"Sir! They were rangers," the creature said as he collapsed on the
floor, Taka spun around.
"Rangers? You're sure of this?" The creature nodded. Taka began pondering his next move. "Leave me." The creature left. Taka contemplated what to do. 'Perhaps if I cannot get the power from the twins, I can take the ranger powers instead- no, no. That will only be a small amount compared to that of the prophesied children. . . but it's a start.'
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"hey- anyone see where Will and Shayne went?" Clarke asked as they stopped arguing. They all looked around and didn't see them. Austin saw the door ajar.
"I think wherever they are, they're together." Hailey got a devilish look in her eyes.
"I knew it! I was wondering what was taking them so long to get together!" The door burst open and Will and Shayne came in. Owen saw their tussled hair and smirked,
"I see you two have been busy," he said elbowing Clarke. Austin shot him a dirty look.
"We got jumped," Will said. They all got serious.
"Jumped? By who?" Hailey asked.
"By some more of those things Taka was with this afternoon," Shayne said.
"Are you alright?" Austin asked.
"Yea- we're fine, but we need to fond out what those things are. Maybe they could reveal something about Taka that we can use against him," Will said. The others all nodded. They knew it was late, but they had to get to Ops.
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Hailey and Shayne were looking through a pile of scrolls while the guys (excluding Austin) were at the table looking over the archives of other rangers. Austin was doing his best, but couldn't find anything on the computer.
"Guys, I give up," Shayne said sinking to the floor.
"Nothing here either," Will said closing the book. Austin spun around to face them all.
"What are they?!" he cried in frustration.
"Grimlocks," Marah said as she walked down the stairs to meet them.
"Grim what?" Owen asked. Marah came and sat on the table.
"Grimlocks- I think." Clarke looked confused.
"How did you know we were here? And how do you know about these things?" Marah smiled.
"Your mom called me and I thought I could help. From what you all have told me about these things, they sound like a race of aliens I met once while traveling with uncle- I mean Lothor."
"So what exactly are these Grimlocks?" Austin wondered. Marah took a deep breath.
"Well, they come from a planet somewhere in the Omega 2 galaxy. From what I remember, they love to fight and train sort of in the same way you all do- at academies that teach them how to be evil and how to fight. Lothor tried to get them to align with him, but they said no- that they were waiting for the darkest of evils to be their master."
Hailey and Owen spoke at the same time. "Taka." Marah nodded her head slowly. They all sat silent for a moment before Will took his role as leader.
"We'll be ready for whatever he has to offer." He held his morpher up and the others smiled in agreement.
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"Doesn't that hurt?" Hailey asked Tori. Five months had past and the rangers were trying to get on with their normal lives while fighting Taka and his Grimlocks on an almost everyday basis.
Tori laughed as she felt another kick in her stomach. Hailey placed her hand back on her soon to be sibling. "Compared to you and Owen, this kid's a piece of cake. I swear you two were sparring before you came out." They both were laughing when they heard the front door open. Blake came in.
"How are my two, possibly three, favorite girls?" he said kissing Tori's cheek. Hailey smiled at her parents. She could see all the love they had for each other as Blake placed a hand on Tori's stomach and laughed.
"We defiantly have a ninja in there!" Hailey started laughing when she heard Owen talking to her telepathically.
'Hail- come down to the track. No one else is here and I really want to race.' Blake saw the look in his daughter's eyes.
"Owen calling?" he asked. Hailey smiled sheepishly and nodded.
"I'm going to the track. We'll be home later."
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"Hey Austin- can I ask you a random question?" Will asked as they were coming out of their rooms. They both had moved into ninja ops, seeing how they both lived at the academy and were rangers now.
"Sure," Austin replied.
"You love Hailey, right?" Austin smiled and nodded his head.
"How did you know you loved her?" Austin stopped and turned to face Will.
"This wouldn't have anything to do with my little cousin now would it?" he said smiling. Will's face flushed three different shades of red. "You thin you love her?" Will nodded his head. They continued walking until they were out in the sunlight.
"So how did you know?" Will asked again. Austin sighed.
"I guess the first day we really started training all together. I mean we had been working together forever, but when we were all around like 16-17, our folks decided it would be best for all of us if we worked together all the time. One day Hailey wasn't there and I realized that I really missed her- like a lot. Over time I knew I couldn't be without her- and that I loved her." They stopped and looked out over the academy grounds. "God listen to me- I sound like a Hallmark card." This caused both guys to laugh hard. Will thought for a moment about what Austin had just said. He knew he didn't ever want to lose Shayne and he knew he would do anything for her.
They continued walking until the object of Will's thoughts came bouncing trough the secret entrance. She ran up to the guys and tripped on a rock, falling to the ground. Will went to help her up.
"Okay that was really dumb," she said brushing herself off. Will grabbed her in a tight hug and kissed her fully on the mouth. Shayne was shocked for a moment and then settled into his arms. Austin turned and headed back to Ops. Shayne pulled away breathless.
"Geeze Will- miss me much?" She asked standing straight.
"Is it a crime for me to miss my girlfriend?" Shayne smiled and kissed him again, this time a bit softer.
"I hope not." They both were chuckling lightly when Will decided it was time to tell her how he felt. Shayne felt him slightly tense up. "Will? You okay? You look like you're going to pass out."
"No- no. I'm great. Everything's great." He stammered. Shayne wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed his neck.
"And why is that?" she asked sweetly.
"Because. . . I, uh"
"You, uh, what?" She edged.
"I-" Will was cut off by his morpher going off. "Damn it," he cursed softly causing Shayne to giggle.
"Go ahead Austin," Shayne said into hers.
"We got trouble at the cliffs. Grimlocks- and it looks like a lot of them," Austin said over the communicator.
"What about the others?" Will asked.
"Clarke's on his way, but I'm still trying to get Owen and Hailey."
"Alright. We're on our way."
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Owen and Hailey were racing furiously around the track. Owen was ahead most of the race, but Hailey slowly made her way to the front by the time they reached the finish line. They parked their bikes and walked over to the trailer. Hailey heard her morpher inside her bag going off at an accelerated alarm.
"Hey? What's up?" she asked.
"We're-getting worked down here!" Shayne yelled.
"The cliffs," they heard Clarke yell before he got knocked to the ground. The twins looked at each other.
"Ninja Storm,"
"Thunder Strom,"
"Ranger form, ha!"
"Rangers? You're sure of this?" The creature nodded. Taka began pondering his next move. "Leave me." The creature left. Taka contemplated what to do. 'Perhaps if I cannot get the power from the twins, I can take the ranger powers instead- no, no. That will only be a small amount compared to that of the prophesied children. . . but it's a start.'
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"hey- anyone see where Will and Shayne went?" Clarke asked as they stopped arguing. They all looked around and didn't see them. Austin saw the door ajar.
"I think wherever they are, they're together." Hailey got a devilish look in her eyes.
"I knew it! I was wondering what was taking them so long to get together!" The door burst open and Will and Shayne came in. Owen saw their tussled hair and smirked,
"I see you two have been busy," he said elbowing Clarke. Austin shot him a dirty look.
"We got jumped," Will said. They all got serious.
"Jumped? By who?" Hailey asked.
"By some more of those things Taka was with this afternoon," Shayne said.
"Are you alright?" Austin asked.
"Yea- we're fine, but we need to fond out what those things are. Maybe they could reveal something about Taka that we can use against him," Will said. The others all nodded. They knew it was late, but they had to get to Ops.
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Hailey and Shayne were looking through a pile of scrolls while the guys (excluding Austin) were at the table looking over the archives of other rangers. Austin was doing his best, but couldn't find anything on the computer.
"Guys, I give up," Shayne said sinking to the floor.
"Nothing here either," Will said closing the book. Austin spun around to face them all.
"What are they?!" he cried in frustration.
"Grimlocks," Marah said as she walked down the stairs to meet them.
"Grim what?" Owen asked. Marah came and sat on the table.
"Grimlocks- I think." Clarke looked confused.
"How did you know we were here? And how do you know about these things?" Marah smiled.
"Your mom called me and I thought I could help. From what you all have told me about these things, they sound like a race of aliens I met once while traveling with uncle- I mean Lothor."
"So what exactly are these Grimlocks?" Austin wondered. Marah took a deep breath.
"Well, they come from a planet somewhere in the Omega 2 galaxy. From what I remember, they love to fight and train sort of in the same way you all do- at academies that teach them how to be evil and how to fight. Lothor tried to get them to align with him, but they said no- that they were waiting for the darkest of evils to be their master."
Hailey and Owen spoke at the same time. "Taka." Marah nodded her head slowly. They all sat silent for a moment before Will took his role as leader.
"We'll be ready for whatever he has to offer." He held his morpher up and the others smiled in agreement.
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"Doesn't that hurt?" Hailey asked Tori. Five months had past and the rangers were trying to get on with their normal lives while fighting Taka and his Grimlocks on an almost everyday basis.
Tori laughed as she felt another kick in her stomach. Hailey placed her hand back on her soon to be sibling. "Compared to you and Owen, this kid's a piece of cake. I swear you two were sparring before you came out." They both were laughing when they heard the front door open. Blake came in.
"How are my two, possibly three, favorite girls?" he said kissing Tori's cheek. Hailey smiled at her parents. She could see all the love they had for each other as Blake placed a hand on Tori's stomach and laughed.
"We defiantly have a ninja in there!" Hailey started laughing when she heard Owen talking to her telepathically.
'Hail- come down to the track. No one else is here and I really want to race.' Blake saw the look in his daughter's eyes.
"Owen calling?" he asked. Hailey smiled sheepishly and nodded.
"I'm going to the track. We'll be home later."
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"Hey Austin- can I ask you a random question?" Will asked as they were coming out of their rooms. They both had moved into ninja ops, seeing how they both lived at the academy and were rangers now.
"Sure," Austin replied.
"You love Hailey, right?" Austin smiled and nodded his head.
"How did you know you loved her?" Austin stopped and turned to face Will.
"This wouldn't have anything to do with my little cousin now would it?" he said smiling. Will's face flushed three different shades of red. "You thin you love her?" Will nodded his head. They continued walking until they were out in the sunlight.
"So how did you know?" Will asked again. Austin sighed.
"I guess the first day we really started training all together. I mean we had been working together forever, but when we were all around like 16-17, our folks decided it would be best for all of us if we worked together all the time. One day Hailey wasn't there and I realized that I really missed her- like a lot. Over time I knew I couldn't be without her- and that I loved her." They stopped and looked out over the academy grounds. "God listen to me- I sound like a Hallmark card." This caused both guys to laugh hard. Will thought for a moment about what Austin had just said. He knew he didn't ever want to lose Shayne and he knew he would do anything for her.
They continued walking until the object of Will's thoughts came bouncing trough the secret entrance. She ran up to the guys and tripped on a rock, falling to the ground. Will went to help her up.
"Okay that was really dumb," she said brushing herself off. Will grabbed her in a tight hug and kissed her fully on the mouth. Shayne was shocked for a moment and then settled into his arms. Austin turned and headed back to Ops. Shayne pulled away breathless.
"Geeze Will- miss me much?" She asked standing straight.
"Is it a crime for me to miss my girlfriend?" Shayne smiled and kissed him again, this time a bit softer.
"I hope not." They both were chuckling lightly when Will decided it was time to tell her how he felt. Shayne felt him slightly tense up. "Will? You okay? You look like you're going to pass out."
"No- no. I'm great. Everything's great." He stammered. Shayne wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed his neck.
"And why is that?" she asked sweetly.
"Because. . . I, uh"
"You, uh, what?" She edged.
"I-" Will was cut off by his morpher going off. "Damn it," he cursed softly causing Shayne to giggle.
"Go ahead Austin," Shayne said into hers.
"We got trouble at the cliffs. Grimlocks- and it looks like a lot of them," Austin said over the communicator.
"What about the others?" Will asked.
"Clarke's on his way, but I'm still trying to get Owen and Hailey."
"Alright. We're on our way."
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Owen and Hailey were racing furiously around the track. Owen was ahead most of the race, but Hailey slowly made her way to the front by the time they reached the finish line. They parked their bikes and walked over to the trailer. Hailey heard her morpher inside her bag going off at an accelerated alarm.
"Hey? What's up?" she asked.
"We're-getting worked down here!" Shayne yelled.
"The cliffs," they heard Clarke yell before he got knocked to the ground. The twins looked at each other.
"Ninja Storm,"
"Thunder Strom,"
"Ranger form, ha!"