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"There!" Blake yelled. He, Kelly, and his siblings ran straight into the Megazord ruins.
"We were riding and we saw smoke!" Blake said. He turned to Tori; "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, thanks." Tori said.
"What happened?" Hunter asked.
"I was in my car listening to the radio on the way here," Kelly began; "They think it's some kind of alien attack."
"Does this sort of thing happen a lot around here?" Hunter asked.
"And you didn't wonder why housing is so cheap?" Shane responded with another question.
"We need to call someone. The police, the FBI, the CIA." Kelly frowned.
"No Kelly we're fine. Thanks." Tori smiled sweetly.
Blake turned to look at Hunter, grinning crookedly while Jessy just looked worried for her new friends..
"Jessy you're too weak for your own good." Hunter huffed disappointedly in his little sister, who'd been jumpy since the Megazord fight.
"I almost became a murderer Hunter." Jessy hissed, facing him; "It might not bother you, but it bothers me."
"Shut up Jessy." Blake warned, close to socking her in the face.
"You know what, I can't be with you guys right now." Jessy decided as she walked away, but they followed and she turned to glare; "I said I need time alone."
"Yeah and we need you to listen to us for the first time in your life." Hunter growled; "You follow us, you can make friends later, but we're a family and we stick together."
"Forcing me to do something I don't want?" Jessy snapped; "Yeah, we're totally the best damn family in the world."
"You're grounded." Blake said to her.
"I ain't grounded and you ain't my mother." Jessy retorted, continuing to walk away; "I'm going surfing."
"She's so-" Hunter said before cutting himself off; "Stubborn, cocky, headstrong, good hearted..."
"Thats why she's our sister bro." Blake shrugged; "She's just a younger, female version of us... but Hunter, maybe its not the best idea to make her do this. She definately is weaker than us and it'll tear her apart."
"Maybe you're right..." Hunter thought to himself; "I can't stand seeing her so upset and hurt... by us of all people."
"C'mon dude, lets go find her." Blake sighed; "She said she'd be at the beach."
"The swells were amazing today!" Jessy said happily to Tori, who constantly zoned out.
"Yeah, I guess it was." Tori nodded; "Hey, can I ask you something Jess? About your brothers?"
Jessy didn't know where she was going with the conversation; "What about them?"
"Are you alright with them being so overprotective of you?" Tori wondered.
"Heck no." Jessy groaned; "They treat me like a 5 year old, like I'm gonna get paper cuts from everything and I should treat guys as if they have cooties. Sometimes I wish I could prove to them that I'm strong too, that I can make my own decisions... you know that feeling?"
"I only have one sister." Tori said absently; "But I understand about the feeling, I get it with Shane and Dustin, they seem to think I'm a defenseless girl."
"Guys are stupid." Jessy concluded; "Some day girls all over are going to rule this world and men will crumble."
"Amen to that!" Tori laughed, giving Jessy a high five; "But it can't be that bad, if you forget Dustin then who knows who he'd end up with."
"I don't like Dustin." Jessy said too quickly, but the faint blush on her brown skin said otherwise.
"Uh-huh, I believe you." Tori lied as they continued walking, straight past Jessy's brothers, who neither had seen in advance.
"Hey!" Blake said; "What? No Hello?"
Tori turned to them; "Sorry, my mind's somewhere else."
"Yeah, rough day." Blake smiled.
"Yeah. Thanks again for helping me out there." Tori blushed.
"Ah, hey, listen. Don't mention it. Anytime." Blake grinned.
"I'll keep that in mind." Tori said.
"You guys just don't know how to give me some freedom do you?" Jessy grumbled.
Hunter took one look at her half naked, pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it to her; "Cover up."
"Thanks Hunter, I'm sure I would have become prey to one of the surfers around here who don't even pay attention to me." Jesst rolled her eyes.
"We'll work on your temper later." Tori laughed, turning back to Blake; "I'll catch you later."
"Sure thing." he smiled, as the blonde walked away.
"Wow smooth. You'll have to show me your moves sometime." Hunter teased his brother, then turning to Jessy; "We just came to apologize..."
"Really, you learned how to say the word 'sorry'?" Jessy asked in feigned shock; "I'm proud of you."
"We're serious about this." Hunter grimaced; "We won't push you into joining us against the Wind weasels."
"You don't get it do you Hunter?" Jessy snarled; "I don't want to see you kill someone, but I won't let anyone hurt my brothers."
"Them? Hurting us?" Blake laughed bitterly.
"Oh shut it Blake." Jessy snapped; "You know we keep catching them off guard, it's no fun."
"Whatever Jess." Hunter chuckled; "We gotta head to the surf shop, you coming?"
"Meh." Jessy said plainly as she followed after them.
"Dude, you changed the oil like four times already." Shane pointed out blantly.
"Yeah, I don't know man. I just can't stop thinking of why those Thunder Punks just didn't destroy us when they had the chance you know?" Dustin grumbled. Jessy overheard their conversation as she and her brothers entered Storm Chargers, and kept a straight face as Hunter and Blake talked to Kelly.
"Hey Kell!" Blake greeted as they neared the redhead.
"Hey! Just fill these out before the race and we're good to go." Kelly started; And make sure your parents sign the-"
"We don't live with our parents." Hunter interrupted, Jessy elbowed him in the gut to keep his mouth shut.
"Oh, I'm sorry..." Kelly sweat-dropped.
"Hey, don't sweat it. We'll get those forms back to you tomorrow okay?" Blake grinned.
"Great, I'll see you out there then." Kelly replied happily.
"Cool." Hunter smiled.
"Why are we walking so much today?" Jessy groaned; "Aren't I ever allowed to just sit down and be lazy?"
"Yeah, when we're done with our mission." Hunter answered as they reached a portal which was right beside a van so no one would see it.
Jessy jogged to reach Tori as they headed towards the water and caught up just in the nick of time.
Tori put her board down and frowned; "What? The water... What happened?"
Suddenly a frog monster jumped behind her, and Jessy just blinked at it as Tori took up a fighting stance.
"Oh a Ranger! How convenient!" it smiled; "Time to make a splash."
"Ninja Storm! Ranger for..." Tori yelled, looking down at her wrist just to see that her morpher wasn't there.
"Tori..." Jessy trailed off, worried; "What were you going to do?"
"Better hop to it!" the Frog cackled; "Guess it's not Morphin' time after all is it? Lowtide for you, Malibu Beach Buddy." He threw polytrons at Tori, and even at Jessy since Zurgane told him to get rid of all Power Rangers and he noticed her morpher. With just that blast, the two sprawled onto the floor.
Tori jumped up and backed away, turning to Jessy; "Get out of here! It's too dangerous."
Jessy just nodded sternly, she couldn't fight back and reveal her identity, so she just ran as fast as she could until she was out of view from Tori and turned on her communicator; "Justsoyaknow, Zurgane set out one of his creeps on Tori and she's just seconds away from dead."
"How do you know?" Hunter asked from the other line.
"Cause he tried to kill me too!" Jessy shouted; "And Tori made me run."
"I'm closest to the beach, I'll come and meet me there!" Blake practically screamed through the communication. Jessy ran back towards the battle, just in time.
"Come closer Ranger! You're not a afraid of a few warts are you?" the frog asked.
Suddenly Blake zipped forward and spun around the monster, kicking dirt into it and knocking the frog to the ground.
"Run!" Blake yelled; "I'll distract him."
"Blake?" Tori asked. Blake rode away to face the frog; "NO! Stop! Don't!" He ignored her completely and Jessy gaped at the fight. "Hey! Watch your back!" she yelled.
"Got him!" the frog yelled, continuing his attack on Blake. Suddenly Tori jumped back into the fight, unable to watch Blake get hurt as she kicked the monster backwards; "And now, my polytrons will finish the job!"
Just as the leech creatures were about to hit Tori, Blake took the hit, and flew off his bike, unconscious.
"Blake!" Jessy gasped. She knew they liked each other, but why would he risk his life for her if he was planning to destroy her?
"So much water so little time! I'll catch you later, bye bye!" the frog sung, disappearing.
"Blake, are you alright?" Tori asked, flipping Blake over onto his back and staring at the leeches fearfully. She picked up his body and pulled it into her van, and the racing bike as well, Jessy following from a safe distance on foot.
She followed her to a waterfall, where an asian man walked out to check on Blake, and as Tori went back into the waterfall, they hadn't noticed Blake's eyes following her, and Jessy stared too, knowing her brothers were now just one step closer to killing the Sensei.
"Hunter, Blake's gone." Jessy said to her eldest brother as she ran into him at the Motocross track; "Tori took him somewhere and I didn't see him afterwards."
"We'll ask her friends if they saw him." Hunter shrugged boredly as he walked up to the male Wind Rangers; "Hey, have you guys seen Blake?"
"Gee, second time he's just dissapeared?" Shane smirked.
"What are you talking about?" Jessy asked with furrowed eyebrows. Just then a light blue van pulled up to the track and she ran to it; "Tori!"
"Listen, ah, thanks for what you did back there. I don't know what happened, guess I just blacked out." Blake smiled, removing the belt from him as he sat beside Tori.
"Yeah, you took a nasty fall. You're actually pretty lucky." Tori commented.
"I feel like a chump." Blake sighed; "I mean I tried to save you and you end up saving me instead."
Tori smiled slightly; "Forget it. It's no big deal."
Hunter peeked in the window beside Blake as he followed Jessy; "Hey, what happened? You alright?"
"Long story." Blake shrugged, getting out of the van; "Tell you later." The two brothers walked away from the front of the van while Jessy unloaded Blake's riding bike from behind.
"Do that again, Blake, and I will kill you myself." Jessy warned.
"Nice to see you were worrying about me for once." Blake chuckled, deciding to ignore the warning. He winced heavily as she punched his arm, and gripped it as he knew a bruise would form there over night.
"Hey." Hunter said, looking to Tori as he found the three Winds after a practice race Dustin had been in; "I just wanted to say thanks for taking care of my bro."
"And for making me run before the frog thing killed me." Jessy said, adding in a little shiver to make herself seem more afraid.
"Anytime." Tori smiled.
"Anyway... We owe you one, and we always make good on our promises." Hunter told her reassuringly.
"Okay, good to know, thanks." Tori nodded.
"We gotta get home." Blake informed them abruptly; "Parents, you knoe how it is."
"Yeah, okay." Tori replied; "I'll catch you later."
"Bye Shane, bye Dustin!" Jessy waved, her eyes lingering on Dustin a few moments more than it should have and walked after her brothers. She waited until the others were out of earshot and slapped both of her brothers on the arms; "Guys, they heard you tell Kelly you had no parents, now they're suspicious of us."
"It'll be too late by the time they figure it out." Hunter said, smirking evilly.
They made their way over to the quarry as the three Winds were fighting off the frog monster. The Winds were being chained and lifted into the air, and the chain suddenly exploded, and they wound up in the water. They flipped out of the water and attackted the monster with Ninja Beams but the monster just disappeared and reappeared again behind them, sticking the three with Polytrons.
"Alright that's enough." Hunter grumbled, and like lightning hitting the ground, the three Bradleys dropped from the sky and landed behind the flustered Wind Rangers.
"Like fighting a giant frog wasn't bad enough!" Dustin croaked, staring at the Crimson, Navy, and Amber Rangers.
"Thunderstaffs!" The three shouted, drawing weapons; "Attack!" They pointed the weapons straight past the Winds, who thought they were still the targets, and the Bradleys ran past them, slashing at the monster.
"What?" The Winds asked in confusion.
Hunter, Blake, and Jessy held the monster up in the air with their staffs, and threw him backwards, making him groan; "But I thought we were on the same team!" But he landed on his feet, turning away from them; "I guess not." He shot more polytrons out of his mouth.
"Thunder shields!" the three called out, and the polytrons were deflected back to the monster; "Thunderstaffs! Tornado Star!" They threw their star-like weapons at the frog monster, doing much damage.
"Crimson Blaster!" Hunter shouted.
"Navy Antler!" Blake bellowed.
"Amber Dualbows!" Jessy called.
"Thunder Weapons!"
"You ready?" Hunter asked them.
"You know it!" Blake nodded.
"For once, totally." Jessy agreed.
Blake charged forward, grabbing the waist of the monster with the antlers, and raising him into the air; "How about a lift?"
"That didn't hurt!" the monster chuckled as he was thrown to the side by Blake, but he didn't notice Hunter was walking forward with his blaster in hand and Jessy with her dualbows.
"But this will!" Jessy shouted, rapidly firing large electric bows at the monster, and he flew backwards.
"That tickled!" the monster said, though it was obvious to Jessy the monster was in a lot of pain.
"How about this?" Hunter asked, blasting at him. His brother and sister joined his side and he nodded; "Let's put it together!" They attached the blaster, the antler and the dualbows together; "Thunder Blaster!"
"Ready when you are." Blake announced.
"Ready?" Hunter asked as they aimed.
"I'm too young to croak!" the frog whimpered, knowing his end was near.
"FIRE!" Jessy commanded, and a large ball of Electric energy was shot out, destroying the thing.
"Done deal." Hunter said plainly as they turned and walked away from the destroyed monster.
"Hey wait!" Shane begged as they started to walk past the winds; "What's up with you guys?"
"Why did you just help us?" Tori asked confused.
"Hello?" Dustin called; "Anybody in there?"
"We're even Wind Rangers." Hunter told them abruptly, and the brothers kept walking as Jessy gave them one last glance, and a salute before following after her brothers.
"Maybe they're the strong silent types." Tori suggested, frustrated from not getting answers.
"I don't get it." Shane said honestly.
"Are you guys sure we have to do this?" Jessy sighed as they krept into Ninja Ops.
"We gave you the opportunity to drop out but you didn't take it." Blake reminded her.
"Shush, we're almost there!" Hunter hissed, nearing the small habitat they knew was harbouring the man who killed their parents.
"What do you want?" Cam snapped from behind.
"I got him." Jessy told her brothers. She went to fight Cam as the other two grabbed the Sensei and flipped the boy on to the floor, lowering her head to Cam's ear and whispering so only he could hear; "Don't worry, I won't let them hurt your father, just... trust me."
"You need help?" Blake asked from where he was standing with Hunter, holding a ball of pulsing energy with the Wind Sensei inside of it.
"I'm fine." Jessy snapped, pulling Cam up by the arms and standing by her brothers just as the Winds entered.
Once the Winds saw the Thunder Rangers holding Cam they took up fighting stances. Shane hissed at them immediately; "What are you doing here?"
The three demorphed, and the Winds gasped after seeing the Bradleys staring back at them evilly. Dustin couldn't believe any of it; "So what do you want? How did you get in here?"
"Ask her." Hunter said plainly, looking directly at Tori.
"Blake?" Tori asked in shock.
"I'm sorry, but we had to find the Ninja Ops." Blake said, though he seemed to give her a hateful glare; "I didn't mean to use you."
Cam struggled in their grasp and Tori growled at them; "If you hurt them I will hunt you down."
"Leave him." Hunter ordered, and Jessy tossed him to them; "We got what we want. Goodbye Rangers, and good luck in your future battles." They pointed at the ground and they disappeared.
"Everyone alright?" Tori asked the others.
"What did they want here?" Shane asked angrily.
"My father." Cam answered, venom in each syllable; "They took my father."
Then another puff of smoke appeared and once it left Jessy stood there, a white flag in her hands for surrender.
"What do you want now?" Shane spat.
"They don't know what they're doing, but I can't not help them, they're my brothers after all." Jessy explained in a rush, stuttering over words. She turned to Cam and tossed him a small device; "It's a tracker chip. Follow after me, I'll lead you to my brothers."
"Why help us?" Dustin glared, unable to trust her.
"I ain't no murderer." Jessy laughed bitterly; "And I ain't evil either."