A/N: Well here it is. A little latter then I'd hoped but it's done. It seems though this will be three parts instead of just two. Also the song to go along with this chapter, during the fight scene is Oblivion by 30 seconds to Mars, a great band and great song. I recommend listening to it while reading that section. You don't have to of course. There is some pretty gruesome moments in this chapter, something you would not see in the T.V show mostly likely but it's all for the drama and realization that Nix is not some petty evil who just talks big, she means business and is to be feared. Ahh, evil Neve, I've sort of missed writing her recently.
Anyways enjoy this chapter, I'll try to get the next one up tonight or tomorrow so we can move on to in your dreams. R&R!
Green with Rage
Chapter 28: Thunder Storm: Part I.
N/A, California;
May 16th, 2011:
The human race is unaware of most the dangers in this world. They look to the Power Rangers whenever there is a problem and without these multicolored heroes they may not have been here today. The thought of the Military and all their trigger happy teams probably would be of no use against the things the Ranger fight and sometimes Man can unwittingly cause a rise of some such villains.
At a site in between Blue Bay Harbor and Reefside—the exact area of the Abyss of Evil and where the Ninja Storm Rangers had defeated Lothor. They had already carved a large gorge and were unknowingly causing evil to irrupt and help Lothor along to the surface. Something he'd been trying to do for the better part of half a year.
"Well, that's it," one of the workers said as they walked along. "There isn't anything wrong with the ground."
"That's weird, I don't get why they were worried about sink holes," the other man frowned, Looking over his shoulder, he signaled to the boss. "We're out for today."
"Alright, see you. We'll fill them back in tomorrow," the man announced, motioning to the crack in the earth behind him. The two workers left and slowly the whole construction team left and when the ground began to shake, violently.
The tremor rocked the entire site, before a huge beam of purple light shot through the one of the openings. Slowly, it widened, until the whole gorge was opened up, smoke and eerie lights emanating from it. Two hands shot out of the gorge, clinging to the side.
All at once a man wearing long robes and a mask, pulled himself out of the ground and abyss below. As he stood up, purple electricity crackled around him. Reveling in his new found escape from the Abyss, the once-feared evil space ninja laughed evilly as plans began to form in his mind.
xXx
Reefside, California:
Kira,Trent and Tiernan were studying in the Cyberspace Cafe that day. Conner was at Soccer practice and Ethan was doing god knows what. Neveah had went to Blue Bay to surprisingly help Tori, Shane and Dustin out with something leaving them one Ranger down.
"Where Neve when you need her," Trent muttered as he tried to understand the point of the science in front of him. Kira laughed softly as Tiernan snickered.
"I think she's busy Trent, whats..." Kira cut herself off as her eyes focused on someone in a bright navy blue at the bar. He had a hat on so she really couldn't get a clear view of him but he looked so familiar.
"Hey there," the navy guy said as he got to the counter.
"Trent, Tiernan, does that guy at the bar look familiar to you?" Kira asked the teens in white and gold and they looked up in unison. They frowned, he did look familiar but the view they had it was hard to tell.
"The one in the blue hat?" he wondered. "Yeah, but I don't know where?"
"He probably goes to school with us or something," Tiernan said shrugging, not really interested in the game of guess who.
"I'm sure I've seen him before," she replied, not taking her eyes off him.
"Well go ask," Trent scoffed.
"I'm not just going to go up to some guy I don't know," Kira stated.
"Well chances are you do know him," Tiernan said, and Kira bit her lip.
"Okay if your not going to go up there, can we get back to studying?" Trent asked and Kira nodded but kept her eyes locked upon the kid in curiosity. Tiernan and Trent noticed and smirked.
"It's driving you crazy isn't it?" Tiernan asked and Kira nodded sheepishly.
"Yeah," she answered.
"Go ask," Trent urged and she bit her lip and nodded before she placed the book on the coffee table and walked up to the bar.
"Do we know each other?" she asked and he turned around hearing the familiar voice and his eyes widened as Kira smiled wide and pulled him into a hug making Trent and Tiernan raise an eyebrow. They began to get worried until she pulled back and pulled his hat off. They smiled and went back their books, no need to get overprotective now.
"Blake! What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Kira, sorry I completely forgot I was in Reefside for a minute there. It's the Motocross thing, takes me almost everyone these days." Blake smiled and then turned to the guy behind him and Kira smiled at the boy who nodded at her in acknowledgment.
Kira, This is Jessie," he pointed to the guy. "Jessie this is Kira, a friend of mine and best friend of my brothers girlfriend," he said almost bragging.
"It's nice to meet you," Kira said and then tilted her head and frowned. "I know this must sound like a broken record but have we met?" Kira asked as she stared at Jessie.
"Nah, do you follow Motocross?" he asked and Kira shook her head.
"No, but a friend of mine does," Kira said. "Is that what you do...of course it is your with Blake." Kira shook her head at her moment of total blondness.
"Yeah," Jessie laughed and Kira nodded. Blake smirked and shook his head at Jessie's obvious try to flirt, to bad Kira was already taken. Poor sap, Blake thought as he saw a kid walked up to get an autograph before he could say anything and Blake grinned and signed the book and Jessie did as well.
"So you're famous for riding a motorcycle?" Kira asked, kind of shocked that the kid wanted Blake and Jessie's autograph and as Conner entered the cafe she looked over and waved. Jessie looked between the two and sighed before nodding at Kira and turning to Hayley to order.
"Don't be so surprised," Blake said almost scoffing as he headed to the Foosball table, Kira close behind.
"No it's just," Kira began, blushing red. "I didn't know you could be famous for that. I guess I should have huh?"
Blake laughed, it was no wounder Kira and Tori got along so well, they were eerily similar but different at the same time.
"Well why don't you come see for yourself," Blake asked. "Nationals this week at Reefside annex park. Bring the gang, and I'll get you passes." Back at their table, the twins were listening and watching their whole conversation.
"Really?" Kira asked surprised and Blake nodded.
"Yeah, it's not that big of a deal. It'll also be nice to have some friends there," Blake said shrugging.
"What about the others?" Blake sighed.
"Hunter is super busy with the Thunder Academy, and Neve is in Blue Bay helping Tori, Shane and Dustin as you well know. After that she's going to see about finishing up her students training as Spirit Ninja's so they can focus on becoming the best before they decide to open the Spirit Academy to the public. It's gonna be a busy year for us all," Blake explained and Kira blanched.
"Wow, sometimes I forget just how much pressure your all under. I thought being..." Kira looks around and then lowers her voice. "...Rangers was hard but I'd probably go insane if I had to teach students the art of Ninja. To think Neve had to focus on School, Ninja Training and Ranger duties. Sometimes I wonder if she's even human," Kira finished shaking her head and Blake laughed.
"We wondered the same thing when she was kicking our asses," Blake admitted. "So you, Trent, Conner and Tiernan want get a bite to ear? My treat."
Kira looked over at her friends and fellow Rangers who smiled at her and then nodded.
"Sure, you into Pizza? There is this sort of new place a block or so away. The best Vegetarian Pizza," Kira said and Blake looked at her.
"Your a Vegetarian?" he asked shocked and she nodded.
"Yep, I'm not a strictly vegan but I don't eat meat. As long as it wasn't once alive and bloody I'll eat it," Kira said and Blake nodded. They all gathered their things and Blake let Jessie know he was going out and would meet him back at the track latter before they left.
xXx
Blue Bay Harbor:
A small group of masked Ninja's of all three elements leaped forward, shouting and grouping together as they prepared for Battle. Each knowing their Sensei's were expecting the best from them as they trained for the middle term finals. The colors along their black Wind Ninja uniforms were red, yellow and blue. Stepping up before them was three more masked Ninja's and their uniforms were slightly different. Their colored lines were thinner, and near their throats and along the edges of the uniform, large symbols of their elements were fastened like emblems.
Above them in the trees was another Ninja with a even more different uniform but in retrospect it was the same as the three Ninja the group was facing but the color was white-silver with pink accenting color and the symbol was different and more of a illustration of a bird in flight with a twig of some sort in it's mouth and a wind like symbol behind it.
Ripping off their masks, Dustin, Shane and Tori smiled and Tori looked up and smiled at Neve who smirked down at her.
Standing in a stance to mirror their students, the three Sensei's smirked, and waved their pupils forward. The students rushed them, and the battle broke out. As well-trained as the students were they were no match for their teachers who had been at it longer even if they had graduated early. Dustin, Shane and Tori made quick work for their students and Neve ran along the tree limbs using the ninja streak to confuse select students and engage them in battle but mostly she simply observed and kept to the tree limbs.
After a few Ninja tricks and the defeated Ninja's all stood up after a shockwave from Neve's Spirit energy attack which was much softer then if she really wanted to break something and simply blew them back instead of injuring them. If they had been as trained as Tori, Shane and Dustin that attack could have been easily countered or dodged. As the students stood the three Sensei's stood together, watching their students with slight smiles on their faces and the Ninja's blinked as Neve dropped from a tree limb onto the ground and stood, taking off her mask in the process.
The Wind Sensei's all smirked as their students took a step back in shock and most bowed lowly and some tried make themselves almost invisible they stood so stiff. Everyone knew who Neve was, not only a former Ranger but a former Evil Ranger who had not been evil once, but thrice, and on two different teams in the span of one year.
Neve smiled and rolled her eyes internally, she was used to the reaction she got from the Wind Ninja's by now and she simply found it amusing, just as much as her three friends did.
With his arms crossed, the Sensei's smiled as their students prepared themselves for another fight. However, Shane raised his hand simply as Neve rolled her eyes and shook her head as she stood next to Tori who smiled at the young girl.
"Stand down!" he instructed his voice commanding but friendly in some odd way. "All right. How do you guys think that went?"
"Dude, we totally kicked their butts!" Dustin exclaimed, earning a look from Shane and a giggle from Tori and Neve who shook their hands.
"I believe he was talking to them, Sensei Dustin," she said, turning in his direction as she grinned.
"Oh right. Sorry. Proceed," Dustin said as he schooled his face in a stern and teacher like look which made Neve hold back a laugh and try and conceal a smirk by biting her lip but only half susseded.
"All right, before you're next lesson I want you guys to think about what just happened. You will need to consider you're commitment to Ninja training," he said as he stared them down, and he nodded before speaking once more.
"Class dismissed." He then turned with his friends and walked away as the students removed their masks and also walked in the direction back to the school.
"Shane, you kinda sounded like Sensei back there," Tori said as she smiled. Neve nodded.
"Yeah, I'm impressed. Your definitely a great Sensei," Neve told him and a smile appeared on Shane's face.
"Yeah thanks. Speaking of Sensei," he responded. "Wasn't he supposed to meet us here?"
"Yeah, he was," Neve stated, looking around and frowning. "You think he's alright?"
"Maybe he forgot" Dustin offered, not wanting to admit something might be amiss with their Sensei. Even though Sensei Hikari was more Neve's Sensei then Sensei was she still felt connected to the wind ninja and thought of him as her Sensei as well. Tori looked up and raised an eyebrow at Dustin.
"When has he forgotten anything?" she asked. "Ever?"
Dustin frowned and shrugged before he looked ahead of them and pointed. "Hey check it out," he said, noticing a scroll hanging from a tree ahead of them. The other three turned in the same direction and confused they walked closer to stand in front of it.
"Tori, Shane, Dustin, and Neveah," Shane read. "Go to the highest point in Blue Bay Harbor. Meet me there as the sun is setting"
Neve more closer and frowned. "Do not speak of this matter until I have spoken with you," she finished off where Shane left off, and the four of them exchanged glances, before heading off to follow their Sensei's instructions. The whole way Neve couldn't help but feel something was wrong, and she cursed her inapt ability to master prophetic dreams as they might have actually come in handy in this situations.
xXx
Later at Sunset, Tori, Dustin, Neve and Shane walked up the hillside to the highest point where Sensei had instructed them to meet him. He was standing on top of the grassy hill over-looking the beginning of the sunset.
"Sensei," Tori called out, and he turned to look at them as they approached.
"Is everything all right?" Neve asked, concerned.
"No, Tori, Neveah," he shook his head, sighing. "I'm afraid it's not."
"You don't look so hot dude," Dustin commented, before remembering he was talking to his Sensei and not Tori, Neve or one of the guys. "I mean - no offense Sensei."
Sensei smiled a little and nodded. "None taken Dustin,"
"So, what's up?" Shane inquired. They were all worried, that much was evident. Something was clearly bothering their Sensei and they really didn't like it much.
"He's back," the elder Sensei sighed, staring out at the ocean with a cumbersome look on his face.
"Lothor is back..." Exchanging worried looks between each other Neve's eyes widened and she held back a gasp. Shane was the first to speak as he shook his head in disbelief.
"Wait, Lothor can't be back!"
"We saw him disappear into the Abyss of Evil," Tori added her eyes weary and Neve shook her head.
"It can't be," Neve muttered and she clinched her fist. She had Mesogog to worry about, she didn't need this. Dustin was the first to realize the grave nature of their situation, they had no powers besides Neve.
"If Lothor's really back, how are we gonna fight him with no powers?" he asked, momentarily forgetting Neve had her Dino Powers.
"Cam has been saving these for just such an occasion," Sensei explained, and he held out his hands, presenting his four former students with a medium size box. His face was plagued with guilt, but his tone was hopeful. He looked at each of them in turn. "Shane. Tori. Dustin. Neve. It is with a heavy heart that I must give you your new Wind and Spirit Morphers."
He opened the box, revealing the yellow, blue, pink and red morphers inside.
Something isn't right; Neve thought but the voice came from deeper inside her subconscious, the voice was that of Nix but she didn't may much mind to it as they each took their respective color morphers and Neve indiscreetly took off her Dino brace and morpher and placed it inside her pocket. Sensei regarded them seriously, his face heavy with some form of emotion; grief, weariness to name a couple.
"A dark cloud has descended upon us. And it is time for you to resume your duties as Power Rangers."
Neve bit her lip, wondering if her Dino Power would interrupt the power of her spirit morpher.
"Sensei, will I be able to morph while still holding the green dino gem?" she asked suddenly and they all looked at her and Sensei smiled and nodded.
"It should not be a problem. It does not interfere with your Ninjetti powers, even if you are unable to morph they are still there. It may feel strange, but you should be able to call on either at will," he said and inwardly he grinned. Neve would be his most powerful asset, Tori, Shane and Dustin would make her a great team which she would lead him into victor with. It seemed Lothor put to much faith and trust into Nix – though he had yet to realize the evil he was about to bring forth in his favorite Ranger had a conscious and entity of it's own devise by now.
The four of them raised their wrists with their morphers on and nodded. "We won't let you down Sensei," Shane said and the others nodded. "Let's do it!"
Acting as one, they activated their morphers but instead of the usual reaction they had been expecting; electricity shot out and covered them. They all groaned but a moment later it was gone, and the trio's face darkened as they looked up at the man in front of them. Neve smirked, it was good to be back.
"Well," he began, his voice much deeper and more sinister then before. "how do you feel?"
"Like Blue Bay Harbor must be destroyed," Shane chuckled darkly a look on his face that had never been there and didn't belong.
"Why stop there?" Tori asked and Neve smirked, this would be fun but she had no intention of trusting her new teammates like she had trusted Trent. She would keep her guard up, she would not be betrayed again. "I want the whole country!"
"And then the world," Dustin added sinisterly.
Neve laughed and nodded, she would play along with Lothor's plan. He seemed to trust her, and she would latter sway Tori, Shane and Dustin to her side and to be loyal to her or she would destroy them as well. She would miss them, sure, but she came first and if her plan was to sussed she could not have them in her way.
Of course first there had to be a plan, right now it was simply to destroy or convert the Rangers – of course Kira and Conner were to be destroyed. She didn't know what it was but the Yellow and Red power couple that annoyed her to the brink of insanity and she wondered how Neveah handled it? Obviously the girl was to kind for her own good, or maybe she just liked to watch the couple in pain as she tortured the other? Oh the plans she had for them would put
"That's what I was hoping you'd say!" Sensei grinned and exclaimed, throwing the box aside. Waving his arms over the length of his body, his body shifted and became Lothor once again as Neve had expected all along. It wasn't her fault if Neveah didn't understand her warning – not that she really tried all that hard to warn her other, more goody-good, half in the first place.
"I never thought I'd say this, but it's a pleasure to see you all again!"
"And it's our pleasure to serve under you," Shane stated, bowing slightly and the other followed his example and Neve smirked as she left the bow and her eyes flashed bright pink. Lothor let loose a maniacal laughter.
"Music to my ears!" he shouted happily. Laughing louder, he glanced down beside the cliff, where the real Sensei lay, bound and gagged amongst the leaves, keeping him hidden from the Ninja Rangers though Neve followed his few and let loose a sadistic giggle as she saw what Lothor had hidden. It was almost sad that they hadn't realized it was all a trap before now.
But Neve or more commonly Nix though she was used to referring to herself as Neve to cut down on confusion less she got into the habit of not answering to her counterparts name. Anyways, Neve couldn't help but find the amusement in this all, maybe it was destined for Neve to be evil after all?
With that thought Neve couldn't wait to get back to Reefside and put the hurt on her newest team, like she always said, why go for the kill when you can go for the hurt? Mind games were her specialty after all.
xXx
Blue Bay Harbor;
May 17th, 2011:
"Dad?" Cam called, as he stood in the outskirts of the forest surrounding the Ninja Academy. Worry coursed through him, his father wasn't the only one missing. Tori, Shane, Neve and Dustin were also missing, having not shown up for their next lessons and it worried him. Tori, Shane, Dustin were much more punctual now then they had once been and Neve was late at times but never this late. She always kept her word too, if she promised to help the guys out with their classes then she would.
"Tori? Shane! Dustin! Neve! Are you out here?" He sighed as he got no answer back and began to walk around and as he turned to leave he spotted a scroll hanging from a near-by tree, or at least half of it. But that's not what caught and held his attention, it was the purple slime on the ground beneath the scroll. Kneeling down he touched the slime and it stuck to his fingers and he grimaced.
"What's this?" he mumbled to himself. It took a minute before he remembered something critical and he gasped lightly, his eyes widened in response to this. "This was at the Abyss of Evil…"
He looked up startled before quickly taking off back to the school. His only words were simply and a mirror of his worry. "The school!"
xXx
Back at the school a huge explosion rocked through the forest, as streaks of color collided with the entrance to the Wind Ninja Academy. For a moment everyone stood still and turned towards the explosion, thinking it was their teachers they stood loosely. It wasn't until they saw Lothor and two menacing monsters appear amidst the smoke that they fell into fighting stances, determined to protect their school.
Marah and Kapri exchanged looks and hid behind their fellow students, who had all realized they were the only ones there to protect the school until their Sensei's or Can and Sensei Wantanabe arrived.
"So nice of you all to be here to greet us," Lothor said as he approached them, he almost sounded kind as he said this.
"Uh-oh" Marah squeaked, realizing how much trouble they were about to be in.
"I thought you where –" Kapri started but was cut off by their uncle.
"Gone?" Lothor asked, almost bitterly. "Destroyed? History?"
"Well…yeah," she nodded sheepishly and he rolled his eyes at his nieces ignorance.
"Sorry to disappoint, girls," he snapped, before turning a evil eye upon them and the other students. This time he would not fail! "But I'm back in black, and needless to say, I'm in a mood."
"Yeah, like that would have changed," Kapri joked, smiling but stopped upon seeing her uncles face or mask or...whatever.
"Never could keep your mouth shut, could ya?" he growled, and Kapri bit the inside of her cheek to stop a squeak of fear.
"Who are they?" Marah asked, referring to the monsters beside him, she figured she should try and buy the former Rangers some time.
"New friends I made down in the depths of the Abyss. They don't say much, but they fight like the dickens," Lothor answered, almost proudly and the sisters looked at each other.
The enemy arrives
Escape into the night
Everybody run now
Everybody run now
Break into another time
This enemy of mine
Divinity defines
Everybody run now
Everybody run now
Everybody run now
Everybody run
Suddenly a large blast went off at the entrance again, this time with the four Wind and Spirit Ninjas in its wake, kneeling before the crowd.
They looked up and stood, slowly, coming forward. Though most did not realize the looks on their faces where not because of the fact Lothor was back but because they were with Lothor and evil. Though considering Neve's facial features looked much more...calm and collected then her three companions many felt something was terribly wrong.
Marah and Kapri smiled in relief, running over to them. Only to be shocked moments latter.
"Thank goodness you're here!" Marah exclaimed, grabbing Dustin's arm as her sister held on to Shane's.
"Look," she pointed frantically. "It's Lothor!"
"We know," Shane stated, as he brushed her off coldly. "Isn't it great?"
Under the burning sun
I take a look around
Imagine if this all came down
I'm waiting for the day to come
"Huh?" Kapri asked, confused and shocked. Neve grinned at her and her eyes flashed pink making the former villain gasp loudly.
"Capture them all!" Lothor ordered.
"Gladly," Neve said and the others nodded, looking at her three friends she smirked. "Ready?"
"Ready," they said almost in monotone, and raised their morphers, just like they had almost a year before.
"Ninja Storm!" the three wind Ranger began.
"Spirit Storm!"
"Ranger Form! Ha!"
And once again the Pink, Red, Blue and Yellow Wind and Spirit Ninja Rangers stood on the grounds of the Academy. It was certainly a shock but the students soon realized it was not to help them, as they drew their swords – at least Tori, Shane and Dustin did - taking off towards their students, battling even some of their favorite students of Tally, and Kyle, and grudgingly Marah and Kapri as well.
Come with us to the right
Join in the fight
Everybody run now
Everybody run now
Break into another time
Unity divides
Division will unite
Everybody run now
Everybody run now
Everybody run now
Everybody run
Neve grinned as a heard of students attacked her, mostly from the air element and she laughed as she spun, kicking a student in the gut and grabbing ones arm and flipping him onto his back before punching one in the face as she kicked backwards into a female water elements stomach.
She then pulled the one she was gripping down and slammed his face into her knee thrice, sighing happily as she heard the cartilage in his nose crack and she was laughed harder as she realized the force as made it fly into his brain, killing him instantly. Neve would never forgive herself, and mostly likely none of the Wind Ninja's would either as screams sounded from the boys friends.
It was then she summoned her Spirit fans and began to decimate her friends students, but thankfully there was no more casualties besides the one boy. In less than 30 minutes, the students were defeated, the added boost given to the Rangers by their morphed status. They came to stand together, Neve in the front and middle as the leader – much to Shane's annoyance but even evil he knew not to challenge Neveah and gladly stepped down when faced with the choice of doing it willingly and challenging Neve for the spot.
Even if Lothor ordered Neve as leader. Though even with the four Rangers working together it probably helped them along that Lothor's friends joined in, firing laser blasts and causing explosions to go off all around. Staggering, the ninja students regrouped, though a two or three stayed down permanently, though it was obvious by their injuries it was Neve who had dealt the fatal blows.
Under the burning sun
I take a look around
Imagine if this all came down
I'm waiting for the day to come
Under the burning sun
I take a look around
Imagine if this all came down
Lothor swept his robes aside, bringing out a large container. "Time to bottle up my troubles once and for all," he said and grinned, removing the cork. Laughing evilly, he watched the students got sucked in, disappearing in a cloud of screams and smoke. The only two he seemed unable to catch in this capture were Marah and Kapri, who were slowly sneaking off as the Rangers powered down.
"Going someplace, girls?" Lothor inquired turning around, and they froze, turning sheepishly with grins on their face.
"We're family," Marah whined as Lothor and his goons approached with menacing intent.
"Only by marriage," he reminded her, and pointing the container at them, he began to uncork it but stopped upon Kapri's shout.
"Y-yeah, but…we can help!" Kapri pointed out, it was obvious to Neve she was grasping at straws. Better and more efficient to just get rid of the dumb blonde now then put up with a betrayal latter. But if Lothor wanted to play with idiots then far be it for her to deny him his fun. And her amusement when it all blew up in his face of course.
"Like you did last time?" he chuckled dryly, and Neve frowned slightly, maybe he had learned from past mistakes?
America it's all so beautiful
Until it comes away
"Yeah," Marah nodded, smiling, only to have Kapri elbow her. "Ow!"
"No!" her sister said trying to fix her sisters blunder. Sometimes she wondered who the real blonde was, herself or Marah?
"No, no. Seriously, uh, we're ninjas now and we can…totally kick butt." She raised her fists in a fighting stance, and beside her, Marah struck a pose, hitting her by accident.
"Ow," she muttered as she felt her head as Neve rolled her eye, maybe she had jumped to conclusions because it seemed to her that Lothor was buying this pitiful act.
"Well, you might have a point there," Lothor mused, causing delight to appear on the girls' faces. He then turned to his Evil Rangers.
"Now, where are the others?" he as referring to the other rangers.
"Reefside, Blake has a race there tomorrow," Tori answered. The other nodded and Neve shot each a look as she answered next.
"I believe Cam is somewhere looking for us, he tends to worry my lord," she began and Lothor grinned, it had been such a long time since Neveah had been on his side and had called him that with such reverence. He didn't realize it was fake and inside she couldn't wait until she was through with him and she could dispose of Mesogog and rule the world. What could she say – she was bored.
"And Hunter?" he asked and Neve shrugged.
"I am unaware my lord, we have not been in contact in some time. He tends to move around a bit," she answered, lying through her teeth. She knew he was at the Thunder Academy and from the looks she got from her teammates they knew as well but out of respect and fear they kept their mouths shut. They saw what she had already done to three of their students who lay dead on the school grounds. Briefly they wondered how they'd explain that away – students who died on school ground was not common.
Lothor nodded, believing the words that Neve spoke. "I believe we should pay this Reefside a visit," he said, and the Rangers grinned. This was going to be fun, and Neve laughed internally. For now Hunter was safe, not that she was keeping him safe on purpose, well not really. She had no intention of killing, unless of course she found she couldn't sway him but she knew him well enough to know he'd die without her and if she still love him while evil she knew he still loved her when she was evil. It was a double edged sword, so to say.
"What about the others?" Shane inquired, and Neve looked at him communicating silently that he's better watch what he said. He mentally winced, they were not stupid, they knew Neve planed to betray their new master and though they wished to warn him they also knew he'd never believe them over her and they feared her more then they did Lothor. Not mention, teammates came first in his mind and the other two as well. "Cam will be looking for us."
"Exactly. And when he finds you, it won't be very pretty, will it?" Lothor asked, grinning and each of them shook their head in agreement and Tori chuckled.
"No, it won't," Tori said as she smirked, causing evil laughter from the whole group. A moment latter they all disappeared similar to the way they appeared and not two minutes latter a sound shot through the school.
"This is not good!" Cam said to himself as he burst in through the flaming wooden gates of the Wind Ninja Academy. He gasped upon seeing three students in different spots all motionless and he ran forward to the closest and tore off the boys mask. His face was bloody and his eyes were open and glassy, he didn't need to feel for a pulse. He knew the kid, no older the eighteen was dead. His nose seemed to have been pulverized and the bone shot into his brain. He sighed, he knew the kid, he was a good student for the Air element, Charles Brennan.
Moving away he walked to two that had most likely been hurt together, a girl and boy. The girl was of the earth Element and the boy of the Water. He took off their mask already knowing they were dead. The deep gashed over their body proved this and he sighed. Maria Gomez and Patrick Evans. He also knew this handy work, Neve. He shook his head, and thought of how to explain this away, it was obviously a murder so they would have to do it how they had centuries ago. A proper Ninja funeral on the grounds and sworn secrecy among the students while the three students remained missing in the real world.
He just hoped the students knew how to keep their mouths shut, that they realized this was not Neve's fault, that they respected the Spirit Ranger enough to forgive her but he knew even if they did they'd never forget. Unless of course, he made them. It might be the only way, he did still have the memory erasing device from when the Green Ranger had come from the past. A mass memory erase might be the only option. This was going to be a heavy burden on them all, but mostly on Neveah.
Neve knew she had killed people before, she was an evil Ranger, civilians got in the way of Ranger fights all the time. But this was most likely the first time she'd killed some one personally- for lack of better word. Standing up and turning from the destruction, he pulled out a communication amulet from his pocket and raised it to his lips.
"It's happened," he said into it. "We need to meet."
After that he began to pray silently and then began the Ninja Funeral for the three dead students, and began to think of how they would latter fix this problem.
Under the burning sun I take a look around
Imagine if this all came down
Under the burning sun I take a look around
Imagine if this all came down
Under the burning sun I take a look around
Imagine if this all came
TO BE CONTINUED...
