Chapter 6: To the Rescue Part I: Dying

Andros was lying on the ground, Balavan found it useless to chain him to the wall again since he was already dying slowly. However, he kept Andros's arms and legs chained so he wouldn't try and escape. Andros realized that if Ashley, Zhane, and Karone came, Balavan would capture them and torture them in ways he would see fit. Especially Ashley, but he couldn't let that happen to the woman he loved more than his own life. As Andros was lying there, he was thinking about her, he was thinking about the future he wanted to have with her. "If I wasn't here, I'd probably be back on Earth planning the wedding Ashley and I both wanted together. I still want that future," he pondered.

Ashley was holding Andros's cloak as they were landing on the planet. "Ready?" Zhane asked. Ashley looked up at him and nodded. "Okay, then let's go," he told her. Ashley nodded and pulled Andros's cloak around her shoulders and pulled the hood up and over her head. Zhane pulled his hood on over his head and Karone did the same. Zhane slipped morpher into his pocket while kept Andros's on his wrist. Karone had Cassie's morpher sitting on her own wrist. T. J. and Carlos's morphers were still sitting in the vault.

"DECA, keep watch over the ship," Karone instructed.

"Acknowledged," DECA answered.

Ashley took a deep breath as she followed Karone and Zhane off the ship and towards the city.

Andros winced when the door opened and the light hit his eyes. "Will you tell us what you know?" Balavan asked.

"No," Andros replied.

Balavan turned Andros on his back and Andros cried out in pain as Balavan slammed his foot onto Andros's chest. "Why are you so stubborn? Don't you want to live?" Balavan taunted.

"I would rather die than have my people die," Andros snapped.

"Fine, we'll have a new way of getting it out of you," Balavan sighed.

Andros's eyes widened when he was dragged out of the cell and was thrown back onto the table he was brought to months ago. "I refused to cooperate with this machine already," Andros snapped.

"You'll want to this time," Balavan assured him.

Andros gritted his teeth as pain shot through him. They were going to try everything to get him to talk, but Andros would refuse to tell. He would rather die than let his people die.

Ashley gasped in pain and hit the ground while holding her head. "They're hurting him," she whispered. However, she felt something different. Andros was being tortured, but it was worse, much worse, Andros was dying. Karone and Zhane were feeling it too. They quickly helped Ashley up and ran into the castle.

Andros was feeling weaker as he felt his energy being drained. Balavan grinned evilly at Andros. Just then, a soldier came up. "My lord, intruders have entered the castle," he informed. Balavan nodded to the scientists, who turned the machine off. Andros fell limp and started losing consciousness.

"Ashley," he whispered.

Then he closed his eyes. Balavan glared at the soldier. "Get every soldier out there to capture them," he ordered.

"Yes, milord," the soldier answered.

Balavan looked over at Andros with a glare. "They're here to get him," he growled. Then he stormed off.

Ashley felt the pain subside and feared the worse as she ran as fast as she could towards the main room. Zhane and Karone were distracting the soldiers while she went to save Andros.

When she came in the room, she gasped in horror at the sight. "Andros!" She gasped. She ran over to him and touched his bruised face. Tears welled up in her eyes to see him in such a state. "Andros, answer me," she whispered. Zhane and Karone then came in to see Ashley trying to get Andros to wake up.

"Ashley, there's no time," he insisted.

Just then, Balavan and his men came in. "Get them," he ordered. Ashley struggled as the soldiers grabbed her and forced her to her knees along with Zhane and Karone. "Well, if it isn't Ashley of Earth. Along with Zhane of KO-35 and Karone, former Princess of Evil," he cackled.

"What have you done to Andros?" She ordered.

"I was doing what it took to get the information I needed," he replied.

He nodded to the soldiers and their morphers were removed. "You don't need these, I'm sure my men have already found your ship," he laughed. The soldiers placed the morphers in front of him and he laughed evilly. He then lifted his blaster.

"NO!" Karone and Zhane shouted.

"DON'T DO IT!" Ashley shouted.

Their morphers were blasted away. "Our morphers," Ashley whispered. She heard a groan behind her and looked over at her shoulder. "Andros?" She asked.

"He should be dead," he hissed.

Zhane then broke free from the soldiers and fought his way towards Andros. "STOP THEM!" Balavan shouted. Zhane quickly undid the shackles on Andros before getting him off the table.

"GO!" Zhane shouted.

Ashley and Karone nodded before hurrying towards the hall with Zhane behind them.

They found their way towards a passageway and Zhane set Andros down. "Is he breathing?" Ashley asked worriedly. Zhane sighed as he looked at her.

"He's still dying. With all the life energy they took from him, he's dying slowly, very slowly," Zhane replied.

Ashley held Andros's hand in tears. "Don't you dare die on me, Andros, not after it took us all this time to find you," she whispered.

"We have to go, Ashley," Zhane insisted.

Karone went to lean against a wall when she hit a button and it opened a door. Zhane got Andros up and they went through the door. "What is this place?" Ashley asked quietly. Karone looked around and saw what looked like drawing on the wall.

"Look at this," she whispered.

They walked over and saw drawings on the wall. There was a lion, faerie, Cerberus, Griffin, Hippogriff, Pegasus, and unicorn drawn on the walls. Just then, red, yellow, silver, black, purple, blue, and pink lights shown behind them. "Welcome, Chosen ones," a voice greeted. They turned and Ashley's eyes widened in disbelief while Zhane and Karone stood there in shock. "I am Lady Phoena, Guardian of the Magic Mythical Powers," she informed.

To Be Continued...

Author's Note: Sorry for the delay, have lots of stories to write and so little time. So I hope you liked the update. Please review.