Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.

Slytherin-Angel44: Zhane is priceless and it just seemed like something he would say in one of his more serious moods.

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Star Fata: Of course everything's okay. I'm not that cruel.

Ch. 16 Weakening the Opponent

Andros and Zhane were in front of Darkonda's hideout within seconds but stayed hidden until they came up with a partial plan. Neither of them were expecting what they saw next, the Psycho Rangers. They waited until they were a safe distance away before entering the cave. They spotted Darkonda easily and Andros barely kept himself from charging at him. The two friends took their time sneaking up on the evil creature and then attacked. Darkonda was surprised but recovered quickly.

"Well, Red Ranger," he laughed, "you're not going to go down without a fight, are you?"

"What do you want, Darkonda?" Zhane questioned, trying to take the attention away from his best friend, giving Andros time to cool down.

"I want his children," the man replied. "I want to put him through more pain. I want to cause his destruction." Andros could feel his temper flaring but he forced himself to remain calm.

"You'll never get them," Andros swore as he and Zhane both morphed. They began attacking him but for some unknown reason weren't doing very well. 'What's going on?' Andros asked his friend silently.

'I don't know,' Zhane answered but they continued to fight. As soon as it seemed they were getting an advantage Darkonda somehow managed to alert the Psycho Rangers. "Now, why'd you have to go and do that?" Zhane asked, knowing that he and his friend were going to be forced to retreat. He watched as his friend kept attacking and joined just a few seconds later, although he continued to glance over his shoulder, watching for any signs of the Psycho Rangers.

"Look what we have here," Psycho Red laughed as he approached Andros. "Looks like I may get my revenge."

"We beat you once and we'll beat you again," Andros countered, acting a lot calmer than he actually felt. Given how close the Psychos had come to beating them he was afraid that they might actually succeed simply because there were only two of them.

"Andros, we have to get out of here," his best friend whispered from beside him. He only nodded as he started to become very worried about the outcome of this battle.

"DECA," he ordered into his morpher, "we need some back up." Andros didn't get an answer but hoped DECA had heard enough to send a few extra rangers. It wasn't long before T.J. and Carlos were by their sides. "How'd you know?"

"He's blocking communications," T.J. responded, confirming Andros' concern, "but Ashley knew you were in trouble."

"Ah," Psycho Black began, "more rangers for us to play with."

"Get them!" Darkonda ordered from a far corner of the room. The Psycho Rangers charged and the rangers did their best to fight them off. Andros saw Darkonda heading for the cave's entrance and began trying to fight his way through the Psychos.

"Go!" T.J. yelled at him as he pulled Psycho Red away from his friend. "We'll take care of these guys." Andros nodded and ran after Darkonda.

"Little Red Ranger," Darkonda mocked, "I really thought you would've given up by now. I'm going to win and there's nothing you can do about it." His anger taking over, Andros charged at Darkonda, taking his enemy by surprise. He continued to fight until he started to become lightheaded. By this time the other rangers were at his side after the Psycho Rangers had disappeared and they kept Darkonda from taking advantage of the situation.

"Are you alright?" Zhane asked as he knelt down next to his friend.

"I think Aidan's waking up," Andros replied, holding his head on both sides. "We have to get back to the ship." The other rangers nodded but with Darkonda blocking their signal to the Megaship they had to fight their way through. With the Psycho Rangers gone, it wasn't much of a fight but it was still hard on the rangers. After Andros had delivered an injuring blow to Darkonda the rangers ran, knowing they'd have their chance at Darkonda again.

When they arrived on the Megaship they all rushed to the Med Bay, happy to see Aidan beginning to wake up. As he began whimpering Andros entered the room and stood on the other side of the bed, ready to take some of his son's pain away. Aidan opened his eyes slowly but shut them tightly at the bright lights.

"DECA," he heard his father's voice whisper, "lights three-fourths power." He could tell the lights had dimmed and slowly attempted to open his eyes again. "Is this better?" He nodded as he felt some of his pain melt away and he tried to sit up.

"Mommy?" he asked frantically, not having looked over to the other side of the bed.

"Right here," Ashley answered, smiling down at her son. Andros quickly stacked pillows behind him so he could sit up. "Are you feeling better?" Aidan nodded and both she and Andros wrapped their arms around him. 'See?' she questioned her husband silently. 'He's fine and nothing will ever happen to any of them.' Andros only nodded, his full attention on his son in case anything was to happen.

It wasn't long before Aidan was feeling tired once again and as he whispered, "Love you, Mommy. Love you, Daddy." Andros felt for once in his life all was right in the world.

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