Disclaimer: Power Rangers still does not belong to me and never will. (Man, that sucks!)
Chapter 6: Ranger Reunion
"Cole!" cried Danny in excitement as he saw his former leader arrive at the battle scene, followed by Alyssa.
"No way!" breathed Max in disbelief he was finally seeing his friends after so long… and in Blue Bay Harbor of all places.
"Shane, it's about time you got here," said Tori with relief as she eyed two strangers he and Hunter had shown up with.
"Yeah, way to leave me hangin' Bro," joked Blake in mock annoyance at Hunter. "But you're all forgiven as soon as you tell me who this cute chick with you is?" asked Blake to his brother as he pointed at Alyssa, smiling inwardly at Tori's jealous scowl to his interest in the new girl.
"Guys, this is…" Hunter began to introduce.
"Alyssa!" exclaimed Max excitedly, throwing his arms around his old teammate.
"It's good to see both you two, but please don't crush me!" begged Alyssa as she found herself in the middle of a Max/Danny sandwich.
"Wait, you guys all know each other?" asked Shane turning to Cole. "And they're rangers, too?"
"Rangers, TOO?" asked Tori, Dustin and Blake in unison along with Danny and Max as each group swiftly spun around to regard the other in utter shock.
Her wise and warm demeanor kicking into gear, Alyssa stepped forward toward the other female present in hopes of easing the uncomfortable tension between the teams. "I'm Alyssa Enrile," she said to Tori. "Former White Wild Force Ranger."
After looking to her leader for assurance that it was ok to reveal her identity, Tori took Alyssa's hand in friendship. "I'm Tori Hanson," she responded. "Blue Wind Ninja Ranger. It's always good to meet another girl ranger."
"Oh definitely," agreed Alyssa laughing, before pushing her long-locked leader forward. "And this is Cole Evans: Wild Force Red Ranger."
"Woah, you're the badass dude that destroyed the evil Serpentera Zord on the moon. That was, like, totally awesome man," gushed Dustin in awe as Cole laughed. "I'm Dustin Brooks: Yellow Wind Ninja Ranger. And this is Blake Bradley: Navy Thunder Ninja Ranger."
"So you guys all along were Power Rangers, too?" inquired Blake, still gapping in surprise at Danny and Max.
"Yeah," grinned Danny sheepishly. "I was the Black Wild Force Ranger. And my buddy Max here was the Blue Wild Force Ranger."
"Hunter Bradley here," introduced the tall, blond boy. "Blake's brother and hopefully Alyssa's new boyfriend," he added as he winked at the petite Wild Force girl, causing her to giggle and Cole to kick a rock across the ground angrily.
"And don't forget about me: the one and only Wind Ninja Red Ranger," added his leader. "I'm Shane Clarke."
"And I'm bored," announced Samurai Smogger. "Are these introduction over already?"
"Looks like we showed up just in time," said Shane to his teammates as they all dropped into fighting stances except Tori, who was looking at the Wild Force team uneasily.
"What do you mean you were the blue ranger?" she asked Max warily.
"We all gave back our powers after the Orgs were defeated," said Max sheepishly. "Or at least we thought they were," he said growing serious as he turned to face Samurai Smogger.
"You guys get out of here," urged Blake. "It's too dangerous for you to fight without your powers."
"No way, we stay," replied Cole firmly. "Wild Force never walks away from a fight."
"Besides, we wouldn't want to abandon our new friends," added Danny.
"I've got friends, too," challenged Samurai Smogger evilly. "Meet Ms. N'Ozone and Duke Deforestation!
"More Orgs?" worried Alyssa out loud, noticing the two new monsters with horns on their heads.
"And I think you will remember these guys," declared Duke Deforestation. "Putrids! Kelzacks! Arise!"
"Together we're gonna put holes through y'all!" Ms. N'Ozone laughed viciously.
"Now you're really going to need our help," said Cole firmly to Shane.
"And we know they can hold their own on the battlefield," said Hunter, smiling warmly at Alyssa who grinned like a school girl back at him.
"Then let's do this guys," confirmed Shane. "Ready?"
"Ready!" shouted the Wild Force team.
"Ready!" shouted Hunter and Blake. "Thunder Storm…"
"Ninja Storm…" shouted Shane, Tori and Dustin.
"Ranger Form, ha!" called the five ninja rangers together as the morphed into action and ran off into battle alongside their new friends.