SHOUT OUTS/ANSWERS
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On the Astro Megaship, Ashley sat in her seat, fingering Jason's communicator. Hearing footsteps, she turned around.
"Still worried?" Trey queried.
"Yeah," Ashley admitted. Just then, the transmission screen came on.
"Lord Trey, we have dire news," a man stated.
"What is it?" Trey questioned.
"We have just received word about an incident on Horath," the man responded.
"What kind of incident?" Ashley asked.
"Dark Specter requested a human that a creature known as Magnus had in his custody. An ex-Ranger," the man reported.
"Jason," Ashley stated worriedly as the other Astro Rangers walked up.
"What's going on?" Carlos questioned and Trey quickly explained.
"We have to save him. We can't leave him for Dark Specter," Ashley worried.
"And we won't," Andros declared. "This guy's one of us and Rangers don't leave Rangers behind," he continued.
"But how do we even begin to search for them?" Zhane wondered. "I mean, it's not like Astronema's just going to let us onto her ship," he continued.
"Someone's going to have to sneak aboard," Andros determined.
"I'll do it," Ashley volunteered.
"No! It's too dangerous!" Andros objected. "I'm the leader, I should go," he continued.
"But he's my cousin," Ashley retorted.
"Who was taken by my sister," Andros reminded.
"Astronema is your sister?" Trey asked in surprise.
"Yes. Her real name is Karone. She was helping us when she was attacked and brainwashed," Andros responded.
"Look, talking about this isn't going to help us save Jason. Now I'm going," Ashley insisted.
"Me too," TJ determined.
"Teej---" Ashley began to object.
"I'm not letting you go in without some backup," TJ insisted.
"He's right. We can't risk you. I'm coming too," Andros stated. She sighed.
"Fine," she agreed. After discovering the current coordinates for the space ship, the Red, Yellow, and Blue Rangers snuck aboard.
"Okay, where do you think he could be?" TJ whispered.
"She probably has a dungeon around here somewhere," Ashley replied in the same tone.
"Come on," Andros said. They continued on their way, ducking into a corner when a Quantron walked past. When it was clear again, they continued on their way. Finally, they reached the back of the ship.
"I'll bet you anything that's it," Ashley whispered, pointing to a door.
"Right. Come on," Andros said, and they headed for the door. In the dungeon, Jason was trying to wiggle out of the chains. He and Ecliptor had discussed taking the chains off, but had ultimately decided that it would be raise too many suspicions. Aw, man! Come on! he thought to himself, twisting his wrists in an effort to loosen his shackles. He couldn't take the chains anymore. It reminded him too much of his early days with Magnus. Just then, he heard a noise and froze. What had that been?
"Over here," he heard a familiar voice say. No way, he thought.
"Ashley?" he asked.
"Jason, hold on," he heard his cousin say. He backed up as there was a shot. Sparks flew and the door burst open.
"Blade Blaster?" Jason queried as they came in.
"Astro Blaster," Ashley corrected. "Come on, Astronema probably heard that," she continued, grabbing his wrist.
"Uh, what about---" the question died as Andros telekinetically removed the chains. "Okay, that works," he said. Then, as they headed out, "Listen, uh---this is gonna sound crazy, but one of her henchmen---Ecliptor---helped me. The chip he had like---short circuited---or something."
"That's not really surprising. He's always been strong willed," Andros said. They were halfway through the hallway when a blast cut them off!