Chapter 16: Always Together

After Captain Mitchell explained about what really happened, they promised not to fight Ryan. Andros followed his wife to their room and she sat down in disbelief. "Wow, the Titanium Ranger is Dana's brother," she stated.

"Yeah, I feel sorry for Dana though," he agreed.

He sat next to her and Ashley wrapped her arms around him. "I guess the feeling Dana is having right now were the feelings you had when Karone was Astronema," she murmured. Andros placed a hand over hers and sighed.

"Yeah, and we were young too when Karone was taken from me," he agreed.

Ashley kissed the side of his head and stroked his hair. "Captain Mitchell had no other choice but to give up his only son. It was either that or he'd die during that fall," he mumbled.

"Yeah he would be. Now, we just have to get him onto our side. That Titanium morpher is powerful and we have to have that power on our side," she insisted.

"There's a problem though, Ash. He's on Zafina's side, it might be just as hard as it was for us to get Karone on our side."

"Good point."

Andros then looked at her. "But we will get him on our side," he assured her. She placed her head on his shoulder and sighed. He placed a kiss on the top of her head and wrapped his arms around her.

The next morning, the alarms went off and they all ran to Rescue Ops. "The Titanium Ranger, he's back," someone informed. They just stared at the screen and Andros wrapped an arm around Ashley's shoulders.

"Where's the captain?" Carter asked.

"He left without saying anything," the man replied.

"Do you mean that Captain Mitchell left without telling anybody?" Joel asked.

"This isn't like him," Carter commented.
"We can't attack the Titanium Ranger," Kelsey reminded.

"This is an emergency we've got to do something," Joel insisted.

Ashley looked over at Karone and Zhane. Just then, Carter looked at them. "Where's Dana?" He asked. They all looked around to find that Dana was gone. "She's going after him," Carter observed. Then they all ran to get to Dana.

When they came to the jeep, Dana was already leaving. "DANA!" Ashley and Kelsey called. Andros grabbed her arm before she could get to her.

They had to get to Dana before it was too late.

Zafina and Vypra were watching Dana and Ryan fight with amusement. "Well, this will be perfect. We'll be able to destroy the Lightspeed Rangers and the Space Rangers. If I can't have Andros, nobody can," Zafina snapped. Vypra placed a hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Don't you worry, Zafina. We will soon have Mariner Bay fall to Diabolico and you'll have your revenge for Trakeena's death," she assured.

Zafina nodded and continued to watch the fight.

When they came, they saw a blaster pointed at Dana's stomach. "RYAN, DON'T!" Carter yelled. Ashley and Andros looked at each other when Carter knelt down in front of Dana. Then when a monster appeared, they knew it was time to morph.

"LIGHTSPEED RESCUE!"

"LET'S ROCKET!"

"GO GALACTIC!"

They morphed and fought off the mutant. Once the monster was destroyed, they had to get to Ryan.

When they got there, they saw that Ryan and Captain Mitchell had fallen from the cliff, but Ryan was able to morph to save his father. "RYAN!" Dana yelled. Karone placed a hand on her shoulder when he walked away after throwing his morpher to the ground. Dana ran up to her father. "Father, what happened?" She asked.

"He remembers the truth," he replied.

Dana hugged her father tight with tears in her eyes.

Once they got back to the Aqua-Base, Ashley was about to go after her when Carter ran over to her. "DANA, WAIT UP!" He called. Andros placed a hand on his wife's shoulder as they watched Carter comfort Dana.

"This looks oddly familiar," he commented.

"Yeah, when I had to comfort you about Karone," she agreed.

Andros wrapped his arm around her waist and they walked down the hall.

That night, Ashley was walking towards her room when she saw that Dana was looking at a picture of her and Ryan when they were kids. "Hey," she called. Dana looked up and saw Ashley standing there. "Are you going to be okay?" Ashley asked.

"Yeah, fourteen years of the thought of being dead and he's actually alive," Dana replied.

Ashley placed a hand on her shoulder with a smile. "Hey, come on, you better get some sleep," she insisted. Dana nodded before going to her room.

Ashley went into her room and found Andros already asleep. She walked over and climbed into bed. Andros wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. Ashley placed her head on his shoulder and fell asleep.

Author's Note: Sorry I took so long. I've had a writer's block. And I still have one. Suggestions would be nice please. Review please.