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"We're almost there," Hunter said. "Just a little bit further." He, Billy, Dustin, and Kelly approached the edge of the lake and waterfall.
"There's nowhere else to go," replied Kelly with disdain. She narrowed her eyes at the water. "I thought you guys said we were going to your headquarters."
"We are," said Dustin. "Through there." He gestured ahead and walked onto the water.
Kelly looked at him in surprise. "How are you doing that, Dustin?" she called out to him.
"Come on, Kel," said Hunter, extending his hand.
"You open yourself to a lot of new things when you're with Power Rangers," Billy said with a smile.
Kelly looked at Hunter's hand warily and reluctantly took it. She held on tightly before she realized that she wasn't falling through the water. She carefully followed Hunter and stopped in front of the waterfall.
"What's wrong, Kelly?" Hunter asked. He watched as Dustin and Billy went through the waterfall.
"I don't have clothes. Or towels."
Hunter looked at her in confusion and then realized that she was talking about the waterfall. He started laughing and Kelly narrowed her eyes at him.
"It's not funny," she said.
"Just come on, Kelly. You won't get wet." He pulled her through the waterfall and to her surprise, not one drop of water fell on her. "There, see. Not wet." Hunter laughed again.
Kelly rolled her eyes and shook her head as she followed him down the hall. "So...what is this place, anyway?"
"It's our-" Hunter broke off when he saw a familiar face in the room. "Sensei?" he said, excitedly. He limped as fast as he could toward Sensei and wrapped him in a hug.
"It's nice to see you too, Hunter," Sensei replied, patting his back. "But you look as if you need a seat."
"I'm fine, Sensei," Hunter said, ignoring the sharp pain in his leg.
Sensei nodded, but directed Hunter into a seat. "Now," he said, turning his attention to Kelly. "Who is your friend?"
"Kelly," Dustin answered. "You remember her, right? She's the one who owns the Storm Chargers. She sponsors us. Me, Hunter, and Blake."
Kelly nodded, a little afraid of this seemingly powerful man. She looked around and saw the other people in the room, a bit afraid of all of them. She noticed the same man who had caused a commotion in her store earlier in the room, along with a few others. A pretty African-American lady was tied to a chair. A long-haired man and a man with strikingly blonde hair were staring at her like she had two heads. And a Hispanic man who stared at her with indifference.
"So you have found out our little secret, have you?" Sensei asked.
Kelly opened her mouth to respond. "Uh...uh-uh...I-I..I promise I won't say anything." Sensei stared at her for the longest time. She was sure that he was reading her mind and wanted to break the eye contact, but couldn't.
Sensei nodded. "I believe you. You may take a seat."
Kelly nodded and sat down between Hunter and Dustin. The two of them whispered the names of the others in the room, telling them a brief history of the Power Rangers and what was going on with the Psycho rangers.
"So, what's going on out there?" asked Adam. "Where are the others?" Billy filled him, Rocky, Sensei, Andros, and Zhane in on what happened at the store.
"Did they get away?" asked Rocky.
Billy shrugged. "We don't know."
"They'll be fine," said Andros. "I think we've got to focus on Tommy, Jason, and Kimberly. As soon as we've got them back from under the spell, we can then turn our attention on Lothor."
"Where is Cam?" Sensei asked, looking around. "Is he with the others?"
Billy exchanged a dark glance with Andros and Zhane. Adam and Rocky looked down, guiltily.
"They took him," Dustin answered. "Well, them when they were evil, still. And not just them, the other ones, too."
Billy held up a hand and shook his head. "Cam's been captured by Lothor."
Sensei furrowed his forehead and shook his head. "What's happened here?"
"Everyone all right?" TJ asked. He looked back at the exploding remains of the store, covering his eyes from the heat and the bright glare of the fire. He coughed, accidently inhaling some of the smoke.
"Yeah," Shane answered, also coughing. He nodded to Blake and Tori. "We're good. How's Cassie?"
Ashley shrugged, holding her hand to her nose. She coughed a few times.
"Let's go back to Ninja Ops," said Carlos, covering his nose.
"You all right, Tommy?" TJ asked.
Tommy nodded. "I'm fine. You guys lead the way."
"You sure you're all right?"
Tommy nodded again. "I'm fine, TJ." He glanced backwards at the fire and slowly followed them. He was careful to not drop Cassie and made sure that her head didn't hit anything as they were getting away. Tommy followed TJ and the others and quickly glanced back again when he noticed Kim standing there. He stopped walking and turned around to face her. He took a step toward her, but stopped when TJ put a hand on his shoulder.
"Not now, Tommy." TJ gestured to Cassie. "We'll get her back. We will."
Tommy bit his lip and followed TJ. "All right."
"ARGH!"
Kelly jumped when Aisha suddenly yelled out loud.
"Aisha!" Adam yelled.
"Has there been any inclination of Aisha returning to the side of good?" asked Sensei.
Adam and Rocky looked at each other and shook their heads. "Nothing since she's been awake."
Sensei nodded and took a seat across from Aisha. He rubbed his head, thinking about his son. "The only way we can get Cam back is if we have the help of everyone. I promised his mother that I would never put him in danger."
Andros, Zhane, Billy, Adam, and Rocky gave each other an uncomfortable look. "I'm sorry," Adam said.
"Me too," added Rocky. "If-"
"It is not your fault. Lothor used to be my brother. The fault is mine." He exhaled and looked up at Aisha.
"Is there anything you can do?" Adam gestured toward Aisha.
"There are things we can try. Ultimately, it lies within Aisha to determine whether or not she wishes to return to the side of good." He took her head into his hands and steadied it as Aisha tried to thrash around. "Aisha. Look into my eyes. This is not you."
She growled again and tried to get her head out of Sensei's grip.
"No," Sensei said firmly. He tightened his grip on Aisha's head. "This is not you. You are a Power Ranger. A yellow ranger. The keeper of the spirit of the Bear."
Aisha growled again and yelled.
"The keeper of the spirit of the Bear. The Bear is who you are, not this. Not a mindless robot of Lothor's."
"I am no robot," snarled Aisha.
"That's right. No, you are not." He looked deeply into Aisha's red eyes and saw that the evil looked as if it was subsiding a bit. "You are not a robot," he repeated. "These are your friends. Your friends who care deeply about you. Who want nothing more than to see you again. The real you. Not this. Not this person."
Aisha's head started to throb. A number of images ran through her mind and thought about what Sensei was saying. She didn't recognize him, but could feel as if he was someone that she could trust. In some weird way, something woke up in the back of her mind. She was reminded of Zordon, someone that she had not thought about in a long time. She shook her head, trying to clear things out. In a flash, she remembered that she served Lothor and growled loudly at Sensei.
"I know you are in there, Aisha. I can see it. I know you are."
"Leave me alone!" she yelled.
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