Jasonlee - I don't read slash or comedy. Btw, I have a little gift for you in future chapters

The silver ranger used his weapon to quickly dispose of the Quantrons holding the rangers. The other rangers were free.

The silver ranger looked at T.J. "Why am I always saving you, Tanzos?" he asked.

Cassie, Ashley and Carlos looked at T.J. "Sorry man, but I'm not Tanzos." T.J. replied.

The silver ranger looked at him, confused. "Then who are you?"

"Zhane!" Andros called out from behind. He was coming over with Karone. Zhane turned around. He saw his best friend walking towards him, and Astronema behind him, holding a blaster.

"Andros, watch out!" Zhane cried as he began to run towards Karone.

Andros blocked his path and stuck his arms out to stop him. "Zhane! Stop!"

He complied. "What are you doing? That's Astronema!"

"She's my sister!"

"What?!"

"Look, I'll explain later. Right now, we need to leave." Andros ran towards the ship with everyone behind him. Zhane kept his eye on Karone, suspecting that she would attack them the moment she had an opportunity.

The rangers ran to the bridge, demorphed, excluding Zhane. The rangers took their positions except Karone. Zhane was running towards his station at tactical, but T.J. had occupied it.

"Hey, you're in my seat." Said Zhane.

Andros turned his back and saw that Zhane was standing behind T.J., trying to get on the tactical station.

"Zhane, stay off the stations. I don't know your physical condition, and I don't want you to strain yourself."

"But Andros, I-"

"That's an order!"

Zhane complied. He stood there, but away from Karone. He did not trust her. After all, she was the one who attacked KO-35. He just stood and looked at Karone suspiciously while the others did their duties on their stations.

"T.J., we're probably going to meet some resistance, so weapons free." Andros said.

"Got it." T.J. replied.

The Megaship lifted off and left the facility.

"Deca, activate the bomb." Andros ordered. As the Megaship flew into the atmosphere, the production facility on the planet's surface began to explode.

"Incoming Velocifighters." Ashley reported.

"How many?" Andros asked.

"I'm reading thirty." Ashley answered.

"Setting defensive lasers to auto-fire and firing all turrets." T.J. reported.

Most of the incoming velocifighters were quickly destroyed by the first wave of missiles.

"Andros, a ship just dropped out of hyperrush!" Ashley reported.

"On Screen."

Karone's mouth opened in shock. "That's the Dark Fortress! Andros, we have to leave, now!"

"It's firing weapons!" Ashley reported. The ship rumbled heavily. A couple of sparks flew out from the controls. Zhane and Karone barely managed to stay on their feet.

"Shields down to fourty-three percent." Carlos reported.

"Firing plasma missiles." Said T.J.

The crew watched as the missiles shot off towards the Dark Fortress. The missiles had hit the fortress.

"Direct hit, but no damage." Ashley reported.

The Dark Fortress fired again, but Andros managed to evade the shot. "Going to hyperrush 4." Andros reported. The ship entered hypperrush and escaped from an unwinnable battle with the Dark Fortress.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Andros got up from his seat. He walked over to Zhane. The two rangers simultaneously grabbed each other's right forearm and smiled.

"Good to see you again, Andros." Said Zhane as he demorphed. He was around the same height as Andros. He had short very light blond hair.

"Took you long enough to wake up." Andros said with a smirk.

"So, Andros, who's the new ranger?" T.J. asked. Andros turned around to face everyone.

"Everyone, this is Zhane, the silver ranger."

"Hi." He said. The other rangers responded by saying, "hi." However, Karone said nothing. She knew he was not happy to see her, and decided not to say anything.

Zhane's face turned serious. "We need to talk."

"Yeah, we do. Come with me." Andros said seriously. "T.J., you have command."

Andros and Zhane were in the corridors, walking towards the infirmary. "They're all dead, aren't they?" Zhane asked. "Tanzos, Mequia, Yorvin, I mean." He continued to say.

"Yeah. They died during the last battle. We lost the war." Andros informed him.

"And, Astronema is your sister?"

"Yeah. It was just as much of a shock for me."

"I can't believe it. Her of all people."

"I know."

"How long was I comatose?"

Andros stopped and turned to Zhane. "Two years."

Zhane could not believe it. "Two years? It didn't seem that long since my hair had barely grown."

"I injected you with something to slow down your metabolism." Andros explained. "I'm a soldier, not a personal groomer."

The Megaship was still in hyperrush and T.J. was in command of the ship.

"Okay, I've got nothing to do, so I'm going to study." Said Cassie as she stood up to leave.

"Where did Zhane come from?" Carlos wondered out loud.

"Who knows. We'll just have to ask Andros later." Said T.J. as he stood up as well. "Have you heard of him?" T.J. asked Karone.

"Yes. When I attacked KO-35, he was there. There were rumors that he had died in battle, but I guess they turned out to be false."

"I see." T.J. walked up to Karone. All eyes were on T.J. to see what he would do next. "Thank you for watching my back." T.J. stuck out his hand, which Karone shook.

"You're welcome."

"Okay, well, like Cassie said, we've got nothing to do, so we should study. I'm gonna go get my stuff."

Carlos followed suite, leaving Ashley and Karone alone.

"Aren't you going to study as well?" Karone asked Ashley.

"I already did. Besides, someone's got to keep an eye on things while T.J.'s gone."

"I'm going to get something to eat. Do you want anything?" Karone asked.

"No, I'm fine. Thanks though."

A/N - okay, so, Zhane's awake, and he saved everyone's butt. Guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out how it happened.