Chapter 8: Losing a Sibling
Andros took a deep breath when they came into orbit around the planet. Andros walked over and handed Karone a dark purple cloak. "What's this?" She asked.
"It'll keep you blending in with everything," he replied.
Andros pulled his dark red one over his shoulders. "Karone, I need you to do something," he informed. Karone looked at him confused.
"Okay," she answered.
"I want you to promise me that if anything happens to me, you get back onto this ship and go to KO-35,' he instructed.
"But Andros…"
Andros grabbed her shoulders. "Promise me you'll get back here," he insisted. Karone bit her lip and she nodded her head slowly.
"I promise," she answered.
Andros let her go and watched as she pulled on her hood. When she left the bridge, Andros looked at DECA. "If anything were to happen to me and I order you to bring Karone onto the ship, do so. Make sure she can't get out," he instructed.
"Acknowledged," DECA answered.
Andros pulled on his hood and left the bridge.
(Planet's Surface)
Andros held up his binoculars and watched as familiar old allies were walking around talking. He looked over at Karone to see her doing the same thing. He looked back at his now enemies.
Divatox looked up and she saw a dark purple figure. "SPY!" She shouted.
"GET HER!" Darkonda shouted.
Andros gasped when he saw quantrons and pirahnatrons surround Karone. "ANDROS!" Karone shouted. Andros jumped up.
"KARONE!" He shouted.
He yanked his cloak off his shoulders and ran down to save his sister. "LET'S ROCKET!" He shouted. He did a front flip off a cliff's edge and landed in front of them.
"Andros!" Karone gasped.
"ASTRO BLASTER FIRE!" Andros shouted.
The quantrons and pirahnatrons hit the ground when he fired his blaster. He ran over to his sister. "Karone, are you okay?" He asked.
"Yes," she replied.
Andros helped her stand up, but then a blast hit him in the back. "Andros!" Karone gasped. Andros de-morphed from the blast and Darkonda was standing behind them.
"Traitors!" He snapped.
Karone helped Andros stand up. "GO!" Andros shouted. He pushed Karone to get away from them.
"Can't you contact DECA?" She asked.
"We're too far for her to get our signal," he replied.
Andros hit the ground hard when he felt something grab him. Karone spun around with a gasp. "ANDROS!" She screamed. Andros was pinned to the ground by quantrons and pirahnatrons. Andros struggled against them and looked up at his sister.
"Karone, get out of here," he ordered.
Karone went to run down the hill she was on. "Not without you," she answered. Andros freed his arm and held it up.
"DECA, teleport Karone to the ship," he ordered.
"NO!" Karone shouted.
Karone disappeared in a flash of yellow light. "I'm sorry," he whispered. Andros tried to fight against the quantrons, but they threw him to his knees and yanked his head back by his hair. "Welcome Red Ranger, or should I say, Demion," Dark Specter sneered. Andros glared at Dark Specter. "You will become one of my loyal servants once again," he informed.
"Not happening," Andros snapped.
Ecliptor was watching as Andros tried to fight the quantrons off him. "Dark Specter, let me take him," Ecliptor insisted.
"Silence, you are already in over your head for letting them escape the first time, Ecliptor," he snapped.
Andros winced as the quantrons' grips tightened on him. "Divatox," Dark Specter called. Divatox took a step forward.
"Yes, your evilness," she answered.
"Take him, if he won't join us, then he's yours as your prize, because of all your work," Dark Specter informed.
"Thank you, your evilness. I'll take good care of him."
Andros wanted to gag when he felt her touch his face. "Darkonda," Dark Specter called.
"Yes, Dark Specter," Darkonda answered.
"You will train him to become one of my fighters," Dark Specter."
"It will be my pleasure."
Divatox looked around. "Pirahnatrons," she called. They took a stepped forward. "Grab him and take him back to my ship," she ordered. Andros was thrown to his feet.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS DARK SPECTER!" Andros shouted.
"It's you who won't get away," Divatox sneered.
Before he could react, he was brought onto Divatox's ship. "Elgar, get one of the cells ready for our guest," Divatox ordered.
"Right away Auntie D," Elgar answered.
While the pirahnatrons were trying to drag Andros down to the cell, the Red Ranger struck out, knocking one of them down. He elbowed one before throwing the other over his shoulder. Divatox laughed when more pirahnatrons grabbed a hold of him. "You can't escape," she laughed.
"I can surely try," Andros snapped.
"Change of plans, take him to my room," Divatox ordered.
Divatox walked over and ripped the morpher off Andros's wrist. "You won't be needing this," she sneered. Andros glared at her.
"You'll pay for this," he snapped.
"On the contrary, it'll be you who'll pay for your betrayal."
Andros struggled as they dragged him to Divatox's room, but then everything went black.
(Megaship)
Karone was pounding on the doors that had closed. "LET ME OUT OF HERE!" She screamed.
"I cannot do that, Karone," DECA answered.
Karone kicked at the door before collapsing to the floor. She buried her face in her hands and her body shook as she cried. "Setting a course for KO-35," DECA informed. Karone jumped up.
"No, turn around," she ordered.
DECA didn't answer. "Listen to me you stupid red eye. Turn this ship around and take me back to my brother," she hissed. Still silence and Karone knew that Andros had given DECA strict orders not to around. She brought her knees up to her chest and she cried harder. Not knowing whether or not she'll ever see her brother again.
(Divatox's Ship)
When he came too, Andros went to move his arm, but he couldn't and heard the clanking of chain links. He looked at his wrists to find them chained and went to move his legs and saw that his ankles were chained too. "The perfect sight," Divatox sneered. Andros glared at her.
"Let me go," he snapped.
"I don't think so."
Andros glared at her and turned his head away when she touched his face again. However, he felt like he was going to get sick when she climbed on top of him. He tried to maneuver to get her off him, but she made sure he was pinned. "Get off me," he snapped.
"Why would I want to do that?" She asked.
"You disgust me," he replied.
"Yeah well, that's life babe."
Andros tried to pull at his chains to see if they'd give, but it was no use. "Can't fight it," she laughed quietly.
"You won't get away with this," he sneered.
"And you think your precious sister will save you?"
Andros was silent. "Divatox, just let me go," he insisted. Divatox shook her head.
"I don't think so," she answered.
Andros closed his eyes and tried to block out everything while Divatox had her "fun" with him. "This can't be happening…not to me…," he pondered.
