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Ch. 19 New Hope

When Andros woke up he found himself chained to a wall. He surveyed his surroundings and saw his sister hanging on the opposite wall. She looked as though she had been throughly beaten several times and it didn't take much guessing to know it had been their parents.

"Karone!" he yelled quietly. "Wake up!" He really didn't want to announce that he was awake to everyone on the ship, but at the same time he wanted to make sure his sister was safe.

She moved a little as she groaned, "Andros?" She opened her eyes slowly, obviously afraid of what or more likely who she would see in front of her. At his nod she began crying. "What are you doing here?"

"Dad said that if I would give myself up he'd set you free," Andros admitted looking down at the ground. "I should have know it was a trap and I should have found a way to rescue you, but know we're both stick down here because of my stupidity."

"Andros, this is not your fault," Karone stated. She hated to see her brother do this to himself and she knew that she was the only one there to get through to him. "You need to concentrate on what we can do to get out of here, not thinking about the past and any mistakes we made along the way." They both remained quiet when they heard voices outside the dungeon door.

"I think that we should just kill them both," one voice, Darkonda, stated. "It would mean less trouble for us."

"You heard Dark Specter," it was Ecliptor's voice, "we are going to turn them both evil and then use them to destroy the remaining rangers." The conversation continued but it couldn't be heard by the two prisoners.

"Karone," Andros began, as he tugged on his restraints, "we can't let them win."

"If you'd hold still for just a minute I'll get us out," Karone stated as she began to work on her own restraints. Purple sparks swirled around her fingers and in seconds she was free. At Andros' questioning look she added, "I didn't have any way to get away after I got free. Plus, I've been unconscious most of the time." While she had been talking she finished releasing his restraints as well. When his feet touched the floor he stumbled, nearly falling on his face. Karone reached a hand out to steady him and they walked over to the door. They listened intently for a few minutes before Karone whispered, "We should come up with some sort of plan before anyone comes to get us again." At Andros nodded they sat down on the floor and began telling the other what they thought would be their best move.

Meanwhile, on the Megaship, Aidan had sedated both Ashley and Zhane and placed them in the med bay. The other rangers took turns watching over them as Aidan, Cestra, and even Michelle searched for their brother. At the time, Cassie was watching over them while Carlos and T.J. helped search.

"Why can't we find anything!" Aidan yelled as he slammed his fist into a near by panel. Cestra rushed over to comfort him but he just brushed her off.

"So, it's not just Andros," T.J. stated, trying to lighten the mood in any way.

"What's not just Andros?" Michelle questioned.

"We all thought for a long time that only Andros could be so hard on himself," a quiet voice answered from the doorway. When they turned they saw Ashley, Zhane, and Cassie standing there. "We promised that we wouldn't over react anymore if we could come help with the search," Ashley explained at their questioning glares and they all got to work. Aidan still wasn't having any luck finding anything and Ashley could tell he was on the verge of throwing something yet so she intervened. "Come on, let's take a break for a few minutes." She lead him to the observation deck and they sat on the couch. "You know, you act a lot like your little brother or he acts a lot like you."

"I know," he stated quietly but Ashley could tell that he wasn't finished. "You know, I tried really hard to protect them all but him especially. I didn't want any of them to get hurt but I failed."

"You two are definitely related," she interrupted. "Listen, I'll tell you the same thing I've had to tell Andros again and again. None of this was your fault and you're not helping your brother and your sister by concentrating on feeling sorry for yourself. You have Michelle scared right now. She needs you to tell her that everything is going to be all right. And don't you dare tell me that this won't work out for the best because I know it will." Aidan just sat there, taken aback by Ashley's speech. He knew that she had done something to change the way his brother was thinking and he had to admit that she was right. He wasn't helping anyone by sitting around sulking about what could've been.

"Let's go find my brother and sister," Aidan stated with a new determination. Ashley smiled as she followed him out of the room, now knowing that they would stop at nothing to find Andros and Karone.

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