Thunder Storm Odyssey
Part of the Power Rangers: Worlds, Times and Distances Apart Universe
A Power Rangers Fanfiction
Memories Of The Storm: The Ninjas' Fates
by Lauraac2110
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, early morning
"Good morning, students," Shane said as he, Dustin and Tori appeared in a ninja streak. "I hope that you're ready for today's lesson."
"Yes, Sensei," one replied politely.
"Good," Tori said with a smile.
"Today, we're going to..." Dustin began.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Ninja Operations, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, early morning, at that very moment
"Dad, you seem troubled. Is everything all right?" Cam asked as he sat with his father in Ninja Ops.
Sensei Watanabe sighed. "No, son, everything isn't all right," he replied simply. "Something seems very wrong with the world this morning."
Cam is instantly worried. "Are you sure, dad?" he asked. Sensei Watanabe nodded.
"Yes," he replied simply.
"Then, I'll stay here in Ninja Ops this morning to keep an eye upon things. If anything happens, I'll let you know," Cam said firmly.
"Thank you, son," Sensei Watanabe replied with a smile. "If you need me, I'll be watching Shane, Dustin and Tori train the students this morning."
Then, without another word, Sensei Watanabe left Ninja Ops. Cam sighed.
Let's hope that my father's sense of wrongness is wrong this morning. If it isn't, we're going to have a big problem. He thought silently to himself as he sat down in the chair by the computer to monitor what was going on in the world.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, mid-morning
"Sensei, it's an honour for us that you're here today," Shane said respectfully as Sensei Watanabe appeared from amongst the trees whilst the students continued to learn.
"The honour is mine. As you were, please," Sensei Watanabe replied simply. Shane nodded and turned back to the students.
"Now..." he began.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Ninja Operations, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late morning
"Oh no..." Cam breathed as the alarm in Ninja Ops went off. On-screen, a news bulletin appeared detailing that cities all over the world had been attacked by metallic monsters called Grinders and that any attempts by Power Rangers to stop them had resulted in the Power Rangers being beaten back or seemingly destroyed.
Cam was frozen to the spot for a moment before he scrambled to his feet. He had to warn his father and the students about what had happened. If any of them left the Wind Ninja Academy, they would likely be captured or killed. He would never forgive himself if that happened.
So, as quickly as possible, Cam pushed the chair out of his way before he rushed out of Ninja Ops to warn them.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late morning, a few minutes later
"Dad! We've got a major problem," Cam exclaimed as he interrupted the lesson.
"Son, what's wrong?" Sensei Watanabe asked.
"Yeah, Cam, what's wrong?" Tori added.
"Well..." Cam began as he told them all about what was happening in the world at that very moment.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late morning, another few minutes later
"This is very serious indeed. Cam, go secure the portal," Sensei Watanabe commanded. "No student nor ninja is to leave the Wind Ninja Academy until further notice."
"Yes, father," Cam replied as he left in a ninja streak so that he could reach the portal as quickly as possible.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Portal To The Outside World, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late morning, yet another few minutes later
As Cam reached the portal, all seemed to be quiet. However, as he hesitantly touched the portal so that he would be able to temporarily close it to all unwelcome visitors, he heard exclamations on the other side.
"Damn, more of those metallic monsters," a voice exclaimed.
"Stay with me, Ethan," another voice exclaimed. "We can beat these guys."
"No, we can't, Conner," Ethan replied. "We're both exhausted!"
"We haven't got a choice. We've got to beat them," Conner snapped. "Ready... Now!"
Cam listened to the fighting for a moment before he closed his eyes.
My father is so going to kill me for this but I can't just leave them there. Cam thought silently as he stood there as he heard Conner and Ethan struggle against the Grinders. If he were in my position, I'm sure that he would do the same thing. Here goes nothing...
And, without another thought, Cam leapt through the portal to go to their aid.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Forest, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late morning, a few seconds later
When Cam appeared in a flash of light, Conner and Ethan were still struggling to hold off the Grinders. Fortunately, Cam managed to change that by destroying most of them quickly with the aid of his ninja streak ability. As soon as the Grinders were destroyed, he turned to Conner and Ethan before he turned pale.
"You two..." he began.
"It has been a long time, Cam," Conner said with a smile. "Thanks."
"Yeah, without your help, we would have been toast," Ethan exclaimed. "Thanks man."
"I've just got one question. How on earth are you here?" Conner asked.
"That's a long story, guys. How are you both here?" Cam countered.
"Well...," Conner began. "We were here visiting my brother, Eric, Cam."
Conner paused for a moment as he looked around because he had noticed that Eric wasn't anywhere in sight. "Where is he, anyway?" he continued.
"I'm right here," Eric replied as he revealed that he was hiding behind a nearby tree."You two know Cam?"
"Um... yeah. We..." Conner began.
"We met in Reefside a few years ago," Ethan interrupted quickly. "Right, Cam?"
Cam nodded uneasily. "Yeah," he agreed. "I was there on an errand which they assisted me with."
There were a few moments of uneasy silence before more Grinders appeared amongst the trees. Conner and Ethan both groaned as Cam took a step back.
"It's time to go. Follow me," Cam said as he turned and leapt back through the portal.
"Wow..." Ethan began as Eric followed after him. However, he never got to finish as Conner grabbed his arm and they leapt through the portal together.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Portal To The Outside World, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late morning, a few minutes later
As Conner and Ethan reappeared at the other side of the portal, both Cam and Eric were waiting on them.
"My father isn't going to like this, guys," Cam warned as he closed the portal to all unwelcome visitors behind them. "Outsiders have never been in the Wind Ninja Academy before and ninja training drop-outs have never returned after they've been banned."
Eric grimaced at this. "Don't remind me. Sensei's going to be especially angry with me."
"It was really necessary, Cam," Ethan replied with a shrug. "I'm sure that your father will understand that you did the right thing by bringing us here to save our lives."
"Yeah and, if he doesn't, we'll make him see sense," Conner replied. "He wouldn't abandon..."
Ethan kicked Conner on the back of the leg to stop him from saying the words "Power Rangers" in Eric's presence and to stop him from giving the secret away. Eric raised an eyebrow at this but didn't say anything as Ethan sighed.
"Conner's right. Your father wouldn't abandon innocents," Ethan assured Cam.
Cam nodded. "Let's hope that you're right," he said grimly. "Come."
And, without saying anything else, Cam led the three of them through the forest to the Wind Ninja Academy.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late morning, yet another few minutes later
"Dad..." Cam began uneasily as he returned with Conner, Ethan and Eric in tow. Sensei Watanabe turned to Cam and turned pale.
"Cam, you know that outsiders aren't allowed here. Neither are drop-outs..." Sensei Watanabe began.
"I couldn't just leave them!" Cam exclaimed angrily back. "If you were in my position, you would have done the same thing."
"Have them bound and blindfolded," Sensei Watanabe snapped. "They can't see anything else of the academy until I've decided what to do with them."
"Dad, no. They're our guests and should be treated as such," Cam replied as he stood ready to defend Conner, Ethan and Eric from the students.
"Sensei, Cam's right," Tori said calmly in agreement as she also put herself in between the students and Conner, Ethan and Eric. "Don't you remember what Conner and Ethan did for us a few years back?"
"Yeah, without them, we would probably be..." Dustin began before he fell hastily silent as Shane elbowed him in the ribs to stop him as they both put themselves between the students and Conner, Ethan and Eric. "Well, you know."
"This is wrong, Sensei," Shane said grimly. "We know what they are and we shouldn't be treating them like this."
Sensei Watanabe sighed. "Fine," he repented. "They're not going to be bound and blindfolded. However, because they're with Eric, one of the few to drop out of the Wind Ninja Academy, I've got no choice but to have them escorted to a room until I can decide what to do with them."
Conner and Ethan sighed in relief at this.
"Beats being bound and blindfolded, I guess. We can live with that," Ethan shrugged.
"Hey, thanks, Shane, Dustin, Tori, Cam," Conner said before he was lead away along with Ethan and Eric. "We owe you one."
Then, they were gone.
"So, Sensei, what are we going to do, now?" Shane asked grimly.
"We are going to rescue our brothers and sisters of the Thunder Ninja Academy. That's what," Sensei Watanabe replied grimly. "Shane, Dustin and Tori, you must head over to the Thunder Ninja Academy and bring them here. Their academy isn't as well protected as ours and the Grinders will probably have been able to infiltrate it."
"As you command, Sensei," Shane replied grimly. "Their academy isn't too far from here anyway but, with all the Grinders around, it's going to be quite difficult to sneak through."
"We'll be able to use our ninja powers on those Grinders, guys," Dustin replied with a grin. "They won't know what hit them when we blow them up."
"There's always that," Shane agreed with a grin.
Tori sighed as she rolled her eyes. "Guys. I'll never understand why they enjoy blowing things up," she muttered.
"Neither will I, Tori," Sensei Watanabe assured with a smile."Now go. Our brethren are likely to need your help soon enough."
Shane, Dustin and Tori nodded. Then, they left.
Cam sighed. "Let's hope that they can rescue Hunter and the students before it is too late."
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, in the meadow at the edge of the Forest, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, early afternoon, some time later
"There!" Dustin exclaimed as they came across the Thunder Ninjas, with both Hunter and, surprisingly, Blake at their head, in a meadow at the edge of the forest. All of them seemed exhausted and, as soon as the three Wind Ninjas saw the Grinders around them, they could guess why. They must have had to fight their way here.
"We've got to do something," Tori whispered to Shane and Dustin. "They're so exhausted that they're not going to escape the Grinders on their own."
Shane smiled. "I think it's time to bust out our ninja powers. On three," he murmured as they hesitantly crept through the trees as Shane began to quietly count to three under his breath. When he reached three, the three Wind Ninja Rangers burst into the meadow.
"Hey, Grinders, pick on someone your own size," Shane said.
"Together!" Tori exclaimed. "Now!"
"Power of Water!" Tori called as she entered a stance to summon her ninja powers.
"Power of Air!" Shane called as he entered a stance to summon his ninja powers.
"Power of Earth!" Dustin called as he entered a stance to summon his ninja powers.
"Ninja Power!" they called together as they fired their combined power in a concentrated beam of at the Grinders. Seconds later, all of the Grinders were destroyed in an explosion which sent bits and pieces of the metallic monsters everywhere.
There was a moment of silence before Hunter and Blake shook their heads.
"Nice timing," Hunter said simply.
"Yeah, without you guys, I don't know how on earth we would've gotten out of that one," Blake added.
There were another few moments of silence before they could hear more Grinders approaching.
"It's time to get out of here. Sensei Watanabe sent us to fetch all of you," Shane explained. "Where's Sensei Almino?"
Blake and Hunter looked down. "He has gone after his daughter," they replied simply. "He told us to take the students to safety."
"There's no point in worrying about him, now," Dustin said grimly as Grinders grew ever closer. "We've got to worry about ourselves for now."
"Right. Come on," Blake agreed as he gestured to the students to follow as the five Ninja Storm Rangers fled to the safety of the Wind Ninja Academy.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, mid-afternoon, some time later
"The Thunder Ninjas! The Thunder Ninjas from the Thunder Ninja Academy have come!" an out of breath student exclaimed as she rushed to inform Cam and Sensei Watanabe of the news.
"Come, Cam. We must go to greet our guests," Sensei Watanabe said.
"Sensei, you don't have to bother about us. We're right here," Blake and Hunter replied with a smile as they appeared in a ninja streak with Shane, Dustin, Tori and their students.
"Hunter, Blake, it's good too see that you're safe," Cam said with a smile as he went over to greet them.
"It's good to see that you're safe too, Cam," Blake replied before Hunter turned his attention to Sensei Watanabe.
"Sensei Almino must not have made it, Sensei. He left us to take the students here to safety whilst he went after his daughter," Hunter informed him grimly.
Sensei Watanabe sighed. "That is sad news indeed. In his place, Hunter, you're now the Sensei of the Thunder Ninja Academy. Rest assured that the Wind Ninja Academy will look after all your students and will provide you with a home until you can return to the Thunder Ninja Academy," he said grimly as he turned to call upon his nieces. "Marah! Kapri!"
After a few minutes, Marah and Kapri appeared in ninja streaks. "Yes, uncle?" Marah asked.
"See to it that everyone gets some food and water from the stores," Sensei Watanabe commanded them. "And bring us some food down in Ninja Ops. We've got a few things that we need to discuss down there that I don't want the students to hear."
"Yes, uncle," Kapri replied submissively as they left.
"Come," Sensei Watanabe said simply as he began to make his way to Ninja Ops. Soon, the six Ninja Storm Rangers quickly followed him as they knew that whatever he was about to say would be important if the students weren't to hear it.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Ninja Operations, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late afternoon, some time later
"I didn't know that you could cook, Marah, Kapri," Blake said as he finally finished his lunch. "This was good."
"Why, thank you," Marah smiled.
"We're glad that you like it," Kapri added as she and Marah began to collect up all the plates and bowls. Then, with a nod to Sensei Watanabe, they left.
"Do you know, Blake, that we're extremely lucky that you were holidaying at the Thunder Ninja Academy this week. Without your help, I don't think that I would've managed to make it here with all of the students still alive," Hunter said with a smile.
"I know," Blake chuckled. "If I had gone to that motocross tournament then I would either be dead or captured by now."
"That's not something you should find funny, Blake," Sensei Watanabe snapped.
Blake nodded as he instantly fell silent. "Sorry, Sensei," he apologised.
"Besides, we must discuss what we're going to do with our guests," Sensei Watanabe continued.
"Guests?" Hunter and Blake said in unison.
Cam grimaced. "Do you remember Eric?"
"The drop-out? Why didn't you throw him out when he came here seeking refuge, Sensei?" Hunter replied.
"It wasn't that simple, Hunter," Sensei Watanabe replied.
"Do you remember the Dino Thunder Rangers?" Shane asked Hunter and Blake.
"They're here? With Eric? How?" Blake exclaimed.
Cam nodded. "Two of them are. Eric's brother is Conner McKnight, the Red Dino Ranger, and, along with the Blue Dino Ranger, Ethan James, he was in Blue Bay Harbour visiting his brother. They fled into the forest and, against my father's wishes, I rescued the three of them from Grinders," Cam explained.
"So, what are we going to do with them, Sensei?" Dustin asked grimly.
"I think that we should let them stay," Hunter said quietly. "However, I don't think that Eric shouldn't be punished for dropping out of the Wind Ninja Academy."
"Neither do I," Sensei Watanabe replied. "Perhaps we should force him to rejoin the academy and we could threaten him. If he doesn't do well in his ninja training, we'll have enough grounds to throw him out."
"I like that idea," Shane agreed with a grin. "He'll be sure to stick in because of it."
"What about Conner and Ethan?" Tori asked.
"They're our honoured guests. As former Power Rangers, I think that they deserve the liberty of deciding what they want to do with themselves. However, if they decide to enter the academy, they're going to have to wait a few weeks due to necessity," Sensei Watanabe replied with a shrug.
At that moment, Cam decided to add in one more thing. "By the way, we're going to have to be careful around Eric as Conner hasn't told him about the fact that he's a former Power Ranger yet. We can't afford to mention anything that might give that fact away. As far as Eric knows, I met Conner and Ethan in Reefside when they assisted us with an "errand"," he said grimly. "If Eric asks you about how they know of you, I trust that you'll probably find some sort of lie to tell him or be evasive enough to find a way of not saying anything at all about it."
There were nods from the other Ninja Storm Rangers at this.
"So, what now, Sensei?" Shane asked.
"I want you to scout the perimeter outside of the portal because the television stations went down hours ago and I need to know what's going on out there," Sensei Watanabe replied. "Cam and I will deal with our guests."
"As you command, Sensei," the Wind and Thunder Ninja Rangers replied as they left.
Cam sighed. "I'll go tell Eric the good news whilst I fetch Conner and Ethan, dad," he said simply as he too left.
Left alone, Sensei Watanabe turned his thoughts to planning so that all of the students would be able to survive.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, at the edge of the forest, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, early evening, some time later
As they reached the edge of the forest which was closest to Blue Bay Harbour, the five Wind and Thunder Ninja Rangers were horrified at the scene in the town.
Grinders were escorting groups of people in chains towards the hillside, and a known quarry, to a labour camp they had set up there.
"We've got to do something," Tori hissed to the others. "We can't stand by and watch innocent people being forced into slavery by the Grinders."
"I know, Tori," Shane said as Dustin got up.
"This way," he exclaimed as he rushed off towards the labour camp at the hillside. Shane and Tori soon got up and followed after him.
"Guys, wait!" Hunter hissed. However, they didn't listen and continued on. Blake and Hunter looked at each other before they nodded and gave chase.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Labour Camp, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, early evening, a few minutes later
As Blake and Hunter finally caught up with the three Wind Ninja Rangers as they hid behind a sand back plotting how they were going to free the innocent people, they knew what was going through their three best friends heads.
"We've got to rescue all these people," Tori whispered. "We can't let the Grinders get away with this."
"We won't," Shane promised. "We're going to..."
"No, we're not going to do anything," Hunter interrupted. "We won't be able to face that many Grinders."
"Hunter's right, guys," Blake whispered. "If we had our Ranger Powers, we might be able to take the Grinders out but, without them, we're hopelessly outnumbered."
"But..." Shane, Dustin and Tori began.
Hunter shook his head."There's nothing that we can do for them, guys," he said simply. "Come on. I don't know about you, guys, but I've seen enough to report to Sensei Watanabe."
Then, at that moment, Hunter and Blake began to slip back into the trees. Although they didn't like abandoning the people, Shane, Dustin and Tori quickly followed after them both as they knew that they were both right.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Ninja Operations, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, mid-evening, some time later
"Sensei, you'll never believe..." Shane began as they descended the stairs into Ninja Ops.
"We'll talk over dinner," Sensei Watanabe said simply. "Cam?"
Cam nodded as he dished out dinner to everyone before they all sat in a circle around the coffee table.
"Well?" Sensei Watanabe asked.
"Sensei, they're..." Tori began as she began to tell him what they had found out during their scouting mission.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Ninja Operations, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, mid-evening, some time later
"You did the right thing," Sensei Watanabe said finally after a long period of silence since they had told him about what they had seen during the mission. He had used this time to consider what they had done as he sat there eating dinner with the five of them. Marah and Kapri were absent and Cam was quiet.
There were another few moments of silence as everyone finished their dinner.
"My father is right," Cam said grimly. "There's nothing that we can do for the people right now. Our main priority has to be surviving here in the Wind Ninja Academy until a time comes where we can free them from the labour camps created by the Grinders."
"I guess," Shane said quietly. The others remained silent.
"You've all had a long day," Sensei Watanabe said grimly. "Now, you must all get some rest as we're going to have a longer day tomorrow during which we must collect additional supplies to survive upon. Cam, due to a shortage of beds, you're going to have to share your room with the five of them."
"Yes, dad," Cam replied simply. "Come on, guys, we should go."
Without another word, the six Ninja Storm Rangers left Ninja Ops. Sensei Watanabe watched them go and sighed.
Shane, Dustin, Tori, Blake and Hunter did the right thing but who knows how it will effect them in the future. He thought as he sat there.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Cam's bedroom, the fateful day of the Venjix invasion two years ago, late evening, some time later
"Well, guys, here it is," Cam said as they arrived in his bedroom. "I'm sorry that it's a bit of a mess but, unfortunately, I've never had time to properly clear it up."
Shane, Dustin, Tori, Blake and Hunter looked around and sighed grimly. They knew that the first thing they would do in the morning would be to clean the room up. It was an absolute mess.
All sorts of technical equipment lay scattered across the desk and floor whilst plans for various things were pinned to the wall. Pictures of Cam, his parents and the five of them were on a window ledge behind the bed and it was the only part of his room which had been kept neat.
Not even his bed was neat. Although it was made, various scrolls were strewn across it. Cam hastily picked all of them up from the bed and put them away in the messy drawer.
"There's only one bed," Shane noted.
"Tori can have it," Cam replied. "There are two sofas and a number of chairs in my living room next door which we can sleep upon with some blankets to keep us warm."
Shane and Dustin groaned but Hunter and Blake chuckled.
"If you two aren't up for it then you know what the alternative is," Blake and Hunter replied.
Both Shane and Dustin grimaced and turned pale as they thought about the unpleasant alternative.
"No, we're fine," they replied hastily as Tori went over to the bed and sat upon it.
"Well?" she began as she stared at them to suggest that she wanted some privacy to get some sleep.
"We'll get the blankets and get some sleep next door. Good night, Tori," Cam replied quickly. Everyone but Blake soon left to go into the living room.
"Good night, Tori," Blake said with a soft smile.
"Good night, Blake," she replied. "I'm glad that you're here, you know."
He nodded and, without another word, he went through into the living room to get some sleep. Tori lay back on the bed for a moment and listened as they argued about who was sleeping where next door. She smiled.
She was certainly glad that Cam had offered her the bed at that moment because the argument sounded quite heated.
The argument continued for several more minutes until everyone grew quiet. Then, as calmly as possible, Tori pulled the duvet around herself before she quickly fell asleep like the others next door in the living room did.