(Some lines stolen from Storm Before Calm. Apoligize for bad fight scene, not very good at them)

When Cam entered into ballroom, it was to find Prince Hunter standing up and ordering a toast while holding one of Kapri's hands clutched in his. His eyes were wide and slightly glassy, while his cheeks were lightly flushed. Altogether, he looked drugged. Cam's eyes narrowed as he spotted Lothor peering from a dark corner at the display. "I'd like to make an announcement!" Hunter called out and Cam hurried into the room, trying to see what his options were. She was using the perfume to affect Hunter, so it was air based. Was it targeted specifically at Hunter? How had his uncle managed that? "Kapri and I..." Cam tried to think fast and ended up just going to what was closest.

"I need you to spray down Prince Hunter and Kapri!" He hissed at Tori, who had been standing on the dance floor looking at her brother in law with suspicion. Now however she was looking at him in alarm. "Look I don't have time to explain..."

"...are..."

"Just trust me." Tori's eyes widened slightly in recognition before she turned to the 'happy pair' in the center of attention. Focusing on the water she could sense from the fountain in the courtyard the blonde preformed a complex set of hand motions before flinging the water at Hunter and Kapri.

"En... what the hell!" Hunter shouted as he snapped back to himself. He looked down at the soaking pink haired girl clinging to his arm and shook her off. She hardly noticed though as she was glaring out into the crowd.

"You! You ruin everything!" The crowd of guests parted to allow access to the man she was yelling at so viciously. The Samurai Ranger stood at Tori's elbow and stepped away from the blonde girl into the pathway opening through the crowd between him and Kapri. Kapri began to storm towards the collected young man before he spoke and stopped her in his tracks.

"It would have worn off eventually you know. What would you have done then?" Kapri looked startled for a second before regaining herself.

"I would have had more!" Kapri asserted. Cam looked at her sadly.

"And when that wore off? Didn't you think Prince Hunter would notice something going on? Didn't you think someone would notice something odd was going on?" Cam took a step towards her and Kapri just looked shocked. No one noticed the slowly darkening face hidden in the shadows; their attention was all focused on the drama before them. "How long would you have pulled off the charade? Just how long would you have let Lothor use you?"

"Father wasn't using me! We were doing this together!" Kapri shrieked and everyone but Cam winced. He had gotten used to the volume and shrillness after all. Slowly and very deliberately, he lifted an eyebrow.

"Then where is he now Kapri?" The pink haired girl froze and turned towards where she remembered seeing her father. He wasn't hiding in the shadows of the room anymore, frantic Kapri searched for him with her eyes. "Did he ever tell you that you weren't really his daughter?" Kapri stood stock still before swinging around to face Cam.

"What! That's a lie." Cam slowly shook his head when faced with Kapri's righteous indignation. It kinda hurt to tell his cousin this.

"No. He has papers on it. You and Marah are his nieces, the daughter of Marquis Jennings. Your parents both died when you two were too young to remember them and then he raised you." Kapri looked dumbstruck before a low laugh rolled around the room.

"Ah, so my Nephew has been peeking." Lothor stood in the entrance to the ballroom, a large group of Kelzaks and his generals beside him. Kelzaks were a sort of golem; brainless beings that would attack mindlessly until destroyed. "If I had known you were so ambitious, Cameron, I would have worked you into my plans at the beginning." Figuring that the mask was pointless to wear now Cam took it off and flung it to the side as he glared at Lothor.

"Like I would have voluntarily worked for my Father's murderer." Lothor chuckled at that.

"No I don't suppose you would have." Then he signaled the Kelzaks to attack.

Luckily, Kelzaks were not terribly difficult for trained ninjas to take down. There were however a large number of them and that made it slightly harder to get to Lothor. Not that Kapri had any problem with it, as the Kelzaks still considered her to be 'an ally'. She marched straight up to Lothor, and if Cam had the time to be amused he would be, started screaming at him.

"You aren't my father!" Were the first words out of her mouth and the rest dissolved into undistinguishable yelling. The other rangers were slowly drawing together and preparing to turn into their ranger form. Despite the desperate fighting, every one in the room heard the sharp smack of a slap and the sudden cut off of yelling.

"Stop your incessant screaming girl! You're useless! I gave you a simple task of seducing someone and you can't even accomplish that! None of the tasks I gave you has been accomplished!" Lothor roared at her and Kapri looked shocked. All of her life she had been pampered, no one had yelled at her before. Marah too stood among the fighting in shock before marching up to Lothor and throwing her fist out to defend her sister. The dark ninja caught her hand and smirked as he threw Marah at Kapri. "Both of you stay quiet and stay out of my way." He commanded as he turned to face the crowd. There was something he needed in order to activate his master plan, and that something was coming steadily closer.

The rangers all exchanged looks before decided to screw their secret identity. "Ninja Storm!" Tori, Shane, and Dustin called out.

"Thunder Storm!" The two royal siblings shouted as they started their transportation.

"Samurai Storm!"

"Ranger form! HA!" As multiple colored transformations took place in the room, several royals stared in shock. Their princes, their newest princess, a duke and a count had transformed into rangers. Not to mention the mysterious Samurai Ranger who appeared to be the missing Cameron Watanabe. En masse, the rangers attacked Lothor.

Lothor fended off their attacks with startling ease. He was a highly trained ninja, and his dark ninja powers made up for anything he might be missing. "HA!" He threw off the annoying crimson ranger and found himself facing his nephew. Smirking he reached out and gave the amulet a tug while blowing the boy away with a dark energy blast. Cam was blown halfway across the room and ended up feeling groggy from the sudden de-morph.

"Time to finish you all." Lothor shouted, "Give me those ranger powers!" He pointed the amulet at the crown prince and his younger brother. The amulet flared darkly and forced the Crimson and Navy rangers to demorph as their power was stripped away.

"I can't take it!" Hunter cried out.

"It's too strong!" Blake stated before both brothers fell to their knees in their usual clothing. Lothor laughed as he felt his power increase.

"Nothing can stop the power of the amulet." The dark ninja snapped at the two royals as they pushed themselves off the floor. Cam by this point had regained his footing and readied himself for the attack again. Standing behind his uncle, Cam struck a fighting stance.

"I believe that belongs to me." Lothor smirked, a quick upturning of his lips, in derision.

"Not anymore." Lothor stated before firing another dark energy blast at his nephew. The teenager took the blast straight in his chest and was once again thrown across the room, this time slamming into a wall too. Lothor stalked towards his nephew, laughing manically. "Goodbye Nephew." The amulet began to power up again as he stood over the blinking samurai.

Shane, Tori and Dustin then appeared between the two family members. "He-yuh." Shane grunted as he landed in front of Cam with Dustin and Tori at his sides. "He's not going anywhere, you got it?" He pointed a finger at the dark ninja as they all readied their attacks.

"Fine! Then I'll take you in his place!" Quickly Lothor attacked the three primary rangers with a powerful blast that sent all three in different directions, then absorbed their power before they hit the ground. The rangers all pulled themselves to their feet and stood in a line between Lothor and the other ninjas. "You fools! Haven't you had enough?" He sent another powerful blast and the rangers were shaken but managed to maintain their footing before shifting into attack stances. As the rangers came at him, Lothor fought against them easily, blocking their punches and kicks while attacking them one at a time. First the red ranger, then his annoying nephew, followed by the yellow ranger and then the Bradley brothers. The girl attacked after that, grabbing onto his shoulders before he grabbed her wrist and flipped her over the shoulder she had been grabbing. Prince Hunter attacked again after that, kicking at him and trying to maintain his distance instead of punching like before. Then once again the annoying red one and finally followed by another attack of his nephew.

As he threw his nephew onto his back once again, Lothor smirked and began to gather the power of the Abyss of evil around him. A dark miasma formed behind his back as he started channeling all of his energy into summoning the monsters of the Abyss. Shane, Tori and Dustin appeared in front of him at that point, trying to pressure him even as they stood on shaky legs, they attempted to push him back but were once again beaten off. "I have your ranger powers, you are at my mercy once and for all!"

"We won't let you win." Shane stated decisively, shaking his head in refusal even as the black cloud behind Lothor grew larger.

"I have your ranger powers. What can you do without your powers?" Lothor demanded laughing. He missed the determined expressions that appeared on the three rangers faces as he gloated over his win.

"We may not be power rangers," Shane said, "but we still have power! Power of Air!" Striking a stance as he called upon his ninja power, his friends soon followed suit.

"Power of Earth!" One could almost catch the roar of the Earth's lion spirit as Dustin called on his ability.

"Power of Water!" Tori's shout yielded the echo of tossing waves.

"Ninja Powers! Hi-yah!" All three cried as they used their inner abilities to push the evil ninja back into the swirling darkness that he had called upon.

"NO!" Lothor cried out as he dropped the amulet and was pushed back into the abyss. The darkness seemed to be sucked in after him, the abyss collapsing in upon itself. The samurai fell to the floor with a thunk and the rangers' powers flew back to them in a flurry of colors.

As the rangers all gathered, they stared at where Lothor had disappeared with confusion. "What happened?" Tori asked in confusion. It was her husband who answered her.

"Lothor's evil... it must have overloaded the abyss." There was silence after this statement and Hunter turned to seek out the Samurai to ask what he thought of his Uncle's disappearance, only to find himself looking into an empty space. "Hu? Wait, where's Cam?" He questioned and the other rangers turned first to look at him and then to look around the room.

"Why'd he leave?" Dustin asked no one in particular. Hunter said nothing more but bent down to pick up the samurai amulet with a gloomy expression.

--

When Shane entered his room after sorting out all the panicking and questions to find a note sitting on his bed along with one of the swords that they used to use back at the Wind Academy while they had been training to be ninjas.

'I remember how often you used to break these and thought you might need another. One thing I have to tell you is that Father had always planned on you being the Sensei at the Wind Ninja Academy. My Uncle kept all the accounts of the academy in the left drawers of his desk in his study at the Mansion.

-Cam'

Shane shook his head. Cam was apparently the same anti-social geek he had been when Shane was still training. Ah well, Hunter seemed to be stuck on him, Shane didn't doubt the Crimson Ranger's Ability to track down the samurai.