Ninja Storm: Ranger Form: Fire Storm

Part 14- Family visitation

Alex growled in frustration as she followed Aria down from the Loft, which Kelly had let Alex's family use so that she could get somethings done before her cousin on her dad's side came to visit. As the last customer of the day exited, and Blake changed the sign from 'open' to 'close', he clapped his hands and returned to his friends. Especially since Kelly was out of town and was alright with it since Alex was watching the Place with Aria. So she offered it up and allowed Alex to sleep in Kelly's room so that they would be at Ninja ops. Alex told Kelly that she couldn't do her place because of their 'apartment' being fumigated. Which worked but she lived in Ninja Ops and they could not find out about that one.

"Quitting time!" he called out.

"So, we riding?"

"Please?" Alex begged "Ow!" she added as Aria wacked her across the back of the head.

"You're not going anywhere," Aria stated.

"You remember our deal?" Alex grumbled something under her breath, crossed her arms and pouted as Tori popped up beside her from the back room where she had been copying Alex's Psych homework for the next day.

"What's up?" the Blue ranger asked.

"My dad's, sister is flying in" Aria explained. And she's brought her 16 year old daughter with her. Alex's gonna be playing happy family for today."

"When I'd much rather just terminate the little brat!" Hunter and Blake frowned.

"Don't like you're cousin, Lex?" the Crimson ranger asked.

"Is it that obvious?" He offered her a look, as she shrugged sheepishly before looking up as Shane crashed into the glass window calling out for his friends. He pulled open the door and rushed in.

"Check it out!" he grinned, holding up a magazine. "Big Air's having a contest for the best Sports Action video."

"Let's see," Tori said, reaching for the magazine to take a look. "The best one minute video will be played on National Television during the next Actions­Games!" She grinned as Dustin snagged the Magazine.

"Oh, I am so gonna win!" he grinned.

"Uh, don't you mean you're so gonna come in second?" Shane asked.

"No, dude, I mean I'm gonna win!" Dustin chuckled, before realizing what Shane was getting at. He looked up and laughed.

"Oh, I get it! You're calling me out!" Tori frowned.

"I don't know how any of you are gonna win anything without a video camera" she pointed out, causing the boys to groan.

"Well, what about Dustin's?" Blake asked.

"If I remember correctly," Alex smirked, turning to Dustin.

"You taped it to your helmet...right before you run into that big oak tree" Dustin looked sheepish.

"Yeah, but I got a cool shot" He smiled.

"You should see it! It's all like...Ahhhhh! And then BOOM! And then there's nothing..." his excitement died into nervous laughter as he realized that none of his friends were laughing with him, and giving him rather strange looks. He looked back down at the magazine, wishing and praying that the ground would open up and swallow him then and there.

"Right," Blake said.

"Uh, Cam's got a camera."

"Oh!" Shane grinned, glancing at Dustin. The Yellow Ranger's eyes widened.

"No! No! No!" he said, chasing Shane out of the store; just as Ji and a woman with shoulder length red hair and a teenager entered. The Teen was engrossed into something that was on her Cell phone screen that she paid very little attention to anything around her and only looked up when her mother took the phone off of her.