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Hell Is Back
Chapter 7 And The Thunder Rolls
"How did you do that?!" Ethan exclaimed as he and Billy had their backs turned to the rest of the group. They were hovering over Ethan's laptop. Billy had obviously performed some type of a hack that Ethan could only imagine doing.
"It's really pretty simple... all you have to do is match the coordinates with the variable that is adjacent to the fourth power and then condenses to the property of..." Billy droned on.
"Are they even speaking English?" Shane asked as he and Tori sat at the table, watching the small television aimlessly. The news was on talking about the weather. "...the storm may only be because of the changing of the seasons..." It seemed that a storm was rolling in.
"I don't think so." Tori replied, glancing over at the two. Tori grinned lightly, nudging Shane to look over as well. It seemed that Cam had heard their conversation and joined them.
It had been two days since the disappearance of their friends and the anxiety was starting to hit all the rangers. Why hadn't anything happened? Were their friends even alive? They only knew that Hunter, Conner, and Blake were most likely alive but working for the enemy. Not a good sign.
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Haley hadn't been around them as much for she had been trying intensely to get a lock onto Zedd's ship. They knew around the area of outer space it was in but couldn't find it. Their shields were more advanced than Sensei's was. They doubted Zedd could get through theirs but was positive he knew they couldn't get to them either.
There was a strong energy coming from a very specific point but it would be too dangerous to try and transport the rangers there because it could be a trick, sending them straight into the emptiness of space.
"How's it looking?" A voice asked Haley. Without having to turn around, she recognized the voice as Tommy's. She did look when she realized he wasn't alone. Rocky was with him.
"Not so good. He was prepared in the case that we'd try and find him. There's such a huge block. Every time I even feel like I might be getting close, the mainframe gets fried and shuts down." She sighed, rubbing her temples with her index fingers.
"It's okay Haley, just take your time." Rocky tried to assure her though the words weren't as honest as he spoke them. The anxiety had been with him the entire time and it was definitely heard.
"We all know for the sake of the boys that time may not be on their sides." Haley told him, knowing he probably would rather hear the truth. She knew that she couldn't just take her time with this. Lives were on the line.
"We know you can do this, Haley." Tommy told her, placing a firm hand on her shoulder.
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"It's hard to just sit around, hoping we'll be able to save them." Kira frowned as she, Kim, and Aisha sat outside of a smoothie joint. They figured getting some air would be helpful.
"We've all been there before but you just have to hope that it'll be okay in the end." Aisha told her as she placed a comforting hand on Kira's forearm.
"I know it's just, we've never been through something as scary as this. We've fought plenty of monsters, sure, but we've never fought each other." Kira told them.
Aisha looked uncomfortably over at Kim to see what her reaction was. Kim had looked down at the ground for a moment.
"I'm sorry..." Kira began, looking at Kim as well. "I didn't mean to say that..." She tried to think of more to say.
"No, don't be sorry. It wasn't anyone's faults except Divatox's." Kim frowned, recalling being chained alongside Jason as they were lowered into the pit.
"What was it like..." Kira trailed off, unsure of how comfortable Kim would be with talking about it.
"It... It wasn't easy." She began, surprising herself that she was going to talk about it. "I don't remember all of it. I mainly remember what it felt like. The pain. The anger. The need for power. To destroy. I remember seeing my friends but looking at them as if they had betrayed me but I couldn't recall how but that didn't matter." She said, her eyes beginning to water ever so slightly. "Seeing Tommy's face. It was more familiar to me. I can remember wanting to know why I was fighting him but I didn't know why. Then all of a sudden...I felt this surge of energy flow through me and I was able to think straight again. I saw that Tommy needed help to help Jason and I went to them." Kim finished, a single tear trailing down her cheek which she quickly rubbed away.
"How did you come back? Was it because of your love for Tommy and your friends?" Kira asked, hating that she was pushing it but desperate for a way to get Conner back.
"Well... as much as I wish that was the case... I just remember Larigo. I think he and his wife were able to get rid of the evil inside me." She wouldn't tell them of the nightmares she had gotten for months after that. She remembered being trapped in her mind, her evil self taunting her.
Kira didn't have to ask who Larigo was. Tommy had told them all about the circumstances of Divatox. If that wasn't enough, his video diary would inform them of the fight against her.
"What are we going to do about the guys? Larigo isn't here.." Aisha wondered out loud. It was true though. As much as Kim and Jason both had wanted to be on the right side, the magic of Larigo had changed them back.
"I don't know. I mean, I remember after Tommy and I helped Jason, he was sort of in a daze. I wondered if maybe he was going to be okay but Larigo had helped him find his way in the end." Kim thought, remembering Jason's lost look in his eyes.
"I know we'll find a way to get them back." Aisha said, wanting once more to comfort the teen. "Kira?" She asked, noticing the girl must have spaced out.
"Kira, honey, are you okay?" Kim asked, moving her hand in front of Kira's face.
Kira had a look of shock and horror in her expression. She couldn't seem to form words. Instead, she pointed. Kim and Aisha looked curiously at each other before turning in their chairs to see what Kira was staring at.
Across the rode from them were three guys. Two wearing red and one in black. They were leaning against the brick wall of the building there. Smirks placed on all of their faces. The one that flanked the right side waved at Kira.
"Conner." Kira choked, standing up. Aisha and Kim followed suit.
"Adam, Jason?" Kim said their names slowly. She looked questionably at the other two girls.
"What are they doing? Are they trying to get us to fight?" Aisha asked, seeing that the area they were in was quite packed even though there was a storm evident to come.
"I don't know. We shouldn't make a move until they do." Kim said, almost making herself the leader of their little trio. In a second, the guys went from across the street to barely three feet apart from the girls, causing them to take a step back. No human eye would have noticed the move.
"What's wrong Kimmy? You look as if you've seen a ghost." The man standing in the front said. He being the lead of the trio of guys.
"Jason, what've they done to you." Kim frowned, seeing the crimson eyes in place of his soft yet serious brown.
"They're shown me the error of my ways. We've been traitors for far too long." Jason said to her as he kept a evil grin on his face. A light sound of thunder rumbled from across the sky. Conner smirked.
"They must finally be here."
"They are." Adam laughed.
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"We've got a problem." Cam called to the group, moving his chair out of the way for the people in the room to take a look. On his screen shown Hunter, Blake, and Dustin strolling down the beach front. Screams of the people running away was only one of the things wrong with the picture.
It seemed that the storm wasn't just a nature one. It was a Thunder Ninja's doing. Coming off of Hunter and Blake were obvious vibrations of lightning. They were like walking sparks. The group frowned with a few gasps as Hunter and Blake would raise their arms, letting lightning hit them as they redirected it to smash into the buildings and mountains near by.
Dustin wasn't being helpful either. It looked like he was causing a shift in the side of a mountain. It looked as if he would start a rock slide. "Look!" Tori almost screamed pointing below the mountain.
Looking at the screen shown two children huddled together, obviously frightened. They weren't planning on moving and it looked like the mountain side would give at any moment.
"We've got to go!" Shane said as he Tori and Cam stood to leave.
"We'll go with." Tommy informed them.
"No, let us go. It's our friends, please." Tori asked of him. Tommy thought for a moment, it hard to decide. He couldn't let them just go alone. After a moment, he figured he would do the same if it was just his friends.
"Okay but if it gets too rough, we're coming." Tommy told them. They didn't need to say anything else as they ran out of Ninja Ops.
"Looks like we've got some more trouble." Haley announced. Instead of calling on Ethan and Tommy, Kira had hit an emergency button on her morpher. It would pick up her location by satellite so they could see what was wrong.
They saw the girls facing the guys, the tension excruciating. No one dared to move for fear of setting off the others. The girls were strong but the guys were stronger. "We need to help them." Ethan said right away, fearing for Kira.
"Alright. Let's go. Haley, let us know if Tori, Shane, and Cam need us." Tommy said, the four leaving the room before she could reply.
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The storm was getting worse. Not only was the lighting and thunder getting more hideous but the rain had begun to fall and the ocean didn't look calm anymore. It thrashed around, beating against the rocky edges angrily.
Tori, Shane, and Cam were there in no time. Tori and Cam stopped their Ninja Streak in front of the venom trio as Shane wized past them. He knew that the rock was giving out. He had to get to the kids. He ran quickly, putting both arms tightly around the crying kids, jetting out of the way of the rocks.
The scene happened within a span of only a couple of seconds but it seemed like it was in slow motion. Shane ran in and as soon as he had left the spot, the rocks crashed into the earth below. Shane took the kids into a nearby store. "Go find a badged man to find your parents." He told them as he took off. He had seen a cop and could only hope they would do as told. They were at least a little safer now.
He ran back, standing between Tori and Shane. "What are you guys doing?"
"We're just having some fun. Lighten up a little bit." Dustin laughed as he watched Blake toy with the lightning before sending it off toward a vacant boat.
"This isn't fun. You're hurting people." Tori said to them, her focus on Blake.
"Well, duh. " Blake laughed. Closing the gap between the group, Hunter and Blake stopped playing with the lightning, letting the storm take its course the way it was supposed to.
"You three would be smart to just surrender. It's less painful." Hunter said to them, his words thick with a threat.
"We're not giving up. You're our friends. Don't you remember?" Cam asked them. They all focused on him for a moment as if he had just said the dumbest thing ever.
"Friends? We don't have friends." Blake replied coldly. He eyed Hunter and Dustin. "I don't even like them." He frowned.
"That makes two of us." Dustin huffed.
"Shut up will you two. We're here for business." Hunter said to the two of them. It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"What business?" Shane was getting the feeling of deja vu suddenly.
"That's for us to know." Hunter said as he began to walk forward, being stopped by a shove from Shane. Shane felt the sting of the heat on his palm. "You really, shouldn't have done that."
"Oh and why's that?" Shane asked, stepping closer to Hunter.
"You don't want to know." Dustin said from behind Hunter.
"Try me." Shane said looking around Hunter.
Hunter smirked, leaning back. In a half a second, Shane went from standing to being shoved at least twenty feet from where he was standing. Hunter was still in his stance, his right palm flat out from where he had hit Shane square in the chest.
Tori and Cam gasped, running over to see if Shane was okay. "Are you okay?" Tori asked immediately.
"I'm fine." Shane said, his temper starting to flare. He stood up with the help of Cam. "So you want a fight, then you've come to the right place." They all transformed into their ninja attire to fight. So did the venoms.
Shane and Hunter ran towards each other, a crackling sound coming through as their forearms hit the others, blocking the other blow.
As the match up was decided, Cam took on Dustin while Tori was left with Blake. It was as if this was planned to crush her heart even more. Then again, she knew that if anyone could get through Blake, she'd be the one. Hunter would be first in line but obviously that wasn't happening.
As Cam went to hit Dustin, he had disappeared. Cam frowned knowing that he was underground somewhere. Where he was going to pop up was another question. Cam spun around, expecting him to be behind him. Instead, Dustin came back from where he was standing, kicking Cam in the back. He stumbled forward, turning back around quickly to blow the punch that came for his face.
Tori was doing worse. She was having a hard time fighting Blake. As much as she knew he wanted to destroy her, she couldn't do it back. Blake kept knocking her off her feet. He was holding back though, she knew he was. He could have ended her in minutes.
Standing up again, she got into a defensive stance. "Blake, look at me, don't you remember anything?" She asked. She, for a moment, thought that she had said the right thing. He looked like he was trying hard to remember something.
He frowned before twisting his face into a smirk. "I remember you're a traitor." He said, swinging at her, this time she was able to block.
"I'm not a traitor and neither are you. You've been tricked. You and Hunter were captured and turned evil. This isn't you Blake." Tori said to him, determined to get back to him .
"I don't believe you!" He shouted, bending down to round house her to knock her down. She saw it coming, jumping out of the way as she did a kick as well, kicking him in the face. He landed on his back before flipping up to fight again.
Hunter and Shane were going at it. It didn't seem like either was getting the upper hand, minus Hunter anyways. He was able to every now and then get in a blow. Shane, only able to block most of them Shane and Hunter had fought before, both being pretty evenly matched. This extra boost had made Hunter above Shane slightly, angering him. Shane wanted nothing more but to beat him now, ignoring the fact that it was his friend.
"You're weak." Hunter laughed, dodging a pathetic attempt at a punch to his face.
"I'm weak? You're the weak one. This is the fourth time you've been tricked into fighting the good guys." Shane retorted. The anger was evident in Hunter's face.
Hunter quickened his pace, laughing as Shane had been shocked at this. The groups began to fight one another until a scream of anguish and pain was sent throughout the beach.
Four heads turned to see what had happened. One head looking at the last who was no longer conscious.
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As the storm came near, the people around them had dilapidated into only a few more people who were waiting for rides so they could get home. Anyone who came near the six people could feel the air of tension, deciding it best to avoid them all together.
Soon after, the group became not six but ten as the four guys joined the group.
"This is a private party." Jason said as Tommy, Rocky, Billy, and Ethan joined the side of the girls.
"Who invited you?" Tommy asked back. Conner couldn't help but let a chuckle come out.
"Who's side are you on anyways?" Jason snapped, turning to look at Conner for a moment.
"Since when does the leader get owned in quirky remarks?" Conner asked. He, somewhat, regretted it when he received a backhand to the face.
"He's right you know." Ethan joined in, hoping Conner would maybe be normal.
"You're not apart of this." Conner shot back. There went the hope, especially seeing the soulless ness in his eyes.
As if some unheard 'GO!' whistle was blown, fighting had begun. Kim and Aisha focused on Adam, Kira and Ethan on Conner, and Tommy versus Jason.
Adam seemed to easily be able to fight off the girls. They would try and attack at the same time causing him to just shove them into each other or cause them to hit each other. Sorrys were said constantly which made Adam grin. It was too easy. They just weren't realizing their strategy sucked.
Conner seemed to have made it a comical game of 'Catch me if you can' with Kira and Ethan. They would come up to him to strike and he would use his speed ability to get out of the way. Seeing their confused face, he'd run back up to them and hit them. He kept on with it, laughing all the more.
"Come on Tommy, you know you could never beat me. What makes you think you can now?" Jason asked as he went to deliver a punch at Tommy, who blocked it.
"Jace, you know I'm tired of you and I fighting each other." He said, deciding to ignore the words Jason were saying.
"Then join us." Jason said simply as they continued to block the other's hits.
"You know I would never do that. You need to realize that you've been put under a spell. It's happened to you before, don't you remember?" Tommy asked, trying to get through to him.
"A spell? No. I've merely been brought to the right side."
"The right side isn't evil."
"You're the one who's truly in the dark Tommy. This side is the winning side."
"It's not if it's at the cost of so many lives. And your friends."
Before Tommy, Kim, Aisha, Kira, or Ethan could even blink, their three former friends had disappeared into thin air.
"What just happened?" They asked, looking obviously confused.
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Somewhat of a cliffhanger I suppose? Haha. I really REALLY hope to see some more reviews this time. I know you guys can do it. Please ?
I'm starting to not be sure what's going to happen so it's getting a little difficult to write these but I'm not giving up by any means! This story had lots of potential and going down as probably my greatest fan fic so it will be finished!
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