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CHAPTER 11 Truth Revealed

"Are you sure you're okay?" Tori asked Drea as she looked herself over in the mirror. They were in a department store in the mall. Tori was trying to find the perfect outfit for her date with Blake. Drea was busy trying to keep her composure in front of Tori. She felt very lucky that Tori had asked her to hold her morpher. That way, she could ignore the calls Cam kept sending without Tori hearing them.

"Yea, I'm fine. Wonder how that skirt would look with the white blouse?" she asked. Tori looked at the mirror questioningly then looked back at Drea.

"Hey, that would look good," she replied as she walked back into the dressing room. Drea sighed in relief as another call came in from her morpher, which she again ignored.

Meanwhile, all of the guys were getting frustrated at Ninja Ops.

"Neither Drea or Tori are answering their morphers," Cam said.

"Drea must have Tori's morpher because Tori would've answered otherwise," Shane replied.

"Perhaps I should go ahead to explain the situation to you all," Sensei said. The boys immediately turned their attention to Sensei. Hunter and Blake were especially attentive.

"Drea believes that her parents are not aware of her possessing the lightning morpher. They do realize that she has is it and in fact know why she was able to use it. Only the person who is to develop the power of the hurricane can access the lightning morpher. What Drea is currently experiencing are the developments of every aspect of the hurricane. She is going through the lightning phase; the next to come will most likely be wind and so forth. She will eventually learn to naturally control these phases but until then, we must all be careful. There is no way for me to train her to control these changes. Some, maybe even all of the changes will be very painful for her to endure," Sensei explained. The boys could not believe what they were hearing. Hunter was in the most disbelief out of all of them. He couldn't believe the woman he loved would have to go through so much pain to get a source of power that was meant for her. And there was no way to avoid it.

"We've got to get a hold of Drea," Blake said.

"I'll try Tori's cell phone," Dustin said. He picked up his cell phone from his book bag and dialed in Tori's number. They only used their cell phones in emergencies since they usually used their morphers. Tori was in the dressing room when her phone went off. She dug it out of her jean pocket.

"Hello," she answered.

"Tori, it's Dustin. Listen, you need to get Drea back to Ninja Ops right now. It's important. But be careful how you do it because she's trying to avoid Cam right now. We'll explain later when you get here, okay?" he asked. Tori looked around, unsure about what she was hearing.

"Okay," she answered.

"Thanks, you're the best," Dustin replied and hung up. Tori turned off her phone and started to think really hard about how she was going to handle this. Then she got an idea and started to change into her own clothes. She came out with two bundles, the ones she wanted and the ones she didn't want.

"Okay, I'm ready. Do you mind if I follow you to Ninja Ops so you can help me with my hair? The boys are supposed to be at the track before Blake heads out to get ready so it should be just us girls," Tori explained, feeling extremely guilty for lying to her friend. Drea looked very relaxed when Tori explained that the boys shouldn't be there.

"Okay, sounds good," she replied.

"Cool, I'm gonna go pay for these," Tori said before heading to the counter. Drea sat back down and clutched her head. The pain in her head was throbbing but she didn't realize that it was causing a wind storm right there in the mall.

Whoa, things are heating up. How are the boys going to confront Drea about this information? How will she handle learning about her destiny? How will her body handle all the changes? Will Hunter and the other rangers be able to keep it together as they watch go through with all of this? Find out in Chapter 12.