disclaimer: I don't own the power rangers. Also I don't own Zeri, Saryn, Aura and Cetaci and any other ranger from Aquintar, I read their names on Starhawk's website and thought they were kool.
timeline: Nine years after 'Better Late Than Never'.
summary: Something has it's eyes set on ranger children. Every ranger is scared of losing his or her family, especially Andros.
the-power-of-love; I can't wait to see that next chapter, but here's mine.
Jeanka; I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, oh, you get the point, but like I said, school's been murder and the Sims 2 is WAY too addictive. Anyway, here's the next chapter, I hope this waiting time make up for the two weeks or something I didn't update. As for your question, read and find out.
Protecting The Next Generation
Chapter 14
"My Lord?" Hypnopotamus asked.
"What do you want?" Donnchadh snapped.
"Why didn't you want me to take that Wyatt kid again?"
"Because, my dear Hypno, he is the only one next to that little bugger, who doesn't pose a real threat to me."
"May I ask why?"
"No, you may not, but since you already asked. His older brother and sister are entitled to the red and yellow morpher, if they get them they become a threat to me. His cousins both control magic, making them a threat, not to mention that the boy will probably get the silver morpher from his father. That's why the four of them need to be eliminated."
"But you wanted to trait that Brian for all five children."
"Wyatt does NOT need to know he's not a treat, because if he finds out, I'm sure he'll make sure he will be a treat to me when the time is right and I don't want that. Got it?"
"Yes my Lord."
"Good. Now go and tell Laughalot to feed my guests."
"As you wish."
Earth
Wyatt sat on the couch, stunned. His mind couldn't progress what had happened. Next to him his mother was wrapped in his uncle's arms, crying her heart out. The other children had wrapped themselves into the warm embrace of their parents, scared that they might be the next to disappear. Their parents were all to glad to hold them and keep them in their arms for as long as they could, knowing they would be safe there, if only it was for a while. Andros couldn't keep still, he was pacing up and down the room.
"Andros, please stop that. It's not going to bring them back." Karone said gently.
"I promised, Karone." Andros snapped. "I promised I would never lose them again, NEVER. Now look what has happened. Am I cursed or something?"
"There was nothing you could have done, Andros, nothing." Karone shot back.
Andros threw her a dirty look, but when their eyes met, Karone could see the whirlwind of emotions her brother was trying to suppress. Gently she let go of Zeri. The girl immediately stole one of Zhane's arms away from her brother. Karone stood up and walked over to Andros who kept giving her that dirty look. When she reached him she pulled him into a hug.
"You don't have to be the strong one all the time." She whispered. "Don't let this turn you back to how you used to be. I honestly can't say how much those two mean to you, nor that I know how you feel, but you need to let it out, if you don't it will eat you alive. Don't do that to yourself, for it will only hurt both Ashley and Wyatt even more. They need you, just like you need them. Can't you see you're not the only one effected by this?"
A tear rolled down Andros face and he looked at his son, the only one of his children still free. The boy's face was pale, his eyes wide and he was way too quiet, normally even when Wyatt slept you couldn't shut him up. Then there was Ashley, crying in Jeff's arms. Armin and Paige meant a lot to him, but they meant even more to Ashley, for the two of them had changed her future the moment she had found out about them. He gently pulled himself out of Karone's embrace and walked over to Wyatt, kneeling in front of him, so he was a eyelevel. It took a while for Wyatt to respond to him.
When Wyatt saw the tears on his father's cheeks, reality hit him. It was like he had been in a daze after he had heard and only now he really understood what had happened. Tears started to form in his eyes and Andros quickly wrapped his arms around him.
"It's going to be alright, Wyatt. I don't dare to promise you, for I'm scared it will only be another promise broken, but it's going to be alright."
Wyatt buried his face in Andros chest and cried. He didn't want to be alone. Sure he and his siblings had their differences, but he loved them dearly. It just wasn't the same without them. They made him who he was.
"Uh, I don't want to be nosy or anything, but Andros just said he promised he'd never lose the twin AGAIN. Did I miss something or is there just something you aren't telling us?" Rocky asked.
Cassie sighed. She knew neither Andros or Ashley would reply. It wasn't like they didn't want to, but they weren't really paying attention.
"Andros and Ashley broke up a long time ago for a reason I will not state, I'll only say neither of them wanted it to happen, but they weren't able to stop it. One and a half year later Andros came to Earth to look for Ashley hoping that they could at least be on good terms again. It took a while to find her, even with our help, but we found her non the less. Non of us had spoken to Ashley after she had left Angel Grove two days after returning from KO35 with the news she and Andros broke up. We decided that since Andros was the one to start the search, he should be the one to go see how she was doing. When he went to the apartment we suspected Ashley to live, he found not only Ashley, but also a nine month old twin..."
"Armin and Paige." Rocky guessed.
"Yeah, Armin and Paige. We never found out what happened between them, but the next day when Zhane contacted Andros they seemed to be on good terms and when they met up with us later that day they were obviously back together. They got engaged that Christmas and married on Valentines day. The rest you can figure out yourselves."
"So when he and Ashley broke up, he unknowingly lost his children for a while too." Adam concluded.
"That's right."
"Man and I thought MY relationships were messed up." Tommy commented, running a hand through his hair.
This earned him a slap on his arm from Kimberly.
"I was just joking, Beautiful."
"Well, that's not a funny joke." Kim told him.
"You do know I love you right?"
Kim just smiled and leaned against him.
Donnchadh's prison
Brian lay fast asleep nuzzled in Paige's arms. Armin watched his sister stroke his brother's hair. Brian nuzzled a bit closer to Paige and muttered softly in his sleep. Armin couldn't quite make out what he was saying, but it made Paige smile a little and hug him closer. After a few minutes Paige sighed and looked up.
"Is there really no way to get out of here?" She whispered, not wanting to wake up Brian.
"Not that I know." Armin replied. "Unless..."
A/N: Of course I could continue and make this chapter longer, but that would ruin my fun and I like to keep this cliffy. Hope you enjoyed reading it. Thank my school for giving me a day off and enabling me to write this chapter. Please review.