Disclaimer; The only characters I own are Lexi and Bryan.
Author's Note; I'm switching straight to Looming Thunder cause I kinda thought Episode two and three were lame.
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Lexi was finally discharged from the hospital, and Tori brang her to the school for a big surprise.
"What's up guys?" she asked Cam and Shane.
Cam sighed and brang the box out from the back, and Sensei started to speak again; "Lexi, ambitious soul. The fire within you has made you a strong warrior, and for that you shall now take the title of the Orange Wind Ranger."
"Power Rangers aren't real." Lexi shook her head.
"Yeah they are." Shane chuckled; "Just try it."
"Alright... how does this work?" Lexi asked.
"Just say 'Ninja Storm, Ranger Form' and you'll know what to do." Tori explained.
Lexi sighed then got into position; "Ninja Storm! Ranger Form! HA!"
She morphed into the Orange Wind Ranger andstarted gushing with excitment; "This is so cool!"
"Yeah we know." Shane agreed; "And it's time to start training... where's Dustin?"
At the track;
Dustin was doing great in his race until two guys; one in dark red and one in dark blue cut him off and tied for first.
"Man, you ever seen those guys before?" Dustin asked Kelly.
"They ride like factory pros. Who woulda remembered?" Kelly shook her head.
"Well I'm just glad they don't race 125s." Dustin said, panting for breath.
He approached the two guys on the bikes; "Hey there! How's it goin?"
"Track's a little soggy." the one in dark Red replied.
"Well it didn't seem to slow you guys down." Dustin commented.
"Hey! I'm Blake." the Dark blue one said.
"Nice to meet you." Dustin said.
"That's my brother Hunter." Blake said pointing to the one in dark red.
"You guys are brothers?" Dustin asked.
"We're adopted." Hunter smirked.
"Oh right. Oh." Dustin smiled in understanding; "Cool, well my name's Dustin. I haven't seen you guys out here before. Where's the hometrack?"
"Ah, we come down from" Blake began.
"You wouldn't have heard of it." Hunter cut in.
"Easy bro." Blake told his brother; "And he wonders why we don't have any friends. Hey listen man you were pretty fast out there before."
"Yeah right man. I must be givin up a couple seconds of lap to you guys." Dustin said.
"You get too much air on your jumps." Hunter explained; "Slows you down."
"He's right" Blake shrugged; "Dark and brooding but right. Listen uh, what're you doing now, you wanna follow us?"
"Um..." Dustin said; "Actually, can I take a raincheck? I gotta be somewhere."
"Yeah" Hunter said; "No worries. Next time."
"Yeah cool next time." Dustin nodded.
"Later." Blake said as Dustin ran off.
"Hey Tori! Shane! Lexi! Hey come on you guys!"" Dustin yelled in the forest; "man don't tell me I missed training again. Why do I do this to myself?"
Suddenly Kelzaks surrounded him and were about to finish him off when two dirt bikes came out of nowhere with Tori and Shane riding them.
"Coming through" Shane said blasting them with his lasers.
"Oh dude!" Dustin said.
"Hey Dustin!" Cam came up behind him.
"Hey man!" Dustin elbowed him slightly.
"You know, Lexi and I told these guys not to engage the enemy until the bikes were ready. But of course no one ever listens to me and Lexi is too drained to scare them into doing what she says." Cam rolled his eyes.
"Wait, these are the Tsunami Cycles?" Dustin asked.
"These are great!" Tori said jumping over their heads; "Yeah!"
"Man I thought these things were months off being ready!" Dustin gushed.
"So did I." Cam replied.
"So what you got something for me?" Dustin asked hopefully.
"No. Should I?" Cam asked.
"Oh come on quit joking around." Dustin pouted.
"No seriously, I don't know what you're talking about." Cam said, watching the battle.
"So what you're saying the Motocross guy is the only one that doesn't get a Tsunami Cycle." Dustin said.
"No the only one not getting a bike yet is Lexi." Cam rolled his eyes. He used a controller to bring a giant truck into the clearing; "Meet your new mobile command center."
The back opened up releasing the Yellow Tsunami Cycle; "Check this out."
"Oh dude."
"Well put Dustin." Cam agreed.
"So what anything I should know?" Dustin asked running to the bike.
"Yeah, just make sure-" Cam began; "Why bother?"
They finished off the Kelzaks and drove back to the Mobile Command Center.
"Ninja Form!" They said at once.
"Hey guys." Cam said, inspecting the Bikes for any major damages.
"These bikes are pretty good." Shane commented.
"You know Shane, you were lucky. These bikes still need fine tuning, which I already did for Lexi's." Cam frowned. He tossed Dustin his backpack; "Hey Dustin. Since you're the bike expert why don't you uh look at these specks and give me an altitude chart for auto- jitting. (I'm not sure if I copied down the right words... bare with me please.) And don't try and play video games like you would do."
"Okay dude, I'm not a complete doofus." Dustin chuckled slightly.
"Well here's your chance to prove it." Cam replied walking away.
"Hey Dustin." Shane said approaching his friend; "Hey, where were you today?"
"Oh, the track man. I met these two guys. Its crazy, crazy fast man. I'm hooking up with them later. " Dustin said.
"Yeah look, whatever." Shane said; "You should remember what's important here."
Dustin nodded and walked away from his leader. But none of them noticed Crimson and Navy Power Rangers watching them.
"We've seen enough, let's go." the Crimson one said, and the two streaked off.
"Let me guess." Lothor boomed; "Your mission to capture the Tsunami cycle has failed?"
"It wasn't my fault. The Kelzaks, they failed." Zurgane tried to explain.
"Zurgane you're starting to sound like a bad movie." Lothor grimaced; "Take a break for me. Have a latte. Let's see what some fresh blood can do. Step forward Thunder Rangers."
"Thunder Rangers?" Zurgane asked, puzzled.
"You know what I'm thinkin?" Kapri asked Marah.
"That lip liner kinda makes you look like a lizard?" Marah asked in reply.
"No, pinhead." Kapri shot back; "How much fun could we have?"
The Crimson Ranger stepped forward; "Our plan to infiltrate the Rangers is on schedule Lothor."
"I don't care much for schedules." Lothor replied; "You see I'm a results oriented evil genius."
"Don't rush us." Crimson held his hand out; "We know what we're doing."
"How dare you speak to Lothor that way!" Zurgane growled; "Bow and show some respect!"
"Listen, while you're up there getting that latte could you get me a non- fat one sugar cappucino?" the Navy Ranger told Zurgane.
"Oh oh! See if they have those muffin tops. They're sweet." Choobo added.
"Why you." Zurgane said, lunging for the Navy Ranger.
"Enough!" Lothor shouted; "How many times do I have to tell you. There's no I in team. Rangers, go, do what you have to, but remember I won't wait forever."
"They are so yummy." Marah said, drooling after the male Rangers.
"Yummy with a spoon." Kapri agreed.
Back on Earth the ground was shaking uncontrollably;
"There's some kind of subterranean disturbance." Cam told them; "This is not good."
The ground started shaking around them in Ninja Ops as well.
"Shane! Lexi!" Tori called; "What's happening? Oh wait, it stopped."
"Seismo- graphs are picking up some serious activity." Cam explained.
"There's your reason why!" Shane pointed at the screen.
"That is one massive mole!" Tori said.
"Sorry guys, just got hung up in the trach." Dustin huffed.
"Well better late than never." Shane nodded.
"He's at the Quarry!" Cam instructed.
"I think you guys should stop talking and go pop it before it gets any bigger." Lexi told them; "I'm sitting out."
"Ready?" Shane asked.
"Ready."
"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form! HA!" they yelled.
"Power of Earth!"
"Air!"
"Water!"
"Watch and learn Rangers! I'm gonna trash your city from the inside out!" Terramole screeched; he went down into the ground and escaped.
"Hey wait! Get back here!" Dustin yelled.
"Stop! Ah, he got away!" Shane groaned.
"He'll be back." Tori assured the two.
Shane, Tori, and Lexi walked into Storm Chargers after training to find Dustin.
"You think I can get a new helmet before we leave?" Lexi asked Shane.
While they were looking for helmets Dustin called them over; "Hey! You guys! You finally get to meet. Hunter and Blake, meet Shane, Tori and Lexi."
"Dustin's told us a lot about you." Hunter said, eyeing Lexi suspiciously.
"It definately looks like he told you a lot." Lexi said.
Blake looked at Tori; "But not everything."
"Awkward moment." Lexi mumbled so that only Tori could hear her. Tori stepped on Lexi's foot, causing her to wince slightly.
"Hey ah, Dustin you got a minute?" Shane asked. He pulled Dustin to the side and Tori continued chatting with Blake and Hunter so Lexi found a new Helmet. She purchased the helmet when she heard the conversation.
"Hey you were supposed to be back at Ninja Ops." Shane said.
"Yeah I know man. Um, these guys showed up and we started checking out these bikes and I dunno I just got spaced." Dustin replied.
"Sensei's not happy." Shane sighed; "He's doing that thing with his nose again."
"Oh great." Dustin said. He walked over to Tori and pulled her to the door by her arm,; "Come on guys. I gotta go, see ya guys!"
"Yeah catch ya later Tori!" Blake called out after her.
"Later." Tori and Shane said.
Lexi walked up to the Hunter; "I know what you two are up to. Becareful Bradley, I know more than you do, and if you even touch my friends I will not hesitate to kill you both."
She followed Shane out, but he turned around again to ask them something.
"Boy, that Tori is fine." Blake told his brother.
"Yeah, question is why does she hang out with a goof like Dustin?" Hunter asked.
Blake shrugged; "Who knows. Maybe she likes doing charity work."
They both chuckled before Hunter got serious; "Keep your eyes on Lexi, she's more dangerous than we think."
Shane turned and walked away.
"Ninety eight, ninety nine, one hundred." Sensei said as Dustin finished with his punishment. Dustin fell onto the table exhausted.
"Maybe now you will learn the importance of punctuality." Sensei stated.
"And you'll have really nice pecks." Tori smiled.
"Man I can't wait until I get back on my BMX... it feels like forever since I raced." Lexi sighed.
"Hey uh Dustin." said a grim Shane; "Can I talk to you for a sec?"
Dustin rolled off the table to talk to Shane; "Okay dude look. I'm sorry I'm just-"
"Hey look. How well do you know Hunter and Blake?" Shane asked; "I mean they come out of nowhere and suddenly they're your best friends."
"Dude it's a Motocross thing. Okay, I mean you got these skater buds of yours you hang with. Dude they're total posers. And we dont say a word." Dustin frowned.
"Yeah well at least I know what's important here." Shane blurted out. Dustin turned around; "Look, ever since you've been hanging out with these guys man your priorities totally mixed."
"Dude that's crazy man!" Dustin argued; "Come on back me up here Tori. Oh come on man! Lexi?"
"Dustin, right now I'm not picking sides with either you or Shane. Hunter and Blake might be your friends, and thats cool. Just becareful about it." Lexi frowned.
"Look, I get I've been a bit of an airhead lately but-" Dustin began.
"This isn't chess club. We're talking about the end of the world. Do you even get that?" Shane shouted.
"Sensei a little help here." Dustin plead.
"You can only help yourself Dustin. With your actions, not your words." Sensei stated.
"You know what I can't believe this." Dustin walked away; "I'm going riding."
Shane shrugged frustrated and Lexi decided to follow Dustin and make sure he didn't get hurt.
Dustin rode his bike over to where Hunter and Blake were standing, but didn't notice Lexi was watching nearby.
"Cleared it no problem that time!" Dustin cheered for himself.
"Keep that up and you may be ready for the 250s." Hunter smiled.
"You gotta remember this moment." Blake said.
"You know what it's been really cool hanging with you guys. Its hard to find dudes who actually get what you're into you know?" Dustin asked.
"I heard that." Hunter said; suddenly the ground started to shake around them, causing Dustin to hit the floor face- down. Hunter helped him get up.
"What was that?"
"I know, weird huh?" Dustin frowned. Just then his morpher started beeping and Hunter noticed it.
"Hey, freaky watch." he said; "Does that have a compass?"
"Yeah, it's got a bunch of cool stuff. I'll show you some time." Dustin answered; "Actually, you know, I gotta head off."
"Hey," Hunter said in protest; "How come you always gotta bail?"
"Yeah Dustin." Blake nodded; "You wanna ride like a pro, you gotta practice like one, right."
"Come on, lets see if we can shave a few seconds off your time." Hunter said.
"Yeah come on Dustin!" Blake agreed.
"You know what guys I really gotta go." Dustin said, he ran off to help the others and Blake picked up his bag.
Lexi watched as they held the bag, smiling evily; "I knew there was something off about you Bradleys."
"Come on where is he?" Shane groaned.
They used the Storm Stricker to take Terramole down, and then Cam sent in the zords to take down the 60 feet tall one.
The four headed over to the track to watch Dustin race. They smiled until Dustin sprayed mud all over them.
"Thanks for the shower Dustin." Tori said.
"Yeah, you owe me twenty bucks for a new jacket." Lexi grumbled.
"Yeah sorry." Dustin smiled; "So what, did I look faster?"
"You were ripping bro!" Shane said, giving Dustin a high five; "Hey, uh where's Hunter and Blake? I figured they'd be here."
"Yeah I dunno, I um, guess they had better things to do than just hang out with a goof like me, huh?" Dustin shrugged.
"Don't blame yourself." Lexi popped in; "They weren't going to stick around long anyways."
Shane ignored her; "Hey, some of the stuff before. I didn't mean you weren't commited."
"I know." Dustin nodded.
"Yeah, you're a great Ranger." Tori agreed; "A flake, but a great Ranger."
"And you're a great friend. Always there when we need you." Lexi smiled.
"Thanks guys." he smiled even more; "Well let's go gear up! If we're gonna be riding those Tsunami Cycles we'd better be ready."
Tori, Shane and Dustin started getting ready. But Lexi stayed far off, glaring at the trees where she knew the Thunder Rangers were standing.
"Have fun while you can!" the Navy one said.
"You have no idea what's coming!" the Crimson added.