Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers, only the plot.

Summary: AU PRiS; Two rangers are stuck on an icy planet and they can't stand one another. Can they survive the cold or more importantly, each other?

Timeline: Starts between 'Dark Specter's Revenge' and 'Rangers Gone Psycho'. Andros never opened up and never started dating Ashley.

the-power-of-love; I sure hope the other chapters are as good as the last one.

sayinjinj7; Thank you, here's the next chapter.

alexis; Glad you liked it. Is this soon enough?

Unexpected

Chapter 10

The three rangers watched as Andros carefully placed Ashley on a patient bed in the infirmary. He ignored the others as he ran a medical scanner over the yellow ranger. What worried him the most was that the blast had demorphed her.

When he looked at the results of his scan, he growled frustrated, threw the scanner to the floor and punched the wall. Ashley was in a coma and it wasn't sure when she would recover.

Cassie watched Andros snap and turned to Carlos and TJ.

"You guys go, I'll talk to him."

"What about Ashley?" Carlos demanded.

"I'll let you know if anything changes."

Carlos sighed and nodded.

"Alright, care for a game of basketball, TJ? It'll keep our mind off of things."

TJ agreed and the two left for the simudeck. Cassie turned back to Andros. By now he had sat down on the second bed with his head in his hands. Cassie walked over and sat down next to him.

"You okay?" She asked quietly.

"No." Andros sighed.

"You care for her, don't you?"

"Yeah, I think I've always have, but I didn't want to admit it, even when we started sleeping together."

"It must be hard having to stand at the sidelines for a third time."

"It is. You know, she wanted to tell me something this morning, but the alarm interrupted her."

"Do you have any idea what she wanted to say?"

"No, but there was this look in her eyes."

"Could you describe it?"

"I don't know, realisation, acceptance and something I can't describe, but it gave me a feeling as if, at that moment, all was good in the universe."

"That's deep."

Andros looked up at her and Cassie was shocked to see tears shinning in his eyes. What had Ashley done to him?

"I need her, Cassie. I-I think I'm falling in love with her."

Cassie pulled him into a hug and let him cry on her shoulder.

"It's okay, Andros. I'm sure Ashley will be just fine."

Unknown to them Ashley heard the entire conversation.

'Oh, Andros. I'm right here, but my body won't allow me to reach out to you. I desperately want to be with you, to hold you in my arms and tell you everything will be alright. I know now. You belong in my arms and I belong in yours. You and I were meant to be. I don't want to admit it, but you are my reason for living. You are why I wake up every morning. I love you, Andros and I'll do everything in my power to return to you as fast as possible. Just hold on, Andros, I will be with you again soon.'

Her mind drifted back into the darkness that had taken over her body. She knew she needed to rest, that way she would be back with Andros soon.

'Just hold on, Andros, I'll be back in your arms soon.'

Then the darkness took over completely.

Andros shot up out of Cassie's embrace and looked at Ashley. It couldn't have been her in his mind, could it?"

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