A New Ranger

Chapter 12 (There's no I in team)

A pic of the megazord.

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(Beach)

Once it looked like Aria was done practising, Dustin and Tori started to walk over towards her, however a beap came from their morphers. "Looks like we will talk to her later." Said Tori as she grabbed, Dustin's arm and pulled him back towards the cover of the trees. Pressing the button on her morpher, Tori answered. "What's up Cam?" She asked. "Did you check the tie recently?" He asked in an annoyed tone. Tori quickly looked down at her watch and saw the time. Oh no we're late.Tori thought to herself. Raising the morpher to her lips once again, Tori quickly said sorry, and then ninja streaked away, with Dustin following behind. 

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(Ninja Ops)

Tori and Dustin walked into ninja ops, to see Sensei working on a puzzle, and Cam typing away at his computer. "Where's Shane?" Asked Cam as he turned towards the two. "I don't know single handily saving the world." Dustin said as he sat down on one of the yellow colored cushions on the floor. "Yeah I guess it's nice being a one man army." Tori said, as she sat down on a blue cushion. "Each piece has its place. Shane will learn, but you must help him." Sensei said to Tori. "That's the problem. He won't let us help." Tori said. "He will, give him time." Sensei responded. Tori released a deep breathe and Dustin covered his face with his hands. 

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(Storm Chargers)

Kelly carried a clipboard over to her register and set it down on the counter. Before looking up at her red clad fiend sitting on the opposite counter, in concern. "Anything you want to talk about?" Kelly asked as she input the data from the board into the register. Looking up from his board, Shane jumped down form the counter and walked over to Kelly. "Hey Kelly. You're a good boss right?" Shane asked as he leaned against the counter. "No one's ever quit on me." Kelly replied, wondering why her friend was asking such a strange question. Before Shane could finish his thoughts Aria walked over to Kelly, having heard the conversation. "Or at least they haven't yet." Aria said, quickly kissing Kelly on the cheek, and walking away with a smirk. "Hey!" Kelly yelled at her best friend and new employee.  

Shane chuckled, but then remembered what had happened with Tori and Dustin earlier. The smile quickly fell from his face, and he looked down at his hands. "So how do you do it? What's the trick?" Shane asked feeling lost on how to lead his friends, and not have them hate him. "There's no trick." Kelly said as she shook her head at her friend. "You just work with them. Give 'em a chance. We're more like teammates. Ya' know?" Kelly asked. "Yeah but, how can you be sure things won't get messed up if you don't do them yourself." Shane asked remembering how he lost the scroll because his friends needed help. "I trust the people around me." Kelly said with a smile. "Especially my friends." Shane nodded, finally understanding.

A yell from outside drew Shane and Kelly's attention. Shane turned towards the window to see people and metal objects flying through the air. "Stay here." Shane said to Kelly. "I'll check." Shane never noticed the shadow of a person follow him out of the store. 

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Shane quickly ran outside to see a pyramid of people, all stuck together. A red beam surrounded them like a net, before disappearing. The people froze and turned into what looked like, stone. "Huh?" Shane asked, completely confused.