Chapter 32: Fame isn't everything Part II

(Last time on The Power of Love)

"These Glitz girls have to have a sense of adventure she has to have romance in her soul, like me, Koko Kashmere," she insisted. She then looked at her desk to see a picture clipping of Dana and Ashley taking care of the two girls. "Oh! Exquisite! Perfection! Find me them! Sure the girl in yellow needs a little bit of hair changing, but she's perfect and the girl in pink needs a little make-up, but she's also just perfect!" She gasped.

"I am Koko Kashmere! I take the little common people, and shoot them into the stars," Koko replied.

She grinned at the girls and tapped her chin. "And you, my lucky ladies, are going to be my new Glitz girls," she announced. Ashley was stunned just as much as Dana was.

"Us? Glitz girls?" Dana asked

"Yes," Koko replied.

"Fame and fortune, darling. It's what makes the world go round," she added.

"Not my world. I have plans. I'm going to be a doctor," Dana insisted.

"This is all very nice Koko, but Andros and I have plans on trying to buy a house to raise a family," Ashley insisted.

"Really? Well, I will pay you enough money so that you can go to any medical school you want. You darling Ashley. You and your husband could live in any mansion your little hearts desire," Koko added.

They looked at the money in front of them and they looked at each other. "All right, we give in," Ashley sighed.

"You know something, Andros. This isn't all that its cracked up to be," Ashley commented.

Kelsey sat down with a sigh. "I thought she was my friend," Kelsey mumbled.

"She is her friend. Soon this will go by and we'll have our old Dana back," Ashley insisted.

Kelsey sighed and nodded. Ashley walked to her room and picked up the phone. She was going to get the house she and Andros deserved, but she was going to get it on her own and not being famous. She picked up the phone and called Koko.

(Now the conclusion)

"Come on, Ashley. Act like you're happy," Koko insisted. Ashley finally got frustrated and got off the stage.

"Listen, Koko. I already told you that I didn't want to be a model. I wanted to be a fashion designer," Ashley insisted.

"And you can be a fashion designer. Look at you, Ashley. You are full of life. You're perfect to be one of my Glitz girls," Koko insisted.

"I'm just not happy, Koko," Ashley insisted.

"All right. If you insist," Koko sighed.

A few minutes later, Ashley came out wearing her normal clothes and Andros walked over and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "How are you doing?" He asked.

"I'll get over it. I just wanted the perfect house for us," Ashley sighed.

Andros kissed the side of her head. "Don't worry, we will find the perfect house," he assured her. Then they walked out of the studio together.

A few days later, they were in training. One Glitz girl was gone, there was still one more left. The training was going great. Dana was holding the rope as Kelsey was climbing it. "Come on, Kelsey," Ashley cheered. Just then, a cell-phone went off and in slow motion, Ashley and the rest of the team watched Dana let the rope go and Kelsey fell into the mud with a flop. Ashley ran over to her. "Here, let me help you," Ashley insisted. She helped Kelsey out of the mud pit and the Yellow Ranger glared at the Pink Ranger. They were all angry with her for the fact that she dropped Kelsey over a hairdresser.

"YOUR HAIR! That's what you dropped me for?" Kelsey demanded.

Dana held her hand up to her as she continued talking on the cell-phone. Then she looked at Kelsey with a glare. "Just because I CARE about the way I look, unlike some people," she hissed. Then Captain Mitchell stepped in.

"What's going on here?" Captain Mitchell demanded.

"Miss Supermodel here thinks her hair is more important than training," Kelsey snarled.

"Why don't you just admit it? You're jealous," Dana accused.

"I think this whole thing went straight to your head," Kelsey snapped.

Ashley then pulled her friend back and looked at Dana. "Dana, this isn't like you. You've never cared about what people thought about you," Ashley commented.

"Stay out of this, Miss I'm better than anyone else, because I married a guy from another planet," Dana snapped.

Ashley was hurt then. Andros placed a hand on her shoulder and glared at Dana. "Dana, that was low and you know it," Karone snapped. Dana didn't answer, she just glared at them and saw the white limo. Carter could see that his girlfriend had hurt Ashley and then Dana started to walk towards the limo. Andros led her away while Chad led Kelsey away. Carter then chased Dana down the hill.

"That monster's still out there. Dana, we need you. I need you," Carter insisted.

He could see the old Dana wanting to come out, but she just pushed him aside and walked away. Carter stood there hurt as she walked away. Ashley could see that Carter was hurt as he came back over to them.

"And you're just going to let her leave like that?" Joel demanded.

"I have to trust her to make her own decisions," Captain Mitchell replied.

Then they continued on with their training. However, Treevil was back. "It's time for work," Carter commented. They nodded and ran to fight the monster.

They came to the city and people were running away from the monster. Ashley gasped when she saw a little girl hiding behind a table. "I'm going to help her," she told Andros. Andros nodded and she ran to the little girl. "Are you okay?" She asked. The little girl nodded and Ashley picked her up. She saw the girl's mother running over and set her in her arms. "She's okay. Get to safety," Ashley insisted. The woman nodded and ran. Ashley then ran next to Andros.

"Are you ready for this?" He asked.

"Ready," she replied.

"LET'S ROCKET!" They yelled.

"LIGHTSPEED RESCUE!" The Lightspeed Rangers yelled.

"GO GALACTIC!" Karone yelled.

They started fighting Treevil, but then they realized that they were powerless without Dana. Treevil grabbed Ashley's leg when she went to kick him and flipped her on her back. Andros then pushed the number one on his other morpher. "POWER PUNCH!" He yelled. He was about to punch the monster when Treevil grabbed his fist and did a sweep kick, knocking the Red Ranger to the ground. Zafina then appeared.

"Treevil, make sure to capture the Red Space Ranger and the Pink Galaxy Ranger," she ordered.

"Yes, my lady," Treevil acknowledged.

Then he continued to fight them. Carter then called for their V-Lancers. "V-LANCERS!" He shouted. They tried blasting the monster away, but their blasts were deflected and they fell to the ground when a blast was shot at them.

"The V-Lancers just aren't powerful enough without Dana," Chad groaned.

An acorn bomb was being shot at them, but then a laser blast hit it and destroyed it. Carter looked over his shoulder to see a familiar Pink Ranger coming over to them. "I'm here guys," she announced. Dana ran over and helped him up. "Carter, are you okay?" She asked.

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

With Dana's help, they finally destroyed Treevil.

Later that afternoon, Dana walked up to Ashley. "Ashley, I want to apologize about what I said to you earlier. It was rude of me to comment about Andros's origin," Dana apologized. Ashley smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You're forgiven. You still have Kelsey and Carter to apologize to," Ashley commented.

"I know, I don't know if Kelsey could ever forgive me for what I did to her during these past few days," Dana sighed.

Ashley smiled and hugged Dana. Then she watched as she went off to apologize.

Dana found Kelsey in their room and came in. "Hey," she greeted. Kelsey stood up and looked at her.

"Hey," she greeted back.

Dana fidgeted with her hands before speaking. "Listen. I just want to apologize to you about earlier. You're right. The supermodel thing did go to my head," Dana apologized.

Kelsey turned and sighed. "You really hurt me during these past few days though, Dana. You ignored me that was the worse part of it all," Kelsey stated.

"I know and I'm so sorry. Is there anyway you could forgive me?" She asked.

Kelsey smiled and hugged her. "I forgive you, just next time don't drop me in the mud," Kelsey quipped. Dana laughed and then she saw the seriousness in her eyes. "Now you have to talk to Carter. He was the one that was the one most ignored by you. You broke his heart, Day. You walked away when he told you he needed you. You walked away when you needed us, that was bad, but walking away when he told you himself that he needed you, that was harsh," Kelsey commented.

"I know. Everyone I have apologized to have said the same thing to me about Carter's broken heart," Dana sighed.

"Because it's true. Go talk to me. I just saw him leave the Aqua-Base. You know where he likes to go when he's not here," Kelsey stated.

Dana nodded and was about to leave when Kelsey called out to her. "Good luck," she told her.

"Thanks, I'm going to need it," Dana stated.

Kelsey watched her go and sat down to read a magazine. (AN: The rest of the story is going to deal with Carter and Dana.)

Dana found Carter sitting on the ledge near the ocean watching the sun go down. This was his favorite place to go when he wanted to think. "Hey," she called. Carter looked up at her. Dana walked over and sat next to him. "Nice view huh?" She asked .Carter nodded and looked over to the ocean again. She sighed as she looked in her lap. "Listen, I know that I hurt you when I walked away earlier. Everyone has told me that I hurt you and I feel terrible. I was confused, I wanted to get into medical school, I liked the attention, and I also wanted to help you guys. I just didn't know what to do," she explained. He still didn't say anything. "I came to say that I'm sorry. I was wrong for what I did. I'm so, so sorry Carter. I just hope that you could forgive me," she apologized. She sighed when he still didn't say anything. She sighed and stood up. Carter looked up when she was about to walk away and stood up too.

"Dana, wait," he called.

Dana stopped and looked at him. She had walked about four feet away from him when he called out to her. "I forgive you, Dana," he told her. Dana smiled and ran to him. He welcomed her with open arms and sighed. The feeling of her in his arms felt great. "I love you, Dana. I'll always be here when you need me," he whispered. She held him tight with tears threatening to fall down her face. She felt stupid and embarrassed. She had hurt the one man she truly loved all because of attention.

"I love you, Carter. I love you so much," she whispered back.

Carter smiled and pulled back. "I know we've been dating for awhile now. I think we're ready for the next step," he told her. Dana watched in disbelief as Carter got down onto one knee, removed a red, velvet box from his pocket, took her left hand in his, and looked up into her beautiful blue eyes. "Dana Leigh Mitchell, I love you more than words can describe," he started. He then opened the box to reveal a beautiful diamond ring and held her hand again. "Will you marry me?" He asked. Grateful tears fell down her face and nodded.

"Yes, Carter James Grayson, I'll marry you," she replied.

Carter smiled and slipped the ring onto her finger. He stood up with his arms around her waist and spun her around. Dana laughed like a schoolgirl. Once he put her back down, he looked into her eyes again with a smile. "I love you," he repeated.

"And I love you," she answered.

He kissed her and held her closer to him.