Chapter 12: Almost Escaping
Andros winced as he slowly sat up. "I have to get out of here," he mumbled. He tested his legs to see if he can stand. Once he knew he could walk on his sore legs, he walked toward the door. He looked through the bars that were in the top of the window. He saw the keys sitting on their own on a console. He reached his arm out and let the keys float over to him. Once they were in his hands, Andros unlocked his cell door. He slowly left his cell and once he saw he was alone, he didn't care how weak he was, he ran down the halls to get to the hanger.
Andros saw the ships and nodded his head slowly. Just then the alarms went off. "No," he hissed. He ran towards one of the ships, but then pirahnatrons grabbed him from behind. "NO!" He shouted.
"Well, well, well, looks like little Red Ranger tried to escape," Divatox laughed.
Andros glared at her. "I swear to you, Divatox, for all the treachery you're putting on me, I swear to you, you'll never get away with it. My sister will hunt you to the ends of the universe to find you and she will kill you," Andros snapped.
"Well first, she has to know that I'm the one that has you," she laughed.
Andros tried to shake his grip away from them. "Chain his arms in the cell and have his back facing towards me. Make sure to remove his shirt and jacket first," she instructed. The pirahnatrons dragged Andros out of the hanger and back into his cell.
Andros's arms were chained and his back was facing towards Divatox as instructed. "Nice…nice very," she commented. She saw the scar down his back from Darkonda's sword. Andros closed his eyes tight, knowing what was coming to him. "Leave us," she instructed. The pirahnatrons left and Divatox laughed evilly, the laugh that nearly made Andros sick. "This is your punishment for thinking you can escape me," she sneered. A snap could be heard through the air and then only mere seconds later Andros crying out in pain could be hear all throughout the ship.
(KO-35)
Karone was doing some work when she suddenly felt pain shooting through her back. She cried out in pain and she fell to the floor. "Karone!" Zhane gasped. He ran over to her and helped her sit up. Karone looked at Zhane with pain filled eyes. "Karone what is it?" He asked.
"Andros is alive…they're hurting him!" She replied with a shriek when the pain shot through her back again.
Karone cried out in pain and Zhane held onto her. "Andros is still alive," she whispered. Zhane was about to say something when Elid came in.
"Lies," he snapped.
"What?" Zhane asked.
"She's delirious from not sleeping or eating."
"How could she be imagining this kind of pain?"
Zhane picked Karone up and glared at Elid as he left the room.
(Divatox's Ship)
Andros was thrown back into his cell. "Now next time you'll think twice before escaping me," Divatox laughed. The door closed and Andros just laid there on the ground trying to get the stinging feeling to go away. He closed his eyes and the only thing that could be heard in his cell was his heavy breathing. He never endured such pain before, it was pure torture. Andros opened his eyes and let out a sigh.
"Karone…" he whispered.
(KO-35)
Karone was sitting up in her bed staring at the far wall. "Karone?" Zhane called quietly. Karone looked up and pushed her hair out of her face.
"Hey," she answered.
Zhane set a tray by her bed. "Thought you'd be hungry," he commented. She shook her head.
"No thanks," she answered.
They sat in silence for a minute. "They think I'm crazy," she murmured.
"What?" He asked.
"They think I'm crazy because I believe my brother's still alive."
"Karone, you just collapsed to the ground claiming you can feel his pain."
"It's my mind playing tricks on me."
Karone wrapped her arms around herself with a sigh. Zhane sat next to her and stroked her hair. "Maybe you're right…maybe Andros is dead," she murmured.
"You're giving up?" He asked.
"What else is there, Zhane? It's been three months. Three months! There's no way Dark Specter would allow them to keep him alive this long."
"We thought you two were both dead."
Karone stared at the wall again and a sob escaped her lips. "Dark Specter doesn't give second chances," she whispered. Karone started to cry. "I want my brother back…dead or alive…I want him back," she sobbed. Zhane wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close.
"I know," he answered.
Karone placed her head on his shoulder and let out another sob. "What have we done to deserve this?" She asked. Zhane wrapped his arms tightly around her.
"These things just happen," he replied.
"Not like this."
Zhane let out a sigh and looked up to see Elid standing there for a minute before the Red Space Ranger replacement turned and left the room. "We'll get him back, I swear it," he murmured.
"How? How can we get him back? I never got to see who took him," she answered.
"We'll find him, with every piece of technology we have we will."
They sat in silence, both losing hope that Andros was still alive, but they both wanted him to come home, dead or alive.
