"AHH!" Dustin yelled as he went sailing into the wall of the cave. Blake
and Tori showed up and saw this.
"Dustin!" Tori exclaimed worriedly. Shane was at Dustin's side, weakly getting up. Hunter had tossed him aside violently before doing the same to Dustin. Tori pulled out of Blake's grasp and went to Dustin and Shane. Blake looked at Hunter.
"Bro, you've got to stop this." Blake said, trying to keep his tone calm. Tori looked at Blake and then at Hunter. Dustin groaned as he tried to get up.
"He's got the crystal.." Dustin groaned. When Cam had told them about the Cavern of Lost Souls before, he told them of the crystal that could be used to drain the soul out of a Ninja..Killing them. Hunter looked at him.
"That's right, dirt boy." Hunter replied. He turned to a small stone altar looking thing where he had placed Sensei's cage. He held the green crystal in his hands raising it over his head. "Goodbye, murderer!" He yelled.
"No!" The other's exclaimed.
"Hunter!" Came a voice. Hunter froze. The voice sounded so familiar. Blake looked up and gasped.
"Oh my god.." He whispered. There, above the stone altar, floating in the air, where two people, a man and woman, shimmering beautifully. Hunter looked up, the crystal dropping from his hands onto the ground.
"Mom..Dad?" Hunter whispered unsurely. Blake stood beside his brother, looking up at them in awe. Dustin, Shane and Tori looked at each other shocked.
"Yes, my sons." Came the soft voice of Hunter and Blake's mother. "It is us."
"How.I don't understand." Blake stammered.
"We had to stop you from doing this." Their father said. "You cannot kill this Sensei."
"What?" Hunter asked. "Why?"
"Because he is not the one who killed us." Their mother said softly. "You've been lied to."
"But.If he didn't...Who did?" Hunter asked.
"The same man who lied to you." Their mother said.
"Lothor." Their father concluded.
"What?!" The two brothers exclaimed.
"He lied to us." Hunter growled. Blake looked to see his parents beginning to fade.
"Wait!" He pleaded. "Don't go! You.You can't..There's so much we have to talk about...Or something." He lost his parents so long ago, and now they where right before his eyes, he was desperate to hold onto them as much as he could. His mother looked on her youngest son sadly.
"We must, Blake." She said softly.
"We have watched over you both." Their father said. "Watched as you grew into the young men you are now, and we shall continue to watch over you forever."
"Blake, Hunter, do not set your lives on simply avenging our deaths by killing those who took us away from you. Honor us, and yourselves, by doing good things, my dear sons."
"Goodbye." Their father said. They both disappeared. There was a silence in the cave. Blake slowly turned and looked at Tori. Tori slowly got up, and without saying a word, went to him and threw her arms around his shoulders. Blake put his arms around her waist, returning the hug.
"You were right." He said sadly. "Lothor lied to us." Tori held him tighter.
"I'm sorry." She said. Hunter looked at Sensei.
"I'm sorry." He muttered, ashamed of his actions. Sensei looked at him. Hunter was surprised to see what looked like understanding. He was so sure Sensei would despise him.
"You were misguided and lied to, young man." Sensei said. "I can not fault you or your brother for the things Lothor convinced you of."
"Guys, did you find my father?" Came Cam's voice over Shane's communicator. Shane brought the device up to his lips and spoke into it.
"Yeah, he's all right." Shane said. He could hear Cam let out a deep breath. He had been worried about his father.
"You should probably teleport him back to Opts, before anything else decides to jump out of the woodwork." Dustin said.
"On it." Cam said. He tapped into Shane's frequency and used it to get his father's coordinates. After some clicking on his computer, Sensei was teleported back to Ninja Opts. Hunter looked back at the others, lowering his visor. They all saw the deep regret, guilt, sorrow and shame in his eyes. He looked at Tori.
"I'm sorry." He said. He felt like an idiot for just saying that over and over again, but there wasn't anything else he could say. Tori pulled slightly away from Blake and looked at Hunter. She lowered her own visor and he saw forgiveness in her eyes.
"It's all right." She said.
"Let's go." Shane said as he and Dustin got up. Tori nodded and looked at Hunter and Blake. Both stood by unsurely. They didn't know what to do. Tori smiled and went over to Hunter. She put a friendly arm around his shoulders.
"Come on." She said. Hunter smiled softly.
"Are you good to walk?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah, you did get hit pretty hard." Blake said. Tori rolled her eyes.
"Don't tell me that I now have to have four guys worrying about me and everything." She groaned, taking her arm away. "I'm fine."
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The five walked out of the cave together.
"I still can't believe he lied to us." Hunter said.
"The guy's an evil space alien, not exactly dripping with honesty and goodness." Dustin replied.
"I mean..I guess what I mean is I can't believe we were stupid enough to actually believe his lies." Hunter sighed. Blake put a hand on his brother's shoulder.
"You weren't stupid." Tori said. "Someone hurt you both when you were children by taking your parents away, and you didn't know who. Then suddenly someone tells you that Sensei was the murderer, and you go along with it. That's not stupidity. It's more like.." Tori paused for a second to think. "Desperation for closure, or answers.Or something."
"She's right, bro." Blake said. "We just wanted someone to blame for our sadness, and Lothor presented us with a target."
"Just so he'd have some rangers on his side." Hunter said.
"Well, I thought I heard someone talking about me." Came a sarcastically jovial voice. The rangers all looked up to see Lothor floating a few feet in the air above them. "So, now you know the truth."
"You.." Hunter growled, his eyes narrowing. He flipped his visor back up. "You just signed your death, man."
"I don't think so." Lothor replied. "Kelzacks, attack." He called out. Kelzacks appeared.
"God, can't we have just a break from fighting?" Dustin groaned.
"Quit whining." Tori said. They all went and fought the Kelzacks. Lothor's eyes narrowed at Blake.
"As for you, Navy Thunder Ranger. I don't take kindly to traitors." He said. Blake looked at him.
"Wow, being called a traitor by a liar and a murderer, that's just so disappointing." Blake yelled.
"You couldn't leave well enough on it's own, could you? Had to play the hero for your little damsel in distress. Foolish boy." Lothor chuckled, shaking his head.
"Well, why don't you come down here and face me?" Blake yelled to him. Lothor chuckled again.
"I think I'll just stay up here, thank you." He smirked. A ball of energy formed his hand. Blake stepped back. He reached for his lance, only to remember he had dropped it in the sand after Tori had been blasted. "Goodbye, Navy Ranger." Lothor said lowly as he released the ball of energy, aiming it at Blake. Blake dove out of the way. Lothor growled and threw more at him, only to have Blake dodge them. "Stay still you insect!" Lothor bellowed. Blake ran, trying to get to his lance when an energy ball hit his back, knocking him down.
"Argh.." He grunted painfully.
"That was just to make you stay put." Lothor laughed. "Now, say goodnight, Thunder Ranger." Lothor said lowly has a bigger, more powerful ball formed in his hands. Tori heard Blake groan and looked over to see Lothor about to throw a huge energy ball at him. She gasped.
"Blake!" She screamed. Without thinking, she ran past the Kelzacks as fast as her legs could carry her. Blake weakly looked up to see Tori running to him. Lothor released the energy ball. It came towards him. Blake prepared himself for the impact, but it never came. Tori ran and jumped in front of Blake. Blake gasped in horror as the ball smashed against her. She didn't move.
"Tori!" He cried out. Slowly she collapsed into Blake's arms, her ranger suit dematerializing. Blake held her and looked at her face. Her eyes where closed and some strands of her blonde hair fell over her face. He shakingly pushed her hair out of her face. "Tori, Tori, come on, wake up." He begged softly.
"Hmm." Lothor grinned softly, not expecting things to turn out this way. "Well, why hurt your enemy physically, when you can always go for the heart." He chuckled to himself. Shane, Dustin and Hunter saw Blake trying to shake Tori's lifeless body.
"Tori!" Dustin yelled. The three of them rushed to her. "Tori.Come on, say something." Dustin said softly. He could feel tears rising into his eyes at the thought of his best friend for almost a decade being dead.
"Tori..Please.." Blake said, his voice sounding like he was on the verge of tears.
"Well, this is a priceless moment. A fallen ranger and her grieving comrades." Lothor chuckled. Blake's head snapped up and he glared at Lothor. He slowly lowered Tori's body to the ground and stood up. He grabbed his lance.
"You!" He growled. "You'll pay for this!" He raised the lance up, ready to hit him with the blasts.
"Hmm, perhaps another time." Lothor said as he vanished. Blake stood staring at the sky.
"I don't feel her pulse." Dustin said fearfully, breaking Blake out of his daze. He spun around and went back to them.
"We better take her back to Ninja Opts.Maybe Cam can do something.." Shane said hopefully. Blake kneeled down and scooped Tori in his arms. Her head lulled back weakly as he held her in his arms.
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AN: I'm probably going to get flames for killing Tori..lol. The fic's not done yet, more is too come (
"Dustin!" Tori exclaimed worriedly. Shane was at Dustin's side, weakly getting up. Hunter had tossed him aside violently before doing the same to Dustin. Tori pulled out of Blake's grasp and went to Dustin and Shane. Blake looked at Hunter.
"Bro, you've got to stop this." Blake said, trying to keep his tone calm. Tori looked at Blake and then at Hunter. Dustin groaned as he tried to get up.
"He's got the crystal.." Dustin groaned. When Cam had told them about the Cavern of Lost Souls before, he told them of the crystal that could be used to drain the soul out of a Ninja..Killing them. Hunter looked at him.
"That's right, dirt boy." Hunter replied. He turned to a small stone altar looking thing where he had placed Sensei's cage. He held the green crystal in his hands raising it over his head. "Goodbye, murderer!" He yelled.
"No!" The other's exclaimed.
"Hunter!" Came a voice. Hunter froze. The voice sounded so familiar. Blake looked up and gasped.
"Oh my god.." He whispered. There, above the stone altar, floating in the air, where two people, a man and woman, shimmering beautifully. Hunter looked up, the crystal dropping from his hands onto the ground.
"Mom..Dad?" Hunter whispered unsurely. Blake stood beside his brother, looking up at them in awe. Dustin, Shane and Tori looked at each other shocked.
"Yes, my sons." Came the soft voice of Hunter and Blake's mother. "It is us."
"How.I don't understand." Blake stammered.
"We had to stop you from doing this." Their father said. "You cannot kill this Sensei."
"What?" Hunter asked. "Why?"
"Because he is not the one who killed us." Their mother said softly. "You've been lied to."
"But.If he didn't...Who did?" Hunter asked.
"The same man who lied to you." Their mother said.
"Lothor." Their father concluded.
"What?!" The two brothers exclaimed.
"He lied to us." Hunter growled. Blake looked to see his parents beginning to fade.
"Wait!" He pleaded. "Don't go! You.You can't..There's so much we have to talk about...Or something." He lost his parents so long ago, and now they where right before his eyes, he was desperate to hold onto them as much as he could. His mother looked on her youngest son sadly.
"We must, Blake." She said softly.
"We have watched over you both." Their father said. "Watched as you grew into the young men you are now, and we shall continue to watch over you forever."
"Blake, Hunter, do not set your lives on simply avenging our deaths by killing those who took us away from you. Honor us, and yourselves, by doing good things, my dear sons."
"Goodbye." Their father said. They both disappeared. There was a silence in the cave. Blake slowly turned and looked at Tori. Tori slowly got up, and without saying a word, went to him and threw her arms around his shoulders. Blake put his arms around her waist, returning the hug.
"You were right." He said sadly. "Lothor lied to us." Tori held him tighter.
"I'm sorry." She said. Hunter looked at Sensei.
"I'm sorry." He muttered, ashamed of his actions. Sensei looked at him. Hunter was surprised to see what looked like understanding. He was so sure Sensei would despise him.
"You were misguided and lied to, young man." Sensei said. "I can not fault you or your brother for the things Lothor convinced you of."
"Guys, did you find my father?" Came Cam's voice over Shane's communicator. Shane brought the device up to his lips and spoke into it.
"Yeah, he's all right." Shane said. He could hear Cam let out a deep breath. He had been worried about his father.
"You should probably teleport him back to Opts, before anything else decides to jump out of the woodwork." Dustin said.
"On it." Cam said. He tapped into Shane's frequency and used it to get his father's coordinates. After some clicking on his computer, Sensei was teleported back to Ninja Opts. Hunter looked back at the others, lowering his visor. They all saw the deep regret, guilt, sorrow and shame in his eyes. He looked at Tori.
"I'm sorry." He said. He felt like an idiot for just saying that over and over again, but there wasn't anything else he could say. Tori pulled slightly away from Blake and looked at Hunter. She lowered her own visor and he saw forgiveness in her eyes.
"It's all right." She said.
"Let's go." Shane said as he and Dustin got up. Tori nodded and looked at Hunter and Blake. Both stood by unsurely. They didn't know what to do. Tori smiled and went over to Hunter. She put a friendly arm around his shoulders.
"Come on." She said. Hunter smiled softly.
"Are you good to walk?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah, you did get hit pretty hard." Blake said. Tori rolled her eyes.
"Don't tell me that I now have to have four guys worrying about me and everything." She groaned, taking her arm away. "I'm fine."
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The five walked out of the cave together.
"I still can't believe he lied to us." Hunter said.
"The guy's an evil space alien, not exactly dripping with honesty and goodness." Dustin replied.
"I mean..I guess what I mean is I can't believe we were stupid enough to actually believe his lies." Hunter sighed. Blake put a hand on his brother's shoulder.
"You weren't stupid." Tori said. "Someone hurt you both when you were children by taking your parents away, and you didn't know who. Then suddenly someone tells you that Sensei was the murderer, and you go along with it. That's not stupidity. It's more like.." Tori paused for a second to think. "Desperation for closure, or answers.Or something."
"She's right, bro." Blake said. "We just wanted someone to blame for our sadness, and Lothor presented us with a target."
"Just so he'd have some rangers on his side." Hunter said.
"Well, I thought I heard someone talking about me." Came a sarcastically jovial voice. The rangers all looked up to see Lothor floating a few feet in the air above them. "So, now you know the truth."
"You.." Hunter growled, his eyes narrowing. He flipped his visor back up. "You just signed your death, man."
"I don't think so." Lothor replied. "Kelzacks, attack." He called out. Kelzacks appeared.
"God, can't we have just a break from fighting?" Dustin groaned.
"Quit whining." Tori said. They all went and fought the Kelzacks. Lothor's eyes narrowed at Blake.
"As for you, Navy Thunder Ranger. I don't take kindly to traitors." He said. Blake looked at him.
"Wow, being called a traitor by a liar and a murderer, that's just so disappointing." Blake yelled.
"You couldn't leave well enough on it's own, could you? Had to play the hero for your little damsel in distress. Foolish boy." Lothor chuckled, shaking his head.
"Well, why don't you come down here and face me?" Blake yelled to him. Lothor chuckled again.
"I think I'll just stay up here, thank you." He smirked. A ball of energy formed his hand. Blake stepped back. He reached for his lance, only to remember he had dropped it in the sand after Tori had been blasted. "Goodbye, Navy Ranger." Lothor said lowly as he released the ball of energy, aiming it at Blake. Blake dove out of the way. Lothor growled and threw more at him, only to have Blake dodge them. "Stay still you insect!" Lothor bellowed. Blake ran, trying to get to his lance when an energy ball hit his back, knocking him down.
"Argh.." He grunted painfully.
"That was just to make you stay put." Lothor laughed. "Now, say goodnight, Thunder Ranger." Lothor said lowly has a bigger, more powerful ball formed in his hands. Tori heard Blake groan and looked over to see Lothor about to throw a huge energy ball at him. She gasped.
"Blake!" She screamed. Without thinking, she ran past the Kelzacks as fast as her legs could carry her. Blake weakly looked up to see Tori running to him. Lothor released the energy ball. It came towards him. Blake prepared himself for the impact, but it never came. Tori ran and jumped in front of Blake. Blake gasped in horror as the ball smashed against her. She didn't move.
"Tori!" He cried out. Slowly she collapsed into Blake's arms, her ranger suit dematerializing. Blake held her and looked at her face. Her eyes where closed and some strands of her blonde hair fell over her face. He shakingly pushed her hair out of her face. "Tori, Tori, come on, wake up." He begged softly.
"Hmm." Lothor grinned softly, not expecting things to turn out this way. "Well, why hurt your enemy physically, when you can always go for the heart." He chuckled to himself. Shane, Dustin and Hunter saw Blake trying to shake Tori's lifeless body.
"Tori!" Dustin yelled. The three of them rushed to her. "Tori.Come on, say something." Dustin said softly. He could feel tears rising into his eyes at the thought of his best friend for almost a decade being dead.
"Tori..Please.." Blake said, his voice sounding like he was on the verge of tears.
"Well, this is a priceless moment. A fallen ranger and her grieving comrades." Lothor chuckled. Blake's head snapped up and he glared at Lothor. He slowly lowered Tori's body to the ground and stood up. He grabbed his lance.
"You!" He growled. "You'll pay for this!" He raised the lance up, ready to hit him with the blasts.
"Hmm, perhaps another time." Lothor said as he vanished. Blake stood staring at the sky.
"I don't feel her pulse." Dustin said fearfully, breaking Blake out of his daze. He spun around and went back to them.
"We better take her back to Ninja Opts.Maybe Cam can do something.." Shane said hopefully. Blake kneeled down and scooped Tori in his arms. Her head lulled back weakly as he held her in his arms.
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AN: I'm probably going to get flames for killing Tori..lol. The fic's not done yet, more is too come (