Phantom Rogue: They're safe for now, but it's still going to be hard on them especially Andros.
BabyInu317: I would love to make it into a play. Thanks for the offer.
Jessica01: You;re exactly right. How do you do it?
Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.
Ch. 4 Trust
Over the next several weeks Andros and Karone grew closer and closer to their new siblings. Andros would now let Karone play by herself when she wanted and go play with Zhane, Bryce, and Zarkin. Zhane had taken Andros under his wing. He loved having a younger brother and made sure to spend time with Andros everyday. Although Andros was playing with the other boys it was painfully obvious to Zel and Katerina that he was still having a hard time adjusting to his new life. They would hear him scream in the middle of the night after awakening from another nightmare but only Zhane and Karone could ever comfort him.
"Andros!" Zhane called from the bottom of the stairs. "Come on, we're going to be late." It was Andros and Karone's first day of school and while Karone was very excited to meet new friends Andros was scared. The only thing that was comforting to Andros was that he was going to be in the same class as Zhane. Although he was two years younger he had scored so high on his test that the teachers had said it would be a waste of time to start him out in a lower grade. Zhane's parents had agreed but had told the principal to make sure that Andros and Zhane were in the same class.
"I don't want to go!" Andros yelled from his room. "I want to stay here!"
Zel started up the stairs but Zhane interrupted, "I'll go get him." He walked up the stairs and into the room, almost laughing at the sight in front of him. Karone was actually trying to pull Andros off his bed and out of the house. "Karone, you go on downstairs, I need to talk to your brother." Karone left but not before turning around to stick her tongue out at her brother. This time Zhane did laugh but sobered up quickly and turned to his friend. "What's wrong, Andros? All you've been talking about for the past couple of weeks has been going to school and now you don't want to go?"
"I'm scared, Zhane," the small boy admitted quietly. "I'm going to be smaller than everyone else in our class and they'll all make fun of me."
"I won't let them make fun of you," Zhane promised. "The first one that does I'll beat up and then no one will do it again, okay?" Andros nodded and allowed Zhane to haul him to his feet. "Race 'ya!" Andros quickly overcame his nervousness as he raced after his best friend.
"Hey you two!" Zel yelled as the neared the bottom of the stairs. "No running in the house!"
"Sorry, Dad," they both stated and Zel couldn't help but smile as he loaded his five children up in the car for their first day of school.
Andros was right. Almost all the kids in their class had laughed at him the moment they had seen him. One boy, Tyran, had actually tried to fit Andros into one of the lockers, luckily a teacher had walked by at the right moment and had taken him straight to the principal. Zhane had stood by his side all day, taking up for him any time anyone would say anything. Their teacher, Jase Karova had tried to stay out of the situation trying to see if Andros would ever stand up for himself but sadly he just took what the other children were saying.
"Mr. Karova?" Zhane asked as he and Andros approached the desk. When he looked up he saw that Andros looked like he was about to break down into tears. "Darrin knows about Andros' parents and told him that his parents were right to hate him. Can we go to the restroom for a minute?"
"Sure," Jase stated to the boy, glad to see that Zhane knew how to handle the situation. "Don't worry I'll take care of Darrin and the rest of the class while you're gone." Andros seemed oblivious to the conversation going on around him, focused completely on not crying until he was a great distance away from the classroom.
When they walked into the restroom Andros started sobbing and Zhane simply wrapped his arms around the small shuddering boy. By the time they returned to their classroom they could tell their had been a huge discussion about how to treat each other. Andros and Zhane both took their seats and Andros was truly surprised when no one made fun of him for the rest of the day. In fact, all the kids actually apologized to him and became his friends. At playtime they were called to the principal's office along with Karone, Bryce, and Zarkin.
As they walked through the door they saw Zel standing there and he stated, "Your mom is having the baby." They all hurried to the vehicle, wanting to be there when their baby sister, Kilee. When they arrived at the hospital a nurse directed them to the room where Katerina was staying. They walked quietly into the room and Bryce, Zarkin, and Zhane jumped up on the bed.
"Is Kilee here yet?" Bryce questioned as his mother smiled at them.
"No," she answered in a quiet voice, "but she'll be here in a few hours." She noticed that Andros and Karone were standing alone in the corner. Andros looked like he might have had a bad first day of school and Karone was trying to comfort him. "You two come over here too." Karone hurried over but Andros remained in the corner, staring off into space as though he hadn't heard her.
"Zhane," Zel began, "come out here for just a second." Zhane knew that his father was going to ask about their day at school but he wasn't sure what to say. He had thought that Andros was fine now. Especially since everyone had apologized to him but now he wasn't so sure. Zhane then realized that he had left Andros alone for a while when he had seen another of his friends in the hallway right before their playtime. He now wondered what had happened during that time. "What happened today at school?" his father asked as they sat down in two of the chairs in the hall.
"At first everyone made fun of Andros but the teacher said something to them and when Andros and I came back from the restroom everyone apologized," Zhane began. "I thought that everything was okay but I did leave him alone when I saw another friend of mine. He went on outside and he did seem a little quiet when I found him but I really didn't have time to think about it before they came to get us to see you."
"I think you should find out what happened," Zel stated as he led his son back into the room. Zhane immediately went to Andros and dragged him outside.
"What happened when you went outside?" he asked and he saw tears beginning to form in Andros' eyes. "Come on, you know you can trust me."
"Well," Andros began singing down to the floor, "I walked outside and..."
A/N: Sorry to leave you hanging but I'm really not sure what Andros should say. Please review.