Zhane stood and turned his back to Andros for a moment. He turned back and
Andros breathed in sharply. His best friend's eyes had turned gold.
To be continued.
Chapter two
"Zhane? Are you okay?" Andros asked cautiously.
"Never been better." His voice was not his own. It sounded dark and cold. "Let's go meet the others." Andros reluctantly followed.
Cassie and Carlos were the last to meet up with the team. They approached the rangers out of breath.
"Sorry we're late! But Carlos wanted to pet the rock 'cat,' " Cassie explained.
"Well, it looked like a cat!" said Carlos, defending himself.
"If it had been a cat, it would have bitten and scratched you as you tried to pet it," Ashley teased.
T.J. stood next to Zhane. "Is everything okay, Zhane?"
"Everything is fine." He looked hard at T.J. "Why do you ask?" his dark voice demanded.
"Well, there's something different about you. Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm positive. Now leave me alone." Zhane moved away from the group. A little put off, T.J. also moved.
"So we didn't find any clues to Zordon's whereabouts?" Andros asked. The team shook their heads. "All right then, on to the next planet. Let's get to the Mega ship." Andros beckoned to his team. Everyone obediently followed. Zhane was the last to leave the planet.
As the rangers materialized on the bridge, Alpha greeted them warmly. "Welcome back! Did you find anything?"
"No. But we haven't given up hope yet!" Ashley said energetically. "Right, Zhane?"
"Yeah, sure." Zhane looked at her coolly. "We'd better find him soon."
"Zhane, are you okay?" Ashley looked closely at her friend.
"What makes you think something's wrong?" Zhane asked angrily.
"Well, there's something different-" Ashley started.
"THERE'S NOTHING WRONG!!!" Zhane yelled. He stormed out of the bridge.
Later that evening, Andros tried to drag Zhane to dinner, but he wouldn't budge. Andros tried talking to him about his mood. Zhane just had another fit of anger, declaring that everyone was paranoid.
During dinner, Cassie brought up the odd incident of Zhane's outburst. Everyone had been equally shocked.
"I tried to ask him if everything was okay, too," T.J. said. "He had a similar response, although he didn't yell."
"He must have been in a terrible mood," Cassie added.
Ashley was distressed. Zhane was a good friend of hers. She couldn't imagine why he had exploded at her. "I just don't understand. Why would he erupt at me?"
"When I tried to get him to eat with us, he refused. Then, he said we were all paranoid about something being wrong with him." Andros looked at his team grimly. He completely forgot the incident in the lake on the alien planet.
"Let's just hope this strange mood will be gone by morning. Otherwise we may have to talk to him about it," T.J. said. Everyone agreed.
That night, while all the rangers were asleep, Zhane snuck out of his room. As the silver Power Ranger, he ran through the ship heading toward the Mega Ship's engine room.
"Zhane?" Alpha said as he looked around the corridors. The robot continued walking. "Zhane?" The corridor was empty. Suddenly, a dark figure fell on top of Alpha. It was Zhane. He stunned the robot with a blaster and tore the memory chip from his body. "Z..Zh.Zhane.." the android's voice died. Without looking back, Zhane walked away.
The Silver Ranger opened the door to the engine room. He strode in quickly. The ranger accessed a control panel on the wall. Zhane punched in several commands to bring DECA online.
"Hello, Zhane. It's a little late for an engine check, wouldn't you agree?"
"I'm not doing an engine check. In fact, the engines will need lots of attention when I'm done." Without warning, he cut the wires to DECA's visual input.
"Zhane, what are you doing? Do you realize that you're damaging my circuits?"
"Really?" Zhane said with a touch of sarcasm. "Tell me about it. I never knew that cutting wires could damage circuits!" His voice echoed throughout the room.
"If a wire is cut while a computer is running, the data can be lost and circuits will overload. Therefore, to reduce damage, one should always-" DECA's voice stopped abruptly.
"Obviously DECA doesn't understand sarcasm." He then accessed her memory banks and severely damaged the conduits with blaster fire.
Zhane turned his attention to the engines. With swift martial art-like movements, the Silver Ranger struck each engine until they had sustained heavy damage. Quite satisfied, Zhane exited the room. He adjusted the lock so that anyone who attempted to enter would have to supply the new password. "Even Andros won't be able to figure out the entry code," Zhane said smugly. He walked down the hall.
The Silver Ranger blasted a hole in the wall. Before him lay the emptiness in space. He summoned his Silver Cycle and exited the Mega ship. He surveyed the hole in the hull of the ship. To make sure none of his friends were hurt, Zhane applied a shield to protect the interior atmosphere. "Easily repaired," he commented. Then, he flew to the nearest planet, Earth.
A small ship flew around the edge of the Mega Ship. It turned to look at the hole in the side of the vessel.
On the screen of the ship you could see the hole and Zhane in the distance.
"This was a perfect idea," came a voice from behind the shadows of the bridge. "How could I have ever doubted you, Ecliptor?"
To be continued.
To be continued.
Chapter two
"Zhane? Are you okay?" Andros asked cautiously.
"Never been better." His voice was not his own. It sounded dark and cold. "Let's go meet the others." Andros reluctantly followed.
Cassie and Carlos were the last to meet up with the team. They approached the rangers out of breath.
"Sorry we're late! But Carlos wanted to pet the rock 'cat,' " Cassie explained.
"Well, it looked like a cat!" said Carlos, defending himself.
"If it had been a cat, it would have bitten and scratched you as you tried to pet it," Ashley teased.
T.J. stood next to Zhane. "Is everything okay, Zhane?"
"Everything is fine." He looked hard at T.J. "Why do you ask?" his dark voice demanded.
"Well, there's something different about you. Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm positive. Now leave me alone." Zhane moved away from the group. A little put off, T.J. also moved.
"So we didn't find any clues to Zordon's whereabouts?" Andros asked. The team shook their heads. "All right then, on to the next planet. Let's get to the Mega ship." Andros beckoned to his team. Everyone obediently followed. Zhane was the last to leave the planet.
As the rangers materialized on the bridge, Alpha greeted them warmly. "Welcome back! Did you find anything?"
"No. But we haven't given up hope yet!" Ashley said energetically. "Right, Zhane?"
"Yeah, sure." Zhane looked at her coolly. "We'd better find him soon."
"Zhane, are you okay?" Ashley looked closely at her friend.
"What makes you think something's wrong?" Zhane asked angrily.
"Well, there's something different-" Ashley started.
"THERE'S NOTHING WRONG!!!" Zhane yelled. He stormed out of the bridge.
Later that evening, Andros tried to drag Zhane to dinner, but he wouldn't budge. Andros tried talking to him about his mood. Zhane just had another fit of anger, declaring that everyone was paranoid.
During dinner, Cassie brought up the odd incident of Zhane's outburst. Everyone had been equally shocked.
"I tried to ask him if everything was okay, too," T.J. said. "He had a similar response, although he didn't yell."
"He must have been in a terrible mood," Cassie added.
Ashley was distressed. Zhane was a good friend of hers. She couldn't imagine why he had exploded at her. "I just don't understand. Why would he erupt at me?"
"When I tried to get him to eat with us, he refused. Then, he said we were all paranoid about something being wrong with him." Andros looked at his team grimly. He completely forgot the incident in the lake on the alien planet.
"Let's just hope this strange mood will be gone by morning. Otherwise we may have to talk to him about it," T.J. said. Everyone agreed.
That night, while all the rangers were asleep, Zhane snuck out of his room. As the silver Power Ranger, he ran through the ship heading toward the Mega Ship's engine room.
"Zhane?" Alpha said as he looked around the corridors. The robot continued walking. "Zhane?" The corridor was empty. Suddenly, a dark figure fell on top of Alpha. It was Zhane. He stunned the robot with a blaster and tore the memory chip from his body. "Z..Zh.Zhane.." the android's voice died. Without looking back, Zhane walked away.
The Silver Ranger opened the door to the engine room. He strode in quickly. The ranger accessed a control panel on the wall. Zhane punched in several commands to bring DECA online.
"Hello, Zhane. It's a little late for an engine check, wouldn't you agree?"
"I'm not doing an engine check. In fact, the engines will need lots of attention when I'm done." Without warning, he cut the wires to DECA's visual input.
"Zhane, what are you doing? Do you realize that you're damaging my circuits?"
"Really?" Zhane said with a touch of sarcasm. "Tell me about it. I never knew that cutting wires could damage circuits!" His voice echoed throughout the room.
"If a wire is cut while a computer is running, the data can be lost and circuits will overload. Therefore, to reduce damage, one should always-" DECA's voice stopped abruptly.
"Obviously DECA doesn't understand sarcasm." He then accessed her memory banks and severely damaged the conduits with blaster fire.
Zhane turned his attention to the engines. With swift martial art-like movements, the Silver Ranger struck each engine until they had sustained heavy damage. Quite satisfied, Zhane exited the room. He adjusted the lock so that anyone who attempted to enter would have to supply the new password. "Even Andros won't be able to figure out the entry code," Zhane said smugly. He walked down the hall.
The Silver Ranger blasted a hole in the wall. Before him lay the emptiness in space. He summoned his Silver Cycle and exited the Mega ship. He surveyed the hole in the hull of the ship. To make sure none of his friends were hurt, Zhane applied a shield to protect the interior atmosphere. "Easily repaired," he commented. Then, he flew to the nearest planet, Earth.
A small ship flew around the edge of the Mega Ship. It turned to look at the hole in the side of the vessel.
On the screen of the ship you could see the hole and Zhane in the distance.
"This was a perfect idea," came a voice from behind the shadows of the bridge. "How could I have ever doubted you, Ecliptor?"
To be continued.