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Ch. 8 Chosen
Three months had passed since Karone's abduction and Andros was finally beginning to allow himself to relax and return to the semi-carefree boy he had once been. Dr. B had told them that Andros had made a lot of strides during the past few months and if he continued he would return to his old self, at least partly. Although the police had been unable to find any evidence on Karone's abductor they had written it off as an Alien Kidnapping and let it go. Neither Andros nor any of his family had been happy the news so they had begun their own searching.
Andros, Zhane, Bryce, and Zarkin were now playing in the park with the close supervision of both their parents. They were playing a game of tag when suddenly Commander Kinwon came up to them.
"Why don't you boys come over here with your parents for a minute," the Commander stated and the boys obeyed. Once they were with Zel and Katerina he began, "I'm sorry to interrupt your family's time together but I have some rather important news." They nodded as the children climbed onto the bench to sit with them. Andros sat in Katerina's lap while Zhane sat in Zel's, making room for them all. "Your sons have shown the potential to be the red, silver, black and blue rangers and I want them to come to training."
"But they're only five, seven, and ten," their mother argued. "Aren't they a little young?"
"The sooner they go into training the better," Kinwon replied. "I understand that they are young but they won't have to fight for several years."
"What do you think?" Zel asked his wife, knowing that she would be the one to make the final decision.
"We'll have to talk it over if that's okay," Katerina answered, obviously worried about her sons.
"That will be fine," Kinwon stated. "Just let me know when you've made your decision." With that he turned and left, desperately hoping that they would allow their sons to be trained since there was no one else that could become those rangers.
After their meeting with Kinwon the family returned to their home to discuss the proposition that had been given to them. Of course, the boys wanted to go. They all loved fighting and dreamed of being Power Rangers night and day. Andros was the only one the least bit doubtful. He didn't want to hurt anyone else because of his mistakes.
"Mom," Zarkin began firmly, "we want to go. We'll keep an eye on each other and nothing will happen to us."
"This is a big decision," Katerina answered. "I'm not sure you are ready for this responsibility."
"Of course we are," Zhane stated. "Besides, Kinwon said it would be years before we actually had to fight so all we'll be doing is training."
"Are you sure this is what you want?" Zel questioned. He knew that his sons wanted to go but was at the same time concerned that they weren't ready. As they all nodded he added, "We'll call Kinwon in the morning and give him the answer."
The next morning came quickly and Zel was on the com system with Kinwon giving him the great news. When he hung up he headed to the kitchen to fix them all breakfast.
"What'd he say?" Zhane asked excitedly.
"You go for training later today," Zel replied. "For the first little bit you'll still live here but at some point you'll be sending most of your time at the training zone." The boys, with the exception of Andros, ran around the kitchen happy that their parents were actually going to let them go. "What's wrong?" Andros shrugged as his father lifted him into a chair in the kitchen.
"What if everyone makes fun of me?"
"I'm sure your brothers won't let that happen," he answered, wishing to give his youngest son the confidence he needed for this newest task. "Besides, if it gets to bad you can always tell me and I'll go give them a long lecture." Andros smiled, knowing exactly what lecture his father was talking about. It was the one his brothers and he always got when they were in trouble. "You go on and play. We'll talk some more later, okay?" Andros nodded and ran upstairs after his brothers.
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