The Tsunami Rangers

[Illyera]

Okay, I was told to check out the forum and send one of my fan fiction to this forum so that's what I'm going to do and hope in the end, I don't get yelled at for doing so. So here's the first chapter to the story.

Title: The Tsunami Rangers
Authors: Illyera (powerrangersdata@yahoo.com) & Melissa (scifinutalways@yahoo.com) (I co write it with a friend)
Season: Power Rangers Ninja Storm
Characters: Alysson and Joey are my creation that I created while at work one day bored out of my mind, if you would like to check out their little background info, you may by going to my site, Power Haven (http://www.geocities.com/powerhavenpr/tsunamirangers.html)
Couples: Hunter/Aly, Blake/Joey, Dustin/Tori
Short Summary: Alysson & Joey have been after the same Villain for the last few years, trying to rid the world of his evilness. But what happens when Cragore jumps into a portal and the girls follow and they end up in Blue Bay Harbor? Will they team up with the Ninja Storm Rangers and defeat Cragore? What happens when Cragore and Lothor team up together? Will the Tsunami Rangers, the Wind Rangers and the Thunder Rangers be able to stop ever growing alliance between the two Villains or is Earth doomed?
Rated: PG 13
Author's Note: I'm letting you know now, the first 6 chapters of this story are long and hopefully that won't be a problem. But I hope you like the first chapter and feedback is always greatly appreciated. Enjoy and Happy Reading!

Chapter 1

"Now Alysson, I want you to come full force at me with your Sais," Sensei Lee told his student, as the two spared with their weapons, "Don't hold back. Give me everything that you've got. I don't want you to be afraid."

"As you wish Sensei," Alysson said as she twirled her Sais in her hands and then brought them together. She bowed to Sensei Lee and took up her fighting stance as she let the two weapons slide against each other and then letting her hands fall at her side, waiting for her Sensei to make the first move.

Lee smiled slightly as he brought his Sais up and without a warning he attacked Alysson. Weapons being blocked with loud noises and the two moved around in the room, defending themselves from the other and Alysson giving all that she could.

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Joey was stretching off to one side as she watched her sister spare with her Sensei. She smiled as she walked over to the bench and picked up her weapons, two double bladed small swords, twirling them in her hands getting the feel of them and waited for her own Sensei to arrive for their daily training.

Sensei Chen walked into the room carrying a small brown bundle on his back and watched Alysson and Sensei Lee go at it across the room and made his way over to where his student, Josephine, was waiting.

Joey looked up at him, bowed and smiled, "Good morning Sensei."

"Good morning Joey, are you ready for your lesson?" Chen said as he smiled and placed the small brown bundle on the bench and unwrapped it, revealing the two shinny double bladed small swords.

"Yes, sir, I am ready." She said.

"Good."

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Alysson turned around and blocked one of Lee's moves and came back with a counter attack.

"Good Alysson," He said as he watched her turn again and blocked his other move, "I see that our training has finally paid off."

Alysson grinned, "Thank you sir," She said, "Five hours of training a day has certainly paid off."

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Sensei Chen and Joey walked out on to the sparring floor, a few feet away from where Lee and his student were sparring, “You are ready Joey?” Chen asked as the two stood in front of each other.

"I am ready, sir." She said.

Chen smiled and then bowed to her. Joey did the same.

Sensei Chen took up his fighting stance as Joey followed in pursuit and without another word said; the Master and his student began their daily routine of basic weaponry tactics before all others.

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The two continued to move throughout the room, watching not to bump into Alysson's older sister Joey and her Sensei, Chen, as they practiced with their weapons as well.

By the time Lee and Alysson had stopped for a break, Alysson was covered in sweat and out of breath.

"You did well Al," Sensei Lee told her as he placed his hand on her shoulder, "I am greatly proud of how far you came since you've been my student."

Alysson rested her hands on her knees and leaned forward as she tried catching her breath, "Thank you Sensei. I've only learned from the best there is."

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Joey smiled as she looked over at her sister and shook her head. She looked back at Chen and lunged at him with her swords.

"Pay attention Joey," Chen said as he saw that Joey was slightly distracted and blocked her move.

Joey took a deep breath. "Yes, sir, sorry sir,” And turned her attention back to Sensei Chen.

"Good, now that I have your full attention, I want you to do a double attack like I taught you last week."

She nodded. She had been practicing that move since her last lesson. She started moving in for the attack, her blades at her side, waiting for the right moment to use them and when she had that moment, she took it.

Chen turned as Joey brought one of the blades up and then quickly with the other, "Good Joey," He said as he blocked one of the blades, but not the other, "You are very wise. I see that you have been practicing."

"Thank you sir. I have," Joey said. She looked over at Al and smiled. Joey looked back at Chen and attacked one more time.

But this time Sensei Chen was ready for her attack and blocked her blades with one of his and did a spin around and then held his other blade at her throat, "That my student is called the spin attack," Chen smiled, "I'll be teaching you that tomorrow."

Joey looked down at the blade and swallowed the lump that was stuck as she felt the cold blade against her throat. She sighed. "Yes sir."

Chen removed his blade from her throat and looked at Joey and saw the disappointment on her face, "Do not worry my young ninja, in time you will be able to master all moves I teach you."

"Yes Sensei, I understand." Joey said as she tried to figure out how Sensei Chen had countered her move so fast.

"And before you know it, you will learn to counter my moves and teach me a thing or two."

Joey smiled, "Yes sensei." She bowed to him and looked over at Al who was standing off to the side, with her towel over her head..

"Good," He said as he bowed, "We will take a 10 minute break before we train again. I have a new move I would like to teach you."

Joey bowed once more and left, walking over to where Al was, "You did well out there." She said to her sister.

"Thanks," Alysson said as she took a drink of her water, "Sensei Lee was taking it easy on me, though I wish he wouldn't."

Joey smiled, "Look, Sensei is making sure you’re on your toes," She said, as she grabbed the bottle next to her towel and took a drink before resting up against the wall next to the bench, "Before you know it, you will be the best."

"I am on my toes. I just wish he wouldn't make it so easy for me. How am I supposed to learn if he's easy on me?"

Joey shrugged her shoulders as she rested her head against the wall and thought, "Sometimes I wish Sensei Chen would take it easy with me, but I am glad he doesn’t."

"Well at least one of us doesn't have it so easy," Alysson said as she sat down on the bench, "Because I like a good challenge. I think I should have a talk with him."

"Maybe."

"I think I will."

"Good luck," Joey said as she went back to her lesson.

"Thanks, I'll need it," Alysson grinned, as she took another sip of her water and then placed the black bottle on the bench, picked up her weapons, got up from the bench and headed over to where Sensei Lee and Sensei Chen were talking.

Joey went to Sensei Chen, feeling the thrill of fighting again as she was ready to go.

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Lee and Chen looked up as Alysson made her way to them, "Hello Alysson, is there anything that I can help you with?" Lee asked as he looked at his watch, "We still have a few minutes before we start again."

"Yes Sensei, there is one thing that I would like to talk to you about."

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Sensei Chen slightly bowed his head to the younger sister before he walked to Joey. Now he was going to teach her a new move he knew would be quite easy for the older girl.

Joey smiled at her Sensei, "I am ready."

"This is good," Sensei Chen smiled, as the two walked out on to the floor, "Today, I'm gonna teach you the Fly attack."

She nodded her head as she watched him, paying close attention, not wanting to miss anything that could be important.

"It's quite simple to do," He said as he walked a few feet ahead of her and then turned to face her, "What you would do is like a fly tumble attack. I know you have had quite a few years in gymnastics so this should be easy."

"Yes Sir." Joey said.

He showed her the Fly attack. First he took a few steps off to the side and then he backed up a little, giving him enough room to do the move. He then jumped out like he was taking off, like a plane, both blades tightly in his hands, came down with a double slice attack and did a tumble roll, landing on his feet.

Joey bit her lip as she watched him closely. She wasn’t quite sure if she could do it, but she tried. She walked to about where Chen stood and tried the move. She held her blades tightly in her hands.

"That is wonderful Joey. Now do the double slicing and tumble roll," Chen called out.

Joey nodded and did the move again with everything together. She rolled and stood up next to Chen.

"Very well done Joey," Chen said, turning to the young woman, "You did a fine job. I want you to do it again and this time I want you to turn the tumble roll into a flip."

"Yes sir," She said.

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Once Chen was away from them, Alysson turned to Sensei Lee and looked up at the tall Oriental man, "Sensei Lee, I feel that you are taking it easy on me when it comes to our sparing. How am I to learn to do it right if you just give me the win?"

Lee smiled, "You may have been right in the past Alysson, but today you won it all on your own."

She looked at her Sensei slightly confused, "You mean I did the counter attacks all on my own without your help trying to make it easy?"

"That is correct. Alysson, you are very bright and one of the top students in your class. I know the potential that you are capable of doing. This is why I train you. I know you will have no problems when it comes to certain things."

Alysson knew her Sensei was right. She ran her hand through her hair and looked up at Lee again and smiled, "Thank you Sensei."

"You are very welcome. Now are you ready to spar again? We can get in a few more hours before night falls."

Alysson grinned, "You bet."

Sensei Lee and Alysson walked out a little ways on the floor. They bowed to each other and got in their fighting stance once again, weapons in hands and ready to go.

ººº

As Joey walked back a few feet away to try the move again and Alysson getting ready to spar with her Sensei again, the amulet that was around both of their necks started to glow a dark eerie black color.

Joey looked down at her amulet, "Oh just what we need now." She said under her breath.

Alysson looked down at the amulet and felt the worry bubble upside her stomach; she knew what the black color meant. She was being called and there was trouble. She let the amulet drop back to her chest and she looked over at Lee. He nodded his head, giving her the okay to go. She bowed to him slightly before she turned to her sister, "Joey, we gotta go."

Joey looked over at her Sensei.

"You may go," Chen said, "The city needs you now. We will finish another time."

Joey bowed and ran over to her sister. "Let’s go." She said to Al and left the dojo.

Once the girls were away from the dojo and out of sight from prying eyes, they stopped. Alysson turned to her sister, "How much do you wanna bet that it's Cragore causing trouble again?"

"Ten bucks," Joey said.

Alysson laughed, "Ten bucks you can't have. Let's do this."

Joey nodded.

Alysson placed one hand behind her back and held out the other in front of her. A bright flash of light and a crystal appeared before her, floating down until it rested in her hand. She turned to her sister and grinned, "I'll go first." The amulet around her neck had disappeared and appeared above her. She jumped off the ground and yelled, "Tsunami Storm, Ninja Form!" Flashes of blue and green energy formed around her body and with a flash of electricity, Alysson was covered with her ninja uniform, "Power of Fire-Electricity."

"Right behind you," Joey said. "Tsunami Storm, Ninja form." Her amulet was above her. Yellow and red light formed around her and her transformation was finished, "Power of Fire- Lightning."

The two teleported to where their amulets were giving the eerie black light from.

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Joey looked around, "This is where the amulet said trouble would be." She said.

"Yeah, but I don't see anything," Alysson said, "Lets take a look around and keep your ears and eyes open. This could be another one of his traps."

"You got it," Joey said as she walked around.

As Alysson walked and checked out the alleyways between the buildings, the worry in her stomach got worse, "Joey, I'm starting to not like this. Something isn't right. If there isn't anyone around then why did our amulets lead us here?"

"Something must be going on," Joey said. She was across the street checking out the alleys.

On the very tops of the buildings there was movement. At least 20 Gorelocks, Cragore's personal army of ninja's, made there way from roof top to roof top...scoping out their prey below. When given the signal, they would attack.

Alysson looked around the alley between the two buildings and happened to look up when a few of the Gorelocks jumped to the next building, "Joey, get your butt over here. I think we've got company."

"Dang I hate those guys," She said as she joined her sister and saw the Gorelocks.

"I'm ready if you're ready."

"Let’s kick some Gorelock butt," Joey said.

"I'm with you," Alysson said, "Let’s take it up on top." With that, Alysson jumped up on top of the flat roof.

Joey followed her sister.

"Get ready to be toast," Alysson said as the Gorelocks all jumped on to the same roof. Without hesitating for a second, the Gorelocks went after the two sisters.

Joey started to fight them. She took on a couple at a time, "Typhoon Blaster," She said as her blaster appeared in her hand and started to blast the Gorelocks away.

Alysson did a flip off the edge and landed in the middle of some Gorelocks and fought them, kicking and punching, sending a few into the vent or the wooden door, "Looks like you're gonna have to pay for that door," Alysson said as she kicked another in it's chest, sending it flying over the edge of the roof and heard the smack of it hitting the ground," Ooh, that had to hurt."

"Meany, you kicked them into the door," Joey laughed as she had punched some Gorelocks off the roof.

"What can I say? The Gorelock needed to feel welcome. This is too easy," Alysson laughed as she punched one and grabbed its arm and flipped it over on to its back and stomped on its chest, "Way too easy."

"Just wait till Cragore makes his appearance." Joey said.

"More the better," She said as she turned to face the 5 Gorelocks that were making their way to her, "Call of Electricity!" With that said blue and green electricity shot out of her fingers and struck the Gorelocks down, "Smokin!"

Joey rolled her eyes, “You’re having too much fun with this aren’t you?” She asked, as she continued to fight the Gorelocks, "Chain Lightning." Joey called. Lightning came from the sky in a serious of bolts and hit most of the Gorelocks that surrounded her.

“Always,” Alysson said as she watched the Chain Lightning strike each Gorelock a number of times, “Nice move.”

“Thanks.”

ººº

Alysson and Joey finished off the rest of the Gorelocks, leaving only dust behind as they exploded from their defeat. Alysson walked over to her sister, "Are you all right?" She asked.

'Yeah, just tired. What about you?"

"I'm okay, a little stiff from practice," She told her, "I didn't stretch like I should have. Do you think this is it? Cause I was really looking forward to kicking some more Goldilocks' butts."

"That could be. I wonder what Cragore is up to,” Joey added.

"Oh the usual," Alysson said, "To take over the world...To rule it all." She mimicked his voice, "God, he sounds so out of style. I think he needs a new catch phrase like..." But before Alysson could finish, a loud rumble and shake, knocking both girls off their feet and the evil villain that both Alysson and Joey have been trying to capture or destroy for the lastyear and a halfhad appeared with more Gorelocks and one of his monsters, "Did you miss me?"

Joey slowly got up. "And he needs a new entrance too," She said and looked at Cragore. "Not really."

"How did I guess it would be you and your little army of Goldilocks," Alysson said as she stood up, "The three little bears called and they want their porridge back."

Cragore looked at the rangers. He stared at Joey, and then at Alysson. "You fools think you can capture me? Well you got another thing coming," He looked over at his monster and Gorelocks, "Attack!"

"We can always try you weenie," Alysson said, "One way or another you will be stopped." She fought the Gorelocks with ease, kicking and punching, flipping them, destroying them without a second glance but when it came to the ugly monster, that was harder. The monster seemed to block her moves and give off blows of its own, leaving Alysson in pain. She was punched and shoved back, falling backwards into the side of the ledge and she dropped to her knees, gasping for air.

Joey took on Cragore. She used her moves to the best of her ability against him. He blocked every one of her attempts. Cragore punched Joey so hard it sent her flying backwards and she fell hard to the ground. All the air escaped her lungs and she tried so hard to catch her breath.

"Is that all you got little girl?" Cragore laughed, "Well how about a little of this." He pointed his staff to her and released a bolt of energy in her direction.

Alysson caught this as she stumbled to her feet and she quickly went to her sister's aid, "Force Field," She summoned as she held up her right hand and the force field appeared, blocking the blast from her sister.

Joey closed her eyes, “Thanks little sis." She said as she stood to her feet, "Fire balls." Fire appeared in Joey’s hands and she threw them at Cragore. Cragore blocked the shot in one fall swoop. Joey growled.

"No problem, be careful. I don't need you turning into a pile of ashes," She told her older sister, "I kinda like having you around." Alysson left her sister but not going off to far incase she needed her help and started to fight the monster again. She got up close when the monster grabbed her around her arms and pulled her close, growling and got a good look at the ugly monster, his teeth were large, his head was bigger then the rest of his body, he had 4 eyes on his face and green little warts were scattered across its body, “Man you are ugly. Who hit you with the ugly stick?”

The monster lifted her off the ground and brought her even closer to him and growled. His breath was bad and Alysson thought she was gonna be sick, “Oh god….what did you eat? Breath mint?”

The monster didn’t take that insult to kindly and tossed her away but Alysson did a back flip and landed on her feet.

Joey brought out her twin blades and turned to Cragore and smiled evilly, "You are a dead man," She said as she did the fly attack. She did the double slice in the air but Cragore had moved out of the way and blocked the attack. Joey landed in the roll and didn’t notice the edge of the roof and stumbled off the edge.

Alysson backed off a ways as she watched her sister do the new move that Sensei Chen had taught her earlier, but the landing had been off, "Joey!" Alysson yelled as she quickly ran to her sister, "Hang on Joey! I'm coming!"

Joey was struggling to get back up. "Aly I'm losing my grip! Hurry!" She yelled.

Alysson ran faster and she reached the edge of the building, "I'm here," She said as she looked over and saw her sister hanging on to the small pole and she reached down, "Grab my hand."

Joey reached up but could not grab her sister’s hand, “I can’t reach. Please Aly, help me!” She struggled to keep her grip on the small pole, “Hurry, I’m slipping.”

“Reach! You have to reach Joey,” Alysson said as she leaned over the edge a little more, “Reach!”

Joey tried reaching again, their fingertips touching but yet it wasn’t enough. Joey felt her hand slip, “I’m slipping,” She cried as tears burned the corner of her eyes, “I can’t hang on much longer.”

“Don’t you dare let go,” Alysson cried as she felt her own tears beginning to build up, “Don’t you dare. I won’t lose you, not now, not ever.” She reached down a little more and Joey reached her arm up. This time they were able to lock their hands together, “I got you, just hang on and I’m gonna try to pull you up.”

“Okay, but hurry. I scared.”

With all the strength Alysson had in her arm, she reached up with her free hand to grab on to the edge of the building and started to pull her sister up and braced herself with her feet against the building as she felt Joey let go of the small pole and grabbed on to Alysson’s hand with both of her.

It took much of her strength to pull Joey up, but she did it. Joey hugged her sister tightly for saving her life again that day.

“Next time, watch where you land,” Alysson said as she hugged her sister back, “You scared the crap out of me. I thought I was going to lose you.”

“I did too. Thank you for saving my life again,” Joey said and then turned her attention to Cragore and the monster, “Let’s finish them off once and for all.”

Alysson couldn’t have agreed more, “Full power?” She asked looking at her, “Ranger Form?”

“Ranger Form.”

Together the two pulled out their amulets with their fire stone in place in the middle of it. Turning to Cragore and the monster, Alysson and Joey held out their amulets in front of them and called upon their Ranger Form powers.

“Tsunami Storm, Ranger Form,” Joey called out as her ninja form disappeared and her pink ranger form appeared, “Power of the Typhoon!”

“Tsunami Storm, Ranger Form,” Alysson called out as her ninja form disappeared and her purple ranger form appeared, “Power of the Hurricane!”

“It’s time to squash these guys and send them back to the firry pits of hell,” Joey said as she leaped into the air, “Lightning Sword!” Her sword appeared in her hands and she came slicing down on the monster.

Alysson followed in pursuit behind her sister, leaping into the air and called upon her staff, “Electrical Staff!” She flipped in the air, grabbing her staff and strikes the monster across the chest.

The Lightning and Electrical part of their weapons took its toll on the monster and within seconds, sparks flew and the monster dropped to its knees and exploded to dust.

The two sisters landed the same time on the roof top and turned to Cragore, “You’re next,” Joey said.

Cragore shocked his hand and laughed. He fired his weapon at them and each girl dodged out of the way in different directions, “Not this time, Pink Ranger.” With that Cragore reached inside his cloak and pulled out the object, “You’re gonna have to catch me first!” He pointed the object, which the girls saw was an amulet, said something in a strange language and a bluish light came out of the amulet and opened a portal, “Until we meet again Rangers.” With that said he ran into the portal.

“We gotta go in after him,” Alysson said, “We can’t let him get away.”

Joey brought her wrist up to her communication pad and flipped it open, “Master Chen, I don’t have much time to explain, but Al and I are going in after Cragore. He got away, but who knows where this portal will lead us. We have to stop him.”

“Then you do what you must,” Chen’s voice came back over the pad, “Contact us when you reach your destination.”

“Will you,” Joey said and closed the communication pad and then turned to her sister, “You ready?”

“Let’s go, the portal is closing,” Alysson said, as she saw that the bluish light of the portal was fading.

“Okay.”

Joey and Alysson ran in the portal after Cragore, not knowing where it led and knowing that Cragore had some distance on them.

[Angelfox]

this is goood..i like it

[Illyera]

this is goood..i like it

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. Here's chapter two. Enjoy and Happy Reading!

Chapter 2

Joey looked around the portal. Bluish green electrical energy zapped in zig zags through out the portal. She grabbed her wrist as it throbbed in pain from holding on to that small pole for that amount of time she was hanging on for dear life, and started to rub it. The deeper they walked into the portal the more she really was unsure where it was taking them. She turned to look over at Alysson who was also looking around.

Alysson was quite lost on where they were going, "I don't think we should have done this," She yelled over the roaring sound the portal had made.

"I am not letting that creep get away," Joey said over the sound.

“I know, but I don’t like this. It’s scary,” She said as she grabbed onto her sister’s arm. She looked back and could see that the portal was closing behind them, “Um Joey, I think this would be the perfect time to…RUN!”

Joey looked back and saw the same thing Alysson had, “I think you’re right,” She said and the two girls took off running down the portal as it closed in on them quickly.

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They reached the end of the portal quickly and both girls ran off the end and fell to the ground, just in time as the portal zapped loudly and closed behind them, leaving no evidence of its existence.

Joey did a rolled and landed on her feet, and as for her sister, she wasn’t so lucky to land on her feet.

"Owe!" Alysson whined as she hit the ground hard, "That's gonna leave a mark."

Joey gave Al her hand and she took it and Joey pulled her to her feet, "No kidding," Joey said, "Let’s find a place and morph out.”

Alysson dusted the dirt off her uniform and looked around at her surroundings, "Where do you think we are?" She asked as they walked a little ways and hid behind some trees, thankful that there weren't many people around.

"Not sure. We are going to have to ask around. Maybe we will recognize some people here," Joey said as she moved behind the trees.

"Well, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore Toto," Alysson said as she brought her communication pad up and hit a few buttons and her Ranger uniform disappeared, leaving her in her work out clothing she had on from before and frowned, "I think we're gonna need new clothes too."

"Oh yea," Joey said as she morphed out of her Ranger uniform and looked down at her own clothing of a tank top and a pair of shorts.

"But first let’s find out where we are at."

"Lets. This is giving me the creeps."

“You and me both,” Alysson said, looking around at her surroundings and noticed that they were in the park.

Alysson and Joey walked out behind the trees and started walking down the hill to the pathway, like nothing ever happened.

"You know, when we get a chance, we should contact Sensei. Tell them that we are okay." Joey said as she walked next to her sister.

"Yeah we should, I bet they are worried about us," She told her sister, "We've never really done anything without thinking first."

Joey nodded. "That’s true."

"What were we thinking?" Alysson asked, "Oh wait, don't answer that. I already know the answer to it. We did it because it was our destiny to stop Cragore even if it meant following him half way across the world."

Joey smiled, "That is our destiny. It will take both of us to take him down."

Alysson sighed, "Yeah I know and when the time comes, we’ll squash him like a bug, but lets not talk about that right now," She said, "Lets ask the next person we see and find out where we are."

Joey nodded.

They continued to walk down the path of the bike trail in hopes of finding someone that could answer their question of where they were at, but the more that they walked, the tired they grew and no sign of anyone that could help them. Alysson and Joey walked over to one of the benches and sat down, "Okay it's a nice day out, where is everyone?" Alysson asked as she rested her head back and closed her eyes.

"Not sure. Probably out at the beach or something like that," Joey said sighing and started to look around for someone and noticed the sign on the tree, “Blue Bay Harbor Beach…2 miles.” It said in big black bold letters.

"How far do you think it is to the beach?"

"About two miles."

"How do you know how far it is?" Alysson looked at her sister strangely and then turned to look at the sign Joey was looking at, "Oh."

Joey rolled her eyes, "Sometimes you can be really out there."

"I know," Alysson said quietly, "You feel up to walking the two miles to the beach?"

"I am up for anything, you know that," She told her, "Are you up for it?"

"Sure, what's 2 more miles gonna hurt," She said as she did not want to move, "We did worse, so why not."

"Are you sure? We can rest here for a moment."

"Nah, we can go. It's not gonna hurt me to walk a few more miles."

"Okay. Let’s go." Joey said as she got up and waited for her sister.

"Alright," Alysson said as she dragged her body off the bench and the two girls continued again down the bike path in the direction that would lead them to the beach.

Joey looked around the path. She saw trees, trees and even more trees. Grass covered the ground as far as the eyes could see. Off in the distance a play ground for children and next to that a tennis court and a basketball court where a few people were playing and then her prayers were answered, she saw a few runners coming up the bike path, heading there way.

The runners came closer to Alysson and Joey, "Excuse me," Alysson said as she tried to get their attention but they just went past them, paying no attention to the two girls, "Excuse me," Alysson said again but that didn't help, "What rude people."

Joey sighed, "I know," She said. "We are almost there."

Alysson picked up a stick and started to peel off the bark, "This sucks. Remind me to never be rude to anyone if someone asks for our help."

"I know. It seems like they don’t want to help us," Joey said.

"I could have told you that," Alysson said, tossing the stick to the side when it broke in two.

Alysson heard her sister sigh heavily and that only meant one thing. She was close to losing her marbles and biting her head off.

"Give me a break. I am frustrated,” Joey said as she shot her younger sister an evil look.

"You're not the only one that's frustrated," Alysson said back, "So don't take your bitchiness out on me."

"I didn’t do anything of the sort." Joey said as she saw the beach come into view.

Alysson laughed, "Admit it, you do too...ooh I feel like going for a swim," She said as she was side tracked from her discussion with her sister as the blue water came into view.

"I told you there were a lot of people here," Joey said, as the two walked out from the shaded comfort of the trees into the bright sunlight and saw the mass of people covering the sandy beach.

"Forget the people, let’s go for a swim."

"Sure why not but we didn’t bring our swimming suits."

"Who says anything about swimming suits," Alysson said as she started taking off her shoes and socks and dropped them in the sand and started walking to the water, "Go in your clothes, it's hot enough to dry off afterwards."

"Fine," Joey said as she took off her own shoes and socks and followed after her younger sister into the water.

The water was cold but in a comfortable sort of way. All the walking and fighting they had done made them hot and going for a quick swim was what they needed to cool off.

Alysson stuck her feet in, noticed how cold it was but did not care as she started walking out deeper and dove under the water.

Joey stayed near the edge of the water as she wasn’t sure weather or not to go in her self. They had a villain to worry about and find. They should be out looking for him, not at the beach going swimming but the more she watched her sister have fun, the less she thought about finding Cragore….at least for now.

"You coming in or not?" Alysson called out as she began to float on her back.

"Going to hang out here. I will be in soon." Joey said and watched some of the other people come and go and two kids about the age of seven, trying to save their sand castle from the waves. Joey couldn’t help but smile and laugh as she remembered that, that use to be her and Alysson doing the same thing as those two boys were when they were about their age.

"You're no fun," She said and dove under the water and swam under the water. She came up from under the water a little closer to the shore and she looked at her sister and grinned, 'If I can't get her to come in, I'll bring the water to her,' She said quietly to herself and laughed.

Joey turned her attention from the two boys after the last wave had come in and destroyed their castle and looked out and could see Alysson turned and started to float on her back again. She let her mind wonder to Cragore again and what had happened earlier. She ran her fingers through her hair and signed, ‘We need to get Cragore before anything happens here.’ She thought to herself and pushed that thought to the back of her mind and waded into the water a little more.

Alysson inched her way closer to Joey and then went back under water and swan the rest of the way to her. She jumped out of the water in front of her and yelled like a crazed lunatic and getting her wet.

"Hey that’s not fair," Joey laughed and splashed her sister, “You’re crazy.

Alysson laughed as she splashed her sister back, “I know that. I’ve only learned from the best my dear sister.

Joey laughed, “What? Are you saying that I’m crazy?” She asked as she continued to splash her sister.

“That’s exactly what I’m saying.” Alysson jumped on Joey's shoulders trying to dunk her under the water. After a few attempts, she managed to knock her sister off her feet and she went down and under the water, all the while laughing.

Joey held her breath as she went under water. As she came up for air, she pushed her sister off and gasped for breath.

"Joey, are you okay?" Alysson asked, concerned as she stopped the horseplay.

"Yeah," Joey said and couched, "Just scared me when you did that."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Its okay," Joey said as she watched her sister look away. Grinning, Joey jumped on Alysson and the both of them went under water.

“Hey now, that’s not fair,” Alysson said as she came up for air, “I wasn’t looking.”

Joey laughed as she saw the look in Alysson’s eyes and took off running out of the water, laughing all the while.

“I’m so gonna kill you Joey,” Alysson said as she followed and she knew that their play time was over. She walked up the sand bank to her socks and shoes. She un-plastered her wet tank top from her chest and tried squeezing the water out of her work out pants. She then flipped her hand over and ran her fingers through her hair, getting the excess water and then flipped her head back over, "That felt good. We should do it again some time."

"Yeah, Next time I will get you." Joey said.

“What? You got me,” Alysson said.

“No, that was payback,” She told her, “Next time it won’t be.”

Alysson laughed, "You can try," She said as she picked up her socks and stuffed them in her shoes and picked up her shoes, "Lets go find like a lifeguard or someone that could tell us where we are."

"Lead the way," Joey said.

Alysson shielded her eyes with her hand and looked up down the beach. She spotted a lifeguard station a few feet away and then pointed, "This way."

Joey nodded and followed.

Joey and Alysson walked through the sand around the many people that came to enjoy the nice day. Watching a few people play with a football, kids building sand castles but what they didn't see where the group of teenagers playing volleyball, "Watch out!" One of the guys had yelled towards Alysson as their white volleyball was heading in their direction. Alysson looked up just in time to see the ball coming at her face and quickly moved out of the way as the ball came down and hit the spot where she was just in.

Joey looked over at the guys and picked up the volleyball and tossed it up in the air a little, “You okay Al?” She asked as she turned her attention from the two guys and looked over at her sister.

"Yeah, that was too close for comfort," Alysson said as she looked up as the two guys came running up to them to see if they were okay.

Joey nodded, "Didn’t want to you to get clunked in the head."

“Yeah, didn’t want that to happen.”

"We're sorry about that," The blond hair guy said, "Our friend Dustin over there doesn’t know how to serve the ball right. I hope no one was hurt."

Alysson looked up at him and smiled, "No, but I thought I saw my life flash before me."

Joey had to laugh, "Here’s your ball back," She said and handed the ball to the guy next to him.

"Thanks," He said as he took the ball from her hands, "Are you guys new around here?"

"Yeah. We were wondering where we are." Joey said.

"We came…it’s actually quite a funny story. We got on a bus for the heck of it and we ended up here, but we don’t know where here is," Alysson said and laughed awkwardly as she lied through her teeth, "It's quite creepy not knowing where you are. So, do you think you can help us and tell us where we are?"

Joey smiled.

"Sure," The blond hair guy said, "You're in the city of Blue Bay Harbor."

Joey looked at Alysson and raised her eyebrow.

"Hmmm...Blue Bay Harbor? That's cool." Alysson looked at her sister and smiled strangely and then turned to the guys, "Thank you. You don't know how much this means to us."

"Yes thank you."

"You're welcome, by the way, my names Hunter and this is my brother Blake," Hunter said as he introduced himself and his brothers to the girls. Alysson looked at Hunter and then at Blake and raised her eyebrows as she did not see the resembles in them and then turned to her sister, "Brothers? They don't look like brothers."

Joey elbowed Alysson in the stomach, "Nice to meet you both. We really appreciate the help."

"Well they don't," Alysson said as she elbowed her sister back and then turned to the guys and smiled, "I'm Alysson and this is my sister Joey."

Joey bit her lip and smiled at Blake when their eyes met.

"It is nice to meet you girls," Blake said and smiled back at Joey, "Would you care to join us for some volleyball?"

Joey looked at Aly, "Come on. Please?" She asked her little sister.

"But what if I break a nail," Alysson said sarcastically.

'Who cares about your nail, two cute boys asked us to play," Joey said quietly so that only her sister could hear..

Alysson laughed, "I'm just joking, sure we can play." Then she turned to Hunter and Blake, "That would be cool."

Joey smiled. She nodded at Blake and Hunter. "I would love too." Joey said. She started to bite her nails. A sign when she is nervous.

"Cool," Blake said, "We're over there." He pointed to where 4 other teenagers were waiting for them to return with the ball.

"Come on," Joey said to Aly.

"Right behind you," Alysson said as she walked in the middle of Blake and Hunter, "So, now I must ask you Hunter because I'm not seeing it. How are you and Blake brothers when you guys don't look anything alike?"

"I was wondering the same thing," Joey said. She looked over at the other teens that were with Blake and Hunter.

"Come on you guys, we're waiting." Tori said.

"Hunter and I are adopted by the same parents," Blake told the girls, "It doesn't have to take blood to be brothers."

“Right about that,” Alysson agreed, as she knew of a brother and sister that considered themselves brother and sister but yet weren’t related in any way.

Joey smiled, "You are both cute." She said quietly and then looked wide eyes as she couldn’t believe she had just said that.

Hunter looked at Joey with a questionable look on his face as he didn't hear her, "Did you say something?" He asked.

"No, she's just a little crazy," Alysson said and smiled, "The sun does that to her if she's out in it for a long period of time."

Joey felt her cheeks turn pink. She looked at Aly and gave her the look, "Thanks a lot." She said under her breath.

"Sorry, but I had to say something," Alysson said as they walked up to the others, “And you are right, they’re both kinda cute.”

Joey rubbed her neck, "I am getting a little burnt," She said as she could feel the heat of the sun on the back of her neck.

"Who are your friends?" The boy with dark brown hair asked.

"This is Joey and her sister Alysson," Hunter told him.

"Hi, I'm Tori,” The blond haired girl said and then pointed to each of the other guys, “And that’s Dustin, Shane and Cam and I have some sun block if you would like to use it."

"Thanks, that would be nice," Joey said.

Tori ran to her blue book bag and grabbed the sun block and ran back and handed it to Joey, "It's one of the best on the shelves," She told her, "It's also waterproof if you go swimming."

Joey took the sun block from Tori and opened the cap and squeezed a little into the palm of her hand and then began to apply the coconut scented lotion to the back of her neck, “Really appreciate this."

"No problem, my mom makes me take it with me when I go to the beach, she doesn't want me to get sunburn and then complain about how much it hurts later."

Joey turned and looked at her sister.

"Nah, I'll be fine," Alysson told her, "I don't burn as easily as you do."

Joey smiled, "Well, I am ready to play."

"Me too," Alysson said.

Joey looked at Shane and Dustin and smiled, "So which team am I on?"

"Let's make it interesting," Alysson said as she got a crazy idea.

"What do you mean?"

"But only if Tori is up for it," Alysson started, "I've played Volleyball for a few years and Joey has too, but how about you 5 guys against us 3 girls?"

"You have to be crazy," Joey said, not believing her ears and looked at her sister like she was crazy.

"Why not?" She asked, "Come on Joey, it's an easy win."

"I will play but it won’t be easy." Joey said.

"Sure it will," Alysson grinned and then turned to Tori, "What do you say?"

"I’m in," Tori said and then turned to the guys, "What about you guys?"

"Are you sure?" Shane asked, "Because we can give you Cam to even out the numbers."

"You’re saying I can’t play?" Cam asked from the sidelines.

"No Cam, not like that bro," Shane told his friend, "I just thought we would try and make it an even number."

"Nah, you keep the extra guy," Alysson said and took the ball from Blake and walked out on to the volleyball court that was set up in the sand, "You'll need him."

Joey smiled, "I am so ready."

“I’m sitting this one out,” Cam said to no one in particular as he went to go sit down near the net.

"Aren't you playing?" Dustin asked as he got into position.

"You have 4 people already," Cam said and then laughed, “Anyways, I don’t wanna get beat by 3 girls. I’ll just sit and watch.”

"Okay if you insist on sitting out," Dustin said.

"I don’t mind it.”

"Let’s get this party started before I fall asleep over here," Alysson said as she got in the serving spot.

Joey took the position up at the net. Tori did the same.

The guys took up positions on the other side...Blake and Dustin in front and Shane and Hunter in the back.

"Let’s go Aly," Joey said.

"Get ready to be toast," Alysson said as she tossed the ball up in the air and smacked it hard and it went flying over the net.

Joey watched as the ball was passed from player to player.

"Joey, it's comin to you," Alysson said as she set her sister up for a spike.

Joey got up and hit it hard.

The ball went over the net as Joey did the spike and landed in the sand between Dustin and Blake.

"Yes," Joey yelled. She hi-fived Tori and Alysson.

"One for the girls and zero for the boys," Alysson said and catch the ball from Tori who threw it to her.

"Dustin, pay attention up there," Shane said, "We can't lose to three girls."

"I am, I am, Blake should have been the one to get that one."

Joey laughed as she rubbed her neck where her amulet sat. She was just happy to be playing with people her own age.

"Cool necklace," Tori said as she saw the amulet flicker in the sunlight, "Where did you get it?"

"My mother. She gave it to me for my birthday," Joey lied.

"That's cool. It's pretty."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," Tori said.

"Are we going to play or are we going to lollygag all day?" Alysson wanted to know.

"Was waiting for you," Joey said.

"Uh huh," Alysson said, "Here comes serve number two." With that she tossed the ball up in the air and instead of smacking it like the last time, she made a fist and punched it.

Joey saw it sail over the net.

Shane dove for the ball and just barely made it, but he hit it and the ball flew back over the net to the girl’s side.

Joey got it and passed it to Tori and she set it up for Aly for the spike.

Alysson grinned as she ran and leaped into the air and with the palm of her hand; she spiked the ball over the net

Blake dove for the ball and hit it but it went out of bounce.

Joey smiled at him, "Nice try."

"Better next time," Alysson said as she went after the ball.

Joey helped Blake up.

"Thanks," He said, "Is your sister always that sassy?"

"Yeah. Even though she is younger, she has got a mouth that runs a mile a minute." She told him, "So what are you like?"

Blake laughed as he knew that Joey was right about her sister, "I'm the quieter one between Hunter and I. He's the more daredevil type and I'm the more laidback kind of guy."

"Really?" Joey said as she bit her lower lip.

"Yeah, we're two peas in a pod but if given the chance, Hunter would be the first one to jump out."

"Same with Aly. She is more outgoing than I am."

"I would have never guessed that she's the outgoing one," Blake said and laughed as he rested his hands on the net, "She's quite the talker."

"Come on guys, we've got a game to play. Joey would you stop hitting on the boy, you can do that another time, right now we have a game to win."

"Well back to the game." Joey said.

Blake smiled as he walked away and went back to his position.

Alysson positioned herself behind the line and tossed the ball up in the air and smack it again over the net.

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The game went on for the next few minutes and still the boys had not gained a point. Cam watched from the sidelines as he watched the guys get their butts stomped by the three girls. Whoever the two mysterious girls were, they were very well at volleyball. "Dude calling dude, this is Cyber Cam at your service, we have a problem."

Cam looked at the others and then at his communication watch, "What is its?" He asked as he kept his voice low and his head down, so that no one would think that he was crazy for it looked like he was talking to himself.

"I'm picking up a reading at the coral reef," Cyber Cam said, "Lothor must have unleashed one of his crazy monsters again."

"On it" Cam told Cyber Cam and stood to his feet, "Hey guys, we have to go."

"Awwww, come on, we were just kicking some butt," Joey said.

"Why?" Alysson said as she let the ball fly past her, "Is something wrong?"

"Business that needs to be taken care of," Cam told her

Joey looked at Blake questionably.

"Oh, anything that we could help with?" Alysson asked.

"No, we got it covered," Tori said, "If you guys find your way to the Storm Chargers, look for us."

"Sure," Joey said as she watched the group of friends leave them.

"Okay," Alysson said as she said goodbye to their new friends, "That was weird." She sat down in the sand and placed the ball in her lap, "I think this would be a good time to contact our Sensei's and let them know what's been going on."

"That’s a good idea. They are probably worried right now," Joey said

"Yeah, we should go then."

"I saw someplace up the path a little ways. We can contact them there."

"Sounds like a plan to me," Alysson said as she stood up and dusted off the sand and the two sisters started leaving the beach, "Oh by the way, that Blake guy was so totally checking you out."

"Knock it off. He was just being friendly," Joey said.

"It's true...the way he smiled at you or how he watched you play, which I think he was distracted by you and is why he missed the first 2 times hitting the ball. I think someone has a crush on you."

Joey sighed as she knew that her sister was right because she had seen it too but that was the least of her problems right now if some boy had a crush on her, "Let’s just call Sensei."

Alysson laughed and saw the light red rise in her cheeks as she blushed and laughed again, "If I'm not mistaken, I think someone has a crush on him too."

"Fine Yes, I do have a crush on him. There you happy that I said it," She said, “Is that what you wanted to hear?”

"Awe, my big sister is all grown up now," She faked a sniff and acted like she whipped a tear from her eye, "Well, I'm happy for you. It’s about time you stopped being so shy around guys."

“I can’t help it, it’s who I am, remember I’m the shy one. I’m not as out spoken as you are when it comes to certain things…like boys.”

“It’s okay Joey; I get shy around guys that I like too, so you’re not the only one,” Alysson said as they made it to the spot that Joey had seen and after checking to see if there was any by standards standing around, Alysson flipped open her communication pad.

"Just wait till you have a guy that likes you," Joey said as she stood next to Alysson.

Alysson couldn't help but laugh, "That's funny," She said as she pushed a few buttons on her communication pad.

"Sensei Lee," Alysson said as the holographic image of him appeared before them, "We've reached our destination a few hours ago, a place called Blue Bay Harbor. We would have checked in a bit ago, but we were a little side tracked and it took us awhile to learn where we were at.”

"I am glad to here from you girls, Master Chen and I were beginning to worry about you two. I hope everything is all right.

“Yes, everything is fine with us,” Joey said.

"But we don't know where to find Cragore, he could be anywhere," Alysson said as she sighed frustrated, "He needs to be stopped before someone gets hurt."

“I know Aly and he will be stopped when the time comes,” Lee told her, “But for now, you need a place to stay while you guys are there. I know the Sensei at the Wind Academy. I will contact him. If Cragore is at Blue Bay Harbor, he will probably make an alliance with Lothor," Lee said.

"Who's Lothor?" Joey asked.

"Lothor is a lot like Cragore, only worse," Chen said, “He was behind the disappearance of the Wind and Thunder Academies and all the students that were attending the school, only a few had escaped his attack. He is very dangerous girls. You must be careful if you fight him.”

"Just what we need, more crazy nut cases to deal with," Alysson said, "What do we do?"

"Stay where you are. Do not give your identities as rangers away. I will talk to the sensei and let him know who you are," Sensei Lee said, "I agree with Master Chen, you have to be careful when it comes to Lothor and his monsters.”

"You know us, we're always careful. Contact us after you've talked to the Sensei what's his name."

“Kanoi is his name. We will let him know and you can meet him by the end of the night," Lee told them.

"Anybody else we should worry about?" Joey asked.

"His two nieces Kapari and Marah. They’re not very bright when it comes to being evil but don’t let that fool you. They can be quite the villains,“ Sensei Chen said.

“Great, this is turning out to be one soar apple by the minute,” Joey groaned.

“Just hang in there and we’ll contact Sensei Kanoi and let him know and we will get back to you,” Sensei Lee added.

"We'll be here," Alysson said as she looked around and saw nothing but trees, "I don't think we'll be going anywhere anytime soon."

"Keep in touch," Chen said.

"Will do," Alysson said as she closed her communication pad, "What do we do next until he contacts us back?"

"Let’s go meet up with the others," Joey said.

"Sounds like a plan to me, but how do we find the Storm Chargers when we're not from around here."

"Look in the phone book silly," Joey said as she walked from their spot.

"Good, because I wasn't gonna ask anybody," She said as she followed her sister.

Joey laughed as the sisters started walking into town.

[Angelfox]

very well written...although i would think the shy girl would go for cam lol

[Illyera]

very well written...although i would think the shy girl would go for cam lol

LOL, thanks, I'm glad you like the story so far. Joey isn't as shy of a girl she is letting everyone see her to be as. You'll see in future chapters. But thanks again, greatly appreciated. Here's the next chapter, Enjoy and Happy Reading!

Chapter 3

"Uncle, Kapari is being a pain again," Marah said as she stormed in, "She won't let me pick the next monster to release on the rangers."

Lothor groaned as he rubbed his temples with his fingers. For the last hour and a half, his two nieces had been arguing in the back about who gets to release the next monster on Blue Bay Harbor, "Aye," He moaned, his head pounding from the headache he got from their bickering, "Kapari, let your sister pick the next monster, you got too last time," He yelled to the back where the blond headed girl was.

"But Uncle...." Kapari whined, "I want too."

"Just do as you’re told before I take your privileges away for picking the monsters."

"Fine! Marah you cry baby. You always get your way."

Cragore lurked in the shadows and smiled to himself and waited for the dark haired girl to leave before he spoke, "Looks like you got a ranger problem as well as I do too," He said to Lothor.

Lother looked up, "Who's there?" He said as he flew out of his seat and turned in the direction he heard the voice.

"You know who I am," Cragore said as he slowly walked out of the shadows.

"Well I'll be…" Lothor said as he got a good look at the man, "I never thought I'd see you here."

Cragore smiled, "I am glad to see you too, Lothor. Having some Ranger problems now are we?"

"You can say that," Lothor growled, "Those pests of Rangers have destroyed all my monsters that I've released on them."

"Maybe its time to send a new type of monster," Cragore said, as he walked closer to Lothor with a grin a mile wide, “Send those pesky Rangers to oblivion.”

"Oh?" He asked and looked at Cragore questionable, "What do you have in mind?"

"An alliance, I help you, you help me," Cragore said. "We can get rid of both teams of rangers once and for all."

Lothor laughed evilly, "Sounds like a plan."

Cragore smiled evilly, "Good."

The two evil villains laughed as they worked together on a plan to destroy the Rangers.

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Joey looked at the front of Storm Chargers, "Well, here we are," She said to Al.

"Yay!" She said sarcastically, "How exciting."

"You can wait out here, I'll go inside."

Alysson looked up at the sun, "Are you nuts? I'll die of a heat stroke if I stay out here."

"Then let’s go," Joey said, as she grabbed her sister's arm and walked into the store.

Alysson stopped and yanked her arm out of her sister's grasp and her eyes grew large as she saw all the sporting equipment, "I think I've died and gone to sports heaven," She said as she spotted the racks with different skateboards and sorts against the wall, "Oooh, I'll be over there if you need me." And she walked away to go check out the skateboards.

Joey laughed, ‘I knew she would like it,’ She thought to herself as she walked over to one of the motocross bikes and ran her fingers lightly over the seat and smiled.

ºº

Alysson picked up the black and green skateboard and ran her fingers over the rough surface and then placed it on the ground and placed her foot on it and pushed it back and fourth, testing out the wheels. She frowned when the wheels on the skateboard were a little wobbly, so she picked it up off the floor and placed it back in the rack and moved on down the row to the next skateboard she liked.

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Joey roamed through the shop looking at the other equipment, from helmets to protective gear. She smiled as she saw the helmet she was looking for. She picked up the helmet and tried it on, "Cool, it fits," She said as she took it off and placed it back on the shelf and then walked over to where Alysson was standing. "Find anything you like?" She asked.

"Not yet, I'm still looking," Alysson said as she picked up the next skateboard, which was Black and white with skulls underneath it, "Some of the boards are wobbly and the wheels need to be tightened or else someone is gonna take it out and either break their necks cause the wheels snapped or it's going to make the board spilt and crack and it won't be no good. You'd have to replace the whole thing."

Joey shook her head, "I hope Blake and his friends are okay," She said as she looked at the skateboards with Al.

"I'm sure they are," Alysson said, as she placed the board back on the shelf and picked up the next one, "Too heavy." And placed it back on the shelf.

"You are so picky you know that?"

"Always," She said as she spotted a skateboard at the very end and quickly went to check it out.

Joey stood there and shook her head.

"Is there something you’re looking for?" Someone asked.

Joey turned around to see a woman standing there and could tell that she worked there when she saw her name tag pinned on her shirt, "Ummm.... No we're just looking for now."

“Okay,” Kelly said, “Let me know if you need anything.”

“Thank you,” Joey said as she watched the woman walk off to go greet the customer that just walked in.

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Alysson picked up the light purple with crazy dark blue lines that wrapped all the way around from top to bottom, skateboard and noticed that it was made with light weight wood, just what she was looking for. She placed the skateboard on the floor and placed her foot on it and moved it back and forth. The wheels didn't feel wobbly like the others; it moved soft and graceful like her old board and knew she had to have it. She flipped the board on its back wheels and caught it with her hand. Smiling, she picked it up and walked back to where her sister was standing.

"You found one?" Joey asked.

"Almost like the old board I use to have," Alysson said, "It's perfect."

“That’s cool,” Her sister said, “I found this cool helmet but I haven’t decided if I want it yet.”

“Show me it,” Alysson said as she followed Joey to where she had seen the Purple with Gold Lightning Streaks on the sides, helmet.

Joey picked the helmet up and showed it to her sister.

“I think it looks cool, if you want it you should get it,” Alysson told her, “I know your old one is just about had it.”

“You think I should?” Joey asked.

Alysson nodded.

Joey smiled, “Then I will get it and you are right, I could use a new one.”

“Good, now let’s go before we decide to buy out the whole store.” Both girls laughed as they knew that it was possible for them both to do that.

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The bell above the door rang as the door opened, letting everyone know that there were new customers. Joey and Alysson looked up as Blake and the others walked in.

"Hey guys." Kelly greeted them.

Blake smiled, "Hey Kelly."

“What’s up Kelly,” Dustin and Shane both said.

“Not much guys,” Kelly said, “How are you guys doing?”

“We’re doing fine,” Tori said.

“That’s good,” She told them, “Well back to work I go. Let me know if you guys need anything.”

“Will do,” Hunter said.

Kelly smiled at the group of friends and walked away to go check out the customer that was waiting for her.”

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"I'm gonna go pay for my board," Alysson said as she saw their new friends walk in and waved, "Want me to pay for your helmet?"

"No, I have my own money," Joey said as she walked to the register. She saw Blake by the window and smiled.

"Okay, I was just trying to be nice for once," Alysson said as she walked up to the group of friends, "Hello Yellow, I see that you guys finally made it, was beginning to wonder if you guys were coming at all."

"Sorry it took so long," Tori said, “We ran into a little trouble on the way over.”

"I hope all is well," Alysson said, "But if you excuse me for a minute, I need to go pay for my new skateboard. Be with you guys in a sec." And Alysson walked to the register and paid with the money she had stashed in her sock.

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"Hey guys," Joey said, as she walked over to them after she paid for her new helmet.

"Hey, I hope you and your sister found the Storm Chargers all right," Blake said.

"Yeah, it wasn’t hard to find," Joey said as she held her helmet close to her, "So everything alright, your business taken care of?" She asked them.

"For the time being," He told her.

"We're gonna go find a seat, care to join us?" Shane asked.

Joey nodded, "Sure."

"So, where are you and your sister from?" Hunter asked, as he took a seat at one of the tables, flipping the chair around first.

"We're from Coppertown. It’s actually not far from here," She told him, "We just came for a visit."

"That's cool," Dustin said, "Do you have family or friends here in Blue Bay?"

Joey shook her head. "No, we came for a vacation."

"Oh," He said, "What made you decide to come to Blue Bay for vacation? Blue Bay Harbor isn't all that fun and I've lived here my whole life."

"Just something different, I guess. It’s not very exciting in Coppertown either."

"I think it's the monster attacks that draw the attention of others," Tori said.

"Monster attacks?" Joey asked, as she shifted in her chair and looked at Tori slightly questionable, “What monster attacks?”

"Yeah, the occasional monster attack, but don't worry, Blue Bay Harbor is safe," Tori added.

Shane elbowed Tori in the side to keep her quiet.

“Sorry,” Tori said quietly.

Joey smiled, "So what do you guys like to do for fun?" She asked changing the subject, but knew she had to keep that little bit of info in the back of her mind.

"Dustin, Hunter and I motocross," Blake started, "Tori is a big surfer girl and Shane likes to Skateboard. Cam here is into computers and creating little gadgets. What about you?"

"Me? I’m also into Motocross. Alysson is a skateboarder."

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"Did you find everything that you were looking for?" The woman asked Alysson.

"Yes I did, thank you. I just have one question though, is there a ramp around here where I could test out my new board?" Alysson asked as she paid the blond hair woman the money.

"As a matter of fact, the Storm Chargers has its very own ramp out back if you would like to try it some time," She told Alysson as she handed her, her change.

"That would be awesome, thank you."

"You're welcome. When you do, just go out the back door and you can't miss it."

Alysson grabbed the skateboard off the counter, thanked the woman for her help and hurried over to her sister to tell her the news.

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"Cool, we don't see many girls that are into Motocross and skateboards," Blake said and smiled at Joey when their eyes met.

"I would love to go out and ride with you guys. I think it would be fun," Joey said.

"Joey...Joey!" Alysson said as she flew into the chair next to her sister, "Hi guys. Joey...guess what?"

"What?"

Alysson danced around in her seat as she was excited to go test out her new skateboard, "They...they have a ramp. I asked and the woman told me I can use it to test out my new board. This is so cool."

Joey turned back to the others, "You see what I mean," She said, "You want to try it out right?"

The others laughed as they watched Alysson get all excited over testing out her skateboard. Shane watched in amusement, finally someone his own age that liked what he did.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah...come with me," Alysson said as she tugged on her sister's arm, "Pppllleeeaaassseee!" And batted her eyelashes.

"Yeah, go ahead."

"You're coming right?" Alysson asked as she flew out of her chair and then turned to the others, "You guys can come too and see me whip out since it's been like a year and a half since I been on a skateboard."

"I will be right out."

"Okay. I'll see you out there. I need to go buy some elbow pads. I forgot mine at home. Bye guys." With that, Alysson went to go check out the elbow and knee pads and gloves.

Joey sighed as she watched her sister walk away happy. She shocked her head, "I am never going to get use to being the big sister.”

"Tell me about it," Hunter said, "I'm the oldest between Blake and I, and it can be hard."

"But only by a few months," Blake said as he looked at his brother.

"Well we better go watch her," Joey said, as she stood to her feet, “Don’t want her to wait. She gets cranky and it’s an ugly sight.”

"I'll be out there in a few minutes," Dustin said as he stood up, "I need to check with Kelly to find out what time I work tomorrow."

"See you out there Dustin," Tori said.

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Alysson quickly searched through the elbow and knee pads and found a pair of purple & black elbow and matching knee pads and grabbed the first pair of black gloves and went to go pay for them and then headed her way out the back door.

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Dustin walked away and made his way up to the front counter where Kelly was working.

Joey turned to Blake and smiled, "So motocross is your sport huh?"

"Yeah," He told her as they headed out the back door where the skating ramp was located.

"I’d like to take you on sometime. I promise I won’t beat you that bad."

Blake chuckled a little, "Is that a challenge?"

Tori looked over at Shane and smiled, "Looks like someone has a crush," She whispered to him.

Shane laughed and looked at the two, "Yeah it looks that way."

"Yeah, it’s a challenge," Joey said.

"Then how about tomorrow? You meet me here say around 2:00 and I'll take you out to the track and see what you got," Blake said.

"You’re on." Joey said.

"Then it's a deal," Blake said as he held out his hand to Joey and smiled.

Joey took it and shocked it.

"So, how long has your sister been skateboarding?" Shane asked as Alysson walked out the door and over to them, grinned at Joey as she took her helmet to borrow and smiled at the others before walking over to the side of the ramp to check it out.

"Since she was little, our parents couldn’t get her off of it once she started," She told him. She laughed at the memory.

"That's cool." Shane said as he watched Alysson walk out onto the ramp and started jumping on it, "What is she doing?" He asked and laughed.

"No clue. Never saw her do that before."

"Hey, Alysson what are you doing?" Tori called out at her as she laughed when Alysson jumped again.

"I'm checking out the ramp...it can't be all crooked if I'm gonna test out my board."

"Will you get going already," Joey called to her sister, “I’ll fall asleep of boredom if you don’t get your butt up there and do something.”

“Yes, mother.” Alysson stuck out her tongue at Joey and got off the ramp and walked to the side where the ladder was at and began to climb it.

Joey rolled her eyes. She did not like having a little sister, but knew she couldn’t avoid it, but also knew that she wouldn’t give it up either. She was her blood and her lil sister and she loved her, even though she could be quite the pain in the ass. "She is really good at this," She said as she went to go stand next to Blake, “She was the first girl to win a trophy for freestyle skateboarding a few years back.”

“That’s cool,” He said, nodding as he watched Alysson on the ramp.

Alysson got to the top of the ramp and placed her board down and put on her gear. She waved to the guys at the bottom, positioned her board at the edge of the ramp, placed her foot firmly on it, took a deep breath and pushed off; going from side to side, slow at first until she could pick up enough speed to really do anything.

"Let’s go Alysson," Joey yelled.

"I'm moving, I'm moving," Alysson said as she went from one end of the ramp to the other a few more time before she got enough speed and started out with simple tricks. One handed hand stands, then adding a few half turns, riding the edge of the ramp and then she started to get really daring with full turns, balancing her board on both feet as she did a two handed hand stand on the rail and walked a little ways across before grabbing the board with one hand and flipping over and landing on her board and going to the other side.

Joey sighed as she grew nervous with each turn her sister did, afraid that she would hurt herself, ‘She is going to hurt herself one of these days,’ She thought to herself.

"She's good," Hunter said as he watched Alysson do another full turn.

"Yeah, took her a while to get that good though," She said.

"Well it had paid off,” He said but spoke too soon.

All that hard work for all those years for Alysson had not paid off for her when she whipped out, her board took off and she slid down the ramp on her knees.

"Shit," Alysson said as she slammed her fists on the ramp.

"Hey you almost had it," Joey said as her and the others went to go see if she was okay.

“Are you alright?” Hunter asked.

"Yeah, I’m fine. Almost doesn't cut it," Alysson said as she got to her feet and walked to her skateboard and picked it up, "Well, for it being new, it rides pretty nice but I think the wheels could be tightened a little."

"You’re always so picky," Joey said.

"Damn right I am," Alysson said, "But look who’s talkin, you're just as picky as I am when it comes to your dirt bike."

Joey bit her lower lip, "I am not going to argue about that right now."

"Because you know I'm right."

"Fine, you’re right," Joey said as she walked back into the store.

The guys turned to Alysson and she only shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know what crawled up her butt and died."

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Joey was getting frustrated. She wanted to go find Cragore and put him out of his misery. She closed her eyes and remembered her ninja training and then took a couple of deep breaths and relaxed.

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Alysson turned back to the others and shrugged her shoulders again, "So, what do you do for fun around here?"

Tori looked at the others. "I usually spend my time at the beach," She said smiling.

"That's cool. I've never been to an actual beach until today," Alysson said as she rested her board against her leg, "I usually spend my time in the gym or training in Martial Arts." She turned to the other three, "What about you guys and weren't there 6 of you guys? What happened to um....Dustin and Cam I think his name was?"

"They had stuff that needed to get done. They should be back soon," Shane said.

"Cool." Just then the communication pad on her wrist started to vibrate and Alysson looked down at it and then looked at them for a few seconds before hitting the black button to stop the vibration, "Stupid watch. Could you excuse me for a minute, I'm gonna go find Joey and see what she's doing."

"Sure," Tori said. "We will be right in."

"Okay," Alysson said as she picked up her board and ran inside. She spotted Joey looking around and walked up to her, "Hey Joey, we got a call."

"Huh?" Joey said as she snapped out of her trance.

"Call, we got a call when I was out back," Alysson said as she rolled her eyes, "It was probably Sensei contacting us about Sensei Kanoi."

"Let’s go," Joey said as she grabbed her helmet from the table.

"We can head outside," Alysson said.

Joey went back outside and tried to find a quiet spot.

Once they were out of sight, Alysson flipped open her communication pad and pressed the blue button, "Sensei Lee, what did you find out?"

"I have reached Sensei Kanoi and he has agreed to meet with him,” Lee said, "Also, I have some terrible news."

"Let me guess, Lothor and Cragore," Joey said.

"Well isn't that wonderful to know there is terrible news," Alysson said, "What is it?"

"Joey is correct. Lothor and Cragore just formed an alliance."

"That's just great, more crazy people to deal with," Alysson said and sighed heavily, "What did you want us to do about it?"

"I want you two to watch out. With those to together, they will be unstoppable."

"Understood. Where can we find Sensei Kanoi?

"Go to the forest just outside of town. There he will meet with you."

"Okay."

Joey nodded.

"Be careful out there. I don’t want to see you get hurt," Lee told them, “We both want you two to return to us in one piece.”

"We will," Alysson said as she closed her communication pad and turned to look at her sister, "Looks like we have some bigger problems then we expected."

"I am not looking forward to this." Joey said, as she played with her amulet.

"I'm not either," She said, "Cragore is bad enough to deal with but Lothor and Cragore together. If Sensei Chen & Lee are right about how evil Lothor is, we're in for a world of trouble."

"We better get trucking if we are going to meet Sensei Kanoi," Joey said.

"Yeah, but what should we tell the others?" Alysson asked, "They're probably inside waiting for us."

"You’re right."

"Got a good lie?" She asked as they headed back inside and saw the group of people that they had befriended.

Joey shook her head, "Got to catch the bus?"

"Nah, we told them that we were standing for a while," Alysson said as she thought for a minute, "How about we need to go check into a hotel and we would catch up with them tomorrow?"

She nodded and agreed.

"Okay it works for me. Now did you want to tell them or should I?"

"You. I nominate you."

"I figured that," Alysson said as they came up to the others.

"Is everything okay?" Tori asked, "We came in and we didn't see you guys in here. We thought maybe something happened."

"No, no everything is fine. Joey wasn't feeling that well so we went outside for some fresh air. But we're gonna head out and find our hotel. Joey would like to lie down for a while and I'm kinda whipped out from the trip."

"I guess I will see you tomorrow?" Joey asked Blake, hoping that their deal was still on.

"Yeah and I hope you feel better," He told her.

"Maybe we all could do something tomorrow," Alysson said, "We'll be in town for a few weeks and maybe you guys could show us around and show us what Blue Bay Harbor is all about."

"That would be nice." Tori said. "We will see you tomorrow."

"See ya guy," Joey said and waved bye to them.

"Later guys," Alysson said as she looked up at Hunter and for once she really got a good look at him and smiled, "It was nice meeting you all."

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Joey looked at Aly, "I saw that," She said once they were outside.

"What? I didn't do anything," Alysson lied, "I just looked."

"You’re starting to like him. I knew it, I just knew it.”

"Like him? I don't even know him," She said shocked that her sister would think that.

Joey smiled slyly.

"So, any crazy ideas that you have going on in that head of yours you can get rid of them, because there isn't anything to worry about."

"We will see about that," Joey said.

"There isn't anything to see about," Alysson told her, "I don't even know him so how can I like someone if I don't know him?"

Joey just shook her head. "I saw the way you were looking at him."

"I'm telling you Joey, I just looked at him. Is that so wrong to look at a guy without having you assume that I like him?"

"Okay. Sorry." Joey said.

The area where they were supposed to meet Sensei Kanoi came into view as they walked through the woods, "Come on, let’s get this over with."

Joey nodded.