Chapter 19: Protecting his Morpher

Andros was pacing slightly, knowing that what he was doing the right thing. He couldn't keep doing this to Adyna. "Andros," Adyna called. Andros looked up and watched as Adyna came in. "Cassie said you wanted to speak with me?" She asked. Andros nodded his head slowly.

"Yeah," he replied.

Adyna sat down and watched as he leaned up against the wall. "Is everything alright?" She asked. Andros let out a sigh and he slowly shook his head.

"Adyna…I don't think we should do this," he replied.

Adyna looked at him quizzically. "I wanted to say something sooner, but I couldn't," he informed. The young woman realized what he was doing.

"Are you breaking off our betrothal?" She asked.

He nodded his head slowly. "I am," he replied. Adyna stood up in disbelief and Andros jumped back when her eyes glowed red.

"You will pay for this!" She hissed.

She then threw a ball of blue light at Andros, making him fly up against the wall and he hit the ground hard. Andros held his side and looked up when Adyna stood above him. "Y--You're on his side," Andros hissed. Adyna grinned evilly as she stood above Andros.

"You won't be able to save your precious Ashley," she sneered.

Andros glared at her. "My brother will be successful," she hissed. Andros's eyes widened in shock.

"Your brother," Andros mumbled.

Adyna smiled evilly as she reached down to grab the morphers off his wrists. "ANDROS!" TJ shouted. He used his blaster and shot Adyna in the shoulder. The evil witch hissed and shot a blast at TJ.

"My brother will have that power," she hissed before disappearing.

TJ ran over to Andros and helped him off the ground. "Are you okay?" TJ asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he replied.

Andros stared at he spot that Adyna was just standing in. "Ashley!" Andros gasped. He then took off down the hall towards the infirmary.

When he came into the infirmary, he found Ashley convulsing in pain. "Ashley!" Andros gasped. He ran over and turned Ashley on her back. The Yellow Astro Ranger reached up and grabbed Andros's hand nearly breaking the skin on his hand with her nails.

"He's draining my powers," she told him.

Andros stroked her hair to try to calm her down. "Ashley, listen to me okay? I'm going to get your morpher back," he assured her. Ashley bit her lip and tears fell down her face from the pain. Andros kissed her forehead. "I love you," he whispered. He then stood up and went to leave the infirmary when he saw Hayden standing there.

"Is my mommy okay?" Hayden asked.

Andros kneeled in front of the boy and placed his hands on his shoulders. "Hayden, your mommy is in a lot of pain because that evil man is taking all her powers away," Andros informed. Hayden was silent and Andros let out a sigh. "But I promise you, I will save your mommy," he added. Hayden caught Andros off guard when he hugged him.

"Save mommy, daddy," Hayden told him.

Andros felt his heart leap for joy at his words. He hugged Hayden tight and kissed the side of his son's head. "I will, I promise," he answered. He set Hayden down on the floor and he started walking down the hall.

"DADDY!" Hayden called out.

Andros stopped and he looked at Hayden. The young boy grinned as he acted like he was going to morph as an Astro Ranger. "LET'S ROCKET!" He shouted. Andros grinned as he held his morpher up.

"LET'S ROCKET!" Andros shouted.

Andros morphed and he hurried down the hall if he was going to save Ashley. "ANDROS!" TJ called. Andros stopped and looked at TJ, to see that he was morphed already. "I'm going with you," he informed.

"Good, I might need your help," Andros answered.

Both Rangers ran outside of the base. "GALAXY GLIDER HANG TEN!" They shouted. They jumped onto their Galaxy Gliders and went to get Ashley's morpher back.

Hashim watched as his new weapon was being charged up with Ashley's morpher. "That won't be enough power, Adyna," he snapped. Adyna sighed.

"I tried to get his morpher, brother. But the Blue Ranger came and took a shot at me before I could get them," she informed.

"And we want the Yellow Ranger's morpher," TJ snapped.

Hashim and Adyna looked up to see Andros and TJ standing there. "Hand over the morpher," Andros ordered. Hashim laughed.

"I don't think so, say goodbye to your powers though, Prince Andros," Hashim laughed.

Andros suddenly de-morphed when his guards grabbed him. "Take the morpher," Hashim snapped. Andros tried to fight them off when they took his morpher off his wrists.

"NO!" TJ shouted.

He fought off the guards, grabbed both morpher and while fighting them, he handed them his morpher. "NO!" Hashim shouted. Andros looked at TJ when he handed him his morpher.

"What are you doing?" Andros asked.

"Saving your powers. Let's get out of here, fast," TJ replied.

They ran out of the lair and the guards brought TJ's morpher over to Hashim. The evil sorcerer took the morpher and an evil grin came across his face as he placed the morpher into the machine.

TJ and Andros were heading back to the base when TJ suddenly lost balance on his Galaxy Glider making him fall. "TJ!" Andros shouted. He landed his Galaxy Glider and ran over to his fallen friend to see the same thing happening. "TJ…you didn't have to do this," Andros pointed out. TJ grinned at him through all the pain.

"We're a team…besides you're the only one who can defeat him," TJ answered.

Andros helped TJ up and got him back to the base.

Cassie was checking on Ashley when Andros came in with TJ. "TJ! What happened?" She asked. Andros placed TJ on one of the medical beds.

"Hashim took his powers to save mine," he replied.

Cassie bit her lip and watched as Andros walked over to Ashley. TJ reached out and grabbed Cassie's hand. "Cassie, you have to protect his powers, you know that he's the only one who can defeat Hashim," he pointed out. Cassie nodded her head slowly and looked at her morpher.

"What do I do?" She asked.

"You know what to do. Just until he gets that weapon ready," TJ replied.

Cassie nodded just as the alarms went off. "What's going on?" Andros asked.

"Hashim is attacking in the park," the computer replied.

Andros and Cassie ran out of the infirmary with Carlos and Zhane following them a second later.

(In the Lair: After the Fight)

Hashim sneered as he came back and put the rest of the morphers into the machine. "Do you think these will all work to charge it?" Adyna asked.

"It might give it a bit of power, but I need his morphers," he replied.

(The Infirmary)

Andros took a deep breath as he looked at his friends. He didn't know what to do. His friends were there whenever he needed them and now that they aren't, he felt lost. He jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder and spun around. "Easy, son, easy, it's me," Caspar assured him. Andros let out a heavy sigh and looked back over at his friends to see them all in pain. "You know what to do," Caspar commented. Andros nodded his head and he went down the hall towards his work station.

He entered the room and he started working on his weapon. "Daddy?" Hayden called quietly. Andros turned in his chair and looked at his son.

"What is it, Hayden?" He asked.

Hayden walked over and hugged Andros around the waist. Andros hugged him back and then he had an idea of how to teach his son how to build and to keep his mind off of things. "Come here," Andros told him. He picked Hayden up and set him in his lap.

"What's that?" Hayden asked.

Andros looked over at his unfinished secret weapon. "This will save mommy and our friends," he replied. Hayden reached out and picked up one of the tools. "Here, how about you help me?" Andros asked.

"Okay," Hayden answered.

Andros set Hayden up on the table and started building the weapon while learning more about his son and teaching him things at the same time. "This will save mommy and the others?" Hayden asked. Andros nodded his head.

"Yes it will," he replied.