After leaving kelly with Blake and Hunter the four ninjas head back to ninja ops. "You guys alright?" Shane asked as they walked through the undergrowth of the forest back towards Ninja Ops
Dustin lifted his arm and looked at his morpher "That was harsh man!" he complained "Hey, ya know what...I think my morpher is fried!"
"Cam is going to freak out when he finds out we thrashed the Zords" Tori said, pointing out the obvious of what was waiting for them when they got back to Ninja Ops
"And we will be fried when he sees it" Ally added
The four friends sighed - today was so not their lucky day
Cam held up the four ruined morphers and looked at the Wind and Eclipse rangers who were in their Ninja gear "Well, you've managed to reduce years of technological advance into a pile of scrap metal in a single afternoon" he commented slightly put off "Not to mention what you did to the Zords"
The rangers looked down in shame
"Cam," Sensei spoke "now is not the time"
Cam sighed "I'm sorry, you're right" he apologized "thankfully the auto-retreat allowed the reactors time to reset the holographic portals. I've engaged the self reconstruct functions" he explained, making his way back towards the mainframe
Dustin frowned "Dude, I have no idea what you just said"
"Their fixing themselves," Cam explained in a language Dustin would understand
"Oh," the Yellow ranger said "Okay, right! Sweet!"
Sensei hopped onto Dustin's head and landed on the computer desk
"Hey Sensei, why didn't they finish us off?" Ally asked
"I mean those Zords they had were sicko bro!" Dustin jumped in "I mean, Sensei" he corrected himself quickly
On the computer screen, Cam had been recording the Thunder Megazord formation "Thunder Zords. Created by the same technology which powers your own" Sensei explained
"And these Thunder rangers who work for Lothor?" Tori asked "That doesn't make any sense"
"Yeah, no more than Zurgane booking out of there when they showed up" Shane pointed out
"I suspect as with all evil alliances, there is dissention in their ranks" Sensei continued to explain "Dissention we can use to our advantage when the time is right"
Dustin who picked up his morpher nodded before handing it back to Cam "Dude, I hope these are under warrantee"
Cam threw him a dark look and took the morpher, placing it back on the console
"I just feel totally helpless," Tori mumbled "There's gotta be something we can do"
"For now you must return to your daily lives," Sensei said "If Lothor suspects anything out of the ordinary, it will only give him more power"
"And be careful" Cam inputted "They've already stolen the Tsunami Cycle disk somehow. Whoever you talk to, make sure you trust them"
The rangers nodded and left Ninja Ops; Shane and Dustin headed towards Storm Charges and Tori towards the beach. While Ally went to the soccer field with her soccer gear and to meet her new team.
When Ally walked in she had a beam of happiness because of the fun with her soccer team. Ever since she joined the soccer team for blue bay harbor she was so happy to do something she loves besides being a power ranger.
"What are you so happy about?" Dustin asked as he walked from the back room.
She turned to him and told him everything about her soccer team.
"Really Wow that is so cool" he said
"I know it was so awesome to be with them" she added with excitement.
Then Ally and Dustin saw Kelly,Hunter and Blake talking. They wanted to walk away not wanting to hear the conversation but they hid behind the wall and listened.
"Just fill these in before the race," Kelly was saying "and we're good to go. Oh and make sure your parents sign them..."
"We don't live with our parents!" Hunter snapped, causing Kelly to step back and Sabrina to glare at the tall blonde
"Oh, i'm sorry" Kelly apologized
"Hey, don't sweat it" Blake smiled "We'll get these forms back to you tomorrow"
After they walked away Ally and Dustin walked away from the wall. "They didn't tell that they don't have parents?" Ally asked Dustin. All he did was shooked his head. When they went outside saw Hunter and Blake but he followed leaving Ally curious and followed right behind him.
Making it outside, they spotted Hunter and Blake go behind the van "Hey dudes!" he shouted to them "wait up!" but when he got behind the van, he saw they had gone "Where did they go?" he asked Ally. They just shrugged and head to ninja ops.
Tori was dressed in a black and blue wetsuit and held her surfboard as she walked into the water, no sooner had she entered, all the water disappeared. "What? The water!" Tori spoke confused as she and many others looked around trying to figure out what had happened. Screams emitted from all around, and Tori turned to see a giant frog jump onto the beach, causing her to take a fighting stance.
"Oh! A ranger!" the frog said "How convenient. Time to make a splash!"
Tori stuck her hand into the air "Ninja Storm! Ranger -" but she trailed off realizing her morpher wasn't on her wrist, but back at Ninja Ops getting repaired.
The Frog laughed and jumped up firing lasers at Tori, who rolled out of the way "Better hop to it! I guess it's not morphing time is it? Low tide of you, Malibu beach bunny" he shot polytrons at Tori's feet which exploded. Tori fell backwards from the blast then pushed herself up and started backing up "Come closer ranger," the frog instructed "Your not afraid of a few warts are you?"
The sound of an engine cut through the air at the point; as Blake blasted through, decked out in his Motocross gear and bike "Hang on Tori!" he shouted " I'm coming!" he rode up to the frog and spun on his back wheel knocking the frog to the ground and kicking up dirt "Eat some beach!" he rode over to Tori and skidded to a stop "Run!"
"Blake?" Tori asked in surprise
"I'll distract him!" Blake spoke and rode off toward the monster. Finally Tori's mind kicked into gear and she realized he was riding towards the frog
"No! Stop!" she cried "Don't!"
But Blake was making a beeline for the monster and forced his front wheel into the air. The monster jumped and Blake blew past him.
"Blake! Watch your back!" Tori yelled
"Huh?" Blake muttered, turning to look over his shoulder; he turned in time to see the frog firing beams at him. It hit the beach near his back wheel, causing him to lose control and roll off his bike. He pushed himself up and glared at the monster.
Tori ran forward and kicked the monster trying to get his attention away from Blake. It worked, she ran forward and kicked and punched at the frog. She brought her leg up and frog caught it flipping her over, she was thrown into the air and landed on the sand. Pushing herself up she struck a fighting stance. "Now my Polytrons will finish the job!" the frog said, as it shot polytrons at Tori.
"Tori!" Blake shouted, as he drove his bike toward the blonde and soared through the air, taking the hit for the blue ranger. He rolled off of his bike and collapsed onto the ground.
"NO!" Tori screamed and ran towards him
"So much water, so little time" the frog said "I'll catch you later, bye-bye" and he jumped off
"Blake! Blake!" Tori said, as she removed his helmet. He was withering in pain, Tori rolled him over onto his back and saw three polytrons stuck to his chest with red electricity crackling around them.
"Cam! Ally!" Tori said running into Ninja Ops "I need your help, outside"
"Can't it wait?" Cam asked "We've almost got the morphers back online" he said turning back to his work
"Its an emergency!" Tori told him "My friend he's hurt!"
"And you brought him here?!" Ally demanded "You ever hear of a hospital?!"
"I know! I know!" Tori said apologetically "but he was hurt because of me. Please? come look at him, it was one of Lothor's space freaks, we have to help him!"
Cam sighed and nodded, before him and Ally following her outside.
When they went outside Ally saw Blake in his motocross gear and all Ally did was blushed. Tori recognized it and grinned mischievously. When she turned to Cam and asked:
"What are those things?" Tori asked
"Some kind of cybernetic leech" Cam answered "Looks like they dehydrate the human body before it just shuts down"
"Did you get them off in time?" Ally questioned while looking at Blake.
Cam felt for a pulse "I think so," he answered "this guy must drink a lot of water"
"His name's Blake" Tori told him and smirked at Ally who was blushing
"I don't care what his name is!" Cam responded "Dad's gonna flip when he finds out you brought him here!"
"Then maybe we don't have to tell him?" Ally asked biting her lip
Cam sighed and then looked at the two girls "The morphers are on the console inside," he told her "Go get 'em, I'll stay here"
"Thanks Cam," Tori said, giving him a quick peck on the cheek before heading to the waterfall with Ally behind her
"Men as a species are doomed," Cam said, watching her disappear. Blake's eyes opened slightly and witnessed Tori walking into the waterfall. Smiling he closed his eyes and made his expression blank.
(Skipped to when Dustin is telling Shane about Hunter and Blake)
"And when you got to the Blake and Hunter we gone?" Shane asked, as he leant on the back of the bike Dustin was fixing. Dustin nodded "Yeah man," he said, getting up from the bike's engine "You know what, maybe they're like Master Illusionists?" he suggested "You know like those guys on the TV that makes the tanks disappear." Then Hunter appeared at that moment; "Hey, you guys seen Blake?" he asked the three of them
"Gee, second time today he's suddenly disappeared?" Shane asked
Hunter turned to stare at him; Dustin shook his head.
Then they saw Tori's van with Blake and Ally.
"Hey, uh, thanks for what you did back there" Blake said, turning in his seat so he could face Tori "Man, I don't know what happened. I guess I just blacked out"
Tori looked down "Yeah, you took a nasty spill" she said "You're actually pretty lucky"
"Man, I feel like a chump" he said forcing a laugh then he looked at Ally and then looked away blushing while Ally did the same "I mean, I try to save you and you end up saving me"
Tori smiled humbly "Forget it! It was no big deal! And i wasn't the only one who helped you" Then she turned to Ally who was still blushing.
"Thank you Ally" he said while looking at her and Ally replied a You're Welcome" while still blushing
Hunter approached the passenger side window and looked at his brother "Hey, what happened? You alright?" he asked
Blake, who was still staring at Tori nodded "Long story. I'll tell you later," he answered, then climbed out of the van and walked off with his brother. Then Tori looked at Ally who was looking at Blake walking away with Hunter and she smirked
(Skip to fight)
Down at the riverbank, the Wind rangers (without Ally because her morpher was broken) looked around for their assailant, the frog appeared and wrapped them up in purple energy; he then sent them flying into the air and into a nearby pond, before they flipped backwards landing on the ground.
"Put it on rewind" Shane said
Tori was next to appear "I'm flipping out" she said
Dustin followed next "good thing this is wash and wear" he said landing beside his friends
"Okay guys," Shane said "Ninja Beams!"
And the three of them fired Red, Yellow and Blue beams at the frog; which exploded upon impact. The frog then disappeared much to the rangers surprise.
"What?" Tori mumbled "Where did he go?"
He reappeared hopping towards them "You guys into Hip-hop?" and he attacked the three of them before attacking with Polytrons. The leechers attached themselves to the rangers chests before exploding. "Friendly aren't they?" he asked while laughing.
"This guy's tough," Shane said, getting back to his feet
Suddenly there was a rumble of Thunder and the three Wind rangers looked up as the thunder crashed but the Sky remained clear. Suddenly the Thunder rangers appeared.
"Oh, like fighting a giant frog wasn't bad enough!" Dustin complained
"Thunder Staffs!" the Thunder rangers yelled bringing out their own weapons "Attack!"
The Wind rangers prepared themselves for battle, but were surprised when the Thunder rangers run straight past them, and struck the Frog. "Huh?" they mumbled, turning back to the Frog and the two Thunder rangers.
"But I thought we were on the same team!" The frog yelled as it was thrown away from the rangers "I guess not! Polytrons!" he shouted, shooting out his little exploding tadpoles.
The Thunder rangers pulled apart their staffs as Crimson and Navy electricity filled the centre of the staff, which was now in the form of a shield "Thunder Shields!" the polytrons bounced off and hit the frog sending him to the ground as they exploded. Again the Thunders broke apart their staffs and put them together in the form of a star "Thunder Staff! Tornado Star!" they yelled
The stars glowed and the two rangers threw the energy blast at the frog causing him to crackle with electricity.
The Wind rangers watched on in confusion and amazement as they tried to make heads or tails about what was happening.
"Crimson Blaster!" the Crimson Thunder ranger shouted
"Navy Antlers!"
"You ready?"
"You know it!" the Navy ranger responded before jumping forward and locking his Navy Antlers around the waist of the Frog, and lifting him into the air causing sparks to fly. He then threw him through the air as the frog landed on his feet and turned back to the rangers.
"Now that didn't hurt" he said
"How about this?!" the Crimson ranger demanded as he walked forward slowly, and fired his blaster who was thrown through the air once more. "Let's put them together!" he said and the two rangers combined their weapons.
"Thunder Blaster!" they said together
"I'm too young to croak!" the frog complained as he stood in the firing range of the Thunder Blaster
"FIRE!" the Crimson ranger ordered as he pulled the trigger and an energy blast was thrown out at the frog who crackled.
"Done deal" the Thunder rangers said as they turned and walked away; the frog groaned before he exploded.
"Hey!" Shane called out as the Thunders past him and the others "What is up with you guys?"
Silence
"Why did you just help us?" Tori questioned
Again...Silence
"Hello?" Dustin questioned "Anybody in there?"
"We're even," Crimson Thunder said "Wind rangers"
"Maybe they're the strong silent types," Tori suggested as the Thunder rangers walked away
Shane shook his head "I don't get it!" he responded, watching the other two leave. But no one had a chance to comment or respond as the Frog behind them grew to immense heights. "Let's toast this toad!" Shane said turning around "Once and for all!"
Dustin and Tori nodded in agreement
"Cam," Shane said speaking into his morpher "Guess what we need"
"Don't tell me!" Cam responded, before sending the Zords
"Power Disk! Locked and Dropped!" Dustin shouted "Ram Hammer!"
The frog shot out its polytrons but the rangers deflected them sending them back towards him as they exploded on impact. The frog hit the ground causing it to shake beneath him.
"Is he down for good?" Dustin asked, but he got his answer as the Frog got back to his feet
"Just resting" The frog said "What else you got?"
"Ready!" Shane commanded
"Aim!" Tori followed through
"Hammer!" Dustin finished, before throwing out the Ram Hammer and destroying the frog in a matter of seconds
"Yeah, that's what they told Kelly" Dustin said as he entered Ninja Ops ahead of Tori and Shane "No parents"
"Blake and Hunter lied to me?" Tori asked "Why?"
But she didn't get an answer as the Navy and Crimson Thunder rangers appeared holding Cam; the Wind rangers fell back into a defensive position.
"What are you doing in here?" Shane growled
There was a flash and the Thunder suits fell away leaving Hunter and Blake in their place. The Wind rangers gasped and re-grouped in front of the exit.
"What do you want?" Dustin asked "How did you get in here?"
"Ask her," Hunter said, nodding in Tori's direction
Tori frowned "Blake?" she asked casting him a sad look
"I'm sorry," Blake said "but we had to find the Ninja Ops," he explained "I didn't mean to use you" Then Tori saw a semi- conscious Ally in Hunter's grasp with Cam held by Blake.
"If you hurt either of them!" Tori said coldly "I will hunt you down!"
Hunter grinned once more "Leave him!" and he threw Cam towards the rangers. Shane pushed the boy behind him protectively "We got what we want!" he continued "Goodbye rangers! And good luck in your future battles!" the two brothers moved their hands down so that they were aimed at the ground, there was a puff of smoke and when it cleared the Thunders and Ally was gone.
"Everyone alright?" Tori asked
"What did they want?" Shane asked as Cam broke away from his protectors and hurried to the habitat his father occupied. He removed his glasses and turned to face the three rangers fear and worry etched into his face. "My father!" he said "They took my father!" "And Ally" Tori added.