This is a rewrite of another story called "A Taste of Poison Paradise" by Vaelaa. Anyway, Power Rangers belongs to uh- not me? I own nothing but some of the plot (until a certain point, I'll let you know when) and maybe a few minor characters.

Surprisingly, everything was quiet for a few days. No attacks. But everyone was on edge, waiting for something. Rita would use such a chance to conquer the Earth, right? Billy started to work for a device that will remove Goldar's sword from the main console and everybody else started to pretend to live a normal life, but all the time they watched their backs, just in case. Kimberly wanted to take Tommy out somewhere, trying to act normal, but he decided to stay at home with his adoptive parents, lying that they wanted to spend some time with their son. The pink ranger bought this easily. He was tired of lying so a break will be good for him.

He lied on his bed and was looking into the ceiling. He realized that he missed her. Her confidence, her body next to his, her sharp character, he will be a perfectly happy man when this charade will end. He didn't have any contact, they couldn't risk him being caught. He hoped that she is doing ok and soon all of this will end.

Then he heard the sound of his communicator. "Tommy, there is some strange version of puddies in the town! We need backup." Zach shouted.

"I'm on my way." Tommy answered quickly. A strange version of puddies? That was the sign he was waiting for. He teleported to the command center. Only Billy, Alpha, and Zordon were there.

"Tommy, what are you doing here? You should help the other rangers. Quantrons can't be sent by Rita. They need help." Zordon said. "I know." Tommy said and came closer to the console, looking at the ground.

"Is something wrong?" Zordon asked. Tommy could feel that Billy and Alpha are looking at him.

"No. Nothing at all." Tommy raised his head and smiled a devilish smile, worthy of a true villain. Then, he took away three power coins that were connected to the console and then he pulled out Goldar's sword.

"The gold monkey probably misses it." He smiled as he swung the sword in the air. Billy and Alpha rushed to the place where the sword was before, after the first shock of course. Zordon became weaker, but he was still good. Billy tried to fight with Tommy, but he couldn't stand a chance against him. Then, he annihilated Alpha quickly.

"Oh, I almost forgot." Tommy said and he sent a little ball of green energy into the wires which were responsible for communications. "You are too quick to trust Zordon." He said and looked at Zordon. He wasn't about to destroy him right now as he was almost certain that Billy will manage to keep him alive, but with power coins on his side, Zordon won't be any threat. Tommy teleported out of the command center and he moved to the place where morphed Kimberly and Zach and unmorphed Jason and Trini were fighting with Quantrons.

"What are those things?" Kimberly asked when she managed to run away from the grab of the one.

"They are Quantrons," An unknown voice said. They looked in her direction. She was standing there, black-haired beauty in black-silver armor with the staff.

"Who are you? Another one of Rita's puppets?" Jason stood before his team.

"Rita is dead." She said loudly. "You may thank me later for doing your job." Astronema smiled. Tommy was standing in the shadows. He could come over, but he kinda enjoyed how his fiance teased the rangers. The rangers looked at each other.

"My name is Astronema, but you call me Princess of Darkness." Astronema said when Quantrons managed to capture some of the rangers, who were forced to look at her. Jason and Trini were still kicking.

"Princess, what, you looking for the prince on the white horse?" Kimberly teased, she managed to slip again from the grasp and she pulled her bow to shoot at Astronema who simply caught the arrow and snapped it in half.

"Nope, I'm waiting for my evil prince on a green dragonzord." Astronema smiled. In the green mist, Tommy appeared and he looked at Astronema before kissing her passionately in the view of everyone.

"Tommy, no!" Jason screamed and ran to him to pull him away, believing that he was under a spell again. Quantrons stopped the red ranger. Tommy knelt before Astronema and he pulled out three power coins.

"I have a gift for you, darling." He said and Astronema touched the coins and smiled devilishly. "Tommy stop, I destroyed the spell!" Jason was trying to fight with Quantrons but they were too strong for him.

"There was only a loyalty spell Jason." Tommy laughed at their naive behavior, worthy of a child. "You don't have to be under a spell to want to be something more than that."

"Is this Kimberly?" Astronema asked when she was close to the pink ranger. Tommy only nodded as everybody else fell silent, watching what would happen and praying that she won't hurt Kimberly. Astronema hit Kimberly in the face with her staff, destroying the visor in her helmet. Kimberly screamed with pain as the pieces of glass stuck into her skin on her face.

"That is for kissing my fiance." Astronema declared and she went to her beloved. "Let them go now." The princess ordered the Quantrons and then she and Tommy teleported to the Dark Fortress.

Quantrons disappeared a few seconds after. Everybody rushed to Kimberly. Trini gently removed her helmet and looked at her face, which was covered in blood. There was a big piece of glass in her eye.

"I can't believe that Tommy is truly evil." Zack stated and looked at others. Jason looked around and then he picked up Kimberly who was crying in pain, she needed to be treated. They were almost powerless, he didn't see it clearly but he was almost sure that Tommy gave her their power coins. Tommy betrayed them. Jason really believed that he was on their side, that it was only the spell. He was such a good friend. He started to date Kimberly, everything was perfect. It really was too perfect to be true. Jason didn't want to believe that Tommy could betray them in that way. There had to be something more. Maybe this Princess enchanted him, or threatened him?

"We need to regroup and learn what we missed." Jason decided and Billy managed to teleport them to the command center.

Tommy was sitting on his throne next to Astronema's. In front of them were six of their subjects: Goldar, Ecliptor, Finster, Scorpina, Baboo, and Squatt. "We should destroy the whole Angel Grove." Ecliptor suggested.

"Yeah, destroy it!" Goldar seemed to like that idea. "Enough!" Tommy shouted and looked at those two. Astronema looked at her future husband with curiosity in her eyes. He was new at the evil side, but that meant he would have different ideas.

"If we destroy their town, they'll be desperate and crazy. Crazy people are unpredictable and therefore impossible to plan against." "So, what are you suggesting, my dear?" She asked. He was truly a wonder among the wonders. An evil ranger. Something that evil forces always wanted and she had him at her side. He was a born leader, but he hated diplomacy and talking about politics, something that she could handle. Together they were fully unstoppable.

"Attack and kidnap their families. I know who they are and I will point them out to you. To save them, they will do anything we want." Tommy said and looked at Ecliptor and Goldar. Ecliptor looked at Astronema, who only nodded. "That is a wonderful idea, my lord." Goldar was excited.

At the same time, the Rangers were in the command center. Alpha was helping Billy with Kimberly. She was fine, but they couldn't save her eye. That made her in deep despair. She just lost her eye! How could you be a famous gymnast with only one eye? But she had to be strong, she had to be strong. That was what she repeated all the time in her mind. Alpha and Billy helped her go to the main chamber, where the rest was waiting. Trini gasped with shock when she saw the patch on her best friend's eye. Jason only gulped.

"We couldn't do anything more…" Billy said with a heavy sigh.

"It's not your fault. It's this Princess of Darkness's fault." Kimberly said and sat on the ground.

"I can't believe that Rita is dead. Just like this." Zach said.

"Is Tommy enchanted still?" Jason asked and looked at Zordon.

Zordon was silent for a moment.

"No. That's why we didn't detect that. I'm afraid that the evil side corrupted his soul." Zordon answered with guilt in his voice.

"And what about that "Prince of Darkness" that woman called him that way." Trini asked.

"There is a creature called Dark Specter. He is truly a powerful and evil being. Even Rita would bow her head before him. There are some whispers in the dark, that he will unite all evil creatures in the whole universe. He picked Astronema as his heir." Zordon answered. He had never talked about it, because none of them were interested in Earth until now.

"But how is Tommy in the middle of this?" Jason asked. "I don't know." Zordon answered. "It seems Astronema is human, meaning they can be in love. As they are human, they understand human emotions and will use that to their advantage."

"Wonderful." Kimberly murmured.

"So they're even more dangerous." Jason answered, driving the rangers into deep thought. How much are they ready to sacrifice to stop Tommy and Astronema?