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Phantom Rogue: It's taken a while to write this chapter, sorry for making you wait.

Ashley Hammond/Astro Yellow: I'm going to her evil again but you'll never guess how and it will be after she's fought with the rangers for a while.

Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.

Ch. 14 The Purple Ranger

It had taken until the next day to return to Earth, mostly because Andros wanted some time to talk to his sister. He knew that she would need sometime to adjust but he didn't feel as though a day and a half was really enough. It had taken him awhile to build up the confidence to go talk to her because he knew that she would ask questions about their family and if she remembered anything it would be love, something that he had rarely received.

"Karone?" he asked tentatively. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure," Karone answered walking away from the Bridge with her brother. When they arrived in the observatory Andros sat down in a chair facing the couch and Karone took a seat on the couch. "What is it?"

"Are you okay with this whole finding a morpher for you?" Andros questioned staring into her eyes.

"I'm not sure yet," she answered honestly. "I mean, this is a huge change for both you guys and me. I guess I just need some more time." She paused for a moment wondering if she should ask her next question. She could remember little things from when she was little like their older brother and sister, but she could also remember their parents. She remembered that their mom had always been nice to Andros but that their father had beaten him several times, a fact that she was sure had increased after her kidnaping. "Andros, what happened to everyone? Aidan, Cestra, Mom, and Dad?" She mumbled the last name not wanting to make him feel uncomfortable.

"After you were kidnaped Dad started beating me more and more," Andros began, fighting not to let Karone see how much it was hurting him to relive the past eleven years of his life. "Mom stood up for me until sometime after I became a ranger. The next time I went home not only did Dad hit me but so did Mom. I was so shocked that I didn't know what to do. Aidan and Cestra still talk to me on occasion, although they don't seem to trust as much anymore, not that I can blame them. Oh, we have a little sister. Her name's Michelle. She was born seven years after you were kidnaped. Me and her are pretty close. I told her what happened to you and nobody was happy about it but I guess that's why we trust each other so much."

Their talk had gone on all night until they had both been to tired to keep their eyes open

and went to sleep in the Observatory. In the end Karone admitted that she was scared of becoming a ranger because she wasn't sure if everyone trusted her but that she still wanted to become one and fight beside him to make up for all the evil she had done. The next morning they all met on the Bridge to develop a search plan.

"Okay," Andros began, quickly looking around the group making sure everyone had gotten a good night's rest. He quickly pulled out a map of the area they would be searching. "I think the best thing for us to do is split up into three groups. Ashley and I will search over here. Zhane and Karone you guys search this area. T.J., Carlos, and Cassie you guys will take this side over here. We'll search until six o'clock and then will come back here to set up a search for tomorrow if necessary." They all nodded and headed off in the direction of the jumptubes.

When they landed each group went off in their separate direction. As he and Ashley began to search he thought about the last couple of days. It had been very hectic around the ship and they had hardly had any time to spend together and he hadn't had the chance to talk to her about Karone's return. He needed to know that she agreed with his decision, that she was still in his corner.

He stopped abruptly and asked, "Are you okay with my decision?"

"Which one? Being glad that Karone's back or deciding that it's okay for her just to become a ranger?"

"Both," he answered quietly, looking down at his feet.

"Andros," she began lifting his face up with her hand, "I think you've made the right decision. It will take the rest of us some time to get used to her being around but we agree with you." At that he seemed to relax a little bit and they began searching again. A few hours later they were interrupted by their communicators. "This is Ashley."

"We found it," Zhane stated, "but it's a little beat up."

"I can fix it once we get back to the ship," Andros answered and they teleported back to the ship. As Andros turned the morpher over in his hand he seemed to be in deep thought.

"What's wrong?" Zhane asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"This use to belong to our mom," he stated showing Zhane a picture that was taped on the bottom of the morpher. It was of his and Karone's parents, along with Zhane's parents, and a man they didn't know.

"I didn't know our parents were rangers," Zhane whispered. "Do you think that's why we were chosen?"

"I don't think so," Andros answered. "I think it had a little to do with it but I think we were chosen because everyone knew we would fight til the end."

After a hour of repairs the morpher seemed ready to use and just in the nick of time. As soon as Karone strapped on the morpher the alarms went off.

"Rangers," DECA began, "there's a monster attacking Earth."

"Are you ready?" Andros asked his sister. As she nodded he yelled, "Let's Rocket!"

When they arrived on Earth they were immediately surrounded by Quantrons and Darkonda. Andros immediately took on Darkonda and left the others to take care of the Quantrons. Darkonda slowly lures Andros away from the others rangers hoping to destroy him without their intervention. Andros pulls out his Spiral Sabre, unaware of Darkonda's dark plan. They become engrossed in battle neither wanting to give an inch but Darkonda quickly caught Andros off guard and kicked him to the ground.

Meanwhile, in the other battle, Ashley grabbed her side and fell to the ground. The other rangers quickly surrounded her while Zhane asked her what was wrong.

"It's Andros," she whispered. "He's hurt."

"DECA," Zhane commanded, "get a lock on Andros and teleport him to the Med Bay immediately!"

Before he could be teleported Darkonda got in several more blows on the unconscious Red Ranger making him sure that he would be out of commission for quiet some time. Darkonda returned to the other battle and teleported away with the Quantrons after making several threats to the former Princess of Darkness but the rangers had more important things on their minds. When they returned to the Megaship they went straight to the Med Bay to see Alpha running several scans on the obviously beaten Red Ranger.

"My god," Cassie gasped. "What happened to him?"

"He has a severe concussion, five broken ribs, and a shattered ankle," Alpha reported.

"Meaning he's going to be in here awhile," Zhane finished and Alpha nodded. "Well, he's not going to be happy about that."

"I might be able to help him," Karone whispered. At everyone's questioning glance she continued, "When we were little I could help him when our father hurt him." She carefully worked her way around the table and place her hands over Andros. A few seconds later he shot up from the bed.

"What happened?" he asked immediately.

"You were hurt by Darkonda but Karone somehow healed you," Ashley answered moving over beside the bed.

"Can I get up?" he questioned and everyone turned their head to Alpha who nodded. "Thanks, Karone. I really owe you for that."

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