Author's Note: Taking a small break from Harry Potter and updating my Power Ranger stories. I also apologize for making you all wait for this update.

Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is not recognizable from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban... although Ninja Storm was created by Disney. Enjoy.


Title: Lightning Storm! Ranger Form!

Summary: We all know the story of the Wind and Thunder Rangers; but what about the Lightning Rangers? Two teens that played a vital role in the destruction of Lothor? Not to mention kept the others on their toes. It is time to meet the new: Defenders of Earth.


"Hey, wake up!"

"Dustin, leave her alone!"

"She needs to wake up!"

"She probably hit her head; you'll make it worse by shaking her!"

Dustin looked up at Tori and then down at the Ninja in black, she was dressed in civillian clothes and her eyes were closed, but other than that she was open for inspection. He removed his hands from her shoulders and looked back at Shane.

"Does she look familiar to you?" he asked curiously.

"No," said Shane, shaking his head. "Why, should she?"

"I don't know..." muttered Dustin, "I feel like I have seen her somewhere before!"

Tori, who was also staring at the Ninja, nodded.

"Yeah. She looks a bit like Aliyah..."

Dustin nodded. "Yeah, just without the red-streaks," he added, catching a strand of the Ninja's hair that was fluttering in the wind.

"And let's not forget the temperament issues!" added Shane.

"If you understood Aliyah's past," came a familiar voice, causing all three Wind Rangers to jump, "then you would understand why she is the way she is... life has not been easy for her!"

Turning quickly back to the Lightning Ranger, Tori smiled.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"Yeah," the Ninja nodded, sitting up carefully. "Where are we?"

"On some beach," answered Shane. "And yes, that is an obvious answer, but it is the only answer I can give you!"

The Ninja frowned. "I wasn't going to say anything," she said, raising her hands in defence. "I'm not Aliyah... I don't make sarcastic comebacks!"

Shane shook his head and looked away.

"We should get out of here," he said after a while. "Try and find some help! Maybe there are people on the island..."

"I don't think so," said the Ninja. "I mean, why would Lothor and his goons send us to an island full of civilization? To a place where we can get help to get home? It just wouldn't make sense!"

"She's got a point," agreed Tori, with a small nod.

Shane huffed and walked away.

~*Lightning Storm*~

"Do we know each other?"

"No!"

"But you know us?"

"Yes!"

"And you know Aliyah?"

"Yes!"

"How?"

"How what?"

"How do you know Aliyah?"

"That's the bit that is kind of complicated," explained the Ninja in black.

Dustin frowned. "Define complicated..."

However, before any rational explanation could be given, two similar blurs dashed past the three Ninja's and disappeared further into the dense forestry of the island.

"You guys saw that, right?" asked Dustin, pointing towards the trees.

"I did," nodded Tori.

"Good!"

"Maybe we should check it out?" suggested Shane.

"Yes," quipped the Ninja in black, with a roll of her eyes. "Let's all follow the mysterious blurs of colour into a forest that we have no knowledge about... how is the even remotely smart?"

Shane narrowed his eyes. "I thought you weren't one for sarcastic comebacks?"

"Unless I can help it," the Ninja reminded him. "That one slipped out."

"Whatever... let's just go!"

And the Red ranger took off at a jog, leaving the others to follow him.

After ten minutes of running, the four rangers came to separate halts opposite Hunter and Blake. Both of whom did not look remotely pleased.

"You ever wonder if two Thunder Ninja's got into a fight with three Wind Ninja's and a Lightning Ninja, who would win?" Hunter challenged.

"No one," the Black ranger answered. "The only way we'd win is if we worked together!"

Dustin nodded.

"Which is what I thought we were doing?"

"Guess you thought wrong," Blake sneered.

"Tell you what," Hunter smirked. "We'll even give you a head start... if you wanna run!"

"I'm starting to see what Aliyah has against these two," the Black Ninja said, "they aren't very bright, are they?"

Shane snickered silently as Hunter and Blake glared.

Ripping off their clothes to reveal their Ninja uniforms underneath, the Wind, Lightning and Thunder Ninja's circled one another before moving in for the attack.

~*Lightning Storm*~

After a minor battle back in the woods, all six Ninja's ended up back in the open area of the beach. The waves raged out to sea and a mist had settled all around the island. "We having fun yet?" quipped Shane.

"No," Hunter answered, "but there is always this -"

"Thunder Storm! Ranger Form!"

Dustin exchanged looks with the Black ranger.

"Like we didn't see that coming," he commented.

"So predictable!" she agreed.

"Ready?" Shane asked.

The others nodded.

"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form!"

"Lightning Storm! Ranger Form!"

Blake smirked from beneath his helmet. "Oh, it's on now! We are through taking it easy on you!"

"Ninja swords!"

"Lightning Sabre!"

The Black ranger charged at Hunter, slashing at him from all directions. He stepped back, removed his Thunder Staff from his back and caught her across the chest with it. Staggering backwards, the Black ranger bit back a snarl and called for her secondary weapon.

"Eagle Blaster!" she shouted, firing several energy blasts at the crimson ranger.

"My blaster is bigger than yours!" Hunter shouted back, firing his own crimson blaster at the Black ranger. Shane streaked through the air, slammed into the Black ranger and knocked her off of the rock, narrowly missing Hunter's attacks.

"Look, we know you have some serious emotional issues that you're going through right now," said Shane, getting to his feet and helping the Black ranger back to hers. "Have you ever considered group therapy?"

"Um..." Hunter murmured, as he and his brother re-grouped and looked down.

"This is getting really old," muttered the Blue ranger as she rejoined Shane.

"Yeah," Dustin agreed. "I mean, I love dirt as much as the next guy, but this -"

"Too bad it doesn't show in your riding, Dustin!" Blake retorted.

"You did not just bag on my riding!" Dustin shouted, easily offended.

Dashing forward, both Rangers exchanged a series of precise slashes, before Blake attacked with his Navy Antlers, rendering Dustin to his knees. Hunter, however, was seemingly fighting an internal battle with himself, because he had yet to move from his current position and still staring at the floor.

Why are we fighting? He wondered. "Blake... wait... isn't Dustin our friend?"

"NOW!"

Hunter and Blake whirled about as three brightly coloured Ninja beams hit them dead in the chest, the force of the attack knocked Blake away from Dustin and into Hunter, both of whom were blown backwards over a boulder and disappeared from view.

"Can we get out of here now?" Dustin asked.

"Not yet," answered the Black ranger. "I have a theory..."

"What theory?" asked Shane. "Hey - wait, what are you doing?"

"Proving myself right!" answered the Black ranger as she edged closer to where Hunter and Blake had disappeared. The two Thunders had made it back to their feet, their visors were open and they were looking around completely confused.

Blake groaned as he clutched his head. "My head hurts!"

"Where are we?" asked Hunter.

"What do you remember?" asked the Black ranger.

Hunter paused and turned towards the four other rangers. "Wh- what are you guys doing here?"

"They seem like themselves," murmured Tori.

"We don't really know them all that well," answered the Black ranger. "How can we be sure that they truly are who they say they are? This could be another trick!"

Suddenly Choobo's voice echoed around the beach, alerting the Rangers to his arrival. "Hey, you down there, in the bug suits!"

"Hey better not be talking to us!" hissed Hunter, his visor snapping shut.

"Yeah, I'm talking to you!" shouted Choobo. "I've worked too hard for you to mess things up now!"

An explosion rocked the surrounding area, taking the rangers off guard and causing them to turn in the direction of the blast. There, standing opposite them, was the reason that they had been transported to the island in the first place.

"Oh great..." complained the Black ranger. "Didn't we already fight this guy?"

"You can't keep a good snail down!" Toxipod laughed. "Did you miss me?"

"Watch out!" Hunter shouted as the snail blasted the Wind and Lightning Rangers, as he and Blake dived aside to avoid the collisions. The others weren't so lucky.

"He smells even worse!" Tori said, as the toxic stench reached her from across the quarry.

"Everything about me is worse!" the snail announced.

"What does he want now?" Dustin grumbled.

"I want to sink this island with you on it," the snail explained, "I want to cause an atmospheric reaction that will drop the temperature on the mainland's to 100 degrees below zero! I want payback!"

Brushing off the mixture of sand and dirt from her suit, the Black ranger pointed her sabre at the Snail. "One must not want what one cannot have!" she said.

At that moment, Kelzacks shot out from nowhere and started attacking the four, cutting them off from Blake and Hunter.

"Blake, we've got to help them!" Hunter shouted as he got to his feet.

"All over it, bro!" Blake agreed. "Let's do it!"

"Not so fast!" said Choobo, as he landed in front of them. "Listen to me Crimson Ranger. Your brother has betrayed you!"

Hunter scoffed.

"That's crazy!" he laughed, before pushing Blake aside as a beam of energy shot through the clouds and engulfed him completely.

"Are you alright?" Blake asked as the beam faded.

"I think so, but I feel kinda weird..." Hunter muttered as his visor flashed a light pink colour.

"Here is the real deal," called Choobo, "you can't trust your brother anymore, that pretty blue ranger has convinced him to join up with them!"

"What are you babbling about?" snapped Blake. "I would never turn on my brother! You're the one with the evil plan!"

"Tell him the truth!" said Choobo. "He deserves to know that you have betrayed him and your poor lost parents!"

"Hunter!" called Blake, spinning around. "Don't listen to him! It's all a bunch of lies - you're trying to destroy us!" he added to Choobo.

Hunter, who was conflicted on what was happening and what he was being told, looked away from the argument and towards the battling Rangers on the otherside of the beach. "My own brother..." he murmured, snapping his head towards Blake and slashing him with his Thunder staff.

"Look out!" shouted a familiar voice as a blur collided with Blake and knocked him sideways, out of the way of Hunter's attack. Rolling for a few seconds, both Blake and his savior came to a stand-still and the Navy Thunder ranger was able to see that it had been Aliyah who had saved his life.

"What -?"

Getting to her feet, Aliyah turned to Hunter.

"What is wrong with you!" she snapped. "Have you completely lost your Ninja mind?"

"Stand aside, this has nothing to do with you!" growled Hunter. "He brought this on himself!"

"You're not thinking straight!" yelled Aliyah. "Damn it, Hunter, I know you and I have no forms of a relationship - or friendship - but Blake would not betray you! He's your brother! Your younger brother... you are all he has, why would be betray you and your parents?"

"Shut up!"

"Don't tell me to shut up!" spat Aliyah. "I came here to help... I didn't waste precious resources to come here and get pushed around by an overgrown baby in a bug costume! If you don't want my help, then fine, but I am not standing aside and allowing you to destroy the Thunder Ranger that I don't seem to have a problem with!"

"She is telling you the truth, Hunter!" called Blake, getting to his feet alongside Aliyah. "You were hit by that beam, remember?"

"More lies!" yelled Choobo. "Don't listen to them!"

"Hunter, look into your heart," said Blake, taking a step towards his brother.

"Does he even have one?" asked Aliyah, receiving a dark look from Blake. "What? He's as cold as a freaking Ice sculpture!"

"He's my brother!" defended Blake.

Aliyah shrugged. "So? I'm as hot-headed as Mount Vesuvius, doesn't mean that I am any less of Rebecca's sister!"

"Who is Rebecca?" asked Blake.

"Oh, for the love of -" yelled Aliyah. "Do you not pay attention?"

Blake blinked. "What - What did I say?"

"I just told you that I am Rebecca's sister," said Aliyah, "and two seconds later you ask me who Rebecca is?"

"Oh..." said Blake, realizing his mistake. "My bad!"

Aliyah rolled her eyes and turned back towards Hunter. "Whatever... just snap him out of whatever dream-land he has gone too, so we can go home! The mainland's are about to become a frozen wasteland!"

"Hunter," nodded Blake. "Look into your heart... you know the truth!"

Suddenly, a crevice in the side of the mountain exploded, issuing toxic steam into the atmosphere and hitting Hunter dead in the face. The Crimson ranger yelled in agony, as Aliyah held Blake back, as he tried to help.

"Get out of there!" Blake yelled, but it was too late.

"What's happening to me?" Hunter cried as slime appeared on his helmet, making him more aggressive. "This is the end Blake!"

"Alright, time to go!" announced Aliyah, grabbing Blake by the arm. She threw a pellet cap at the ground as Lightning clashed overhead. There was rumble as White lightning hit the ground, directly in front of the White and Navy rangers, and when it cleared Blake and Aliyah were gone.

The others following her example.

~*Lightning Storm*~

Re-appearing outside of a cave, Tori looked around for any signs that Aliyah and Blake were near.

"Where could she have gone?" asked the Blonde.

"She's here," said the Black ranger. "I can sense her... this way..." she nodded towards the face of the cliff and led the way into the darkness. Just beyond the opening the four of them found Aliyah and Blake resting.

Tori grinned and run towards her friends.

"Hey, are you guys alright?" she asked.

"We're fine," nodded Aliyah.

"How did you get here?" asked Dustin.

"With a little help," answered Aliyah. "My grandparents are former Lightning ninja's they taught me how to teleport using Lightning. But since I dropped out of Ninja school, I couldn't use my natural control over it. So instead they gave me these -"

She held up a small black capsule with white marks on it.

"A Lightning Pellet," the Black ranger announced. "Lightning Ninja's are taught to use them at the beginning of their training!"

Aliyah nodded, a frown coming to her face as she surveyed the Black ranger, who was wearing a customary Ninja face mask. "Who are you - you sound familiar!"

"I should," the Black ranger nodded. "I am the one with the voice that used to sing you to sleep at night... I tried to convince you that leaving the Lightning academy was not going to help in your time of need, that they would provide moral support and a distraction... I was the one who suggested Anger management classes when your control over Lightning got to dangerous... I am -"

"Rebecca..." whispered Aliyah.

~*Lightning Storm*~

It had been almost three hours since the rangers had escaped Hunter, Choobo and Toxipod.

Almost two hours since Aliyah and Rebecca had been reunited.

And almost an hour since Blake had rested enough to travel exceedingly far distances without the support of another ranger. His battle with Hunter had weakened him, not just physically, but emotionally too.

He now stood on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the ocean.

"Hunter is the only family I have," he said, turning to his friends who stood behind him. "He's always been there for me. And now, for the first time in our lives, he needs my help. I'm not going to let him down,"

"We'll do whatever we can," Tori nodded.

Aliyah scoffed. "Speak for yourself," she muttered. "I'm all for using leaving him here and going home!"

Blake narrowed his eyes at his savior, while he owed her a debt that he would never be able to repay; he was not growing increasingly tired of her slander against his brother. She'd have had enough to say if he had spoken about leaving Rebecca behind if the situation had been reversed.

"Shane," Blake continued, turning to the Red ranger, "that wasn't us back there..."

"I know," Shane nodded. "We should've known. We're there for you bro!"

Dustin nodded in agreement.

"Completely," agreed Rebecca, folding her arms across her stomach.

The group of five turned towards Aliyah.

"Don't look at me," said Aliyah. "I'm still all for leaving him on this god-forsaken island... but you all seem hell bent on saving him!"

Rebecca rolled her eyes and exchanged a look with Tori... yes, now she was starting to see exactly what the blonde female meant when she had announced that there was a possible chance of a crush between Aliyah and Hunter. And while at the beginning she had not believed it, mostly due to the fact that the two in question could not stand one another, but now she was starting to see it more clearly.

There was definitely something between them... something they both desperately wanted to hide.


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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Chapter updated Friday, June 15, 2012 at 5:36am