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Cam, Hunter, Tori and Shane jumped into the masses of kelzaks and Ashnazi, joining Blake and Dustin. Nobody said anything as they fought, realizing that they were completely outnumbered, but then remembering that they had been outnumbered before and that had never stopped them. Cam turned, kicking aside a kelzaks and throwing a punch at the head of an Ashnazi.

"I don't like this," Hunter murmured to his wolf brother, slamming his fist into the chest of one of Lothor's black and red goons. "I thought they weren't supposed to work together…"

"Perhaps the kitty forgot to tell my uncle that," Cam growled. He flipped out of the way of an oncoming blade, distancing himself from the crimson ranger.

Kelly watched from the doorway of her store, a frown on her face. Her eyes swept the group, landing on two figures standing off to the side, observing the fight. One was obviously an evil space ninja…not very many people had green skin…but the other was just a simple human. Who looked a lot like Hunter, aside from the malice that showed in his face.

"Hey! Dustin! Behind you!" Tori called, warning her friend of the Ashanzi behind him. he turned, blocking the blade and throwing the man over his shoulder, but was then thrown into the ground by something else.

Shane and Tori, standing back to back, cried out as something slammed into them, knocking them to the ground. And when they got back to their feet, they were surprised to find that the Ashnazi were gone, as were the Kelzaks…and Blue Bay Harbor in general. There was nothing but darkness surrounding them.

Blake turned when he heard Shane and Tori's cries, but was surprised to see them nowhere. In fact, Dustin was gone as well. He turned back in shock, calling to Hunter. "Hey! The Winds are gone!"

Both Hunter and Cam glanced at him, noticing that he spoke the truth. Hunter made his way through the kelzaks to his brother, leaving Cam to take care of the last few Ashnazi. But there was something else there instead.

"I thought I told you not to interfere with Alchmed and Aricudo," the samurai growled as the cat attacked him.

"Hmm…must have slipped my mind…" They grappled for a moment, Cam gaining the upper hand and flinging the cat aside. She pounced, slamming him into the ground again. He gave a cry of pain as he demorphed, grabbing the cat's wrist before she could claw at his face.

Hunter turned, but was overrun with kelzaks. Beside him, Blake was in the same predicament. They could do nothing but watch and try not to get skewered.

Cam's amulet was once again torn from his neck and thrown aside, but that didn't stop the samurai. He kicked the cat in the chest, forcing her off him and jumping to his feet. In an instant the cat was fighting off a jet black wolf. Her claws sank into his shoulder just as his teeth tore into her neck.

The cat dropped to the ground, twitching, gasping. And then it lay still. Cam turned, growling, his hackles raised as he bared his teeth at the remaining kelzaks.

Chaos ensued.

Shane turned slowly, demorphing as he searched the surroundings. There was nothing there aside from himself and Tori and… "Dustin!" he cried, dropping to his knees beside his friend. The yellow ranger, already demorphed, didn't move.

"What's wrong with him?" Tori asked, coming to kneel on Dustin's other side. For a moment, Shane was silent, looking his friend over.

"He's not breathing," he whispered in horror.

"Blake!" Hunter called, gaining his brother's attention. The navy ranger glanced over at him, giving a short nod. And then the two of them jumped into the air at the same time, spinning around to slam into all the kelzaks surrounding them.

The drones were gone. All that remained was Lothor and Luke…but they had the ace.

Luke tightened his grip on Cam, the blade at the samurai's throat wickedly sharp. Blood ran down Cam's face from the injury on his head, and his dark eyes gazed at the two thunder rangers dazedly. "Well, now Hunter," Luke said, smiling slightly. "What do you think of this?"

Hunter said nothing, and beside him, Blake did the same. They stood their ground, absently noticing the kelzaks and Ashnazi circling around them.

"Nothing to say, eh?" Luke taunted. "We've gotten rid of your wind friends, and now I can be rid of the wolves."

"Let him go, Luke," Hunter growled.

"And why, dear brother, would I do that?" Luke asked, the blade lowering somewhat. Cam swallowed, trying to ignore the stabbing pain in his head but found it near impossible to do so. He hated feeling helpless…

There was silence from the thunders, and Luke smiled. "Of course, I could just come back for the two of you later…but who's to say that you won't just kill me then? I've got you right where I want you."

"Come on, Dustin," Shane murmured. "Breathe." Tori could only watch in concern as Shane forced more air into the earth ninja's lungs.

Cam screamed in pain as the knife was embedded in his gut. Luke smiled, twisting the knife slightly, laughing as Cam jerked in his hold. Hunter cried out as well, yelling for his wolf-brother even as the navy ranger turned his head away from the sight.

The blade was wrenched from Cam, blood splattering on Luke's shirt sleeves. He released his hold on the samurai, pure joy on his face as he watched Cam slide to the ground, where he immediately curled up on his side, his face contorted in pain.

"Fare well," Luke said, his voice sing-songly. "I'll come back for you, dear brother, later." And with that, both Luke and Lothor disappeared.

Both Hunter and Blake demorphed, running to Cam's side. The crimson ranger dropped to his knees, murmuring softly. Cam gasped in pain, tears running down his face. Blake stood back, watching, his face grieved as he looked down at the green amulet he held in his hands.

Chappie End

Okay, that was the next chapter. Hope you liked it. Don't kill me just yet…there's more to go… Hmm…I think I like Luke…he's purely diabolical! Hehe… I'll update as soon as possible! Signing off,

Hikaru Kosuzaku