Chapter Thirty Nine

The rangers return to Ninja Ops. The Time Force Rangers was amazed at the place. Eric has his arm around Taylor, while Cole has his arm around Alyssa. Wes was holding Jen's hand.

"Wow!" Trip remarked as he and Katie looked around Ninja Ops.

"This place look so amazing," Katie commented. "I'm glad we decide to come here".

"Me too," Trip agreed.

"Thanks," Cam replied.

"We are glad that you came," Tori smiled." We were hoping that you guys can stay for a while so we can show you guys around Blue Bay Harbor". She said to Wild Force rangers and Time Force rangers.

"Um," Jen looked at her teammates who gave her "Can we stay for a day" look. "Sure, why not," she agreed.

"Yes!" Katie and Trip mouthed to each other while Lucas hugs Nadira who just came out from the back with Princess Shayla and Skyla.

"Uh, who is she?" Blake asked when he notices Nadira.

"This is Nadira, she's with us," Lucas replied.

"Nice to meet you," Blake said to Nadira.

"Nice to meet you guys too," Nadira replied with a smiled.

"Well done rangers," Sensei spokes all of sudden and all the rangers turn to him.

"Thanks Sensei," Shane replied.

"Carry on your conversation," Sensei said before he left.

"Um, did that hamster just talk?" Katie asked.

"Yes and no it's not a hamster, it's a guinea pig," Cam explained. "He's my dad".

"And our Sensei," Shane added.

"He got transforms into a guinea pig," Tori told them. "I hope that make senses".

"Make sense to me," Trip replied.

"Yeah, make sense to us too," Jen agreed as she, Lucas, Nadira, and Katie nodded.

"So, I guess we can make plans for what we are going to do tomorrow," Shane said.

"Yeah!" Wes and Eric agreed and walked over to Shane.

Taylor notices Dustin was standing in corner by himself so she walked over to him. "Are you okay?"

"Huh?" What?" Dustin looked up and notices Taylor. 'Oh, hi Taylor...I'm sorry what did you say?"

"Are you okay?" She asked again.

"I'm fine".

"Really?" Taylor folds her arms "Are you still thinking about what happen earlier in the battle?"

Dustin looked at Taylor wondering how she knew. "How did you know?"

"I have a hunch".

"Well, you got a good hunch".

"Thanks, do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really". He looked down "I mean, I don't know what happen back there, it's like..."

"Anger is taking control of you".

"Exactly".

"It's happen when you lose someone close to you".

Dustin looked up at Taylor

"Look, I know that I don't know what going with you, Dustin, but I'm willing to listen to your problems if you want to talk about".

'Thanks, but this is something I want to deal with on my own," He gave her smile "but I really do appreciate that you want to help".

Taylor touches Dustin's shoulder "Ok, just remember that you have friends that would be there for you and willing to help you through rough times".

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind".

"Now, how about you join your friends instead of standing here by yourself," Taylor suggests.

"Okay," Dustin nodded and walked over to where the others when Taylor grabs his arm.

"Dustin, there one more thing I want to tell you".

Dustin turns around and looked at Taylor with curiosity in his eyes. "What is it?"

"Earlier in the battle, I notice something about that woman we were fighting," Taylor explained. "She didn't really fought back, it likes she was going easy on us. Something doesn't seem right about that".

"Now that you mention, I'm starting to senses something was right either during the battle, but I was too angry to notices it," Dustin smiles and touches Taylor's shoulder. "Thanks for letting me know, Taylor".

"You're welcome, Dustin," Taylor pats his back. "Let's join with the others".

Dustin follows behind Taylor over to the others and joins in on the fun conversation.

Blake pulled Hunter to aside. "Hunter, we need to talk privately," he spokes to where Hunter can hear him

"Okay," Hunter nodded and looked over to see the others are busy talking about what they are going to do tomorrow. He turns to his brother. "Let's go".

Blake and Hunter left out of Ninja Ops.

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"What do you want to talk about, Blake?" Hunter asked, once they were outside and far away from Ninja Ops and that they made sure that no one would eavesdrop on them.

"About that mask figure person".

"What about the mask figure person?"

"Hunter, I saw him or her used some of the Thunder moves that we knew".

"What!" Hunter crinkles his eyebrows confused. "No way, that impossible".

"It true, I saw it with my own eyes," Blake tries to convince his brother.

"Wait a second," Hunter thoughts for a moment when he realizes what his brother was trying to point out. "Are you saying that mask figure person might actually be a student at the Thunder Academy?"

Blake nodded. "It's possible because there is no way a person can learn those moves that belong to Thunder Academy without attending it".

"That true," Hunter agreed. "Did you tell the others about this?"

"No, you're the first person I told".

"Good, we shouldn't let the others know about this until we have more information".

"I agree, but any guess on who the mask figure person might be?"

"No clue," Hunter puts one of his hand under his chin to think when he suddenly he thought of something. "That it!" he snaps his fingers.

"What?"

Hunter looked at Blake "Leanne," he simply replied.

"What about Leanne?" Blake confusedly asked.

"Maybe she knows something about the students at Thunder Academy," Hunter answered. "Like, if there're any missing students from Thunder Academy".

"Great idea, Hunter," Blake remarked. "I'll go contact her and tell her to meet up with us when she arrives." He pulled out his cell phone and sent a text to Leanne. "Maybe you should contact Kapri to see if she knows anything about the mask figure person".

'Sound good," Hunter nodded. "We better get back to Ninja Ops before the others wonder where we went off to". He suggests.

Blake and Hunter ninja streak back to Ninja Ops.

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Next day

At Storm Chargers

Dustin was working on a bike when Shane, Tori, and Cam walked in with the other rangers.

"Dustin, what are you doing?" Shane asked as him, Tori, and the other rangers walked over to him.

"Uh," Dustin chuckles as he got up, wiping his hand on the white towel that was hanging over his left shoulder. "Working as you can see".

"C'mon dude, you promise that you would hang with us remember," Shane reminded.

"Uh yeah," Dustin looked down for a second before he looked at his friends. "There's a change in plan, Kelly wants me to work".

"Really, did she say that or do you want to work?"

"No, I'm being seriously dude, I promise I'll make it up to you guys," Dustin clasps hands with Shane.

"Okay," Shane nodded.

Lucas, Nadira, Katie, Trip, Danny, Princess Shayla, Max, Danny, Alyssa, Taylor, and Cole were looking around while Wes, Eric, and Merrick watch.

"Wow, this place is cool,' Danny exclaimed.

"So, this place sells sport stuffs?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, all sport stuffs," Shane answered. "See anything you like?"

"Maybe".

"Man, I wishes back in our place, we have a shop like this," Max said as he checks out the gloves.

Lucas walked over to Dustin and looked at bike "Is that bike for racing?" he asked the earth yellow ninja ranger.

"Yeah, motorcross"

"Motorcross?"

"You don't what motorcross is?"

"Not really".

"It deals with racing," answered Blake who was walking in Storm Chargers with Hunter.

"If you want, we can show where we do motorcross." Hunter offered.

"Sure," Lucas nodded.

"Hey!" Trip touches Lucas's back. "If he's going I want to go too".

"Me too," Katie added.

"How about we all go," Wes suggests.

"Actually, I was thinking about going surfing," Tori told everyone.

"Surfing sounds like fun," Alyssa smiles. "I'll go with you Tori if you like". She turned and looked at Cole who nodded with a smile on his face.

"Great," Tori beamed and looked around. "Does anyone else want to go?"

"I'll go," Cam replied.

"Me too," Skyla answered.

"Count me in," Taylor added

Shane hugs Skyla and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Be careful". He told her.

"I will," Skyla answered before she kisses him on the lips. Then she went over to Tori and Cam.

Jen nodded "Let's go". She gave Wes a kiss on the cheek and left with Tori, Alyssa, and Cam.

"Alright then," Blake clapped his hands. "Let's go to dirt track!"

"Yeah!" All boys shouted and left out of the Storm Charger. Dustin returns back to fixing the bike when a box of donuts appears in front of him. He looked over and saw Janessa standing next to him.

"Hey!" he got up "Shouldn't you be doing your work instead of buying food," he teased.

"Don't start with me," she laughs. "But, I already got some of my work done and I offered you food because you didn't eat".

"Aw ready!" Dustin smiled and reaches out to grabs a donut when Janessa back away.

"What?"

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Uh, thank you".

"No, not that, but you're welcome anyways".

Dustin notices that Janessa was staring at his hands and immediately realizes what she was pointing out. "Oh, clean my hands". He chuckled.

"Yup, now go clean your hands," she ushers him.

"Okay," He takes off the while towel and puts in on Janessa's shoulder. "I'll be right back and don't eat all the donuts while I'm gone".

Janessa put the box of donuts down on the table and laughs. "Hurry up!" She grabs the white towel off of her shoulder and whack Dustin in the butt with it.

"Ow! Hey!" Dustin turns around and looked at her. "I'm going to get you for that". He said before he left to go clean his hands.

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At the dirt track, Hunter and Blake were walking side by side while the others was following them.

"So, did you contact Leanne yet?" Hunter asked quietly to Blake.

Blake nodded. "What about you? Did you contact Kapri yet?"

"Yup, she said she will meet me later," Hunter turns to Blake. "Think you can cover for me".

"Yeah, but don't be long bro because Cam might be suspicious".

"Don't worry; I'll keep track of time".

"So, this is a dirt track?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, this where we race for the competition," Hunter answered.

"Hm, cool," Lucas smiles. "Motorcross, right?"

Blake nodded "Now, how about a race since you all have bike, right?"

"Yeah!" Everyone responds and got on the bike.

Nadira sat behind Lucas with her helmet on while Katie sat behind. The rest of them sat on their own bikes.

"Let race!" Hunter and Blake shouted before they drove off.

Soon, the others follow Hunter and Blake and were having a blast on the dirt track.

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Dustin and Janessa were sitting on the counter in the work room eating donut.

"So," Dustin begins. "Do you still have a headache lately?"

Janessa nodded.

"Do you know what causes that headache?"

"I really don't know," Janessa looked down at her hands. "Honestly, I don't remember anything about my past. It all a blur and everything I have a headache, I get some images in my mind that confused me".

"Maybe, it your past memory," Dustin assumed. "Have you thought about trying to remember?"

"I did, but..."

"What?"

"I'm scared to remember something horrible about my past".

"Don't be," Dustin touches her shoulder. "I bet your past isn't that horrible at all".

"So you suggesting that I should remember?"

"Yes".

Janessa hops off the counter and turns her back on Dustin. "I don't know about this".

Dustin sighs and hops off the counter "Just try," he walked over to her.

"Why would you want to help me, Dustin," Janessa turned around and looked at him confused. "I mean, you don't know me at all".

"Because..." he smiles "I consider you as my friend".

"Friend?"

"Yeah," Dustin nodded.

Janessa looked away "I need some air".

"Sure, go ahead"

Janessa left outside of Storm Charger. Outside, she leans against the wall. "What's going on? I shouldn't act nice to yellow ranger. I should manipulate him," she muttered. "This is not how it supposed to happen. I must destroy the yellow ranger or worse cause a rift in the rangers' friendship". She looked through the window of storm charger at Dustin who was eating the donut "But, something is stopping me from doing that," she muttered as she placed a hand on her chest. Janessa felt like something inside side of her is telling her not to do. Is it her good side?"

Unaware, Marah was watching her from a far. "Just maybe Dustin can get Janessa good side out and help her regain her own memory," she muttered before she walked away.

TBC: Review