Everyone that was going on the mission had gotten aboard the ship all expect for Andros, Zhane, and Ryan. Andros and Zhane were saying goodbye to Karone. The two young men stared at the young women; all three of them appeared to be a little uneasy. "If you don't hear from us in a few days……."
Karone stepped up to her brother before he could finish his sentence. "Andros. I'll hear from you. Okay," she eyed him deeply in the eyes smiling back at her older brother. Andros gave a brief smile not all sure of things. He was very concerned about this mission far more then he was willing to admit to himself.
"Right," he nodded his head. Andros leaned in and kissed his sister gently on the cheek. "Take care," Andros took one last look at his sister, and taking it with him. He turned around and started for the ship letting Zhane have a moment alone with her. The two just stared at each other in silence, both of them fearing the same thing deep down inside. Zhane gently took Karones hands in his, while he stared deep into her eyes.
Ryan was saying goodbye to his father before he would head aboard the ship and join the others. It was turning out to be a difficult task. This would be the first time in the last four years that the two would be apart once again. It hadn't been too long ago that the two had lost each other. It had taken Ryan a while to figure things about his dark past. He had to find out who he was again and he needed to forgive himself as well as his father, for the things that had happened. "I'll come back dad. You lost me once and I'm not going to let that happen again," Ryan knew his father was very concerned that he could lose him again.
"I know you will son," Captain Mitchell stepped in and hugged his only son tightly. Ryan patted his father on the back, he slowly pulled away. And began to step back, for a moment the two just looked at each other. Ryan whispered goodbye so lightly that his father barely heard it. Ryan then turned around running to ship, not looking back.
Zhane and Karone were embraced in a hug. Wanting this moment to last forever, but they knew it couldn't. Zhane didn't want to let go. He didn't want to leave her, but he knew he had to. The CellBorgs had to be stopped. He pulled away looking her in the eyes once more. He then leaned in a kissed her gently on the lips. Karone kissed him back for as long as she could, then when she was ready she stepped back. It was time for Zhane to join the others. "Be careful,"
Zhane smiled, "Always. I love you Korane,"
"I love you too," Korane replied as she choked on her tears that she had been holding back. Zhane wanted to go up to her and hold her, until she would stop crying. But he knew he couldn't. There was no time. The others were waiting for him. Zhane gave a light smile, before turning around and walking away. It took everything Zhane had in him not to turn around and run into her arms.
Once Zhane got aboard the ship the door closed shut and the engines began to start up. The ceiling began to open, reviling the light blue sky. Captain Mitchell, Karone, Joel, Angela and the baby all watched as the ship flew up leaving the building, heading up to the sky to outer space. They all stood there watching until they could no longer see the ship. The room never had been so silent before. Everyone's mind was on. Would that ever see any of them again? Would they stop the CellBorgs once and for all? Joel put his arm around Angela holding her close to him. Angela rested her head on Joel shoulder. Captain Mitchell was still staring deep off in the distance his concerns lied with his son. And although he would never say it out loud. He was grateful that Dana and Carter had not joined the mission. It was bad enough having one child on this mission, not to mention three. Karone on the other hand had three people to worry about up there, her brother, her sister-in-law and of course her boyfriend. She loved them all very much, and wasn't prepared to lose them all.
Angela then noticed something lying on the ground where the mega ship once was. She placed her daughter in Joel's arms and started to walk over to the object lying on the ground. Everyone stared at her wondering what she was doing. Angela bent down and picked up what looked to be some sort of spray can. She looked at it oddly it wasn't your everyday spray can. The others all gathered around her, and looked at the spray can object. "What do you think it is?" asked Joel looking at the can. Angela had a confused blank look on her face.
"I'm not sure. It looks like a spray can, but it's unlike anything I ever seen before," The can was an odd oval shape and silver in color. There was no label to identify what it was for.
"Maybe it was something Andros has onboard the ship," suggested Captain Mitchell. It was a possibility. All eyes fell on Karone she was the only one there that could answer the question.
"Don't look at me I've never seen anything like that before," Joel took the can from his wives hands, and started walking over to the trash can. He seemed to be getting restless of this guessing game. He wanted to go home and forget about today. Although he knew that was unlikely.
"It's probably nothing, just some old trash that may have been dropped while we were cleaning out the ship," said Joel not thinking anything of it. Everyone seemed to agree with him. It was a likely thing that could have happened. There had been a lot of things that they had tossed away on the ship. Things that was no longer needed or useful. And besides everyone wanted to head home, clear their heads, and hope the next few days or so pass by quickly.
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They had been up in space for a couple of hours now. Everyone was scattered aboard the ship. Some where in the mess hall getting something to eat, others were in the bunk room resting. Andros and Jason were in the main deck control room, as they were making their course to Aquatar. Andros and Jason hadn't spoken too much to each other, as a matter of fact everyone has been pretty quite, ever since Andros and Jason had explained what they had learned from the message Zordon has left them. Jason sighed as he watched Andros work around the control making sure everything was set as it should. Jason knew he had been hard on Andros when he and the others first learned the CellBorgs were back. In fact he somewhat had blamed Andros in a way. "Andros……" Andros looked over his shoulder. "Look I'm sorry for getting upset with you before. It wasn't your fault this happened,"
"It's not yours either….." Andros could see this really was hard on Jason. Jason nodded his head. It wasn't anyone's fault. It wasn't theirs. It wasn't Tommy's and it wasn't Zordons. This was difficult on them all, because they wanted someone to blame, but there was no one.
"Yeah," his voice was just a whisper. Andros gave a brief smile, before turning back looking at the tracking location device, he was working on.
"We should be near Aquatar in a half hour, to pick up Billy,"
"That's great. It's been a while since I've seen him," The last time Jason had seen Billy was when Billy had contacted them saying that he needed Tommy. Jason bit his lips wondering how Billy and he would act with each other. He hoped they could just pick up from where they had left off. But somehow Jason knew it might not be as simple as that. After everything that had happened with Tommy. Things would be different now, much different. But still Jason was happy to be able to see his old friend after all this time, even with the baggage that will come with it.
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Jen had been wondering around the ship getting to know her way around. She stopped when she came across the mess hall and found Eric sitting alone at the bench. He was playing with his spoon, moving around in his bowl. Jen could see that Eric appeared to be very depressed something that wasn't normal to see in Eric. She knew part of it was for concern for Wes. But there was something else behind it. That's when Jen remembered how Eric and Taylor had acted around each other. Something seemed to have happened between them she remembered. Jen sighed. She wasn't sure how she would be getting through to Eric. But she had to try. Eric had been helping her cope with her guilt for leaving Wes behind. Jen slowly walked into the mess hall and went and sat down across from Eric. Eric looked up at her, acknowledging her presence. "Hey. How you doing?"
Jen gave him a kind warm smile. "Okay. A little better,"
Eric nodded his head smiling. "That's good," Eric then looked back down at his plate of food, playing around in it with his spoon.
"Is everything alright Eric?" Jen voice was sudden.
"What do you mean?" Eric didn't look up at her.
"I mean with you and Taylor. You two seemed kind of off," Eric bit his lips. He had a feeling that was what Jen meant. Part of him was hoping she would bring it up. But on the other hand he needed to talk about it. And right now Jen was the only person aboard the ship he would feel comfortable talking to.
"Oh that…..It's nothing really. Were just having some problems is all," Eric's voice was soft and unsure. Eric sighed as he set his spoon down and pushed his plate away from him. "I don't know it's…..its just not working out," Jen could see this really was bothering Eric. This was the first time Jen had ever seen Eric act this way.
"I'm sorry. Did you guys have a fight?……Oh I'm Sorry. It's probably none of my business," Eric looked up at Jen smile.
"No. It'll probably do me some good to talk about it. The problem is I just don't know what the problem is," Jen got this confused look on her face. She wasn't all too sure what Eric meant by that. "Well we haven't really had any major fights. Just little things….."
"Like,"
"I don't know. I guess we can sometimes get on each other nerves. Were both control freaks, stuff like that," Eric put his head down. He wasn't sure how Taylor and he would work things out. Jen laughed lightly.
"Well I could have told you that a long time ago," Jen knew that both Eric and Taylor were mere images of each other. Eric looked up at her giving a dark annoyed look.
"Gee thanks,"
"I'm sorry. Did Wes ever tell you how he and I used to around each other?" asked Jen. Eric shook his head no. "Well let's just say we both got off to a bad start. For awhile we were at each other necks constantly. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to slap him over the head,"
Eric smiled. "You two are pretty close now. I can barley keep your guys hands off each other,"
"Yeah. It took us sometime to trust each other and before I knew it I was in love with him and he was in love with me," Jen eyes then began to tear up from thinking about Wes. The two of them had come a long way from fighting with each other to no end to loving each other for all time. And now that could all end. Eric reached forward and grabbed Jen's hand.
"He's going to be okay Jen. He'll make it," Jen nodded her head.
"I know he will. Thanks you're a great friend,"
"So are you. And thanks for telling me about how you and Wes used to be. It helped a bit," And it really did help. Maybe all Taylor and he needed was time. Time to work things out and hopefully in the end they'll still be together.