Well, here it is. The first chap of "The Beginning of a Supervillian"! Just to be clear, this is not my story, it belongs to PinkRangerV, who wrote the sequel, and everything before chap three is hers. Chap 3 and on, however, is mine, with PRV as my wonderful Beta. So, I pretty much own nothing. I'm so pathetic.

Chapter one

"Shh. The Pink Ranger's sleeping."

The Green Ranger's dagger is at the girl's throat, Jason's blaster aimed at his own head. Jason hesitates. The Green Ranger smiles beneath his helmet. "You won't dare. Not if she could get hurt. You love her, don't you?" A pause. "Poor Red Ranger. You love her, but you'll never have her. Not the way you want her. She thinks you're her big brother. Brothers don't fuck their sisters."

Jason winces at the word. "Leave her alone. Or I swear to God you'll pay."

The Green Ranger chuckles. "Pay? How? You can't even defend your command center." He glances down at Kimberly. "It doesn't matter. If I sweeten my voice, she'll come willingly enough. She'll eat out of my hand if I ask her to."

Jason's eyes widen in horror at the threat. "Don't...don't you dare. Don't even think about going near her."

"Why not?"

Both Rangers are quiet for a minute, staring at each other. Then the Green Ranger shrugs. "I have all the power, Jason. You have nothing. Oh, don't worry, I won't hurt her...much. Nothing she won't beg me for." He smirks. "It's not wrong if she's saying 'harder', Superboy."

Jason's eyes turn cold and hard, like frozen gemstones. "You would rape her."

Both boys pause. For a brief second, the Green Ranger's pose changes. "No." He whispers hoarsely. "Never. Not that." He brushes Kimberly's hair out of her face. "I love her." He says almost absently, then just as suddenly snaps. "But I'm going to kill her in front of you if you don't let me leave. All of you. And I won't be merciful to Kimmy here."

A very sharp katana touches his throat.

"I'd recommend you leave minus the bloodshed." Trini says quietly. "Before you do something that can't be undone, Green Ranger." Calm, in control, clearly the only adult present.

The Green Ranger backs away. "It's not over, Superboy. And when it is, you'll wish this were the only thing that happened. Trust me."

I turn away, sickened. That was a child saying those things. A sixteen-year-old boy. How...how could this have happened?

I sigh and shut my eyes.

"LORD ZEDD." Zordon pauses. "YOU SAW THE TAPE."

"No! I didn't see them! You just left them on my krithing doorstep, you bloody imbecile!" I snap, snatching up my staff and whirling on the viewing screen. "What in the name of the nine Earth hells was that about?"

"THOMAS WAS A RATHER...INTERESTING RANGER WHEN YOUR WIFE TURNED HIM EVIL." Zordon says musingly.

I sigh. "You want to keep me from recruiting him, I take it."

Zordon nods. "I AM AWARE OF YOUR SITUATION WITH THE COUNCIL OF LIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, ZEDD, THAT I WILL NEVER ABANDON MY ATTEMPTS TO HELP YOU."

I nod as well. "And you are aware that I am in your debt. This latest batch of Rangers...perhaps they will destroy the need for balance at all." I smile, or rather try to. "Thomas is a good addition to your team, at least now."

Zordon smiles. "YES. I AM RATHER PROUD OF HIM." He pauses. "I AM AWARE OF YOUR NEED FOR A SUCCESSOR. AFTER ALL, SOMEONE MUST SAVE THE FEW PLANETS THAT HAVE NOT YET JOINED AN EMPIRE. PERHAPS JASON..."

I nod slowly. "I'll think about it."

Zordon leaves. I sigh and turn back to the tape. Vicious, cruel, cold, all of those things are in this Green Ranger.

But Zordon missed something.

I rewind the tape. This boy...even evil, he is complex. And I have a rather newer tape. One that shows him as a leader, a warrior. A hero, driven by dark knowledge. Jason lacks that complexity, but for this task, complexity, subtlety, all those are required.

Perhaps Thomas is worth a second chance.

"Shh. The Pink Ranger's sleeping."