Author's Note: More Hannah/Shane pairing in this chapter. They are so cute together. =)
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.
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Warning: Rating may change.
Title: The Lost Thunder Ninja
Summary: After learning that the Thunder Academy had been destroyed, sixteen year old Hannah Bradley returns to Reefside, California to search for her brothers, Hunter and Blake. However, during her search she will realize that her greatest mistake will be to give up and her hardest deed will be to hold on.
Hannah straightened up, took a deep breath, and pulled back the string of her bow as she lined up her arrow with the fleeting rabbit. She held her breath, concentrating on making the bow an extension of her own body.
From an early age she had been taught to make firing the bow a kind of meditation, believing in his mind that the arrow had already sunk deep in its target, that the only thing required was to lose the string and let it fly.
She loosed the string.
The arrow arced over brown summer grass and met the rabbit as it jumped over a tussock, driving it into the ground.
Hannah walked over to the dead rabbit. She knelt and removed the barbed tip, then wiped the arrowhead on the grass before returning the arrow to her quiver.
Hannah dropped the rabbit into her shoulder bag and turned for home. She wasn't far from Blue Bay Harbour, the coastal city where she'd been staying for the last few months; she'd come only as far as the first way marker showing the road back to the city.
She'd kept the sea in view, however, and now as she rounded the headland, she could see Blue Bay Point, cradled by tall mountains that, behind which, hid the Wind Ninja Academy. The sun was almost high in the sky by now, it was warm, and the air was scented with pine oil and salt from the sea.
Her phone chimed. A familiar song.
"Hunter?"
"Hannah, where are you?" her eldest brother asked. He sounded worried.
"Outside of town."
Hunter seemed to relax over the phone, and Hannah could hear him shouting to someone in the distance. Probably Blake.
"Stay where you are," he instructed. "We're coming to get you!"
He hung up.
Hannah frowned and stared at her phone. Why was her brother so worried? It wasn't like he didn't know that she was going hunting, she had, after all, left a note that morning explaining that she was going to be gone for most of the morning and afternoon, and that she would see them later at home; you know, if Lothor didn't attack beforehand.
Pocketing her phone, the youngest Bradley carried on walking down the dirt road; she had only just reached the corner when her brother's truck came into view. Hunter was behind the wheel, as expected, and Blake was sitting beside him.
Neither of them looked pleased.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Hannah grinned as she landed on Shane's back. "Hi," she said, giggling at the startled expression on the Red ranger's face. "What did we miss?"
"Where've you been?" Shane asked.
"Hunting," Hannah answered.
"Outside of town?"
Hannah nodded. "Please don't pull a Hunter, and blow a gasket, please," she pleaded.
Hunter glared as Shane chuckled.
"So," Hannah prodded. "What did we miss?"
"Quite a bit," Shane answered nodding at the skate ramp.
It was then the Bradley siblings spotted Cam on top of the skate ramp, a look of intense concentration on his face. When he was ready he pushed the skateboard downwards and rode down the ramp, performing a set of instant tricks that caused his friends jaws to hit the floor.
Whoo!" Hunter grinned, as he watched.
"Hey Shane," Tori grinned. "He's even better than you."
"No, he's not!" Shane whined.
Hannah giggled as Cam slid to a halt at the bottom of the ramp and turned to his friends. "I gotta work on my back-slide-nose-slide!" he said.
"Dude! Where did you learn to skate like that?" Shane asked.
"Where did you learn to talk like that?" Blake frowned.
But Cam wasn't listening, he was facing the water. "Hey, come on, let's hit the waves!" and he took off.
"What?" the others asked, exchanging looks; before taking off after Cam.
The Green ranger was already in the water by the time the others caught up to him, and was riding the waves like a pro.
"Hey, Tori," Shane said, draping his arms over Tori's shoulders. "He's even better than you!"
"Don't go there!" Tori growled, glaring at Shane who backtracked away from the surfer
"Yeah, dude," Dustin said as Cam ran out of the water towards them. "You were ripping it!"
Cam smiled as the guys congratulated him.
"You know what I've always wanted to try?" he asked, grinning at Dustin.
"What's that?"
"Motocross,"
Hannah laughed, but the look that crossed Cam's face was a serious one.
"Moto isn't something you just try!" Dustin pointed out.
"He's right," Hunter added. "It could be totally brutal!"
"Yeah, man," Blake piped up. "It's not like riding a little skateboard or playing in the water," he started to laugh and nudged Shane's shoulder, as the Red and Blue rangers turned to glare at him. "Huh...no offence guys!" he added nervously.
Cam shrugged. "Whatever man, I just wanna check it out!"
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
At the track, Hunter, Blake, Cam and Dustin were on the track racing around while Hannah, Tori and Shane stood on the hill over-looking the riders. Normally, Hannah would have gone with her brothers and Dustin, she missed being on a dirt bike, but she had a sneaky suspicion that Cam had one more exposure to make public, and it included her.
A green rider flew past a yellow rider and Tori pointed it out to her two friends.
"There he is!" she said.
"That's not Cam" Shane said, in disbelief.
"It is," Tori persisted. "Look at that jump!"
Cam had already took over Dustin and was on his way to over-taking the Thunder brothers; he passed them in seconds and flew through the finish line pumping his fists into the air, before he skidded to a halt as the other three joined him. Hannah, Tori and Shane run down the hill and stopped either side of him.
"Awesome, Cam," Shane said patting the new Samurai on the shoulder.
Dustin, Hunter and Blake stopped their bikes in front of the others and removed their helmets.
"Okay, that was just wrong" Dustin complained. "There is no way you ride like that, first time out!"
"Next time i'm gonna really crack the throttle," Cam said. "See what this bad boy can do!"
"There is gotta be something wrong with my bike!" Blake said, as Hunter leaned down to check the engine.
"Yeah," said Tori turning to the Navy ranger. "Right!"
She was still a little upset with Blake from his comment back at the beach. Blake threw her a look, but the Blue ranger merely grinned and turned back to Cam who had his attention on Hannah.
"There is one more thing I want to try," the Samurai said.
"What's that Cam?" Tori asked, curiously.
"Archery!"
Hannah laughed, but the look that crossed Cam's face was a serious one.
"Just like Motocross; Archery isn't just something that you try," Hannah explained. "It's really dangerous if you don't know what you're doing."
Cam shrugged. "That's what they said about Motocross," he said, nodding his head in Hunter, Blake and Dustin's direction. "And I killed it!"
Hannah frowned. "What -?" she whispered, exchanging a look with Shane.
"Oh, c'mon, Hannah," Cam whined. "What's the matter? You're not afraid of a little competition are you?"
"No," Hannah said, shaking her head. In truth she just didn't want Cam to get hurt. "Fine. You want to try archery..." Cam nodded. "Then let's go hunting!"
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Hannah stared, opened mouthed, at the three moving targets, before turning to Cam. He was grinning like a child on Christmas morning as he lowered his bow and turned to meet her gaze.
"What?" he asked with a small shrug.
"How - but - you - and - huh?" Hannah spluttered. Not once, in the last few months she had known Cam, did he ever mention that he was brilliant with a bow and arrow.
Cam grinned, brighter, and shrugged. "Sometimes you just got to let it fly!" he said, earning a dark glare from the much smaller blonde beside him.
"That's my saying!" Hannah cried, turning her back on the Samurai and storming over to her friends. They were standing on the edge of the enclosure each with stunned expressions on their faces. "This so totally sucks!" she complained, jumping the barrier as Cam followed her.
Suddenly Shane's morpher beeped. "Go for Shane!"
"The city plaza has been invaded," Sensei said. "You must go there at once!"
"All over it," Shane answered, looking back up at the others. "Let's go!"
The others nodded and headed for the exit.
"Hey, you're seriously not bailing now?" Cam called after them, bringing them to separate halts.
Tori frowned. "Cam, hello? Alien!"
"And that affects me how?" Cam asked.
Dustin looked around at the others.
"Dude, this is where we go save the world, remember?"
"You know, I am so over this whole ranger thing!"
Shane, Dustin and Tori exchanged looks, as Hannah shouldered her bow and quiver of arrows, as her brothers shook their head at Cam's new found behavior.
"All right! All right!" Cam said, sensing the tension in the air between him and the other Rangers. "Everybody chill!"
"Come on then!" Hunter said, heading for the exit.
"Fine!" Cam huffed, throwing his hands up in the air in defeat and followed after the others.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
The seven rangers touched down outside the City plaza, where Lothor's newest creation was causing mayhem
"Hey freak," Shane shouted, catching the monsters attention. "We're here to shut you down!"
The alien turned. "Oh please, don't you know that bright colours are so last year!"
Cam looked up at the moment and spotted a shiny red car, a few meters away from them.
"Hey, I didn't know the new model was out! Sweet!" he said, and walked away towards it.
"Wait! What?" Hunter frowned watching as he walked away. "You've got to be kidding me!"
"Smelzaks," the alien shouted. "Oh, Kelzaks!"
An army of black Kelzaks appeared in front of the Rangers.
The Rangers fell back into defensive positions.
"Ready?" Shane asked.
"Ready!"
"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Thunder Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Ninja Ranger Power!" they all said at once, and they rushed forward at the same time.
"Sweet," Cam said as he marveled at the car, oblivious to his friends who were in battle.
Shane kicked a pair of Kelzaks and looked up.
"What is he doing?" he demanded.
"Checking out a car?" Tori frowned in confusion.
"Bad timing much," Dustin stated, as he was flipped over a Kelzack.
"Cam?" Hannah yelled. "A little help?"
Suddenly she was thrown to the floor as Tori followed seconds later.
Over by the car, Cam was pretending to drive around, still oblivious to his friends cries for help.
"Let's get her, Tor," Hannah said.
Tori nodded as they charged at the monster once more. The alien sprayed them with some sort of mist, causing them to turn into essences and become trapped in three perfume bottles.
"Tori!" Shane shouted. "Hannah!"
Hunter chart wheeled into view.
"Let them go!" he demanded, firing his Thunder blaster at the alien.
"Say goodbye to your friends!" the alien said. "Now they're part of my exclusive perfume line!"
And she disappeared.
The four rangers left, re-grouped.
"Power Down!" Shane ordered, and the others followed, before he led them towards Cam who was lying on the grass eating a sandwich.
"What do you think you're doing?" Hunter demanded.
"Man! Were you not paying attention?" Blake snapped. "She just took off, with Tori and Hannah!"
"Where's your head?" Shane asked.
Cam frowned. "Why are you bagging me?" he asked. "I didn't do anything"
"Exactly!" Hunter snapped.
"C'mon," Shane said. "We gotta go sniff them out!"
And he led the other them away from Cam, who looked neither upset nor worried.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"It's this way," Shane said, as he led the others through an abandoned factory yard.
"Are you sure?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah," Blake agreed, skeptically. "How do you know?"
"When in doubt," Shane said, tapping the side of his nose. "Follow your nose!"
Dustin exchanged a look with the Thunder brothers and shrugged, turning to follow Shane through a circular door in the side of the building. The inside of the factory was dark, damp and full of test tubes.
"Looks like some crazy lab," Dustin said, turning in a full circle to get a good look of the place.
"Yeah," Blake agreed.
Once inside, the four rangers turned to the sound of footsteps coming towards them from the direction of the entrance and exit. Once in view, Dustin, Shane, Blake and Hunter could see that it was Cam, he was dressed in his Ninja uniform and slightly out of breath.
"Guys, i'm here to help!" he said, once he had reached them.
"Forget it," Hunter said, instantly. "We don't want your help!"
"Yeah," Blake agreed. "Too little too late!"
Cam frowned. "What -?"
"Dudes," shouted another voice, and the four spun around to see Cam standing behind them. "Why did you bail on me like that?"
"What?" Hunter frowned, looking between the two Cam's that had appeared.
"Hey," the Cam in civilian clothing said, as he spotted his identical twin. He moved around the rangers and stood beside the Uniform-clad Cam.
"Oh, not another clone story," Shane complained.
"Didn't you already do a clone story?" Dustin asked.
Hunter and Blake tossed them both odd looks.
Shrugging off the looks, Shane, Dustin, Hunter and Blake turned back to the two Cam's, they were like identical twins, the only way that was possible for the four boys to tell them apart was the fact that one was decked out in Ninja gear, and the other was wearing Motocross gear.
"Shane-man," the Cam in a green ski cap said, as he moved forward. "It's all good!"
Shane gripped his hand and bent it backwards as he rushed forward.
"No! Wait!" the second Cam started, wincing as Shane flipped the duplicate over onto his back. "Ouch"
Dustin, Hunter and Blake winced.
"He's not a clone," the Cam in Ninja clothing said. "He's a virtual replica. I designed him to help out at Ninja Ops, but he sort of got out of hand!"
Cyber Cam smiled sheepishly "Yeah, sorry about tying you up in the closet thing bro, I guess I got a little over excited."
"I can fix that," Cam said, and he hit a few buttons on a remote he had with him.
The replica fizzled out.
"Later dudes," he said before disappearing all together.
"You annoying little boys!" a shrill voice shouted loudly. "You've found my old perfume factory!"
The five rangers fell back into defensive poses. "Just to bring you up to speed," Shane said looking down at Cam, "she's got Hannah and Tori"
Cam nodded once and turned back to the monster.
"And now it's time for you to join them!" the Monster snarled, before throwing an energy ball at them, they all dodged rolling equal lengths away
"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Thunder Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Samurai Storm! Ranger Form!"
They all morphed at the same time.
"Cyclone Morpher!" Cam yelled once morphed "Full power!" he pulled his morpher over his Sabre, before the rangers attacked with swiftness and agility of a jungle cat. Once she delivered a blow to Shane, Hunter, Blake and Dustin, the monster rounded on Cam.
"I don't like the smell of this," she said.
"You aren't a bouquet of roses either, sister!" Cam shot back, before swooping away and re-joining the others who were getting back to their feet.
"Smell this!" the monster shrieked, firing an orange glow at the rangers, they scattered.
"You guys keep her busy," Shane said. "I'll go look for the others!"
Hunter, Blake, Dustin and Cam nodded, returning to battle.
They tag teamed her, as Shane run off to look for Tori and Hannah.
"Now where are they?" the red ranger questioned, spotting another circular door. "Worth a shot," Shane nodded and he passed through.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Hannah gasped as she spotted a familiar face enter the room.
"Shane!" she shouted as the Red ranger walked straight past her. She didn't know where she was, all she knew was that wherever it was, it was small, clear and wet. "Shane! Help us!"
"Help us!" Tori shouted from somewhere near her, but unlike she could see Shane, Hannah found that she couldn't see Tori.
"Don't worry," Shane promised, picking up a bottle of green essence. "I'll find you! Hello? Anybody in there?"
"Not the green one!" Tori shouted.
"C'mon! C'mon, Shane! We're over here!" Hannah shouted as the Red ranger moved further and further away from the area she and Tori had been stored.
"Help us get out!" Tori yelled.
Shane sighed and picked up two bottles of red liquid.
"OVER HERE!" Hannah and Tori shouted at the same time.
"Aw man," Shane complained. "This could take forever!"
Suddenly the circular door spun open and several energy blasts entered the room, they hit the walls and tables causing everything to shake. Hannah and Tori screamed as the box in which they had been placed reached the edge of the table and tilted towards the ground.
"SHANE!" they screamed.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"Whoops," the monster snickered. "Was the Red ranger in there? I'm so sorry!"
"Yeah, you're gonna be!" Shane shouted. "I found them!" he announced, blasting the monster back a few feet with his Hawk Blaster. The monster disappeared and the Red ranger knelt down in front of the box he had saved from hitting the ground and smashing everything inside. The moment he set the container on the ground several essences were released into the air, leaving two behind.
Amber and Blue.
"Good thing they're colour-coded," Shane said, picking up the two bottles. He unscrewed the lids, held the bottles at arm's length, and watched as the two coloured essences swirled into the air, materializing into the two bodies of Hannah and Tori.
"Whoa," Hannah squeaked, rolling over onto her stomach. "What a rush!"
Tori nodded in agreement.
"You guys OK?" Shane asked holding his hands out for them both to take.
"Yeah!" Tori nodded.
"What happened?" Hannah asked looking around at her brothers and Dustin. Her gaze settled on Cam and a frown edged onto her face. "Oh, so I see you decided to join us!"
Cam sighed as he realized that his Cyber double had caused more trouble than he was worth. "Yeah," he said awkwardly. "I'm sorry. But I can explain..."
"Great," Hannah nodded. "Maybe we can go home first?"
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"Hey!" Cam laughed as he rolled to a stop beside Tori, Hannah and Dustin. He was decked out in full Motocross gear.
"So, what do you think?" Hannah asked.
"Pretty awesome, huh?" Dustin grinned, wrapping an arm around Hannah.
Cam laughed beneath his helmet. "Now, I know why you love this so much. I'm ready for another lap."
"OK," Tori nodded, grinning as Cam rolled away from them on a miniature training bike that Kelly had supplied Dustin from Storm Charges.
Hannah smiled as Shane, Hunter and Blake joined her, Tori and Dustin as Cam sped away.
"Well," she shrugged. "Everyone's got to start somewhere!"
Shane snickered and he wrapped his arms around Hannah, resting his chin on the top of her head, as she giggled and watched as Cam disappeared from view.
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Saturday, 29 September, 2012 at 11:07pm