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

Star Fata: If you changed what you say now, how would I know it was you? Wow! There sure are a lot of words that mean great in german.

sky's girl forever: T.J. changes his attitude in this chapter.

Jessica01: T.J. is going to help too.

Ch. 32 Remembering

The next morning Andros woke up and looked around the Med Bay. Ashley was asleep on the bed beside him and he moved slightly. When she didn't wake up he slowly sat all the way up planning on going to find a way to get Karone back. He slowly made his way to the door and glanced around both sides, glad to find the hallway empty. When he made it to the Bridge doors he was surprised to find T.J. standing there. He could only remember little parts of their discussion about Karone but he did remember that T.J. hadn't been very happy when he had found out.

"What are you doing?" Andros questioned as he walked by T.J. to get to his seat.

"It was my turn to monitor the searches," he answered, not even glancing up from the control panel in front of him.

"I know you're against helping my sister," Andros stated. "I understand your concern, but know now there's no way I would put anybody on this ship in danger. The only way I would bring her here was if I was sure she wasn't evil anymore."

"I'm sorry," the other whispered. "I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. I had a younger sister and one day while we were playing in our backyard she was kidnapped. The police found her body in the forest. The kidnapper had tortured her and then killed her. I always blamed myself and I guess I just got angry because you have the chance to get your sister back and I don't."

"I know it seems unfair," he replied. "I've thought that for years. Why would God give me the chance to get my sister back when it's my fault she was taken in the first place? But then I realized that it wasn't my fault, that no matter how hard I tried, there was no way I could have saved her either time she was kidnapped." It was then that the alarms sounded sending all the other rangers racing to the Bridge. "What's going on, DECA?"

"There are a group of rangers that look exactly like you attacking Angel Groove," the AI explained.

"Let's go!" Andros commanded and everyone could tell he had no intention of staying behind. They rushed to the jumptubes and raced to Earth. "Who are you!"

"Ah, it seems the rangers have finally came out to play," the one in red stated in a mechanical sounding voice. They charged at them, weapons raised and the rangers didn't even have time to call their own weapons before they found themselves on the ground. "We are the Psycho Rangers and we will destroy you." All the rangers groaned in pain as their evil counterparts drained their energy. They were surprised when the Psycho Rangers disappeared and wondered what had happened.

"Let's get back to the ship," Andros whispered. He could feel the worry that was building up in the pit of his stomach. They hadn't even been able to call their weapons before they were down, this was going to be bad. "DECA, what did they do to us?" The AI quickly scanned the rangers and computed the results.

"From what I can see, they didn't drain any of your energy," she answered, "but they may have read your minds."

"Why would they do that?" Carlos questioned.

"To learn how we fight," T.J. concluded, looking at the results on the screen. "They're faster than us but we would have been able to get in a few hits if they didn't know how we fight. That's the information they needed from us. Now they have the upper hand."

"There has to be something we can do," Cassie stated. "But what?" They all fell quiet, everyone trying to come up with some plan of attack.

"If we could manage to switch who we fought against," T.J. began, "we should have an advantage."

"But wouldn't it be easy for them to switch back and end up fighting with the right on of us?" Ashley questioned.

"So we all need to be one color," Andros concluded. "We actually have a cloaking device that can do that in DECA's programming." Just then the alarms sounded and the rangers hurried into battle. They were surprised to only see three of the Psycho Rangers and decided to wait to put their plan into motion. Behind their evil counterparts they saw Astronama.

"It's about time you rangers came out to play," she snarled. "As you may have noticed my entire ranger team is not present. That's because I don't think you can handle three of them so what's the use of using all of them." Just as they were about to attack a smile broke out across her face. "Red Ranger, I want to fight you, alone." Andros nodded although he could feel the disapproval from his teammates. He followed his sister as she ran to a secluded part of the forest. She quickly attacked him sending him to the ground with her sitting on his chest. She leaned down beside his ear and whispered, "Ecliptor took of the real implant. I'm Karone again but I must remain in disguise as Astronama or risk bringing more danger to you. Now, fight me and then I'll disappear and call back the Psycho Rangers. Later tonight I will send you data that will aid you in destroying them." Andros rolled, pushing her off him and fell into a defensive stance. To anyone used to watching him fight it would have been obvious that he wasn't trying but it didn't matter. His insides were dancing with joy and he couldn't wait to tell the others although he would have to remember to tell them it was to remain a secret. It wasn't long before she disappeared and the rangers were back on the Megaship. As they demorphed Andros couldn't help the smile that broke out across his face.

"What's up with you?" Zhane asked. Usually his brother wouldn't be happy about a fight like that and Zhane was sure something was going on.

"She's Karone," he answered. "Ecliptor removed the implants but she said she needed to stay on their side that way they don't begin to suspect anything. She's going to send us data that will help us defeat the Psycho Rangers tonight."

"Are you sure she wasn't lying?" T.J. questioned.

"I'm sure," he replied. "I would definitely like having her here but if she feels she needs to stay there to help us that's fine with me as long as I get my sister back."

"Our sister," Zarkin corrected as he, Bryce, and Kilee entered the room. "So, what's the big news?"

"Karone's back," Zhane told him. "But it will still be a while before she's back here."

"As long as she comes back," Bryce added, "that's all that matters." His brothers and sister nodded their head in agreement and they began telling the other rangers about times they had shared with Karone.

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