"Are you sure this is the place that Sensei Lee told us to meet Sensei Kanoi?" Alysson asked as she looked around the small opened area that was surrounded by nothing but trees, "I don't see anyone...are you sure we are suppose to meet here? I see nothing but trees and more trees."
"This is the place," Joey said as she looked over at the waterfall.
"Okay, so where is he at?" Alysson said.
"I don't see anyone here."
"I could have told you that," Alysson said as she sat down next to the waterfall, taking her shoes off and sticking her feet in the small pond.
Joey sat next to her and rubbed her neck.
They sat there for the next few minutes in silence, only listening to the sound of the waterfall. Lost in their own thoughts, they did not realize that they were no longer alone. "You must be Alysson and Joey," They heard from behind, "The ones that Master Lee contacted me about."
Alysson snapped her head around and saw no one, "Who said that?"
Joey turned around quickly, "Who's there?"
"Sensei Kanoi," They heard, "Please do not be alarmed."
Alysson quickly got to her feet and started to look around and she could not see anyone standing there, "Show your self."
Joey looked around, "Where are you?"
They heard the leaves move in front of them, but there wasn't a sign of anyone being there. "Is this some kind of joke?" Alysson asked as she stood next to her sister.
Sensei Kanoi moved closer to the girls, "This is no joke, down here."
Joey looked down and saw a guinea pig standing in front of them, "Sensei Kanoi?" She asked, slightly confused as she stared at the small animal standing before them.
Alysson looked down and couldn't believe her eyes. A small animal stood before them dressed in a blue outfit. Alysson did a double take to make sure that she wasn't seeing things, "Hey Joey, look it's a guinea pig. What do you suppose it's doing out here?" Alysson asked as she bent down on one knee and looked at the animal, "It's kinda cute."
The guinea pig looked at the girl strangely, "I heard that," The animal said, "I wouldn't call myself cute young lady."
Alysson's mouth dropped opened as she fell back, "Joey...that...that...it talked."
Joey's jaw dropped, "I think that's the sensei we are supposed to meet," She said to her sister.
"Yes, I am Sensei Kanoi, Master Lee has told me much about you," Kanoi said, "We don't have much time. We must go to my place to talk, it isn't safe out here."
"A guinea pig is the Sensei?" Alysson said as she looked up at her sister confused and then looked at the animal, "I...I think I've gone crazy, because guinea pigs aren't suppose to be talking."
"Something must have happened to him. He will probably explain it soon," Joey said.
Alysson closed her eyes and then opened one eye and the guinea pig was still standing there. She ran a hand through her hair before she pushed herself up on her knees and looked at the guinea pig. She poked the animal and poked him again as she watched him.
Sensei Kanoi turned to Alysson, "Please do not do that, I am not the Pillsbury dough boy, I will not whoo hoo if you poke me in my stomach," He told her as Alysson poked him again, "I don't appreciate the poking and plus it hurts when you do that."
Alysson watched as the animal moved his mouth and words came out. She couldn't believe her ears. She stood to her feet and quickly walked away. The next thing took her by surprised as she dropped to her knees and started laughing, "A guinea pig...is...is Kanoi...that...that..." But she couldn't finish as she doubled over with laughter, holding her stomach as it began to hurt and her eyes started to water, "That is ridicules."
Joey looked at Sensei, "I believe you. Don't pay any attention to my sister; she can get that way sometimes."
"It's okay. I do get that reaction sometimes," Kanoi said, "Lee says you need a place to stay while you are in town."
"Yes sir," Joey said, "It is nice of you to let us stay."
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Alysson whipped the tears off her face, collected herself before she stood to her feet and turned around. She saw her sister standing there talking to the guinea pig and as hard as she tried to control her laughter; she failed when she burst out laughing again.
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"You are welcome to stay as long as needed. If what Master Lee and Master Chen said about Lothor teaming up with Cragore, then we will need all the help to stop them," Sensei Kanoi said, "How long have you and your sister been after Cragore?"
"The last few years," Joey said.
"That is a long time," Sensei said, as he turned to Alysson who was resting herself up against the tree, holding her stomach, laughing, "Will she be okay?"
"She should be," Joey said looking at Aly, "This is kind of a crazy question, but what happened? Why are you a guinea pig?" She asked out of curiosity.
"Lothor." Was all that he said before he turned and started walking back in the direction he came from, "We must go now. We are not safe, I'm not safe being this small. I could be some animal's next meal. We will go to Ninja Ops where we will continue our talking."
Joey nodded. "Come on Aly. Let's go." She said as she followed Sensei Kanoi.
Alysson nodded her head and followed her sister, trying to keep her laughter under control. She knew that it was rude and wrong to laugh but she couldn't help it. It wasn't like everyday she met a talking guinea pig...things were just too weird for her.
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They followed Sensei Kanoi through the woods until they reached a rock formation. He got close to it, touched it and part of the rock started to move to the side, revealing an entrance to Ninja Ops, "This is Ninja Ops," He said as he walked in and Alysson and Joey followed, "This is where you will be staying, with me and my son."
"Your son?" Joey asked as a puzzled look came on her face.
"Yes," Sensei said as they walked down the dark hallway, "I wasn't a guinea pig my whole life. I once was a man and did have a family before Lothor turned me into this creature."
Joey nodded. She looked over at Aly and looked at her curiously.
Alysson shrugged her shoulders as they reached the end of the tunnel and the wall moved and the entrance to the headquarters came into view.
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The wall move again closing the entrance once all three of them were inside. Sensei Kanoi walked over to the counter and climbed on top of it, "I hope you will be comfortable here."
Alysson looked around the room. A couch, a few chairs and a table were placed in the middle of the room, "You live here?" Alysson asked as she turned to Sensei Kanoi, "It's big enough to house at least 8 people."
Joey smiled. "This is a nice place."
Kanoi nodded, "Tell me about Cragore."
Joey looked at Aly.
Alysson sighed, "Cragore is a very evil man. He's been after Master Chen and Master Lee for the last few years, claiming that they are the reasons why he's gone mad. He has something against them but we don't know what it is. We never dared to ask why; we just do what we were told. Then he got the idea to just destroy everything and everyone in his path, that's when we were given our amulets."
"That is right, Master Chen did tell me that you and your sister were Power Rangers," Sensei said as they reminded him of his own team of Rangers, "The Tsunami Rangers, from the Fire Academy."
"Something like that," Alysson said, "But we don't consider ourselves Power Rangers. You have to have more then just two to be considered. We just think of ourselves as Ninja's with special abilities."
Joey nodded, "You can say that again."
"I see," Kanoi said, "Has your Sensei's told you that there are others like you?"
"No, Not really," Joey said.
"When Lothor destroyed the Thunder and Wind Ninja Academies, a group of teenagers like yourselves were given the powers to stand up against him, to stop him from destroying Earth," Kanoi said but not trying to give away too much info for he wanted the girls to find out on their own, "But I don't know who they are. They keep their identity a secret. Maybe you'll come across them and help them, since there are two villains to fight now."
Alysson looked at him curiously, "Possibly, we could always use the extra help. Never know."
"We are going to need all the help we can get," Joey said to Aly.
Alysson nodded, "I hope we can trust you in keeping our little secret from the rest of the world. If anyone found out that we were 'power rangers' as you call it, things could get out of control and its bad enough Cragore has teamed up with a new villain that we don't know anything about."
"Alysson's right. I mean, if anyone else knew about this we could have major trouble on our hands."
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me," Kanoi told the girls, just as they heard the door in the back close.
Alysson looked over at Joey, "Who's here?"
"That must be my son. Would you like to meet him?"
"Sure."
"Hey son," Kanoi called out, "Would you mind coming in here, we have some guests that I would like for you to meet."
"I am on my way." A voice called from the hallway.
"I know that voice," Joey said.
"Sounds familiar," Alysson said as she looked at her sister again, "But where?"
Kanoi's son came into view and Joey's jaw dropped, "Cam?" She said.
"You know my son?" Sensei Kanoi asked.
"Hey, I know you," Alysson said as she looked at Cam.
"We met you at the beach earlier."
"Joey, Aly. Nice seeing you again," Cam said.
"This is just getting weirder by the minute," Alysson said as she sat down in the nearest chair.
Joey rubbed her eyes. "Someone explain this to me?"
"Yeah because I think I lost myself a mile back," Alysson said.
"This is all confusing to me," Joey said as she ran her hand through her hair.
"Sensei Kanoi is my father," Cam said and smiled awkwardly at the girls, "Dad, you didn't tell them, did you?"
"I was about to Cam," Sensei said.
Joey shook her head, "This is just wonderful."
"Tell us what?" Alysson asked.
"About Cam being his son," Joey said.
"Eh?" Alysson looked confused.
"Never mind," Joey said and then she turned to Cam. "Is there a place where we can sleep? Our brains are totally fried right now."
Cam laughed, "Yeah, follow me," He said, "See you in the morning dad."
Sensei nodded.
Joey followed Cam; she bit her lip and looked over at Aly.
"Don't look at me," Alysson said as she followed Cam and her sister down a set of stairs, "I'm just as confused as you are."
"Do you think he knows about us?" Joey asked.
"I hope not," Alysson whispered, "I couldn't deal with that right now. Everything is confusing and mixed up. His father is a guinea pig and he talks...I don't understand. My head hurts from trying to figure this all out."
Joey giggled, "You are always confused. I will try and explain it to you in the morning."
"You two can share this room," Cam said as they stopped in front of a door, "If you need anything, I'm just right down the hallway."
Alysson nodded her head as she turned the door knob and pushed opened the door, "Thanks."
"Thank you Cam," Joey said as she walked into the room.
"Good night," He said as he walked down the hall to his room.
Alysson walked in the room and closed the door behind them, "What a day," She said as she sat down on the bed and kicked off her shoes, "How come Sensei Lee or Chen didn't tell us that Kanoi is a guinea pig. I think they forgot that vital information."
"Maybe they didn't think it was important, or they just didn't know," Joey said yawning. She took off her shoes and placed them near her bed.
"Not important? I think there is more to the story that they're letting on," Alysson said as she laid back on the bed, "There's something fishy about this whole situation...something is up."
"You know how our new friends got called away on business? That is something else."
"Yeah," Alysson said, "That was rather weird. What do you think it means? Do you think they have secrets of their own that they're keeping?"
"Probably. You know I should get some sleep. I am meeting Blake early," Joey said as she covered herself with the blanket.
"Ah yes that is right," Alysson said as she reached up and turned the light off, "Someone's meeting her boyfriend...I mean Blake..." She then started to laugh, "Opps was I suppose to say that out loud."
Joey threw her pillow at Aly, "Night."
Alysson felt the pillow hit her leg and reached down to grab it, "Night Joey, don't have too many kissy, kissy dreams of hin." And threw the pillow back at Joey who was in the next bed beside her.
Joey felt the pillow hit her head. She grabbed it and thought of Blake. Soon she fell fast asleep.
Alysson smiled as she turned on her stomach and rested her head on her arms and thought of everything that had happened in the last 24 hours. After a few minutes, she shook her thoughts away and went to sleep.
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Alysson moaned as she came out of her dreamless slumber. She pulled the blanket off her head and turned to her sister who was still asleep. She looked at the clock on the wall and noticed the time and sat up quickly, "Joey!" She called out rather loudly, "Time to get your butt up. It's 10 after 1. You were supposed to meet Blake 10 minutes ago."
Joey bolted upright. "Why didn't you wake me up sooner!" She said as she quickly got up, "I can't wear the same clothes again."
"I would have if I was up sooner," Alysson said as she lay back down and covered herself up with her blanket, "I just got up myself. Then you need to go buy some."
"Wait a second. I am not supposed to meet Blake until two. And you need to get up too."
"Oh...oops sorry," Alysson said as she covered her head with the blanket, "5 more minutes mom."
Joey threw her pillow at Aly's head, "Come on, I am not the only one that should be up."
"Awe man," Alysson said as she threw the blanket off her, "Do I have too?"
"Yes."
"But I don't wanna," Alysson whined.
"You know what, fine." Joey said as she got up and went to Ninja Ops.
Alysson groaned as she got out of bed and ran after her sister, "Wait for me," She said as she pulled her hair back out of her face, "I was only kidding. Geese, I thought I was crabby when I first wake up."
Joey stuck her tongue out at her sister.
"I saw a nice clothing store a few blocks away from the Storm Chargers if you want to check that out," Alysson said.
"I am doing some motocross today. So I'm going to need some gear too," Joey said.
"You can pick that up at Storm Chargers; they have everything there that you would need."
"I know. I think I left my helmet there. The one I bought."
"Well that was smart," Alysson said and then laughed, "I shouldn't be talking, I think that's where I left my skateboard."
Joey laughed, "We are just being forgetful aren't we?"
"Well, looks who talking, you miss forgetful as well."
Joey made a funny face at her sister.
Alysson made one right back at her, "Didn't mom ever tell you if you keep making funny faces, your face will stay like that?"
Joey groaned, "You are asking for it sister."
"Bring it on big sister," Alysson grinned evilly.
Joey had that look of readiness in her face when the two girls walked into Ninja Ops.
"Good afternoon girls," Sensei Kanoi said as Joey and Alysson walked in.
Alysson smiled, "Likewise."
"Good afternoon Sensei," Joey said.
"Did you sleep well?" He asked.
"I slept like a log," Joey said as she stretched her arms over her head.
"I slept like a leaf," Alysson chuckled, as she sat down at the counter.
Joey smiled and sat down on the chair. She looked down at her amulet. It was glowing. "Ahhh... Al, I think we might have some trouble."
"Great," Alysson said, rolling her eyes as she looked down at the amulet around her neck, "Just what I need first thing when I wake up. Well, I guess this means shopping will be hold off until we're done kicking butt all over Blue Bay Harbor."
"That's just great. Now I will miss my appointment with Blake," Joey mumbled under her breath.
Alysson placed her hand on her sister's shoulder, "I'm sure he'll understand why you were late. We can just tell him we got lost...that always works," She told her, "But let's go kick some Gorelock butt and whatever else tweetle dee and tweetle dumb throw at us. You can take your anger out on them; it'll make you feel better."
"Let's go," Joey said, as she stood to her feet and smiled, "I am ready anytime to kick Gorelock backsides."
Alysson smiled, "Now that's what I'm talking about." She turned to Sensei Kanoi, "If you'll excuse us, we have some Gorelock butt to toast."
"I understand. Be careful," Sensei said.
"Ninja form?" Joey said?
"Always," Alysson said to Sensei Kanoi and then turned back to her sister and nodded, "Ninja Form."
"Tsunami Storm, Ninja Form: Power of Fire- Lightning," Joey said as she transformed into her black and pink ninja uniform.
"One extra crispy monster coming up," Alysson grinned, "Tsunami Storm, Ninja Form: Power of Fire-Electricity." And Alysson transformed into her black and purple ninja uniform.
Joey looked at Aly and transported to where the Gorelocks are.
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Sensei Kanoi watched as the girls morphed and teleported out of Ninja Ops. Once the girls were gone, Sensei quickly left the living room quarters and went to the actual command part of Ninja Ops where he spotted Cyber Cam at the viewing TV, monitoring the activity that was going on. "Cyber Cam, have the rangers been notified yet?" Sensei Kanoi asked as he climbed up the side and on to the table next to the viewing TV and checked out the damage himself.
"Not yet. I was just about to contact them," Cyber Cam said.
"Okay notify them and tell them they need to get down there," Sensei told Cyber Cam, "We could have some trouble with the monsters."
Cyber Cam nodded. He contacted the Rangers and told them of the situation.
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Meanwhile, Joey and Alysson landed at the coordinates, "Keep your eyes open," She said to Aly who stood right next to her.
"You sure this is the right place?" Alysson asked as they walked around in the coral canyon as there appears to be no one around. Then she stopped in her tracks, "Whoa, that was weird, I just had the case of Deja Vu."
"What do you mean?" Joey asked.
"Remember back in Coppertown, we showed up and there wasn't a thing around and I asked you if it was the right place?"
"That's right, I do remember now."
"Deja Vu," Alysson said again.
Joey nodded.
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The Wind and Thunder Rangers appeared at the Coral Canyon and in seconds they were surrounded by Gorelocks.
"Where did they come from?" Tori asked as she took up her fighting stance, "I don't remember ever seeing them before."
"I don't know Tori," Shane said as he turned and more of the black ninjas appeared.
"What do we do?" Dustin asked as he took up his fighting stance next to Hunter.
"We do what we do best," Hunter said, "We fight."
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"There," Joey said as she looked over the ridge, "Looks like they are in trouble."
"Who could they be?" Alysson asked as she hid behind a big bolder, "What if it's a trap?"
"They are rangers we have to help them."
Alysson stopped her sister, "Joey, how do you know they are Rangers? They look nothing like us in Ranger form. How do you know if it's not a trap? All part of Cragore and Lothor's plan, to trap us and rid us of our powers."
"Look at them Aly. They are in trouble and need our help."
"Okay if you say so," Alysson said, "But if it's a trap, I'm kicking your ass then."
"Fine by me," Joey said.
"Then lets go kick some Gorelock butt," Alysson said as she stepped out from behind the bolder.
Joey stepped from behind the bolder. She nodded to her sister.
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"Who are these freaks?" Tori asked as she was kicked in the chest and set backwards into Blake and Hunter, knocking them off their feet.
"They don't look like the normal Kelzacks we fought before," Dustin said.
"I don't think they are Kelzacks," Shane said as he got to his feet, after he was knocked to his knees from a blow to the chest, "They're much harder to fight."
Tori scrambled to her feet, "Sorry guys," She told Blake and Hunter, "They're fast and I didn't see that kick."
Blake looked at Tori. "Hey we are all in the same boat here."
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Joey looked over at her sister, "Ready?"
"Ready," Alysson said.
"Let's kick some Gorelock butt," Joey said as she jumped from the ledge.
"Right behind you," Alysson said as she flipped off the edge of the Coral Canyon.
Joey landed in the middle of the Gorelocks and started to fight them off one by one. The others not realizing at that moment they were no longer alone in the fight to stop the black fighting ninjas.
"How do we beat them if we don't know what they are?" Tori asked, as she tried to fight off a few of the black ninjas.
"Easy as pie," Alysson said as she landed on her feet, from behind Tori, Blake and Hunter. The three rangers turned around to see someone standing there in a black and purple ninja uniform.
"Who are you?" Tori asked.
Alysson smiled, "I come in peace," She said as she held up her hand as the three pulled out their blasters and pointed it at Alysson, "Looks like you could use some help." She watched as a member of their team was kicked into the side of the rock canyon.
Joey watched from her spot as a ranger flew into the rocks. She ran over and helped him to his feet, "You alright?" She asked the ranger.
"Yeah, I'm fine," He said as he got to his feet and looked at the Ninja dressed in pink and black, "Who are you?"
"I am here to help you and it looks like you could use some," She told the ranger in red.
"You know how to stop them?" The Yellow Ranger asked.
Joey looked at Alysson
"Just a friend," Alysson said as the Gorelocks started to swarm around the group, "Fight now, chat later."
Joey started to fight the Gorelocks. She used her training to the best of her abilities.
The purple ninja pulled out her laser blaster and started to blast the Gorelocks before they could move in on them.
"How do we destroy them?" The Red Ranger asked as he punched a Gorelock in the chest and it went down with a thud, within seconds the Gorelock jerked and exploded to dust.
"Aim for the chest area," Alysson said as she kicked the Gorelock that invaded her space, "And they explode afterwards."
Joey took out her double blades and started slashing the Gorelocks one by one.
Blake was busy fighting off Gorelocks. He used everything he could against them.
"Get off me!" Tori yelled as she tried to struggle free of the Gorelocks grasp. She was taken by surprise when she was fighting the two black ninjas when they grabbed her from behind, "Let me go!"
Alysson turned to see the blue female ranger in need of some help. She finished off the two Gorelocks that she was fighting and quickly went to aid the ranger, "Didn't your mother ever teach you any manners?" Alysson said as she kicked the first Gorelock that was holding one of Tori's arms, in the chest and then kicked the other one that was holding her other arm, "I guess not."
"Thanks," Tori said as she finished off the remainder two.
"No problems," Alysson said as she rushed off to help the Yellow Ranger who had two Gorelocks after him.
Joey finished off the Gorelocks that had surrounded her. She went to help the Thunder Rangers with there's.
"Time to send you guys back to the firing hells you came from," Alysson said as her finger tips flickered with Electricity. She called upon her Electrical Staff, channeled her energy in it and pointed it at the swarm of Gorelocks and fired. Bluish green energy came from her staff and zapped the Gorelocks, sending them back on to their butts, their bodies jerked and convulsed until they exploded to dust, "Too bad, so sad."
Joey brought out her Lightning sword. "Time to say good night," She said to the Gorelocks as lightning surrounded her and went across her arm to her sword. It fired dark blue streaks at the final Gorelocks. They fell to the ground and exploded into dust.
"Now that's what I'm talkin about," Alysson said as she watched her sister use her Lightning Sword, "BBQ anyone?"
Joey took a deep breath. She held onto her sword and walked over to her sister, "Everyone okay?"
"Yes, thank you," The Blue Ranger said, "How can we thank you for your help? They were really tough to beat."
"How did you know where to find us?" The Red Ranger asked.
"How did you know how to destroy them?" The Navy Ranger asked.
Alysson sighed as all the questions were thrown at them all at once, "Whoa, first off one question at a time," She said as her staff disappeared, "They're called Gorelocks. Cragore's personal army of black ninjas. We've followed Cragore through a portal and we ended up here."
"To answer the second question, we had a feeling there was trouble and we ended up here." Joey said.
"Our sources tell us that he has teamed up with Lothor," Alysson finished.
Joey nodded her head.
"And that must be stopped. Cragore is a dangerous man. We've been after him for some time now and he keeps on slipping through our grasp."
Joey looked at the other rangers, "That is why we are here, to stop Cragore before its too late."
"So, you're saying that we have a new villain in town that teamed up with Lothor, our villain?" The Crimson Ranger asked, "And you two are like us who are Power Rangers?"
Alysson nodded, "Something like that. That's the short version of it."
Joey looked at Aly. "You could say that."
"But how is that possible?" The Red Ranger asked, "I mean about you two being power rangers. I thought we were the only ones."
"We were told we were the only ones," The Yellow Ranger added.
"I thought that also, but that changed when I saw you guys," Joey said.
"Well you guys aren't the only ones that have problems with villains," Alysson said.
"Well if what you say is true," The Blue Ranger said, "Then we can use all the help we can get to stop both Cragore and Lothor."
"We will be around," Joey said and then turned to Aly, "Let's go."
"Wait, who are you?" The Navy Ranger asked, "Where can we find you if we need your help?"
"You can call me Al," The Purple Ninja said, "Don't worry, we will be watching."
"I am Jay. We will see ya around" The Pink Ninja said as she walked with her sister.
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The two girls had disappeared, teleporting to the very top of the Canyon.
"God that was close," Joey said.
"But it's weird," Alysson said as she morphed out of her ninja outfit, "I wouldn't have seen it coming that there were others like us."
"Neither did I," Joey said as she morphed out of her ninja outfit also. Joey looked down at her watch. "Dang it, I'm late."
"Well we can hit the clothing store on the way to Storm Chargers," Alysson said as they started walking, "Who do you suppose they are?"
"No clue." Joey said as she made their way to Storm Chargers.
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"Do you think Sensei knows about them?" Dustin asked.
"Probably, we should ask him," Shane said.
"If he knew, then how come he didn't tell us?" Tori asked, "I mean it would have helped to know that we had help."
"I don't know Tori," Shane said, "But I'm sure Sensei can help us with our questions. Let's head back to Ninja Ops and have a talk with that guinea pig."
Blake and Hunter nodded.
With that said the 5 Rangers teleported to Ninja Ops.