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Clare, Rika, and Lightning Rangers et. Al Copyright © 2003
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Approaching the hidden entrance to Ninja Ops, Hunter heard someone following him. It was his brother. Hunter stopped and turned, waiting for Blake to catch up.
"I thought you weren't going to come."
Blake shrugged, "I was pretty pissed and hurt, but you are my brother. And brothers fight, right? More importantly though, you're my brother and my only family. If I lose you, what do I have left?"
Hunter put his arm on Blake's shoulder, "Thanks, I'm really going to need everything I've got if I get back."
Blake corrected, "Not if - when."
Hunter and Blake approached the base of the mountain, when Hunter stopped saying, "Here's where I go on alone. Sensei told me to warn you, that you can morph, but don't touch the mountain."
"Don't worry, but I'll be waiting here when you come back."
Turning, Hunter began walking up the mountain. It was a tall mountain; it must have taken him a couple of hours at least, but he was near the top. Climbing over the last jagged cliff, Hunter reached the summit. At the top, so close to the sky, the storm raged above. Lightning was flashing everywhere, it was raining torrents, and the wind whistled through the air, whipping the clouds about. The wind whipped at Hunter's clothes and the torrential rain chilled him to the bone.
Clenching his fists and taking a deep breath, Hunter morphed.
"Thunder Storm! Ranger Form! Haah!" Hunter was once more the Crimson Thunder Ranger.
Hunter clenched and unclenched his fists. Looking up at the sky, he thrust his hand above him into the air. Almost instantaneously, Lightning crashed down from the sky and leaped to Hunter's out-stretched hand. Lightning flooded his body, inside, outside, everywhere. Hunter had never felt anything like it before. It seemed like the Lightning was eating him from the inside. There was so much power, so much energy!
Screaming, Hunter clutched his shoulder in a futile attempt to somehow curb the raw energy that was flooding into his body. He couldn't remember anything, couldn't focus. He struggled to concentrate. He thought of Arika as Sensei's last words flashed through his mind. "You've chosen, keep your word." Through the fog of pain, Hunter could dimly make out currents of raw energy traversing up and down his body.
Meanwhile, down at the bottom of the mountain Blake had his own problems to deal with. Seeing the lightning flashes and strikes he could barely restrain himself from Streaking up the mountain and help his brother.
That problem was solved when ten KelzaKs appeared.
"Uh, hi guys, can't I whip your butts another time? I'm a little busy right now."
The KelzaKs turned to go but remembered their mission. Knowing they've been duped they attacked in a fury.
Blake shifted into his fighting stance, "I guess not. Thunder Storm, Ranger Form! Haah!"
He shot his leg out in a straight sidekick sending the KelzaK flying before drop spinning and tripped another flat onto its back. In the same spin, the Navy Thunder Ranger leaped into the air in a jumping back-hook kick at another KelzaK's head. Rebounding, landed onto another's shoulders, knocking it to the ground, jumping again he scissor kicked two more. Upon landing on one knee, he tripped another and helped it hit the ground at a faster velocity by ax-kicking it to the ground.
Standing up he got back into his specialized fighting stance and surveyed his surroundings, "Ok, seven down, three more to go."
Keeping an eye on the last three he jerked his Thunder Staff from its sheath, "You guys want more?"
The remaining three glanced at one another and charged altogether. Unfazed, the Thunder Ranger transformed his staff into his favorite form, the Tornado Star. Throwing it at KelzaKs with precision, it spun at high velocity, slashed through the three and returned back to the Navy Thunder Ranger's outstretched gloved hand.
"Man, I love this."
The ten KelzaKs, defeated, disappeared in a small flash of light just as a gigantic blast of lighting ripped through the skies and struck the top of the mountain. Losing his balance he threw out a hand towards the mountain to catch himself, just before contact he remembered the warning, pulled his arm back in and let himself fall unto the ground. It seemed the whole mountain was shifting under his feet. Looking up he stared at the top, whispering one word,
"Hunter."
The pain was unbearable. He couldn't take much more. Hunter collapsed to both knees, his arm still extended in the air. /I have to hold on. I can't fail./ The energy kept on coming. It seemed endless. Hunter fought to control the energy surging into him. More and more, it just kept coming. He thought his head was going to burst. Voltra was nothing compared to this. Still, he held on, more. /I have to do this. For Arika. And . . . for myself./
The energy that had been coursing through him now found an outlet. His heart. The insignia on Hunter's chest began to glow, and then blazed as raw energy came pouring out of it and himself. He thought he was dying. He couldn't control it. It was too much and too fast. Hunter fought to control the lightning as it continued to course through his body. He heard more screaming. He was the one.
Finally, the amount of energy seemed to subside. Abruptly, his extended arm no longer locked as it had when lightning was flowing into it. Utterly exhausted and breathing hard, Hunter dropped his outstretched arm, and keeled over. Hunter felt the lightning surging within his body. It fought to escape, fought to pour out of him and with it, Hunter's life-force. He struggled to control it. He couldn't breathe. He clutched his chest.
Staggering Hunter slowly made his way down the mountain. At the base, Blake was anxiously waiting. During the time that Hunter had been on the mountaintop, Blake had seen and heard the lightning. Now Blake saw his brother, barely able to stand, stagger towards him holding his chest, breathing hard. Blake forced himself to wait until his brother was of the side of the mountain before running to his brother, and pulling his brother's arm around his shoulders.
Struggling to support his exhausted brother's weight, Blake keyed his comm. "Sensei, we're coming home."
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Approaching the hidden entrance to Ninja Ops, Hunter heard someone following him. It was his brother. Hunter stopped and turned, waiting for Blake to catch up.
"I thought you weren't going to come."
Blake shrugged, "I was pretty pissed and hurt, but you are my brother. And brothers fight, right? More importantly though, you're my brother and my only family. If I lose you, what do I have left?"
Hunter put his arm on Blake's shoulder, "Thanks, I'm really going to need everything I've got if I get back."
Blake corrected, "Not if - when."
Hunter and Blake approached the base of the mountain, when Hunter stopped saying, "Here's where I go on alone. Sensei told me to warn you, that you can morph, but don't touch the mountain."
"Don't worry, but I'll be waiting here when you come back."
Turning, Hunter began walking up the mountain. It was a tall mountain; it must have taken him a couple of hours at least, but he was near the top. Climbing over the last jagged cliff, Hunter reached the summit. At the top, so close to the sky, the storm raged above. Lightning was flashing everywhere, it was raining torrents, and the wind whistled through the air, whipping the clouds about. The wind whipped at Hunter's clothes and the torrential rain chilled him to the bone.
Clenching his fists and taking a deep breath, Hunter morphed.
"Thunder Storm! Ranger Form! Haah!" Hunter was once more the Crimson Thunder Ranger.
Hunter clenched and unclenched his fists. Looking up at the sky, he thrust his hand above him into the air. Almost instantaneously, Lightning crashed down from the sky and leaped to Hunter's out-stretched hand. Lightning flooded his body, inside, outside, everywhere. Hunter had never felt anything like it before. It seemed like the Lightning was eating him from the inside. There was so much power, so much energy!
Screaming, Hunter clutched his shoulder in a futile attempt to somehow curb the raw energy that was flooding into his body. He couldn't remember anything, couldn't focus. He struggled to concentrate. He thought of Arika as Sensei's last words flashed through his mind. "You've chosen, keep your word." Through the fog of pain, Hunter could dimly make out currents of raw energy traversing up and down his body.
Meanwhile, down at the bottom of the mountain Blake had his own problems to deal with. Seeing the lightning flashes and strikes he could barely restrain himself from Streaking up the mountain and help his brother.
That problem was solved when ten KelzaKs appeared.
"Uh, hi guys, can't I whip your butts another time? I'm a little busy right now."
The KelzaKs turned to go but remembered their mission. Knowing they've been duped they attacked in a fury.
Blake shifted into his fighting stance, "I guess not. Thunder Storm, Ranger Form! Haah!"
He shot his leg out in a straight sidekick sending the KelzaK flying before drop spinning and tripped another flat onto its back. In the same spin, the Navy Thunder Ranger leaped into the air in a jumping back-hook kick at another KelzaK's head. Rebounding, landed onto another's shoulders, knocking it to the ground, jumping again he scissor kicked two more. Upon landing on one knee, he tripped another and helped it hit the ground at a faster velocity by ax-kicking it to the ground.
Standing up he got back into his specialized fighting stance and surveyed his surroundings, "Ok, seven down, three more to go."
Keeping an eye on the last three he jerked his Thunder Staff from its sheath, "You guys want more?"
The remaining three glanced at one another and charged altogether. Unfazed, the Thunder Ranger transformed his staff into his favorite form, the Tornado Star. Throwing it at KelzaKs with precision, it spun at high velocity, slashed through the three and returned back to the Navy Thunder Ranger's outstretched gloved hand.
"Man, I love this."
The ten KelzaKs, defeated, disappeared in a small flash of light just as a gigantic blast of lighting ripped through the skies and struck the top of the mountain. Losing his balance he threw out a hand towards the mountain to catch himself, just before contact he remembered the warning, pulled his arm back in and let himself fall unto the ground. It seemed the whole mountain was shifting under his feet. Looking up he stared at the top, whispering one word,
"Hunter."
The pain was unbearable. He couldn't take much more. Hunter collapsed to both knees, his arm still extended in the air. /I have to hold on. I can't fail./ The energy kept on coming. It seemed endless. Hunter fought to control the energy surging into him. More and more, it just kept coming. He thought his head was going to burst. Voltra was nothing compared to this. Still, he held on, more. /I have to do this. For Arika. And . . . for myself./
The energy that had been coursing through him now found an outlet. His heart. The insignia on Hunter's chest began to glow, and then blazed as raw energy came pouring out of it and himself. He thought he was dying. He couldn't control it. It was too much and too fast. Hunter fought to control the lightning as it continued to course through his body. He heard more screaming. He was the one.
Finally, the amount of energy seemed to subside. Abruptly, his extended arm no longer locked as it had when lightning was flowing into it. Utterly exhausted and breathing hard, Hunter dropped his outstretched arm, and keeled over. Hunter felt the lightning surging within his body. It fought to escape, fought to pour out of him and with it, Hunter's life-force. He struggled to control it. He couldn't breathe. He clutched his chest.
Staggering Hunter slowly made his way down the mountain. At the base, Blake was anxiously waiting. During the time that Hunter had been on the mountaintop, Blake had seen and heard the lightning. Now Blake saw his brother, barely able to stand, stagger towards him holding his chest, breathing hard. Blake forced himself to wait until his brother was of the side of the mountain before running to his brother, and pulling his brother's arm around his shoulders.
Struggling to support his exhausted brother's weight, Blake keyed his comm. "Sensei, we're coming home."
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--Jade and Senga