Chapter 1: Dark Dreams

Karone awoke to find herself in a dark, red lit room, on the floor. She slowly gained conscious and pushed herself up off the ground. The room was small but had a large window looking out into the blackness of space. She felt like she knew this place, but couldn't place it and looked around until she remembered that there was a door opposite the window.
Slowly she reached up and pressed the palm of her hand against the wall and the door slide open. Curiosity took hold and Karone stepped forward through the door, wondering along the empty black corridors trying to find any indication of where she was. She had no idea what she was looking for but she felt that she was getting closer as she walked through the twisting corridors.
Up a head Karone could hear the sound of steel on steel, a fight perhaps. As she got closer she began to make out grunts of the two fighting, one male, the other a woman. She exited the corridor and into a large open room where the two were fighting.
The male was covered in red spandex with white gloves and boots and a red helmet to top it off. In his hand was his weapon, a spiral drill head, thinned out to be like a sword and attached to a handle. The female was covered in black leather with thin metal padding over parts of her chest and arm gauntlets that started at her wrist and moved half way up to her elbow, with blades sticking out. Across her forehead was a metal headband which vanished behind her long wavy purple hair that flowed through the air gracefully as she fought with her long staff, attached to a red diamond blade at the tip.
After a few seconds it was obvious to Karone that the woman was winning this fight. She was striking hard and fast with her staff while the man in red continually retreated, constantly on the defence, almost unwilling to fight. After a strong blow she knocked the red man's spiral sword from his side and then struck quickly across his chest, sparks flew from where she'd hit him as he fell to the ground. The woman was victorious, but not finished. She advanced on the red man, who attempted to crawl towards his sword. The woman stomped down on his hand with her black heeled shoes, stopping him from reaching his weapon which she then proceeded to kick across the room. Rolling over onto his back, the red man looked up at his enemy, who stood over him like a god, pointing her staff at his throat.
It was then it hit Karone. She was on the 'Dark Fortress' during her final assault on Earth, and she was fighting the Red ranger. Her brother. Then the woman, Astronema, looked over to her, as if she'd know Karone was there all along, and let out a pure evil smile. She then returned her gaze to the Red Ranger and pierced his chest with her staff.
"NNNNNOOOOO!" shouted Karone running over to her now dead brother. Sadly before she could reach him he faded away, but she couldn't slow down and Astronema easily knocked her down. Looking up at her evil self, she now knew what it must have felt like for her brother a few moments ago. Smiling, Astronema aimed her staff at Karone, just as she had with the Red ranger.
"Please..." begged Karone, but that only made Astronema laugh.
"Oh Karone. I don't want to kill you. I want to help you" explained Astronema positioning her staff above Karone's forehead. With a shot of purple energy from the tip of her staff, Karone suddenly lost all feeling in her body.
"Up you get" teased Astronema raising her staff which in turn caused Karone to get up, the purple energy connecting from Karone's head to Astronema's staff allowing her to control Karone. Astronema then manoeuvred Karone over to the control consol of the Dark Fortress. "Now, let's do what we should have done when we first got here" said Astronema with a wide evil smile as she made Karone press a button on the consol. A huge laser then shot out of the Dark Fortress hitting the Earth and instantly causing it exploded.
Karone was speechless; she'd gone num all over and dropped to her knees. She'd gained control off her body again but she no longer cared. Looking down at herself it took her a while to realise that she now looked like Astronema, after the realisation came, the uncontrollable evil smile formed on her face shortly followed by the laugh. But on the inside Karone was crying, as her Astronema body rose up laughing victoriously at the destruction of Earth.

Karone awoke screaming as she lunched up into a sitting position on her bed.
"NO PLEASE!" shouted Karone in a panic, not realising it was only a dream. While she continued to shout "NO! NO! NO!"" she curled up into a ball on her bed, closing her eyes tight.
"Karone" came the sound of Andros calling to her from outside her room as she continued to shout.
"HELP ME! PLEASE!" begged Karone, as Andros came into the room he quickly moved to his little sister's side on the bed to comfort her.
"Karone. Karone!" said Andros trying to get her to calm down as he rocked her back and forth, hugging her. After a moment Karone stopped shouting and started to take deep breaths, still breathing heavily in a panicked state.
Once she was ready Andros helped her get up before he crawled over to the other side of the bed. The two then crossed their legs and sat up facing each other.
"So what happened?" asked Andros watching his sister carefully.
"It... It was another... Another dream" Karone said, her voice shaking all the while, still terrified by what she'd seen. Andros looked at her and motioned for her to continue. "It was Astronema, she... she... killed you... I killed you" finished Karone, avoiding her brother's eyes. Andros responded quickly by reaching out and put his hand on hers, but Karone pulled away instantly.
"Karone, it was only a dream. I'm still here" said Andros with a reassuring smile, but it wasn't enough for her.
"Andros I'm scared" she confessed looking into his eyes, so he knew she meant it.
"Of what" asked her brother confused.
"Astronema. I feel like she's still a part of me" Andros was shocked for a moment but managed to find the words to respond to her.
"Astronema is gone. She was a lie. You're the real you now-"
"But she's not gone!" interrupted Karone in protest. "She's still in here" she said tapping the side of her head. For a while the two sat in silence, it was Andros who eventually broke the silence with an idea.
"You know what, I think it's time you went out and saw the universe" suggested Andros, to which Karone looked at him with shock.
"Andros I don't think now is the time to-" started Karone but was stopped by Andros.
"I think it is the time. You need to get away from me and the others for a bit. Leave the past in the past for a while and explore the universe"
"I have seen the univers" pointed out Karone, pain in her eye at the memories, "As Astronema remember?"
"Yes but not as Karone and I've heard that there's a Space Station that is set to leave from Earth. It's going to find out if there are any other planets that are liveable in this universe. It's going places neither of us have ever been" explained Andros. Karone had to admit the idea wasn't horrible, but she wasn't found of leaving her brother after only just getting him back. Then again maybe a get away from him would give her a chance to forget her past and stop her horrible dreams. Also it would be a good idea to go ad visit some new planets without them having met Astronema.
"What do you think?"
"I guess I could give it a shot. But only if you agree to come get me if I call" said Karone with a small smile.
"Deal" said Andros instantly before the two smiled at each other and embraced.