Chapter 10:

A/N I own nothing apart from the characters I invent.

A few of the citizens were sitting in the centre of town, around a campfire. They couldn't believe what Astronema had said. They were now debating on what to do. Should they find the power rangers and hand them in? Or should they do nothing and hope that they would come and save them all?

"Look," said a lady with blond hair. "We've been talking and talking, over and over. What are we going to do? I mean, where are the power rangers?" She was very worried.

"Yeah," said a man who was sitting down. "If they are here, why won't they help us?" A horrifying thought suddenly came to the lady's mind. "What if they've left us?" she said. "Maybe she's right," said the man. "Maybe they have left us."

"Wait a minute!" said Bulk. He stood up. "Listen everyone! The rangers have never let us down before. We have to believe they'll be here." A few people nodded, slightly comforted by the idea that they might come.

Ashley sighed. She had been listening to what they had been saying. She felt so useless, not being to help properly because she didn't have her morpher. She turned and went back to where the rangers were sitting.

She told them what she had heard. "What do we do? Everyone is counting on us," she told them. They all thought for a minute. No one could come up with an answer.

They heard a clanging noise, like some one banging into trash cans. TJ went over to see what was happening. He could see a boy of nineteen with blond hair, clutching his side. It was Zhane, the silver ranger, and he looked like he was hurt.

Cassie went over to him. She helped him walk over to a seat and he sat down. "Are you ok?" she asked him. "I survived but the winger didn't," he replied between ows and ouches.

"Not good," said TJ. "And the rebels?" Zhane sighed. "They surrendered." Cassie frowned. "Then we're on our own," she said. "Anyone that could've helped us has either been destroyed or captured."

Carlos stood up. "Astronema hasn't captured all civilians on Earth," he said. "Maybe we could organise them. We could find a way to…" "We can't risk their lives like that," TJ interrupted.

"Look guys," said Tommy. "Don't give up. If we could just make a plan…" TJ spun around to face him. "And what plan would that be, Tommy?" He was quite angry.

"Look," said Kimberly. "I know you're all fed up and mad because you don't know what you can do but don't get angry with each other, it isn't going to help anyone."

"I'm just asking the brilliant Tommy Oliver what we are supposed to do," he said to her. "It's one thing to say we have to make a plan, and another to actually make one that works!"

Maddy began to cry. All the shouting and arguing had made her quite distressed. As well as that, it was late at night and usually she would've been fast asleep at this time and so she was very tired.

Tommy picked her up and gave her a hug. "It's OK sweetheart," he said while rubbing her back. "I don't like fighting," she sobbed.

"Maybe if I get into the Dark Fortress I can convince my sister to stop this madness," said Andros. Ever since he had found out that Astronema was really his sister Karone, he had tried his hardest to turn her good again.

He had succeeded once, but then they kidnapped her and implanted the machine in her head. Whenever she thought about doing something good, it brainwashed her into doing something completely evil. He was positive that he could succeed again.

"I'll go with you," said Tommy. "I can back you up. You go in there alone, and you won't come back out. If two of us go in, at least one of us will come back out alive." Andros nodded in agreement.

"Andros," said TJ. "She's not your sister anymore. They've changed her." He turned towards Tommy. "She hates you, and you don't have your morpher. She'll destroy you on sight!"

Zhane walked over to Andros. He put his hands on his shoulders. "You have to face it," he said to him. "There is no more Karone."

Andros pushed Zhane away. "I will never accept that!" They both looked at each other for a moment.

An idea suddenly struck Tommy. "Carlos is right," he said. Everyone looked over at him. "Are you suggesting that we risk ordinary people's lives?" asked a shocked TJ.

Tommy shook his head. "I mean, if she hasn't captured all civilians on Earth," he said. "Then she hasn't captured all the power rangers on Earth either."

Adam understood what he was saying. "If we can find a way to fix all the morphers from the past few years," he said, "then we can give them back to the rangers and…"

Kimberly shook her head. "That would count as a team up, and we got refused for a grant. We can't do that." Jason grinned. "Not if they volunteered to it," he said.

"But they wouldn't know about it unless we told them about it," said Carlos. "If we get someone who isn't a ranger to inform them about it," said Adam, "it wouldn't count. They would have volunteered."

"Who could we use?" asked Ashley. Maddy grinned. "I can do it!" she said.

"Now if me, Jason and Kim get to the Command Centre," said Adam, "we might be able to fix the morphers and get them out to the others in time."

Ranger the dog rubbed his head against Kimberly's leg. "Hey!" she said. "We can send Ranger into the Dark Fortress and see if he can get the space morphers."

They nodded. Ranger was very capable of looking after himself. They were sure he would be fine in there.

They all began to make plans of what to do in the morning. Andros looked over to Tommy. He gave a little nod and Tommy nodded back. They both left when no one was looking, and headed for the Dark Fortress.

A/N So as you can see this is gonna turn out a bit differently. Don't forget to review!