A/N: I apologize if it took me so long to update. Final exams got in the way, and my grades really depended on it. Because of that, I suffered a bit from writer's block as well. But now that it's over with, enjoy the next chapter and keep sending those reviews! Thanks.


Chapter 4

"Long Wait Ends"

"That blue wind ranger will get a taste of her own medicine for ever crossing my path!" Elsa snarls evilly after another upsetting defeat a few weeks ago. She viewed the tape of the dino and wind rangers working together and successfully destroying Lothor's army and putting an end to Mesogog's evil plans. She rewinds it back to where the yellow dino ranger and the blue wind ranger double-teamed on her. Elsa narrows her eyes and turns it off at the sight of defeat. "I've seen enough."

"Don't just stand there." Mesogog hissed quite dreadfully from his throne. "Do something about it."

Elsa turns to her master as he slowly steps down. "Yes, my lord."

"My patience are running low, and you better not fail me again this time, Elsa." His voice sounded deadly. "Get rid of her."

She smiles. "With pleasure, master."

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"You all did a great job." Dustin compliments his earth students of about nine as he puts them at attention after hours of training. They were breathing heavily and grunting in agonizing pain as he walks back and forth in front of them. "Although I kicked all your butts within less than a minute this time," he adds with a cocky smile, "I am impressed with the effort and improvement you've shown in the last couple of days. It's something to be proud of." He looks up and unexpectedly finds Hunter waiting close by. Dustin nods while turning back to his students. "Think about what just happened here, and we'll continue tomorrow where we left off. Class dismissed." They bowed respectably before parting ways. "Hunter," he begins walking towards him, "what are you doing here?" The two did their little handshake and ended it with a one-arm hug.

He stood back and smiles. "Well, Sensei Omino wanted me to pick something up from Cam and when I was about to leave I ran into you and your students. I didn't want to just walk in the middle of class, and interfere."

"Oh. Okay, dude. That's no problem. Since you're already here, do you want to crab a bite or something?"

"Actually," Hunter trails off and scratches the back of his head, "I was wondering if you know where Tori is."

"She should be done with class by now. Why you ask?"

"I just want to speak with her."

Dustin nods. "Is she still...you know," he stops and nudges his shoulder, "bummed out about Blake and his new girlfriend?"

Hunter chuckles. "Nah...I think she's upset that I even mentioned it, which is why I need to speak with her and apologize."

"Isn't she over it by now?"

"Yeah...but I still feel bad about it and we haven't spoken since that night."

As they stood on the middle of the woods discussing random things about both academies, streaks of blue, pink, and orange light zipped right past them as they paused into their conversation and followed it with their eyes. Suddenly, Tori, Marah, and Kapri appeared out of nowhere as they continue their sparing nearby. Hunter and Dustin watched on as Kapri and Marah double-teamed on Tori. The pinkhead attempted a roundhouse kicked as Tori blocked and leg sweeps Marah down to the ground. "Chyah! Ha!" Tori jolted back up and blocked one of Kapri's shots and flip her over, knocking Marah down as well with a kick to the stomach. The former blue wind ranger stood at a fighting stance, as two of her misfit students struggled to get up. Just then, another streak of blue came into view as a blonde sneaks behind Tori with a cheap shot to the back. Tori stumbled forward as she grabbed a hold of both arms behind. Marah and Kapri shuffled to their feet to take this 3 on 1 advantage into high gear when suddenly Tori retaliated and easily releases herself from Tally's grip. Tori flipped over her head and landed on the ground in a fighting stance as she motions her arms to call forth the command of water. The three froze and looks on wide-eyed as their sensei shoots water at them. "Hiya!" Marah, Kapri, and Tally stood still as they motioned their arms the same way to create the flow of water. Before they even know it, water was shooting in both directions. Dustin and Hunter watched on in amazement as both powers clashed and disappeared. A genuine smile appeared on Tori's face as she walked towards her students.

Bewildered, the three women exchanged looks. "Whoa...did that just happen?" Marah questions as Tori made her way towards them. They stood at attention before any of them could answer.

"Good job, ladies. You finally did it. You used your inner ninja to command the power of water. Congratulations."

Kapri arches her brow surprisingly. "Wow. I guess we did."

"No kidding." Tally adds.

"You may leave. Class dismissed."

The girls bowed to Sensei Tori and parted ways. She then turns around to greet Dustin and Hunter. "Hey, guys." Tori turns her gaze over to the dirty blonde in bewilderment due to his unexpected appearance. "What brings you here?"

"Oh." Hunter looks down at the scrolls he was holding. "Umm, just picking up a few things."

Marah approaches Dustin. "You ready to go?"

Tori and Hunter exchange looks. He smiles. "Yeah. Whenever you are." Dustin turns to his friends. "I'll catch you two later."

They smirked playfully. "Have fun."

Tori waves off to them before facing Hunter. "So..." She places her hands behind her back once Dustin and Marah disappeared through the portal towards the waterfall.

They were now alone as he smiles awkwardly. "Yeah...so..."

"You were saying?"

"Oh." He shook his head and chuckles. "Yeah, umm can we talk?"

She furrowed her eyebrows. "Sure. What about?"

"Blake." Tori grunted at the sound of his name. It's been months now since their feelings for one another have died out and she was getting fed up with her friends for mentioning the subject. Not that they were doing it in purpose because most of the time his name comes out of nowhere, but it was quite obvious to her that they weren't exactly convinced that she has moved on by now. "I mean," Hunter was caught off guard in mid sentence, "what we talked about a few nights ago. I meant what I said. You are a strong, talented, and gorgeous woman. Any guy would be lucky to have you, I'm just not the one..."

"Hunter, it's okay." She reassured him as she tucked a few strands behind her ear. "I was joking. I know what you meant."

"Oh." He bit his lip. "So no hard feelings then?"

Tori smiles. "Of course not. After all, you aren't exactly my type."

He scoffs exaggeratedly at the comment. "Is that how it is?"

"Oh yeah."

"Okay, I see. Just one more thing though." He smirks.

"What?"

"Who is that hot blonde chick that nearly kicked your butt?"

"You mean Tally?" Tori chuckled in disbelief.

"Yeah! She's hot." He grins.

Tori rolls her eyes. "I'm not surprise. You think every girl is hot."

"Besides you." She drops a jaw. "Nah, I'm kidding." He smiles playfully as he nudged her shoulder. The blonde gives him the evil eye. "What? Lighten up, dude."

"You didn't just come here to insult me did you?"

Hunter thought about it for a moment as he tilt his head to the side. "No, just to annoy you."

She grunted irritably and crossed her arms. "Weren't you about to leave?"

"Fine." He struts his way towards the waterfall, knowing he did his part to drive her to insanity. Hunter stopped dead in his tracks to look over his shoulder. "Call me." He joked.

Tori nodded her head in dismay. "Same ole Hunter." She thought with a small laugh as he disappeared through the portal. Tori went back inside the school's main building to pick up the remainder of her belongings before spending the rest of the day at the beach. She greeted a few students along the way before reaching the exit, where she was last seen.

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"That's right, Blondie." Elsa grins maliciously while staring at the monitor screen. She watched as the former blue wind ranger walked towards her blue van. "Yes...fall into my trap."

Moments later...

After school, Kira stopped by at a music store to pick up a few music sheets. Just as she was browsing through acoustic guitars, her communicator suddenly went on. "Well, that's a first." She thought as she hid behind a room for employees only. Kira looks around to make sure the coast was clear before responding. "Yeah?" She answered.

"Kira, it's Conner. Something bad has happened."

"Let me guess. Elsa and the rest of Mesogog's freaks finally decide to crash the party?"

"Worst. There's been a car accident."

"Car accident?"

"Ethan and I are at the crash sight. Meet us at Dr. O's as soon as you can."

She nods. "Alright, I'm on my way." Kira walked out when suddenly one of the employees of the music store blocked her way. "Whoa. Sorry." She said sheepishly.

The big guy crossed his arms. "What were you doing in there?"

"Oh...umm...I was just looking for the bathroom."

He looks at her weirdly. "Uh, it's over there."

Kira acted dumb as she stares at the direction he was pointing at. "Oh." She chuckles pathetically. "Thanks."

"No problem."

As she makes her way to the restroom, the singer looks over her shoulder to make sure he left. Once he entered the employees' only room, she took the opportunity to exit the store and find a way to get to Dr. Oliver's. Once Kira stepped outside, tyranodrones appeared from behind. To her surprise, she turns around in her fighting stance and gasps. "Whoa. Hey!" Mesogog's creatures began swarming all over her, making it difficult for the yellow dino ranger to fight them all at once. Kira tried hanging on while throwing a few punches and kicks to break free. "Hiya! Ha!" This continued on for awhile until suddenly there was not much left to do as more appeared from the portal. "No! Let go!" Kira beings losing self control as Tyranodrones held her back. It was already too late to call for help as they disappeared through the dark green portal without any witnesses.

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Ethan turns his gaze over to Conner from the passenger seat. He contacted Kira a few moments ago as they wait patiently in his red car. "So...what do we do now?" He asks as Conner looks straight ahead to where the accident took place. The van was now in bad condition as it crashed against a tree.

"We should see if anyone's in there and hope they're okay."

Ethan nods his head. "Alright, I'm with yah."

They slowly stepped out of the vehicle and walked cautiously towards the blue van. "Oh man. You think the driver lost control of the wheel?" Ethan suggested as he noticed tire marks on the road.

"I don't know." Puzzled, Conner stops dead in his tracks and looks on wide eyed. "Wait, look."

Once they've reached the driver's side, the windows were shattered into pieces and wrecked doors bust open as they discovered no one was in the vehicle.


Dun. Dun. Dun!