Fic: An Unexpected Family Chapter 2 (Post Forever Red, Jason/Andros)
I was going to wait until I finished writing chapter 6. Then I thought, it's my b-day I want to post so I can post. Then I decided not to wait 20 minutes until it was my birthday.
Title: An Unexpected Family
Pairings: Andros/Jason, Past Andros/OMC (Lori), Past Jason/Emily, Zhane/Karone, Billy/Rocky, Kim/Kat, hint at Tommy/Hayley…
Rating: R
Summery: Sequel to ‘Everyone Accounted For.’ When an old acquaintance threatens to take Andros’ morpher from him, it leads to a series of events that leaves several ranger teams battling new and darker enemies.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Power Rangers. It's not my toy box, I'm merely playing.
Warning: There is slash, femslash and het in this story. Don’t like any of that, don’t read it. Also Mpreg (Andros) and Trip being from the past.
A/N: Thanks to pockythoughts for letting me spaz at her when this was being difficult. Also thanks to everyone else who contributed when Karone was giving me issues about what morpher she was going to get.
Chapter 2:
As the whole group of them entered the med bay Zhane had to wonder if Andros would kill him later. Of course he could blame the whole thing on DECA and Karone needing to know what was going on with her brother, that and the others being nosey. Nah, he decided, gonna jump into this head first if I have to.
“DECA,” he ordered, “bring up Andros’ scan, the one you sent to the counsel and I don’t want to hear it about privacy and him not wanting us to know because he forfeited that the moment he left without telling us Fren was after his morpher.”
He sounded more commanding than he felt. Zhane was worried, his best friend was obviously in trouble and he wasn’t quite sure he’d actually be allowed to help. Zhane stared silently at the reading when it came up.
“That’s Andros’ energy,” Karone said as she stepped closer to the screen, “and that’s…”
“Twins,” Zhane supplied, “Which is completely typical for your family, I should’ve suspected before I even asked for the reading.”
“It is?”
Zhane turned to Karone, “Is what?”
He frowned at the reading again.
“Typical for my family,” she smiled despite the gravity of what they were talking about.
“For generations it’s been one boy and one girl,” Zhane explained.
Karone nodded, “So I’m going to be an Aunt twice over.”
“Not that we want to interrupt,” Carlos interrupted, “but how are you getting anything off of that? It looks like an energy reading.”
“This is Andros’ energy,” Karone said, trailing her fingers over it, “These two extra readings here are the babies.”
“So Andros really is pregnant?” Cassie asked.
“Parryth,” Zhane confirmed.
“Ah, do guys get pregnant a lot where you’re from?” TJ asked.
“Only Power Rangers,” Zhane explained, “It’s considered a reward for the service and it’s a rare honor.”
“So how does that work?” Ashley asked, “How’d he become pregnant?”
“Energy transfer,” Karone answered, “if the stories I heard were correct.”
Zhane nodded, “I’m the child of a Parryth.”
“You are?” Cassie asked looking confused as Karone wrapped her arms around him.
Zhane paused to give Karone a kiss on the cheek, “I had two fathers, both were rangers.”
“But what do you mean by an energy transfer?” TJ asked, going back to Ashley’s question.
“It can be as simple as touching while morphed,” Zhane explained, “Or touching unmorphed after a large battle, after a difficult victory.”
“Touching as…” Carlos trailed off looking confused.
Zhane pushed a stray strand of hair behind Karone’s ear, gave them a meaningful look and repeated, “Touching.”
“So like I could shove TJ and he could end up with a baby?” Carlos asked.
“Yeah, we’re a pretty touchy group,” Cassie pointed out.
“There needs to be a connection,” Zhane said, “Usually the parents are a couple, occasionally it brings people together. If there is a need, it can bring two people together, it’s just extremely rare. It’s more likely that the parents are together.”
“He hasn’t dated since we broke up,” Ashley pointed out, “He’s taken dates to meetings where it’s expected, but he hasn’t been dating.”
“He’s been doing too many missions to date,” Karone commented, “You two are good friends now, but…I…”
Zhane nodded at her look, “The team is the best place to start.”
“Start what?” T.J. asked.
Carlos groaned, “I’m starting to feel stupid.”
“We all are,” Cassie agreed.
“A Parryth child is made from the energy signatures of two rangers, so for the first few months of development the fetus is a perfect blend of their energy. We can figure out who the other parent is by comparing Andros’ energy combined with another and then seeing if it matches,” Zhane explained, “We’re the ones that are closest to Andros so obviously we start by comparing the team.”
“Maybe he already did,” Cassie pointed out.
“Yeah,” TJ agreed, “DECA, did Andros figure out who the other parent is?”
“Andros deleted the file when he was finished,” DECA told them, “and he ordered me to keep this information confidential.”
“If he wasn’t pregnant, he’d be in so much trouble when he gets back,” Karone grumbled a look of worry on her face.
“We’ll figure it out,” Zhane soothed.
“If he doesn’t want us to know…” Cassie pointed out.
“I have to know,” Karone said quietly.
“If he doesn’t want us to know then it’s going to be difficult to get him to tell us,” TJ pointed out.
“Well we can’t wait till he’s showing,” Carlos put in, “and if it’s not one of us we might just have to play matchmaker.”
“What if it is one of you guys?” Cassie asked.
“It could be one of you too,” Zhane told them.
“One of us?” Ashley frowned, “wouldn’t it have made more sense for the girl to get pregnant.”
“If his claim to his morpher is being challenged and part of it is because he doesn’t have anyone to pass the morpher on to, then it makes more sense that there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that a child is his,” Zhane pointed out.
“So any of the five of us could be the parent?” Cassie asked.
“Then we have to know,” TJ decided.
Zhane nodded as he isolated one of the smaller energy signatures. He pulled up Andros signatures and then his own. He breathed out slowly, bent over and kissed Karone’s shoulder.
“Defiantly not me,” he said.
Karone nodded and closed her eyes.
“Not that I don’t love your brother, but you’re the one I want to spend the rest of my life with,” he said.
She opened her eyes and smiled.
Zhane pulled up Ashley’s signature next, then Cassie’s. He quickly ran through his fellow teammates.
“Nothing is even similar,” Zhane said frowning.
“Who else do we check,” Karone frowned at the screen.
“DECA,” TJ asked, “how old are the fetuses?”
"The correct term is embryos," DECA answered.
"Thanks," TJ told her with a shake of his head and a grin, "So how old are the embryos?"
“Approximately one month and three days,” DECA told them.
Karone sucked a deep breath inward.
Zhane turned his eyes back to the screen, “DECA do we have the energy signatures for the rangers that participated in the reds only mission on the moon?”
“That information is available,” DECA replied.
“Do we start at the beginning or at the most recent?” TJ asked.
“Well we can skip you,” Carlos pointed out.
“Try Tommy,” Ashley suggested, “he trusts Tommy.”
Zhane shook his head, “Not Tommy. He trusts Tommy because Tommy reminds him of his father.”
“He does?” Karone asked.
“He thinks Tommy is a Kehtal,” Zhane revealed, “with the same color alignment as your father.”
“Kethal?” TJ asked.
“Man, now I’m really confused,” Carlos complained.
Ashley nodded, “Why do I get the feeling that there might be more to being a ranger than we realized?”
Zhane wet his lips, how did he explain? Where did he start? Finally he said slowly, “A Kehtal is a person who has many color alignments. One must have four before they are considered one, so while Andros’ claim may one day be valid if Tommy picks up another color, at this point it’s not.”
“Why four colors?” Carlos asked.
“Some rangers use ranking systems,” Karone said.
“They do?” Cassie asked.
“SPD,” Zhane explained, “use it the most, though they have faded into the background since Sirius was destroyed. They will rise again though, knowing them, with a stronger group of rangers.”
“SPD?” TJ asked.
“Space Patrol Delta,” Zhane said.
“Really this is interesting and we’re going to want you to explain later,” Ashley said, “but right now we need to figure out this situation with Andros.”
“Where do we start?” Carlos frowned.
“We should do this in some sort of order,” Cassie pointed out.
Karone crossed her arms and glared at the screen.
“We’ll work through the list,” Zhane agreed.
“Start with Jason,” TJ decided, “I really can’t see him and Cole getting along enough to raise kids together.”
Zhane nodded, searching through the data from the mission until he found the energy signatures of the rangers that had fought in the battle.
“I thought there were ten red rangers, didn’t Time Force have two?” Zhane asked.
“Wes was red and Eric was the Quantum Ranger,” TJ agreed.
“I only have nine energy signatures,” Zhane frowned.
“Rocky wasn’t able to make it,” TJ told him, “When I asked Andros he mentioned that he was unobtainable and on Aquaitar.”
Zhane nodded, “Hopefully he’s working to get Earth a seat on The Counsel.”
“What is The Counsel?” Carlos asked.
“By the time you guys joined Andros it had momentarily disbanded,” Karone answered, “it’s basically a counsel that decides on ranger matters and has a representative from each planet that has ranger teams.”
“It’s suppose to coordinate unity between teams from different planets,” Zhane explained, “Occasionally they have to decide who gets a morpher, when there is a dispute.”
“So Fren really might be a threat?” TJ asked.
Zhane nodded, “In keeping with Karovan traditions if Andros has a child to pass his morpher onto then there is no question. The only way for Fren to get The Counsel to reconsider would be if Andros died before the children are born.”
He glanced at Karone.
“I want my brother now,” she told him.
“We need to figure out a way to keep Andros safe,” TJ said.
Cassie sighed, “Yeah, without him realizing we’re being overprotective.”
Zhane turned back to the screen, “Hopefully we can get some help.”
He pulled up Jason’s energy signature and then stared silently as it melded with Andros, blending to form a match to the energy signature of the embryos.
“New plan,” Karone decided, “I want to meet this Jason before we decide on anything. He should also be made aware that I used to be evil and I have no qualms about hurting him.”
Chapters: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Title: An Unexpected Family
Pairings: Andros/Jason, Past Andros/OMC (Lori), Past Jason/Emily, Zhane/Karone, Billy/Rocky, Kim/Kat, hint at Tommy/Hayley…
Rating: R
Summery: Sequel to ‘Everyone Accounted For.’ When an old acquaintance threatens to take Andros’ morpher from him, it leads to a series of events that leaves several ranger teams battling new and darker enemies.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Power Rangers. It's not my toy box, I'm merely playing.
Warning: There is slash, femslash and het in this story. Don’t like any of that, don’t read it. Also Mpreg (Andros) and Trip being from the past.
A/N: Thanks to pockythoughts for letting me spaz at her when this was being difficult. Also thanks to everyone else who contributed when Karone was giving me issues about what morpher she was going to get.
Chapter 2:
As the whole group of them entered the med bay Zhane had to wonder if Andros would kill him later. Of course he could blame the whole thing on DECA and Karone needing to know what was going on with her brother, that and the others being nosey. Nah, he decided, gonna jump into this head first if I have to.
“DECA,” he ordered, “bring up Andros’ scan, the one you sent to the counsel and I don’t want to hear it about privacy and him not wanting us to know because he forfeited that the moment he left without telling us Fren was after his morpher.”
He sounded more commanding than he felt. Zhane was worried, his best friend was obviously in trouble and he wasn’t quite sure he’d actually be allowed to help. Zhane stared silently at the reading when it came up.
“That’s Andros’ energy,” Karone said as she stepped closer to the screen, “and that’s…”
“Twins,” Zhane supplied, “Which is completely typical for your family, I should’ve suspected before I even asked for the reading.”
“It is?”
Zhane turned to Karone, “Is what?”
He frowned at the reading again.
“Typical for my family,” she smiled despite the gravity of what they were talking about.
“For generations it’s been one boy and one girl,” Zhane explained.
Karone nodded, “So I’m going to be an Aunt twice over.”
“Not that we want to interrupt,” Carlos interrupted, “but how are you getting anything off of that? It looks like an energy reading.”
“This is Andros’ energy,” Karone said, trailing her fingers over it, “These two extra readings here are the babies.”
“So Andros really is pregnant?” Cassie asked.
“Parryth,” Zhane confirmed.
“Ah, do guys get pregnant a lot where you’re from?” TJ asked.
“Only Power Rangers,” Zhane explained, “It’s considered a reward for the service and it’s a rare honor.”
“So how does that work?” Ashley asked, “How’d he become pregnant?”
“Energy transfer,” Karone answered, “if the stories I heard were correct.”
Zhane nodded, “I’m the child of a Parryth.”
“You are?” Cassie asked looking confused as Karone wrapped her arms around him.
Zhane paused to give Karone a kiss on the cheek, “I had two fathers, both were rangers.”
“But what do you mean by an energy transfer?” TJ asked, going back to Ashley’s question.
“It can be as simple as touching while morphed,” Zhane explained, “Or touching unmorphed after a large battle, after a difficult victory.”
“Touching as…” Carlos trailed off looking confused.
Zhane pushed a stray strand of hair behind Karone’s ear, gave them a meaningful look and repeated, “Touching.”
“So like I could shove TJ and he could end up with a baby?” Carlos asked.
“Yeah, we’re a pretty touchy group,” Cassie pointed out.
“There needs to be a connection,” Zhane said, “Usually the parents are a couple, occasionally it brings people together. If there is a need, it can bring two people together, it’s just extremely rare. It’s more likely that the parents are together.”
“He hasn’t dated since we broke up,” Ashley pointed out, “He’s taken dates to meetings where it’s expected, but he hasn’t been dating.”
“He’s been doing too many missions to date,” Karone commented, “You two are good friends now, but…I…”
Zhane nodded at her look, “The team is the best place to start.”
“Start what?” T.J. asked.
Carlos groaned, “I’m starting to feel stupid.”
“We all are,” Cassie agreed.
“A Parryth child is made from the energy signatures of two rangers, so for the first few months of development the fetus is a perfect blend of their energy. We can figure out who the other parent is by comparing Andros’ energy combined with another and then seeing if it matches,” Zhane explained, “We’re the ones that are closest to Andros so obviously we start by comparing the team.”
“Maybe he already did,” Cassie pointed out.
“Yeah,” TJ agreed, “DECA, did Andros figure out who the other parent is?”
“Andros deleted the file when he was finished,” DECA told them, “and he ordered me to keep this information confidential.”
“If he wasn’t pregnant, he’d be in so much trouble when he gets back,” Karone grumbled a look of worry on her face.
“We’ll figure it out,” Zhane soothed.
“If he doesn’t want us to know…” Cassie pointed out.
“I have to know,” Karone said quietly.
“If he doesn’t want us to know then it’s going to be difficult to get him to tell us,” TJ pointed out.
“Well we can’t wait till he’s showing,” Carlos put in, “and if it’s not one of us we might just have to play matchmaker.”
“What if it is one of you guys?” Cassie asked.
“It could be one of you too,” Zhane told them.
“One of us?” Ashley frowned, “wouldn’t it have made more sense for the girl to get pregnant.”
“If his claim to his morpher is being challenged and part of it is because he doesn’t have anyone to pass the morpher on to, then it makes more sense that there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that a child is his,” Zhane pointed out.
“So any of the five of us could be the parent?” Cassie asked.
“Then we have to know,” TJ decided.
Zhane nodded as he isolated one of the smaller energy signatures. He pulled up Andros signatures and then his own. He breathed out slowly, bent over and kissed Karone’s shoulder.
“Defiantly not me,” he said.
Karone nodded and closed her eyes.
“Not that I don’t love your brother, but you’re the one I want to spend the rest of my life with,” he said.
She opened her eyes and smiled.
Zhane pulled up Ashley’s signature next, then Cassie’s. He quickly ran through his fellow teammates.
“Nothing is even similar,” Zhane said frowning.
“Who else do we check,” Karone frowned at the screen.
“DECA,” TJ asked, “how old are the fetuses?”
"The correct term is embryos," DECA answered.
"Thanks," TJ told her with a shake of his head and a grin, "So how old are the embryos?"
“Approximately one month and three days,” DECA told them.
Karone sucked a deep breath inward.
Zhane turned his eyes back to the screen, “DECA do we have the energy signatures for the rangers that participated in the reds only mission on the moon?”
“That information is available,” DECA replied.
“Do we start at the beginning or at the most recent?” TJ asked.
“Well we can skip you,” Carlos pointed out.
“Try Tommy,” Ashley suggested, “he trusts Tommy.”
Zhane shook his head, “Not Tommy. He trusts Tommy because Tommy reminds him of his father.”
“He does?” Karone asked.
“He thinks Tommy is a Kehtal,” Zhane revealed, “with the same color alignment as your father.”
“Kethal?” TJ asked.
“Man, now I’m really confused,” Carlos complained.
Ashley nodded, “Why do I get the feeling that there might be more to being a ranger than we realized?”
Zhane wet his lips, how did he explain? Where did he start? Finally he said slowly, “A Kehtal is a person who has many color alignments. One must have four before they are considered one, so while Andros’ claim may one day be valid if Tommy picks up another color, at this point it’s not.”
“Why four colors?” Carlos asked.
“Some rangers use ranking systems,” Karone said.
“They do?” Cassie asked.
“SPD,” Zhane explained, “use it the most, though they have faded into the background since Sirius was destroyed. They will rise again though, knowing them, with a stronger group of rangers.”
“SPD?” TJ asked.
“Space Patrol Delta,” Zhane said.
“Really this is interesting and we’re going to want you to explain later,” Ashley said, “but right now we need to figure out this situation with Andros.”
“Where do we start?” Carlos frowned.
“We should do this in some sort of order,” Cassie pointed out.
Karone crossed her arms and glared at the screen.
“We’ll work through the list,” Zhane agreed.
“Start with Jason,” TJ decided, “I really can’t see him and Cole getting along enough to raise kids together.”
Zhane nodded, searching through the data from the mission until he found the energy signatures of the rangers that had fought in the battle.
“I thought there were ten red rangers, didn’t Time Force have two?” Zhane asked.
“Wes was red and Eric was the Quantum Ranger,” TJ agreed.
“I only have nine energy signatures,” Zhane frowned.
“Rocky wasn’t able to make it,” TJ told him, “When I asked Andros he mentioned that he was unobtainable and on Aquaitar.”
Zhane nodded, “Hopefully he’s working to get Earth a seat on The Counsel.”
“What is The Counsel?” Carlos asked.
“By the time you guys joined Andros it had momentarily disbanded,” Karone answered, “it’s basically a counsel that decides on ranger matters and has a representative from each planet that has ranger teams.”
“It’s suppose to coordinate unity between teams from different planets,” Zhane explained, “Occasionally they have to decide who gets a morpher, when there is a dispute.”
“So Fren really might be a threat?” TJ asked.
Zhane nodded, “In keeping with Karovan traditions if Andros has a child to pass his morpher onto then there is no question. The only way for Fren to get The Counsel to reconsider would be if Andros died before the children are born.”
He glanced at Karone.
“I want my brother now,” she told him.
“We need to figure out a way to keep Andros safe,” TJ said.
Cassie sighed, “Yeah, without him realizing we’re being overprotective.”
Zhane turned back to the screen, “Hopefully we can get some help.”
He pulled up Jason’s energy signature and then stared silently as it melded with Andros, blending to form a match to the energy signature of the embryos.
“New plan,” Karone decided, “I want to meet this Jason before we decide on anything. He should also be made aware that I used to be evil and I have no qualms about hurting him.”
Chapters: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]