Author Notes: I am so sorry that I haven't updated this story! I've just been so busy lately. Well, I'm really going to start working hard on this fanfic because I have fallen in love with the storyline. Not to mention what I'm planning to happen. I've pretty much fallen in love with this story, so, it may take me a long time to finish it, but I WILL finish it!

I've actually never finished a story before. I've written a few of them but I always left it hanging because I lost interest in it or I didn't have the time to do it. Well, I have every intention of finishing this fanfic! ^-^

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Unexpected Surprises

Search and Find

By MoonLight Star

Cassie was playing with a lose strand from the vest of her uniform. They had been trapped in the healing chamber for over an hour now. She wished she could get up and just leave this dreaded room, but more then once she had heard the qurantrons come into the engine room, searching for them.

Her chocolate brown gaze looked to Andros. He was still standing by the frozen Zhane, staring at him. Her eyes widened when she heard him sniffle and she saw his rather large hand wipe at his cheek. 'He's crying!' She thought in shock. She had never seen Andros cry before. He was always so strong, everybody's rock, always stable and never breaking down.

'He must have really cared for Zhane. I wonder if something were to happen to one of us, if the same thing happened, would he care enough for us to cry?' Cassie immediately dismissed that thought. She shouldn't be thinking that. They would all be fine, she reassured herself.

***

Ashley weakly struggled against the bonds that held her hands and feet. Just like Carlos, she had to bend over so she could wear them. But, they looked extra short, making her bend over even more. 'They probley did it on purpose.' She thought as one of her delicate hands held onto her ribcage, protecting it from any further damage.

They half walked and half dragged Ashley to her cell. Astronema wasn't dumb; she wasn't going to put both Carlos and Ashley in the same cell. Their cells weren't even in the same rooms.

They roughly shoved Ashley into her cell and quickly locked it. She laid her yellow clad back onto the grimy cell wall and let herself slide down it. Her ribs were hurting her terribly. 'I'm going to have to wait for the rangers to get me, I can't get out on my own.' She feared if she moved too much then she would end up hurting herself even more so then what she already had.

She brought her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them like a child would. She tiredly laid her chin on her knees and closed her eyes.

***

"Great work, Darkonda!" Astronema said, pleased. "You have captured the rangers on their own ship. It won't be long before we find the last three rangers."

Darkonda bowed deeply to Astronema. "It was my pleasure, princess. But, if I may ask permission. I want to be the one to destroy the rangers when we find them. I only have three lives left because of them."

Frowning, Astronema swayed her hips as she walked to her throne. "You? Destroy the rangers? I don't think so. I will be the one to kill them. I only needed you to capture them. Now that you have done your part you are no longer welcome here."

Sputtering, Darkonda couldn't help but stare at Astronema. "But, my princess, we had a deal! I was to capture them and we were to kill them together."

Astronema's purple eyes twinkled amusingly at him. "Deals off, Darkonda. Leave, now." Ecliptor appeared behind Darkonda and placed his claw like hand onto Darkonda's shoulder. Seeing the unspoken threat, Darkonda angrily jumped into the air, his body turning into a black streak as he teleported away from the Dark Fortress as he swore to himself that he would get revenge on her and Ecliptor.

***

As frightening as it was, Deca was searching the entire ship my foot. 'I just know there here somewhere. If they weren't then there wouldn't be this many qurantrons here.' Deca's holographic fingers reached up and tucked a few strands of her silky hair behind her ear before bringing her petite fingers back to the scanner in her hand. She had snuck to the work bay and grabbed it when the qurantrons weren't looking. She was lucky that they had their backs turned to her.

The scanners monitor had several dots on it. One purple one, showing that it was her, and all the other dots were red, saying that they were enemies. She couldn't see the other rangers anywhere.

Sighing, she continued her search for the rangers.