Author's Note: Here is chapter three. Major changes to this chapter that wasn't found in the original. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think by reviewing at the bottom.
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Title: The Lost Thunder Ninja
Summary: After learning that the Thunder Academy had been destroyed, sixteen year old Hannah Bradley returns to Reefside, California to search for her brothers, Hunter and Blake. However, during her search she will realize that her greatest mistake will be to give up and her hardest deed will be to hold on.
Ninja Ops was silent.
A shadow crept across the main room of the rangers' headquarters; it paused and checked for any signs of movement. There was none. When it was certain that it was alone, the shadow continued on its way, passing the small sleeping hut that held the small guinea pig which was once Hanoi Watanabe, or was rather still him, he had just been reverted into a small fury rodent.
The shadow moved on again. Passing over the furry creature and venturing further into Ninja Ops, it was using its time here to do something that needed to be done. Reaching the end of the hall, the shadow paused, the reason it was up at this hour was hidden just behind the door that blocked its path. The shadow searched once more for any signs of movements but once again came up empty.
Creeping towards the door, it creaked as it was pulled open, and the shadow crept silently inside, closing the door in its wake. Stepping lightly, the figure paused, again, its sharp senses flickering towards the slightest of sounds.
Satisfied, the shape moved silently towards the creation, which was propped up in the farthest corner of the room, and knelt in front of them. In the darkness the figure fiddled around with something that was attached to its belt, before a small 'click' resounded and a small strobe of light flickered to life.
Turning the flashlight towards the objects in front of it, the figure pulled a set of tools towards them, placed the flashlight between their teeth, picked up a wrench and started tinkering around on the metal. They obviously didn't mind getting their hands dirty.
For a few moments the figure worked in silence, changing tools ever now and then to finish what Cam had started that afternoon, but had failed to finish.
Once finished, the figure rose to their feet and inspected their work. It nodded in satisfaction and approval.
It should work now
Carefully pushing back the tools and setting everything where it was supposed to have been, the figure turned gracefully and headed back to the door. Their hand hadn't even brushed the surface of the hand, when its senses caught swift of footsteps on the other side.
Panic-stricken, the figure ducked into the shadows beside the door, and seconds later it was pushed open as another figure walked in.
The first person ducked out of the room before the door closed, and sighed in relief as they heard the light switching on in the room behind them. That had been a close one.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Morning dawned.
Hannah groaned as she sat up, her hair was frazzled and her eyes were red, it was a clear sign that she had not had a very good night.
Whenever she would close her eyes, she would see an image of her parents' dead bodies. Since she had been eight when they had passed, and she had been home pretty much all day that day, she had witnessed firsthand their murder and sat with their bodies before, during and after they had died, she had been found by Hunter and Blake.
When she was questioned by the police, Hannah couldn't tell them who had attacked her parents, she was so traumatized that her mind had gone blank and she had cut herself off from the rest of the world. She cried when a stranger tried to touch her, and took refuge in Hunter's arms.
Even to this day I can't remember who killed my parents she thought miserably.
A yawn escaped her lips and she checked the clock beside her. 8:00am.
Time to get up she mused, stretching and kicking the blankets off of her legs, she was still wearing a pair of white shorts and Cam's green shirt. Since she didn't have any clothes of her own, he had agreed that she could use one of his shirts for bed; while the shorts belonged to Tori.
Speaking of Tori...
"Morning," the Blonde smiled as she entered the bedroom, carrying a breakfast tray. "We thought you might be hungry!"
Hannah smiled. "It's very thoughtful of you," she said. "Thank you."
As the tray was placed across her legs, she cut into her eyes, before stopping herself and looking up at the water ninja. "Did you cook this?" she asked.
"Yes," Tori nodded. "The others can't cook to save their lives, although I am pretty sure that Sensei could, but he doesn't have thumbs."
"And he is about three foot tall," Hannah added, with a small laugh.
Tori laughed in agreement.
While Hannah ate, she and Tori talked about everything and anything, but mostly they conversed about Hannah's brothers. "They come off as intimidating the first time you meet them," Hannah explained, "but they are really big softies underneath, especially Hunter. Blake, he's only three years older than me and he likes to tease me, but he is very protective when it comes down to it."
Hannah paused, thinking of her brothers made her feel lonelier than she already felt. She wanted them back, she wanted them to hold her, and she wanted them to tell her that everything was going to OK. She wanted to believe that they were alive and well out there somewhere, and that they were searching for her. She needed them, needed their support, comfort, care and most importantly she needed their love.
Tori looked up at the blonde sitting opposite her and frowned as she saw several different emotions play across the younger teens face.
Pain. Hurt. Sorrow. Sadness. Fear. Anguish. Anger. Terror. Loneliness.
Hannah looked around wildly as she started to hyperventilate. She felt like she was suffocating, she needed an escape route; she had to get away from here! This was too much for her to handle alone. She didn't want to stay here, she wanted to go back in time and be home before the Thunder academy was attacked, and she wanted to be with her brothers.
"Hannah..." Tori said, reaching out to touch the young girl's shoulder.
A scream echoed, loudly, and Hannah pulled away from Tori, backing herself into the corner behind her bed. Her arms wrapped around her legs as she hugged them close to her chest and she buried her face in her knees, rocking back and forth, muttering over and over to herself.
"What's going on?"
Tori looked up to see Cam, Shane and Sensei troop into the room.
"I don't know," Tori answered. "We were talking about her brothers..."
"She's having a panic attack," Cam explained. "Talking about her brothers must have triggered it!"
"But she was talking about them fine yesterday," Shane pointed out.
"It takes a lot to trigger a panic attack," Cam said. "I know that Hannah feels that she is the only Bradley left... her parents was murdered when she was eight years old, she was there, in the house when it happened, and she witnessed it."
Tori and Shane's mouths fell open.
"How do we calm her down?" Tori asked glancing back at Hannah, she felt responsible for this it had been her interest in the younger teen's brothers that had spiked the panic attack.
"I don't know," Cam muttered, kneeling on the bed beside the Thunder ninja. "Hannah... it's me, Cam, you're alright! You're safe!"
Hannah swallowed and peeked over her arms at him, her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red from crying. Her shoulders shook with anxiety and her breathing was shallow. "Cam...?" she croaked.
"Yeah," Cam nodded, touching the back of her hand with his fingers. "See... safe..."
"Hunter and Blake," she muttered, looking down into her lap.
"We'll find them, Hannah," Cam promised, sliding up to sit beside her. She allowed him to wrap an arm around her shoulder and pull her into a hug, her head resting on his shoulder. "I promised you that we would find them and I always keep my promises."
Hannah smiled a watery smile.
"Thanks, Cam," she whispered.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
After Hannah had calmed down, dressed and finished her breakfast, she joined Cam in the forest outside the Wind Ninja Academy as Shane and Tori tested out the new Tsunami Cycles, the same bikes that Cam had started the previous afternoon, and the ones that puzzled him above and beyond.
"They were weeks off being finished," he told Hannah.
"Maybe you're smarter than you give yourself credit for," Hannah replied, climbing an oak tree and perching herself on one of the branches so she could watch Shane and Tori battle the Kelzack. She wanted a Tsunami Cycle; she wanted to be able to ride again, to have fun with her friends.
Being around a bike brought back so many good memories for her, and she wanted the chance to re-connect with that past, maybe she thought, being on a bike will help me! Maybe it could give me hope that Hunter and Blake are still alive and searching for me.
"Hey, Dustin," Cam said, causing Hannah to look down.
"Hey man," Dustin said.
"You know, I told these guys not to engage the enemy until the bikes were ready," Cam sighed. "But of course, no one ever listens to the guy with glasses."
"Dude, what, these are the Tsunami Cycles?" Dustin asked ducking as Tori sailed over them.
"These are awesome!" she whooped, engaging battle with more Kelzack
Hannah smiled as she watched from the trees.
"Whoa! Man, I thought these were months off being ready!" Dustin said, grinning like a child on Christmas morning.
"So did I," Cam agreed. "It's weird. I went to finish a few things last night, but they were already done. I just don't understand it."
"So, what, you got somethin for me?" Dustin asked, excitedly.
"No, should I?" Cam asked, shifting his bag
"Quit joking around," Dustin laughed, nervously.
"Seriously, I don't know what you're talking about,"
Dustin looked like a sad puppy. "So, what? You're saying that the Motocross guy is the only one that doesn't get a Tsunami Cycle?"
Hannah giggled as she pushed herself out of the tree, landing beside Dustin and Cam gently. "C'mon, Cam," she said, nudging the boy in Green. "Look at that face!"
Dustin's face slipped into another puppy dog pout, one that caused Hannah to coo at him.
Cam tensed slightly as she reached up to ruffle the Yellow ranger's hair and kiss his cheek. What was this newfound feeling and emotion that he had around her? Was he... no...? He couldn't be, could he? Was it possible that he was jealous?
Shaking his head of any thoughts, Cam sighed and pulled out a remote from his pocket. "Alright, fine," he said, using the controller to direct a huge Mack truck towards them. "Meet your new Mobile Command Centre," he explained, as the truck pulled to a stop and the door at the back opened.
"Wait until you see this!" Hannah grinned, as the Yellow Tsunami Cycle with a yellow lightning bolt framework rolled down the ramp.
"Oh dude!" Dustin exclaimed.
"Well said, Dustin," Cam nodded.
"So what?" Dustin asked. "Anything I should know?"
Cam nodded. "Yeah, just make sure -" he was cut off as Dustin, took off towards the bike. Flipped over through the air and morphed. "Why bother?"
"He's excited," Hannah giggled. "Let him have some fun..."
The Genius glanced across at her, but she had already looked away and was watching the three Wind rangers with a look of longing. He smiled, his new project popping instantly into his mind.
The battle was over quickly once Dustin had joined them and soon the three Wind Rangers were returning to Cam, Hannah and the mobile command center.
"Ninja Forms!" they shouted after jumping off the bikes and de-morphing. Shane high-fived Tori as she laughed.
"Hey, guys," Cam said, coming up to them.
"Yo!" Dustin greeted "Where's Hannah?"
"Up here!" shouted a voice from above, and the three Winds turned their gazes skywards to see Hannah bend over backwards, kick her legs into the air and land safely on her feet. Like a cat. She did it one more time, before looping her hand over the branch and swinging down, dropping onto her feet and approaching them. "I miss being on the bar," she said, passing Dustin his backpack.
"You know, these bikes work pretty well." Shane said.
"You know, Shane, you're lucky" Cam said. "They still need some fine tuning! Hey, Dustin, since you're the bike expert, why don't you take a look at these plans and give me an altitude chart for auto-jetting?"
Hannah frowned "Hey, what about me? I know about bikes too!"
"He's been riding a lot longer than you have," Cam responded.
"How would you know?" Hannah challenged her hands on her hips.
Cam stammered, before shaking his head as Hannah laughed him off and turned back to Tori and Shane. Cam rolled his eyes and turned to Dustin. "Oh, and don't try to play games on it!"
"Okay, dude!" Dustin promised, taking the CD. "You know I'm not a complete dufus!"
"Yeah, well, here is your chance to prove it." Cam told him.
Cam walked away as Shane approached the Yellow ranger, behind him Hannah and Tori were still going over the bikes.
"Hey Dustin, where were you today?" He asked.
"At the track," Dustin answered. "I met these two guys and they are crazy fast man -"
"Crazy fast?" Hannah asked, interrupting the conversation.
Dustin nodded. "Yeah. I'm hooking up -"
"Were they wearing Navy and Crimson riding gear?"
Dustin frowned. "How did you know that?"
"Let me guess," Hannah added, ignoring his questions. "One tall blonde guy and one short brunette?"
Tori, Shane and Cam frowned and exchanged looks as Dustin nodded for a third time, this time looking completely lost.
"Dude... how did you know that?"
Hannah looked down at the forest floor. "I was right," she murmured. "They're alive!"
"Who, dude, how do you - do you know them?"
"Of course I know them!" said Hannah, looking up. "They're my brothers!"
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
As soon as they returned to Ninja Ops, the monitors beeped.
"What is it?" Hannah asked.
"It's some kind of subterranean disturbance," Cam explained, as several different images of power outages and buildings rocked the screen. "This is not good."
"When is it ever?" Hannah asked, as the whole of Ninja Ops shook violently. "Whoa!" she cried, stumbling sideways into Shane, his arms wrapped around her waist to steady her.
"For a gymnast, you suck at balance," he teased.
Hannah rolled her eyes but couldn't help but smile. "Whatever!"
The lights came back on and the ground became still.
"Seismographs are picking up some serious activity," said Cam, turning back to his computer which showed a giant mole popping out of the ground.
"There's your reason why," said Shane.
"That is one massive mole," Tori said, looking repulsed.
"I thought moles were supposed to be cute?" Hannah asked.
Footsteps sounded from behind them and Dustin skidded to a halt seconds before he crashed into Hannah. "Sorry guys got hung up at the track."
"I can't believe you wouldn't let me come with you," said Hannah, "especially after you told me that my brothers were there!"
"Sensei says you're not healed enough,"
"Emotionally," Hannah reminded him. "Physically I'm fine... but if my brothers are alive and I can see them, that would heal me emotionally too!"
Dustin opened his mouth to reply, paused and then closed it again.
Hannah giggled. "Stumped, haven't I?" she grinned.
"Shut up!" Dustin teased, pushing her away playfully.
Tori laughed and turned back to the mainframe.
"He's at the rock quarry," Cam told them, once the bantering had quelled.
"On it," Shane said. "Ready?"
"Ready!"
"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form! Ha!"
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"Hey, mole head!"
"We don't dig what you've been up to!"
"Oh, yeah, well I'm guessing by the spandex that it's your job to stop me!"
"He's a good guesser," Hannah nodded, she was sitting Indian style on the table again, watching the battle, she blinked and the mole dived and disappeared in a puff of grey smoke.
"Where did he go?"
"I'll give you three guesses,"
"First two don't count!" Hannah shouted from the table.
The mole popped up between the three rangers, and spun around, slashing at them, before diving out of sight once more.
"Alright, dig this, dirt boy!" Dustin shouted. "Ninja Dirt Dive!"
He plunged into the ground, there were two puffs of smoke coming from opposite directions, and when they collided, Dustin was thrown out of the ground. "That was down and dirty!" he complained.
The mole snickered as it popped out of its hole, cheering.
"Terra Mole in the house!" he cheered. "Watch and learn rangers, I'm gonna trash your city from the inside out!"
He dived again and disappeared.
"He got away!" Shane groaned.
"He'll be back," Tori assured him.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"Hey, Hannah," Shane called, hurrying into Ninja Ops. "I'm heading over to Storm Charges, you want to come?"
Hannah, who was sitting Indian style on the table, braiding her hair, looked up curiously. "Sure," she nodded. "Cam, you want to come?" she asked, turning to the boy genius.
"Uh, no, I'm alright," Cam said, shaking his head. "You go on!"
"Are you sure?" Hannah asked, grabbing her jacket.
"Yeah," Cam nodded. "I'll catch you later!"
"Alright," Hannah smiled, waving and following Shane out of the underground base. Cam watched their retreating forms, before turning angrily back to his work.
Outside, Hannah smiled as she followed Shane through the destroyed Wind Academy, out onto the lake and then through the portal that lead to the outside world. "I just remembered," she said, speaking suddenly. "I never actually thanked you for saving my life!"
"Uh?" Shane frowned. "Oh, it's nothing!"
"It was more than nothing, Shane," Hannah smiled. "If it wasn't for you, I don't know what would have happened. You saved me... that means a lot!" she rose up onto her toes and kissed his cheek. "Thank you!"
Shane nodded, numbly, and thanked the heavens for his dark skin as he blushed, the place on his cheek from where she had kissed him growing warmer by the second.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Dustin looked up as he spotted Shane, Tori and Hannah enter Storm Charges.
"Hey, I have someone who really wants to meet you guys," he said, turning his attention back to Hunter and Blake. "She says she knows you!"
"She?" Hunter frowned, looking around to see what had caught Dustin's attention a few seconds ago.
Blake mimicked his actions and stumbled as he was attacked by a flurry of blonde hair and clothes. "What the -?"
"You're here!" Hannah squealed, pulling away from her navy clad brother and throwing her arms around her crimson clad brother. "You're alive! I'm not alone!"
"Hannah!" Hunter said, sounding very pleased as he wrapped his arms around his sister's slim waist and lifted her into the air. The youngest Bradley wrapped her legs around his waist, her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder, just like she used to do when she was younger.
Dustin, Shane and Tori exchanged looks, while Hannah pulled away from her oldest brother and dropped back to the floor, and turned quickly to her new friends, linking arms with her brothers in the process. "I don't know what to say," she said, smiling brightly. "Thank you's not enough!"
"You have nothing to thank us for," Tori said.
"Yeah, I do," Hannah nodded. "Shane, saved my life, Sensei, allowed me to live with him, Cam, clothed me, Tori, you were my first friend outside the Thunder Academy, and Dustin you became friends with my brothers and brought them one step closer to finding me! I owe you all a debt that I will never be able to repay!"
Tori smiled.
Hunter wrapped his arm around his little sister's shoulder and drew her into a one-armed hug. "Seeing as it is only fair," he said, looking down at her, "do you feel like introducing us to your new friends!"
"Oh," Hannah yelped. "I only just remembered they know just about everything about you, and you don't even know their names!"
"That seems to be a bit of an unfair advantage, don't you think?" Blake asked, eyeing Tori.
Hannah wrinkled her nose. "Ew, dude, if you're gonna do that, at least do it discreetly!"
Blake glared at her. "Zip it, Hannah-Banana!"
"I told you to never call me that in public!"
Hunter rolled his eyes and pulled his siblings apart. "Introductions, Hans," he said.
"Right," Hannah nodded, pointing at each of her friends in turn. "Shane, Tori, Hunter and Blake!"
"Hey, Dustin," Shane said, turning to his friend. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Yeah, sure, dude," Dustin nodded and they both moved off, leaving Hannah and Tori with Hunter and Blake.
After a few seconds, Dustin returned, grabbed Tori's arm and pulled her towards the door of the sports shop. "Okay, c'mon Tori, I gotta go! Catch you later, guys!"
"Catch you later, Tori!" Blake called after the blonde surfer.
Shane followed after his friends, before pausing in the doorway and turning back, "Hey, Hannah," he called, pointing over his shoulder. "You coming?"
"I'll catch you later, Shane," Hannah smiled, turning back to her brothers.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Dustin finished his lap around the track and breezed through the finishing line with a smile on his face. "Cleared it no problem that time," he said, as Hunter, Blake and Hannah approached him, the two brothers were decked out in their riding gear and Hannah looked positively radiant now that she had her brothers back by her side.
"Yeah, dude, keep that up and you'll be ready for the 250's in no time," Blake nodded.
"Hey, I'd remember this moment," Hunter agreed.
"It's been really cool hanging out with you guys," Dustin admitted. "It's really hard to find people that like what you're into."
"I heard that," Hannah nodded, stumbling over again as the ground began to shake, however, this time Shane wasn't there to catch her, and she hit the ground on her butt. "Ow!" she complained.
"What was that?" Blake asked once the shaking had stopped, he reached out a hand for Hannah to take and pulled her back to her feet, while Hunter did the same to Dustin, just then his morpher beeped, causing both the Yellow ranger and Hannah to exchange looks.
"Hey, freaky watch, man," said Hunter, twisting Dustin's wrist to get a better look. "Does it have a compass?"
"Yeah, it's got a bunch of cool stuff," Dustin nodded. "I'll show you sometime. Look, I gotta go!"
"How come you've always got to bail, Dustin?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, Dustin!" Hunter nodded.
"Uh, I really gotta go," Dustin said, hastily, trying to pull away, but Hunter had him in a vice grip.
Pleadingly, he turned to Hannah.
"Hey, c'mon, let him go," the youngest Bradley said, frowning at her brother's odd behavior.
Hunter dropped Dustin's wrist and watched as he took off.
With her back to her brothers, Hannah didn't notice Blake pick up the Yellow ranger's backpack from the floor, nudge Hunter and smirk as he removed the disc for the Tsunami Cycles from the inside.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"Where is he?"
"SHANE!"
"Let her go!"
"Where's Dustin?" Hannah frowned, watching the mainframe from over Cam's shoulder. She had returned here about ten minutes ago, after Hunter and Blake had announced they had business to attend to elsewhere and they didn't want her involved in it.
"His ranger days are over!"
"Hey, we're only the ones who can call him an airhead!"
Hannah shook her head as she realized that she had spoken Tori's own thoughts at the same time as the water ninja. "Whoa, freaky!" she said.
Suddenly, a surprise attack caught everyone off guard, as the Yellow lion hammer flew through the air and struck the Terra mole in the chest, knocking him away from Shane and Tori; moments later, Dustin flipped over his friends and landed in front of them.
"Can't hide forever," he said, as he felt the vibrations through the ground, lifted his hammer above his head and slammed it into the concrete, he did this several more times, each sound resounding deafingly around the quarry.
"I don't get it!" Hannah frowned. "He left the track before me! He should have been there before I got back here!"
"He did cut it way to close," Cam nodded. "I was sure he wasn't going to make it."
"Observe," said Sensei, "his actions will show his dedication!"
Hannah shrugged as Cam looked up at her, before turning her attention back to the mainframe as the three main rangers combined their primary weapons together.
"How's this for a big bang!"
"Storm Striker!"
"Dig this..."
"FIRE!"
The storm striker exploded and the monster imploded.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"Doesn't that bother you?" Shane asked, as he, Tori and Hannah stood watching Dustin rip it around the track, Hannah had just explained that her brothers had disappeared after Dustin had got the call about the Terra mole and she was forced to retreat to Ninja Ops because she had nowhere else to go.
Hannah frowned at him. "Of course it bothers me!" she said. "I've just found them, and suddenly their work is more important that making sure I'm OK or telling me what the hell happened while I was away. So yes, it irritates me above and beyond to know that there is something much more important to them than little old me!"
Shane put his arm around her shoulders and hugged her. "Well there is nothing more important to us," he said, referring to himself, Tori, Dustin, Cam and Sensei, "than your mental health and physical well-being, except for, you know, the end of the world!"
Hannah lowered her head and allowed her hair to hide the blush that overpowered her cheeks at his words. He cared about her. Her. For some reason she found that very alluring.
"The end of the world will always be in the balance," Hannah giggled, glancing up at him. "But thank you for your concern and sympathy. I appreciate it."
Shane nodded once and looked up as Tori approached him and Hannah, while Dustin rode towards them, spraying them with chunks of dirt as he skidded to a halt.
"Thanks for the shower," Tori said, sarcastically, as Dustin removed his helmet.
"Yeah, sorry," Dustin chuckled. "So, what, did I look faster?"
"You were ripping it, dude," Hannah grinned, high-fiving her fellow Motocross rider.
"Hey," Shane said, awkwardly. "Some of the stuff I said before, I didn't mean that you weren't committed."
Hannah lowered her gaze; she had already been filled in on the fight that had taken place at Ninja Ops earlier that day.
"No, I know," Dustin nodded.
"Yeah, you're a great ranger," Tori added. "A flake... but a great ranger!"
Hannah smiled at their playful banter. Dustin was an airhead and a flake, but it was his loyalty and commitment that made him a great asset to the ranger team!
"Thanks guys," he said. "So, what are we waiting for? Let's gear up! If we're gonna be riding these Tsunami Cycles we've gotta be ready!"
"I don't even have a Tsunami Cycle," Hannah protested. "But it will be nice to get on a bike again!"
"Then let's go!" Shane said, tugging her by the hand towards the van that was parked a few feet away.
Tori and Dustin exchanged looks and a smirk... was it possible that this was the start of new things to come?
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Wednesday, August 08, 2012 at 11:13pm