Disclaimer: Still don't own.

AN: Okay in this chapter Tori will get her final power. Only it's not really a power, but it is, it's…well read the chapter and find out. Also I was wrong when I said Lothor wouldn't be in this story. He will be.

The Key Comes to Blue Bay Harbor

By Ravyn Jayne

Chapter 3

"Telekinesis?"

"Visions?"

"Dude, did you happen to 'see' the answer to today's Trig test?"

Tori, Blake, and Shane looked at Dustin.

"What?" he asked. The other three started walking towards their class. "Hey, wait up guys!"

"I called Cam this morning, he's gonna inform Hunter and the Senseis about the new developments." Tori informed the three boys.

"Good, we gotta be careful about this. I don't want you getting hurt because of this Tor." Blake said, taking Tori's hand in his. Tori smiled back.

"Tor won't get hurt. She's got four Rangers, a Slayer, a Watcher, and the smartest guy in town looking out for her." Shane reasoned with Blake. "And I wouldn't put it past the Sensei's and your parents, to also be keeping an eye on her."

"Shane's right." Dustin agreed. "We've got this covered."

"Giles, Buffy, and the Senseis know more about the Key than anyone. They don't think anything bad will happen. I wanted to do this. And if by some far reach I do get hurt, my chances are bettered for having them around. Everything will be fine." Tori squeezed Blakes' hand in reassurance.

Shane, with a smirk on his face, lightly hit Dustin on the shoulder and gestured to the other two's hands. Dustin smiled back, jokingly rolling his eyes. Shane and Dustin were even more amused when Tori and Blake held hands all the way to class.

Hunter arrived in the sparsely decorated room. The main focus of the room seemed to be the high grade computer equipment, that Cam was sitting in front of. Instead of working Cam had opted for staring into space.

"Hey!" Hunter announced his presence and Cam turned around a little shocked to see the object of his thoughts suddenly appear.

"Hey. I didn't know any of the students knew about this place." Cam said confused.

"Yeah, I don't think any of us do. I was just wandering around the Wind campus looking for you, and your Dad directed me here." Hunter kept turning in circles taking in the whole room. "I've lived at the Thunder Academy for years, and I never knew these rooms existed. What is this place?"

"Ninja Ops. Kind of a control room. We can monitor the entire world from here. It's how we know when to send Ninjas on missions. There's also a link to NASA satellites so we can monitor threats from space with a few supernatural upgrades the government doesn't have. There's also some training rooms in the back. Nobody but me ever uses them though." Cam explained. "This was meant to be a secret base of sorts for the Rangers. That's probably why Dad told you were I was. Students aren't allowed down here."

"Really? This would be the perfect place for all of us to meet. Bet Jessica and her minions would never find us in here." Hunter muttered, looking around some more, finally taking in all of Cam's stuff that littered the room. A sweatshirt hanging over the back of the chair, a half eaten meal that looked like it had been there overnight, an extra pair of glasses on the desk next to an open book, pictures of Cam's parents on a bookshelf that held old books and scrolls. "Do you live in here?"

"As often as I fall asleep at this table, and eat meals here, you'd think so." Cam removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes. "I pretty much end up running this place. Dad and Sensei Amano don't really know that much about computers. Your mom's a help though. She's pretty handy on the 'Net. Anyway, I was going to come find you after lunch."

"Really?" Hunter seemed hopeful.

"Yeah. Tori called. She's already gotten powers." Cam informed him and Hunter seemed to deflate a little in disappointment.

"Oh." Hunter said, his voice flat. "What kind of powers?"

"Telekinesis and visions."

"What kind of visions?"

"Things that are going to happen. But I have a hunch she'll get visions of things that have already happened too. I think the visions are to give her insight into the things going on around her." Cam explained.

"That could be cool." Hunter said. Silence overtook the two guys. Hunter stared at a wall uncertainly while Cam reluctantly turned back to the computer to actually do (shock! horror!) work. Hunter decided he might as well do what he came here to do and took a deep breath. "You wanna go for lunch? Get off campus for a little while?"

"Sure." Cam said, readily standing up. "That sounds like fun. You'll have to pick the place though. I don't get into town often enough to know what's around."

"Cool. I'll give you a tour of Blue Bay Harbor." Hunter offered, liking anything that would prolong his time alone with Cam.

Tori, Blake, Dustin, and Shane arrived at the academies moments after Hunter and Cam returned. Meeting up in the library, Cam decided Hunter was right, and Ninja Ops would be the best place for them to meet, so they all headed down there. No one had time to marvel at the secret rooms, before they all heard a loud consistent beeping.

"Dude, what is that noise?" Dustin asked.

"The alarms." Cam said confused, moving to the computer. He sat in the chair, and read the information on the screen. "There's an unidentified vessel in orbit around earth. There's a message coming from it. Give me a minute I'll get it on screen. Tor, you should probably go get my dad."

"Sure." Tori said, turning around and hurrying out of Ops. Cam finally hacked into the frequency of the message, and a man wearing what looked like a wrestling mask over his grey skin appeared on screen. Behind him stood a black monstrosity, and two ditzy looking girls, one with brown hair, and one with pink.

"Power Rangers," He greeted. "I am Lothor. These are my followers Zurgane, Marah, and Kapri." Zurgane nodded and the two girls waved cheerfully. "I know you have the Key to the Future of the Universe. I will get it. Until then, I have a few surprises for you."

The screen went blank. The five boys just stared blankly at where the odd looking man had once been. Suddenly the alarms went off again, and a screen popped up, showing a monster attacking on the beach.

"Okay, who called in the freaks?" Dustin asked.

"I don't know. But it's our job to stop them." Hunter said.

"But Tori-" Blake began.

"Is safe on Academy grounds." Shane finished. Blake seemed uncertain.

"Go." Cam told him. "Hunter's right. As Power Rangers it's your duty to protect the city and the people against the forces of evil. Tori will be fine."

Blake nodded and the four Rangers reached for their morphers.

"Ninja Storm!" Dustin and Shane yelled.

"Thunder Storm!" Hunter and Blake yelled. As one they shouted…

"Ranger Form! Ha!"

"Power of Earth!"

"Wind!"

"Power of Thunder!"

"I'll teleport you to the site of the disturbance." Cam said typing commands into the computer.

"You can do that? Coo-" Shane's words were cut off as he and the others were teleported away. Not even a minute later Tori rushed in Sensei Wantanabe on her heels, a blue morpher in his hand. Cam quickly explained what was going on, showing them Lothor's message.

"The Rangers can not win." Sensei said gravely. "The Thunder Rangers are complete, but not the Wind Rangers. It will take the powers of Earth, Air, and Water to win the upcoming battles."

"So pick someone to be the Blue Wind Ninja." Tori said.

"It's not that easy." Cam rubbed at his eyes. "The morpher chooses it's Ranger. The blue morpher hasn't picked anyone in the Academy." Cam paused, an idea coming to him. "Dad…, give Tori the morpher."

Sensei Wantanabe looked at his son for a moment. Finally nodding, all he said was "I believe you are right." as he handed the morpher to Tori.

"What am I supposed to do with it? I don't know-" Tori abruptly stopped talking as the morpher in her hand started glowing. A surge of energy rushed through her body, all her senses became hyper aware, and finally the energy seemed to disperse evenly throughout her body.

"The Blue Wind Ranger has been found." Sensei announced, with a smile at Cam.

"Excuse me?" Tori was in disbelief. "I can't be a Power Ranger. I'm not even a student here. I'm only half way through my training. I-"

"The Power will teach you what you need to know." Cam explained. "Once you morph the information is basically downloaded into your brain."

"Well, that doesn't sound pleasant." Tori observed.

"I believe the power has chosen well." Sensei Wantanabe assured her. "You have protected the Key for years. Now you have the help of the Powers. Go. Help your teammates."

Tori nodded, too stunned by what had just happened to do much else. Without realizing she was doing it her arms waved about and she grabbed the morpher on her wrist.

"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form! Ha! Power of Water!" Cam teleported her to the beach before she could even look at herself. Sitting back Cam thought aloud.

"You know that Lothor guy seemed familiar. His voice, what I could make out of his face…" Cam trailed off too engrossed in watching the fight to notice his father's unease.

In a light display of blue, Tori arrived at the scene of the battle. The boy Rangers and the monster momentarily stopped their attacks to take in the new arrival.

"Who are you?" Dustin asked.

"The Blue Wind Ninja Storm Ranger." Tori replied calmly, all the events finally coming together in her head.

"Tori?" Blake asked. He would recognize that voice anywhere.

"Hey." Tori waved. "I'm sure this is a shock, believe me I know, but don't you think we should take care of the evil space monster before we begins explanations?"

"Dudes, she has a point." Dustin said.

"Right!" Shane looked at the other Rangers. "Ready?"

"Ready!" they all announced. The battle resumed.

Teleporting back to Ninja Ops, bruised, but victorious, the four boy Rangers immediately un-morphed into their ninja suits, and started throwing questions at the street clothed Tori. Buffy, Giles, and Sensei Amano had joined Sensei Wantanabe and Cam while the battle was happening.

"Quiet!" Sensei Wantanabe ordered, his voice not rising above a conversational tone, and the boy Rangers hushed immediately. "The Blue Wind Ranger has been chosen. The Wind Rangers are complete."

"The Powers chose well." Sensei Amano praised.

"I'm not sure I like this." Buffy said from where she and Giles had been sitting silently.

"I agree." Giles put in. "As the bearer of the Key-"

"I'm already in harm's way." Tori cut him off. "Now I can defend myself better."

"But Dawn-" Buffy called Tori by her first name, telling Tori how serious she was.

"But what Buff? Look, a half hour ago I wasn't so sure about this either. Now I think it's a good thing. I've fought battles by your side, now I have a new team. I'm not really in any more danger now, being a Ranger, than I was before, having the Key and being the Slayer's little sister. But I am better equipped to handle those situations now." Tori reasoned. Buffy and Giles shared a resigned look, not liking, but understanding Tori had a point.

"Alright." Buffy finally relented. "Just…, be careful okay?"

"Goes without saying." Tori assured her with a smile. The other four Rangers formed a half circle around Tori. Shane put a hand on her shoulder.

"Welcome to the team." he said.

End Ch3