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Chapter 2: Looming Thunder
"Kiyah!" Cam watched in awe as the two Spectre Ninja sparred in the middle of Ninja Ops, finally wincing as Liz finally flipped Dee for the win.
"Very good." The two girls stood up, bowed to each other and bowed to their new Sensei, "I can really tell the difference in the fighting styles between your academy and ours. Not to mention the difference your extra years of training make compared to your brothers."
"Like how much better they are than their brothers?" Cam smirked as the two girls laughed, "I'm fixing to pull out the Tsunami Cycles. Would you two like to help?" He asked, looking hopefully at Deanna.
"Actually, we're heading to Storm Chargers. Dustin talked Kelly into hiring us and we're supposed to help out at the track today." Dee commented, grabbing her bag.
"Kelly wants to time Dustin and Dee on their bikes." Liz grabbed her own, "Technically, Dee is a freestyle rider, but she's always helped ride against Dustin to push his training."
"Very good, girls." Sensei nodded, "Make sure you make it for training later with the others.
"Yes, Sensei."
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Liz watched as Dee shot ahead of Dustin over the hills on the track, "I think she's getting faster." She looked over at Kelly, who was timing them, "She'd make a decent racer."
"I've tried talking her into it. She prefers freestyle." Kelly looked up just as two more bikes came speeding around the track, closing in on Dustin fast. Just as he was about to catch up to Dee, the newcomers shot past him and the finish line, right behind Dee.
"Looks like there's some new talent in town," Kelly mused as the siblings rode up to them. They pulled off his helmet and revealed that the looked just as confused as Kelly did.
"Man, have you ever seen those guys before?" Dustin asked as he glanced over at the pair. They rode to a clear spot nearby as Kelly shook her head.
"They ride like factory pros, I would have remembered them," Kelly replied as she watched them.
"I'm just glad they don't race 125," Dustin grinned and Kelly laughed.
"Or freestyle. Then we'd both be screwed." Dee smirked as her brother playfully shoved her.
"Yeah, right, Miss Speedy Gonzalez. You were flying out there."
"Well, what did you expect." She flipped her hair, "I am awesome." She saw Liz staring in the direction of the new riders. The one in dark red gear was much taller and had blond hair that fell into his eyes, and the one in dark blue gear was short, with short dark hair. "Why don't we go say hi? Welcome them to Blue Bay."
"Yeah, how about we do that?" Dustin agreed, "Kelly, we'll be back."
"Are you just going to leave me with this stuff?" She called out as the three teens walked away, "Great."
"Hey there, how's it going?" Dustin greeted the pair as they reached them.
"Track's a little soggy," the blond replied, not appearing too friendly as he climbed off his bike. He barely even looked at them, and Dustin's smile faltered slightly.
"That didn't seem to slow you guys down," he pressed ahead anyways as Liz watched the blonde curiously.
"I'm Blake," the shorter one spoke up, and rolled his eyes at the other racer. "Tall dark and brooding over here is my brother Hunter," he added as the blond made no move to speak up.
"You guys are brothers?" Dustin couldn't hide his surprise as he looked from one to the other.
"Come on, bro," Dee rolled her eyes, "They're obviously adopted. Duh." Dustin nodded and looked away, looking uncomfortable.
"Oh right, cool," Dustin struggled to think of what to say. "My name's Dustin. This is my sister Dee and our friend Liz. We all work together," he told them, and the girls raised their hands in greeting as they glanced over. "I haven't seen you before, where's your home track?" he asked curiously.
"You wouldn't have heard of it," Hunter snapped before his brother could reply.
"Rude." Liz muttered, earning a shocked glance from the blonde.
"Easy bro," Blake smiled weakly at his brother. "And he wonders why he doesn't have any friends," he grinned as he looked back at Liz and Dustin. "You were pretty fast out there," Blake told Dustin, who shook his head.
"Yeah right, I must be giving up a couple of seconds per lap to you guys."
"I told you, you get too much air-time in your jumps. It slows you down," Dee interrupted, making Dustin's smile fall instantly as he looked over at her.
"And how would you know that, Miss Freestyle?"
"Maybe because I am a freestyle rider and I'm used to knowing the difference in my jumps. You kind of have to in order to judge if you're doing your tricks right. And going over those hills that high is like coming down through molasses. When you have to try and do as many tricks as possible, and land them, in a certain length of time, you learn to adapt."
"Wow, um, she's right." Blake confirmed with a nod, looking impress. "Freestyle? That's pretty cool. So, what are you guys doing now? Wanna follow us?" he offered, but Dustin shook his head, looking a little disappointed.
"Sorry man, I gotta be somewhere," he told the short teen. "Rain check?" he asked, and Blake nodded.
"No worries," Hunter's grin didn't look too friendly. "Next time," he said as he got off his bike and walked off. Blake said goodbye and headed off as well, and Dustin groaned.
"Man, sometimes I hate being a Ranger." he complained.
"Oh, buck up." Liz rolled her eyes, "You're saving the world. That's more important than following a couple of guys you just met to do motocross."
"She's right. We haven't even gotten to morph yet. I can't wait. It's gonna be so cool."
The girls took off to training when Kelly waved them on, making Dustin stay and help her.
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"Hey Tori! Shane!" Dustin tried as he arrived at their training spot and found that nobody was around. "Don't tell me I missed training again..." he groaned when silence was the only reply he received. "Why do I do this to myself?" he mumbled, turning in circles for any sign of the others. "Come on you guys!" he called out again, but instead of having the others reply, he was greeted by a group of Kelzacks that surrounded him. Trying not to show his fear, he fell into a fighting stance, and the Kelzacks attacked.
Dustin blocked the first attack and ducked, before turning to another and kicked it out of the way. He threw two at the Kelzaks standing in front of him. He turned and punched another, so it slammed into a tree. One grabbed his arm and the others quickly swarmed around him. They tossed him to the ground and circled around him.
As the Kelzacks held their swords over the Yellow Ranger, the rumbling of bike engines filled the air and made them look up quickly. Two bikes hurtled towards them, with the other Wind Rangers riding them. Tori rode a blue bike with gold outlines and Shane rode a red one with similar outlines. They fired energy blasts at the Kelzacks as they shot past.
"Oh dude!" He shouted, putting his hands to his mouth. Liz and Dee walked over with Cam, who had a remote and backpack on his shoulder.
"Hey Dustin." He greeted.
"Hey man!"
"Dude! I thought you were right behind us." His sister complained, crossing her arms, "What happened?"
"Kelly, man. She made me go back with her and unload everything at the store."
"Yeah, well, most of that crap was yours." Liz smirked as they heard more blasts coming from the bikes, "Hope they don't wreck those, Cam. Are they even ready yet?"
"No. I haven't finished with the tests and I told these guys not to engage the enemy until the bikes were ready. But of course, no one ever listens to the guy with the glasses." Cam spoke.
"I listen to you." Cam smiled at Dee words.
"So, Dude, what? These are the Tsunami Cycles?" Dustin asked in awe, missing the exchange between their tech and his sister. The two ducked as Tori cam sailing over their heads yelling, "These are great!"
"Man, I thought these things were months off being ready!"
"So, did I." Cam responded, "But you're sister, surprisingly, is kind of tech savvy. And Liz," he gestured beside him,"is actually pretty good with engines."
"Surprisingly?"
"Actually?"
The two looked offended as Cam held up his hands in defense, "Well, I meant, you know, compared to your brothers."
"We'll let you go with that…" Liz frowned, "for now."
Dustin waved his hands at them, "Okay, okay. So, what? You got something for me?"
Cam shifted his bag. "No. Should I?" He asked seriously.
"Oh, come on man. Quit joking around."
"No, seriously. I don't know what you're talking about."
Dustin looked over at dejectedly. "So what? You're saying that the motocross guy is the only one that doesn't get a Tsunami Cycle?"
Cam laughed. "Alright, alright fine." Dustin's mood lifted. Cam used a remote to direct a massive MACK truck toward them. "Meet your new Mobile Command Center." Cam spoke. The truck pulled to a stop, and the back opened. "Check this out." A yellow Tsunami Cycle with a yellow lightning bolt framework design on the back came out.
"Oh, dude!" Dustin said, shocked. "Well put, Dustin." Cam looked over at him.
"So, what? Anything I should know?" Dustin asked.
"Yeah, just make sure- "He was cut off by Dustin running up toward the bike and flipping through the air morphing. Cam sighed. "Why bother?"
"He's, like, such an airhead." Dee shook her head, "My brother and I have a lot in common. I get that. But when it comes to certain things in life, I just shake my head at him."
The other two just laugh as they go into the common center to keep watch.
Dustin revved his engine and took off after the others.
"Hey Dustin, you made it!" Shane called as they sped down the road. Dustin nodded, giving them a thumbs up as his way of conveying his pure excitement.
"Look, the creeps are back!" Tori noticed, and the three turned in different directions to take out their enemies. "Wow, this is fun!" She cheered, taking out multiple Kelzacks at once.
"Yeah, I'm just warming up," Shane nodded.
"Too bad there had to be Kelzacks," Dustin complained as he leaned on the handlebars and looked over at the last of the Kelzacks.
"Not for long!" Shane called out, and they revved up their bikes and shot at the Kelzacks. They flew through the air, shooting their lasers at them, taking them out with no opposition. The strange creatures went up in flames, defeated.
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After their battle was over, the Rangers sped back over to the mobile command center that Cam had created and dismounted. Dustin and Shane were making their excitement known as they demorphed, and Cam walked over, shaking his head.
"Hey guys," he greeted as he walked over to Tori's bike and started examining it.
"Hey, these bikes are amazing," Shane commented as he sat on his bike.
"You know Shane, you were lucky," Cam replied, not looking at the Red Ranger. "They still need some fine-tuning," he told him, before turning to Dustin to give him his backpack before speaking to him quietly.
"Hey, Cam." The genius looked over as Dee and Liz approached him, "You wouldn't happen to be working on any for us, would you?"
"I've got the designs made. I had already been working on theirs from the minute they became Rangers. Trust me, we'll get you one. Promise. And with you two help, it shouldn't take as long." He looked at Dee, "I gave your brother a disc with the specs on it. As he said, he's the motocross guy. I want his opinion on it." He handed her a disc, "I'm giving you a copy. Since, you know, you're the motocross girl. Maybe you'll see something he doesn't. I'd like your input."
"You got it."
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The Rangers, minus Dustin, stood in Ninja Ops after being called in by Cam, who was working on his computer.
"There's some subterranean disturbance," he muttered. "This is not good," he summed up, before the lights began to flicker and the ground shook.
Liz and Dee braced themself with the table as Tori bumped into Shane, nearly causing them to fall to the ground.
"What's happening?" Shane called, catching Tori's wrist before the she could fall. As suddenly as it started, the earthquake stopped, leaving a piece of the ceiling on the ground.
"What was that?" Dee asked, walking over to check on Sensei, but Cam was already searching for the reason on the computer.
"Seismographs are picking up some serious activity," he told them, before the screen showed a monster bursting out of the ground.
"There's your reason why," Shane growled.
"That is one massive mole," Tori spoke with shock and disgust as she stared at the monster. Thudding footsteps echoed towards them and Dustin rushed into Ninja Ops and ran over to them.
"Sorry I'm late guys. I got hung up at the track," he apologized as he breathed heavily. He was unaware of the scowl Shane shot him as he checked out the new monster.
"Better late than never," Shane's voice was flat, and they could hear his irritation clear as day. Liz and Dee share a look, knowing how their brothers could get.
"He's at the Quarry," Cam informed them, turning toward the Spectre Ninjas, "You girls ready for your first fight?"
"Oh, it is so on." They smirked as Shane straightened up.
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
"NINJA STORM!"
"SPECTRA STORM!"
"RANGER FORM, HA!"
"Power of Earth!"
"Air!"
"Water!"
"Fire!"
"Light!"
"Shadows!"
Liz and Dee's suits had silver netted sleeves and leggings, gold elbow, knee and shoulder pads.
Liz's helmet was in the shape of an owl and her suit was black with the silhouette of an owl in white on the front. Dee's had crane head on her helmet, her suit was white and it had a black crane on the front.
The five Ninjas raced to the Quarry, where they found Terramole walking about, complaining about his day. The monster cried out as the Wind Rangers blasted him with their lasers and threw him backwards.
"Hey, molehead!" Tori called as he spun around to face his attackers.
"We don't dig what you've been doing!" Dustin called as he held his blaster in his hand.
"Oh yeah?" Terramole scoffed. "Well I'm guessing by the spandex, that it's your job to try and stop me!" he mocked as he walked towards them.
"I've got a feeling up close and personal weapons won't work here." Liz comment as she held up her Crystal Staff, "It's too bad, though. I was really looking forward to it."
"I know, right." Dee held up her Onyx Staff, "At least give me a chance."
"You little brats." The monster growled, "Well then, try and catch me if you can!" he mocked as he dove underground, disappearing.
"Liz, can you sense him?" Dee asked as Liz stretch her hand out toward the hole to sense out the shadows for the monster.
"He down there. I can't track him. He's too fast."
"Where did he go?" Shane growled as they looked around, looking for any sign of him as they prepared to defend themselves.
"Want to take a wild guess?" Torri asked sarcastically. He suddenly burst out of the ground between them. He spun around slashing at the rangers. "Going up!" he laughed as he flew around. "Going down!" As soon as he popped out, he was immediately back in the ground.
Liz look over at Shane, "You now, I might be able to draw him out if I pull the shadows toward me. Our best bet, however, would be for Dee to throw some Light Daggers down there. She can manipulate them like a remote control car. She could hit him with them."
"It would draw him out." Dee smirked, "Might give him a couple of 3rd degree burns while I'm at it. That's always fun."
"Seriously?" Shane laughed, "3rd degree burns?"
"I can actually control the level of heat I emit. I can get it as hot as the sun."
"Alright, enough light talk. Dig this dirt boy." Dustin made a sign with his hand, "Ninja Dirt Dive!" he burrowed deep underground to follow Terramole. There were two puffs of smoke coming from opposite directions as the two shot at each other. When they collided with each other, there was a small explosion and Dustin went flying out.
"That was down and dirty," Shane commented as they ran over to the fallen Yellow Ranger.
"Terramole in the house!" the monster burst out of the ground and landed nearby. "Watch and learn Rangers, I'm going to trash your city from the inside out!" Terramole leapt back into his hole and disappeared, fleeing the battle.
"Get back here!" they yelled, but it was too late.
"Ah! He got away!" Shane groaned.
"He'll be back." Tori assured.
"They always come back," Dustin commented.
"Morbid, much." Dee shook her head at her brother as they walked away.
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"Hey Liz," the teen looked over the large box of motocross gear to see Blake grinning at her. The brothers were standing in the doorway of Storm Chargers with a blonde girl about their age, looking around. "You see Dustin anywhere?"
"Yeah, he's in the back, I'll get him for you," she told them, dropping the box on the ground. She walked into the back, where she found Dustin and Dee working on his bike. "Hey, Blake and Hunter are here looking for you," Dustin looked up and grinned widely.
"Thanks, Liz," he dropped his tools into the kit and stood up, brushing oil on his jeans before walking past. The girls followed him back out, putting up more equipment.
"Hi." They turned around as the blonde walked over to them, "I'm Alexis. Heard you met my brothers earlier. I apologize for anything offensive they may have said or done. They're neanderthals. They really shouldn't be allowed out in the general population."
"Hey!" The two girls stood up, laughing, as the brothers looked over, "Lexi. Chill."
"Whatever."
"Okay. So, we know Hunter and Blake are adopted, but you look just like Hunter. Is that biological or coincidental?"
"Biological, unfortunately." She smirked, "We're twins. We were adopted at the same time. Blake was right behind us, though we're all the same age."
"Nice. Well, I'm Elizabeth, but you can call me Liz. This is Deanna."
"And you can call me Dee. The airhead talking to your brothers is my brother."
"Rude!" Dustin looked over, offended. He paused as Shane and Tori came in, "Hey guys!" he said, calling them over. "Cool, you guys finally get to meet. Shane and Tori, meet Hunter, Blake and Lexi," Dustin indicated to each as he said their names.
"Dustin's told us a lot about you," Hunter nodded.
"But not everything," Blake and Lexi said together, eyeing Tori and Shane.
Liz chuckled as she shared a smirk with Dee before going back to their stocking.
"Uh, hey Dustin, you got a minute?" Shane asked, pulling the Yellow Ranger away. As Shane tore into Dustin, Tori spoke with Hunter and Blake, and Lexi walked over to talk with Liz and Dee.
"Come on girls, I gotta go," Dustin grabbed Tori's arm and pulled her away from the brothers. "See you guys!" the pair said goodbye as Dustin and Tori left Storm Chargers.
"Are you coming?" Shane looked at the two girls on the ground. They nodded before closing the boxes and walking out of the store.
"Oh, I forgot something, I'll meet you guys there," Shane called.
"Okay." As they started to leave, Lexi stopped them, "Hey!"
"Listen, I'd really like to find some time for us to hang out. I mean, I'm stuck with those two boneheads on a regular basis. It'd be nice to have some girl talk."
"Yeah, we'd like." The two nodded as Shane back out.
"Let's go." Without another word to Lexi, he grabbed the girl's arms and steered them away, pulling them along.
"Hey, careful." Liz complained.
"Yeah, Shane. Our arms are attached, you know."
"Sorry."
"What's wrong?"
He paused and told them what he overheard the brothers talking about inside.
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Tori watched with folded arms as Dustin performed push-ups on the table, his punishment for being late.
"97...98...99...100," Dustin collapsed, exhausted as Sensei jumped off his back. "Perhaps now you will learn the importance of punctuality," Sensei lectured him as Dustin groaned.
"And you'll have really nice pecs," Tori added as she leaned on the table with a grin. She laughed as she sat on the table beside the panting Ranger. "Maybe I can sit on your back next time, Dustin. Maybe you'll work up a bigger sweat."
"Hey, Dustin," they looked up as Shane walked in, Liz and Dee trailing slowly behind, "Can I talk to you for a sec?" he asked as Dustin looked up. He rolled off the table as the went to stand next to Tori.
"Ok, dude, look, I'm sorry-"
"Hey, how well do you know Hunter and Blake?" Shane cut him off before Dustin could finish his apology. "I mean, they come out of nowhere, and suddenly they're your best friends," Dustin smiled weakly and shook his head.
"Dude, it's a motocross thing," he told the Air Ninja. "You've got these skater buds of yours that you hang with and dude, they're total posers, and we don't say a word," Dustin told him, becoming defensive as Shane rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, well at least I know what's important here," Shane called as Dustin went to walk away. Dustin spun around as he struggled not to get angry. "Look, ever since you've been hanging out with these guys man, your priorities are totally messed!"
"Dude, that's crazy man!" Dustin walked back and looked to the other two. "Come on, back me up here, girls?" he looked to the female Ninjas, who shrugged and looked away. "Oh, come on man!" he yelled angrily. "Listen, I admit I've been a bit of an airhead, but-"
"This is not Chess Club," Shane hissed at him. "We're talking about the end of the world here! Do you even get that?" he asked.
"Sensei, a little help here?" Dustin looked to their teacher for help.
"You can only help yourself Dustin," Sensei told him firmly. "With your actions, not your words."
"You know what? I can't believe this!" Dustin shouted, turning and storming off. "I'm going riding," he growled as he walked up the stairs. Shane turned back to the girls, who looked down, feeling bad.
"You know, Shane," Dee stepped forward, "my brother can be a little flighty. I get that. So can you. In fact, from what I hear, before you became a Ranger, you guys were almost expelled." Tori and Shane winced at the memory, "How about you cut him some slack, huh? He showed up late at Tsunami training because our boss made him stay and help her. He got here before we had to go out and face that mole. And all three of us were working and had a hard time getting away. What you need to understand, Mr. Big Bad Leader, is that you're no better.
"Excuse me?"
"Well, she's right." Liz joined her friend, "I mean, from the stories that we've gotten from before, you're just as bad. You were constantly late to classes, never won any sparring matches and you blamed Tori and Dustin for your lack of teamwork and took no blame for yourself. How about you lose the attitude, bro. Jumping on him the way you did, was totally over the line. It's really unfitting of a team leader."
When the two girls walked out, Shane looked back to see Cam and Tori covering their mouths, trying not to laugh.
"What just happened?"
"You just got schooled." Tori chuckled.
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After another earthquake alerted Tori and Shane that Terramole had returned, they had left Ninja Ops and headed off to the quarry while Cam summoned the other three. They looked around, but there seemed to be no sign of the monster.
"Where is he?" Shane wondered, before Tori cried out. "Tori!" He grabbed her arms to keep her from being pulled under, "Let her go!" Shane aimed his blaster at the monster, who released Tori.
The Blue Ranger cried out and fell onto Shane as Terramole disappeared, reappearng seconds later as he grabbed Shane's ankles and swung him around before throwing him. The Red Ranger crashed to the ground beside where Tori laying. "This guy is tough!"
"Where's Dustin and the girls?" Tori asked, looking around.
"That airhead? His Ranger days are over!" Terramole mocked as he appeared from his hiding place.
"Hey, we're the only ones who can call him an airhead!" Shane yelled back. Tori nodded, and they ran at Terramole again, fighting him off.
"Guys, hang on!" Dustin called out as he and the girls reached the battle. He leapt off the cliff and slammed his Lion Hammer at Terramole, but the monster slipped underground before it could hit him. "You can't hide forever..." he looked around, before tightening his grip on his weapon. "Lion Hammer time!" he slammed it into the ground several times, and the pulsations ran along the ground like ripples. "How's this for a big bang?" he called, slamming the ground again. This time Terramole went flying out of his hole and landed heavily on the ground as the others ran over to Dustin. "You know what I'm thinking!"
"Yes." Liz and Dee high fived, "Are you ready for this?"
"You bet."
"Wing Blades!" Twin Bisentō swords, the blades curved like wings, appeared, "Oh, yeah. This Crane is ready to fly." Dee smirked, expertly flipping the blades, "Let's go."
"Shadow Claws!" A Double-Ended Chain-Sickle, looking like a couple of talons, lit up in Liz's hands, "Oh, baby!" She twirled them around like a whip, testing, "Come at me, you freak."
"On that note." Tori shook her head at the new Rangers, "Sonic Fin!"
"Hawk Blaster!"
"Lion Hammer!" the three Wind Rangers combined their weapons, and aimed the Storm Striker at Terramole. "Storm Striker!" they called as he cried out in fear.
"Waves of Light!" Dee twirled her blades around, creating a large build-up of white energy.
"Dark Vortex!" Liz swung the chain around, creating a tornado cloud of dark energy.
"Dig this!" Dustin called. They fired their cannon as the girls sent their own blasts at the Terramole, who cried out as he was destroyed. The Rangers cheered victoriously, before Terramole suddenly grew.
"Can you guess who the mole is now?" he called as they looked up.
"Cam, you know the drill!" Dustin spoke into his morpher, and Cam sent their Zords as Liz and Dee backed away.
"We'll meet you guys back at Ninja Ops."
"You've got it!" The Rangers jumped up into their Zord, ready for battle.
"Time to lay some groundwork!" Terramole dove into the ground again and reappeared behind the Megazord. He slashed at them several times, before going back under the ground.
"He's too fast!" Tori complained.
"Gone again!" Dustin groaned, "Lightning Megazord, engage!" he called on the Megazord's streamlined formation, which was thrown backwards as Terramole popped up. They recovered and swung a punch at the mole, who ducked.
"You're going down!" Terramole caught the Megazord and tried pulling it down.
"Again, with the digging thing!" Shane complained angrily.
"He's a mole, Shane, it's what they do," Cam reminded him slowly. "Power down and I'll send you something that can help," he told them, and they did so as Terramole jumped out again. "Downloading Power Sphere 4 now," he granted them a new Power Disk, that Dustin inserted into his console.
"Ram Hammer deploy!"
"Whoa! It's time for me to hit the dirt!" The Mole called as he saw the new weapon. He burrowed underground, only for the Megazord to hit the ground and throw him back out.
"Think again, chump!" They swung the hammer to the ground, shooting the mole back out of it's hole, "Hammer Time!" With several strikes, they swung it at Terramole, defeating him for the last time.
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They were all at the track and Shane and the girls were on the side, with four motocross bikes, cheering Dustin on. He came up to where they were and showered them with dirt, making Dee laugh and both Tori and Liz groan before he stopped. Shane started dusting dirt off their shoulders.
"Thanks for the shower," Tori said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Aw," Dee batted her eyes "Is the Water Ninja allergic to dirt?"
"No." Tori shoved her playfully, "I just prefer to be clean, thank you."
Dustin just laughed as he pulled of his helmet.
"Sorry." He apologized, "So what? Did I look faster?"
"You were ripping, bro," Shane answered as he clapped hands with Dustin. "So, uh, where are Hunter and Blake?" Shane asked, "I figured they'd be here."
"Yeah, I don't know," Dustin answered, "I, um, I guess they had better things to do than just hang out with a goof like me, huh?"
"Hey, some of the stuff I said before," Shane started, "I didn't mean you weren't committed." He cut his eyes at Dee and Liz, "I mean, we all get a little spacey."
"Not to mention big-headed." Dee smirked as Liz shoved her brother, "And we're sorry, too. We didn't mean to just jump all over you like that. You're the Red Ranger. It's your job to…"
"No," Shane interrupted, "I took it too far. You girls were right." He looked at Dustin, "I'm sorry man. I don't want you to think that we don't take you seriously as a Ranger."
"No, yeah, I know," Dustin told him, "But, you weren't altogether wrong."
"You're a great ranger, Dustin." Tori smiled gently, "You always come through when it matters." She chuckled, "But, you're still an airhead."
"Best Big Bro ever." Dee leaned over and hugged him.
"Thanks guys," Dustin thanked them, "well, let's go gear up. If we're going to be riding the Tsunami Cycles, we'd better be ready." The other four agreed. "Let's do it."
"Why do you two need practice. You don't have bikes." Shane asked as they turned to get into their moto gear on.
"Yet." Liz elbowed her brother as she walked over to her stuff, "Cam's already got the specs. We're going to help him build them. In the meantime, I don't ride motocross bikes, I ride BMX. So, we're getting some training in before we get our own Tsunami Cycles."
They started arguing, the group unaware that they were being watched.
With the girl's suits, I tried to imagine them as a combination of Tori's suit and the Thunder suits. I kept going back to Megaforce when one of the female Rangers morphed into the Navy Ranger, with a skirt. Lol. So, use your imagination!
Hope you guys enjoyed this. Let me know what you think. Don't forget to vote!