Chapter 12: Painful Memories

Andros took a deep breath and looked at his friends. "I had just finished my training and became a Ranger. I was tracking down an evil villain by the name of Lord Braedan. He cornered me and then he told me where Karone was, I fell for the trick..." He started.

(Flashback)

Andros had his blaster ready when he entered the abandoned warehouse on KO-35. "All right, Braedan, I'm here, where's Karone?" Andros demanded. However, his blaster and morpher were taken away from him and he was dragged away. Then he was strapped down into a chair. Andros fought as hard as he could.

"Now, Red Ranger, you're going to be one of us now," he laughed.

"NO!" Andros shouted.

Then everything went black once the tool came towards his head. Braeden undid the straps on Andros and grinned evilly. Andros grinned back just as evil. "Your name is now Lord Hadrian," he informed. Andros bent down on one knee.

"Yes, my lord," Hadrian answered.

"As your first mission, you are to destroy the Power Rangers."

"Yes, my lord."

Hadrian stood up and pulled on his cloak.

(End Flashback)

T. J. looked at Andros. "Were you crazy? Andros, you're smarter than that," he snapped. Andros sighed as he looked at T. J.

"Do you want me to finish this or not?" He demanded.

T. J. nodded and Andros took a deep breath and by this time, Karone was awake. "I...I found Terrian and Cairebre playing a game of telekinesis ball when I arrived," he started.

(Flashback)

Hadrian grinned evilly and blasted the telekinesis ball away from them. Terrian and Cairebre spun around and looked at him. "Who are you?" Terrian demanded. Hadrian ripped off his cloak and their eyes widened.

"Andros?" Cairebre asked.

"I'm Hadrian," Hadrian answered.

"No, Andros, you're our friend," Terrian insisted.

"Fight me, Rangers," Hadrian demanded.

"If that's the way it's going to be. Ready?" Terrian asked.

"Ready," Cairebre replied.

"LET'S ROCKET!" They shouted.

Hadrian laughed as he brought out his spiral saber. "SPIRAL SABER!" He shouted.

"ASTRO AXE!" Terrian shouted.

"LUNAR LANCE!" Cairebre shouted.

(End Flashback)

Andros suddenly bit his tongue. All the pain coming back to the familiar screams of a girl. "Then what happened?" Cassie asked slowly. Pain came back to Andros's heart as he thought about it.

"I...I then struck both of them down without mercy. Then, Aiko and Carina came to try and stop me..." he began again.

(Flashback)

Terrian held his side as Hadrian slammed his foot onto his chest. "Andros...you're my friend. I trusted you," he insisted.

"I'm not programmed to have friends," Hadrian snapped.

Hadrian pulled out his blaster and finished Terrian off. "ANDROS! STOP!" A voice shouted. Hadrian looked over his shoulder to see Carina and Aiko

"CARINA NO!" Cairebre shouted.

Hadrian blasted Cairebre in the back. "CAIREBRE!" Carina shouted. She ran over and held Cairebre in her arms.

"He's...not...Andros...anymore," he told her.

Hadrian laughed as the Black Ranger died in the Pink Ranger's arms. Aiko looked up at him in tears. She ran over to him. "Andros, it's me, Aiko, you have to remember who I am," she insisted. She gasped when he raised his Spiral Saber at her.


"SATELLITE STUNNER!" Carina shouted.

Hadrian lost his Spiral Saber and glared at Carina. "ASTRO BLASTER!" He shouted. Then he shot her.

"CARINA!" Aiko shouted.

She looked at Hadrian in shock. "Andros, it's me, it's Aiko. You have to remember who I am," she insisted. Tears fell down her face as he grabbed the back of her neck.

"I have no friends," he snapped.

He then pulled out his Spiral Saber again. "SPIRAL SABER!" He shouted.

"NO!" Aiko screamed.

(End Flashback)

Andros trailed off as he placed his hand over his eyes. Andros didn't want to remember all that he did. "Then...I battled Zhane for almost a year. His mission was to defeat Hadrian and try to save me..." He once again started.

(Flashback)

Hadrian and Zhane were fighting against each other on top of a hill. "Andros stop, you have to remember who you are," he insisted.

"I'm Hadrian," he snapped.

Hadrian knocked Zhane's blaster out of his hand. "Andros, please remember me," he insisted. Zhane gagged as Hadrian wrapped his hands around his throat and started choking him. "A---A---Andros, it's me, Z---Z--Zhane," Zhane choked. Hadrian kept choking him. "SUPER SILVERIZER FULL POWER!" Zhane shouted. Zhane blasted Hadrian away and Zhane powered down. "Oh, no! What have I done!" He gasped. He hurried over towards his fallen friend. "Andros! Answer me, please," Zhane begged. Just then, the pale complexion colored, and the machine parts on his face disappeared. Andros woke up and saw Zhane looking at him.

"Zhane?" He asked.

"Andros, are you okay?" Zhane asked.

"I'm sore, what happened?" Andros asked.

"It's a long story, man."

(End Flashback)

Andros sighed sadly as he stood up. "There, now you know. You know what I've done when I was Hadrian," he informed. He looked over and kissed Ashley's forehead again before leaving. Zhane sighed as he remembered how hard it was to tell Andros that he had killed Aiko.

Andros was in the workout room hitting the punching bag as the pain of what he did to Aiko went through his head. Hearing her screams echo through his head. "I killed her, I killed her, I killed her," he told himself over and over. He kept hitting the punching bag. "I KILLED HER! I BROKE MY VOW TO HER!" HE shouted.

Zhane sighed as he heard his best friend shouting about Aiko's death. It still deeply affected him to that day.

(Flashback)

Andros bit his lip as he stood in front of Aiko's grave. He kneeled down in front of the grave with tears falling down his face. "I'm so sorry, Aiko, I'm so sorry," he murmured. He touched the engraving on the stone. Tears fell down his face and he lowered his head as he cried.

"Andros, are you okay?" His mother asked.

Andros stood up. "Yeah, I'm just fine. I'M FINE! I lost Karone..." Andros trailed off as he kicked the nearest rock while shouting at the sky. "I LOST KARONE NOW AIKO! Everything's so messed up. My life's over," Andros told them. Zhane placed a hand on Alana's shoulder. "Yeah, I'm just fine, mom, I'm just fine," he finished. Alana walked over and grabbed her son's shoulders.

"Andros, this wasn't your fault. Do you understand me? Losing Karone and Aiko was not...your...fault," she insisted.

"Then why aren't they here?" Andros asked with tears still falling down his face.

"You couldn't save Karone because you were only a child. You lost Aiko because you were possessed by an evil man. This wasn't your fault."

She touched her son's face. "Listen to me, sweet heart, okay?" She asked. Andros nodded with a sad sigh. Alana kissed her son's cheek before letting him sit alone. Zhane was about to say something when Alana shook her head. "No, let him be," she insisted. Zhane nodded and watched as Andros kneeled in front of the stone. He touched the stone with tears still falling down his face.

"I love you, Aiko. I always will love you," he whispered.

(End Flashback)