Chapter 9: Who is a Traitor Part I

Kimberly was walking along the beach. She had just dropped Kylie and Hannah off at school. She stopped when she heard the sound of a dirt bike. "What the…" she trailed off. Kimberly let out a shriek when a biker drove right by her and rode circles around her. "What are you doing you crazy lunatic?" She demanded. The guy stopped.

"You calling your children names now?" He asked.

"Hunter?" She asked.

Hunter removed his helmet with a smile. "Hey, mom," he greeted. Kimberly walked over and embraced her eldest son.

"When did you and Blake get back?" She asked.

"A couple of hours ago," Hunter replied.

Kimberly let him go and touched his face. "Are you two okay? Nothing weird happened to you while you were out there?" She asked.

"We're okay, but Choobo found us," Hunter replied.

"What did he want?" She asked.

"He said he's turning from Lothor's group and going to join us. We're going to Lothor's ship later this afternoon."

Kimberly backed up and shook her head. "Don't do it, Hunter. It has to be a trap," she insisted.

"Don't worry, Blake and I will have our morphers with us," Hunter assured her.

"But you're going into the lion's den. You might not make it out."

"We'll be fine."

Kimberly took a deep breath and nodded. She then hugged him. "Just be careful," she whispered.

"We will," he answered.

Kimberly backed up and watched as Hunter got back on his bike and took off. She bit her lip and she looked around. She removed her civilian clothes to reveal her Wind Ninja Uniform. Hers was pink unlike the others. Sensei had Cam give it to her not long after her Ninjetti Powers were brought back for that brief moment. "I'm coming too," she murmured. She used her old Ninjetti super speed to follow them.

Kimberly found them and stopped. "I'm going with you," she informed. They looked over at her.

"No way," Blake answered.

"Yes way, I'm going with you and you can't stop me," she answered.

The boys looked at each other before finally agreeing to let their mother come with them.

When they arrived on the ship, Kimberly let out a small scream when someone grabbed her shoulder. She looked over to see Choobo there. "Have you heard it's not nice to sneak up on people?" Hunter asked.

"Sorry. We have to go quickly. Lothor is taking his nap," Chooboo informed.

Kimberly let her emotional wall down so she could detect any signs of a trick as she followed them. She entered the room and grimaced when she heard Lothor snoring. "Gross," she whispered.

"We'll take it from here," Hunter informed.

"Fine by me," Choobo answered.

"He's out like a light," Blake commented.

Kimberly gasped when Lothor opened his eyes. "SURPRISE!" He shouted. Kimberly did a back flip when a kelzak came at her. She looked over to see the boys thrown over on the other side of the room.

"HUNTER! BLAKE!" She shouted.

The boys looked up as their mom was surrounded. "MOM!" They shouted. They got in a fighting stance, but some sort of beam made them freeze.

"NO!" Kimberly screamed.

Lothor laughed. "Never trust an evil Space Ninja," Lothor laughed. Kimberly fought against the kelzaks and looked at Choobo.

"I knew we shouldn't have trusted you," she snapped.

Lothor looked at Kimberly with a glare. "Well done, Choobo. Or should I say General Choobo," Lothor congratulated. Kimberly struggled as she looked at Hunter and Blake.

"How about we put an alien mine warp on them so we could make them think that the Wind Rangers are their sworn enemies?" Choobo suggested.

"That's ridiculous, they failed us enough. Let's just send them into space," Zurgane answered.

"No. I like it. It's clean simple to the point. Let's go with it," Lothor answered.

"Don't you hurt them," Kimberly snapped.

"And what about the Thunder Rangers' mother?" Zurgane asked.

Lothor looked over at Kimberly. "We keep her here. If this plan fails for any reason, she would be some use to us," Lothor answered. Kimberly looked over at her sons and back at Lothor.

"If you hurt my sons, I swear I will be the last thing you'll see alive," she hissed.

"I wouldn't be making threats. I seem to have the upper hand," Lothor commented.

Kimberly had her arms tied and she watched in horror as Hunter and Blake's memories were erased and were replaced with new ones. "No…" she whispered. Kapri walked over and gagged Kimberly and she was dragged away.

Hunter and Blake looked up. "Our mother fights with the Wind Ninjas, what happened to her?" Hunter asked.

"The Wind Rangers turned on your mother and destroyed her," Choobo replied.

"What?" Blake asked.

"No!" Hunter put in.

"Your mother believed that if she worked with them they would turn to our side, but they turned on her," Choobo added.

"This can't be happening," Hunter insisted.

Blake placed a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, we have some revenge to take care of," Blake commented.

"Right," Hunter agreed.

The boys left and Lothor laughed. "This is just too perfect," Lothor laughed.

Kimberly sat in an isolated place. She closed her eyes as she tried to get her Ninjetti Powers to come back. She looked down at her arms to see that they were glowing pink. "It's working," she thought to herself. She closed her eyes again.