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Ch. 31 Family Secrets

Almost a week had passed since Andros and Zhane's siblings had come to stay on the Megaship and the other rangers liked the changes that had occurred to their leader. Andros was much more relaxed now, having fun with them like he was a little kid again. He and his siblings had many conversations about telling the other rangers about Karone but Andros was too afraid to do it. He was afraid that it would ruin his relationship with Ashley and he didn't think he could stand her hating him. They were all now on the Simu-Deck playing on of Kilee's favorite holo-games when DECA suddenly interrupted.

"Astronama is attacking Earth with a new monster," she alerted and the rangers quickly rushed off.

"Well," Astronama began as they landed in front of her, "I was beginning to think you'd never show up. Now the party can really begin." She raised her staff and shot several lightning bolts at them effectively separating the team. Andros and Zhane were together and the Earthborn were together. Astronama's monster, Batarax, quickly took on Andros and Zhane while Astronama took care of the other rangers. Andros kept a close eye on the fight going on behind them, not wanting any of his friends to hurt his sister. He heard her gasp in surprise and quickly turned around, trusting Zhane to keep fighting. Andros saw T.J. knock her down on the ground and begin to bring his ax down for the final blow.

"NO!" he yelled and ran to jump in front of her. He felt the blade of the ax come in contact with his chest and down the rest of his body. He fell to his knees and found himself fighting to remain awake. His suit shimmered and then disappeared leaving him lying there in a blood covered tank top and pants.

"Andros!" Ashley screamed rushing over to him. Astronama and her monster disappeared in a stream of light leaving the rangers to morn their fallen friend. The other rangers demorphed slowly and Zhane ran over to his friend.

"Why didn't you stop!" he asked furiously, turning on T.J. "You should've been paying attention!"
"Why is he jumping in front of the enemy!" T.J. questioned angrily.

"Because she's our sister!" Zhane answered before falling on his knees beside his best friend. "Come on, Andros, wake up."

"We have to get him back to the ship," Cassie whispered, slowly pulling both Ashley and Zhane away so Carlos could pick up Andros. They materialized on the Bridge and quickly headed for the Med Bay, ignoring the questions from Zarkin and Bryce. T.J. stated at the door watching as his friend's patched up their leader as he continued to run Zhane's statement through his head. "Because she's our sister." He had overheard Andros and Ashley talking one night and had heard him mention a sister but never that she was Astronama.

In the Med Bay, both Ashley and Zhane had a firm grip on both of Andros' hands, willing him to wake up. The scans had shown nothing more than a few broken ribs and a few bruises so no one could figure out why he wouldn't wake up. DECA had suggested that his body may have shut down to help fix the injuries faster but she couldn't tell them when or if he would wake up. They didn't have to wait long as Andros groaned loudly. Zhane quickly stood from his stool, knowing all to well what his friend would try to do. He placed his hands on Andros' shoulders and held his friend to the bed.

"Andros," he whispered, "it's me. You got hurt in the fight and you can't sit up yet. You need to lay still, okay?" Andros nodded his head slightly and Zhane relaxed his grip. Slowly his friend opened his eyes and looked around the room before the fight came back to him.

"Is she alright?" he asked and Zhane nodded.

"Karone's fine," he answered. "You should really work on your timing though. A couple more blows like that and you'll be in here for a long time."

"I guess we have to explain everything," he murmured, more to himself than anyone else. "So, here's the story. Karone's my twin. When we were younger our biological parents beat us. When we were three I was put in the hospital and I met Zhane. I told the police what our parents had done and Zhane's parents adopted us. We were so afraid that things wouldn't work out but they did at least for a little while. When we were five we went to the park to play and Darkonda kidnapped Karone. Dark Specter turned her into Astronama and we figured it out several years later. We got her back and she was the Purple Ranger but during the final battle on KO-35 Dark Specter was able to get her back again. I haven't been able to get through to her yet but I will get my sister back. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you earlier."

"It's okay, Andros," Ashley stated. "The important thing is we know now and we can do something about it."

"What do you mean something about it?" T.J. questioned from the doorway. "She's evil, she's tried to kill us, why should we help her?" He was furious with his friends. How could they be this stupid? It was obvious Andros was trying to lead them into a trap, why couldn't they see it?

"T.J.!" Cassie hissed. "She's not supposed to be evil. She's the Purple Ranger. We need her on our side."

"Well, I'm sorry, but I don't feel that way," he replied. "And I'm not planning on helping the enemy." With that he stormed off in the direction of his quarters.

"Guess we won't be getting his help," Bryce stated from the side. When Andros glared at him he added, "Don't worry, little brother, we'll get her back. We did it once we can do it again."

"Let's go get her," Andros commanded as he attempted to rise from the bed. Zhane pushed him back down and shook his finger firmly at him.

"I don't think so," he ordered. "You'll be in here for at least the night. We'll start making a plan in the morning." Andros nodded, his eyelids already drooping. The others with the exception of Ashley quietly made their way out of the room. Ashley watched her boyfriend's sleeping form on the bed and couldn't help the smile that formed on her lips. Things were finally beginning to work out for him, maybe she was his lucky charm after all.

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