Owen paced feverously around the common area on the Animarium in his ninja suit. When he and the others had returned, he had discovered that the twins were not there, and that infuriated him as well as his brothers.
"I can't believe she just let them go!" he cried as he kicked a pebble. Shayla and Merrick had excused themselves from the teens when they noticed the state they were in. They needed this time together to work as a team through this.
"Owen, I'm sure she had some plan," Sky said.
"Oh sure, sent the only two of us without powers right into Master Org's hideout... great plan."
"Shut up O. She was only trying to help," Jake said to him. Owen glared at his twin.
Ethan saw the look they were giving each other and stepped in.
"This isn't getting us anywhere. You both know as well as I do that Andy and Kyle don't listen to us," he said.
Before anyone to say another word, a crack of thunder was heard, and four colored streaks appeared, materializing into the twins in question along with their rescued family.
"I don't believe it," Cody muttered.
"Mum!" Sam cried as she and her brothers descended on Sarah. Kanoi did the same to his mother, as did Sky.
"Oh my gosh," Evie muttered.
"How the hell did you two pull that off?" Brady asked as he watched the happy reunion.
"And where are the others?" Lindy asked.
"Slow down guys... we're kinda drained," Andy said as she sat by Kanoi. Kyle took a seat next to his very pissed off looking brothers.
"Well, start by telling us what possessed you to run off like that," Jake said.
For the better part of half an hour the twins retold their story, and then Laura, Sarah, and Kelly told then what had been happening to them in the time they were missing.
"They took your father and the rest of the Ninja Rangers into some room," Sarah told her kids and the rest.
"When they came back, they were so weak. Hunter said that their powers had been drained," Laura interjected.
"No way," Xander said. "Do you know what this means?"
"That there are more Orgs coming," Leo said.
"And the longer the others are in there, the more danger they're in," Kelly said as she began to cry a little. Sky put her arm around her mother and wondered why she was all of a sudden crying...Kelly never got too emotional...
"Well then, we just have to bust the rest of them out," Jack said. "Formulate some kind of plan and flush out everything he's got."
"Then get the others out," Cody said.
"But our folks are so weak right now...I don't think they could make a mad dash for anything," Kyle said.
All eyes turned to him. "What do you mean?" Charlie asked at last.
"Like, they're too weak to move. When we left, your mom was the only one in any shape to escape... even she was drained a little from helping us."
"Well then we just need to put as many people as we can in there to help them," Nicky put in. "I don't care how we do it, but we do it now!"
Brady placed an arm around her as he saw tears gather. "We'll get them out, don't worry," he told her.
"I agree with Nick," Andy said. "If enough of us go in there, we cam diffuse the shield around the cells." She turned to Kanoi and Laura. "Do you think we can rig up some kind of device so that we don't use up so much of our own powers?"
Laura nodded. "Yes. I just need to get back to the academy and see what Cam has," she said. "But I would need to go as soon as possible."
"I'll go with you," Kanoi said as he stood. Laura steadied her son.
"Kanoi, you belong here with your team. I'll be fine. As soon as I figure out anything, I'll contact you." Kanoi hugged her and kissed her cheek.
Laura said her goodbyes to the others and streaked off in green light.
"Rangers?" Shayla asked cautiously as she and Merrick reappeared.
All head turned towards the couple.
"I see your mission was successful," Merrick said to Andy and Kyle.
"Yes... we got Laura, Kelly, and Sarah out," Kyle said. Quick introductions were handed around before the adults began to show signs of their weakness.
"My mother already went back to the academy to see if there's anything there that can help us," Kanoi said.
"But the rest of you need to rest... there are extra sleeping supplies for you both," she said to Kelly and Sarah. They thanked her and disappeared into the temple with their children close behind.
When they were out of sight, the others gathered around the fire pit trying to figure out how to rescue the others.
"From what we saw, there were three Orgs left...plus Master Org," Leo said.
"And until we can figure out how to defeat him, we're back to square one," Xander said.
After a few moments of silence Lindy stood. "But we MAY be able to figure out what he's made of."
"If we can figure out what caused his spontaneous reappearance, then we can make a type of antidote and use it to destroy him," Evie finished for her sister. It was really odd sometimes how they knew exactly what the other was thinking.
"Are you suggesting that you guys go down to the lake again?" Nicky asked. Both twins nodded.
"We have the entire Silver Guardians behind us," Lindy said.
"And you'll have access to anything you need at Bio-Lab," Xander said.
Evie smiled at him. "You sure you want me to do this?" she asked him.
"I was a jackass before... I know you guys will find a way to beat him." He leaned over and kissed her temple.
"Well, while you guys are doing that, we'll hold off the Orgs," Charlie said for her group.
"We all will," Nicky said for the rest of the teens who were nodding in agreement.
"Then maybe, just maybe when Laura gets back with that device, we can get everyone else out," Andy said.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Cody said as he and his brother and sister emerged form the temple.
"We're in," Jack said.
"You guys are NOT going to believe this..." Sky said as she came out with a dazed look on her face. "My... my mom's pregnant."
"Way to go Uncle Shane," Ethan said under his breath. Andy smacked his arm and everyone else just smirked.
"Which means we have all the more reason to get rid of these Org freaks," Jake said putting an arm around her.
"Definitely," Brady said as his arm went around Nick. "We'll start tomorrow."
With that decided, everyone settled in for the night inside of the temple in their own sleeping bags.
As they all drifted off to sleep...
"Goodnight Owen," Andy said.
"Night Jake," Owen said.
"Goodnight Ethan," Jake yawned.
"Goodnight Kyle," Ethan said.
"Night Andy," Kyle finished.
"You've GOT to be kidding me," Xander muttered as he went to sleep.
The Bradley's grinned. At least they could sleep a little better tonight knowing that they had a plan to help their family escape...