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CHAPTER 8 Power Beginnings

Lothor watched the rangers for weeks after Drea moved into Ninja Ops. He was not happy with the power radiating from this girl.

"Ah! Where did she come from? Nobody has power like that at her age?" he yelled angrily, not really to anyone.

"Sir, should I devise a plan to bring her to the ship?" Zurgane asked.

"Not yet, I want to observe her more. Make sure I get to her at just the right moment," Lothor replied, turning his attention back towards the rangers. They were all gathered at the motocross track. Hunter was geared up on his back, hugging Drea, who was leaning her back against him. Tori, Shane, and Cam were standing on either side of Hunter's bike. They were all watching Blake and Dustin race around the track.

"That looks like so much fun," Drea replied.

"You want to give it a shot?" Hunter asked, kissing her on the neck, which made Drea blush.

"Awww," Shane said, mockingly.

"I thought you said you used to do this," Tori said.

"A long time ago and only a few times," Drea said. Just then, Blake pulled up followed by Dustin. They pulled off their helmets, smiling happily.

"Good race man, you almost had me," Blake said, slapping five with Dustin.

"Yea, maybe next time," Dustin said.

"One of you race Drea," Hunter said. Blake cocked his eyebrow up in surprise.

"You race?" he asked. Drea looked at him in a playful type of warning manner.

"Don't act so surprised. I could probably beat you," she said, challengingly.

"All right, now this is fun," Dustin said, getting a laugh out of Shane.

"Wanna make a bet out of it?" Blake asked.

"Sure," Drea replied.

"Ok, if I win, you have to do my chores at Ninja Ops for a week," Blake said in a cocky manner. Drea only smirked and walked closer to Blake.

"And if I win..." she said and leaned in to Blake's ear, whispering the rest of the deal. Blake faced dropped to a scared expression. He glanced at a smirking Drea as she backed away from him. He hesitated for a minute and then sighed.

"Deal," he said, shaking her hand.

"Wait, what was it?" Shane asked. Blake kind of blushed and Drea just smiled.

"You'll find out when I win," she said. That got Blake in a better mood.

"If you win," he replied. Drea winked at him and smiled over at Hunter. Ten minutes later, she was suited up and had a rental bike ready to go. She mounted the bike at the starting point as Blake pulled up beside her. She put on her helmet as Hunter explained the conditions.

"Okay, four laps, clean riding, first one back wins," he said simply. Drea and Blake nodded to indicate they understood. They started up their bikes and Hunter dropped his hand to start the race. They were neck in neck until Drea cut in front of Blake in the second lap.

"All right Drea!!" Cam yelled. However, Blake got a good lead ahead of her in the third lap. Everyone thought he was going to come out on top until Drea pulled an amazing trick that not even she knows how it happened. She felt something weird go through her body.

"What is going on?" she asked herself. She glanced down just in time to see what looked like a surge of electricity come out of her body and go all through the bike. This caused her to do an amazing jump over Blake and land only feet away from the finish line. To everyone else, it looked like she had just pulled that jump on her own, but as Drea came to a stop and pulled her helmet off, she had a look of concern over her face. She dropped her helmet and looked her hands over, rubbing the hard to see if she had been hallucinating. Luckily for her, none of the others had noticed her doing this as they came over in excitement.

"WHOA! Where did you learn that?" Hunter asked, giving her an affectionate and excited hug.

"Don't know, just did it," Drea replied, trying very hard to hide her concern and confusion.

"Well, it was a very cool for you to win," Blake commented. Drea smirked.

"So when are you going to hold your end of the deal?" she asked. Blake looked around at the other rangers nervously.

"Uhhhhhh...tomorrow, I've got to get back to Storm Chargers," he replied.

"Aw man, I do too," Dustin said. Hunter looked down at Drea.

"That's my cue too," Hunter said, giving her soft, affectionate, but quick kiss on the lips. Shane, Cam, and Tori helped the guys get their equipment loaded up while Drea lagged behind. She again looked at her hands and started to rub them gently.

"What was that?" she asked herself.

What was that surge of power Drea saw? Was it real or a hallucination? And what does Blake have to do since he lost the race? Find out in Chapter 9.