~Crystal's POV~

~At The Track~

Running towards where we think our friends are I can't help thinking this is way too easy to fool not only Tori, Shane, and Dustin but Kelly as well. It's just too Perfect. As we get closer I started to remember the stories my Dad told me growing up about him being a Ranger and how he started as Evil. Thinking about that made me dizzy, I stumble a little, and Hunter catches me. "Woah! You okay Crystal?" he asks worriedly as Blake and Kelly stop with us.

"Yeah, I'm good just had a little dizzy spell," I tell Hunter, "we can keep going," I reassure him.

We continue to run as Blake says, "Come on!" we slow down a little then notice Tori, Shane, and Dustin, "There!" Blake points out and we run over to them to help them.

"We were riding when we saw the smoke," Hunter says, as we reach them, as they stumbled up a small hill. Wow, they are really hurt. Are they okay?

Blake starts to help Tori up as he asks, "Are you okay?" I roll my eyes but no one notices.

"Yeah, Thanks," Tori says as she starts to lean on Blake.

"What happened?" Hunter asks as he wraps his arm around me as I start to feel dizzy again. I have no idea what's going on with me. Hunter looks at me worried as Shane looks at me weirdly. Why do I feel so dizzy when I think about my Dad's story? What is wrong with me? Why am I being rude to people? This isn't me. What happened to me after the Academy was attacked?

"I was listening in the car on the way here. They think it was some kind of Alien attack." Kelly says. I just stare at her.

"Why, that sort of thing happen a lot around here?" Blake asks while looking at Tori.

Hunched over Shane responds, "You never wondered why housing was so cheap?"

"Well, not really, because I make a pretty good amount of money with the sports I do." I retort as Shane looks at me weirdly, "Not to mention I did my research and none of it said anything about Alien attacks. But, I guess I am used to it since I did live in Angel Grove for a while."

Kelly looks at me with an astonished look as she says, "We need to call someone the police, the FBI, the CIA."

I look at her as I joke, "While you're at it call the Silver Guardians!" everyone stares at me as I continue. "You know from Silver Hills? The people who helped the Time Force Rangers? No? Okay, moving on."

"How do you know the Silver Guardians?" Dustin asks me.

I respond with, "My 'Uncle Eric' was a Silver Guardian." I say this very nonchalantly, while they all stare at me. Everyone was shocked to hear this. Shoot! I almost gave out my Dad's secret. What was I thinking? If my dad finds out he will be soooooooo mad.

Tori just continues the conversation with Kelly, "No, Kelly, we're fine. Thanks."

Hunter, Blake, and I all glance at each other without the others noticing. This is seriously way too easy! "Well, I don't know what all of you are going to do, but I need to do a little surf training for a junior competition I'm in that's coming up," I say before everyone went their separate ways.

MEANWHILE

~On Lothor's Ship~

~No One's POV~

Zurgane: Sir, the Thunder, and Winter Rangers have failed. Please permit me to attack while the enemy is still vulnerable.

Lothor: Do you listen to anything I say, Zurgane?

Zurgane: Sir?

Lothor: What did I tell you about the Power Rangers?

Zurgane: Well, UH…

Lothor: I'll give you a hint. It's to do with their powers and how you destroy them. Anyone? ANYONE?

Marah: It has to be really painful?

Lothor: Wrong answer, but thanks for playing our game.

Kapri: What kind of answer was that, huh?

Marah: I don't know I just thought -

Kapri: What did I tell you about thinking?

Marah: Don't

Kapri: Exactly

Lothor: To defeat the Power Rangers, they must be in their Ranger Form. Now get out here everyone. And don't do anything until I tell you.

~AT THE BEACH~

~CRYSTAL'S POV~

I'm at the beach working on some new moves and even trying to combine moves. First I practice a Kickflip, then a 360 and then try to combine them into a Kickflip 360 and for the most part, got it but failed at the last minute. As I'm walking out of the water I run into Hunter who starts checking me over for any injuries. "Are you okay?! Are you hurt? That was pretty cool. What moves were you combining this time?" Hunter starts firing questions at me making me smile.

Awwww! He cares. He's sooo cute! "I'm fine! No finchops here. Thanks for caring though. I was trying to combine the Kickflip and the 360, but it's not fully working yet. I'll just have to keep trying because I know it'll a showstopper in the competition!" I reply as Blake walks up.

"Girl you had some crazy moves out there!" Blake says as he hugs me. "Can you explain to me what a Kickflip and a 360 are?" He questions me, while Hunter nods in agreement.

My eyes light up. I love to explain surfing moves even though some people don't understand. "Sure! A Kickflip is actually a maneuver inspired by skateboarding, in which the surfer flips his/her surfboard 360 degrees along the axis that extends from the nose to the tail of the board. I've gotten pretty good at that one since I skateboard. A 360 is a full rotation on the face of the wave. It can be performed either by reversing or carving. In both cases, the surfer spins down the wave. I thought it would be fun to try and combine the two into a Kickflip 360!" The boys just laugh at how happy I sound as I explain this to them, and that makes me beam. I decided to put my surfboard on the rack of the Bradleys' truck. "Let's go for a walk down the beach shall we?" I ask the boys as I loop my arms with theirs. (AN: I got the descriptions of the surf moves on So sorry if it isn't correct.)

"Yeah let's do that. Hey, look! There's Tori!" Blake exclaims, and sure enough, Tori was walking down the beach with her surfboard. "Hey, what no hello?" Blake asks Tori as she's staring into space.

"Sorry," Tori says while turning to face us. "My mind is somewhere else." She definitely seems out of it. Why do I feel bad for her?

Blake is just staring at her. "Yeah," he says "Rough Day." I mentally facepalm. Is this boy for real?

Tori smiles as she says, "Yeah. Thanks again for helping me out there."

Hunter and I look at each other as Blake replies with, "Oh, yeah, hey, listen, uh, don't mention it. Anytime." I actually feel embarrassed to be behind him right now.

Still smiling Tori says, "I'll keep that in mind. I'll catch you later." she walks towards her van.

As she does that Hunter decides to tease Blake, "Wow! Smooth! You'll have to show me your moves sometime."

I laugh and add, "Oh Hunter, I think you're the one who has to show Blake because you're working me just fine." I wink at Hunter while I walk to their truck.

~At Storm Chargers~

Hunter, Blake, and I walk in. "Hey, Kel." Blake says as we walk up to her.

"Hey. Just fill these out before the race, and we're good to go. Make sure your parents sign them." Kelly says while handing us some forms to fill out for the race. I feel like Hunter is gonna say something stupid.

Wait, are Shane and Dustin listening to the convo? This won't end well. As I'm looking around I notice Shane and Dustin looking at us and it seems like they are paying attention to what is being said. Hunter interrupts Kelly, "We don't live with our parents."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Kelly apologizes.

"Hey, don't sweat it. We'll get the forms back to you tomorrow, okay?" Blake reassures.

I add in, "Yeah, even if I have to talk my dad into signing the forms for these two doofuses." I joke around while Hunter ruffles up my hair and Blake scoffs offended.

"Great. I'll see you out there then." Kelly tells us before we walk away, and out of Storm Chargers.

As we're walking around the building Dustin comes out calling after us. "Hey. You guys, wait up! Where'd they go?" He looks around confused after we streaked out of there.

~At the Beach~

I'm walking down the beach with Tori when all of a sudden the water disappears. "The water! What happened?" Tori asks while I look around confused. We hear someone scream, and see people running away from a monster. Lothor's new monster is a frog? Sooo original. It makes me miss 'Uncle Adam'! Forgetting that I'm here Tori goes to morph but remembers two things. 1) I'm with her, and 2) she doesn't have her Morpher.

As the monster closes in on us, Blake shows up riding his bike and my phone starts to ring. I run away and see that it's my dad calling.

~Further up the Beach~ (Phone call will be like this, C- Crystal, D- Dad)

~Phone Call~

C: Hello?

D: Hey sweetie! You called asking if I could sign some forms for you and your friends?

C: Yeah! It's for a race, and I told them I would ask you to sign theirs since their parents are in a different country. Well, they're dead But I can't tell dad that!

D: Oh Yeah. I could do that I'm actually in Blue Bay for a couple of hours if you want to meet up and I'll sign them. Oh, and next time I'm in town I want to meet this Hunter and Blake.

C: Okay! I'll pick up their forms from Hunter and I'll meet you over at Storm Chargers.

D: Okay! I Love You, Sweetie!

C: Love you too Dad! See you soon! Bye!

D: Bye.

~End Call~

As I leave the beach, I head towards the track because that's most likely where Hunter is at the moment.

~At the Track~

I walk up to Hunter, "Hey, you have the forms filled out with your information right?" I ask.

"Yeah, all we need is to give them to Kelly. Why?" Hunter asks me in return.

I smile at him, "Why don't I take them to Kelly? And while I'm at it, you guys can continue the plan while I have my dad sign the forms for you guys, because he agreed to sign them but next time he's in town he wants to meet you guys."

He looks at me astonished that my dad would even remotely want to meet him and Blake. "Okay, sounds like a plan. I'll let Blake know that you'll meet us at the meeting spot so we can get their Sensei and make him pay." he says, then quickly adds, "Oh, and tell your Dad thanks for signing the papers for me and Blake, we really appreciate it."

I look around and see Shane and Dustin and immediately knew that's why Hunter changed the subject. "Okay, I'll see you and Blake later! Stay safe riding!" I tell him as I walk away. "Oh, and I'll give the forms right to Kelly after Dad signs them." I continue to walk away and get into my car and drive to Storm Chargers.

~At Storm Chargers~

"Dad!" I call out and run to hug him. I've missed him so much.

He hugs me back and says, "Hey Sweetie! So where are these forms?" Getting straight to what I asked him here for.

I hand him the forms, "Here you go Dad." He signs them and then gives them back to me. "Thanks, Daddy! You're the best!" Kelly walks over to me, "Oh, Dad this is Kelly the owner of Storm Chargers and the person who recruited me and the guys for the race. Kelly this is my Dad, Tommy Oliver!" I hand her the forms.

She takes the forms. "Thanks, Crystal! Nice to meet you, Tommy."

"Nice to meet you as well. If you will excuse me I must be getting back to Reefside. Love you, Sweetie! Behave yourself while you're here." My dad says kissing my forehead.

"I will dad, Love you too! Safe trip home!" I say and then he walks out. I start to walk out as well, "See you later Kelly!" I head out to meet up with Hunter and Blake so I can help them to get revenge.

~Outside Ninja Ops~

I walk up to Hunter and Blake, already morphed. All of a sudden I fell to the ground clutching my head. "Ah, what the hell am I doing?" I shake my head, "What is happening to me?" All of this started happening when I thought of my dad's story of being controlled by Rita Repulsa and being Evil, and it's gotten worse since I saw him today.

Hunter helps me up, "Crystal! You okay?" He genuinely looks concerned about me. Aww, he seriously cares about me.

"Yeah, let's just get this over with, before it happens again, but it feels like I'm coming out of a spell or something if that makes any sense," I say as I look into Hunters' eyes. As I look around he shares a glance with Blake knowing the effects of the laser thing Lothor did was wearing off a little earlier than planned. "Once this is over I may go spend a couple of weeks with my dad and the rest of my 'family'." My ranger family that is.

Blake shakes his head at me and chuckles, "Okay, let's do this before this gets even weirder." He leads us through the portal leading to the hidden HQ.

Cam turns around, "How did you guys get in here, let alone find this place?" he demands as I walk towards him.

"Grab him!" Hunter calls to me before I got Cam into a tight grip. Hunter then goes for the wind sensei but the sensei puts some type of force field around himself. Hunter hides the Sensei ball behind him as Tori, Dustin and Shane walk in.

"Yeah, that's what they told Kelly no parents, except Crystal she has her dad but he lives in Reefside," Dustin says as they walk down the stairs into their HQ.

"Blake and Hunter lied to me? Why? And where was Crystal in all of this? And that other ranger?" Tori starts firing questions at Shane and Dustin.

They notice us, "Hey!" Shane exclaimed. "What are you doing here?" Shane demands of us.

We break our morph, Blake and I holding Cam as Hunter's hands are behind his back holding the Sensei ball. "Huh?" every wind ranger questions.

They all look confused but Dustin speaks his thought, "So, what do you want? How did you get in here?" Both valid questions. What are we doing?

Hunter replies, "Ask her." as he gestures with his head towards Tori.

Tori looks hurt, "Blake?" she asks as she looks at him.

Blake looks at her apologetically, "I'm sorry… but we had to find the Ninja Ops. I didn't mean to use you." Oh, so that's what they call it.

Still looking hurt Tori says, "If you hurt him, I will hunt you down." while giving us a death stare.

Hunter looks at Blake and me, "Leave him," we throw him to Dustin, who catches him, "We've got what we want. Goodbye, rangers, and good luck in your future battles."

Before we leave I clutch my head in pain again, "What is going on with me?" I cry out, as Tori, Dustin, Shane, and Cam look at me confused. "Let's do this! But I may need help." Blake grabs my shoulder and the boys do a smokescreen and we streak out. Towards the Mountain of Lost Ninjas. Siriusly, what is going on with me? Did Lothor do to me what Rita Repusla did to dad? I need to figure this out, but in the meantime, let's help Hunter and Blake get revenge for their parents.

~AN~

Hey guys,

Sorry about the wait. With all this COVID-19 madness and switching to online classes, I've been pretty busy. Stay home and stay safe guys! Make sure to wash your hands frequently! I care about you guys! I hope you all enjoy this chapter because I loved writing it. How do you guys like the Tommy Cameo? What about the Silver Guardians mention? I just love Power Rangers and how you can intertwine the seasons pretty easily. Especially when Tommy Oliver is involved due to all the Past Rangers he knows with all his teams plus Forever Red. What do you make of Tommy's stories help break Crystal of the hold Lothor has on her? STAY SAFE AND DREAM ON!

Love,

Samantha