Ninja Storm: Their Darkest Hour

24. Triple Threat

"Kel!" Abby shouted as she jumped off the last step leading from the loft and onto the shop floor, her sister was standing at the register ringing up a customer who has just purchased several Motocross gloves and a helmet "Have you seen Buddy?" she asked

Kelly pointed over her shoulder and into the back office where the sound of tearing was heard "He's better than a shredder," she joked

Abby frowned and entered the back office to find her new Golden Retriever sitting in the middle of the room surrounded by shredded papers "Oh..." she murmured, before laughing as the dog recognized her presence and came bounding across the room and jumping at her, yapping happily "You having fun?" she asked, scooping him up and kissing his nose. The dog yapped happily and licked her face, as she closed the door to the office and returned to her sister. Just in time as Tori and Shane run out and Dustin approached them.

"Kel, can I use the back room to practice my Sax?" he asked

The white ranger frowned and looked around to find Hunter and Blake in the TV room, pulling away from Kelly and Dustin she approached the two, carrying Buddy in her arms "What's with the faces?" she asked, kneeling on the sofa beside the Crimson Thunder "I thought you all be psyched about the Totally Talented tryouts"

"How did you know?" Blake asked

Abby shrugged "I may not like Totally Talented," she pointed out "but I know things"

"You're not entering are you?" Hunter asked

The white ranger frowned "What? You afraid I may beat you at this like I do everything else?"

"Haha," Hunter laughed mockingly "No, just everyone else has entered"

"I just gave you a reason behind me not entering" Abby pointed out "I don't like Totally Talented! I can't stand the show, it's so mind numbing and totally embarrassing. I mean, poor souls go on there to prove that they can sing or whatever, and end up embarrassing themselves on national TV," she looked put off "No thank you!" and she turned to leave.

Just before the white ranger could reach the steps of the loft, Hunter's hand clamped around hers and turned her to face him "I seem to recall you saying you took singing as a hobby" he pointed out "Are you any good?"

"That's for me to know" Abby responded, stepping up onto the first step so that she was eye-level with him "and you to find out!"

They stared at one another for a moment after she had finished speaking; and just like before subconsciously started to move closer. Inches away from their first kiss, Buddy growled at the lack of attention he was getting and jumped up between them, licking Abby's face causing the teen to laugh. "I'll catch you later Hunter" she smiled at him, before hurrying upstairs to the loft

Hunter sighed as he watched her go - it had happened again!

-Scene-

"We turn that up..." Abby murmured as she turned on the radio part of her CD player in her bedroom and turned the volume up loud, before she scooped up Buddy from the bed and spun around in a circle with him in her arms "Maybe I should enter the competition," she wondered "What do you think?" she asked, falling down onto her bed and resting the dog on her stomach. The music started loudly and issuing from the speakers, buddy yapping happily as Abby moved to the music and he jumped off of her stomach and onto the bed.

The white ranger sang along with the music, clapping her hands in the air along to the beat. When the song ended she rolled onto her stomach and smiled as Buddy crawled towards her "My mom would tell me to enter" she told the dog "But I don't know...I don't even like the stupid show!"