"Has the little ranger said anything?" Lothor asked, addressing the two Thunder Rangers.

"No, not yet." The Crimson Ranger said. Lothor slammed his fist on his throne angrily.

"We captured the girl to get information. Not to wait around."

"Chill out, we'll get the info." The Navy Ranger insisted. Lothor simply glared at him as the two walked out.

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Shane and Dustin where in the backroom of Storm Chargers. It had been a day since Tori got captured. Kelly poked her head in.

"Guys." She called. They looked at her. "Mrs. Hanson is here, she wants to talk to you two." She said. Shane and Dustin looked at each other. They had been expecting a visit from Tori's mom and had come up with a reasonable story to give her. They walked out to the front to see a blonde haired woman in her 40s or so. She smiled at them as they walked over.

"Hi boys." She said.

"Hi." They responded. "Is, uh everything all right?" Dustin asked.

"Yes, well, I hope so. Uh, have either of you seen Victoria.." She paused; realizing they never called her that. "I mean, Tori? She didn't come home last night." Shane gave a feigned expression of shock.

"Didn't Tori tell you?" He asked.

"Tell me what?"

"Well, there's this big Surfing Expo going on in Malibu. She had wanted to go, but it was full, then, someone dropped out at the last minute. So, she took their place." Mrs. Hanson looked at him.

"Really? It's not like her to just leave and not tell me and her dad." She said.

"It was really last minute." Dustin said. "She asked us to tell you. We must've forgotten to give you a call. Sorry." Mrs. Hanson gave a dismissive nod.

"It's all right. Did she give you a phone number where we could contact her?" She asked.

"Uh, no. She said she didn't know what it was. But she promised she'd call when she got the chance."

"I see." She said. "Well, thanks. We were starting to get worried. All right, then, thanks for telling me." She turned and left. Shane and Dustin sighed and turned to walk back to the backroom. Kelly looked at them.

"I don't remember hearing anything about a Surfing Expo in Malibu going on." Kelly said. Dustin and Shane looked at her. They hadn't counted on getting caught in their lie.

"Uh really?" Dustin said. "Cause, it was all over the place. These head guys running the expo were giving the info out to folks and such." He said. Kelly looked at him.

"You're hiding something. I don't know what it is, but it must be major if Tori asked you to lie for her."

"What are you talking about?" Shane asked. Kelly sighed.

"Whatever, just, make sure whatever it is isn't major enough that Tori'll get hurt or whatever." She said as she went back to work. Shane and Dustin looked at each other.

"Dude, that was close." Dustin said. Shane sighed.

"Yeah. Let's go check on Cam, see if he's got anything new." Dustin nodded as the two left the shop.

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Lothor walked towards the cell where the blue wind ranger was being kept.

"I refuse to sit around and wait until pigs fly for those two to get me any information." He said to Zurgane who was following close behind him.

"Yes, sir." They arrived at the door.

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Tori sat in her cell. She heard the door opening. Her heart fluttered slightly at the thought of getting another visit from The Navy Thunder Ranger. Tori caught herself and sighed.

"Don't even start to like him. I mean, for one thing, you don't even know who he really is.And also the fact he's evil. Even though he doesn't exactly seem evil." She muttered to herself. The door opened to revel Lothor, Zurgane and a group of Kelzacks. Tori gasped and jumped to her feet. Lothor laughed.

"Hello, dear." He said.

"What the hell do you want, ugly?" She said. Lothor placed a hand on his chest and acted as if her words hurt him.

"Oh, no. I have been insulted." He laughed. "Someone just kill me now."

"Don't tempt me." Tori said lowly.

"Forever the little fire-cracker isn't she." Lothor said to Zurgane. "It would been nice to have and adversary like that." He looked at Tori. "How about that? Wouldn't you like to work alongside me? Be on the winning side of this."

"I already am." She shot back. Lothor chuckled.

"Perhaps you are, perhaps you're not. Pity you won't survive to see wether or not that's true." He said. Kelzacks burst in. Tori tried her best to fight them off, but there were just too many. They grabbed her. She struggled against them.

"Let go of me!" She growled. Lothor slowly walked out of the cell, with Zurgane, and the Kelzacks holding the struggling and grunting Tori following behind.

"Sir, what is it you plan to do with her?" Zurgane asked.

"Get the information we want, and then sent her out to drift into space forever." Lother chuckled.