A small movement from the figure in Tori's arms brought the rangers
back to attention.
"Blake?" Hunter asked kneeling over him.
Blake's eyes fluttered open. "What the- how did I get here?" he asked attempting to sit up.
Tori gently pulled him back down to her, tears of joy gathering. "Tori? Why are you crying?"
Her face broke out into a huge smile as she pulled him closer and planted a small, tender kiss on his lips. "I'm just so glad you're alright- " Blake smiled up at her and glanced around.
"Ahh- my head," he groaned. "You guys- we need to get out of here, quick."
"Why? What's going on?" Shane asked.
"I heard Lothor and his goons talking- they're planning on a full out invasion- he figured he'd strike when we were weak." He sighed as he spoke those last words. 'Shit- why me?'
"Right. Let's get out of here- Cyber Cam?" Cam spoke into his morpher.
"Yo Bro! What's the static?"
"Teleport all of us back to Ops."
"You got it!"
Within seconds all six rangers were now back in the safety of Ops. Tori still held Blake in her arms. Hunter and Dustin went over and lifter him up. Taking him to a small back room, they laid him down on an awaiting cot. Shane soon followed, leaving Tori alone with Sensei and Cam.
Tori got to her feet and slowly raised her head to meet Cam's gaze- Sensei perched on his shoulder.
"Before you say anything," she began," I know what I did was wrong, but I don't regret it. I understood the risk I was taking, and I'm willing to accept the consequences from the actions I made."
Cam sank into his chair letting out a sigh. Sensei flipped off his shoulder and landed on the table. Tori sat on her knees to accept her lecture.
" We cannot always follow the path that lies before us. Sometimes the wrong road leads you to the right place, and in your case, I think that by sacrificing your amulet, you gained the greatest power." He looked over her shoulder at the darkened hallway where Blake had been taken. Tori turned her head to see Shane, Dustin, and Hunter walking out. She turned her head back to Sensei- a questioning smile on her lips. "Go to him."
Her smile went wide as she just about ran from the room. Entering the dark hallway, she made her way towards the light emanating from the small room. Blake was sitting up, a bottle of water in his hands and a bandage wrapped around his bare chest- a small spot of red seeped through.
"Hey," she whispered as she went to him.
"Hey," he replied softly staring into her eyes. His gaze drifted away to the bottle he held in his hands. "They told me what you did." He finally got out.
"Blake I had to- there was no other way."
"Yes there was! There had to be!" he yelled throwing the bottle across the room- hitting the wall.
Tori stepped back, his sudden change in tone scared the shit out of her. Realizing what he'd done, he put his head in his hands. "Oh god- I'm sorry Tor- I'm so sorry. Please come here." He extended his arms out. Tori ran over to him, just about knocking him over. Blake Winced when he felt her body push against his chest.
"Oh my god- Blake- I'm so sorry," she said gently placing her hand on his chest. "Are you alright?" she said concerned.
"Yea- just a bruised rib I think." Tori saw the blood on his bandage.
"Oh shit- you're- you're bleeding-"
"It's just a little cut- I promise," he said gently stroking her face. Her hand met his and held it there. He slowly pulled her in for a passionate kiss making them both lose their breath.
Back in the main room, they guys contemplated their situation.
"Alright, so we know that Lothor has the amulet," Dustin said.
"And we know that he's planning some huge invasion," chimed in Hunter.
"So the question is, how do we stop it from happening?" Cam finished.
Shane had been quiet during the discussion- his mind finally settling on a final solution. "Why don't we just take Lothor out for good?"
The others turned their heads at the sudden suggestion. "Are you serious?" Cam and Dustin said at the same time.
"Why not? I mean if he's on his way down here to finish us, why don't we do the same and try to finish him?"
"Because it's suicide dude. I mean he was tough before, but now he has Tori's necklace and Blake's out of commission- we'll be crushed." Dustin said looking at his best friend. Cam turned back to the computer and started punching in some unreadable type of script that made the others' heads spin.
After a few silent moments, he turned to face the others. "I think Shane has a point."
"Whoa- you mean you actually agree with me?" Shane said dumbfounded.
"I know it's hard to believe, but yes. I've been going over the specs on the zords as well as our weapons. If we distribute our powers in small increments slowly, we may have enough power in the end to defeat all that he has to offer."
For once, Dustin actually understood. "So like, we can only be given a little bit of energy at a time so we'll have enough for one final blow?"
"Exactly."
"Even without Blake?" Hunter finally said.
They all went quiet again. "Yes Hunter- it can be done, but understand, we'll all have extremely low power levels, but it can be done."
"I'm in," came from Shane, followed by Dustin, Hunter, and finally Cam.
"So who wants to break up the 'love fest' in there to tell Tor and Blake?" Dustin joked motioning to the hall.
Blake released her from the kiss, but not from his arms. She hugged him tighter, trying not to hurt his battered body.
"Why did you give it up Tor? I told you not to-" he whispered.
Tori looked right at him. "You were there when I needed you, and I was there when you needed me- simple as that. I would do anything to know you were alright." She said burying her head into his shoulder. He sighed, laying a kiss on her neck.
There was a soft tapping on the doorframe, bringing them out of their trance. Hunter slowly approached them.
"Hey bro- how you feeling?"
"Like I just got run over by a truck," he said trying to laugh.
Hunter laughed with him, then got down to the matter at hand. "Uh- Tor, we kinda need to talk- all of us," he said looking at Blake.
"Can you walk?" he asked.
"I think I'll manage," he said swinging his legs over the side of the cot onto the floor. He put his arm around Tori's shoulder and with her help, walked out into the main room where the others explained what was going to happen.
"I'm in," Tori said.
"Me too," Blake joined in.
"Sorry man, no way in hell am I letting you go," Hunter said. "You're too weak. I'm not going to risk you getting hurt worse than you are."
"But-" he was cut off by the super computer's alarm going off. Pulling up a visual, Cam saw people all over the city running for cover as an army of Kelzacks paraded down the streets. At the beach and in the woods, aliens and monsters were either terrorizing citizens, or causing destruction.
"No time to argue," Cam said. "We have to go- now."
Tori sat Blake on the table and began to turn away when he grasped her wrist. Pulling her back to him, he crushed his lips into hers. "Be careful- I love you."
"I will- I love you too."
Tori ran over to where the guys were gathered.
"Ready?" Shane said.
"Ready."
"Ninja Storm-"
"Thunder Storm-"
"Samurai Storm-"
"Ranger form, ha!"
They all disappeared in their respective colors of light, leaving Blake and Sensei to watch the destruction of Blue Bay Harbor.
"Blake?" Hunter asked kneeling over him.
Blake's eyes fluttered open. "What the- how did I get here?" he asked attempting to sit up.
Tori gently pulled him back down to her, tears of joy gathering. "Tori? Why are you crying?"
Her face broke out into a huge smile as she pulled him closer and planted a small, tender kiss on his lips. "I'm just so glad you're alright- " Blake smiled up at her and glanced around.
"Ahh- my head," he groaned. "You guys- we need to get out of here, quick."
"Why? What's going on?" Shane asked.
"I heard Lothor and his goons talking- they're planning on a full out invasion- he figured he'd strike when we were weak." He sighed as he spoke those last words. 'Shit- why me?'
"Right. Let's get out of here- Cyber Cam?" Cam spoke into his morpher.
"Yo Bro! What's the static?"
"Teleport all of us back to Ops."
"You got it!"
Within seconds all six rangers were now back in the safety of Ops. Tori still held Blake in her arms. Hunter and Dustin went over and lifter him up. Taking him to a small back room, they laid him down on an awaiting cot. Shane soon followed, leaving Tori alone with Sensei and Cam.
Tori got to her feet and slowly raised her head to meet Cam's gaze- Sensei perched on his shoulder.
"Before you say anything," she began," I know what I did was wrong, but I don't regret it. I understood the risk I was taking, and I'm willing to accept the consequences from the actions I made."
Cam sank into his chair letting out a sigh. Sensei flipped off his shoulder and landed on the table. Tori sat on her knees to accept her lecture.
" We cannot always follow the path that lies before us. Sometimes the wrong road leads you to the right place, and in your case, I think that by sacrificing your amulet, you gained the greatest power." He looked over her shoulder at the darkened hallway where Blake had been taken. Tori turned her head to see Shane, Dustin, and Hunter walking out. She turned her head back to Sensei- a questioning smile on her lips. "Go to him."
Her smile went wide as she just about ran from the room. Entering the dark hallway, she made her way towards the light emanating from the small room. Blake was sitting up, a bottle of water in his hands and a bandage wrapped around his bare chest- a small spot of red seeped through.
"Hey," she whispered as she went to him.
"Hey," he replied softly staring into her eyes. His gaze drifted away to the bottle he held in his hands. "They told me what you did." He finally got out.
"Blake I had to- there was no other way."
"Yes there was! There had to be!" he yelled throwing the bottle across the room- hitting the wall.
Tori stepped back, his sudden change in tone scared the shit out of her. Realizing what he'd done, he put his head in his hands. "Oh god- I'm sorry Tor- I'm so sorry. Please come here." He extended his arms out. Tori ran over to him, just about knocking him over. Blake Winced when he felt her body push against his chest.
"Oh my god- Blake- I'm so sorry," she said gently placing her hand on his chest. "Are you alright?" she said concerned.
"Yea- just a bruised rib I think." Tori saw the blood on his bandage.
"Oh shit- you're- you're bleeding-"
"It's just a little cut- I promise," he said gently stroking her face. Her hand met his and held it there. He slowly pulled her in for a passionate kiss making them both lose their breath.
Back in the main room, they guys contemplated their situation.
"Alright, so we know that Lothor has the amulet," Dustin said.
"And we know that he's planning some huge invasion," chimed in Hunter.
"So the question is, how do we stop it from happening?" Cam finished.
Shane had been quiet during the discussion- his mind finally settling on a final solution. "Why don't we just take Lothor out for good?"
The others turned their heads at the sudden suggestion. "Are you serious?" Cam and Dustin said at the same time.
"Why not? I mean if he's on his way down here to finish us, why don't we do the same and try to finish him?"
"Because it's suicide dude. I mean he was tough before, but now he has Tori's necklace and Blake's out of commission- we'll be crushed." Dustin said looking at his best friend. Cam turned back to the computer and started punching in some unreadable type of script that made the others' heads spin.
After a few silent moments, he turned to face the others. "I think Shane has a point."
"Whoa- you mean you actually agree with me?" Shane said dumbfounded.
"I know it's hard to believe, but yes. I've been going over the specs on the zords as well as our weapons. If we distribute our powers in small increments slowly, we may have enough power in the end to defeat all that he has to offer."
For once, Dustin actually understood. "So like, we can only be given a little bit of energy at a time so we'll have enough for one final blow?"
"Exactly."
"Even without Blake?" Hunter finally said.
They all went quiet again. "Yes Hunter- it can be done, but understand, we'll all have extremely low power levels, but it can be done."
"I'm in," came from Shane, followed by Dustin, Hunter, and finally Cam.
"So who wants to break up the 'love fest' in there to tell Tor and Blake?" Dustin joked motioning to the hall.
Blake released her from the kiss, but not from his arms. She hugged him tighter, trying not to hurt his battered body.
"Why did you give it up Tor? I told you not to-" he whispered.
Tori looked right at him. "You were there when I needed you, and I was there when you needed me- simple as that. I would do anything to know you were alright." She said burying her head into his shoulder. He sighed, laying a kiss on her neck.
There was a soft tapping on the doorframe, bringing them out of their trance. Hunter slowly approached them.
"Hey bro- how you feeling?"
"Like I just got run over by a truck," he said trying to laugh.
Hunter laughed with him, then got down to the matter at hand. "Uh- Tor, we kinda need to talk- all of us," he said looking at Blake.
"Can you walk?" he asked.
"I think I'll manage," he said swinging his legs over the side of the cot onto the floor. He put his arm around Tori's shoulder and with her help, walked out into the main room where the others explained what was going to happen.
"I'm in," Tori said.
"Me too," Blake joined in.
"Sorry man, no way in hell am I letting you go," Hunter said. "You're too weak. I'm not going to risk you getting hurt worse than you are."
"But-" he was cut off by the super computer's alarm going off. Pulling up a visual, Cam saw people all over the city running for cover as an army of Kelzacks paraded down the streets. At the beach and in the woods, aliens and monsters were either terrorizing citizens, or causing destruction.
"No time to argue," Cam said. "We have to go- now."
Tori sat Blake on the table and began to turn away when he grasped her wrist. Pulling her back to him, he crushed his lips into hers. "Be careful- I love you."
"I will- I love you too."
Tori ran over to where the guys were gathered.
"Ready?" Shane said.
"Ready."
"Ninja Storm-"
"Thunder Storm-"
"Samurai Storm-"
"Ranger form, ha!"
They all disappeared in their respective colors of light, leaving Blake and Sensei to watch the destruction of Blue Bay Harbor.