A/N: I was randomly reading MTW again and I got a bit inspired. So I watched Zhane's Destiny and this resulted. This takes place at the end of Zhane's Destiny and makes some changes to the show.

As Zhane stared up at Darkonda, he could feel a very inappropriate urge to laugh steal over him, but before it could emerge as giggles, someone shouted his name. Zhane rolled, and caught his super silverizer, but he couldn't see who had thrown it in the dark cavern. Finishing the roll, Zhane flipped to his feet, drawing on all of his energy to knock back Darkonda.

"I will return!" Darkonda howled as sparks flew around him.

"Sadly, you'll still be ugly," Zhane muttered as he turned to look for his savior.

"One would think after all this time, you'd stop needing me to save you," Jos said as he stepped into the light.

"Jos," Zhane said as his morph shattered around him. "You're dead."

"Not- exactly," Jos said carefully.

Zhane didn't even think before his fist slammed into Jos's gut, causing him to double up. "What were you thinking? Were you even thinking?"

"Zhane?" Jos wheezed.

"You left Andros alone!" Zhane snapped, "You let him think you were dead!"

"But-" Jos said.

Zhane stepped back, not wanting to hit the former blue ranger again. "I got hurt, I was in stasis for two years, Jos. You left Andros. Why? What happened? Why didn't you try to contact him? People knew how to get in touch with Andros."

"We were captured," Jos said as he leaned against the wall and cradling his stomach. "We got the colonists to Nambi and were coming back. We self-destructed Beta and tried to get away on our boards. They captured us and Analyn got hurt. We sent the morpher back because we didn't expect to get away."

"How?" Zhane said.

"They transferred us to some prison planet," Jos said, "Analyn's arm was damaged so badly they actually had to amputate it. About a year later, we escaped. We ended up on Ketrian, they got us to Aquitar, and the Aquitians helped us find the rebels. By then, all anyone really knew about Andros was that he was running missions for Zordon and no one knew how to get in touch. They said, they said you were dead."

"Stasis," Zhane said shortly. "Where's Analyn?"

"She's at the ship," Jos said. "The Ketrian set her up with an arm, but, you know she can't morph."

"I know," Zhane said. No one had managed to make a prosthetic that could integrate with the Power, not at the level a Ranger needed. "Andros found a new team. Earthians." He offered his hand to Jos, "Come on, they've probably defeated that coral creature by now."

"Earthians," Jos said, "wasn't your dad?"

"Yes, he is," Zhane said. "Actually got to meet him, and my little brother."

"No," Jos said.

"Justin Stewart, Blue Turbo Ranger," Zhane said cheerfully. "You'd like him."

Jos laughed, "I bet I would."

They headed back towards the main part of the cave and Zhane smiled as he heard Ashley talking with Kinwon. He glanced at Jos and gave him an outrageous wink that made Jos stare at him suspiciously.

"Andros!" Zhane announced, latching onto Jos's arm and hauling him pointedly into the center of the group, "Look what I found!"

Andros swayed, clearly stunned. Ashley gripped his arm to steady him.

"Really Zhane," Jos said, "are you ever going to grow up?"

Zhane grinned at him, "Where's the fun in that?"

"Jos," Andros said brokenly.

"Hi," Jos said. "I'm sorry. We were captured, lost Beta."

"Your morphers," Andros said.

"We both thought we were going to die," Jos said, "We thought it was best, and then Analyn got hurt. We were prisoners for a year before we could escape."

"Is she here?" Andros asked.

"She's at the ship," Jos said. "Andros, they had to take her arm. The prosthetic is good, but."

"I know," Andros said. He glanced at Ashley, reaching over to squeeze her hand and pull her into a gentle hug. "This is Ashley, our Astro Yellow, Cassie, who is Astro Pink, Carlos, who is Astro Black, and TJ, who is Astro Blue. Guys, this is Jos of KO-35, the first Blue Astro Ranger."

Jos nodded and Zhane noticed TJ frowning. "I don't want the morpher back," Jos said, "I gave it up. I trust that Andros gave it to the best person he could."

"Wait a minute," Ashley said, eyeing Zhane, "You said you never met a female Ranger."

Zhane hesitated, and Andros chuckled, "I missed that one."

"Wasn't your mom a green ranger?" Jos said.

Zhane shook his head, "It seemed like a good line at the time?"

Jos gripped his shoulder, "You're many things, Zhane, but you've never been a flirt."

Zhane sighed, "No, I don't think I am." He grinned, "But then, I'm not the only one who was bad at relationships."

"Oh he's gotten better."

It was Analyn, still with the quiet smile and short cut hair, but her features were marred with scars and her left arm had been replaced with a light pink prosthetics.

"Analyn," Andros said.

"Hi Andros," Analyn said.

"I thought you were dead," Andros breathed. "I- I thought, I couldn't say, I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Analyn said as she walked over and kissed his cheek. "It was as much my fault as it was yours."

"It was good though," Andros said, staring at her.

"It was," Analyn said, "but we weren't meant to be."

"I know," Andros said. "I didn't understand back then, but I do now. Besides, this is Ashley."

Analyn smiled as she turned, "Hi, I'm Analyn."

"Nice to meet you," Ashley said. "Sorry if we're quiet. Andros didn't exactly talk much about before. I think I'm in shock."

"It's okay," Analyn said, "I would be the same."

"I'm Cassie," Cassie said, "I think I have your morpher."

"It's yours now," Analyn said, "I couldn't morph if I wanted to." She held up her arm, making a fist, then flexing. She then reached over and squeezed Cassie's arm, "Like Jos said, Andros picked you. I know you're the best choice for the team."

Cassie ducked her head and glanced at Andros.

"Commander Kinwon."

The words made Zhane jumped, he'd honestly forgotten they had an audience.

"We're moving forward with the evacuation," one of the rebels announced.

"Thank you," Kinwon said, he turned back, "You'll have to excuse us if we seem inhospitable, but now that Dark Spector has located us, we must move."

"Can we help?" Ashley said.

"Well, we do have a lot to move," Kinwon said.

As the Rangers began collected boxes, Zhane caught Andros's arm, holding him back.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Zhane said.

"They don't have any real protection," Andros said.

"We can't leave them unprotected," Zhane said. "We promised."

"We also promised to stop Dark Spector and save Zordon," Andros said.

He didn't want to say it, but Zhane could see the resigned understanding in Andros's face.

"Hey, is everything okay?" Jos called.

Zhane glanced over at him, "We were just wondering if you had an extra bunk." Zhane said.

"What for?" Jos said.

"Did you really think we'd leave you guys without some back up," Zhane said. "I'm sticking around for a bit. You guys need me."

"What about your team?" Jos asked.

"They'll understand," Zhane said. "I'm needed here more right now." He glanced at Andros, "I'll be there when they need me."