Episode 12
Trouble for Yellow
It was the last block of the day at school and the rangers were anxious to get out of school. Hunter and Dustin had a science class together and were both doing a lab experiment together.
Hunter looked down at his paper and was reading the directions, "Okay Dustin. It says to add in the stuff to the main beaker." He read aloud.
Dustin looked at the row of test tubes with different color liquids in. There was a Blue, Yellow and Red color liquid in each one of them. In between Hunter and Dustin was a beaker, which contain a clear chemical in it. Their goal was to create a small chemical reaction but they weren't having an easy time following directions.
Dustin turned to him, "Dude.. What liquid do we use?" He asked.
Hunter stared back at the paper, "I don't know. I didn't write that part down. I thought you were paying attention." He responded.
Dustin chuckled, "haha, Good one. Me pay attention?" Hunter just shrugged, "Whatever man, let's just use this one." He grabbed the yellow color test tube and held it to his face, "It's my lucky color."
Hunter shook his head as he saw Dustin with a huge grin on his face, "I don't think that's a good idea. Maybe we should ask a teacher or something."
He just chuckled, "Come on. What's the worst that can happen?" He spoke, picking up the beaker and holding it near the test tube. He slowly started to pour the yellow liquid into the beaker. He sat the beaker down as they both knelt down and watched. The liquid in the beaker began to bubble and simmer.
Hunter smiled, "Hey it worked." He continue to watch as the chemical mixture began to rise higher and higher.
Dustin stood back up, "Uh.." He glanced at Hunter. Suddenly foam started to form and overflow from the beaker. The liquid was bubbling and spurting out everywhere. The whole class backed away as they watched. The teacher quickly ran over and tried to cover the mess without getting any of it on her.
Hunter stared shocked beyond belief as Dustin tried to hide out of view. The liquid finally settled down and the teacher turned and glared at the two boys.
"All right class you can go." She turned to them. Hunter and Dustin began to walk away, "Not so fast. You two have to stay."
"Oh man." Dustin groaned. As the class cleared out the teacher walked over to her desk and took out two pairs of gloves and a whole role of towels.
"I told you a thousand times to follow the directions you two." She handed them the gloves and towels, "Just clean up the mess. You can go as soon as you're done. I expect you to pay attention next time. " And she left the room.
Hunter a bit annoyed smacked Dustin in the back of the head, "Good going."
He glared at him, "Hey, what was I supposed to do?" He protested.
Hunter shrugged, "The faster we get this done the faster you can get to work. You don't want to be late do you?"
"Oh wow. You're right." He looked at his watch and then began cleaning. A few hours later, Tori and Shane were driving down towards Storm Charges. She parked the van and they both hopped out and entered the store. As Tori closed the door, she looked around at all the stock boxes and rags everywhere.
"What a mess." She said as she walked forward.
"No kidding." A voice from under the counter was heard. Tori and Shane peered over and saw Kelly stuffing rags into a box, "If Dustin would just get here on time, I'd have all this organized an hour ago." She lifted the box up and stuck in on the counter.
Shane glanced at Tori then back at Kelly, "He's not here?"
She stuck her hands on her hips, "No. He was suppose to be here an hour and a half ago." She responded. Suddenly the door opened and in came the brown hair goof ball. She quickly ran to him as he waved to her.
"Where have you been!?" She began to yell at him.
Dustin took a step back, a bit stunned by her tone, "So-sorry. I was held up after school." He explained.
She sighed, "Dustin. I can't run a store without my employees! You can't keep doing this to me."
"Your not going to fire me are you!?" Dustin quickly asked.
Kelly just chuckled, "No Dustin but seriously, why are you always late? Or even run off out of the blue?" She asked.
"Uhh." Dustin didn't know what to say. He glanced over to Tori and Shane who were mouthing something to him. Kelly turned to them and they quickly looked away. She turned around back to Dustin and waited for his answer.
He rubbed his neck as he stared into her eyes, "I can't really say.." He finally spoke.
She sighed and turned to walk towards the counter, "Just clean this place up. I expect it spotless when I come back. I have to go pick up some orders."
"Right-O." He replied. Kelly grabbed her keys and headed out the back door. Shane quickly ran to the back to see her leave then he ran back to Dustin.
"Aw man, that was close!" He patted him on the back.
Dustin nodded, picking up a box, "Man, this bites." He groaned. Meanwhile Hunter was running as fast as he could to the moto track to meet his brother. As he got their, he found Blake sitting on the bench, bored as ever.
Hunter sat down next to him, "Sorry I'm late bro."
Blake looked up, "What took you so long?"
"School. You know how it is." He replied, "Dustin decided to mix things up and create a mess." Blake laughed, getting his gear together, "Come on, let's race." Hunter went towards his bike and took out a bag nearby. He threw out all his moto cross gear and stuck it on and they were both finally on the track. Off in the distant, Blade and the Male Kaiser were watching.
"These rangers?" The Male Kaiser asked.
Blade shook his head, "No. We need just one ranger. " He replied. He pulled out a small silver device with buttons on it.
"What is that?" The Kaiser looked down at it.
"This is what's going to help us in my plan" He responded.
"And who do you expect to use it on?" He asked.
"A certain yellow ranger." He growled, "Let's go." Later that night, back at Storm Chargers, Dustin was putting the last of the boxes away. He sat the box down in the back and wiped his forehead.
A bit exhausted, "Phew. I'm done." He spoke. The store was empty and dark and he was getting ready to leave. He grabbed the keys and headed out the door. It was a quiet night and no one was around. Dustin locked the door and started walking down the barren street. As he continued to walk, he notices a shadow behind him. He quickly turns around but doesn't see anyone.
He nervously spoke, "He-hello? Is somebody there?" He called out. There was no answer so he kept walking. Picking up his pace. He sees something from the corner of his eyes again.
"Shane? Hunter? Oh come on man! This isn't funny." He turned back around and shouted, "I know it's one of you guys. Blake? Ca-cam?" Dustin scratched his head and turned around. As he turned, he bumped into something and fell to the ground. As he look up, he saw the wolf like creature, Blade. Dustin quickly scrambles to his feet and into a defensive stance.
"I thought freaks like you only come out during a full moon." He joked, keeping his guard up. Blade growled at him. Dustin then notice someone behind him. The figure lunged at him and he jumped out of the way and turned to face him. It was the male kaiser. He held up his long rapier and attacked again. Dustin ducked and then kicked him back. He put up his morpher and was preparing to contact the others when he was hit by an energy surge. Blade was using his little device to drain the yellow rangers ninja powers, making him fall to his knees.
"Ugh man.. This isn't good.." Dustin groaned as he felt it all leaving him. He tried to stand up but he collapsed, to weak to move. The kaiser warrior bent down and unstrapped Dustin's morpher and held it close to his face. He inspected every inch of it, and looked at his power disc. He grinned.
"I expect you to do this right. Do not let me down or you'll be hearing from Vexagon." Blade threatened him.
The kaiser smirked, "Do not worry. This will be easy." He said confidently. The next day came around and the rangers were all at school again. Tori and Blake were walking down the hall, holding hands. They continued walking in till they got to Tori's first block class.
"I'll see you after school?" Blake asked, letting go of her hand.
"Yeah. We'll have some fun at the beach today! I can't wait!" She exclaimed. Blake gave her a small kiss and headed down the halls towards his class. Tori watched in till he disappeared into his room. She turned and headed inside and took a look around her class room.
"Where's Dustin?" She thought to her self as she sat down. Five minutes passed and the school bell rang, with Dustin no where to be found. The teacher walked into the class and closed the door.
She turned to all the students, "Good morning class. Ready for another day of history?" The kids groaned, as the teacher headed to the front room. She was about to began when the door swung open and Dustin entered in. Tori's jaw dropped as she turned to him. Dustin was completely different then usual. He was wearing baggy black pants with a yellow stripe going down on each side and a black shirt. Over his shirt was a black leather jacket and music was blaring through his head phones. He took a look around the room and spotted Tori and grinned.
"Mr. Brooks. Class started already. May I ask why you are late?"
The teacher walked to him. Dustin looked up at the teacher and slid his headphones off. He shrugged and took a seat next to Tori. The teacher said nothing more and headed back to the front. Tori leaned over and whispered to him, "Since when do you wear black?" She asked.
He turned over and whispered back, "I realize yellow isn't my color. Why do you care blondie?" He chuckled and stuck his headphones on. Tori was a bit insulted by his response and was confused by the way he was acting. The rest of the class, Tori tried to pay attention to the teacher and periodically glanced over to Dustin who wasn't even listening at all. The class ended and all the students left quickly. Dustin walked out with Tori following behind him. She wasn't sure if she should say something to him but figure he wouldn't hear through his blasted headphones anyway. Dustin turned and headed left, down the hall. Hunter and Shane showed up next to Tori and watched him exit the school.
"Whoa, hold up a sec. Was that Dustin?" Shane asked.
Tori shook her head, unsure of what to say, "I don't know." She responded.
"Talk about weird." Hunter said as they headed for their next class. Dustin headed down the street, not really paying attention to where he was going.
"That was a waste of time." He muttered to himself. He kept on walking in till Blade appeared from the shadows. Dustin turned down his music and looked up at the wolf.
"Well? Did you get them? The discs?" He impatiently asked.
Dustin shrugged, "Of course not. I can't exactly take it while it's attach to their wrist." He pointed at his morpher, "We'll just have to wait after school." Blade didn't say anything. He was a bit skeptic about the plan but agreed that he had a point.
"Well don't waste your time fooling around." He replied.
"Why not? I'm having to much fun." Dustin exclaimed and walked off. He wondered over to the Wind Academy where he ended up in the courtyard. Marah was sitting on one of the benches, humming a little song when she looked over and saw him. She jumped to her feet and greeted him.
"Dustin?"She caught his attention, "Aren't you in school?"
Dustin rolled his eyes, "What are you my mother?" He viciously responded, "Where is that green ranger?" He looked around the area.
"Um, He's in Ninja Ops." She pointed to the stairs, "You all right? Why are you being so mean?" she asked. Dustin didn't answered and brushed right by her. Marah got annoyed and stormed the opposite way. He headed down the stairs where he found Cam on the terminal. As he got closer, he saw Cam looking at blue prints for a ship.
He tapped Cam on the shoulder, "What are you doing?"
Cam jumped from his seat, a bit startled. He spun his chair around, "Shouldn't you be in school?"
He didn't answer him and kept on looking at the blue prints, "I'll ask you again. What are you doing?"
Cam sighed and turned towards the screen, "This is the blue prints for the storm vehicle. The ship that we will use to get to space and board Vexagon's fortress." He explained.
"Really?" Dustin was intrigued.
Cam nodded, "Yeah, that's the big project I've been working on. I just can't seam to balance the power shield energy level to sustain any attacks if the fortress's defense is on high alert. That's if the base even has any defense." Dustin looked down at the counter where Cam's morphing necklace was. While Cam was explaining further detail of his ship, Dustin slowly started to inch his hands towards it.
Dustin yanked his hand away as Cam turned to his morpher, "And that's why I want try to use this." He held it up, "It's the only thing powerful enough since we can't exactly use the gem of souls." Dustin scratched his head, looking the least bit interested.
"Are you listening?" He got a bit annoyed, "Maybe you should go back to school before Dad finds you here, oh and don't forget work today. Can't afford to get fired."
Dustin was a bit confused, "Work?" He asked.
"Yeah, it's the thing you do to make money." He sarcastically replied, "Tell Hunter that Dad wants to talk to him. He should be working also."
Dustin nodded and went up the stairs. He reentered the courtyard where he passed Sensei. Sensei turned and stared at Dustin as he disappeared out of the academy. He walked down the stairs and over to Cam.
"I hope you didn't tell him your project." He spoke to his son.
"Actually I did. Why?" He asked.
"Something is not right." He replied. Cam gave a concerning look and turned to look at his blue prints. Meanwhile up in space Vexagon was sitting on his throne, bored as usual.
Blade walked in and bowed to him, "The prisoner has been locked up. Everything is going according to plan." He informed him
"Good, I will take care of our guest. " Vexagon evilly laughed. Blade nodded and walked into the hall where he spotted Dustin coming towards him.
Blade pushed Dustin into the wall and growled at him, "Why aren't you down there? You're given a chance to help us and your going to blow it."
Dustin pushed him off and fixed his jacket, "Patients you mutt. I'm heading to work, the Crimson ranger will be there." He explained.
"You've been fooling around ever since-"
Dustin interrupted him, " You know the old saying 'Your greatest friends can be your worst enemies.' Just stay out of my way and it will run smoothly." Blade growled, stepping aside.
Dustin walked past him and then turned around, "Oh yeah, The green ranger has been working on something."
Blade was interested, "And what's that?"
"A ship that could get past this fortress defenses. Better warn Vexagon." He turned and walked off. Down at earth, school was out and Hunter, Blake, Shane and Tori were walking down the school steps outside.
Tori looked around, "See any signs of Dustin?" She asked.
"Nope. He wasn't in Gym." Shane responded.
"Dude, that kid is whacked. Since when did he wear black?" Blake spoke up.
Shane laughed, "Maybe he wants to be a black ranger." He joked.
"I'm sure he'll be at work." Hunter reassured Tori.
Tori brushed a hair out of her face and nodded, "Probably. I'm just worried. This isn't like him."
Hunter patted her on the back, "I have to head to work. I'll let you know if he shows." And he ran off. He arrived and entered the shop where Kelly was writing on a clipboard.
"Hunter, You're just in time." Kelly turned and smiled to him
Hunter walked over to her, "Yup. What time is Dustin working?" He asked.
Kelly checked her watched and looked back up at him, "In a half hour. I just need you to ring." She pointed her pen towards the register. He headed on over and started ringing people up. A few hours past and it was around 430. There was no sign of Dustin and Hunter couldn't help but glance at the clock every chance he got. Kelly came out from the back and tossed the clipboard on the counter. She sighed deeply and rested her head on her hands as she leaned on the counter.
"I give up. It's been two hours and he's not even here. I can't keep allowing this to happen." She groaned. The door finally swung open and Dustin popped in. His headphones blaring as he looked around the store. Kelly quickly went around the counter and walked to him. She crossed her arms around her chest and glared at him.
"You're late." She scolded him.
Dustin took off his headphones and stared back, "Late? What time was I suppose to work?"
She pointed to the clock, "Two hours ago! Dustin! I can't believe your doing this!" Kelly began to yell. Hunter watched closely as Kelly went all out on him. Dustin wasn't paying any attention and basically shrugged her off.
Dustin finally looked back her, "Who are you anyway?"
Kelly took a step back and gasped, "What?" She felt insulted. Dustin snapped his finger and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and a pen and handed it to her.
"Write your name. I have a cool trick." He responded.
Kelly shook her head, "No. What is wrong with you!?"
"Do it!" Dustin began to get angry. Kelly ripped the paper out of his hand and wrote her name. She then gave it back to him. Dustin looked at it and crumbled it up, tossing it in a nearby garbage.
"All right Kelly. What can I do for you?" He asked.
Kelly looked at the trash can, then back at him. She was puzzled, "Dustin..." She had a serious look on her face, "..Your fired..." She tried not to choke on the words. She didn't want to fire him but he was acting too weird and completely rude and on top of that she couldn't deal with him showing up late. She had no choice. She was waiting to see his reaction but he didn't show any signs of even caring. Hunter was shocked though. Dustin looked up at him. He brushed right past Kelly and towards him. He went straight into the back, signaling Hunter to follow.
"Hold on Kelly, let me find out what's up." He told him and followed. Dustin was sitting on the table as Hunter came in.
"Dude! Are you stupid!?" Hunter punched him in the shoulder, "Bro, I don't know what's up with you but I can't believe what your doing."
Dustin ignored him and looked away, "Cam needs your power disc." He spoke.
"What?" Hunter responded.
He turned back and looked at him, "You heard me. Cam is building a ship to get up to Vexagon. He needs a power source and your power disc is the best we have."
Hunter stared at his morpher, a bit sketchy, "What if Vexagon attacks?"
"That's the least of your worries." He muttered.
Hunter didn't quiet hear him, "What?"
Dustin spoke louder this time, "He needs it. You aren't going to let the team down are you?" Hunter shook his head and detached his power disc from his morpher. He handed to Dustin who nodded and started to head towards the door.
"I'm out." Dustin spoke and left. At the beach, Tori and Blake were running around having a good time.
"Blake! Get back here!" Tori screamed, chasing him into the water. Blake tripped and fell into the water as Tori jumped on him. He started to swim out into the raft as Tori kept on chasing. Dustin was walking through the parking lot when he notice them. He hid behind Tori's van and spied through the window. He saw Tori pushing Blake off the raft and laughing. Then Dustin notice Tori's bag in the car. He slowly opened the door and pulled out the bag. He sat the bag on the ground and opened it. Inside was a blue towel. He unraveled it, dropping Tori's morpher. He picked it up and detached the power disc.
"Perfect." He grinned as he stuff everything back. He then notice Blake's Morpher lying on the back seat. He detached the power disc from it and tossed it back into the car. He held up the three discs he collected so far. So far he collected, Blue, Crimson and the Navy Power disc and his own Yellow disc to make it 4.
"This is way to easy." Dustin chuckled and ran off happily. Shane was at the skate park, pulling moves off the ramp. He turned over and saw Dustin walking towards him. He flipped up his skateboard and waved to him.
"Hey man, what's going on?" Shane called out to him.
"Nothing. Same old schemes." Dustin grinned. Shane chuckled as he stuck the skateboard on the ground.
"So anyways. I came by to let you know that Cam needs your power disc for a ship he is building." He explained.
Shane thought for a sec, "A ship? Really? Cool, I'll swing by then." He started to walk off. Dustin grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Actually, he wanted me to give it to him. He doesn't want to be disturbed." He tried to convince him.
Shane scratched his head, a bit skeptic, "I don't know. I rather just give it to him myself. No offense dude."
Dustin grew inpatients, "Forget this." He whispered and lunged for Shane's morpher. Shane knocked his hand back and took a step away.
"Hey, what's the deal?" Shane put his guard up. Dustin didn't answer, he lunged forward at Shane, who swiftly dodged him. He then flipped over Shane and kicked him in the back. Shane got back up right before he was hit by another attack and grabbed his foot. Dustin quickly twisted his whole body, kicking Shane in the face with his other foot in the process, freeing himself. Shane fell back, surprised on what just happened. Dustin walked over to the fallen red ranger. He grabbed Shane's morpher and yanked the power disc off it.
"Not even a challenge." Dustin laughed and walked off. He headed down the street where Marah spotted him. She decided to follow him and see what he was up to. To see why Dustin was acting so weird. She followed him all the way to the park and hid behind a bush. Dustin looked around and waved his hand, a huge blue portal appeared. He stepped into it. Marah gasped at what she saw. She quickly bolted towards the portal before it closed. She appeared on the other side, in a strange hall. She wondered around and took a look out the window. She was shocked of what she saw. She saw the earth below her. She was in space, in Vexagon's fortress. She heard pattering of foot steps and hid behind a door. Dustin was walking with Blade down the hall. She couldn't quiet here what they were saying but saw him dropping 5 power discs in Blade's hand.
"Now that you got the power discs, I'm going to take down the rangers." Dustin turned and walked away.
Blade tried to stop him, "No. The green ranger still has the ability to morph."
Dustin stopped and turned to him, " One won't be a problem." He then vanished.
Marah looked away, pressing her back to the wall, "What are you doing Dustin?" She asked herself. Meanwhile down at earth, Shane came bolting down the stairs. Cam quickly turned to him, to see what the problem was.
Trying to catch his breath, "Dustin. He-He just took my power disc!" He gasped. Cam was confused. He stood up and lifted Shane's morpher. The disc was missing.
"What? Why would he do that?" Cam asked. Suddenly Tori and Blake came dashing down the stairs also. They were still in their bathing suites and were breathing heavily.
"My morpher. Someone took the disc." Tori exclaimed.
Blake nodded, "Same here!" He held up his morpher.
Shane leaned against the wall, "It must of been Dustin. What was he thinking!?" He shouted. Then they all turned as they heard Hunter whistling down the stairs.
Tori went to him, "Hunter, do you have your power disc?" She asked.
Hunter shook his head, "No. Dustin gave it to Cam. He should have it." He turned to him. Cam didn't know what he was talking about, "Right? I mean he said he needed it for the vehicle you were building." He went on.
Cam slowly shook his head, "No. I didn't ask for anything from him."
Hunter started to groan, "You mean he lied? Wait! But that's not like Dustin man. Dustin is a cool kid, right? Why would he lie?" Hunter began to freak, pacing around. He was angry that he was played by one of his good friends.
"Bro, calm down. I'm sure there's an explanation. I mean we can't jump to conclusion." Blake reassured him.
Shane took a step forward, "Hello!? Guys, if you haven't notice. He attacked me, tricked us and has just been a jerk. The answers are right in front of us! He's obviously messed up in the head!"
Tori glared at him, "You're suppose to be his best friend, and your saying that this is the only explanation?" Shane stayed quiet, looking away. Cam was thinking of what to do next. He glanced over at the terminal and saw a message beeping on the terminal. He went over to it and pushed a few buttons. The terminal was picking up a signal in the park.
"Hmm, that's strange. The terminal is detecting activities in the park but I can't seam to get a visual. Something is jamming it." Cam told the others.
Shane crossed his arms, "We'll check it out." He said and ran to the park. There they found Dustin standing around.
Shane took a step forward, "Why am I not surprised you're here." Dustin smirked, unstrapping his morpher. He tossed the morpher on the ground near the rangers.
Cam knelt down and picked it up, "Where's your power disc?" He asked.
Dustin chuckled, "Soon to be given to Vexagon, along with the other discs." He waved his hand and a bunch of shadow stalkers appeared around him. The rangers all got into a defensive stance.
"Please Dustin. Don't do this." Tori pleaded.
Dustin grinned, putting an arm behind his back, "I had a lot of fun. To bad it must end for you." And a flash came from behind him and he pulled out a rapier.
"Damn!" Shane shouted, "Then that means..."
Meanwhile, Marah was exploring the whole fortress. She hide every time someone walked by and kept on wondering. She was basically lost. She turned the corner and gasp, putting her hand over her mouth. She saw a brown hair guy wearing yellow, shackled to the wall. It was Dustin! How it was possible when she saw him leave puzzled her. She quickly ran to him and knelt down.
He slowly lifted his head up, "Hey.." He faintly spoke.
"Dustin? But if you're here, who was it that left!?"
He coughed a bit and the replied, "It's the male kaiser. He took my morpher and is trying to deceive everyone by being me."
Marah was really happy, "I knew it wasn't you! It couldn't be! Your never this mean!" She exclaimed.
"Marah. You know I would never do a thing like that." He said, "Ugh, I'm so tired. The wolf dude, Blade hit me with some device that zapped my energy."
Marah's hurt sunk, "Oh shoot. I have to go find it?"
Dustin chuckled and nodded, "That be nice."
Marah got up and headed towards the door, "I'll be back. Don't worry." She said and ran down the hall. She went into a random room where she found a whole bunch of computers.
"What am I suppose to look for?" She asked as she explored the room. As she wondered she bumped into a table where all the power discs were on. Each were spread out across it. She quickly pocketed each one of them. Blade was walking down the hall when he noticed her.
Blade walked in behind her, "What are you doing here?" He growled.
Marah was a bit startled, she turned around, "I'm looking for that device you zapped my friend's energy with you stupid dog." She snapped back.
He held up the device, "You mean this?" He stepped forward, trying to scare her.
"Lets hope I didn't lose my touch." She whispered and pointed her finger out. A huge red beam shot from her finger and at Blade. He dropped the device, totally surprised in what she did. She quickly grabbed it and slid past the wolf and back down the hall. The alarm was going off in the fortress as she turned into a room where Dustin was. She fired another beam at his shackled and lifted him up. Vexagon appeared into the room, "There is no where you can run." He laughed.
Marah grinned, "Who said we were going to run?" And she waved her hand and they both teleported.
Blade ran in as they both disappeared, "They took the discs."
Vexagon slammed his fist against the wall, "Get them back or your toast." He walked off. Marah and Dustin both teleported into the park where the saw the imposter Dustin fighting the rangers with a whole bunch of Shadow Stalkers. She laid Dustin next a tree and hit random buttons on the device she stole. A shot of yellow energy came out of the device and into Dustin. He began to feel his strength return to him and slowly stood up. He moved every limp in his body and was totally happy.
"Oh man, I feel great!" Dustin exclaimed, hugging Marah. Marah then handed him all the power discs that she took. He held them tight in his hand and smiled at her, "All right. I'll see you back at the academy?" Marah nodded and teleported away. Dustin turned and faced where the battle was held.
"Guys!" He called out to them. The rangers and the enemies all turned and looked at him.
"Dustin!" Tori exclaimed.
Shane hesitated, "Is it really him or another imposter?"
"There's only one way to find out." Hunter answered. He took out Dustin's moprher and threw it at him. He reached out and caught it and quickly put it on.
He pulled out his power disc and equipped it to his morpher, "Ninja Storm, Ranger Form! Power of Earth!" He shouted. The imposter glared at the yellow ranger as he ran forward to the others.
"Lose these?" He handed out their power discs. Every ones face lit up as they each took their disc and stuck it on.
"Where have you been?" Tori asked.
"Never mine that, I'll explain later. Hurry up." Dustin replied.
"Were back in action!" Shane said excitedly, "Let's do this!"
"Ninja Storm, ThunderStorm, Ranger Form! Ha! Power of Air, Power of Water, Power of Thunder!" They all yelled. The imposter and the shadow stalkers took a step back, knowing that they were in trouble. Each rangers took out their weapons and were preparing to attack. Blade then appeared out of nowhere and stood next to the imposter Dustin.
"Good job." He said sarcastically, taking out his blades.
The Dustin imposter changed into his original form as the Male Kaiser, "I did my part correctly. You were the one that messed up." He sneered.
"Charge!" Shane shouted. Blade, The Kaiser and the shadow stalkers all collided with the rangers. Shane and Cam took on Blade while Dustin took on the male kaiser. Everyone else was handling the shadow stalkers. Cam and Shane both struck Blade with their swords, knocking him back. Blade was growing impatient as he slashed back at them. He then tossed his blades like boomerang hitting them again.
"This dog is annoying." Shane struggled to get up. He took out his Hawk Blaster and fired at him. Blade deflected the attack and charged forward with flying speed. Meanwhile Dustin was having an intense fight with the Kaiser. Dustin took out his lion hammer and started to smash the ground, making the kaiser lose his balance. Dustin then dashed forward to strike again but the kaiser flipped over him and slashed him in the back with his rapier.
"Dustin!" Tori shouted, as she kicked the last of the shadow stalkers down. Tori, Blake and Hunter both regrouped and joined with Dustin, facing the Kaiser.
"It's time to say goodbye!" Dustin exclaimed, "Ninja Sword, Dirt Blast!" He launched his special earth attack at him, sending a direct hit on him. The kaiser warrior dropped his rapier and fell to the ground, with a huge explosion following him.
Blade turned to see the explosion, "Damn." He backed away from the red and green ranger and vanished.
Shane ran to where he vanished, "He got away!" The rangers all gathered at Ninja Ops, all asking Dustin a bunch of questions on the way. Marah sat around patiently with Sensei as they all came down the stairs.
"Dude, so what happen?" Shane asked as they all sat around the table.
Dustin sighed, "It was crazy." He explained, "Yesterday I was locking up for Kelly. When I was heading home they attacked. I guess Blades plan was to capture me and have the kaiser impersonate me and trick you guys."
Blake smiled, "Well we don't have to worry about the kaiser warriors anymore. There all gone!" He said happily.
Tori agreed, "Well, I'm glad your all right."
Dustin chuckled, "Yeah, I think I should thank Marah for that." He turned to her. She blushed, trying not to look directly in his eyes.
"Dude, I'm sorry." Shane said.
Dustin was a bit confused, "For what?"
"Well for jumping to conclusion that you were just being a jerk. I mean I should of thought something was up but I guess I didn't bother to think things through." He responded.
Dustin shook his head, "Ya know, I may be an air head but I wouldn't mess with you guys like that. You're my buds." Everyone nodded, all laughing. They started to tell Dustin everything the kaiser did to them, everyone except Cam who was at his terminal.
Blake turned to him, "Cam, why don't you join us."
"I can't." Cam responded, "I'm glad Dustin is back but the kaiser probably already informed Vexagon on the ship I'm building. That means that we need to get this done fast before he has a chance to launch a full scale attack or something."
Hunter groaned, "So much for the element of surprise."
"How much do you have to do?" Tori asked.
Cam cracked his knuckles and started to type on the keyboard, "I just need to run some test. It should be up and running tomorrow." He answered, "Hopefully." He muttered after.
Sensei walked over and stuck his hand on his back, "Do not worry Cam. We have time." He reassured him.
Hunter then smacked his forehead and began snapping his finger, trying to find the right words, "Uh Dustin." He caught his attention, "Your going to have to patch things up with Kelly. You're kind of fired." He hesitantly spoke.
Dustin groaned, putting his head on the table, "Aw man. Is it that bad?" Hunter didn't respond, he just exchanged looks at everyone.
Tori placed her hand on his back, "Don't worry. We'll give you a hand."
Sensei then walked over to them, "And I will handle the school issue."
Dustin sighed in relief, "Remind me to never go home alone." Everyone bursted out laughing. Up above the earth, Vexagon was in rage.
"You failed Blade!" He shouted at him.
Blade bowed his head, "I am sorry."
"A perfect plan to weaken the rangers and you let it slip away." He snorted.
"Give me one more chance." Blade begged.
Vexagon grunted, "No." He responded, and with that he shot a beam out of his hand at him, blowing him up. A cloud of smoke appeared and fur began to float down to the ground. ScaleFace watched silently as Vexagon turned to him.
"Is there a problem?" He asked.
ScaleFace shook his head, "No, but if you blow up every general, you will have no one to carry out your plans." He explained
Vexagon just laughed, "It wont matter. My meditations are almost done. I nearly have mastered these powers without a problem. I expect the cannons online by tomorrow. We'll be expecting visitors." ScaleFace nodded and left. Vexagon stood there, laughing. The shadow stalkers in the room slowly slipped away, terrified.
"It is almost time!" Vexagon spoke to himself.
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A/N: End of Chapter 12! Kaiser warriors and Blade have been finished off! So far so good? Please read and review before I update again. It kind of lets me know that there are people still reading this.
Preview for Chap 13: Cam has been working hard on the Storm Vehicle and its nearly complete but now that Vexagon knows of what he is doing, Cam believes that it is to dangerous for everyone to go. Will the rangers be able to change his mind and take down the fortress before Vexagon launches another attack? Find out!
Trouble for Yellow
It was the last block of the day at school and the rangers were anxious to get out of school. Hunter and Dustin had a science class together and were both doing a lab experiment together.
Hunter looked down at his paper and was reading the directions, "Okay Dustin. It says to add in the stuff to the main beaker." He read aloud.
Dustin looked at the row of test tubes with different color liquids in. There was a Blue, Yellow and Red color liquid in each one of them. In between Hunter and Dustin was a beaker, which contain a clear chemical in it. Their goal was to create a small chemical reaction but they weren't having an easy time following directions.
Dustin turned to him, "Dude.. What liquid do we use?" He asked.
Hunter stared back at the paper, "I don't know. I didn't write that part down. I thought you were paying attention." He responded.
Dustin chuckled, "haha, Good one. Me pay attention?" Hunter just shrugged, "Whatever man, let's just use this one." He grabbed the yellow color test tube and held it to his face, "It's my lucky color."
Hunter shook his head as he saw Dustin with a huge grin on his face, "I don't think that's a good idea. Maybe we should ask a teacher or something."
He just chuckled, "Come on. What's the worst that can happen?" He spoke, picking up the beaker and holding it near the test tube. He slowly started to pour the yellow liquid into the beaker. He sat the beaker down as they both knelt down and watched. The liquid in the beaker began to bubble and simmer.
Hunter smiled, "Hey it worked." He continue to watch as the chemical mixture began to rise higher and higher.
Dustin stood back up, "Uh.." He glanced at Hunter. Suddenly foam started to form and overflow from the beaker. The liquid was bubbling and spurting out everywhere. The whole class backed away as they watched. The teacher quickly ran over and tried to cover the mess without getting any of it on her.
Hunter stared shocked beyond belief as Dustin tried to hide out of view. The liquid finally settled down and the teacher turned and glared at the two boys.
"All right class you can go." She turned to them. Hunter and Dustin began to walk away, "Not so fast. You two have to stay."
"Oh man." Dustin groaned. As the class cleared out the teacher walked over to her desk and took out two pairs of gloves and a whole role of towels.
"I told you a thousand times to follow the directions you two." She handed them the gloves and towels, "Just clean up the mess. You can go as soon as you're done. I expect you to pay attention next time. " And she left the room.
Hunter a bit annoyed smacked Dustin in the back of the head, "Good going."
He glared at him, "Hey, what was I supposed to do?" He protested.
Hunter shrugged, "The faster we get this done the faster you can get to work. You don't want to be late do you?"
"Oh wow. You're right." He looked at his watch and then began cleaning. A few hours later, Tori and Shane were driving down towards Storm Charges. She parked the van and they both hopped out and entered the store. As Tori closed the door, she looked around at all the stock boxes and rags everywhere.
"What a mess." She said as she walked forward.
"No kidding." A voice from under the counter was heard. Tori and Shane peered over and saw Kelly stuffing rags into a box, "If Dustin would just get here on time, I'd have all this organized an hour ago." She lifted the box up and stuck in on the counter.
Shane glanced at Tori then back at Kelly, "He's not here?"
She stuck her hands on her hips, "No. He was suppose to be here an hour and a half ago." She responded. Suddenly the door opened and in came the brown hair goof ball. She quickly ran to him as he waved to her.
"Where have you been!?" She began to yell at him.
Dustin took a step back, a bit stunned by her tone, "So-sorry. I was held up after school." He explained.
She sighed, "Dustin. I can't run a store without my employees! You can't keep doing this to me."
"Your not going to fire me are you!?" Dustin quickly asked.
Kelly just chuckled, "No Dustin but seriously, why are you always late? Or even run off out of the blue?" She asked.
"Uhh." Dustin didn't know what to say. He glanced over to Tori and Shane who were mouthing something to him. Kelly turned to them and they quickly looked away. She turned around back to Dustin and waited for his answer.
He rubbed his neck as he stared into her eyes, "I can't really say.." He finally spoke.
She sighed and turned to walk towards the counter, "Just clean this place up. I expect it spotless when I come back. I have to go pick up some orders."
"Right-O." He replied. Kelly grabbed her keys and headed out the back door. Shane quickly ran to the back to see her leave then he ran back to Dustin.
"Aw man, that was close!" He patted him on the back.
Dustin nodded, picking up a box, "Man, this bites." He groaned. Meanwhile Hunter was running as fast as he could to the moto track to meet his brother. As he got their, he found Blake sitting on the bench, bored as ever.
Hunter sat down next to him, "Sorry I'm late bro."
Blake looked up, "What took you so long?"
"School. You know how it is." He replied, "Dustin decided to mix things up and create a mess." Blake laughed, getting his gear together, "Come on, let's race." Hunter went towards his bike and took out a bag nearby. He threw out all his moto cross gear and stuck it on and they were both finally on the track. Off in the distant, Blade and the Male Kaiser were watching.
"These rangers?" The Male Kaiser asked.
Blade shook his head, "No. We need just one ranger. " He replied. He pulled out a small silver device with buttons on it.
"What is that?" The Kaiser looked down at it.
"This is what's going to help us in my plan" He responded.
"And who do you expect to use it on?" He asked.
"A certain yellow ranger." He growled, "Let's go." Later that night, back at Storm Chargers, Dustin was putting the last of the boxes away. He sat the box down in the back and wiped his forehead.
A bit exhausted, "Phew. I'm done." He spoke. The store was empty and dark and he was getting ready to leave. He grabbed the keys and headed out the door. It was a quiet night and no one was around. Dustin locked the door and started walking down the barren street. As he continued to walk, he notices a shadow behind him. He quickly turns around but doesn't see anyone.
He nervously spoke, "He-hello? Is somebody there?" He called out. There was no answer so he kept walking. Picking up his pace. He sees something from the corner of his eyes again.
"Shane? Hunter? Oh come on man! This isn't funny." He turned back around and shouted, "I know it's one of you guys. Blake? Ca-cam?" Dustin scratched his head and turned around. As he turned, he bumped into something and fell to the ground. As he look up, he saw the wolf like creature, Blade. Dustin quickly scrambles to his feet and into a defensive stance.
"I thought freaks like you only come out during a full moon." He joked, keeping his guard up. Blade growled at him. Dustin then notice someone behind him. The figure lunged at him and he jumped out of the way and turned to face him. It was the male kaiser. He held up his long rapier and attacked again. Dustin ducked and then kicked him back. He put up his morpher and was preparing to contact the others when he was hit by an energy surge. Blade was using his little device to drain the yellow rangers ninja powers, making him fall to his knees.
"Ugh man.. This isn't good.." Dustin groaned as he felt it all leaving him. He tried to stand up but he collapsed, to weak to move. The kaiser warrior bent down and unstrapped Dustin's morpher and held it close to his face. He inspected every inch of it, and looked at his power disc. He grinned.
"I expect you to do this right. Do not let me down or you'll be hearing from Vexagon." Blade threatened him.
The kaiser smirked, "Do not worry. This will be easy." He said confidently. The next day came around and the rangers were all at school again. Tori and Blake were walking down the hall, holding hands. They continued walking in till they got to Tori's first block class.
"I'll see you after school?" Blake asked, letting go of her hand.
"Yeah. We'll have some fun at the beach today! I can't wait!" She exclaimed. Blake gave her a small kiss and headed down the halls towards his class. Tori watched in till he disappeared into his room. She turned and headed inside and took a look around her class room.
"Where's Dustin?" She thought to her self as she sat down. Five minutes passed and the school bell rang, with Dustin no where to be found. The teacher walked into the class and closed the door.
She turned to all the students, "Good morning class. Ready for another day of history?" The kids groaned, as the teacher headed to the front room. She was about to began when the door swung open and Dustin entered in. Tori's jaw dropped as she turned to him. Dustin was completely different then usual. He was wearing baggy black pants with a yellow stripe going down on each side and a black shirt. Over his shirt was a black leather jacket and music was blaring through his head phones. He took a look around the room and spotted Tori and grinned.
"Mr. Brooks. Class started already. May I ask why you are late?"
The teacher walked to him. Dustin looked up at the teacher and slid his headphones off. He shrugged and took a seat next to Tori. The teacher said nothing more and headed back to the front. Tori leaned over and whispered to him, "Since when do you wear black?" She asked.
He turned over and whispered back, "I realize yellow isn't my color. Why do you care blondie?" He chuckled and stuck his headphones on. Tori was a bit insulted by his response and was confused by the way he was acting. The rest of the class, Tori tried to pay attention to the teacher and periodically glanced over to Dustin who wasn't even listening at all. The class ended and all the students left quickly. Dustin walked out with Tori following behind him. She wasn't sure if she should say something to him but figure he wouldn't hear through his blasted headphones anyway. Dustin turned and headed left, down the hall. Hunter and Shane showed up next to Tori and watched him exit the school.
"Whoa, hold up a sec. Was that Dustin?" Shane asked.
Tori shook her head, unsure of what to say, "I don't know." She responded.
"Talk about weird." Hunter said as they headed for their next class. Dustin headed down the street, not really paying attention to where he was going.
"That was a waste of time." He muttered to himself. He kept on walking in till Blade appeared from the shadows. Dustin turned down his music and looked up at the wolf.
"Well? Did you get them? The discs?" He impatiently asked.
Dustin shrugged, "Of course not. I can't exactly take it while it's attach to their wrist." He pointed at his morpher, "We'll just have to wait after school." Blade didn't say anything. He was a bit skeptic about the plan but agreed that he had a point.
"Well don't waste your time fooling around." He replied.
"Why not? I'm having to much fun." Dustin exclaimed and walked off. He wondered over to the Wind Academy where he ended up in the courtyard. Marah was sitting on one of the benches, humming a little song when she looked over and saw him. She jumped to her feet and greeted him.
"Dustin?"She caught his attention, "Aren't you in school?"
Dustin rolled his eyes, "What are you my mother?" He viciously responded, "Where is that green ranger?" He looked around the area.
"Um, He's in Ninja Ops." She pointed to the stairs, "You all right? Why are you being so mean?" she asked. Dustin didn't answered and brushed right by her. Marah got annoyed and stormed the opposite way. He headed down the stairs where he found Cam on the terminal. As he got closer, he saw Cam looking at blue prints for a ship.
He tapped Cam on the shoulder, "What are you doing?"
Cam jumped from his seat, a bit startled. He spun his chair around, "Shouldn't you be in school?"
He didn't answer him and kept on looking at the blue prints, "I'll ask you again. What are you doing?"
Cam sighed and turned towards the screen, "This is the blue prints for the storm vehicle. The ship that we will use to get to space and board Vexagon's fortress." He explained.
"Really?" Dustin was intrigued.
Cam nodded, "Yeah, that's the big project I've been working on. I just can't seam to balance the power shield energy level to sustain any attacks if the fortress's defense is on high alert. That's if the base even has any defense." Dustin looked down at the counter where Cam's morphing necklace was. While Cam was explaining further detail of his ship, Dustin slowly started to inch his hands towards it.
Dustin yanked his hand away as Cam turned to his morpher, "And that's why I want try to use this." He held it up, "It's the only thing powerful enough since we can't exactly use the gem of souls." Dustin scratched his head, looking the least bit interested.
"Are you listening?" He got a bit annoyed, "Maybe you should go back to school before Dad finds you here, oh and don't forget work today. Can't afford to get fired."
Dustin was a bit confused, "Work?" He asked.
"Yeah, it's the thing you do to make money." He sarcastically replied, "Tell Hunter that Dad wants to talk to him. He should be working also."
Dustin nodded and went up the stairs. He reentered the courtyard where he passed Sensei. Sensei turned and stared at Dustin as he disappeared out of the academy. He walked down the stairs and over to Cam.
"I hope you didn't tell him your project." He spoke to his son.
"Actually I did. Why?" He asked.
"Something is not right." He replied. Cam gave a concerning look and turned to look at his blue prints. Meanwhile up in space Vexagon was sitting on his throne, bored as usual.
Blade walked in and bowed to him, "The prisoner has been locked up. Everything is going according to plan." He informed him
"Good, I will take care of our guest. " Vexagon evilly laughed. Blade nodded and walked into the hall where he spotted Dustin coming towards him.
Blade pushed Dustin into the wall and growled at him, "Why aren't you down there? You're given a chance to help us and your going to blow it."
Dustin pushed him off and fixed his jacket, "Patients you mutt. I'm heading to work, the Crimson ranger will be there." He explained.
"You've been fooling around ever since-"
Dustin interrupted him, " You know the old saying 'Your greatest friends can be your worst enemies.' Just stay out of my way and it will run smoothly." Blade growled, stepping aside.
Dustin walked past him and then turned around, "Oh yeah, The green ranger has been working on something."
Blade was interested, "And what's that?"
"A ship that could get past this fortress defenses. Better warn Vexagon." He turned and walked off. Down at earth, school was out and Hunter, Blake, Shane and Tori were walking down the school steps outside.
Tori looked around, "See any signs of Dustin?" She asked.
"Nope. He wasn't in Gym." Shane responded.
"Dude, that kid is whacked. Since when did he wear black?" Blake spoke up.
Shane laughed, "Maybe he wants to be a black ranger." He joked.
"I'm sure he'll be at work." Hunter reassured Tori.
Tori brushed a hair out of her face and nodded, "Probably. I'm just worried. This isn't like him."
Hunter patted her on the back, "I have to head to work. I'll let you know if he shows." And he ran off. He arrived and entered the shop where Kelly was writing on a clipboard.
"Hunter, You're just in time." Kelly turned and smiled to him
Hunter walked over to her, "Yup. What time is Dustin working?" He asked.
Kelly checked her watched and looked back up at him, "In a half hour. I just need you to ring." She pointed her pen towards the register. He headed on over and started ringing people up. A few hours past and it was around 430. There was no sign of Dustin and Hunter couldn't help but glance at the clock every chance he got. Kelly came out from the back and tossed the clipboard on the counter. She sighed deeply and rested her head on her hands as she leaned on the counter.
"I give up. It's been two hours and he's not even here. I can't keep allowing this to happen." She groaned. The door finally swung open and Dustin popped in. His headphones blaring as he looked around the store. Kelly quickly went around the counter and walked to him. She crossed her arms around her chest and glared at him.
"You're late." She scolded him.
Dustin took off his headphones and stared back, "Late? What time was I suppose to work?"
She pointed to the clock, "Two hours ago! Dustin! I can't believe your doing this!" Kelly began to yell. Hunter watched closely as Kelly went all out on him. Dustin wasn't paying any attention and basically shrugged her off.
Dustin finally looked back her, "Who are you anyway?"
Kelly took a step back and gasped, "What?" She felt insulted. Dustin snapped his finger and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and a pen and handed it to her.
"Write your name. I have a cool trick." He responded.
Kelly shook her head, "No. What is wrong with you!?"
"Do it!" Dustin began to get angry. Kelly ripped the paper out of his hand and wrote her name. She then gave it back to him. Dustin looked at it and crumbled it up, tossing it in a nearby garbage.
"All right Kelly. What can I do for you?" He asked.
Kelly looked at the trash can, then back at him. She was puzzled, "Dustin..." She had a serious look on her face, "..Your fired..." She tried not to choke on the words. She didn't want to fire him but he was acting too weird and completely rude and on top of that she couldn't deal with him showing up late. She had no choice. She was waiting to see his reaction but he didn't show any signs of even caring. Hunter was shocked though. Dustin looked up at him. He brushed right past Kelly and towards him. He went straight into the back, signaling Hunter to follow.
"Hold on Kelly, let me find out what's up." He told him and followed. Dustin was sitting on the table as Hunter came in.
"Dude! Are you stupid!?" Hunter punched him in the shoulder, "Bro, I don't know what's up with you but I can't believe what your doing."
Dustin ignored him and looked away, "Cam needs your power disc." He spoke.
"What?" Hunter responded.
He turned back and looked at him, "You heard me. Cam is building a ship to get up to Vexagon. He needs a power source and your power disc is the best we have."
Hunter stared at his morpher, a bit sketchy, "What if Vexagon attacks?"
"That's the least of your worries." He muttered.
Hunter didn't quiet hear him, "What?"
Dustin spoke louder this time, "He needs it. You aren't going to let the team down are you?" Hunter shook his head and detached his power disc from his morpher. He handed to Dustin who nodded and started to head towards the door.
"I'm out." Dustin spoke and left. At the beach, Tori and Blake were running around having a good time.
"Blake! Get back here!" Tori screamed, chasing him into the water. Blake tripped and fell into the water as Tori jumped on him. He started to swim out into the raft as Tori kept on chasing. Dustin was walking through the parking lot when he notice them. He hid behind Tori's van and spied through the window. He saw Tori pushing Blake off the raft and laughing. Then Dustin notice Tori's bag in the car. He slowly opened the door and pulled out the bag. He sat the bag on the ground and opened it. Inside was a blue towel. He unraveled it, dropping Tori's morpher. He picked it up and detached the power disc.
"Perfect." He grinned as he stuff everything back. He then notice Blake's Morpher lying on the back seat. He detached the power disc from it and tossed it back into the car. He held up the three discs he collected so far. So far he collected, Blue, Crimson and the Navy Power disc and his own Yellow disc to make it 4.
"This is way to easy." Dustin chuckled and ran off happily. Shane was at the skate park, pulling moves off the ramp. He turned over and saw Dustin walking towards him. He flipped up his skateboard and waved to him.
"Hey man, what's going on?" Shane called out to him.
"Nothing. Same old schemes." Dustin grinned. Shane chuckled as he stuck the skateboard on the ground.
"So anyways. I came by to let you know that Cam needs your power disc for a ship he is building." He explained.
Shane thought for a sec, "A ship? Really? Cool, I'll swing by then." He started to walk off. Dustin grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Actually, he wanted me to give it to him. He doesn't want to be disturbed." He tried to convince him.
Shane scratched his head, a bit skeptic, "I don't know. I rather just give it to him myself. No offense dude."
Dustin grew inpatients, "Forget this." He whispered and lunged for Shane's morpher. Shane knocked his hand back and took a step away.
"Hey, what's the deal?" Shane put his guard up. Dustin didn't answer, he lunged forward at Shane, who swiftly dodged him. He then flipped over Shane and kicked him in the back. Shane got back up right before he was hit by another attack and grabbed his foot. Dustin quickly twisted his whole body, kicking Shane in the face with his other foot in the process, freeing himself. Shane fell back, surprised on what just happened. Dustin walked over to the fallen red ranger. He grabbed Shane's morpher and yanked the power disc off it.
"Not even a challenge." Dustin laughed and walked off. He headed down the street where Marah spotted him. She decided to follow him and see what he was up to. To see why Dustin was acting so weird. She followed him all the way to the park and hid behind a bush. Dustin looked around and waved his hand, a huge blue portal appeared. He stepped into it. Marah gasped at what she saw. She quickly bolted towards the portal before it closed. She appeared on the other side, in a strange hall. She wondered around and took a look out the window. She was shocked of what she saw. She saw the earth below her. She was in space, in Vexagon's fortress. She heard pattering of foot steps and hid behind a door. Dustin was walking with Blade down the hall. She couldn't quiet here what they were saying but saw him dropping 5 power discs in Blade's hand.
"Now that you got the power discs, I'm going to take down the rangers." Dustin turned and walked away.
Blade tried to stop him, "No. The green ranger still has the ability to morph."
Dustin stopped and turned to him, " One won't be a problem." He then vanished.
Marah looked away, pressing her back to the wall, "What are you doing Dustin?" She asked herself. Meanwhile down at earth, Shane came bolting down the stairs. Cam quickly turned to him, to see what the problem was.
Trying to catch his breath, "Dustin. He-He just took my power disc!" He gasped. Cam was confused. He stood up and lifted Shane's morpher. The disc was missing.
"What? Why would he do that?" Cam asked. Suddenly Tori and Blake came dashing down the stairs also. They were still in their bathing suites and were breathing heavily.
"My morpher. Someone took the disc." Tori exclaimed.
Blake nodded, "Same here!" He held up his morpher.
Shane leaned against the wall, "It must of been Dustin. What was he thinking!?" He shouted. Then they all turned as they heard Hunter whistling down the stairs.
Tori went to him, "Hunter, do you have your power disc?" She asked.
Hunter shook his head, "No. Dustin gave it to Cam. He should have it." He turned to him. Cam didn't know what he was talking about, "Right? I mean he said he needed it for the vehicle you were building." He went on.
Cam slowly shook his head, "No. I didn't ask for anything from him."
Hunter started to groan, "You mean he lied? Wait! But that's not like Dustin man. Dustin is a cool kid, right? Why would he lie?" Hunter began to freak, pacing around. He was angry that he was played by one of his good friends.
"Bro, calm down. I'm sure there's an explanation. I mean we can't jump to conclusion." Blake reassured him.
Shane took a step forward, "Hello!? Guys, if you haven't notice. He attacked me, tricked us and has just been a jerk. The answers are right in front of us! He's obviously messed up in the head!"
Tori glared at him, "You're suppose to be his best friend, and your saying that this is the only explanation?" Shane stayed quiet, looking away. Cam was thinking of what to do next. He glanced over at the terminal and saw a message beeping on the terminal. He went over to it and pushed a few buttons. The terminal was picking up a signal in the park.
"Hmm, that's strange. The terminal is detecting activities in the park but I can't seam to get a visual. Something is jamming it." Cam told the others.
Shane crossed his arms, "We'll check it out." He said and ran to the park. There they found Dustin standing around.
Shane took a step forward, "Why am I not surprised you're here." Dustin smirked, unstrapping his morpher. He tossed the morpher on the ground near the rangers.
Cam knelt down and picked it up, "Where's your power disc?" He asked.
Dustin chuckled, "Soon to be given to Vexagon, along with the other discs." He waved his hand and a bunch of shadow stalkers appeared around him. The rangers all got into a defensive stance.
"Please Dustin. Don't do this." Tori pleaded.
Dustin grinned, putting an arm behind his back, "I had a lot of fun. To bad it must end for you." And a flash came from behind him and he pulled out a rapier.
"Damn!" Shane shouted, "Then that means..."
Meanwhile, Marah was exploring the whole fortress. She hide every time someone walked by and kept on wondering. She was basically lost. She turned the corner and gasp, putting her hand over her mouth. She saw a brown hair guy wearing yellow, shackled to the wall. It was Dustin! How it was possible when she saw him leave puzzled her. She quickly ran to him and knelt down.
He slowly lifted his head up, "Hey.." He faintly spoke.
"Dustin? But if you're here, who was it that left!?"
He coughed a bit and the replied, "It's the male kaiser. He took my morpher and is trying to deceive everyone by being me."
Marah was really happy, "I knew it wasn't you! It couldn't be! Your never this mean!" She exclaimed.
"Marah. You know I would never do a thing like that." He said, "Ugh, I'm so tired. The wolf dude, Blade hit me with some device that zapped my energy."
Marah's hurt sunk, "Oh shoot. I have to go find it?"
Dustin chuckled and nodded, "That be nice."
Marah got up and headed towards the door, "I'll be back. Don't worry." She said and ran down the hall. She went into a random room where she found a whole bunch of computers.
"What am I suppose to look for?" She asked as she explored the room. As she wondered she bumped into a table where all the power discs were on. Each were spread out across it. She quickly pocketed each one of them. Blade was walking down the hall when he noticed her.
Blade walked in behind her, "What are you doing here?" He growled.
Marah was a bit startled, she turned around, "I'm looking for that device you zapped my friend's energy with you stupid dog." She snapped back.
He held up the device, "You mean this?" He stepped forward, trying to scare her.
"Lets hope I didn't lose my touch." She whispered and pointed her finger out. A huge red beam shot from her finger and at Blade. He dropped the device, totally surprised in what she did. She quickly grabbed it and slid past the wolf and back down the hall. The alarm was going off in the fortress as she turned into a room where Dustin was. She fired another beam at his shackled and lifted him up. Vexagon appeared into the room, "There is no where you can run." He laughed.
Marah grinned, "Who said we were going to run?" And she waved her hand and they both teleported.
Blade ran in as they both disappeared, "They took the discs."
Vexagon slammed his fist against the wall, "Get them back or your toast." He walked off. Marah and Dustin both teleported into the park where the saw the imposter Dustin fighting the rangers with a whole bunch of Shadow Stalkers. She laid Dustin next a tree and hit random buttons on the device she stole. A shot of yellow energy came out of the device and into Dustin. He began to feel his strength return to him and slowly stood up. He moved every limp in his body and was totally happy.
"Oh man, I feel great!" Dustin exclaimed, hugging Marah. Marah then handed him all the power discs that she took. He held them tight in his hand and smiled at her, "All right. I'll see you back at the academy?" Marah nodded and teleported away. Dustin turned and faced where the battle was held.
"Guys!" He called out to them. The rangers and the enemies all turned and looked at him.
"Dustin!" Tori exclaimed.
Shane hesitated, "Is it really him or another imposter?"
"There's only one way to find out." Hunter answered. He took out Dustin's moprher and threw it at him. He reached out and caught it and quickly put it on.
He pulled out his power disc and equipped it to his morpher, "Ninja Storm, Ranger Form! Power of Earth!" He shouted. The imposter glared at the yellow ranger as he ran forward to the others.
"Lose these?" He handed out their power discs. Every ones face lit up as they each took their disc and stuck it on.
"Where have you been?" Tori asked.
"Never mine that, I'll explain later. Hurry up." Dustin replied.
"Were back in action!" Shane said excitedly, "Let's do this!"
"Ninja Storm, ThunderStorm, Ranger Form! Ha! Power of Air, Power of Water, Power of Thunder!" They all yelled. The imposter and the shadow stalkers took a step back, knowing that they were in trouble. Each rangers took out their weapons and were preparing to attack. Blade then appeared out of nowhere and stood next to the imposter Dustin.
"Good job." He said sarcastically, taking out his blades.
The Dustin imposter changed into his original form as the Male Kaiser, "I did my part correctly. You were the one that messed up." He sneered.
"Charge!" Shane shouted. Blade, The Kaiser and the shadow stalkers all collided with the rangers. Shane and Cam took on Blade while Dustin took on the male kaiser. Everyone else was handling the shadow stalkers. Cam and Shane both struck Blade with their swords, knocking him back. Blade was growing impatient as he slashed back at them. He then tossed his blades like boomerang hitting them again.
"This dog is annoying." Shane struggled to get up. He took out his Hawk Blaster and fired at him. Blade deflected the attack and charged forward with flying speed. Meanwhile Dustin was having an intense fight with the Kaiser. Dustin took out his lion hammer and started to smash the ground, making the kaiser lose his balance. Dustin then dashed forward to strike again but the kaiser flipped over him and slashed him in the back with his rapier.
"Dustin!" Tori shouted, as she kicked the last of the shadow stalkers down. Tori, Blake and Hunter both regrouped and joined with Dustin, facing the Kaiser.
"It's time to say goodbye!" Dustin exclaimed, "Ninja Sword, Dirt Blast!" He launched his special earth attack at him, sending a direct hit on him. The kaiser warrior dropped his rapier and fell to the ground, with a huge explosion following him.
Blade turned to see the explosion, "Damn." He backed away from the red and green ranger and vanished.
Shane ran to where he vanished, "He got away!" The rangers all gathered at Ninja Ops, all asking Dustin a bunch of questions on the way. Marah sat around patiently with Sensei as they all came down the stairs.
"Dude, so what happen?" Shane asked as they all sat around the table.
Dustin sighed, "It was crazy." He explained, "Yesterday I was locking up for Kelly. When I was heading home they attacked. I guess Blades plan was to capture me and have the kaiser impersonate me and trick you guys."
Blake smiled, "Well we don't have to worry about the kaiser warriors anymore. There all gone!" He said happily.
Tori agreed, "Well, I'm glad your all right."
Dustin chuckled, "Yeah, I think I should thank Marah for that." He turned to her. She blushed, trying not to look directly in his eyes.
"Dude, I'm sorry." Shane said.
Dustin was a bit confused, "For what?"
"Well for jumping to conclusion that you were just being a jerk. I mean I should of thought something was up but I guess I didn't bother to think things through." He responded.
Dustin shook his head, "Ya know, I may be an air head but I wouldn't mess with you guys like that. You're my buds." Everyone nodded, all laughing. They started to tell Dustin everything the kaiser did to them, everyone except Cam who was at his terminal.
Blake turned to him, "Cam, why don't you join us."
"I can't." Cam responded, "I'm glad Dustin is back but the kaiser probably already informed Vexagon on the ship I'm building. That means that we need to get this done fast before he has a chance to launch a full scale attack or something."
Hunter groaned, "So much for the element of surprise."
"How much do you have to do?" Tori asked.
Cam cracked his knuckles and started to type on the keyboard, "I just need to run some test. It should be up and running tomorrow." He answered, "Hopefully." He muttered after.
Sensei walked over and stuck his hand on his back, "Do not worry Cam. We have time." He reassured him.
Hunter then smacked his forehead and began snapping his finger, trying to find the right words, "Uh Dustin." He caught his attention, "Your going to have to patch things up with Kelly. You're kind of fired." He hesitantly spoke.
Dustin groaned, putting his head on the table, "Aw man. Is it that bad?" Hunter didn't respond, he just exchanged looks at everyone.
Tori placed her hand on his back, "Don't worry. We'll give you a hand."
Sensei then walked over to them, "And I will handle the school issue."
Dustin sighed in relief, "Remind me to never go home alone." Everyone bursted out laughing. Up above the earth, Vexagon was in rage.
"You failed Blade!" He shouted at him.
Blade bowed his head, "I am sorry."
"A perfect plan to weaken the rangers and you let it slip away." He snorted.
"Give me one more chance." Blade begged.
Vexagon grunted, "No." He responded, and with that he shot a beam out of his hand at him, blowing him up. A cloud of smoke appeared and fur began to float down to the ground. ScaleFace watched silently as Vexagon turned to him.
"Is there a problem?" He asked.
ScaleFace shook his head, "No, but if you blow up every general, you will have no one to carry out your plans." He explained
Vexagon just laughed, "It wont matter. My meditations are almost done. I nearly have mastered these powers without a problem. I expect the cannons online by tomorrow. We'll be expecting visitors." ScaleFace nodded and left. Vexagon stood there, laughing. The shadow stalkers in the room slowly slipped away, terrified.
"It is almost time!" Vexagon spoke to himself.
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A/N: End of Chapter 12! Kaiser warriors and Blade have been finished off! So far so good? Please read and review before I update again. It kind of lets me know that there are people still reading this.
Preview for Chap 13: Cam has been working hard on the Storm Vehicle and its nearly complete but now that Vexagon knows of what he is doing, Cam believes that it is to dangerous for everyone to go. Will the rangers be able to change his mind and take down the fortress before Vexagon launches another attack? Find out!