Chapter 5: The Love That Binds

Trent and Tori landed in Blue Bay Harbor, the sun shined in their faces as they walked out from back of the Alleyway and onto the streets. Trent crossed his arms and leaned against the wall as Tori paced around to see if anything was out of the ordinary. Tori brushed her hair out of the way and turned to Trent.

"They should be at Ninja Ops. We'll ambush them in the woods." She smiled evilly, "And then we can tear them limb from limb."

Trent snickered as he pushed himself off the wall and moved closer to her face, "If I'm not mistaken, you have something against these two don't you?"

She pushed him out of the way and began walking down the sidewalk, Trent grinned and followed, "I seen the way Kira and Blake look at each other." Tori responded, "For someone who is so in love with me, he sure shows it. I just wish he was still into me."

"Aw, is the blonde jealous?" Trent spun her around, "Sounds like someone has a weak spot, don't tell me you're going soft for this navy ranger."

She smacked him across the face, "Don't you talk to me like that." She sneered, "I'm going to destroy the both of them, no matter what."

"Good. Cause if you don't, I certainly will."

"Just try to keep up." Tori grinned.

Tori began to run down the sidewalk, with Trent swiftly following behind. Tori ninja streaked into the woods and walked around a tree, heading towards the entrance of the academy. Trent appeared in a blinding light and stood beside her, starring at the waterfall.

"This is."

"Yes." She began to walk forward, stepping onto the water, "Come on."

Trent hesitated, looking down at the deep water in front of him. He wasn't sure if he would be able to walk across it, not be a ninja and all but he decided to take a chance. He took a deep breath and stepped onto the water, closing his eyes. Not feeling his leg sink into the water, he opened them back up and realized he was standing on top.

"Trent!" Tori screamed through the large portal, "Quiet wasting time!"

Trent grumbled as he dashed through the portal and entered onto solid ground. He swiftly moved through the brushes and gawked at the huge academy in front of him. Tori was standing at the entrance door, she waved her hands for him to come down from the hill. He walked down, and the two of them entered the courtyards. The ninjas all stopped training and turned to see them. Tori smiled and waved as she made her way through, grabbing Trent by the hand. Eric Mcknight was studying under a tree, he looked up and noticed Tori, he dropped his books and ran over towards her.

"Hey Tori!" He exclaimed, "You came back!"

She smiled and nodded, "Hey Eric! Yeah, we go the power discs, we just need to pick up some items for the dino ranger."

"Really?" He turned, "Kira and Blake said the same thing. They're down at Ninja Ops."

"Thank you Eric." She glanced at Trent, "This is Trent. He's a friend of your brother."

"Hello." He extended her hand.

Trent forced a smile and did the best to act kind, "Hello, your brother told me a bit about you."

"Then he must of told you that I got the looks in the family."

"Right. Actually, there is something I need to talk to you about. Your brother asked me for a favor." He wrapped his arm around him, "I'll explain while Tori go and gets the others."

"Alright."

"Bye you two." Tori grinned and turned, "That fool." She muttered.

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"This should be it." Blake dug through the boxes, "The energy extractor disc."

"We should get back quickly then." Kira suggested.

"You two aren't going anywhere." Tori's voice echoed from the stairs.

She walked down and crossed her arms grinning at the two. Blake stuff the item in his pocket and glanced at Kira before walking forward.

"Tori." He spoke softly, "It's me."

She grinned and gave an innocent look, "Blake? Is it you?"

He nodded and moved closer, "Tori, it's good to see you again."

She took a step forward and waited for him to extend his arm for a hug. Taking the advantage, she grabbed his wrist, twisted it and flipped him over, and bent down, "I"m evil, not an idiot."

"Let him go!" Kira shouted.

She dashed forward and spun kicked at her. Tori let go of Blake and blocked the attack, grabbing Kira by the shirt and throwing her against the wall. She then turned and dodged an attack from Blake, slamming a fist into his face and gut before pinning him against the wall.

"Come on Tori!" He winced in pain, "You don't want to do this."

"Oh you have it wrong." She leaned towards his ear, "I'm enjoying every minute of it."

"You willing to destroy the ones you love?" He turned his neck to look at her, "I didn't think you would sink that low."

"Shut up." She sneered, "Then you don't know me at all!"

She grabbed him and threw him across the room and onto the table. Running forward, she flipped and slammed a fist down, but Blake rolled out of the way. He moved to help Kira up as they got into a fighting position.

"Look at me Tor." Blake shouted, "You really want to destroy me?"

Tori dashed forward and swung her fist. She stopped a few inches from his face and hesitated, breathing heavily. Blake blinked and smiled.

"I knew you couldn't do it Tori." He moved her arm out of the way, "There is still good in you."

"Don't make laugh." An angry voice spoke from behind, "If she wont do it, then I will destroy you."

The three of them turned to see Trent standing there. He grinned evilly as he moved forward and knocked Tori out of the way and grabbed Blake, tossing him into a wall. Kira gasped and stepped in front of him, grabbing him.

"Trent stop it!" She shouted, "What are you doing!?"

He grabbed his wrist and squeezed it tightly, "Didn't you hear? I'm back and evil as ever."

He kicked her legs from underneath her and threw her into Blake. Turning to Tori who shrugged and walked over to Ninja Ops Terminal.

"Tori don't do this!" Blake helped Kira back up again, "You know you're good."

She began to type on the terminal, searching through the applications and finding. She then activated the self destruction sequence. Turning towards Blake.

"Like I said, you don't know me at all." Tori grinned and moved past Trent, "Let's get out of here."

Trent nodded and moved towards Blake and Kira. He kicked away Blake and leaned in on Kira, sneering, "I'll see you around babe if you make out."

He laughed as he and Tori exited out of Ninja Ops, locking the entrance. Kira gasped as she ran towards the entrance and tried to unlock the hatch. Blake dashed to the computer, pressing random buttons.

"I can't shut it down!" He yelled to Kira, "This place is about to blow."

"The door wont open." She added, "Were trapped. Dammit! Trent! Trent!!"

Blake slammed his fist against the console and dashed to the stairs, trying to help Kira break the latch. He pulled her down and pushed her behind him.

"Close your eyes." He shouted, "I'm going to blast it open."

He used his Thunder powers to blast open the latch, grabbing Kira and heading out. He noticed all the ninjas laying on the ground in pain, he turned to Kira and grabbed her hand as they threw themselves into the air. Ninja Ops exploded behind them, sending scraps everywhere. They hit the ground hard, covering themselves.

"Sensei and Cam are so going to kill us." Blake grumbled, pushing himself up and watching the smoke rise, "Come on, we don't have time!"

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Tori and Trent appeared back at Mesogog's lair, they turned towards the sound of clapping. Dustin was sitting on the chair, grinning at them. Tori arched her brows in confusing, wondering what he was so happy.

"Congratulations." He grinned, walking around the two, "You got Eric but you let Kira and Blake escaped."

"At least we destroyed their Ninja Base." Tori crossed her arms, "And we can destroy them anytime we want."

"Then the perfect time is now." He turned, "And Eric will draw them all out."

Eric walked into the room and past Tori and Trent, standing beside Dustin, "Everything is set."

"How is this dolt going to bring us victory." Trent smirked, "He isn't even a ranger."

Eric moved and pushed him aside and wrapped his arms around Tori, "You don't need to be a ranger to actually have a plan." He grinned.

"Get your hands off me." Tori knocked his arm off, "Just don't touch me."

"I see you used the machine on him?" Trent stated the obvious, "I think you made him more cocky then devious."

"Just leave the planning to me." Eric began to walk away, "I'm going to go see my brother now."

Tori watched as he swiftly left before turning his attention to Dustin, "This plan better work."

"Yeah." Trent grinned, "Cause Tori is losing her evil touch."

"Shut up." She snapped back, "I wont let it happen next time."

"You better not." Dustin took a few step forward, "I want them all gone by tomorrow. Now if you excuse me, I have to take care of Mercer. There is only room for one villian. "

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