The Phoenix Series

Ninja Storm: The Phoenix

By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

A/N: I own nothing. Except for Sabrina and the Firebird plot line and ideas.

Gem of the Day

"But mom!" Sabrina complained, as she followed her mother into the kitchen, she had just gotten back from training with Leanne and realized she had a message from her friend Abby in Miami. She had completely forgotten that today was Abby's birthday and just like every year the guys were getting together and going out for her, they had wanted to know if Sabrina was up for it and the distance between Miami and Blue Bay Harbour was nothing seeing as Amy's parents had agreed to fly Sabrina down to them; being rich and everything.

Hayley shook her head and turned to her daughter "No Sabrina," she responded "You cannot go to Miami!"

"But it's Abby's birthday," Sabrina protested "I have to be there! Please!"

"No!" Hayley said with a firm voice, "that is the end of it Sabrina, I do not want to hear another word!"

The younger red head grumbled under her breath as she returned to the living room where her school work lay on the table; Abby was going to hate her. She had to be there for her birthday, she missed her Miami friends, even though she had only just seen them a few months back; but she also missed the Miami lifestyle, the parties, and the nightclubs. Granted she was only 16, but everyone was so used to her in Miami that she got away with things. Besides most of the parties she attended were at the beach. "I have to be there..." she murmured, she understood why her mother wasnt allowing her to go; it was because Hayley wouldnt be there to watch her.

It was different when they lived in Miami, because Hayley knew exactly where Sabrina was and who she was with. But now leaving a 16 year old travel to Miami alone for one night, well that just increased the worry that something may go wrong.

Tori.

Sabrina smiled, if Hayley knew that someone from Blue Bay was going with Sabrina then maybe...just maybe, she would agree to let her daughter go. "Mom!" Sabrina called, heading back into the kitchen "I forgot...I won't be going alone"

"You won't?" Hayley questioned, curiously

Sabrina shook her head "No, Tori's coming with me" she explained "Tori's older than me mom, we'll be fine. Please, can I go?"

The older red head surveyed her daughter closely, was this just a ploy to get her to agree. But she did know of how protective Tori was of Sabrina, and Sabrina did know her way around Miami. She sighed "Fine," she caved "But -" she added, as Sabrina cheered happily "- only if Tori's mother agrees. You cannot go if Tori cannot go. Understand?"

Sabrina deflated but nodded "I understand"

Just then her morpher beeped, she hugged her mother and run into the living room snatching her cell phone from the coffee table and flamed out seconds later.

xXx

"...After we found Zurgane's sword, I located a satellite picture of the area" Cam explained, holding up a piece of Zurgane's sword and showed the other rangers; he then leaned forward and hit the 'enter' button on his Laptop as the screen changed to that of Vexacus destroying Zurgane.

Sabrina turned away as Vexacus viciously attacked Zurgane and he exploded "Not that im going to miss Zurgane," she said turning back to face the computer "but why would Vexacus do that?"

"It appears a power struggle is at play in Lothor's lair" Sensei explained

"Isn't that a good thing?" Dustin asked with a smile "Maybe they'll just keep fighting each other until no one is left!" he chuckled

Sensei nodded "That is possible. But I suggest Lothor has an even more sinister plot in mind"

"So what do we do next?" Shane asked

"We must face the enemy proactively," Sensei explained "We must reinforce our ranks with all the captured Ninja's; we must find a way to get onto Lothor's ship"

Blake sighed "That's not going to be easy,"

"Lothor's ship is protected by a powerful energy shield," Cam added in "without some way to break through, we'll never get in"

"Leave that to me!" Hunter said as he left quickly.

xXx

Hunter had returned to the forest where Cam had found him that morning, he knelt down beside a boulder and started digging in the grass before pulling out a small pouch. He sighed and moved to pocket them but a giant shadow fell over him.

"So," Vexacus spoke from behind Hunter "my readings are correct!" a bird like monster landed beside the General "Meet Condortron, an ingenious creations, if I do say so myself"

"What are you doing here?" Hunter asked, maintaining a firm hold on the gem

Vexacus growled "For the same reason you are!" and he blasted Hunter with his powers. Hunter jumped aside.

"I've got more important things to think about now!" he yelled "Thunder Storm! Ranger Form!" he morphed and started his battle. The battle went on for a while, before Condortron sent the Crimson ranger rolling down a small incline, Hunter stumbled back to his feet and braced himself for another attack; but it never came. Condortron stumbled away from the Crimson ranger as the others appeared. Sabrina on the back of Dustin.

Seconds after the other rangers appeared, so did Motodrone and a bunch of Kelzaks.

Shane fought the Kelzaks, while Blake and Tori took on Motodrone. The Blue and Navy rangers flipped off the bikes to double team the moto head.

Dustin rode through a second group of Kelzaks, with Cam as Sabrina jumped off the back of his bike and went head-to-head with Condortron and Hunter. The Crimson ranger leaned over as Sabrina rolled across his back and planted a kick in the bird's stomach sending him stumbling backwards away from the two rangers, once back on her feet Sabrina spun around and came to a stop beside Hunter.

"Whoa," she said, stumbling slightly causing Hunter to catch her wrist to stop her from falling

"Are you okay?" the Crimson ranger asked

Sabrina shook her head, the small movement causing her to groan "Yeah," she answered "Yeah! Im fine..." she gasped as Condortron fired several lasers at her and Hunter; a small flame licked its way around them but not enough to stop the attacks.

"Look out!" Hunter said, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her aside. The two rolled before coming to a halt Sabrina pressed against his chest as he lay on the ground. "What happened?" he asked

"I dont know!" she answered him, pushing herself up and helping him up with her "Thanks for that"

He nodded.

The others regrouped with Sabrina and Hunter as Vexacus stood before them after Motodrone and disappeared taking the defeated Kelzaks with him "With or without the Gem I will defeat you!" he yelled, before retreating himself.

The rangers lowered their visors and turned to Hunter with similar frowns "What Gem?" Tori asked "What did he mean Hunter?"

The Crimson ranger looked around at them all; they were staring at him with the same confused faces. He sighed. Time to come clean.

-Scene-

"The Gem of Souls,"

The rangers had returned to Ninja Ops and Hunter had just explained why Vexacus had attacked him in the clearing.

"But I threw them into ocean," Cam frowned

Hunter shook his head "Not all of them," and he opened a pouch to show the Gems. The Wind rangers and Blake leaned in for a closer look but Sabrina pulled back from the Gems, as she started to feel light headed.

"You should have told me Hunter!" Blake yelled

Tori frowned "You didnt know about this?" she asked

"No," Blake frowned "and we're gonna have a long talk why, aren't we bro?"

"I was going to tell you, but the more time that past, the harder it go" Hunter explained "im sorry"

Since the other rangers were more pre-occupied with the Gem, they didnt notice Sabrina, she raised her hand to tried to alert them but no words came from her lips.

"Those fragments must have been the source of the radiation I was tracking," Cam realized "it had nothing to do with Zurgane's sword!"

"Guys," Sabrina called weakly, before she dropped landing on the ground with a thud. The others gasped and turned quickly.

"Sabrina!" Tori called, rushing to the red head's side and helping her into a sitting position "What happened? Are you okay?"

The red head shook her head "I dont know" she answered "I feel light headed and weak!"

The blue ranger frowned and looked up at the others who exchanged confused looks; Cam was the only one who looked like he understood "Its because of the Gem," he explained, moving the fragments away from the red head "Feel better?" he asked, as he placed them near the mainframe and away from Sabrina.

"A little," she answered "Why are they affecting me?"

The Samurai sighed "It's because of your powers," he explained "you and the Gem conflict; remember what happened when you first came in contact with them?"

Sabrina looked down as she thought back to the day Hunter and Blake had kidnapped her and nearly killed her by using her resurrection powers to bring back their parents "Yeah," she murmured

"When you're in the presence of the Gem of Souls, because you have no power over them; they can trigger your healing powers" Cam went on to explain "if left in their presence for long they will kill you"

The red head breathed in sharply "Dude, that's harsh!"

Leanne entered Ninja Ops at that moment and frowned as she quickly moved to Sabrina's side "What happened?" she asked quickly, having taken a shine to Sabrina and treating her like a little sister more than a student "Are you okay?"

"Im fine Leanne," Sabrina promised

The older red head didnt look convinced "Are you sure?" she pressed, placing her hand to the side of Sabrina's face "Sabrina, your face is practically white! And you're freezing!"

"I am?"

"She is?" Tori asked

Leanne nodded "You are!" she turned to look at Cam "What's going on?"

"Gem of Souls," the Samurai answered indicating to the fragments. He knew being the daughter of a Sensei, Leanne would know the legend of the Gem of Souls and the Phoenix. So when a stricken look appeared on her face, he knew she had pieced the puzzle together.

"Come on," she said, pulling Sabrina to her feet with the help of Tori. The younger red head swayed slightly when she was back on her feet, but didnt fall as Leanne and Tori maintained her balance. The others then watched as they removed Sabrina from the room, before Tori returned.

-Scene-

"Leanne says, Sabrina just needs to rest" Tori explained when she returned "The Gem only took an imprint of Sabrina's energy, but it's also the reason she can't use her powers. The Gem is draining her of their energy and she needs energy to control the Phoenix. Without it...its -"

"Game over?" Dustin offered

The blonde nodded.

Soon the rangers had a plan of how the Gem of Souls could be put to good use, without harming Sabrina in the process. Cam was to take them and use them to break through the shields on Lothor's ship, so now he stood in the centre of Ninja Ops in his Ranger uniform, his helmet under his arm. "With the Gems I should be able to break through Lothor's energy field. Once I've done that, you guys should be able to teleport onto the ship" he explained "Hopefully, Sabrina will have regained her energy by then"

Shane nodded "We'll be standing by," he smiled

"If this works," Leanne spoke returning to the main part of Ninja Ops "Sabrina will be ready to help stop Lothor, she's already feeling her energy returning and that's just from taking her out of the room with the Gems are. I believe, the further away from those fragments she is -"

"The safer she will be," Blake finished

Leanne nodded to the Navy ranger and returned to Sabrina who was still in the other room.

Cam watched her go before turning to the others "Wish me luck" he said, before he walked off into the Zord bay.

After watching the Cam leave, Tori hurried off after Leanne and took up a seat beside Sabrina in the other room. The younger red head had got some colour back in her face and was lying on a cot staring at the ceiling. "How long do I have to stay in here?" she asked

"Until we're sure you're not gonna pass out on us," Leanne chuckled "how are you feeling?"

"Much better"

Tori nodded "I'll watch her" she told Leanne "you can go monitor Cam with the others"

The older red head smiled and left the room, bumping into Hunter who had just appeared in the doorway; she smiled up at the older blonde before heading into Ninja Ops leaving the three rangers in the room. Hunter looked nervous as he glanced between Sabrina and Tori. Since Sabrina had become apart of the team, Tori had taken a protective stance to the younger girl, hell, they all have. But Tori and Sabrina had become like sisters. They stuck to one another like glue and were always they needed one another. But he couldnt help but feel protective of Sabrina, and not in the big brother way either; when they had agreed to go camping and she had been hanging off the side of that cliff after the Kelzak had attacked her, he had never actually feared another life as much as he feared for Sabrina's that day.

"Huh, Tor?" he started nervously "can I talk to Sabrina..."

The blue ranger nodded "Sure," she said, getting up and leaving the room. The two left were silent, before Sabrina broke it.

"It's not your fault," she told him

Hunter frowned "How did you -"

"You have that guilty look," she pointed out "Hunter; it's not your fault okay. You and I both know why you kept the Gems." he nodded. She smiled "The point is, your parents are gone," she continued softly, pulling back her legs so he could sit down in front of her "and I know its hard; trust me when I say, I know exactly how you feel right now. I've been in your position before, I know what it is like to lose someone close to you." she sighed, and looked down as she wrapped her arms around her legs and hugged them close "When I was 13, my grandfather fell ill; and 3 days later he died, I was devastated and wanted more than anything for him to come back, he was like a father to me. Since my dad wasnt much of an option, I had to make do with what I had; my grandfather gave me everything I wanted...I was his angel."

Hunter was silent as he listened to her talk

"Even now that I am older," she continued "and I know that I can bring back another life, I still dont do it."

"Why?" the Crimson ranger asked

Sabrina looked up at him her blue eyes shining with unshed tears "Because he wouldnt want me too" she answered "he wouldnt want me to give up my life, to bring him back. He wouldnt see the point, I would be giving him a chance to live another life but I would be losing mine in the process. If he were to come back then he would want to spend his time with me and my mom; he would be devastated if I died for him to live. Like your parents said months ago -"

"Dont take her away from her mother," Hunter recited "Like we were taken from you" he nodded "It's just hard..." he whispered

The red head shifted on the cot beside him and looped her arm through his and locking her fingers with his "I know its hard," she responded "and the loss you feel will never go away...but it will get easier" she glanced up at him as he looked down at her "Its like my mom used to say when I would get upset about my grandfather 'Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, but love leaves a memory no one can steal'" she smiled.

He returned her smile. He like it when she smiled, it made her whole face brighten. Whenever she was close it made him feel whole, made him feel complete; the way she looked up at him, showed she cared; the way she smiled made him smile. As he smiled back at her, he felt the aching numbness of the loss of his parents subside, replaced by a touch of longingness to be near her. "Thanks," he murmured, touching his forehead against hers.

"No problem," she answered

They were silent for sometime just staring at one another; then slowly, inch by inch Sabrina closed the gap between them as she pressed a soft kiss to his lips. At first he was surprised but slowly kissed her back; before they flew apart as the door banged open and Tori and Leanne returned.

"We interrupting something?" Leanne asked, as Tori stood back with a wide grin

Sabrina shook her head, she had pulled back from Hunter as if she had been burned and was now sitting with her arms wrapped around her legs pressed against the wall of the room as Hunter stood on the other side of the room away from the prying eyes of the two women who had just entered the room. Why did this always happen? Whenever he got close to tell Sabrina how he really felt, or whenever they kissed, someone or something appeared to ruin it. One day he would finally tell her how he felt.

"You think you can fight?" Tori asked turning to Sabrina

The red head smiled and nodded "As long as the Gem of Souls isn't there, Im good to go"

-Scene-

"Let's do this," Shane said, once the three Megazords stood proudly in front of Condortron

Hunter nodded "Right with you Shane," he agreed

"One fried Chicken, coming right up" Sabrina joked stepping but beside the others; the three Megazords fired off their lasers and flame cannon at the big bird but there was no avail; Condortron merely flew through and raced towards the three Megazords to attack.

-Scene-

The attacks kept coming as the Megazords took beating after beating before the big bird was blasted backwards away from them.

"Cam!" Tori cried out in relief as the Samurai Star chopper appeared, before changing into a Megazord

Sabrina frowned "Oh no," she complained "not again!"

Since Cam had returned she was feeling more lightheaded and knew it was because of the Gem shards, "Sabrina, go back to Ops!" Cam ordered

There was no reply as the red head disappeared, in a small flame; it wasnt as big as she normally used but she was returned to Ninja Ops nonetheless. Leanne was sitting at the mainframe when she arrived.

"Its Hurricane Megazord time!"

The Megazords combined together on the mainframe screen as Sabrina moved closer to Leanne and watched the rest of the fight; the star on the front started to spin as they powered up the laser cannons. The combination of high winds and lasers hit the big bird causing it to explode.

xXx

The day had ended just like any other; the sun was about to set in the distance as Hunter returned to the place where it had all started. The clearing in the forest where Cam had found him that morning. He sighed as he sat down on the same boulder staring out over the horizon.

"Hey," said a familiar voice as Sabrina appeared beside him "Cam said I would find you out here"

Hunter smiled down at her "You following me?" he asked

"Yup," she admitted "come on" she added taking his hand and pulling him up and away from the boulder "Cam said thanks for the Gems; he wanted to come here himself but I wanted to see you before I left"

"Left?"

"Im going back to Miami for tonight," she explained "its Abby's birthday and I promised her I would be there. Me and Tori are going"

The older blonde nodded "I dont see how much help I was today," he added "I mean, I drained you of your energy and the Gem shards didnt help Cam much"

"I wouldnt go that far" Sabrina responded "Cam got onto the ship, at least that's what Leanne told me; if it hadnt been for Condotron's attack the other Ninja's would be free, along with your Sensei; it's given us an opening now. We have a chance of stopping Lothor and bringing the Ninja's home"

"Do you think we'll ever get back up there?" Hunter questioned

Sabrina shrugged "Apparently the Dragon force vehicle took quite a beating; but you know Cam, he'll get it running again." She stopped and stood in front of him, incling her head so she could see him better "We'll get them back Hunter, I promise"

"You're on" he smiled

She smiled back and nodded back; once more they stared at one another, then his lips were pressed tenderly against hers once more. Sabrina sighed but didnt pull away, and gradually the kiss became more passionate; each pouring their feelings for the other into it. This was different to any kiss they had shared before; there was no ignoring this one. It was too...real. But at this moment it seemed neither of them cared; why should they hide their feelings anymore when it was obvious everyone else knew how they clearly felt.

When they did finally pull away, Sabrina smiled as their gaze locked.

This was definitely the start of something new.

A/N: Aww, cute ending; well I think so.

Yay, are Hunter and Sabrina finally together? You be the judge, do you want them to get together after this ending, tell me yes or no in a review.

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~*Kara*~