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Three ninjas were walking in a barren desert, with the red ninja in the middle. Their hands were cuffed together.

Shane pulled his arm forward.

"OW!" Tori glared at him, "Shane!"

"Ugh this could take all day!" The air ninja kicked a pile of sand, "It would be so much faster if we could split up" he tugged again at his arm

"OW!" with her free hand she comforted her arm, "Not to mention less painful"

Dustin chimed in "You know, this scroll of three thing better be worth it!"

"Sensei would not have sent us if it wasn't important, come on its gotta be here somewhere." Shane tugged once more at his chains, propelling the group forward.

Dustin rubbed his captive arm "What kind of a scroll are we talking about anyway?"

Tori cast him a glance from behind her veil "I'm thinking if we see a scroll anywhere around here, that's probably it."

Dustin sighed and pointed "Well, there's a scroll right there."

"Whoa" Tori muttered under her breath.

Shane began to pull the other two ninjas but Tori was prepared. She held Shane back with her free arm "Wait!" She lowered her arm. "It says something."

"Huh?, oh, it says stronger is three than one."

An angry Dustin turned to his friends "What! That's it? We'd be better off buying fortune cookies!"

Tori rolled her eyes "Whatever, lets just grab it and bail."

"I'LL GET IT!" Shane shouted before he took a leap. Dragging Dustin and Tori along with him. The three came crashing to the ground.

"Who's on my foot?" He looked around and saw who it was "Shane!"

Tori grumbled in pain "That was so not effective."

The trio steadied themselves before getting dragged off by Shane

He muttered beneath his breath "I'll do this myself" before running for the scroll, dragging the others with him. As they began running they found themselves ambushed by a familiar enemy, Kelzaks!

A panicked Dustin along with the others entered a combat stance.

"Uh, Kelzaks party of 10!"

The trio began their engagement with the Kelzaks, but as Tori threw a punch it got pulled back by Shane's other hand.

"Would you quit pulling my arm Shane?"

"Wait! Wait!" Dustin added. The three worked against each other and fell to the floor.

The Kelzaks struck with their blades in an attempt to end the wind Rangers, but their strike was intercepted by cuffs instead. They had set the rangers free.

"Stay Here!" Shane commanded as he ran for the scroll

"Hey Wait!" Dustin tried calling to him but Kelzaks had cut both he and Tori off.

Shane came up to the scroll grinning. That grin quickly disappeared when he heard the cries of his companions

"Dude!" Dustin called

"Help us!" Tori had been pinned down.

Shane was torn between what to do, get the scroll and accomplish the mission or aid his friends. As he was thinking what to do he saw the Kelzaks raise their daggers over Tori and Dustin

"No!" He yelled, but it was too late. The scene quickly disappeared to reveal Ninja Ops. A large metallic chamber. "Almost had it" he grumbled.

"That was below average" a voice came from an Asiatic teen, Cam Watanabe, a tech genius and the Sensei's son. "Well, It'll be on the mainframe if you want to relive any of it." He got up from his desk and left the room.

"Rangers, you are lucky this is only a simulation" a voice came from out of no where. Tori went to a nearby stand with a mini garden on it. She knelt before A Guinea Pig.

"Sensei, Why can't we get this right, why do we keep failing?"

The Guinea Pig, once human, was transmuted in a battle with the evil space ninja, Lothor.

"That is for you to figure out, tomorrow we will try again." Her Sensei flipped away onto a mini-mini-couch.

Tori and Dustin headed for the door. They were sweaty and their faces red as if they had just ran a marathon or two.

"Come on Tor" Dustin beckoned to Tori.

Shane called after them "Hey where are you guys going?"

Dustin pointed to the door "Uh, home man."

"No way, not until we get this right!"

Tori intervened, her eyes weary. "Sensei said we would try again tomorrow."

Dustin rubbed his eyes "And dude, if I don't get any sleep tomorrow will just be a replay of today."

"That's why we got to keep practicing, until you guys get it right!"

"Until we get right?" Tori clamped her teeth.

Shane rubbed the back of his head, he had just said the unthinkable "Look, that's not what I meant."

She bit back "Oh, we know what you meant!"

Shane chased after them grabbing their bruised hands. Tori and Dustin twisted their hands out of his grip.

"This is NOT ninja school anymore, this is the real deal, and if you're not willing to focus on what's important then -"

Dustin interrupted him "Dude! if you think you can do a better job, then go for it man."

"Well maybe I will."

"Fine by me!" Tori rolled her eyes and headed for the tunnel exit, Dustin close behind her.

NEW SCENE

Banners of Crescents and Crosses were high in the air, there were archers firing volley upon volley on each other. Horsemen trampled foot soldiers. Death, destruction, screams, and ruin filled the air. The sand was stained with blood. There was a bright light, and the scene changed. There were mourners clad in black, they tossed a torch upon dead shriveled bodies. Children and mothers cried and screamed. The scene again changed to show a swarm of riders burning a town and slaughtering its inhabitants. Another scene, this one she did not recognize, appeared. Men were holding their swords over a blue fire, each with the tattoo of a sword on their shoulders. Again the scene changed, the ground was cracked, the city in flames, a man in a black mask was laughing. A voice interrupted If we fail, this will come to pass.

Malice leaped upright, gasping for breath. Sweat dripping down her forehead, she stood up and fixed her blankets, donned a cloak from her wardrobe, and perched her ravens on her shoulders. Silently she went downstairs, like a phantom gliding through the hall and out the door. A raised hood hid her hair and concealed her.

"Just another night, just another nightmare." She looked up to a clock tower, it read 12 AM, midnight. She closed the door and went for a stroll. The cold winds blowing through her hair, the darkness hiding her. Two ravens with purple eyes stood on her shoulders - Thought and Memory - She walked near a group of trees, the moonlight shining lightly on the nearby harbor. She walked - walked for what seemed to be hours. She arrived at the base of a mountain, as if in a trance she climbed it. The frozen path around her began to give way, snow falling from the tops, but she kept walking. Walking until she arrived the top. At the summit one could see the entire city, but she held no interest in it. She was here to gather herself, free from nightmares. She found a cave, its interior frozen. She entered, walked to its very ends. On the wall of the cave there was a frozen slab, above it a small mirror. On either side was a wooden raven totem. She perched Huginn and Muninn on them, then she sat on the floor, in front of the mirror. She began to meditate - sitting still, as if in a deep sleep. It was the only way she could "sleep" without having nightmares. Slowly her mind's eye traveled. Its vision fell onto the city, gliding over it. It was like she was a raven, flying over it, she came across the clock tower, it read 2:00 PM. sounds began filling her head. A child snoring, parents watching a late night movie, teens sneaking to a party. She awoke from her meditation, and perched the ravens on her shoulders. She left the cave and headed to the clearing where she could see the entire city. In this clearing was a single dead tree, on it a swing. She sat on it, and swung. Swung and sung a song.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door— "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more."

The ravens chimed in

"Nevermore" they crowed in unison. The trio's eyes, the same color under the moon, in the dark night. She sung, sung until the sky turned a dark blue. The dawn cracked and she gave each raven a kiss before their daily flights. She started down the mountain and back into the cluster of trees, until she arrived at her home. She entered the kitchen and poured herself a glass of Pomegranate juice and drank it. She rinsed the glass and set it in the dishwasher before she sat back in bed. She would read until her aunt awoke, when her aunt awoke she would pretend to awake with her. She would not worry her, she would keep up this ruse.

NEW SCENE

The sun shone down on the silent forests, its ninja sentries captured by Lothor. In Ninja Ops. Cam sat at a computer, typing on his keyboard with great speed, as if he had been doing this his entire life. On his screen stood a tall metallic figure followed by lines of red code and the same message plan rejected.

"Ugh" Cam buried his hands in his face "I can't get this last piece to fit." He tried to explain it to his father, the sensei, the Guinea Pig.

"If only I could harness more power from the hydraulics system"

The Sensei stopped fiddling with the puzzle he was working on, it was half complete. It revealed only a young woman wielding a Katana.

"Sometimes power can not be found on a computer."

Cam smiled, "What other kind of power is there?" He turned to face his father but caught a glance of Tori and Shane. His eyes widened and he hit the ALT and TAB keys on his keyboard, dismissing the picture of the machine.

He tried to shift attention away from him "Where's Shane?"

Dustin fell for the trap "I don't know." he shrugged "Single-Handledly saving the world?"

"Yeah" Tori raised her eyebrows, "Must be nice being a one-man army."

The Sensei tried to offer support to his student "Each place has its piece, Shane will learn, but you must help him."

"That's the problem, he won't let us help."

"He will, give him time."

Tori shifted a little before accepting her Sensei's advice.

NEW SCENE

Shane was riding in the skate park alone, a few tumble weeds blew past. He couldn't stop thinking about the simulation. Maybe he didn't need them? If they hadn't been there he would have had that scroll and kicked Kelzak but. A few meters away A brunette and pink haired girl touched down from a beam, adjoined together. They spotted the oblivious skater and hid behind a nearby statue of Tony Hawk.

The Brunette, Marah, asked "Hey, isn't that a power ranger?"

The pink haired girl, Kapri, rolled her eyes " Ya think?"

Marah stuck her hand into her pocket and pulled out a .Manager, or PAM, for short. It was aimed towards Shane as the PAM beeped.

"Oh I was right" The brunette boasted.

"Yeah? and what do we do when we see a power ranger?"

Marah looked dumb-founded. "Uh..."

"OH COME ON!"

"ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!" don't rush me!" Marah pressed a few buttons on the PAM. "Command, shift, send." she smiled and clapped her hands beaming at her accomplishment. A small magnet appeared before it transformed into a full-grown magnetic alien. The alien waited for the right time to strike.

NEW SCENE

At Storm Chargers Malice was sweeping the floor and organizing a pile of magazines. Shane walked in and paused for a moment before proceeding to the counter.

"Um, hey Kelly you're a good boss right?"

She stopped for a moment to consider it "Well, no one's ever quit on me before."

"Well how do you do it? What's the trick?
Kelly smiled a little "There is no trick, you just work with them, give them a chance. We're more like team-mates you know?"

"Yeah but how do you know things own't get messed up unless you do them yourselves?"

"Well, stronger is two than one."

A shadow fell on Shane's face, he stood up right, alarmed. "What?"

Kelly pointed towards Malice. "I tried to stop her from helping me this morning, but she said 'stronger is two than one' I couldn't argue with that.

"So where'd she get that from?"

"I don't know, I think it was from some old Japanese guy."

Shane relaxed a moment and nodded.

Screams were heard coming from outside. Malice dropped her broom and joiner her aunt and Shane. They saw people and other metallic objects flying past the store. Malice tried for the door but Shane stopped her.

"I'll check it out you stay here, besides, you're wearing metal." He pointed to her raven amulet. Malice stopped and considered it for a moment before nodding. Shane ran out the store.

"Aunt Kelly you take cover i'll secure anything made out of metal.

"But..."

"Please!"

Kelly nodded in defeat and ducked behind the counter as Malice ran about bolting things down.

NEW SCENE

At the skate park the alien waved his hands, and people and metallic objects clumped together before turning into stone.

"Lets make some connections!" The monster laughed deviously.

Shane ran over pumped with adrenaline "What's up with this!?"

"Say, I think i'm lost, can you tell me where I can find the power ranger's headquarters?"

A cry came from behind Shane. the older sister yelled "Get him! He's a ranger!" Shane spun around and entered a combat stance.

The monster bowed his head "I thought he looked familiar... Take that!" The alien pointed forwards, pans and other objects flew towards the teen. He dragon kicked a pot away before taking a trash lid to the stomach.

"Think your little play mates have the metal to join us? The Alien was obviously enjoying himself

"I can do this myself" The air ninja clenched his fists and threw the trash lid back at the alien, who merely waved his hand and it flew to the side. The alien responded by firing rays of magnetic energy. Shane dodged one ray with a cart wheel before being slammed to the ground by the others.

NEW SCENE

Back at ninja ops Tori and Dustin were sitting on a table. One of the computers started beeping and Cam ran to check it out.

Tori followed behind "What's up Cam?" she stopped by the screen to see the magnet monster.

"It's Shane, he's in trouble."

Tori nodded towards Dustin and the two headed for the stairs

"Wait!" The Sensei called, "I will let you know when it is time."

NEW SCENE

Shane was blasted off a balcony "Ninja Storm! Ranger Form!" he called, the suit came into effect just as he hit the ground. The red ranger steadied himself before retreating into a warehouse. The alien surprised him and blasted him

"What's the matter? your friends not sticking with you?"

Shane snapped "I don't need em!"

The alien shrugged "Have it your way!"

"I always do!"

The monster flicked his hand hitting Shane.

"Ha! is that all you got? Shane became confident before he noticed his feet weren't on the ground. He flew into a car before being slammed by a tire iron and a bike.

"Tori, Dustin, I need your help!" The red ranger called out in defeat, he was ashamed of how much of a jerk he was, how could he do that to his friends?

"Hah! your friends aren't coming, now you will meet your end!" The monster aimed at Shane before two streaks knocked him to the ground. They came to a standstill in front of Shane

"Tori! Dustin! I can't believe it! You came!" Shane was grinning like a young child.

Tori smirked "Of course we did"

"I can't believe I was such a jerk."

Dustin interrupted "I can!" He was met by an elbow from Tori and a laugh from Shane. "No, i'm just bustin' on you bro."

Tori smiled "We know your great at this stuff, just don't forget your not alone."

"I know, and right now, you have no idea how glad I am that you're here."

The alien became impatient and began shaking his foot

"Ugh! If you don't mind i'm not done destroying you yet!"

Tori laughed, "And what are you supposed to be Magneto!?"

The alien burned with a great fury "We'll see who gets the last laugh!"

Shane pulled out his hawk Blaster "Ready guys!?"

The others nodded

"Hawk Blaster!"

"Sonic Fin"

"Lion Hammer"

Tori asked the rhetorical question "Put it together and what do you get!?"

"Storm Striker!" They yelled in unison. They fired a giant energy ball at the monster and it exploded.

Dustin beamed "Looks like I got the last laugh, Ha!"

Shane but in "Ha!" The two glared at each other

"Ha!"

"Ha!"

"Ha!'

"Ha!"

Tori rolled her eyes and their foolishness, but it was foolishness well deserved.

"Ha!" a voice came from the sky, "Magneto" had grown 50 feet tall!

NEW SCENE

Malice finished securing the last of the metal. She rejoined her aunt Kelly and they turned on the news.

This is a breaking news report from Blue Bay Daily. The Power Rangers are engaging with a magnetic like monster in their megazord.

A voice was heard from over the news

"Ha! you're fighting me with something made out of metal!? I'M A MAGNET!" Magneto aimed in the direction of the megazord and fired off a few rays. They missed and struck the ground with ferocity. A Serpent sword appeared from a ball and the megazord grabbed it. The megazord multiplied by 3 and struck down Magneto.

As you can see, the Power Rangers have defeated the alien menace yet again in an impressive display of skill and grace!. A voice was heard coming from the news room

"I think they're samurai power rangers."

Malice turned off the TV and finished her task of sweeping. "You know, I looked at the towns housing. I found that the towns house is really cheap, then i found that insurance was really high."

Kelly pondered it for a moment then laughed. After about a few minuted Shane, Dustin, and Tori entered Storm chargers

Malice smiled a little, "So Shane where were you the whole time?"

The trio stared at each other, "Um... A cat was stuck in a tree." Malice laughed.

Kelly fiddled with a basket on the counter before frowning. "Hey Malice can you run to my car real quick I think I forgot my log book in it."

Malice nodded and went for the door.

Kelly's eyes widened and a smile fell on her face, "Hey did you guys see the Power Ranger megazord battle on TV?"

The teens glanced at each other then nodded in affirmation.

A screeching sound was heard outside, followed by the sound of glass shattering and a few people screaming. The four of them ran outside. The said "walk"

and on the street was a bunch of glass shards. In the middle of the walk zone laying on the floor was a young teen, a girl, a girl in a black cloak. Two ravens flew overhead. Only one sound was heard next.

"MALICE!"