She's a Lamia
When they went inside the Academy it was almost lunch time, so Tori showed Raine her new room and helped her to unpack her minimum clothes.
"You like black, don't you?" asked Tori smiling.
"Yes, all my clothes are black. Almost all." She said also smiling.
"Where do you come from?" asked Tori.
"I was born here, but some years ago I traveled to Nepal to receive instruction there, and now I came back," Raine said.
"So you're also a ninja" Tori said.
"And a Samurai" said Raine sitting on her bed. "My parents had both disciplines, too"
"And why you're here now?" asked Tori.
"Because the Academy was destroyed one week ago," said Raine.
"Who did it? Lothor is gone about a year ago," said Tori with her blue eyes open wide.
"I prefer Sensei to tell all of you" said Raine sadly.
Tori noticed the sadness in her new mate's face and preferred to change the subject.
"I'm hungry! Let's go to have lunch with the boys!" said offering a hand to Raine. "Change your clothes. We don't need to use the uniform during lunch"
"Ok" said Raine, and after a couple of minutes she was ready, wearing a pair of black jeans and a black t-shirt with the eyes and mouth of a panther, and the black velvet ribbon still around her neck.
At the dining room the boys were ready to have lunch with the Sensei when the girls appeared. Raine was so different from the blond. She had black hair, black eyes and her skin was beautifully white. She was tall and graceful, even when she wasn't as thin as Tori.
Cam and Hunter, who had finally declared their love to each other, couldn't resist looking at her.
"The dinner is ready" said Dustin, sitting next to Shane. They also decided to formalize their relationship some months ago.
"Thanks God! I'm starving!" said Blake, sitting next to Tori. They also were engaged. Blake decided to leave his motocross dream behind to stay with his love, teaching at the Academy. He knew that his decision was the correct one.
"Raine, here you'll find a new family. We know that we can not replace your true family, but if you need support and love you will find them here" said Sensei. "And as from now on we are your family, it's good for them to know your story and why you're here, directly from you".
Raine looked at them and at Sensei trying to find the words to start speaking.
"One week ago, my academy in Nepal was attacked and destroyed. All my senseis and friends were massacred. There was a war inside the Academy. Two different bands fighting each other" she started, with her sight lost in her plate.
"Who did it?" asked Hunter. "Yes, because Lothor was destroyed" said Cam immediately. "Let her finish the story, Sons" said Sensei calmly. "Don't rush her".
"When Lothor was here, attacking the academies, he started making some kind of experiments in humans. He finally could mix human DNA with other creatures'. We were training one day when suddenly we saw some animals running to us. There were wolves, appearing from the forest, but human-like wolves or werewolves. We tried to defend ourselves, but they were stronger and bigger than a normal human. They destroyed my friends' bodies with their arms" she made a pause. She was about to cry.
"When we looked up to the sky, we saw other creatures that started attacking the lycans. They were Vampires. Flying directly to us, they landed and with swords and guns they started killing the wolves. But if they found humans they also killed them. In that opportunity the vampires killed almost all the wolves, the rest ran to the hills. The leader of the vampires killed almost all the students and some were taken prisoners." Raine made another pause and this time her eyes were full of tears, which started falling to the table.
"My friends and I were told that the only way to face the lycans was being transformed into vampires, because vampires are stronger than humans. My friends didn't want to be transformed, so they were killed, right in front of me. The leader asked me what I wanted and I made a terrible mistake. I told him that if he defeated me in a fight he could transform me, but if I won, I could go away. He agreed and we started fighting. Of course my ninja and samurai abilities overpowered him easily. And when I was ready to go, other vampire took me and kicked me in the back".
"Did they attack you?" asked Cam with his almond eyes wide opened.
Raine didn't answer. She only took off the black velvet ribbon around her neck to discover two little marks, one very close to the other. Teeth marks.
"So you're a vampire?" asked Shane in shock.
"Some like that; I'm a Lamia, a daylight vampire, more humanized than a normal vampire. Because I'm not dead" said Raine in a low voice. Suddenly she looked at the others and said "if you're thinking that maybe you're in danger, please don't. I've never attacked a human".
"Not yet" said Cam. "But what's going to happen when you start needing blood?"
"I will find the way to control that need" she said firmly.
"And did you notice any difference from that moment on?" asked Tori to break the sudden silence.
"Yes, my ninja powers increased, so did my mental abilities, like telepathy. That's why I could contact Sensei" she explained.
"And what happened after that vampire bit you?" asked Blake.
"I escaped. I started running with no direction, until I found a village. I stayed there for that night and after that I went back to the Academy to see if I could save something. Everything there was destroyed, but I could find the truck and I could get some clothes. That's the story."
"Man, that's like a horror movie!" said Dustin.
"Yes, and I'm pretty sure that these races are spreading now" said Raine looking at Sensei.
"I'm afraid so" he said. "That's why we must be prepared. Raine is here to train you in her war techniques. She is a Thunder Ninja class 2005. My dear boys, I think that the war is beginning. Your Ranger powers must be used again"