Disclaimer: I claim Sora, Dallas, Roland, Petra, Chrisman, Tierl, Camie, Mira, Timari, and Tevu. I also claim the Defender Powers, and the Guardian Powers of Ninjetti Hyena, Ninjetti Tiger, Ninjetti Panther, and Ninjetti Owl. Haim Saban owns everyone else.
Suggested reading: You've got to read all of Zeo Disaster, Defenders, Protectors of Space, Surprising New Friends, Familiar Faces and Places and Capture..
Time frame: Immediately following Capture.

Regroup
By Dana

Zhane was thrown into a cell and tried to rush past the Drones but wasn't fast enough. The cell door locked. Zhane got as close as he could to the cage door and peered out. He could easily see his morpher in one of their hands. He couldn't help but worry about Andros. He wished he could help. What did that thing have in mind for them?

Timari stared at Andros again before he slapped him hard across the face. Andros glared at him and tried to get free of the Drones. "Won't do you any good Andros. You being a Wind/Lightning Ranger I would suspect you must be a good fighter. Not that it will help you or anything." He turned to the Drones and ordered, "get both morphers and hand them to me." They quickly did so.

Andros had a bad feeling about this. He wondered what was happening to Zhane. Was he all right? He was hit in the head again. Andros's head was spinning now. He had to fight to stay conscious.

"Pay attention." Timari ordered. "No spacing off allowed." He signaled to Tevu to come closer bringing a medallion. "This is what I meant by getting my revenge through you." He said putting the medallion on Andros. "Everything I do to you your mother will feel. And don't think you can get this off. It'll shock you. I'm the only one who can take it off." He said and hit Andros once more causing him to slip into unconsciousness.

On the Talorn Dallas and Petra were talking in the command room. They hadn't jumped to another time yet. "I don't know Dallas. Timari is a tough one to deal…" She stopped and grabbed her head before slumping to the ground.

"Petra!" Dallas said kneeling next to the older woman. "Petra are you okay?" She quickly noticed that Petra was unconscious. She contacted Roland immediately. "Roland come in."

"Dallas?" Roland's voice came through.

"Something's wrong with Petra. She passed out."

"I'll be right there." Roland said and locked onto her signal and teleported. He saw Petra lying on the ground unconscious. "How long has she been out?"

"Just a few seconds. She was talking to me then grabbed her head and fainted in the middle of a sentence. Do you know what's wrong with her?"

"No but I think we should get her to the infirmary. I'll take her, you go see if you can find Tommy." Roland said picking up the Comet Ranger and hurried to the infirmary.

Dallas went in the other direction to find Tommy. She found him in the Rec. Room with Jason, Sora, and Leo. "Tommy you need to go to the infirmary."

Tommy looked at her in shock but followed her quickly out of the room. "Why? Is someone injured?"

"It's Petra. She fainted. We don't know why, but Roland and I thought maybe you would."

They stopped directly in front of the infirmary and walked in. Petra was still unconscious. "Nothing shows on this scanner on why she fainted." Roland informed them putting the scanner down.

"I don't know how I can help but I'll try." Tommy said stepping closer.

"That's about all we can ask for." Dallas answered looking grim.

Chrisman stood in the front of the room eyeing his fellow Rangers before speaking, "I just got an emergency message that Timari survived Antiqua's wave."

Mira stared at him in confusion. "Who's Timari?" She asked. That was the first time she'd ever heard that name. Did she know it before? She hated not remembering anything.

"An old partner of Petra and Jet's." He informed her. "The fear is that he might go after the Defenders. We are the only ones in the position to help them."

"What can we do to help?" Camie asked.

"We go find them." Chrisman said.

"But how? There are a lot of places they could be." Tierl reminded him.

"You forget Tierl we have access to these things." Chrisman said and stepped over to one of the computers and started typing in coordinates a hole appeared in front of them. "Shall we?"

Mira flashed him a smile before following him through the hole. She could hear Tierl muttering something about it might not be the right coordinates but Chrisman didn't reply.

"Have a little faith in me okay Tierl?" Chrisman said with a sigh pulling out a miniature computer and handing it to Mira. "See if you can find any scans of these life signs Mira."

Mira nodded before starting the scan. "Who are we looking for?"

"The Defenders. They are Rangers that Tierl, Camie and I have helped before." Chrisman answered.

Mira nodded before looking back at the scans. "They've been here." She said. "Almost twenty-four hours ago."

"How do we know if they are still here?" Camie asked. "They could have left already."

"Somehow I don't think they have." Tierl said staring at something in the distance. The others quickly turned around. There was a television with the news on. They all hurried towards it.

"Today in Hollywood things turned real when actual monsters from outer space started attacking the audience of a taping of 'Power Rangers in Space.'" The TV changed to a scene of eight morphed Rangers fighting the monsters and then the capturing of Andros and Zhane. "We don't know who the fighters were but if anyone knows anything, please call your local police station."

"Well looks like they're still here." Camie summed up.

Chrisman nodded and signaled them to follow him. They rounded the corner to see reporters interviewing the Rangers and hurried over. They realized something was wrong. There were Rangers that shouldn't have been there.

"Ms. Varns do you know anything about the mysterious Rangers that helped you?" One of the reporters asked.

"Only that they were from a different dimension. I wish we could thank them more but they left so quickly." Lisa Varns said.

"Ms. Varns?" Camie asked. "That would explain why she looks like the former Comet Ranger."

The others nodded and ducked back away from the crowd.

Zhane looked up when he heard footsteps heading his way. He jumped off the floor and ran over to the bars. He could see the Drones carrying Andros down the hallway. The door opened and before Zhane could do anything Andros was thrown at him. The door closed again. Zhane laid Andros down and examined him. There wasn't much damage except a bump on the back of his head. Zhane noticed the medallion almost immediately. 'Hadn't Petra been wearing that earlier?' He wondered but decided to ignore it for now. "Come on Andros wake up." Zhane said shaking his best friend in hopes of getting any response. "Andros can you hear me? Come on buddy wake up." Still Andros wouldn't open his eyes. 'What did that monster do?' He wondered. He looked up and saw Timari "What did you do?" He demanded.

"That's none of your business Star Ranger. You weren't part of the original plan. But as I always say, every good plan can be tweaked to fit the circumstances. As for your little friend…Well his mother is going to pay for changing sides." He said with an evil grin. "Since you are the leader of that team you will be dealt with later, Zhane." He said and walked away.

Zhane glared at the retreating form of his captor before turning his attention back to Andros who was beginning to stir. "Come on Andros open your eyes.."

"Zhane?" Andros asked in a weak voice.

"How are you Andros?" Zhane asked sitting next to him.

"Head hurts." Andros said sitting up and leaning against the wall. He started to take the medallion off, and was immediately shocked. He tried again and was rewarded with the same shock. "Guess this doesn't come off."

Zhane saw the worried expression on Andros's face. "What's wrong Andros?"

"It's the medallion. I think it links me to my mother somehow. Our captor said that everything that happens to me she'll feel."

Zhane sighed. He didn't know how they were going to get out of this mess. 'Some leader I am.' He thought.

Timari appeared again "Good you're both awake. I think it's time we had a little bit of fun."

Andros knew he didn't want to know what Timari was talking about. He was smiling at them sadistically. He waved his hand and the cage door opened. Andros and Zhane both made a run for the door, but were met by a large group of Drones. "I wasn't going to be that easy on you two. I'm not crazy." Timari said and the Drones pulled the two Defenders out of their cell. They were pulled down the hall to a room. The room was completely empty. Timari and Tevu followed them in. "I promised Tevu that he could be the one to deal out the punishment. So I'll leave you with him. Have fun!" He said with a smirk and closed the door behind him.

Andros and Zhane waited for Tevu to make the first move. He just smirked at them. "Let me introduce myself to you. I am Tevu, Timari's second in command." He said then looked at Andros. "So you're the brat. I've heard a lot about you." Then he looked at Zhane. "And this must be Zhane the leader of the infamous Defenders. How you have fallen so quickly. I'm surprised your team stayed alive so long under your command. Oops one did die." He taunted. Zhane just glared at him. "Guess we'll add three more to that list." Tevu said with an evil grin. Andros and Zhane weren't sure how to respond to that statement. But Tevu didn't seem to be waiting for any kind of response. He started approaching them with whip in hand. "Let's see how much damage a whip can do."

Andros and Zhane both immediately jumped into fighting positions waiting for Tevu to make some kind of move. Tevu signaled the Rock Drones to leave the room. "I can handle this by myself. One's nothing more then a child."

Andros and Zhane knew they could handle Tevu a lot easier if they still had their morphers. Andros thought about it for a second. He knew that if his morphers were within eyesight he could bring them over with telekinesis but he didn't see them. Timari probably already knew about his telekinesis abilities. The whip hit Andros' arm so quickly he didn't have time to move out of the way. Andros put a hand to the injured spot and saw it was slightly bleeding.

"Seems to work just fine." Tevu said with a smirk.

Zhane was better prepared for the next shot that Timari sent. He skillfully moved out of the way by flipping over Tevu's head. He kicked the monster in the back. Tevu lost his balance fell on his face and became furious.

"You're going to pay for that Zhane." Tevu swore jumping back to his feet. He blasted Andros with energy that knocked him into the wall. Andros fell dazed to the floor. He took out a sword and pointed it at Zhane. "Now how to make you pay." Tevu said aloud. "I could just kill you now, but Timari told me not to. Or I could just kill Andros, but Timari hasn't given me the okay to do that yet."

Zhane felt his blood boil when Tevu said the word, yet. He knew he had to think of a way to get himself and Andros away from this place before they were both killed. Zhane saw out of the corner of his eye that Andros was using his telekinesis. He smiled as he watched Tevu drop the sword.

"Oh that's right. The brat knows telekinesis. I forgot all about that." Tevu said picking up his sword again. "Nothing that can't be fixed." He took a wild swing, with the sword, at Andros who quickly moved out of the way. But the sword still nicked him.

Andros looked down at his shirt and saw the slash. He wasn't caring about his own welfare. He was hoping this wouldn't hurt his mother too much.

Leo sat gazing out the window in the Rec. Room. The ship reminded him so much of the MEGA ship and yet it wasn't the MEGA ship. Everyone was trying to be helpful to get him back where he belongs. But Timari's got two of the Defenders, Petra still wasn't feeling well, and they still had no clue where to go next. He would never complain about problems he had in his dimension again after this experience. He turned around when he heard someone enter the room. It was Roland. "How's Petra?"

"She's awake but not completely coherent. I don't have a clue about what's wrong with her. She doesn't seem to know either. Just complains her side hurts but there's nothing wrong. To be honest this scares me." Roland sat down next to Leo.

"I was just thinking about my friends and my brother. I didn't mind jumping in front of my brother it's just that…my brother just got back from falling into a crevice and almost dying." Leo regretted those words as soon as they came out when he saw Roland's pained expression.

Roland sighed before saying, "I wish Alexis was here. She was the one who knew about computers and injuries. I'm just the expert on machines."

"Alexis was your girlfriend right?" Leo asked. Roland nodded. "Jason told me about what happened. I'm sorry."

"She did it to save me. What she said still haunts me to this day. 'I made a choice Roland. Never forget that.' She never said what choice. It was like her own destiny was in her hands or something." Roland said almost crying but he stopped when he could hear screaming coming from the infirmary. Leo and Roland went running into the room.

They saw that Dallas was the one that screamed. Petra was bleeding from her arm and stomach.

"What happened Dal?" Roland asked in confusion while bandaging Petra's arm. Leo started to bandage her stomach.

"I don't know. It was so weird we were talking and I look down and see that her arm was bleeding. I went in search of the first aid kit and came back and saw that her stomach was bleeding." Dallas answered.

"That's odd." Leo remarked while placing the bandages back in the first aid kit.

Roland thought about it. "Dallas do you think there could be someway that Petra and Andros have been connected?"

"It's a possibility Roland. Petra did say that Timari hated her for defecting to our side. Maybe this is his way of getting revenge." She wondered how Zhane was. If this was true then maybe Zhane was hurt too. 'Oh please let them both be safe.' She silently prayed.

Petra looked at them but didn't say a word. She knew what Roland and Dallas said was true. Andros's life was in danger. So was hers.

Tevu returned to the command room and bowed to Timari. "You called master?"

"Yes. I want you to go down and attack the Defenders again. They haven't left that dimension yet. Do you think you can handle it?"

"Yes sir!" Tevu grinned. He'd get another try at trying to destroy the Defenders. "May I take the Drones with me?"

"Sure why not? Maybe you'll have better luck this time." Timari said. Tevu nodded and left with the Drones.

The Defenders and Leo, minus Petra of course, were fighting the Drones. Received the message from Dimitria that Tevu and the Drones were back. Obviously Timari didn't know they had left yet they realized.

There was a flash of light bringing in the Ninjetti Rangers that helped them before and a new one in Red. "Thought you guys could use some help." Chrisman said as he helped Roland with one of the Drones. Roland nodded his thanks.

Mira and Tierl were fighting back to back against the Drones. "Can't we transform or something?" Mira asked Tierl.

"Well I don't think you as an owl would help but sure why not." Tierl said and closed his eyes for a brief second in concentration before changing to the hyena.

Chrisman and Camie quickly changed into a tiger and a panther respectively.

Dallas watched in surprise as the Ninjetti jumped on the Drones and held them down. Mira turned toward her and said, "pretty cool huh?" Dallas could have sworn she saw the girl behind the mask wink.

Almost all of the Rangers had stopped fighting to watch in shock as Chrisman, Tierl, and Camie beat the Drones. Tevu realized that he was seriously out numbered and quickly left.

After they left everyone powered down.

"Thanks for your help again." Dallas said.

"It's the least we could do. When we heard about the problems Timari was causing we knew we had to help." Chrisman informed her. "I don't think you've met our newest Ninjetti Ranger, Mira."

"Pleased to meet you Mira. My name's Dallas. This is Roland, Jason, Tommy, Leo, and Sora."

"That's a cool move you did." Tommy said. "Changing into your spirit animals."

"Well Dulcea found something new to use as a weapon and asked us if we wanted to try it." Tierl answered. "First time we've ever had to use it in a battle though."

"It's really cool." Leo said with a smile.

"I don't think I know you." Camie said gazing at Leo. "You are new to the group?"

"Well that's why we are in this dimension. My name's Leo Corbett I'm from another dimension where I'm a Galaxy Ranger."

"My name's Chrisman and this is Tierl, Camie, and Mira."

None of them saw Timari who was sitting in a tree watching all of them with curiosity. 'So the council knows I survived. Pity for them. These Ninjetti Rangers could be trouble though. I sense something about one of them but it's probably just the fact that they transformed into animals. I will have to watch them very closely.'

He teleported back to the dungeon of his ship. Andros's arm wound had stopped bleeding but his stomach wound hadn't. He signaled the Drones to follow him into the cell. "Your friends haven't learned yet what I can do so I think I will demonstrate. Drones, grab him and chain him up!" Timari said pointing at Zhane. They quickly did so.

Timari grabbed Andros by the collar and pulled him to his feet. He quickly punched him in the stomach to stun him. He pulled out a sword and held it in front of Andros's chest. "Let's see what the Defenders do when Petra dies too." He started moving the sword closer and watched as Andros looked at him in fear.

Zhane closed his eyes.

To be continued Am I truly that mean to leave you waiting like that? Why yes I am! Stay tuned for Guardians of Time #5: Ninjetti Revelations. Email me at willow@grrtech.com with comments.