CHAPTER 3
Encounters
Blake and Hunter entered Storm Chargers, still baffled, with Kelly following right behind them.
"What's up with you two?" Dustin asked. Hunter and Blake put the equipment they were carrying on the counter and looked at their friend.
"We just got beat by three touch riders," Blake said.
"You two got beat?" Shane asked, coming up from the back.
"Yea, and the most embarrassing part is the one rider who beat us and the other two, was a girl," Hunter said, taking the equipment he was carrying and walking to the back.
"We've never seen a rider, let alone a girl rider like this one. Riding must run in her family," Blake said, repeating the same actions his brother just did. Meanwhile, their offspring were devising a plan to approach their parents all at once.
"It might not be a good idea of we each approach our own parents. So why don't I got to Storm Chargers, Clark and Kanoi can go to the motocross track, Trent and Lennon can go to the skate park, and Carter can go the beach," Mackenzie suggested to her fellow rangers.
"What exactly are we supposed to say to them?" Carter asked.
"Nice morphers," Mackenzie suggested sarcastically. The others laughed.
"We'll meet back in the forest in front of the waterfall," Clark said, assuming his role as leader. They all parted their separate ways. The guys reached their destinations but Carter was the only one to find a ranger. Tori was fixing her board, getting ready to go back into the water. Carter took a deep breath and approached.
"Excuse me, Tori, is it?" he asked. Tori turned and smiled.
"Yes, may I help you?" she asked. Carter had to collect himself because for a split second he thought he had found Mackenzie by mistake.
"This is important and I don't know if you're going to believe me but here goes.."
Mackenzie reached Storm Chargers and casually walked in. She didn't spot any of the rangers immediately but then Kelly approached her.
"Tori, when did you get your hair fixed?" she asked, seemingly shocked but kind of happily surprised.
"What?" Mackenzie asked, confused and not realizing she was talking to her. Then, Mackenzie heard a loud crash and turned to see Lennon's dad, Dustin, and Clark's dad, Shane, standing with shocked looks on their faces. They had both dropped boxes and were staring at her.
"Wow," Dustin said. Mackenzie was still confused.
"Tori, whoa, I didn't think you'd ever let anybody touch your hair, but it's nice," Shane said, trying to recover from his shock. That's when it finally registered to Mackenzie.
'They think I'm my mom,' she thought to herself. Right then, Blake and Hunter came back out.
"Whoa!" Hunter said, stopping short. Blake looked from his brother to Mackenzie and his jaw dropped.
"Hi," Mackenzie said, not sure how to tell them she wasn't her mom.
"Not bad," Hunter said, somewhat unsure. Blake still stared at her. Mackenzie wasn't sure what was wrong with him.
"What?" she asked. Blake recovered and stumbled with his words.
"You look nice," he said sincerely but still shocked. Mackenzie had to turn her eyes away from the gaze her dad was giving her.
'Gross, my dad's flirting with me,' Mackenzie said, trying not to react. That's when their morphers went off.
"Go for Shane," Shane whispered into his morpher.
"Guys, get back to Ninja Ops, there's something I need to show you," Cam said. Mackenzie decided to let the charade go on and followed the male parents to Ninja Ops. Her ninja suit was exactly like her mother's, so that was an easy disguise. She walked into Ninja Ops and had to recover from an immediate shock. She saw her Sensei as a young man, and wearing a student ninja suit no less.
"Wow, Tori, nice hair," Cam replied.
"Cam has discovered a disturbance in Blue Bay Harbor. For once, it's not coming from Lothor," Sensei explained. Mackenzie again had to recover from shock when she looked down to see that the voice had come from a guinea pig.
'Wait until Kanoi finds out his grandfather is a rodent,' she thought to herself as Cam explained the situation, which she caught the last part of.
".and it's like these sources of energy just came out of nowhere," Cam finished. Mackenzie realized that he must have meant her and the others.
"So what are we supposed to do if we don't even know what these sources of energy are?" Blake asked.
"I'm not sure, but I think it would be a good idea to check out where they originated from. Behind the alley of the old warehouse," Cam said. Mackenzie again followed the guys out of Ninja Ops and they streaked down to where she and the others had come into Blue Bay Harbor.
"Nothing obviously out of the ordinary," Hunter commented.
"Except those!" Dustin yelled. They all turned to see a load of Kelzacks along with Marah and Kapri.
"Attack," Marah screamed. The Kelzacks descended upon the rangers. They all immediately started to fight. They held their own for a good while. Soon, Mackenzie noticed that she was holding her own better than the parents were. She noticed that many Kelzacks had ganged up on Shane and Dustin. Against her better judgment, Mackenzie called on her telekinetic powers and lifted a handful of Kelzacks in the air, using her hand.
"What the..?" Dustin and Shane said as they realized who was doing what. Mackenzie turned her attention to Marah and Kapri.
"We're finished with them. You can have them back now," she said before doing a pushing thrust that launched the Kelzacks onto Marah and Kapri.
"We lost again," Marah whined.
"Oh shut up," Kapri said before teleporting back to their ship. Mackenzie turned to see five sets of shocked eyes looking at her.
"Hi," she said, smiling and laughing nervously.
"First new hair, now new powers, what's going on Tori?" Shane asked. Mackenzie sighed. She wasn't sure if she could or should keep up the charade anymore. That was when her morpher went off.
"Mackenzie, where are you? We're in front of the waterfall with your mom," Clark's voice came over. Mackenzie's eyes widened as she covered her morpher with her hand.
'Uh oh,' she thought as the guys closed in on her. As stupid as she knew it was, she ran through an opening and streaked back to the waterfall leading to the Wind Academy. The guys streaked after her until they stopped right in behind her. Mackenzie could not believe what she was seeing. She and her mother really were twins, almost.
"Mom?" she asked questioningly.
Okay, they've met their parents. Now it's time to explain and few things and see how they unfold. Find out in Chapter 4 of Future Shocked.
Blake and Hunter entered Storm Chargers, still baffled, with Kelly following right behind them.
"What's up with you two?" Dustin asked. Hunter and Blake put the equipment they were carrying on the counter and looked at their friend.
"We just got beat by three touch riders," Blake said.
"You two got beat?" Shane asked, coming up from the back.
"Yea, and the most embarrassing part is the one rider who beat us and the other two, was a girl," Hunter said, taking the equipment he was carrying and walking to the back.
"We've never seen a rider, let alone a girl rider like this one. Riding must run in her family," Blake said, repeating the same actions his brother just did. Meanwhile, their offspring were devising a plan to approach their parents all at once.
"It might not be a good idea of we each approach our own parents. So why don't I got to Storm Chargers, Clark and Kanoi can go to the motocross track, Trent and Lennon can go to the skate park, and Carter can go the beach," Mackenzie suggested to her fellow rangers.
"What exactly are we supposed to say to them?" Carter asked.
"Nice morphers," Mackenzie suggested sarcastically. The others laughed.
"We'll meet back in the forest in front of the waterfall," Clark said, assuming his role as leader. They all parted their separate ways. The guys reached their destinations but Carter was the only one to find a ranger. Tori was fixing her board, getting ready to go back into the water. Carter took a deep breath and approached.
"Excuse me, Tori, is it?" he asked. Tori turned and smiled.
"Yes, may I help you?" she asked. Carter had to collect himself because for a split second he thought he had found Mackenzie by mistake.
"This is important and I don't know if you're going to believe me but here goes.."
Mackenzie reached Storm Chargers and casually walked in. She didn't spot any of the rangers immediately but then Kelly approached her.
"Tori, when did you get your hair fixed?" she asked, seemingly shocked but kind of happily surprised.
"What?" Mackenzie asked, confused and not realizing she was talking to her. Then, Mackenzie heard a loud crash and turned to see Lennon's dad, Dustin, and Clark's dad, Shane, standing with shocked looks on their faces. They had both dropped boxes and were staring at her.
"Wow," Dustin said. Mackenzie was still confused.
"Tori, whoa, I didn't think you'd ever let anybody touch your hair, but it's nice," Shane said, trying to recover from his shock. That's when it finally registered to Mackenzie.
'They think I'm my mom,' she thought to herself. Right then, Blake and Hunter came back out.
"Whoa!" Hunter said, stopping short. Blake looked from his brother to Mackenzie and his jaw dropped.
"Hi," Mackenzie said, not sure how to tell them she wasn't her mom.
"Not bad," Hunter said, somewhat unsure. Blake still stared at her. Mackenzie wasn't sure what was wrong with him.
"What?" she asked. Blake recovered and stumbled with his words.
"You look nice," he said sincerely but still shocked. Mackenzie had to turn her eyes away from the gaze her dad was giving her.
'Gross, my dad's flirting with me,' Mackenzie said, trying not to react. That's when their morphers went off.
"Go for Shane," Shane whispered into his morpher.
"Guys, get back to Ninja Ops, there's something I need to show you," Cam said. Mackenzie decided to let the charade go on and followed the male parents to Ninja Ops. Her ninja suit was exactly like her mother's, so that was an easy disguise. She walked into Ninja Ops and had to recover from an immediate shock. She saw her Sensei as a young man, and wearing a student ninja suit no less.
"Wow, Tori, nice hair," Cam replied.
"Cam has discovered a disturbance in Blue Bay Harbor. For once, it's not coming from Lothor," Sensei explained. Mackenzie again had to recover from shock when she looked down to see that the voice had come from a guinea pig.
'Wait until Kanoi finds out his grandfather is a rodent,' she thought to herself as Cam explained the situation, which she caught the last part of.
".and it's like these sources of energy just came out of nowhere," Cam finished. Mackenzie realized that he must have meant her and the others.
"So what are we supposed to do if we don't even know what these sources of energy are?" Blake asked.
"I'm not sure, but I think it would be a good idea to check out where they originated from. Behind the alley of the old warehouse," Cam said. Mackenzie again followed the guys out of Ninja Ops and they streaked down to where she and the others had come into Blue Bay Harbor.
"Nothing obviously out of the ordinary," Hunter commented.
"Except those!" Dustin yelled. They all turned to see a load of Kelzacks along with Marah and Kapri.
"Attack," Marah screamed. The Kelzacks descended upon the rangers. They all immediately started to fight. They held their own for a good while. Soon, Mackenzie noticed that she was holding her own better than the parents were. She noticed that many Kelzacks had ganged up on Shane and Dustin. Against her better judgment, Mackenzie called on her telekinetic powers and lifted a handful of Kelzacks in the air, using her hand.
"What the..?" Dustin and Shane said as they realized who was doing what. Mackenzie turned her attention to Marah and Kapri.
"We're finished with them. You can have them back now," she said before doing a pushing thrust that launched the Kelzacks onto Marah and Kapri.
"We lost again," Marah whined.
"Oh shut up," Kapri said before teleporting back to their ship. Mackenzie turned to see five sets of shocked eyes looking at her.
"Hi," she said, smiling and laughing nervously.
"First new hair, now new powers, what's going on Tori?" Shane asked. Mackenzie sighed. She wasn't sure if she could or should keep up the charade anymore. That was when her morpher went off.
"Mackenzie, where are you? We're in front of the waterfall with your mom," Clark's voice came over. Mackenzie's eyes widened as she covered her morpher with her hand.
'Uh oh,' she thought as the guys closed in on her. As stupid as she knew it was, she ran through an opening and streaked back to the waterfall leading to the Wind Academy. The guys streaked after her until they stopped right in behind her. Mackenzie could not believe what she was seeing. She and her mother really were twins, almost.
"Mom?" she asked questioningly.
Okay, they've met their parents. Now it's time to explain and few things and see how they unfold. Find out in Chapter 4 of Future Shocked.