Ninja Storm: Their Darkest Hour

22.Birthday Disaster

"Man, I am worked!" Shane complained as he walked into Ninja Ops, followed closely by the others. They had just finished the obstacle course and various other training exercises that Sensei had set for them, the only one out of the seven rangers who didn't seen to have a problem was Abby, who was bouncing around the room.

"Ten mile run, two fight simulations and an obstacle course" he ticked off the exercises on his fingers

Hunter huffed as he removed the gloves from his hands "Don't forget two hours of hard meditation" he dropped down at the table after his complaint, as Abby bounced over to where Shane was resting and patted his shoulder.

"Dude, you look tired," she said "Is training finally getting to you?"

Shane yawned "No, im not getting enough sleep," he yawned, rubbing his eyes "I keep having this weird dream!"

"You should pay attention to that," Tori spoke "Sensei says you're dreams can tell you a lot about yourself!"

"Speaking of dad," Cam frowned, looking around "where is he?"

Tori found a note attached to his little hut and pulled it off "Check it out," she said, calling the others over "Rangers, I have gone on a meditation retreat to reflect on and recharge my inner Ninja," she read "in my absence please enjoy a well deserved day off"

"No way!" Shane smiled, re-reading the letter

Abby's face fell as she bounded to a halt at the words of the letter "Is that what it says?" she questioned

"Yeah," Tori sighed, 

"Well, im thinking the track, then a movie...or a movie...then the track" Dustin though out loud, causing the others to chuckle at him

As the others started planning their day off, the two female rangers exchanged downhearted looks.

"What's up?" Blake asked, spotting the exchange "Come on. don't tell us you can't be dealing with a day off?" he asked them

"No," Tori said " a day off is great! Especially tomorrow,"

Abby nodded "We thought Sensei would be around for..." she smiled "...you know"

"What?" Hunter asked totally lost

"Man!" Shane smiled "are we stupid?" he turned to the two girls and draped his shoulders "because tomorrow, it is your birthday's!" he sang

Everyone smiled "Ohh!"

"How about a beach party?" Dustin suggested. Everyone agreed

"How about it girls?" Blake asked

Abby and Tori exchanged looks "Sure," they nodded "Sounds great"

Hunter spoke turning everyone's attention to him "Alright, everyone be at the beach first thing in the morning!" he said 

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"Good morning Blue Bay Harbour! And what a glorious morning is it!"

Abby groaned as she reached out to shut off her alarm clock which had sounded loudly as soon as it hit the appropriate time for her to be awake. Today was her birthday. Officially it wasn't her proper  birthday but since she was 5 years old she didn't really know her birthday really was and therefore had been given one by Kelly when she was supposed to turn 6 years old and her adoptive parents where unsure of when to hold a party for her.

She would remember every year at Kelly's birthday she would sit and watch her sister play with her friends, and every year she would wonder why this didn't happen to her. Why she couldn't have a day that would be all about her, when she asked her parents why Kelly was being spoilt on this day, they told her that it was Kelly's birthday, this would then bring up the question 'When will it be my birthday?' of course she never got an answer because her parents didn't know the answer.