Disclaimer: Marieke: Chris, Chyler, here, I've got you two a present. The red and yellow astro rangers action-figures.
Maura: YOU HURT MY POOR BABY!
Marieke: -huffs- Cry baby was asking for it. Way too sucked up if you ask me.
Maura: I will get my revenge…!
Marieke: And I WILL kill you.
Summary: The return of Andros's parents changes all future plans of Andros and Ashley. It's doubtful they'll ever see each other again. But there's a secret Ashley's carrying around just dying to come out.
Arwennicole: I'm really sorry, but I needed to do this. It's cruel, but I had to.
Phantom Rogue: Wait about a dozen more chapters and you'll have one? Zhane IS cute in general… you can have so much fun teasing him.
Lady Kimiko: Nope, Maura will die. Chris will get the morpher. He's Andros's first born son. The power does look if it's in or out side of a marriage. HEY! I have to write those chapters!
Lavonne Adams: Actually, Maura is still loyal to him. For now. No, Chyler has no claim on Andros's morpher. She is the heir of Ashley's powers. Heirs have the same gender as the ranger. That's why everyone was so bummed when Elia turned out to be a girl, she's not Zhane's heir.
Star Fata: I read… Couldn't help but laugh… sorry. Bring on the mad rangers! When do you think you'll update? Nope, Maura is pregnant and she didn't cheat and… just read:
Tal: Sorry!
Megarider: Yeah, dreams are good. Here's chapter 17.
Slytherin-Angel44: Yay! Go Voldie-Poo! You got it! Hooray for Chris!
BellaCordelia: He will… some were after chapter 25 I think. Deca can't do a bio-scan. Ashley ordered her all files about her are classified information to anyone but her and that includes her location and her children. And you must be psychic.
DizneeDol: Yes, sorry. Nothing goes wrong either. Not soon enough for you.
Ani: Nope, she's not. He'll find out… eventually and Ashley could never stop loving him.
The-power-of-love: This soon enough?
Jessica01: Be my guest.
Dragoneyes5000: Sorry, want some tissues?
Bored-Girl-84: Well, that will take a LONG time.
C.C.C.: Yeah, but then Andros would be in trouble with his mom for not having an heir. Oh he'll live… unfortunately… Maura has something to do with that too.
Mz. Daydream: He IS first born son, not technically or anything, he IS and he is the heir and he'll get that morpher. That morpher is his birthright.
Engimaforum: Just see how much you hate her now.
JDPhoenix: Um… look at this boy and see if you still think along those lines.
Lilee: Don't worry, you spoke words of truth and I agree with you completely… at this point in the story. But I know the whole plot and let me tell you… Maura becomes very hateful later on. Starting now actually.
Secrets Untold
Chapter 17: Heirs Of Power
"MOMMY!" A little two-year-old boy screamed, running over to Maura.
Maura picked up the crying boy, hushing him with a lollipop.
"What happened?" She cooed.
"Cero hit me." The boy pouted, sniffling fakely.
"He hit first." Cero huffed back, crossing his arms as Zhane picked him up.
Andros watched the display from a short distance. At first sight, his son looked like a cute little boy. He hadn't been able to completely despise the kid when he was born and the fact he looked like Maura was a bit comforting, yet unsettling at the same time. His son, his heir, looked like his other, forever reminding him of what he didn't have.
Then Maura started spoiling him rotten on the grounds of him being heir to the red morpher and by now Cevil expected nothing less then the best, always getting things his way and mainly being a big cry-baby. Cero – Karone and Zhane's second child – on the other hand continued to be a sweet little boy, taking after Elia. His nephew and niece just always seem to collide with his son's personality and Cevil would end up drawing the shortest straw and running to Maura to get spoiled and bribed. Andros dreaded the day Cevil would take on his morpher; it was bound to be a dark day for power rangers and Cero would have to go out of his way to please his younger cousin. Luckily, that day was far from now.
"Cevil hit Cero, Cero hit back." Elia agreed, having followed the two boys at a slower pace.
Cero was now sitting on Zhane's lap glaring at Cevil. Cevil returned the favour from his mother's protective arms, looking down on Cero (with the help of his standing mother).
"Well, Cero must have been asking for it. Cevil wouldn't hurt anyone without a reason." Maura defended, her voice snobbish.
Lynette nodded her head in agreement and cooed over Cevil as if he was the rarest and most precious gem ever found.
"Are they all just to blind to see Cevil has been so spoiled already in the two years of his life that he would hurt someone without a reason just so he can get cooed over and spoiled some more?" A voice commented softly from right next to him.
Andros looked away from the scene and smiled at Karone. A baby boy was nuzzled deep into a silver blanket, sleeping happily in the warm and protective embrace of his mother.
"How are Elia and Cero taking Kynin's arrival?" Andros inquired.
"Good." Karone smiled happily. "Elia is always cooing over him and imitating me nursing him with her doll. (Andros rolled his eyes with a laugh at that.) Cero is just happy to have a brother to play with instead of Cevil."
"Oh Andros, you made it." Lynette waved, finally spotting her son, blabbing on as if Karone wasn't standing next to him. "You know, the whole colony has got their eyes fixed on your sister's family. They are so happy with their silver heir. Don't get me wrong, they're delighted with Cevil too, but Elia and Kynin catch eyes by looking cute next to Cero. You need a kid to look cute and get some of that attention back to your family. After all, Cevil is going to be a red ranger."
Next to her, Karone felt her brother stiffen and Zhane looked up at them, his expression completely horrified and shocked. None of them had counted on this after the relief of Cevil being a boy.
"This is not good." Karone muttered softly.
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Ashley watched with a smile as Chris made a clumsy kick into the air, getting praised by the sensei.
"They're doing great for a first time." Tracy smiled as Nicky got some pointers on how to stay upright when kicking. "I almost wish Nicky could be that good already."
Ashley laughed and shook her head.
"My kids are just naturals." She commented. "And you know it."
"Of course, how couldn't they be with ranger parents? How did you get their hair to look like yours anyway? Did you dye it?"
"No." Ashley smiled. "That's an upside to their father being Karovan. They inherited this gene for ghosting. It's kinda like shape shifting, but only their looks change."
"Cool, so if you happen to run into any of your friends…"
"They won't know who the father is unless I decide they are allowed to know. Chris and Chyler know around who they can lose their 'disguise' and around who not to."
"You are lucky to have them."
Ashley nodded with a sigh, watching her two children joke around. Chyler threw a slow punch at her brother, which Chris blocked.
"So, how's med school for you? Still think you made the right choice?" Tracy inquired, making small talk.
"Yeah, definitely. It's something completely different from what I had planned to do with my life, but it's definitely worth it." Ashley replied.
"Well, your life isn't anything like you had planned." Tracy laughed.
"No, definitely not." Ashley agreed with a small smile. "But I wouldn't have it any other way."
"Neither would I, Ash. Nicky is actually the best thing that ever happened to me." Tracy murmured before adding, "So, I know it's early, but have you decided a field of medicine to specialise in yet?"
"Yeah, actually I have. I think I'll combine paediatrics with women's health. I know it'll be really difficult, but I just can't choose between the two." Ashley sighed.
"Are you just trying to make your life hard?" Tracy asked, raising an eyebrow and Ashley shrugged.
She opened her mouth to reply, but the karate class had ended and Chris and Chyler were making a beeline for her, almost as if they were racing to get to their mommy first. Laughing Ashley scooped Chyler up in her arms as the young girl stuck her tongue out at her brother.
"Hey sweetheart. You two did great out there. Did you like it?" Ashley smiled, placing a kiss on Chyler's forehead.
"Yeah." Chyler chimed in reply. "I like it. Can we keep doing it?"
"Do you want to too, Chris?" Ashley asked.
"Uh-huh." Chris grinned, nodding furiously in reply.
"Well then, yes, I'll sign you two up right away." Ashley smiled. "My baby rangers are learning how to fight. One day, they'll be the best anyone has ever seen."
Tracy laughed and shook her head.
"They'll have to fight Nicky for that title." Tracy teased.
Laughing the two girls made their way over to the table to sign their children up on the karate class, but silently Ashley sighed.
'You should see them, Andros. They are so much like you. You would be proud… I know I am. Please, come back to me one day, see our children and tell me everything will be all right. Years might have gone by, but I will never stop loving you. None of us.'
A/N: Hope you liked it. Review.