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

bRaInWaVe: He will be home soon.

Slytherin-Angel44: I thought them having the connection was a nice touch.

Alexandra Khayman: Of course they'll be punished.

Ch. 3 Savior

Dr. Alasdair Shocker looked around the children's ward, happy to see all his younger patients were resting comfortably. Just as he was about to return to his office his head nurse came running into the room.

"Slow down, Shelly," he began with a smile. "Where's the fire?"

"The police have an abandoned house a few blocks from here," Shelly explained. "There's a child and they're afraid to go in without a doctor, they don't want to scare it."

"Call them back and tell them I'm on my way with an ambulance," Alasdair stated, running towards the elevator. Within ninety seconds he had assembled an entire ambulance crew specialized for a child and they were on their way. They arrived at the rundown house about five minutes later and he asked, "What's the story?"

"The neighbor that called," the sheriff began, "says that the people who used to own the house..." he flipped through his notes and continued, "Diana and Duncan Breen moved out two nights ago in the middle of the night." Alasdair nodded, hearing the crying child easily through the thin walls. "He was walking by today when he heard the crying and he called immediately."

"Is there any record of them having a child?" he questioned, needing to know all he possibly could about the situation before going in. The child didn't sound like it was in pain, just that it wanted attention and love.

"No," the sheriff answered, "I have my people looking into all the missing child reports all over the colony. As soon as we can give them a guess on age we should be able to narrow it down quickly."

"Alright, let's get in there," Alasdair stated, motioning for his team to get the equipment they would need.

"So far we haven't seen any movement and we haven't heard anything but the child," a police officer informed as they passed out bullet proof vest to the medical staff. They entered the house slowly, allowing that police to secure every room before heading upstairs. The crying increased in volume as they reached the top of the stairs and the police quickly searched every room except the one where the cries were originating. Alasdair moved quickly towards the door, followed closely by the rest of his team. Alasdair opened the door slowly and stepped into the room.

Among hearing the door open Andros' cries immediately stopped and he looked at the people entering the room. A slight smile formed on his face when he saw it wasn't Duncan or Diana.

"Oh my God," Alasdair whispered upon seeing the hair of the child. He had gone through medical school with Alden and would know that hair anywhere. "Call Alden Karovan and tell him we've found his nephew." One of the police officers took off down the steps while the medical staff prepared to tend to the child's obvious injuries. He reached down carefully towards the scared child and touched him slightly. Andros jumped away from his touch but Alasdair continued hoping that he would see that he wasn't going to hurt him. He touched his uninjured arm and whispered, "See, that's not so bad. I'm not going to hurt you, Andros. I'm going to take you to see your mommy and daddy."

Andros allowed the man to continue touching him although he wasn't sure why he trusted him so much. When the man reached down and tried to pick him up he couldn't help the groan that slipped out of his mouth.

Alasdair stopped immediately at the groan and looked at the toddler in front of him. He gently rolled him onto his back and felt along his ribcage. The broken ribs didn't surprise him but the cigarette burns did. If one of them had become infected it would be very dangerous to keep him without immediate medical attention. He also felt his arm and grimaced as he noticed that the bone had grown back crooked.

"Let's get him out of here," he commanded. He slid the rail down on the crib and gently moved him onto the other bed. Andros flinched as the other medical staff touched him and Alasdair ordered, "Don't touch him. I'll do everything." Everyone nodded and stepped back away from the bed. "It's okay," he whispered to Andros, "nobody here's going to hurt you." Andros relaxed and allowed the doctor to continue checking him. Alasdair became worried when he saw Andros' elevated temperature and knew that one of the burns must have become infected. He tried to remain calm for Andros' sake and packed up the used medical supplies. "Listen, this man is going to help me carry you but he's not going to touch you," Alasdair explained to Andros as one of his understudies came to the other side of the bed, careful not to touch the small boy on the bed.

They arrived at the hospital just as quickly as they had gone to the house and raced to an examination room. Alasdair was quick to tell the nurses not to touch Andros and took it upon himself to run the test. He ordered an I.V. and placed it to the side, not intending to put it in Andros while he was awake.

"Do you want something to drink?" he asked and Andros nodded viciously. "Shelly, will you please go get him some juice to drink?" The nurse nodded and stepped outside the room. Alasdair quickly peeked around the corner and added, "Put a sedative in it. He needs some sleep and I sure don't plan on setting his arm while he's awake." Shelly nodded and headed down the hall. Several minutes later Alasdair was handing Andros a sippy cup with juice in it. His next question was just to see how lucid Andros was. "Can you tell me your name?" He helped Andros sit up and raise the cup to his lips.

"Andros," he whispered, taking a drink from the cup. His eyelids began to feel heavy and he leaned back on the bed, letting his eyes close. Alasdair smiled at his success and made sure that Andros was asleep before inserting the I.V. and setting his arm.

"Doctor," a nurse whispered from the door, "the police have found his uncle."

"Are they on their way?" he questioned and the nurse nodded. "Good, but I don't think we'll be able to let him go home right away."

"I'll explain everything to them once they get here," the nurse replied and left him to finish his work.

"Only a little while longer," Alasdair whispered, brushing a few stray hairs out of Andros' face, "and you'll be with your family again."

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