Pink with Envy

Chapter 7: Good Will Hunter.

"Quitting time!" Blake said switching the sign on the door and clapping his hands together.

"So are we riding?" he asked Hunter. Hunter shook his head and whipped his hand on a rag.

"Can't bro, I got to meet Charlie," Hunter replied.

"Oh yeah, the little bro," Blake said nodding and Neve who came out of the back walked to Hunter's side and leaned up to kiss him quickly before leaning into his side. A week and a half had passed since she had been injured and her wounds were almost completely healed except for some yellow and green bruises. Hunter smiled down at his girlfriend and they all looked over as Dustin came over.

"Wait, there are more of you guys?" Dustin asked.

"Not that kind of brother," Hunter clarified. "I know what it's like to not have a father so I volunteered to help out after school you know, do stuff."

"I think it's sweet," Neve said, smiling at up at him.

"Thanks babe," Hunter said and tightened his grip on her waist softly as to not aggravate what was left from her wounds. He still remembered having to tell Kim that her daughter had first degree burns and cuts and scratches and possibly cracked ribs. He now knew the wrath of a Pink Ranger and he hoped never to inspire the same wrath in Neve who was her mother's daughter no matter how much like her father she was.

"Check it out," Shane said, coming into the store. "Big Air is having a contest for the best live action sports video."

"Let's see," Tori said as she walked over to stand next to Dustin. They took a look at the magazine Shane was holding.

"I'm so going to win," Dustin said taking the magazine.

"Don't you mean you're going to come in second?" Shane taunted with a smirk in place. Dustin looked up confused before nodding and laughing.

"I get it you're calling me out," Dustin said.

"I have a question for you though. How do you expect to win without a video camera?" Neveah asked.

"What about Dustin's?" Blake asked.

"Well if I remember correctly, you taped it to your helmet right before you ran into that big oak tree," Tori said grinning while Neve laughed at her friends expense. Hunter smirked and Blake nodded.

"Cam's got a camera," Blake said. At that realization Dustin and Shane chased each other out of the store.

"Well there they go," Neve said and Tori's eyes widened and she and Blake left together after Blake gave Hunter a pat on the shoulder. Hunter stayed behind to wait for his little buddy and Neve decided to stay as well.

"You must be Charlie," he said as a young boy and his mother walked into the shop.

"You must be Hunter?" The blonde woman looked at the younger girl and smiled before holding out her hand. "I'm afraid I don't know you, I'm Charlie's mom, Karen," the woman said. Neve smiled and the woman's hand.

"Hi, I'm Neveah, Hunter's girlfriend," Neve said and the woman nodded.

"You have no idea how much this means to me, to both of us." Charlie's mother said and Neve and Hunter both smiled.

xXx

Blake, Shane and Dustin were fighting over the magazine as they entered Ninja Ops, with Tori following behind them, trying to voice their own thoughts. Cam, who was sitting at the mainframe, looked up as the others entered behind him.

"Cam, can I borrow you camera?" Blake asked, breaking away from the group and faced the Samurai.

"Dude, I called it in the car!" Dustin protested. Shane nodded

"Dustin did," he agreed "after that. It's all mine."

"Yeah right, dream on," Tori responded shaking her head and tolling her eyes. The Samurai rolled his eyes.

"Hold it," he said

"No one's having anything, until I know what is going on." Shane handed over the magazine.

"Check out page five," he said.

Cam took the magazine and read through it, smirking as he realized what they wanted and making sure to take his time so that by the time he was through they had already sat down on the floor at his feet; like little children in a playschool waiting for story time but were currently bored out of their minds. After a while, the Green ranger looked up and nodded.

"Okay, I'll do it -" He smiled. "- but -" He added, looking up at the Rangers. "I have some conditions. No one touches my camera but me -" He pointed at Dustin "I saw the results of your last outing on 'when good riders go bad'" The other Rangers chuckled at this and he continued. " - and everyone gets equal time on their video's, I cant stand all of this begging."

Dustin's hand shot into the air

"Dustin," Cam said

"Can I go first?" he asked, lowering his hand.

Cam shook his head with a smirk. "No way," he answered as if it was he most obvious thing in the world.

xXx

Hunter and Neve had left Storm Charges with Charlie and had taken him around the town; they were now on their way back to Charlie's house. Neve felt bad for the boy, she didn't know what she'd do without her father. She was a daddy's girl though and always would be.

"Do you like Motocross?" Hunter asked.

"Boring," Charlie replied.

"Basketball?" Hunter tried again.

"No." Neve sighed at this noticing her boyfriends nerves getting agitated. She tightened her grip on his hand which was held in hers and gave him some support.

"Hockey?"

"No."

"Tennis."

"No."

"Soccer?"

"No."

"How about Pizza?" Hunter tried confidently. "Everybody loves pizza."

"I hate pizza," Charlie responded. "Pizza gives me hives, so my mom wont let me eat it." His backpack was partially open and there was a hand held device sticking out; as they passed a near-by bush Marah and Kapri burst out.

"Look, the kid's got the P.A.M!" Kapri said

Marah nodded. "Isn't that Rangers with him?" she asked tilting her head.

"Oh, good call," Kapri said. "I guess that private detective training paid off, huh?" Marah glared at her sister

"Is there anything you wanna do?" Hunter asked, feeling desperate. He really wasn't that great with kids, and anything he'd gotten Charlie to do had mostly to do with Neve who he found was very good with kids. It made him smile and his heart swell to see her with them and he couldn't get the thought of someday having them with her out of his head. But now wasn't the time for that.

"Uh, play this new game I got," Charlie answered. "If that's alright with you?"

"Hey, I love games," Hunter said, trying once again but Neve sighed as Charlie answered.

"Single player only."

"Oh."

"Look, I know what your trying to do," Charlie said "and you don't have too. I've gone this long without a dad, and I really don't need one now." He then turned and ran towards his house. "Mom! I'm home!" he yelled once he opened the door. Hunter looked disappointed and walked away with Neve who snuggled into his side and sighed with him.

"He'll come around, I'm sure of it," Neveah said. Hunter could only hope she was right.

xXx

Later that day, someone rang the doorbell at Charlie's house. Charlie was the one who answered it and was met by Marah and Kapri dressed in girl guard clothing and carrying a basket full of bottles of what appeared to be salsa.

"Who are you supposed to be?" Charlie asked, when he opened the door.

"Hello?" Kapri said. "We're obviously Girl Guards."

"Wanna buy some Girl Guard salsa?" Marah asked.

"We have mild, medium and spicy!" Kapri explained, pointing to each bottle

"Aren't you a little old to be Girl Guards?" Charlie asked, narrowing his eyes. The two Space girls looked towards each other as Marah whispered. "I told you!"

Kapri glared and turned back to Charlie a fake smile on her face. "How about we trade you ALL these, for that thing you have right there?" she suggested

"Sound good?" Marah asked,her grin hopeful.

"Let me see one of those." Charlie reached out his hand and took the bottle offered from Kapri and looked at it, smiling as she had already opened it.

"Yummy, huh?" she asked him, nodding as if it could make all the difference.

He turned the bottle towards her and squeezed it as it hit her in the face. Kapri stood there in shock, as Charlie dropped the bottle and stepped back into his house laughing. "And by the way, Girl Guards don't sell Salsa," he said and with that he shut the door.

"Okay, I don't like him" Kapri said whipping her face while Marah laughed. "Not one bit!"

"You know, I think he's kinda cute," Marah snickered "...but orange is so not your color."

xXx

"Neve you father is on the phone," Kim called and Neve put down her pencil and ran into the kitchen. Neve smiled at her mother and took the phone, plopping down on the couch as she placed it at her ear.

"Hi daddy!" she exclaimed and she heard her father laugh on the other end.

"How are you Princess?" Tommy asked.

"I'm good, better then a few weeks ago." Tommy nodded from his side of the phone and Neve put her feet up onto the coffee table.

"Your mom told me about your injuries, what happened?" Tommy asked, wanting to make sure his daughter was alright. It was common for Rangers to get banged up during battles but most injuries were not as bad as what Kim had described thanks to their suits thought there had been exceptions. Lothor most likely had a grudge against Neveah now and he figured the monster might have been super charged and warned about her before hand.

"It was nothing really. Blake and Cam were under a love spell which made them reckless in battle and Tori was hurt. The spell centered around her so they tried to protect her by taking the hits. I pushed Blake out of the way once and took a blast to my back. The monster was simply faster then I thought before I knew it I had been hit four times and even my Phoenix Shield can't take that much abuse. It was my fault really," Neve said shrugging and Tommy sighed. He hated that his daughter was getting hurt but he knew the risk being a Ranger held.

"I'm proud of you Neve," Tommy finally said and Neve smiled and opened her mouth to speak when the beep came over the silence. Tommy sighed as he heard the beep and then Cam's voice.

"Neve...Kelzaks, downtown," Cyber Cam said and Neve frowned. Cyber Cam but be malfunctioning. Shaking her head she turned back to her conversation.

"Sorry dad, I've gotta go," she said and Tommy nodded.

"I understand, go help your friends." Neve nodded.

"Thanks dad,"

"Neve?' Tommy asked before she hung up.

"Yeah dad?" Tommy smiled from his end with a pride in his eyes.

"May the power protect you."

xXx

Arriving downtown in their Ninja gear the Rangers spotted the problem; two Kelzaks stood in the middle of City Square. They seemed surprised to see the rangers because they stumbled backwards away from them.

"What?" Dustin asked "Two of them? I can handle these two myself"

"Hmmm...that's odd," Neve said, placing her hands on her white-silver and pink ninja gear. Dustin shook his head and started down the steps, before there was a flash and 50 and more Kelzaks appeared.

"Whoa," Dustin said, stumbling backwards as the others took fighting stances. But the Kelzaks started to replicate even more.

"Holly..." Neve trailed off. As the Kelzaks swarmed from behind them and the five Rangers ran down into the center square.

"I don't know about you guys," Shane said, looking around "but I'm starting to feel a little out numbered."

Tori nodded. "I think it's time to morph guys," she said and the all nodded and fell into stance.

"Word," Shane agreed. "Ready?"

"Ready!"

"Ninja Storm!"

"Thunder Storm!"

"Spirit Storm!"

"Ranger Form! Ha!" they all called and once morphed, Blake removed their staff's from his back and started hacking their way through the Kelzaks. Tori and Shane took out their Ninja Swords and started to do the same while Neve took out her Phoenix dagger. Dustin rolled under the attacks, before kicking up at the Kelzak and sending it flying into the mass of Kelzaks surrounding them.

Neve kicked and slashed at the Kelzaks, before jumping up and kicking sideways hitting two more Kelzaks in the stomachs. They tumbled backwards, causing a domino affect as Kelzaks landed on a near-by bench. She then flipped up onto a small fountain wall before kicking on in the head and then holding her dagger out and releasing a mass of pink energy which obliterated around twenty or so kelzaks. She then used a ninja streak to slash some other and gasped as a pack of five came at her.

"Whoa," she cried, as she flipped backwards onto her hands and back onto her feet to avoid an attack.

Tori was busy kicking a whole bunch of Kelzaks away from her, before she jumped onto their shoulders.

"What's with these guys?" she asked, "there are too many of them!" she started to count them. "I cant even count that high"

"And your really good at Maths," Dustin snickered.

"Where did they all come from?" Blake asked as Neve was knocked into him gripping her stomach. The Kelzaks holding Tori, shifted and the blue ranger fell to the ground beneath her. She glanced up as they were about to attack her, but the hit never came as the Kelzaks suddenly disappeared. Blake was mid-kick when his Kelzaks disappeared. "What?"

"Whoa," Neve yelped as she she slashed at air and stumbled before gaining her balance.

"Hey! Let me go!" Dustin yelled, as the Kelzaks threw him into the air, but disappeared before they could catch him. He hit the ground painfully before getting up. When all the Kelzaks had disappeared, the rangers re-grouped and stood confused.

"What -?" Shane questioned, pointing over his shoulder.

"As long as their gone, man -" Dustin said. "- don't ask any questions"

"Where the hell is Hunter, didn't anyone call him?" Neve asked.

"Cam," Blake said, raising his morpher to his mouth. "...did you call Hunter?"

"There's been a glitch in the communication system," Cam answered. "I couldn't give Hunter the alert. There's something weird going on"

"No lie," Dustin agreed.

xXx

It was only about a hour latter that the monster showed up. Two streaks came out of nowhere and slashed at the monster.

"Whoa! I'm getting rocked in the middle of the music flop," the monster said

Hunter and Blake appeared with their Thunder staffs drawn. "Who is this radio head?" Blake asked.

The Monster growled. "Don't touch that dial," he said "- because the radio-bot is coming at you with five hundred bolts of P-P-P-Power!" and it sent jolts of electricity at the two Thunders. There was a pink flash and the alien sparked as it fell to the ground.

"Surprise!" Neve said as she stood a few feet away from it closer to the Thunder brothers who fans drawn. The Wind rangers had arrived and began charging forward. The three jumped forward and slashed at the monster only to get the same treatment as Hunter and Blake. Suddenly the monster vanished.

"What?" Tori asked.

Neve frowned. "He just vanished, but how, why?" she asked.

"Aw man," Dustin exclaimed. "What's up with that?"

Hunter and Blake hurried over to them

"So weird," Shane spoke.

Hunter looked up. "Let me know when you figure it out," he said "I gotta be somewhere."

"Alright," Shane said, and the Crimson ranger took off leaving Neve to huff and shake her head. Though she was happy he was still giving Charlie a chance. She just knew the boy would come around soon enough.

xXx

The radio-bot was standing on top of a cliff and above him was a large black cloud of energy. There was a sudden green streak and Cam appeared, he was fully morphed, and had completed his job in distracting the radio-bot.

"You've been canceled," he said. Jumping forward he slashed at the monster, which merely caught his saber and electrocuted Cam. The Samurai ranger flew backwards just as Neve streaked in morphed.

"Cam!" the Spirit Ranger yelled and she knelt beside him before standing and glaring, pulling out her dagger she fired a stream of pink energy and smiled as they monster was burnt a bit. To her surprise or maybe not a blast was fired at her and Tori who had appeared by her. The Thunders appeared, as the girls hit the ground, Hunter firing several blasts at the alien, and then pulling back as Blake jumped forward and grabbed the alien around the waist with his Navy Antlers, and flipping him over.

"You okay Neve?" Hunter asked as he helped her and Tori up. Neve looked at her boyfriend and nodded before clutching her dagger and drawing a full moon like circle which sparked pink.

"Lets do this together?" Neve asked and Hunter nodded.

"Phoenix Dagger! Spirit Orb!" she called and waited for the moment.

"Thunder Staff!" Hunter said "Full Power!" He run forward and continued to slash at the monster, when he struck sparks flew and Neve took her shot and slashed the dagger.

"Fire!" she yelled and the orb hit the monster and it flew back before getting up slowly badly burned and smoking.

"Kelzaks!" the monster yelled.

The foot soldiers appeared and charged forward. The Thunder, Cam and Neve spun around, shifting their attention to the Kelzaks, but the Wind rangers intercepted them by power sliding into the Quarry on their bikes.

"Nice one!" Neveah yelled, giving them the thumbs up.

Shane saluted her. "Always here to help," he answered.

The Wind rangers then rode forward and fired their lasers before jumping off their bikes and fighting in hand-to-hand combat. Neveah run off to help Dustin, Shane and Tori as Cam turned to the Thunders.

"Hunter! Blake!" he called. "Call it."

The Thunders nodded and created the Thunder Blaster. "Fire!" Hunter commanded as he pulled the trigger and there was a huge blast of energy and it hit the monster. The Thunders pulled apart their weapons, and turned folding their arms over their chests as the monster exploded. But seconds after the monster exploded, he re-grew to the height they were used to. The rangers formed their Megazords, and Neve smiled as she sat beside Hunter.

"This is DJ Drummer, coming at you live!" the radio-bot said. "- so sit back and enjoy the hits." The radio-bot raised his sword, and the Thunders started forward to intercept him.

"Look out!" Hunter followed, as the Thunder Megazord took the hit and the brother's and Neve yelled out as their Zords hit the ground.

"Damn, that wasn't what I had in mind," Neve spoke, wincing.

The monster raised it's sword for another hit, but the Wind rangers stepped up in front of the Thunder Megazord, as they got back to their feet. "Later gators," the monster said, firing an electrical blast at the Wind rangers but Neve hit a button and a large shield appeared in gold and pink to stop it. It was a bit like the Thunder Shields the brothers had but different at the same time.

"Let's turn down the radio!" Cam said, flying in over head, he sent a new disk to the Thunders who took out the monster along with a little help but one of Neve's full size spirit orbs.

xXx

"Dude it's on!"

Hunter and Charlie entered as Neve settled herself on the back of the couch beside Shane and Dustin.

"Let's see who won," Shane said.

The rangers frowned as fast music to one of Neve's songs started, before a series of pictures appeared; each one of them. As the music became faster the clips changed showing Dustin, Blake and Hunter ripping up the track with their bikes, before they faded to Tori on the waves, riding them with skills of a professional. The clips then twisted out of sight as Neve appeared in one of her gymnastic practices, something which had been added last minute and something they had not realized their friend could do. Neveah disappeared and Shane replaced her cutting some major air on the ramp at the Skate Park.

The video ended with different still clips of the rangers; Shane holding his Skateboard and grinning, Tori holding her surfboard under her arm and smiling at the camera. Neve smiling at the camera as she skated backwards. Dustin, Hunter and Blake standing near their bikes. The video ended finally with one whole picture of the team, at the track their arms around one another, though anyone who had eyes could tell Neve and Hunter were together as they were the most touchy feely in the picture.

"And once again," the announcer on the screen said.

"that was the winning video of the kids of Blue Bay Harbor."

"Yeah!" the rangers cheered.

Dustin laughed. "Oh we killed it!"

"We have to give Cam some of the credit, it wouldn't have won without him," Tori said pointing at the Samurai.

"Thank you," Cam said, before turning to Neve. "and Neve, that was some awesome ice skating skills and the music!"

Neve smiled and nodded. "Thanks"

"But the Motocross was the sickest no?" Blake asked.

Hunter nodded, fist pounding his little brother – though only by a few months. "Yeah!"

"Huh, dude?" Shane questioned. "Did you not see the skating?"

"Nothing you've never seen before," Blake answered, causing the others to laugh and a small argument between the Rangers to erupt.

"You wanna go on a ride?" Neve asked looking up at her boyfriend who smirked and stood, grabbing his helmet off the floor beside the couch and running with her out the door without being noticed by their friends and his brother. Neve laughed the whole way.