YAY! I'm so happy to hear from some of the veteran readers! You guys are so awesome for sticking around! I'm going to try and get this finished up, though I have no idea what I'm going to do with some parts and how many chapters this is going to end up being! I'm going to try and focus on all of the characters fairly instead of only a few. I know I've lacked in the MMPR scene and same with the Dino group. I'll try and fix some of that…or at least add more.

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Venom

Chapter 21

Rocky and Adam hurriedly got to the hospital, not unable to find it since the hospital was a place they had been accustomed to when they were younger. Rocky halted at the emergency doors, running over to the passenger side to help Adam out of the car.

Adam hissed from the pain as he was brought out of the jeep, keeping one arm around his stomach and the other around Rocky's shoulders. Rocky put an arm around Adam's back firmly yet light, walking briskly through the doors.

Before they made it to the desk, an EMT noticed them, grabbing a wheelchair and bringing it swiftly towards the two. "Here, sit down." He offered, though it was more of a command. Adam sat down with the help of Rocky as the EMT ran to get a nurse.

A few seconds later, a couple nurses came by, pushing Rocky out of the way and taking Adam towards the back to get him taken care of. Rocky began to follow but one of them stopped him.

"You can't come back there. We'll come and get you once we take care of him." With that said, Rocky was left standing where he was.

Though Rocky was certain that Adam was going to be fine, he couldn't stand feeling so helpless. He wasn't able to save Jason and Adam when they had been ambushed and then had to escape without them. He felt awful.

After pacing for twenty minutes or so, a nurse came by. "You're Rocky? Your friend Adam is okay and he's now in room 302." She told him with a smile. He thanked her, quickly going towards the elevator.

Entering the room, Adam has his eyes open, obviously too aware of everything to want to sleep. His shirt was off but there were wraps all around his entire torso, leaving his collar bone visible. It was almost as if he were wearing something. His eyes met Rocky's, a smile on his face.

"Thanks man."

"No need to thank me, it's what I do." Rocky laughed, coming near the bed, resting his hand on Adam's for a moment, giving it a squeeze before releasing.

Adam glanced down for a moment before looking back up at his best friend. "I'm worried about the others." He said, remembering how, evil, they seemed.

"We'll get them back, we have to." Rocky told him, pulling out his phone. He hit a few buttons, placing the phone to his ear. At the curious look on Adam's face, he smirked. "Tommy will want to know."

"Let me talk to him first." Adam asked, reaching for the phone. After a moment, he cleared his throat, talking to Tommy.

Once Rocky had the phone, he talked to Tommy for a few moments, then after saying that they should all get back together, hung up.

"How long do I have to stay here?"

"I think the doctor just has to take a look at you and hopefully, will clear you. I mean, you only fell onto a glass table." That's what Rocky had told them when they asked about the marks.

As if right on time, the doctor came into the room. She was walking backwards, finishing a conversation. Looking down, she glanced at the chart. "Adam Park, is it? My name is Doctor Deana Toks." She set down her chart, smiling at the two guys, Adam in particular. "I'm being told you've got some nasty cuts, huh?"

Colliding into each other and then a wall, Jason yelled in irritation, yanking his left hand which was connected to Conner's right. "We have to work together you idiot!"

"Then take my lead."

"That's not going to happen. Listen…" He began, turning to look at Conner. "If you just let me lead, and we get through this, then Zedd will release us and then we'll go about our own ways. Got it?"

Conner processed what he was saying, and then sighed. "Fine. But only so we're not connected anymore."

Jason began to stand, giving his hand to help Conner up. Reluctant for a moment, Conner took it, pulling himself up.

In the room they were in, there were about twenty putties or so. For the last hour or so, they had been royally getting their asses handed to them because they wouldn't work together.

"Ready?" Jason asked, getting into a fighting stance.

"Ready." Conner replied, also taking up the same stance.

A few putties came by, Jason needing his left hand. Conner obliged to being yanked a little, kicking at the putty since his arm was being pulled with Jason. They defeated it, turning to be ready for the next. This time, Conner needed his right arm and Jason moved so that way he could let Conner move.

They defeated that one, Jason placing his hand on Conner's shoulder, kicking out, hitting two putties at once. Conner rolled onto Jason's back, punching out another. They continued making sure they were reading the other's moves, not to mess the other up. To work together.

Panting only lightly, the two of them looked around the room, seeing that there were no putties left.

"Well done." Zedd's voice rang throughout the room they were in. They reappeared in the chamber room in front of Zedd. "No more bickering." He gave them one warning as the chain gave way.

Jason would attempt to not argue with Conner anymore, as long as he wouldn't try and take over.

"Where's Hunter?" Conner asked, noticing he was no longer in the room.

"An assignment."

Blake wanted some fresh air. Even though Sensei wished none of them would leave the safer area, Blake insisted that he would be fine. If he were to get ambushed, he'd Ninja Streak out of there until help would come.

Besides, he still needed to get his Thunder Ranger power back. He had gone up to the tops of the cliffs to channel his inner self to get it back. He figured that it'd be easy since he had just gotten done having a sort of ranger power.

Though it wasn't as easy at first, he was able to get down to his inner core, sure that he unlocked his ability. He knew he should get back to Ninja Ops to make sure, but he couldn't go there just yet. He felt like there was so much on his mind that being there, consumed by so many other people, he couldn't think straight.

He came down from the cliff, walking along the beach shore, noticing that no one seemed to come around ever since they attacks that had fallen here. It was sort of sad, yet peaceful for him.

Blake took a seat near where the small waves came up to the shore, only his feet touching the water. He brought his knees up to his chest, wrapping his arms around them.

"Need some company?" A female voice asked. Blake didn't have to turn to know it was Tori. He sighed, though didn't mind the company. She took a seat beside him, imitating the same way he was sitting.

After a few minutes of silence, Tori decided she wanted him to talk to her. She didn't like to see him hurting. "Have you tried to get your powers back yet?"

He gave a small smile, nodding. "Yeah, I think I did. I just haven't tried yet." He replied to her, keeping his eyes towards the horizon.

She gave a hopeful, cheerful smile. "Blake, that's great! Aren't you happy?"

"I wish I could say I was Tor." He replied to her, still not wanting to look over.

"You can talk to me."

He laid his forehead on his arms for a moment, before inhaling deeply, turning his head to face her. "I know, I know."

The sadness was so heavy in his eyes, that it pained her that she couldn't help him. "It's Hunter, isn't it?"

He didn't answer at first, not sure if he trusted his voice. Instead, he slowly nodded his head, blinking multiple times. She looked down at the sand, not sure what to say now. The obvious had been said out loud and she figured he didn't want to talk about it.

"He's always been the one to protect me, always. He even was when we were under that…spell. Whatever it was." He sighed, remembering when he helped him during the Jason/Conner ordeal.

She looked curiously over at him, wanting to know what he meant by that.

"Jason and Conner got into it. Jason hit me, and Hunter looked as if he was going to kill him. When I asked him why he reacted that way, he didn't respond." Though he hadn't received an answer, he knew that it was because he is Hunter's brother. Hunter knew that, deep down.

"Then Hunter isn't as bad as we thought?" This time, Blake gave her the curious look.

"Well…when we were talking about whom to try and help, we figured we needed more rangers to go against Hunter. We think he may be too strong." She frowned at Blake's reaction which looked angered.

"You guys are planning on beating the life out of him." He then realized how harsh that sounded, quickly frowning. "I'm sorry, maybe you're right. I just….I don't want him to get hurt. I love him." His eyes began to water again which caused him to blink furiously, momentarily turning away from Tori.

She moved her body closer, putting her arms around him, her head on his shoulder. It probably looked a little awkward, but she didn't care. He turned his head, leaning it on hers as they both silently looked at towards the water.

"His anger is making it worse for him. What if we can't get him back?" Blake asked quietly, his voice choked only slightly.

"We will; he has to remember who he is. His has anger but he also is strong. He'll have to break through the evil." She assured him, wanting to assure herself as well. Honestly, she wasn't sure if they could get him back or not.

"We've been through everything together and to know that he's in trouble, it's hard. I want to rescue him now, but I know it's impossible." Especially that he was still weak, though he didn't want to admit that.

Tori lifted her head, causing Blake to lift his, turning to look at her. Their faces were inches apart. "We will get him back." She said quietly, staring into his eyes.

For what felt like ever, Blake leaned in, kissing her for the first time in weeks. Besides being kidnapped for over two weeks, they hadn't seen each other for almost two weeks prior. They had both missed each other dearly and it felt great for them both to share a kiss.

Tori moved her hand to lay on the side of his face as Blake moved to do the same, his thumb rubbing her cheek bone. They parted for a moment to look at each other, before locking their lips together once more.

"I missed you."

"I missed you too." Blake replied, resting his forehead against hers.

"Cute." Blake and Tori instantly tensed, opened their eyes, and looked over, dread seeping into their bodies. They stood up quickly, not sure what to do.

"What are you doing?" Tori asked, knowing that they should probably get out of there.

"What do you mean? I wanted to see my baby brother of course." Hunter snickered, keeping his cold crimson eyes on Blake's brown.

Blake glared at him, clenching his fists. "You're not my brother. My brother wouldn't be trying to hurt my friends."

"Oh, but I am your brother. I'm just the upgraded version." He laughed maliciously which gave Tori goosebumps. "Would you like to see a trick?"

Blake and Tori just stared at him, their bodies tensed up, waiting for a fight to begin, wondering which of them were about to get attacked.

Hunter closed his eyes, looking to center himself. His eyes went from shut to tightened, it looking as if he were concentrating too hard. "This is…harder than I expected." He muttered, pushing harder.

Instantly, a loud cry rang out of Hunter's throat, his body falling onto his hands and knees. He was breathing heavily, but had yet to look up.

Tori and Blake exchanged unsure glances to each other before looking back to Hunter.

Hunter looked up finally, causing Blake and Tori to both gasp. "Blake? Is…that you?" Hunter's serious, ice blue eyes asked. They looked tired; defeated.

Without thinking, Blake rushed to his side. "Hunter? Hunter is it you?" Blake asked, bending down to kneel beside his brother.

"Blake…you have to get…get away from me…he's coming back." He cried, frustration evident in his voice.

"No, just fight him! You have to! I need you bro!" Blake said, tears now falling slowly from his eyes.

Hunter closed his eyes as if he were in pain. "He's too strong…just kill me now. Kill me now Blake! You'll save me if you kill me." He said, grabbing Blake by the collar.

Blake looked at him in shock. "What? No… Hunter I can't. You're going to be okay, stay strong. Please bro."

"Just do it!"

Blake was in disbelief. He couldn't even think of the possibility of killing his brother.

"Blake…Ahhhhhh!" Hunter yelled in agony, placing his hands on his head. "I knew I couldn't count on you."

"What?"

Laughing was heard from Hunter, causing Blake to freeze. Shit. He was definitely too close to Hunter.

"I said…" Hunter, whose eyes were definitely redder than the crimson color if possible, responded. He moved his arm fiercely, shoving Blake back almost fifteen feet. Tori ran to his side, helping him stand. "It'll be your weak, pathetic fault if Hunter should die." He smirked, disappearing.

Tori and Blake stood on the beach, looking around, confused. What was that about? She saw the hurt in Blake's eyes, hugging him.

The beaming in Aisha's face was so obviously from everyone else, that they couldn't help but feel a lighter tone in the air. She was so happy and excited to get to see Adam. Alive and well. Her Adam was going to be okay.

Tommy knew that things seemed to be looking up for them. Once Jason was back on their side, then their team would be back together. Though they were separated from Rocky, Adam, and Billy temporarily, they'd all get to fight alongside again. Though he was a power ranger still with a new team, he couldn't forget all those times when he was younger. Those are high school memories you would never forget.

The time that he had met Kim; becoming such good friends with Jason; the group of friends that would forever be known as family. He enjoyed his new ranger tasks, but he would always be an original, having the Tigerzord power. He figured there had been power rangers before them, just not on Earth. It was weird to think that there were in fact other beings out there.

Though Kim was happy for Aisha, and obviously happy in general that Adam was okay, she still couldn't help but be sad about Jason. She missed him terribly. They had literally been about to finalize living together, and then he had disappeared. Everything had happened so fast that she felt guilty for not knowing he was missing right away. She didn't even think to call him to see if he'd be going to Tommy's since she assumed if it was power ranger important, he'd have been the first to be there.

Sighing, she noticed that she was the only one in the room, besides Tommy. Everyone had gotten up, deciding to go outside since it was nice out. They felt too cooped up in the room. Tommy had noticed Kim was zoned out, though he had been as well.

"Hey." He said to her from across the table.

She gave him a small smile. "Hey."

"Everything's going to be okay Kim."

Kim nodded her head, her smile remaining in its size. "I know. There's just…there's something I need to tell you."

Tommy sighed, nodding his head. "Kimmy, I already know. You and Jace are seeing each other, right?" He was always good at reading her mind.

She looked shocked at him which made him want to explain. "Besides, sort of, er, keeping up on you all…" Tommy saw the small scowl he gave her, but he continued. "He called me. Weeks after the incident with Maligore, he told me that you two were seeing each other a lot more." She relaxed, disregarding her original thought that he had been spying on them.

"Why?"

"He wanted my permission." He smirked lightly, though was still a little sad. "I love you both and, you two are great for each other. I'm just happy to have you both in my life." He reached over, taking one of her hands in both of his. He brought her hand up, kissing the top of it lightly.

She smiled, one that was bigger this time. "Thanks Tommy." Kim was glad that she could tell he genuinely meant it. She was surprised that Jason had talked to Tommy, because he had never told her.

Kira, Ethan, Cam, Shane, and Dustin went outside while Sensei went to his quarters to meditate.

"Just try." Shane beckoned after the third time. Dustin frowned, shaking his head.

"Not around you guys." They had been trying to convince him to morph. He had connected with his animal spirit but had yet to try and morph, you know, being that he got kidnapped and all.

"We won't judge you, come on. Stop being a baby." Shane smirked, turning to face Cam. Who knew Cam would ever, ever call someone a baby.

Dustin made a face at him, sighing. "Fine. Just, hold on."

Kira and Ethan kept quiet, knowing that this was between those guys.

Dustin inhaled quickly, closing his eyes. Opening them defiantly, he moved his arms.

"Ninja Storm. Ranger Form. Ha!"

"Power of Earth!"

Instead of standing in his normal clothes, Dustin now appeared before them in his yellow uniform, moving his arms in front of his face.

"Yes! It worked!" He yelled, his fist pumping into the air triumphantly.

He powered down, just glad to know he could transform when needed. Shane and Cam came to his sides, all cheery. Their team was back together; well, their original team. Even though Cam came a little bit later, he was still considered on of them since he was from the Ninja Academy. They considered Blake and Hunter as their team; they just had their own bond.

"Are you okay?" Ethan asked, seeing that Kira had moved towards a bench several feet away to sit.

She looked up to him, nodding. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just want this to all be over."

He sat down next to her, agreeing. "Yeah, me too. You know Conner, I'm sure he's okay."

"Okay? Ethan, how can he be okay? I mean, he's forced to be evil. That has to be so scary." She wanted so badly to be holding onto Conner. She wanted his arms around her, protecting her. Sure, she could take care of herself, but she wanted him there too.

He frowned. "I guess you're right. He's brave though, he can pull through it."

"And if he can't?"

"Kira, why are you looking at this as the glass half empty?" He asked, shocked at her pessimistic take on this.

"Haven't you noticed Dustin? He's not the same anymore. What if that happens to Conner? He's been gone longer." She muttered. She wouldn't tell him that she could hear Dustin yell in the middle of the night, her and Hayley's room being closest to his.

"He's here though. It's going to take time, but Dustin will bounce back. So will Conner." He nudged her with his shoulder, her body swaying to the side from the push.

"I hope so."

I guess this calls for an end to another chapter. Like most of these have been, another filler. I think I did a good job of making sure everyone was involved this time. Okay, scratch that, I missed Billy & Hayley, but, they're not that much fun since I can't speak in technical, computer terms. Hah.

I hope you guys liked it & I know you probably have a big question for me & it'll be answered in the next chapter!

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