Volcano storm Ch 7
For the second time that day, Alexis awoke and noticed two things. This time, it was that a tingling feeling was running through her, and that her cousin's concerned face was hovering over her.
" 'Lexis? Can you hear me?" Tori said.
"No, try again when her body is normal."
Tori smiled at her cousin. She helped her into a sitting position. Alexis realized she was at Ninja Ops.
"Why do I feel all, like, tingly?" Alexis asked.
" Sorry cuz, but you're going to have to wait a couple hours before you're at full strength. We gave you some medicine for your wound, but it has some side affects. "
"Huh... it's like the feeling I get when I'm being watched."
Tori shifted sheepishly. "Hey, beats being dead."
Alexis got to her feet. Tori and Cam had definitely healed her, as she was no longer in pain and could move without trouble. She glanced at her surroundings. Cam was on the computer, Shane, Dustin, and Blake were sparing. She could feel Hunter's eyes on her back. She quickly realized he had been watching her from his position. She got excited at the idea he was concerned, but mentally slapped herself a second later. 'Focus Scarlet' she willed herself. She was about to ask Tori how long she had been asleep, but an alarm went off from the computer. All six ninjas crowded around Cam. An image of Ash-a-Trops and a bunch of kelzaks came up.
"Monster is attacking the city." Cam said.
'No duh, genius.' Alexis thought, but held her peace.
"Let's get down there." Shane said.
"Wait," Tori said. She turned to her cousin."You think you can handle this?"
Alexis turned back to the screen. That monster had Danny. Her best friend, practically her brother. She set her lips in a hard line and turned back, giving one quick, strong nod.
"Alright, let's do this." Shane said. "Ready?"
"Ready." the Wind, Thunder and Volcano ninjas replied
'Hope I don't have to get used to that.' Alexis thought.
"Ninja Storm,"
"Thunder Storm"
"Volcano Storm"
"Ranger Form , HA!"
People were screaming and running by the time the rangers got there.
"Whoa, that is one ugly monster." Dustin commented.
"Wait till you have to see him up-close." Alexis said. The kelzaks started to swarm towards them. Alexis and Tori looked at each other.
"Allow us." Tori said. She and Alexis stepped in front of the boys, making the same arm gestures. Two streams, one of water and the other of fire, shot towards the kelzaks. The two girls leaped into action fighting of the minions. The guys went off towards the monster. This went on for a while. They gave it their all, but soon the monster had gained the upper hand. The rangers regrouped, panting and clutching various injuries.
"Man this guy is tough." Blake commented.
"He wasn't like this before." Alexis said.
The monster let out a roar and the kelzaks started to swarm towards the rangers again.
"It could just be me, but I think that monster said destroy us." Tori said.
The rangers took their fighting stance again. But before they could move, Ash-a-Trops, despite his somewhat bulky form, moved like a flash and grabbed Dustin.
"Dustin!" Tori called. The rangers tried to get to him, but the kelzaks pushed them back. Before the rangers could attack again, the kelzaks and monster teleported away with Dustin.
"Aw man, no way." Hunter said. The 5 rangers de-morphed.
"Why would Lothor want Dustin?" Tori asked.
"I don't know, but now he has Dustin and Danny." Shane said.
Alexis was deep in her own thoughts. 'This doesn't make any sense. Why would Lothor want the two of them? I can get the taking Danny, but I don't know why he would want that yellow ranger.'
"Alexis?"
Alexis was shaken from her thoughts. Tori stood looking at her strangely. "Yeah?"
Tori looked her cousin up and down before replying. "Let's get back to Ninja Ops and figure this out."
"Right, of course." Alexis said. She took her cousins hand and streaked back to Ops.
"Alright, so what do we know?" Cam asked.
"Lothor kidnapped Danny and Dustin." Shane said.
"Both are his enemies, buts that about it for things they have in common. Why would he want those two?" Alexis said.
"Wait, both of them is a yellow-ish ranger color. Maybe that's it?" Blake suggested.
"Amber is more of an orange color. And besides, color just represents their power. Dustin has the power of earth, and Danny's power comes from fire, like me. Nothing alike, so were back to square one." Alexis sighed. The six ninja sat in silence.
Alexis thought to herself 'The last time Danny was taken, Lothor took Cobalt also. He couldn't have taken Dustin as a replacement for Cobalt. He couldn't pull that trick again. He wouldn't, right?'
Her questions were soon answered. On the computer, the screen flickered on. The ninja rushed over.
"Cam, what's happening?" Shane asked.
"Where receiving an unidentified transmission." Cam said.
"Well is that good?" Hunter asked.
"As long as the sender remains unidentified, I wouldn't know." Cam replied.
"Answer it." Sensei said. Cam did. No one was expecting Lothor to appear, but he did.
"Lothor!" the rangers cried.
"Hello Rangers." Lothor sneered.
"Give us our friends back." Tori demanded.
"Oh, you mean these." Lothor gestured behind him. To the ranger's horror, they saw Dustin and Danny hanging by their wrists, unconscious.
"What did you do to them?" Blake asked.
"Nothing too bad, yet." Lothor said evilly. " The real question is what you'll do to them."
"What do you mean?" Alexis asked, but she already knew the answer. She remembered the torture perfectly.
"I owe a bit of a dept, so I can't destroy both of them. You get to chose one to save."
"What?" Tori said.
"No way." Shane said.
"We wouldn't do that." Cam said
"Danny." Alexis said.
The others, Sensei included, looked at Alexis, but she didn't look back. Her eyes were focused on her best friends limp form.
"Alexis, you're not thinking." Tori said gently.
"Let Danny go." Alexis repeated.
"No!" Hunter said to Lothor. He grabbed Alexis's wrist, and roughly turned her to face him. "What do you think you're doing?" he demanded.
Alexis blinked, as if waking from a daze. Her eyes started to tear as she answered angrily, "I'm saving my best friend, what does it looks like?"
"It looks like your sacrificing us for yourself. I knew we should of known better than to trust a Volcano Ninja."
"You have four hours to decide." Lothor said, and disappeared from the screen. Alexis yanked her hand from Hunter.
"I need to get Danny back." she said again.
Hunter turned to Tori. "Now do you believe us, Volcano Ninjas are evil. Your own cousin is willing to sacrifice your friend for their own gain in power."
Alexis felt her jaw drop. The tears that had been gathering fell over hey eyelids. Hunter looked at confusedly.
"You're wrong about that Hunter." Alexis said. "That and so many other things." And Alexis streaked out of Ninja Ops.
"What did she mean your wrong about so many things?" Shane asked.
"He is." Tori said. The other rangers looked at her. "You have no idea what Alexis has been through. I don't like it, but I understand why her first concern was Danny."
"Alright than tell us." Hunter said.
_With Alexis_
Alexis didn't stop until she was at the beach. Not knowing where she was heading, not even thinking, she went to a group of boulders in shallow water. She climbed over them until she found what she was looking for. She sat down, crossed legged in the small pool surrounded by rocks. Her jean shorts quickly soaked through, but she didn't care. She began to calm down as she remembered that day the Volcano Academy had fallen.
_With the others_
"Alright I'll tell you." Tori said. The story began for both girls.
A/N- So, whatya think? Sorry it took so long, I was away, and I'm moving so that's taking a lot of time. I hope it's not too much a cliffhanger, cause who knows how long it'll take to write that memory. I think this might be my longest chapter yet. Also, some of you might remember from chapter 6 I said the Cobalt's ranger (don't worry he's coming up in the story) name was Brad. Well it is going to be changed to Josh. Don't ask me why, it came to me in a dream, and I don't mess with messages from dreams. So Ill edit that. Thanks for the reviews,
JasonLeeScottFan- I am not only going to explain, I am going to write a tie in that tells there story
Sonny01- thanks, buy I'll give her the powers
Taeniaea- thanks
I'll do my best to update as soon as possible. Catch y'all later.
AN 2- I think I'm getting to the part where the story isn't a load of crap. Less edits, I'll tell you that. Just FYI, the most major change is now both Alexis and Danny are fire ninja,