Kiba portaled into the infirmary, a man in his arms. He called Andy's name frantically as he laid his burden on a bed.

The man was pale, black swirls on his cheeks. He shook uncontrollably, tossing his head from side to side as he moaned in pain. He bore a striking resemblance to Stinger.

Andy entered, rushing to his side to check him over. "Who is he and what happened?"

"They forced him to use Antares." Kiba scowled.

Stinger ran in and froze. "Tetsuya? Shit.." He tried to control his anger.

Andy took a deep breath, taking a blood sample and going to analyze it. Ten minutes later she emerged with an antidote and injected him with it before checking him over again. "Who is he?"

Stinger sighed, not taking his eyes from the man. "He's my cousin."

Andy raised an eyebrow but kept checking on her patient, making sure his vitals were staying steady.

Stinger turned to Kiba. "Where did you find him? I was sure he was dead."

Kiba gave him a scowl. "In a Jark Matter research facility. I was recon-ing it and found him being used as a lab rat."

Andy growled, "Those assholes."

Stinger and Kiba shared a grin before Stinger sighed. "He going to be okay?"

Andy nodded, "He should be." She looked up at Stinger, "Explain to me how Antares would work if he doesn't have a tail..?"

Stinger went red. "His claws. Check for scratches, possibly stab marks. He's only half Scorpius."

Andy nodded, "He did have a few scratches."

The man's eyes blinked open halfway, his gaze confused. "Where am I?"

"You're safe on the Orion," Andy said softly.

"Orion? You're a Kyuranger?" His dark eyes were hopeful.

"Yeah," Andy smiled.

He sat up quickly, then groaned. "That was a mistake." Then he saw Stinger and he froze. "Sti-Stinger? You're alive?"

Stinger gave him a soft smile. "Same question I could ask you. I thought everyone was dead after Jark took you guys."

Tetsuya grabbed Stinger in a tight hug with a wide smile.

Andy smiled as she watched them.

Kiba sat down, rubbing a hand over his face. "I need a vacation."

Andy went over to him and kissed his cheek and chuckled, "I'm sure we could find somewhere to go on a vacation."

He gave her a fleeting smile. "Can you guarantee no interruptions?"

Stinger narrowed his eyes. "You're hurt aren't you? Or is it something else?"

Kiba refused to meet his eyes. "Jark has been massing. They are more determined than ever to wipe the active kyurangers out." The rider sighed, trying not to wince. "This last facility was trying to find a way to use Antares against you two without actually capturing you."

Andy sighed before raising her hands to check him over. They started glowing and she worked on healing him up.

He leaned back, closing his eyes in exhaustion. "Six planets in two days, 12 research facilities and one team of bounty hunters. I must be insane."

"You need to take a break," Andy analyzed. "Or take us with you."

He shook his head. "Now who's being insane? They are trying to kill you two. And you want me to take you to them?" He opened his eyes and glared at her. "I'm trying to protect you."

"I know, but I don't want you taking on all the danger yourself. We worry about you."

He gave her a wry smile. "You're too good for me, you know that?"

Stinger cleared his throat. "I'm going to get Tet taken care of. You convince baka here not to do anything stupid alright?" He gave Kiba a look.

Kiba gave him an innocent look back, to which the scorpion rolled his eyes and left with his cousin.

Andy looked at Kiba and chuckled, "I don't know if it's possible to convince you not to do anything stupid." She stuck her tongue out.

He gave her a fake glare, then laughed. "I should know better. Maybe I need you to beat it into my head?"

She smiled and dropped her hands, "How are you feeling now?"

"Much better, thanks. May end up sleeping for a week, though." He gave a glance at the door. "Don't regret saving that one. Nice to see grumpy happy."

Andy nodded, "Why don't you get some rest? Do you want to sleep in here or go to our room?"

"Room sounds good. You guys been staying out of trouble?" He stood slowly and headed for the door.

"It's been pretty quiet lately," Andy admitted. "I've just been spending most of my time with the kids."

"Nice to hear. They behaving or are they trouble like us?"

"I'm afraid Hope's going to portal herself somewhere and get lost one day, but other than that, they've been okay."

"Guess I came back at the perfect time, then. I'll see what I can teach her." He reached their room, entering and collapsing on the bed with a sigh. "Wake me if anything happens, okay?"

"Alright," she kissed his forehead before heading out of the room.

There was laughter coming from the kitchen.

She headed there, glancing in.

Stinger was telling a story while cooking, Tetsuya at the counter. "So I'm dressed like a jester, can only sing and am surrounded by my teammates to rescue my annoying aibou. Let's just say I was beyond embarrassed."

Tetsuya's face was red as he lost his composure. "I wish I'd been there."

Andy chuckled and went up to Stinger, kissing his cheek, "Need any help?"

"Can you make him stop enjoying my pain?" Stinger's eyes were twinkling.

"It's your fault for telling such embarrassing stories," she grinned.

"You guys are real heroes. Wish I could help." Tetsuya's voice was soft. "But I'm glad you're alive and happy, Cousin."

Andy smiled, "There's plenty of ways to help, and be a hero, without being a kyuranger."

He gave her a half smile. "Guess so. Where are you dropping me?"

Stinger considered quietly, watching him a moment. Then he tapped Andy's shoulder. "Can I talk to you a minute?"

Andy nodded, "What's up?"

"What would you think if he stayed? I think it would be good for him. Plus he was part of the rebellion at one time."

"I figured he'd stay, but you're commander of the ship, it's up to you who stays or goes."

"Other people would think differently." He teased.

Andy rolled her eyes, "And anyway, he's your family, I can't imagine just kicking him off."

Stinger kissed her gently. "Thanks beautiful." He went back to Tetsuya who was watching the stars go by and tapped him. "You want to help? You're back on duty as of now."

Tetsuya's eyes widened. "Really? I was sure you were going to drop me somewhere."

Stinger grinned. "I'd be a lousy cousin if I kicked you out. But it's dangerous still."

Tetsuya nodded, a serious look in his eyes. "I'm not afraid. One question- the guy who rescued me. Who is he?"

"Our husband, Kiba," Andy smiled as she pulled out some plates.

Tetsuya frowned for a moment, then shrugged. "He okay? I wasn't in the best of shape but I could tell he wasn't either."

"He'll be fine. He's resting now."

Kiba restlessly turned in the bed, his eyelids flickering. His mind kept replaying the designs he'd seen in the facility. Worst case scenarios flashed through his head as he tried to ignore the dread he felt.

The alarm on his watch began ringing silently as his heart rate rose.

Andy sat at the table, suddenly frowning as she got the feeling Kiba needed help.

Stinger glanced at her in concern. "Something wrong?"

"I'm going to check on him," she stood and headed to their room. She sat next to him and focused a moment on his mind.

She found herself in an office, staring at plans for a weapon. Kiba was agitated, cursing under his breath. "Why can't they catch a fucking break for once?"

"What is this?"

"Remember that gas that we thought I'd destroyed? The one meant for Rebellion HQ? They have more and want to use it on you guys. This is the bomb they have made to deliver it." He paced the floor, shaking with anger and fear.

"We'll figure something out," Andy sighed.

He grew more agitated at her words."Unh unh. Don't want you guys anywhere near this thing. I'll take care of it."

"We don't want you near it either! You don't have to take care of everything yourself."

"I keep seeing the kids.. I'd lose my mind if something happened." He was close to panicking.

Andy wrapped her arms around him, "It'll be alright. The three of us are a team, right? We'll figure it all out together."

He held on to her, shaking. "I won't let them take you away from me." His eyes began closing as the exhaustion won.

"Just rest for now, we'll make a plan when you wake."

He nodded slowly before disappearing.

Andy opened her eyes and brushed the hair from Kiba's eyes. She kissed his cheek before heading to the kitchen.

Stinger and Tetsuya looked up worriedly.

"What's wrong?" The half scorpion frowned.

She shook her head, "Just Jark Matter plotting to kill us. And Kiba having nightmares. The usual."

"Really?" Tetsuya glanced at Stinger, who shrugged.

"We'll talk about it when Kiba wakes up."

Tetsuya frowned but dropped the subject. He yawned, then rubbed his eyes.

"Why don't we assign you a room and you can get some rest?" Andy offered.

He nodded as he ate, his eyes flicking back and forth between her and his cousin. When he finished, he took his plate to the sink. When he turned back to them, he looked like he was going to ask something, then shook his head.

Andy gave him a small smile, "Something on your mind?"

"Just trying to figure out how my cousin became a kyuranger and got both a girl and a guy.."

Andy chuckled, "He's just a really great person."

Tetsuya grinned. "I know that. This is just not what I was expecting."

Andy smiled, "What were you expecting?"

"To tell you the truth.. I was expecting to be dead." Tetsuya sighed. "Jark Matter is liquidating all their research facilities because they can't afford them and keep fighting you guys."

Andy nodded, "Well, at least you are alive," she gave him a small smile.

"Yeah. How about that room you mentioned?"

She nodded again, "Yeah, let me just check what rooms are open." She grabbed a tablet off the counter and started typing. She smiled a few seconds later, "There's one just down the hall." She led him out of the room and down toward his room. She stopped for a moment as they passed the rec room where the kids were playing and glanced in.

Tetsuya grinned. "Those you and Stinger's?"

"Yeah. Well, Scorpio is adopted and Hope is.. complicated but made of mine and Kiba's DNA. We also have another daughter who's older that we adopted. She's off married now."

"Gotcha. I get complicated." He chuckled. "They're adorable."

"Yeah, they are," she grinned before continuing down the hall. She stopped in front of a door, "This is your room. If you need anything I'm likely to be in the rec room with the kids or back in the infirmary."

He nodded quietly.

"And after you rest, you're also free to roam the ship. Let me know if you need anything," she turned and started back down the hall.

He turned and entered the room, closing the door behind him.

Kiba met her halfway to the infirmary. He still looked exhausted, but he was also panicky. His hands were clenching and unclenching as he paced the floor.

She gently took one of his hands, "Calm down. Everything will be alright."

"Jark is wiping out all their prisoners. I can't help worrying what that means." He gazed at her, his eyes dark.

"Do you want to go try to break them out?"

A portal appearing cut off his reply. Tsukasa emerged, a scowl on his face along with a lot of bruising. He gave a sigh of relief as he saw Kiba, then his knees buckled.

"Dad?" Kiba ran to his side anxiously.

Andy went over to him, hands glowing as she started checking him over.

"Daiki...taken." The rider managed to get out before his eyes closed.

Andy got him into the infirmary and worked on healing up the injuries. She looked up at Kiba, "Who do you think took him? Jark or Shocker?"

"Could be either one. Hell, it could be someone completely different. This is Daiki we're talking about." Kiba rubbed his face wearily. "Dammit."

Andy went to the comm and called Stinger, "Daiki is missing. Run a search in case he's in our universe."

Stinger acknowledged.

Kiba's eyes were locked on Tsukasa's form. "I'm going to make whoever has him wish they had never been born."

"Well, until we figure out who did it, you can't do much. Just relax. Daiki is tough, I'm sure he's doing okay."

Kiba nodded, then stumbled as he lost his balance. He gripped the edge of the rider's bed as he tried to regain his footing.

Andy went and put an arm around him, "Lay down, okay?"

He shook his head. "Gotta be up..too messed up to sleep well."

"I'll give you a sedative."

"Daiki..have to save him.." Kiba rested his head on her shoulder, his voice slow.

"I know. But you can't do anything if you're too exhausted."

He slowly climbed onto an empty bed, his eyes barely open.

She went and got a sedative and injected it before kissing his forehead. She watched him fall asleep for a moment before checking over Tsukasa again. When she was done, she headed out to the bridge to see if the scans had come up with anything yet.

Stinger was growling under his breath. "They just don't learn.."

"What's wrong?"

"You were right. Our sneak thief is here. He's a guest of Shocker, but he's in a Jark lab."

"Do we have blueprints of the lab?"

"Hacking those now. I just hope he lasts till we get there. His vitals aren't good." Stinger checked the blueprints as they appeared.

"I just knocked Kiba out with a sedative. I know he's going to be upset if we go without him but it doesn't sound like we have a choice."

"He didn't look like he would be much help anyway. How did we find out about this?"

"Tsukasa showed up. He was pretty beat up and is currently resting in the infirmary."

"Damn..Well let's make it a family reunion." Stinger stood, grabbing his jacket.

Andy nodded, "What's our plan? Go in, don't get caught, and get Daiki?"

"Got a better idea?" He waited for her to reply.

She shook her head, "Sounds good to me. Let's go."

He smirked at her, then headed for the voyager bay.

Andy followed, climbing into her voyager.

He climbed into his own, then launched. He headed for the nearby planet.

Andy followed him, praying Daiki was doing okay.

Stinger landed, waiting until Andy was down to project the lab blueprints in front of them. "Sensors show Daiki here. There are quite a few guards, but I think we can handle them. Ready?"

She nodded, "Alright." She prepared to morph.

He did the same, watching warily as guards began to patrol outside. "Better hurry."

She morphed, then focused on the guards, dropping them one by one as she pulled their energy.

He morphed, then pulled the door open and ran inside. He fired methodically as the mooks and indavers started shooting at them. "Go get Daiki! I'll take care of these guys!"

Andy gave a nod, rushing past to get out to the room Daiki was in.

Stinger loaded his kyutama into his spear and swung it at the same time a mook fired a blaster. Both shots connected, the mooks and indaver exploding as he felt a burning sensation in his chest. He demorphed, falling and lying still.

Daiki lay barely breathing on a table, wires and tube connected to him. A large metal helmet was attached to his head, lights blinking as scientists watched monitors intently.

"Memory erasure at sixty percent." One scientist said right before noticing Andy. "Security breach!"

Andy cursed, quickly killing all but one. She glared at him, "Memory erasure? Is there a way to put it back?"

The scientist hurriedly nodded. "It is possible.. He may not be strong enough to survive it though."

"Do it if you want to keep your life," she growled before pushing energy into Daiki to try to help heal him.

The scientist quickly hit several switches, monitoring the procedure. "Reintegration at forty percent. Fifty percent." After several minutes, he announced "Reintegration complete." He turned to her, raising his hands in surrender.

An alarm went off, Daiki's heartbeat dropping rapidly.

Andy continued to push energy into him, trying to steady his pulse.

The alarm stopped, Daiki beginning to stir weakly.

"Daiki?" Andy said gently.

"Andy? What's going on?" The thief forced his eyes open.

"Hey, you're in a Jark Matter lab. We need to get you out of here."

He nodded, eyes blinking slowly. He tried to move, growling as he found himself restrained. "Tsukasa?"

"He's safe on the ship," she worked on undoing the restraints.

Once free, he yanked off the helmet with a curse. He glared at the scientist. "I should shoot you."

"I gave him safety for helping us," Andy informed, holding a hand out to help him up.

"I'm too tired anyway. Let's get the hell out of here." He took her hand, rising off the table with a wince. "You come alone?"

She shook her head, "Gotta find Stinger."

The thief nodded, heading for the door. "Let's go then."

Andy nodded and headed into the hall. She cursed when she noticed Stinger on the ground. She rushed to his side and lifted him up before looking back at Daiki.

"I'll take him by portal. You brought your voyagers right?" The thief waved a hand, grey haze appearing in front of them.

Andy nodded, "Yeah, I'll bring them back."

Daiki gently took Stinger, rushing into the haze and disappearing.

Andy headed out of the building and started toward her voyager.

She soon spotted more guards approaching her and she worked on draining them. She soon made it to her voyager and headed back to the Orion.

Tetsuya met her in the bay, his face grim.

"What's happening?" Andy looked at him before starting out of the bay.

"Stinger is critical. Daiki collapsed as soon as they arrived. Kiba is panicking." The half breed followed her out with a long sigh.

Andy nodded before entering the infirmary. She moved to Stinger's side, hands and eyes glowing as she pulled in energy to work on healing him.

Kiba's eyes were darting between the three men, his hands gripping a chair so hard his knuckles were white. "Please let them be okay…"

"Deep breaths Kiba," Andy answered before stepping away from Stinger. She then went to analyze Daiki. "I think everyone will be fine."

Kiba's eyes locked on her. "Really?"

"Have I ever lied to you?"

He chuckled softly.