Episode 5
Cyber Blake
Two weeks has passed since the defeat of Vadinai and Vex. Summer has just ended, with school just around the corner. The rangers were getting use to things being normal again and have been moving on with their lives. Blake and Tori have been hanging out with each other more often then usual, enjoying the movie they had planned for. Dustin came in 2nd place in his Free Styling Tournament and was training hard for another one that was coming up. Marah and him have been hanging out a lot and he has been helping her with her Academy classes. Hunter has been going back and forth from both Academy's. He had to make sure the Thunder Academy was still in order and he helps out at the Wind Academy whenever he can. He also has been working at Storm Chargers, brushing up on his motocross skills, and getting things together for school. He's been keeping everything in order but he barley has time for himself. Blake suggested staying at the Thunder Academy but Hunter couldn't tear himself away from his friends and Blue Bay Harbor. Cam had restore Shane's battlelizer powers, with a little computer work. Though it isn't as strong as it use to be, Shane was happy that he got it back for it was a gift from Skyla, someone special to him. Also Cam has been researching the gems that Vex held to find out why he wanted them badly but with no signs of Vex, he gave up on the search. It was a bright Saturday afternoon and Dustin, Hunter and Blake were at the tracks, racing around like old times. They just finished a race, with Blake in 1st, Hunter in 2nd and Dustin last. They all parked their bikes near the bench and took off their helmets.
"Last again. Fun.." Dustin sarcastically spoke, tossing his helmet on the ground.
Blake chuckles as he picked up Dustin's helmet and handed it back to him. "Man, don't worry about it, You haven't raced for a while, your just a bit rusty." He reassured him.
"Easier for you to say bro, you just got 1st again." Hunter pointed out. He started to take his gear off, reaching for his bag to take out his watch, "Oh man, I'm late. I gotta get to work!" He screamed, grabbing his bag and running off.
Blake quickly turned to him and tries to get his attention, "Hunter!" Hunter didn't hear him and kept on running in till he was out of sight.
Dustin was watching, sipping his water. Then he looked back at Blake. "So you going tomorrow?" Dustin asked. Blake turned around and stared at him, thinking for a sec and then realizing what he meant.
His face lit up as he remembered. "Oh yeah, Hunter's little presentation at the Thunder Academy. Dude of course I'm going."
Dustin climbed off his bike and gathered up all his things, "Alright, well I have to meet Marah. I'll catch you around." he spoke
"You've been hanging out with her a lot. You know you want her." Blake teased, nudging him.
Dustin knocked his hand away and shook his head. "Dude, were just friends. Now that she's good, I'm giving her another chance. I mean, she's cool and all, wait a minute, what about you and Tori huh?" He exclaimed. Blake started to blush.
"Yeah, yeah that's what I thought!" Dustin began to laugh.
Blake rolled his eyes at him, "Please Dustin. Don't be an idiot."
Dustin held up his hands in defense, all the while laughing "It's all right man. You can fall for her if you want. I won't say anything to her!" Blake shrugged and walked off with his bike. Dustin watched and just shook his head, smiling and then rolled his bike off also. He was pretty satisfied with the way the conversation ended. Down at Storm Chargers Hunter ran into the store as fast as he could not noticing Tori or Shane.
"Hey Hunter." Tori yelled as he bolted right past them and into the back, "Or not.." She rolled her eyes and turned to Shane.
Shane walked over to her after he was examining the skateboards hanging from the wall. "What's with him?" He asked. Tori just shrugged, not saying a word. A few seconds later, Hunter came walking out with a whole bunch of boxes. He had 5, stocked on top of each other and he slowly was making his way to the front and sat them down. He then turned around to Shane and Tori.
Shane walked to him "What's with you man?" Hunter was confused and wrinkled his forehead, staring at him. "You walked right past us. Tori said hey you know." He explained.
"Oh." Hunter nodded, understanding what he meant, "Sorry, I was running late and well I can't really talk now either, I have a lot to do." He replied and patted Shane's arm and went off into the back. Blake entered in and Tori quickly ran to him.
Blake smiled as he greeted the beautiful blonde. "Hey Tor."
She grabbed his hands and was acting excited. "I'm having a surfing contest with a few friends of mine. Will you come and watch?" Tori asked him right away.
"Oh really? Of course!" Blake responded in excitement, "When?"
"Tomorrow. It means a lot if you come!" She answered.
Blake lightly hit in her in the arm. "Wouldn't miss it for the world."
She let go of his hands and brushed her hair out of her face, "All right, well I have to do some things, I'll see you tomorrow then." Tori said, walking out of the door. Shane was off in the corner watching the whole thing, he ambled on over when Tori left and stared at Blake.
Blake looked at him in total confusion before he finally said something, "What? What are you looking at?"
Shane shook his head at him, "Didn't you plan on attending your brother's thing?" He reminded him. Blake smacked himself in the forehead and then started to pace around the store. "I completely forgot. Man, I was so happy that she invited me, nothing else seamed important. " He stopped and responded
Shane went over to the counter and leaned on it, crossing his arms. "What are you going to do?" He asked.
Hunter popped his head out the backroom, "Do what?" He asked, as he walked out and stared at both of them. Blake and Shane exchanged glances and then looked at Hunter.
Blake looked at Shane again, "Uh-I uh was trying to figure out how to improve my racing." Blake stutters to find an excuse.
Hunter started to laugh as he leaned against the wall. "Dude, you don't need to improve your racing. You're good enough as it is."
"Thanks bro." He responded, staring down at the ground.
He eyed Blake carefully "What's the matter?" He asked
"Nothing." He looked back up. Hunter was a bit skeptic but nodded.
"Don't forget tomorrow." He said and went into the back. Shane got up from the counter.
He ran over to Blake and stuck his hand on his shoulder. "Man oh man. Was that close or what?" Shane said smoothly.
Blake went to the door, "I need to figure out what to do." He said then turned is head to Shane, "Try not to say anything." Shane nodded and waved as Blake left. Down at Ninja Ops the place was quiet. Cam was off with his dad, helping to teach a class. Blake was sitting around thinking of what he could do with Tori and Hunter. He couldn't let his brother down, not after promising him he would be there but he didn't want to say no to Tori because he just couldn't. Then Cyber Cam appeared out of nowhere and he strolled on over to where Blake was sitting.
"Dude, why you looking so down?" He knelt down to his level. Blake stared at him not saying a word. He remembered the day when he first met Cyber Cam and how Cam used him to lighten the load around the place. He remembered how he fooled all of us in thinking he was the real Cam. Then an idea hit him.
"Cyber Cam! Can I ask you a favor?!" He quickly asked, scrambling to his feet. Cyber Cam stood back up and raised an eyebrow at him.
Blake was stuttering to find the right words that made sense, "Can you make a Cyber me? A Cyber Blake or something?" He finally blurted out.
"Why do you need that bro?" He curiously asked.
"Well, I promised Tori and Hunter I'd be there for them, the thing is they are two different events. I can't let them down! Please man! What do you say? Is it possible?" He replied.
Cyber Cam thought for a sec and then spoke "Dude, I'm not really sure. I think Cam has the data in the terminal. I guess I could take a look and make a copy of you." Then smiled, "Yeah I can. No problem! I'll see what I could do!" He then vanished. Blake smiled happily then ran out of the room. The day past quickly and night fell onto the city. Dustin and Marah were hanging out at the city benches. Marah was digging through all her bags, "This was so much fun. I love shopping!" Marah giggled.
He nodded as he watched her, "Yeah. Glad you had fun." Dustin replied smiling at her. He then looked up at the clear night sky, staring at all the stars. He then noticed something moving up in the sky. It was some kind of fireball or something heading down towards the ground. He tapped Marah on the shoulder and she looked up and noticed it to. The object fell to the earth creating a huge explosion that shook the whole city.
Marah fell into Dustin's arm, holding him tight as the ground shook. "What was that?" Marah asked after it was all over.
Dustin released his grip on her and took a look around. "Whoa, talk about weird. I have no idea." he responded, "Hmm." He thought for a few seconds.
She turned to him and shook her head, chuckling. "Uh Dustin, if your thinking of what we should do next, it's usually to check out what just happened." She tries to hint him.
"Oh-oh yeah, I was just getting there." He answered and started running down the street towards where the mysterious object crashed. Marah quickly ran after him as they both made it to a huge smoking field. Dustin and Marah slowly crept though the smoke. She held his hand close as the smoke shrouded them, afraid she might lose him.
She whispered in his ear, "Dustin, can you see anything?"
"I don't-" He was about to say before he vanished.
Marah stood there, glancing around quickly, "Dustin? This isn't funny! Stop joking around!" She screamed out. There was no answer
She bit her lips and took a step forward. "Dustin! Where did you go!?" She called out again. Then out of nowhere, Marah took another step and found herself falling down a hole. She tossed and turned all the way down the hill and landed right on top of someone.
She opened her eyes and saw Dustin looking right at her. "Dustin?" She was confused.
He gave a tiny wave at her, "Decided to join me huh." He chuckled, "Uh mind getting off?" Marah started to laugh and rolled off of him. She got back up, dusted herself off, and helped Dustin up.
Dustin looked up to the top "When was there a hill here?"
Marah tapped him on the shoulder and pointed off into the distant. "I don't think this is a hill. I think it's a crater, probably made from that thing. " Marah pointed out to a huge silver ship.
"You're a space ninja Marah. Recognize this ship?" Dustin asked her, leaning forward to examine it. The door was wide open but the inside was empty when Dustin stuck his head inside. He was about to go in before Marah pulled him out and shook her head at him.
"Well?" Dustin asked again.
They both turned their heads to the ship, "No idea." Marah replied. Dustin thought for a sec.
"This is too weird. What came out of this thing?" He frowned, "I bet it's some evil bug!"
"Dustin, I think we should tell the others." Marah tried to ignore his stupid comment.
"Man will they be crazy about this!" Dustin exclaimed, "Let's go!" And ninja streaked out of there. Marah made an attempt to use her ninja skills that she learned from the academy and also ninja streaked back. They both arrived and went down the stairs where Cyber Cam was working on something at the terminal.
Dustin shouted to get his attention "Yo cyber dude!" He quickly exited out of the program and turned around.
Dustin gave him a suspicious look, "What are you doing?"
Cyber Cam stood up and took a few steps forward, "Nothing man. I'm doing nothing." He responded. Dustin eyed him for a bit and then nodded.
"Seen the real Cam around? We got like major super news about a crash." He exclaimed.
Cyber Cam sat back down in the chair and started to spin around on it, "A crash? Really?"
"Yeah a crash. It was crazy! So where is he!"
Cyber Cam pulled up the clock at the terminal. It read 11:30 P.M., "Do you have any idea how late it is man." He pointed at it.
Marah slowly walked the edge of Ninja Ops, looking at the alarm, "Why didn't this place go off when that thing crashed? I mean that explosion must have been detected through that thing right?" She pointed at the terminal.
Cyber Cam looked at what she was pointing at and then back at Marah. "I disabled the alarm for the night." He explained, "Dude, if you need the Cam man, just wake him up." Cyber Cam got annoyed and opened a path way for them. Dustin patted him on the back and went through the door. Marah and Dustin walked down the hallway and turned into Cam's room. He was sleeping quietly as Marah and Dustin slowly crept in. They both leaned over Cam's bed and stared at him.
Dustin snapped his fingers in front of his face in hopes to wake him up but it didn't work. He leaned closer, "Pss." Dustin whispered to wake him up. No response so he tried again. Cam slowly opened his eyes and saw Marah and Dustin staring down at him.
"Ah!!!" Cam screamed from the sight. The scream startled Marah and Dustin.
"Ah!" Dustin jolted back and fell to the floor. Marah took a step back as Cam sat up from his bed.
He looked down at Dustin, "What in the world are you two doing in my room!?"He shouted. Dustin was rubbing his head, trying to recover from the fall. He stumbled back up and looked back at Cam.
"Something happened." He exclaimed.
"Something always happens Dustin. I'm sure it can wait till tomorrow." He shot back.
Dustin shook his head and tries to explain, "No-no, I mean something big happened dude. Huge!" He stuttered to find the words. Cam stared at him confused, still not getting it.
He glared at both of them, "Just say it!"
"Something fell from the sky and created a huge crater in a field. We went to investigate but whatever was in there, was already gone." Marah explained for him. Dustin nodded, agreeing with her.
Cam began to calm down a bit but was confused still, "What? Ninja Ops sensors would have picked it up." He responded.
"Your cyber double disabled the alarm." Dustin informed him. Cam got quite annoyed, looking away from them.
He was quiet for a few seconds then turned back to them, "Mind leaving so I can put some pants on?" Dustin and Marah exchanged looks and ran out of the room. A few minutes later Cam walked out into Ninja Ops main area. He saw Dustin and Marah sitting around chatting. He nodded to them and went to the terminal.
He hit a few buttons on the terminal and it turned on, "Cyber Cam!" He yelled out. Cyber Cam appeared behind him.
Cam turned and glared at him, "Did you disable the alarm?" Cam questioned him. He nodded, not saying anything.
"Is your wiring all messed up? Don't do it again please." Cam asked him.
"All right man, chill." Cyber Cam replied and vanished again. Cam walked over to Marah and Dustin.
"You two go home. I'll handle this." Cam turned back to the terminal.
"Whoa man, someone is cranky." He stood up, "Relax, things will be fine bro, I'm sure." Cam nodded and cracked a smile.
Dustin gave Marah a push to the stairs. "Come on Marah. Think we fell down enough holes for tonight." He joked and they both went upstairs. Morning arrived and Blake woke up from the sound of his alarm clock. It was 7 A.M. and he quickly got dressed and washed up. He took a peak in his brothers room and found him fast asleep still.
He closed the door slowly and thought to himself, "Good, He's not up. Let's hope Cyber Cam is done." He ran out the door and into the driveway of the apartment buildings where an old navy car was sitting there.
He patted the roof of the car, "Let's hope this baby still runs." He said, getting in and starting it. The engine rumbled a bit and then started up. Blake hit the steering wheel with excitement and then backed out and went straight to Ninja Ops. He quietly walked down the stairs and into the empty room.
"Cyber Cam?" He whispered, looking around the room. He called out his name again and this time he appeared.
"Yo Blake!" He called out.
Blake went to him, "Well, any luck!?" He asked in excitement.
Cyber Cam nodded, "Yeah it's done. Took a while though. Cam man was up half the night looking at things because of Dustin and Marah." He explained.
"Well come on! Let me see! I don't have much time." Blake ignored him and looked at his watch.
"All right. All right!" He replied. He hit a button on the terminal and a flash of light shot out of the terminal and a figure began to form. Blake stared in awe as the figure was near complete. After it was done, he walked over and examined it. He was looking at an exact replica of himself. Only difference was the clothing.
"He looks so real." Blake waved a hand in front of his face. The clone swatted Blake's hand away.
"Do you mind?" He glared at him.
Blake covered his mouth, holding back his excitement, "This is awesome!"
Cyber Cam nodded his head, "He's just like you man. I was going to give him a tweak in personality but I knew you'd get mad so I didn't." He explained, "The only thing he cannot do is morph. Which was pretty obvious. He has no morpher." He pointed at his wrist.
Cyber Blake paced around the room and then turned at Blake, "Well, You programmed me to cover you in a tough situation. What is it?" He asked.
"I want you to go with Hunter to the Thunder Academy so I can go with Tori today." He responded.
Cyber Blake shook his head, "No, I will go with Tori. You can go with your Brother." He chuckled.
Blake evilly glared at him, "What no. If you're programmed to be exactly like me, then you should know how I feel about her." He argued back.
The look-a-like eyed Blake, "Exactly, I feel the same way. Besides, what if Hunter asks you to help demonstrate and use your little morphing abilities. What then?" He shot back at him. Blake got angry, knowing that he had a point there.
"Fine!" He responded, "Don't do anything stupid." He waved a finger at him, "I'm going back to get ready. Your to meet Tori at Storm Chargers in an hour." He walked off. Cyber Blake waved as he ran up the steps and then vanished from the room. Hunter was up when Blake arrived back home. He was combing his hair when he heard Blake opened the front door.
He walked to the door and greeted Blake, "Where have you been?" Hunter asked. Blake just shrugged and walked passed him. He was still pretty bummed because he really wanted to go with Tori.
"I'm ready when you are." Blake turned back to him, "The car is working so we can use that to get to the Thunder Academy."
"Nice bro." Hunter responded. After Hunter gathered his stuff, they both got into the car and started driving down the street. Shane was walking along the side when they noticed him. He turned around and stepped in front of the car. When Blake came to a full stop, he walked to the passenger's window.
"Hey guys. You heading out?" He asked as he looked in.
"Yeah, just for today. We'll be back in the afternoon." Hunter responded. Shane nodded as he stared at Blake.
"So I see you made your decision." Shane told Blake, "She mad?" Blake scratched his head and was trying to figure out what to say.
"Not sure. Ask her." He finally responded, "We better go. Since we can't Ninja Streak or use any of our ranger gears, it'll be a while before we get there."
Shane laughed, "Yes that must suck. Sensei won't even bend the rules just for a little bit. All right then, later." He backed away from the car and watched them drive off. He waited in till they were out of view and then went to Storm Chargers. As he walked in, he saw Tori polishing her Surfboard.
"Hey Tor!" Shane called out to get her attention. She looked up and smiled as he came over.
She laid the board on the counter and greeted him, "Shane, what are you doing here?" She asked.
He crossed his arm and leaned against the counter, "Oh nothing, just came by to say good luck. I just saw Hunter and-" he started to say before he saw Blake come out from the back, or at least someone just like Blake.
"Dude, wait a minute. I thought you were, weren't you just, oh wow." Shane couldn't find the right words to say.
Cyber Blake stared at him, not sure what he was getting at, "What's the matter Shane?" He asked.
Shane just stood there stunned, "Nothing, I just thought you were with-" He began to say before
Cyber Blake cut him off, "No and Tori and I have to hit the beach. She can't be late. We'll catch you later bro." He spoke before Shane got a chance to say anything else.
Shane scratched his head, "All right, well good luck Tori." He said and then turned to Cyber Blake, "Later Blake." And they both went out the door. It was mid afternoon and Dustin and Shane were the only ones with nothing to do so Shane decided to hit the moto tracks and watch Dustin practice his free styling. Dustin has gotten better, making riskier and riskier moves each jump he made. He slammed his foot on the pedal and went flying off the ramp into midair. He was about to do a stunt but was hit by a blast out of nowhere.
Shane ran to the rail, "Dustin!" He shouted, as Dustin let go off his bike and started to fall.
Shane quickly looked around and saw no one, "Dustin Morph!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Ninja Storm, Ranger Form!" Dustin shouted, transforming into his yellow suite and landing safely on his feet. The yellow ranger turned towards where the fire was shot and there stood a male figure all in white with black designs all over his body. The figure freaked Dustin and Shane out for he had no face either. All he had with him was a long rapier like sword.
"Where is the scroll of time?" He spoke in a monotone.
Dustin took a step back, stunned, "Whoa, he has no mouth but he can talk!?"
"Dustin, we've met plenty of monsters with no face or mouth." Shane smacked his helmet.
"Where is the scroll of time?" He asked again.
"You're not getting it!" Dustin answered him, "Why don't you just go home." The figure took out his long rapier from his sheath that was on his back and got into a fighting stance.
"Ninja Storm, Ranger Form! Ha! Power of Air!" Shane yelled. Dustin and him both got out their ninja swords and started to charge at the guy. They both slashed him a few times but he didn't even budge.
Dustin took a step back, "What? Not even a scratch?" The man took his rapier and did a cyclone slash attack at Shane and Dustin, knocking them back a few feet. He then stopped suddenly and fired a shot from his rapier hitting both of them again.
Dustin groaned, "Man, he really hurts." He struggled to get up. Not far from the battle, Tori and Cyber Blake were driving around after the surfing contest.
"Wow, that was fun. I did pretty well don't you think?" Tori asked him.
Cyber Blake smiled, "Oh yeah, you were great!" He responded. They were passing the motocross-racing track and notice a huge explosion.
Tori stopped the car and got out, "What was that?" She asked, as she closed the door. Cyber Blake also got out and walked right next to her.
"No idea. Better inform Cam." Cyber Blake stuck his hand on her shoulder.
"No, we should check it out!" Tori responded and ran down the path. Cyber Blake followed her as they both ran into Shane and Dustin and the mysterious enemy.
Tori screamed, "Dustin! Shane! You guys all right?" She helped them both up.
"Just in time. This guy is tough." Dustin looked back at him. He was holding out his rapier, ready to attack again.
Tori turned to Cyber Blake, "Come on! Let's moprh!" She told him, "Ninja Storm! Ranger Form Ha! Power of Water!" Cyber Blake stood there trying to figure out what to do. He knew he couldn't morph and took a few steps back.
"Come on Blake!" Dustin yelled to him, "Quickly!" and the three Wind Rangers charged at the enemy again. They both tried to strike him but the guy blocked every attack and jumped in the air. The rangers looked up at him as he fired down a hail of lasers from his sword. The rangers moved out of the way, trying to avoid the blasts.
Shane turned to Cyber Blake, "Blake, what are you waiting for!?" Cyber Blake shook his head at them. The man landed on the ground again and when he looked up, he was staring at the Non-morphed ranger. He swung his sword and a fired a huge shot at him. Blake was ready to embrace the attack, knowing it wouldn't do any damage to him.
"No!" Tori screamed as she ran in front of it, taking the hit directly in the chest.
"Tori!" Cyber Blake shouted to her, as she fell to the ground. He ran to her and knelt down, holding her hand.
"Tori! Don't do that!" He was angry.
"We better retreat." Dustin and Shane ran to them. The man took a step forward and then was shot a couple of times, making him fly back. The rangers turned and saw the Thunder Rangers ridding up on their Tsunami Cycles.
"Hunter and uh Blake?" Dustin looked at him and then at Cyber Blake again.
"Whoa, what's going on!?" Shane was stunned.
Tori sat up and looked at the Navy Ranger, "If you Blake, then who is he?" She turned her head at Cyber Blake.
He stood up, "He's the real Blake. I'm just a cyber clone." Cyber Blake looked down at the ground, "That's why you didn't need to save me. I think I'm done here." He spoke. He gave a small wave and vanished. Everyone was too stunned to say anything. They all turned to Blake who was just as speechless.
"The scroll of time isn't here. I will find it." The faceless man spoke up as he got off the ground from his recent attack. He started to walk away and then vanished into thin air. The whole team went straight to Ninja Ops where Cam was no where to be found. Hunter and Blake were both arguing with each other and Tori just sat there in silent. Dustin and Shane did everything they could to keep things under control but were having a pretty hard time doing so. Blake knelt down to Tori and lifted her chin up to stare into her eyes.
"I'm sorry Tori." He spoke to her.
"If you didn't want to go, you should have just said so, not have some fake replace you." She brushed his hand away.
Blake shook his head, "I did, I really did. I didn't want to let both of you down." He tried to explain.
Hunter took a step forward, "Things could of gotten worst with what you did. If you just told me you wanted to go with her, I would have been fine with it." He spoke, "Instead you just lied."
Blake stood up and turned to him, "I know bro. I know! I get it all right." He started to get annoyed. He turned back to Tori, "You were in the same situation as I was before Tori. Remember when you promised Shane to watch his skating session and then promised me to go to the movies." Tori stumbled to get up and thought for a sec and nodded, "Yeah."
"Well then, you know that I was just trying not to let both of you down!?" Tori looked down and bit her lips. A few seconds of silent passed by and she cracked a smile. She punched Blake hard in the arm, "Don't do it again then."
Blake was rubbing his arm, "Yes ma'am." He smiled, "I promise, the next thing you do, I'll go." And they both hugged.
"I'll have Cam disable Cyber Blake so he won't cause any more problems." Shane spoke up.
"Dude, I love happy endings." Dustin said with sarcasm in his voice as he stared at them. Hunter smacked him in the side of the head. They all heard footsteps behind them and saw a tattered Cam stumbling down the steps. He made it to the bottom and collapsed.
"Cam!" Everyone shouted and ran to him.