A/N: Hey guys. So, I got bored waiting for my co-writer to get off her butt and write the next chapters for our current PR series, known as soda!verse, so I decided to write my own rewrite of Ninja Storm. Oh yay; more work. Anyways, this story shall include three OCs.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Power Rangers: Ninja Storm or any other Power Ranger series this story may hint at. I do own the Hurricane Academy, Sensei Graylin, Alexa Heather, Kiley Echo, and all things pertaining to them. Layla Fielding and the Black Fire Ranger are owned by GothMaureen and used with permission.
Enjoy!
A Hurricane by Any Other Name
Chapter One: Prelude to a Hurricane
"I am so glad we're not late," A pretty strawberry-blonde muttered as she and her two best friends trudged up the hill leading to a magnificent lake.
"You're glad? HA! Sensei Graylin wouldn't kill all of us, just me. I'm in charge of making sure you two get here on time," A tall dirty blond grumbled.
"I think someone's in a bad mood!" chirped the last of the three girls, a medium-height redhead who had purple streaks in her hair. "What do you think, Alexa?"
The first girl, Alexa Heather, just grinned. "Kiley, when is Layl NOT in a bad mood?"
"Don't call me that!" Layla Fielding snapped.
"Chill out Lay! Seriously, is Alexa gonna have to go all ice ninja on you?" Kiley Echo asked.
Layla glared.
"Okay, shutting up now."
"Guys?" Alexa asked, her eyes wide. "Is the lake supposed to be on fire?"
There was a pause as all three girls looked at each other, before taking off down the hill.
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On the beach of Blue Bay Harbor, California, the weather was perfect-and so were the waves.
A bleach blond carefully rode one in before jogging in the sand as she pushed her matted wet hair behind her ears.
Tori Hanson sighed, checking her watch before picking up her bag and walking towards her van. She had somewhere to be, and not a lot of time to get there.
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Meanwhile, not far away, a red-clad skateboarder was ripping the ramp, flipping in the air and showing off his best moves. As the people cheered around him, Shane Clarke came to a stop, flipping his board up into his hands.
"Hey!" Another skateboarder came up. "That was awesome dude!"
"Yeah," Shane laughed. "Finally landed that backflip man."
"You wanna hit that new rail?"
Shane sighed, looking at the other's watch. "No man, I can't, I gotta get to class," He explained, undoing his helmet.
"Class?" The other male repeated.
Shane blinked. "Nevermind man, I'll catch ya later bro!" He said, taking off.
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Not far away, a motobike ripped through the air, landing on the track and passing by every other rider out there. He zoomed past the finish line, where a redheaded female clicked her stopwatch. "Not bad," She said, before heading over to the rider.
"Your lap times are about two seconds off," She informed him as he pulled off his helmet, revealing curly brown hair.
"Yeah, I know, my bike's bogging on that uphill!" Dustin Brooks complained, pointing with the hand that held his helmet. "What time is it?" He leaned over to check her watch.
"Five after, why?"
"Oh man I am so busted!" He yelped, taking off.
"Dustin where are you going?" She yelled as she struggled to hold his bike.
"I'll call you later, okay?" Dustin replied before disappearing.
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"Where are they?" Tori murmured, biting her lip as she looked around. "C'mon..."
The sound of a skateboard hitting pavement resounded and Shane skated up, coming around to the passenger side. "Boo!" He said as Tori turned her head around. "You miss me?"
"Yeah, dream on," Tori retorted as Shane climbed in passenger, depositing his skateboard in the back of the van. "Where's Dustin?"
They both looked around to see him coming their way. "Last as usual," The surfer sighed.
"Ugh, dude," Shane shrugged as Dustin opened the back of the van.
"About time," Tori muttered under her breath.
"Sup dude?" Dustin said as Shane clasped his hand. The motocrosser promptly vaulted over the seat, illiciting complaints from both of his companions.
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"How can you guys be late every single time? I couldn't pull that off if I actually planned it," Tori muttered as she drove.
"Maybe that's because you're the reliable one?" Shane pointed out as Dustin chuckled.
"What does that mean, 'the reliable one'?" Tori questioned half sarcastically, half hurt.
"Look, in any group there are different kinds of people," Shane replied, as he and Dustin simultaneously draped their arms over the back of the van seat.
"Totally true, yeah. Think about, uhm, like the Power Rangers," Dustin said, nodding his head as he turned to look at Tori.
"Power Rangers?" Tori scoffed. "You've got to be kidding me."
"No, I li-okay. There's always like the mellow, like reflective dude," The brunette male said, spreading his arms to show he was talking about himself.
"Then there's the risk taker, the adrenaline guy," Shane piped up, adjusting the rear view mirror so he could see himself. "That would, of course, be me."
He and Dustin burst into laughter. "Yeah, oh right," Dustin rolled his eyes. "And you, Tori, you're just...you're just the logical one!"
Tori sighed, rolling her eyes but unable to keep a smile off her face. "You guys have to lay off the comic books. Seriously. I mean, power rangers? Whatever."
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"This way!" Kiley said, now leading. The three females scrambled down the hill, desperately trying to not hurt themselves.
"Okay, for once, I wish we had been late!" Layla yelled.
"Role reversal much?" Alexa asked as the three emerged onto the ruins of what was once the great Hurricane Academy. "Cause I'm thinking I'm glad we weren't early."
"It's gone," Kiley whispered, her eyes huge.
"What...what happened?" Layla asked, looking around. It was destruction all around, as far as they could see.
"You guys!" Alexa yelled. "It's Sensei!"
The three ran towards the fallen figure. "Sensei, are you okay?" Kiley asked, eyes still wide.
He grasped Layla's wrists. "Take these..." He pushed a wooden box at Alexa, who held it like her life depended on it. "Take them and use them well. Go to Blue Bay Harbor. You will know when the time is right..." He breathed out, eyes slipping shut.
"No, sensei!" Alexa cried out, her eyes brimming with tears as she held onto his sleeve.
"He's gone," Kiley whispered. "And so is everyone else."
Layla grimaced. "We're all that's left of Hurricane Academy."
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It was the next day and Kelly, the woman who had been with Dustin at the racetrack, walked around her store, checking inventory.
In the back was Dustin himself, working steadily. All around him were alarm clocks.
"Whoa! Check this out!" Shane said as Tori walked over to him and the couch he was siting on. He pointed out some skater move, elaborating, "That's what I gotta learn for my skate video!"
As soon as he said this, the alarm clocks went off and Dustin started. The two on the couch stood up and walked over.
"Dustin!" Tori yelled.
"Yo, heads up!" He said as he brushed past one of the customers.
"Dustin, you're not going to leave me here to clean up shop!" Kelly looked frustrated.
He turned around, giving her a pleading look as he backed out the door. "Have I ever told you what a cool boss you are?" Dustin smiled before running out. "Bye Kelly!"
The redhead just sighed.
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"...Kelly!"
"Whoa, watch it!" Layla yelled as a young male ran out of the sports shop, nearly clipping her. "Where are people's manners these days?" She fumed when he didn't even stop to apologize.
"Layl, chill," Kiley told her. "He's probably late for something."
The three walked in the sports store, looking around. They had done as their sensei instructed them, and had come to Blue Bay.
"Can I help you guys?" A redhead who looked to be owner of the store asked, coming over to them.
"Yeah," Alexa smiled. "I'm Alexa, that's Layla, and this is Kiley. We're new in town..."
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"The continued atmospheric disturbances have..." The radio trailed off in Tori's van, turning static-y.
"Are we on time?" Dustin asked, glancing at his watch.
"We're early," The blonde driver responded. "Hey, " She said as they pulled up adjacent to an old couple's smoking car. "They look like they need help..."
"No way. Tori, we can't!" Shane argued as she pulled the van to a stop.
"We can't just leave them here," She shot back. "What if something happens to them?"
"All I know is, if we're late, something's going to happen to us," Shane pressed on. "And it won't involve fun and fabulous prizes!" He concluded as Dustin and Tori headed over to the other car.
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"You look underhanded," Alexa commented to Kelly as she looked around. There were no signs of any other employees around.
"You probably saw Dustin running out of here?" The redhead asked.
"Didn't see, felt," Layla commented under her breath. Kiley elbowed her.
"Oh, right, yeah," Alexa smiled sheepishly. "Hey, well...do you want some help?"
Kelly brightened up at this. "Of course!"
"We are here to serve," Layla said, dragging Kiley forward with her.
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Shane closed the hood of the car as the elderly couple thanked them.
"Lovely to meet you. Good bye!" The woman called as the three teenagers began to walk off.
"Hey dude, what if his alarm clock didn't go off and he doesn't even miss us?" Dustin asked as Shane pulled open the passenger door.
"He's a ninja master, Dustin, they don't oversleep," The skateboarder replied.
"...Really?"
Tori just sighed, starting up the van as the two males climbed in.
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"Okay, seriously?" Kiley said as she passed by Alexa, who was ringing up a customer's purchase. "My arms are starting to hurt. I think they're gonna fall off."
"They are not," Layla retorted from where she was hanging up motocross gear.
"I dunno, Lay," Alexa piped up as her customer walked out the door, three dollars and twenty five cents less rich. "For someone in tune with life, Kiley's kinda weak."
"Offended!" Kiley yelled from the stockroom. Her best friends just laughed.
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The portal to the Wind Ninja Academy swept open and through it stumbled Tori, Dustin, and Shane.
The three held their arms above their heads, attempting to protect themselves from the fierce wind blows.
"What's going on?" Dustin asked, as Tori gave him a look like, 'You think we'd know?'
"Whatever it is, it's attacking the school!" Shane exclaimed. The winds grew fiercer, and the three tried their best to block themselves from being harmed.
"Look out!" Tori cried as a piece of wood came flying towards them.
"Whoa!" She and Shane chorused as a fierce gale threw them to the ground.
Suddenly, the winds were gone, and all three teenagers slowly sat up, looks of disbelief etched onto their faces. After a moment of shock, Shane scrambled to his feet.
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Kiley was hanging things up for Kelly when she felt it.
"Agh!" She cried, gripping her chest and falling to her knees as pain ripped through her.
"Kile!" Alexa ran towards her friend, dropping to her knees and hugging her.
"What's wrong?" Layla asked as she arrived on scene next, Kelly following behind her.
"I don't know," The younger redhead replied, looking up, wide-eyed. "But whatever's wrong...it's really really bad."
Alexa and Layla exchanged fearful looks.
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"It's gone.." The air ninja said as Tori and Dustin scrambled up to join him.
"Okay, I dunno, I'm thinking...earthquake!"
Shane looked at Dustin like he was crazy. "When was the last time you heard of an earthquake sucking buildings and people into the sky?"
"Who would do something like this?" Tori asked as the three walked around the ruins of the academy.
"Are we the only students left?" Dustin wanted to know.
"Look, it's Cam!" Shane yelled, pointing to where the head sensei's son was struggling to uncover himself from rock. "Help me get him out!"
The water and earth ninjas followed after him.
"We've got you," Tori said softly as they pulled the smart young male to his feet.
"Cam, are you okay?" The air ninja asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Cameron "Cam" Watanabe responded, coughing twice.
All of a sudden, laser beams hit the ground, causing the four to lose their balance and fall over. They began to run as yet another laser found it's mark.
"No!" Tori cried, grabbing onto Cam for support.
"C'mon guys, this way!" The male said, pulling open a trapdoor and beckoning them forward. The three ninja students hesitated only for a second before following their sensei's son down stone steps and underground.
"Cam, what is this place?" Shane asked as they emerged into a tunnel.
"Just follow me," The other responded, expertly ignoring the air ninja's question. He stopped, placing his hand on a DNA scanner.
"No way!" Dustin said as the underground cavern changed into a high-tech, super-secret-spy-headquarters-looking room.
"It's amazing!" Tori gasped.
"Dude..."
"Don't ask any questions because I can't answer them," Cam warned.
"What, this is like some big secret?"
Can sighed. "Yes, Shane, it's like some big secret."
"And there are times when secrets must be revealed, Cam," A new voice said as a mini-habitat wheeled out of nowhere. On it stood a guinea pig.
"Whoa!"
"Hey, uhm, that big rat sounds just like Sensei," Shane said as he and Dustin exchanged confused looks while Tori stood by, kind of just smiling.
"Yeah, I know," Dustin stepped forward, kneeling before the habitat. "Doesn't really look like him though, huh? I mean except for the clothes!" He looked up at Cam, who looked like he wanted to hit something. Or someone.
"My father is not a rat. He's a guinea pig."
Dustin looked at Cam, then at the sensei-guinea pig, then back at Shane and Tori. "Dude, did he just explain why and I like-" He threw his hand over his head and made a whistling noise. "-like, missed it?"
"He's stuck," Cam said, sounding a little annoyed.
"...Stuck?" The air ninja asked.
"Yes, Shane, stuck," Sensei replied. "Observe."
"Whoa!" Dustin cried as his sensei flipped through the air, landing on a table where a computer console lay. The earth ninja fell back, surprised.
As the computer started up, the ninja students walked over to get a better look at what their sensei was about to show them.
"This is Lothor," Sensei gestured to the screen.
"Ew," Tori wrinkled her nose at the disgusting looking man on screen.
"Once a great ninja, he was banished from the earth when his hunger for power turned him to the dark side. When our energy fields collided, I was transformed into what you see before you. Now he has returned, and has brought an army that will do everything to take our planet for their own. Unless they are stopped."
"Who is going to be dumb enough to try and stop them?" Dustin asked, gesturing towards the screen before propping a hand on his waist.
Sensei smiled, his guinea pig nose squishing up. "An excellent question Dustin. The morphers, Cam."
"Father, you're not serious!" His son exclaimed.
"We have no choice," The guinea pig said seriously.
"But these three!" Cam asked unbelieving. "I mean, them? They're... Well, they're..."
"We're WHAT?" Tori asked.
"Yeah," Shane said, folding his arms. "I don't like the way that sounded. Do you?" He looked at Dustin.
"Actually, dude, I'm kinda lost here," The earth ninja admitted, scratching his head.
"Now, Cam," Sensei said firmly, fixing his son with a stare that, in guinea pig form, looked more like a glare.
The genius sighed, defeated, before walking towards a shelf. From it he picked up a large mahogany wood box, bringing it towards them.
"These," He began, lifting up the lid. "Are your Power Ranger Wind Morphers." Inside lay three glittering devices in blue, red, or yellow.
"Yeah right," Tori scoffed.
Shane's jaw seemed to drop.
"Yes!" Dustin exclaimed, clapping his hands together. "See, I knew it dude!" He patted Shane's chest. "I was right! Power Rangers are real!" He finished, grabbing the yellow morpher.
"Whatever," Tori said in an awed tone of voice as she picked up the blue device.
"No way..." The last of the three trailed off as he grabbed the last morpher, the red one.
"Dustin, child of the earth," Sensei began as the three fixed the morphers onto their wrists. "True to your heart, you will embody the powers of the Yellow Wind Ranger."
Dustin just grinned, holding his wrist with the morpher on it next to his head.
"Tori, fluid and graceful like the water, you will become the Blue Wind Ranger."
The water ninja, still looking like she had been tipped headfirst into a fairy tale, mimicked Dustin's pose as she listened to her Sensei speak.
"Shane, reaching for the stars, you will command the powers of the Red Wind Ranger."
Shane nodded, also copying Dustin and Tori's poses as the three moved closer together.
"From this point you will be known as the Wind Power Rangers," Their sensei continued as the three shifted forward, bringing their left arms down. "Protectors of the Earth!"
Silence.
"So...what exactly does this thing do?" The new red ranger asked as their awe disappeared.
"Where's the switch?" Tori wanted to know.
"Does it have any games or what?" Dustin mused as he fiddled with his.
"No, it doesn't have games!" Tori snapped, rolling her eyes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the defenders of the galaxy," Cam muttered under his breath.
A beeping noise sounded, and all five occupants of the room started.
"Quickly! Lothor's army is attacking!" Sensei said as the new rangers stopped talking, looking towards him. "You must intercept them. Call on your powers by saying Ninja Storm, Ranger Form." He instructed, and the three teens nodded.
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"Okay, I'm getting really bad vibes!" Layla said. The three females had left Storm Chargers approximately ten minutes ago, and were now heading for the beach.
"Me too," Alexa said, looking over at Kiley worryingly. "But there's nothing we can do."
"What about those things Sensei Graylin gave us?" Kiley demanded. "He told us we'd know when to use them. I think that time is now."
"Well, we have no idea what they do, or what we're supposed to be doing!" Layla snapped as the three examined the watch-like devices that attached to their wrists.
"You guys, calm down," Alexa said, fixing her two best friends with a stare. "Sensei was right. When the time is right, we will have no questions. We'll KNOW what to do. There won't be a single doubt in our minds. But that time isn't now. So I suggest we stop freaking out, and find somewhere to stay until then."
Kiley sighed, fingering the purple device she wore. "I suppose so..."
"Yeah," Layla agreed, her shoulders falling slightly.
Alexa sighed, squeezing her eyes shut. No matter what she said, she knew the three of them had a long and tangled path ahead of them.
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"Keep your eyes open," The monster growled.
"Hey!" A voice called, and the monster whirled around to see Shane, Tori, and Dustin. "Looking for us?"
"It's them!" He growled.
"Okay!" Shane put his arm up. "Ninja storm...what is it again?"
"Ninja storm, ranger form," Dustin told him.
"It's ranger form!" Cam yelled through the communicators.
"Dude," Dustin held up a hand. "Watch and learn..." He cracked his neck and breathed out. "Ninja storm, ranger form! Ha!" He cried.
He morphed, a yellow suit appearing on his body. On the center of his chest a lion roared. Looking up, his helmet snapped together, showing off a golden emblem of a lion above his visor.
"Power of earth!" He called out.
"Oh, oh yeah, baby, yeah!" Dustin said excitedly, looking at himself in morphed ranger form. "Well, I guess no one's laughing at the comic book geek now, are they?"
Tori and Shane smiled, looking at each other and smiling. "NINJA STORM RANGER FORM HA!" They chorused, activating the morphing sequence.
A red suit appeared on Shane, the symbol on his chest that of a hawk's wings. His helmet snapped on as well, red this time, with a gold emblem of a hawk.
"Power of air!" He cried out as well.
Tori began her morphing sequence, a light, almost sky blue appearing on her body. Her symbol appeared on her chest; a dolphin's tail. Her helmet came together, with the emblem of a dolphin.
"Power of water!" She cried.
"Attack!" The monster yelled at his minions, called Kelzaks. They obeyed, hopping towards the rangers.
"Wind Rangers! Ninja Swords!" The three chorused, pulling blades from sheaths attached to their backs.
Shane was the first to attack, waving his sword around and bringing down Kekzaks. "Alright, boys, step aside!" He laughed as each Kelzak he struck fell.
"On your left!" He cried, jumping off a tree. "It's all in the wrist!" He continued, his morpher shooting lasers at the unfortunate Kelzaks.
"And it's also a handy laser blaster!" Tori smiled behind her visor as she changed her sword to blaster mode. "What's wrong?" She asked as she ran across the water shooting lasers at kelzaks. "Never seen a girl in blue spandex walk on water?"
A little ways away, Kelzaks flew left and right as something traveled underground. Dustin emerged from the ground, smiling victoriously. "Yeah, it worked!" He cheered as the Kelzaks regrouped in front of him.
Sticking his sword in the ground, he switched on an explosion and Kelzaks flew like no tomorrow.
The three rangers came together in front of the monster.
"Wind!" Shane called, holding up his sword.
"Power!" Tori continued, mimicking him.
"Rangers!" Dustin finished, clutching his ninja sword tightly.
"You're impressive against Kelzaks, but you didn't really think that was all we had did you?" The monster roared, sending out his attack; super sharp, exploding cards.
"Whoa!" All three cried as they landed on the ground, before scrambling back up once more.
"Hey guys, check me out!" Shane said as he leaped into the air, a red kite appearing on his back. "Now this is what I call getting some air!"
"We've got you covered!" Tori announced as she joined him in the skies, but from a blue glider.
"On your wing!" Dustin quipped as he joined them above the ground.
"I'm going in!" Shane dove straight for the monster, picking him up as he swept along.
"No, put me down!"
"You got it!" Shane agreed, dropping him. The monster fell onto the ground, taking damage on his way.
The rangers jumped from their gliders, slashing at him simultaneously with their swords.
"Aaaaaaaghhhh!" The monster cried as he flew five feet before picking himself up.
"Hawk Blaster!" Shane called, pulling out his personal weapon. "Fired up!"
"Sonic Fin, sound off!" Tori giggled.
"Lion Hammer, ready to roar!" Dustin finished up the call-out. "Eat this blue dude!" The yellow ranger laughed, slamming his hammer onto the ground five times, causing their foe to fly into the air each time the hammer hit the ground.
"Ready for a workout?" Tori asked, holding up her weapon. "And one! And two! And spin! And work those abs!" She laughed as her fin created a mini tornado which spun theirfoe around in the air. "Work it! Work it! And down!" She finished as the monster slammed into the ground once more.
"Is it hot out here, or is it just you?" Shane wanted to know as he pointed his Hawk Blaster at the monster. Fire streamed from the weapon, causing 'Blue Dude' to scream in pain.
"Let's put 'em together guys! Storm Striker!" The three called, Shane at back, and Tori and Dustin supporting the weapons.
"Oh I'm so scared!" The monster rolled his eyes.
"Ready!"
"Fire!" Shane commanded, pulling the trigger, and out came a giant ball of energy that, when it hit its target, promptly caused him to explode.
"Later days!"
"Woohoo! Oh yeah!" Tori and Dustin chorused, high-fiving.
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Their visors slid open and they looked around, looking at each other. "That really just happened, right?" Shane asked.
"I'm pretty sure it did..." Tori said.
"Now that, that was awesome!" Dustin exclaimed, clasping hands with Shane as they began to laugh.
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"Ah, see, I told you guys!" Dustin exclaimed as they clambered into what Cam had dubbed as 'Ninja Ops'. "I told you there were Power Rangers and you were like no, no, you comic book geek, it's an urban legend man!" The yellow ranger said, getting in Shane's face.
"Hey, hey, that wasn't me," Shane pushed Dustin lightly. "That was miss fluid, graceful power babe over here!" He said, leaning in Tori's face as the earth ninja laughed in the background.
"Alright, that was me!" Tori admitted, a huge smile on her face. "But-"
"You did well this time, rangers," Sensei said. "But understand that there will be battles in the future. Lothor will not rest until the earth is completely under his command, or until he is destroyed. The future is in your hands...Power Rangers."
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"It's perfect!" Kiley exclaimed as she whirled around in the empty house. "Four bed, two bath-"
"A kitchen," Layla interrupted.
"A backyard, and a huge living room!" Alexa finished. "And, since Kelly hired us-"
"We can pay for it!" All three chorused, collapsing into giggles as they hugged.
It was at that moment that they felt a tug on their souls, followed by the arrival of a familiar presence. Turning around, their eyes widened as they came face-to-face with a spiritual apparition of Sensei Graylin.
"Hello girls. We have much to discuss and little time. Will you hear what I have to say?"
Layla and Kiley looked over at Alexa, who nodded and step forward.
"Tell us what we need to know..."
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: DUN DUN DUN!
I hope you guys enjoyed! I worked soooo hard to get this done in two days. Whew!
I don't know when I'll be back with an update, but I'll try to get one up as soon as possible!
Review please. No flames. If flames appear, they will be used to heat up my hot chocolate. Nom nom nom.
'Til then,
RAWR the Green Ranger
