Twisted Hearts
(Part 1: That Clone Thing Again)
Cam smiled into the kiss as Hunter pressed down on his body - wrapping his arms tighter around Cam. "You know the hologram isn't as cute as you" Hunter said when he broke the kiss.
"Good to know that'd lead to some serious Cyber Sex issues" smirked Cam. Hunter smiled and kissed him again. Cam gave a small moan of pleasure. The kiss was passionate - Cassidy and Theo had been very subtle whenever Cam and Hunter came back or went off together for training...well Cassidy occasionally made comments that Cam and Hunter understood as innuendo (but she delivered them in a conversational tone) and Theo sometimes blushed, smiled and looked away - no one noticed that though.
There was a bleeping noise and Cam groaned as they recognized the communicator sounds.
Diabolique strode through the ship, her tattered black train flowed behind her like a shadow - it wound around her legs sometimes like a snake, her black leather trousers looked like they were belts that had been wrapped around her until they formed trousers - the shining buckles gleamed - her high heels clicked dangerously...she was darkness.
"It's time" she declared.
Lothor looked away from his soap opera. "What? Already? But it's only just gotten good!"
"Which means they'll leave it on a cliffhanger soon...now as I said: IT'S TIME" her eyes were unreadable and the black and silver mask that covered her nose and mouth made her face unreadable (the central part resembled a fanged mouth that was disturbing to even Zurgane).
With a sigh Lothor pressed a button just as Annie drugged the pilot and prepared to fly the plane with Gregory on board to Las Vegas so he and she could marry. He'd hoped to see what happened with Kaitlin and Cole since their baby was a stolen one... driving the worries of what he'd miss from his mind he remembered that Diabolique had circled the repeats in his TV guide. "All right lets roll" he sighed.
"Happily" Diabolique smirked.
"What exactly are you going to be doing?" Vexxacus asked.
"Showing the rangers why life is just plain unfair" Diabolique replied. She snapped her fingers and the Psycho Crimson and Psycho Yellow rangers stepped forwards. "Go. Kill them" their creator snapped. "I've charged you to full power"
"They're finger lickin gorgeous" Marah whispered to Kapri.
"Yeah" Kapri muttered...her mind was on an ACTUAL ranger however. She blinked, shook her head and turned back to the other aliens in the room. "Okay so...get zappy with it guys - go team evil"
"Indeed" Lothor said. "Go on...if this isn't good though I'll be angry. I'm missing my favourite soap for this"
The Psycho's saluted and in a cyclone of lightening and wind they vanished.
Diabolique smiled beneath her mask.
"Kelzacks in the quarry!" Cyber Cam exclaimed.
"They're always in a quarry...well usually" Dustin said. He was staring at Theo - he didn't look much like Hunter really, they had the same eyes, mouth and body type - they matched each other muscle for muscle...but Theo was blonder and looked younger and less brooding...angelic could actually be used.
The twin of Hunter Bradley (Hunter didn't want the family name and Theo agreed that he shouldn't use it - family issues there) was meditating on a black and white cusion near the computer. Dustin waved his hand before the boy - then pretended to punch and kick him but always stopping inches away from his face or chest. Dustin blew in Theo's ear and flicked his nose but the blonde didn't move.
"He's meditating Dustin...leave him alone" Cam said.
At last they were all there. "Yeah but, like, why doesn't he move?"
"Astral ninja minds can traverse higher planes then even ours Dustin - they find balance between the mind and body to strengthen the soul and disperse its energy between the planes they exist upon" Sensei said as he flipped onto the console. "Now, before you embark to fight these Kelzack I must remind you that Diabolique has joined Lothor...she has already shown her manipulitive genius at work. Be careful"
"Isn't he coming?" Blake said, pointing at Theo but not looking at him.
"No, Theo has expressed his wishes to remain as a student and assistant here in Ninja Ops but not to fight" Sensei said. "he has placed the Astral Morphers into my care to ensure he never feels he should use them again" Sensei pointed to a case nearby. "We must respect his wishes...he has found out a great deal - he needs time to focus back into himself again"
"Whatever" muttered Blake. "Let's kick some Kelzacks"
"Right with ya" Shane nodded.
NINJA STORM RANGER FORM!
THUNDER STORM RANGER FORM!
SAMURAI POWER!
The Kelzacks didn't see the blurs of movement coming at all. They flashed and exploded, collapsing to the gravel ground of the quarry. They didn't get back up...instead they disappeared. "That was too easy" Hunter stated.
"Don't say that!" Tori exclaimed.
The blasts of energy sent them flying. Standing on a cliff in the warped copies of ninja armour were two figures in Yellow and Crimson. "Hey down there" snarled Psycho Crimson. "Don't tell me that hurt!"
"Aw man...do I have a twin too?" Dustin groaned. "Hey - does that make you a triplet?"
"Nah, this is just a cheap Xerox" Hunter exclaimed.
"And an ugly one at that" Cam said.
"That is so not cool!" Psycho Yellow shouted down. The Psycho's leapt down and advanced. The rangers charged them but the Psychos split out in a V then zipped back in, slashing the rangers into the air. Psycho Crimson twirled his warped staff and unleashed an energy bolt at them.
"Thunder shields up!" Blake and Hunter twisted their staffs into the shield forms and blocked the blast but they were knocked back anyway by the force though spared the power of the blast. Psycho Yellow smirked.
"Hey dudes. Anyone up for a swim?" he leapt into the ground, a jet of steam and debris rose up as he ploughed about under the surface of the earth. He burst upwards amidst the wind Ninja's and sent them flying in all directions. "Oh! Wipe out"
"No this is a wipe out" Tori said, she focused and pointed – the water hit the Psycho Rangers, leaping from the pool in the quarry straight at them. They were grounded by the pressure. Psycho Yellow twisted his blade and stabbed it into the ground. The earth beneath Tori exploded and sent her flying.
"You're all washed up Blondie" snorted Psycho Crimson as he pulled out his blaster.
"Not in this life time!" Blake exclaimed. He unleashed a thunder blast at them and sent them flying into a rock face. Shane flew straight into Psycho Yellow and kicked him away. Dustin slammed down with his hammer and his clone sparked with a shout.
"Okay – no more Nice Psychos!" Psycho Crimson declared. "PSYCHO STORM!"
"Oh. Yeah." Psycho Yellow cackled. They charged forwards, sweeping around the rangers they formed a hurricane of wind and thunder, there was a flash and a small lightening storm sparked up within the cyclone. The rangers cried out as they were hit by the blasts.
"Have to…redirect the energy…NOW" Cam exclaimed as he pulled out his blade. The lightening arched at him. He slashed out, the bolt split in tow and blasted out of the cyclone, it hit the Psychos directly and cut off their run.
The rangers landed shakily. "Wow…my head hurts" Hunter groaned. Cam made a mental note to ease that with some TLC later. "But I think we can take these guys now!"
Dustin staggered across in front of him. "Whuh?"
The weapons linked up together…the Psycho's charged…the blasts sent them whirling away, sparking and crackling as they collapsed again. "You lose" declared Dustin as he did a little victory dance.
"We'll be back!" Psycho Crimson snarled. He disappeared in a blast of scarlet light.
"…YEAH!" Psycho Yellow exclaimed. He vanished as well.
Diabolique strode down the corridor in the library
The Librarian was unconscious a simple stun spell had done it. Diabolique descended deeper into the archives until she came to the darkest room. A ball of purple light sprang from her palm, she let it orbit her body and then she continued deeper into the long room lined with old books.
At long last she came to a box on a lone table. She opened it out.
"Finally" she said as she picked up the scroll. "They didn't have THIS on e-bay"
"Owies" Dustin groaned as he rubbed his chest. "They meant business"
"Indeed" the Sensei said. "I sense the hand of Diabolique and her dark magics in this, Cassidy has not been reachable, Cam would you go to her room in the Student Union building and get her to come here, her knowledge of the Mara-Ishii book may come in handy in defeating the False Rangers"
Theo was still meditating but he was outlined by a glow now…oh, and floating above the cushion. "Theo?" Hunter said.
"Yeah?" Theo descended from the levitation and landed back on the cushion. He opened his blue eyes. "What is it?"
"I just wondered if you were dead" his brother smiled.
"Nope, still alive" Theo said. He stood up. "Sensei Kanoi – If I can be any help please tell me" he bowed. Blake made a funny snorting noise…Tori elbowed her boyfriend in the ribs. He raised his eyebrows and shrugged at her. She shook her head.
"The rangers will need help focusing on their inner ninja powers" the Sensei decided. "I want you to help them – you are fully trained?"
"In most things – yes but some of my Astral Powers are…flawed I haven't practiced them yet – what do you want me to do?"
The Sensei nodded. "I would like you to teach them the focus tactics of your academy"
"Okay" Theo nodded.
"Good, Dustin will be your first student – he needs to learn to focus more" Dustin frowned as the Guinea pig said that.
"Huh?"
"My fathers point exactly" Cam smiled.
Cassidy was staying in the youth hostel called the Student Union. The room was tiny and shared – she hated it. But it was somewhere to stay when she wasn't at Ninja Ops. She was in the lobby in the seating area when she saw a green shape weaving through the students.
"Cam?" she approached the green clad boy. "What's up?"
"Would you believe clones?"
"Again? Man you guys have quite a few of them"
She sighed and put her book into her bag. "Right let's go, I'll see if the Book has anything on clones… if you lot wrote it, it would have three or four chapters". Rolling her eyes she strode alongside Cam until they reached a secluded area. Cam took her hand and opened a portal channel.
Hunter picked up his helmet. "You want to go Motocrossing Tor?" he asked.
"Sure" Tori smiled as she and Blake walked away from Ninja Ops after the Tai Chi training. "I'll borrow Dustin's bike…he's still trying to get that breathing trick with Theo"
"Maybe I should see if Theo wants to come" Hunter said.
"What? Can't you spend an hour away from him? You're regular twins not conjoined!" Blake snapped. "Besides what if he tries to off one of us on the track again?"
Hunter stared at his brother. Blake just grunted and disappeared with Ninja Speed.
"What was that about?" Hunter murmured.
"I'll talk to him" Tori sighed.
Dustin focused – wobbled and then collapsed in a heap.
"Dude…since when does Tai Chi hurt?"
Theo laughed, he had one leg bent sideways across his other leg kind of like one side of his body was doing the Lotus position and the other was standing up. He had his eyes closed and he had his arms at an angle out from his sides.
"It doesn't if you remember to focus – stay focused – this is Tai Chi and Yoga…also a little Pilates and just a pinch of meditation techniques but lets not nitpick" Dustin looked up as Theo offered him a helping hand.
Theo was dressed in a white Tai Chi suit with black lining, it was what he wore in the ops base – he didn't go out much anyway…Dustin grinned goofily…he couldn't help it – something about Theo made him feel – float-y.
"Just stay calm – channel your energy" Theo said as he slowly moved into a flowing movement Dustin tried to follow…he frowned as he failed and tried to synchronize with Theo…but he just got antsy and steamed ahead…before realizing that wasn't how it went.
"Hey slow down!" Dustin exclaimed. He gripped Theo's wrists…
Theo gave a shudder as Dustin brushed old scars, there was a flash of ethereal light and Dustin felt the air between him and Theo become solid…just before the air rippled and wavered to send him flying across the room into a punchbag.
"I have to go" murmured Theo. He darted out the door and vanished.
Shane landed on the grind rail perfectly…"HEY!" Shane was knocked off balance by the sudden hiss from shrubbery nearby. He landed on his butt and looked around. Dressed in a pale pink trench coat and sunglasses Kapri popped out of the brush. "HEY!"
Shane frowned and walked over. Kapri lifted up a newspaper and sat on a bench. "Sit behind me and pretend to be…like…tying your shoe laces"
"This is a bit much" Shane muttered as he did as he was told.
"Shhh. Diabolique's gotten a new plan"
"Yeah we met the knockoffs" Shane sighed.
"No, it's different she's got a scroll – ancient like, it's a big deal to her – it's called the Map of Za-Tsi and its supposed to lead to something big and powerful. She says that the ninja academies had one and that it was kept safe by one group of ninjas…didn't say which though"
"Okay - right" Shane nodded as he continued to fake his shoe-lace tying.
"It's major, she's promised uncle L a major dose of power…she's able to gain power from chaos and deception she feeds off it but whatever that's about she uses it big time. She can make anyone get angry…if that's what she likes then that'd be what she wants Uncle to do, my guess is that when she gives Uncle the power it'll lead to big chaos that'll give her power…um…you should check that giant book you got"
"Thanks…we will" Shane said.
"No prob…gotta go" he turned around and she was gone.
"Wow…she's getting good at that" he murmured.
Next Chapter: Cassidy finds a decent guy. Who is Za-Tsi? Theo explains why he freaked. Blake gets a talking to from his girlfriend. Diabolique starts her plan in motion.
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