Ashley Hammond/Astro Yellow: I know it's sudden but I had to hurry it along to continue the story.
Jenny: I know it was a little rushed but I didn't want to put everything into one chapter.
Piper xox Leo: You're definitely not the only person who thinks it's the best season ever.
Arwennicole: I'm not sure if he's going to lose her or not yet. You'll just have to keep reading.
Phantom Rogue: I wanted to do something a little different from the actual show.
Psycho Tangerine: The show never revealed who was older. I just decided for my story it would be better to have Karone older than Andros.
Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.
Ch. 13 Unexpected Find
As they landed on the planet the rangers and Karone hid in the jungle like surroundings. Karone led the way, dressed in her Astronama gear just in case. Andros, who was beginning to feel as though they were being followed quickly turned to see Darkonda and a group of Quantrons behind them. The rangers immediately morphed and formed a wall in front of Karone. "Now, now," Darkonda began as he slowly approached them, "what would Dark Specter think of this? His best warrior is trying to help the rangers find Zordon." He stopped only a few feet from where Andros was standing and drew his sword. He quickly reached forward and grabbed Andros holding the sword to his throat. "Rangers, if you don't want him to die give back Astronama and leave this planet immediately."
"Don't do it!" Andros choked out before he went limp in Darkonda's grasp. Suddenly, purple sparks flew forward causing both Darkonda and the Quantrons to disappear. The rangers turned to see Karone standing there with purple sparks all around her.
"Don't look at me," she ordered. "Help him." Ashley and Zhane raced forward and tried to wake Andros.
"What happened?" was his first question as he regained consciousness and demorphed.
"Your sister finally did something to prove her loyalty," T.J. stated coldly and Andros glared at him. "At least to you."
"Come on," Andros commanded as he stood up, "let's go find Zordon." As they continued to search the island it was obvious, at least to Karone, that she had unknowingly made all the evil forces disappear from the planet. Just as the rangers were about to call it quits they saw Dark Specter's ship. Andros rushed forward, recognizing the ship faster than the others.
When they stepped onboard Andros had a strange feeling that they were very close to finding their missing commander. Karone quickly located the tube which was covered with a sheet. When she removed it she heard the shocked gasps from everyone around her, Zordon was almost completely engulfed in flames meaning his powers were almost gone. Andros quickly removed his morpher and the others followed suit. He placed them all around the tube, knowing that they could give Zordon some of his strength back and also protect him for a while from having any powers taken from him.
"Rangers," Zordon began, "it is great to see you all. Especially you Andros. As he saw Astronama standing there he added, "It looks as though you found your sister." At Andros' nod he continued, "Good, there is a morpher somewhere in the remains of the Power Chamber that is meant for here you must retrieve it before it falls into evil hands."
"Zordon," T.J. started, "what about you?"
"You must leave me here," the wizard answered. "If you take me now Dark Specter will have no reason for not immediately using his own power to destroy Earth. With Karone on your team now you'll be nearly unstoppable."
As the Earth born rangers were about to protest Andros replied, "We won't let you down. Let's go guys." At that they walked back out of the ship to find themselves surrounded by Darkonda, Divatox, Quantrons, and Piranatrons. "DECA, teleport us back to the ship."
When they reappeared on the Bridge of the ship T.J. yelled, "Why did you just leave him there! We should have brought him with us!"
"No, T.J.," Andros replied cooly, "you heard what he told us to do and that's what we're going to do."
"How do you know Dark Specter won't just use his powers to destroy Earth even though he still has Zordon?" Carlos questioned, also upset by their leader's actions.
"Because when we infused Zordon with some of our powers it not only restored some that he had lost but it also gave him some protection," he explained. "And as long as Dark Specter has Zordon he won't stop until he has all the power because it will make him unstoppable." He left it at that, hoping that they wouldn't force the issue any further. He hadn't liked leaving Zordon there either but he knew he had to do as he said. The rest of the trip was silent as they all pondered their own thoughts about being so close to both rescuing their leader and the probability of having a new ranger on the team. Especially one that had been the Princess of Darkness.
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