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Ch. 3 Losing Ground

It wasn't long before Ashley was sitting back at his side. Andros tried to keep his mind on the battle at hand, but found it increasingly difficult. They continued to fire at the Velcofighters, taking down several, but still leaving a lot more.

"We have to get down there," Andros stated, standing from his station.

"I'll keep them busy up here," Zhane replied.

"And I'll stay here to keep him out of trouble," Karone added at her brother's worried look.

"Alright," he agreed, "but if there's any trouble I want you to run. There are too many bystanders onboard." They both nodded as he led the others to the Work Bay. "Alright, keep your groups together and if you run into trouble we'll all meet at the Surf Spot." They all morphed and headed for Earth.

When they arrived they quickly divided into their groups and went to help the captured citizens. Jason's group as well as Tommy's went to the groups surrounded by Piranatrons while Andros' divided and took on the Quantrons, Ecliptor and Darkonda.

"It's about time you pathetic rangers got here," Darkonda snarled. "Let's see if I can get your pretty wife this time." Ashley could feel Andros' temper rising and put a hand on his arm. Darkonda laughed and charged at them effectively separating Andros and Ashley from the rest of the group. "You know you can't protect her." Andros was able to block the first blows that came at him but in his effort to protect Ashley several slipped through his defenses. It wasn't long before they were both lying on the ground. Luckily, Karone had been able to get through to Ecliptor and he was now fighting with them or at least with her. The other rangers rushed over to help Andros and Ashley and pulled them to their feet.

"What is he doing?" Andros asked, pointing at Ecliptor.

"I warned Dark Specter that you were just a trader," Darkonda stated pulling out his sword. He quickly made his way through the rangers until he was fighting only Ecliptor. It wasn't long before Darkonda had completely destroyed Ecliptor. "One down, one to go!" he yelled as he disappeared in a dark light.

"Ecliptor!" Karone screamed, running to Ecliptor's side. "Please don't leave me!"

"I'll be fine," he whispered. "The secret to winning lies on the Dark Fortress." He took a final breath before disappearing in a bright light.

By this time they were surrounded yet again by Quantrons. The team gathered around Karone, knowing that she wasn't in the best condition to fight. They quickly fought their way through the minions until they had met up with the other two groups. They demorphed behind the restaurant, ensuring that no one saw them.

"Over there's an empty table," Tommy whispered as they entered the restaurant.

"So, here are the other Power Rangers," Adelle stated, coming to them with several cups of water. As Andros looked around she added, "I kind of figured it out a long time ago. All those times you ran out of here without taking a bit of your lunch, I just put it together."

"Well, we do need a place to plan everything," Andros replied, looking at her pleadingly.

"You didn't even need to ask," Adelle answered. "There's a small office in the back, no one should bother you there." Andros only nodded, quickly leading everyone to the office.

"What's the plan now?" Jason questioned, sinking into one of the nearby seats.

"We have to find Zhane and everyone else first," Ashley answered immediately. Andros quickly wrapped his arms around her, trying his best to comfort her. He too was very concerned about his children, but he knew that Zhane had kept them safe.

"After we find them we have to come up with a better plan," he stated. "They're beginning to capture civilians and if we don't hurry they'll use them against us." It was then Ashley's turn to comfort him. He had told her some stories about how Dark Specter had used his own people against him and it had been very hard on him.

"Let's go," Tommy ordered, seeing that Andros was in no condition to be leading all of them. "We'll find the Megaship first and then see what we can do."

A/N: Please Review! I know it's a little short but I havea limited time right now. Only one more day of school for me and I'll be done for the summer!