Notes: Before I start this story, I would just like to say that while I did want to write a story that pits evil!Kat against some of her former friends in new and darker (and hopefully a bit surprising) ways, I do not want to do her character the injustices that many stories do. So there will be a reason for the things that Katherine does in this story, it may just take me a while to get to the explanation. Please be patient!

Warnings: This story contains fairly explicit non-con femmeslash.

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Trini came awake slowly, feeling sluggish with the cold. After a while she became aware that she was strapped down tightly onto a hard, metallic surface. She opened her eyes to darkness and realized that she was blindfolded, too. A few more moments passed, and it occurred to her that she wasn't just freezing, she was naked.

In her groggy confusion, she had only just managed to get around to wondering where she was and how she had come to be there in the first place (and her clothes had not) when someone nearby commented, "Oh good, you're awake."

The voice sounded familiar, but it took Trini a long time to place it. "Kat? Katherine Hillard?"

"That's right," Kat fairly purred.

There were sounds of movement nearby, as if Kat were coming closer. Trini shifted experimentally against the straps that bound her, but found she could barely move, much less wriggle free.

She had been in dangerous situations like this before, so she knew better than to panic. And based on her previous experiences she knew that Katherine, who was little more than an acquaintance but was nonetheless also a fellow former Power Ranger, should be an ally. They should work together to escape whatever trap they had fallen into.

But there was something about Katherine, the things she'd said and the way she'd said them, that could only be described as frightening.

Trini flinched as the other woman's hand gently caressed her cheek. Icy fingertips just barely touched her skin as that hand slipped down her neck and across her chest to cup her breast. Kat's thumb flicked over the nipple twice, applying a strong pressure that marked the action as undeniably deliberate, and Trini felt the first sparks of real fear ignite in her heart.

"What's going on?" she asked, sounding as frightened and uncertain as she suddenly felt.

"Nothing you need to worry about," Kat responded, leaning so close that Trini could feel Kat's breath on her cheek. "I'm not going to hurt you. Not yet, anyway."