Nature force… Ranger form

Raine came out from the waterfall and started her way to the woods. There, she could hear the trees and the birds, the wind and the water… "I must follow my instinct, as Sensei said" she thought. So, she stopped and took a deep breath, and entered in a very deep meditation. Inside her head she could see images… could hear sounds… "Go to the cave, inside the mountain" she heard.

When she opened her eyes, the trees were showing her the way. All the branches were pointing out to her right. The way was long but she had fresh water from the stream and fruits from the wild bushes.

Some hours later, she was to the feet of the mountain. "I suppose that the next step is climbing" she told to herself, and started her way up. Besides, climbing was her favorite sport.

While in the Ops…

"There's no trace of her. Dad there's something wrong!" said Cam with concern in his voice. "Then she found the right place, son" said Sensei calmly.

Raine was about to get the entrance to the cave. "Just some more meters" she told herself.

When she finally got there, she had to rest. Her strength was almost extinguished. She sat down leaning her back to the wall. "I'm hyperventilating!" she thought. Some minutes later she stood up and started walking inside…

"There's no light here" she said. But her eyes were soon accustomed to the darkness, like cats'. Suddenly, in front of her a white light appeared. She had to close her eyes because of the brightness. With her eyes half closed, she walked to the light. In a moment she saw, in the wall, a piece of white stone glowing. She tried to touch it. It was cold as ice, but the light was so warm. "Maybe… just maybe… that is what Sensei was talking about" she thought. Now, concentrating all her inner ninja power she reached out to touch the stone, and with a gentle movement, she took it off. "It is beautiful!" she thought.

In a second, the stone started trembling in her hand, and something hit her in her stomach so hard that she was thrown to the wall. With the stone still in her hand she tried to stand up, when she realized that all her body was now glowing with the stone.

She put the stone in her pocket and ran to the cave entrance. She started her way down, very carefully. Her heart was now pumping like a drum. "I can not fail" she told to herself. "Not this time. Not again".

About two meters from the ground, she just jumped and fell down on her feet perfectly. "Well done, Raine" she heard inside of her head.

Now, she had to run again to the woods.

"Dad, she disappeared!" said Cam, while the rest of the Rangers were looking at the monitor desperately. "Please, try to find her!" said Tori. "Cam, we must do something!" said Blake. "Maybe she is in danger!" said Hunter. "Rangers, don't panic!" said the Sensei, "please trust me and above all, trust her. She's doing right!"

Deep in the woods, Raine suddenly stopped, feeling a familiar noise. In front of her was the panther she had saved. "Hey, you again, nice to see you!" said Raine with a friendly roar. The panther roared back. "What? Do I have to fight you? Why?" she asked. The panther roared again. "What do you know about my power?" she asked while avoiding the panther attack. The animal roared again and jumped over her.

At the Ops, suddenly an image appeared in the monitor. "Look! It's Raine!" Hunter said. "Yes, she is fighting against a…" Blake stopped. "Isn't that the panther she saved?" asked Tori. "Yes, the same one. But why?" asked Cam, now his eyes were wide open. "Never trust in a panther!" said Dustin angrily. All the rest gave him a grim look.

Raine tried to pull the panther back, but she was firmly stuck against the ground. The animal was really heavy, and in a moment, after roaring, the panther bit her in her chest.

"Noooo!" Cam cried. "Father, we must go there. Raine is hurt!" "Yes, Sensei, she needs us!" said Hunter. "Well, Rangers, we'll all go there. Hurry up! and Tori, take a blanket with you" said Sensei jumping to his Son's shoulder.

Her blood covered all her ninja suit. "Damn it!" she cried, trying to stood up. She was really weak and the panther was looking at her lying near a tree. Suddenly, a hawk came to Raine, flying, definitely decided to attack her. She fell down while the hawk stuck his beak into her head and back. She was bleeding and she could barely see.

The Rangers came closer. They run as fast as they could, just to see how their friend was seriously wounded. "We must do something, Dad!" begged Cam. "No, son, not yet" said the Sensei.

While the hawk waited in a tree, the sound of a snake alerted Raine. She could hear it. In front of her, the bigger cobra she had never seen before. The snake was ready to attack and with a fast movement that Raine could not avoid even jumping, the snake bit her legs. That was enough to make her fall face down to the ground. The snake also remained far from her waiting.

Then, a lot of other creatures and birds, and animals came closer to look at her. A lion, an eagle, a hyena, a bear, a wolf, all of them were looking at her. The most incredible animals were there as if they had been called. And suddenly, all of them started biting her body. She cried out.

"My god, they will kill her!" cried Tori. "Please, Sensei, let us go there and help her" asked Hunter almost crying. "There's nothing you can do now. Trust in her" said Sensei, forcing them to calm down. Cam could not avoid tears rolling down his face.

The animals went back to the woods. All of them, while Raine laid almost dead. Her body was completely covered with blood. Suddenly, all the trees started moving, as if they were dancing. And the grass started covering her.

"Now, the process is complete!" said Sensei smiling.

Raine's body was completely covered with grass and leaves. It looked like a small green mound.

The rest of the rangers were looking at the small mound astonished.

In a moment, Raine took a deep breath and tried to sit… when she woke up, she found herself… naked, and covered with grass and leaves, but with no wounds. She only had the stone hanging from her neck.

Cam could not resist looking at her. Her skin was so white and her hair so red under the sunlight. "She is really beautiful" he thought.

"Now, Tori, run to her and cover her body with the blanket!" Tori run towards Raine and helped her to stand up while covering her with the blanket. "Thanks Tor. But what happened?" Raine asked. "I don't know, Raine, but all of us are here to help you" the blue ranger replied.

Raine walked back toward her friends just covered with the blanket, and all of them could see the white stone hanging from her neck and glowing.

"So, you found your power, nature ranger" said Sensei firmly. Raine tried to smile but she was so tired that fainted. In that moment, Cam took her in his arms and all of them, using their ninja powers, ran to the Ninja Ops.

Tori helped Raine to get dressed again in her ninja suit while the rest of the boys were waiting for them at the main room.

"Sensei, can you explain us what happened there?" asked Shane. "Raine had to find her own power. The nature power" started the Sensei. "But the animals attacked her. How is it possible!" said Dustin. "The animals, Dustin, gave her all their inner powers. That is why it seemed as if they were attacking her. But we will soon realize how powerful is our friend now" said Sensei, looking at the girls approaching.

"Raine, please show us your wounds" said Sensei naturally. Raine started opening the jacket just for them to see that she had no wounds at all. Her stomach and back were perfect. "So, now you could feel the ranger healing power" said Sensei smiling.

"Give me the stone, Raine" asked the Sensei. She took off the necklace and gave it to the Sensei. "Cam, please the morpher" Cam took the stone and put it inside the black morpher he had in his hands.

"Now, Raine, put the morpher in your wrist. The power of nature is in you, ready to show up!" said the Sensei.

Raine took the morpher and put it firmly to her wrist. And looking to their friends she could not avoid the question in her face. "You know what to do" said the Sensei. "Look inside your heart".

Raine closed her eyes and crossed her arms in front of her chest and cried. "Nature force… Ranger form… Ha!" Suddenly, a black spark appeared in front of them. A black ranger was standing there. "Power of nature!" she cried, taking the swords at her back.