Power Rangers In Space - Heather Ray (best short novels .txt) 📗

To all the people that have read all my books up to this point, thank you all so much! Without your support and interest in these books, I probably would not be wanting to adapt the fanfiction I wrote so long ago into book format now. Thank you all so much! You all rock!

The program "Power Rangers in Space"

is Saban's. Therefore, all the characters in this fic belong to the guru of Americanized Sentai. I warn you now, this is completely independent of the PRiS series, in that it doesn't maintain continuity with it. This is my first PRiS fic, so I'm working with an entirely new cast, with limited information. Also, I missed the first couple episodes of PRiS, so I'm making up Andros' past (and I'm taking some liberties with the story as well)

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A young man entered the building dubbed the Surf Spot. He had been there a handful of times, so he was familiar enough with the design of the building, as well as the customs observed in this "restaurant"

to behave like a typical customer. However, although he looked typical-- with the exception of stripes of blonde hair on his crown and a stoic expression-- he was far from it. He was indeed human, but under no circumstances could he be considered an Earthling. He was from the distant planet KO 35, and he felt as alien on Earth as someone from Aquitar or Triforia would.

After surveying the restaurant, which was more out of habit than actual precaution of a threat, Andros Wiengart took a seat at a round table, in the corner near the counter. From his position, he could easily see the entrance to the establishment, meaning he would see his fellow Power Rangers enter.

Final exams,

he pondered, tapping his fingers impatiently on the table, I simply can't understand the logic in them. Forcing students to memorize a year's worth of facts -- most of which are useless in the grand scheme of things-- and having them prove they've "learned"

by regurgitating them to the instructor. As soon as the exam is over, more than likely the students forget what they've learned, to make room for new material in their short-term memory. What a waste of effort. And until these final exams are completed, we are stuck on Earth. We are getting no closer to finding Zordon...or my sister...

Andros absently pulled the chain peeking out from under his red t-shirt, and fingered the pendant hanging from it. It was a half of a golden medallion about the size of a silver dollar. The medallion was blank on one side, but on the other side was half of an inscription. For all his worth, Andros tried to recall what the full inscription said. But it was of no use, for he hadn't seen the other half in over ten years. That, and the only people who could have known the full inscription were gone.

Although the young man tried, he couldn't force himself to block out the memories of happier times. It didn't seem all that long ago when he, his sister Karone, and his parents Arethusa and Ninevah lived happily on the bright, blooming planet of KO 35, in the system they call Kerola, but on Earth is known as Alpha Centauri. That planet housed a colony of human beings, who were brought there centuries ago by an alien race, who feared mankind's extinction due to the Black Death, which spread across Europe like wildfire, and killed over a quarter of the population. The travelling aliens hypothesized that Earth could become a dead wasteland, so they selected five-hundred healthy human beings of a variety of races, and brought them to the closest planet that resembled Earth in terms of size, atmosphere, weather, and mineral content. That planet, called KO 35, was a land of prosperity since its establishment in the forteenth century. However, peace is often followed by war.

A few years after Karone's mysterious abduction, Andros' entire world fell apart. Alien forces, desiring the natural resources of the planet, laid waste to it. The Prime Minister, the leader of the colony, managed to contact the benevolent aliens who saved them from extinction six hundred years ago, to do the same again. They did indeed help, and they sent a representative, a master in the fighting and strategic arts, to assemble a team of Power Rangers. There were five, called the Astro Rangers, and the accomplished warrior Andros was selected as the Red Ranger, the leader of the Astro Rangers.

Unfortunately for KO 35, the rangers were banded too late to save the planet. The rangers were defeated, due to Andros' faulty appraisal of just how powerful the enemy forces were. At his command, the rangers fought the invasion, lead by Dark Specter himself, just outside the capital city. One at a time, the brave rangers fell, including the leader. However, as luck would have it, Andros survived the massacre. Perhaps Dark Specter knew how to truly torture the Red Ranger, without allowing him the release of death. Andros was forced to witness the brutal execution of his family and friends. Only those who escaped KO 35 managed to survive. Dark Specter stripped the beautiful world of the material he desired, and left the cities standing, as a cold grave to forever remind others of the truly advanced, peaceful society he had lain to waste.

Andros' suffering was, and still is, a bottomless well. The only way he could function was to live for revenge, but he learned quickly how empty that was. So he coupled his thirst for revenge with hope, small at it was, that perhaps he could someday find his missing sister, as well as the handful of survivers of KO 35. Perhaps the Kerolian race wasn't forever destroyed. Perhaps it could be reborn. It is the dream that had kept the young man alive these past two agonizingly lonely years.

"Hey Andros," said a familiar female voice. The startled Red Ranger looked up in surprise, and saw Ashley Hammond, the Yellow Ranger, standing behind him. She smiled at him, and took a seat beside him.

"Hello, Ashley," he greeted, releasing the medallion, "How did your exams go?"

Ashley's smile creased into an annoyed frown. "I knew I should've studied more," she sighed, "Trigonometry was murder, and I don't want to even think about Biology! But the others were okay."

"So are you finally finished?"

"Yes," she answered, stretching her arms, "after three agonizing days, final exams are done!!"

Ashley leaned closer to Andros, and looked around to make sure no one was within earshot. "Now that we're done with school, we can comb the universe for Zordon. Dark Specter can't stay one step ahead of us any longer!"

Andros smiled at Ashley's enthusiasm. His smile fell when he noticed she was looking at his chest curiously.

"I don't think I've ever seen this," Ashley said, reaching across the table and lifting Andros' medallion. Andros had to supress his instinct to knock her hand away. "Its really pretty. Is it a friendship charm?"

"A what?" asked Andros, gently pushing Ashley's hand away.

"You know, a friendship charm. You have one half, and someone really special to you, usually a best friend, has the other half."

"Oh. Well, that's not far from the truth. Its more of a family heirlomb, though."

"Wow. Is it worth something?"

Andros frowned. "It contains a secret, but only with both halves can the secret be unlocked."

"So where's the other half?"

Although he tried to hide it, Ashley saw the emotional reaction the question created. It didn't take long to realize Ashley had broached a delicate subject, but that just made her curiosity increase.

He's always so distant with us,

she thought, If only he'd open up a little. We all would like to be his friends, but its like he's trying so hard to keep us at a distance!

"I... I'd rather not discuss it," Andros said, turning away from Ashley to the entrance. Ashley nodded, and leaned back in her chair. There was an awkward silence between the pair that lasted a full five minutes, until Carlos, Cassie, and TJ, the three remaining Astro Rangers, entered the Surf Spot, and joined their friends.

"Wow, Andros," commented TJ, turning his chair around and sitting on it backwards, "I didn't think you'd meet us here."

"Yeah," said Carlos, "you never leave the Megaship."

Andros' eyebrow arched. "Well, I thought the best way to understand you Earthbound humans is to observe. Besides, DECA is running an infestation sweep of the lower decks of the ship, and the gases are rather poisonous in their concentrated form."

"What do you mean infestation sweep?" Cassie inquired, "You mean from germs."

Andros nodded. "Each planet has its own germs, and the inhabitants in that planet are typically immune to many of the germs they are exposed to. However, other beings, who have never been exposed to those germs, could find them deadly. Therefore, since we visit so many planets, we do a full infestation sweep, to kill any germs that have been brought to the ship, so we don't in turn infect another planet in our search for