Hunter, Shane and Dustin stood behind Cam in Ninja Opts.
"Can't you work a little faster?" Hunter asked impatiently. Cam rolled his eyes.
"Remind me again why we brought the Jackass in here?" He asked. Hunter glared at him.
"He can help us find Tori." Dustin sighed.
"Well, tell him to calm down." Cam said. Sensei walked over and stood by the computer.
"Cam," he said. Cam looked at his father and sighed. He knew he was being chastised for his rudeness. Hunter looked at Sensei. His eyes narrowed at him.
"You." He said lowly. Everyone looked at him. Suddenly, Hunter tried to get at Sensei. Dustin and Shane grabbed his arms, holding him back. Cam jumped up and stood between Hunter and his father.
"What the hell is your problem?" Dustin grunted as he fought to keep his hold on Hunter, who was struggling against him and Shane.
"I'm going to kill you!" Hunter growled at Sensei. "You murderer!"
"What?" Cam said. Hunter looked at Cam.
"He murdered my parents. Now it's his turn to die." Cam looked at his father. Sensei was as clueless as the rest of them.
"I know not of what he speaks."
"Liar!" Hunter yelled. "You murdered Stephen and Gloria Bradley, my parents." Sensei looked at him.
"Those names sound familiar." He said. He remembered. "Yes, they were students at the Thunder Ninja Academy. Sensei Oramo was a friend of mine. He spoke to me about Stephen and Gloria. They where his most dedicated students."
"You have no right to even speak their names!" Hunter yelled. Sensei looked at him sympathetically. The young man had been lied to. And Sensei knew exactly who it was who did.
"I am sorry for your loss." Sensei said. "But I assure you, I had nothing to do with it."
"Shut up!" Hunter growled. "You are a liar."
"Can we gag him?" Dustin asked.
"You don't know I tempted I am." Shane said. Cam looked at his dad.
"I think you should go into your cage or something for now." He said. Sensei nodded as he left. Cam looked at Hunter. "As for you, calm down, or I'll have these two hold you down while I shove a Valium down your freaking throat." He threatened. Usually, Cam wasn't very violent, but this guy just threatened to kill Cam's own father, there were exceptions.
"I'd like to see you try." Hunter said. Cam looked at Shane and Dustin.
"Boys." He said. Shane and Dustin kicked Hunter's feet out from under him, slamming him on the floor. The shock and the impact itself knocked the wind out of him. Cam stood over him.
"You calm?" He asked. Hunter coughed as he tried to catch his breath. He nodded. "Good." Cam said. Shane and Dustin yanked Hunter up to his feet, releasing him. Hunter sat on the table in the room, leaning over his knees trying to breath easierly
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Blake and Tori sat in their cavern again. Tori sat looking at him. Blake looked out the cavern, seeing no sign of the monster, sat down.
"I think we lost him." He said.
"What did you mean, about sensei?" She asked. Blake looked at her.
"He killed my parents." He said. There was a silence in the cavern. Tori sat back, stunned by his words.
"What?!" She finally said. Blake simply nodded. "You've got to be joking." She said. "Sensei would never kill anyone."
"That's what you think." Blake said.
"I don't think it." She said. "I know it." Her tone was sure. "Is that why you and your brother have been going brutal on our asses?" She asked.
"We made a deal with Lothor." Blake said. "We help him get rid of you guys, he lets us get our revenge on your sensei."
"Well, that's..pleasant." Tori said. "Glad to know there's a nice price on my head." She said.
"I didn't know you when we made that agreement." He said.
"Yet even after you did, that didn't seem to stop you and your brother from beating us till we had aches and pains in places we didn't know could get aches and pains." She pointed out.
"None of this has anything to do with you or your friends." Blake said.
"So, we're just inconsequential nuisances?" She asked.
"Exactl-" He paused. "Wait.."
"No, no, don't sugar coat anything or whatever." Tori said. "We're just little flies in your way, is that right?" Tori asked. Blake sighed.
"Is there any right answer to that one?" He asked.
"Tell me the truth." She said. "For once in the time we've known one another, tell me the truth."
"What are you talking about? I've told you the truth." Tori simply gave him a look. "All right, not about some things, but.."
"Well, now I know the truth about that. So, it's only fair you not lie to me now."
"What do you want to know?" He asked.
"Well, for starters, who the hell gave you the idea that Sensei murdered your parents?" She asked.
"Lothor." He replied. Tori raised her eyebrows.
"Lothor? And you believed him?" She asked. "Please, tell me you're not stupid enough to believe the big evil space ninja who's trying to take over the world." Blake didn't answer. "Wow." Tori said. "Have you ever thought that maybe he's, oh, I don't know, lying?" She asked. "I mean, the guy's evil. You do know that, right?"
"Can you please can the sarcasm?" Blake said.
"OK, sorry." She said. There was yet another silence. "Besides, even if, and I do mean if, Sensei did kill your parents, what would killing him accomplish?" She asked sincerely.
"It would avenge their deaths." Blake stated.
"And what does that mean?" She asked. "Killing him won't bring your parents back. It won't deliver some closure to you and your brother."
"Yes, it will."
"No, it won't." Tori said. "Because, if anything, it'll just make you into whoever it is who killed your parents."
"What are you talking about?" Blake said. "Your sensei's a heartless bastard who tore my family apart."
"And that's what you'll be if you kill him." Tori said. "You won't be hurting Sensei by killing him. All you will be doing is tearing away a loving father from his son."
"He killed my parents, he has to pay for that."
"Making Cam pay for whatever wrongdoings you think his father did is not right." She said. "Say you do kill sensei. And Cam turns out to be just like you, vengeful. So, he kills Hunter. Then, to avenge the death of your brother, you will kill Cam. And then, where does that leave you? Alone." She paused, letting her words sink into Blake.
"You and Hunter are so full of rage, hatred and vengeance, and it used to be without any target or whatever to aim it at. Don't you think it's likely Lothor just took all that and decided he could use it for his advantage? Maybe Lothor told you what you wanted to hear. He gave you someone to hate for the loss of your parents." Tori said. Blake said nothing. She decided to continue. "Instead of spending your life trying to punish those who hurt you, why don't you cherish the fact that you still have people who do care about you? I mean, you've filled your heart with thoughts of avenging the death of your parents, it seems like you haven't left room to love those who are still with you."
"You don't know what you're talking about." Blake said. Tori sighed, realizing he was going to be stubborn.
"All right. Fine. But, just so you know, Dustin, Shane, Cam, and Sensei are family to me. You hurt them, I hurt you."
"You just said vengeance is not right. So, you're a hypocrite."
"Guess so." Tori said. "Although, in my case, at least I'd know for certain who to blame. Sensei can't even bring himself to step on a bug...well, back when he was in a position that he could.Anyway, he's too good of a person and everything. I don't believe he could've killed your parents."
"Look, you don't understand me, Hunter, or anything. So I'd appreciate if you didn't try to analyze me."
"All right." Tori said. "I'll admit it. I don't know what you or Hunter are going through. I don't understand what possible reason you see in your quest for vengence. So, make me understand." Blake stared at her, his eyes full of anger and sorrow.
"Fine." He said. "Where do you want me to start?" He asked.
"Wherever you think is best to make me see your logic." Tori shrugged.
"OK." Blake said. He paused for a bit. "My family abandoned me when I was barely a toddler." He said. "I have no idea who my real mom and dad are. Don't even remember them. Do you have any idea what it's like being two years old in a freaking orphanage? Always getting overlooked by prospective parents because they want a tiny little baby? You feel unloved, unwanted. You feel like you're just some spec on the earth that will never be loved. But, then, miracles of miracles happens-You get adopted. And, your new mom and dad love you and everything. And they have another adopted son, so you have a new brother who also understands all the things you feel because he feels them too."
His eyes began to fill with tears. He looked down as he continued talking. "And you actually are happy. It's like the first two years of your life never existed. Everything's perfect. That is, until five years later, your parents are killed." Blake looked up at her. Tori could see tears streaking down his cheeks. "So, now, you tell me that vengeance is wrong or whatever."
Tori felt her heart ache for him and all the pain he had been through. Blake hid his face in the crook of his arm as all his emotion came out. Emotions that he had kept inside himself for so long.
Tori scooted over to him.
"I'm sorry." She said. She gave him a sideways hug. Blake rested his head against her arm and let all of his tears and pain come out. She held him in her arms comfortingly for a long while, until she felt his tears subside. She laid her head against his and held him. Blake lifted his head up, causing her to lift hers as well. He looked into her eyes. Tori looked into his. Before either of them realized it, their faces inched closer and they kissed.
The kiss was sweet, gentle, yet filled with desire and passion. Blake's tongue slowly slid past her lips and gently probed her mouth. Tori responded with equal actions. The two kissed for what seemed like forever. The slowly pulled away, panting for air.
"What was that..?" Tori panted.
"I dunno." Blake replied. "But..It was nice." He said. The two were both unsure of what exactly was going on. First they were fighting about Blake's desire to murder Sensei, and then they were hugging, and now, kissing? It all just didn't compute in Tori's head. But, she had to agree with Blake. It was nice.
"Yeah..It was." She said. The two kissed again. Suddenly, the fog that had entered Tori's mind when the kiss began cleared. She opened her eyes and sat up. "Oh my god." She said.
"What?" He asked.
"I.....I can't do this. It's bad, very bad. Wrong on so many many levels." She babbled.
"Wow, didn't know I was such a horrible kisser." Blake said.
"No, that was good.." She paused. "That's not what I meant! I mean, we can't kiss..We're enemies. Besides, it's obvious that was just a manifestation of us realizing that it's quite possible we're going to be stuck together on this island, and we took the whole 'getting along' notion a little too far." Blake looked at her.
"Is that all that it was for you?" He asked. Tori looked at him. The truth was, no, it wasn't just that. But she wasn't about to let herself fall for some guy who was hell bent on killing her Sensei. It just sounded like something out of a Greek tragedy, or Shakespeare, or both.
"I.......I don't know." She replied.
"We could always try it again, see if that helps." Blake said.
"I don't think so." Tori responded. Blake sighed and leaned his head against the side of the cavern.
"Can't blame a guy for trying." He said. Tori looked at him.
"Besides, how do I know this isn't just some trick? Like, you're thinking 'ohh, get the blue ranger chick to fall for me, and then she'll help us get rid of sensei'." She said. Blake looked at her.
"Hey, I could say the same about you. How do I know this isn't some trick to lure me to your side? Play coy and innocent, then kiss me."
"I did not kiss you." She said. "You kissed me."
"We kissed each other." Blake pointed out. "There's two of us, two sets of lips, two ton-"
"OK I get the point, Navy Boy." She said. "Either way, it can not happen again." She said. As if to accentuate that, she moved away from him.
"Why not?" Blake asked. Tori looked at him incrediously.
"Why not?" She asked. "Where do I start? Do I go with the fact that you're Lothor's lapdog, or the fact that this was obviously just something that came out of emotions running high and everything? Pick your reason."
"Is sarcasm your defense mechanism or something?" Blake asked. Tori sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Let's just drop it, all right?" She said. "It was a mistake. It's never happening again."
"That's too bad." He said. He moved closer to her. "Because, I don't think it was a mistake. And, I would like it if it happened again." Tori looked at him. She looked into his eyes and saw he wasn't being sarcastic or anything. She looked down. The truth was, she felt the same way.
"Was your end a trick?" She asked, giving in.
"No, yours?" He asked. Tori shook her head. "Was it a manisfastation of the possibility of us staying here for a while?"
"No.." Tori muttered. Blake reached over and touched her hand.
"Same here." He kissed her.
"Oh great, I'm falling for the enemy, that's just wonderful." Tori said.
"If it's any consolation, I fell for the enemy before I met the enemy." Blake smiled Tori couldn't help smile as well.
"It's not. But, thanks." She said as they kissed again.
At that moment, they didn't care about whatever awaited them back home. They didn't care that they were supposed to be enemies. They didn't care about anything except one another's taste at that moment.
"Can't you work a little faster?" Hunter asked impatiently. Cam rolled his eyes.
"Remind me again why we brought the Jackass in here?" He asked. Hunter glared at him.
"He can help us find Tori." Dustin sighed.
"Well, tell him to calm down." Cam said. Sensei walked over and stood by the computer.
"Cam," he said. Cam looked at his father and sighed. He knew he was being chastised for his rudeness. Hunter looked at Sensei. His eyes narrowed at him.
"You." He said lowly. Everyone looked at him. Suddenly, Hunter tried to get at Sensei. Dustin and Shane grabbed his arms, holding him back. Cam jumped up and stood between Hunter and his father.
"What the hell is your problem?" Dustin grunted as he fought to keep his hold on Hunter, who was struggling against him and Shane.
"I'm going to kill you!" Hunter growled at Sensei. "You murderer!"
"What?" Cam said. Hunter looked at Cam.
"He murdered my parents. Now it's his turn to die." Cam looked at his father. Sensei was as clueless as the rest of them.
"I know not of what he speaks."
"Liar!" Hunter yelled. "You murdered Stephen and Gloria Bradley, my parents." Sensei looked at him.
"Those names sound familiar." He said. He remembered. "Yes, they were students at the Thunder Ninja Academy. Sensei Oramo was a friend of mine. He spoke to me about Stephen and Gloria. They where his most dedicated students."
"You have no right to even speak their names!" Hunter yelled. Sensei looked at him sympathetically. The young man had been lied to. And Sensei knew exactly who it was who did.
"I am sorry for your loss." Sensei said. "But I assure you, I had nothing to do with it."
"Shut up!" Hunter growled. "You are a liar."
"Can we gag him?" Dustin asked.
"You don't know I tempted I am." Shane said. Cam looked at his dad.
"I think you should go into your cage or something for now." He said. Sensei nodded as he left. Cam looked at Hunter. "As for you, calm down, or I'll have these two hold you down while I shove a Valium down your freaking throat." He threatened. Usually, Cam wasn't very violent, but this guy just threatened to kill Cam's own father, there were exceptions.
"I'd like to see you try." Hunter said. Cam looked at Shane and Dustin.
"Boys." He said. Shane and Dustin kicked Hunter's feet out from under him, slamming him on the floor. The shock and the impact itself knocked the wind out of him. Cam stood over him.
"You calm?" He asked. Hunter coughed as he tried to catch his breath. He nodded. "Good." Cam said. Shane and Dustin yanked Hunter up to his feet, releasing him. Hunter sat on the table in the room, leaning over his knees trying to breath easierly
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Blake and Tori sat in their cavern again. Tori sat looking at him. Blake looked out the cavern, seeing no sign of the monster, sat down.
"I think we lost him." He said.
"What did you mean, about sensei?" She asked. Blake looked at her.
"He killed my parents." He said. There was a silence in the cavern. Tori sat back, stunned by his words.
"What?!" She finally said. Blake simply nodded. "You've got to be joking." She said. "Sensei would never kill anyone."
"That's what you think." Blake said.
"I don't think it." She said. "I know it." Her tone was sure. "Is that why you and your brother have been going brutal on our asses?" She asked.
"We made a deal with Lothor." Blake said. "We help him get rid of you guys, he lets us get our revenge on your sensei."
"Well, that's..pleasant." Tori said. "Glad to know there's a nice price on my head." She said.
"I didn't know you when we made that agreement." He said.
"Yet even after you did, that didn't seem to stop you and your brother from beating us till we had aches and pains in places we didn't know could get aches and pains." She pointed out.
"None of this has anything to do with you or your friends." Blake said.
"So, we're just inconsequential nuisances?" She asked.
"Exactl-" He paused. "Wait.."
"No, no, don't sugar coat anything or whatever." Tori said. "We're just little flies in your way, is that right?" Tori asked. Blake sighed.
"Is there any right answer to that one?" He asked.
"Tell me the truth." She said. "For once in the time we've known one another, tell me the truth."
"What are you talking about? I've told you the truth." Tori simply gave him a look. "All right, not about some things, but.."
"Well, now I know the truth about that. So, it's only fair you not lie to me now."
"What do you want to know?" He asked.
"Well, for starters, who the hell gave you the idea that Sensei murdered your parents?" She asked.
"Lothor." He replied. Tori raised her eyebrows.
"Lothor? And you believed him?" She asked. "Please, tell me you're not stupid enough to believe the big evil space ninja who's trying to take over the world." Blake didn't answer. "Wow." Tori said. "Have you ever thought that maybe he's, oh, I don't know, lying?" She asked. "I mean, the guy's evil. You do know that, right?"
"Can you please can the sarcasm?" Blake said.
"OK, sorry." She said. There was yet another silence. "Besides, even if, and I do mean if, Sensei did kill your parents, what would killing him accomplish?" She asked sincerely.
"It would avenge their deaths." Blake stated.
"And what does that mean?" She asked. "Killing him won't bring your parents back. It won't deliver some closure to you and your brother."
"Yes, it will."
"No, it won't." Tori said. "Because, if anything, it'll just make you into whoever it is who killed your parents."
"What are you talking about?" Blake said. "Your sensei's a heartless bastard who tore my family apart."
"And that's what you'll be if you kill him." Tori said. "You won't be hurting Sensei by killing him. All you will be doing is tearing away a loving father from his son."
"He killed my parents, he has to pay for that."
"Making Cam pay for whatever wrongdoings you think his father did is not right." She said. "Say you do kill sensei. And Cam turns out to be just like you, vengeful. So, he kills Hunter. Then, to avenge the death of your brother, you will kill Cam. And then, where does that leave you? Alone." She paused, letting her words sink into Blake.
"You and Hunter are so full of rage, hatred and vengeance, and it used to be without any target or whatever to aim it at. Don't you think it's likely Lothor just took all that and decided he could use it for his advantage? Maybe Lothor told you what you wanted to hear. He gave you someone to hate for the loss of your parents." Tori said. Blake said nothing. She decided to continue. "Instead of spending your life trying to punish those who hurt you, why don't you cherish the fact that you still have people who do care about you? I mean, you've filled your heart with thoughts of avenging the death of your parents, it seems like you haven't left room to love those who are still with you."
"You don't know what you're talking about." Blake said. Tori sighed, realizing he was going to be stubborn.
"All right. Fine. But, just so you know, Dustin, Shane, Cam, and Sensei are family to me. You hurt them, I hurt you."
"You just said vengeance is not right. So, you're a hypocrite."
"Guess so." Tori said. "Although, in my case, at least I'd know for certain who to blame. Sensei can't even bring himself to step on a bug...well, back when he was in a position that he could.Anyway, he's too good of a person and everything. I don't believe he could've killed your parents."
"Look, you don't understand me, Hunter, or anything. So I'd appreciate if you didn't try to analyze me."
"All right." Tori said. "I'll admit it. I don't know what you or Hunter are going through. I don't understand what possible reason you see in your quest for vengence. So, make me understand." Blake stared at her, his eyes full of anger and sorrow.
"Fine." He said. "Where do you want me to start?" He asked.
"Wherever you think is best to make me see your logic." Tori shrugged.
"OK." Blake said. He paused for a bit. "My family abandoned me when I was barely a toddler." He said. "I have no idea who my real mom and dad are. Don't even remember them. Do you have any idea what it's like being two years old in a freaking orphanage? Always getting overlooked by prospective parents because they want a tiny little baby? You feel unloved, unwanted. You feel like you're just some spec on the earth that will never be loved. But, then, miracles of miracles happens-You get adopted. And, your new mom and dad love you and everything. And they have another adopted son, so you have a new brother who also understands all the things you feel because he feels them too."
His eyes began to fill with tears. He looked down as he continued talking. "And you actually are happy. It's like the first two years of your life never existed. Everything's perfect. That is, until five years later, your parents are killed." Blake looked up at her. Tori could see tears streaking down his cheeks. "So, now, you tell me that vengeance is wrong or whatever."
Tori felt her heart ache for him and all the pain he had been through. Blake hid his face in the crook of his arm as all his emotion came out. Emotions that he had kept inside himself for so long.
Tori scooted over to him.
"I'm sorry." She said. She gave him a sideways hug. Blake rested his head against her arm and let all of his tears and pain come out. She held him in her arms comfortingly for a long while, until she felt his tears subside. She laid her head against his and held him. Blake lifted his head up, causing her to lift hers as well. He looked into her eyes. Tori looked into his. Before either of them realized it, their faces inched closer and they kissed.
The kiss was sweet, gentle, yet filled with desire and passion. Blake's tongue slowly slid past her lips and gently probed her mouth. Tori responded with equal actions. The two kissed for what seemed like forever. The slowly pulled away, panting for air.
"What was that..?" Tori panted.
"I dunno." Blake replied. "But..It was nice." He said. The two were both unsure of what exactly was going on. First they were fighting about Blake's desire to murder Sensei, and then they were hugging, and now, kissing? It all just didn't compute in Tori's head. But, she had to agree with Blake. It was nice.
"Yeah..It was." She said. The two kissed again. Suddenly, the fog that had entered Tori's mind when the kiss began cleared. She opened her eyes and sat up. "Oh my god." She said.
"What?" He asked.
"I.....I can't do this. It's bad, very bad. Wrong on so many many levels." She babbled.
"Wow, didn't know I was such a horrible kisser." Blake said.
"No, that was good.." She paused. "That's not what I meant! I mean, we can't kiss..We're enemies. Besides, it's obvious that was just a manifestation of us realizing that it's quite possible we're going to be stuck together on this island, and we took the whole 'getting along' notion a little too far." Blake looked at her.
"Is that all that it was for you?" He asked. Tori looked at him. The truth was, no, it wasn't just that. But she wasn't about to let herself fall for some guy who was hell bent on killing her Sensei. It just sounded like something out of a Greek tragedy, or Shakespeare, or both.
"I.......I don't know." She replied.
"We could always try it again, see if that helps." Blake said.
"I don't think so." Tori responded. Blake sighed and leaned his head against the side of the cavern.
"Can't blame a guy for trying." He said. Tori looked at him.
"Besides, how do I know this isn't just some trick? Like, you're thinking 'ohh, get the blue ranger chick to fall for me, and then she'll help us get rid of sensei'." She said. Blake looked at her.
"Hey, I could say the same about you. How do I know this isn't some trick to lure me to your side? Play coy and innocent, then kiss me."
"I did not kiss you." She said. "You kissed me."
"We kissed each other." Blake pointed out. "There's two of us, two sets of lips, two ton-"
"OK I get the point, Navy Boy." She said. "Either way, it can not happen again." She said. As if to accentuate that, she moved away from him.
"Why not?" Blake asked. Tori looked at him incrediously.
"Why not?" She asked. "Where do I start? Do I go with the fact that you're Lothor's lapdog, or the fact that this was obviously just something that came out of emotions running high and everything? Pick your reason."
"Is sarcasm your defense mechanism or something?" Blake asked. Tori sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Let's just drop it, all right?" She said. "It was a mistake. It's never happening again."
"That's too bad." He said. He moved closer to her. "Because, I don't think it was a mistake. And, I would like it if it happened again." Tori looked at him. She looked into his eyes and saw he wasn't being sarcastic or anything. She looked down. The truth was, she felt the same way.
"Was your end a trick?" She asked, giving in.
"No, yours?" He asked. Tori shook her head. "Was it a manisfastation of the possibility of us staying here for a while?"
"No.." Tori muttered. Blake reached over and touched her hand.
"Same here." He kissed her.
"Oh great, I'm falling for the enemy, that's just wonderful." Tori said.
"If it's any consolation, I fell for the enemy before I met the enemy." Blake smiled Tori couldn't help smile as well.
"It's not. But, thanks." She said as they kissed again.
At that moment, they didn't care about whatever awaited them back home. They didn't care that they were supposed to be enemies. They didn't care about anything except one another's taste at that moment.