We got to chapter 10! *Happy Dance*

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AN: This is a wicked muse that came to me, so that's my explanation for this.

ANN: It's cold outside! Brrrrrr! There's snow, ice, and shit; the schools have been shut down since Monday…winter had begun!

ANNN: This is neither a boys nor a girls nor a mystic nor a ninja chapter…they are all together on this one!

Looking from his place in the driver's seat, the crimson ranger found that all the members of the team were sleeping…except for one that was glaring at the back of his head.

He sighed, before turning his eyes back to the road.

It had been a simple task.

Simple in the same context that one would use in describing wrestling a terribly irritated grizzly bear.

One would assume that since there was a four to one ratio, the task would have been a simplistic one. But their opponent was frazzled, frayed, and fed up; which made it very difficult to reason with him. Seeing that they were trying to calm him down, their fellow ranger, who wanted nothing to do with them at the moment, had taken off. With a groan, they had followed; save Cam who locked the van before catching up.

When they had gotten out of view from the public, the one they were sprinting after decided to bring his ninja powers into it. In response, the four of them had streaked after him, but somehow he had dodged all their tries to grab him. The group had attempted to corner the air ninja, but that had just ended with them colliding with each other. The chase had finally ended when he had tackled Shane. They had gone down in a pile of limbs, with them both snarling at each other.

"Get the fuck off of me!"

"I will when you calm the fuck down!"

That had gone well; the others arrived a moment afterwards. That's when Dustin hauled his friend up and dragged him away from the group for a moment to yell at him. Most of the conversation was heard by them as they waited for the two wind rangers to finish talking; the first part was not pleasant.

"What would Tori think of this dude?"

"I…"

"She would be ashamed that we can't handle ourselves better and you know that she would be fucking shocked to find out that you can't handle your team!"

"Well if you idiots could fucking control yourselves then we would still be driving! You seriously couldn't find anything better to do than fight? You're right, I am the leader. But that does not mean that I have to be your fucking mother, you should know how to entertain yourselves! I shouldn't have to ask you to shut up, it should be common sense!"

"Shane, we're all just worried about Tor. We are trying to cope with her not being here, it's weird not being snapped at by her. She would have been the one that would have told us to be quiet, to stop fighting."

"I know, it's just frustrating"

"How long had it been since breakfast?"

"Seriously, you are thinking about food?"

"I did ask you to stop at McDonalds"

"You should have been listening to my rant"

"Whatever dude…are you hungry?"

"Yeah"

"Let's get something to eat, talk about this, and then you can decide if you want to come to Briarwood with us. Can you at least eat with us?"

"…"

"I'll buy you a kid's meal"

"Why the fuck would I want a kid's meal?"

"Red ranger action figure comes with it"

"…So?"

"You're a red ranger"

"And?"

"So, you don't want a red ranger toy, even though you are the red ranger of out team?"

"Yep"

"Fine, I'll give it to Hunter"

"You can't"

"Why?"

"Because"

"Because why?"

"It's red not crimson"

"And your point is?"

"It's mine"

"I thought you didn't want it"

"Doesn't matter, it goes to me"

"Right"

"It does"

"So you don't want the toy, but it goes to you by default?"

"Yes"

"Bullshit"

"Is not! That's how color stuff works with the teams; you get your color in any item no matter what"

"So if I was to give it to Hunter, I would be violating this "rule" that is imposed on all teams without their notice?"

"That is correct"

"Hey Hunter! Do you want a…"

"MINE!"

With Shane hell bent on getting a mini red ranger, they had gone to McDonalds. Twenty dollars of dollar menu greasy food later, the situation had calmed down. But then another crisis had emerged, their red ranger couldn't find his toy…

"You are an asshole"

Breaking him from his thoughts was the person who wanted to currently rip his eyes out.

"It was a good idea, admit it" Hunter replied, hoping that Shane wouldn't attack him

A growl came from the back; luckily it did not wake the others. He had thought it had been a good idea, stealing mini Shane to use as bait. Using the threat that the toy would be thrown into the river, he had coaxed the red ninja into the van. The others had locked the door behind him, trapping him. He had taken the next shift to drive and Dustin had sat in the back to make sure that he wasn't attacked from behind.

"Bastard" Shane hissed, clutching the thumb size ranger in hand

With bellies full, the others had dozed. They were still sleeping, which just left him and a very pissed off leader. They had apologized for their actions earlier, but Shane had not seemed to care; focusing on trying to burn a hole in his head.

He really wanted to get past it, if they didn't it would screw with the entire trip; because if there was one thing he knew about Shane, the dude held a grudge for a while.

"Look, I'm sorry about taking mini Shane"

Instead of another growl, he heard a chuckle "It's cool"

He was tempted to look back to meet the other's reds gaze, but instead kept his eyes on the road "Weren't you just mad at me?"

"Yeah, but you apologized; so it's cool…"

That was bizarre, then he heard the other part of Shane's sentence "…plus you took him because you were jealous"

He snorted "Jealous of what?"

"That there was a red ranger and not crimson" He just knew that there was a smirk on the other's face

He tried to think of a reason, thing was that it was pissing him off that there hadn't been a crimson ranger. "They probably thought that crimson and red were the same" They should have the whole team, thing was that they hadn't; which pissed him off even more.

"That or you are just not popular" There was a chuckle behind the statement, Shane knew he was getting to him

"Out of the two of us, I am the cooler ranger" Hunter shot back

"I wasn't evil"

"Evil rangers are more popular than good ones"

"But the red ranger gets more attention than the rest"

"Evil rangers have more fun"

"Getting your asses kick was fun was fun wasn't it?"

Rolling his eyes he replied "Go to hell"

"Too late"

Hunter smirked; this was how it was suppose to be. The two of them arguing about idiotic things and the others watching from the sidelines. Thing was that they were missing one thing…

"It could be worse" He tried to be optimistic

"How so?" Shane couldn't wait to hear this, how could it be worse than it already was? He really couldn't think of anything else that could make his life any worse.

"We could have lost to Lothor, Blake and I could still be evil, we could be listening to Hannah Montana…"

Shane shivered at the last one; the thought of it was horrifying.

"…you're tantrum could have turned into a brawl in that gas station's parking lot…"

"I would have kicked your asses" The red ranger said

"Four to one? You're not that good" Hunter replied

"Whatever…"

"Where was I? Oh right…we could have been arrested for disturbing the peace"

"That would have been fun" Shane muttered

"We could have…WHAT THE HELL!"

There was nothing that Shane could say, before the van swerved, sending him smack into the metal wall of the van.

Despite the fact that they had tried their hardest with their decreased numbers, the monster was still fighting and it had grown. The situation was no one he had wanted to be in, but no matter what he wanted; they were here. Although they were two rangers down, they were still able to fight.

"On your left" He heard Daggeron warn Chip

The yellow ranger had been reckless after waking up, which slightly disturbed him. Chip was normally very careful, but he knew what was going on. It was Vida; he was trying to do something drastic on hope that she would come back. He wanted to tell the lightning ranger that it was a stupid and foolish idea, but at the moment; he was considering doing the same thing. Maybe Maddie would…

"WATCH IT!"

The blasted warning came over the intercom just in time for him to see a shot coming his way. Quickly rolling out of the way, he felt his robot foot come down on something harder than the usual dirt. He looked down to see that it was concrete, wonderful. He had fucked up the highway.

Turning back to the fight, he saw that the monster had already been taken down by the oldest ranger. He sighed, could he do anything right? He had been completely useless the entire day. The only thing he was good at was screwing up. First he had fought with Xander, then he had let Chip get hurt, and now he had completely destroyed one part of the road.

"You're an idiot" He heard Xander growl

"If you say something about Maddie, I swear that I will…" He snarled in response

"You almost CRUSHED A CAR!" Chip roared

Nick looked onto the highway to see a van speeding away like it was been chased by the devil. That or a huge zord…

"It wasn't like I was trying to hit it!"

He heard them scold and yell, but he blocked them out. So he had driven Maddie away, pushed his teammates to the brink of insanity, and almost killed innocent people.

Fuck my life, he thought as his robotic zord disappeared and he was left to the wolfs…

…also known as his teammates.

Again the van swerved, throwing Shane into Dustin and the navy and green rangers into the passenger side door. They all groaned, all while the engine was gunned.

"What the fuck was that?" Shane leaned over the seat, the others all getting their bearings before crowding around the very focused driver. Hunter ignored the question, gripping the steering wheel as he took each turn like it was their last. Lucky for them there were no police on the road and there were not cars to worry about. There was a gleam in his eye, one that said that there was no fucking way he was stopping.

"Bro?" Blake was concerned, the only time he had seen his elder this way was when they had fled the Thunder Academy when it was being attacked.

"Look out the window" Those were the only words that the other thunder ninja spoke as the speedometer was approaching ninety. The four did so, seeing a scene that they had seen many times, but from a different perspective.

A foot of a giant zord was where they had been moments ago; thankfully they were not crushed thanks to the darker shade of red. They watched the team battling it defeat the giant monster, a wall of flame falling behind them.

"Didn't Tori say that there was a team here?" Dustin mumbled

"Mystic something, there are two girls on their team" Cam replied, the full name not coming to him right now. The green ranger mentally slapped himself, where would a female ranger go? To other female rangers, it was that simple.

"We need to talk to them" Shane said, they all nodded

So at a speed that could be compared to one used to flee hell, they went to Briarwood with one task in mind.

Find Tori.

Maddie was excited.

Somehow she had blocked out their team and Nick to think about the possibility of seeing Kira again. They had met on accident a while ago and the four, Tori included, had formed a girls alliance. This meant that if one of them needed help, girl troubles; they would be there. And besides that, it would be good to see another female ranger. Not to say that her sister wasn't good company, but she wanted to talk to someone else.

The car pulled up a long road, which matched Kira's description of her ranger HQ perfectly.

"It's secluded and private" She muttered

"And in the middle of nowhere" Vida added

"Perfect" They said at the same time

Stopping out front, they climbed out to stretch. It had been a long trip, but she was beginning to think that it had been worth it.

"Hey!"

They both sunk into defensive positions on instinct, but relaxed when they realized that it wasn't a threat, or not yet anyway.

"Vida and Maddie right? Kira told us about you" The African American male said with a smile

Must be her teammate, she thought, but which one…

"The blue on my team is a tech genius; you would get along well with him Maddie…"

"Ethan" She said, smiling back at the fellow blue

"That's me, are you here to see Kira?" They nodded, following their fellow ranger towards the house. But before they could step inside, there was a flash of red.

"Hi! My name's Conner, but you probably already knew that. So why are you guys here? To see Kira? Well that's cool; it's been kind of boring around here since…." He kept rambling, but she didn't notice

She only focused on the color.

Red.

It could have meant anything.

Roses.

Blood.

Sunsets.

Fire Truck.

Fire.

She began to back away, ignoring the calls of the others.

Red.

Fire.

It could have meant anything to her, but one thing was burned into her brain.

Fire.

Red.

One thing, it was connected with pain.

Fire; Red.

Red; Fire.

One person…

Nick.

She saw her sister's shocked gaze as she moved back away from the red ranger.

Vida growled, the male was a threat.

Out of big sister instincts, she did what she did best.

Defend her sister.

Locking onto her target, she snarled…

...and launched herself at the hyperactive one known as Conner.

"You okay?"

The dark room was split by a stream of light.

"Yeah, I…" She was cut off by Kira

"You don't need to share unless you want too"

She nodded gratefully, receiving a hug later.

"KIRA!"

The call put the two on high alert, dashing from the room. Winding through the house, they came across a sight that they thought could, but never would, happen.

There was Trent, Ethan, and Dr. O trying to pull Vida off of Conner. The pink ranger was snarling like an enraged animal, resisting their attempts pretty well. All while trying to claw the red's eyes out.

Then they heard a stifled sob.

"Maddie" The two said, looking at the trembling ranger

"You get Vida, I got her" Kira nodded, going to assist; as Tori went over to her fellow water ranger

"Hey…" The blond said softly

"Tori" The darker haired girl met her gaze with red eyes

Then there were no more words, as two arms were wrapped around her. If there was someone that could help Maddie, Tori knew it was her. They were both blue, they both controlled water. Squeezing the other girl a bit tighter, she made sure that Maddie knew she was there.

She felt water hit her bare shoulder, sobs reaching her ears.

Everything else faded as she stood there, the other ranger clinging to her.

"I'm here" She whispered in the other's ear

The tears increased, but she didn't care.

There were only two things that mattered.

Maddie had needed her…

…and she was there.

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Will the Ninjas get along with the Mystics?

Can they work together to find their gals?

Will Vida seriously injure Conner?

Can the Dinos ever find out what is going on?

FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!