KIMPOV-
I came to on a wooden stretcher carried by people with the masks. I looked around as they set me down hoping against hope that Jason got away.
"Get over there." Pointy head all but snarled, and I saw Jason take a few stumbling steps in my direction. They then chained his manacled wrists to the wall.
"This doesn't look good, Jase." I told him.
"Our friends will be here." He responded, motioning with his eyes to my wrists with his eyes above my head.
"We need to get free somehow." He said, I nodded and started wriggling my wrists. The roughness of the ropes digging into the skin of my wrist. I almost had one wrist free when we heard,
"Prepare the human girl first." My eyes widened, and Jason tried to fight against the chains holding him. I began to fight when my arms and legs were free, but they twisted my wrists behind my back.
"AH!" I cried, as the muscles in my shoulders tweaked.
"No!" Jason yelled and fought against the chains around his wrist. They pulled me away from Jason to the edge of the pit. I fought as hard as I could, but they just wrenched my wrists farther behind my back. Next thing I knew I was dangling above the lava with my hands chained above my head. Right as they started lowering me I heard a commotion, and I turned my head and looked over to see my friends.
"Hey, did we miss the party?" Tommy's voice rang out from what I could tell was behind the Red Helmet.
"Who invited you?" Divatox ground out, glowering at the rangers.
JasonPOV-
"We did." Kim said. "Rangers this is Divatox, Divatox this is your worst nightmare." Kim said, her smile almost splitting her face in half at the fact that our friends were here to help us.
"HA!" Divatox exclaimed. "Lower her into the volcano." Kim squealed as they began to lower her into the pit again.
"No!" She squeaked, as she began to slowly fall farther into the volcano pit. She stopped suddenly, and I whipped my head to see that the blue ranger had fought off the henchmen. It was looking good until the blue ranger got cocky and had to retreat from the wheel. Just as the blue ranger left the henchman that looks like a walking snow globe began lowering my sister down into the pit again. She began kicking her legs out trying to find purchase anywhere to slow her descent.
"Kim! Hold on. They're coming." I called, I looked over to our friend and saw them being held back, but fighting to get away. My eyes widened.
"Jason!" I whipped my head around as I heard my name being called. I looked at my sister, everything but her shoulders up already obscured by the wall to the pit. . "If something happens to me tell Tommy why I really wrote that letter."
Just then her head dipped below the rim of the pit.
TommyPOV-
"NO! KIM!" Jason and I yelled at the same time, just as we heard a blood-curdling scream. My heart clenched painfully in fear for the woman I stilled loved. I know that Kat wanted more from me, but I couldn't when I was still in love with Kim. In the back of my mind, I was wondering what she meant about why she really wrote the letter.
JasonPOV-
I watched as my sister was lowered into the pit, all the while fighting to try to get my hands free. When she told me to tell Tommy about the letter, I knew what that meant. Even though I could no longer see her, she was thinking she was not getting out of this unscathed.
"Too late rangers, even now she's becoming his spawn of evil," Divatox said, with a maniacal smile on her face. Just then the volcano gave a violent shake. There was a swirl around the edge of the pit, and suddenly Kim was standing, head down, on the side of the pit.
"Kimberly," Tommy called, from my vantage point I couldn't see her face, but when she broke the chain between the manacles I shivered
I shivered, knowing exactly what that meant. I saw the red ranger take a few steps back.
"Maligores' daughter, destroy those who would threaten the flames of unity!" Divatox called. My sister began fighting with our friends, and the henchmen came over to me and started pulling me towards the pit.
TommyPOV-
Seeing Kim fighting us, her friends, was something I thought I never thought I would see. I knew that it wasn't really he, but I couldn't get my mind around the fact that she was fighting against us rather than with us. When I took off my helmet I thought for sure it would give her pause.
"It's me… it's me, Tommy." I whispered to her. The blank look in her now red eyes reminded me of the eyes I saw in the mirror after receiving the letter. Dead, and emotionless.
"Yes, we're your friends!" Kat exclaimed, from behind Kim.
"Friends?!" The laugh that came out of her mouth sent chills down my spine. "Like your friends with that guy that they brought in with me." I whipped my head around and saw Jason fighting to the best of his ability with his hands chained behind his back.
"I'm coming Jase." I called, as I ran over to help him with the Pirahantrons. Once the goons were taken care of, I told Jason to place the chains against the edge of the pit and I used my laser gun to shoot them apart. Once his hands were free, he clapped me on the back and said,
"Thanks, man." Right as we heard Kat's chocked voice. "Let go of me, Kim." We turned around to see Kim's hands slide up to Kat's neck. I looked over at Jase, and he nodded before jumping in to help Justin, and I ran over to Kim.
"Kim, stop," I said, pulling her hand away from Kat, and towards the pit. Standing next to the pit I looked into the red eyes that used to be the warmest brown milk chocolate that I would just get lost in.
"Kim, please, fight the spell. Come back to us. You know who you truly are." I begged her. My eyes searching the red irises for any sign of the woman I still love with all of my heart.
"Why would I do that? I like the…" She cut off with a gasp. I followed the light that swirled around her to see Lerigot and his wife's hands glowing. I looked back at her and saw that her eyes were flickering from red to brown.
"Come on Kim. You're stronger than any evil spell. I believe in you." Her eyes flashed for a moment before settling on brown.
"Tommy." She sighed, as gave me a hug. I smiled, and as she leaned into my arms. A moment later I pulled away and went to ask her about what happened with the letter when the temple gave a violent shake. She stumbled, I threw my arms out to balance myself after taking a few steps back.
Divatox cackled and turned to her minions.
"Come on! Straighten up he's coming."
"Tommy!" I heard Kim yell, and I looked around. She began to pull herself over the pit edge, and I ran to her when another violent shake caused me to stumble again. Once the temple stopped shaking I ran toward the pit.
"Tommy! Help!" I heard as I was running back to the edge. Just as I got there I saw one of Kim's hands disappear. I leaned over the edge, and reached my hand down to her.
"Kim, grab my hand." She swung her arm up, and it was like two magnets, our hands found each other's. I immediately grabbed onto her wrist with no intention of letting go.
KimPOV-
When the temple gave another shake I had to dig my finger into the pit's edge as I began to fall backward. One of my hands slipped, and I called to Tommy again. I looked behind me to see the lava moving. I felt my other hand slipping. I gave out a squeak when I felt myself falling. I was stopped in my descent. I looked up and gave a smile as I wrapped my hand around his. I began to pull trying to help Tommy out. When I felt my hand slipping, due to the sweat that was collecting on my palms. Tommy used his other hand against the edge for leverage. Jason then appeared at the edge, reaching one of his hands down and I swung over to grab Jason's hand too. I smiled for a moment before I felt it.
"Guy's my leg." I watched as their eyes went from relief to apprehension. I looked at Jason.
"Jason, promise me." I looked at him, imploring him with my eyes to accept.
"You guys will have plenty of time to talk about this when all of us get out of here." I closed my eyes, hanging my head.
Looking up at him I said in a voice filled with despair,
"I love you Jase." Then looking at Tommy and feeling the tears prick at the corner of my eyes.
"I have always loved you, Tommy. You're my home." I said, and then released my grip on their hands
His eyes widened with recognition.
"Kim, NO!"