Chapter 25: Not Happening Again Part I

Andros was tossing and turning in his sleep trying to shake the nightmares he was having. Ashley woke up to the sound of him struggling with his dreams. "No…Karone…don't…no…" he mumbled. Ashley started to shake him.

"Andros, Andros, wake up," she whispered.

Andros shot up from his dream and he was drenched in sweat. "Hey, it's okay," she whispered. Andros looked over at her. "What happened?" She asked. Andros was shaking slightly and he pushed his hair back.

"Karone…Astronema…she had captured you and I was forced to watch as she killed you in the slowest and the most painful death," he explained.

Ashley pushed the hair out of his face. "Hey, I'm right here. I'm fine and so is the baby," she assured him. Andros lied back down and Ashley ran her hand up and down his face. "You've been having a lot of these nightmares lately," she commented.

"I can't shake them, Ash. I just can't shake them," he answered.

Ashley kissed his cheek and held onto his hand. "You used to have dreams like this right before the big attack on KO-35," she pointed out. Andros nodded his head.

"I remember," he murmured.

Ashley bit her lip as she remembered the last nightmare he had the night before the big attack.

(Flashback)

"NO!" Andros shouted. Adora jumped from her sleep and she looked over at Andros.

"Hey, hey, easy, it's okay," she assured him.

She pushed his hair out of his face and touched his sweaty face. "Andros, what is it?" She asked. Andros was shaking slightly and he looked over at her.


"Y--You died," he replied.

"What?" She asked.

"There was this huge battle on KO-35. Zhane was under a pile of rubble but then you…you were in a building helping civilians get to safety and then it blew up…I watched you die."

Adora shook her head. "That's not going to happen," she assured him. She had Andros face her. "Look at me, am I now alive?" She asked.

"Yeah," he replied.

"And Zhane's alive too," she reminded him.

Andros nodded his head slowly and Adora kissed his cheek. "Everything's going to be okay," she whispered. She had him lie back down and she watched as he fell into a deep sleep.

(End Flashback)

Ashley bit her lip and watched as Andros fell back into a deep sleep. She placed a hand on her stomach knowing that her and Andros's child was growing safely inside of her. She leaned forward and kissed his forehead as she placed her head back on his chest and fell asleep again.

(The Countdown)

Ashley fought as hard as she could against the quantrons, but she suddenly became surrounded. "ASHLEY!" Andros shouted. Ashley felt her heart stop when a quantron grabbed her arms and another one hit her stomach with its blade. "RED BATTLIZED RANGER!" She heard Andros shout. She looked up when Andros morphed into his Battlizer Armor. She ducked when Andros freed her from the quantrons, but then Darkonda stood in front of her.

"I'LL GET YOU RED RANGER!" Darkonda shouted.

"SAVE IT DARKONDA BATTLIZER MISSALS!" Andros shouted.

Ashley ducked out of the way when the missals hit. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw Andros get shout of the sky. "ANDROS!" She shouted. She fought her way towards him and stood in front of him. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, we have to get out of here," Andros replied.

"Hold it right there," Darkonda snapped.

"You're not going anywhere," Ecliptor answered.

Before they could react, Ecliptor and Darkonda shot at them, making them fly across the battlefield. They de-morphed and Ashley looked at Andros. "We've got to go find the others," she insisted. Andros nodded and they ran to find their friends.

They found TJ and they sat down. Andros looked over at her. "Are you okay?" He asked. Ashley nodded and placed a hand on her stomach.

"Yeah, we're okay," she replied.

Andros wrapped his free arm around her waist and pressed his forehead against the side of her head. "I guess I should've listened to you," she commented.

"No…no, it won't be like before," he assured her.

They were interrupted when Carlos and Cassie made their way towards them. "Hey! You guys okay?" She asked.

"We're getting our butts kicked," Carlos replied.

"We were never up against this many," TJ put in.

Ashley bit her lip and jumped when she heard Andros kick a piece of debris. "But you two have," Cassie commented. Ashley nodded her head slowly and walked over to Andros.

"Andros…" she trailed off.

She placed a hand on his shoulder. "It won't be like home, Dark Specter won't win, we won't let him win," she finished.

"I hope not," he answered.

They looked up when there was a large explosion and saw pieces of rock falling out of the sky. "What was all that about?" Cassie asked. Just then, their communicators went off.

"Rangers, Dark Specter has been destroyed," Alpha informed.

TJ looked up. "If Dark Specter's gone…then who's in charge?" TJ asked. They heard what sounded like thunder and looked up.

"Dark Specter is no more. Astronema, Princess of Darkness, is now your supreme leader. It is for her we shall fight and for her we shall conquer the universe," Ecliptor informed.

"It can't be," Andros mumbled

Ashley reached over and held Andros's hand. After Astronema told everyone on earth to hand the Power Rangers over by the next morning or she would destroy the planet, Andros became worried. Worried about Earth…and worried that his nightmare might come true again.

To Be Continued…