Shane came home and threw his skate equipment in a corner. He rubbed
his hands through his hair and headed for the shower. He saw that Dustin's
door was opened, so he went to see if he was home. He peeked his head
around the corner to see his best friend asleep, but there was something
different about the way he was lying. He was way over to one side- highly
unusual. He shook his head and went for the bathroom. Again, he was
surprised to find things amiss. The door was shut and locked.
'Oh no,' he thought. 'Dustin has someone here.' He got a devilish look on his face as he glanced back to Dustin's room. He was brought back to attention when he saw a brunette coming out with her head down. He turned back and smiled at her. When she looked up his face fell.
"Uh, hi Shane," Marah said brining her hand up for a small wave. She was rolling her hands over one another. Shane stood there speechless for a few seconds.
"What are you doing here!" he cried. Marah stepped back a bit. Dustin heard him yell and ran out in his underwear. "Dude, what is she doing here?! Didn't you learn your lesson the first time!" he yelled again.
Dustin went over to Marah and put an arm around her. "Shane, man we gotta talk." Marah went back to gather her clothes and left Shane and Dustin. Dustin told Shane everything. The look on his face was emotionless. He heard everything Dustin had to say, calmly turned and went to walk out.
"Dude! Where you going?" Dustin asked after him. Shane turned.
"I am going for a walk," he said and left.
"Well, that went well. At least he didn't kill you," Marah said coming out again. Dustin leaned over and kissed her.
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"You know we probably should make this an everyday thing," Blake said as he pulled on his shirt. Tori turned from where she was tying her sneaker.
"I think that could be arranged," she said leaning over to kiss him. "You know, you should probably think about moving in. I mean- we are engaged now," she said causing both of them to smile.
"I promise when I can, I'll get you a ring."
"I've already got one." She said holding out her right hand. He smiled and took her hand in his. He removed the ring and got down on his knee.
"Let's do this right. Tori, will you marry me?" Her eyes sparkled.
"Yes. Of course I will." He slipped the band on her left hand and they met in a heated kiss. They were interrupted by a knock on the front door. "Damn," she muttered causing them both to laugh.
She opened the door to find Shane. "Tor- I need to talk to you about Dustin." Tori opened the door and let him in. Blake saw this as his cue to exit. He kissed Tori and left for Storm Chargers. Tori sat with Shane- she knew what this was probably about.
"Tor- Dustin had someone at our place."
"Let me guess. Marah?" Shane's head shot up.
"How did you know about-"
"Look, Marah has changed. She and Dustin have been together for about six months. He told me and now you know."
"Why didn't he tell me? I'm his best friend for fuck's sake!" he cried in anger.
"He didn't tell you because he knew how you'd react." Shane calmed at that comment. "We all have to trust Dustin, just like you all trusted me with Blake. People change Shane. In our case, we got lucky and gained new friends." Shane sunk into the chair. He glanced over at her.
"When did you get so smart?" he said hugging her.
"I've always been smart. You were just too dumb to realize."
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"She's what!!!" Kapri screamed.
"Keep your voice down, or you'll ruin everything," Vexacus said. "Now if this works your uncle will be gone, and we will destroy the rangers."
"And my traitor of a sister," Kapri laughed. They headed to a small room where Vexacus revealed his full plan.
"Take this and put it in one of his stupid protein concoctions. One sip and he'll be finished," he said handing her a small packet of poison. Kapri took it and headed off to the throne room. Just as she had thought, Lothor's drink was next to his throne- when she was sure she was alone, she poured the powder in and hid behind a pillar. Lothor entered, sat and took his drink. Kapri felt herself beginning to sweat as he put the cup to his lips. He drank deeply. A few seconds later he dropped the cup and grabbed his chest. He slumped forward in his seat and landed hard on the floor. Kapri slowly made her way out and found him lifeless.
"Vexacus!" she yelled. He entered to see her grinning over the fallen Lothor. Together they threw him out of the ship and destroyed him. Smiling at her handy work, Kapri went to grab Vexacus' hand. He took hers, and flipped her on her back, his sword at her throat.
"You didn't really think I was going to share the world with you, did you?" he said as he brought his sword down, destroying her in a flash of pink light. He smiled (if he can smile) and sat on the throne. "At last I will have my victory."
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Days went by, and everyone was trying to help Marah adjust to life on Earth. The guys mostly told her the basic stuff while Tori indulged her in the finer points of girl talk. She was so happy to finally have someone lese to talk to about the guys. One day while the guys were all out, they were walking around the park. "So, how's things with you and Dustin?" Tori asked. Marah's cheeks began to blush. "It's amazing," she said dreamily. Tori smiled at her. She felt he same way about Blake. "So I take you guys have-" she said giving her a questioning smile. Marah had to turn her head to keep from smiling. "I see," Tori said smiling. "What's it feel like?" Marah asked suddenly. "What's what feel like?" "Being in love. I mean, how do you know?" Tori sat under a tree and sighed. "It's like a completely new feeling- like nothing you've ever felt before. You really can't explain it in words. It's just a feeling you have. Whenever he smiles, you feel all happy and just good inside. To know that you can see yourself with that person for the rest of your life is the greatest thing ever," she said staring down at her ring. Marah noticed this. "I thought you wore that on your other hand?" she said smiling. "I did, before Blake moved it for me." "And why did he do that?" Marah asked, knowing the answer already. Tori put her head down and slowly spoke. "Because he proposed. And I accepted." She said bring her smiling face to meet her friend's. Marah grabbed her in a tight hug. "Oh my gosh! When, how! I want details!" "Boy you pick up on this girl talk thing fast." They both started laughing before they were interrupted by Kelzacks landing in front of them. They jumped to their feet and got into fighting stances. Tori called for the guys and soon all seven of them were battling. Vexacus appeared and made a beeline for Marah. She threw a Kelzack off of herself and met him. "Two down one to go," he snarled. "What do you mean by that?" she asked nervously. "Well let's see. Your sister helped my destroy your uncle, then I destroyed her, so that leaves- ah, that's right. YOU!" he cried rushing at her. She ducked out of the way and kicked him in the back ass she ran to the others. Dustin stood in front of her as the others gathered around. "He destroyed my uncle and Kapri!" she cried grabbing Dustin's hand. "Now he's after me!" The others stood away a little. "Ready?" Shane asked. They all nodded. "Ninja Storm," "Thunder Storm," "Samurai Storm," "Ranger form ha!" Marah shielded her eyes as they transformed in bright flashes of multicolored light. Dustin turned to her. "Get out of here!" he cried. "Dustin!" she yelled as they ran off after Vexacus. Dustin struck first, connecting his lion hammer to the alien's chest. He fired back knocking Dustin to the ground. Shane and Hunter came next with their blasters, followed by Tori and Cam with their swords. Blake grabbed him with his antler and sent him flying through the air, landing hard on the ground. While he stumbled to get up, they combined their weapons and blasted him. Vexacus took the blast and was forced down on his knees. Shane took this as his cue and went into battlizer mode. He climbed up into the air and hit him with the full force of his power. Vexacus fell to the ground in a fiery crash. They all stood there motionless. Their visors lifted. "Dude, is what he said true? Is Lothor gone?" Hunter asked. The others stared around with equal glances. Dustin looked around- Marah was nowhere to be seen. "Marah!?" he cried. He began running around looking for her. "hey!" she said landing in front of him. He quickly grabbed her into a hug. "Where were you?" he asked hurriedly. The others gathered around. "I went up on the ship- it's true," she got out. "They're gone," she said trying to control her tears. "Marah, it's alright," Tori said reaching out for her. "No it's not! Sure they were mean and cruel, but they're my family. And now they're gone," she said quietly. "Marah, we're your family now," Dustin said looking into her brown eyes. Marah stared back at him, and let herself fall deeper into him. They all powered down. "We have to get all the ninjas out," Shane said going into leader mode. "Marah? Do you know where they are?" She nodded her head and led everyone up to the ship. There she released all the ninjas and everything returned to earth. As she left, she punched in the self-destruct codes- wanting to leave the life she lived behind. As soon as they all descended back to earth, they saw a brilliant explosion from high in the sky. "Wow- that's really cool," Dustin said staring up at the display. Marah looked up at him. "Yeah- really cool."
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The next day the Wind Rangers returned their morphers to a now unstuck Sensei. Blake and Hunter wanted to get back to the Thunder academy to see their Sensei. Blake got his things together and went to see Tori. She was sitting on the beach.
"This seat taken?" he asked as he dropped his bag. She moved over on her towel and let him sit. He kissed her cheek and tasted salt water. Except Tori hadn't been in the water- she had been crying. "What's wrong?" he said putting an arm around her. She turned her face to meet his.
"It's all over Blake. I never thought I'd react this way. I should be the happiest person in the world! But all I keep thinking about is how having those powers brought all us together- how they brought us together." She said holding her left wrist with her right hand. "God listen to me- I sound like a blubbering idiot," she said trying to laugh. Blake pulled her into a tight hug and kissed her forehead.
"yea- but I love this blubbering idiot," he said laying a tender kiss on her lips. She pulled away and smiled. She glanced down and saw the bag.
"You're leaving now?" she said a little shocked.
"Yeah about that-" he paused. Tori got a frantic look in her eyes. "I want you to come with me- meet Sensei Omino. I know he'd want to meet you. Especially since I am going to marry you." He said pulling her in for another kiss. Her eyes lit up and she tackled him to the ground.
"When do we leave?" she asked. He scooped her up in his arms, grabbed his bag, and they streaked back to the Thunder Academy.
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Tori, Hunter, and Blake stayed at the thunder Academy for a little over a week. When they returned to Blue Bay Harbor, Hunter and Blake had returned their morphers as well. They were all just ordinary students once again. Marah fit right in with everyone else, and was enjoying her new life.
Tori and Blake were married later that year, Dustin proposed to Marah, and he was now racing with Kelly's new team. Shane was signed to a skateboarding sponsor and went touring the world. Hunter also joined Kelly's racing team.
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Blake held his new bride as they stood on their back porch of their new house. Boxes were everywhere and they hadn't even begun to unpack. The house was right on the water and they had a nice little beach all to themselves.
"I never thought I could be so happy," she said leaning into his embrace. Blake pulled her tighter and kissed her passionately on the mouth taking her breath away.
"I love you Tori Bradley," he whispered in her ear. She smiled at her new name.
"I love you too Blake." They stood there together as the sun touched the sea- two souls joined as one forever and always.
'Oh no,' he thought. 'Dustin has someone here.' He got a devilish look on his face as he glanced back to Dustin's room. He was brought back to attention when he saw a brunette coming out with her head down. He turned back and smiled at her. When she looked up his face fell.
"Uh, hi Shane," Marah said brining her hand up for a small wave. She was rolling her hands over one another. Shane stood there speechless for a few seconds.
"What are you doing here!" he cried. Marah stepped back a bit. Dustin heard him yell and ran out in his underwear. "Dude, what is she doing here?! Didn't you learn your lesson the first time!" he yelled again.
Dustin went over to Marah and put an arm around her. "Shane, man we gotta talk." Marah went back to gather her clothes and left Shane and Dustin. Dustin told Shane everything. The look on his face was emotionless. He heard everything Dustin had to say, calmly turned and went to walk out.
"Dude! Where you going?" Dustin asked after him. Shane turned.
"I am going for a walk," he said and left.
"Well, that went well. At least he didn't kill you," Marah said coming out again. Dustin leaned over and kissed her.
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"You know we probably should make this an everyday thing," Blake said as he pulled on his shirt. Tori turned from where she was tying her sneaker.
"I think that could be arranged," she said leaning over to kiss him. "You know, you should probably think about moving in. I mean- we are engaged now," she said causing both of them to smile.
"I promise when I can, I'll get you a ring."
"I've already got one." She said holding out her right hand. He smiled and took her hand in his. He removed the ring and got down on his knee.
"Let's do this right. Tori, will you marry me?" Her eyes sparkled.
"Yes. Of course I will." He slipped the band on her left hand and they met in a heated kiss. They were interrupted by a knock on the front door. "Damn," she muttered causing them both to laugh.
She opened the door to find Shane. "Tor- I need to talk to you about Dustin." Tori opened the door and let him in. Blake saw this as his cue to exit. He kissed Tori and left for Storm Chargers. Tori sat with Shane- she knew what this was probably about.
"Tor- Dustin had someone at our place."
"Let me guess. Marah?" Shane's head shot up.
"How did you know about-"
"Look, Marah has changed. She and Dustin have been together for about six months. He told me and now you know."
"Why didn't he tell me? I'm his best friend for fuck's sake!" he cried in anger.
"He didn't tell you because he knew how you'd react." Shane calmed at that comment. "We all have to trust Dustin, just like you all trusted me with Blake. People change Shane. In our case, we got lucky and gained new friends." Shane sunk into the chair. He glanced over at her.
"When did you get so smart?" he said hugging her.
"I've always been smart. You were just too dumb to realize."
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"She's what!!!" Kapri screamed.
"Keep your voice down, or you'll ruin everything," Vexacus said. "Now if this works your uncle will be gone, and we will destroy the rangers."
"And my traitor of a sister," Kapri laughed. They headed to a small room where Vexacus revealed his full plan.
"Take this and put it in one of his stupid protein concoctions. One sip and he'll be finished," he said handing her a small packet of poison. Kapri took it and headed off to the throne room. Just as she had thought, Lothor's drink was next to his throne- when she was sure she was alone, she poured the powder in and hid behind a pillar. Lothor entered, sat and took his drink. Kapri felt herself beginning to sweat as he put the cup to his lips. He drank deeply. A few seconds later he dropped the cup and grabbed his chest. He slumped forward in his seat and landed hard on the floor. Kapri slowly made her way out and found him lifeless.
"Vexacus!" she yelled. He entered to see her grinning over the fallen Lothor. Together they threw him out of the ship and destroyed him. Smiling at her handy work, Kapri went to grab Vexacus' hand. He took hers, and flipped her on her back, his sword at her throat.
"You didn't really think I was going to share the world with you, did you?" he said as he brought his sword down, destroying her in a flash of pink light. He smiled (if he can smile) and sat on the throne. "At last I will have my victory."
((((((()))))))
Days went by, and everyone was trying to help Marah adjust to life on Earth. The guys mostly told her the basic stuff while Tori indulged her in the finer points of girl talk. She was so happy to finally have someone lese to talk to about the guys. One day while the guys were all out, they were walking around the park. "So, how's things with you and Dustin?" Tori asked. Marah's cheeks began to blush. "It's amazing," she said dreamily. Tori smiled at her. She felt he same way about Blake. "So I take you guys have-" she said giving her a questioning smile. Marah had to turn her head to keep from smiling. "I see," Tori said smiling. "What's it feel like?" Marah asked suddenly. "What's what feel like?" "Being in love. I mean, how do you know?" Tori sat under a tree and sighed. "It's like a completely new feeling- like nothing you've ever felt before. You really can't explain it in words. It's just a feeling you have. Whenever he smiles, you feel all happy and just good inside. To know that you can see yourself with that person for the rest of your life is the greatest thing ever," she said staring down at her ring. Marah noticed this. "I thought you wore that on your other hand?" she said smiling. "I did, before Blake moved it for me." "And why did he do that?" Marah asked, knowing the answer already. Tori put her head down and slowly spoke. "Because he proposed. And I accepted." She said bring her smiling face to meet her friend's. Marah grabbed her in a tight hug. "Oh my gosh! When, how! I want details!" "Boy you pick up on this girl talk thing fast." They both started laughing before they were interrupted by Kelzacks landing in front of them. They jumped to their feet and got into fighting stances. Tori called for the guys and soon all seven of them were battling. Vexacus appeared and made a beeline for Marah. She threw a Kelzack off of herself and met him. "Two down one to go," he snarled. "What do you mean by that?" she asked nervously. "Well let's see. Your sister helped my destroy your uncle, then I destroyed her, so that leaves- ah, that's right. YOU!" he cried rushing at her. She ducked out of the way and kicked him in the back ass she ran to the others. Dustin stood in front of her as the others gathered around. "He destroyed my uncle and Kapri!" she cried grabbing Dustin's hand. "Now he's after me!" The others stood away a little. "Ready?" Shane asked. They all nodded. "Ninja Storm," "Thunder Storm," "Samurai Storm," "Ranger form ha!" Marah shielded her eyes as they transformed in bright flashes of multicolored light. Dustin turned to her. "Get out of here!" he cried. "Dustin!" she yelled as they ran off after Vexacus. Dustin struck first, connecting his lion hammer to the alien's chest. He fired back knocking Dustin to the ground. Shane and Hunter came next with their blasters, followed by Tori and Cam with their swords. Blake grabbed him with his antler and sent him flying through the air, landing hard on the ground. While he stumbled to get up, they combined their weapons and blasted him. Vexacus took the blast and was forced down on his knees. Shane took this as his cue and went into battlizer mode. He climbed up into the air and hit him with the full force of his power. Vexacus fell to the ground in a fiery crash. They all stood there motionless. Their visors lifted. "Dude, is what he said true? Is Lothor gone?" Hunter asked. The others stared around with equal glances. Dustin looked around- Marah was nowhere to be seen. "Marah!?" he cried. He began running around looking for her. "hey!" she said landing in front of him. He quickly grabbed her into a hug. "Where were you?" he asked hurriedly. The others gathered around. "I went up on the ship- it's true," she got out. "They're gone," she said trying to control her tears. "Marah, it's alright," Tori said reaching out for her. "No it's not! Sure they were mean and cruel, but they're my family. And now they're gone," she said quietly. "Marah, we're your family now," Dustin said looking into her brown eyes. Marah stared back at him, and let herself fall deeper into him. They all powered down. "We have to get all the ninjas out," Shane said going into leader mode. "Marah? Do you know where they are?" She nodded her head and led everyone up to the ship. There she released all the ninjas and everything returned to earth. As she left, she punched in the self-destruct codes- wanting to leave the life she lived behind. As soon as they all descended back to earth, they saw a brilliant explosion from high in the sky. "Wow- that's really cool," Dustin said staring up at the display. Marah looked up at him. "Yeah- really cool."
((((((())))))))
The next day the Wind Rangers returned their morphers to a now unstuck Sensei. Blake and Hunter wanted to get back to the Thunder academy to see their Sensei. Blake got his things together and went to see Tori. She was sitting on the beach.
"This seat taken?" he asked as he dropped his bag. She moved over on her towel and let him sit. He kissed her cheek and tasted salt water. Except Tori hadn't been in the water- she had been crying. "What's wrong?" he said putting an arm around her. She turned her face to meet his.
"It's all over Blake. I never thought I'd react this way. I should be the happiest person in the world! But all I keep thinking about is how having those powers brought all us together- how they brought us together." She said holding her left wrist with her right hand. "God listen to me- I sound like a blubbering idiot," she said trying to laugh. Blake pulled her into a tight hug and kissed her forehead.
"yea- but I love this blubbering idiot," he said laying a tender kiss on her lips. She pulled away and smiled. She glanced down and saw the bag.
"You're leaving now?" she said a little shocked.
"Yeah about that-" he paused. Tori got a frantic look in her eyes. "I want you to come with me- meet Sensei Omino. I know he'd want to meet you. Especially since I am going to marry you." He said pulling her in for another kiss. Her eyes lit up and she tackled him to the ground.
"When do we leave?" she asked. He scooped her up in his arms, grabbed his bag, and they streaked back to the Thunder Academy.
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Tori, Hunter, and Blake stayed at the thunder Academy for a little over a week. When they returned to Blue Bay Harbor, Hunter and Blake had returned their morphers as well. They were all just ordinary students once again. Marah fit right in with everyone else, and was enjoying her new life.
Tori and Blake were married later that year, Dustin proposed to Marah, and he was now racing with Kelly's new team. Shane was signed to a skateboarding sponsor and went touring the world. Hunter also joined Kelly's racing team.
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Blake held his new bride as they stood on their back porch of their new house. Boxes were everywhere and they hadn't even begun to unpack. The house was right on the water and they had a nice little beach all to themselves.
"I never thought I could be so happy," she said leaning into his embrace. Blake pulled her tighter and kissed her passionately on the mouth taking her breath away.
"I love you Tori Bradley," he whispered in her ear. She smiled at her new name.
"I love you too Blake." They stood there together as the sun touched the sea- two souls joined as one forever and always.