OMG...Hey guyz! Sorry 4 the really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really late update, But u can't blame me! First of all, i had this really terrible writer's block. In my head i know wat i wanted to write bout but when it comez to typing them out, my language and grammer settingz suddenly went blank. XD

Next, I've got rashes. God, it was terrible. I kept scratching all week. I still have them though...[checking]...Yup still have them...T.T

Next, since im active on Youtube also, I've been pretty buzy. I've got 5 dffrnt typez of vidz ready 2 be edited...TT...Stressful life 4 me here.

But anyway, enough bout that. i've juz finished this Chap which im semi-proud of, since i dunnoe whether itz gud or not...-.-'...Well...juz enjoy! Thnx 4 e support guyz!

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Chapter 7 [Heartbreak & Causes]

"Finally bro. You made it." said the slightly irritated figure in navy."I've been trying to reach you all day. I thought you would have finish all your plans by 5. Where've you been?"

Keeping silent, Hunter ignored his brother as he tried to avoid answering about what had happened at the beach or during his day. Averting his gaze, he just stared grimly at the battle below, placing most of his attention on the blue wind ranger.

Blake, knowing that his brother didn't want to bring up that topic at all, kept silent. He knew the posture and aura around his brother all too well, sensing that he didn't want to be disturb and wanted to be alone. Anybody would be crazy enough if they were to approach Hunter during his 'moody' and 'brooding' moment seeing that he or she probably wouldn't come out alive after Hunter let out his aggression. Instead, he copied his brother's actions and concentrated his attention on the battle below.

[With the battle]

"So rangers, you've finally decided to come out and play? Tsk, tsk. Bad rangers. You know you're not suppose to be out at night. What did your parents teach you?" taunted the monster cockily.

"Well...what about you...you..abnormal looking fish! Aren't you suppose to be in a lake or something?" Dustin replied, looking strangely at the monster in front of him.
"He's a hammerhead shark Dustin. And they live in the ocean not the lake." The red wind ranger corrected his friend.
"Oh,oh...i know that...i was just messing with his head."

"Can you guys concentrate on the battle here before i really make you guys as 'abnormal' as he is?" The tone in their female friend grew more irritated.

"Haha! Your red friend is indeed right! But let me make a few adjustments. I'm Rammerhead and i'm going to ram into you losers until i hear that definite 'crack' from you!" Rammerhead cackled as he lowered his huge, hard and rough head, as though he was trying to prove his point.

"Aww man, we better be careful with this one."
"Yeah, don't want to end up being sushi for him." Tori warily replied Dustin.

The instant that sentence left her lips, Rammerhead began charging towards them at full speed, breaking down anything that lies in its path.

"Hey guys, watch out!" cried Shane to his team mates as he watched the monster heading more towards his friends' direction.

Dustin was fortunate enough to have avoided the monster by splitting himself into two thus, his double immediately vanished into thin air. However, that could not be said the same for Tori, who was unable to avoid that split second attack. A cry of pain could be heard leaving her lips the instant Rammerhead's head collided with her. That attack had caused her to be tossed a few feet away from her friends, immediately crashing into a building.

"Tor!" her friends cried her name out after seeing their team mate being brutally attacked. Worry and anguish filled their voice as they watch the scene unfold before them.

[With the Thunder Rangers]

'Tori, no...' The crimson ranger thought fearfully as he watched the predicament the blue wind ranger was in. Unconsciously, he slightly raised his hand as though he was trying to reach out to her. Though his helmet concealed it, it was obvious from his body language that he was worried and feeling numb at the situation. Not to mention the one expression he actually had right then - terror. 'No...please no..oh god..'

Blake, who had no reaction whatsoever to the situation down below, was surprised at his brother's actions. Not due to the fact that he hasn't move at all since he came here, but it was because of how his brother was reacting to the scene. It was as though his brother...cared about the situation down below. Not the type of care where you're just interested to get into the action, but the type of care you usually have for your close ones. 'What is happening here?' Blake thought, getting more surprise when his brother suddenly started to reach his hand out towards the battle. 'Could he possibly be...no...There's no way he would ever betray mom and dad this way. There's got to be a logical explanation for this. What were you thinking Blake Bradley...' he argued with himself before returning his attention back to the battle, while still keeping a tab on his brother's actions.

[Back to the scene of the battle]

"Oppss...looks like the girl ranger went bye-bye!" Rammerhead laughed, looking pleased with his work. "Now, to finish the othe-" before he could finish his sentence, the sound of rumbling rocks could be heard coming from the direction where the blue wind ranger had crashed.

"Errgghh..." A shadow from the rubbles moaned as it stood up. "R-remind me to barbeque this fish after we're finish with him." It stated, before it slowly emerge from the rubbles, revealing none other than an injured, but still morphed Tori. However, someparts of her ranger suit, particularly around her body were torn, showing her civilian clothes.

"Tor! Are you okay?" Shane asked worriedly as him and Dustin rushed over to where she was and carefully help her out as they tried not to give any further impacts to her injuries.
"Just dandy guys.." Sarcasm filled her voice before glaring at the monster in front of them. "But he's NOT!"

"Oh, so the blue girl escaped the jaws. No matter, there's still much ramming to do." With that, Rammerhead once more lowered his head, preparing for an attack.

"Dustin! You know what to do!" Shane looked at Dustin, who now had his Lion Hammer in his hands. With a nod, the yellow wind ranger slammed his hammer against the ground, causing it to shake thus, disrupting Rammerhead's movement. However, to their surprise, not only did their attack had a minor effect on the oncoming monster, it also barely made a flinch on the monster's movement thus, his attack was only merely slowed down. Without hesitation, Rammerhead just continued his assault, landing his attack on the red and blue rangers. Though the tackle was disturbed, it was still nearly as strong as the previous attack.

"Guys! Are you okay? Sorry that the plan didn't work out like i thought it was suppose to."
"No prob. But now i know that we REALLY got a huge problem on our hands." stated Shane while glancing at the monster.

10 minutes had pass, yet the battle was still going on. The sound of loud gasp of air could be heard coming from the three wind rangers, showing their exhaustion from the battle. It could also be said the same for Rammerhead as he began to take in big gulps of air while also trying to prevent himself from staggering. The injuries he had taken on also had quite an impressive impact on his hard scale body.

However, the person who was by far had the most damage and critical injuries was Tori. Since she was the one who was majorly injured on the first attack, that had contributed to the other attacks as well as her movements and speed were slowed down. With that, attacks from Rammerhead were mostly unavoidable as the shark's movements were surprisingly quick and fast. Her open wounds also did not help her in her currnet tough predicament as they became the more vulnerable spots for attacks.
Looking down at her wounds, which were starting to turn into that horrible color of black and blue, she staggered slowly towards her friends while holding the left side of her waist. "Sorry to say this guys, but i think this problem is too big for us to handle it alone. We need more help."

Rammerhead, who wasn't fairing any better, tried to take a step towards the rangers but failed as he tumbled down, head first. Slowly bringing himself to a stand, he finally spoke with a weak but determined voice. "Errgghh...you rangers are lucky this time that i didn't bring any Kelzacks along to weaken you first. But be wary of this! The next time you see me, we both are not the ones who're going to be down, but only YOU! Till next time rangers! Muahaha!" As he teleported himself away, probably back to Lothor's ship.

"No! Arggghh! Come back you coward!" Dustin shouted, disliking the way the battle had ended.
"Dust, relax. It's probably a good thing that he had retreated. We are also not fairing any better if you ask me." Shane had calmed his friend down as he saw the yellow ranger slightly bobbed his head in agreement.

"C'mon guys. Let's get back to Ninja Ops and...arghh...get LOTS of ice packs." Tori grunted, feeling the terrible ache in her muscles.

[With the Thunders]

"Bro, you see that?" Blake broke the silence between them.

"Yeah, so what?"

Blake retaliate, "This is our chance to get them Hunter! They're weak, but we'll just go down there to make our presence...well...noticed." He smirked.

"But Blake...what about.." "No buts Hunter! I thought you said you wanted to get revenge as soon as possible? Now is the right time!" Blake, with a slight annoyance in his voice, interrupted his brother.

Hunter averted his gaze downwards. It's true that he did say that before, but after his day with 'that girl', he began to let his feelings get the best of him. However, after debating with himself for awhile, his reply to his brother came out short. "Let's go." With the reassurance from his older brother, he nodded before both streaked down to where their enemies were.

[With the Wind Rangers]

Streaking was probably a stupid and dangerous choice, seeing that their injuries had also limited their movements. Therefore, limping to a safe place was probably the best idea, before they could call Cam for some help. But their retreat was cut short as two strong flashes of thunder appeared before them, stopping them in their tracks.

"What was that?" Dustin spoke up, looking astounded at what was happening before him.
"I don't know, but we probably should be prepared for whatever is happening here." Changing into a fighting stance, the red ranger looked warily at their current situation.
"Yeah, we should...Guys! Look over there!" Tori pointed to the two dark figures that she saw emerging from the smoke. As more of the smoke dispersed, the identity of the dark figures were slowly revealed.

'Rangers...' Tori's eyes widened. 'Who and what are they doing here?' Before another thought could come to her, the two unknown rangers turned, facing them, and without any hesitation, ninja streaked passed them, slashing them at that one point of time when the wind rangers' guards were down. Rangers they may be, but it seem as though they were attacking with no mercy. After the final strike on each of the wind rangers, the two mysterious rangers returned to their original positions, as they watched their enemies fall with the sound of agony coming from them.

Tori, being the ranger she is, would have never expected such a deep feeling of pain to ever be inflicted on her. Great pain coursed throughout her body, especially from the area around her torso and stomach. From her fallen state, she could see that her friends also seem to be in the same vulnerable state as she was. Shane, being the first to rise up and as the leader, spoke up with a slight irritation in his voice. "Who are you?"

"What's with the attitude?" As she finally found her voice.
After a few seconds and have yet to receive any response, Dustin was finally able to stand up and being the sarcastic one out of the three of them, he asked "Hello? Anybody home?"
Tori could have sworn that she would have rolled her eyes with his ability to be sarcastic during a serious moment but that was avoided as surprisingly, the two mysterious rangers did respond to Dustin's question.

"Apparently you didn't get the memo." replied the ranger in crimson, with a deep voice. "Old rangers out, new rangers in." Followed the other ranger in navy, in the same tone of voice. Both rangers were now proudly facing the already fallen wind rangers.

"What? You expect us to fight you?" Confusion was clearly evident in Dustin's voice as he asked that question. 'Rangers can't possibly be evil and fight other rangers for no reason right?' Sadly, Dustin was mistaken as the mysterious rangers launched another attack. However this time, their attacks were equipped with much more force and power thus, easily separating the wind rangers from each other. Like they say, united we stand, divided we fall. This resulted in Tori being separated the farthest away from her friends.

Having successfully destroyed their enemies' form, the navy ranger look at his accomplice. "Let me take care of those two. You take care of the girl." Before he could even get a word to that sudden attack strategy, the navy ranger had already streaked over to the two male wind rangers, attacking them mercilessly. On the other hand, the crimson ranger watched helplessly from the side, as though he couldn't and wouldn't comprehend the strategy that his brother had just proposed. 'What should i do...' Hunter looked down to the ground, confused. 'I can't attack her. She's th- Arghh!' He fell forward after being suddenly blasted by something from his back.

'What happened?' Confused, he turned, looking at whoever or whatever that had shot him. His eyes widened in both surprise and worry as he saw Tori struggling to stand up while holding her ninja sword. 'No Tor...Please. I don't want to fight or hurt you.' He stood up slowly, trying to come closer to her with the intention of helping her however, Tori didn't see that action the same way he did.

"Stay back! I'm warning you." As she tried her best to sound tough even though she was struggling to stand up. 'You're hurt Tori...' Hunter tried pointlessly to help her.

"I've warned you. Ninja sword, Blaster mode!" She took a shot at her enemy after she had successfully gotten to a stand. Hunter, not wanting to attack her, instead went on the defensive. "Thunder Shield!" As he took out his thunder staff, forming a shield which deflected the shot. Tori's eyes widened in shock, seeing that the crimson ranger was able to easily avoid her attack. 'Now what do i do..' However, with no intention of giving up, she continued her futile attempts of attacking, hoping that it would buy her some time before her team mates or Cam could help her. 'Come on guys. I need help.'

A few minutes has pass, yet none of her attacks have successfully impacted the crimson ranger. Surprisingly, as for herself, she too did not gain any injuries from the past few minutes that she'd been with the new enemy. Confusion was written all over her face when she'd realize that her opponent had not even tried to land a single attack on her. It would have seem that he was just going on the defensive, blocking, shielding and avoiding every one of her attacks. Not forgetting that while she was attacking, he kept coming closer to her, which resulted in her trying to back away from his incoming presence. Now she was trapped between the building behind her and the crimson ranger who was in front of her. Fear had engulfed her completely seeing that there was no chance for her to escape. However, if this last chance could only work...

"Don't you even dare take a step closer!" She spoke with a slightly confident voice. As her ninja sword was tossed away by the crimson ranger before, the only chance for her to survive was by her own ninja skills. Shoving her hands forward in a final attempt to defend herself, she was about to take that chance when suddenly the crimson ranger whispered softly, "Tor, please don't..." Shock was the only word that could be said to express how she was feeling at that point of time. 'How did he know my name furthermore, my nickname...' Forgetting about her original plan, Hunter took that chance to try to approach her.

Snapping out of her stupor, Tori realized that her guard was down, even for just that second, which allowed the crimson ranger to take a step closer to her. Out of fear, hesitation and without thinking, she did what her instincts told her to do, attack. "Ninja water blast!"

Hunter, who saw that attack coming, quickly responded by defending himself, in hopes that his shield could possibly help him to get nearer to the girl he was fond of, without harming her. "Thunder Shield!" He repeated his move, possibly for the last time as the the next thing he knew, an unexpected, unwanted incident happened. His shield, which had always defended him in the time of need, especially now when it comes to 'this' girl, had suddenly caused him the greatest pain he could have ever imagine. As her blast hit his shield, it had deflected off as predicted, but not to where he had expected it to land.

"Tori, NO!" As he watched the blast being deflected back to its owner. Hitting her directly square on the chest, Tori let out a loud scream that was filled with harsh, agonizing pain as the force pushed her back against the building. Like a rag doll, she fell limply to the ground while demorphing, revealing her in her civilian clothes.

Hunter stared numbly at what'd happened as he let go of his Thunder Staff, letting it fall carelessly to the ground. Falling down to his knees, the color from his face began to drain rapidly at the sight of the girl that he had nearly kiss about an hour ago. Before, she had looked so angelic with the sunset being reflected on her milky skin and that beautiful smile carved on her soft looking lips. But now, he couldn't imagine nor believe that the girl in front of him could possibly be her. Her smooth skin that he had been so eager to touch and feel before was now covered with large purple and black bruises. Her skin was also so pale and ghostly, making her look as though she wasn't even alive. Blood flowed not only from the large gash on her forehead, but also from her now crooked nose, indicating that it was broken. However, the worse had yet to come. The 2cm tender scar on her shoulder had opened up, staining her clothes and face with more blood.

Hunter stared, terrified at the sight of the once feisty and amazing girl he knew. 'No...this couldn't possibly be happening...no...anybody but her...' Unconsciously, he began to slowly stand up, shakingly walking to the girl who already had a major impact on his life even after knowing her for only 2 days. 'Tori..' However, before he could even make his way to her, a strong powerful shot had hit him directly on his back. Turning around to see the person who had attacked him was obviously a mistake as he was once more hit by a strong shot which sent him flying a few metres away from his original position. Struggling to look up, he saw a flash of red and yellow streaking pass him, with the red holding a blaster.

"Tori! Oh my god...what happened?" Dustin asked worriedly as he held the unconscious blue wind ranger in his lap. "Shane! Call Cam! And fast! Oh my god Tor, wake up please. Just open your eyes so we'll know that you're all right.." Dustin lightly shook her in an attempt to at least get her conscious. However, as he began to take in her overall appearance, he knew that nobody on Earth could possibly be 'all right' after getting the types of massive injuries that his friend had just gotten. 'Tori...Oh man...How did this happen..' That question suddenly clicked something in him that made him realized that she's been fighting alone against the crimson ranger for the past fight. 'Him!' Laying his team mate down gently on the ground, he stood up, opened his visor and glared at the form of the crimson ranger, who seemed to be kneeling down looking...remorseful? 'What the-Argghh! No time for that!' "Hey you crimson ass! What did you do to our friend? You think you're such a big shot eh? I'm going to show you what will happen when you mess with ou-" "Dustin! Now's not the time! Cam's coming soon and.." Shane was interrupted when a new voice suddenly came into the picture.

"Guys! Sorry about the delay. I guess Rammerhea- Oh God! Tori!" the person who had just came, Cam, quickly ran over to the terribly injured girl as he began to check her overall condition. "Shane! Dustin! What happened?" It was evident in his voice that he was extremely mad for letting such an incident to happen but at the same time, he sounded worried seeing his close friend being in that type of condition.

Shane quickly responded, "No time for explanation Cam! We've got to get her back to Ops NOW!

Cam immediately took out a small device from his pocket and placed it on his ear. "Dad, dad, do you read me?"
A second later, the voice of their guinea pig sensei came over the device. "Yes Cameron, i can hear you."
Looking relieved, Cam quickly replied. "Dad, no time to explain but i'll need you to activate the emergency teleportation programme that i've just finish created and showed you just now. Quick dad! There's not much time!"
"I'm on it son." Right after that reply, Cam and Tori, not forgetting the other two wind rangers, disappeared in flash of bright light, leaving the two thunder rangers alone at the scene.

[With the Thunders]

Hunter was still kneeled down, with disbelief written all over his face after witnessing the girl he seemed to care about being in that kind of condition. He didn't care that she and her team mates were gone now or that his brother was calling out to him, all that was in his mind was that Tori was injured, badly and that he was unable to do anything about it. Furthermore, it looked as though he was the cause of all her pain. 'What did i just do...Tori...' Shutting his eyes tightly as he tried to get rid of the image of her looking so badly bruised and beaten.

"Hey bro! Bro! Snap out of it Hunter!" Blake shook his brother's shoulders slightly to get his attention. "Why are you looking so down? Sure that you may have gotten a little overboard with attacking her that much and you feel guilty about it, but you'll get over it soon, probably. But look at the bright side. They're down one ranger and the two idiots i fought weren't much of a fight anyway. They couldn't even be considered as warm-ups!" The navy ranger tried to lighten up his brother's mood, oblivious to the fact that his brother was experiencing a turmoil of emotions, which was unnoticeable by Blake as they still had their ranger suit up.

"Hunter. You don't have to think about it much. Rammerhead's attack probably had caused more destruction than ours, since we didn't go all out just now." Blake surveyed the debris and rubbles that Rammerhead had left. "Yup, definitely more than ours. Hey bro, i've got to go. Left my bike at the dirt track. See you later at home." As he streaked away from the scene, leaving Hunter alone with his thoughts and feelings.

'Tori's hurt...we attacked them...but...i was being defensive...then..' At that thought, his eyes snapped open at the realisation. Before his brother had spoken to him, all he had thought of was that he had caused her pain and how guilty he felt. He didn't even have any thoughts about Rammerhead. But when his brother had brought up the topic about Rammerhead, all the images of the fight between the rangers and the monster came rolling back into his mind.

"Rammerhead!" He spat out the name of the monster with much venom and hatred possible. "He's the one that had caused Tori all that pain.." He whispered coldly as the images of Rammerhead ramming her roughly into the building replayed back in his mind.

Standing up silently with his head bowed down, people would have thought that he was feeling depressed or confused however, underneath his helmet, rage and fury could be seen burning in his eyes as he replayed the scene in his head over and over again. Clenching his fist tightly, he turned around, ready to leave with only one thing on his mind.

'He's going to pay.'

[End of Chap 7]

Finally! Done wif this! I'm tortured enough already! =P Thnx 4 reading! R&R! U better! I mean it! =D I think this is a terrible piece of work...-.-'..XD Better wait 4 the nxt Chappy! 4 now, time for me to start doing my vidz on Youtube...-.-'...l8r guyz!