Another day, another chapter. I am pleased to say that I am only 7 reviews away from 100. I never thought I'd get so many... but I almost have and I know I'll break it. I changed the outcome of this chapter so many times while I was writing it. I'm satisfied with the way this one ends though. Enjoy!
Chapter 23 Temptations Part 3
"We're here," spoke Maroon as soon as the teleportation light disappeared.
Tommy glanced around at his new surroundings. He had never seen "here" before. He did not know where he was. Wherever it was, it was quite dark and there was a damp chill in the air.
"Follow me Tom-Tom," called Maroon as she took his hand and began to lead him in one direction. Tommy glanced all around him, but could not make out very much. He looked ahead to the shadows of the girl leading him. Such a nice butt…he thought to himself. Suddenly Maroon stopped and Tommy looked to her for an answer as to why. "Look," whispered Maroon. "That's my toy. But she's broken for now so I can't have anymore fun."
"We can have fun baby," answered Tommy, placing a kiss on her cheek. He scoffed at Maroon's "toy". He recognized the toy as his ex-girlfriend. "What a shameful mess you are," he remarked to Kimberly.
Kimberly glanced up from her spot when she heard a familiar set of voices. The one sent shivers down her spine, but the other was one she recognized, one that had soothed her in terrible times. Could it really be? Or was Rita playing more tricks? Kimberly didn't want to believe it, but when she got a good look at the figures, she recognized Tommy. "Tommy," she whispered hoarsely, believing Tommy to be nothing more than an illusion.
Tommy scoffed. So she actually knew his name. "What do you want?" he asked angrily. "It's certainly not me. I have someone new now, as you can clearly tell."
Kimberly sat up, holding her arm close to her side as she did so. "Tommy, no. Maroon is not your kind…. She's the enemy."
"Oh but I like a bad girl. Isn't that right, Maroon?" asked Tommy.
Maroon leaned up and pulled Tommy into a deep kiss, to which Kimberly realized he didn't make any move to stop. She sat there in shock, watching Tommy ram his tongue into Maroon's mouth, the two emitting low moans. It was enough to make her sick to her stomach.
"Tommy what are you doing!" she yelled at him, mustering all the strength she could gather.
However, Tommy didn't return any kind of answer. He wasn't focused on Kimberly at all. All he saw was Maroon and how beautiful she was in his arms. Suffer Kimberly. Suffer like you made me suffer all of those months. Feel the pain. Feel the anger. Feel what I had to go through.
Kimberly kept quiet after witnessing the two. She wanted to gouge her eyeballs, erase what she was seeing from her memory. This was simply too much to handle. As hands began to wander, she tried to pull herself away, but her eyes were simply glued to the scene. Not only did she have to watch Tommy with someone else, but that someone was an exact replica of her own body, her own mind. In a sense, she felt as though she were the one doing the actions, not Maroon.
Smirking, Maroon pulled Tommy closer, running her fingers over his muscular chest. She knew Kimberly was not happy with what she saw. Maroon found it all too perfect. At first, she wasn't going to bring Tommy back here. Originally she was going to take him back to his house. However, she figured that the Rangers would disturb her there and so chose to return back to Rita's hideout instead. At least the Rangers would not risk coming here. Not without their precious Tommy to lead the way. "This is all too perfect…" she murmured to herself.
Tommy overheard her. "What is my lovely?"
"Oh.. erm…" Maroon had think fast. "Us. Being here and showing your girlfriend that just because she ruins your life, you can't move on."
For a second, Tommy's eyes flashed white and for a simple moment he was himself again. Maroon did not see this, but Kimberly did. She watched the features on his face soften, a small smile playing on his lips before he realized what he was doing. Maroon did notice the change in Tommy's grip and quickly increased her thoughts of desire for him. This pulled him back into her grasp, and Kimberly saw the real Tommy retreat again into the shadows of his mind.
Maroon glimpsed at Kimberly and noticed she was watching Tommy closely. Maroon thought she saw a speck of hope in those brown eyes. She frowned; there was to be no hope in her toy's eyes, only the pain and sorrow of a death to come. It was time to take things a little further. She leaned up to Tommy, and whispered in his ear her devious idea and watched for Tommy's reaction.
Frowning, Kimberly wondered what Maroon had up her sleeve this time around. She watched her whisper and Tommy's face light up like a little boy's at Christmastime. He was grinning like a Cheshire cat and she didn't know why. Maroon slipped a key from her pocket and into the lock of Kimberly's cell. Whatever was to come, Kimberly feared.
Power Chamber
Jason paced back and forth, trying to come up with a way to get Tommy back. "Zordon, do we even know where Tommy is?" he asked.
"Sensors indicate he is nowhere to be found on the planet," spoke Alpha.
"Maroon could have taken him back to Rita's hideout, but I am not certain. However, it is the most likely possibility."
"Then we need to get him," replied Jason.
"I'm afraid that could be a difficult approach. You are the only Ranger selected who hasn't been targeted by Maroon." As Zordon spoke, Jason looked over to Katherine, who was still sitting on the floor with Billy, her head laying against his shoulder. Billy had been able to calm her down and she now stared off into space.
"I can handle it Zordon. Katherine can too. We need Tommy so we can get Kimberly back."
"If I were to send the two of you, you would have to have a plan for getting both Tommy and Kimberly. Once there, you must accomplish both tasks. Maroon could possibly bring Tommy back to Earth soon."
"We don't have the time to wait," answered Jason sternly. It was unusual for him to speak to Zordon like this, but he was desperate to get his best friend and his sister back.
"Jason, I know this is tough on you, but we must be patient."
"Kimberly could die in that time!" Jason didn't know why he was being so frantic, but he was.
"Kimberly is strong Jason. She will defend herself until we can help her," offered Alpha.
"I know that…" answered Jason in a softer voice. "I just don't want to lose her to Rita."
Dungeon Cells
Kimberly could not believe what she was seeing. Tommy of all people too. There he was with her lying on the floor of her cell. Each was only in his or her underwear. The couple was making out in front of her, as if she were simply another lifeless object in the cell. The grunts and moans coming from the two disgusted her. No matter how much she tried to block out the sounds or sights, they were simply still there in her mind.
As Maroon and Tommy broke their kiss for air, Maroon glanced over at Kimberly. She sensed Kimberly's discomfort at the scene before her. Kimberly seemed anxious, but for what reason? Maroon could only reason that Kimberly wanted to know if Maroon was truly going to go through with it. Yes, that must be it, she thought to herself. "Kimmy my toy, what are you thinking about?"
"It's none of your business!" she quickly replied.
"Then I'll make it my business!" Maroon wasn't going to deal with Kimberly or her hostile replies.
"Just do whatever it is you're up to and leave me alone! Just leave me alone for once," answered Kimberly as tears began to fall.
Perfect…Maroon turned back to Tommy and smiled softly at him. This act awoke a hidden instinct in him, and he quickly began showering Maroon's body with butterfly kisses from her neck to her waist before tugging at her panties.
Kimberly could watch no more. Maroon was just sick, simply sick. She'd already tortured Kimberly. Why couldn't she just leave Kimberly to die in the cell? No, thought Kimberly bitterly, she has to have sex with my ex in front of me too just to rub everything in. Kimberly buried her head into her arms, blocking the sight of the pair as best she could. However, it did not block the sounds from them. Kimberly had to endure the grunts and moans that led to the height of passion. Kimberly began sobbing softly when Tommy called out Maroon's name. This was not Tommy. Tommy wouldn't do this. He always said to "wait until the time is right." Maroon had manipulated Tommy somehow was all that Kimberly could fathom.
As Maroon pulled her clothing back on, she was pleased to notice Kimberly's reaction. It had been exactly what she wanted to see. She glanced over to Tommy, who was still staring at her hungrily. Maroon sighed. He had been fun, but now she was bored of him. It was time to move on to the next unlucky Ranger. She smiled sadistically as she moved toward Tommy, pulling her blade from her pocket. "I have a gift for you, Tom-Tom," she whispered.
Tommy looked up at her expectantly. He had been about to put his shirt back on, but Maroon's words had stopped him. As Maroon drew closer, she raised the blade and then drew it quickly across Tommy's chest. The giant 'M' glared red back at her, and Tommy fell forward from the shock. The blade wound was deep enough to draw blood for awhile and weaken him. She stepped outside the cell and then locked it up again.
Consciously she disabled the Desire potion; the look of hunger disappeared from Tommy's face, replaced instead with a look of confusion. "Oh God I hurt so much... and where am I?" he asked aloud. The last thing he remembered was encountering Maroon by the lake. Everything else was simply hazy.
Maroon laughed wickedly. "You are in one of my queen's cells. She desires you dead and I am only pushing that along. Enjoy your stay, Tom-Tom!" she called pleasantly before heading toward the exit.
Tommy looked down and noticed that he was still half-naked. Embarrassed, he quickly dressed himself, excluding his shirt. He began using that to tend to the wound that Maroon had left for him as a "gift". He applied pressure and then began looking around the rest of the cell. It was then that he noticed the other occupant of the cell, curled up in a corner and hidden by shadows. The person was still alive; Tommy watched the girl's chest rise and fall. He moved closer to look at his new companion and recognized the battered girl. It was Kimberly. He had found Kimberly, but she was terrible looking. "What have they done to you?" he asked himself. Even he could feel no anger after glimpsing the result of Kimberly's torture. He placed her head in his lap and began tending to her wounds.
Rita's Balcony
Maroon had gone to find her queen and report the good news to her. She had completed her part of the mission so far. She only had one Ranger left to go and she knew he would be just as easy as the other two were, no matter how prepared he came. Besides, there was no way he could resist the Desire potion, if it came to that. Zordon's Rangers were a pesky nuisance, but if this was the best he had to offer, then how come neither Rita or the current enemy could defeat them. They didn't use my tactics she thought pleasantly.
Rita had been watching random incidents on Earth through her Repulsa Scope when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned and saw Maroon bow. Rita returned the bow and then addressed her. "What have you to report?"
"That I have taken care of Tommy, my queen."
"What did you do to him?" Out of all the Rangers, Rita had expected Tommy to be the hardest to defeat, but Maroon had done it as if it were no big deal. She acted that way too.
"I used the Desire potion on him and then pretended to love him. Before we were through, I had made him have sex with me. Afterwards I left my mark on his chest to weaken him, and left him dazed and confused in the same cell as my toy."
"Good, good," answered Rita as she pondered what to do next. She hadn't expected Tommy so soon. Then she realized something. "If those two talk, they could ruin our plans!"
"I don't think they will talk. If they do, there's always one of Finster's inventions to cause them to hate each other," suggested Maroon.
"I'll trust you on this," replied Rita, not really trusting Maroon's idea at all. "If they screw up, you're to blame for everything."
"Whatever," scoffed Maroon. She had no time for lectures. "I'm going to go take care of the last Ranger and keep him away." Before Rita could respond, Maroon had again teleported away.
Rita sensed disobedience in Maroon, but realized it was only too much ego in the clone. She was so used to winning, but had never tasted loss. As much as Rita wanted to teach Maroon a lesson, she didn't want to risk messing up the plan as well. She was so close to her goal now. She had the strongest Ranger in one of her cells below and his ex was with him. She could easily arrange the death match for them to kill each other, but she decided to wait a bit longer. She was eager to see what Maroon would do to Jason. Fear me Zordon. Your Rangers cannot stop my plan now!
Okay so I must confess that originally Tommy was to be taken back to his house, but I liked the torturing Kimberly idea better and it left Tommy in Rita's hands as well. So now I've changed some of my plotline some to accomodate for this.
Next time on Windmill into the Fall: Maroon prepares to face off with Jason. Meanwhile, Tommy takes care of Kimberly and tries to talk with her, but she refuses to even speak. Will Tommy ever find out what Maroon did to him, or will Kimberly torture him with the secret instead? Find out next time in Temptations Part 4!