"I'm sorry ... but I thought you said that you were ... going to HELP us?" Hunter said.
"I don't get it, Orgs are supposed to be evil beings born of pollution and destruction. Why do you two suddenly want to help humanity?" Dustin said
Jindrax blew out a sigh and ran a hand over his face.
"Were you even listening?! Look everything we told you is the truth. We're done with evil and all that, there's no scheme, no 'what's in it for us', nothing like that. We swear." He traced an X across his chest with his dagger for emphasis.
"Look ... Forgive us if we're skeptical, we've been tricked before." Shane said as he glanced at Dustin and Tori, no doubt remembering the ordeal they had had with Blake and Hunter because she and Dustin had trusted them. And again with Mara when Dustin had let his personal feelings cloud his judgement.
Sensei Watanabe's little guinea pig nose twitched as he studied the two Orgs.
"I know you all have been hurt and betrayed before..." He began.
"We're still sorry about that... For a LOT of reasons." Blake interjected as his eyes met Tori's. She smiled shyly and blush crept across her cheeks as she tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.
Hunter nudged Shane as he nodded his head at the pair and they grinned at one another.
When Dustin had first introduced he and Blake to Shane and Tori, his brother was instantly smitten with his fellow blue ranger. No ... Not just smitten... It was more like love at first sight.
It had been Hunter's idea to use her to find the entrance to their OPs. At first, Blake had refused and it had sparked quite an argument between them.
"...but my instincts tell me that we can trust them." Sensei finished.
"Dad ... Are you sure?" Cam asked, still eyeing the two Orgs suspiciously.
Sensei turned to him.
"If we never allow for growth and change in other's characters, then we don't allow for change in our own." He replied.
"Wow, that's pretty deep for a rodent." Jindrax said.
"That's our Sensei, wise beyond all measure." Dustin said proudly.
"I have merely made plenty of mistakes in my life and have learned from them." He replied humbly.
"That makes you truly wise." Toxica replied.
"You never told us, how do you know Lothor?" Hunter said.
"Oh yeah... Well... We met him at this shindig called The United Alliance of Evil a while back. Not sure how long ago, since when you've lived for as long as we have, time starts to ... Blur together a little. At the time, we were just hanging around waiting for our master to return and we had nothing better to do, so we figured why not?" Jindrax explained with a shrug.
"He was a pompus arrogant windbag." Toxica interjected, her tone had a touch of venom to it.
Jindrax concurred with a nod as he crossed his arms across his chest.
"Yeah, he was a real jerk. And we thought Org bosses were bad, he made them look like a bunch of wimps!"
"Besides, he's a human, and we weren't about to lower ourselves and take orders from a HUMAN." She said haughtily as she jutted her chin high into the air.
"Not that we have a problem with humans or anything! Well ... not anymore anyway ... it's just ... things were different back then." Jindrax interjected quickly as he shot her a look.
Dustin stepped forward and put his arms around the Orgs shoulders.
"Well, on behalf everyone, I wanna say welcome to the team!"
"Er ... Thanks." Jindrax said, still slightly put off by the tendency for humans to want to ... Touch all the time.
As far as he was concerned, there was only ONE creature that he wanted touching HIM.
He looked to Toxica, knowing that she could hear his thoughts and found her eyeing him, her dark eyes sparkling.
A cat like grin crossed her beautiful face.
'Later.' her voice floated into his head.
Excitement and desire surged through his body in response to that simple word.
'Not later ... NOW.' He replied in thought as he hastily turned to the group of rangers.
"Well ...! Uh ... This is great! Go team and all that! We'll be in touch!" He said, he grabbed Toxica's hand and they disappeared in a flash of magic.
"That was ... Weird." Tori said.
"Yeah and I thought aliens were strange." Dustin quipped.
"Do you think we can trust them? I'd hate to make the same mistake again." Dustin said, clearly still feeling embarrassed about the whole ordeal with Maura.
"Sensei rubbed his chin thoughtfully."
"Yes, I believe we can." He said.
Dustin clapped his hands together with conviction.
"That's good enough for me!"
"They seemed like ... Really powerful. I mean, that alien was no pushover and they destroyed it like it was no big deal! I don't know about any of you, but I'd rather have them on our side. " Tori interjected.
"I agree." Shane said.
"So it's settled, I ... Guess we have two new allies." Hunter said.
Toxica and Jindrax materialized in the middle of the vast forest.
"Jindrax! Why did you do that?! Now they're going to be suspicious of us!" Toxica scolded him.
He responded by yanking her flush against him.
"I don't care what they think, cause all I can think about is what YOU thought to me on the beach earlier." He growled.
A coy grin crossed her face as she lightly raked her long nails along the length of his horn, causing him to shiver.
"Oh ... THAT." She purred nonchalantly.
He gripped her hands as his magic crackled around them.
"Yes, THAT." He repeated.
"Well then ..." She trailed off as her eyes glowed a bright blue.
"... What are we waiting for?" She finished, they embraced each other tightly as bolts of white hot magic shot around them.
Lothor sat in his chair rubbing his chin thoughtfully, just who WERE those two who destroyed his alien underlying so effectively that he couldn't even revive it with a scroll of empowerment?
"Zurgane!" He barked, his booming voice echoing around the ship, causing his neices, Maura and Capri to flinch and plug their ears.
The sword wielding alien was at his side in an instant.
"Yes, sir!"
"Those two ... they look ... vaguely familiar to me. See what you can find out !"
"As you wish, sir!" Zurgane said with a bow as he teleported away.
"Well whoever they are, I love the female's sense of style!" Capri quipped from their spot in front of their massive model dollhouse.
"Yeah her dress! It was off the chain!" Maura agreed.
Lothor rounded on them.
"I don't care about how they dress! They're obviously very strong! I want them on my team!" He barked at them.
" But if I can't have them, then I need to know how to destroy them!" He added with a wicked grin.
"I've missed the water. " Toxica said as she and Jindrax sat on a rocky outcropping on a cliff overlooking the vast ocean.
"Yeah, but Turtle Cove lake has nothing on this!" He said.
Suddenly, Toxica bolted to her feet, her staff at the ready.
"What? What is it?" Jindrax said, also leaping to his feet.
"Something's here." She hissed to him.
"Show yourself!" She shouted to the surrounding darkness as she tapped her staff sharply on the ground, causing it admit a bright blue light, illuminating the entire area.
A strange creature was revealed, not unlike an Org.
"Who are you? What do you want with us?" He said as he pointed his sword at the creature.
The creature laughed mockingly.
"You DARE attempt to threaten ME, general Zurgane from the samurai planet with a SWORD?! " he said as he drew his own swords.
Jindrax snorted.
"Bring it on!" He said as they charged each other.
Quite a heated battle ensued with each warrior giving and taking their share of hits until the samurai alien landed one particularly nasty hit across Jindrax's chest.
Toxica cried out and stumbled back as her own chest exploded with pain.
Jindrax's actions mirrored hers, despite the pain, he grinned at the alien.
"L ... lucky shot." He ground out.
"More than luck, judging by your reaction! He said as he charged again.
Ignoring the sharp ache in her chest, Toxica teleported herself in between the two battling males.
"I don't THINK so!" She snarled, her horn glowing bright blue as she fired a powerful bolt from her staff that hit Zurgane square in the chest, blasting him back with such force that his body cut a deep trench in the sand.
Despite the pain he was in, Jindrax couldn't help but be in awe of his soulmate as she stood protectively in front of him in a battle stance. The tip of her staff as well as her horn were both glowing with bright blue energy, bathing her in a soft, blue light. She looked almost ... Mystical.
' Like a goddess!' he found himself thinking.
Zurgane struggled to his feet, clutching his smoking chest.
"We'll finish this later, Mark my words !" He said as he vanished .
Once the threat was gone and the adrenaline fully wore off, Jindrax collapsed to his knees.
Toxica was at his side in an instant.
"Are you alright?" She asked worriedly.
He grinned through his grimace .
"You were AMAZING!" He said, his voice full of awe.
She cradled his face in her hands.
"I was merely protecting what's mine."
His gaze softened and he placed a gentle hand on her chest.
"I ... forgot about our connection, about what happens to me will happen to you ... I'm sorry, baby." He said, his voice full of remorse.
She maneuvered him so that he lay across her lap, his head cradled in the crook of her arm.
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine."
And it was true, she was. It seemed that she was able to feel the hit, the physical damage wasn't also mirrored onto her.
"Which is more than I can say for you." She said as she gently stroked his cheek with her fingertips.
"Damn alien got off a lucky shot!" Jindrax ground out in reply as he clutched his still smoking chest.
She placed her hands flat on his chest and closed her eyes.
Worry flooded into Jindrax's body as he realized what she was about to do.
"Toxica, don't! You know it takes so much out of you! I'll be fine, I promise!" He said as he snatched her hands up in his.
She pulled them out of his grasp.
"Stop whining and let me help you!" She hissed at him as once again, she placed her hands on his chest.
Her horn glowed bright blue as a bright blue light also emanated from her hands and after a minute, he stood, pulling her up with him.
"Ah! Good as new! Thanks!" He said as he winked at her.
She smiled at him, then suddenly, she was pitching forward with all the grace of a bowling ball.
"Toxica!" Jindrax cried as he rushed forward and caught her.
He hoisted her up bridal style, he glanced down at her to find that she was out cold.
He sighed and, careful not to jostle her, he walked alongside the beach until he found a nice cave where they could lay low until she recovered.
He gently laid her down on the cave's sandy floor and maneuvered himself so that his body was her pillow.
"Oh, Toxica, why did you do that? It always takes so much out of you." He said as he stroked her silky hair, which had fanned out across his lap like a ebony veil.
Her features were so peaceful as she rested.
He took this opportunity to study her. Despite that insolent white ranger calling her 'grandma ', her face didn't show a smidgen of age.
Her skin was as soft as velvet, and her complexion flawless, her eyes were dark and mysterious, and they glittered like the finest onyx.
And her mouth ... oh that beautiful mouth... it practically set his body ablaze every time she kissed him with it.
Suddenly overcome with the urge to kiss her, he slowly leaned down and pressed his lips to hers in a soft, sensual kiss..
He pulled back to see her beautiful mouth curved slightly up into a slight smile.
"Sleep, baby. I'll be here. " he said softly to her as he absent-mindedly twirled a lock of her hair between his fingers.