Phantom Rogue: Thanks. In this chapter things finally start going good for Andros, just like I promised.
Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.
Ch. 6 Unwanted Guest
Two years after Zhane's injury Andros is doing as well as can be expected. DECA has known about the rangers of Earth for quite some time and soon hears of Divatox's victory over them. While Andros is gone to eavesdrop on a party of Dark Specter's a shuttle appears in front of the Megaship. DECA scans the passengers in the shuttle, startled to find that they are the Earth rangers along with their robot Alpha 6. Although she knows Andros won't accept them she decides to pull them in and allow them to stay on the Megaship, at least until Andros' return.
Meanwhile, Andros is sitting at a table with Divatox on one side and Rita on the other. He as trying his best to remain undetected but knew that sooner or later he would be found out. Suddenly, Dark Specter appeared in the sky with Zordon. It was obvious then what he was planning to do but Andros was hoping to prevent it. As the rest of the evil minions around him sipped their drink he knew he was in trouble as Divatox asked why he wasn't drinking his.
"He's a spy!" Astronama accused. In an instant he was surrounded by both Quantrons and Piranatrons. He easily fought his way through them and called for his Galaxy Glider to escape. He is chased by Velcofighters but gets away after defeating them all.
Andros returns to the Megaship and finds four people and a robot on his ship. He immediately thinks that they're enemies and runs away from them, knowing that only he knows all the hiding places on the Megaship. He surprises them as they round a corner and begins attacking them. Soon Astronama fires upon the ship sending them all into the wall. Andros untangles himself and runs to the Megalift. By the time the Earth rangers recover the door have already shut. T.J. figures out that Andros must think that they are enemies and that he is only protecting his ship. They run towards the Engine Room when they hear a strange sound and find that a cable has come unplugged. All four of them quickly climb the ladder and T.J. reaches out to fix it. They are a little to late and after he come to Andros runs to the Engine Room to find out what the stowaways where doing on his ship.
"Who are you?" he asked when he arrived in the doorway. He was still in his ranger suit so he knew he was probably intimidating but he really didn't care.
"We're the Power Rangers," T.J. answered instantly. "Well, at least we were rangers. It's a long story." He was interrupted as DECA tells him that Astronama has sent down trouble. Andros rushed off leaving the Earth rangers to find their way to the Bridge. The door behind Andros opened slowly and the stowaways slowly exited the lift. "I know you don't believe us but we need to get to Eltare to save Zordon." It was then that Andros finally believed them but it was to late as the Megaship's main viewing screen showed a large group of Quantrons approaching the Megaship. Andros immediately went to the Megalift but T.J. surprised him by stating, "We're coming with you."
About twenty minutes later they had defeated the Quantrons and stood staring at the still morphed Red Ranger when he commanded, "Power down!" What they saw when the suit vanished amazed them all. They could tell that he hadn't originated from Earth. Ashley slowly approached him and circled around him, poking him twice.
"You're human," she remarked.
"What were you expecting?" he asked as he looked down at her, immediately feeling a small attraction toward her.
"I mean, you're not from Earth are you?"
"Earth isn't the only place where humans live," he answered. "I'm from a space colony, KO-35, it's in the Kerova System."
"So you're from outer space?" Carlos asked as he stepped forward with the rest of the group. "Cool."
"Well, I'm Cassie and it's very nice to meet you," Cassie stated.
"And I'm Ashley," she said stepping in front of her friend.
"Carlos."
"And I'm T.J.," the leader began extending his hand toward the Red Ranger. He stared at the hand for a few seconds before taking it in his own.
"I'm called Andros," he replied shortly, not really up to pleasantries. Luckily, DECA saved him.
"Andros, I have completed the assessment of the damages to the Megaship," the ships AI stated.
"I'm on my way."
As the Red Ranger walked away Cassie stepped up to her friend and copied, "You're... human?" The rest of them broke out in laughter as they joined the two girls.
"How was I supposed to know? He could've been a giant lizard," the Yellow Ranger began, trying to defend her position.
Hours later they were on a tour of the Megaship. Andros had left them on a deserted planet to return to Earth but Astronama had attacked. Then, Alpha and DECA had somehow convinced Andros to come back for them. When he had he surprised them by giving them their Astro Morphers. They defeated one of Astronama's ships with the newly discovered Astro Megazord and Andros had decided to give them a chance as rangers once again.
"All the main controls and functions are controlled by DECA," Andros stated as they rounded the corner to enter the Bridge. She went on for some time about all of her certifications before Andros typed in a series of buttons and added, "This button turns her voice off."
"So, where do we start to look for Zordon?" T.J. asked.
"We start by fixing the Megaship," Andros began. "She's not ready to make a long distance voyage. But I don't have the supplies we need here."
"We can go to Earth," Cassie suggested looking around at her friends. "Um, they'll help us at NASADA."
"Good, we'll need... help," Andros stuttered. He then pushed another button. "DECA set a course for Earth."