Author's Note: We are getting close to the end... I cannot believe how fast it has gone.
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is unrecognizable from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban... although Ninja Storm was created by Disney. Enjoy.
Warning: Rated T for safety.
Title: Lightning Storm! Ranger Form!
Summary: We all know the story of the Wind and Thunder Rangers; but what about the Lightning Rangers? Two teens that played a vital role in the destruction of Lothor? Not to mention kept the others on their toes. It's time to meet the new: Defenders of Earth.
"After we found the sword, I located a satellite picture of the area," Cam said, pressing play on the laptop, and showed them a clip of Zurgane being destroyed by Vexacus.
"It's true Rangers," said Sensei. "Vexacus has destroyed Zurgane."
"Not that I'm going to miss Zurgane, but why would Vexacus do that?" Tori asked in confusion.
"It appears a power struggle is at play in Lothor's lair," Sensei answered.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Dustin asked, causing the others to look at him. "Maybe they'll keep fighting each other till there's no one left!"
He and the others laughed lightly.
"That is possible, Dustin," Sensei nodded. "But I suspect Lothor has even more sinister plot in mind."
"So what do we do next?" Shane asked.
"The time has come to face the enemy proactively," Sensei answered. "We must reinforce our ranks by rescuing all the captured ninja's. We must find a way to get onto Lothor's ship."
"That's not going to be easy," said Blake, exchanging a look with his brother. "Trust us."
"Lothor's ship is protected by a powerful energy field," Cam added. "Without some way to break through, well never get in!"
"Leave that to me," Hunter said, heading off before the others could ask any questions. Rebecca frowned, hesitated, and then took off after him.
~*Lightning Storm*~
Aliyah looked up as the mainframe beeped.
"What is it, Cam?" she asked, appearing behind him and spotting her sister and Hunter on the screen, they were being attacked by some giant black bird.
"We've got trouble," the Samurai answered.
"It's Hunter and Rebecca," Tori said, appearing beside Aliyah.
"And my favourite fish," Shane added.
"I thought you didn't like sushi," Dustin frowned.
"Forget the fish jokes," said Blake, "check out Big Bird!"
Cam frowned. "This is weird the radiation I was tracking earlier is back!"
"But I thought you found it when you found Zurgane's Swords," Aliyah frowned.
"Yeah, so did I," Cam nodded.
"Call to the beast inside," Rebecca yelled from the mainframe. "Unleash the Eagle!"
Aliyah pouted. "She's such a show off!" she complained.
"Must run in the family," Tori teased.
Aliyah grinned. "We better get out there!"
The others nodded and moved back to morph.
"Ready?" Shane asked.
"Ready!"
"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Thunder Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Lightning Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Samurai Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Ranger Storm Power!"
~*Lightning Storm*~
"Two rangers are no match for Condortron," Vexacus laughed as Hunter and Rebecca hit the ground hard. The Black ranger shook her head and pushed herself up onto her knees, before getting steadily to her feet as the black bird walked slowly towards her.
"How about three rangers?" Aliyah yelled, jumping over her team-mates and landing a double kick to Condortron's chest, taking him by surprise and knocking him backwards into Vexacus, she then landed beside her sister and sent a Lightning Energy Orb at the two.
Vexacus easily sliced through the orb with his serrated sword, his mechanical eye whirring and fixing upon Aliyah with intense hatred.
"One more doesn't matter!" he snarled.
"Oh, yeah?" Hunter asked, getting unsteadily to his feet.
Before anyone could react, lasers blasted Condortron, causing him to spin through the air and crash to the ground. Hunter and Rebecca looked in the direction that the attack had come from.
"Guys!" Shane called as he rushed towards them on his bike, the others in tow.
"You okay?" Cam asked as he leapt off of the back of Shane's bike.
Rebecca nodded. "Yeah," before turning back to the fight as Motodrone and his Kelzacks appeared between the rangers and Vexacus.
"Miss me?" he taunted his eyes on Aliyah.
"Ew," Tori said, as Aliyah shuddered involuntarily under the golden mutant's gaze.
"This is my battle," Vexacus yelled, but Motodrone ignored him, sending his Kelzacks into battle against the Rangers.
Rebecca and Aliyah teamed up against Vexacus, kicking and punching for all they were worth, but the shark didn't even seemed put off by their constant attacks; he caught Rebecca's ankle and kicked her away, before grabbing Aliyah's wrist and twisting it and rendering her to her knees as her shoulder pulled.
Struggling against his death grip, Aliyah stabbed her Sias' into the back of his knee, which caused him to let her go and fall forward onto her front; rolling over onto her back, Aliyah fired energy blasts from Saba as Vexacus reached for her for a second time. "Not this time!" she snapped, getting back to her feet, just as Hunter flew over them in his Glider Cycle, he was in pursue of Condortron.
Getting back to his feet, Vexacus blasted Hunter, causing him to fly off course, hit the giant bird and crash into the side of a mountain.
"Hunter!" Rebecca and Blake yelled, the Navy ranger taking off immediately.
Rebecca hesitated and looked back at her sister, who was once again fighting against Vexacus.
"Go!" Aliyah shouted at the Black ranger, ducking under the shark's arm and kicking him the back. "Rebecca... Go!" she shouted again, knowing that her sister was worried about Hunter.
Rebecca nodded and took off after Blake.
Once her sister had disappeared, Aliyah yelped as Vexacus elbowed her in the stomach and then threw her into Cam who had come to help.
"Ali, you okay?" the Samurai asked.
"I've been better," Aliyah answered her arm around her stomach.
"I didn't request backup!" Vexacus snarled at Motodrone as he was thrown back by Tori, just as Dustin drove in front of her.
"We will leave you this time," Motodrone retorted as the Kelzacks gathered behind him. "But beware, I'm watching you." He warned, before disappearing with the foot soldiers.
"Return to the ship. I'll handle this alone" Vexacus told Condortron, who obeyed, flying back up into space. The rangers looked up for a moment, before returning their focus to Vexacus. "Any last words?" he asked with a smirk.
"Yeah! Super Samurai Mode!" Cam yelled, switching between his ranger modes.
"I'm pulling the strings now!" Vexacus called, and shot out several strange strings, which caught the rangers and hauled them into the air. "Dance!" he cackled, ramming them into each other before releasing them so they all crashed to the ground.
"What do you want?" Cam demanded as he got to her feet, only for Vexacus to grab him with the strings again and drag him forwards before the others could stop him.
"Cam!" Aliyah yelled.
Vexacus grabbed the Samurai by the wrists. "Just having some fun!" he laughed, lifting him into the air and then dropping him like a stone.
"Give him back now!" Shane yelled.
"Sure," he tossed the Samurai aside, and grabbed his sword. "I'll take you all!" he decided, and they each pulled out their weapons.
Each of the rangers launched themselves at Vexacus, who easily fought them all off and floored them with little effort.
"Navy antlers!" Blake yelled, catching Vexacus around the waist. The surprised alien thrashed about, before blocking the navy ranger's attacks. He grabbed Blake's wrist and pulled the ranger closer as he laughed, only to be blasted by Hunter. He then tossed the younger brother into him, and they crashed to the ground.
Vexacus then disappeared, and the ground began to shake, nearly knocking them off their feet as soon as they got up. Vexacus burst out of the ground on a giant shark, and put his sword over his shoulder.
"Land shark attack!" he yelled, and the shark headed towards the two Lightning Rangers, knocking them flying.
"Guys!" the others gathered around them, pulling them to their feet. "Are you ok? Where is he?" Shane asked as he looked around, before Vexacus reappeared, walking towards them.
"You didn't think I'd leave without saying goodbye?" he smirked. They turned and faced him, ready to continue fighting. "With or without the gem, I will defeat you!" Vexacus promised, before disappearing. Immediately everyone turned to Hunter as their visors lowered.
"What gem?" Aliyah asked, looking at Hunter for answers. "What did he mean Hunter?" she asked, but he kept silent as the rest watched him, waiting for his answer. Hunter frowned as he knew he had no choice now but to tell them.
~*Lightning Storm*~
"The Gem of Souls," Hunter said, holding up the small cloth.
"But I threw it into the ocean," Cam said, looking confused.
Hunter shook his head and opened the cloth, revealing the Gem shards that he had kept from months back, everyone leaned in from where they were standing to get a better look. "Not all of it," he muttered.
"You should have told me, Hunter!" Blake said in annoyance, making everyone turn quickly to him.
"You didn't know about this?" Tori asked.
"No," Blake said, before turning back to his older brother. "And we're gonna have a long talk why, aren't we, bro?"
"I was gonna tell you," Hunter defended. "But the more time that passed, the harder it got. I'm sorry."
"Those fragments must be the source of the radiation I was tracking," Cam realized. "It had nothing to do with Zurgane's sword!"
"After Lothor shattered the gem, I hid these two pieces out there," Hunter explained. "I'd go out there now and again to see if they could help me contact my parents."
"Hunter, I know it's hard to accept that you're parents are never coming back," Rebecca sighed. "But the past is the past. You can't undo what has been done and you can't go back in time!"
"Rebecca is correct," Sensei nodded, solemnly, as he too understood Hunter's pain.
"Not without a scroll or something" Dustin smiled brightly.
"I know my parents are gone. But I still miss them" Hunter argued. "And those students up on Lothor's ship, someone misses them too" he pointed out. "But it's not too late for them. Let's bring them back" he dropped the gem shards into Cam's hand, looking determined.
~*Lightning Storm*~
Cam walked towards the entrance to his Dragon Force Vehicle, with the others walking behind him as he held his helmet in his hand.
"With the gem shards I should have enough power to break through Lothor's energy field," he said. "Once I've done that, you should be able to teleport onto the ship!"
The others nodded in understandment.
"We'll be standing by," Shane told him.
"Be careful Cam!" Tori said, making Cam sigh but smile all the same.
"Why does everyone keep telling me that?"
"Because we care about you," Aliyah said.
Cam smiled at her, before turning and walking off as Aliyah and Tori wished him good luck. He headed off down the corridor, ready to start the mission to save the other students.
~*Lightning Storm*~
The rangers watched as Cam took off through the portal and towards Lothor's ship, each impressed by the Dragon Force Vehicle and excited that they were on their way to saving the rest of their respective academies students. They watched as Cam made his way up through space, before he was suddenly shot at.
Everyone's excited mood changed as Cam struggled to regain control of his Zord.
"Cam! Cam come in!" Shane yelled as the Zord flew about, avoiding the attacks.
"I'm hit, but I'm OK. My bigger problem is, if I don't get closer, I'll never be able to break through the energy field," he explained, and pushed on forward, continuing to avoid the lasers fired at him.
Suddenly the computer began to beep and another image came up, this time of Condortron.
"Uh oh, the big bird is back" Blake frowned.
Rebecca frowned. "Can we stop with the bird jokes?" she asked. "I don't appreciate them!"
"Sorry," Blake said sheepishly.
"We have to call the Zords!"
"But we can't leave Cam out there!" Aliyah exclaimed.
"Cyber Cam and I will monitor my son," Sensei told them. "You must take the Zords and face Condortron."
They nodded and headed for the exit, as Aliyah hesitated. She felt torn, she wanted to stay behind and make sure that Cam was alright... but she also knew that her friends needed help.
"Aliyah, go," Sensei ordered. "You will not be much help here!
Aliyah sighed and hurried off at the others.
~*Lightning Storm*~
The three Megazords faced Condortron as he squawked, and got ready to fight.
"Let's do this!"
"Right with you Shane!" Hunter called from his cockpit of the Thunder Megazord
"Oh yeah!" Rebecca agreed as she took hold of the controls of the Lightning Megazord, ready to fight. They all blasted Condortron with their lasers, but he pushed through and ran forwards, slicing them all in turn.
"Lightning Staff! Energy Orb!" Aliyah commanded twirling the giant sized Lightning Staff in a full circle; she then slashed through the white orb that appeared and sent it hurtling at Condortron. However, he leapt over their attack and slashed down, knocking the Lightning Megazord to the ground. He then fired an attack that hit the Thunder and Storm Megazords. As they stumbled back, Aliyah and Rebecca forced their Megazord back onto its feet.
"We can beat this bird!"
"Concentrate!"
"Ok..."
"Focus!"
"We can do this!"
The three Megazords grabbed Condortron and flung him out of the way. As soon as he leapt to his feet, Cam's Samurai Star Megazord leapt in and dealt a couple of blows to the giant bird.
"Cam!" Aliyah sighed in relief. "You made it!"
"Heard you needed some help," he grinned as he looked over to the other three Megazords. The Samurai Megazord then hit Condortron again, knocking the big bird to the ground. "It's Hurricane Megazord time!" Cam announced as the four Megazords grouped together.
"Locked and dropped!" Shane, Hunter, Cam and Rebecca commanded, inserting their power disks into their Megazords command system and calling forth the Ninja Firebird.
"Hurricane Megazord!"
They then called on their typhoon power, which caught Condortron and destroyed him, which allowed them to relax and cheer.
~*Lightning Storm*~
"You don't have any more surprises out here, do you?" Cam asked, as he and Aliyah approached Hunter from behind.
The blonde jumped at their sudden appearance and sighed. "No,"
"What's on your mind?" Aliyah asked, noticing the distant look in his eyes.
"How do you do it?" Hunter sighed, looking between the sisters. "How do you deal with having no parents?"
"Because I don't know my parents," Aliyah answered, with a small shrug. Hunter offered her a confused look. "My parents returned to Afghan on a routine mission when I was two... I never saw them again!" she explained.
Hunter frowned. "They never came home?"
"No truer words have been spoken," Aliyah said, glancing up at the blonde. "They died a year later."
"Oh," Hunter nodded, suddenly guilty. "Sorry."
"What for?" Aliyah asked. "You didn't kill them! I just wish I knew who did..."
"You do realize that murder is illegal, right?" Hunter asked.
"And eye for an eye," Aliyah answered. "They murdered my parents... they deserve what is coming to them!"
Cam shook his head as Aliyah looked away. "Hey, thanks for giving me the gem shards," he said, "I know it must have been hard for you to give them up!"
"They weren't doing me much good out here," Hunter said. "Didn't do you much good either!"
"Well, it got me onto the ship," Cam said. "If it hadn't been for Condortron's attack, those students might be free."
Hunter nodded. "Do you ever think we'll get back up there?" he asked, curiously.
Aliyah perked up and turned back to face the guys.
"The Dragon Force vehicle took quite a beating," Cam nodded, "but I'll get it running again. We'll get those Ninja's home, I promise."
"You're on," Hunter nodded as Aliyah turned her gaze skyward, her thoughts wandering to that of her family that were trapped out in space. She may have walked out on the Lightning Academy, but she hadn't walked out on those she had left behind.
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Saturday, 14 July 2012 at 05:00pm