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

AH/AY: Yeah, Ashley is great. Where would Andros be without her?

Piper xox Leo: I know you don't hate me. Here's more.

Phantom Rogue: Yes, he's going to be saved but he's not going to live happily ever after yet.

Ch. 20 Incidents

Hours had passed and Andros and Karone had finally calculated a plan that they felt would work. Karone had changed into her Astronama gear once she and Andros had heard that the fake Astronama had left the ship with some Quantrons to attack Earth. They both knew that their parents would probably be the only ones onboard and decided that they could take advantage of the situation. The plan was for Karone to restrain Andros and take him to the Throne Room, and report that the other prisoner had escaped. They knew that this would put Andros in severe danger and were prepared to do anything to ensure they both got away safely.

Meanwhile, on the Megaship Aidan yelled, "We found them!" The whole group, including Michelle, had stayed up all night to search and had finally found them. "They're orbiting around Onyx. Let's get going!" DECA set the course without being told and knew that they all wanted to get there as quickly as possible. Even she wanted to get there to make certain that her 'son' was okay.

Back on the Dark Fortress, Andros and Karone had just entered the Throne Room and their father questioned, "Astronama, why did you bring him here?"

"When I returned from Earth I went to torture them but when I arrived the girl was gone and only he remained," Karone explained, hoping to sound enough like her evil counterpart that no one would question her honesty. "I figured that you would know what to do to him to make him talk. I know that she has to be hiding somewhere. There's no way she made it off the ship."

"Don't worry I'll take care of him," their father snarled and Andros couldn't help but shudder. He grabbed him out of his sister's grasp and threw him to the floor. Just as he was about to kick him Karone surprised him with a kick of her own. As Duncan fell to the ground she quickly helped Andros stand and get the restraints off.

Just as he was prepared to kill them both six more people entered the room. Aidan, Ashley, Zhane, Carlos, Cassie, and T.J. quickly gathered around the two other teens. Duncan took use of their distraction and grabbed a blaster from behind his throne. As he aimed it at Karone, Andros quickly morphed and threw her out of the way. When the blast came he deflected back at his father with his Spiral Sabre. Duncan fell to the ground in a heap, not breathing. As Andros gasped for breath Aidan and Zhane hurried over to support him.

"It's okay, Andros," Aidan whispered, positioning Andros to where he couldn't see their father. No matter how much Andros hated him Aidan knew that he was going to punish himself again and again for what had just happened.

As Zhane removed his helmet Andros cried, "What did I do!" He kept repeating himself again and again. They all decided that it would be best to get both him and Karone back to the Megaship and get them checked out by DECA. Aidan picked up his brother, hoping that Ashley could once again help him see that this was not his fault. They were teleported directly to the med bay and DECA told them to sedate Andros because he was still hysterical.

"Well, this is going to be a hard one," Zhane stated simply as he began to scan Karone, who was sitting on the other bed.

"What happened?" Michelle asked as she and Cestra walked in the room surprised to see their brother unconscious.

"Andros killed dad," Aidan answered simply. He was afraid of what his little sister's reaction would be, but he knew it would be better if they just went ahead and told her.

"Dad's dead?" she asked, tears forming in her eyes. At his nod she ran from the room sobbing and was followed by both Aidan and Cestra.

"Why did he even tell her?" Ashley questioned as she helped Zhane decipher the readings from the scan of Andros.

"They found out a long time ago that she and Andros have some sort of empathic connection. Although she didn't know it yet she would have as soon as he woke up so it was better for her to be prepared for it that way she can in turn help Andros deal with it," Zhane explained as he began to bandage some of the injuries that his best friend had received. "Karone, you can go. DECA wasn't able to find anything wrong with you except for some strained muscles and there's not much we can do about that." Karone started to say something but stopped when Andros moaned.

"What happened?" was his first question when he looked into his best friend's eyes.

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