'Ready to go?' shouted Cam as he ran his fingers through his hair to make sure it was right.
'Just a sec,' came the muffled reply from Tristen's room.
Cam did a final check on the computers.
'Ready,' said a soft voice from behind him. Cam straightened and turned round.
Tristen was wearing a short and strappy white dress, her hair was in ringlets and pinned back slightly.
'What?' she asked with a smile.
'Nothing, you just look...' Cam trailed off.
'Come on or we'll be late.' She said taking his arm.
The music was blaring out as Tristen and Cam walked into The Rock.
'Do you want a drink?' shouted Cam above the music. Tristen nodded a she scanned the crowd for any sign of the rangers.
'Hey, you look great!' said Tori tapping her on the shoulder.
'Thanks, so do you!' replied Tristen to Tori who was wearing a blue skirt and halter neck.
Blake appeared behind the blue ranger followed by the others.
Cam came back with the drinks and handed one to Tristen.
'Hey guys,' he said sounding more relaxed than usual.
'Bands not too bad is it?' said Shane as his eyes followed a pretty girl walking by, 'Excuse me,' he added before disappearing off after the girl.
The others found some squashy leather couches near the back of the club and sat down.
'Tori, do you want to dance?' asked Blake shyly.
'Sure,' said Tori getting up and following Blake to the dance floor.
'Are those two together?' said Tristen leaning over to Hunter to be heard.
'No, my brother's just too shy, he won't ask her out,' replied the crimson ranger.
'Speaking of asking out,' commented Hunter as he too got up to ask a girl for a dance.
'Come on Tristen,' said Dustin grabbing her hand.
Tristen followed him and began to dance with him, aware that Cam was watching her.
Shane returned to sit back down with Cam.
'What happened to the girl?'
'Her boyfriend showed up,' said Shane looking crestfallen, 'Anyway, why aren't you dancing with Tristen?'
'What do you mean?'
'Oh come on dude, it's so obvious you're scamming on her!'
'I am not, she's just my friend,' defended Cam.
'Yeah right, that's why you did a nut job when she wasn't back earlier,'
'I was just concerned, that's all,' said Cam trying to sound calm.
'Okay, if you say so,' said Shane with a knowing grin.
The song finished and the guys came back.
'Where's Tris and Tori?' asked Cam sitting up slightly.
'Ladies room,' answered Dustin falling back onto the couch.
'So what were you two talking about while we were gone?' asked Blake taking a sip of his drink.
'Oh nothing,' said Cam absently.
Shane grinned, 'We were just arguing about how much Cam is scamming on Tristen.'
'Shane I am not!' protested Cam.
'You so are dude,' said Blake laughing.
'Oh go and ask Tori out,' retorted Cam. Blake shut up immediately.
Suddenly a huge explosion burst through the side of the club. People ran everywhere screaming and trying to get out. Cam and the other rangers stood up and backed further into the corner.
'Ready?' said Shane looking round each ranger,
'Ninja Storm'
'Thunder Storm'
'Samurai Storm'
'Ranger Form, Ha!'
They shouted as they prepared to morph.
In an instant they were ready for battle and they ran to the source of the explosion. There was no sign of Tristen or Tori.
By the entrance of the now deserted club stood a huge alien; he resembled the hulk except his skin was a blistered pink rather than green.
'We're in trouble,' mumbled Dustin staring at the enemy.
Cam pulled out his samurai sword and attacked the alien; the other rangers did the same. Hunter was caught and thrown into a pillar; Shane leapt up for an air attack but was batted into the drum set at the back of the stage. Dustin and Cam attacked at the same time but both were beaten back. Blake ducked under the alien's arm and slashed at it with his thunder staff, the alien grabbed hold of the weapon and snapped it in half like a twig. Blake wasn't fast enough to dodge the fist that smacked into him, sending him sprawling to the base of the stage. The alien stood there grinning evilly at the fallen rangers who struggled to stagger back to their feet.
A white tiger suddenly sprang onto it's back and the alien screamed. It tried to grab at the animal on its back. Tori appeared in ranger form and started to help Blake up.
'Are you guys alright?' she asked quickly looking the guys up and down.
'Yeah, is that Tristen?' answered Hunter rubbing his chest.
'Yeah, come on we have to help her,' ordered Tori.
The rangers started forward just as the alien managed to catch hold of Tristen. In a second the cat form had changed into bird, which flew out of the alien's grasp. It landed behind the rangers and changed back into the tiger again.
The alien glanced to each ranger realising that it was massively outnumbered.
'We'll be back guardian,' it growled angrily as it charged from the building.
The rangers de-morphed and Tristen changed back into her human form. She fell forward and Cam caught her. She steadied herself and stood up straight.
'Is everyone okay?' she asked still holding onto Cam's shoulder.
'Yeah, just a bit bruised,' said Blake.
'That guy was tough,' agreed Hunter this time rubbing the back of his neck.
'A bounty hunter I'm guessing,' said Dustin staring at the door.
Tristen and Cam both nodded.
'Hey where did your amulet go?' asked Tori pointing at Tristen's neck.
'Right here,' she replied, as the amulet appeared hanging round her neck.
Once again, the rangers stared at her confused.
'It can't be seen unless I wish it, that's why they had so much trouble finding it...' she answered before trailing off.
The rangers seemed to accept it and didn't press for any more information when Tristen fell silent.
'Come on, we should get back,' said Cam stepping up beside Tristen.
'You didn't tell me you were the Samurai ranger,' stated Tristen as she and Cam walked back into Ninja Ops.
Cam shrugged his shoulders, 'I guess I just forgot, you were more important,'
Tristen smiled.
'I'm going to bed,' she said sleepily.
'Okay, I'll see you in the morning, we're having pancakes,' joked Cam.
Cam watched her leave and took a deep breath.
'Is something troubling you my son?' asked Sensei stepping of the chair in front of his house.
'It's nothing Dad,'
'Sometimes we have to wait for the things we want to come to us, other times we have to ask for them,' said Sensei wisely.
Cam gave a sigh, 'Thanks Dad, goodnight,'
'Goodnight Cam,'