Disclaimer: Lar dee dahr dee dahr…I don't own Power Rangers! Nor the Screen actors! (Though, I wish I could've owned some of the characters…Guess who! XD)
Note: What shall I make Cam forget next? …I don't know…I'll just let it happen! (:D) Oh, Sensei Kanoi the Guinea Pig learns about Cam's current situation… (:O) Oh, and I forgot to tell you guys; this is set, like, Cam's a newbie in being a ranger.
Poisoned to forget?
Chapter 2
After that last attack from a week ago, after Cam had gotten Hunter, awkwardly worried, the rangers were found in the usual place; the sports shop.
In the room—which seems to be a waiting room—Hunter was looking at his morphing device as Blake and the others stared at him, cutting the conversation they've had.
Blake put a hand on his brother's shoulder, making the blond turn his head to his direction. "Dude, what's up? Waiting for another attack or what?" Blake asked.
Hunter sighed and gestured his hands up. "Yeah, you can say that." said Hunter calmly with a hint of both disappointment and worry in his voice. Actually, the older Bradley was waiting for news about Cam's current condition from Sensei Kanoi or Cam himself.
Blake, this time, had worry in his face. It can't be that my brother's a bit too worried, now, is he? Possibly. I know that a friend of ours, Cam in particular, has an illness because of that thing we fought, even though we still don't know what illness he's going through, that he has, but Hunter still needs to chill! At least it's not him. But that didn't sound thoughtful, didn't it? What if Tori was the one who got hit and is locked in her house for a whole week with no permission from her parents to go visit her? … Then, Blake's mind went silent. But Cam isn't like how Tori is to me to Hunter, right? Blake nodded to himself and turned his look back to Hunter.
Just then, the morphing device of Hunter's beeped and a voice was heard. "Cam to Hunter."
It's Cam! Exclaimed Hunter joyfully, gleefully, in his mind. "Go for Hunter." He said immediately after hearing Cam, with a hint of happiness in his voice.
"That evil land octopus is back again, and this time, causing more trouble, and he's got more Kelzaks."
"Where are they?" Hunter asked, yearning to kill the thing to see if Cam got any better.
"They're by Motocross."
Hunter looked at the others, receiving a nod from them. "We'll be there." He said. "Hunter out."
Then, the rangers ran out of the store and to somewhere that no one can see them morph. Hunter looks at everyone behind him as he placed himself at the center. "Ready guys?" Hunter asked, clenching his fist. "Ready." They chorused.
"Okay…Thunder Storm! Ranger Form…HA!" doing the gestures and his transformation cry, flashing into his Crimson Thunder Ranger suit, being followed by his brother who was in his Navy Blue Thunder Ranger suit. "Power of Thunder!"
"Ninja Storm! Ranger Form…HA!" The others chorused, morphing into the Red, Yellow and Blue Rangers. "Power of Wind" "Earth" and "Water".
"Let's go guys!" Then, with Hunter leading them, they ran to the motocross.
The slithering octopus had scared the citizens of Blue Bay Harbor to death; not because of his power, but for hi ugliness. It scoffed. "You guys don't know true beauty!" It said.
"Calm down Yarrik, they're only humans." Said Zurgaine.
The monster known as Yarrik pouted its monstrous mouth. "Yeah, but they called me ugly!"
Zurgaine crossed his arms to his chest and rolled his inexistent eyes. "Pathetic…" He whispered under his alien breath. "Now, where are those pathetic rangers!?"
"Pathetic!? Well, look at the mirror!" shouted the Yellow ranger from behind the evil general. Zurgaine reacted, turning around to see the five rangers. Zurgaine cackled. "Only five rangers!? Where's the Green Ranger!?" Exclaimed Zurgaine, cackling once more.
"Well, you should know he can't fight! Because of that thing!" Exclaimed Hunter, pointing at Yarrik.
"Oh? So, one down, five to go it seems then, huh, rangers?" Zurgaine laughed his evil laugh. "Kelzaks! Attack!" The band of Kelzaks jumped on the rangers, punching them like little children attacking their elders. It was actually easy for the Rangers to get them to stop attacking them; they only wiggled and punched them, then they disappeared.
"Gah! What's with the Kelzaks these days!?" Zurgaine turned to Yarrik. "Deal with these Power Clowns, okay!?" Then, Zurgaine disappeared. The Reptile-formed octopus hissed like a snake with its long and thin tongue, his fangs showing. "Alright Rangers…I will finish you off now…" Two of his tentacles grew and tried to hit them, they fortunately dodged the attacks and cart wheeled their way, meters away from the hideous being.
Blake looked at the others and nodded. "Looks like we're going to have to combine our blasters to finish him off! Ready guys?" Blake looked at them once more; Tori nodded and looked at him. "Ready when you are!"
It didn't take long till they've connected their blasters and strikers together and called forth their weapon. "Thunderstorm Cannon!" Their cannon shot the monster, but did not destroy it. "Hahaha, Rangers—sss!! You will never defeat me when you're only five!"
"What if they had another one?" A familiar voice asked from behind the rangers.
They turned around to see Cam, in his civilian clothes. "Cam!" Tori and Dustin exclaimed. Hunter stared at the Green ranger, a smile on his face behind the opaque visor. Strangely enough, Blake could sense his brother's smile. "Cam? What're you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the Ops, resting?" asked the Red wind ranger.
Cam shook his head. "I can't stay calm there when I know I'm supposed to be fighting."
"Then, alright! Let's destroy him together!" Exclaimed Blake.
But just as Cam was ready to morph, he felt pain in his head. He held his head in a way, pulling on his hair, his eyes shut tight and a groan escaping from his lips.
"You okay, Cam?" asked Dustin, Cam just nodded in response. "Yeah, it's just a little headache…" He lied, pulling his hands away; suddenly having the feeling he'd forgotten something. "What…What was I doing?" Cam asked. Dustin and Blake looked at each other then at Cam. "Weren't you supposed to morph?" Cam was silent for a while till the thought just came in. "Oh, good point. I should be morphing right now." The rangers were confused and turned their look, half at Yarrik and half at the Samurai.
"Samurai storm, ranger form! Ha!" With that, the unexpected happened. There were bolts of lightning—electricity—coming out of Cam, hurting the green ranger. Cam screamed and dropped on the ground. The monster, Yarrik, laughed evilly. "My poison worked! Hahaha!" Then reaching the crimson ranger with his extended tentacle.
With his ninja instincts, Hunter had escaped the reptile's grasp, even managing to pick off some of it's' needles, hurting the creature. It screamed and glared at the rangers. "I'll be back!" Then, it disappeared in the speed of light.
Once Hunter had stored the needles somewhere safe—aka, his pocket—he ran to Cam, both dimorph, and tapped Cam's cheek. "Hey, dude!" Hunter said to the unconscious man. Cam's eyes slowly opened and looked around. "Where…Where am I?" He asked. "Motocross bay." "What am I doing here?" "We were fighting that thing before you passed out." "I passed out?" "Yes you did." "When did I pass out?" "Just now…" "Where are we again?" "…" Hunter fell silent. What's with these questions? He wanted to ask. Maybe it was something about the other attack? It may be so…
—Once they've arrived in the Ninja Ops—
"I believe I know what's happened with my son, now that I've sampled the needle." Sensei Kanoi Watanabe said, hold a small plastic with a needle inside, the needle covered in pink goo.
"What is Cam's problem then, sensei?" asked Hunter, then looking down the hall, expecting Cam to be asleep in his room.
"It seems that this pink liquid is a type of poison that makes him forget things whenever he morphs."
"But if he dimorphs everything will come back right?" Asked Blake. Sensei Kanoi just looked at him and shook his head. "I'm afraid it will get worse every time he morphs. Like, just earlier after you had gotten him back here, I asked him various things and once Cyber Cam had went in his room to visit him, he asked if Cyber Cam was his twin."
"Oh, that must be an awful poison." Said Dustin with a sour look.
"Hey D-dog! It ain't that bad to have a twin bro like me, yo! I'm sure creator-dude was just playin' with Rat-daddy here." Cyber Cam said, appearing on Cam's chair.
They ignored him then asked if he had forgotten anymore.
"Well, he has forgotten where he is and why he's here, and why'd he'd gotten out in the first place…"
"We'll prevent him from morphing." Said Tori.
Sensei Kanoi nodded. "I will entrust the safety and the memory of my son to you, rangers. Keep in mind that he is not to morph, even if it is needed." After receiving a nod from the rangers, Kanoi left.
"Wow that must be tough for Cam, man. I mean, not being able to use his awesome Samurai ranger power because he's loosing memories because of it must be a killer, dude." Said Dustin, landing a hand on Shane's shoulder.
"Yeah, it must be really tough for him not to protect people like we do." Shane replied.
"Oh, come on guys. It's not that bad. I'm sure he'll be better in a matter of days…" said Tori, with sympathy in her voice. Or maybe a couple of weeks… "And after that, I'm sure he's going to gain all his memories back."
"But what if he doesn't gain them?" Blake asked, considering the possibilities.
"We won't let it come to that." Said Hunter seriously, walking out of the room, going to the hall way and entering Cam's room.
Shane looked at Blake. "What's up with your big bro, man?"
"I don't know…But I'm going to find out…"
When Hunter had opened the sliding door, he saw Cam beside it, on the wall, sitting, his knees up to his chest and his arms crossed, resting them on his knees and resting his head on the almost closed gap between his legs and chest. "So, I'm getting Alzheimer's?"
Hunter sighed and closed the door. He sat next to the boy in green pajamas and looked at him, putting a hand on the Asian boy's shoulder. "It's not Alzheimer's, it's just some kind of forgetting poison that that thing had on its' needle things." Said Hunter.
Cam buried his face deeper into his own arms. "Just great…" His words coming out muffled. "I'm just new to this whole ranger thing and on my…what? Fifth day of the job, I get attacked and a week passes, I keep on forgetting things."
Hunter nodded and patted the other boy's back. "I'm sure it'll stop soon. And, pfft! What, possibly, could get any worse? I'm sure you'll gain them back anyway, your memories, I mean."
Cam was silent. "But what if I forget my feelings towards…"
"Huh?"
"…It's nothing…"
A.N: That's about enough for today! Hm, what else should I write for the next chapter? Cam should morph again and forget things? Eh? Eh? EH? Oh, well, I need suggestions. Oh, I hope I got Cyber Cam's persona right. Oh…well…R&R peeps! CyberLindley Out! Peace y'all! Oh, and remember, a kid needs to be chill-axin, so I might not be that fast when updating in the future. Later dudes!
