The Hellhound's Secret

Thunder Strangers, Part I

Apologies for not updating in over a month.

"Nick is your boyfriend, right?"

Kali looked up at Tori and nodded. "Yeah, he's also my best friend," she explained.

"How does that work?" Tori asked. "I mean, what happens if you fight and you need to vent to your best friend?"

"I got a Xander for that."

Tori cocked her head to the side.

Kali smiled. "Xander Bly, former Green Mystic Ranger," she explained. "He was the one who prompted Nick to reveal his true feelings for me, and also the one that made me realise how much I was actually in love with Nick."

"So, instead, you go to your ex-crush to complain about your boyfriend?"

"I could," said Kali, nodding. "But, I am the type of person that will complain to Nick about his behaviour and how he's pissed me off."

Tori chuckled.

"Hey, any luck?" Shene asked. He had been practicing his skateboarding at the ramp while Dustin had been searching for his backpack.

Dustin sighed heavily and looked rejected. "No, man," he complained.

"Well, think, where else have you been?" Tori asked, jumping down from the side of the ramp and wandering over.

Kali followed.

Dustin looked thoughtful. His face screwing up in concentration. He then gasped and pointed at Tori. "The track!" he exclaimed. "The tra -"

Bleep. Bleep.

Shane lifted his arm and hit the intercom button on the side of his morpher. "Go for Shane," he said.

"We're getting a strange heat signature reading at the quarry," said Cam.

"Kelzaks?" Shane asked, looking around at his friends.

"I don't know what it is. Better ranger up, just to be safe."

Kali nodded as Shane glanced her way. "Not going to be a problem," she said, checking to make sure the coast was clear. She'd been in Blue Bay Harbour for almost a week now, and already been recognised by half of it's citizens as the Black Mystic Force Ranger from Briarwood.

"Ready?" Shane asked.

"Ready!"

"Ninja Storm, Ranger Form! Wind Ranger Power!"

"Magical Storm, Ranger Form! Mystical Ranger Power!"

~X~

Whilst the other Ninja streaked to the quarry, Kali used her teleportation powers and arrived there first. She looked up and grinned as the others landed around her, as Dustin stopped and stared.

"Why couldn't we have just done that?" Dustin whined.

Kali shrugged. "You took off before I could suggest it," she said.

"I don't see anything," said Shane, drawing their attention back to the situation at hand.

"Me neither," said Tori, turning in a complete circle.

"Uh, Cam, this place is downtown deadsville," said Shane into his morpher.

"I'm taking a heat reading from the Air Force satellite. It's usually right on," Cam replied.

Suddenly, Kali tensed. "He's not wrong," she said, spinning around. She held up her wrist, muttered a spell, and a black shield erupted from her morpher, blocking the two bolts of lightning from hitting her and her friends.