A/N: Sorry it's taking me so long to update, there's been some family issues and my health not being so great right now, but on with chapter 13. I am very aware that some of these bots that are introduced in this chapter are nonexistent in the Power Rangers Universe, bear with me as I, hopefully, make this enjoyable. This is after all, a fan fiction so anything goes! 😉

Chapter 13 – Surprise Attacks

~Flashback~

KO-35

"Jason? Is Serpentera just about ready to return to the moon?"

"Yea, just a few more adjustments and..." There was a blip, signaling that the Astro Megaship wanted to communicate. He opened the comms and sat in front of the screen.

"Jason," Andros said softly, "You're leaving?"

"Yes, Trini and I have decided that it is best if we return. We have some unfinished business to take care of."

"I see. Thank you for leaving in peace."

Jason smirked, "I keep my promises, but I don't think he will..."

"Who?"

Suddenly, DECA started going crazy and Jason ended the communication with Andros. "Ready?" Trini nodded, unsure if it was such a good idea to leave the Space Rangers to their fate, but then she shrugged and laughed. As Jason took control of Serpentera to return to the moon.

~End Flashback~

Andros started panicking, "DECA, forward shields and reverse thrusters, let's get out of here before we're shot out of the sky!"

"Andros! W-What's going on?" Ashley said stumbling from the barrage of attacks.

"I don't know, something's happened and I can't see the outside unless we want our windshield broken and we're swept out into the galaxy," Andros yelled over the alarms.

Ashley cried out in alarm as Cassie came up to them, bloodied and bruised, "T-They're o-on the ship… TJ… Carlos…" She sputtered, blood pouring from her mouth, turning her teeth crimson.

"Who, Cass? Who's on the ship?" Ashley asked. But there was no response. "Cass?" Ashley shook her friend who stared lifeless at the ceiling, "Cassie?" Andros came over and checked for a pulse, pulling Ashley into a hug, "CASSIE?!" Ashley cried, her sorrow overcome with hate and anger. Andros stopped her before she did something rash. "Who, who did this?"

"I will find out, Ash keep your focus. You don't want to end up like them. Let's go to Earth and see if we can get assistance," Andros said softly hugging Ashley while she cried in his arms.

He left her in search of the beings that attacked and killed his three friends, he found them, "Cybertrons… from the Machine Empire… W-What are they doing here?" The greyish black and brown beings searched the Megaship's hull for the main computer system, to which DECA wasn't having.

"Unauthorized clearance in the main computer system. Remove yourselves or I will have to zap you with electrical power. Unauthorized clearance in the main computer sys—" DECA went silent, Andros knew then they had hacked into the main computer system. "Downloading files." What files were they trying to get? "Download of KO-35 and Earth completed." Andros froze, they wanted the schematics for their home planets! But why? How could they have known we were headed there? Or came from there? Unless… They didn't know to begin with, and they want to destroy the power rangers on both planets! Andros slipped away undetected and headed back to the bridge with Ashley.

"Ash listen to me, they want to destroy Earth and KO-35, we need to destroy the Astro Megaship, before they can get back to their planet."

"Andros! Are you crazy?! Destroy—"

"Its our only hope of survival. King Mondo isn't going to be happy that the plans were destroyed, but we will have a chance of warning your other Earth rangers, if we use a pod, and leave now."

Ashley nodded, flabbergasted that Andros even mentioned destroying the Megaship. Reading her mind, he smiled, "Its ok, when we return to KO-35, we can build a new one… If the planet isn't destroyed first. DECA, commence self-destruct sequence," Andros said as he and Ashley, along with the corpses of their three friends, got into the pod, he released the pod and set a course for Earth as they watched the Astro Megaship, along with two of Mondo's ships that were in blast-range, were blown to bits. "Goodbye, old friend." He said softly as Ashley cried herself to sleep.

Three days and a lot of hours later, they came to Earth. Andros woke first and started getting things ready for the pod's entrance into Earth's gravitational pull and the atmosphere. Making sure that the pod wasn't burned, Andros woke Ashley and said, "We're in Earth's atmosphere. It won't be long before we land on the planet, brace yourself. She nodded and braced herself as the pod began to descend at a rapid pace. They landed in the ocean, which, was a relief, but also a pain because they were sinking, and fast. "Ashley, I need you to release the hatch!" Ashley released the hatch and their pod sunk to the bottom as a life raft inflated and they got onto the raft, they pulled their three friends into the raft.

"We need to get to the command center," Ashley said softly. Andros nodded and they used a old fashioned map to find where they were.

The command center

The alarms were blaring loudly as Alpha ran around the control panels, "Ai yi yi yi yi!"

The rangers teleported and Tommy spoke first, "Alpha, what's going on?"

"There's been a disturbance in the morphing grid! There's two other rangers on the planet somewhere!"

"RANGERS, AN ESCAPE POD HAS LANDED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN ABOUT 100 MILES OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA. YOUR TWO FRIENDS ARE ON AN INFLATED LIFE RAFT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE. BEHOLD THE VIEWING GLOBE."

The rangers turned around and walked towards the large sphere that looked like a spherical television. Andros and Ashley could be seen on the orange raft along with three others, "Zordon, why aren't the others moving?"

"I SUSPECT THAT IS WHY THEY ARE HERE. THE ASTRO MEGASHIP WAS ATTACKED BY THE MACHINE EMPIRE. CASSIE, TJ AND CARLOS' LIFE FORCES HAVE BEEN EXTINGUISHED."

Kimberly cried, "What?! T-That can't be right! Tommy, Rocky, Adam… please… someone pinch me!" They all shed tears over the loss of their friends, but they had more pressing matters… to rescue Ashley and Andros.

"TOMMY, YOU AND ROCKY WILL TELEPORT TO AFRICA AND THERE YOU WILL GET ON A RESCUE COAST GUARD BOAT. FROM THERE YOU WILL RESCUE THEM. BUT YOU WILL NEED TO MORPH INTO THE WHITE AND RED RANGERS IF YOU ARE TO SUCCEED. GOOD LUCK AND MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU."

Tommy and Kimberly hug quickly, "Be careful."

"It's morphin' time! White Tiger! Always am, beautiful. I'll be back before you know it," he said, kissing her forehead lightly.

"Tyrannosaurus!" Rocky yelled before they disappeared. Kimberly clasped her hands together and kept an eagle eye on the viewing globe.