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"See, I knew there was something about Blake and Hunter." Shane huffed.
"I know, thats why me and Silver have been distracting them." Gold nodded; "If we actually tried we wouldn't have gotten answers, and they wouldn't be alive."
"Oh man, you don't need to say I told you so okay, I mean I feel bad enough already." Dustin said to Shane; "And Gold, we all know you guys are like trained assasins. Why can't you tell us who you are?"
"I can't until I get Silver back and we make sure its safe to tell you." Gold said sharply, forcing him to drop it.
Cam tracked his father's location on his computer; "Thats them! My father enclosed himself in an energy sphere before he was captured. It'll protect him and allow us to track his location within a twenty five mile radius."
"That and Silver's still morphed, so I can pinpoint her location pretty fast." Gold nodded.
"But they can't use their Ninja Powers can they?" Shane wondered.
Cam shook his head; "No, and they're about to go out of Range."
"Silver and I have been separated for too long." Gold said, putting a hand over her side; "I'm beginning to lose Power."
"Huh?" Cam wondered.
"The Cosmic Power comes from stars, the Sun, and the Moon, but when morphed we have to stay together for the Energy to come to us." Gold explained; "When we stay apart for too long the Energy stops flowing."
"So if you stay apart any longer you'll like... demorph?" Shane asked, slightly hopeful.
"Our Energy goes straight to our cores." gold said; "It could be fatal if we stay apart for long."
Dustin noticed something on the map; "Why are they taking Sensei out there to the middle of the forest?"
"Found it!" Tori said from behind; "The Mountain of Lost Ninjas."
"Of course!" Cam nodded.
"Oh thats were all those freaky Ninja Ghost dudes are right?" Dustin pondered.
"So you do study your Ninja History." Cam rolled his eyes.
"Sometimes." Dustin admitted.
"Lost Ninjas... I heard that somewhere." Gold said, pressing a forhead to her helmet, and then moving that hand to her side; "Sorry, can't focus, losing Energy."
"You should know that the Mountain of Lost Ninjas is where the Cavern of Spirits is." Cam said.
"Which houses the Gem of souls... its the only thing on Earth that is powerful enough to break the energy sphere surrounding Sensei." Tori informed them.
"And its the only Earthly source powerful enough to give a Cosmic Ranger Energy or take it away." Gold added.
"Its probably what the Thunders are after." Cam nodded; "But probably not to help Silver."
"And that's where we're going." Shane said.
"If they hurt her I will rip their hearts out with my fingers and feed them to dogs." Gold said, venom in each syllable as she followed them.
The Bradleys paused to make sure the Silver Ranger was following, but something about the scenery freaked Blake out.
"I don't know about you bro, but I'm not really digging this place." Blake said.
"Don't be such a baby." Hunter rolled his eyes, continuing to walk away.
"You should be afraid Thunder Rangers, there are spirits here of the darkest spirits the world has ever known." Sensei informed them.
"And its about to gain one more." Silver mumbled, clutching her side.
"Quiet, we know what we're doing." Hunter snapped.
"Have you not learned that taking revenge on one who has caused you no harm makes you as guilty as the one who hurt you to begin with." Sensei said wisely, but it irritated the brothers.
Hunter glared at him; "You destroyed our parents, parents who adopted us and gave us a life. You deserve everything that's coming to you." He turned to see the Silver ranger and snapped at her; "Are you coming or what?"
"Calm down." She said through the pain, following him closely; "Don't burst any veins."
Blake glared at her; "You better not be talking to my brother like that."
"Please, neither you or your brother scare me." Silver rolled her eyes; "The only reason why you're still breathing right now is cause I don't have energy and I thought of you two as friends so right now I'm screwed."
"We don't even know you." Blake reminded her sourly.
"You do." she said plainly. She fell to her knees and grabbed her head, breathing deeply.
The Bradleys looked at each other confused. Blake turned to Hunter; "Uh... I don't know if..."
"You just had to separate me from Gold." Silver said, anger oozing from each word.
"Here." Hunter snapped. He handed Sensei over to Blake and acted as support, leading Silver to where they were going; "Just shut up and walk.
"You're so nice sometimes Hunter." Silver said sweetly, and then snapping back to reality; "Too bad you're a complete ass all the other times."
"I said walk." Hunter said. He recognized the voice, but couldn't place it exactly. Blake knew the voice but didn't want to accuse her until he was completely sure it was Brittany. Hunter felt the girl crumple even farther as he held her and felt guilty, for he would be the cause of her demise.
"Tracking systems are online!" Cam announced as he drove the truck.
"How long til we get there?" Dustin asked, frustrated.
"I told you to go before we left Ninja Ops." Cam reminded him.
"Thats not why I'm asking, I'm just freaking here." Dustin said, making hand gestures to get his point across.
"I'm freaking too." Gold said weakly. She leaned back against the wall to try and keep herself from collapsing.
Shane patted the Blue Ranger on her shoulder; "Hey Tori, it wasn't your fault."
"Well then who's was it?" Tori asked.
"You were just doing what you thought was right." Shane huffed; "It could have happened to any one of us."
"But because of me Silver and Sensei are gone and Gold is about to die!" Tori argued.
"Please, don't blame this on yourself." Gold said to her; "Silver and I will not hold it against you, and I'm sure your Sensei wouldn't either. Plus we're just here to help, it doesn't matter if we go as long as you're still here to protect the planet."
"Are you alright?" Shane asked, noticing that Gold was stumbling.
"I don't know if I can fight it..." she replied.
"Okay, we gotta get you to Silver asap." Dustin said. He pulled Gold so that she shared his bike with him.
"Thanks." she smiled, tightening her grip around him; "I owe you guys."
Cam faced them; "This is as far as I go, the rest is up to you. Please find my father."
"Okay guys? Lets go!" Shane commanded.
"Ready." Tori nodded.
"Hit it." Dustin agreed.
"How much further?" Blake asked.
"Almost there." Hunter told him ad they continued their journey. With each step the Silver Ranger was growing weaker.
"Good." Blake said, they heard sounds and spun to see the source; "Did you hear that?"
"Yeah." Hunter nodded. They tried backing away, but were soon surrounded by ghost Ninjas; "Okay bro?" He loosened his grip on the Silver, who then slumped on the ground, and Blake put Sensei on the ground next to her.
"Thunder Storm! Ranger Form!"
"Power of Thunder!"
"That's gonna get old." Silver grumbled, she noticed Sensei was just in her reach, but as she was about to grab him, Hunter snatched it, so he wouldn't get hit by the ghosts. She curled up into a ball, hoping the ghosts wouldn't see her.
Hunter watched in horror as the ghosts started fighting harder; "They just keep coming!" They were soon surrounded; "What now?"
"Let me down I say!" Sensei ordered, getting woozy. Suddenly blasts filled the air, knocking the ghosts away.
"What?" Hunter asked.
"Coming through!" Shane shouted as the Wind Rangers blasted through and stopped besides them.
Dustin let the Gold Ranger besides the Silver Ranger and the two started glowing, but then he turned back to the battle; "Woah! Who do we fight?"
"Anyone not wearing a primary color?" Shane shot back; "And the Cosmics of course."
"Good plan!" Tori agreed right before getting tackled off her cycle.
The five Rangers started fighting off the ghosts, as the Cosmics returned to full strength.
"Lets show them what the Cosmic Academy taught us Silver." Gold said.
"Yeah." Silver nodded. The two faught off most of the ghosts, startling the others.
"Stay close." Hunter advised hist brother.
"This is crazy!" Blake exclaimed. Ghosts surrounded Hunter, and he held Sensei out in the air, allowing Dustin the time to jump in the air and snatch him away.
"You okay?" Dustin asked, inspecting the sphere.
"Not for long!" Blake shouted, grabbing the sphere back. He was surrounded again and tossed it to his brother.
"Got it!" Hunter said happily.
"Oh hell no." Silver snapped. She yanked the sphere frhom Hunter and stood by Gold, just daring anyone to take him away; "You're safe Sensei, we won't hurt you."
"Cosmic Ninjas, I believe we have to speak about a very urgent matter." Sensei told them.
"Yeah... now's not the best time." Gold said as she flipped more ghosts away. The other five Rangers came and they formed a circle.
"These guys are fearless!" Shane said.
"They're dead! Its not like they have a lot to lose." Tori smirked.
"So that would leave the glass half empty right? Dustin asked the two.
"Back off!" Hunter shouted.
"Okay, you five stick around and watch how we Cosmics handle this." Gold said, Silver handed Sensei over to Tori, hoping she'd keep him safe; "Power of Flame!"
"Power of Frost!" Silver shouted. They blasted at the ghosts and defeated most, but some still stuck around.
"That failed." Gold noted as they joined the circle and Silver reclaimed sensei; "Any other ideas?"
"How about a truce?" Shane asked Hunter; "Lets do this together!"
"Fine by me." Hunter nodded; "But only for now."
"Shoulda seen that coming." Silver huffed. They broke into groups; Shane and Hunter, Blake Tori and Dustin, and Brittany and Whitney. And together they did defeat the ghosts.
"Got em." Shane nodded.
"That was great teamwork." Sensei exclaimed.
"You rock bro." Dustin said, patting Blake on the shoulder.
"Don't call me bro." Blake snapped, twisting his arm, and then pushing Tori away.
"Good one." Shane congradulated Hunter, but the Thunder Ranger elbowed him away.
"Yeah right!"
They went after the Cosmics and somehow managed to get Sensei out of Silver's hands.
"Oh you're gona wish you hadn't stolen from me." Silver said dangerously. The air around her dropped to a freezing temperature, and she zig zagged in between the two, slashing at them.
"Silver..." Gold said warningly, and Silver stopped, but she didn't succeed in getting Sensei back.
"Lets go." Hunter said, and the Thunder Rangers streaked away.
"They're getting away!" Tori shouted.
"No they're not!" Shane retorted, and the three streaked after them.
"Ugh." Gold said.
"Well put." Silver smiled, and the two streaked as well and found the five already battling in a small quarry.
"Why're you doing this?" Dustin asked.
"Simple, revenge." Hunter answered.
"No, its cause you're cold blooded creeps." Silver said immediately.
Suddenly they felt steps but Shane didn't drop the topic; "Revenge for what?"
Zurgane popped up in a giant zord.
"Hey, is that-" Shane began.
"Zurgane!" Tori said in shock.
"Who gave him the keys to a zord huh?" Dustin asked.
"And how come he gets one before we do?" Silver asked annoyed.
"Not right now." Gold rolled her eyes.
"That'll keep em busy." Hunter said.
"Yeah." Blake nodded and they ran off.
"Guys, they're leaving." Gold said, snapping them all back to reality.
"Not again." Dustin huffed.
"You three go stop Zurgane, we got the creepers." Gold said and the two ran off.
"Cam, how bout those zords?" Tori asked.
The Zords came and formed the Storm Megazord, and the three faced Zurgane.
"Give it back!" Silver shouted, she jumped in the air, and Blake tried kicking her away, but she flew over him, and snatched Sensei away; "Lets go!" The Cosmics ran but not very far, for the Thunder Rangers caught up and slashed them back down, and Blake caught Sensei.
Gold tried kicking Blake's chest, but he held out Sensei and she kicked it instead; "Sorry Sensei Watannabe!"
"I am fine." Sensei replied.
Blake tossed the ball back to his brother but Silver caught it; "HA!" Hunter kicked her chest and she held the sphere away, letting Blake grab him back; "This is so getting dumb."
Gold helped her up; "You alright Silver?"
"Yeah, I just wish these two would drop dead." Silver nodded.
"Then lets make it happen!" Gold nodded and the two charged at the Thunders.
At one point Sensei flew into the air and all four jumped up to catch him, but they kicked each other away, and Sensei bounced to some rocks. The twins heard a loud thump and looked up to see the Megazord hit the floor.
"This is why we need zords!" Silver groaned, but the Megazord got back up and faught back.
"You're bout to get schooled son!" Gold shouted to Zurgane, ignoring her sister's comment.
"Recess is over!" Hunter said, and the Thunders drew their weapons, so they did as well.
"Flame Sword!"
"Ice Blade!"
They streaked after the Thunders and faught them, Hunter against the Gold ranger and Blake against the Silver one.
"You're so messing with the wrong Ice Ninja." Silver said, slashing at Blake repeatedly.
"The presence of you angers me so much Bradley." Gold hissed, crossing weapons with him; "Brittany was right, you are a monster."
Hunter slashed her down; "I did nothing to her, she's my friend."
"Sure." Gold said, slashing at him; "Cause friends run away from each other."
"How can you call me a creep when you've been following me?" Hunter demanded.
"I wasn't following you, I just know things." Gold said. She and Silver were pushed away but were distracted when Zurgane tried puncturing the Megazord; "NO!"
The Thunders took the time they were distracted to charge forward and slashed both girls to the ground.
"Are you two enjoying yourselves?" Silver asked sarcastically.
"I am." Hunter nodded, blasting at them, but the girls rolled away.
"Their Sensei destroyed our parents." Blake said flatly.
"Yeah." Hunter nodded; "And now its payback time."
"That's a lie!" Gold shouted once they walked out of sight; "It wasn't him!"
"It probably was Lothor." Silver said; "C'mon! Lets get the Sensei back!"
"Maneuver 5!" Gold asked. She held Silver by the waist and lifted her into the air, tossing her and she charged into Hunter, slashing him backwards and taking Sensei back.
"I got him!" Silver nodded and the two ran.
"You okay bro?" Blake asked his brother.
"Get them!" Hunter commanded.
The twins continued running but stopped when they figured they were alone.
"I think we lost them." Gold nodded. She lifted Sensei up; "You're safe sir."
"Thank goodness, I owe you both a debt of gratitude." Sensei bowed.
The the Wind Rangers ran up to them.
"You got him, awesome!" Tori exclaimed.
"Thanks for the help." Shane said to them.
"Its not over yet." Silver said, and she and Gold moved out of the way.
"Mind if I cut in?" Blake asked, slashing at them all.
"No!" Gold shouted as Blake kicked Sensei out of her hand.
"You're so gonna get it now." Silver said.
"Totally!" Gold said. They slashed at Blake repeatedly.
"Thunderstorm Cannon!" Hunter shouted, hoping it would stop their attack on his brother. He aimed the cannon at the three Rangers, but moved the blaster so he wouldn't shoot at his brother; "C'mon Blake! Get out of the way!"
"I can't. Just take your shot!" Blake said to his brother.
He aimed at them once again.
Tori saw him from the sideline where the Wind Rangers were watching the Cosmics fight Blake; "You guys, look out!"
"Woah! Gold, Silver! C'mon!" Dustin shouted.
"They're a bit busy Dustin." Shane noted.
"Go! We'll be fine." Gold told them, but they stayed around.
"Do it!" Navy ordered.
"Yeah, destroy your brother!" Silver agreed; "Make my life easier."
Hunter fired, and all three Rangers hit the floor, and the aftershock make the Winds fall and Sensei bounce over to Hunter; "Hello again."
"Oh well." Sensei sighed.
"Blake!" Hunter remembered.
"I'm okay." Blake reassured him, returning to his side.
"We got what we came for, lets bail." Hunter told him.
"Later." Blake said, and they streaked off.
"Man, I can't stand those guys!" Shane grumbled.
"And I want to murder them!" Silver hissed.
"The Ninja Spirits sense our presence." Sensei informed them.
Blake looked around and spotted a cave; "The cavern."
"Consider what you are about to do carefully." Sensei told them; "There are powerful forces here."
"Quiet, the gem of souls will take care of you!" Hunter snapped.
"Hunter and Blake think Sensei destroyed their parents?" Shane asked once Gold told them what they learned; "There's no way he can do something like that."
"Of course he couldn't." Cam agreed; "My father has only ever faught in self defense. He teaches his students respect, descency, virtue."
"We know that." Tori assured him; "We don't believe those lies any more than you do."
"I don't know what to do." he shrugged.
"I do." Shane sighed.
"Just be careful." Cam instruected them.
The five, two still morphed, walked into the Cavern of Spirits to see Hunter hold the Gem over Sensei's sphere.
"No!" Shane yelled; "Put it down. Sensei didn't do anything."
"Lothor told us everything." Hunter grimaced.
"Your Sensei destroyed our parents." Blake added.
"Lothor saw the whole thing." Hunter said.
"And you believed him?" Tori asked them.
"Why shouldn't we?" Hunter retorted.
"Well dude, he's not exactly known for being one of the good guys." Dustin explained.
"He captured all of our Academies, remember?" Gold asked.
"We're done talking!" Hunter said, almost piercing through the sphere with the Gem.
"Put it down Hunter." The spirit of a Ninja said. Three popped up, but the first one spoke.
"Who are you?" Shane asked.
"Mom? Dad?" Hunter began to sob; "How did you? And who's he?"
"Sensei Yung?" Gold and Silver asked quietly.
"This is the Mountain of lost Ninjas. We'll be here for all eternity." the first spirit, a male replied.
"Because of him, right?" Blake asked.
"No Blake." The second spirit answered; "He's not responsible for what happened to us.
"Then who is?" Hunter demanded.
"The one they call Lothor." the third spirit, Sensei Yung answered.
"Lothor killed our Sensei?" Gold asked threatanigly.
"Now theres a shock." Tori said, sarcastically.
"They're fading..." Hunter frowned.
"N-no wait! Come back!" Blake yelled.
"We'll always be looking after you." The second spirit, a female said.
"Make us proud." the first added.
"And fight for what is right." The third said to his students.
"Come back" Hunter begged.
"Please." Gold added.
"What a sight." A Dark voice said; "The Thunder Rangers crying for their mommy, and the Cosmic Rangers calling for their teacher. My ears were burning... you been talking about me haven't you?"
"It was you all along!" Hunter snapped; "You lied to us."
"You killed the only remainder of a family we had!" Gold shouted. The others were startled, but didn't question it yet.
"Not the brightest bulbs on the tree are you?" Lothor asked; "Now gimme the hamster. We got business to attend to."
"Actually dude he's a Guinea Pig." Dustin said.
"And we're not giving him to you." Shane scowled.
"Then I'll take him." Lothor said.
"Uh Hello, there's lots of us and one of you, and two of us are trainned assasins." Tori said.
"Oh please." Lothor scoffed. He blasted them with a laser, and Hunter jumped in the crossfire, using the Gem to reflect the blast back onto Lothor.
"What happened?" Tori asked when it was all over.
"Dude you nailed Lothor." Dustin exclaimed.
"Woah." Hunter said.
"Hey, how'd you do that?" Shane asked.
"The gem of souls... it's broken. I used it to protect us but it shattered." Hunter replied.
"We'll be taking that." Gold said, snatching the gems for she still didn't trust the two with them. She felt an automatic surge of Energy and put it back in his hand; "On second thought, I don't want more Energy."
"That's bad right? I mean the shattering part." Dustin asked.
"For better or worse the powers of the gem cannot be destroyed Dustin." Sensei said.
"Speaking of power, what happened to Lothor?" Tori asked.
"I highly suspect he is still alive, and I fear, more desperate than ever." Sensei continued; "Cosmic Rangers."
Silver, who had stayed quiet forquite some time answered, her voice soft and squeaky, almost afraid; "Yes Sensei Watannabe?"
"I must thank you, your bravery has been exceptional." Sensei said.
"We've been doing this all in hopes of getting Sensei Yung back." Gold said, as softly as Silver had; "But now it seems hopeless."
"But you did come through for us." Shane said; "We're sorry for your loss, but thanks for helping us get our Sensei back."
"Yeah, thanks for everything." Tori smiled; "Even if we don't know who you are."
The Cosmics bowed and backed away; "We'll be here to help." And they streaked off.
"Are you sure about this?" Cam asked Sensei.
"The Gem of Souls is dangerous Cam... In the wrong hands it could bring harm to countless people." Sensei told his son. Cam threw the shattered pieces of the gem into the ocean; "The gem has taught the Thunder Rangers that revenge is never the answer. But there are those who have yet to learn that lesson."
"He's not through with us is he?" Cam asked.
"Lothor? Far from it I believe" Sensei answered.
"And he killed Sensei Yung, that must be hard on the Cosmics." Cam noted.
"Yes, the Cosmic Academy is home for those who do not have other homes." Sensei nodded; "But without their father, the Cosmics are not a family any longer."
"Here you go." Shane told his customer. He then noticed Dustin and Kelly walk into the store; "Hey how'd the race go?"
"Could have been better." Kelly replied grimly.
"Blake and Hunter didn't show." Dustin explained.
"But I thought they were all set." Shane said.
"So did I." Kelly nodded.
"What's up with her?" Tori asked.
"Uh, Blake and Hunter blew the race off." Shane explained.
"Yeah... I know." Tori began.
"Wait you know, oh what happened?" Dustin asked.
"Are they coming back?" Shane asked.
""They're gone." She said.
"Gone? Where?" Shane pressed.
"Not sure." Tori shrugged; "They said to say goodbye."
Then the twins walked in, and they noticed they were a lot less preppy than they usually were.
"Whats up girls?" Dustin asked them. The twins just stared at the Rangers and walked back out; "Woah, was it something I said?"
"So how long do you think we'll be gone?" Blake asked as he and Hunter started their journey.
"Why? You got a reason to come back?" Hunter scowled.
"We both do." Blake shook his head.
"You mean let Brittany call me a monster for the rest of her life? Or get shunned by the Cosmics, cause its obvious they still hate us." Hunter huffed.