A/N:

WARNING: This chapter contains some pretty heavy details including rape. If you are sensitive to such things, please skip this chapter.

This chapter is the introduction to Beth - the blue Ranger.

Chapter 4: Beth Sampson

While Chloe Cambridge was suffering at home in solitude, Bethany "Beth" Sampson was having the time of her life that night at a local house party, hosted by Brandon Munroe – captain of the wrestling team.

Beth and a large pack of her cheer friends were sitting in the hot tub, dressed in bathing suits and drinking bottles of dark stout beer, laughing hysterically with one another.

As head cheerleader, and one of the most popular girls in her grade, Beth stood out in more ways than one. Her beauty was the most unique out of all girls in school. Her wavy, textured black hair, deep brown eyes, and ebony skin made her the girl most kids at school envied. She came from well-off parents; her father, Henry, was a real-estate broker and her mother, Penelope, was a makeup artist for high-end clientele.

It sure made Beth feel like she was at the top of the world.

And now, she was living the high life, partying it up at Brandon Munroe's beginning-of-the-school-year house party.

Loud rap music blared from the speakers and shook the house. The smell of beer, wine, and other hard liquors were strong in the air. But Beth's drunken laugh carried throughout.

Taking another sip of beer, Beth allowed her body to relax under the hot tub's jets before she climbed out of the hot tub. She wrapped a towel around her body, and proceeded to go to the bathroom to change back into her jeans and blue blouse. In the bathroom, she fixed her makeup, applying more lipstick.

Walking out of the bathroom, she joined everyone else on the dance floor, laughing with her friends, Darcy and Amanda, before going to get another drink.

Pouring herself more dark beer, she took another sip, relishing in the strong flavor of dark liquor. Suddenly, she felt Paul Hadlock grabbing her wrist, laughing with her as he reached for a cup of beer.

"Some party, huh, Beth?" he asked her.

"Oh yes, Paul," Beth said, her voice slurred from the alcohol as he led her up to a guest bedroom. Beth's drunken laughter continued to fill the air along with the booming music.

She was too drunk to realize Paul wasn't drunk at all. In fact, he was for the most part sober and had no alcohol in his system. He continued leading her up to the bedroom, closing the door behind him and locking it.

The music shook the bedroom door as Paul proceeded to unbutton his pants and slip off his boxers and his shirt, before he began unbuttoning Beth's blouse.

Beth was too drunk to take notice to what this boy was doing to her. He unbuttoned her jeans and slid off her panties, before throwing her bra off. His hands traveled all over his body, starting with her breasts. He squeezed them in the palms of his hands before leaning over and forcefully kissing her on her mouth.

Finally, he entered her.

Blood seeped from between Beth's legs as Paul pounded into her body and bit and kissed her neck, leaving hickeys. After about fifteen minutes, he got off Beth's body and threw her down onto the floor, before pulling out his cellphone and taking photographs of her naked body.

He then sent the photographs to all classmates at the party, which was about twenty-five people. He wrote in the text:

"I fucked her good, and she loved it. She begged for it. Is this the kind of girl YOU would want to bring home to meet your parents?"

Once the text was sent, Paul proceeded to leave Beth's drunken form on the floor. Beth drunkenly got up from the bedroom floor, sliding her clothes on messily and climbing out of the bedroom window, falling into the bushes below.

The Following Monday

When Beth walked into school the following Monday, she could sense that there was tension in the air. All weekend, none of her friends had texted her back. Her friends had ignored her at cheer practice all Saturday. All she knew was that her cheer teammates were giving her filthy looks all Saturday long.

She didn't understand why.

Last Friday, she was partying and having the time of her life.

Now, nobody even wanted to look at her.

Entering the hallways, she was greeted with everybody glaring at her in disgust.

However, something caught her eye.

She saw photographs of herself up all over the hallways. They were photos of her naked, stripped of her clothes with comments written all over the pictures in red Sharpie.

"Best ass in freshmen class!"

"Slut."

"Whore."

"Whore-Bitch."

"Pig."

"Wonder what she's like in bed."

"Wow, she's nasty."

"Is this the kind of girl you want to bring home to meet your parents?"

Beth's face blanched in shock especially as she approached her locker. On the locker door written was the word "whore."

She felt nothing but mortification as she opened her locker, only to see condoms flying out of the locker. Suddenly, she felt pairs of arms shoving her hard against the metal door of her locker.

Turning around, she could see Darcy and Amanda standing there, glowering at her with hate-filled eyes. Darcy grabbed her by her hair and pulled her down to the ground, kicking her hard in the stomach.

"You bitch! Trying to get with my boyfriend!" Darcy screamed.

Beth stood up, saying, "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"You know what we're talking about! Paul texted us Friday night saying you fucking begged for him to get in bed with you! You pulled him on top of you and begged him to have sex with you!" screamed Darcy.

"No, Darcy, I didn't!" shouted Beth.

"You're lying," Amanda whispered.

"No, I really didn't do it!" Beth said, trying to defend herself desperately as her eyes threatened to fill with tears of embarrassment and hurt. "I was drunk! I don't even remember having done a thing that night."

Amanda reached over and backslapped her hard across the face, bruising her. Beth caught her cheek in her hand, gasping before reaching over and slapping Amanda right back. She then turned to Paul, who standing not too far away laughing hysterically. She grabbed his wrist and slammed him up against the locker.

"You coming back for more?" he asked, licking his lips.

"No, you disgusting pervert! I'm making an announcement," Beth said angrily. "Okay?! I didn't willingly sleep with you that night! All I remember was that I was drunk. Y-You assaulted me!"

"She's lying!" Paul said, everyone else in the hallway believing his lies. "She wanted it. Tell them how you begged, you little slut! Tell them how you got on top of me and you started taking off your clothes telling me to fuck you so hard."

"I – I –!" Beth gasped out.

Paul grabbed her and slammed her against the lockers.

"Dirty whore!" someone shouted.

"SHUT UP!" Beth pushed herself away from the lockers and punched Paul in the mouth, knocking his teeth out of his mouth. Suddenly, she felt her arms being grabbed by two teachers racing out of the classrooms.

"Miss Sampson . . . Miss Sampson!" yelled one of the teachers. "Go to the principal's office right now!"

"Yeah, I love how you take their side over mine! He raped me and he lied about it that's why I fucking punched him!"

"Watch your mouth and go to Principal Carter's office right now!" yelled a teacher.

Beth felt one of the teachers grabbing her arm and steering her towards the principal's office. The whole trip there, it was the walk of shame. Beth felt her eyes burning with tears as her face went deep red.

Never did she ever think that something like this would happen to her.

She said nothing as the principal questioned her continuously, asking her why she did what she did.

She said nothing as the police arrived, questioning her with Chief Logan Sterling.

She said nothing as the police put her in handcuffs.

She said nothing when her parents arrived at the station to pick her up as the police told her she was to be on house arrest until a trial happened due to Paul Hadlock wanting to sue her.

And when her parents scolded her, asking her over and over why she did what she did, she said nothing.

She had never realized until then just how mean she was.