Ninja Storm: Rise of the Eclipse- Chapter 3: Thunder Strangers: Part I

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It was supposed to be a normal day, but Dustin was having it rough. He lost his backpack, which Cam had told him had the supercomputer backups. Cam wasn't happy with the Yellow Ranger. Then Kelly only had the budget for 250s and she wanted Hunter and Blake. She didn't even mention Crystal, who he had mentioned to Kelly about riding for them.

Then they get a call from Cam, saying that something fishy was happening in the quarry. That was never good. And to top it all off, there was no one in the quarry but Cam was picking up signatures. Then they found that two figures were at the top, yelling down to them. They took the winds by surprise, knocking them to the ground.

" Note to self, never, ever doubt Cam," Shane said, groaning. He climbed to his feet. All three Wind Rangers looked over to find two strangers in crimson and navy. " Who are you?" He demanded, pointing at the mysterious Rangers.

" What's with the attitude?" Tori asked, noticing that they were still turned away from them.

" Hello, anyone home?" Dustin called out, hoping to get an answer from them.

Crimson turned around followed by Navy." Clearly, you didn't get the memo." He darkly joked. His arms across his chest.

" Old Rangers out, new Rangers in." Navy agreed, his head turning to the Rangers.

" You expect us to fight you?" Dustin asked, watching the two Rangers. Suddenly they charged the three. Both struck the Rangers together in blurs of crimson and navy. The new Rangers kept attacking until the Wind Rangers fell to the ground, groaning.

" Hey, grumpy!" Someone yelled. Crimson and Navy stepped back, watching Gold and Silver Rangers hit the ground. The two stopped in front of the three downed Rangers.

Gold turned her head little, looking back at the downed Wind Rangers. " You guys okay?" She asked. The Winds only groaned. Gold watched Crimson pull his staff out. He charged first, throwing his staff over his head and bringing it down on Gold. She blocked the hit with her hand. But the sheer amount of force that Crimson was exerting was stronger than Gold. With her free hand, Gold managed to release her rapier, slamming it into the side of Crimson.

He stumbled back while Gold breathed heavily. Crimson practically snarled at her. Gold charged him. Avoiding his swing, Gold blocked his second hit. She threw her foot up, slamming it into Crimson's helmet. He backed up, startled. Gold took the opportunity and rammed into him, sending them to the ground. Gold rolled off of him and slid on the ground.

Silver wasn't any better. She and Navy were locked in a weapon match until she slammed her heel into his foot, making him back off. Silver ran forward and slammed her rapier down on Navy's shoulder. He groaned but shook it off. He charged her again, his weapon swinging. Silver ducked, dodged and rolled out of the way to avoid the staff to the face or stomach. She slammed her foot down on the staff and rotated her body, kicking Navy in the chest.

Both Rangers moved in front of the three primary rangers. " Back off." Silver snarled. She held her rapier low to the ground. Gold stood with her rapier by her side. Navy pulled out his staff. The two ninjas streaked over and over again, sending the five Rangers to the ground.

" They have sticks," Shane pointed out.

" Really big sticks." Tori agreed, clutching her chest.

" Anybody got any ideas?" Dustin asked.

" You want an idea," Crimson said. He and his partner stopped in front of the Rangers. " How about giving up?"

" Trust us, it will be must less painful that way." Navy agreed.

Silver slowly stood up. " Ya hear that Gold," She turned her head to her partner. " They want us to give up." She turned her helmeted head back to the evil Rangers. " You can't stop an Eclipse, no matter how hard you try,"

" Eclipse?" Tori asked, looking at her fellow ninjas.

" Ready?" Crimson asked. Navy nodded. Both their fingertips glowed. In seconds, the two dark Rangers were gone, along with the Eclipse Rangers.


Dustin breathed out, sitting around his sensei's hut. Tori and Shane sat with him. When they returned to Ops after the fight, they started to bombard Sensei with questions. Mostly regarding the two evil Rangers. " Sensei, who were those guys?" Shane asked, leaning over to see his teacher.

The guinea pig sighed. " They fight in the style of the Thunder Ninja Academy," Sensei told the three. " This is all I know for certain." He admitted.

" I thought Lothor captured all the other ninja schools?" Dustin asked, frowning.

" Could Lothor have turned them against us so he could fight fire with fire?" Tori asked, walking away from the academy topic. She turned to the guinea pig sensei.

" Their fire comes from deep within," Sensei said. " Even Lothor cannot be driving them to attack with such passion." He said.

" You know, I don't care what their problem is," Dustin said. " All I know is those dudes almost smoked us even with the help of those Eclipse Rangers." He smiled. " They were pretty wicked,"

" Eclipse Rangers?" Sensei asked. " They are here, in Blue Bay Harbor?" He asked once more.

Tori nodded. " Yeah, Gold and Silver," The only girl of the group answered. " They came and helped us when we had our first fight. But today, they took on the Thunders on like it was second nature to them."

The guinea pig hummed. " The Eclipse Rangers are very powerful." Sensei started. " Their school is well guarded and protected by the highly trained ninjas. The Gold and Silver morphers are given to the highest-ranking ninjas. They are considered the guardians of the Eclipse,"

" How did they keep up with the Thunder ninjas?" Shane asked. He was a little upset that his teacher was now telling them about the elusive Eclipse Academy. They could have used the information to persuade the two Rangers to join the team.

Sensei shifted around. " The Eclipse Academy trains their ninjas in all the different styles." He explained. " It was to ensure that if such an attack ever came, their students could scatter. They would disappear into the crowds of the Wind and Thunder Academies." Sensei shifted around. " The morphers that those Rangers are more powerful than even I know,"

" Gold and Silver; they had something about them that made them even more powerful." Tori pressed her finger to her lip in thought. If the Eclipse ninjas were the most powerful, then why didn't they end the Thunder Rangers. " They managed to get a few hits on the Thunder Rangers but they didn't take them out."

Sensei was about to ask what she meant but Cam interrupted. " The quarry again." Cam sighed. " Is there a Monster-con down there?" He asked.

" It's Zurgane," Shane said. " Still ugly as ever." He muttered.

" Doesn't he usually come with a sidekick?" Tori asked, looking at everyone.

" It could be a trap." Sensei thought. " Use caution when engaging him." He encouraged.

" We always do," Shane admitted.

" Yeah right," Cam muttered.

" Ready?" Shane asked.

" Ready." Both confirmed.

Ninja Storm, Ranger Form.

Power of Water.

Power of Air.

Power of Earth.


Crystal breathed in. She was walking on her hands, building up her shoulder strength. Walking around for a few minutes, Crystal flipped forward and landed on her feet. She turned around and watched her younger sister hit herself on the head by the wooden sword that was in her hands.

" Ow." Lucy rubbed her head. She placed the sword back in Crystal's jeep. The blonde chuckled while unwrapping the white tape on her hands. Bending over, Crystal threw her hair in a ponytail to get it out of her face. " Do you have anyth-" Lucy was about to ask but the morphers beeping stopped her.

" Quarry?" Crystal asked. Lucy nodded. Both girls morphed then sped off to the quarry to fight.


Once they reached the quarry, Crystal and Lucy looked down to see the Wind Rangers on the ground. Zurgane was standing over them. " I'm sick of Power Rangers." The general sneered, holding his swords out. " Rangers, Rangers, Rangers, that all I hear."

"You forgot about me," Lucy said, charging Zurgane. The only result was her being knocked off her feet. Red got up and started to battle Zurgane one on one. He got elbowed in the stomach, making him fall back.

Crystal shook her head. She ran towards the general. She dodged a swing of the swords while pulling out her weapon. Zurgane went for the stomach but Crystal was faster and blocked him. She kicked him hard in the stomach. He stumbled back while Crystal charged once more.

Zurgane distracted Crystal, sweeping her feet from her. " This will teach you to respect me." He said, shooting blue lasers out of his swords, sending everyone flying. Lucy landed on her back. Tori landed next to her on her stomach. " And now to finish what those fools started," Zurgane said. Suddenly a streak of white appeared but this time it took the general with it.

" Catch you later big guy," Red said, tossing his sword to his other hand. Lucy ran over and helped her sister up as the three other rangers started towards them.

" What do they want from us?" Blue asked, looking at her teammates. Suddenly, sparks went flying and everyone covered their faces and helmets. Lucy and Crystal turned to the entry of the quarry and saw Crimson and Navy walking up. They stopped while everyone fell into their stances.

Recognize these?" Crimson asked. Crimson and Navy bikes appeared in front of the two evil Rangers. They climbed on and revved up the engines. The Wind Rangers protested while the Eclipse Rangers stayed quiet. The bikes then started to shoot lighting at the five.

The sisters managed to dodge it. " We need something like that," Lucy muttered to her older sister.

Crystal rolled her eyes. " Yes, let me drop everything to teach you how to ride." She sarcastically shot back. Lucy raised her hands in defense. They watched the Wind Ranger get slaughtered.

" This is so easy, it's almost boring," Navy commented. He and his partner climbed off their bikes. Crystal and Lucy stood in front of the fallen Rangers. " I thought that they would at least put up a fight like those two," Lucy growled, tightening the grip on her rapier.

" Those guys could never compete with the Thunder Ninja Academy." Crystal rolled her eyes. She had enough of the Thunder Rangers and was ready for them to be gone.

" I thought their sensei taught them better than this," Navy snarked.

Crystal snorted. That brought both their attention to her. " Everything that I have ever heard about this academy is coming true," She turned to Lucy. " I heard that their sensei never taught them to finish a fight," She fakely winced under her helmet.

" Nah, can't be it," Lucy turned her head back to the Thunders. " I think, they're too scared to finish the fight,"

Both comments seemed to rattle the two a little. Crimson curled his hands into fists but Navy was better at controlling what he showed. " It's the to finish what we started," Crimson stated. " Crimson Thunder Power," He pulled his morpher off.

" Navy thunder Power," Navy pulled his morpher off.

" Sky of Wonder,"

" Power of Thunder,"

Two darkly colored bugs rolled in. The two disappeared into the zords. They rolled around, flaunting their zords.

" They want to play rough," Red stated. " We're all about rough," He lifted his morpher. " Cam hit it." The wind zords suddenly appeared. " Let's show these impostors whose who at the zord zoo,"

" Bottom of the ninth, boys," Blue spoke up. " Now or never,"

" I'm thinking…now," Yellow added in. The bugs swerved around. " It's time to bring the heat people,"

" Copy that," Red nodded. " Now it's our turn,"

" Right," Blue added.

" Are they going to take them on?" Lucy leaned over and asked. Crystal only nodded. They returned to watching the fight.

The red hawk flamed up and started to wrap the crimson insect in a fire. After leaving, the insect rolled out in a ball. It shot its weapons at the hawk, who hit the ground.

The navy beetle got the drop on the lion and hooked himself to the rim of the lion's metal mane. The beetle was then sent flying away to roll and skid. The lion then tried to smash the beetle but the beetle disappeared from the lion and dolphin. He reappeared right next to the dolphin. The pinchers on the beetle shot out and grabbed the dolphin, starting to spin it around. The dolphin landed right next to the lion.

The next minute was a blur. Suddenly two monster-sized Megazords towered over the Eclipse Rangers. The Thunder Megazord stomped closer to the Wind Megazord. The Thunder pushed the Wind back with punches and kicks

" You guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Yellow asked.

" Serpent sword," They called out. " Activate,"

A power disk came out of the chest of the Wind Megazord. It unfolded to reveal a serpent-shaped sword. " This should slow those clowns down," Red called out. The Wind Megazord swung the sword, striking the Thunder Megazord. But the darker Megazord still stood. " This isn't working. What else can we do?" Red asked again.

The Winds tried to strike again but the Thunder caught the sword in their hand. They pushed it down, using that force to flip the Wind Megazord onto it's back. The Megazord got back up but something seemed to surprise them. The Thunder Megazord popped a power sphere out of its chest. They circled each other. Then the Thunders powered up the fan, sending a blow. They struck the Megazord before using the powered up final blow on the Wind Megazord.

The lighter Megazord went down, sparking as it did.

The Thunders walked away, leaving the Winds in their messed up Megazord.


Crystal and Lucy took off from where they were standing. They demorphed, running through the forest. The sisters burst out of the forest as a van rolled up. The blonde looked around, in a sort of panic. She spotted Hunter and Blake climbing over the fence to a van. " What are you two doing here?" The redhead asked, rounding the van. She then noticed the blonde and brunette sisters standing at the edge of the forest. " Who are they?" She asked, pointing to them.

Hunter and Blake turned around, finding Crystal and Lucy standing there. " What are you guys doing here?" Blake asked.

Crystal stopped at the fence, taking no effort in jumping it. " We were exploring when the ground shook. Felt kinda like an earthquake." She breathed. " Then we saw black smoke from over there," She motioned to the black smoke that stood against the sky.

" We think they need help," Hunter answered Kelly's first question. " Come on," He led his brother and the redhead over the fence. The two sisters caught up to the fast-paced brothers.

" What if they're not in there?" Lucy quietly asked Crystal. " What if they made it out."

Crystal bit her lip. " Let's hope."


Next Episode: Thunder Strangers: Part II