Chapter 10: Ashley's Nightmare
Ashley looked up when she heard the sound of the door opening. A young woman was placed in the room. "You, watch the boy. Men, take the Chancellor's wife to our lord's bedchambers," a soldier ordered. Ashley struggled against the soldiers' grasps as they dragged her out of the room.
She gasped when she was placed into Alric's bedchambers. Alric was sitting in a chair. "Welcome," he greeted. Ashley stood there, bravery showing on her face.
"If you want me here to satisfy your lust for me, forget it," she snapped.
"On the contrary, woman, your son has soldiers waiting my command to kill him," he informed.
Ashley's eyes widened. She closed her eyes as his hands trailed down her arms when he stood behind her. "A rare prize you are, Ashley of Earth," he commented.
"I am nobody's prize let alone your prize," she hissed.
"Remember, my dear, your son's life is at stake. If you make one wrong move and your precious child will be dead."
"You are disgusting to kill an innocent child."
She gasped as he grabbed her throat and lifted her off the ground. "Listen here wench, I will take away what my uncle has taken before. The child that was asleep inside you the day he died," he taunted. Ashley felt tears press against her eyes. The memories of her precious child that the Dark King murdered.
"Your uncle killed my son in cold blood," she hissed.
"Just how I will kill your second son. Unless you cooperate."
Ashley closed her eyes as his hand went up her shirt. In the sake of her son, she cooperated. however, instead of feeling his hands on her body, she imagined Andros.
Andros shot up from his sleep. He couldn't explain of what he saw. He could only see Alric touching his beloved wife in ways that he could only touch her.
Carl and Sapphira were on the bridge, keeping watch for Alric's ship. Carl then placed a hand on her shoulder. "How can you be so brave during times like this?" He asked.
"When you know that your parents were once Power Rangers, you just know that you can be just as brave as them," she replied.
"You may not fear getting hurt or even killed trying to save your mom and Andy, but I'll tell you this, Sapphira…I fear for you."
Sapphira smiled and held onto his hand. "You shouldn't fear for my life, Carl. I have been trained well throughout my childhood. I know what I have to do and I must do it before Alric turns my family against me," she explained. Andros came in and they looked up to see that he was exhausted. "Dad, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just couldn't sleep," he replied.
Sapphira then heard her father's thoughts. "Sapphira, the thing I have dread the most has happened," he told her.
"Is it too late to bring mom and Andy back from the Dark Side?"
"They aren't part of the Dark Side, Sapphira, not yet. He's blackmailing your mother so she would sleep with him." "WHAT! You mean he's raping her?" "Yes, and we must stop him before your mother ends up pregnant." "We'll find them." "I'm going to rip this man in half for touching her this way."
Sapphira touched her father's shoulder and they both went off to the simulation room to practice kicking Alric's butt for doing this to the woman they both love.