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Ch. 25 Little Reminders

Two years had passed since the battle on KO-35 and Andros had now become even more serious than he had been after Karone's kidnapping. He was now in the secret room where Zhane was, telling his brother and friend about his run in with Darkonda the day before.

"It was really hard to fight him without any help," Andros whispered. "I really wish you were here. Then maybe we could find a way to get Karone back and destroy Darkonda for good. I miss you, Zhane. I miss you so much." A single tear made its way down his face and he wiped it away angrily.

"Andros," DECA interrupted, "we have arrived at the required destination."

"Alright, DECA," he answered transforming into his leader mode. As he made his way to the Bridge DECA couldn't help but worry about him. He had become so closed off during the past two years and she wasn't sure if he would ever return to normal. "DECA, I want you to stay at this location no matter what. We can't afford to lose the Megaship, understood?"

"Yes, Andros," the AI replied, although she didn't intend to follow that command if it came down to saving his life. After checking a few scans Andros headed for the Work Bay where he pulled on his cloak and jumped down his jump tube. DECA was so busy watching as Andros left that she didn't notice the small shuttle that was headed directly for the Megaship.

On the shuttle the ex-Turbo Rangers were busy talking, trying to figure out what they were going to do about Zordon's kidnapping and their Powers. Only when Ashley looked out the window did she notice the large spaceship that they were headed straight for.

"Guys," she called, effectively getting everyone's attention, "that ship is going to hit us."

T.J. rushed over to their communication panel and tried desperately to get a message to the huge ship, "We're on a collision course. You must change your course." He received no reply and was about to call again when he noticed the front of the ship opening. "What's going on?" Alpha answered but no one could understand anything he said. Meanwhile, on the Megaship DECA was grinning to herself. She was bringing Andros some help whether he wanted it or not and maybe they would be able to get through to him or at least that's what she was hoping for. "Look at the size of this ship," T.J. stated as they wondered around the humongous ship. They separated into two groups and Ashley and T.J. ended up on the Bridge with Alpha.

"Alpha, do you know what you're doing?" Ashley asked and after Alpha's jumbled response she added, "Whatever you say." The ex-rangers turned their attention back to the rest of the technology surrounding them not hearing the sound of footsteps approaching until the door slid open.

"Um, hi," T.J. began, not at all sure how to deal with what appeared to be Red Ranger facing them. "We didn't mean to come here. Is this your ship?" As he stepped towards the morphed ranger Carlos and Cassie rounded the corner. Cassie put her hand across Carlos' chest to stop him from advancing on the scared ranger but he took off anyway after closing one of the doors to the Bridge.

"Wait!" Cassie cried after him but he didn't even slow down. T.J. dove under the closing door and they began chasing him. When they descended down the ladder to the deck below they walked slowly around the corridor trying to find the Red Ranger. It didn't take long as he shot out from around the corner and began fighting them. "We don't want to fight you!" They kept blocking his attacks until there were shots fired at the ship and they were all knocked off balance. The Red Ranger recovered first and rushed to the Megalift and to the Bridge. T.J. tried to force the door open but found that it was stuck.

"We need to find another way," he stated and they walked further down the corridor. They heard something in the distance and then saw sparks coming from the Engine Room. "Let's check it out." They ran to the Engine Room and T.J. forced the door open. They looked around and he spotted the problem. "It's that cable. Come on." He and his friends quickly climbed the ladder and tried desperately to connect it back to the engine. "Try it now, Alpha." Alpha pressed a few buttons and the engine worked again.

On the Bridge DECA was telling Andros, "Engine back on line." Andros glanced up at her with a confused look that she couldn't see because of his helmet. Without command she pulled it up on the viewing screen.

"They were telling me the truth after all," he whispered more to himself than anyone else but then shook his head. "Mega Accelerator full power!" He pulled the levers back with all his might hoping against hope that he would somehow manage to keep them from slamming into the planet below. "The gravitational pull is too strong." That was all he had time o say before the contact and he was thrown over both sets of control panels and darkness took over.

The roar of the engines was still fresh in his mind as he woke up. He got up slowly mentally checking himself over for injuries. After finding nothing that needed to be attended to he rushed to the Engine Room to question the intruders.

"Who are you?" he demanded as he stood in the door.

"We're Power Rangers," T.J. answered and he added, "or at least we used to be. Our Command Center on Earth was destroyed."

"Astronama has landed on the planet's surface," DECA interrupted sending Andros flying towards the Bridge. The other rangers followed at a slower pace trying to figure out what exactly they should tell this stranger. When the door opened they saw him trying desperately to get the ship to liftoff but he couldn't.

"Listen," T.J. began, "I know we're from Earth but we really need to find Zordon."

"Zordon?" Andros questioned. What could these people know about Zordon? He hadn't been living on Earth, had he?

"Quantrons are approaching the Megaship," DECA warned and Andros got in the Megalift. Just as the door was about to close a hand forced it open again.

"We're coming with you," their leader stated and Andros knew he wasn't going to be able to hold them back. He allowed himself to glance over at the girl in yellow and immediately felt disgust for her. Her laugh reminded him of Karone, her looks reminded him of her, everything about her was a constant reminder of what he had lost.

The battle was a hard on but he had to admit that the Earth Rangers had been able to hold their own. He approached them slowly, taking in their appearances and stances to see if they were injured. In his mind he debated demorphing in front of these strangers, still afraid that they may be working with Astronama. In the end he demorphed and watched cautiously as the girl in yellow began coming closer and then circling him. He jumped in surprise as she poked him in the shoulder and she looked at him strangely.

"You're human," she stated.

"What'd you expect?" he questioned rudely.

"I don't know," she replied. "I mean, you're not from Earth are you?"

Again he felt disgust towards her as he answered, "Earth isn't the only place where humans live. I'm from a space colony, KO-35. It's in the Karova system."

Hours later Andros looked around the Bridge, searching for the reason why he had given these four strangers the morphers he had been holding onto for so long. As his eyes landed on Ashley he felt his anger rise. Not only did she remind him of Karone but now she was beginning to remind him of Akako and he couldn't take that. He left the room fuming leaving the other rangers to ponder what was going on with their new leader.

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