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

Alexandra Khayman: Yes, they will get punished but I'll just have it as flashbacks through some of the later chapters.

Phantom Rogue: He'll be happy for a little while maybe.

Ch. 7 Scary Nights

It was only an hour and a half after Bella and Ajax Karovan had put their children to bed when they were awoken by a terrified scream. They rushed into their children's room to find their son curled up in the corner of his bed. Karone was sitting beside him but nothing seemed to get through to him.

Carefully, Bella picked Andros up and rocked him as she whispered, "It's okay, Andros. You're safe here. No one will hurt you." Slowly, Andros came out of his terrified state and tears ran down his face. He wrapped his arms tightly around his mother's neck while his father pulled Karone into a hug.

After Andros had calmed down Ajax asked, "What's wrong?" He already knew the answer as did his wife but they knew the only way Andros was going to heal was if he talked about it.

"I was back there," he whispered as fresh tears made their way down his face, "and when Aldair comes they catch him and he doesn't take me with him."

"It was just a dream, Andros," Bella explained. "No one will ever take you from us again."

"Mommy?" Karone asked from her father's arms. "Can we sleep in your bed tonight?" Seeing the fear in both her children's eyes made the decision easy as she simply nodded her head. She looked down at Andros, surprised to see him on his way back to dream land and carefully picked him up. By the time they made it to their room Andros and Karone were asleep once again. Bella and Ajax carefully placed their sleeping children in the bed and laid down beside them. It wasn't long before they too were asleep.

It seemed like mere minutes later when Andros started crying again, this time reliving the worst of the beatings he had received from Duncan. This time it took a lot longer to get the story out of him and by the time he was finished Bella was crying and Ajax was ready to kill Duncan himself. After he was back asleep again Bella and Ajax remained awake both offering the other comfort.

Morning came quickly for the family and both children were still very tired. Bella made them a small breakfast before sending them up to their room to play.

"What do we do?" She asked her husband as they began eating their own breakfast.

"I'm not sure," Ajax replied. "Alden's supposed to come by later, we'll ask him." Bella nodded and finished eating her breakfast. When they had finished Ajax went upstairs to check on his children. He found them curled up together in Karone's bed sleeping. When he arrived down stairs he found his wife talking to his brother. "So, do you have any ideas about what we can do?"

"Actually," Alden began, "you're doing exactly what you should."

"Really?" Bella questioned.

"Yeah," he replied. "You're getting him to talk about his dreams and then reassuring him that you will protect him. Now, if it goes on for more than a week we might need to try something a little different." As he completed his statement Andros' cries could be hears. The three adults hurried up the stairs to console the toddler.

Two weeks later Andros was still having nightmares and Alden had contacted Alasdair. He came as soon as he could, hoping he could do something for his young patient.

"Aldair!" Andros yelled as he came down the stairs. Alasdair hurried to the stairs and picked Andros up.

"How are you?" he questioned, though he could already tell just how tired Andros really was.

"I have bad dreams," Andros answered, tears forming in his eyes.

"I know," Alasdair replied, "but I'm going to make them go away." In truth, his plan was to sedate Andros to let him catch up on his sleep and then find a way to make the nightmares easier for Andros to deal with. About that time Alden came from the kitchen holding a cup full of juice which Andros gladly accepted.

"I'll take him upstairs," Bella offered once her son was asleep. "So, do you have any suggestions?' she questioned Alasdair as soon as she returned.

"I think the best thing for him is to continue talking about them after he has them, " he answered. "I'll leave you some sedative so you can get him to sleep afterwards. I'm going to try to get him to talk a little after he wakes up and see if that doesn't help."

A/N: Sorry for the wait. Real life sucks. Please Review!