Chapter Two
Andros was waiting for the others to get when they came in a burst of light with someone new. "What-"
"We need to get her to the med bay Andros. She got a directly hit with a blaster from Ecliptor."
"That was meant for me," Karone added, a confused look on her face. Andros didn't see the reason for it. "Andros...she looks like Lina."
He blinked as his mind processed her words. 'How can she look like Lina..? Lina was Karovan...'
"I don't care who she looks like, she's freaking bleeding in case you're blind!" Carlos snapped as he tried to keep her upright. "And getting heavy."
Ashley helped steady her as Cassie ran ahead to get the med bay ready. "Uh, could we just do this on the bridge?" Carlos asked nervously, eyeing the brunette he was all but carrying.
"Why?"
"She has this thing with hospitals and anything remotely similar to them. If she sees medical instuments outside of the hospital then she's fine. But if it's in the actual thing...that can cause a few problems. Big ones."
"Define big problems."
"Oh, howling winds, lightning bolts, tearing metal, her glowing eerily...just to name a few."
"And how would that happen?" Andros asked in a slightly snooty voice. Carlos glared at him.
"Can we do the check up on the bridge or not? 'Cause if you wanna get your butt fried alien boy, that's your problem. I'd rather not see her in a bad mood her first day back... the worst thing is I bet that I'd be the target and not any of you guys...crud."
"Where the heck am I?" she asked in a voice that was laced with annoyance, not pain like was expected.
"You're in the middle of space?" Carlos offered, wincing as she turned a red-hot glare in his direction.
"No dip, Sherlock."
"How can you tell that we're not on Earth?"
"I...can just tell. It's none of your concern either way. What were those things?"
"Quantrons. They work for the new big bad."
"And have to run into them my first day back. Whoever decided that Earth was a prime target is gonna get his butt handed to him on a silver platter before being punted back to where he's from. Or she...what? I can't threaten an unknown enemy?" she asked a staring group-excluding Carlos who was shaking his head.
"That'll be the day."
"Don't tempt me. I just might do it."
Rolling his eyes, he moved his arm as she steadied herself on her own. "I'd love to see that. Dark Spectre must be trembling in his boots right now."
Folding her arms she gave him an icy glare before asking, "What's the quickest route to Earth?"
"You really should at least let Cassie run a scanner over you," Ashley said, stepping in.
"How do I get back to Earth?" she repeated in a tone that told Carlos he had better answer.
"Wait a sec and we'll do it. Are we going to explain?"
"We have to. She's seen us," Zhane said as he nudged a glaring Andros.
"You mean explain the fact you guys are the newest team of rangers?"
"That obvious? Yeah."
"I'm not the type to tell what's not my business. I only have one important question. Why is there no red ranger?"
"The...morpher hasn't been found yet," Karone said with a glance at Andros.
"You mean lost."
"Did I mention that it's pretty much impossible to lie to her? Or to not tell the whole truth?"
They all glared at him as he turned to his cousin. "I'll take you back down to Earth..as soon as you let Cassie make sure you're okay."
"I'm fine. And I'd know that better than some machine."
"Please? There's no human way that you could have survived that blast without some sort of damage to your internal organs that might not be noticable until it's too late to do anything. Or it could turn you evil," Ashley pleaded.
"I know how evil feels and that's not going to happen again. Get me back down to Earth now!" she growled and it was safe to say that it seemed like she was about to breathe fire. Cassie decided to walk in right then.
"Oh, she's awake. Do you want a check-up?"
"Earth. Now. Carlos."
He quickly obliged and the two of them disapeared in a flash of light, but not before she muttered, "Lina was insane to put up with this for so long."