Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.
Jessica01: Sorry it was supposed to by Psycho Rangers.
Piper xox Leo: The Psycho Rangers really don't come into play until the next chapter, but they make an apperance in this one.
SpookyandLumpy: Glad you like it.
DizneeDol: Here's more.
Ashley Hammond/Astro Yellow: It's okay, I'll forgive you, but just this once.
Ch. 18 Fighting Family
When they landed on Earth, all the rangers, except Andros, were surrounded by Quantrons. The Psycho Rangers had blocked his path to help his friends so he was forced to face his mother, father, and sister. He fought carefully with Karone not wanting to hurt her and tried to talk to her.
"Karone," he began, barely dodging a blow from his father's sword, "you don't want to do this. You're my sister." Suddenly, Karone ended up between Andros and Duncan, and Duncan took a swing at Andros before he realized what had happened. When the sword connected with Karone it stopped dead in its tracks. Andros looked at her in shock and as his father removed the sword he saw metal where the sword had cut. "What's going on?" His momentary distraction was all they needed to knock him to the ground.
"Your sister was to hard headed for us to convince to fight you so we made a robot," Petra explained kicking her son in the ribs and forcing him to demorph.
"What did you do to her?" he asked, trying desperately to stay conscious long enough to uncover his sister's location.
"Well, she can still be of some use to us," his father began, unable to resist the urge to brag to his son, "so we've locked her in a dungeon until she agrees to do as we please."
"She'll never do what you want!" Andros yelled, trying to find enough strength to fight his parents.
"She will if she thinks all of you are dead!" his father countered, kicking him in the head, rendering him unconscious.
In a matter of seconds the Psycho Rangers crowded around him with the intent to kill him but they were forced away by the other rangers. Zhane and Ashley rushed to Andros while the others kept the Psycho Rangers at bay. When they saw that he was stable enough to teleport back to the Megaship the other rangers gathered around and they disappeared in several streams of colored light. When they landed on the Megaship Andros was conscious and fighting Zhane's hold.
"I have to find her!" he yelled. "They're going to tell her we're dead and then she'll have no reason to fight against them anymore! Let me..." he trailed off as Aidan gave him a sedative and Aidan stepped forward to help him support his brother's weight.
"Let's put him over her in one of the chairs," Aidan suggested. After they had placed Andros in the chair he asked, "DECA, can you scan him for any injuries?"
"His only injuries are two bruised ribs and a mild concussion," DECA answered.
"At least that won't keep him from fighting," Ashley stated taking a seat beside Andros. "How long will this last?"
"At least a couple of hours," Aidan answered. "Which gives us enough time to try to get a lead on Karone." They all knew how important it would be for them to have some sort of lead, no matter how small, on Karone before Andros woke up and got to work.
Three hours had passed before Andros regained consciousness and he had been moved to his room. He slowly rolled out of the bed and found Ashley asleep with her head on his desk. He walked over to her and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. It took several kisses for Ashley to even budge but when she did she returned his kiss with extreme force. Andros was surprised at first but soon relaxed and continued to return that kiss again and again.
Before things could get too heated DECA interrupted, "The Psycho Rangers are attacking Earth again." They hurried to the Bridge hand in hand and watched in horror as several buildings exploded.
"Have we found out anything about Karone?" he asked, needing a little reassurance before he went into battle again. Aidan shook his head sadly and Andros commanded, "Let's go guys." They rushed off to the jumptubes to fight the Psycho Rangers once again.
When they landed instead of being attacked they saw Andros' parents materialize in front of them with an unconscious Karone between them. Andros started to rush forward but stopped short as Duncan placed the blade of his sword to Karone's neck because he knew his father wouldn't care to kill his own child.
"Andros," Duncan stated with hatred in his voice, "I will give your sister to them if you will sacrifice yourself." Without a second thought Andros nodded and started walking towards his parents but was met by surprise when he was grabbed by the arm and teleported away.
"Andros!" was the last thing he heard both Ashley and Zhane scream before he was surrounded in darkness.
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