Cam was, as usual, on the main computer checking the systems and crap like that while everyone else trained hard. Aside from Blake and Hunter because they had run off somewhere, saying that they had somewhere to be at the moment. No one but Shane saw the worried look on their sensei's face. He didn't ask but observed his friends' father closely as he trained with Tori and Dustin. "Sensei, what's wrong?" Dustin finally asked as the break bell rung throughout the room. "Nothing to concern yourself with Dustin. I am just worried about Hunter and Blake." The sensei replied wryly. Almost instantly, there was a beeping sound coming from the main computer that scared the living shit out of the rangers but sensei just turned to it casually. ::Hey Sensei! It's me, Jayden.:: A voice shouted through the speakers as the screen flickered to show a brunette with a wide grin on a teenagers' face. "Who is that?" Dustin asked after a few agonizing seconds of silence as he stared at the screen with the others. Shane just blinked stupidly as he saw a face pop up on the screen with the background as treetops and blue skies with muffled voices. ::How are you?:: the man named Jayden asked as his smile faltered a little. "I am fine Jayden. Just training my students." Sensei replied with a proud tone. ::Cool Sensei. Ji is really pushing us over on our end but the reason I am on right now is because we are on break. Hey, I just thought that maybe we could see each other in person. You know, ranger to ranger. Or better yet, person to person and we can train together.:: Jayden suggested hopefully. "But how is Antonio? He hasn't contacted me in a while." ::He's been really sick lately. I dunno with what though. But he's hacking up blood and other things on top of being sick and the doctors don't know what's wrong either.:: Jayden replied sadly as his eyebrows nit together in suspicion. "That's to bad but I will take my rangers out to meet you and your master today." There was a shout on Jayden's end and the brunette looked up and shouted, ::Shut up Mike!... No, I don't know where you left your bag. And I deffinatly don't know where Emily left her make-up bag... Just leave Kevin out of it!:: And the screen went black after that. "Who were they?" Tori asked as her and the other two walked over to their sensei who was by the main computer with his arms loosely folded over his chest and a worried look on his face. "What's wrong teacher you seemed upset when that Jayden kid said one of his of friends was sick." Shane stated with a hidden question in a concerned tone as he leaned over the chair, or more pacifically, over Cam's shoulder. "It is nothing to concern yourself with because we are going to visit a friend of mine for a couple weeks so go pack up." Sensei replied before the three teens ran off to pack up for the trip with a spring in their step. Meanwhile, Blake and Hunter were walking around town talking about this and that."You know Hunter, I keep getting this weird feeling of deja vu ever since we left." Hunter didn't answer as he and his younger brother kept walking toward the bus stop.
Why were they heading toward the bus stop? Weren't they going to the park or something? "Blake, let's turn around." Hunter noted quietly as he slowed down to a halt and stood there, watching his younger brother continue to walk toward the bus stop. "Blake?" Hunter asked slowly as he practically forced his legs to move forward and toward the awaiting bus at the bus stop. "Blake, please, no fooling around. You're scaring me," The blond said a bit louder this time, hoping the ravenette would hear him. But alas, Blake ignored him and stopped to turn toward the mysterious bus that seemed to just appear there mysteriously. The raven haired teen smiled at the bus driver and by some higher power, Blake turned his head to look at him with a content smile on his young face. But to Hunter, it looked somewhat forced and tired. "Blake, come on. Let's get out of here." Hunter said a bit harshly as he finished making his way slowly toward his brother. He turned to the bus driver and glared harshly. This bus -more like the bus driver- was giving him a bad vibe and he didn't like it one bit. Meanwhile, Blake was having an internal struggle with his stomach and bit back a groan of pain by bitting the inside of his mouth. He didn't register the arm that wrapped itself protectively around his shoulders and he was pulled to the side and let his head rest on the shoulder. It provided little comfort for his aching stomach but it would have to do. He felt a tug and instantly, his legs moved with the tug. He didn't know why, but his head was starting to hurt and as he closed his eyes to go to sleep, he yawned and during the yawn, bile had jumped to his throat, making his cough a little and swallow. He didn't register Hunter talking but he heard Cam's voice, ::That's a weird question but yeah, I can. Why?:: He heard Hunters' muffled voice reply and Cam's concerned one breaking through his sleepiness and it sounded rushed as well, ::Okay, I'm on my way.::
Blake felt Hunter nod and he just sighed as he was placed on a bench. Hunter lowered himself to eye level with his little brother and placed his cool hand on the ravenette's neck. the ravenette just sighed in content and leaned into the touch but Hunter had pulled his hand away before Blake could enjoy the cold more. I hate Summer, Blake thought with an internal frown. Hunter stood up and dusted himself off and he looked up and he could see the dark clouds rolling in from the south and he grit his teeth. He sat next to Blake and as soon as he did that, there was a honking that made him look up to see a navy blue ford with one large golden stripe starting from the hood and ending at the trunk. The ford parked in front of them and the window lowered to reveal its driver. And it was none other than Cam. The ford also had a backseat which was nice and the green ranger just motioned toward the back. Hunter got the idea and picked up his little brother bridal style. Cam opened his car door, got out, went to the back and opened it and he had done all that before Hunter could get there. "Hurry," was the only thing Blake said -and in a mere whisper only Hunter could hear- before fully passing out. Hunter and Cam finally got him into the backseat and the two sat up front. Hunter was barely able to close the door before Cam was off.
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"Is he doing any better?" Troy asked as he sat down in the seat across from Jake and Emma who only shook their heads with frowns on their faces. "No, in all actuality, he's doing worse than before." Jake said as he looked away from Troy. Emma placed a hand on the man's shoulder in a comforting manner and said while looking directly at Troy, "We need outside help aside from the Nekomadas. They know nothing about this illness and if it's even contagious." The Taco-Bell door opened and in came Noah who looked panicked and was desperately searching for someone or something. "Hey, is a tall and broody looking man with a black cloak here?" Noah asked as a suspicious-looking man stood up to leave. All the man did was throw a hand gesture toward the dark corner and continued to leave. Noah nodded and hurried over toward the man. "Hey," the blue ranger whispered as he lowered his head in a submissive gesture. "What do you want Blue Ranger?" the man snipped as he raised his chin up. "I kinda need your help." Noah continued in the same low voice as he folded his arms in front of him on the table. "Why do you need my help? Us Demoni are busy people." "Well, it's concerning a friend of mine." "What's the problem?" the strange mans' tone had taken a different turn than that of a "go-away-or-state-your-buisness" one. "Well, Orian has fallen ill and the doctors don't know what's wrong. He's been puking up blood and stomach acid for the past four days." under the shadow of the Demoni's hood, he saw the expression change and the whole air around them changed as well. "It's the Gate..." the Demoni whispered as he stood up abruptly and briskly walked out. Noah sighed and banged his head on the table before Jake, Emma and Troy came over and sat with him. "Who was that?" Troy asked first as the three eyed the blue ranger closely. "All he said was It's the Gate and I have no freaking idea what that means." Noah gritted out in annoyance before looking at each friend closely. They said nothing as they left the building to go check up on Orion.
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"Jay, we need you to settle a bet between Kevin and Lauren." Mike called out with a big grin on his face and a mischievous look in his eye. "Okay, be there in a minute." Jayden called back as he picked up his school bag. "Do you think it'll work?" The blond red ranger asked as he took a sip of whatever was in her cup at the moment. "Yeah. He'll come over and then we go into faze two of our brilliant plan." Kevin replied with an evil smirk on his face. "To bad Antonio had to get sick. He would have loved to see what's about to happen now." Lauren just laughed along with Kevin at the thought. "Red alert! Jay is approaching the hideout!" Mike whispered as he grabbed a bucket that was full of..."Mike, what did you put in the bucket?" Emily asked as she laid herself down onto her stomach so that she was out of sight. Their hideout was in a set of large hedges that Mike and Antonio grew before the gold ranger got sick. There were a couple of hand-made wooden chairs and a hand-made square table tucked off somewhere and the hideout was pretty roomy for the five rangers that were in there. The grass was quite soft considering certain circumstances. "What is it you wanted me to do Mike?" Jayden called from below. Oh and the hideout, or, the fort as Lauren likes to call it. Because it has two floors and a hidden lair underneath. "Faze two: dump the bucket onto Jayden's head." Mike muttered under his breath. He ducked behind the half wall and grabbed the silver bucket that was handed to him. He stood up straight and called out, "Who do you think is better? Me or you?" Jayden looked taken aback for a moment and Mike took the chance and in one swift movement, he had the bucket hanging over the edge and called out, "Payback time!" And dumped the strange contents that were in the silver bucket all over Jayden. Mike and the others all covered their ears as the leader of the rangers started spouting all kinds of curses and swear words at them. "I think Jay's mad." Mike whispered and he earned a raised eyebrow from Kevin. "You think?" Mike just laughed lowly and heard Jayden stomp off after he threw the tantrum. "You went overboard with the payback plan there Mike." "Well no shit Lauren. It wasn't really payback... More of a, 'supple' prank." Mike hissed but then went into thought. "Well, next time you decide to do that, don't drag US into your schemes of pranking Jayden." Emily managed to say through a fit of giggles.
"Our guests have arrived Rangers. Come down and greet them." Ji said from below and the five that were in the fort sighed and all stood onto their feet with welcoming expressions on their faces. "Let's go meet them shall we?" Mia asked with false enthusiasm. "Yeah...sure." Mike muttered under his breath as they prepared to leave and meet the strangers.
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"You sure this was a good idea Shane?" Tori asked as she heaved the bag back over her shoulder while sending a sideways glance at the red ranger. "We came here for a reason. Blake is sick and we don't know why or how that happened and we need some answers and some outside help." Shane replied darkly while walking faster than the rest. "And I think before we left, Sensei said that Cam was getting a bit ill as well because he's been, for lacking a better word here, lagging behind on his studies and training both as a Ranger and as a human being." Dustin added as he looked up toward the sky and sighed. "Well, let's see if we can get some information here before asking for help." Shane gritted out just as the Ji came out. "Oh great. Samurai." Dustin muttered under his breath but just quiet enough that only he could hear. "Welcome Rangers to the Shiba house. Come inside and we'll discuss why you are here." Dustin walked stiffly passed Ji without once looking at him. "Thank you for your hospitality." Shane said with a low bow. Ji did the same thing before standing upright. Make yourselves at home while I go check on on of my students." "You mean Antonio?" Dustin asked somewhat bitterly as he refused to look anyone in the eye. "Yes." Ji replied neatly before stepping into the back. "Dustin, what's your problem with these guys?" Tori asked a bit to harshly. They didn't see the frown that started to form on the young yellow rangers' face and the dark look clouding his features as well. "Well Tori," Dustin hissed out in an unnatural tone, "mind your own business." Tori was taken aback by the harshness coming from her friend. "Why?" Dustin muttered to himself as his hands started to shake. Why me? He thought desperately as he gritted his teeth. "Please don't do this." Dustin pleaded with himself as a scratching noise entered his ears and a low hissing sound as well. "Stop..." Dustin muttered a bit louder, catching Tori off as she was reaching out to Dustin in order to comfort him. But she continued forward. "Stop it..."
As Tori laid her hand on Dustin's shoulder, an evil like laugh escaped his mouth.