~No Ones POV~
Tori was sitting in the sand taking a break from surfing. She does this from time to time to check out for competition and/or new surfing buddies. As she scanned the waters, she notices a young girl, about her age, with brown hair surfing with a purple surfboard. Tori couldn't help but observe how this girl was surfing like a professional. She continues to watch the girl until she was done surfing. Tori approaches the girl,
~Crystal's POV~
"Hey, I'm Tori! You were great out there!" A blonde greets me holding her hand out.
"Hey, I'm Crystal, nice to meet you Tori and thanks! It takes a lot of practice to do some of those moves." I say while shaking Tori's hand. "Say do you want to be my surfing buddy? I have people for motocross but no one for surfing."
Tori smiles and replies, "Yeah sounds good," she thinks for a second, "Wait, you ride motocross?" She questions me.
"Yeah, I ride 250's along with my friends. My coach is my adoptive father who was a race car driver. I'm also sponsored for both Moto and surfing, by the Black Dragon Martial Arts Academy and the Flying Crane Gymnastics Studio." I answer.
Tori looks shocked, "How did you get sponsorship's from the most pristine martial arts academy and the best gymnastics studio in the country other than the Olympic studio?"
I smile and respond, "They are owned by my adoptive fathers' friends who I call my Aunt and Uncles. Aunt Kim owns the Flying Crane and Uncle Jason, Uncle Zack, Uncle Rocky, and Uncle Adam all Co-own The Black Dragon."
"Wow, that's amazing!" Tori exclaims. "Hey what are you doing? Want to hang out?"
I look at my watch and reply "Sorry I can't I promised my friends I'd go to the track with them, and they are picking me up. Speaking of which they should be here soon."
Tori smiles and says, "That's totally fine, See you later!"
As she says this a dark-colored pick up, with 3 motocross bikes, Crimson, Navy, and Purple, in the bed and a surfboard rack attached to the side of the bed, pulls up.
I smile and say "Yeah, bye it was nice to meet you!" Tori watches as I run to Blake and Hunter who had climbed out of the pickup. Blake grabs my surfboard and puts it on the rack as I greet and hug Hunter. I turn back around and wave to Tori. Tori waves back and then walks to her van, puts her surfboard in the back and then gets in the van and drives away towards Storm Chargers to meet up with Shane.
I turn back to Blake and Hunter with an evil smirk on my face. "This will be too easy!" I say to the boys as we get into the pickup, me between Blake and Hunter, and drive towards the track to do more recon on the yellow ranger.
~~~Later that day~~~
~No one's POV~
Dustin's bike soared over the hill as his boss and friend, Kelly, timed him while leaning up against the Storm Chargers van. "Yeah, Dustin!" Kelly states to herself.
Three riders, one in Purple, one in Crimson and the other in Navy, sit on a hill overlooking the track. The Crimson clad rider asks, "You ready?"
"Let's do it!" The Navy clad rider responds. The riders fly down the hill surprising Dustin as they speed past him and over the finish line.
Dustin pulls up to Kelly and takes off his helmet. "Man, you ever see those guys before?" Dustin asks Kelly looking towards the mysterious riders.
Kelly responds with, " They ride like factory Pros. I would've remembered."
"Man, I'm just glad they don't ride 125's," Dustin says watches the riders start to take off their helmets revealing a blonde guy, a raven-haired guy, and a brunette girl. "Whoa, check it out one of them is a chick." Dustin walks over and greets them by saying, "Hey there. How's it going?"
~Crystal's POV~
"Tracks a little soggy," Hunter responds as we get off our bikes.
"But it didn't seem to slow you guys down," Dustin compliments.
"Hey, I'm Blake." Blake introduces himself.
"Nice to meet you," Dustin says shaking Blake's hand.
Blake continues by introducing Hunter. "My brother Hunter."
"Hey," Hunter greets while nodding his head at Dustin.
"Wait you guys are brothers?" Dustin asks surprised and confused.
"Their adopted." I snap at him feeling a bit insulted for Hunter and Blake. "Oh, and I'm Crystal."
"All right. Oh. Cool." Dustin starts, "Well, my name's Dustin. I-I haven't seen you guys out here before. Where's the home track?"
"Uh, we come down from —," Blake starts.
Hunter cuts him off by saying," You wouldn't have heard of it."
Blake looks at Hunter and tells him, "Easy Bro. And he wonders why we don't have any friends."
I bust out laughing and Hunter hits the back of my head. "Owie!" I complain while rubbing my head.
Blake then continues by telling Dustin "Hey, listen, man, you were pretty fast out there before."
Dustin scoffs, "Yeah, right, man, I must be giving up a couple seconds a lap to you guys."
"Don't be so hard on yourself dude, you're great!" I tell Dustin, and he just smiles at me.
"You get too much air on your jumps. It slows you down," Hunter states.
Blake shrugs saying "He's right. Dark and brooding, but right," nodding his head. "Listen, what are you doing there? You want to follow us?"
"Um, actually, man, can I take a rain check? I gotta be somewhere," Dustin responds.
Hunter says, "Yeah, no worries. Next time."
"Yeah, cool, next time," Dustin says before walking away.
"Later," Blake says with his arms crossed then turns to help Hunter put our bikes in the bed of their truck.
"Bye Dustin!" I yell to him.
~~~In the Forest~~~
~No one's POV~
Dustin walks through the forest and calls "Hey, Tori! Shane! Hey, come on guys!" he sighs, "Man don't tell me I missed training again. Why do I do this to myself?" Dustin questions himself. "Come on, you guys!"
Suddenly Kelzaks show up and Dustin starts to fight them. He ends up being surrounded, picked up and thrown, flying backward through the air and hitting the ground. Dustin lies on the ground surrounded when suddenly Shane and Tori show up morphed and riding bikes. They start shooting the Kelzaks with lasers, knocking them away from Dustin. Dustin sits up looking amazed. "Yeah! Awesome!" Shane calls out showing approval of the bikes. "Coming through" he continues.
Dustin still amazed says "Oh Dude!"
Cam shows up behind Dustin and greets him, "Hey, Dustin."
"Hey man!" Dustin replies with a smile on his face.
Cam continues with "Hey you know, I told these guys not to engage the enemy until the bikes were ready. But, of course, no one ever listens to the guy with glasses."
Dustin then asks "So, dude, what — These are the Tsunami Cycles?"
Cam and Dustin duck as Tori flies over them saying "These are great! Yeah!"
"Ooh! Ha Ha Ha!" Dustin chuckles at Tori's antics. "Man, I thought these things were months off being ready."
"So, did I" Cam replies.
"So, what, you got something for me? Dustin asks.
"No, should I?" Cam questions in a slightly teasing manner
"OH, come on, quit joking around, man," Dustin says getting slightly annoyed.
"No, Seriously, I don't know what you're talking about," Cam says with a small smirk.
Dustin not noticing the smirk says "So, What, you're saying — you're saying the motocross guy is the only one who doesn't get a Tsunami Cycle?"
Cam replies smiling "All right, all right. Fine." as he brings out a remote control.
"All right!" Dustin cheers. Cam uses the control to bring a semi down the path. "OH"
"Meet your new mobile command center," Cam says as the truck stops and the back door drops. "Check this out!" Cam continues as he presses another button and a yellow Tsunami Cycle rolls out of the truck.
"OH, dude!" Dustin comments.
"Well put, Dustin," Cam says focusing on not letting the bike fall.
"So, What, anything I should know?" Dustin asks before running over to the bike.
"Yeah, just make sure — " Cam sighs, "Why Bother?"
"Ha Ha Ha! Yeah!" Dustin cheers flipping, morphing in mid-air and landing on the bike. "Oh, yeah! Yeah, baby!" He starts riding the bike, "That's what I'm talking about! Guys, wait up!" catching up with Shane and Tori.
"Dustin you made it!" Shane says giving him a thumbs up.
"These rock!" Dustin exclaims.
"Look! The creeps are back!" Tori points out the Kelzaks that showed up right in front of them.
Shane responds with, "Not gonna be a problem" while shooting his lasers.
There is a flash of yellow lasers and Dustin flies knocking down Kelzaks. "Whoa! Love the laser!"
Tori drives past him yelling "Yeah!"
"Whoa! Brake!" Shane yells while barreling into Kelzaks. "Bye Bye," he says while waving. "Good bike" he states patting the Tsunami Cycle.
"Stopped on a dime ... or a Kelzak" Dustin jokes. "Now, this is what I call trail riding. No one messes with my bike" He says as he kicks a Kelzak that jumped towards him. "250's – here I come!"
The three rangers stop in front of more Kelzaks. "Wow! This is fun!" Tori exclaims.
"Yeah, I'm just warming up," Shane says
"Too bad there had to be Kelzaks" Dustin agrees.
"Not for long!" Shane claims.
"Let's go!" Tori exclaims.
"Right on!" Dustin yells.
They go on shooting down Kelzaks. Finally, they ride the Tsunami Cycles up to the mobile command center where Cam is waiting for them. "Awesome!" "Right on!" "Yeah!" they all exclaim at once. "NINJA FORM!" they all call as they power down.
"Hey, guys." Cam Greets them while walking up.
"Yo, man" "What's up, Cam?" "Hey!" They all say at the same time to him.
Shane tries to look cool while he says "Hey, uh, these bikes work pretty good."
Cam responds with "You know, Shane, you were lucky. They still need some fine-tuning."
"Dustin," Cam continues, tossing him his backpack, "Hey, since, you're the bike expert, why don't you take a look at these specs and give me an altitude chart for auto-jetting. And, uh, don't try and play video games with it or something like you would do." Cam says while giving him a disc.
"Okay, dude, you know, I'm not a complete dufus," Dustin responds.
"Well here's your chance to prove it," Cam says while walking away.
Shane walks up to Dustin. "Hey, Dustin. Hey, where were you today?"
"Uh, oh! At the track, man. I met these two guys and a girl crazy, crazy fast, man." He replies. "I'm meeting up with 'em later."
"Yeah, whatever." Shane says, "just remember what's important here."
They all walk away not noticing the three rangers that step out from behind a tree. One Crimson, one Navy, and one Purple. They have been there the whole time which means they were able to see and hear everything that was happening. So, they know who to get the disc for the Tsunami Cycle specs from. "We've seen enough. Let's go." Crimson says and they all streak off to Lothor's Ship.
~~~Lothor's Ship~~~
~Crystal's POV~
Lothor: Let me guess ... your mission to capture the Tsunami Cycles has failed?
Zurgane: It wasn't my fault. The Kelzaks – they failed.
Lothor: Zurgane, you're starting to sound like a bad movie. Take a break. Have a latte. Let's see what some fresh blood can do. Step forward, Winter and Thunder Rangers.
Zurgane: Winter and Thunder Rangers?
Kapri: You know what I'm thinking
Marah: That lip liner kind of makes you look like a lizard?
Kapri: No, Pinhead! How much fun could we have?
Hunter: Our plan to infiltrate the rangers in on schedule, Lothor.
Crystal: It'll be a matter of time!
Lothor: I don't care much for schedules. You see, I'm a results-oriented evil genius.
Hunter: Don't rush us. We know what we're doing.
Zurgane: How dare you speak to Lothor that way! Bow, and show some respect!
Blake: Listen, while you're out there getting that latte, could you get me a nonfat one-sugar cappuccino?
Crystal: How about a Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato? Ha Ha!
Choobo: See if they have those muffin tops. They're sweet.
Zurgane: Why you –
Lothor: Enough! How many times do I have to tell you there is no "I" in "team"
Zurgane: Yes, but –
Lothor: Rangers, go. Do what you have to do, but remember, I won't wait forever.
Marah: They are so yummy.
Kapri: Yummy with a spoon.
I turn around and glare at them when I hear how they were talking about Hunter and Blake before Hunter grabs my hand and pulls me with them.
~~~Time skip from Time Force~~~~
~~~Storm Chargers~~~
~Crystal's POV~
The Bradley's' and I are hanging at a place called Storm Chargers with Dustin. This seems like a place I would actually love to hang out in after we get our revenge on the rangers' stupid Sensei who not only killed Hunter and Blake's adoptive parents but also my biological parents. when Tori and some guy in red come in. "Hey, you guys, cool, you finally get to meet." Dustin starts.
Before he can say anything else, I say "Sup Tori!" I was very excited to see her, I went surfing this morning and didn't see her like usual.
Tori responds with "Hey Crystal! How were the waves this morning? I didn't get a chance to surf this morning."
"They were amazing!" I say very excitedly.
"Wait! You two know each other?!" Dustin asks us very confused.
"Yeah," Tori says "I ran into Crystal at the beach! She surfs like a pro!" Giving me a high five.
Dustin nods, "Oh, okay! Uh, Shane, Tori ... Crystal, Hunter, and Blake."
"Hey," both Shane and Hunter say at the same time.
"How's it going?" Blake says
"Nice to meet you, Shane!" I greet looking directly at him.
"Dustin's told us a lot about you," Hunter says while wrapping his arm around my waist pulling me closer to him. This motion does not go unnoticed by Shane.
"But not everything," Blake adds while subtly checking Tori out. Okay, maybe NOT so subtly.
"Hey, uh, Dustin you got a minute?" Shane asks.
"Yeah, Yeah man," Dustin replies and they go over to the other side of the room. I have great hearing do I can hear what they are saying. "What's up?" Dustin asks.
"Hey, you were supposed to be back at Ninja Ops," Shane explains.
"Yeah, I – I know, man. Um, these guys showed up, and we started checking out these bikes, and, I don't know, I just got spacey," Dustin tries to explain.
"Sensei's not happy. He's doing that thing with his nose again," Shane states.
I smirk to myself at the fact that Hunter Blake and I are already causing problems with the rangers and our ranger personas haven't even shown themselves yet. Ha! This really is too easy! Zurgane will eat his words that he has said to us.
I snap back into reality when I hear Dustin say, "Oh, great. Okay, um, come on, Tori, I gotta go, See ya, guys." Dustin grabs Tori's arm, dragging her out the door.
"See you later Tori!" Blake calls out.
"Later" Tori replies letting Dustin pull her.
None of us notice Shane in the doorway. "Ah, boy, that Tori is fine." Blake states.
"She is really pretty!" I add, thinking that she might even be prettier than me.
"Yeah. She is." Hunter says, and I smack him upside the head. "Not as fine as Crystal, but still fine," He looks to me and I nod in approval. "Question is, why does she hang out with a goof like Dustin?"
"Who knows? Maybe she likes doing Charity work." Blake jokes.
"That's a bad joke Blake," I say with a small chuckle as my phone rings. "Hey, Daddy!" I say when I answer. "Yeah, everything is alright! I'll call you later tonight I'm kind of in the middle of something and then I need to work on my bike because it let go at the track this morning. Yeah, I'm ok I didn't get hurt. Ok! Love you too! Bye!" I hang up. "Sorry about that guys."
Shane walks out after overhearing everything that we said.
~~~Time skip from Time Force~~~
~~~At the Track~~~
~Crystal's POV~
Dustin rips across the track as I stand and watch with Hunter and Blake. He rides over to us. "Cleared it no problem that time," Dustin tells us.
"You keep that up, and you may be ready for the 250's," Hunter says.
Blake adds, "Hey I'd remember this moment."
"You should be proud of yourself Dustin!" I exclaim as Hunter looks at me smiling at my happy attitude. What can I say? I'm happy with anything motocross or surfing.
"You know what it's been really cool hanging with you guys. It's hard to find dudes, or girls for that matter, who actually get what you're into, you know?" Dustin tells us smiling.
"I heard that," Hunter says high-fiving Dustin. Then the ground started shaking. Dustin fell to the ground and I started to fall but Hunter grabbed my waist to keep me on my feet.
"What was that?" Blake asks as he helps Dustin up.
"Thank you, Hunter!" I whisper in the blondes' ear. I really am grateful he didn't let me fall.
"Talk about weird, huh?" Dustin says while dusting himself off.
There was a strange beeping sound and Dustin looks at his wrist. There was a Morpher sitting right there on his wrist. "Hey, freaky watch man." Hunter starts to say, grabbing Dustin's arm.
"Does that have a compass?" I finish for him.
Dustin takes his arm back saying, "Yeah, it's got a bunch of cool stuff. I'll show you sometime." Dustin tells us. "Actually, you know what? I gotta head off." He starts to walk away.
I had a knowing look on my face, but Dustin didn't notice. "Hey!" I called out.
"How come you always gotta bail?" Hunter adds.
"Yeah, Dustin, you want to ride like a pro you got to practice like one, right?" Blake asks as the boys got closer to Dustin, while I walked back towards the truck leaning on it.
"Come on, let's see if we can shave a few seconds off your time," Hunter suggests.
"Yeah, come on, Dustin." Blake eggs on.
"You know what guys? I really got to go." Dustin says walking away.
"Hey wait!" Blake calls as he picks up Dustin's backpack. He elbows Hunter and they smirk. I walk up and grab the bag and take out the disc that has the Tsunami Cycle specs on it.
"I'll give the bag to him when I go to Storm Chargers later! If I remember that is!" I tell them while smirking, and we streak away.
~~~Time skip since Crystal isn't in the fight~~~
~~~Back at the Track~~~
"Yeah!" "Whoo!" Shane and Tori yell cheering Dustin as he rides around the track. He finally drives to them and stops, as he does this his tires send a shower of dirt onto Shane and Tori.
"Thanks for the shower," Tori says sarcastically.
Dustin takes off his helmet. "Ha Ha Ha. Yeah, sorry. So, what, did I look faster?"
"You were ripping, bro," Shane tells him giving him a high-five. "Hey, uh, where's Crystal, Hunter, and Blake? I figured they'd be here."
Dustin scratches his head. "Yeah, I don't know. I, um, I guess they had better things to do than just hang out with a goof like me, huh?"
"Hey. Some of the stuff before ... I didn't mean you weren't committed." Shane confesses to Dustin.
"I know," Dustin replies.
Tori decides to put in some input. "Yeah, you're a great ranger. A flake, but a great ranger."
"Thanks, guys. Well, let's go gear up, all right? If we're going to be riding these Tsunami Cycles, we'd better be ready." Dustin says.
~~~In the distance~~~
~Crystal's POV~
Hunter, Blake and I stand on a hilltop watching the rangers. Who have no clue about us or that we are watching them. "Have fun while you can," Blake says into thin air.
"You have no idea what's coming," Hunter adds wrapping an arm around me.
"It's only a matter of time. Then you and your Sensei will pay." I say leaning into Hunter. We have a bit of a flirtmance going on, I mean what's wrong with some harmless flirting? We then streak off to the apartment.