Title: Family Ties

Part Thirteen: Too Nice or Not Nice Enough?

Author: Kryptonite

Disclaimer: If you don't know this line after twelve chapters… did you really read the last eleven?

Spoilers: Kinda hard not to have them since they aren't all my original characters.

Summary: One chapter dedicated entirely to Lothor, Zurgane, Marah, Kapri and the ship… don't ask me where everyone else is.

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" Marah?" Zurgane questioned groggily.

" And Kapri." The other sister whispered.

" Come on, upsey daisy." Marah whispered, tugging on Zurgane's arm to get him to stand up. " If uncle finds you still lying on the floor there will be hell to pay."

The two girls helped Zurgane walk his bruised and abused body out of the control room. Once they were gone Lothor stepped from the shadows, contemplating this new development, not only from the Rangers but also on his own ship.

He never would have thought that Marah or Kapri so much as liked Zurgane, much less would go out of their way to help him avoid his wrath.

" Now," Lothor murmured before turning to the console in front of his throne. " To figure out what exactly happened to my monsters."

Zurgane had told him everything he knew. There was an energy signature disrupting the monsters from beaming in or out and that had transported the monsters back to their original locations. That the energy beam was keeping everyone on the ship. That was about the time that Lothor started taking out his frustration.

" Let's just see where this so called energy signature came from, shall we?"

Lothor's fingers flew over the keyboard, using his limited knowledge of the technology to try and locate where the signature started. He figured it was probably still cloaking the ship and was why no one could leave or arrive.

He finished his search for the elusive signature but was unable to lock on to it.

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" Just try and rest, Zurgane. You'll feel a little better after some sleep." Marah whispered before she let the door slide shut.

" I always knew you were too nice." Kapri commented from where she was leaning against the wall near the door contemptuously, looking at her outrageously pink nails.

" I'm not having this argument again tonight." As Marah went to pass her Kapri reached out and grabbed her arm, not tight, just enough to stop her progress.

" Did you see him Marah?" Marah nodded her head and put her arm around her sister, walking her towards their rooms. " For the first time… I… I was scared. Of uncle. I've never been scared of him."

Marah bypassed Kapri's room and went straight to her own. " You can stay in here if you want. The bed's big enough to share. Just like we used to when something scared us." Kapri just nodded, moving to get ready for bed.

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" DAAAAHHHH!" Lothor's scream echoed throughout the enclosed control room, as he had closed and locked the doors so he wouldn't be disturbed. " I can't find that damned signal anywhere!"

Lothor got up from the seat and started walking around the control room, randomly kicking at the ground. His foot every once in a while connecting with something and sending it spinning across the floor.

" What am I missing? I knew my nephew was a brilliant kid but this, this is almost beyond him. Something isn't right here…" Lothor continued to mumble trying to think of ideas as to what the technology was and how to undo it.

Throwing his arms up, Lothor brought them crashing down onto the console breaking it into three pieces as blue and gold sparks flared up from the exposed wires. The lights in the command room flickered three, four, five times before going out completely, living Lothor in the dark. He managed to work his way over to the doors to find them still locked tight.

There was enough light coming through the opaque glass to let him know that only the control room was affected.

" Hope life support doesn't die." He mumbled settling down for a long, grumpy night.

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Doyles-always- Yeah it is turning but I just like the idea of Hunter/Dustin either that or Hunter/Cam but, that's aside the point. And it is possible so, just to be on the safe side…

SurfGurl1- I'll try and work that in.

bunny angel- Cam's too close to the situation. And I know from experience that if you have a problem you can't solve and you've been working on it for a while, stop. Bring someone else in for help, you'll realize that whatever come up with as a solution is so amazingly simple and it was right in front of your nose.

CamFan- You're welcome

AREH#1- I'll get to her, just… not yet. I gotta deal with one problem at a time.

I just had to torture Lothor. So, I wonder how long that little temper tantrum will keep him out of business? I got inspiration for this the other night (2-25-04) and just finished it today. I read through a couple of my older chapters and here's what I figured. Lothor's was such a big part of the reason why Danny was even involved with the Rangers and I was only giving him like three paragraphs?

Not to mention I really, really, really wanted to torture these guys LOL. And is it just me, or does Marah always end up having a nice bone in her body whenever* I portray her? And I liked the idea that she kinda takes care of Kapri, for all of her sister's bad mouthing.

Enjoy and review please *insert big smile* Have a nice life…