A\N: Yeah, di, Kat's a little less in denial than Kim. Doesn't mean I'll be nice to her...muahaha!! And thank you Astrum-Faith for your insightful reveiw! Digital cookies to everyone for reveiwing!

KIM

Billy's in the hospital.

I don't know who did this, but...but they left marks on his face. Cat claws.

Kat claws.

I shake my head. Kat's been acting strange, and lord knows I pay attention to people who do that. Having Tommy evil was bad enough. But could she...would she have...

I look at Billy again. He's everyone's little brother, shy and quiet. It's as if he needs more protection than anyone else, and I try to watch out for him. The heart of the team, watching out for the brain.

This is wrong. He's covered in bruises and slashes. Whoever did this didn't win a fight, like the cops think they did. They tortured him. Slowly. He's been gone since this afternoon. What was this? A messege? Please don't let this be something Rita did...no, wait, please let it be something Rita did, because the alternative is Tommy or Kat and those are both so, so much worse I don't even want to know it.

I look up, startled. Where is Tommy?

"Tri? Where's Jase?" Jase usually knows where Tommy is.

"Bathroom. Him and Tommy. Don't know why they feel the need to drink a hundred slurpees at once..." Trini says, rolling her eyes.

"Don't knock the slurpees." Zack says, but his eyes don't leave his brother-in-crime's. I fight back the memory of the two after eating four chocolate bars and drinking half a liter of Gatorade, grinning as they sang Yellow Submarine to the entire school and got detention for a week...

"I'm gonna go find them." I say, sighing. Honestly, what are they doing? Men. Any sane woman would be staying here, not running off on their girl. O-kay, Kim, you are not gay, remember? Girls like guys. Guys like girls. And I don't believe a word I'm saying.

I wince. My plan to try to forget that I like Kat is not working. I head out. Tommy seems to work better.

I wander the hospital halls, still slightly dizzy. I'm the best blood type match for Billy, and I gave him a lot. So I'm not too surprised when I can't find the boys. This place is like a freakin' maze...

I step out into the cool night air. Maybe I can get rid of this thrice-damned headac--ohmygod, TOMMY?

Tommy's eyes widen, and he stumbles away from Jason, who frowns and whirls. His eyes go wide.

Tommy and Jason were...kissing? My boyfreind and big brother?

What?

"Uh..." Tommy says sheepishly.

"Kim?" Jase asks, a little more eloquently. "Are you okay?"

Rage, sheer absolute rage, fills me. I don't understand it, I just know that I want to kill them, oh, God, it hurts so much and I want them dead for it. Not for cheating--I don't give a damn about that--but for something much, much deeper. "You're gay." I say, starting with the obvious.

"Uhhh...yeah." Tommy admits. "I...god, Kim, I'm sorry. I was gonna tell you..."

"No you weren't, you chicken." Jason says. Tommy whirls and makes a "Hey, whose side are you on?!" gesture. "At least I'm not denying it." Jason points out.

"Do...do you even know..." No. They don't. They don't know what happens to people who love the wrong people. They don't get it. They can't, can they, they just think they can stand there kissing and everything's going to be fine but Billy's already in the hospital, and I can't lose them, I can't ever lose them because they are my best freinds ever and I'm still even a little in love with Tommy. "What were you thinking?" I yell, tears forming. "What the hell is wrong with you two? You're just standing there kissing and for the love of God, Jase, Tommy's my boyfreind! You...you can't..."

I can't take this.

I turn and run. I don't know what I'm doing, just that some inner fire is filling me. Some dots are connecting that need to connect.

Kat's eyes turn red. When Tommy was evil, his eyes would flash a certian color. If Rita's using red power for Kat (and I don't even know how I understand that one, I mean, what the hell is 'red power'?), her eyes will be red.

So I have to stop her, because I know she's here and I know she's evil. And I know that I'm the only one who has the right to take her, because she hurt my baby brother, and no one hurts Billy.

Ever.

"Kim?" That stupid Aussie accent. Was it real, Kat? Are you real? Or are you just a lie, another alien bitch to kill the whole goddamned world? "What's wrong, darling? You look so upset!"

"You hurt Billy."

Kat blinks, and her eyes flash red. "Yes." She says simply.

"I will tear you apart." It's not a threat. It's what's going to happen, because I can't take Billy lying there almost dead in the hospital and Tommy and Jason being together. I can't.

"Why, love?" Kat asks, bemused. "I did it for you."

"What...what do you mean?" No. Hold it together, Kim, damnit. Hold it together! Don't let her get to you! Fight it, goddamn, fight it!

Kat smiles, walking up to me, and kisses me.

Instantly the dam breaks. I nearly throw her into a building, and she leaps over to me, throwing herself easily into our fight.

"What happened?" Kat asks. "You hear about Tommy and Jason? Latest story. Ten o' clock news."

"Shut up, you bitch." I snarl. She has to die.

Kat slams me into a building. We're deep in an alley, I realize. I could be losing this fight, but I'm too high on adrenaline to notice.

"You didn't know." Kat says gently. "Oh, darling. You really didn't know."

"Didn't know what? That you're the single most evil, pathetic bitch on the planet, and you deserve to die for what you've done?" I demand. She has my arms pinned, and God, she's strong.

"That you love me."

I blink at her, adrenaline and anger mixing inside of me, but something else is there, too. I shake my head. I don't like her. I hate her. "I hate you."

"How often did your parents tell you that?" She asks, gently stroking my face. "Oh, sweetheart. You're so scared." She's...she's being nice. And I...

I want her. I want to kiss her and then cry.

"I hate you." I whisper, my words my only shield. "Goddamn it, Kat, I hate you."

Kat kisses my forehead, wrapping me in a hug. I feel myself starting to cry. Everything's falling apart, and my worst enimy is holding me, helping me.

"It's okay, darling." She whispers into my hair, kissing my head. "I'll take care of the Rangers. Then we'll be safe. We can be together forever."

I shake my head. "It doesn't work like that, Kat. Please. Stop it, please." I don't want to cry, I want to be angry and kill her. I feel so guilty and horrible, but I love her.

I don't want to love her.

Kat tilts my chin up and kisses me, so quickly I feel nothing but a burst of pleasure. I moan against her mouth, and she laughs, pecking my cheek. "Soon, sweetheart." She says. "Trust me. Soon."

Then Kat's gone, and I hear Tommy running up to me.

Life comes crashing down, and I faint.