Disclaimer: The Power Ranger's do not belong to me; to be actual truthful I don't even remember whom they belong to anymore. Oh well, I just gotten into the mood to write a bit about them, so I am not necessary concern about details. I just write, to entertain my friend Jade, and other people, and fans.
Relationship: Andros/Zhane relationship, it isn't graphic to tell you the bloody truth. However, if you cannot handle these types of relationship, please avoid at all cost, and don't take it out on me.
Note: Another thing, I am not really following any continuum of PR, in fact most of the continuum has been screwed with so much, that I am not really concern about order that much like I use to be. -_- Not to mention minor details and all those things, I am more into making some dreams coming true. I also don't really care about pairing, I can write any sort of pairing even canon. So I don't really feel anything about the groups of screaming people about people have to be paired with whom. That is all I have to say, and that is that onto the story.
Chapter 2
Deconstruction Andros
Living itself is a burden, especially, when I dream of him my silver armored prince coming to my aid, and yet I wait for him to awaken. Then perhaps, we may find the solace in each other's arms once again. ~Andros The Red Astro Ranger
It isn't fair! Andros thought in anger, while staring at the locket that had his precious picture of his sister. Karone, I'll find you. Clenching his hand around the locket, while the pain receded, first losing his parents to death, then losing Karone in a kidnapping, was so much pain for him to bear. However, he had one thing that kept him hoping, going on each day to the next day. That was Zhane; he was always there to help Andros, when he was at the low point, cheering him up; giving him pep talks, and making sure that nothing would hurt him. In a ironic way, Zhane was his prince charming, his thoughts sour into darkness, at the fact that even the silver light was dimmed taken away in one clear moment, just when he thought things would be fine.
Biting his lips, he looked at the telekinesis ball that sat on his shelf, while; other momentums of what occurred in his life lay in neat order. All of a sudden, something flared in his mind, quickly, something was familiar, while hot flashes of pain, all of a sudden hit him.
Alarm sounded, in the ship, DECA's voice called out almost in panic if possible. "Cryogenics tube destabilizing."
Gasping in pain, the Red Astro Ranger, stumbled out into the hallway, grabbing his head in pain. "Zhane…" He whimpers, while tumbling into two pairs of arms, one pair belong to the Pink Astro Ranger, the other into the Blue Astro Ranger.
"Andros? Are you okay?" TJ asked in concern, while Cassie looked around in panic and confusion.
"What is going on, what is this cryogenics tube?" She asked clearly, not liking what was going on, especially something that she had no clue about.
Andros was half mad, from the pain; it kept on jabbing on the far reaches of his psyche. "Zhane! It's Zhane." He gasped out, while trying not to howl in rage, at what was occurring. Terror was gripping onto him, either one Zhane was waking up, or two Zhane was dying. Rushing forward, he felt arms help him stand straight, when another ripple of pain shudder into his body.
"Damn it Andros! Tell us what is going on!" Ashley demanded, while looking at him, while trying to grip onto him. "I want to know damn it! You've been keeping secrets from us for too long Andros!"
Andros shoved Ashley out of the way, to far-gone, roaring out in fury, he shouted in animalistic quality. "JUST SHUT UP! SHUT UP! LEAVE US ALONE! YOU KNOW NOTHING!"
The Yellow Astro Ranger stared at the retreating back, of the Red Ranger, her eyes widen in shock, at such a display of anger.
Cassie looks at all of the others and shook her head, "You guys stay here, I'll go see what is going on." Her brows furrow with worry, as she trail after Andros.
*~*~*~*~*
It was cold by what he could tell, noticing that he was morphed, he felt the fuzziness of his mind, sharpen with pain. Where am I? He thought in confusion at his surrounding, *Andros?* He tries to project, but the pain jabbed him even more, he felt fear crept upon him, at finally noticing that he was sealed inside the compartment like being caged and claustrophobia started to cloud upon him. Oh god! Let me OUT! His mind screams aloud, in pure panic, he wanted to know where Andros was, he wanted out of here.
Finding his fingers grip onto the walls in front of him, he noticed the latches on it, immediately he felt his fingers clench onto it, as he prayed that it wasn't jammed, he turned it hearing the air hiss out from his frozen glass coffin. Pushing upward hard, he managed to get it open, to his surprised a pair of hands grabbed onto his hands, tugging him upward.
"Andros?" Asking confused, when he noticed his love in front of him, he smiled behind the helmet. "Andros!"
"Zhane!" Andros said, while tears leaked out of his eyes, he felt himself drawn into the other's arms.
Laughing, softly, the silver ranger felt his mind clear from his ageless sleep. *Andros!* Andros squeezed the other in his arms, while feeling his mind shudder at the whisper softly in himself. The sparkle in the pitch-blackness of his psyche lighted up like a super nova.
*Zhane! I've missed you, don't leave me. * The red ranger thought, while feeling the sudden shift of cloth, when the other demorphs.
"Never, I am here after all." Zhane smiled, while his eyes met Andros's, "I am glad your safe…" Fingers now gloveless touched the striped blonde brown hair, lovingly, "I am here now, and that is all that matters."
Andros, tighten his fingers onto the familiar black uniform suit, which he remembers so well. "It's been two years, two years of waiting for you to wake."
Shock appeared on the other's face, "Two years?" Spoken hoarsely in pain, "Oh my poor love…" Eyes peer painfully into the others, "I am sorry."
"Just don't do that to me ever again!" Andros whispered fiercely, "If you try, I am going to tie you up to the bunk bed, like a ball on a stick!"
Amusement flashed wickedly in the Silver Ranger's eyes, "Since when did you get so Kinky Dros?"
Flushing red at that comment, Andros smacked Zhane on the head. "You are so evil!"
Before Zhane could respond, a soft voice interrupted their musing. "Andros?" The Pink Ranger happen upon the scene confused, "Whose that and what are you doing here?"
Groaning inwardly, he turned to face one of his shipmates, while ignoring the questionable look on his significant other's face. "Cassie, this is Zhane the Silver Astro Ranger…" Turning back to Zhane, he pointed at Cassie, "This is the new Pink Astro Ranger, but she is actually from Earth one of the former Rangers that is…" Trailing off, as he helps the other out of the tube to his feet, while reaching in to pull out a red dolphin, and pushing it into Zhane's arms.
Zhane looks at the Dolphin in faint amusement, "Drosie!" He hugs it to him, almost appearing to be five years old again, while looking up in embarrassment, being caught in such an immature act in front of a female. "Sorry, Hi I mean!"
Voices started to pool from the doorway, as the other ranger's appeared one by one, they were after all typically next to the door eavesdropping.
"Oh how cute!" Ashley gushes, while pushing herself in front of Cassie, "Hi I am Ashley!" She reaches forward, to Zhane, whom looked at her hand in question to Andros.
"It's a Earth Greeting of some sort." Andros said, quite unhappy, with how the Yellow Ranger was pretty much ogling his boyfriend.
Zhane reaches out and takes her hand, while making the motion she was making. "Zhane the Silver Astro Ranger." He replied politely, as his mother taught him, clearly not seeing the ogling he was getting, since he pretty much was confused as to why they had new shipmates.
The Blue Astro Ranger came up next and smiles holding his hand out, "TJ, former Red Turbo Ranger of Earth, now Blue Astro Ranger." He smiles friendly, at Zhane, which made the poor man paranoid, since he wasn't use to that much attention though he played it off well.
"Please to meet you!" Zhane said trying to detach his hand out of the Yellow Ranger's, "Um…Ashley is it? I sort of need my hand back to shake your friends."
"Oh, sorry!" Ashley purrs, softly enough for Andros to hear, which pretty much ticked him off more.
Zhane shook TJ's then Carlos, whom smiled at him. "Carlos Black Astro Ranger, former green turbo ranger."
The Red Ranger sighs at the interruptions, "They ended up on my vessel after their powers were sort of lost, they know about Zordon, though he is captured, by the forces of evil and we are looking for him."
"So you're telling me, that Zordon got nabbed." Zhane whistles slightly, "This is not good, so I take it, you need me in the team right? After all…" Teasing slightly at Andros, "We are friends, and you know you want me to back you up like the old days."
"Sure, just like old times." Andros smiles, though his eyes told another story, which of course the other's didn't see or even recognize was the come hither look. "You can ride shot gun like usual." Keeping his face straight, while Zhane almost choked in surprise, at what Andros was implying.
"Um if you don't mind me asking." Carlos asked clearly curiously eyeing the red dolphin, "Why do you got a stuff toy under your arm?"
The silver ranger turned red, mutter something underneath his breath about security blankets, and toys, that were left in his tube. Andros gave them all a warning glance, while taking a breath slightly," I put it there, Zhane and me were best friends for a while, they were gifts to us by my parents, and his. I thought it would be a good reminder to him to get well, when he was injured saving my life on another planet."
"Well it sucks, that I didn't notice it before, or else I might have calmed down a bit. That box sure was terrifying. Sort of reminds me of being in cramp spaces to tell you the truth." Zhane stated sheepishly, while inwardly he cringed at the trap feeling, earning him an inquisitive look from Andros. *I felt Claustrophobic, Dros it was horrible.*
*I'm sorry, it was the only way to keep you alive.* Andros gave him a sympathetic look, while looking at the others with the look, that seem to shut them all up from asking the silver ranger anymore questions. "I am going to take Zhane to his quarters to rest, he just got out of the cryogenics tube, so he is probably still tired, and weak from it."
The other's looked at each other and smiles at them in sympathy, as they started to leave muttering sure and that they would be doing what so on so forth, until only Cassie was left.
"Do you want me to get you something to eat if need be?" Cassie offered it seems her lips curved lightly, in a knowing glance between the two. It took her a bit, but she could tell there was something between the two. "If you like, I can leave it outside Andros's quarters, if you want the privacy."
This brought on open eye astonishment, which made her lips curve even more upward, "How?" Andros manages to ask clearly looking at Cassie in new respect.
"I know love," The pink ranger's eyes seem to soften wistfully, "I see it in you two, besides a large hint is the name on that stuff dolphin is Andros, so it doesn't take a idiot that long to figure it out if they are accepting to the concept of homosexuals." Cassie's eyes sparkled in genuine happiness for them, "I am happy that your not sad anymore Andros." She made her way toward the door, "I'll leave the food for you, outside the door, just listen for two knocks." She then was out of there, before any of them could object.
Zhane laughs softly, "Well is there something I should know Andros?"
"Well, like what Cassie said, we should go to my room, so we can talk, besides, I need you close by and I want it in privacy, away from prying eyes." The red ranger flushes, also indicating he wants more then just being close.
"Sure!" Zhane whispered, while looking around the room, "I could do with a new scenic look right now, especially from this room." Shivering, he walked up to Andros, gripping onto the other for balance, "Whoa a bit dizzy, guess your right about the whole thing, about that ice freezer."
"You okay." Andros asked worried now, by the pallor of the Silver Ranger.
Laughing slightly, "Well as much as I can be from being frozen like a Popsicle for how long." They made their way pas the doorway, while Zhane adjusted to the light in the corridor, passing more crewman doors with stars on it in different shades of color. "What are those for?"
"Well the others needed some way to figure out who lived where, I guess they aren't familiar with the area." Andros mutters. "I remember, when they started to go to their rooms, and they all knocked asking if anyone was inside it. I think it had to do with Carlos walking in on Cassie, when she was dressing, which sort of made her mad, not to mention Carlos by the time he came out of the room was sprouting a black eye."
"Ouch." Zhane laugh, softly, "She didn't seem that strong to do that to a man like Carlos."
"Well don't let her fool you." Andros smirk slightly, "She is strong, and fast, it's just her size in height sort of fools you."
They arrive at the red star, as he open the door, and Zhane walked in, the red dolphin tail dragged on the floor, as he looked around the Spartan quarters. "It never seems to change…" He quipped in amusement, "So where do I sit or lay or whatever?"
"You can lay on the bunk I know your tired, then what you let on." Andros said, while tapping his temple indicating that he could tell by other measures not just physical appearance.
Sighing at the nagging, Zhane flopped on the bed, while tugging the stuff toy next to him. "Yes mother."
