her foot she growled slightly. She had expected Tommy to cry and sob but she never thought he would actually have the nerve to touch was she hoped had appeared to be the dead body of his girlfriend.

Rita frowned. She would have to do something. Tommy could not be allowed to think Kimberly was alive. It might give him some fight back...but what could she do? Zedd had forbidden anyone from touching her in his absence and she had already gone against him in that aspect.

Zedd need to have the blue ranger willing to work and serve him was too great to risk harming Kimberly. Rita sighed, an no matter what spell they used or how they tortured him the blue ranger spirit was too strong when it came to his friends. If she died, he would never serve lord Zedd and in turn Zedd would punish her.

Sighing again, she climbed the few stairs to her throne. It was a risk but she would have to drug Tommy again and use the crystal of dreams to make him think it was never real. She would have to act soon. Zedd was due to return with more slaves shortly.

******************************Crystal power dimension************************

Zordon looked to where his pink ranger had been standing only a moment before. She had been partly see through and shimmering with pink energy. But there was no mistaking her. Zordon grinned, he couldn't believe it! One of his rangers was still alive! Turning back to the erected crystal grave stones behind him, he said a few words in ancient tongue and the pink grave stone shattered and vanished.

Standing, he hurried farther down the path, towards a little cottage made of white crystals. Even though the outside was of a simple looking structure, the inside was a facility that matched the command center. Buttons, lights, wires, screens, alarms. It was so complicated even Billy would have a hard time understanding how it worked. Zordon began pushing buttons and typing code. Kimberly had astral protected to him. More then likely guided by the sorrow and love he had been projecting into the universe for his fallen children. He knew she had too much pink energy but now he was glad of it for it fueled her dreams. Where ever she was she was sleeping, possibly spell induced. If she had survived there was a chance one or two of the other might have as well. And the sparkling pink energy around her proved one thing. Her power coin was still intact even if she had no access to it.

He needed to work quickly.

************************Caverns under the moon*****************************

Billy walked silently behind Goldar as he lead the way through the caverns. Other then calling him worm and telling him to hurry Goldar had not spoken a word to him. Every once and awhile he would pull on the chains around Billy hands but it seemed more out of habit then wanting to hurry the blue ranger along.

Billy let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding in when they turned the corner and his cell came into view. There was Kimberly, just as he had left her, still and sleeping. As Billy stepped into the cell his chains, as before, melted into the air around him. He immediately went to the stone slab."Hey Kim."" he whispered kneeling down, gently shaking her shoulder. She didn't respond. "Kim." he said a bit louder, shaking slightly harder.

Mocking laughter from behind him made Billy spin around quickly on his heels. He had expected Goldar to leave right away as he had always done before. But no, there he was leaning against the stone outside the cage, his arms folded across his chest, with a smirk on his face.

"You think it's that easy to break a sleep spell?" Goldar teased coldly.

"I...how do I wake her?" Billy asked, his voice far from brave.

"What is it they do in your fairy tales human? A kiss, isn't it?" Goldar laughed again as Billy's face went slightly pale.

Billy watched but he couldn't tell if Goldar was lying or not. Billy frowned, Kimberly was beautiful, even when she was dirty and half starved, but stealing a kiss? That...That wasn't Billy's style at all and certainly not from his best friend. Moving a stray hair out of the way he brought his lips close to her mouth. "Sorry Kim." He whispered the apology as his lips made contact. Billy's eyes went wide, she was so soft and felt so nice. Immediately he berated himself for enjoying the contact and pulled away. "Kim?" He questioned softly, his face blushing crimson.

She still didn't move and Goldar's deep laugh filled the cavern again. "Hahahaha! You fool! You should see your face! What an idiot!" Goldar tossed him a small bag of pink powder and Billy recognized it as the same powder he had seen Zedd give the putties before they brought Kimberly to the throne room the first time.

"Sprinkle it on her you fool." Goldar commanded. Billy took a pinch of the sparkling powder and did as he was told. Instantly Kimberly began to move and her eyes started to flutter open.

She yawned. "Billy? Hi." her voice was child-like, still heavy with sleep.

He smiled at her, glad she was unaware of his stolen kiss. "Hey Kim."

"Get up you worms!" At Goldar's shout, Kimberly startled almost falling off the slab but Billy caught her. Goldar continued. "Lord Zedd has commanded I take you both to get cleaned up. So hurry I don't have all day."

Without another word, Billy and Kimberly left the cell, the chains appearing again the moment they did. Kimberly watched her friend walk in front of her. He wasn't wearing his glasses but he didn't appear to be struggling to see. She would have to ask him about that. When it was safe to talk anyway. Goldar continued to lead them up and up, through hallway and staircase. Kimberly looked at the candle sconces on the wall. They were the same screaming faces she had seen before when she had been kidnapped to that one dark dimension. She took a half step closer to Billy as a black door slide opened. They were on a cat walk, or some kind of supervisor walkway. Below she could she a kitchen the size of the youth center. Putties were everywhere, also monsters she had never seen before all wearing chef and cook uniforms but it wasn't the monster and putties that surprised her. No, it was the humans, people just like her and Billy also cooking and giving orders to putties. Oh and the smell. It smelled so good! There was so much food being prepared that Kimberly felt herself start to salivate as her tummy rumbled loudly. Goldar laughed at that but she didn't hear him, she was too transfixed on the sight below her.

Billy frowned. At least working on Sepentera the putties had brought him a snack. Kimberly had yet to realize it but Goldar was just being cruel. He had no intention of letting them eat the food they were seeing. Billy shook his head. He should have saved what little he had been given today for Kim. With a sudden jolt Goldar had them moving again. Kimberly let out a slightly pained whimper as the warmth of the kitchen receded away. She was so hungry but she laid a hand across her belly silencing her stomach as best she could. There was no point in complaining.

They walked a bit more until they came to a door guarded by putties. It was a lavish rich magical looking door with strange carvings and jewels adorning it. The Putties bowed to Goldar and each grabbing a handle, pulling open the bedazzled door. Beautiful white light filled the area. It was almost blinding for a moment but Billy blinked, adjusting his eyes. Before them was a very large rectangular shaped room. An obvious shower and bath area but nothing like the gym showers common at school. Just inside the door the walls were shelved and lined with a variety of shampoos, conditioners, deep conditions, hair dye and all manner of hair treatments. There must have been over 200 choices of product. After that were piles of folded fluffy towels in various shapes and sizes. The longer white tiled walls were lined on each side with ten large shower heads about five feet apart. A long bamboo bench with a short glass etched top divided the two area. At the very back appeared to be a very large pool, almost like a small lake.

"Its a bath house." Kimberly mumbled slightly. Trini had showed her pictures of the bath house she had visited in China one summer. Group bathing in some of the more out of the way areas was still common but they were usually divided by the sexes. Not open like this.

"Hurry up and bathe." Goldar growled leaning against the now closed door.

Kimberly look at Billy, his face matching her own discomfort. It was obvious they wouldn't be getting any privacy. Looking over the shelves of options, Kimberly grabbed a bottle of strawberry fizz shampoo and condition.

"You go left, I'll be on the right." Billy offered after grabbing his choice and towels. Kimberly nodded.

Slowly Kimberly began to peel off her filthy and torn clothes. She could hear the water turn on over on Billy's side. She sighed, wanting to look towards her new leader for reassurance but that would be wrong. After all she trusted him not to peek at her, she should do the same. Turning on the faucet, clean warm water poured out cascading around her sore and tired body. Making it as warm as she could stand Kimberly began to scrub briskly at the layer of dirt, sweat, blood and tears that had stuck so well to her skin. "Ugh...gross." she muttered watching the water turn gray and brown as it flowed into the drain. Grabbing her shampoo she began to lather up, taking in the sweet strawberry scent, when a clang of metal hitting tile drew her attention back towards the door.

Goldar had removed his amour cup and had dropped it to the ground besides him. His hands were working and moving along something Kimberly first mistook for his tail from the girth and fuzziness of it.

Goldar licked his lips and smiled at her. "I always thought you were cute pink ranger."

Kimberly let out a small squeak and spun away. It was very apparent now what Goldar was doing.

"Don't be like that," he almost purred from across the room. "Lord Zedd said no one was to touch...mmm...you, he never said I couldn't..ooh...look. Pose for me pretty girl." Kimberly continued to look at the wall ignoring the beast behind her, Goldar sweetened his offer. "Pose for me Kimberly and I'll let you pick whatever you want from the kitchen to eat."

That did it. It had almost been a week since her last real meal but she couldn't she...she had to try to bargain. "If I pose, will you let Billy pick something too?" She asked still facing the wall.

"Kim don't." Billy said, his voice echoing. He was not facing her. "I...I'm not hungry." It was a blatant lie and she knew it.

"Yes, you can both eat." Goldar promised, his voice taking on a deep desire. "Now pose for me."

Kimberly set her resolved and turned to Goldar. Slowly she moved her hands across her breasts and hips. "Ohh...yes..." he said watching her touch herself and pose suggestively. Kimberly could feel the tears burning in her eyes. She wasn't sure when she had started crying but she began to hiccup a little.

"Kim! Are you alright?" Billy demanded. He could feel her change in emotions and he could hear her crying hiccups.

"She's fine you idiot!" Goldar snapped back. "More...do more..." he panted at her.

"GOLDAR!" Rita's voice reverberated through the air of the room as if she was in the room with them. "Get in here. NOW!"

It was so startling that Kimberly slipped on the tile and landed on her tail bone. Goldar had no time to watch though, he was already grabbing at his missing armor piece, his pleasure suddenly forgotten.

"Remain here until my return." He ordered them, slipping away through the doors. "Out of my way!" He smacked a putty as the doors closed behind him.

"Kim?" Billy asked softly. He still had not turned to face her but he had finished his shower and tied a towel around his waist. Another towel was draped over his shoulders.

"Just...hiccup... give me a second." She answered. Billy stood quietly waiting as he heard the water turn off. The room was so quiet now.

"Okay." Kimberly's said. Billy turned to face her but Kimberly wouldn't meet his gaze. A white towel was wrapped and folded tightly around her body.

"I'm sorry." She mumbled as Billy approached her. "I just...I just wanted to help provide for us. You've been doing all the sacrificing for me. It...it wasn't that bad but I..." Billy placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Look at me Kim." He said with a smile in his gentle voice.

She looked up, forgetting how blue Billy's eyes were without his glasses on. He smiled fondly and his eyes held a warm understanding. "I don't think any less of you Kim. I promise."

She smiled and wiped her eyes. "I think it would be a good idea for us to wash our clothes while we are in here. We may not get a chance again."

"Affirmative." Billy said grabbing his dirty clothes from the floor. Going back to his side he turned the water on and began to scrub. Kimberly doing the same. Even if they were wet, clean clothes sounded wonderful right now.

**************************Tommy's cell**********************************

Tommy was bored. He could only practice his karate so much, his mind needed stimulation as much as his body did. Tommy rolled over on the futon mattress. What he wouldn't give for a book right about now. Heck, he'd settle for his algebra book at this point. Picking at the lint on his bed he sighed. At least he was no longer in that silly clown outfit.

"Hello pet." Tommy didn't even look up as Goldar's voice reached his ears. "Rita wants to see you."

Tommy simply nodded and stood. Goldar pushed him forward, funny there were no chains this time and no extra putties to guard him. Maybe they really did believe his spirit was shattered. "I take it you remember the way?" Goldar asked. Tommy nodded again. Yes, he knew the way. He remembered every moment from being under Rita's evil spell and how good being evil had felt. He had never told his friends that.

Walking into Rita's throne room a shiver of deja vu went up his spine. The air was thick with sweet and exotic smelling incense. "Come here my pet." Rita beckoned with her hand. Even though every fiber of his body screamed it was a dangerous he could do nothing but obey. Keeping his eyes low he approached Empress Rita, he bowed submissively.

"Good boy, come. Come." She said, patting a plush red pillow at her feet. Tommy obeyed and sat on the pillow. "Turn around." She said in a voice so soft it was almost motherly. Tommy did as he was asked. His back was now towards Rita and she was merely inches from him. Suddenly he felt something brush through his long hair, his head snapping up in panic. "Shh shh shh." She cooed. " Be a good boy. Let me brush out the knots."

Slowly and steadily queen Rita, empress of evil, lady of darkness, brushed and combed Tommy's hair. At first he remained on guard but as the minutes ticked by he began to relax and enjoy the sensation of being groomed. He was starting to feel strangely sleepy as Rita began to braid his hair. After half an hour Tommy's head dropped and he slipped into slumber. Rita caught him and set his head down carefully on the red cushion. Tommy was now just like a dog, curled up at his mistresses feet. Rita spoke some words and laid her hand over Tommy's forehead. "Kimberly is no more. It was nothing but a dream. She is gone." As she spoke the words, tears silently dripped from under Tommy's closed eyes.

Rita pulled back and smiled. There that spell should cover any lose ends and she wouldn't make the same mistake twice.

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