Trey got hit hard in the chest he went crashing to the ground. Jason ran to his side, he got in front of his friend. "Trey, you alright?" asked Jason. Trey nodded his head, and slowly got to his feet.
"Yes, I am fine," said Trey. Tommy and Eric joined the two. The four of them huddle close together, they were out numbered big time, and they were all tired. The alien army began surrounded the four rangers, laughing and snarling at them getting ready to make an attack. Then when it looks as though it was over for them, the army just froze and stood in their track, looking to the sky as if they heard something. The rangers looked up to the sky, but saw nothing but the sky and the sun. And, just like that the army disappeared out of sight. Eric stepped forward looking around, but he saw no trace of the army.
"What?" he said, not understanding what he saw, where did they go? Jason took a deep breath, he and the other demorphed. Tommy had his back to his friends.
"Leave when they had the upper hand, I don't get it. They had us right where they wanted, why leave?" asked Jason out loud. A question they all wondered, all eyes went to Tommy, who hadn't even turned around to acknowledge Jason's question. Tommy just looked to be in deep thought as he stared out in the distance, seeing the massive rock, feeling the breeze against his face. The truth was he knew why they left, something bigger was coming. Something that could finish all of them, something that Tommy feared he could not prevent.
All was silent on KO-35, smoke filled the surroundings. All the fires had been put out, by the rain and the soldiers. The alien army had only just left moments ago, without a word of anything. It seemed as though they had one their battle, but Korone knew all to well. There had to be more to it. She looked around watching as the citizens of her home planet helped each others. Then her eyes fell up to the sky, she knew out there some where a bigger battle would happen. One that could threaten the whole universe if her brother and the others, if they did not succeed. "It's up to you now, Andors," she said softly as she continued to look up in outer space.
Wes lay in some type of heat chamber; he was in a deep sleep. His body had lost a great amount of heat, and was banged up pretty bad. Jen couldn't bare look away from him. She wanted so much to hold on to him and make him better, but she wasn't able to do so. He was in a machine, and there was no way for her to even touch him. All she could do was look at his face. Eric was sitting next to her, checking her over making sure she was okay.
"Jen, you need to look at me," said Eric kindly, knowing how hard it was for her to look away from Wes. Jen slowly turned her head around looking at him. Eric bit his lips he could see the pain in her eyes, Wes was alive but if he would be okay was unknown. Eric moved his finger, having Jen fallow it with her eyes. Eric was checking making sure, her concussion was gone. Her eyes followed Eric's finger just fine. "Okay," he said softly. Jen didn't say a word she just put her attention back to Wes.
Eric put his head down. It wasn't fair, Wes and Jen had to go through so such to be together. And when they finally get the chance this happens. He wanted to blame someone; he wanted it to be someone's fault. Eric put his head down, he had already blamed Tommy, but he knew it wasn't his fault. No matter what Jen and Wes would have still came.
Trey handed the phantom ranger some type of tube with medicine in it. "Here this should help, you gain your strength back for now at least," said Trey. He nodded his head, taking the tube from Trey and drinking the medicine.
"The gem powers up your ranger suite, so why not just demorph and you'll be fine," said Andros looking at the phantom ranger. Trey walked out of the room, knowing that the two needed to be alone and talk.
"It's not that simple Andros, for me at least," Andros looked at him confused. The phantom ranger took a deep breath, looking at his former teammate. "This very suite I wear is what has kept me, alive for the last ten years. The gem act's, as a heart would," he said looking into the eyes of his old teammate.
Andros shook his head. "I don't understand. What do you mean the suite keeps you alive?" asked Andors. The young man in his late twenties took a deep breath; he could feel the medicine giving him back his strength.
"I barely survived that explosion, I was burnt badly. If Zordon hadn't teleported me to Eltar and had his advisers emplace me in this suite, I would have died," he said. Andros's eyes lit up,' Zordon'.
"ZORDON, he knew you were alive." Andors shook his head upsettingly. "Why didn't your family or me?" asked Andros angrily. The phantom ranger stood up looking right at Andros, shying. Andros did have a right to be angry, the last time he saw Andros was when he helped him and the others space rangers out. But back then his identity was a guarded secret.
"We never were the best of friend's Andros," he said simply, not even acknowledging the existence of his parents. Andros put his head down, that was partly true they never really were. And then a memory came to Andros, as he remembered the first time they had meant all those years ago.
It was on KO-35 years ago, Andros was around nine he and Zhane had joined into the academy to become rangers. A training process that which in the end only six would be chosen to stay and finish training to one day become power rangers. Andros and Zhane walked side by side, up the stairs to enter the academy when they were approached by a boy a little older than them.
"Hey, I'm Cordell but everyone calls me Coda," he said putting out his hand in a friendly matter. Andros did the same and Zhane followed.
"I'm Andros,"
"And I'm Zhane nice to meet yah," Coda smiled, as did the other two boys.
The memory then faded from Andros as he looked up at Coda, shying. "We were once," said Andros softly. Coda put his head down, and then looked up at Andros.
"That was a long time ago," he said softly. Andros nodded his head. For a long moment the two just looked each other in the eyes not saying a word.
"It was you wasn't, that sent the distress signal," said Andros looking at Coda in the eyes, it had to be him. Tommy and the others said they hadn't sent one. Coda licked his lips.
"Yeah, I knew it was going to take a lot more to take out Kenar. Considering what happened the last time," said Coda. The way he said it made Andros angry. How could he just say that? It was their friends, their teammates that had died.
"How, can you say that?" yelled Andros walking up to him, anger and hurt was in his voice. Coda looked at him; the rivalry that had begun years ago seemed to be bursting out again.
"Cause it's the way it is, they died Andros there's no changing that," said Coda. Andros eyes shot right open, anger from all those years ago came right out, he wasn't even thinking about what he was about to say.
"They wouldn't have, if you weren't so careless in your decision making," yelled Andros looking darkly at Coda. Coda looked at Andros sternly, everything he had learned over the last ten years, he put away. Everything Zordon and the advisers taught him was forgotten.
"Oh, so what you're saying it. If you were the leader back then they still be alive," mocked Coda like a child.
"Yeah that's exactly what I'm saying. All you cared about, was you and know one else. And your still the same way, you haven't changed you didn't even have the decently in letting anyone know you were alive," yelled Andros, things from his past were coming back to him. Coda just nodded it off; the two were giving each other dark stares. " I don't even know why I'm talking to you," said Andros walking away from him. Coda watched Andros leave, anger filled his mind.
But then a great pain came over him, a memory. A memory that has haunted him all those years ago, he turned around hitting the wall with his fist. And for the first time in ten years, he felt tears fall from his eyes. He turned around leaning his back against the wall, and when he looked up. He saw his reflection in the mirror on the wall across from him. He began walking towards it, as if he hadn't seen what he looked like in a very long time. Coda saw the many battle scars he had received all of those years ago. He had worn the phantom ranger helmet for so long; he had forgotten.
"I'm sorry I really am," he said softly to himself.
Zhane was looking over the scanners when Trey came walking in, Zhane looked up from his work. "You didn't leave Andros and Coda alone did you," he asked, knowing it wasn't a good idea. Trey looked at Zhane in a peaceful way.
"Yes, they looked as though they had a lot to discuss," said Trey, Zhane walked up to Trey, slightly laughing.
"Look, Trey I don't know what Triker told you about those two. But one thing you don't want to do is leave them alone in the same room," said Zhane, remembering how the two used to be together. Trey looked deeply into Zhanes eyes, trying his best to ignore the boyish charm in the silver ranger.
"Yes, I know but they must work past that and regain what they once had," said Trey, he seemed so of wisdom. But part of Zhane knew it would take more then that for Coda and Andros to see eye to eye. A second later Andros came bursting into the room, angry over the argument he had with Coda.
"That guy is impossible," said Andros frustrated. Zhane and Trey looked over at Andros who took a seat by the computer controls. Zhane turned his head looking at Trey smiling.
"Told yah," he said softly. Trey shook his head; sometimes Zhane was being funny when he shouldn't be. He walked past Zhane over to Andros; he knelt down right in front of him, looking Andros in the eyes.
"Don't tell me you're going to side with him, if it weren't for him you're..." Trey cut Andros off.
"I side with no one, you should know that. You two must learn to work together or we will fail this mission and the universe as we know it will come to an end. You and Coda must set aside your differences," Trey looked deep into Andros's eyes. "Coda needs you now more than he ever has. That medicine I gave him may only last three days top, if we do not get his ruby back. He will die," said Trey strongly.
Andros's anger slowly began to disappear he knew the prince was right, he slowly nodded his head. It would not be easy, for so long he and Coda had spent being enemies instead of friends. Trey smiled lightly, he knew this would be difficult for the both of them.
Zhane shied, he too knew this would be difficult. How do two people who had spent part of their life, trying to top the other become friends again?