Power Rangers in Space
Andros/Zhane (main)
FRT/PG-13
My version of KO-35 and it's fall. I may have been mistaken about a few of the details, but that is what artistic license is for. Andros/Zhane slash, Kai/Raja het, other couples to be announced.
Chapter One
3 Mars Sign
"Andros wait." The red astro ranger paused and waited for his friend to catch up with him. The silver clad man ran up and wrapped his arm around his friend's shoulders.
"You missed the show. Kai and Raja got into yet another fight. Nala had to separate them."
"Some show, we see that everyday."
"I suppose. What's that?" The silver ranger asked Andros, indicating the disk in his hand.
"Nothing important, I just wrote a new training program."
"Another training program? You have such talent, why don't you create something beautiful?"
"The team needs more training, especially if Kai and Raja are any indication. We definitely need to practice our teamwork. Right now we are especially vulnerable."
"No wonder Zordon put you in charge of the team." The silver ranger paused and turned to face his friend. He slid his hand down Andros's arm and rested it on the crook of his friend's elbow, successfully stopping his friend dead in his tracks.
"Andros, look at me." When the red ranger obliged, the silver ranger laid both of his hands on his friends forearms.
"Andros, you know that you are my closest friend in the entire galaxy, and you also must know that I love you, right?"
"Of coarse Zhane, you are my closest friend as well." Andros said, since he was unsure of what his friend had meant by love, he decided to err on the side of caution. Zhane's choice of words often left Andros confused as to exactly what his friend had ment to say. Logically, Andros knew that Zhane had only ment the love shared between brothers. He still retained the small, illogical he knew, speck of hope that perhaps Zhane had ment that literally.
"Good, then you know that I have only your best intentions in heart. Andros, you need to have more fun. Ever since Karone's disappearance you never allow yourself to be anything but serious. You must know that no one blames you. Don't blame yourself. Now, Eri, Kai and I are going out for drinks tonight. Please, join us."
"I can't Zhane. I am sorry but-"
"But you have to train, alone. Fine, suit yourself." Zhane finished Andros's sentence for him. Nodding sadly he turned and started to walk away. He'd really hoped that maybe he could've convinced Andros to join the rest of the team for some fun.
Zhane indeed felt for his friend, so much that he could feel Andros's pain. While Nala, the Kerovian pink ranger, would call their relationship one of brotherhood, Zhane would describe their relationship as soul-mates. Zhane's sigh alerted Raja, the yellow ranger, to his mood.
"What is wrong, silver ranger?"
"Andros and his refusal to ever have any joy in his life. I understand his need to punish Evil for Karone, but he's killing himself in the process."
"Andros is quite fixated on vengeance, is he not? It is my hope that perhaps you may be able assist him in controlling his anger."
"Did you see something Raja?" Eri, the blue ranger, asked the empathetic ranger.
"Nothing definitive. Fire, anger, and pain. Andros's emotions perhaps."
"You know" Zhane cut in "It's not polite to spy into your friends' hearts."
"Polite, no; efficient, very." Kai added brazenly as the foursome turned and headed back towards the shelter. Nala was waiting for them inside with cool drinks. The Kerovian team was, despite their petty arguments, a tightly bound team.
Andros and Zhane led the rangers in an unbreakable duo. The two friends had faced the best and the worst of life together. As friends they were so close that they were able to effortlessly read the other's mind, and as a team the two fought in perfect tangent. Even with their combined power they hadn't been able to save Karone, Andros's sister. That tore Andros apart, and Zhane, his ever loving friend, had come along for the ride.
Ecliptor, the Dark Spector's Chief of Monsters, kidnaped her. Andros and Zhane had been talking a short distance away when Karone had screamed for help. Unfortunately they had been too late to save the young girl. Andros and Zhane had attacked, and nearly killed, Ecliptor. Zordon, seeing their power chose both boys to become the leaders of the new team of Kerovian power rangers.
The other four rangers fell into their places on the team impeccably. Raja, an empath, kept the team honest to both themselves and each other. She often acted as mediator between two, or more, rangers when they fought. Kai was the cynic. He kept the team laughing and added balance to the serious Raja and Eri. Eri was the mathematic genius of the team. He and Andros were often the ones left to come up with the plans and tactical maneuvers used by the colony. Nala was the kindest of the group. She was the heart of the team and the one that the others would turn to if they had a problem.
Zhane was struck out of his musings as the warning bells began to chime.
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