Chapter 18: Saving Her

Andros searched on his scanner for Ashley. "Come on, Ashley, where are you?" He murmured.

Ashley was pulling on her clothes again feeling filthy and violated. Tears fell down her face as she glanced at Hashim to him stand up after pulling on his clothes. She quickly turned her head away when she felt him touching her hair. "Was good for me, how about you?" He asked. Ashley just wanted to vomit at his question. She held her stomach to keep it calm. She closed her eyes when she felt his lips brush up against her neck. "I'll be back," he informed. Once Ashley heard the door close, she quickly leaned over to the nearest wastebasket and vomited. This was a nightmare, she just wanted to wake up from it. She laid on the floor and she curled up in a ball, just waiting to wake up in Andros's arms back on Earth. "Andros," she called quietly.

Andros continued to fly when he heard Ashley's telepathic message. "Ashley?" He answered.

"Andros, please find me," she told him.

"Has he don't anything to you?"

"Nothing that I didn't promise him that I would do. I'm scared, Andros. What if I'm pregnant?"

Andros felt his heart snap at her question. "If you are, we'll figure out what to do," he answered. Just then, Ashley's connection broke. "Ashley! Can you hear me?" Andros called out. Andros cursed under his breath and then he finally found her signal. He flew towards the signal as fast as he could before it was too late.

Ashley pushed Hashim off her. "NO!" She shouted. She tried to run away when he grabbed her around her waist pulling her to him. "LET GO!" She shouted.

"We had a deal remember?" He asked.

Ashley struggled against him. "But not to become your sex slave," she hissed. She fell to the floor when he backhanded her. She cried out in pain when she felt him grab her by her hair, yanking her to her feet.

"You're mine now, I own you, and you will respect me," he hissed.

Ashley glared at him and spat in his face. Just then the computers went off. "What's going on?" He demanded.

"Intruder alert, intruder alert," the computer informed.

Ashley winced he kept a grip on her arm dragging her over to the screen. Her heart flew when she saw that it was Andros in his battlized form. "Andros!" She gasped. Hashim turned and glared at her.

"I'll make you stand and watch while I kill your lover," he snapped.

Ashley struggled against his grasp. "No," she whispered. She cried out in pain when he dragged her out of the room.

Andros landed on the newly built ship and pulled out his blaster. He quietly snuck through the halls, opening doors as he went. He checked every room, being on his guard every second. Andros heard struggling in one room and he ran through the doors. "LET HER GO!" Andros shouted as he raised his blaster.

"Andros!" Ashley gasped.

Hashim kept a firm grip around Ashley's waist and grinned evilly at Andros. "Welcome Prince Andros," he sneered. Andros looked over at Ashley.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

Ashley nodded her head. "Yes," she replied. Andros then raised his blaster a little higher.

"Let her go, Hashim," he ordered.

"Now why would I go and do a stupid thing like that?" Hashim laughed.

Andros got ready to fire and the evil sorcerer laughed at him. "Foolish, foolish boy. Don't you remember that your blaster has no effect on me?" He asked. Ashley bit her lip and struggled a bit against Hashim. "Why don't you tell your precious Ashley the real reason why you're here?" Hashim asked.

"I came to save my friend," Andros replied.

"Wrong," Hashim answered.

"What?"

"You have a bigger reason to why you're here."

Ashley looked at Andros with a quizzical look. "Tell her, oh great Prince Andros, tell her the real reason of how you've really felt for her during the past few months," he sneered. Ashley just stared at Andros.

"Andros, what is he talking about?" She asked.

"Silence," Hashim hissed.

Ashley winced when his grip got painfully tight. "Not so easy is it? Can't talk to the mother of your child?" Hashim taunted. Andros's hands started to shake slightly his grip on his blaster started to loosen slightly. "Tell her how you nearly killed yourself when she left. Tell her all the things that happened after she left you," he laughed. Andros closed his eyes trying not to think about it. "Not being able to function without her, tell her the real reason why you're here," Hashim snapped. Ashley looked at him with wide eyes when he dropped his blaster. "Tell her," he repeated. Andros looked at her as he de-morphed and Ashley saw all the pain in his eyes when he de-morphed.

"I'm here because I'm still in love with you," Andros confessed while

"See? Was that so hard?" Hashim laughed.

"Andros…" Ashley whispered.

"You see my dear, after you left your precious Andros just wanted to die without you. He locked himself in his room for four weeks. Not wanting to see anybody, but his sister came in and talked some sense into him and the Red Ranger also Prince of KO-35 cried like a little child," Hashim laughed.

Ashley looked at Andros with fear in her eyes. "You caused him so much pain and yet he still loves you," he taunted. She looked at Andros and shook her head slowly.

"It's not true…please tell me it's not true," she nearly begged.

She didn't want to believe she caused him that much pain. "Please…tell me it's not true," she whispered. Andros looked at her and nodded his head slowly.

"It--It's true," he answered.

Ashley lowered her head and the tears started falling down her face. Hashim grinned evilly as he took Ashley by her shoulders and practically threw her to Andros. "Take her, our deal is finished," he laughed. Andros held onto Ashley and watched as Hashim disappeared. Andros quickly pushed the battlizer mode on his morpher.

"Hang on, I'm taking you home," he murmured.

Andros picked her up and went back to KO-35 as fast as he could.

The others looked up when Andros hurried down the hall with Ashley in his arms. "Andros! What happened?" Cassie asked. Andros bypassed them and went straight into the infirmary.

The doctors looked up when Andros set Ashley down on the medical bed. "I want a pregnancy test done immediately," he ordered. A doctor nodded as they ran the pregnancy test on her. Ashley reached out and grabbed his hand.

"Andros, I'm so sorry," she called out quietly.

Andros stopped from leaving and was by her side again. "For what?" He asked. Tears fell down her face.

"I hurt you, I hurt you and I'm sorry," she replied.

Andros shook his head slowly and he stroked her hair. "Listen to me, Ashley. You leaving wasn't your fault, I know why you did it. You were protecting our son. That has to be the bravest thing you have ever done," he assured her.

"But…" he cut her off.

"Ashley, my parents would have killed him if you didn't leave. I will always be grateful that you kept him safe from any kind of harm."

Andros kissed her forehead. "I know you feel nothing for me anymore, but I still love you so much," he added. The doctor then came back up to them.

"I have the results," he informed.

Andros looked up. "And?" He asked.

"Its negative," the doctor replied.

Smiles came across their faces, but then Ashley sat up with a gasp. "My morpher! He took my morpher!" She gasped. Andros then saw pain showing across her face and she fell back on the medical bed curling up in a ball screaming in pain.

"What's happening to her!" Andros demanded.

"I'm not sure, my lord," the doctor replied.

"Well find out," Andros snapped.

"Right away."

The others came in when they could hear Ashley screaming down the hall. Only Cassie knew that look. "Oh, no!" She gasped. Andros looked up at her.

"What? What is it?" He asked.

Cassie looked at Andros and the others with fear in her eyes. "Hashim's draining her energy," she replied. Andros sat on the medical bed and pulled Ashley in his arms.

"What do we do?" Zhane asked.

Andros was trying his best to support her and he looked at them with a straight face, the fire burning in his eyes. "We get her morpher back, before I lose her forever," he replied.