Volcano Storm Ch 10

About an hour after Alexis and Tori returned to Ops, Dustin woke up on Lothor's spaceship. The first thing he noticed was the wriggling figure next to him.

"Dude," he said looking over, "hey wait a sec, you're that guy, Danny. What are you doing here?"
Danny looked at Dustin.
"Look who's finally awake. You've been out for the last three hours. And we're both here for the same reason. To take part in Lothor's evil plot. Remember anything?"

"Fighting that monster, than Zurgane grabbing me, that's pretty much it." Dustin said.

"Well, you didn't miss much." Danny assured him.

"Why does Lothor want us?" Dustin asked.

Danny sighed. "It happened once before. I was taken along with my friend Josh."

"I remember him. He came when you visited a few years ago."

"Yeah that's him. A couple months ago, when Lothor first attacked the Volcano Academy, he captured Josh and me. He forced Alexis to choose one of us to save, and the other would most likely die. Or so we thought. Josh was able to use his ninja abilities to appear to Alexis in her sleep, and forced her to save me." Danny explained.

"Why would he do that?" Dustin asked.

"He felt Alexis and I made a better team. One that would accomplish more. Plus, he didn't want anything to happen to me. So Alexis obeyed him, ironic since she's team captain. So I was released, but me and Alexis lost our morphing powers. And I just found out, Josh wasn't destroyed at all. Lothor sent him to the island of Helicoid."

"The island of what?"

"Helicoid. An island whose inhabitants are immortal, but trapped. It is a prison for ninjas, some who angered stronger ninjas and was sent there as punishment, some who failed to rescue their comrades and some willingly, so they could live forever as a ninja. The thing about the island, the only way back is to either be rescued by a ninja of your own kind and everyone who's tried has become trapped themselves, or to be brought back by the ninja who sent you, and frankly, that doesn't happen."

"So Lothor will make our friends choose one of us, and the other will go to this doomed island?"

"Basically"

"Oh well," Dustin said, "That's wonderful."

"Now isn't the time to be sarcastic. We only have one hour until that have to choose. I've tried to break the chains, but they held tight." Danny replied.

Dustin was quiet for a second, than asked, "You don't have much of a sense of humor do you?"

Danny seemed almost puzzled by the question. He thought it over for what seemed like an eternity. "I guess not. I always have to be the serious one, making sure Alexis doesn't shop herself broke and keeping her in line. She always goes overboard, so I try to be serious enough to keep her back."

"Well, if we ever get out of here, you should really lighten up."

"Noted. So, you're more experienced with Lothor. Any idea how to get out of here?" Danny said.

"Actually," Dustin looked around at the red walls and the chains they were hanging from," no."

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(Throne area type place of spaceship)

"How are our guests doing?" Lothor asked.

"Beginning to return to consciousness sir, but well bound."Zurgane replied.

"Good." Lothor said. "I don't want anything getting in the way of my plan."

"Um, Uncle?" Marah asked.

"What do you want?" Lothor snarled.

"Well I was just wondering, that island of Helicoid place, is it, like dangerous?"

"Don't you two learn anything? There are vicious beasts there, yes, but the inhabitants don't age, so it's a balanced deal. Why do you ask anyway?"

"Oh, I was just wondering, you know how they would suffer." Marah stuttered. 'I really hope they save Dustin' she thought.

(Back at Ops)
Hunter studied Alexis. She was bent over at the computer, her hand resting on Cam's chair. Her hair fell so it covered her eyes from Cam's point of view. She had changed a lot. Her hair for one thing. When Hunter had first met her, Alexis's hair was down to her hips, auburn, and always kept in a tight pony tail. Now it was short, barely touching her shoulders, she always wore it down, and she had died it to be red like fire. It actually looked pretty good. Her eyes, which once shone like emeralds, seemed to have dulled, but that might be because that didn't have the twinkle they used to. She had gotten taller, almost as tall as Hunter. She still had a fit body though, and though Hunter hadn't gotten a chance to see it yet, he hoped she still smiled the same way, the smile she used when she was genuinely happy, not the half-hearted kind, or evil smirk kind she had given him before.
Then Hunter caught himself. 'What am I doing? I hate her. She betrayed me, she is the reason for the Thunder Academy's destruction.' he thought. 'Well, it was also our fault. But she played a part in it.' Hunter clenched his fist with his indecision
Blake was having his own case of indecision. He kept looking from Tori to Alexis. If he was asked to think of the women he remembered most in his life, both were high on the list. Only problem, one he wanted to be his girlfriend, and one he wanted to sock in the stomach. Alexis's helping annoyed him. He wished he could just continue believing she was an evil force who left his school and brother vulnerable. Instead, he was seeing her as this caring person who would do anything for this boy. 'That's not going to make Hunter happy.' he thought. 'And then there's the fact she Tori's cousin. Her COUSIN! You'd think we' of figured it out.' Blake wanted to slap himself. Fortunately, he was interrupted by a sudden groan from Alexis. The girl pressed her hand to her head, closing her eyes tightly.
"Alexis?" Tori asked, taking a step towards her cousin.
"Ugh!" Alexis groaned. She grabbed her head with both hands and collapsed on the ground.
"Alexis!" was the last thing she heard before everything went black."

Alexis opened her eyes and was surprised to be in her old room. "What the heck?" she asked. She walked over to the window. Pulling back the curtain, she looked at the training grounds a story below. There was a weird white mist that made it hard to see, but not impossible. Alexis saw ninjas sparing below and a very familiar figure. "Josh!" she cried and turned to exit, buy was startled to realize the mist was in her room as well as outside. "Where am I?" she said aloud.

"Technically, you're room." a voice said.

"Danny!" she exclaimed. She hugged him as the boy stepped through the mist and into her site. "What's going on?"

"First, you have to know that this isn't reality. It's a part of your mind."

Alexis looked at him strangely, "Huh"

"Basically, I did what Josh did last time. I used a ninja technique to transport myself into your head, so I could warn you"

"Warn me about what?" Alexis asked.

"Lothor lied to us. Josh wasn't destroyed he's alive."

Alexis lit up. "That's great! Where..." she began but was hushed by Danny.

"He's on the island of Helicoid." Danny told her.

Alexis felt the smile flee her face. "How do I get there?"

"There's a scroll in the Wind Ninja's possession that will take you there. If you're gone by the time Lothor demands an answer, he'll send us both to Helicoid, so you can find us."

Alexis nodded. "Alright I'll do it."

"Be careful Alexis," Danny said, "the island of Helicoid imprisons some of the most dangerous of ninjas, and keeps monsters to guard them."

"I'll be careful." Alexis promised.

"That's not enough. You'll need to bring the other rangers."

Alexis gave Danny her best, 'Are you kidding?' look.

Danny actually laughed. "No I'm not. Think about it this way, you can show up Thunder Ninjas while you work."

Alexis laughed at his joke. "Just do me one favor." I tell him

"What?"

"Get out my head; I keep private thoughts in here. Alexis said smacking him on the arm lightly. Danny laughed and disappeared.

Alexis woke up to see her friend surrounding her.
"Alexis?" Tori asked.

Alexis say up. "I know what to do."

A/N-Well, that took forever; I meant to post this on Christmas as a gift but never got to it. Then I lost the story, but anyway here it is. Watch y'all think? I really liked the description of Alexis in the past, if I do say so myself. REVIEW ANSWER TIME!

JasonLeescottfan- I'm sorry, I'm making the chapters a long as I can. All will be explained if your just patient. But a preview is, Alexis is very stubborn and instinctive, and she is obedient to what her teachers tell her to do. And I thought the little cousin heart to heart was sweet.

BLAZINGXDARKNESS- 1. Did I write your name right? 2. I'm so glad you liked it, don't worry, I want to see this one out.

Well that's it for now. Please Review, they inspire me. Anyone got any good ideas for vicious beasts that live on islands? Cause I need some. Till chapter 11
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