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Ch. 12 Come Back to Me

As the night wore on Andros bounced many ideas off Akako, trying to figure out the best way to get Karone to trust them. It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that she was able to lure him to sleep. She had suggested that he lay down because his continuous pacing was making her dizzy. Once his head had landed on her lap he had to fight off a wave of sleep. Akako had simply begun to rub circles on his back when she had noticed he had fully relaxed. She glanced down and was pleased to see he was asleep. She debated getting out of the bed but when she moved Andros tightened his grip on her and she decided to stay.

When he first awoke he was aware that he was holding on to someone. He turned his head slightly and saw Akako, the night before slowly returning to him. Andros couldn't help the smile that formed on his face. At least he knew she cared. As she began to wake up he couldn't help but wish they could spend the rest of their life just like this.

"Andros?" she whispered, as though she was afraid of waking him.

"I'm awake," he answered and he heard her sigh. "What is it?"

"It's already ten and you know everyone else is already awake," she replied and it was his turn to sigh. Of course he didn't want to hide his relationship with Akako, but it was still so knew to him that he was afraid of admitting it.

"They're going to find out anyway," Andros stated. "I'd rather it came from us." Akako nodded and they went to find the other rangers.

"Well, where have you two been?" Zhane asked, raising his eyebrows slightly at Andros' relaxed posture.

"We're dating," he replied simply, pulling out a chair at the table for Akako, "and we think we might have a way of getting Karone back." At his teammates' as well as his parents' questioning looks he continued, "I give her the necklace back and show her mine. She's always said something about me destroying her family but if she sees that I'm the same age she'll know she's been lied to." Everyone nodded in agreement but then Zhane had a question.

"Wait, we're supposed to let you go to talk to Astronama alone?" Andros nodded, but inside he was feeling just as nervous as everyone else. If this didn't work who knew what would happen. "Alright, but I still don't like it." After they finished eating they went to the Bridge to send a message to the Dark Fortress. They got a reply rather quickly but only Andros was allowed to view it.

"Red Ranger, meet me on Onyx," Astronama began, "we will discuss everything there." As the screen in front of him went dark he knew that this was going to be very dangerous. Onyx was one of the most feared planets in the universe.

"DECA, destroy the message," Andros ordered. "And erase it from your memory banks." Although she blinked at his he knew that she wouldn't do either and that she would be keeping a very close eye on him during this meeting. "Tell everyone to come back in here." When the other rangers and his parents entered the room he explained, "We have set up a place to meet and I'll be back soon."

Zel and Katerina pulled him into a hug while she whispered, "Be careful and bring her back." Andros only nodded receiving hugs from his brothers and Akako. He disappeared in a flash of red and all they could do was wait.

Andros arrived on Onyx thirty minutes later and waited patiently for his sister to arrive. A sudden movement behind him caught his eye and he turned to see Ecliptor and Astronama standing there. He instinctively dropped into a fighting stance but stood as they both shook their heads.

"What did you want to talk about?" Astronama asked taking a seat on a nearby bench.

Andros joined her a moment later and passed her the necklace before answering, "I think that you may be my sister Karone." He opened up his own necklace and showed her the pictures inside it. Her eyes grew larger as she studied the pictures closely as if to insure they were indeed the same.

"That means you're as old as I am," she thought aloud and he nodded. "You couldn't have destroyed my family." Andros nodded again as tears began to flow down her face. "I knew you, the Silver Ranger, the Blue Ranger, and the Black Ranger seemed familiar."

"We're all your brothers," he answered simply, praying that he was truly getting through to her. Suddenly, she turned on Ecliptor.

"Why did you lie to me!" she screamed. "I trusted you!" She looked at Andros again before waving a hand in front of her face and turning into someone who looked more like his sister. "I'm coming with you if that's okay."

"No, you're not," a voice stated in the darkness. "You will not disobey our master." Darkonda jumped out and was gone with her before either Andros or Ecliptor could react.

"I'll bring her back to you," Ecliptor stated before disappearing. Andros could only hope he was being truthful as he returned sadly to the Megaship.

As soon as he materialized he was bombarded with questions, "Where is she? What happened? Did she believe you?" It wasn't until he demorphed and they saw the tears that their questions stopped.

Katerina wrapped her arms tightly around him as he whimpered, "Darkonda took her back. She believed me and I let her down again."

"It's okay," she whispered as she slowly rocked him back and forth, "we'll get her back." The rest of the family and Akako gathered around and hugged Andros, trying to make him believe that it would all be alright.

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