Chapter 8: The Rescue

Artemis and Selena ran into the throne room with their blasters raised. "This is the end of the line, Dorjan," Artemis snapped. Dorjan stood up with a laugh.

"You think you can defeat me and save your father?" He asked.

"Yes," Selena replied.

"You can try."

He attacked Artemis and Selena, kicking Artemis in the stomach and slashing Selena's shoulder. Selena stumbled back, but then she jumped behind Dorjan and tried fighting him from behind. Dorjan spun around and grabbed Sapphira's arm making her face her brother. He held the sword under her throat and a sneer came across his face. "Easy, Artemis, I have your sister and father's lives in my hands," he laughed.

"Artemis, don't worry about me, just save dad," Selena insisted.

"Shut up!" Dorjan snapped.

Selena gagged slightly when his grip around her throat tightened. "Let her go, Dorjan," Artemis demanded.

"Why should I?" Dorjan asked.

"What do you want?" Artemis asked.

Dorjan stared at Artemis with a sneer. "I need Ranger energy to get the Children of the Sun," he replied. Selena winced when he tightened his grip on her even more. "And the Yellow Ranger is perfect," he added. Artemis set his blaster down.

"Don't…take me instead. The Red Ranger's powers are more powerful than the Yellow Ranger's," Artemis pointed out.

Dorjan stared at Artemis in shock. "You would give up your life for hers?" He asked.

"Yes," Artemis replied.

"Why?"

"Because she's my sister and I would give my life for her."

Dorjan threw Selena to the floor and he grabbed Artemis's arm. "Artemis!" Selena gasped.

"Protect them, Lena," he insisted.

Selena stood up and shook her head. "You took my father away, Dorjan, I won't let you take my brother away from me too," she hissed. She saw her brother's battlizer lying on the ground. She ran over and kicked Dorjan in the back, forcing Dorjan off his feet and he dropped Artemis. Artemis fell to the ground hard. "ARTEMIS!" She shouted. She threw the battlizer over to him. Artemis nodded and strapped it around his wrist.

"POWER PUNCH!" He shouted.

He jumped up and punched Dorjan in the chest making the evil man stumble backwards and hitting the wall. "You can't beat them," Andros sneered.

"Shut up," Dorjan snapped.

"You tried to defeat me but you haven't. I still have control and I can protect my family from you," Andros snapped.

"You can try," Dorjan answered.

Selena's eyes widened when she saw Dorjan's eyes change from red to brown constantly. However, the red came back in full force and he stood up. "Your stupid father thinks he can defeat me, but he won't be able to," he laughed. Just then, the doors swung open and a guard was thrown in unconscious.

"What?" Selena and Artemis mumbled.

Just then, Ashley came in holding up her old Turbo Blaster. "Aw, how adorable, now the whole family's together," Dorjan laughed.

"I've been dying every single day for the past ten years. I will not let you kill my children and my husband," she hissed.

"Oh yeah? And what do you plan on doing about?" He asked.

Ashley let her blaster disappear and the twins gasped when they saw an old morpher on her wrist. "Hope this works," she whispered.

"Yeah, after years of that morpher being out of commission, no way it'll work," Dorjan laughed.

"SHIFT INTO TURBO!" Ashley shouted.

Ashley morphed into the Yellow Turbo Ranger and she glared at Dorjan. "This is the end of you," she snapped. She then ran at him as fast as she could and slammed him up against the wall. "You've caused me enough pain," she hissed.

"Yeah? And what do you plan on doing?" He asked.

He saw the vaccine on Ashley's belt. "I don't think so," he hissed. He grabbed Ashley by her throat and lifted her off the ground.

"MOM!" Selena shouted.

Artemis ran as fast as he could with his Spiral Saber. "SPIRAL SABER BOOSTER MODE! FIRE!" Artemis shouted. He shot Dorjan making him drop Ashley and Ashley lost the vaccine. Ashley gasped and found it right by her wrist. She went to grab it when Dorjan stepped on her arm.

"Whoops, did we drop something?" He asked.

Ashley glared at him and she lifted her leg to kick him off her. She grabbed the vaccine and she looked at her kids. "Artemis, Selena, grab him," she ordered. They grabbed Dorjan on both sides and Ashley ripped his sleeve. Dorjan fought against them. Ashley took the vaccine and glared at Dorjan. "This is your end," she hissed. She jabbed the needle into his arm and they quickly stepped back to watch the vaccine do it's job.

"NO!" Dorjan shouted.

Ashley gasped when she saw Dorjan starting to glow red. A red light left Andros's body making the former Space Ranger fall to the ground. "Andros!" Ashley gasped. She ran over to him and turned him on his back holding him in her lap.

"RANGERS! DON'T THINK THIS IS THE END!" Dorjan roared.

The red light swirled around all four of them before disappearing. "THERE HE GOES!" Artemis shouted. Selena grabbed his arm.

"Another day," she answered.

They ran over to their parents to see their mother de-morph from her Turbo powers. Ashley stroked the scar on Andros's face. "Andros," she whispered. Andros opened his eyes, the beautiful brown eyes that made Ashley fall in love with Andros over and over again.

"Ashley," he answered.

Ashley felt the tears press against her eyes as she pressed her forehead against his. Andros wrapped his arm around her and let out a sigh. He looked at his two kids with a smile. "Thanks you two," he told them.

"For what?" Artemis asked.

"You helped your mother save me. How can I ever repay you for that?" He asked.

Selena shook her head and de-morphed. "You don't have to, daddy. Just coming home will be enough," she replied. All three hugged Andros and he gladly hugged them back.

"Let's get him home," Ashley insisted.

They slowly helped Andros off the ground and got him back to the Megaship.