Billy streaked through the halls of Ninja Ops until he stopped in front of Sensei, Cam and RJ. His breathing was heavy and sweat lined his face.
"Billy, did you dash here all the way from Angel Grove?" asked Cam quietly.
"Yes," responded Billy without tarring his eyes away from RJ.
"Non-stop?" asked Cam.
Billy just nodded. He then walked up to RJ and placed both his hands on the young man's shoulders. His eyes scanned RJ from head to toe as if making sure he wasn't damaged or hurt.
"I think we should give them some space," said Sensei as he motioned to the door. Cam led the way out of Ninja Ops.
"I have to see what you saw," said Billy quietly. He released RJ and assumed a meditative position on the floor. RJ, not knowing what to do assumed the same position.
"What exactly do I have to do?" asked RJ as he stared blankly at Billy.
"We need to meditate together, hopefully I'll be able to retrieve what you saw and compare it to the vision I had right before Geki arrived," said Billy as his breathing finally settled down. "Concentrate on the vision."
Slowly Geki and Rogan materialized on either side of them. They began to pace a circle around the two and incasing them in a blue and purple glow. Flashes of images filled Billy's mind. He was bombarded by scents and sounds of the RJ's daily activities.
"Concentrate RJ, I can't find it if you keep jumping between useless memories," said Billy forcefully as his face reflected a disapproving expression.
Finally a full moon filled both their minds. RJ replayed the vision once more and broke the connection as soon as the grey wolf let out its painful howl. Geki placed his snout against RJ's back in an almost comforting manner. RJ pet him in return.
"It's the same figure that was in my vision," said Billy. He got up from the floor and the wolves stopped circling. "Cam!" yelled Billy as loud as he could.
Quickly the thin young man entered the room. "Everything alright?" he said as he caught his breath.
"I need you to do another search for me in the Ninja Scrolls. This time limit the search for wolves, black and silver," said Billy as he followed Cam to his computer.
After a few minutes the computer only brought back a half burned scroll on the screen.
"It doesn't say much. It's a local scroll so it only dates back a few hundred years. The computer can only decipher something about a lake called Turtle Cove," said Cam befuddled.
Billy repeated the name slowly. He asked Cam to do another search this time online for the lake. Cam was able to return with the name of a town a few hundred miles north of where they were. Cam was about to say something when Sensei returned.
"Sensei, I am sorry to be so rude, but it appears that we will be leaving immediately for Turtle Cove," said Billy.
"I sense that there are powerful forces at work William, if you leave I urge you to continue young RJ's training before it's too late," said Sensei Watanabe somberly.
"I am a master now of my wolf spirit. I plan to make sure my student achieves full control" said Billy.
"Then I see there is nothing more for me to teach you, but I will give you a piece of advice that has been passed from one ninja sensei to another. 'Although we may no longer be pupils of our sensei, we will never cease to be a student of the world' always be vigilant Billy. You will need it where you are going," said Sensei Watanabe as he bowed to Billy.
Billy bowed back with only a muffled thank you as he did.
It was the middle of the night when RJ and Billy made their way out of the Ninja Academy. Billy had made good on his promised and transferred the necessary information for Cam to begin working on morphing technology. He advised Cam to not push for more than 3 colors and to use only animal forms for zords as much as possible. Cam was so excited he began to go over the material before they departed. Unbeknown to either of them that another Ninja Academy had already acquired Ranger Technology from the Lightspeed program.
The quarter moon was setting when they finally crossed the waterfall. RJ took one final look back at the Academy before leaving.
The forest was quiet as they made their way through the darkened trees. They were silent for quite some time until Billy mentioned that he would scout ahead. He streaked forwarded in a blue blur. He returned a few minutes later with a smile.
"We're far enough out that we can use these again," said Billy as he pulled out two wrist bands. He placed one on RJ's wrist and clicked it into place, then did the same on himself.
They both looked at each other, and with Billy's nod they pressed the button and disintegrated into bright columns of light. While Billy zoomed out of the forest in a vibrant blue, RJ followed in white with a hint of purple.
The columns of light burned the night sky as they flew over Turtle Cove. They landed just outside the city near a heavily wooded area.
As soon as they landed a piercing wolf howl brought them to their knees. It lasted longer than before. The howling forced images of terrible battles between the silver and black wolf into their minds. When the howling ceased Billy and RJ were both clutching their heads.
"Alright, that needs to really stop, like now," said RJ as he picked himself up from the floor.
"Did you get a sense of where it was coming from?" asked Billy as he wiped the dirt from his suit.
"No, it was all around us as soon as we touched down," said RJ as he surveyed their surroundings.
Billy pulled out a small portable computer from his pocket. He began to type away at it and read the results populating the small screen.
"The reader isn't picking up anything. I guess we'll have to do it the old fashion way," said Billy as he put away the portable computer and clasped his hands together. The blue aura returned once more and enveloped his hands and forearms. A few seconds later Billy's aura returned to normal and disappeared.
"Did you find where the noise was coming from?" asked RJ as he continued to look for anyone in the area.
"No, but I did find something else," said Billy quietly.
"Alright, where do we go?" asked RJ as he turned back to look at Billy quickly.
All Billy did was point up to the dark black sky.