Kira watched her group of kids as they tried to find a place to sleep. It didn't matter to her. She had brought her own tent to protect herself from the elements. She was just praying they would stop soon so she could curl up in her sleeping bag and pass out.

"Under the trees!" Sam frowned. "They'll protect us in case it rains!"

"No, there's a river not far from here," Mike argued, using his water powers to locate a water source. "If we make it there, we'll be able to take baths and drink."

"Eww, drink your pee water?" Hayden frowned.

"You did it when we were kids," Mike laughed, "In the tub."

"Never again!" Hayden yelled, putting her hands to her ears to block out her cousin.

Summer's head fell onto her sister's shoulder, telling Sam that her little sister was getting tired, and fast.

"Let's just stop here for now. We can walk to the river tomorrow morning. That way I don't have to drag heavy-weight over here." Sam smiled, pointing to her sister.

"I'm not heavy!" Summer frowned. "I weight the same as you!"

"Not asleep," Sam reminded her.

"Alright, fine," Mike groaned. "We'll sleep here."

"Hallelujah!" Hayden called out, throwing her hands up in the air. Her cousins watched as the dirt flew up around her. As the blonde slowly dropped to the ground, the dirt fell over her, coving her like a blanket. "Goodnight!"

And with that, the youngest was asleep.

"Curse you Ninjas," Summer growled, looking around at the trees. She found the perfect one and jumped up on the lowest branch. She sat down, with her back against the tree trunk and fell asleep.

"I'll sleep wherever you're not," Sam smirked. Mike smiled back at her as he sat down beside a rock. He rested his arms on it and put his head on top. Sam smiled at her cousin and looked around for somewhere to sleep. That's when she noticed her mother crawling into a tent.

"Mommy," she gently called out. Kira turned around in her tent and smiled softly.

"I'm not the one being tested, you are," she explained. "You might end up in the same situation as a Ranger and you have to know how to make the best of it. Find somewhere else to sleep."

Sam inwardly growled at her mother as she turned away. She noticed the ground under her feet was flat, so she decided to use it as a bed.

-----The-Rebellion-Begins-----

Sam woke up to a loud scream. She was forced to cover her ears as she looked around. Only two people could make that scream. Her mother... and her sister.

"HELP!" Summer called, dropping out of her tree and taking off into the forest. Looking up at the sky, she realised it was still dark, and Summer could easily get lost on her own.

"Summer!" she yelled, hoping that her voice could calm her sister. She stepped forward to run after her sister, but a figure jumped down from the same tree as Summer. Samantha couldn't make out what it was. All she could see were glowing red eyes as it slowly turned towards her. The glow grew slowly as the figure prepared to blast the older twin.

Suddenly, the figure was tackled to the ground.

"Get away from my cousin!" Hayden yelled, punching the figure. Sam ran up behind her cousin and finally made out what had attacked Summer.

"It's a robot!" she gasped. Other than her Uncle Mack, she had not met a single robot who did not want to kill her.

The robot's lasers were fully charged as a blast came up, hitting Hayden straight on. Samantha was thrown back from the energy waves, hitting her head on the tree. She shook it off and ran to her cousin's side.

"You okay?" she asked. Hayden had landed face down on the ground, unmoving. Sam rolled her over and saw a burn mark on Hayden's chest. Though the wound was slowly healing, she was still worried. "Hay, you conscious? Or are you going to be heavyweight?"

"Not... fat," Hayden coughed, opening her eyes. Sam smiled, pulling her cousin in a hug.

"I'll never get rid of you," she laughed.

"If you girls are done with your moment, we have a season to save!" Mike called, running into the forest. "Power of Thunder!"

A navy lightning bolt struck down from the sky as Mike held up a branch. The lighting hit the branch dead on, lighting a fire. Mike wasn't normally a thunder, but a few lessons from his father taught him enough to call upon lightning.

"Follow me!" he called to the girls. Sam helped her cousin up before rubbing her head. Hayden noticed and reached down to the ground for a rock. She found a sharp one and used it to cut her hand. Once the bleeding started, she put her hand to the back of Sam's head. Her blood soaked her cousin's head wound, quickly healing it.

"Thanks kiddo," Sam smiled.

The two girls ran after Mike, using the fire from his torch to find him. Another bolt of lightning shot down from the sky.

"Mike's probably trying to help Summer find us," Hayden yelled out, jumping over a log on the ground. Samantha nodded as she ran behind her cousin.

"Well he better be careful," Sam frowned. "I don't wanna be fried."

"Guys!" Mike called. "I found her!"

Hayden and Sam exchanged looks of relief before running towards his voice. They found their oldest cousin kneeling by a cave and looking in the small hole.

"She ran in there," he explained. "I can't fit inside though."

Sam dropped beside him, looking inside the cave. "Summer! It's okay! The robot's gone now!"

Kira stepped over a rock and leaned up against a tree, clutching the walkie-talkie in her hand as she watched the kids.

Though the kids couldn't see Summer, they heard her whimper in fear.

"How did you get in there anyways?" Mike frowned, noticing the rocks sticking out from the sides of the cave, making it almost impossible to get inside without getting hurt.

"Summer, the robot's gone," Sam repeated. "You can come out. I promise you, you're safe."

Samantha knew her sister was scared. She, Summer and Mike were only fifteen when Venjix took over, attacking with his army of robots. The robots destroyed their old home and forced them to move to Corinth City. Many cities had fallen to Venjix's army; their home town was one of them.

Though everyone had lost everything, Summer had lost a lot more. Her best friend from school had been attacked by the robots and had died. He tried to protect her from the army, but fell at their hands, in front of Summer.

For a year afterwards, Summer had been haunted by nightmares of the army returning to destroy Corinth city. Every night for a year, Conner would have to come into their room in the middle of the night, and crawl into bed with his youngest daughter, telling her that Corinth was safe, and nothing was going to hurt her.

"Summer," Hayden called. "I'll beat the shit out of the robot if it ever comes back, promise!"

"You're going to have to go in there and pull her out," Sam suggested, turning to Hayden.

"No!" Mike yelled, getting between Sam and Hayden. "I don't care if she can heal, we can't risk Summer getting hurt on her way out. I can find a way to break off the rocks so it's an easy exit."

Behind Mike's back, Hayden squeezed into the hole. She didn't feel the shark rocks digging into her skin, and she was thankful her powers decided to make her numb to this, instead of the blast. She rubbed her chest as she thought of the attack.

"Hayden, can you help me... Hayden?" she heard Mike's voice.

"In here!" Hayden called, laughing as her voice echoed in the tunnel.

"Damn it!" Mike yelled, his voice echoing in the cave. Hayden brought her hands up to her ears and frowned.

"My ears are still sensitive to pain!" she reminded the Thunder Ninja. "Or rather... were! Thanks Mike!"

"No problem, Hay," Mike whispered nervously.

Crawling over the final rock, which scratched up her stomach as she passed over it, Hayden reached Summer and smiled, sitting next to her.

"You're afraid of robots, and yet you make it in here no problem," she laughed. She was already bloody from her entrance, so she wiped her hand over her stomach, then touched one of Summer's cuts.

Thanks to her blood, she was temporarily allowed Summer to heal.

"Now," Hayden smiled, wrapping an arm around her cousin's shoulders. "Let's do that again!"

Suddenly, the sharp rocks along the wall and roof of the exploded as a rock landed just in front of the two girls.

"You idiot! What if that hit them?" Sam yelled.

"Girls?" Mike called into the cave. "You alive?"

"Covered in dirt!" Hayden called back, coughing as she looked over at Summer. "But we're fine."

Outside the cave, Mike turned, giving Sam his cocky smile.

"You're totally adopted," Sam sighed, shaking her head in disbelief. They helped the younger ones out of the cave, happy nothing worse had happened.

There was a rustle in the forest. Kira's who was still watching her kids, turned in its direction. She hadn't planned a second attack just yet. She brought the walkie-talkie close to her mouth, ready to call Kaylee in case something went wrong.

"We heard a scream," Nathan said as he walked out from the trees. Kira breathed a sigh of relief, knowing it was just Nathan. "I came to see if you guys were..."

Nathan stopped when he saw Hayden, holding Summer. The light from Mike's fire shone on her face.

"... hot," he continued. "I mean... alright... right?"

"We're fine," Hayden smiled, looking up at the boy. "And of course we're hot. We're in the freaking jungle!"

Nathan rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Well, um... we have a first aid kit back at our camp," he said. "Do guys need anything?"

"Thanks to Hayden, no," Mike smiled, tapping his cousin on the back. "But do you have water?"

"Aunt Tori would be ashamed," Sam laughed as Mike took a canteen from Nathan and gulped down the water.

"That was good," Mike said, wiping the water from his mouth before throwing the canteen into the dark forest. "Now leave us alone."

As Mike led the girls away, Hayden walked up to Nathan. "Sorry about Mike, he's a little protective. He gets that from his mom."

"No worries," Nathanial smiled. "We've got a bunch of water back at the camp. And I'm sure your Mom won't mind me helping your cousin."

"Just be sure tell her it's Tori's son and not Blake's," Hayden smirked. Nathan looked at her curiously. "It's a long story. Hell, it's older than you are."

Nathan laughed as Hayden stepped away to join her friends. He reached out before she got too far and grabbed her arm.

"Hey, if you want more water... there's a river not too far from here," Nathanial smiled. "Meet me here tomorrow and I'll show you where."

Hayden turned back to Nathan, biting her lower lip nervously. "Won't your friends get jealous?"

"Hey, we have to work together to earn the RPM position," Nathan reminded her. "And anyways, it won't be fair if we ever have to fight, and you guys are dehydrated."

"I'll meet you here at sunrise," Hayden smiled.

-----The-Rebellion-Begins-----

Hayden found Nathan, standing against a tree as he waited for her. The sun was just rising on the horizon, shining on Nathan's face. Hayden noticed a black eye that had not been there the night before.

"Did you hit your head on something?" she laughed. "Or rather, you're eye?"

Nathan frowned, bringing his hand up to his eye. "No... My sister found out about me helping you guys out. She's got a mean left hook."

"Sister?" Hayden frowned as Nathan led her further into the jungle. "Chloe's your sister? Oh, just wait until I tell Mike. He's going to FREAK!"

"I personally don't want our teams to fight," Nathan smiled. As he stepped over a log, and jumped down back on the path, he extended his hand to help Hayden down.

"So, why would Chloe be mad that you're helping us?" Hayden asked. "I'm guessing Zack and Alexander didn't want to lose their lead, but Chloe didn't seem like a bitch... no offense."

"None taken," Nathan laughed. "But my family's a bit... well, they're like a donkey's ass."

"An ass's ass," Hayden laughed, remember the joke between her and her cousins. "I'll look out for you guys then."

"Well, you don't have to look out for me," Nathan smiled, pushing away a few stray branches, revealing the river. "I promise I won't hurt you guys. I want to win the Green suit fair and square."

"Same here," Hayden smiled. "I need to sport the Pink one... for my sister."

A tear came to her eye, stopping Nathan from asking. Instead, he jumped into the water cupping the water in his hand and throwing it at her. Hayden screamed playfully as she followed him, jumping into the water.

From in the trees, Alex watched the sight below, growling as his cousin bonded with the blonde on the other team. Sure Kaylee had told them to work together, but that didn't mean he had to be all buddy-buddy with the small one.

Then again, this was a survival of the fittest, and if Hayden didn't pay attention to the dangers in her surroundings, then she wouldn't be fit to serve on the Ranger team. Alex was going to make sure Kaylee realised that her daughter was not the right person to wear RPM Pink.

But he was going to have to be subtle about it. If Kaylee found out he was plotting to bring the other team down, he would be kicked out for sure.

Though it was a nasty thing to do, Alex saw it as helping. If Hayden couldn't survive what he had planned for her, then she would never make it against Venjix and his army.

-----The-Rebellion-Begins-----

A few hours later, Kaylee was leading her team into a clearing, where the first battle was going to begin. Alex rolled his eyes as he followed the blonde. He already knew where they were going. He had tampered with the other team's challenge, hoping to knock out at least one of them.

Zack and Chloe were also in on the plan. Alex told them all about it when Kaylee wasn't around. They just needed to break the news to Nathan, so he could help out. They knew it was going to be hard, seeing as he had fallen for Hayden.

"We're here!" Kaylee smiled, hopping over to Kira.

"So, what do we do?" Chloe asked, seeing two dummies standing on a pole, sticking out of the ground.

"Beat that thing up," Kira said matter-of-factly.

"That's it?" Nathan laughed. "It's a fat scarecrow."

"Only one of you can attack it though," Kaylee smiled. "The others are going to be tied to that tree over there."

"The enemy has captured your team-mates. You're the only Ranger left. Their fate lies in your hands. If you beat the enemy, you and your friends get to walk off. But if you lose, you're obviously dead, and your friends are doomed to whatever fate Billy gives them," Kira continued.

"Billy?" Hayden frowned. She turned to her mother, knowing only Kaylee could give a scarecrow a name like that.

"What? He's got the glasses!" Kaylee laughed.

Kira rolled her eyes. "So far, Kaylee and I have been giving, and taking points from your teams. Fighting has cost you points and teamwork has given you some."

"My team has earned a total of twelve points," Kaylee smirked. "Working together six times, times two points every time."

The group of kids cheered, high-fiving each other in celebration.

"But they've also lost six. I had to take off one point every time you guys fought over something stupid."

"And my team has six as well," Kira smiled.

"If you're the first to beat the scarecrow and untie your friends, then you'll earn your team ten points."

"Kaylee and I will be the judges. You may not help your friends until we've told you that Billy's dead."

"Hayden, Summer, Sam and Mike," Kaylee called. "Choose one person from my team who will not be tied up."

"Same for my team, Alex, Zack, Chloe and Nathan." Kira smiled. "You have five minutes to talk. Make sure you choose someone who will help you win. Have no mercy for the other team. Venjix won't have any for you."

Kira and Kaylee turned their backs to the kids. In this game, anything was fair play.

Alex pulled his team into a huddle.

"Nathan, go examine the scarecrow," he told his cousin. "But listen in on their plans. When you know which one of us is going to fight, tell us so we can choose one of them."

Nathan nodded, breaking from the huddle and running to Billy.

"So who do we send?" Zack asked, knowing Alex had only sent Nathan away to keep him from hearing the plan.

"Hayden can heal, so it would be pointless to hurt her now," Alex thought out loud. "And that Summer kid seems pretty pissed off about the robot attack. She might end up destroying Billy before getting hurt."

"What about Mike?" Chloe suggested. "I don't like him."

"That's just 'cause he hit on you," Zack laughed.

"He called me a mule's ass!"

"He said you were worth more than a mule's ass."

"Guys, it's not going to be Mike. His rivalry with Nathan's going to knock him out," Alex yelled.

"So we send Sam out," Chloe smiled. "I'm with it. I've always hated twins."

Zack and Alex looked strangely at her. "And what are you and Nate? Brother and sister born freakishly close together?"

"Identical twins," Chloe frowned. "I hate identical twins. They freak me out!"

Nathan ran back to his team, joining the huddle. "They want to send you out, Alex."

"Alright... so then we should send..." Alex paused, pretending to think. "Sam."

"Why?" Nathan frowned.

"Hayden can heal, so it would be stupid to have her fight. She doesn't have to worry about hurting herself on the scarecrow. She'll fight full contact and beat that thing up before I can touch it."

"What about Mike?" Nathan asked.

"Too protective; he might unleash some inner strength and clobber the thing."

"Summer?"

"Hello! A scream that can destroy cities! I am not fighting beside that."

"Alright, Sam it is," Nathan smiled.

Kaylee and Kira called out for the two teams to come together. When they did, Alex and Mike stepped forward, telling the two mothers who they had chosen.

"Sam."

"Alex."

"Alright," Kaylee said. "Chloe, Nathan, Zack, come with me. I'll tie you to a tree."

Kaylee stopped in her tracks before bursting out in laughter. "That's a weird thing to say."

Kira rolled her eyes again. If this kept up, she was afraid her eyes were going to stay stuck in that one motion.

Kira waved her hand as Mike, Summer and Hayden followed.

A few minutes later, all six were tied to a tree. Kaylee and Kira stood by the two Billys, and Alex and Sam were ready to attack it.

"On the count of three, you beat the shit out of Billy," Kira announce. "One, two... three!"

Sam lunged for her Billy, only to jump back when its arm swiped at her.

"WHAT THE HELL!" she yelled.

"Oh yeah... it fights back," Kaylee laughed.

Sam groaned, while Alex just smiled. His plan was working better than expected.

As he fought his scarecrow, he kept glancing at Sam. She was making quick work of Billy and was getting closer and closer to her doom.

He knocked the head off his Billy, finally getting the all clear from Kaylee to help his team, when he heard Sam scream in pain.

"SAMMY!" Kira yelled, forgetting her role as mentor as her mother instincts took over. She ran over to her daughter's scarecrow and turned it off by snapping it in two. Looking up at Kaylee, the former green Ranger knew to stop the challenge.

"SAM!" Summer called once Kaylee untied her from the tree. She ran over to her mother and sister to get a better look at what had happened. When she looked down at Sam, she saw a knife was in her older sister's stomach. Years of watching Hayden regenerate helped her keep her breakfast down, as Kira rolled Sam onto her back.

Hayden reached for the knife her mother was holding, But Mike caught her hand and stopped her.

"You've bleed too much in these past two days," he told her. Though she could heal any injury, loss of blood was the one thing that could kill her. "Don't risk it, Hay."

Hayden looked up at her mother, begging her to allow her to help Sam, but Kaylee agreed with Mike.

"Sam'll be fine. I radioed Leanne already. She's on her way," Kaylee assured the sixteen year old.

"Who did it?" Summer yelled, walking over to the other group. She grabbed the head that Alex had kicked off and threw it at the team. "WHO THE HELL PLANTED THAT KNIFE!"

Kaylee quickly grabbed hold of her niece, holding her back. "Summer, you can't be sure they did it. It could have been an accident."

"It wasn't an accident!" Summer yelled, glaring daggers at the others.

"Nathan, do you know anything about the knife?" Kaylee asked. She knew the kids were troubled ones, the kind that could usually be found in detention or boot camp, but she knew Nathan was honest.

"I... I have no idea," Nathan answered honestly.

Summer didn't like the answer, but she accepted it. She walked back to her sister and sat next to her as they waited for Leanne to arrive. Kira had wrapped a bandage around the knife and the wound to keep it from moving, and to prevent any more blood loss.

"Just one drop, mom," Hayden begged.

"Hayden, I said no," Kaylee frowned. "Samantha will be fine. Worst comes to worst I'll give her mine. I still have the gem in me."

"Hayden, we won't let you guys get hurt," Kira said through tears.

"Yeah, this coming from the same people who told us things out here could kill us," Alex scoffed.

"We made this challenge!" Kira yelled. "This was ours. No one was supposed to get hurt!"

Kaylee put her hand on her friend's shoulder, calming Kira down.

"No one will be hurt," Leanne smiled as she appeared from the forest. She walked up to Samantha, who had been conscious the whole time.

Looking over the wound once, her smile widened. "Not too bad. This should be easy."

"Really?" Summer smiled.

"Yeah," Leanne smiled. "Looks like one of Kaylee's injuries from Ninja Storm."

As Leanne worked her magic on Sam, with Kira, Summer and Kaylee standing close by, Mike walked up to the other team, anger the only expression on his face.

"If I find out any of you tampered with Billy, I will kill you," he threatened. "No one messes with the girls and gets off scot-free."

"You think you're so tough," Alex laughed. "We're going to be the ones in the RPM suits. Face it. You're team of girls can't take on the computer army. One of them's afraid of robots!"

Mike shoved Alex into his team as he got ready to fight. Hayden and Nathan sensed it and put themselves between the two "leaders".

"This is pointless, Mike," Hayden said. "You beating the shit out of Alex isn't going to help anyone."

"Yeah, and you and Nathan hanging out is?" Mike frowned. "I know you left camp to meet up with him. I heard you at sunrise!"

Hayden took a breath. She looked up at her cousin. "We all have to work together."

"I'm not working with people who stab Sam! No matter how much she and I butt heads!"

"We can't prove that they stabbed her. For all we know, it's a freak accident. Maybe one of the robots got to the challenge before we did and planted it there."

Mike backed down, realising his cousin was right. Though he would never tell Summer why he believed the others were innocent.

"Walk away, coward!" Alex called, tucking his hands under his armpits and flapping his arms like a chicken. "Run away with the little girl!"

"Drop it, Alex," Nathan frowned. "It's not worth it."

Alex smiled, watching until Mike and Hayden were out of earshot.

"She can't survive in a war against the robot army," he said. "Little Hayden would never make it passed round one."

"What are you talking about?" Nathan asked. "She's tough... they all are!"

"Listen to me, Nate," Alex smiled. "We've been out on the streets longer than they have. We've seen our fair share of fights and made it out. These kids are still sheltered by their mommies. Mike, Sam and Summer would die before they can even morph, and poor Hayden'll be tortured until she dies of old age! Do you really want that for her?"

Nathan shook his head. Alex had a point. If Hayden couldn't die... then she would be capture and tortured until she either died, or Venjix and his army let her go.

"It's not fair to them, but if we knock them all out now, they won't have to go through that. They'll be safe and sound in their homes, while we save this city, and the world! You can be her knight in shining green spandex."

"You did hurt Sam!" Nathan yelled, but found his mouth was quickly covered by his sister's hand.

"It's in her best interest," Chloe smiled.

"No way!" Nathan frowned. "I'm not doing that to Hayden... to any of them!"

"Alright... let them die as Rangers. Live with the guilt for the rest of your life," Alex turned to walk away, his cousins following him.

"Wait..." Nathan called.

A smile crossed Alex's lips before he turned back to Nathan. "Yes?"

"I'll do it... but only because I don't want Hayden to get hurt... and I want the green suit."

"Alright," Alex smiled, clapping his hands together. "We need you to play innocent. Make friends with Hayden. That way if she ever questions the attacks on her friends, you can steer her assumptions away from us."

"It's all to protect them," Chloe smiled. "She'll thank you one day."

"Imagine the green power!" Zack added, wrapping an arm around his cousin. "Isn't that worth a little betrayal? Why take Hayden, when all the girls in the city would want you?"

"When Sam's healed up, I'll ask Hayden if she wants to meet up at the river to discuss what happened today," Nathan smiled. "Plan your next attack while she's distracted."

-----The-Rebellion-Begins-----

As the day came to an end, Leanne finished up with Sam, and allowed her to go back to camp with her family. Kaylee took her usual group back to their chosen campsite.

Before they were split up, however, Nathan pulled Hayden aside, asking her out, like planned. Hayden had accepted, much to the dismay of Samantha and Mike.

Once they were home, Kira retreated into her tent, telling Samantha to call if she needed anything.

Samantha dropped her stuff and clutched her stomach as she walked over to her cousin.

"Are you really going to see him after what happened today?" she asked.

"He didn't do it!" Hayden tried to tell the blonde, but Samantha wouldn't hear it. She didn't trust the other kids. Their looks had told her not too. She had no idea what her mother and her Aunt saw in them, but it couldn't have been anything good.

"Who's to say he didn't?" Sam asked. "Who's to say he's not lying to you? Like Uncle Blake did to Aunt Tori? Like Trent did to my mom? Miratrix to Uncle Dax? It's not that uncommon Hayden! It could happen to you!"

"You're just sour because you let your guard down!" Hayden yelled. "You just can't admit that you made a mistake! It always has to be someone else's fault!"

"Hayden... even before this..." Sam pointed to her stomach. "I didn't trust them! Even when Nathan zwopped up to make sure we were fine... I didn't trust him. It's a feeling I have!"

"Well I trust him! It's a feeling I have!" Hayden yelled. "How do we know who's right?"

"By being careful," Sam frowned. "Don't hang out with him. I won't let you."

"Don't tell me what to do," Hayden snapped. "You may have my sister's name, but you are not Samantha! Don't act like my older sister, because you're not her."

"This isn't about me being Samantha!" Sam groaned. "It's about you getting hurt."

"I can't get hurt!" Hayden frowned, reminding her cousin of her powers.

"Physically, no, but emotionally?" Sam took a breath, trying to calm herself before she blew her top. "Hayden, I don't care if he breaks your arm off, or attacks you with a knife, as weird as that sounds. I just don't want him to turn out evil!"

"He cares about me, okay?" Hayden sighed. "Apparently he's the only one around here who wants me to be happy!"

"I want you to be happy, Hay," Sam said, placing one of her hands on Hayden's shoulder, while the other cradled her stomach. "That's why I'm telling you to-"

"You're not my sister!" Hayden yelled. "You're not even really my cousin! You're not Samantha and you never will be!"

Sam screamed in frustration. She wanted to punch the lights out of the younger girl for not listening, but because her stomach was still hurting, she couldn't. So instead, she tried to settle with words.

She succeeded with words, but failed at using the right ones.

"You don't have a sister! She died! She never existed! She was just a little blob when Marah killed her! A blob can't be a sister! I'm the best you got, so deal with it!"

Quickly realising she had offended the young Brooks girl; Sam pulled her hand away and looked at Hayden apologetically.

"Hay... I didn't mean that... I know you love Sammy... even if she's gone. I... Hayden..."

"Save it," Hayden frowned, getting up and running into the forest.

Looking out from her tent, Kira grabbed a small notepad and a pen. She wrote something down on the paper, then threw her pen at her daughter. The pen hit the older twin in the head, forcing her to look at her mom.

"Ow!" she frowned. "What was that for?"

"Being an idiot," Kira sighed. "I'll go make sure she's okay."

"But, I thought you couldn't interfere," Sam smirked. "I should go-"

"You may be in training, Sammy, but Hayden's hurting because of you. I'm going to go fix it. You watch your cousin and sister while I'm gone."

Kira took off into the forest, in search for her niece. If anything happened to Hayden, outside of challenges of course, Kaylee would kill her. Why couldn't Kaylee and Dustin have had multiple kids like her and Tori? Then there would at least be a spare kid if Hayden did die.

Zack smiled, looking down at the other team's camp from a tree. Not only was Hayden gone, but Kira as well. She wouldn't be able to take points away from his team for what he was about to do.

And Kaylee would think an animal attacked her family, so she wouldn't take points off.

Looking down once again, Zack noticed that Summer had passed out in another tree. If he was quiet, she wouldn't have any idea what had happened.

And Mike wouldn't be around to tell anyone.

-----The-Rebellion-Begins-----

Hayden made her way to the river, running into Nate as he was filling up his canteen. She fell back, but he was there to catch her. As he steadied her, he noticed the tear stains on her cheeks.

"Are you okay? You didn't get hurt, did you?"

Hayden shook her head, wiping away her tears with her sleeve. "No, I can't, remember?"

"Right," Nate smiled. "So, what brings you to the river, if you have two on your face?"

"My cousin's being a prick," Hayden frowned. "She says my dead sister isn't my sister... and she's acting like... like... she's acting like... Hartford."

Nate gasped, though he had no idea how that was an insult; he figured he could play along.

When he let out his breath, there was a long silence. With the sun setting, the temperature was getting cooler. He rubbed his arms to keep warm, and looked over at Hayden to see if she was cold as well, but she stood there.

"You're not cold?"

"No... am I supposed to be?" Hayden smirked. She knew the temperature had dropped, she was just teasing.

"You don't feel it, do you?" Nate asked.

"Slightly, but not enough to freeze."

"Lucky."

There was another silence. Nate took this time to gather up the courage to kiss the blonde before him. He put his hand on the back of her head, and slowly pulled her in.

When she didn't resist, he feel a horrible feeling in his stomach. She liked him... and he was betraying her.

"It's all to protect them; she'll thank you one day."

Chloe's words reminded him why he was hurting her, putting his nervous stomach at ease as his lips met hers.

"There you are!" Kira breathed, appearing from the forest, exhausted from her run. "Don't run off like that when you're pissed off! I was scared you were going lose a finger again!"

Hayden looked down at her hands and counted ten fingers. She showed her aunt and smiled.

It was then Kira noticed she was with a boy. And not just any boy, the cute one from the other team. If only he were twenty years older... Conner wouldn't stand a chance.

"Ohh," she smirked, stepping back into the forest. "I'll just leave you two... but not for long. Remember boy, I have eyes everywhere in this forest! Her pants, and her limbs, stay on! Got it!"

"Got it, Mrs. McKnight," Nate laughed, while Hayden rolled her eyes.

As Kira retreated back into the forest, she pulled out her walkie-talkie.

"Kaylee, you know Nate's away from camp, right?"

"He... he is?"

Kira slapped her hand to her forehead, groaning.

"No... he went into his tent not too long ago, hasn't moved since!"

"Well, he's here, with Hayden."

"'Least they're bonding. Give them each two points."

"That'll make up for Sam's stupidity," Kira laughed.

"Hey! Zack's gone too!"

"Kaylee, you're never watching my kids again!" Kira laughed.

"Is he with you too?"

"Nope. Haven't seen him since the challenge."

"I'll keep a look out for him."

Communication was turned off, and Kira had to take Hayden back to camp before she walked in on something she really didn't want to see.

"Alright, zip up 'dem flies and put your shirt back on. Time for Miss. Brooks to head back," Kira called, walking in on her niece and possible boyfriend.

"Aunt Kira!" Hayden groaned, blushing madly. "Do you have to do that every time I'm with a boy?"

"Yep," Kira smiled. "It's the only way I can make sure you stay a virgin forever! It's a Godmother's job."

"Just great," Hayden groaned. "See you later, Nate!"

"Bye, Hay!"

"AWW!" Kira cooed, pushing her niece down the path home. "You're already using nicknames! Soon you'll making out during challenges and... aww that'll be disgusting and cute!"

"AUNT KIRA!" Hayden yelled.

"The sound of embarrassment. I now know why Conner loved it so much," Kira smiled. She had done her job. Hayden was alive, her pants were still on, and she had fun.