A/N Never mind, I managed to get TJ a name and power by myself, and Emma's major will remain unknown to all, even me. AH/AY, Ghostwriter,Anonymousand DV2 thanks for reviewing. Anyone else who reads my story, REVIEW! I accept anonymous reviews, so you have NO EXCUSE! I have a more popular story to co-write, this story is expendable!
As TJ and Ashley walked into the Hangar bay, they were completely unaware of what was happening in the bridge, which wasn't too far away.
Sabrina had walked into the room crying, much to Andros's astonishment.
"What's wrong?" He asked, afraid something had happened.
"I was talking to Ashley, an, and…" Sabrina sobbed.
"And?"
"I am Karone! He lied to me!" She wailed.
Andros didn't have any experience whatsoever in comforting hysterical teenage girls, so he did the only thing he could think of. He pulled his little sister into his arms, patting her back awkwardly as she emptied her tear ducts.
Eventually, her sobs quieted to hiccups, and he released her. "DECA, is she Karone?"
"Affirmative Andros." DECA answered.
The girl in question wiped her eyes, and looked up at the boy she now knew as her big brother. "I'm still Sabrina." She said.
"As long as you're my sister too." Andros bargained.
"Deal." They shook hands.
"Andros?" Sabrina asked tentatively.
"Yes Sabrina?"
"Can you tell me about KO-35?"
Andros started. "I never said anything, how do you know about it? Do you remember anything?"
Sabrina thought fast. "Ashley said you were from the Kerova system, and she told me which planet."
Andros didn't quite believe her, but made no further comment. "Who lied to you?" He asked, suddenly.
Sabrina looked down at her feet, as she followed Andros. "The closest thing I've had to a father since Darkonda took me from the park."
"Wait a minute, it was Darkonda?"
"Ashley recognised the description I gave her. She was talking me through my memories." Sabrina lied.
Again, Andros had the feeling that she wasn't telling the truth, but said nothing of it. Instead, he let his mind wander.
Just as the siblings were about to enter the hangar bay, Sabrina asked. "Do you like Ashley?"
Andros froze and turned to his long lost sister. "Of course I do. She is a great asset to the rangers, when she remains in control of her emotions."
Sabrina shook her head empathically. "Do you like Ashley as more than a friend?"
"Who says she's my friend?" Andros said coldly, unaware that Ashley and TJ could hear every word the siblings said.
Meanwhile Inside The Hangar Bay"So, what is your inexplicable nickname?" Ashley asked, putting a cheeseburger and a soda down on the table.
"Shadow." TJ answered, wolfing down his own meal.
"Rogue Shadow. I wonder what your weapon is." Ashley mused, pushing her plate away, and tapping TJ's wrist, indicating his hidden morpher.
TJ glanced at her plate pointedly, eyebrows raised. "Don't you eat?"
"I'll be back to normal tomorrow, I promise."
TJ smiled, mock threateningly. "I'll hold you to that. And about the weapon thing, I'm more interested in what my power is."
Ashley thought for a moment, before taking out a laptop type thing from the panel under the synthatron. Her eyes flashed, then she began searching for a power.
"Spirits." She answered his question. "I'm in tune with technology, you are in tune with supernatural spirits."
"Spirits, as in ghosts?" TJ asked incredulously.
"And nature spirits. A little fine-tuning, and you'll be able to talk to any spirit at will. Like a planet's spirit, guardian angels, spirit guards, ghosts, anything." Ashley answered, her eyes glowing again. "You could do that now, but you'd have to talk out loud. A little practise, and you'll be able to talk to them mentally. As in, inside your own head."
"Cool." TJ said, just as they heard Sabrina's voice. They listened to the conversation with interest, both of them wondering if Sabrina had told Andros she was Astronema. Ashley really had told TJ everything, even the things she hadn't told Jeff and Emma.
That was how they heard Andros deny his friendship with Ashley.
"He's not worth it Star." TJ whispered, seeing his cousin was extremely hurt by Andros's comment.
"It still hurts. Thanks for trying to cheer me up though Shadow." Ashley answered, just as quietly as he had spoken.
The two remained silent until Andros spoke from the doorway.
"Oh, hey you two. I thought you would be asleep. Ashley, how's your leg?" He said.
"Fine. I took the regenerator off two hours ago." Ashley answered, avoiding his eye.
"Good." Andros said, wondering what was wrong.
All was quiet until TJ slapped his forehead, as a completely random thought pooped into his head. "We didn't tell Jeff or Emma!"
Ashley went pale. It seemed to be the fashion for her lately. "DECA, prepare a communications channel to Hammond residence, Angel Grove. We'll take it in my room."
She tugged on TJ's arm when it became apparent he wasn't going to move of his own accord. "Teej, what's the matter?"
"They're going to kill us." He pointed out.
"We're not going down to Earth unmorphed until our ranger days are over, or until we're eighteen. How can they kill especially when we throw in the new little detail!" Ashley half yelled, exasperated.
"Which room again?"
"Yellow Astro ranger's room."
TJ smiled slightly. "DECA, open all doors between here and Ashley's room. Last one there's a piranathon!"
The two Rogues raced out of the Hangar Bay as fast as they could.
Sabrina looked after them. "Are they always like that?"
Andros smiled slightly. "No. Well, not as bad as that."
Sabrina walked over to the food Ashley had left behind, untouched. "Ashley was upset about something to do with you. What could that be?"
Andros shrugged. "I didn't notice she was upset."
"I think she heard you."
"Heard me what?"
"Say she wasn't your friend."
Andros felt his heart sink into his boots.
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"Hey Emma." Ashley said, when her cousin answered the phone.
"OH MY GOD ASHLEY! WHAT HAPPENED?" Emma screamed.
Ashley sighed, and quickly told her (and Jeff, because he picked up the extension) that she and TJ wouldn't be on Earth for a while, and she told them what had happened in Social Services.
"By the way, there's one more thing." Ashley said, trying to work out how to put it.
TJ pulled the microphone towards him. "It's to do with me. Ashley told me everything about the Rogue Rangers."
"ASHLEY ARE YOU COMPLETELY INSANE?" Jeff yelled.
"Why did you tell him?" Emma asked.
Ashley smiled slightly, imagining the look on Emma's face.
"TJ is a Rogue. Your half brother Eclipse." She said, gently.
TJ and Ashley moved away from the speakers.
"My Dad?" Emma asked.
"Yeah."
"Yet another affair. I wonder if Mom knew about this one? TJ, as far as I know, you're the only other kid of my dad's. Mom made him have a vasectomy so he would be able to end his affairs with no strings. She just took them in her stride." Emma started crying on the other end of the line.
The two spaceward bound Rogues were stunned into silence. They had expected Emma to start screaming.
"I always, knew he was a bastard. I'm sorry, that you had to be related, to him Teej." Emma sobbed.
TJ leant towards the mic. "Hey, I got a sister. It's all good." He said.
"Phantom To Emma, Phantom to Emma, do you copy? Rocky Desantos on the porch, I repeat, your boyfriend is on the porch." Jeff suddenly said.
"Bye guys don't be strangers!" Emma hung up.
"She's gone to do her make up and stuff. She's wearing a green Kimono, and they're going to a Chinese restaurant." Jeff informed them.
"They really hit it off, didn't they?" Ashley laughed.
"Yeah. They're both really weird in their own way, they both like martial arts, plus they both speak Spanish. A match made in heaven." Jeff said, sarcastically.
"And it all started with a sparring match in Rocky's Dojo. He said come on bitch in Spanish; she called him a lousy swine in the same language. How much more romantic can you get?" Ashley joked, grinning like an idiot.
She would never forget that look on Rocky's face when he realised he had insulted a great potential employee, who almost mopped the floor with him. He had barely managed to beat her, but he managed, and Emma now worked as a sensei at the Dojo, although she did paper work as well.
TJ shoved Ashley playfully. "You poked Andros, and announced that he was human. Even if it was only to hide the fact you had almost had a heart attack when you saw his hair."
Ashley blushed bright red. "So Jeff, how are things with your exotic goddess?"
Jeff snorted. "You do know she slapped me the one time I called her that, don't you? Anyway, Aisha is fine. I was thinking of asking her to move in with us, to save the rent she would have to spend on an apartment in the city.
It would be great if she said yes, and the university isn't that far away. The plague's over, and her parents moved back to Stone Canyon, but she wanted to live in Angel Grove for some reason, besides getting her vet degree."
"Maybe she likes you more than you think bro!" Ashley teased.
"Goodbye Ashley, goodbye TJ." Jeff said pointedly.
"BYE!" They shouted, hanging up.
They were silent for a moment, before Ashley realized how tired she was.
"Goodnight TJ." She said, yawning.
TJ left the room. "Goodnight Ash."
Ashley changed into her purple pajama trousers and a short yellow nightgown, and then she fell asleep.
She wasn't looking forward to DECA's morning alarm, or having to explain to the others that her mom was a psychopath who wanted to kill her, and that Social Services were hard on her family because they were missing for eight years.
Maybe ifshe was lucky, shewould sleep through the alarm and not have to deal with anything until school was over.