A\N: Only one more chapter until the end...:(


Tommy arrived just as Blake was finishing a class.

Blake grinned and barely remembered to bow before clapping an arm over Tommy's shoulders. "Tommy!"

"Hey, Blake, where's Hunter?" Tommy asked, grinning. He always liked spending time with his ninjas, they were so happy.

"Talking to McKnight. He's got potential, but he makes Lothor look smart."

Tommy snorted. "Fun."

"I think Tori's pregnant."

Tommy raised an eyebrow.

Blake looked a bit sheepish, and Tommy snorted. "Blake, there's this thing called a 'condom'."

"Uh...oops?"

Tommy shook his head in amusement. "I told you, she's yours. Have fun. But try not to let her around the kid too much, we don't need your kid trying to kill you." He smirked. "Also, I've already decided what your next ten birthday presents are."

Blake laughed, partly from relief and partly from the joke. Tommy could see Hunter in the distance and waved. The other man waved back, turning to talk to a student before saying something that sent him running. Hunter shook his head, then jogged up to them, grinning at Tommy. "Hey, dude!"

Tommy rolled his eyes. "Don't call me 'dude', Hunter, you know that annoys me. All right, how's it going?"

He'd say this for the boys, they knew how to make a report. "We've got over two hundred enrolled students, only fifty need the brainwashing machines you gave us, and they're all pretty solidly along the graduation rate you gave us. Oh, and I killed Cam yesterday." At the odd look from Tommy, Hunter clarified. "He was annoying me."

"Riiight." Tommy drawled, shaking his head in amusement. Recruiting these two from Lothor had been a brilliant decision. They'd needed a mentor figure, and he'd been there.

It certainly hadn't hurt that he'd let them have their revenge on both the guinea pig and the Rangers. Though from the sound of things, 'revenge' might not be the right word for Blake and Tori...Tommy snorted inwardly. Well, depended on Tori, really, but who could account for taste.

"Are we going to do it soon?" Hunter asked, eagerness tinging his words. Why wouldn't there be? The boys took to evil like ducks to water.

"Soon." Tommy promised. "But that's still a few years off. I've got some work to do on a new villain to draw out the Dino Gems. Mesegog, I think I'll call him..."

Hunter sighed overdramatically. "You never let us have any fun."

Tommy chuckled. "I'll let you play with Justin later." That perked Hunter up quickly-the two usually came back bloody, but as long as there was no permanent damage, Tommy was more than content to ignore them and watch football with Blake.

He gazed out at the nearby ocean. Yes, this had been the easiest conversion of all.

His only worry now was the Dino Gems.