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Thunderstruck

Chapter 13: Rescue Mission, Pt 2

The two hired armed guards smirked, as they watched the two young people be dragged toward the entrance to the mansion. One whistled appreciatively, as he eyed Tori. Once they were gone, the other chuckled.

"They'll have fun with that one," he sneered at his partner, who chuckled. However, a few minutes later, he frowned, as they watched a peculiar thing happening in the dirt. It looked as though something was burrowing toward them beneath the ground and they exchanged a confused glance. Suddenly dirt sprayed them and they shouted in surprise, before trying to regain their composure. There was now a chocolate haired young man in front of them wearing an odd looking black uniform with yellow piping.

"Hey dudes!" he called with a grin.

"What…where the hell did you come from?" one spat, as he raised his handgun. His partner followed suit and Dustin raised his hands.

"Whoa…easy now, I'm not a threat or anything," Dustin told them.

"And why should we believe you?" the man asked in his heavy accent.

"Cause dude…you're like totally the one that's the threat," Dustin replied. The two men looked at him with confusion, as Dustin scratched his head.

"Wait…I don't think I got that right…" Dustin rambled. As expected, his airheaded act led to them underestimating him, for the two men advanced, only to be blasted with some kind of yellow energy. They looked up from their place on the ground, only to find the mirth in the young man's face gone. It was replaced with a hard set glare, as several more young people suddenly surrounded him. They were about to scream for help, but one in red and another in blue leveled their handguns at them.

"Scream and you're done," the blonde man in blue threatened. Rocky and Skull grabbed the two and cuffed them.

"Duct tape," Rocky requested, as Adam tossed it to him. He placed it over the two guard's mouths, as they glared up at the group.

"What now?" Kira asked.

"We go in, but I think the front or back door won't exactly give us the surprise we want," Jason replied. Shane shot an air beam at the ground and propelled himself onto the roof of the mansion. They waited, as the air ninja took a lap around, looking for a way in from the top and he soon returned with a big grin on his face.

"You're not going to believe our luck. Mr. Rich Drug dealer has skylights all over the roof," Shane called. Jason smirked.

"The roof it is then," Jason said, as he grabbed the rope they had brought and tossed one end up to Shane.

"Tie this to something secure," Jason called. Shane did so and they started climbing, while Shane used his air powers to propel more of them one at a time until they were soon all on the roof of the compound.


A battered and bruised Jack and Alana gasped in horror, as they watched their captors drag their daughter and a tall young man into the room. They assumed this was the boy their daughter had been dating.

"No…" Jack said, as he struggled with his bonds.

"I am a man of my word, Mr. and Mrs. Hanson. You'll see your little girl pay for your mistakes and her boyfriend too. But first…I promised my men that they could have some fun with her," he sneered.

"No…I'll tell you everything you want to know, just don't hurt her!" Jack pleaded. Palo chuckled.

"You endured hours of torture and remained resistant, yet when faced with the horrible coming demise of your little girl, you cave before we can even do anything. She'll pay for your mistakes and show you why no one crosses me and lives to tell the tale," Palo hissed, as he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.

"Such a shame…you would make a lovely pet," he sneered, as he caressed her cheek.

"Get your hands off her!" Hunter growled, as he struggled with his captors. Palo glared at him.

"And just how do you expect to stop me?" he challenged. Hunter glared back.

"You have no idea who you're dealing with," he responded, making their captors all laugh at him. Tori's cerulean eyes locked with his silvery blue pair, recognizing the look of sheer determination in them. She could almost see the thunder in his eyes. She had seen that same determination in his eyes time and again as they faced evil in alien form and knew exactly what he had planned.

"Hunter…" she whispered, shaking her head.

"No secret is worth losing you," he whispered back, confusing everyone in the room.

"I don't know what nonsense you're talking about, stupid boy, but you're going to watch us rip your little girlfriend apart and then one of my men is going to put a bullet in your skull," Palo said, as he roughly grabbed Tori's arm.

"Put him over there with the parents," Palo hissed. Two of the goons grabbed Hunter's arms and instantly recoiled in shock, as they felt themselves be shocked.

"Shit…" one cursed.

"What the hell?" the other wondered, as they stared at the blonde.

"What's the matter, you idiots?" Palo hissed, as he caught sight of the young man he had in his captivity. A strange dark red electricity coursed all over his body.

"He's some kind of freak, boss," one cried.

"Just get him and put him over there, you moron!" Palo spat angrily. The two lap dogs tried again and were electrocuted this time, falling to the ground and flailing in pain, as crimson electricity sizzled all over their bodies. Palo looked at the blonde young man in disbelief, before raising his gun to shoot him. Suddenly, he was doused from head to toe by a beam of water. Aqua ribbons of energy coursed all over Tori's body, as the dangerous leader turned to her with a murderous glare. Neither Tori nor Hunter had ever experienced their powers reacting like this, but they didn't have time to question it. Tori leapt up and kicked him in the stomach and rolled over his back, as he doubled over in pain. Hunter split kicked the two hired hands, as they rose to their feet and then shoved them together, knocking their heads together, sending them to the ground in pain. Tori's parents stared at their daughter in disbelief, having witnessed her manifest water seemingly from thin air.

"Shoot them!" Palo called to his men. Tori smashed her elbow into his nose, breaking it on contact, as Hunter grabbed her arm and sealed them behind a thunder shield, as they stood in front of her parents, protecting them as well.

"That's a lot of guns," Tori mentioned.

"Yeah, we need a plan," Hunter replied. She smirked.

"I thought you had one when you shocked those idiots," she said.

"Nah, you know I make it up as I go along," he joked.

"Sweetheart…" Tori heard her Mom say, as she turned to her.

"We'll explain later, Mom. Let's just say for now that I guess you guys aren't the only ones with secrets," she replied, eyeing them both with a raised eyebrow. Jack nodded.

"It was to protect you, sweetheart, you have to know that. But I wouldn't mind knowing where you learned to fight like that," Jack replied. By her Father's smile, she could tell he was impressed. She nodded at Hunter and in the blink of an eye, they tore their civilian clothes away to reveal their ninja garb.

"Believe it or not, we're ninjas," Hunter chimed in, as he undid their ropes, freeing them.

"My shield isn't going to absorb those bullets forever though," he mentioned, as he concentrated on keeping the shield up even as sweat beaded on his forehead.

"If we can get a couple guns, we might have a fighting chance. Ever handle a gun?" Jack asked.

"Does a blaster count?" Hunter asked.

"Close enough," Jack replied, as they scattered. Jack and Alana took cover behind some crates, while Hunter and Tori crouched behind a steel overturned table. Tori sighed momentarily, as she watched the aqua ribbons course through her hands and looked at Hunter. The same thing was happening to Hunter, crimson energy almost crackling from his body. He seemed to shock anyone he came in contact with, but she seemed to be safe against his powers, for she wasn't shocked when she put her hands on his shoulder and arm.

"I've never seen our powers react quite like this," she mentioned.

"Me either, but I'm sure Sensei will have some insight," he replied.

"Babe…we may not make it out of this," she said sadly.

"No way Tor, this isn't how we end," he replied, as he surprised her by kissing her passionately.

"You hit these assholes as much as you can with water. Then I'll hit them with thunder and fry them. It's the only way out of this," he told her seriously. She knew that he was talking about using their powers to injure or even kill and it was strictly violating ninja code, but the situation was desperate. It was them or the bastards that would think nothing of killing them. She was going to choose them and her parents. Nodding to each other, they jumped into sight and bullets bounced harmlessly off Hunter's shield, as she sprayed a torrent of water at their attackers.


Shane knelt down and peered in one of the skylights, seeing the battle raging inside.

"Looks like we're late for the fight," Shane mentioned, as they watched Hunter and Tori use their powers to stay alive.

"Okay, we'll wait till the goons are under the falling glass. Skull, when I say, I want you to shoot this glass. Billy and I have vests, along with Rocky and Skull, so we'll go in first," Jason ordered, as he watched the battle.


Tori doused two more thugs with water and they angrily charged her. Hunter grabbed a long, thin two-by-four nearby from unpacked crates and snapped it in half on his knee,

tossing half to Tori.

"Thanks," she replied, as they used them like staffs they used in training. Hunter rapidly spun his like he would any thunder staff and took down to two more, before spin kicking the third. Tori thrusted the wooden weapon into the abdomen of another and back flipped to evade another foe. She stopped and gasped in surprise, as the one she had evaded pulled his gun.

"Tori!" Hunter called, as he tried to get to her. Before he could fire though, glass came raining down on him. Tori hit the ground, as he fired into the air and watched Jason drop onto him. He disarmed the thug and cuffed him, as Billy, Skull, and Rocky fired on anyone that raised their guns to them. Hunter crawled to Tori and they stayed down, while their friends provided back up.

"The Cavalry has arrived," Hunter said, as he helped her up.

"Hey dudes!" Dustin called, as he hopped down from the skylight.

"How did you guys find us?" Tori asked with a relieved smile.

"Long story, but you can thank the Power Rangers F.B.I. over there," Dustin replied, as he joined the fight. Thanks to the added power, Palo and his remaining goons were forced to surrender.

"Who are you?" Jack Hanson asked.

"Jason Lee Scott, F.B.I., this is my partner Billy. And this is Rocky Desantos and Eugene Skullovich, Angel Grove P.D.," Jason replied.

"F.B.I. has no jurisdiction here, nor do these American police scum," Palo hissed.

"We're actually not here on police business, Ass hat," Rocky spat back.

"I'm confused. If you're not here on police business, then we can't legally arrest them! You just blew five years of undercover police work!" Alana exclaimed.

"Trust us, we'll explain everything. Just call your superiors and tell them you've arrested Palo Vasquez and his crew," Jason replied.

"And what happens when they start spilling their guts to my boss?" Jack asked. Billy smirked, as he pulled out a device.

"Don't worry, in a couple minutes, they're not going to remember any of this," he said. Jack and Alana had no idea what he could possibly mean, but a nod from their daughter allowed them the leap of faith they needed to trust these people and Jack made the call.


Tori sighed in relief, as Kira, Kim, and Aisha gathered around her, exchanging hugs with their ranger sister. Since the fiasco in Goldar's dark dimension, they had all kept in pretty close contact, especially the girls. But Hunter wasn't surprised when he was practically tackled by the three former female rangers with hugs.

"I don't know how you guys found us...but we're really glad," Hunter mentioned.

"You guys need to thank Billy. He happens to have a friend that works at the DEA who mentioned yesterday that two of their best agents had gone missing. Billy saw the names and pulled the files and was worried that these goons might be going after Tori when he saw that they arrived at LAX. That's when we used the ranger express to meet in Angel Grove and headed to Blue Bay from there," Kimberly explained. Tori chewed on her bottom lip.

"He and all his men saw our powers. How are we going to keep them from spilling their guts?" Tori asked. Aisha smirked.

"Doc Cranston, genius extraordinaire has that one covered too. You'll see," Aisha promised, as they followed them to watch the interrogation that was going on right now.


"Would you like some water?" Skull asked, as he placed a cup on the table in front of him.

"My hands are cuffed behind my back, you moron," Palo spat. Skull smirked.

"I know...I've always had a bit of a sadistic sense of humor, though it's nothing compared to your level of sadism," Skull retorted with a glare. Palo smirked deviously.

"Aw...you're talking about the dead little whores that smuggled my drugs over the border, aren't you? Don't lose sleep over that trash. No one misses a few pieces of ass like that. There's always more where they came from," Palo said smugly.

"Those girls had families, you piece of shit!" Rocky growled, as he threw the water in the man's face. His partner held him back from attacking the smug dealer.

"Easy bro, don't blow this," Skull warned. Palo scoffed.

"Your little good cop, bad cop routine isn't going to work on me, gentlemen," Palo informed with a smug air.

"Fine, but you're going to talk...in fact, I think I'll have you singing like a canary soon," Jason said, as he loomed over the scumbag. Palo chuckled.

"Fat chance of that happening. You are screwed, police scum! I'll have your badges for interfering where you have no jurisdiction. You have nothing on me!" Palo spat, as he sat handcuffed to a chair. Jason approached him with a smirk.

"Nothing, huh? How do you know your employees aren't spilling their guts down the hall right now? Some of my associates can be very persuasive," Jason goaded. But Palo was unfazed.

"My men are loyal to me. They won't talk to the likes of you and when the real cops get here, I'll be telling them about this little crusade and demand an apology from the bureau. Then I'll tell them that they might want to have someone take a look at that blonde freak and his little whore! I saw what they did! I saw them shoot lightning and water from their fingertips!" Palo screamed. Jason kicked his chair out from underneath him and caught the man's chin before it hit the table.

"It doesn't matter what you think you know, slime ball. You picked the wrong people to mess with and in a few minutes, you're not going to remember anything from the last few days," Jason spat, as he hauled him up and put him back in a chair.

"You're...you're not cops..." he spat in disbelief, as he watched the blonde man in blue take a device that looked like it belonged in a Science Fiction movie out of his briefcase.

"Oh we're cops, but not right now. See, you picked the wrong girl to mess with and then you got us up in your business," Rocky replied.

"And when it comes to protecting our Legacy, we'll break the rules to ensure that bottom feeders like you aren't allowed to stain everything we've built," Billy said.

"There are more out there like me, you know. Some that operate in plain sight, some that wear polished business suits and that are regarded as some of the most prominent members of your society. They will find out about this, no matter what you do to me!" Palo spat.

"Shut up asshole," Skull spat.

"They'll find out about those kids' powers too and what's going on here," Palo threatened.

"Do it Billy," Jason said. Billy activated the device and Palo froze, as the memory extraction and rewriting began. Palo's warning still hung in the air though and they wondered if it was possible that it was more than just an empty threat...


By the time the rest of the DEA agents that were dispatched arrived, only Jack and Alana Hanson remained. The others were waiting back at the vans for them near the rest stop and their associates were a little surprised that two agents had managed to take down so many. Still, they had no reason not to believe them, especially when the ring leader himself started spouting curses at them about their betrayal. It seemed that the Hanson's had infiltrated and been so convincing that they managed to catch the entire operation off guard and taken them all down in one fell swoop. Their colleagues figured that it had been the culmination of five years of work, after all. Reporters were on the scene and the news would soon break back in the U.S...