Let's see, I had to reload the chapter because I had Kanoi's name mis-spelled (Thanks CamFan4Ever!) and I forgot to replace the disclaimer. I don't own the Power Rangers because otherwise I wouldn't be writing bad fanfiction about them. But if I did, I'd own Cam and Hunter and, uh, never mind.
NS is my favorite season and that's why I'm having a hard time getting into their heads. I may need to rewatch the season. Hmmm.
Reflections
Cam wasn't the easiest person to get along with. He was stubborn, opinionated, and an only child, which didn't make for peaceful interactions with others.
Most of his childhood had been spent at the Wind Ninja Academy, where there were no other young children. He had spent a lot of time alone; taking apart anything he could get his hands on because he needed to know how they worked. His father still talked about the toaster that Cam had taken apart and then reassembled when he was four.
His family had been close. His mother was a samurai, who had always said he'd carry on for her someday and made his father promise to never teach him the ninja way. His father, an Air Ninja, had been chosen to be the next Sensei, even though it would mean years of training.
His mother died in a car accident when he was six years old. They visited her, and the child she was carrying, twice a year, on her birthday in October and on New Years Day. Certain things always reminded him of her: the gardenia scent that she loved to wear, her favorite jazz musician, tiger lilies.
Two weeks after her death, he had begun kindergarten. He was hardworking and intelligent. He graduated high school at fifteen and from college, with a double major, at nineteen. He worked too hard and only played occasionally. His guitar, piano, and science fiction novels were his guilty pleasures.
Sometimes he was vaguely troubled that he hadn't had a regular childhood, where he played sports, had friends, and just relaxed. But in his mind, there was always something new to build and something else for him to prove.
In college, he realized that he was attracted to men as well as to women. He spent many months worried about his father's reaction, but when he finally came out; his father was as serene as always. Kanoi commented that he'd had his suspicions before and that he loved his son, Cam could lead his life as he saw fit and that he would always be supported.
He dated sporadically, men and women. None of his relationships worked longer than three months, because he never completely trusted himself or other people. He always kept part of himself separate from them.
After college, he worked as a freelance computer expert and worked on his PhD. He was unwilling to work full-time, because he had his duties at the Academy to contend with. His father had finally become Sensei and he had wanted morphers made for a new team of Power Rangers. Cam developed five morphers, with two being passed over to the Thunder Academy. He made weapons, a secret lair, and Zords, preparing for a threat that might never happen. His father was convinced, though, that Lothor would one day return and that they would be prepared when it did.
But when the time came to fight, he ended up with the biggest surprise of his life.