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

JasonLeeScottFan: He was more in shock in the last chapter. You'll see a little more of him being upset in this chapter but most of it will come in Ch. 18.

sunflowerlily: I think just about everyone knows someone in a similar situation that's why I incorporated it in the story. Andros will be a great dad and maybe he won't have to do it all on his own.

Ch. 17 Taking Brytan Home

After being told how good Brytan was doing, he took a turn for the worse. He came down with pneumonia and it took an entire month before he was finally released from the hospital. Andros had spent almost every minute with his son except when there was a battle. Even then the other rangers tried not to call him unless it was an absolute emergency. After Jenna's funeral, which Andros was forced to attend, he had emotionally shut down. He would barely talk to anyone and when he did they could tell just how deeply he was hurting.

Today was Brytan's official first day home and all the rangers tried to make the transition easy, especially for Andros. They had moved the crib into Andros' room, knowing that the nursery would only remind him of Jenna.

As the weeks passed Andros withdrew more and more from his friends, worrying not only them but also Alden, Alasdair, and even Maya, who checked in with them every couple of weeks. She had to admit that Andros was a very good father and her concerns were no longer for Brytan and his safety but for Andros and his.

One day Karone decided that she had taken her brother's behavior long enough so she stormed into his room and commanded, "You are going to get a shower, get dressed, and we are all going to get something to eat. Don't you even think about telling me no either or the next time I come in here I won't be alone." Andros nodded, knowing better than to argue with his sister. An hour later they all found themselves enjoying all their favorite food. After a while Karone decided to bring her concerns about Andros to his attention. "Andros," she began gently, "we know that losing Jenna was hard on you but it was also hard on us. We're trying to help you through this but if you keep pushing us away we can't."

"I know that you guys are trying to help," Andros whispered, tears forming in his eyes. "I'm sorry that I have been pushing you away but I don't know what else to do. I'm afraid that if you guys stay close to me you'll be the next to go but I will try to do better." Karone pulled him into a hug and Andros lost his battle not to cry.

For the next several hours they sat around sharing their favorite memories of Jenna. They stopped only when Brytan began crying, telling everyone that he was hungry. Brylee got him out of his playpen while Andros prepared his bottle. It wasn't until Brylee placed him in Andros' arms that Brytan stopped crying.

"Somebody's a daddy's boy," Aalion stated. "I'm sure he'll grow out of it." Everyone laughed, including Andros, and they all knew that he would be okay with time.

After a few minutes an idea hit Andros and he asked, "Would you guys care to write down all the stories you told and give me some of the pictures you have of Jenna.?" They all nodded and by that night they had made Brytan a huge book filled with pictures and stories of his mother.

Everything was quite for a few weeks, telling the rangers that something big was going to happen. They shared their worries with Kinwon and before long the planet was being evacuated. Alden and Alasdair tried to convince Andros to let them stay with them but he had assured them that he could handle taking care of Brytan and they agreed to leave. Before they left they received a call from a doctor they knew on Earth. She told them that she needed some help with the rangers on Earth and since she knew they had dealt with rangers before they would be perfect. They decided that Earth would be the perfect place to go but before they could tell Andros or anyone else, the attack began.

The first wave of the attack was light and the rangers were easily able to beat the enemies that were sent. As the war raged on for the next couple of weeks the rangers found themselves weaker and weaker. The attacks got more frequent as the weeks wore on. It didn't take long for the rangers and everyone on KO-35 to realize they weren't going to be able to win the war and that the best thing the rangers could do was make sure everyone made it off the planet.

The plan went well for a while and when only the leaders were left the biggest attack ever was launched. The rangers knew that they had to somehow keep the leaders safe and get them off the planet. In order to do this they split into groups, Xadrian and Aalion, Karone and Brylee, and Andros and Zhane. They all had one specific person they were responsible for getting in a space craft. It wasn't long before Andros realized that they were losing severely.

"Zhane," he called out to his best friend, "there's no way we can hold them off any longer. We need to get back to the ship and get out of here." Zhane nodded and they fought their way to a clearing where they could teleport to the Megaship. They rushed to the Bridge to contact the other rangers but nothing could've prepared them for what they saw. Lying on the console were three morphers, Black, Blue, and Yellow. It was then that they started to panic. "DECA, scan the surface for Karone!" Andros commanded, trying not to think about what it would be like to lose his sister.

"She's unconscious," Zhane whispered from somewhere beside him.

"I have her location," DECA stated, sounding somewhat relieved. "Teleporting her to the Med Bay now." They headed straight to the Med Bay after getting Brytan from his crib. By the time they arrived Karone was waking up.

"What happened?" She questioned, tryig to sit up but Zhane pushed her back down. "Where is everyone else?" She looked at Zhane who shrugged and then over at her brother who's face paled as he read something off the screen in front of him. "Andros?"

"They're…dead," He gasped, collapsing in the chair beside him. Zhane took Brytan from his friend and placed him in a makeshift crib beside the bed.

"Are you sure?" Karone asked, tears streaming down her face. Andros nodded wordlessly, almost afraid to say the words out loud again in fear of losing the only two people he had left besides Brytan.

"Don't worry" Zhane stated to both siblings. "We'll make it through this, we always do."

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