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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.
"Maybe now would be a good time to contact Sensei?" Hunter suggested to Cam.
"I've tried already." Cam sighed. "Whatever is interfering with Shane and Hannah's morphers is keeping us from reaching my dad, too."
Hunter sighed and folded his arms. "Anyone have an idea as to why Hannah would run off in the first place?" he asked, looking to his friends.
"She has been a little distant lately," Tori pointed. "Is everything OK at home?"
"As far as we know." Blake nodded. "She doesn't talk to us anymore. If there's not a monster attack, or she's not out with Shane or training with Steve, she's locked up in her bedroom."
Tori frowned. "How about her relationship with Shane?" she asked. "Anyone know how that's going?"
"With the number of secret's Shane has been keeping lately," said Dustin. "Like his dreams, for example, I'm guessing a little strained."
"Does that collaborate with your question, Hunter?" Tori asked. "Maybe Hannah's feeling the strain between her and Shane and instead of talking about it, she's keeping it all bottled up inside. It could explain why she ran off after Shane today, she wants answers, and Shane's not gonna give them to her."
Hunter shrugged as Tori's reply sorta did make sense.
"Maybe we should go get our stuff from the beach?" Dustin suggested.
"Yeah. Our day off is pretty much over now." Blake agreed.
Tori sighed and nodded. Their day off was over and her birthday had been ruined.
"We'll be back, Cam." Hunter said, clapping his hand down onto the Samurai's shoulder.
Cam nodded and returned to his work. "I'll call you if anything else happens." He called after them as they left.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Hannah huffed as she followed Shane through the trees.
"If you had just been honest with me," she said, "then I wouldn't have followed you out here!"
"I'm not tweaked that you followed me - well, maybe I am a little tweaked because you followed me, but, couldn't you just trust me this once to do something alone?"
"I do trust you, Shane!" Hannah cried. "I didn't follow you because I didn't trust you. I followed you because I didn't want you to get hurt. I followed you because I wanted to know what was bothering you... I was scared for you!"
Shane sighed and turned to his girlfriend. "Look, I don't have time to get into this right now," he said. "I have to find Skyla. If what she's told me is true, then she doesn't have a lot of time left, and if Vexacus has her when that times comes, its bad news for us all."
A flicker of rejection flittered across Hannah's face, but she it was gone before Shane could recognize it. He reached out to touch her cheek, but the amber Ranger flinched away.
"Hannah." Shane sighed.
"I'm sorry for tearing you away from your most important priority," Hannah said. "I hope you find Skyla. I, on the other hand, have a birthday party to attend, and a group of people that I owe an apology. Good luck, Shane."
Before Shane could stop her, Hannah turned and ninja-streaked away, through the trees. She knew that she wasn't being fair to Shane, but his need to find Skyla only confirmed her feelings of jealousy and betrayal. Shane wanted Skyla more than he wanted her, and Hannah wasn't sure if she could handle such a rejection, especially from someone she may have loved.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Torn between two women was never a good place for a man to be.
Shane sighed as he wandered, dejectedly through the forest. He had to find Skyla, it was important that they be together when the time came for her to pass on her power, but she couldn't very well do that if Vexacus had her hostage.
Then there was Hannah, a girl he had only a few months ago met, granted he had saved her life from a monster - that they had yet to see again - and a couple of Kelzacks, at least he thought they were Kelzacks, it had been too dark that night to see much of anything. Anyway, while he did like Hannah, he wasn't sure if he loved her yet.
Their time spent together over the past few months had been awesome, he had never met anyone as energetic and enthusiastic has Hannah. He loved seeing her smile and hearing her laugh, it was usually the highlight of his day, but that didn't mean anything, right? They were just friends, well, maybe a little more than just friends but surely that didn't mean he had to admit his feelings so soon.
What was wrong with being just more than friends for the time being? Besides, hadn't Sensei warned them about letting their feelings interfere with their Ranger duties? If he and Hannah were an item couldn't that jeopardize their mission to defend the Earth against Lothor? And couldn't Lothor use pit them against each other if he ever found out about them?
Shane groaned as he held his head. A headache - more like a migraine - was forming in his skull. He'd have to work out his feelings later; right now he needed to find Skyla, before it was too late. If everything Skyla had said about her powers been true, and Vexacus was around when it was time for her to pass on, then he'd be stronger than any monster the Rangers had ever faced.
Not even Lothor would be able to beat him.
"Come on, Skyla!" Shane called, turning in a complete 360 circle. "Where'd he take you? Come on, give me a clue."
Follow me, Shane. Remember?
Shane gasped as he remembered following the ball of light that had been Skyla, when he was a child. He smiled lightly at the memory; he still found it hard to believe that he and Skyla had been destined to meet, even all those years ago.
"I'll take that as a clue." Shane muttered to himself, heading off in the direction the nearest clearing.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Hannah stepped out of her ninja-streak just short of the breakaway point of the Wind Ninja academy. She didn't know why she had come back here, but the thought of everyone else being at the beach and the academy being empty, made her seem, in a sense, happy, at least with everyone out enjoying Tori's birthday she didn't have to explain why she was so upset.
Crossing the barrier, the youngest Thunder Ranger, hurried through the destroyed grounds towards the hidden doorway that lead to Ninja Ops. She pulled back, revealing the stone steps that lead to the underground hanger and scurried down them, closing the door behind her in the process. For a brief second she was bathed in darkness, then the wall, locking away Ops opened, revealing Cam, working at his computer.
"What are you doing here?" Hannah asked, speaking for the first time in over an hour.
Cam jumped at the sound of her voice and spun around on his hair. "Hannah!" he scolded. "Don't sneak up on me like that."
"Sorry." Hannah apologized, kneeling at the table. "So, are you going to answer my question?"
"Hidden space ships. Aliens, one that looks like a shark, running loose in the forest. Some weird cloaking device that has the ability to interfere with Ranger's morphers. Not to mention two missing Power Rangers. Any of this ringing any bells?"
Hannah looked sheepish. "I'm sorry?" she said.
"Yeah. You're gonna be." Cam nodded. "Hunter's going up the wall with worry, Blake is beside himself, and Steve's combing the forest looking for you."
"Wait, what?" Hannah asked, perking up. "Steve's out there, right now?"
"Yes."
"Call him back!"
Cam frowned and shook his head. "I can't." He answered.
"What do you mean 'you can't'?" Hannah asked. "Connect to his communicator. Like you do our morphers."
"I can't," Cam stressed. "Like I said 'strange cloaking device that has the ability to interfere...'"
"With Ranger's morphers." Hannah repeated, interrupting the Samurai. "But Steve's not a Ranger and he doesn't have a morpher."
Cam shrugged. "The device is interfering with his communicator, too. The closer he is to the disturbance - Hannah! Hannah, where are you going?"
"I have to find Steve!" Hannah shouted, over her shoulder. "He's walking straight into danger! I'll call if I need backup!"
"You won't -!" Cam sighed as Hannah disappeared from view, and he heard the sound of the hanger door closing behind her. "Great!" the Samurai groaned, turning back to the computer. He brought up a link between himself and Hunter, if he couldn't stop Hannah from leaving Ops; the least he could do was tell Hunter and Blake that she was alive.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"If you're not morphing 'cause you don't want me to see," Skyla said her breathing rapid and heavy. "You're a little late."
"How do you know?" Shane asked, confused.
"I know everything about you." Skyla answered. "Do it. Please."
"It's too late." Vexacus growled. He jumped into the air and kicked Shane in the chest, knocking him backwards onto the ground.
Shane groaned and rolled back to his feet. "Forget this! Ninja Storm, Ranger Form! Ha!" he morphed instantly, and glanced back at the brunette. "Don't worry, Skyla." He told her, turning back to face Vexacus. "Let's see what you got!"
"Ooh! I'm shaking in my fins." Vexacus mocked.
"Yeah, you're gonna be." Shane said, racing forward. He met Vexacus with a fist, but the shark deflected the attack with ease, kicking at Shane's feet. The red Ranger jumped up to avoid the blow and flipped over the shark, landing behind him.
Jumping back a few more steps, Shane dropped to one knee and aimed a kick at Vexacus feet. The shark saw the attack coming and stepped over Shane's leg, kicking him in the chest. Shane blocked the two kicks and rose to his feet again.
Vexacus drew his sword.
"Ninja Sword!" Shane said, drawing his own and blocking Vexacus attack. The two parried back and forth for a while, before Shane was rendered onto his back for a second time.
Vexacus raised his sword, ready to deliver a deadly strike, when it was knocked from his hands by an amber lightning bolt.
"Huh?" Shane gasped, looking around for the source of the attack. He knew the only person who could control amber lightning was Hannah, and her primary weapon in Ranger form was a bow and arrow.
Vexacus growled and turned in the direction the lightning bolt had come from, but all he could see was green forestry.
Using Hannah's distraction to his advantage, Shane prodded three buttons on his Ninja Sword. "Ninja Sword, gold! Power Up!" the sword itself turned solid gold and Shane slashed at Vexacus with it.
Taken by surprise, Vexacus stumbled backwards towards his ship and glowered at the red Ranger and Skyla. "This isn't over yet, Carmanian!" he vowed, allowing the ship to suck him back inside. He'd wait until the power had been transferred and then he'd destroy the red Ranger in order to get what he wanted.
The ship disappeared and Shane powered down, returning to Skyla's side. "Are you all right?" he asked her.
"Uh-huh." Skyla nodded. "Where'd that lightning bolt come from?"
"I have a pretty good idea." Shane answered, helping Skyla carefully to her feet. "Hurry. Take me back to where we first met. I don't have much time."
"OK. Come on." Shane nodded, leading Skyla away.
From the safety of the trees, Hannah watched them, her bow resting lightly against her leg. She may have been jealous of Skyla, and the relationship she had with Shane, but that didn't mean she wanted any harm to come to an innocent being.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
"So it's true what Vexacus said." Shane said, as he helped Skyla through the forest. "You don't have much time."
"Carmanians change all the time." Skyla explained. "Instead of dying, we pass from one life form to the next."
"Whoa. Now, that's heavy." Shane chuckled.
"I guess for you it probably seems like it," Skyla smiled. "But we're taught at birth that we pass on this life's energy when it's time."
"I can't believe out of everyone in the whole universe, you chose me." Shane said, as Skyla's words registered in his mind.
"I didn't. You're my destiny."
"And I am yours."
"What do you mean?" Shane asked, confused.
"Well, ever since you were little and you saved me from Vexacus, I knew you were the one."
"It always seemed like just a dream."
"Sometimes, we choose to forget what we can't understand." Skyla explained. "Like your friend, Hannah, she forgot that Lothor was the one who killed her parents, because she didn't understand why it had happened."
Shane blinked. "How did you know that?" he asked.
"You told me." Skyla smiled.
"I did?"
Skyla laughed, lightly. "Not everything is told through the passing of words, Shane," she said. "I am connected to you. I have been, ever since you were little. I have seen you through the hardest years of your life, watched you grow up from a little boy to the man you are today. Hannah is a sweet girl, you're lucky to have her in your life."
Shane gave her a half smile. "If only it were that easy," he muttered.
"You'll find the answers." Skyla said, promisingly.
"You sure I'm the one?" Shane asked.
"Only a person of the highest character can handle the power." Skyla stated. "The red Ranger thing is a plus, though."
Suddenly, Skyla's world shifted, and she groaned, collapsing into Shane's arms and coughing.
"Skyla? Skyla?" Shane asked, worriedly.
"It's time." Skyla said, looking up into Shane's worried face. "We will be linked together forever. By the power I pass on to you. The responsibility is yours. Use it wisely."
Shane nodded and looked down as Skyla wrapped her hands around his morpher. Her hands glowed a bright white and orange colour, before disappearing, transferring into his morpher.
"Don't lose her, Shane." Skyla said, looking back up at him. "You won't find anyone else like her. Goodbye."
With a burst of flame, Skyla transformed into her next life force, a beautiful Phoenix, and took to the skies. Disappearing into the brightness of the sun.
"Goodbye, Skyla." Shane whispered, sounding tearful.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Vexacus laughed as Shane walked out of the trees.
"That was very touching," he mocked. "But if I can't get the power from her, I'll get it from you."
Upset at losing Skyla, Shane clenched his hand into a fist, and glowered at Vexacus from across the clearing. He understood that Skyla was nothing more than an alien being to the shark, and that she had some immense power that he so badly wanted, but to Shane, Skyla had been more than a vessel of great power. She had been a person, a person that he had grown to care about in the last few hours.
"This one's for Skyla." He said, bringing up his wrist. "Ninja Storm, Ranger Form! Ha!"
He morphed and drew his sword.
Vexacus followed his actions and few his own too.
"You're chum, chump!" Shane shouted.
"Prepare to be destroyed!" Vexacus growled.
The two faced off against one another, before racing to beat the other in sword-to-sword combat.
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Cam snapped to attention as his computer screen lit up, showing Zurgane destroying the forest just outside of the Wind Ninja academy. "Look who's back!" he called, as the others returned from the beach.
"Is the Megazord fixed?" Tori asked.
"Of course, I am the brains of the operation, remember?" Cam teased.
Tori smiled in apology.
"What about the Thunder zords?" Hunter asked.
"The energy field in the forest is weakening." Cam explained. "I should be able to call them any second."
"We'll meet you out there." Hunter said to Tori and Dustin.
"Hopefully, I'll be able to get a lock on Shane, Hannah and Steve, too." Cam said, over his shoulder.
"But you said Hannah was safe." Blake said, looking and sounding worried again.
Cam nodded. "She looked fine when she came here," he said, "but since she's left, I haven't been able to contact her again."
The navy Thunder Ranger sighed and hung his head.
Hunter patted his brother's shoulder reassuringly. "She's fine," he promised. "Hannah's fine."
"You're optimism is inspiring," Blake said. "Sorry I don't share it."
"Just keep thinking that she's fine." Hunter said. "We can grill her later for running off and making us worry all day."
Blake sighed and nodded. "Good luck," he said, turning to Tori and Dustin.
"Thanks." Tori nodded, leading Dustin away from the super computer. "You ready, Bronze god?" she asked, teasing Dustin about the new colour of his tan.
Dustin frowned at her.
"Ninja Storm, Ranger Form! Ha!"
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Steve stumbled as the ground shook underfoot.
Regaining his balance he looked up to see Zurgane's zord trashing around in the clearing across from him. He sighed, and took cover further into the trees; if Hannah was in Zurgane's line of sight then the second-in-command was going to do everything possible to trample her.
Watching from the safety of the trees, Steve sighed in relief as he saw the Wind Megazord arrive on scene to defuse the situation. If Tori and Dustin were here to deal with Zurgane, then that meant he just may have been able to find Hannah and get her out of harm's way.
"Hey, what's going on?"
Steve jumped and spun around. His heart was beating a mile a minute, but his reaction time was a lot slower. He stared at the blonde behind him for about five seconds, before realizing who it was.
"Hannah!" he scolded.
"Oh, I did it again, didn't I?" Hannah asked. "Sorry. I seem to be sneaking up on everyone today. But isn't that part of being a Ninja? Stealth?"
"That's not what I'm mad at, and you know it!" Steve said. "Where the hell have you been all day?"
Hannah lowered her gaze and sighed. "I'm sorry." She said. "Sorry for running off, but I had to know... I had to know what was bothering Shane and, well, I couldn't tell you I was leaving because then Tori would get upset because it was her birthday, and I wanted her to enjoy the day that belonged to her. Please don't punish me. I did it with every great intention."
"Maybe so," Steve said. "But you worried us all. Tori couldn't enjoy her birthday because she was worrying about you and Shane."
"I'm sorry." Hannah muttered.
Steve sighed and hugged her. "I know you are. Just don't run off like that again, OK?" he asked.
Hannah nodded and hugged him back. "So, are you going to tell me what's going on?" she asked, nodding at the Megazord battle.
"Zurgane." Steve answered. "His Megazord is back for round two."
"Round two?"
"I'm sure Cam's already explained the morpher malfunction?"
Hannah nodded.
"Yeah, well, it's not only the morphers the cloaking device has affected. It's the Thunder zord portals, too." Steve said.
"So we can't access them?"
"Not yet, anyway."
Hannah groaned and turned her attention to the Zord battle.
"So, where's Shane?" Steve asked, noticing the red Ranger's absence.
"I don't know." Hannah answered. "Probably with Skyla."
"Who?"
"I'll explain later." Hannah said, as a low rumbling noise reached her ears. She looked up and smiled as she saw her Scorpion Zord come rolling into view. "Wish me luck."
"Good luck." Steve said.
Hannah smiled and rushed off towards the clearing.
"Thunder Storm, Ranger Form! Ha!"
~*Lost Thunder Ninja*~
Hannah sighed as she followed Hunter and Blake into Ninja Ops. They, along with Cam and Sensei, had spoken with her about running off without letting someone know where she was going. Each of them had stated that they were living in dangerous times and that she was lucky Lothor hadn't taken advantage of the situation. His ignorance had been what had saved Hannah.
"I'm sorry." Hannah whined, catching Hunter's hand. "Please, say you forgive me!"
"I don't know, Hans." Hunter said. "What if you'd been hurt? You wouldn't have been able to contact us!"
"But I wasn't hurt."
"Thankfully." Blake muttered.
"You were reckless," Hunter said. "Stupid and fearless."
Hannah frowned and stared at her brother's with wide-eyes. "But you would have done exactly the same thing," she pointed out. "I don't see why I should be punished for something we all would have done!"
"She's got a point." Dustin piped up.
"Shut up!" Blake and Hunter told the yellow Ranger.
Dustin fell silent.
"Don't shout at him." Hannah said, defending her colour twin. "He's just being a friend."
"You don't need a defence." Hunter said. "You're still grounded."
Hannah huffed and crossed her arms over her stomach. "You suck, Hunter," she pouted. "You too, Blake."
"Good." Blake said. "It means we're doing our jobs as older brothers."
"Don't talk to me." Hannah said, turning away and stalking to Dustin. "I'm gonna stay over here, with Dustin, at least he agrees with me."
Dustin smirked and wrapped his arm around Hannah's shoulder. He leaned in and whispered into her ear.
Hannah smiled and nodded, quickly leaving Ops with her colour twin.
"Hey, where you going?" Hunter called after them. "You're grounded."
"Can't ground me at Ninja Ops." Hannah called back. "It's neutral territory."
Hunter bit back a growl and turned away from the exit, just as Shane and Tori entered from the side rooms. They were talking about the Battlizer that Shane had acquired through Skyla's power.
"Hey, you all right?" Blake asked the red Ranger, spotting his disheartened look.
"Yeah, I feel kinda bummed." Shane said, heaving a heavy sigh.
"You miss her, don't you?" Tori asked, talking about Skyla.
Shane nodded. "Yeah, I guess I do." He agreed.
"She will always be with you, Shane." Sensei said, as four of his Rangers came to a stop in front of his habitat. "Her power lives through you for all eternity."
"Thanks, Sensei." Shane smiled. "There's just one thing that I can't get out of mind, and it's the final words Skyla said to me."
Tori looked curious. "What did she say?" she asked.
"She told me 'not to lose her' as I wouldn't find anyone else like her." Shane answered.
"Who's the 'her'?" Hunter asked, looking curious.
Shane shook his head. "I don't know." He shrugged.
Tori, however, was smiling. "I think I have a pretty good idea," she said, as Dustin, Cam and Hannah returned to Ops.
"You all did well in my absence." Sensei said, as the rest of the Rangers returned. "I am proud."
"It's a pity that it had to happen on someone's birthday." Hunter said, hugging Tori.
The blue Ranger smiled. "Hey, no worries. There'll be more, right?" she laughed.
"Unless, of course, Lothor vaporizes us tomorrow." Hannah said.
Tori frowned at her. "You're punishment has made you cold," she said.
"Blame them," Hannah said, nodding at her brothers. "They're the ones punishing me for no reason!"
"You ran off!" Blake exclaimed.
"You could've been hurt!" Hunter added.
"You would have done the same thing!" Hannah countered.
Cam, Shane, Dustin and Tori exchanged looks and shook their heads at the sibling-exchange. Both Shane and Tori knew what it was like to have both older and younger siblings, but neither of them knew how bad it was to actually work with their brothers or sisters; neither of them understood exactly what Hunter, Blake and Hannah went through every day.
"Whether we're vaporized tomorrow or not," Dustin said, turning around and holding picking up a vanilla cream cake. "Today isn't over yet." He lit the two candles, which were in the shape of a number one and eight, in the centre of the cake and smiled.
In the dim light, Dustin's tan didn't look too bad. But now, in the glow of the candlelight he looked terrible.
Hannah giggled relentlessly. "Haha. Looks like i'm the only yellow Ranger left." She teased. "Thanks for surrendering your colour to me, Dustin, look like I win!"
"Tori's right." Dustin agreed. "You're punishment has made your cold. Dudes, why did you have to punish her?"
"We're not getting into this again." Hunter said, shaking his head. "Just let her win, dude."
"Fine!" Dustin grumbled.
"Dudes, we have more colours than the freaking rainbow!" Hannah said, giggling. "Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Crimson, Navy and now Orange!"
Dustin pouted. "I hate you." He grumbled.
Hannah grinned. "Nah, you don't," she said, shaking her head.
"I should."
"But you can't." Hannah smiled, turning to Tori. "Well, what you waiting for, Birthday girl? Blow out your candles and make a wish!"
Tori smiled, closed her eyes, and then, with one deep breath, blew out the two candles.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" the rangers cheered.
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Saturday, 16 June 2013 at 03:54am