Pinklen98 - I totally agree. :)

Mrs.Quincy25 - Yeah, that's why I also agreed to introduce another OC. That period thing was my one little problem with them being together. I'm glad you like how I introduced her. It just came to me as I was writing that chapter.

Thank you to all my reviewers. I'm glad you like my fic.

My computer is really in bad shape, but as long as it works, I'm still working on my fiction. I'm just making sure to save it to my email so that I can get to it whereever I am.

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(Ops, Angie's POV)

"Ok, you really didn't need to blindfold me." I stated in a groan as I tripped over another branch, or something. From what I could hear and smell, the group of six adults and one pre-teen girl were leading me through a forest.

There as a sigh from the man I recalled, calling himself Cameron, or Cam. "It's for everyone's safety." he stated calmly.

I raised an eyebrow and kept walking. "And tying me up?" I asked as I pulled at my bound hands, which were behind my back. Why did I agree to this, again?

"For our safety." Hunter stated in a growl.

"Oh yeah, cause I'm just magically gonna pull out this super awesome magic trick and fry your butts." I stated sarcastically. "I mean, I only spent my entire life feeling like a freak because I thought I was the only one of my kind. I finally find others and you think I'm gonna...what? Use a teleport spell to beam away your clothes and take off laughing?"

I head the girl, Taelin, snickering at my words, and it seemed Tori, Dustin, Shane and Blake were close to laughter, as well.

"Then it really made sense to show up all Dragon Clan-ie, and tell me all your names." I added pointedly. Shaking my head, I rolled my eyes behind the blindfold. "Whatever. Here I am, trusting you, complete strangers, and I don't get a thing in return."

"You got our names." Blake stated, and I could swear I heard a grin in his voice.

"Oh ha ha, very funny." I stated sourly.

"Is it just me, or does it seem like all Dragon Clan members are smart-alecks?" Shane asked, and I know I heard a smirk in his voice.

"Laugh it up." I muttered with a sigh.

I heard Tori sigh. "Listen, this is just...necessary, since we don't know you." she offered weakly.

"So...what? You're taking me to some hidden hide-out or something?"

I could feel the tension soar and felt Cam's grip on my arm tighten.

Guess so. I thought dryly. "Ok, never mind then." I muttered quietly, turning my face to the ground as we walked on.

Soon enough, I smelt water nearby and heard what sounded like a waterfall. Frowning a little, I heard the sound of squishing ahead of me, marking that my escort was walking in mud, and shuddered a little when I felt my own feet sink down a little. Then, there was a flare of power and my feet seemed to leave solid ground for a moment, making me yelp in surprise and fear.

Stumbling forward, I felt two different set of arms catch me, and my feet were set on solid ground again.

"What in the world did you just do?!" I yelled angrily, pulling away from the arms that I recognized as Hunter's.

The arms reached forward as Hunter let out an irritated groan, and firmly grabbed me, dragging me through more forest, although there was a stronger scent of humans through it. Actually, it smelled like a lot of humans passed through here, but a while ago. The strongest smells were that of the Dragon Clan members and their friends, including the little girl, Taelin.

"Sorry, can't tell you that just yet." Shane stated firmly. "If ever." I heard him add under his breath.

There was a smacking sound and I felt Shane's pain, surprise and anger.

"What was that for?!"

"Are you forgetting she's Dragon Clan, too?" Tori asked mock sweetly. "I heard you clear enough, and if you remember, she has enhanced hearing."

Grinning a little with my head hung low, I decided I already kind of like Tori. She wasn't like a lot of girls I'd seen in town, more tomboyish. She knew how to hold her own, apparently, and had the respect and friendship of these guys. And unlike a certain couple of people I could name, she actually wanted to give me a chance.

Soon, I felt my feet hitting something more solid and I frowned deeply, stopping cold when I smelled the scent of dark power and pain. I started walking after Hunter tugged on my arm and felt my feet crunch over what I determined to be chunks of stone, maybe debris, and I soon heard something sliding, feeling myself being carefully led down a flight of stairs.

Once that was done, I felt someone move behind me and stiffened up until I felt them removing the blindfold and untying me.

Blinking a moment and flexing my wrists, I looked around the dojo-ish looking room I was in, noting the dim light, paper walls, single table in the center of the room, small guinea pig habitat, hall leading off into seemingly nowhere and giant mega-computer across the room, which Cam walked over to and sat in the only chair.

"Have a seat." Hunter grumbled as he moved and sat on one side of the table. Taelin chased after him and smacked him on the arm before flopping down on the floor, glaring at him as he sat beside her. No words were said, but the glare seemed more of to tell him to behave, and I watched as he sighed heavily.

Blake moved next and sat on her other side, as if acting like a sentry, and the trio seemed to relax a little. It wasn't until Tori moved to sit at the edge of the table, next to Blake, that he relaxed completely.

Shane and Dustin moved to sit on Tori's other side and everyone turned to me, making me feel uncomfortable with their stares. "Thanks." I muttered warily, keeping my distance. "But you just tied me up, blindfolded me, lead me into god-knows-where and expect me to relax? Uh, no. Especially when everything about you and this place is all weird." I stated with a look, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Then let the interrogation begin." Shane stated with a grin, looking pointedly at Cam.

And begin it did. Cam started off with subtle questions like where I was from and what family I had, checking me out on the computer, to see if I was telling the truth. Then he went on to how long I knew I was Dragon Clan. Like I told him, I didn't know. It just hit me one day when I woke up to find I had dragon wings. It took me years to learn to control my enhanced senses, and only through trial and error.

Of course, Hunter asked how I learned to hide my wings.

"Simple." I stated with a sigh. "I spent about 6 hours rocking in a ball on my bathroom floor, saying 'This isn't real. This isn't real', over and over again, and willing my wings to go away when I opened my eyes again."

Then they went on to if I knew some guy named Lothor. Ok, that's got to be the oddest name in the history of names. I think I'd remember if I ever met someone named Lothor.

Hunter gave me glares all through the whole thing, and I glared right back. Yeah, sure, the guy was kind of cute, but man! What an attitude!

Then Blake asked how I knew Taelin was a Windian.

"Well, it's the sense of smell, really." I began. "Spending years learning how to control my senses, I learned how to tell several smells apart. I met a girl once that didn't smell like your typical human. I never really understood why, and she didn't stay long. It was like she was visiting or something."

"Get to the point." Hunter growled.

Raising my eyebrow at him, I narrowed my eyes. "Ok, short story it is. She knew I was Dragon Clan and revealed her wings to me, telling me she was Windian and she was scouting planets outside their galaxy. They just got into space travel, but didn't have too many ships. Then she left and went home."

"Dude, like...that was vague." Dustin stated in confusion.

"Blame it on sir glare's-a-lot over there." I stated, gesturing to Hunter. "Who demanded I 'get to the point'."

I hoped the interrogation was over, but no.. Now Cam wanted to know every little detail that I could recall about this Windian woman, and where I met her. Why did she go home, that stuff.

"Oh, I get it!" I finally cried as I snapped my fingers. I was on the verge of falling asleep, and as I watched many of these people jump, I knew they felt the same. "This is a real interrogation! Then you're all the good cops..." I stated, pointing to Blake, Dustin, and Tori. "And you're the pain-in-the-rear bad cops!" I finished, pointing to Hunter, Shane and Cam. Then I reconsidered. "Nah, you're more of a good cop." I said, gesturing to Cam.

"Nice to know..." Hunter muttered with a roll of his eyes.

Cam adjusted his glasses on his face and sighed. "Ok, now basically, can you tell us all what to expect with the Dragon Spirits in Hunter and Blake awakened?"

I grinned. Then I laughed. I knew everyone was staring at me in confusion, except for Blake, who looked a little insulted, and Hunter who glared...again. Shaking my head, I held up a hand as I got control of my laughter. "Sorry... It's just, you don't know anything?"

Hunter looked at the table and I could swear I saw his cheeks turning a light red. Taking pity on him, I sighed. "Well, I'm not really sure where to begin. I'm positive you've noticed your usual senses are enhanced..."

The blonde guy didn't look up but Blake nodded.

"Well, you'll learn to control that and it really isn't dangerous." I stated dismissively. "You'll also notice an uncanny ability to sense a person's emotions. Whether they're uncomfortable, angry, in some kind of emotional pain, pretty much anything."

Blake's eyes darted to Tori before he looked down at the table. If I didn't know any better, I'd have sworn he already figured that part out.

"You'll have an element that comes with the dragon spirit. Mine is light. I can heal really minor wounds and stuff. I can't do much though." I mutered, looking at the table and feeling my face heat up. "Uh... Oh!" Snapping my fingers, I looked back up at them. "You can take dragon form, whenever you learn how. And you'll have a weakness period."

"Oh god, please don't say that word." Hunter muttered as he rubbed his face, and I knew I smelt embarrassment.

"What? Weakness?" I asked cluelessly.

Blake shook his head, his own face heating up, and mouthed the word 'period'.

Feeling my eyes widen, I bit my lip as my body began to shake with my withheld laughter. I don't think I wanna know. It took me a moment, but after focusing on the situation at hand, I managed to control myself. "Uh, I mean that there will come a time, for anywhere between a day or three, that you will turn into a baby dragon, without any control." I stated with a slight giggle.

"You go through this, too?" Shane asked akwardly.

I nodded. "Yeah. I usually hide out in the forest when it happens, but a word to the wise..." I turned to Hunter and Blake. "Dragons are weak against the cold, no matter what their element. In human form, it's not so bad, but in dragon form it's really bad."

They exchanged an uncertain look before warily nodding, and that finally ended the interrogation. Well, almost...

"One more question." Cam called as everyone began to stand. There was a chorus of groans and he glared at the others before turning to me. "Where were you planning to stay?"

I blinked and felt my eyes close as I leaned my head back. Oh, man!

(Next Day)

Ok, I'm a little embarrassed. Yesterday I was in such a hurry to find the other Dragon Clan members that I sensed, that I didn't bother to think about what I was doing. That led to me coming here with little to no money on me, and not having a place to stay.

So here I was, relying on the generosity of a bunch of strangers.

What's more, I learned a little more about their situation and now kind of understood why they were so wary. By no means was I fully informed, but I did happen to run into a little, robe-wearing, talking guinea pig that turned out to be Cam's father, Sensei Kanoi Watanabi. Apparently, this Lothor guy hit him with a blast of dark energy and his form was stuck like that.

It was...weird, to meet a talking rodent, but also kind of cute.

Anyway, he told Cam to explain what this place was, at the very least, since I'd be staying here.

"Ninja Ops?" Ok, so out of all possible explanations, I didn't expect to hear that the six of them were Ninjas. Let alone that this was an underground, secret base set under the ruins of their school.

There was more they were obviously hiding, but I also got the sense that they didn't trust me enough just yet to tell me everything. I was a little hurt. I mean, I spent all that time answering their questions as honestly as I could, and being patient with them, and they still didn't trust me?

"Listen, you can't tell anyone about this place." Cam said when I walked into the room.

It was the next day and I noticed that Shane and Dustin were sparring a little in a corner of the room, and Cam was once again at the computer. I could smell that the others had been here, but they weren't now, and it made me a little curious as to where they were.

Still, I nodded to his words and sat at the table quietly. Being submissive and quiet like this just wasn't my style, but I did understand that I was here solely under their discretion and if I made them mad, they could easily kick me out of here.

"Do you fight at all? Know any martial arts?" Cam asked me, turning to face me.

I shook my head. "Uh, no. Fighting was never my thing."

"Could've fooled me." Shane stated as he blocked a punch from Dustin.

Glaring at him, I raised an eyebrow. "Ok, let me rephrase that. Fighting physically was never my thing."

Dustin grinned and pushed Shane back before leveling a light kick at his head, that was easily blocked.

"Alright. I was going to suggest you spar, but that doesn't seem like..." He trailed off a moment before grinning. "On second thought..."

"Oh, I so don't like that look on your face." I stated, getting up quickly and backing off. I got the sense I was really going to regret even waking up today.

He ignored me and turned to the computer, typing something in. "Hunter. Blake. Listen, I need you to come to Ops when you can." he called lightly.

A second later and Hunter's face was shown, looking into a camera of some sort. "Do I dare ask why?" he asked with a warning look.

I saw him glance behind Cam, to me, and I looked away, still feeling the aura he was giving off, that he didn't trust me. I don't know what I said or did, but the others seemed to be slowly opening up to me. It was just him.

Hey, even Shane was opening up, despite his comments. I could tell that, that was just the way his attitude was.

"No. Just get here. Cam out." he stated with a sigh, turning of the computer and turning to me. "You might not fight, but you're going to have to learn how."

"No, I don't." I stated firmly. "I'm the element of light, or did you forget? If I recall correctly, anything with that element in games and shows are really weak fighters, right?" Yeah, yeah, so I was grasping at straws, but still... I knew I had a point.

"This isn't a game or show." he stated back evenly. "And I don't plan to have you become a master at martial arts, just learn enough to keep yourself alive if you're ever attacked."

"Oh I already know how to do that." I said simply with a shrug. "Turn into a dragon and get my scaled hide outta there."

Now I could hear Dustin snickering, and even Shane let out a cough to cover a quick burst of laughter. I'm not sure if it was because of our banter, or what, but I know it got me grinning, even as Cam raised an eyebrow. He was almost glaring at me but I could see this tiny spark of amusement in his eyes, and I think he was actually enjoying the conversation.

Then there was stomping down the stairs and I turned to find Hunter and Blake come into the room, with Taelin.

"Well that's too bad." Cam stated mock regretfully. "Because for today, Hunter and Blake will be teaching you martial arts."

I spun to face him and felt my eyes narrow. "Excuse me...?"

He smirked and crossed his arms over his chest. "You're excused, now you should get going."

"Whoa, wait a minute." Hunter stated calmly, although I saw a hint of crimson in his eyes when I turned in his direction. "You called us here to teach her to spar? Dustin and Shane were already here!"

"But Dustin and Shane aren't Dragon Clan, are they?" Blake asked with a knowing look. "Hey, it's cool with me." he stated with a shrug, looking at me. "Come on, I'll take you to a good location for sparring."

I blinked absently for a moment before reluctantly nodding and following him, making sure to leave a wide berth around the obviously angry blonde guy.

"Hunter doesn't mean to be angry all the time."

Looking at Taelin, I stopped for a moment, taking in that she aged a couple of years since I saw her yesterday. "Wha...?"

"It's the collar." Blake stated from in front of me. "It'll age her to about 18 or 19 and then we gotta take it off to allow her to age normally. It's kinda hard to explain." he stated with a shrug as he scratched the side of his head.

Taking a good look at the said collar, I noticed it seemed like a simple metal band with a latch in the back. Put simply, it didn't look like anything from around here. And by here, I mean earth. "Windian technology?" I asked curiously.

He nodded before turning and leading the way through the woods.

"You said...Hunter doesn't mean to be angry..." I stated, turning to face Taelin as we walked. "Was it something I said or did?"

She shook her head, her shoulder length hair swishing lightly. "No, it's not you at all. Hunter doesn't trust people easily."

"Yeah, I kinda noticed." I stated dryly.

"It's personal." Blake stated from ahead of us, leaning against a tree by a large clearing. "I know exactly why, but it's not my place to say. It's up to him to open up. Just give him time."

Looking to the ground, I sighed. "I honestly don't know how much more of his attitude I'm gonna be able to take." I stated bluntly. I'd only arrived yesterday, and already I had the feeling that he hated me, and if there was one thing I couldn't handle, it was being hated. Shaking my head, I sighed again and started out into the center of the clearing. "Well, whatever. Let's get this suicide mission under way."

All of a sudden, a crimson blur raced at me, and I jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding an attack by Hunter, who's wings were spread.

"Lesson number one..." He growled lowly, smeeling of anger. "Don't let your guard down."

"My guard was never up to begin with!" I cried, jumping to my feet and glaring at him as I dusted off my jean shorts. "I wasn't expecting to be attacked outta nowhere!"

He rolled his eyes as he floated in place and raised his hands. "Should I go a lot slower?" he asked mockingly. He darted forward again and again I jumped to the side, catching my arm on a broken branch.

Hissing in pain, I rolled to my feet and glared at him, feeling my whole body ringing with painful tension. This is supposed to be a training session, isn't it? Why's he attacking me all out?!

"Hunter Stop it!" Taelin cried angrily.

Blake raced forward and glared at him. They were silent but I knew that they were talking telepathically. Especially when Hunter's head lowered and I smelled shame. What did I do? They say it's not me, but if it's not me, then why's he trying to hurt me in any way he can?! I thought as I blinked back tears. Now I didn't normally cry, but I was so confused, and hurt by his actions.

"What do you know about fighting?" came Blake's tense but kind voice.

Taking a deep breath, I stood up, glancing at the cut on my arm. "Everything I know about fighting, you could fit on the head of a pin." I stated bitterly. "Like I told Cam, fighting's not my thing."

"It's gonna have to be." Hunter stated lowly, his tone masked. "Unless you want Lothor to get his hands on you, and trust me, the end result of that's not pretty."

Even with his tone masked, I could hear the underlying tones of pain in his words and frowned thoughtfully. Lothor... A lot of all this has to do with that guy.

"Then... How about if we teach you beginner things? Simple moves and blocks and stuff?" Blake asked with a frown.

I wanted to say 'no'. I wanted to turn and walk away, maybe turn into a dragon and just fly back home or something. Instead, I shrugged in resignation, letting my body hunch with defeat. I knew they weren't gonna give up about teaching me to fight, whether I liked it or not, and in all honesty, going home didn't seem like an option.

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Well this fic's changed completely from what I was planning. I need to include more excitement.

A note to JuseaPeterson. While writing this, I'm trying to incorporate things into it that we've talked about. Their homes lives, and their personalities. That's part of the reason I don't want Hunter practically swooning over Angie so soon.

Another part is I'm trying to keep her from being really badly Mary-Sue-ish. Aka, why she is not a fighter, can't use her powers well, doesn't have every Ranger falling all over themselves to please her...

My main thought at the moment is to focus on Hunter's thoughts and feelings about the new girl and how he acts around her, slowly introducing why. I hope that made some sort of sense. LOL.

Hope you liked it.

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You know me, bro... I don't open up to people so good.

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R+R please.

Thank you.

Tenshi