Last episode chapter for two weeks... This oughta be fun...
Anyway... the Disclaimer...
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Ninja Storm or it's characters. All I own is Celea and a few other OCs... and the Academy she goes to, and it's moves.
Hunter
Blake, Kelly, Cel and I walked up the dirt path to our bikes.
"You put in a new air filter, right?" Kelly asked my brother.
"Yeah." He nodded.
"Did you seal it so no dirt gets in your air box?" I questioned.
"Bro I'm not an idiot." Blake replied.
"You said it, he didn't." Cel scuffed.
"Hey... has, anyone seen Dustin?" Kelly asked, glancing around.
"Nah... thought he'd be here for sure." Blake answered as we got over to our bikes.
"Thanks man." I thanked the one holding my bike as I got on it, "Crazy huh?"
"What's that?" Blake asked as he got on his.
"Well, even if one of us wins, it's not like we can bail and fly around the countryside racing." I reasoned. A man held up the thirty second board and we revved our bikes.
"Dude, I just wanna prove I can beat these clowns." Blake replied, "As long as I do that... man, it's all good."
"Well don't get too disappointed." I called over the other bike engines.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I'm not here to podium." I smirked, "I want first."
"Man, if Cel heard you bragging..." Blake shook his head, smiling.
"We may be good as a team, but... we're still racing." I retorted, trying not to roll my eyes.
"No problems here." Blake agreed. We high-fived before we put on our helmets.
The man held up the five second board, before moving out of the way as the gates finally fell and we raced off.
I went ahead of everyone, and kept it that way as I stayed on the inside track for a turn, as the Announcer... announced it.
It wasn't until I heard him call out, "Now it's Hunter and Blake Bradley out in front and they are battling! You'd never know these guys are brothers." That I started paying attention to my surroundings. I looked beside me and saw Blake almost at my side.
I tried to speed up, holding it as well as I could, before we got to the final lap.
"They come into the last lap, side-by-side..." Blake pulled ahead of me as we turned, and my eyes widened in shock, "And... oh, Blake takes Hunter's lead!" My bike pulled up a ways on the hill-ish part of the turn, and I quickly had to pull it back. "And Blake comes out on top in that exchange. Folks, that's just good clean racing." Yeah, right.
'Come on, Hunter... you can do it.' I heard Cel, and a confident smile appeared on my face.
I got in front of the riders that had gotten ahead, and tried to speed up after Blake, both of us catching some air on the last few bumps.
It wasn't until the finish-line got into sight that I panicked a bit... cause Blake was still ahead.
What gave me a worse feeling, was when my little brother crossed it before me!
"And Blake Bradley takes the win!" The Announcer called out as I followed after him. "That was a close race ladies and Gentlemen."
'And I'm not gonna hear the end of this am I?'
I growled softly, not bothering to respond.
10 minutes later...
"Hunt... calm down." Celea chased me up a hill as I stormed up it.
"Not now!" I snapped.
"Hunt... really... it's just a race."
I turned to her, "How do you feel when someone close beats you out for the top?"
She opened and closed her mouth a few times, before sighing, "Alright, I see you point... but don't–" I continued walking up the hill, still fuming with anger. '...Stay mad at your brother.'
When I got over the special lining around the hill, I growled and threw my helmet down angrily.
"You're gonna scratch your helmet." Blake noted as I got over to him.
"What was that?!" I snarled, pointing back at the track, "You totally high-sided me!"
"I didn't." Blake started walking away, "You came under me."
"Ah that's ridiculous!" I spat, following him.
"Besides," He reasoned, "You wanted to race, I was racing."
"He's got a point, Hunter." Celea walked over to us.
"Do you realize that this means that I don't make nationals?" I questioned them.
"Again, just a race." Celea responded.
"And so what?!" Blake looked back at me, "You said you can't go anyways!"
"He's got you there." Cel reasoned.
I grunted and started walking away, "Whatever."
"Hey." Blake called out, and I turned to face him, "I think you're just mad because you got beat by your little brother."
"Oh no." We heard Cel grumble, but we ignored her.
"If it was any of these other guys, it would've been a clean pass!" Blake continued, "But because it was me—" I stormed off, not willing to let him finish.
"You know he's right!" Celea called after me, as I heard her follow. I ignored her, and kicked a set of plastic chairs. "You should also know... you're really a sore loser!"
That struck a chord and I turned to her, "So what?!"
"So... even I don't hold a grudge against someone I lost to if it was a clean win." She bit, "Even if it were Ty, or Quincy... or any of my other classmates."
I pushed past her, "It's not the same."
"Oh, and you haven't considered that Blake's right?!" Celea snapped.
"Just leave me alone." I retorted sharply.
1 hour later...
"I can't believe he did that." I heard Blake and Tori from the TV room, "I mean, what was he thinking?" I decided to ignore him.
"He stuffed me!" I snapped at Shane as we sat on a clean table in the Kitchen, while Cel baked, "He totally blocked me!"
"Alright, you've gotta calm down." She gave me an oatmeal cookie, crimson shaded, "Cookies help... uh... Blake told me you like oatmeal cookies so..."
I took a bite out of anger, and tried not to moan in pleasure. Even if it did taste like heaven, I was still mad at her as well. "This doesn't mean I'm happy with you too."
"You don't really expect me to take sides on this do you?" My crush sighed.
"Yeah, cause I'm not choosing between you two, cause that'll be lame." Shane agreed.
"Whatever it might have looked like, I'm sure he didn't mean to do." Cel finished.
"All I know is there's clean racing, and dirty racing." I retorted, "And what he did was defiantly dirty."
"Hey, when my brother and I start a fight, look out." Shane tried to reason.
"You just need work this out." Celea added as she walked out of the kitchen, a plate of sweets in her hands, "Preferably before tonight so I don't have to be the mediator before bed."
"Well, I'm not going to him." I stated, "No matter what." I got up and walked out.
I got in front of Blake, as he did me. We glared at each other before moving and continuing on.
'Maybe we should lock you two in Ninja Ops and let you fight it out?' Cel grunted as she walked over to me after setting the plate down in the TV room.
"Oh I'd bet the others would pay to see that." I rolled my eyes.
Our morphers went off and we looked around before Cel put hers closer to us, "Go for Celea."
"Celea! You guys better get here." Cam called through.
Cel looked at me before we quickly headed off.
10 minutes later...
We were standing with Blake -Sadly- in Ninja Ops as the Wind Ninjas rushed in.
"Hey what's going on?" Shane questioned.
"Look at this." Cam instructed, looking at a Laptop, and the three of us slowly sat down around it, "And more importantly… listen." He tapped a button to start a video.
"Come on Rangers." A completely familiar voice called through, "Where are you? Don't you wanna come out and play? It's just little 'ol me."
"Is that who I think it is?" Blake questioned.
"Kapri?" Tori agreed with the question.
"Are you kidding me?" Celea blinked, "Who let her have a Megazord?!"
"You are correct Tori." Sensei flipped and slid across laptop before flipping off it, "There is no time to waste, you must intercept her right away, before she could do any damage."
"I'll initiate the Zord sequence from here." Cam decided, "Then join you."
"Right." Shane nodded.
"Man… of all the days Ty had to be out of town with Quincy." Celea breathed out as we got up and started to move away.
"Before you go." Sensei stopped us, "Blake, Hunter. Remember, whatever differences you have right now, you must put them aside when preforming your ranger duties."
"Thank you!" Cel nodded in agreement.
Blake scuffed, "I will if he does."
"Don't worry about me dude." I retorted.
"And there goes that hope…." Cel pursed her lips then turned around, "But… now that we've got that settled…." She nodded to Shane.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Ready!" We showed our Morphers.
"Ninja Storm!"
"Thunder Storm!"
"Moonlit Storm!"
"Ranger Form! Ha!" Once we were out we chorused, "Ninja Ranger Power!"
Five minutes later…
We were in our Megazords, facing Kapri's.
"Storm Megazord!" The Wind Ninja moved there Megazord into a fighting stance.
"Lunar-Thunder Megazord!" Blake, Celea, and I chorused.
"Well there they are..." Kapri's voice came through, "All my least favorite colors."
"Oh, ho… now it's on!" Celea and Dustin declared.
"Let's do this!" I agreed.
We ran up, and tried to strike her, but she also ran up and blocked them.
She turned the Megazord's back to the Lunar-Thunder Megazord, and struck the Storm. "Feel the Love, Rangers."
She sent heart shaped strikes at them, causing the Megazord to spark for a bit.
I moved the Megazord closer, and Celea called out, "Hey!"
We circled her with the Wind Ninjas and she held her two weapons at the ready.
"Power Sphere!" Dustin called out, "Locked, and Dropped!"
The Lion Laser came out, and they sent a blast at her…. Only… she moved out of the way at the last second, and our Megazord got struck.
Celea
"AHH!" We chorused as the Lunar-Thunder Megazord went down.
"Hey, why didn't you duck!" Hunter snapped at Blake and I had hard time resisting the urge to hit my head on the controls before me.
"Me?! You're the one who's got the Lateral Controls!" Blake snapped back.
"BOYS!" I shouted at them, "Now's not the time!"
"Excuse me," Sensei's voice came over the console, "But what did we just discuss?"
"Sorry Sensei." The brothers chorused.
"It won't happen again." Hunter added.
"Why do I doubt that?"
'Oh, shut it.' Hunter gripped.
I sighed, "Some times I'm so glad I'm an only child."
"Heard that!" They informed me.
"Good." I scuffed.
I tried to move our Megazord, but it didn't seem to be in working order for the moment, so we were stuck watching the others… who's Megazord switched to a thinner version of itself… okay, that's awesome.
They struck Kapri's Megazord down, but I heard her call out, "Now!" Which got me worried.
And I had a right to be. A pink blast of electricity struck the Rangers as another Megazord came into view.
"You have got to be kidding me." I groaned. If it's not both sisters, it's neither.
Two Megazords got in front of Kapri's and I raised a brow at the second. It was either Motodrome's or….
"Remember me?" Shimazu's voice called through.
Shimazu… of course it'd be that masked-freak.
He flew at the Wind Ninjas and I growled as they were thrown back. "There's gotta be a way to get this thing back up!" I hissed.
Kapri then kicked their Megazord on top of ours, and I covered my mask, thinking more sparks would come through… but none came.
Instead, our Consoles came back on.
"Huh? I'm back online!" Hunter realized.
"Me too." Blake added.
"No way." I smirked as I grabbed my controls.
We got back up, the Wind Ninjas following.
I heard the sound of Cam's Zord coming this way, and I looked to see him coming in it's Chopper form.
"It's Cam!" Shane noted.
"And Cam!" Hunter added when another Chopper came into sight.
"And Cam." I breathed a soft laugh when I saw a third Chopper.
"Woah!" Blake breathed out.
"What?" Hunter actually agreed.
"Hey, fight fire with Fire, right?" Cam shrugged over our screen link.
I breathed a laugh, as the three turned all turned into Samurai Star Megazords. "Right."
"The Drones… use them to combine with your Megazords." Cam instructed, "It'll even work with Cea attached to the Thunder Megazord too."
"Talk about multi-Tasking." I noted as I leaned my back against my seat.
One of the Star Megazords replaced Tori's Zord with it, and another went on top of the Lunar-Thunder Megazord.
We looked over at Tori's Zord. "Tori be ready!" Shane called out.
"Standing by." Tori agreed.
We went at Marah's Megazord, while the Wind Ninjas went at Shimazu's and Cam went at Kapri's.
I pulled our Megazord back, as did the others after a few strikes.
"Maximum Power!" Shane and Hunter called out.
The Samurai Storm Megazord sent a large blast of energy at Shimazu's, while the Samurai-Lunar-Thunder Megazord sent a large blast at Marah's.
When we stopped the blast, both Megazords hit the ground, destroyed.
"Oh thank goodness." I breathed out. But… I had to say something… didn't I?
Our Megazords started sparking, and I couldn't move my controls.
"Hey, you guys feeling this?" Dustin asked us.
"I am." Hunter nodded.
"What is it?" I questioned.
"I don't know." Blake relented.
I looked and saw Tori grabbing ahold of Kapri's Megazord, as our Controls finally got back online again, before combining with the Wind Ninjas.
"You go Tori!" I smirked, "Now let's show her what a real Zord is!"
"Woah… you heard her guys." Shane and Tori decided.
"Locked." We put the Power Disk in, "And Dropped." We turned the handle beneath it.
We quickly combined into the Hurricane Megazord.
Once we were in our cockpit, Tori held the Lighting Rift Blaster.
"You're gonna have a Mammoth Headache when this is over!" She and I declared. Wow… she was excited... and it was getting to me too.
The Mammoth Zord was summoned, and we quickly moved our Megazord on top of it. We struck the Mammoth Zord and eight Power Spheres came out and combined with our Megazord.
"Mammoth Megazord Blast! Activate!" She and I chorused.
"FIRE!" We all exclaimed.
We sent the very powerful blast at Kapri's Megazord, destroying it with easy.
"Yes!" I cheered.
"Alright!"
"We did it!"
That night…
Sadly… the boys still didn't get over their anger for each other, and I was stuck in Hunter's bed that night.
"If you two would just forgive and forget..." I grunted as I brushed my hair.
"He started it." They chorused.
I groaned and banged my head against the dresser. I lifted it up and glared at them, "I don't care who started it! Look, no Apology Cookie required since all of this started when someone decided they wanted to be better than their brother." I narrowed my eyes on Hunter.
"Oh so it's my fault?" He questioned.
"He finally gets it." Blake scuffed.
"Watch it." I glared at him, "This is just as much your fault as his for letting it sky rocket like this."
"Who's side are you on?!"
"My sanity's." I replied, "Guys… will you please stop arguing for the rest of tonight? I'm begging you!"
They glared at each other and I finally snapped.
"I'll go to Dustin's again if you don't!"
That made them look at me in shock before sighing, "Fine!"
"Thank you." I breathed out. We all got into our beds, me getting into Hunter's, and I turned out the lights. "Night boys."
"Whatever." They snapped.
I sighed, "This better be fixed by tomorrow or I swear… I'll loss my third test sooner than I expected."
The Next Morning...
Dustin and I walked into Storm Chargers, me looking a little more than restless.
"Hunter and Blake still haven't stopped?"
"I had to sleep in Hunter's bed because it's right next to Blake's." I replied.
"Didn't want them killing each other?"
Third Person
"Or worse, make me loss my sanity." Celea scuffed before Dustin noticed Kelly and an idea formed in his head.
"I've got an idea." He informed the White Ranger, then glanced at her, "But… it's gotta be after I tell her this."
Celea raised a brow, "You do?" She followed his line of sight and nodded, "Oh… You know Ty likes her right?"
"Not that kind of telling." Dustin scuffed.
"Okay." Celea shrugged.
They walked up to her. "Hey, Kel… can we talk to you for a sec?"
"Sure." Kelly nodded and moved to the side, "What is it?"
"...I've made a decision." Dustin breathed.
"A decision about what?" Kelly questioned.
"Racing… I… I'm giving up racing." Dustin informed them.
Celea stared at him, "I know I make you do crazy tricks-"
"It's… not about that." Dustin cut her off.
"What?" Kelly shook her head, "You're not serious."
"Yeah I am." Dustin nodded.
"Please tell me this has got nothing to do with what we talked about?" Kelly requested.
"Nah… look… I… I really like racing…." Dustin tried to reason.
"Then why would you give it up?" Kelly asked.
"Because I realized that I… I love freestyle." Dustin smiled, "And you can thank Celea here for helping me remember that with all those crazy tricks." He pulled Celea closer, the female's eyes wide.
"I didn't mean for you to quite racing!" She turned her hand and looked at him.
"But it's what I wanna do and, um…." Dustin took a deep breath, "I don't wanna let you down… I mean, you've been so good to me."
"Look… Storm Chargers is about Action Sports." Kelly informed them, "And Freestyle Motocross is an Action Sport. So if that's what you wanna do… then I'm behind you 100%. And so's the shop."
Dustin nodded, "Okay..." He pulled her into a hug, "Thanks Kel…. it's awesome."
Celea clapped her hands, "Hey… that other idea we had? To get the brothers back together…. And more importantly, save my sanity?!"
"Oh… right..." Dustin let Kelly go, "You wouldn't happen to know were Hunter and Blake's racing bikes are… would you?"
At the track an hour later…
The brothers were getting their racing gear on as they sat on their bikes in front of a starting line.
"Alright… Five laps." Celea breathed out, "Five laps… to settle this once and for all… and to hopefully stop this stupid argument."
The brothers scuffed as they put on their helmets, "Whatever."
Celea moved off the track, where Dustin and Kelly were watching, and watched as the brothers started their bikes, and raced off.
When the final Lap came, on the last turn, Blake went high, again, got in front of Hunter.
"Oh not again!" Celea hit her head against Dustin's shoulder, "That's what started this whole mess!"
"It was still a good, clean, move." Kelly noted.
"Kelly… you didn't have to hear their argument all through yesterday." Dustin took Celea's side.
They flew across the finish-line and Celea sighed. "Well… gotta face them eventually." She walked up to the brothers as they took off their helmets. "Good race."
"Thanks." They nodded.
"You totally railed that last turn." Blake informed his brother, and Celea braced herself for his hard retort.
"Yeah, thanks, you were right." Hunter replied, and Celea's mouth fell open.
"Say wha?" The White Ranger let out. Hunter was admitting he was wrong?
"About what?" Blake inquired.
"What you said earlier." Hunter explained, "You beat me fair and square."
"Am I hearing what I think I'm hearing?" Celea smirked.
Hunter rolled his eyes at her before looking at Blake, "It's hard to admit your little brother does something better than you."
"Listen man… today might be better, tomorrow might night be." Blake reasoned, "But we're always gonna be bros. Just gotta remember that." They fist bumped.
"Yeah, ya do." Celea smiled softly, "Now… does this mean I won't hear anymore arguing about this?"
The brothers shrugged, "Maybe."
"To save my sanity?"
Hunter smiled at her, "Alright… I admit, I made a big deal out of nothing…"
"That's right." Celea nodded.
"And I should've stopped it before it got out of hand..." Blake added.
"Go on…" Celea motioned for them to continue.
"And we're sorry we let this argument pull you in." They chorused.
Celea smiled, "Now that's what I wanna hear."
The three laughed together before high-fiving each other.
And with that, the final episode chapter before the finale is complete.
One more week then... well... we'll see what happens.
Anyway... Next Week, Next Chapter.
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