Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.

PernDragonrider: You still have awhile before the story will be finished. I just hope you'll like it all.

Jessica01: This one is longer, just a little longer, but longer. The next two or three should be a lot longer than these.

Slytherin-Angel44: He is sweet, but this story is about to take a turn for the worst.

Ch. 15 More Attacks

Two years passed quickly and to the rangers' surprise Dark Specter had yet to make any move to take Karone back. Although the attacks were becoming more and more frequent, the rangers were having more and more fun. With seven rangers monsters were falling faster than ever and Dark Specter had yet to adjust his evil plan. While the rangers knew that he was probably using this to find a weakness within their team it seemed that it wouldn't be happening for some time.

At the moment the rangers were enjoying a nice, quiet lunch, free of parents. While they all loved their parents dearly sometimes it was just too much to have them know all their business. Just as their food was about to arrive, their morphers sounded.

"What is it, Commander?" Andros questioned as politely as he could.

"Dark Specter is attacking the Academy!" he yelled frantically. "You must hurry!"

"Let's go!" Andros commanded and they rushed to the Academy. When they arrived they were stunned to see the outrageous numbers that Dark Specter had sent, not to attack them but their parents. Andros, Karone, Zhane, Zarkin, and Bryce barely managed to see their parents being escorted to safety, giving them the ability to help the other rangers and trainees save theirs. With Zhane watching his back, Andros scanned the grounds for Akako, hoping that she had been able to locate her parents. He spotted her not far from their position but she was on her knees. "Akako!" Zhane held back the Quantrons and monsters trying to go after Andros giving his the time he needed to get to his girlfriend's side.

At the sight of the blood Andros barely managed to keep himself from passing out. As he looked at Akako's shaking hands he could tell she was going to. She was trying hard to force air back into her father's body and as much as it broke his heart Andros had to pull her away. She fought at first but then let herself be pulled to him. She was so distraught that she didn't even realize when he teleported them to the Megaship. He placed her gently on one of the medical beds and gave her a sedative. He then pulled the covers up to her chin and turned to leave again. As much as he hated leaving her like this he knew he had to help the others and hopefully find Akako's mother.

When he returned to the surface he was surprised to see that the fight was over but the sight of dead bodies took away that surprise. All around him children and teenagers were crying over their parents bodies and it made him sick that he knew his parents were still very much alive. Why hadn't such measures been taken to protect all the parents? Why was it only for his? What had he done to deserve to be so lucky? He would have gladly taken the place of any of the children in front of him, knowing that they would never understand why this had happened. It wasn't until he felt several sets of hands on his shoulders that he realized he had almost fallen over.

"Come on," Zhane whispered in his ear, putting his arm over his shoulder for support. Andros shrugged off his brother's arm and pulled away knowing that he had to find the rest of Akako's family before she woke up. "Where are you going?"

"I have to find the rest of her family," he answered, paying little attention to the other rangers around him. "She's already lost her father, I have to go…" He stopped rambling only when he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"I'm dead am I?" a weak voice asked behind him. He turned to see Akako's father on a stretcher and the rest of her family surrounding him. "I'll be fine, but I do appreciate you taking care of my daughter."

"I'm sorry," Andros apologized. "I really though you were dead and I thought it would be best to take her back to the Megaship."

"It was," Alejandro stated, smiling at the young man in front of him. When the paramedics returned he added, "When she wakes up just bring her to the hospital." Andros nodded and watched as they took him away in an ambulance.

"What's going to happen to all these children?" Andros asked.

"Kinwon said he's going to keep them all here," Zhane answered, moving forward to support his brother once again. "Come on, let's get you back to the ship." When they materialized in the Med Bay Akako was just beginning to wake up.

"Dad!" she screamed making a move to run from the room.

"He's fine, Akako," Andros whispered gently, pulling her into his arms. "They took him to the hospital but he looked like he was going to be okay."

"Really?" she questioned, not believing that Andros would dare lie to her.

He nodded and added, "He wanted you to come see him after you woke up."

"Let's go!" Akako yelled, jumping off the bed, pulling him along behind her, and Andros just had to smile.

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