Right, here it is the second installment of the Bonds verse centering on the relationship between Ryan and Carter because i think this pairing is just too cute for words. It was a bit of work to write this chapter because well...Ryan was raised by demons! But considering all of that i think i was able to build a good foundation for the rest of the plot-which might go a bit AU fair warning-so enjoy.

Chapter: 1-Prowl

Being raised by demons meant that as he grew up Ryan was taught about the more animalistic sides to the human world, and when he was just a child hardly young enough to remember such lessons he learnt about the animals that watched their prey from the shadows and followed them silently from behind until they found the perfect time to strike: it was called prowling. He liked to prowl he found it made him feel even less of a human and more like a demon or at least an animal like his family were made to look like. As a child he liked this lesson and so he honed it into his most valued and famous weapon.

When he grew up and got a little older so that he was a skilled hunter in the art of stealth and prowling after his prey Ryan learnt that within demon society one would normal search for a mate in the same was as he searched for their prey: quiet and within the shadows while they just observed. This of course made no sense to the young boy of the tender age of eleven, his master had found his own mate by walking up and killing his challenger for her and had claimed her as his queen, what would prowling for one do? As a child he forgot this lesson as he deemed it unnecessary and focused on the harder aspects of his training.

It wasn't until he saw the red ranger: one Carter Grayson that Ryan realized the reason why some Demons observed their mates before they tried to claim them. When he first saw the male from his hiding spot in the shadow he had been enchanted with the male in red: by the way he held himself and the way he walked and found himself silently following the other so that he could get to know the other better and then form his plan in the same way he would a battle.

Time slowly rolled on and slowly but surely Ryan began to notice things about the strange red ranger who had caught his attention so quickly: he saw that he liked to stare out in the sunset one clear days and would rather take an injury for a teammate rather than allow them get harmed. When he himself had realized just how far Carter's loyalties ran he found himself noticing that the red ranger would have made a very good demon, what with his inner strength and fierce battle presence Ryan could see him as a good warrior and would have been proud to battle alongside him.

A month after he had begun his 'prowling' Ryan had been found out by his fellow clan mates who had saw him shadowing the red ranger and had questioned his motives stating that the red ranger was for their master to kill and no one else. He had held nothing back when they had told him that: no one was the harm Carter to the point of death not even Master: if Carter died then he couldn't watch his eyes sparkle in excitement or watch him ignore his own Master's orders because it didn't suit him at that moment in time.

He had made that clear when he had gripped the young demon around the throat and squeezed the life out of him to the point where he was wheezing in fear for what he had been sure was his oncoming death and he had snarled loudly "What I do with the Grayson is my business: do not interfere"

After that moment all the other demons had left the Carter situation alone: even Vipra! Which had left him to watch his interest growing in strength every day, and then of course he had stolen the Titanium morpher and used it to make himself strong as well. While he had always known that he had been strong and had been highly trained to kill there was just something about the power that flowed through him when he morphed that made his bond with the titanium morpher addictive and made him morph time after time without a second thought as to what he was doing: it may or may not have had something to do with the fact when he did he got to fight Carter up close like he had dreamt about so many times while he had prowled after him silently.

"Ryan you don't need to do this" the pink ranger always seemed to like screaming at me at the most annoying moments and if it was up to him he would just kill the infuriating blonde and be done with it: but he wasn't stupid, he had spent weeks prowling around the team and observing the relationships he held with his little fire fighter and he wasn't blind to the one he had with the young pink ranger.

The two of them had a sibling like relationship-although he could see that the blonde female wanted something more with the red ranger-and Carter cared for her greatly meaning that he couldn't harm her in fear of alienating any chance he had of enchanting the leader as he had been. Because now after fighting him u close Ryan knew that he could never let the red ranger leave him and wanted some sort of bond with the male: even if it was just the bond that the young female Mitchell had with him.

One day though he had been training with his master to help control his new powers a little easier when he had found out that Vipra had sent one of her poisonous minions after Carter and had infected him with a deadly poison that while it wouldn't kill him-even she had been a bit afraid of his show when the squid demon had taunted him earlier-would cause him extreme pain and keep him bed ridden for weeks so that the team would be weaken without their leader making them an easier target. When he heard this the first thing he had felt was blind cold fury flowing through his veins like ice at the idea of Vipra hurting his Carter when suddenly he realized that maybe this was a good thing so he had found the poisonous demon and asked about her poison.

"Why would you want to know Ryan" She said drawling out his name while raping her claws on her forearm while giving him a highly amused glance "It's not like it's gonna kill him or anything: just cause him a bit of suffering that's all"

When the demoness said this so flippantly as if Hurting his red ranger was nothing so special or punishment worthy-and while it wasn't technically it wouldn't have stopped Ryan from harming her anyway-Ryan had to stop himself from lashing out and striking the loyal warrior, but he had reigned in his reactions and instead bared his canines in a feral smile which he knew all the demons-female and male-found flattering and decided to play it charming instead. "Because if I know how long it's going to take for him to get better then I can formulate a plan to get him to trust me: trust us" he said like it was obvious.

Vipra stared at him in awe and shock at his initiative and then nodded quickly before yelling for the demon that poisoned Carter to come to her immediately and then painfully made him tell him about the poison-probably hurting the ugly snake demon more pain then was really necessary but who was Ryan to judge it was her demon warrior. "It will fully leave his systems in nine days" the snake demon squealed when Vipra dug her claws into his hide drawing small drops of his ugly black blood.

Nine days Ryan thought as Vipra let her warrior go with a fond pat to his head and a quick thank you, he had nine days to convince Carter that the demons would help him and weren't his enemies: he could do it he'd done harder things in less time. "Well that is plenty of time" he commented as his plan formulated in his head.

The viper demoness eyes him for a moment and then sighed in a bored manner as if she was tired of the topic of conversation "Whatever Ryan, just don't get yourself killed" she said drily "I'd hate to have to tell Master that you got yourself killed because of a crush: and one on a human at that"

Smirking at the concern he heard coming from the Vipra's voice Ryan nodded and then cocked his head to the side "I think you're forgetting something" he said his voice dark and dangerous "I don't die" he growled when the viper demon arched her eyebrow. Rolling her eyes at the younger man's enthusiasm Vipra waved the other off and the strut down the halls of their base towards her chambers not even bothering to check if Ryan was moving or leaving the base as was her duty.

Grinning in excitement as his plan to form in his head Ryan lept from the base and used all the prowling skills and stealth abilities he possessed so that he could once again sneak onto the Lightspeed Rescue base-seriously they needed much better security measures-and quickly found Carter's room and let himself in silently when he was sure he wasn't caught on any cameras. When he spotted the usually fit and handsome red ranger on the bed he felt his breath catch at how weak the other looked.

Pale, breathing shallow, shaking and sweaty bullets this Carter Grayson was not the same Carter Grayson that he fought on the battlefield or prowled after for weeks: this Carter Grayson was weak and helpless, he was vulnerable and could be killed at any moment: hell if he wanted to he could kill him and the red ranger would never know any different: but that was not what he was there for, no he had something a lot more different in mind, because how would killing the fire fighter help his plight or his mission to get Carter to see demons as the true species?

Taking a quick glance of the room Carter laid in Ryan snorted at the bareness he had and then looked down at the man on the bed and easily swept him up into his arms sniffing the males scent carefully to see how far along the toxin was in his blood. When he inhaled enough Ryan could tell that the poison only just set in which meant he had nine whole days to get Carter to fall into his trap. Smiling as his plan came into action the demon raised child holstered the red ranger into his arms, when Carter nuzzled into his chest affectionately Ryan didn't even try to stop it when his smile turned feral.

Then using the skills he had been honing since he was a little child and he had learnt that the animals of this earth had most beautiful skills then the humans did, and then perfected into a great and feared weapon Ryan managed to get Carter out of the base unnoticed where he then broke into a run until he reach a cave he had prepared earlier for his plan and laid the red ranger on the ground carefully making sure he was positioned on the moss he had gathered as not to harm his back.

Brushing back a sweaty bang that had stuck to his forehead during his run Ryan smiled down at the handsome man in front of him warmly "Don't worry Carter: I'm gonna take care of you" he whispered leaning down next to the others ear as his eyes turned dark and his smile turned wicked "And then you'll see that it's the demons you should be working for"

With that he sat up and began humming a lullaby that he had been taught when he was younger and learning how to prowl the first time, thinking back to that time Ryan remembered when he was told that a predator that prowled and used stealth to attack his opponents had a higher chance of getting their prey then say someone who had a head on attack. Glancing down at Carter who was moaning softly in pain while sleeping Ryan couldn't help but notice that his tutor had been right: when it came to getting what one wanted: Stealth and Speed always won over brute strength because it was all due to his prowling that he had been able to get his prize.

Well how was the second fic?