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Chapter 6

"Vengeance Part 2"

"Tori?!"

She smiles weakly in return as she stumbled her way down the steps of Dr. Oliver's ancient civilization base. Hunter was able to catch her in time before hitting the ground. "Oh man, are you okay?" Hunter asks worriedly as he situates her down on one of the stair steps. She slouches her body over and rested her head on his shoulder. Everyone else gathers around Tori as they noticed a deep cut on the side of her forehead. Hayley immediately got up to get the first aid kit to heal the wound.

"Tell us, Tori." Dustin urges for some answers as all eyes turn to her. Everyone in the room was relief to see that she was alright. "Tell us what happened."

She winced in pain and began parting her lips to speak. "I was driving, on my way to the beach..." She said so weakly, "when suddenly Elsa appeared out of nowhere. I was distracted so I had to pull over to the side. That's when I hit this big tree." Her eyes narrowed. "It was my mistake. I should have ran that witch over when I had the chance." Hunter smirked as everyone exchanges surprised glances. It was the first time anyone as heard her say such a thing that made her sound so violently vicious. But they knew all too well that she wasn't in the mood for small talk after everything she has been through in a single day.

"So what happened after that?" Conner asks as Hunter accepts the first aid kit from Hayley.

She brushes her hair back before answering. "Well, I hit my head against the steering wheel before the airbags came up. At that point I couldn't move. Elsa grabbed me from the driver's seat, and took me down. I tried defending myself, but she was too strong and I could barely walk."

"Listen." Tommy kneals down in front of her. "The important thing is that you're alright, and that you are safe."

"What did she want from you?" Ethan asked.

Tori nodded her head. "I don't know. All I remember is that I got beat." They continue to listen carefully. "I was knocked out cold for awhile and when I woke up she was gone. Then there was the explosion. I got away long enough to escape from it, then made my way over here."

Shane sighed in relief. "Well thank Goodness you're okay. You got us all you scared, especially Hunter." The skaterboy looked his way. "He started freaking out."

"Did not!" The dirty blonde crossed his arms. Dustin smirks playfully at him as the others chuckled.

"Oh yeah, dude. You were."

Tori faces him as his cheeks begin to turn a lighter shade of red. He looks at her with a weak and embarrassed smile. "I didn't think you'd care, Hunter." She joked.

"Yeah. Um sorry to ruin this greeting card moment," Conner interrupts, "but we still have to find Kira."

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"Tori..." Kira pants breathlessly while taking a few steps back in her fighting stance. The evil blonde grins maliciously as she follows her every move. "What do you think you're doing?"

Tori laughs. "To destroy you." She paused in mid sentence as she makes a fist to her side for preparation. "And for good this time!"

Kira nodded her head. "Oh no." She thought in disbelief. "What did they do to you?"

Tori stops and glares at her. "Enough talk!" Impatience filled her voice as Kira stood still in bewilderment. "Let's finish where we left off, shall we?" She slowly gets into her fighting stance.

Kira gulps nervously. "Do I even have a choice?"

There was a small pause as both women stared at each other carefully. Tension mounts when suddenly Tori makes the first move. "Hiya!" Kira ducks to the side and spun around with a backhand. "Ha!" Tori blocks as she swung her arm over the yellow dino ranger, but misses. She tried using the other, but was stopped when Kira grabbed both arms from behind and held it. Tori grunts in pain, as she was force to listen.

"You know," Kira started off while tightening her grip, "we could've worked this out if you weren't so stuck up!"

The blonde glares her way. "Is that all you got?!" Tori kicked her leg, now in full control as she twisted both arms under her grasp. Kira yelped painfully as she struggles to release her grip.

"Hey!" Kira flips over and leg sweeps her to the ground. Tori retaliates as she flips back up with a roundhouse kick to the stomach. "Whoa!" Kira falls back and looks on in horror.

"You're finished!"

"No, Elsa!" A dreadful voice spoke from behind as Tori's balled fistfroze in midair. "Not yet." Kira turns around once Mesogog appeared from a portal.

"Elsa?" She whispers while looking up. All of a sudden she was confused.

"But Master--"

"Do as I say, Elsa!" He snapped. "We must use her to get to the others."

She was force to obey as she slightly nodded her head. "Yes, my Lord."

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Hayley, Tommy, Conner, Ethan, Shane, and Dustin all surrounded the computer, leaving the other two off to their own world.

"Ouch!" Tori hissed once Hunter gently cleans off the cut on her forehead with a rag which consist of rubbing alcohol. "That hurt!"

He scoffs irritably as she continues to fidget. "Stop moving, will yah. I still have to put the band aid on." She calmed herself down and stood still has Hunter blew gently on the wound before placing the band aid over it. She looks up at him as he cups her face. "There." He winks. "All done."

She no longer feels pain as she smiles sweetly at him in return, followed by a vague whisper. "Thank you."

"Hey, guys." Dr. Oliver, Conner, Trent, and Ethan made their way over to them. "We must find Kira."

"Let us go with you." Shane insist on tagging along as Tommy turns his gaze over to Tori.

"I'm going too." She tells him directly, knowing all too well that she was going to be asked to stay due to her condition. "If Elsa shows up, I want a chance at her."

"But you're hurt!"

She searches Hunter's eyes carefully. "And our job is to protect, Hunter. I'm not going anywhere without a fight."

Stubborn as she is, he just nodded his head in defeat. "Okay. But can you walk?"

"Yes, dofus." She rolled her eyes while slowly getting up without his assistance. "I can walk."

Tommy places a hand on Tori's shoulder, keeping in mind that he can no longer talk her out of it. "Fine. But we must hurry."

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Ninja class sessions have ended, run by chosen leaders of each element. Kapri and Marah had nothing else to do for the remainder of the day as they stop by at Reefside to get something to eat

"Are you sure this is the place?" Kapri questions as she and Marah stood outside in front of Hayley's Cyberspace Cafe.

The lovely brunette nodded her head. "Uh huh. Dustin and Tori said so. Why?"

"I don't know." She shrugged as she watched young teenagers enter the building. "It just doesn't seem like a place that we'd go to."

Marah grunted, knowing exactly what she meant. "We're still as young and hip as they are, Kapri. We may not be in high school anymore, but still..." she lost her train of thought. "Ugh, come on. I'm hungry." Marah grabbed her hand and dragged her along a few steps behind.

A few moments later, the two walked inside, only to be greeted by a blonde stranger who they've seen before. "Hey!!!" Her eyes were fixated on Marah. "Have we met before?" Kapri turns to her sister quizzically.

"I think so. Were you at the track watching motorcross a couple of weeks ago?"

"Yeah! That was it!" She squeals excitedly. "My name is Cassidy. Cassidy Cornell. I'm a reporter."

"I'm Marah, and this is Kapri." The pinkhead waved pathetically.

"Oh." The blonde forced a fake smile before facing Marah again. She could care less about Kapri. "Anyway, you are so pretty! I just love your hair."

"Really? Because I like yours too!"

"Oh my God! Really?!"

"Yeah! Totally!"

Kapri rolled her eyes. "Oh, brother. Can we just order already?"

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Mesogog and Elsa, back in her original form, spoke nearby, leaving Kira still huddled up against a wall. As they continue to work out their evil plan, she looked over to the side and noticed that she was only a few feet away from the dark green portal. Without any of the two noticing, Kira sneakily begins crawling backwards in that direction.

"That Blue Wind Ranger was able to escape the explosion." Mesogog hissed while nearing Elsa's face. "Is that how your brilliant plan works?"

"She was completely defenseless!" She exclaimed. "I thought--"

"Excuses!" He interrupted her as his voice increased in volume. "Failure after failure, Elsa. I suggest you think of a way to stay alive before I take action. My patience are running dry." Elsa glares at him. "Now, take the yellow ranger and lock her up. We'll discuss your lack of success later."

"Yes, Master." She turns back and noticed the yellow dino ranger was no longer in her original position. Elsa's eyes widened as she looks straight ahead where the smirking diva stood.

"You guys are so horrible at this stuff. I suggest tying up your hostages next time." Kira smirked. "See ya!"

Elsa gasps. "NO!"

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Meanwhile...

"This the spot?" Ethan questions as they stopped at a deserted intersection, a few miles from Dr. Oliver's home.

"It sure is." Conner nods. The others followed his lead.

"So, what are we doing here?" Dustin asks as they stood on the middle of the road. Shane and Hunter exchanged bewildered looks and shrugged their shoulders in unison.

"Well," Conner folds his arms while looking up, "we're waiting for Kira to fall from the sky."

Tori stares weirdly at him and chuckles, "What?"

"It's true." Ethan fills her in. "It happened before. Trust me."

She turns to their teacher as he nodded his head. "I'm afraid so, Tori. As weird as it sounds, I was there."

Dustin and Tori share a funny look. "So wait a minute." He scoffs. "You expect us to just stand here and watch her fall from the sky?"

The red dino ranger nods. "Uh yeah. That's pretty much it."

"That's ridiculous." Tori thought with a chuckle. "How is that even possible?"

Everyone began looking up, and waiting patiently for it to happen. After a split second, Kira appeared from the dark green portal and landed face down on the ground. Tommy, Trent, Conner, and Ethan went to help her up as the rest watched on in disbelief.

Tori turns awkwardly to the guys. "Did...that...just...happen?" Shane, Dustin, and Hunter weren't able to reply, as their jaws remain dropped to the floor.

"Kira, you alright?" Conner was the first one to ask as she shuffled to her feet. Trent and the others waited anxiously for her answer.

"Yeah..." She responded vaguely, followed by a loud groan. "Just fine."

"What happened?!"

Kira nodded her head. "I'll tell you all about it later." She looks up ,and to her surprise, finds Tori standing in front of her. "You." Kira whispers breathlessly with a nasty glare.

"Me?" The blonde points to herself in a state of confusion.

"Stand back, guys. She could be an imposter."

Hunter chuckles. "What? Did you hit your head that hard?"

Kira ignored his comment as both women stood face to face. Tori looked more confused than ever as the others exchanged bewildered looks. Just then, Kira closed her eyes, arms at the side and used her sonic scream, sending Tori in the air and landing on the ground hard. The guys all covered their ears in pain.

"What the hell is going on?!" Dustin yelled out.

"I don't know, dude! My ears are hurting!"

"AHH! The torture!"

The dino rangers look on in disbelief with their ears covered as well. The sound was just too excruciating to handle. "Kira, stop this!"

Her sonic scream subsided as she came to a complete stop. The guys all exchanged looks as Dustin, Hunter, and Shane ran up to Tori's aid. "What has gotten into you?" Trent questioned furiously.

"She could be Elsa!"

"But she was attacked by Elsa."

Kira studied his face carefully. "Oh." She suddenly felt guilty. "My bad."

"Oh?!" The guys help Tori up as she stares evilly at Kira. "You deliberately attacked me and all you can say is an oh?"

"You were cloned and it attacked me in Mesogog's lair. How was I supposed to know? Sorry." The apology sounded a bit too forced as Tori started walking towards her. It was obviously not enough to let go of.

The blonde muttered with determination. "Oh you're asking for it."

"Hey." Shane stops her from walking any farther. "What do you think you're doing?"

Tori abrupty brushes his hand off her shoulder. "Stay away. It's between us girls." The guys backed off, knowing she wasn't playing any games.

"Uh oh." Ethan turns to his female friend. "I think she's pissed."

"Maybe a shower will you cool off!" Kira looks on wide-eyed. Her voice sounded serious, and yet dangerous. "Ninja water blast!" Tori used one hand without the usually two and palms up towards Kira's direction. A flow of water start to appear as the force heads her way, "Hiyah!"

"WHOA!" Kira, not able to attack back with her sonic scream quick enough, shouted as water sent her flying towards the ground. She was now soak and wet as the others come to her aid.

"Kira!" Conner yelled. "You okay?" Trent, Tommy, and Ethan surrounded her as well.

"See. I told you she was pissed." Kira sits up and beams coldly at the former BlueWind Ranger, who was smirking her way. All eyes turn directly at Tori as they wait for an explanation.

She just crosses her arms. "Hmph. Now we're even."


A/N: Happy reviewing! (I'll do my best to update weakly, and maybe within a couple of days if I'm not busy. Hope you liked the new chapter!)