Chapter 24: The Arrival of Olympius

Andros healed nicely and he and Ashley became totally inseparable. It was hard to keep them separated. Well, one day, Ashley was walking down the hall when someone grabbed her arm and yanked her into a room. She yelped and realized she was in Dana's room. She turned around to see Kelsey and Dana standing there. "What's going on you guys?" She asked.

"Sit down," Dana replied.

Ashley sat down and looked at her friends. "What are you guys up to?" She asked. Dana and Kelsey looked at each other before asking a question at the same time.

"What's it like to be married?" They asked.

Ashley laughed slightly and looked at her wedding ring. "Well, it's different that's for sure. Right now, I'm spending my first year of marriage fighting Zafina. Other than that, marriage is a wonderful experience. You wake up knowing that the person you love so much is going to be by your side for the rest of your life," Ashley replied. Dana and Kelsey agreed that it was her first year of marriage and that she was spending it being a Power Ranger. Just then, the alarms went off. They ran to Rescue Ops.

Once they came, they were met by Carter and the rest of the team. "What's going on?" Dana asked.

"A cocoon has appeared in the middle of town," Captain Mitchell replied.

They nodded and ran to the Rescue Rover.

When they came to town, the cocoon turned into a large, red monster. "Ready?" Carter asked.

"Ready," they replied.

"LIGHTSPEED RESCUE!"

"LET'S ROCKET!"

"GO GALACTIC!"

They morphed and started fighting the monster. When a beam shot out towards Ashley, Andros hurried over and pushed Ashley to the ground with him on top of her. They looked over to see Zhane and Karone gone. "ZHANE, KARONE!" They yelled. They went to fight Olympius, only to get thrown next to Carter. They watched as their friends became victims. When Olympius was about to get them with the beam, Ryan came and blasted the monster away. They quickly got back to the Aqua-Base.

They started a full-scale search for their friends. Andros stood by the computers and Ashley placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry, Andros, we're going to get her back," she assured him.

"If Olympius hurts any of them, there's not a place in the world he can hide from me," he sneered.

Ashley nodded and helped him search for them. Captain Mitchell was trying to get Ryan to remember anything about Olympius. "Olympus is Queen Bansheera's son, Impus. When Diabolico was destroyed, his star power went to Impus and transformed him into Olympius," he informed. Just then, they were informed that Chad was found. Andros and Ashley stayed behind while Carter and Ryan went to get him.

When Chad came back, Andros and Ashley noticed that there was something different about him, but they pushed the thought away. They didn't know that it was Olympius taking the form of each of their friends.

Ashley was working with Ms. Fairweather in the lab. They were running tests on some more weapons when Ms. Fairweather saw the skeptical look on her face. "Hey, are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, it's just that something strange is going on with the others, Ms. Fairweather," she replied.

"What's going on?" Ms. Fairweather asked.

"I don't know, when Andros and I went back into our room we found Karone sitting there. We greeted her and then once we asked where Zhane was, she became hesitant and quickly walked away after telling us that she would go find him. A second later, Zhane came in."

"It could be a coincidence."

"This just doesn't sit right with me."

Just then, Joel came in and walked straight to the computers. Ms. Fairweather walked over to him. "Joel, do you need help?" She asked.

"Nope, I think I've got it," Joel replied.

"Okay."

She went back into the lab and the two women continued testing. "Ms. Fairweather, close the doors," Carter ordered. The two women looked at each other confused before she went to close the doors. Ashley gasped when they struggled with the keycard and she grabbed it when it flew from them. Carter and Andros came in. Olympius tossed Ms. Fairweather and started fighting with Carter. Ashley gasped when Carter and Olympius fell into the water. "CARTER!" She and Andros yelled. They took off towards the beach.

They found Carter and Olympius on the beach. Carter got up from the ground and the two Space Rangers ran over to them. "Carter, are you okay?" Ashley asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay," he replied.

They looked over to see the rest of the rangers come from the star on the creature's chest. Andros ran over to his sister and best friend. "Karone, Zhane, are you okay?" He asked.

"We're okay," Karone replied.

They all stood in a line as Vypra and Zafina took Olympius away. "LIGHTSPEED RESCUE!" Carter yelled.

"LET'S ROCKET!" Andros and Ashley yelled.

They morphed and they helped defeat the monster with their friends. (AN: I'm sorry, I'm too lazy to write the whole battle scene.)

Later that day, Andros and Ashley were watching as the rest of the Lightspeed Rescue team started giving Carter a hard time about Olympius disguising himself as each of them. "You couldn't tell me apart from that ugly monster?" Kelsey asked. Ashley winced when Carter hit his head on the slope part of the door.

"Well, guys, I'm sorry," he apologized.

They laughed as Carter fell into the pool. Andros and Ashley then walked over to them. "At least we figured it out, you take too slow for a fireman," Ashley teased. Carter nodded slightly before splashing water at them. They watched as the Red Lightspeed Ranger swam to the side and Dana held her hand out to him. The team laughed harder as he pulled the Pink Ranger in.

"CARTER!" She yelled once she surfaced.

"Hey, what goes around comes around," he teased.

"Oh, really."

Before she could do anything, Carter pulled her into a kiss. Andros wrapped an arm around Ashley and then the rest of rangers helped their friends out of the pool.