Author's Note: I may have created a less-than-friendly friendship between Aliyah and Cam! I am not sure... which is why I am letting you be the judge! You tell me? When you get to the end of this chapter. Does the Samurai and White ranger look more like a couple?

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.

Warning: Rated T for safety.


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.


"This is the last of new stuff," Hunter said to Kelly as he and his brother unloaded the last of the boxes off the van outside.

"You guys are doing great," Kelly grinned. "Keep it up and you'll never know!"

As she walked away, Dustin walked out of the back room, supporting a huge grin as he spotted the Bradley brothers.

"How goes life in the work force?" he laughed.

"It's all good," Blake grinned, "thanks for the hook-up!"

"We owe you one" Hunter nodded.

"You want an easier way to repay me?" Dustin suggested, and the brothers knew instantly what he was edging towards.

"If it involves morphers and Megazords, we're still thinking," Hunter told him.

"I know the whole Sensei-guinea-pig thing seems a little out there, but once you get past the teeth and the clothes and the talking, it's really not that unusual," Dustin grinned.

"On which planet is it not unusual?" Hunter asked.

"Look, it's nothing to do with Sensei, alright," said Blake, "it's just a big decision. But we won't keep you hanging!"

"Why don't you bother Aliyah about this?" Hunter wondered, curiously.

"Because she'll take my head off," Dustin answered, "I'm serious Aliyah is not the type of girl you want to mess with!"

Hunter and Blake exchanged looks before heading for the door.

"Hey, are you guys still riding later?" Dustin asked, and they nodded.

"After work. Meet us at the beach!" Hunter told him, before the pair left and Dustin went into the backroom.

~*Lightning Storm*~

Shane leapt up off his skateboard and landed with a loud bang on the stone floor of Ninja Ops, before rolling along and stopping before he crashed into Sensei's habitat. He did this several more times, before Aliyah, who was sitting on the edge of Cam's chair looked around in annoyance.

"Dude, does it now say 'Skate Park' outside the secret entrance?" she asked.

"Sorry," Shane apologized, knowing that it was best not to annoy Aliyah. Ever since the return of the Thunder Rangers and she had broken her elbow, it didn't take a lot to set her off. She was like a time bomb waiting to explode.

"Someone knew what they were doing when they built these Thunder Zords," Cam said, he, Aliyah and Tori had been examining the Thunder Megazords schematics on the computer's mainframe when Shane, who had gotten bored, started to mess around on his skateboard, and Rebecca had gone back to Briarwood to try and scavenge anything that may have survived the attack on the Lightning Academy.

Tori sighed.

"All we need now is for someone to drive them," she muttered.

"Blake and Hunter will follow their destiny," said Sensei, "whatever that may be!"

Cam, however, had narrowed his eyes at something on the screen. He had found earlier that morning, before the others had turned up, but for the life of him he could not figure out what it meant.

"That's weird" he muttered, and Shane smirked.

"What? Finally find something that you can't figure out?" he asked, causing Aliyah to grin and Cam glared to glare at him coolly.

"I've scanned the Thunder Zords for damage, and I keep coming up with this non-functional retrofit," Cam replied, which none of them understood but him.

"Could you repeat that with few syllables?" Tori asked.

"One piece doesn't have any purpose," Cam explained, "but it is integral to the overall design. I'd just love to know what the deal is with it," he sighed, making Shane grin.

"Wouldn't that count as something you can't figure out?" he asked, causing Aliyah to laugh and Tori to grin.

Just then, the mainframe beeped and Dustin appeared on the screen. He was at the beach, decked out in his riding gear and looking completely and utterly confused about something.

"Guys, we may have a problem," the Yellow ranger said.

"Define: Problem," Tori replied.

"Hunter and Blake are gone!"

"Ha! Pay up Shane! I win!" Aliyah grinned, turning to the Red ranger who groaned in annoyance.

Tori frowned. "What are you doing?"

"Shane and I had a bet on how long the Thunders could last before disappearing again," Aliyah explained, "I said less than a week after the Borderco Island incident, he disagreed and said it would be at least a month... but he forgot to realize that those boys are danger magnets... henceforth, I win!"

The Red ranger pouted as he handed over $10.

"I will win it back," he said.

"Sure you will," Aliyah nodded. "In about a year or so!"

Shane narrowed his eyes, while Sensei ordered Dustin to return to Ninja Ops.

~*Lightning Storm*~

"But I don't understand," Shane said, once Dustin had returned and explained what he had found on the beach when he arrived. "Blake and Hunter aren't the most reliable guys, but leaving their bikes? No way!"

"I don't know about you, but I smell a rodent," Tori said, before pausing and looking down at the Guinea pig. "No offence, Sensei,"

Sensei shook his head. "None taken, Tori, I too suspect foul play,"

"And it probably has something to do with this," said Cam, he was sat, still in front of the computer, scanning the whole map for any heat signatures that would lead him to Hunter and Blake, what he had found, however, was nothing that he had expected.

Choobo was standing in the middle of nowhere; looking as though he was meditating. He was holding his staff across his hands, and muttering nonsense to himself.

"I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that he is not there for the scenery," Aliyah said, taking her seat, once again, on the edge of Cam's chair.

"I dunno dude, that place is kinda cool, especially this time of year," Dustin told them, earning several curious looks from his friends. His smile faded as they stepped away from the computer, and prepared to morph.

"I'll call Rebecca," Cam said, bringing up a second connection and contact the Black Lightning ranger.

"Ready?" Shane asked.

"Ready!"

"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form!"

They morphed into their suits.

"Power of Earth!"

"Air!"

"Water!"

And they were off.

~*Lightning Storm*~

"Right on time," Choobo nodded as the Wind Rangers arrived and dismounted their bikes.

"Where are our friends?" Shane demanded to know, as soon as the other two had joined him in front of Choobo.

"Why don't you join them?" Choobo asked, "There's room for three more inside!"

"We'll pass, but thanks!" Shane responded.

"Boo-hoo," Choobo said, pretending to cry; "now you've hurt my feelings! But not surprised how about some new playmates instead?"

There was a crash and several Kelzacks appeared before the rangers.

"Ninja Swords!"

"Attack!"

"Bring it!"

Quickly dealing with the Kelzacks, the Wind rangers regrouped in front of Choobo as they were joined by a familiar face.

"Sorry i'm late," said Rebecca, "I ran into a spot of trouble in Briarwood."

"Nothing serious, I hope," Tori said.

Rebecca shook her head. "Nothing I can't handle," she smiled, before spotting Choobo. "What does this space freak want now?"

"He has Hunter and Blake," Dustin explained.

"Aliyah said," Rebecca nodded. "How about we deal with this freak and I can go finish what I started in Briarwood!"

"Does anyone know how to deal with this freak?" Dustin asked.

Shane's morpher beeped, and Cam sounded over the line. "Guys, I've locked onto Choobo's genetic encoding and found the routing system for the dimension in his pack," he explained, "it's the key to releasing the Thunder Rangers"

"You guys get that?" Shane asked, making Dustin laugh.

"Yeah right!" he chuckled.

"To get Hunter and Blake out," Aliyah said over the line. "You need to slash the tubing that connects the control panel on his chest to his backpack!"

Dustin frowned.

"How did you know that?" he asked.

"Because i'm sitting with Cam at Ninja Ops watching him figure it out, you donkey!" Aliyah answered.

"On it!" the four Rangers nodded, before taking off.

"Hey, where you going?" Choobo complained, before yelling out as he was attacked from all sides.

The box burst open and the Thunder Rangers shot out.

~*Lightning Storm*~

"We're back," Hunter said, looking around in confusion.

"That was just weird," Blake commented.

Hunter nodded in agreement; before turning to the others has they finally caught up.

"Hey!"

"You guys alright?"

"We're fine!" Hunter nodded once.

"You could sound a little more generous," said Rebecca, "we did just save your lives... again!

"Don't remind me," Shane complained, "I can't be dealing with saving you guys every other week, and it's bleeding me dry!"

Hunter and Blake frowned in confusion. What did Shane mean? However, before they could ask for a solid explanation, Choobo returned, angrier than ever, his backpack still intact.

"You rangers and your team have really cheesed me off!"

"You guys ready?" Shane asked, turning to the Thunders.

"Oh yeah!" Blake nodded.

Choobo growled in anger, before blasting them. The rangers disappeared, leaving behind only their suits. "Oh, I hate it when they do that!" he complained, looking around for the multi-colored annoyances, they returned from all sides, attacking simultaneously.

Once they had re-grouped the Wind and Thunder rangers combined their secondary weapons and took aim.

"Wait!" Choobo yelled.

"What now?" complained Shane.

"I want to have a puppet show," Choobo announced. "I'll be the puppeteer and you'll be my puppets!"

He threw out his hands as invisible strings attached themselves to the Wind Rangers and Choobo pulled them forward, spun them around and aimed the cannon at the Thunder Rangers and Rebecca.

"No!"

"I'm holding the strings here," said Choobo. "Now do what I do!"

He curled his trigger finger inwards, as Shane's did the same on his Hawk Blaster.

"No," the Red ranger fought, "I won't do it!"

"Choobo's going down!" Hunter said, preparing to fire the Thunder Blaster.

Rebecca grabbed his arm.

"Hunter, wait!" she told him, "if you hit the rangers, you'll strip them of their powers!"

"We don't have much of a choice!" Hunter argued.

Choobo laughed darkly.

"Hunter, do it!" Shane yelled. "I can't fight him for much longer!"

Blake and Rebecca turned to Hunter.

"Can you do it?" Blake asked.

Hunter hesitated, before tossing the blaster to the floor.

"No, I can't risk it!" he sighed.

"I knew you didn't have it in you," laughed Choobo. "Three powerless Power Rangers, coming up!" he shouted, powering up the Wind Rangers.

Rebecca took a hesitant step backwards, before the Wind Rangers started to break the binds that held them in place. Once they were fully on their feet, she dived for her Eagle Blaster and pushed off from the ground.

"Duck!" she yelled at her friends.

The Wind Rangers did as instructed and Rebecca fired a blast at Choobo, before planting a double kick to his chest and flipping over backwards. She landed back beside Tori, as Shane patted her shoulder.

"That was smooth!"

"You're welcome!"

"I'm still working here," Choobo interrupted, having gotten back to his feet.

"Let's try this again," said Shane, preparing the Storm Cannon.

"You got it!" Hunter nodded.

The two teams took aim, as Rebecca stood behind them, her eagle blaster in hand.

"Ready..."

"Aim..."

"FIRE!"

Three swirling balls of energy overlapped one another, before combining as they hit Choobo dead in the chest, causing him to explode. Unfortunately, he walked away unscratched and unharmed.

"Aw man!" Hunter complained.

"No way!" Rebecca cried. "There is no way he is that powerful!"

"How did he do that?" Tori asked.

"With this," Choobo answered, pulling out the Scroll of Empowerment. "Now you're really going to get it!"

He threw the scroll into the air and started to grow.

"Cam, its Zord time!"

"Cam's a little busy right now," Aliyah answered, "But the Zords are on their way - CAMERON STOP BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL! YOU'LL DAMAGE THE STRUCTURE!"

Rebecca rolled her eyes as her Black Eagle swooped in overhead. "I am not related to her!" she commented, as she took to the cockpit, the others following her lead.

~*Lightning Storm*~

Aliyah winced as she watched Choobo beat the crap out of her friends.

"Ouch! That had to hurt!"

"What in the name of all things big and mechanical does that piece do?"

"Dude! Priorities!" Aliyah said, pointing at the screen. "They are taking a beating... isn't there something you can send them? A power up... a combination kit... a -"

"What did you just say?" Cam interrupted.

Aliyah blinked.

"The rangers are taking a beating," she repeated.

"No, after that," said Cam, shaking his head. "Something about a combination..."

Aliyah paused as she racked her brains.

"Oh, I suggested a combination kit," she answered. "You know something that will give them more power!"

"That's it!" Cam yelled, after furiously attacking the keys on his keyboard. "Aliyah you're a genius! You figured it out!"

Aliyah, meanwhile, was staring at Cam as if he had just grown a second head. "Great! Now, what did I do?"

"Watch," said Cam, turning back to the monitors. "Guys! That part I was telling you about, we've figured out what it does! Check this out!"

He hit the giant red button and sent two similar power discs to Hunter and Shane.

"Thanks, Cam," Shane nodded. "But how about filling us in on the big secret?"

"Yeah," Hunter nodded in agreement.

"The only way to beat Choobo is to combine your Megazords," explained Cam, "Call the Mini Zord. He was a part of the program all along."

Aliyah frowned. "The Mini Zord?"

Cam nodded, while on screen a small blue and gold Zord floated high above the two Megazords.

"I am Mini Zord!"

"Aw, cute!" Aliyah cooed.

"Storm Megazord... Thunder Megazord... combine!"

Once combined the Thunderstorm Megazord shot forward and attacked, the Rangers managed to render Choobo incompetent before ending the battle with the Lion Blaster, and watching as Choobo was blown to bits.

"Ouch!" Aliyah said.

"That is what you get for being evil," Cam commented.

"Yup!"

Cam smiled, he really enjoyed Aliyah's company, but he was still trying to figure her out. He wanted to understand completely as to why she refused to be a Power Ranger, yet still wanted to be a part of the Ranger world. He guessed that was why he liked her... she was an enigma... a puzzle... and he loved puzzles.

~*Lightning Storm*~

The day had ended. After Choobo's destruction, Hunter, Blake and Dustin had returned to Storm Charges, where the Thunder Rangers had turned down the ultimate position of riding for Factory Blue.

"Factory Blue, man, that's nuts!" Dustin exclaimed causing Blake and Hunter exchanged looks.

"Well, we had something more important to do," Blake said, making the others look at him curiously.

"We're in," Hunter told him.

Dustin, Shane and Tori grinned and several hugs were passed around, followed by loud cheers. The moment, however, was interrupted when Aliyah and Rebecca returned from Briarwood, both talking energetically about something that had happened.

"What's going on?" Rebecca asked, looking from one happy face to the other. "What did we miss?"

"Hunter and Blake turned down Roger Hannah," Dustin answered.

"They're one of us now," Shane grinned.

"What?" Rebecca asked, snapping to attention. "You told him no?"

Hunter and Bake nodded.

"What do you mean you said no?" Aliyah exclaimed.

"We decided that being a Ranger is more important!"

"Besides, we didn't think you cared," Hunter replied.

"I don't," Aliyah answered, "i'm just depressed that I have to stare at your ugly mug every day!"

Hunter eyes narrowed; while Aliyah smirked tauntingly, and the other Ninja's were left to wonder if these two would ever get along.


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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Chapter updated Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 12:13am