Chapter 20: The Spell Part I: Falling Under it

Zafina was watching them fight together with a sneer. She watched as the leader of the three monsters grabbed Andros and threw him aside like a toy. "Andros, are you okay?" Ashley asked. Zafina glared at her as she helped Andros stand up.

"You will be mine, Red Ranger," she sneered.

Vypra stood next to her and then an idea came to mind. "Zafina, maybe there is a way you can get your precious Red Ranger," she stated.

"Really, what do you have in mind, my friend?" She asked.

"He can't fight without his precious Yellow Ranger. How about we get her out of the picture for good?"

"We've tried that thousands of times. We can't destroy the Yellow Ranger."

"Not destroy her. We just put her into a very deep sleep."

"Really, how can we pull this one off?"

"Well, you are a witch and you get your powers from your family."

"Of course, I'll put a spell on the Yellow Ranger. So she won't be waking up anytime soon."

They both laughed at the idea.

Ashley and Andros were fighting side by side and then they followed Carter to get ready to jump the monsters.

After a long period of fighting, they watched as Carter shot the monster and a huge explosion occurred. "CARTER!" Dana yelled. Ashley placed her hands on Dana's shoulders when the Pink Ranger fell to her knees. "He can't be gone," she murmured.

"Dana, look," Chad insisted.

Dana jumped up when Carter stood up. "Carter!" She cried out cheerfully. She ran over and embraced him, only to have him fall in her arms. "You scared us," she murmured.

"I think I scared myself," Carter chuckled.

Andros and Ashley watched as the Red Ranger pressed his helmet against the Pink Ranger's helmet. Ashley noticed that he was hurt pretty badly. The monster grew and they called on the zords. Ashley, Andros, and Karone jumped into the Megazord with them while Zhane used the newly Megawinger. "Carter, are you sure you're up to this?" Andros asked.

"I'll do fine," Carter assured him.

When they defeated the monster, they went back to the Aqua-Base to get Carter taken care of.

That night, Ashley was feeling very tired and went to bed early that night with Andros right behind her. However, Zafina and Vypra were waiting for that moment.

Zafina waved her hands over the sphere and purple magic left her hands and into the sphere. The purple magic settled itself on Ashley and she fell into a deep sleep.

Andros woke up and noticed that Ashley was still asleep. That's not worried him, what worried him was that her breathing was faint. He picked her up and took her to the infirmary.

Ms. Fairweather checked her over and walked over to the nervous man. "She's in a coma," she informed. Andros was very confused. Then one thing came to mind, one name, and one person would be the only person that would go this low.

"Zafina," he whispered.

He stormed out of the room and got onto his motorcycle after morphing. The rest of the Rangers tried to stop him, but he was gone.

Andros stopped in the middle of the city. "OKAY, ZAFINA! I'M HERE! SHOW YOURSELF!" He yelled. Zafina appeared with a grin.

"Well, I see your pretty Yellow Ranger has fallen under my spell," she laughed.

"Once I free Ashley from that spell, you'll regret for making such a huge mistake."

"We'll see. Come with me, Red Ranger."

She had her robotic soldiers grab him and she circled him. She had him de-morphed and they went back to the castle.

Captain Mitchell watched this with a sigh. "Now what do we do?" Zhane asked. Captain Mitchell turned to look at them.

"We wait and hope that Andros can escape," he replied.

To Be Continued…