Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.

JasonLeeScottFan: Yes, it's all Ashley's fault. For a while I considered letting Zhane hit him over the head with something very hard so he would give them the morphers but I thought that it might be better if it was something a little more peaceful.

CraneAndFalconForever: Here's the next chapter. Hope you like it.

Ch. 21 The Unbeatable Team

Almost two weeks after Andros' surgery Alasdair cleared him to start fighting again. There had been very small fights and the new rangers were beginning to show exactly why they had been chosen to defend the Earth. Andros was quiet impressed with their fighting skills but was ready to start training them to work more as a team. Their teamwork wasn't the worst he had ever seen but it definitely needed some work, especially since this was a new team that had never fought together.

"Alright," Andros began, "I have noticed that your teamwork during fights needs to improve." As T.J. started to interrupt he added, "I'm not saying that it's horrible or anything but we are a new team and trust us, to beat Dagomar and Dahana we need to watch out for each other." Everyone nodded and they went through several simulations to warm up. Next, Andros asked for T.J., Carlos, Ashley, and Cassie to fight while he observed. He noticed that the way they seemed to naturally pair up didn't seem to work to their advantage much and he started making a plan. When they were done he announced, "From now on we will be fighting in pairs with the exception of Zhane. T.J., you and Karone will be paired, Carlos and Cassie, and finally Ashley and I will fight together."

"But this isn't how we fight," Carlos argued.

"Listen, I've matched everyone to whoever had a complementary fighting style. Before you guys were fighting in pairs but you were still attacking alone. Group attacks work much better."

"Why is Zhane the one without a partner?" T.J. asked, trying desperately to change the subject.

"I've watched him fight for years," Andros explained. "he can fit into any fighting style but when he fights alone no one can compliment him. So, it's better to say he'll fight alone unless someone is injured that way no one has to try to meet his skills." They practiced in their new pairs for awhile, and everyone had to admit that the enemies were going down faster and easier.

After about an hour they were interrupted when a small voice stated, "I hungry." Andros turned to see his son standing there and he had to smile. He had set up a tent and a sand box in the Observatory for Brytan to play in while they practiced. Now, his two-year-old so stood in front of them, sand covering most of his body.

"What do you want to eat?" Andros asked, although he was pretty sure he knew the answer. Ever since Alden and Alasdair had introduced chicken nuggets, hamburgers, and pizza to Brytan they were all he wanted.

Before he got an answer the alarms sounded and DECA announced, "Dagomar and Dahana are attacking Earth."

"Brytan, stay here," Andros told his son as he and his teammates rushed off to their jumptubes. When they landed they were immediately swarmed by Quantrons. "We have to get them spread out," Andros told them. Working in their pairs, they were able to quickly spread out the Quantrons and take them down.

"Well, I see you found some new friends," Dagomar taunted. "I guess we'll just have to kill them too." Andros felt his anger rising but did nothing to stop it. Without warning he charger straight at Dagomar. He heard everyone yell his name but he couldn't stop himself. "Poor little red ranger, you never learn." Dahana suddenly appeared to the side of Dagomar and shot Andros with her staff. Surprisingly, he didn't stop and Dagomar son found himself with Andros' Spiral Saber placed against his throat and he just had to laugh. "Go ahead, red ranger. I don't think you can do it." As he expected Andros grip on his saber wavered and he used this as his chance to attack. When he pinned the red ranger he saw that Dahana was now keeping the other rangers busy. "How sad, red ranger. You had your chance but you just couldn't do it.: Dagomar was shocked when Dahana suddenly disappeared and took that as his cue to leave before the other rangers could get to him. "By the way, red ranger, the children were fakes. I sent them so your precious pink ranger would come. I told them to kill her." With that he kneed Andros in the chest and disappeared.

Andros laid there trying desperately to catch his breath. He felt the tears streaming down his face but he couldn't stop them. He saw his demorphed teammates come over to him and didn't protest as Zhane and T.J. lifted him off the ground but he didn't demorph. When the landed back on the Megaship he went to his room and finally demorphed. The tears were still pouring down his face and he began tearing the room apart because he couldn't control himself.

Meanwhile, back in the Workbay Zhane asked Karone, "Should I call Alasdair?"

"DECA, what is he doing?" Karone questioned, trying to figure out if they would need outside help.

"Right now," the A.I. began, worry somewhat evident in her voice, "he is tearing apart anything and everything in his room."

Karone nodded to Zhane and then turned to the others. "Will one of you keep Brytan busy? Take him to lunch or something?" Ashley nodded and Karone continued, "The rest of you can go to or you can explore the ship. Just try to stay clear of the living area." They all nodded and went off in different directions. When Karone arrived at Andros' door she didn't even bother knocking, she just entered her override code and walked in. She barely dodged a picture frame that came flying her way. Upon seeing his sister, Andros lost control completely and sunk down to the floor in tears. Karone sat down beside him and wrapped him in her arms. "It's okay. What did he say?" Andros just shook in her arms and she decided it was more important to calm him down first. She just sat there, holding her brother, waiting for help to arrive.

What seemed like an eternity later Alasdair asked, "Can we come in?" Karone nodded and he along with Zhane entered the room. Alasdair crouched down in front of Andros and forced him to look up. "Andros, I need you to tell me what happened."

"They weren't real," he whispered. "They weren't real but we all fell for it. If she would've known she wouldn't have went."

"What wasn't real?" Alasdair questioned. "Come on, Andros. You have to talk to me." When Andros still wouldn't talk he said the one thing he knew would get him to. "They'll take Brytan away."

"The kids," he stated and everyone was still confused. "Dagomar sent fake kids to get Jenna to come down. He told them to wait for her. He's the one that told them to kill her." They understood then and weren't at all surprised when he started crying again.

"It's okay, Andros," Karone told him. "We'll get him back for this, I promise."

"But why couldn't I do it today?" he asked. "I had the chance today. I could have killed him and then we would only have Dahana to deal with."

"We don't kill," Zhane answered simply. "That's why you couldn't do it. We've always been told that we bring people to justice and let the justice system work. And you know what? One day both of them will be held accountable for what they did." Andros nodded and although they knew it would take a while they knew Andros would eventually be okay.

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