Chapter 12: Teaming Up

Zafina grinned evilly as they came up to Earth. "My love, look," she called. Andros stood behind her and grinned. He wrapped his arms around her waist and chuckled evilly.

"The world will be ours," he laughed.

"Yes, ours," she agreed.

At the Aqua-Base, Ms Fairweather was at the computers when she saw a ship land on the outskirts of town. "Captain Mitchell," she called. Captain Mitchell came up behind her.

"What is it?" He asked.

"We have a spaceship landing outside of town," she replied.

"Call the rangers," he instructed.

The alarms went off and in came the Lightspeed Rangers. "We have a space ship landing on the outside of town. I'm ordering you to go and check it out," he instructed. They saluted and went to the truck.

Andros and Astronema were standing out on a hill. Astronema had her staff in hand and Andros got ready to morph when the rangers came. "Who are you and what do you want with Mariner Bay?" Carter demanded.

"LET'S ROCKET!" Andros yelled.

He morphed and got into a fighting stance. "I am Astronema. This is my brother, Andros. We are helping Vypra to bring back the true leader for the Earth," Astronema replied.

"Get out of Mariner Bay," Carter ordered.

"We like Mariner Bay. I think we'll stay," Andros laughed.

"Okay guys, ready?" Carter asked.

"LIGHTSPEED RESCUE!"

"RED!"

"BLUE!"

"GREEN!"

"YELLOW!"

"PINK!"

Andros and Astronema nodded at each other before fighting the Lightspeed Rangers.

Ashley was sleeping when Zhane came up on Earth. His eyes widened in disbelief. He saw his fiancé and his best friend fighting their allies. He ran to Ashley's room and woke her up. "Ashley, we're there," he informed. Ashley jumped up and ran to the bridge.

Carter fell back to the ground and watched as Andros ran over to his injured sister. "I'm fine, brother," she assured. Carter decided to take this chance and pulled out his blaster.

"DON'T SHOOT" Ashley screamed.

She ran over and grabbed Carter's arm. "Don't do it," she insisted. Andros and Astronema then disappeared. The rest of the rangers looked at Ashley and Zhane.

"Who are you?" Joel asked.

Ashley and Zhane looked at each other before powering down. "I'm Ashley and this is Zhane. We are the Space Rangers," she replied.

"Why did you stop us?" Carter asked.

"I couldn't let you destroy my husband," Ashley replied.

"Or my fiancé," Zhane replied.

The Lightspeed Rangers looked at each other in disbelief before Ashley collapsed. Zhane caught her and looked at them. Dana ran over and kneeled down beside the girl. "What happened to the two of you?" She asked.

"The evil witch, Zafina, turned Andros and Karone against us. It's a long story. Wherever you Command Center is please take us there. My friend needs some rest. She's had it hard," Zhane insisted.

They nodded and took them to their jeep.

When they came back to the Aqua-Base, Zhane looked around in amazement before taking Ashley to the infirmary.

As Ashley was being checked over, Zhane was wearing a pass and he was looking at his friend. "Ashley, I'm so sorry," he apologized. Ashley looked at him quizzically.

"What are you so sorry about?" She asked.

"I'm sorry that Zafina had hurt you," he replied.

Ashley held her friend's hand with a smile. "Zhane, I know we'll get Andros and Karone back," she assured. Ms. Fairweather then finished checking Ashley over.

"You have a bump on the head. You should take it easy," she insisted.

Ashley sat up and then the Lightspeed Rangers came in with Captain Mitchell. "I'm Captain Mitchell, I saw that you stopped Carter from destroying the sorceress, Astronema, and her brother, Andros," he commented.

"Yes, Captain Mitchell. Andros is my husband and Astronema is my sister-in-law," Ashley stated.

"Why would you marry such an evil man?" Dana asked.

Ashley looked at her wedding ring with tears in her eyes. "He wasn't evil before. He was a good man, he helped us save the world and his sister. It was after the wedding, an evil witch attacked me and Karone in Angel Grove. Andros and Zhane rescued us. With Karone's memories of being Astronema, she told us what her plan was. She wants Earth, Miranoi, and KO-35. She wants to rule these planets with my husband by her side. We got our morphers back and went out to search for Zafina. We were on Onyx and we were attacked by Hendrix. He captured me and took me to the ship. Andros, Karone, and Zhane took a huge risk of getting me back. Then a few weeks later, Zafina had us come back to Onyx where we saw she teamed up with your enemy, Vypra. They had a monster ready and the monster cast a spell over Andros and Karone," Ashley started. Zhane decided to finish it since Ashley started crying.

"We tried our best to get Andros and Karone back, but not Karone believes she's Astronema again and Andros has become evil for the first time. That's why we stopped you from destroying them. They are still good people," he finished.

Captain Mitchell looked over at the Lightspeed Rangers after listening to their story. "What should we do, Captain?" Carter asked.

"We don't kill Andros and Karone," he replied.

He then looked over at the young people before walking away.

That night, Dana walked by the infirmary to see Zhane sitting by Ashley's bed. Ashley was sleeping, but she had tears on her face. "How is she doing?" She asked. Zhane stood up and sighed.

"Ms. Fairweather said that she'll be just fine with some rest," Zhane replied.

"I'm sorry about what happened to Karone and Andros," she mourned.

"Yeah, thanks. It's hit Ashley hard though. She has known Andros for a long time. When I knew Andros, he wasn't as lighthearted, but when Ashley came, she just melted all of the ice around his heart."

"How long have you known Andros?"

"I have known Andros for a very long time since we started training to become Power Rangers. Andros smiled when it was appropriate, other than that, he was just serious."

"Why?"

"Well, when he and Karone were seven and six, they were playing in the park. You see, we're telekinesis, well Andros and Karone were playing ball with their telekinetic abilities. Karone had pushed the ball to hard and it flew past Andros's head. Andros chased after the ball, but then it happened. Darkonda came out of nowhere and grabbed Karone. Andros never stopped searching for his sister for ten years. Only to find out that his sister was his enemy. She became good for a little while, but then she was captured again. When she attacked earth, Andros tried to stop her. He killed Astronema, but he saved Karone."

"Wow."

Dana was listening to his story in disbelief. "So, how did he and Ashley meet?" She asked.

"Ashley and her friends were Turbo Rangers at the time. An evil witch known as Divatox took their powers. They went into space to save Zordon. They stumbled onto a ship and then Andros came," Zhane replied.

"What about you?"

"I was in what you would say a coma for awhile."

"Why?"

"On our last fight on KO-35, I sacrificed myself to save my friend."

Dana nodded, but then she jumped when there was a knock on the door. "I was just coming to see if Ashley was okay," Carter informed.

"Everything's fine," she assured.

Zhane grinned at the scene before him. "I'll see you tomorrow," Carter stated.

"Yeah," she agreed.

She then looked at Zhane who was just grinning. "I should go to bed. It's not a bad idea for you either," she insisted. Zhane nodded and looked over at Ashley before going to bed.