DC: I don't own any of the characters....you know the drill
A/N: I am reposting cause I needed to tweak this..if you all haven't notice I repost a lot because I am such a damn perfectionist..
This was formally called family, but I decided to change it for plot reasons...you'll see
Sequel to Going Home....It takes place in the present (a year after Going Home)...
Once A Ranger Always a Ranger
Chapter1- Interrupted Bliss
The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the sky port was clear of traffic. Karone was having a great morning. She woke up and her platinum blonde husband had breakfast made, and the best part was it was the first time in months she kept her breakfast down. She was not exactly happy that she could not fit into another pair of pants today, but on the verge of tears she felt a little kick in her womb. Needless to say she went from verge of tears to happily shrieking for her husband to feel their little seedling.
They spent a good portion of their morning together just thinking up things they were going to do once the baby came. He wanted to take his 'daughter' on the galaxy glider and surf the Milky Way with her, of course Karone's response to that was "over my dead body. And anyway my 'SON' will be too busy with his mother in those yoga classes of Ashley's trying to help me lose the weight he gave me." They got into the same playful argument they got into every time the baby came up.
He was dead set on having a girl, and she knew she was having a boy. "This is what we get for waiting until the baby is born." She grumbled to her self as she got into her aerial vehicle. They took the idea from Ashley when she had her daughter following an Earth tradition of waiting until the child was born to find out its gender. She knew he wanted a girl to spoil rotten and because he thought 'there are enough boys in the family.' She didn't care what she had, but she had an instinct it would probably be a boy. She wanted a healthy child who she knew she could love and give the childhood she didn't have.
'He was already off to a good start.' Karone had thought. He had a mom who was already over the hill in love with him and an eternal playmate for a father. He also had great Aunts and Uncles who she knew would probably be other parents to him. And a beautiful baby cousin, or by the time he's born older cousin, who he could grow up with. They may be on different planets now, but Karone and Zhane had discussed going back to Earth. Neither one was completely sure if it was the best idea, but little Analey changed all that.
Watching their niece being born, and finding out she was pregnant a short time after, made them realize how much they needed their family close. So once Zhane was done helping the Kevorians with the development of their Center of Defense the two would return to Earth and begin their life, with their 'SON', and becoming the family Karone never dreamed she could have. She spent her ride to the space mall with a smile on her face.
Planning everything and everywhere she wanted to go with her son filled many of her days now that she was on leave from the GSA. Once she returned to KO-35 to marry Zhane she was given a job by the GSA to act as inter- galactic liaison like her brother on Earth. She was worried about losing her job in the move, but they just reassigned her, and now that she was as big as a Kevorian crescent moon she was on maternity leave. Nothing could ruin her day, life was finally going they way it should have gone decades ago, life was finally....... a loud bang knocked Karone out of her daydreaming.
Karone didn't see it coming, a blast hit the side of her automobile and it went flying through the sky. When the car finally hit the ground, turned onto its side. Karone tried to move. She was relieved when she felt her body was ok, she hurt her back, but her stomach seemed unharmed (more for the fact because she used her body to shield her womb from the fall). She went for the car's radio transmitter and tried contacting her husband.
"ZHANE!!! MAYDAY, MAYDAY, ZHANE, PICK UP!!! SOMETHING SHOT AT THE CAR...I'M DOWN, ZHANE PICK UP!!!" He wasn't picking up his comm. She started hearing movement outside the car, and felt the ground begin to shake. She went into the glove compartment and grabbed the spare hand laser. She eased herself out the vehicle, realizing she was in the middle of KO-35's Elysian forest and saw that the shooter of her automobile was.
"ECLIPTOR?!" He may have looked like her long time mentor, but she quickly realized it was not him. Shock kept her motionless for a few moments, but she quickly jumped out the car and began running for the first safe spot she could find. "Astronema, where do you think you're off to?" He shot again at her feet. She stopped her movement. She knew he would continue firing if she continued to run. She could not let him harm her unborn child, though she wanted to run and fight, her baby came first. She slowly turned to face her familiar opponent. "Who are you? What do you want with me?"
"Astronema I am hurt. You do not remember me? Has the human rangers changed you so much you don't remember your old friend Ecliptor?" He started walking towards her, and for every step he took she took two more in the other direction. When she was backed into a tree her fear made her pick up her laser. "STAY BACK! I don't know who you are, but you are definitely NOT Ecliptor. So identify yourself coward before I kill you." They both knew how empty that threat was, but Karone was not the type to run scared, and she wouldn't start now.
"You are right, I am not Ecliptor. Ecliptor is dead, dead because of you, you and your kind. I am, Malix. Ecliptor was my predecessor; at least in the way you humans describe the word. We were made from the same benefactor. After the utter failure with Ecliptor, they began making me." He started getting closer again, and Karone set her finger on the trigger.
"FINE...what do you want with me?!" He halted to answer her question, "You Astronema, you and that child. Ecliptor may not have succeeded in his work with you. But believe that I am not as weak, I AM going to bring you back Astronema." At this statement, Karone fired straight at his heart and began running. He was dazed, but he was also faster, and ran in front of Karone's path. "Ah, Ah, Ah Astronema...where are you off to in such a hurry? Don't you know it is rude to run out on a conversation?" She was sick of him, she was tired and he threatened her baby, she had had enough.
"My name is Karone, I am the former Pink Galaxy Ranger and the wife, sister and friend of many Rangers, trust me on this....you hurt me or my baby....you won't live to regret it." Her words were shaky, but she knew that this threat was not as empty as the last one. "I do not want to hurt you, come with me and you and your baby will be safe. There is a place for you Astronema, back where you belong, where your baby belongs." He held out his hand to her.
"My baby doesn't belong to you, he doesn't BELONG to anyone, and neither does his mother. So thanks, but no thanks, but we are already at where we belong, with OUR family. " He took his hand back and retorted, "FINE! I tried reasoning, but now I will just do what I should have done from the beginning. You won't remember your precious little family when I get through with you." He went to grab her. Karone knew she was too weak to fight him, too weak to protect herself and her child.
As Malix went for her Karone felt herself being pulled up and felt herself elevated back to the air. She wasn't aware of what was going because as soon as she felt hands on her she blacked out.
*****
"Hey guys she's waking up." She heard a voice yell from a distance as she felt a presence get near her. "Hey sis, you had us scared there for a moment." She opened her eyes to see a woman with a smile on her face and light in her eyes. "Ashley?" Karone thought she was dreaming her sister- in- law, but when she lifted herself up the embrace she was given definitely proved her identity. Then as she was about to speak both her husband and brother ran into the room. "Karone, Thank God you're okay." Zhane pulled her into a tight squeeze and held her their for a while, he was then replaced by her brother and was given the same affection.
Once Andros and Zhane released her they began their assault of questions, "Karone, are you all right? How do you feel? Is anything hurt? I am going to kill that bastard." The simultaneous questioning from the men made her dizzy. "BOYS!" Ashley's yelp had them both quiet. "Give her a second to wake up before you guys go into attack mode," she turned back to Karone, "here sweetie drink this." She lifted the cup of water and helped Karone drinking, when she was satisfied Karone did not need the dependency she let it go and waited until Karone was finished. Karone turned to her sister-in- law, "how's the baby?" Ashley smiled and signaled for Karone to lie back down. "The baby's fine. Its mommy did a good job in protecting him." They gave each other a smile. And Karone turned her head back to her husband and brother. "How long have I been out?" Zhane stepped closer to her again and started caressing her face, "About 17 hours. I called them as soon as I got you back home." He whispered to her.
She looked back again at her brother and his wife, "Wait, where's Analey? You guys didn't bring her here?!" Ashley pulled the blanket over Karone's legs and swept her hair off the side of her shoulder, "We left Analey at home with TJ and Cassie. She's fine, just a little worried about her Auntie." Karone let out a slight laugh to that statement thinking of her little niece. She believed the child never had a care in the world; she had her mother's nature, optimistic and always smiling.
She remembered what Zhane said, 17 hours. The length of time she was out replaced her laugh with shock, but what disturbed her more were the looks of concern in everyone's eyes. "What? What's wrong? There is something you aren't telling me." Ashley was going to answer, but saw her husband wanted to take this deed, so she let him speak, "Karone, Malix and his army have been attacking KO-35. They say they want you and the baby." Her tired eyes filled with fear as she put her hand and her stomach. "Has anyone been....." She couldn't bring herself to finish. If anyone died because of her, again, she didn't know how she would survive it.
"No. No casualties as of yet. The people of KO-35 are strong Karone; they have dealt with a lot worse. They aren't afraid to fight." Karone started shaking her head at her brother's statement and tried getting out of bed, but was too weak. Zhane grabbed her and put her back in the bed. "ZHANE! We have to get off this planet we have to take the fight somewhere else. I can't cause these people more......."Zhane put his fingers to her lips and she stayed quiet. "Remember, no more blaming yourself, you promised." She rolled her eyes at his smirk, she had made a promise to him once she would try and not blame herself things 'Astronema' did. "But Zhane, he has an army, we can't go up against that, what are we gonna do?"
Ashley put one hand to her hip and the other she raised to gesture while she spoke, "I'm sorry Karone are you forgetting who we are, who YOU are?" she turned to Ashley a little confused at the meaning in her words. "He may have his little group of soldiers, but he doesn't even know the definition of army. You want to see an army, just wait and see what we come up with."
Karone saw Ashley smirk into a serious face as she continued, "We already spoke to TJ, Cassie, Carlos, Tommy and Kim. They are rounding up all the Earth Rangers they can find. I called Leo. Him and the other rangers were grabbing their Quasar Sabers before I even got off the phone and Mike has rounded up a regiment from the GSA," where Ashley let off her husband continued, "I also called Billy on Aquitar and he and their rangers are also coming, as well as some Kevorian soldiers. Billy also had the idea to move the battle to Eltar since it has been abandoned for centuries, no civilian casualties to deal with there."
Before Andros was to finish Ashley interrupted, "Malix may think he is scaring somebody with proclamations of war. He thinks these people will give you and the baby up because of Astronema's past crimes. Well he has another thing coming. If he wants you and this baby he better be prepared for an unbelievable disappointment. Cause there is no way in hell that any ranger, from any planet that knows of you is letting him near you again. They see you as Karone, not Astronema, the pink galaxy ranger who helped save the people of Terra Venture and Mirinoi. We protect our own Karone; you should know that by now." Karone started grinning at her sister-in law, Ashley always knew what to say to feel better, "He wants war, well he's gonna get it."
The look in Ashley's eyes was almost frightening; Karone has never seen the always-smiling Ashley so serious. But then again Karone knew what family meant to Ashley, and if Karone knew nothing else she knew she was family. Ashley, put her hand out and Karone shook it in agreement.
"You're right Ashley, let's show him what happens when he messes with the Power Rangers." Zhane said as he put one arm around his wife's shoulders and his other hand on top of his sister-in-law and wife's hand. Andros also joined in with a smirk, grabbed Ashley's waist and putting his free hand atop of Zhane's. Andros finally spoke up, "I lost you once Karone, I'm letting anyone take you again." She felt her husband squeeze her in a half embrace. She felt the last of her worries release, at least for a while.
'Well Malix can't say I didn't warn him.' She thought to herself remembering the threat she made in the forest, 'my baby will never be evil, never.'
TO BE CONTINUED....
So I tweaked it a bit, because I am never satisfied with my first efforts I ALWAYS repost. (Bad habit I know....but hey better story right?)
Alright whatcha think? You know how I love reviews, so if you like this then you better review, the more I get, the guiltier I feel, the faster I update....
Spoilers: Everyone's coming back to fight the good fight (that means ALL couples mentioned in Going Home).....But will Malix win? Who knows, but he will be leaving a few casualties in his path. And we are gonna be seeing a few more couplings in this (yes FiliaScriptor even some of your favorites, hehehe)....hope you enjoy.
A/N: I am reposting cause I needed to tweak this..if you all haven't notice I repost a lot because I am such a damn perfectionist..
This was formally called family, but I decided to change it for plot reasons...you'll see
Sequel to Going Home....It takes place in the present (a year after Going Home)...
Once A Ranger Always a Ranger
Chapter1- Interrupted Bliss
The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the sky port was clear of traffic. Karone was having a great morning. She woke up and her platinum blonde husband had breakfast made, and the best part was it was the first time in months she kept her breakfast down. She was not exactly happy that she could not fit into another pair of pants today, but on the verge of tears she felt a little kick in her womb. Needless to say she went from verge of tears to happily shrieking for her husband to feel their little seedling.
They spent a good portion of their morning together just thinking up things they were going to do once the baby came. He wanted to take his 'daughter' on the galaxy glider and surf the Milky Way with her, of course Karone's response to that was "over my dead body. And anyway my 'SON' will be too busy with his mother in those yoga classes of Ashley's trying to help me lose the weight he gave me." They got into the same playful argument they got into every time the baby came up.
He was dead set on having a girl, and she knew she was having a boy. "This is what we get for waiting until the baby is born." She grumbled to her self as she got into her aerial vehicle. They took the idea from Ashley when she had her daughter following an Earth tradition of waiting until the child was born to find out its gender. She knew he wanted a girl to spoil rotten and because he thought 'there are enough boys in the family.' She didn't care what she had, but she had an instinct it would probably be a boy. She wanted a healthy child who she knew she could love and give the childhood she didn't have.
'He was already off to a good start.' Karone had thought. He had a mom who was already over the hill in love with him and an eternal playmate for a father. He also had great Aunts and Uncles who she knew would probably be other parents to him. And a beautiful baby cousin, or by the time he's born older cousin, who he could grow up with. They may be on different planets now, but Karone and Zhane had discussed going back to Earth. Neither one was completely sure if it was the best idea, but little Analey changed all that.
Watching their niece being born, and finding out she was pregnant a short time after, made them realize how much they needed their family close. So once Zhane was done helping the Kevorians with the development of their Center of Defense the two would return to Earth and begin their life, with their 'SON', and becoming the family Karone never dreamed she could have. She spent her ride to the space mall with a smile on her face.
Planning everything and everywhere she wanted to go with her son filled many of her days now that she was on leave from the GSA. Once she returned to KO-35 to marry Zhane she was given a job by the GSA to act as inter- galactic liaison like her brother on Earth. She was worried about losing her job in the move, but they just reassigned her, and now that she was as big as a Kevorian crescent moon she was on maternity leave. Nothing could ruin her day, life was finally going they way it should have gone decades ago, life was finally....... a loud bang knocked Karone out of her daydreaming.
Karone didn't see it coming, a blast hit the side of her automobile and it went flying through the sky. When the car finally hit the ground, turned onto its side. Karone tried to move. She was relieved when she felt her body was ok, she hurt her back, but her stomach seemed unharmed (more for the fact because she used her body to shield her womb from the fall). She went for the car's radio transmitter and tried contacting her husband.
"ZHANE!!! MAYDAY, MAYDAY, ZHANE, PICK UP!!! SOMETHING SHOT AT THE CAR...I'M DOWN, ZHANE PICK UP!!!" He wasn't picking up his comm. She started hearing movement outside the car, and felt the ground begin to shake. She went into the glove compartment and grabbed the spare hand laser. She eased herself out the vehicle, realizing she was in the middle of KO-35's Elysian forest and saw that the shooter of her automobile was.
"ECLIPTOR?!" He may have looked like her long time mentor, but she quickly realized it was not him. Shock kept her motionless for a few moments, but she quickly jumped out the car and began running for the first safe spot she could find. "Astronema, where do you think you're off to?" He shot again at her feet. She stopped her movement. She knew he would continue firing if she continued to run. She could not let him harm her unborn child, though she wanted to run and fight, her baby came first. She slowly turned to face her familiar opponent. "Who are you? What do you want with me?"
"Astronema I am hurt. You do not remember me? Has the human rangers changed you so much you don't remember your old friend Ecliptor?" He started walking towards her, and for every step he took she took two more in the other direction. When she was backed into a tree her fear made her pick up her laser. "STAY BACK! I don't know who you are, but you are definitely NOT Ecliptor. So identify yourself coward before I kill you." They both knew how empty that threat was, but Karone was not the type to run scared, and she wouldn't start now.
"You are right, I am not Ecliptor. Ecliptor is dead, dead because of you, you and your kind. I am, Malix. Ecliptor was my predecessor; at least in the way you humans describe the word. We were made from the same benefactor. After the utter failure with Ecliptor, they began making me." He started getting closer again, and Karone set her finger on the trigger.
"FINE...what do you want with me?!" He halted to answer her question, "You Astronema, you and that child. Ecliptor may not have succeeded in his work with you. But believe that I am not as weak, I AM going to bring you back Astronema." At this statement, Karone fired straight at his heart and began running. He was dazed, but he was also faster, and ran in front of Karone's path. "Ah, Ah, Ah Astronema...where are you off to in such a hurry? Don't you know it is rude to run out on a conversation?" She was sick of him, she was tired and he threatened her baby, she had had enough.
"My name is Karone, I am the former Pink Galaxy Ranger and the wife, sister and friend of many Rangers, trust me on this....you hurt me or my baby....you won't live to regret it." Her words were shaky, but she knew that this threat was not as empty as the last one. "I do not want to hurt you, come with me and you and your baby will be safe. There is a place for you Astronema, back where you belong, where your baby belongs." He held out his hand to her.
"My baby doesn't belong to you, he doesn't BELONG to anyone, and neither does his mother. So thanks, but no thanks, but we are already at where we belong, with OUR family. " He took his hand back and retorted, "FINE! I tried reasoning, but now I will just do what I should have done from the beginning. You won't remember your precious little family when I get through with you." He went to grab her. Karone knew she was too weak to fight him, too weak to protect herself and her child.
As Malix went for her Karone felt herself being pulled up and felt herself elevated back to the air. She wasn't aware of what was going because as soon as she felt hands on her she blacked out.
*****
"Hey guys she's waking up." She heard a voice yell from a distance as she felt a presence get near her. "Hey sis, you had us scared there for a moment." She opened her eyes to see a woman with a smile on her face and light in her eyes. "Ashley?" Karone thought she was dreaming her sister- in- law, but when she lifted herself up the embrace she was given definitely proved her identity. Then as she was about to speak both her husband and brother ran into the room. "Karone, Thank God you're okay." Zhane pulled her into a tight squeeze and held her their for a while, he was then replaced by her brother and was given the same affection.
Once Andros and Zhane released her they began their assault of questions, "Karone, are you all right? How do you feel? Is anything hurt? I am going to kill that bastard." The simultaneous questioning from the men made her dizzy. "BOYS!" Ashley's yelp had them both quiet. "Give her a second to wake up before you guys go into attack mode," she turned back to Karone, "here sweetie drink this." She lifted the cup of water and helped Karone drinking, when she was satisfied Karone did not need the dependency she let it go and waited until Karone was finished. Karone turned to her sister-in- law, "how's the baby?" Ashley smiled and signaled for Karone to lie back down. "The baby's fine. Its mommy did a good job in protecting him." They gave each other a smile. And Karone turned her head back to her husband and brother. "How long have I been out?" Zhane stepped closer to her again and started caressing her face, "About 17 hours. I called them as soon as I got you back home." He whispered to her.
She looked back again at her brother and his wife, "Wait, where's Analey? You guys didn't bring her here?!" Ashley pulled the blanket over Karone's legs and swept her hair off the side of her shoulder, "We left Analey at home with TJ and Cassie. She's fine, just a little worried about her Auntie." Karone let out a slight laugh to that statement thinking of her little niece. She believed the child never had a care in the world; she had her mother's nature, optimistic and always smiling.
She remembered what Zhane said, 17 hours. The length of time she was out replaced her laugh with shock, but what disturbed her more were the looks of concern in everyone's eyes. "What? What's wrong? There is something you aren't telling me." Ashley was going to answer, but saw her husband wanted to take this deed, so she let him speak, "Karone, Malix and his army have been attacking KO-35. They say they want you and the baby." Her tired eyes filled with fear as she put her hand and her stomach. "Has anyone been....." She couldn't bring herself to finish. If anyone died because of her, again, she didn't know how she would survive it.
"No. No casualties as of yet. The people of KO-35 are strong Karone; they have dealt with a lot worse. They aren't afraid to fight." Karone started shaking her head at her brother's statement and tried getting out of bed, but was too weak. Zhane grabbed her and put her back in the bed. "ZHANE! We have to get off this planet we have to take the fight somewhere else. I can't cause these people more......."Zhane put his fingers to her lips and she stayed quiet. "Remember, no more blaming yourself, you promised." She rolled her eyes at his smirk, she had made a promise to him once she would try and not blame herself things 'Astronema' did. "But Zhane, he has an army, we can't go up against that, what are we gonna do?"
Ashley put one hand to her hip and the other she raised to gesture while she spoke, "I'm sorry Karone are you forgetting who we are, who YOU are?" she turned to Ashley a little confused at the meaning in her words. "He may have his little group of soldiers, but he doesn't even know the definition of army. You want to see an army, just wait and see what we come up with."
Karone saw Ashley smirk into a serious face as she continued, "We already spoke to TJ, Cassie, Carlos, Tommy and Kim. They are rounding up all the Earth Rangers they can find. I called Leo. Him and the other rangers were grabbing their Quasar Sabers before I even got off the phone and Mike has rounded up a regiment from the GSA," where Ashley let off her husband continued, "I also called Billy on Aquitar and he and their rangers are also coming, as well as some Kevorian soldiers. Billy also had the idea to move the battle to Eltar since it has been abandoned for centuries, no civilian casualties to deal with there."
Before Andros was to finish Ashley interrupted, "Malix may think he is scaring somebody with proclamations of war. He thinks these people will give you and the baby up because of Astronema's past crimes. Well he has another thing coming. If he wants you and this baby he better be prepared for an unbelievable disappointment. Cause there is no way in hell that any ranger, from any planet that knows of you is letting him near you again. They see you as Karone, not Astronema, the pink galaxy ranger who helped save the people of Terra Venture and Mirinoi. We protect our own Karone; you should know that by now." Karone started grinning at her sister-in law, Ashley always knew what to say to feel better, "He wants war, well he's gonna get it."
The look in Ashley's eyes was almost frightening; Karone has never seen the always-smiling Ashley so serious. But then again Karone knew what family meant to Ashley, and if Karone knew nothing else she knew she was family. Ashley, put her hand out and Karone shook it in agreement.
"You're right Ashley, let's show him what happens when he messes with the Power Rangers." Zhane said as he put one arm around his wife's shoulders and his other hand on top of his sister-in-law and wife's hand. Andros also joined in with a smirk, grabbed Ashley's waist and putting his free hand atop of Zhane's. Andros finally spoke up, "I lost you once Karone, I'm letting anyone take you again." She felt her husband squeeze her in a half embrace. She felt the last of her worries release, at least for a while.
'Well Malix can't say I didn't warn him.' She thought to herself remembering the threat she made in the forest, 'my baby will never be evil, never.'
TO BE CONTINUED....
So I tweaked it a bit, because I am never satisfied with my first efforts I ALWAYS repost. (Bad habit I know....but hey better story right?)
Alright whatcha think? You know how I love reviews, so if you like this then you better review, the more I get, the guiltier I feel, the faster I update....
Spoilers: Everyone's coming back to fight the good fight (that means ALL couples mentioned in Going Home).....But will Malix win? Who knows, but he will be leaving a few casualties in his path. And we are gonna be seeing a few more couplings in this (yes FiliaScriptor even some of your favorites, hehehe)....hope you enjoy.