Summary: Five years after a broken engagement, Andros visits Tommy and his new team. What he finds there, he couldn't even imagine in his wildest dreams.
Phantom Rogue: Of course Ashley fought back, but you're going to kill me now.
Juzblue: So close, and yet so far away. Have fun reading.
MaxCobra: Nah, I need Kim to do something different for me and it's not Tommy and co entering the building.
Mz. Daydream: Yeah, Mesagog actually did something right this time, sorta. Read and learn.
Arwennicole: Nah, I'm not that evil.
XRachX: It's getting more interesting, I promise. Have fun reading. Jenny made of pure sugar… Now that's a thought. Jenny, are you made of pure sugar?
JDPhoenix: Because that would ruin my story? And because that would have been interfering with police business? No, it's not your fault we're both writing a story with a little girl in it that just happens to be Ashley's daughter, but Jenny's nickname can be Angel, so don't worry. :P
PinkRanger4Evr: Well, I might not have made it by 'today', but here's a new one.
Mel: Thank you so much! I've gotta get it right! If you got the right plug-in for your cam, then yeah it should be able to transfer video files, but I don't know if your cam or whatever has a plug-in, so… Anyway, kill those kids! And I don't really know what my worst nightmare would be…
Serenitylovegod: No need to wait any longer. That is so cool! I wish there was a wedding in the near future somewhere in my life, but the closest I came was a 25 year anniversary last night. It was fun, but weddings themselves are more fun! I can understand what you mean with it being ages since you held a baby or toddler, same here, they are always SO cute! Too bad most start crying after I hold them for a while. :P
Not Always The End
Chapter 18
"I'm going to the police station. Those people aren't allowed to be there, so the least we can do is arrest them - they'll be safe too." Adam declared, starting back up the stairs as Tommy spun around in his chair.
"Your help won't be enough this time, Andros." He said worriedly.
"Zhane can help." Karone said. "He's got his morpher with him."
"No way!" Zhane protested. "Don't even think I'm leaving you while you could go into labour at any minute; I'm not going and that's that!"
"Don't be silly, Zhane." Karone retorted. "I can perfectly take care of myself. I've already had one child, I can handle another."
"Karone." Andros cut in. "Zhane just wants to be there when the doctor tells you you've just delivered a beautiful healthy baby. Give him that, okay, sis?"
Karone rested a hand on her large stomach.
"But I don't want you to get hurt just because of this baby, it's not worth it." Karone replied quietly.
"What if I stayed here with Karone and the moment she feels a contraction I'll call you back?" Kim offered.
Both Zhane and Karone looked at her gratefully and nodded.
"That's settle then, now let's move." Tommy ordered, having called the other rangers already.
The three men morphed. Tommy got on his ATV and Andros and Zhane ran out the secret entrance, before calling on their galaxy gliders. Once they got into the abandoned warehouse district the monster was hard not to spot. It was about seven feet tall, towering over the other four rangers.
Andros and Zhane immediately started firing at it, with a Spiral Saber booster mode and Super Silverizer blaster mode. While firing they jumped to the ground, not missing a beat, working together as flawlessly. The monster faltered under their continues firing, but managed to reach them and knock the weapons out of their hands, forcing them to hand to hand battle. Luckily the other rangers weren't far and jumped in to help.
Some abandoned office building
"What was that, mommy?" Jenny asked timidly, her voice quivering.
"I don't know, but we have to be really quiet. They can't find us, Jenny. If they do they'll hurt mommy." Ashley replied quietly, her voice no steadier than Jenny's had been.
A loud explosion could be heard somewhere outside and Ashley jumped a little.
"Mommy!" Jenny softly exclaimed, her voice full of fear.
"I'm right here, sweetie." Ashley assured her, hugging her closer despite her own shaking worry. "I won't let anyone hurt you."
Suddenly the sound of multiple footsteps outside the door reached their ears and Ashley stiffened, but they walked right past. She didn't let her guard down for the next few tense minutes, but all was quiet again. Or at least as quiet as it could be.
More explosions sounded from outside, getting close with every passing minute. Voices drifted on the air from the streets below and car-doors were being opened and closed.
Out of nowhere an explosion sounded for almost right outside and people started screaming, cars drove away and the sounds of guns being fired could be heard.
Ashley shivered, not even wanting to know what kind of neighbourhood she was in. She had tried to reach Andros a few times, but his presence seemed for away as if something was demanding his full attention. She tried to tell herself he didn't do it on purpose, but she couldn't help but feel betrayed. He had promised he would listen and now he was ignoring her, willingly or not.
Again tears started pressing against the back of her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. She wouldn't cry, not in front of Jenny. If she broke down now, there was no way of reassuring Jenny everything would be all right anymore – and that could mean disaster.
Back at the battle
Andros groaned as he was slammed into a brick wall and fell down on the pavement. He could hear Adam's colleagues make sounds of sympathy as they tried to imagine how that felt.
Not letting himself be down for even a moment, Andros scrambled back to his feet. Running head first to the monster and managing to ram it into a wall on the opposite side of the street.
The building shook. It wouldn't be standing much longer, being beaten to a point of near collapse. The Dino Thunder rangers called on their weapons and shot the monster the moment it got back to it's feet. At first it seemed to explode, but then it grew Megazord size.
"We'll handle it from here." Tommy told them as his students called on their Zords.
"We should head back." Zhane said, just as Adam came running over.
"Rangers!" He called, pretending to just be an officer informing two rangers of their predicament. "That building is going to collapse any moment now, but we have reason to believe there are still two people in there. We can't find them anywhere..."
Andros could feel the colour drain from his face as he heard Adam's hidden words. Ashley and Jenny were still in there, hidden so well even the police couldn't find them.
"I'm going in." Andros replied, turning to Zhane. "You stay here."
When Zhane nodded reluctantly, Andros sprinted off, getting his mind to focus back on Ashley.
"Ash!" He practically yelled. "Where are you?"
Ashley took her sweet time replying as he ran through the building, desperately trying to find her.
"Where were you!" She retorted when she finally replied. "You promised you'd be here, but you weren't listening!"
Andros could hear the frustration in her voice and shuddered.
"I'm sorry, but I was helping the rangers out in battle. You probably heard it, but that's not the point. Where are you? The building can give any moment."
"Some junk room, I don't know, I wasn't paying attention while I ran."
Andros cursed silently and skidded to a halt, raising his morpher to his lips.
"Deca, locate the two people in this building beside me!" He ordered.
Deca replied almost immediately, only one floor above him close to the staircase he had managed to halt in front of. Thanking Deca, he quickly ran up and started throwing open doors, calling Ashley's name. He was about to call Deca again for a more specific location when a voice from the back of the room he just opened the door from replied him.
He quickly ran to the source and found Ashley, Jenny wrapped up in her arms, both looking terrified.
"Don't worry, you're save now." He told them, helping Ashley up and scooping Jenny in his arms, he took Ashley's hand and started running.
When he finally reached the first floor, a rumbling sound reached his ears. The exit was so close, but he knew they'd never make it, so the did the only thing he could think of. Pushing Jenny into Ashley's arms, he threw them to the ground, positioning himself so that the building would fall on his morphed form, protecting the two girls.
Outside
The battle was finally over and the rangers had won. When they spotted Zhane standing alone with the police officers, they joined, asking what was wrong. They were shocked to find out what had happened.
Relieve washed over them when they saw a flash of red through the open doors, but it was soon replaced with horror. The building started to collapse and Andros, Ashley and Jenny would never make it out in time. From the red form they could see, they knew Andros hand thrown them down.
Kira let out a scream when the building came down on them and Trent quickly wrapped his arms around her. Even morphed, Zhane looked defeated and the officers were mortified. A sudden wave of fear washed over Tommy when he heard Kim and Karone demand to know what just happened over the comm.
How could they tell Karone her brother, best friend and best friend's daughter had just been squashed? No way he could think of would turn out to be good for her baby. A single tear made its way down his cheek. This wasn't supposed to happen…
A/N: Hope you liked it and don't hate me too much. REVIEW!