THE REASON - Part Seventy-One: The Heart of the Storm
Summary: Three teams of Rangers–Dino Thunder, Ninja Storm, Ninjetti– join together to put an end to Lothor and Mesogog's plans to destroy the world and take it for their own. But will it be enough?
Disclaimer: Power Rangers is not mine.
A/N: Okay, before you get confused, I have had the worst writer's block you can think of. So, these chapters aren't coming out as I would like. However, I will say this. This picks up where the last left off, with a few things coming from "Thunder Storm 2". But read and hope you understand. I swear, I'll get this story done before the year ends. May the powers always protect you.
"Look within to find the real power to win victory over all evil out there. Anything is possible for a ranger young or old." -Eclyptyk Neo
Cam Watanabe, Blake Bradley and Hunter Bradley walked through the alleyway where they had previously watched their friends toss the Dino Thunder Rangers around like rag dolls.
"This is nuts." Blake shook his head, protesting what the ex-Samurai Ranger was saying. "How do you expect we help the Dino Thunder Rangers without our powers? Shane, Dustin and Tori will kick our asses for sure."
"That's why we got to go back to the Abyss of Evil." Cam recalled, making it clear to his friends he wouldn't back down.
"We gotta get our powers back. It's the only way." Hunter nodded, agreeing with the ex-Samurai Ranger.
"Are you both nuts? We'll die trying to get those things back. I'm not going back there. We all know what's back there." Blake shook his head again.
"Yeah. Our powers." Cam said. "It is the only way we'll be able to beat Shane, Dustin and Tori, too."
"And you know you're gonna need all the help you can get if we are to survive this battle." A voice said from behind them.
The three young ninjas turned around falling into a defensive stance. But eased up with a sigh of relief when they saw the familiar faces of Rocky and Adam standing there. They all exchanged a quick greeting before heading down the alleyway.
"What are you guys doing here?" Hunter raised an eyebrow. "I would have thought you put the whole ranger thing behind you after what happened last year."
"Well, didn't you guys, too?" Rocky asked.
"Not by the looks of it. Just trying to help out the legendary ranger. Ya know, how he is sometimes." Adam shook his head.
"So, is it true about him creating the Dino Thunder Rangers?" Cam asked.
Rocky and Adam nodded almost disgusted that their friend was getting all this attention.
"Don't feel bad, guys. I hear it is a whole lot of work." Hunter said.
"Yeah, well, if anyone can do it, it's Tommy." Blake agreed.
"So, why don't we get to the Abyss of Evil and get those power coins back for you?" Adam said.
"I still think it is suicide." Blake sighed.
"The longer we stall, the more damage those three will cause." Cam instructed.
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Conner, Ethan and Kira returned to the cyber café hoping to relay what had happened only hours ago. But they really couldn't. Conner and Kira were sitting at the table trying to enjoy their smoothies, while Ethan was looking up information on the last ranger team.
He flipped through the sites, watching the clips of their epic battle. "It says here that the Ninja Storm Rangers fought like a hundred space aliens at once and won."
"After that battle, I would believe it." Kira looked away with discouragement.
"Oh, c'mon." Conner scoffed. "Those guys weren't so tough. If I could, I'd take them on right here, right now."
Then a strange wind entered the place setting a cold palace. Three figures emerged from the entrance. Things fell quiet as the dino thunder rangers exchanged a look. The three figures stopped to look at the teens sitting at the table. Each was dressed in a ninja uniform, and that only meant one thing. It was the Wind Ninja Rangers. The leader, who was dubbed in red, and was named Shane, according to Dr. Oliver's reports stood in the middle. He extended his hand out into the sky and then forced it out forward, with a powerful gust of wind escaping from it toward the dino thunder rangers.
The teens hit the ground as the gust of wind overtook the table and things around it. Other teens screamed and bolted out of the room, leaving the ninja storms rangers with the other rangers.
Conner growled getting to his feet with frustration. "Can I get you anything? A donut or maybe even a muffin?"
"I try to stay away from sugar. It makes me hyper." Shane said coolly.
"Get up. We have some unfinished business to attend to." The one donned in a teal ninja uniform. It was Tori.
The dino thunder rangers slowly got to their feet approaching their newest threat, eyes glaring. Conner was in the middle, Kira on his left and Ethan on his right. Shane took the lead of the ninja rangers with Dustin on his right and Tori on his left.
"Hey, she looks kinda cute." Conner commented with a smile.
"Yeah. In a sorta ninja-terminator sorta way." Ethan nodded.
Kira smacked Conner in the arm, pulling them back into reality. "Will you two focus here, please?"
"Oh, right. Sorry." Conner apologized as he took a step forward. His teammates following close behind him.
"Can we get on with this?" Shane growled as he took a step forward, with his own teammates following at his side.
"We don't want to fight you."
"Then we're just gonna have to destroy you."
"Is it really necessary to? We're all rangers here." Kira protested.
"Not by the looks of it." Dustin commented.
"We can take you anywhere. But we do it alone."
"And why would we agree to that?" Tori asked.
"It's called honor." Kira stated with a nod. "I thought you ninjas knew all about that."
Each of the dino thunder rangers looked into the eyes of their opposite hoping to find some signs of goodness remaining. But it was too hard to tell. There really wasn't anything there but cloudy darkness.
Shane took a step forward glaring at Conner. "Fine. Under the Harbor Bridge in one hour. Just the six of us. No one else."
"Fine. You're on." Conner nodded.
The ninjas looked at their opposite for some time then disappeared in a streak out of the room.
"Oh, ninja streak. How cool is that?" Ethan commented with a smile.
Conner and Kira looked at him with eyebrows raised, but said nothing as they began to clean up the mess left by the ninjas.
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Outskirts of Blue Bay Harbor.
Cam, Blake, Hunter, Adam and Rocky were hanging on the edge of the gaping hole leading down into the Abyss of Evil. Each were attached to a set of harnesses and ropes, ready for the descend to the mysterious abyss. But the look on their faces met with a lot of fear and determination to get this done and over with.
"Can I say that this is still a really bad idea?" Blake asked, having the biggest doubt of the team.
"We're gonna need those power coins if there will be any chance to destroy Lothor's plans." Cam instructed.
"Can we just get this done and over with?" Hunter protested.
Adam exchanged a look with his best friend and was the first to jump off the edge, setting his feet on the side of the cliff. "We stick together. If we lose each other, we're doom."
The team nodded and followed the skilled black ninja into the hole.
Minutes passed.
The descend was slow and easy. They couldn't risk taking it in one leap, or someone was bound to be lost. The team came to a stop at the very bottom of the abyss removing themselves from the ropes. The stench of the place had picked up as each of them tried to clear the area around their nose, but the smell was too strong. They explored the area, wondering why is was so quiet in the darken, smelly cave.
Cam walked a few steps forward and pointed out the object floating in the air in the distance. It was his Samurai amulet.
"Yeah, funny how no one is watching it." Hunter scratched his head with confusion.
"I don't like this." Rocky took a step back. "It's quiet. Way too quiet."
Then a group of figures appeared before them in a cloudy smoke. They all fell into a fighter's stance as each could make out Kelzaks and Zurgane, Lothor's loyal henchmen.
"You had to say it, didn't you?" Blake mocked his brother in sadness.
The team launched themselves forward toward their aggressors. Each showed off their unique ninja fighting style, but it was hard to win over their enemies when none of them really had their powers to help them.
Time passed.
The team was growing tired and restless. Even if they could win, it would be a miracle. But then Zurgane launched an electrical attack that shook the entire area. The team fell to their knees clinging to the cliffs, hoping not to fall over. But Blake slipped and was heading for the center. Hunter called out to him and dove catching his brother before gripping the lip of another cliff.
Zurgane barked out an insult as he disappeared along with the Kelzaks, leaving the rangers to their doom.
Cam raced to grab a hold of Hunter's hand, but was pulled off the cliff by the weight of the two brothers. Adam leapt from his own piece of a cliff and grabbed a hold of Cam's legs as he planted his feet onto the ground.
"Thank you, frog powers. Yo, Rocko. Get over here. I need some help." Adam called out to his friend.
Rocky nodded and jumped from his own cliff to the mess hanging over the edge. He helped Adam pull the young ninjas back on the cliff as each breathed a sigh of relief.
Each laid there catching their breaths unsure what to make of the recent events.
"Can we just get our powers and get out of here?" Blake groaned.
"I agree." Rocky nodded. "I figured Zurgane is off to tell Lothor that five clumsy rangers fell to their deaths trying to get their powers back."
"Well, let's keep it that way. Act of surprise is better than nothing at all." Cam said.
"Or death. We wouldn't want that." Adam shook his head.
Cam slowly got to his feet and leapt for the amulet that once used to be his. They slowly descended down the path to find the Crimson and Navy Thunder Coins carved into the base of the wall. And at the very bottom of the pit, the Wind Ninja Power Coins. They quickly got out of there, but kept their eyes and ears open for anything else out of the ordinary. They had to get back to Reefside quick.
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Tommy paced the room in frustration. He hadn't heard from Rocky or Adam and was starting to get a little worried about if anything had happened to them. He hoped it didn't and couldn't afford the lose if anything did happen.
Aisha and Kim could only watch their former leader pace the room with agitation. They knew he didn't really want to be disturbed. He had zoned out and was focused on only one thing. Getting to the bottom of this and destroying the evil in the Wind Ninja Rangers. Trent was there helping Hayley out, but they too hadn't gotten anywhere with this problem.
Trent turned to his teacher, not liking the agitation growing. He approached his teacher cautiously.
"Where could they be?" Tommy protested, running a hand through his hair in frustration. "They should have been back by now."
Trent tapped his teacher on the shoulder, which had him jump and set glaring eyes on his student. "Whoa. Calm down, Dr. O. Look, there must be a good reason to why they haven't come back yet. Just give it time."
Tommy forced out a breath, looking at the concerned faces on him. He shook his head. "Yeah, you're right, Trent. But time is something we may not have right now." he looked around the room, noticing there were people missing. "Where did Conner, Ethan and Kira go?"
"Back to the cyber café to clear their heads." Kim said slowly.
"So, what do we do now, fearless leader?" Aisha asked, hoping to get a smile on her friend's face.
He let a gentle one pass, but it was clear he was serious about the situation. "We're sitting ducks. We can't do anything until we find where the other ninja rangers are and what damage Shane, Dustin and Tori will do next."
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One hour later.
The dino thunder rangers had made it to the challenge set by the ninja storm rangers. But there was nothing they really could do with their enemies. They were skilled, even without their real powers. They were strong. They were skilled. They had a lot of experience.
Conner had went up against Shane, using every line of what he had learned in the past year to beat him, but failed. Ethan went up against Dustin in a battle of strength. And Ethan was shocked to see the moves his opponent played on him. He knew ninjas, from his own experience with his ninja mentors, but this guys was tough. Kira went against Tori, but there was really no victor there. It was the powers of the ptera against the powers of water, and each had their fair share of hits.
The Ninja Storm Rangers met up beside their leader as the Dino Thunder Rangers assembled by their own leader.
"This is pointless." Tori growled with frustration at the set-back.
"Shall we?" Shane asked.
His teammates nodded as they threw their hands up into their morphing signature, but was stopped short when another voice called out to stop the battle.
Three people jumped from over a railing on the other side underneath the bridge to meet the six rangers in the center of the action. They bowed slightly to their Dino Thunder Ranger counterparts before turning to their own kind.
"Wait, Blake?" Kira took a step forward realizing the familiar face among the three new arrivals. "That's how I know you. You're a power ranger."
"Good. Cuz we can use all the help we can get." Ethan nodded.
"We're not here to help you guys out. We stick with our own kind." Blake shook his head.
More insults were set toward the Dino Thunder Rangers as they took a step back in confusion. They didn't like how this was turning out, and they had no idea if Rocky or Adam ever found them in time to stop the evil from spreading. Each of the ninja rangers looked at the lone trio on the other side of the battlegrounds. It fell silent, and as the ninja rangers were about to morph, the new trio stopped them again.
Cam held out his hand and instructed Shane, Dustin and Tori to take hold of those power coins sitting in his hand. They had even more power than the ones in their possession now, and would bring about an easier end to their foes across the way. Though they were hesitant, the wind ninja rangers did what they were told.
They replaced the evil power coins with the others and pushed a button on their morpher. The power of the coins threw them off-balance, in turn each was zapped with their given ranger color as they hit the ground. And with a sigh of relief, the other ninjas helped their friends to their feet, the evil deeds no longer present in their mind.
Cam, Hunter and Blake began telling their friends of the discover of Lothor in the area and that they were tricked to do his dirty work. They didn't want to believe it for one second until they saw the confusion on the dino thunder rangers' faces. Adam and Rocky came out from their hiding place among the bushes instructing the young team to report back to the lab to discuss a few things. And they knew that Tommy was getting a little worried about the status of the situation.
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The hour passed slow in the lab. Trent was sparring with the other ninja rangers, Kim and Aisha to pass the time. Tommy and Hayley worked constantly from their place at the computer stations to find answers, but they were getting nowhere in the search. But it fell silent when the forest entrance began to open, and all activity came to a halt as they turned to look at who was there.
The Wind Ninja Rangers were the only ones standing there, and each felt their heart sunk with defeat. Tommy walked over to the three young ninjas, his eyes narrowed as he tried to pick up on any signs of goodness there. But it was shielded by a cloud of darkness.
"So, we meet again, Falcon Ranger." Shane said coolly as he bowed.
"So, we have, Shane. Where are the others?"
"Now, why would that be a concern to you? They've already been destroyed. Would you like to join them?"
The other young ninjas fell into a fighter stance along their leader, as Trent, Kim and Aisha met their leader in the middle of the room.
A silence fell into the room. No one moved, only sets of eyes rolling each of them trying to find the person beneath the mask of cloudiness.
Then Shane dropped his hands, shaking his head and bursted out laughing.
Tommy breathed a sigh of relief. "Man, you know, you're starting to take this whole joking around thing a little too far, Shane."
"Just testing you, man. The spell has been broken." Shane chuckled as he walked up to greet his friend with a handshake. "How ya been, Tommy?"
The other ninjas moved toward the group in the center of the room introducing themselves to the new faces.
"So, I hear you have your own team, now. How does that work out?" Dustin asked.
"Long story." Tommy shook his head. "But I am serious. Where are the others?"
"Did you miss us?" a voice called from the entrance.
A whole line of figures stepped into the room greeting each other as they came. It was the rest of the team. Adam, Rocky, Conner, Kira, Ethan, Cam, Hunter and Blake. With greetings exchanged and a brief summary of the last few hours, the team had to get down to business and fast. There would have to be no mistakes with this battle. The younger rangers were stationed on the stone blocks set in the corner that was yet to be finished in the near future. Tommy took front and center with the original ninjas stationed behind them. Hayley found her place among them in a side chair, making note of the plans that the legendary ranger was filing out.
"…we can't have any mistakes. If we do, we could all be paying for it." Tommy instructed. "It is clear that Mesogog and Lothor have in fact, teamed up. But whatever they are planning still remains in mystery. We got to work quick. End this now, before it gets worse. And this is what I got set, I ask that the Ninja Storm Rangers and the other Dino Thunder Rangers will continue to monitor Reefside for any strange activities. Without a doubt, I know that they will be attacking head on against us." He turned to look at his old team, the original ninjas. "This will give you guys a chance to get up to the island fortress and possibly put an end to Mesogog and Lothor for good. And find where they are holding Sensei Kanoi and the other ninja students. With all of their forces against us, they should be somewhat vulnerable."
Adam nodded, but the others weren't liking it.
"Suicide mission. No way. I already had to deal with one today, I don't need another." Rocky protested.
"Nuh-uh. 'Somewhat vulnerable?' No offense, Tommy, but evil sorcerers and us don't exactly match." Aisha said.
"We don't have our powers." Kim said.
"Who says you need a power coin to give you power. You guys have enough power combined to do something." Tommy shook his head. making it clear he didn't want to hear their arguments.
"And did you hear what I just said? It is a suicide mission waiting to happen. Remember what happened last time?" Rocky said with a sigh, shaking his head.
"Last time won't be this time. You guys have more than enough power among the four of you to contribute to this battle, and I know how you guys are about wanting to get involved. So, here is your chance. The powers of your animal spirit and the ninja will always protect you guys."
"Thanks for the encouraging speech." Aisha mocked with annoyance, knowing her former leader was right.
"Aren't I always? So, you guys ready to get things rolling?"
Then the alarms went off and everyone turned to the monitor. The younger rangers all rising to their feet as they circled around the legendary ranger.
Tommy nodded to the teams indicated it was time for some action. "It's showtime. Let's get going."
The three different ranger teams raced out of the lab into the very battle that could cost them everything. But they had a job to do, and it was something they had to do. That was the life they lived.
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The team raced through the woods, settling on the lip of the rock quarry looking down at the line of aggressors awaiting for their arrival. Each team watched the other waiting for one to make the move that could change the entire outcome of the battle.
"Let's be careful. But let's get it done." Tommy instructed.
Conner took a step forward. "You guys ready?"
"Ready!" everyone proclaimed as they all took a step forward.
"Dino Thunder! Power Up!" the four dino thunder rangers announced as they performed their signature morphing call.
"White Ranger! Dino Power!" Trent announced.
"Ninja Storm! Ranger form!" the three wind rangers announced.
"Thunder Storm! Ranger form!" the two thunder rangers announced.
"Samurai storm! Ranger form!" Cam announced.
"It's Morphin' Time! Ninja Power!" the four original ninja announced.
One-by-one each of the teams were transformed into their ranger form. Each of them calling their respective power as the transformation was complete. The dino thunder rangers and ninja storm rangers leapt into the rock quarry, as the original ninja rangers turned and headed for the place where Hayley had a lock on an invisi-portal. The original ninjas were back in their respective ninja uniforms of black, red, yellow and pink with the significant gold encrusted plate indicating their inner animal.
As for the dino thunder and ninja storm rangers, they had paired up to take on their aggressors, hoping to get the battle done quickly. Shane and Conner took the lead, with Tommy, Blake and Hunter following close behind. Ethan was using some fancy work on his hovercraft while Dustin relied on his skills with the ninja cycle to take out his opponents. Kira and Tori were a formidable female duo going up against Elsa. And Cam rode along Trent's ATV to assist in taking out Shumatzu's trio of wolves.
It was clear their enemies would stand no chance against them, but it didn't mean they were ready to give up the battle. They weren't about ready to give up to a bunch of multi-colored spandex-wearing brats that destroyed all their chances of a victory. The ranger team was good, and they were full of plenty of surprises for their aggressors.
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The original ninja rangers had hitched a invisi-portal to the island fortress, and by the looks on their faces, they wanted to get out of there ASAP.
They slowly moved through the corridor as Rocky took the front end, while Adam took the back in. It was clear that they didn't want anything to happen to the girls, and they didn't like to be treated as damsels in distress, but they were only do it out of protection. They were all full of great talent as ninjas, but it was only a question to figure out if they could find a way out of there alive along with what they were hoping to free. Sensei Kanoi and the ninja students.
Rocky came to a halt just as a line of Tyrannodrones were coming his way. For a moment, no one moved as the T-Drones looked at them with some confusion. But the confusion was lost quickly when Rocky pile drove his way through and another battle went down.
"Did you really have to do that, Rocky?" Aisha protested.
"Just like old times." he called out as he sent one of the dino-faced soldiers into another one.
"'Just like old times.'" Kim shrugged and moved toward another line of T-Drones.
The team fell into place, sending the T-Drones to the ground with no real hesitation.
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Time passed.
Shane and Conner had done away with most of the evil army with the use of their battlyzers. And the rest of the rangers were putting the rest of the evil army back where they came from. There was no real challenge with the help coming from both ranger teams.
The battle was already won, and the victory belonged to the Power Rangers. Like always.
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Mesogog's island fortress.
The original ninja team had done away with the T-Drones, and were moving quickly through the corridor to find what they needed and get outta there. They were getting really agitated to find that they were at a stand-still, and they could get no real communication with the other ranger teams or Hayley to see what the status was. There was an interference.
"Do you have any idea where we are going?" Kim asked Adam, who was now in the lead.
"My only real solution is that Lothor and Mesogog have the other ninja students and Sensei locked up somewhere close for them to keep an eye on them." he said.
Then they came to another halt when two figures dressed in what appeared to be an animated Japanese comic book.
"Whoa! Who are you guys?" one of the anime-like girls asked.
"That depends, are you a friend or an enemy?" Rocky took a step forward.
"Well, obviously you guys are ninjas like us. Cool uniforms. I'm Marah." the one dubbed in a red headband announced, holding out her hand. "This is Kapri."
"Look, we don't have time for this. Do you know where Lothor and Mesogog are?" Kim asked.
"Why do you want to know? If I were you guys, I'd try to stay away from them." Kapri shook her head.
"We're trying to find where they hid the ninja students and Sensei Kanoi." Adam said.
Marah held out a bottle. "You mean these students?"
"And what about Sensei Kanoi?" Rocky asked.
"We were gonna go get him right now?" Marah said with a nod.
"And Lothor and Mesogog?" Adam asked taking a step passed them.
The two anime-like girls pointed up the hall, and before the team could say anything else, Adam was already moving down it. Rocky knew he wouldn't leave his friend alone with the two sorcerers and there was no way Aisha was gonna sit there and let them take all the credit for a victory. Kim followed, not wanting to miss any of the action.
They all came to a halt in the main lab, caught behind the loss of movement by their black frog friend. When they looked across the way, they saw the stern looks of the dino-faced menace and the skilled ninja sorcerer.
"Um…not good." Rocky breathed as he turned for the door, but it had already sealed them in.
The ninjas looked from the sealed door to their aggressors across the way.
"We've been expecting you, my ninja friends." Mesogog hissed a greeting bowing.
"Now, what?" Aisha said behind clenched teeth.
"No matter what, the powers will always protect us." Adam peered over his shoulder at her. "We gotta do what we gotta do."
Rocky took his place beside his friend as the two evil beings lined up waiting for their attacks. The ninja team looked at each other briefly and launched themselves into battle against their aggressors.
Time passed slow.
Both of the evil sorcerers were skilled, and their powers were far more greater than the ninja team. Adam launched a flying kick toward Lothor's turned back, but as he sent Aisha away, he quickly turned around, caught the frog ninja and threw him into Rocky who ran to assist. Kim tried her best to keep Mesogog away just as Rocky launched himself over the dino-faced menace and throwing a kick his way.
But they were tough. And the ninjas were showing signs of fatigue fast. They would luck if they got out of there alive.
The ninjas were locked against a wall, catching their breaths.
"So, this is it? This is how we're gonna go out?" Rocky let out a painful breath as he grabbed the side of the body.
"We can't just give up." Adam shook his head.
"No. But you can be destroyed." Mesogog hissed as he approached the weaken team.
"Good-bye, Power Rangers." Lothor grinned a wide smile of victory.
Kim and Aisha were sure not going to give up the fight as they took a confident step forward. They looked at each other briefly before closing their eyes and calling on their animal spirits to guide and give them extra power. The guys knew what they were up to and felt the surge of power connect the four of them as they joined in the formation of their animal powers and spirits.
Each called out their respective ninja animal as the area around them began to glow with a bright gold light. They all threw their hands forward into as an energy surge went flying into their aggressors, sending them across the room into the lab equipment on the far end. Sparks flew and the place shook with a huge rumble. But the energy drained the rangers as the light cleared, they were all on their knees catching their breaths with exhaustion.
It fell silent as they looked up to see the smoke slowly clear.
"Is it over?" Rocky breathed, looking at his friends.
"I'm not convinced." Adam shook his head.
And he was right. A series of evil laughter escaped from the clearing smoke and two figure rose from the darkened room. There they were. Lothor and Mesogog back on their feet, with a few scratches and slightly dazed, but very much alive.
The ninjas breathed a breath of shock, but each of them were still too weak to move.
"You are weak, rangers." Mesogog hissed. "Weak without your power coins."
"That's impossible." Kim shook her head.
"We gave it everything we got." Rocky growled.
The two evil beings cleared passed the smoke slowly walking over to the weakened ninjas. They slowly pushed themselves to their feet, backing into the wall, but that would do them no good. None of them had any energy that could defeat or stall the evil beings for the others to escape.
Then a line of lasers flew through the room toward the evil beings. They fell to the ground letting out a painful breath.
"Forgetting about me?" a voice called out from the shadows.
Mesogog and Lothor turned to the voice, as did the ninjas in confusion when they saw the black dino thunder ranger standing there suited up and ready for battle.
"Tommy!" the team proclaimed with relief.
Mesogog quickly got to his feet and ran toward the legendary ranger. Tommy moved away, administered a kick and disappeared out of view using his dino gem. Mesogog growled as he clawed through the air to find the legendary ranger. Lothor began to throw things, hoping to hit the invisible ranger, but he was already across the way, helping his teammates back to their feet still cloaked by his gem.
"Thanks for showing up right on time." Rocky said sarcastically, as he noted the aura radiating off the spot where their invisible friend stood.
Tommy was helping Kim and Aisha to their feet, still hidden. "Give me a break. It took awhile. But, new plans. Fall out. What's done is done, we need to get out of here before these two go completely lethal on us."
As Adam got to his feet, Tommy released the connection on his gem only to be pushed away as Mesogog and Lothor charged at the team.
The five rangers moved toward their aggressors, giving all they could to keep them at bay. But the four ninjas had already taken a bad beating and Tommy had to work twice as hard to keep their aggressors away.
"So, where are the others?" Aisha asked.
"Back at the lab. I'd call them if we needed help." Tommy instructed.
"I think we may need some help." Rocky groaned as he hit the ground beside Tommy.
"We gotta move quick." Tommy helped him to his feet as he blocked a shot from Mesogog forcing him back. "Hayley has an invisi-portal running at about two minutes in order for us to make our escape. We gotta move, now."
Tommy shoved his friends toward the door as the kept Lothor and Mesogog back with a wind-strike attack from his brachio staff. They protested not to leave him behind to take on them while they made for an escape, but he demanded they get out of there. He launched an energy orb toward the ceiling to shake up the place and send the two evil beings off-balance. Tommy forced his friends out the door as he turned to look at the evil beings one last time.
Tommy closed his eyes fell into a silent state and concentrated on summing up all of his powers, of the ninja and dino. A radiant light filled up area where he stood and when he opened his eyes, he found himself now standing in his white falcon ninja uniform. He heard the echoing cry of his animal spirit call out to him, feeling the energy surge and sent his hands forward to deliver the powerful blow. And as he did, he heard the cry of the frog, ape, crane and bear join his own with another line of energy toward their aggressors. But with the brightness of the light, they were forced to shield their eyes and could not tell who or what the energy power had struck. Rocky and Adam catch their breaths, feeling the weakness of their knees, but saw the most from their leader now on his knees. They collected him up and didn't think about looking back, only wanting to get out of their before all of their energy was drained.
The team didn't question what had happened, and didn't plan to with the other rangers, knowing it was something their bond as ninjas would be meant to be for them alone.
The team jumped into the invisi-portal located at the end of the hallway and were gone without saying another word.
Meanwhile, back in the main lab of the fortress…
The smoke cleared the dino-faced silhouette had found his way out of the deadly blow to see the motionless body of Lothor laying on the ground. He collected the man into his grasp and used his telekinetic powers to do away with the evil ninja sorcerer for good. And Lothor was nothing more than a specimen in one of Mesogog's glass containers.
Mesogog breathed a sigh of victory as he placed the new prize on the shelf alongside his other specimens. "Next time, Oliver. You won't be so lucky."
To be continued…
A/N: okay, I know you're confused. I am a little too with the signs of the holiday season. But, I told myself I had to get this story done. So, here it is laid out. I got about ten more chapters to go, but that will leave one more post after this. If you want a sequel, I will give it to you. If not, this is getting shelved with all my other works of writing. And basically, you won't see much of the original crew as of now. It's gonna be focused more on the dino thunder rangers, and Kim's transition into Reefside. That's a lot to fill in in ten chapters, but I'm sure I can get it done. All you got to know about the original ninja rangers is that their powers may tie into a future work of writing in the future, but for now will be pushed aside. Obviously, from this ending, the ninja storm rangers and original ninjas will be returning to their normal lives. Other than that, I don't have much else to say expect I hope I didn't confuse you completely. If I did, my apologizes and hit me with an email if you're confused or concerned. I'll see ya when I do. And may the powers always protect you.