Chapter Eleven-White With Evil

In a dark room, Trent's prone body was spread across a stone slab. He was completely straight, his legs and arms pressed tightly to his form.

Rita was speaking her mystical spell over her crystal ball, her pink tipped fingers waving over the orb.

A white light formed over Trent's body as the evil sunk into his entire being.

The spell intensified and the White Drago Ranger's upper body rose from the stone. His eyes glowed red as Rita completed the spell and the White Ranger stood before her.

"Ah, my White Drago Ranger." The witch cooed as she saw that her spell had worked.

"My empress." Trent said in a low monotone.

The evil queen approached the teen. She held up a necklace. Hanging from the black leather cord was a red stone.

"Wear this and allow its darkness to consume you. Allow the rage to become you."

She held the necklace before Trent and he bowed his head. The witch placed the necklace over his head and around his neck.

Rita backed away from Trent as he raised his head and looked up at her. His eyes and the gem glowed a fiery red.

"Now, My White Drago Ranger, what is it you would like to do first?"

Rita smiled as an pure evil glint appeared in Trent's dark eyes.

"I want to destroy the Red Tyranno Ranger." He said with an evil smile.

"Zordon, what happened to Trent?" Kira asked as soon as she and the other Rangers too form in the Command Center.

"Behold the Viewing Globe." was his answer.

The Rangers turned as Alpha played the last moments of the battle.

They watched as they lay paralyzed on the ground and Goldar and Elsa tried to kill their leaders. Then the Evil White Ranger Clone approached Trent. He grabbed his twin and threw him over his shoulder. The evil clone was gone by the time Kim appeared.

"Damn it!" Conner growled.

"We forgot about that son of a bitch." Tommy said angrily and both Kim and Kimberly gasped, never hearing such language from the White Ranger.

"No, you didn't have to look after him." Conner told the White Falcon Ranger. "It was my job as his leader, I was to make sure my team was safe."

"No, we were in this together. Leadership was shared." Tommy explained. "We both should have been looking after him."

"Shut up, both of you!" Kira cried. "It doesn't matter who was in charge, what matters is Trent is gone. Taken by the enemy. We all should have been watching each others' backs."

Tears formed in her eyes as she turned and ran out of the Command Center.

The remaining Dino Thunder members stared in her wake. They had never seen her cry before and the sight was shocking and unnerving.

Kim glared at the two team leaders.

"Stop blaming yourselves." She said. "Right now, what's left of your teams needs you. As the leaders you have to remember to remain calm when needed and not to blow your tops."

She went to go comfort Kira.

Kimberly just glared at the boys. At the moment she admired her adultself for saying what she wanted to say.

Dr. Oliver and Ethan shared a look of angry frustration after the shock of seeing Kira so upset wore off.

For once Dr. O agreed with Kim on Tommy and Conner's duty as leaders.

Outside, Kira sat on a boulder. She had her legs pulled to her chest, her arms circled them in a tight embrace. Her head was buried in her knees as she sobbed.

Kim approached the girl. Her heart ached for her.

"Hey," Kim greeted softly after she sat next to her. She placed an arm around Kira's shoulders. "You okay?"

Kira looked up, her eyes watery. She bit her lip and shock her head.

"No, I feel like it's my fault." She said weakly.

"No, it's not. You were paralyzed. There was nothing you could have done."

"I know that, but..."

Kira buried her face again.

Kim looked at her.

"You know, I felt the same when Tommy was evil. So, lost and confused. Then he was good and everything seemed like it would be okay, but that didn't last long. He lost his power and he went away. I felt like he was pushing me away."

"No offense, Kim but, how does that relate to my situation?" Kira asked.

"I don't know." Kim shrugged. "Just trying not to fall into an awkward silence."

Kira gave a small smile.

"That's how I felt when Trent was evil. Lost and confused." she paused and took a gasp of breath. "I wanted to help him but, he pushed me away. He still pushes me away."

"Maybe, he has a good reason."

"Maybe. I just want him to be able to trust me with anything and everything."

"You really like him, huh?"

Kira smiled at the woman.

"Yeah." She wiped her eyes. "Were you in love with Dr. O?"

"Yes." Kim said.

She leaned closer to the girl.

"Sometimes, I think I still am." she said. "He was that special."

"Then why all the fighting?"

"I made a mistake, two actually." Kim took a deep breath. "The first, I wrote him a Dear John letter. The second was made in college. Sort of the same mistake. I don't like talking about it."

"You don't have to."

"You feeling better?" Kim asked Kira rubbing her back gently.

"Yeah, a little."

"Good."

Dr. Oliver smiled at the two Pterodactyls. He had decided to comfort Kira himself, but when he exited the Command Center, he saw Kim had already beat him to it.

He hadn't heard their conversation, but he got the idea that everything was going to be okay.

That was Kim's gift. She was always the heart and knew how to make others feel better by just being there.

His smile became wider as he thought of being Kim's friend again. They were food friends. Maybe, they should try the whole friendship thing, again.

This will be my last update until Friday. That's when my Spring Break begins.