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Summary: Mornie utúlie. Believe and you will find a way. Mornie alantie. A promise lives within you now. He went on a mission never to return again. Or so they said.

Arwennicole: Yeah, they're going to be reunited now. Hope you still like it.

Juzblue: Thanks:D I just think it's weird, because it's the first time I actually done it. I've written some chapters in advance, or pieces of chapters, but never the ending.

The-power-of-love: For you always.

The real vampire: There are going to be more cliffies in the future, but not in this chapter. Hope you like it.

Jenny: Not you again! One more of those reviews and they'll transfer me to the IC. Of course she'll believe it eventually. You know, I've been thinking, if you keep taunting the other readers and they keep throwing things at you, you might end up in hospital too and you can keep me company. :P Nah, just kidding. I'm working as hard as I can on Chapter 24, it's almost finished, but schools hell. Oh and NO, I don't hate you people, I love your reviews too much to do so.

What Was Lost

Chapter 18

"Ashley, how good it is to see you again." Commander Norquist greeted.

"Yeah, right. What was so urgent that I had to come here the moment I got home?" Ashley asked, her voice weary.

She had grown tired again during the two-hour drive, so she wasn't in the best of moods right now.

"Yes, well… You'd better see for yourself or you might not believe it."

"Alright." Ashley sighed.

"Where were you anyway? We were trying to reach you for three days straight. We'd actually given up on you answering to it."

"Work found me in Ireland. I just returned when I heard your messages and I came straight here."

"And Aurora?"

"She was with me, of course."

"How is she?"

"Fine." Ashley grumbled in reply, trying not to snap at him.

For eleven years there had been no word from anyone and now all of a sudden interest had seemed to come back.

Ashley stopped dead in her tracks when they passed the control room. Her whole old team was in there with their children. It wasn't hard to tell who was who, even though she hadn't seen any of them since they were little children, toddlers, some even babies of a few months old.

"Ashley." Karone gasped and every turned to look at her, standing in the doorway.

"Wow, you still remember my name," Ashley spat angrily, turning to Commander Norquist. "Is this why I needed to come here? Cause then I'm sorry to say, the trip was not worth it."

"No." The commander replied. "Come on, I'll show you."

Ashley followed him reluctantly. After seeing her old friends again, she didn't think she'd like what else they might have in store for her. They walked further and further into the base, until they reached the sleeping quarters.

"What am I doing here?" She demanded.

"The newest generation of Power Rangers, the Zodiac Rangers, were sent out to a slave planet to retrieve something that could be used against them. They freed the slaves."

"Well, congratulations to them. What does that have to do with me?"

The commander pointed to the door in front of them. It was one of the VIP-rooms, if she remembered correctly. She looked at the commander one more time, before sighing, placing her hand on the doorknob.

Somewhere else

Andros sat in the, way too big and empty for his liking, bed. A sigh escaped his lips. He had recovered a great deal in the past five days, even enough to allow him to be moved from the infirmary to a private room. Even though he had spent most of the time back on Earth asleep, somehow there had been time for him to get his first shower in eleven years and a haircut. He couldn't even remember when the last time was that had been done. He had truly needed both and it made him feel a whole lot better, but he wouldn't feel good until Ashley was back in his arms. Last he heard, there still hadn't been word from her.

He let his head fall back on the top of the pile of soft pillows he was stilling up against. It felt great being in a soft warm bed again, but he wanted to move around. He wanted to get out of here, go look for Ashley for all he cared. He had been tempted more than once to just ignore all care and rip that metal band from his head, just so her comforting presence would be pressing against his own mind again.

His head shot up when he hear the doorknob being turned. Who was disturbing him now? Sure he had liked his friends' presences at first, but soon they had begun to drive him nuts. All he had wanted was for Ashley to be with him and they were carefully avoiding the subject, only talking about her when to inform him she hadn't reacted to the calls yet.

He readied himself to sent whomever it was back to where he or she came from, when the person stepped into the room. Both their eyes widened when they noticed each other.

"Andros?" She choked in disbelief after a few moments of standing there in silence, shocked in stillness.

"Ash?" He asked, tears forming in his eyes.

"Andros!" Ashley exclaimed, running over and throwing her arms around him.

He quickly wrapped his own arms around her, pulling her onto the bed and holding her tight. Finally all walls that had been put up crashed and the tears started to run down both their cheeks.

"Andros." Ashley cried again, her face buried in the crook of his neck, before pulling back. "NO! This has to be a dream, just another dream I have to wake up from!"

"It's not, Ash. I promise you it isn't."

"It wouldn't be the first promise you broke." Ashley cried, trying to turn away from him. "This is a dream, Andros. It's not real. You're not here, so it can't be real."

She tapped her figure against the side of her head for a moment.

"It's this damned metal band. It's blocking my telepathy." Andros cursed, wishing now more than ever that he could rip the thing of.

"So if I would remove it…"

Andros nodded, holding his breath, not caring about the risks anymore. Ashley shakily placed her hands on the band on either sides of his head and pulled. Andros winced a little when it let go and he closed his eyes, letting all telepathic senses wash over him.

Then he felt Ashley's soft lips on his and he knew the nightmare that had been his life for eleven years was finally over and he returned the kiss with all the love he felt for her, having missed it for too long. They both knew nothing more would happen tonight, both were too tired, but the kiss held many promises for the future…

A/N: Well, what do you think? Review!