SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Andros was sitting in a chair facing Zhane, who was standing in front of him. Zhane is swinging curlier object that was connected to a chain back and fourth in front of Andros's face. Karone and Ashley sat on the couch watching, keeping silent. Andros looked annoyed and felt stupid. He wasn't too sure if this would work. "This is stupid Zhane," complained Andros, not believing he let the three of them talked him into doing this. Zhane just smirked, giving that charming smile of his.
"Oh come on Andros have an open mind," replied his sister smiling from across the room. Andros just shook his head. Sure she would agree to anything, when it involved Zhane.
"Yeah come on honey, maybe it will help," replied Ashley. Andros just shrugged. It wasn't like he had any better ideas.
"Okay Andros. When I count to three you'll go into a deep sleep," stated Zhane clearly, while he continued to move the object. "One . . . "
"Fine . . . "
"Two…."
"It's not….."
"Three…"
"Li……ke…its …going…..to….wo…rk" Andros's last words were mumbled as his head dropped slightly and his eyes closed shut. Zhane laughed lightly, not believing himself. He had actually hypnotized Andros.
"And to think everyone said it was a waste of my time to take those classes on hypnotism," replied Zhane. Ashley and Karone stood up and walked over to Zhane, they were both shocked. They really didn't think Zhane would have been able to pull it off. They had only agreed to it because they had no other options.
"Is he…." asked Ashley.
"He's fine….I think," said Zhane looking over his shoulder. He turned back looking at Andros, whose eyes were still closed shut.
"Well. What are we waiting for? Zhane do something," urged Karone who had grown tired of waiting. Not to mention she wasn't too keen on the idea of her brother being hypnotized. There was no telling what could happen.
"Okay…ah," Zhane smirked with a big grin on his face. "Andros, repeat after me. Zhane is the greatest ranger ever" said Zhane smiling.
"Zhane is the greatest ranger ever" Andros dryly mumbled. Zhane laughed, finding it amusing. That is until two women hit him over the head. Zhane made a soft yell rubbing his head where he had been hit.
"Zhane cut it out! This is not a game!" yelled Karone to her boyfriend. Zhane sighed, grumbling to himself.
"This is no time to be goofing off!" yelled Ashley.
"All right! All right! You two win. Gees can't a guy have a little fun," Zhane took a deep breath. He wasn't sure what they would find out from this, or even if they wanted to find out what Andros had forgotten. Zordon must have had a very good reason to erase Andros memory, but if this had something to do with the CellBorgs, and by some chance they were still alive they had to know. "Okay, Andros I need you to listen very closely to me. I need you to go back in time, back when you were a child. When Zordon was on our planet, you found out something you weren't suppose to know. I need you to tell me what you found out. One the count of three you will be back in time," Zhane paused for a moment. "One….two……three," The three waited for Andros to respond. None of them were too sure if Andros would actually be able to do this. Then.
"I'm in a room don't know where. It's big. There are computers and scanners all over. I see people, soldiers I think walking in and out of the room," Everyone looked at each other in shock, surprised and perhaps fearful. Zhane knew he had to get a grip on himself. They need more information.
"What else do you see? Can anyone see you?" asked Zhane. Andros's face sort of quivers and turns, as if he's trying to pull out lost memories.
"I…I don't know,"
"You need to try Andros. Please," Zhane firmly responded. There was a short pause, before they hear anything from Andros.
"I can see the people leaving the room. They're all gone, I'm hiding behind boxes. Wait! No equipment. I peak up from hiding. I see this large tube in between the computers. There's a large face…Its Zordon. I think it's when he first came to our planet. I wanted to see him….be a ranger…ahhhh" Andros cried out in pain. His face was struggling and covered in sweat. Ashley started to leap forward to Andros's side. But Zhane stopped her pulling her back. He shook his head firmly.
"It's okay Andros. No one is going to hurt you, your safe. What else is happening, try to remember," said Zhane calmly. They were so close. They couldn't stop now.
"I…I…can't hear….the voices are too soft. It's moving too, fast….ah," yelled Andros again. His body began to twist and turn. Everyone's hearts were racing, beating fast. Andros condition seemed to be getting worse.
"ZHANE!" yelled Karone. She couldn't stand to see her brother in distress. Zhane ignored her, along with the pleas Ashley made.
"Try Andros. You have to. Listen closely to what you're hearing. Please you have to remember…" Zhane words seemed to echo over and over in Andros head.
Andros popped his head out from hiding. He had been watching Zordon for sometime now. Zordon looked to be scanning over the computers. The viewing screen turned on and images of space appeared on the screen. Space ships flying in the dark of space. Metal people, CellBorgs are flying the space ships around. Planets were all around, blasts going all over the place. Hitting the planets creating massive explosions………..
"NOOOO!" screamed out Andros. Zhane about flew backwards falling on top of the girls. He didn't know what Andros was seeing, but whatever it was. It disturbed him greatly. Zhane knew he had to pull Andros back to conciseness.
"Andros on the count of three you're going to wake up and you will remember everything," Zhane took a deep breath his heart racing, hoping that Andros would be fine. Ashley and Karone look to have tears in their eyes, feeling helpless. "One…two….three," they waited. Moments seemed to pass, before Andros slowly opened his eyes. The room seemed silent. All eyes were on Andros. Andros took a deep breath.
"I remember….."
For the last hour Andros had explained to the three. What it was he had found out all those years ago. The room was filled with silence when he was finished. Grim and uneasy looks were all on their faces. "I still don't understand why Zordon erased that from your memory. Why?" asked Zhane. It still wasn't making any since to him. Andros licked his lips not sure of the answer himself. Ashley sat next to him holding his hand in hers.
"Probably, because he thought he could stop it from happening. What I saw was the CellBorgs coming. The prophecy that had been foretold. I remember seeing the sadness and fear in his eyes. He didn't want it to happen. He thought, he could stop it," Andros paused for a moment, as another memory came to his mind. It was when Zordon had told him to destroy his tube, the very tube that has kept him alive all those years. It had been very had for Andros to do, and to this day he still feels guilty about it. Even though it was Zordon, who had command him to do so. He still felt there could have been another way. "That's why all those years ago he had me destroy his tube. Only it didn't stop the CellBorgs from coming," Andros put his head down, sighing.
"And with you knowing…." Karone started.
"No. That wasn't the problem from me knowing. I don't think so however. I think I some how got a connection with the CellBorgs. I could feel them in my dreams…" Andros sighed. "Zordon must have thought by erasing what I saw, might unlink the link I felt with them," said Andros. Everyone seemed lost and more confused then ever.
"So what now? What does this mean? If what you saw was the prophecy of them coming, that already happened," replied Zhane. None of this was making any since. And perhaps that was better, but part of him knew it wasn't a good thing.
"I don't really know. I'm more confused then when we started. But one things for sure," he eyes them all. "We're going to need to go to the Norix system, check it out. I'm almost beginning to wonder if what I saw was not the prophecy after all, but what comes after it," said Andros. His face was growing firmer and unsure of anything right now. Ashley looked right into Andros face, her face sad and grim.
"What comes after? But that would, mean…that Tommy's sacrifice was for nothing, wouldn't it?" she asked her face terrified and angry. Zhane and Karone looked at each other silently, not saying a word. Andros looked into his wife's face. He didn't answer. He honestly wasn't sure, what this all meant, but if what he saw was what comes after the prophecy. Then why did Tommy have to die, to save them all? Why hadn't Zordon told them about this? One thing was for sure. There would be some very upset rangers to tell. And they wouldn't like this one bit.