Hey guys, sorry for not updating for a while. My computer was being a moron and wouldn't type correctly. Eventually I figured out that I needed to turn the stupid thing off (Wow, what a real genius I am with computers). So, sorry for leaving you at a cliffie. On with the story! Oh, and I forgot. Please vote in my poll! I already know who to pair with Ana, but no freaking clue what to do with Alex. So HELP ME PLEASE!
Thunder Strangers Part 2:
"Any sign of the rangers, Cam?" The guinea pig, whom Alex had come to learn was the rangers' sensei, asked. The rangers' megazord had blown up and now those who had stayed behind were looking to see if they were alive.
Cam shook his head, flicking through a few things on his computer. "So far, nothing except for scorched earth and a few fragments of zord wreckage,"
"Come on, Shane, Dustin, Tori. You better get out of this alive or I will physically go the mountain of the lost ninjas and kick all of your asses," Alex mumbled. She turned back to her brother. "How's Ana?"
Tommy sighed. "Not so great, Alex. She's still out,"
"Great," she said sarcastically, turning her eyes back to the screen.
She noticed Hunter, Blake, and Kelly run over on the side of the screen. "Come on!" Blake called. They stopped a moment, looking around and panting. Blake spotted the destroyed megazord."There!" he called, racing toward it with the other two.
Tori, Shane, and Dustin stumbled up the hill, looking very beat up and drained. "Oh thank the gods!" Alex called out, seeing that those she worked with were alive.
"We were riding when we saw the smoke!" Hunter yelled, going over to help the primary ninja storm team. "Are you ok?"
Blake helped Tori up. "Yeah, thanks," she said, panting heavily. It was obvious she had no energy.
"What happened?" Hunter asked, looking around confused.
"I was listening to the radio in the car on the way here. They think it was some kind of alien attack!" Kelly chimed in frantically.
"No freaking duh, Kells," Alex said out loud. Sensei and Cam both looked at her funnily. "What? Kind of obvious, isn't it?"
Blake looked confused. "What? Does that sort of thing happen a lot around here?"
Shane looked up and answered coldly, bracing himself on his knees. "You never wondered why housing was so cheap?"
Kelly looked at them like they were all nuts. "We need to call someone; the police, the FBI, the CIA,"
Alex groaned. "Kelly, what good would they do against an alien attack, huh? Come on, you know this!"
"What is she talking about?" Cam asked, turning toward Tommy.
Tommy shrugged. "Kelly went to school with me in Angel Grove, when I was a ranger,"
"Oh," Cam said, turning back to the screen.
"Hey, Kelly, we're fine, thanks," the heard the blue ranger say.
The others watched as they were helped off screen by Hunter, Blake, and Kelly.
(Divider)
"Hello? Is someone here?" Ana called quietly. She was in a long, grey room that looked endless. "Please tell me I'm not dead!"
Chuckles were heard. "No, Lilliana, not dead,"
Ana spun around toward the voice. "Dad?" she asked.
A man appeared in front of her. He was in his early 50's, with grey hair and kind blue green eyes. This man was Louis Oliver- Tommy, Ana, and Alex's adoptive father. He had died in a car crash when the twins were 10.
"Yes, I'm glad you recognize me. As I said, Ana, you're not dead. Just in a coma,"
"And that's better, how?" Ana asked.
"Because you can get out of here," he said simply, "and back into your own body,"
"Ok, Dad, could you not be so cryptic? How?"
"You have to contact Tommy and Alexandria. Tell them it's time,"
Ana gasped. "You don't mean…"
Louis nodded grimly, "I'm afraid so, Ana. It's your only chance,"
"But Dad, that could kill me," she protested.
"Yes, sweatheart. But if you don't, you're dead for certain,"
(Divider)
"Well, you've managed to turn years worth of technological advances into scrap metal in a single afternoon. Not to mention what you did to the zords," Cam said, looking at the morphers.
Alex groaned. "You guys do realize that without those things you're toast, right? Lothor knows you now and frankly, won't care that you have no powers,"
"He'll wait, and strike when you're off guard," Tommy agreed, "He could kill you now if he wanted,"
"Cam, Alex, Tommy," Sensei said sharply, "Now is not the time,"
"I'm sorry; you're right," Cam said relunctantly. "Thankfully the auto-retrieval systems allow the reactors time to reset the holographic portals. I've engaged the self-reconstruct functions,"
Alex looked at Cam confused. "Come again?"
"Dude, I've got no idea what you just said," Dustin agreed.
"They're fixing themselves," Cam explained.
"Oh," Alex said, turning back to her twin.
"Oh, Ok, right, sweet," Dustin chuckled.
Sensei flipped over onto Dustin's head and then onto the desk. Dustin rubbed his head in protest.
"Hey Sensei," Shane asked, "Why didn't they finish us off?"
"Yeah, I mean those zords they had were sicko, man," Dustin said, "I mean, sensei,"
"Thunder zords, created by the same technology that powers your own," sensei explained.
"And these Thunder ninjas are working for Lothor? That doesn't make any sense," Tori said, shaking her head.
"Yeah, no more than Zurgane booking out of there when they showed up," Shane replied.
"I suspect, as with all evil alliances, deception is in their racks. Deception that can be used to our advantage when the time is right," Sensei said.
"It did seem like the battle was personal to them, somehow," Alex said quietly.
"I hope that these things are under warranty," said Dustin, showing his ninja morpher. It was basically destroyed.
"I just feel totally helpless, there must be something we can do," Tori said.
"I know how you feel, Tori," said Alex, looking at her unconscious sister, "But really, there isn't. The power will protect us, but we have to stay calm until the time is right for us to give it a boost,"
"For now, you must return to your daily lives. If Lothor suspect anything, it will only give him more power," Sensei agreed.
"And be careful," Cam added, "They already stole the tsunami cycle disk somehow. Whoever you speak to, make sure you trust,"
(Divider)
"Are you absolutely sure this is going to work?" Ana asked her father dubiously.
"Positive. You and Alex have a twin connection. You should have about 2 minutes in her body before it realizes you're not her. Just focus, Ana. You're a ninja of prophecy, you'll be fine,"
"Ok," Ana said. She closed her eyes (her spirit eyes, of course) and focused on her sister. When she opened them, she found herself in an unfamiliar place with computer screens and mats.
I must be at the Wind Rangers' ninja ops. She realized. Then she spotted her sister wiping her forehead with a wet cloth.
"Sis, I'm really sorry I have to do this, but it's my only chance," Ana whispered. Then she took a deep breath and jumped into her sister's body.
Alex thumped to the floor. Tommy looked up from where he was, talking to the rangers' sensei.
"Alex," he said worriedly as he crawled over to where Alex's body lay.
The next time Ana opened her eyes, she saw Tommy over her.
"Alex, are you alright?" he asked worriedly.
Ana's face broke into a large smile. "It worked!" She cried, sitting up.
Tommy looked genuinely confused. "What worked, Alex?"
"Tommy, don't you get it? I'm Ana, not Alex," she said excitedly.
Tommy looked at her with a sick look on his face, "Alex, I think you hit your head. Come over here…"
"No, Tommy, I am not crazy!" Then she spotted the guinea pig, "At least, I don't think I am, but not my point, I only have a minute. When Alex faints again, you need to tell her its time,"
Tommy gasped. "Alex, if this is your idea of a sick joke…"
"Why would she make this up as a joke, Tommy? She knows it could kill me. The problem is the spell's feeding off my energy. It's basically a leach. With it there, my body can't heal. It needs to be taken off or I will die, and she's my protector. She's the only one who can do it,"
"Um, Alex…"
"Do not call me Alex, Tomas Aaron Oliver. When this body faints in a moment, then you can call it Alex. But until then I am Ana," Then Ana sucked in a breath when she felt Alex fighting her soul. "Crap! I'm losing perchase. Tommy, you've got to tell her…..to tell her….to SAY THE DAMN SPELL!" And with that, Alex's eyes rolled up into her head and she fell back.
By now, Cam had come to see what was going on. When Alex woke up, she saw two very concerned men and a very concerned guinea pig looking down at her.
"Is someone going to tell me what the hell just happened?" she asked after a moment.
Tommy helped her up. "I think Alex just astral projected into your body," he said in disbelief.
"What?" Alex asked, confused. "Well don't just stand there like an idiot, Tommy, tell me what she said!"
"She said to tell you it's time,"
Alex sat there with her mouth open. Why would Ana want to do something that would kill her? That made no sense.
"Excuse me, but it's time for what?" Cam asked.
Alex sighed. "Time to take off the binding spell,"
"The what?" Cam asked.
"Ana and I follow the Devine ninja academy. She's a ninja of Prophecy, which makes her precognitive, retrocognitive, and telepathic. Ninjas of Prophecy are extremely rare, you're lucky to have one to train the current one, because it requires such a strong mind. A lot of times the person in question can't even handle it when they're young. And that's exactly what happened to Ana,"
Alex paused for a moment. "When Ana was 6, we walked into the mall, and she passed out from the thoughts that surrounded her. There's a special spell, it places a block on a ninja of prophecy's powers. Then it makes another person what they call a "protector" and they're the ones that make the call when to unbind the prophecy powers. Ana can't unbind her powers on her own unless her protector dies,"
"Then who's Ana's protector?" Cam asked.
"Me," Alex said simply.
"It's your call Alex," Tommy reminded her.
"Ana wouldn't do this unless she was desperate," Alex said, shaking her head, "I think that we might not have another choice if we believe her,"
"Cam!" called Tori. The small group looked up at the blue ranger, "I need your help! Outside!" she seemed frantic.
Cam looked annoyed. "Can't it wait? Before I was interrupted by Alex and Ana, I almost had the morphers back online,"
"It's an emergency! My friend, he's…hurt?"
"And you brought him here?" Alex and Cam chorused in disbelief.
"You just compromised your base!" Alex cried.
"You ever hear of a hospital?" Cam asked at the same time.
"I know, I know," Tori replied, "but…he was hurt because of me. Please? Come look at him. It was one of Lothor's space freaks. We have to help him,"
"Alright," Cam relented after a moment.
"Ok!" Tori said, running outside and looking relieved.
Alex looked to her brother. "I pray to the gods this isn't an evil ranger trick,"
Tommy sighed. "I hope so too, sis,"
(Divider)
Tori ran back into the base.
"Is your friend alright?" Alex asked, sponging Ana's forehead.
"Yes, thank god," Tori said, grabbing the morphers.
"Tori, wait!" Alex said, running over and grabbing the blue rangers arm.
"What is it?" she asked.
Alex sighed."Be really careful, all right? This is exactly the sort of thing an evil ranger would do. Pretend to be hurt to infiltrate the base. I should know; I had one for a brother,"
Tori smiled. "Thanks Alex, but I don't think he's an evil ranger,"
"You have a crush on this friend, don't you?" Alex asked.
"Well…maybe a little one," she said. Then she changed the subject. "Is Ana going to be alright?"
Alex sighed. "I hope so. I can't do the spell until tomorrow, it's a planetary alignment thing, so I just pray that I won't be too late,"
"I'm sure she'll be fine," Tori comforted.
Alex gave her a small smile. "Thanks. Tori. Now you better get back out there,"
"Ok, bye," she said, running out
"Bye," Alex said back, going back to her sister.
(Divider)
Alex heard a yell. When she looked up, she saw Cam and Tommy being forced up by their arms and Sensei Wantanabe being grabbed as well. The evil rangers were storming ninja ops.
"Hey!" she said, standing up, "Let them go!"
The two rangers looked at her and laughed. "Look, it's a little runt," said the crimson one.
Alex growled. "I am not a runt. Solar ninja power!"
A huge blast of pure sunlight ran toward the two rangers, who quickly dodged out of the way.
"Careful now, orange ranger, you wouldn't want to hit your friends, now, would you?" The navy one cackled.
Alex realized her mistake and stood down. The navy one, who was holding Tommy, went over and grabbed her behind the arms.
"What about the one over there?" asked the crimson one.
"She's unconscious, you moron, and you're the one that PUT HER THERE!" Alex shouted.
"Enough out of you!" said the crimson one. "It's payback for what he did,"
"Who?" Alex asked, puzzled.
"Don't ask. I've been trying to get them to tell me for five minutes," Tommy whispered.
The two rangers pushed them all out the door and loaded Sensei into a locked cage. They then dragged the remaining prisoners back into ninja ops.
The primary rangers walked in and, upon seeing the captives, they hit fighting stances.
"What are you doing here?" Shane asked.
The rangers demorphed, and Alex wasn't surprised to find it was Blake and Hunter. The other rangers, however, looked taken aback.
"So what do you want?" Dustin asked, "How did you get in here?"
Alex groaned. "We've been asking that for the past five minutes, Dustin!" Blake tightened his grip on her.
"Ask her," Hunter said, ignoring Alex's comments.
"Blake?" Tori asked in disbelief.
No…it's Choobo the monkey, Alex thought sarcastically.
"I'm sorry," Blake said, "But we needed to find the ninja ops. I didn't mean to use you,"
Yeah freaking right. Stick it, moron, if you didn't mean to you wouldn't have, Alex thought, not wanting to have her arm pulled off.
"If you hurt them I will hunt you down," Tori said coldly.
The evil rangers hesitated a moment. "Leave them. We already got what we came for," Hunter said, throwing Tommy, Cam, and Alex at the primary rangers. Everyone but Alex was shoved behind Shane, Dustin, and Blake.
"Goodbye rangers," Hunter smirked, "And good luck in your future battles,"
The thunder rangers threw down their arms. The air sparked and exploded. When the fire let up, Blake and Hunter were gone.
"Everyone all right?" Tori asked.
"We didn't get hurt," Tommy said, watching Alex rush to Ana's side again.
"What did they want here?" Shane asked.
Cam looked straight at the rangers. "My father. They took my father,"