Summer awoke a few hours after the Joey/Shane encounter. The sun was just
peaking over the horizon, making it a beautiful morning. Summer went to
push herself onto her knees, forgetting that she had fallen off a cliff the
day previous. When she realized this it was already too late, her legs gave
out, sending her sprawling forward on top of Hunter. The sudden weight of
her shook Hunter awake. He opened his eyes. He looked at Summer.
"Well," he said sleepily, rubbing his eyes. "This is an interesting way to wake up." He said. Summer smiled.
"I fell." She said. Hunter chuckled.
"Your not supposed to do that." he told her gently. She rolled off him and onto the ground of the cave.
"You don't think I don't know that." She replied. Hunter smiled as he kissed her.
"Now why were you trying to stand up?" He asked gently, pushing a piece of stray hair behind her ear. Summer blushed gently.
"I wanted to see the sunrise." She told him truthfully. Hunter smiled.
"Well, why didn't you just say so?" He asked.
"I thought I just did." Summer replied. Hunter chuckled. He got up and gently helped her to her feet, letting her lean on him. He helped her walk out of the cave. The two of them sat on a log facing the rising sun. Summer leaned against Hunter and closed her eyes. "This is nice." She murmured. Hunter smiled and kissed her gently.
"Yes it is." He replied. He stroked her cheek lovingly.
"How you feeling today?" he asked. Summer shrugged.
"Lets just say, the only part of me that doesn't hurt right now... is my feet." She said truthfully... She was in so much pain since she had fallen on Hunter about five minutes previous that she thought she was going to die.
"Anything I can do?" He asked. Summer sighed.
"What you're doing right now feels pretty good right now." She said.
"What's that?" Hunter asked.
"Just sitting here with me, holding me." She said. Hunter smiled.
"Well, then, I guess I'll just have to keep right on doing that forever and ever." He smiled. Summer giggled softly.
"Now, I like the sound of that." She whispered.
"Me too." He replied. He lowered his lips to hers gently and enveloped them in a soft, but passion filled kiss. Footsteps were heard, but neither paid attention.
"Ah, Jesus, what is it with all the kissing!" Came Shane's voice. Summer and Hunter separated. Hunter gave him an evil glare.
"Do you have a problem?" Hunter growled. Summer put a hand on his arm.
"Hunter..." She said. He backed off without being told. Summer tilted her head and looked at Shane.
"Now what's your problem??" She asked Shane. He shrugged.
"I guess I'm still bugged out about the whole Joey thing last night." he said. Summer looked at him again. His clothes were covered in soil, and leaves.
"Dude... did you sleep outside last night?" Hunter asked. Shane nodded. "Why?" Hunter asked.
"Because I feared that if I slept in the cave, Joey would murder me in my sleep." Shane replied.
"I thought you guys were friends." Hunter said.
"Yeah, little bit of advice-Never tell your friend you love them." Shane said.
"You did what?" Hunter asked. Shane looked at him.
"I told Joey that I loved her." He repeated. Hunter looked at Summer who just nodded.
"I was standing right there when he said it." Summer said lazily.
"I thought you loved Skyla." Hunter said.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked.
"I thought I did..But....I don't know...It's different with Joey. She's different. I don't know." Shane said.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked again.
"And how did Joey respond to your declaration of love?" Hunter asked.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked.
"She got pissed." Shane answered.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked again.
"She got pissed?" Hunter asked.
"HEY!" Summer yelled.
"What is it sweetie?" Hunter asked.
"Who is Skyla?" Summer asked.
"Yes she did get pissed." Shane replied to Hunter's question.
"Well why?" he asked. Shane shrugged.
"Beats me." He responded. By this time, Summer was extremely pissed off. Hunter had almost answered her question, but Shane had interrupted her again.
"WHO THE FUCK IS THIS SKYLA CHICK!?" Summer screamed. Hunter had taken the brunt of it in his ear and promptly fell off the log and onto the ground. Shane plugged his ears and winced.
"Could you be a little louder next time?" He asked. "I don't think the people in Hong Kong heard you." He told her. Summer glared at him. She went to get up to smack him, but her legs buckled beneath her and she crumpled to the ground in pain.
"Summer!" Hunter exclaimed as he gathered her in his arms. "Are you OK?" He asked softly.
"Yeah." Summer nodded. "Just know that I won't be doing that again."
"Sorry, I shouldn't have made you get up." Shane said. Summer looked at him.
"You're right, you shouldn't of... As I told Hunter before.... If I wasn't in so much pain, I'd smack you." She told Shane. He smiled and knelt beside her.
"Hurt me now?" He suggested. Summer looked at Hunter.
"Smack him please?" She asked. Hunter nodded and smacked Shane upside the head. Shane fell over slightly.
"Ow." He said. Summer smiled and pecked Hunter on the cheek.
"Thank you." She said sweetly. "Now, will someone please tell me about this Skyla chick?" She asked. Shane sighed.
"OK." He said.
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A little while later, Shane had finished telling her about Skyla and the battelizer. Summer looked at him, tears in her eyes.
"Oh, wow." She whispered. "I.... I had no idea...." Summer confessed. Shane sighed sadly.
"It's ok..... I mean you really didn't have any idea." he replied. Summer nodded.
"I'm so sorry...." She told him. Shane smiled sadly.
"Thanks Summer." He said. Shane sighed. "I've never really loved someone in a romantic sense. And then, when I found Skyla..Or she found me the second time...I felt something. I felt like I had to protect her, because if she got hurt, I'd be hurt. And then, she died in my arms, I thought I'd never feel anything for anyone ever again..." Shane's voice trailed off.
"And now Joey." Summer concluded for him.
"Yeah." He said. "It's different. Plus, it came so unexpectedly. I mean, I started severely disliking her. And then, that day after I slapped her, when you made me talk to her..I don't know, seeing her with her defenses lowered and seeing her smile instead of smirk got to me." Summer smiled.
"I can see that you feel something for her..." She said. Shane nodded.
"I really think I'm in love with her." He said quietly. Summer gave a weak smile.
"It's not that Joey's incapable of loving someone, or anyone like that... She just won't... She's afraid that if she gets to close to a male, he's only going to hurt her... Her theory stands strong for her friends too... After you had hit her, she and I had a huge fight, and she was convinced that I was going to have to break up with Hunter, one because I was a ranger, and two because she was afraid that if I fell deeper in love with him, he was going to break my heart." Summer told him. Hunter looked at her, shocked.
"Why didn't you tell me this?" He asked. Summer shrugged.
"I guess I didn't feel like I should. It would just create animosity between you and Joey. And even though I was furious with her at the time it happened, Joey's still like my sister and I still wanted to keep peace. You know?" Summer said.
"Is that why you moved out?" Hunter asked. Summer nodded. Shane looked at Summer and Hunter.
"You moved out?" He asked Summer, who nodded.
"That's not even the worst part." She confessed. Hunter and Shane looked at her. She sighed.
"When I was packing some of my stuff up, Larissa came into my room and we were talking.... And I basically told her, that if Joey didn't change her ways.... I was going to give up my morpher." Summer told them both quietly.
"Holy crap." Both guys said at the same time. Summer laughed slightly.
"But, she changed...Slightly. I mean, I guess she figured this was just a battle she wasn't going to win." Summer looked at Hunter. "There's no way I'm giving you up, not when we've found each other again." Hunter smiled softly and kissed her. Shane looked away.
"Cut the P.D.A Please?!" Shane begged them. Summer giggled.
"Sorry Shane..." She said. He smiled weakly.
"Not big issue." He replied. He sighed. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just upset about Joey." He said.
"Understood." Summer said.
"I mean, it wouldn't be so hard if I didn't think she might.."
"Feel the same?" Hunter asked. Shane nodded.
"She kissed me last night." Shane said. Hunter and Summer stared at him with wide eyes.
"She what?" Summer asked. Shane nodded.
"Yeah. She woke up last night after she had a nightmare about her mom and the guy who allegedly raped her. She went outside and I followed her. She was so upset. I comforted her, hugged her, and told her to just let it all out. A while later, she kind of stopped crying and looked at me. Then she kissed me. Maybe in my intense joy of kissing Joey, I forgot about everything. I gently pushed her back and ended up on top of her. I guess that freaked her out because she started crying again and told me to get off. I did, and tried to apologize but she wouldn't hear it. She tried to leave, but I wouldn't let her. I mean, it could be dangerous. And that's when she screamed and when you came up." Summer nodded.
"Ok, I understand now why she said you were trying to put the moves on her..." Summer began. Shane could see the wheels turning in her head.
"My intentions were not that!" He said defensively. Summer nodded.
"I know that... but obviously, she didn't." Summer replied.
"I had no intention of taking things that far. Even if I did, I would have stopped to make sure she wanted to take things that far. I'm not like the asshole who hurt her mother." Shane said, still feeling offended.
"How am I supposed to know that?" Came a voice. Shane turned to see Joey standing there. "How am I supposed to know you're not just some guy who thinks with just his dick all the time?" She asked.
"Because the very idea of hurting you is just...not possible." Shane said. Summer and Hunter watched them both. Summer tilted her head to look up at Hunter.
"Lets go." She whispered. Hunter nodded and lifted her into his arms and snuck away to a nearby river. Joey looked at Shane.
"I don't know what made me kiss you last night. OK? Maybe it was just me being upset, needing comfort, and you were there and my head just got fuzzy."
"So, are you saying that when we kissed..You felt nothing?" Shane asked, feeling like his heart was hanging by a thread.
"I felt like I was kissing someone who I thought was one of my good friends." Joey replied.
"That doesn't answer the question." Shane said. Joey sighed.
"What? You mean did I feel fireworks? Feel like I was on cloud nine?" She asked.
"Well, yeah." Shane asked. Joey sighed.
"I..I don't know..." Joey said. Shane blinked. His jaw hung slightly.
"What kind of answer is that? Either you felt something, or you didn't." Shane said. Joey sat down on the log by him and covered her face in her hands. She sighed and looked up at him.
"I don't know." She said softly. "This is all just....Everything these past few days is just so much. Like, sensory overload or something..I just can't think right now." Shane nodded.
"Alright I can accept that answer." he said truthfully. Joey sighed.
"Thank you." She said softly.
"I'm sorry for getting on top of you last night." He said. "I didn't mean to scare you, just-"
"Got caught up in the moment." Joey said. "I know. I guess I did too. But when we were in that position, I don't know, the images of my mother getting knocked down and her clothes ripped off her body just filled my head and I got scared." She said softly. Shane saw tears leaking down her cheeks. He reached over and gently took her hand in his.
"I'm sorry." He whispered. Joey nodded.
"Still friends, right?" She asked, smiling softly through her tears. Shane smiled.
"Still friends." He said. He hugged her.
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Hunter set Summer down gently beside the water. She groaned as left Hunter's strong arms.
"Like being in my arms?" He joked. Summer glared at him.
"Again... if I wasn't in so much pain... I'd hurt you." She told him. Hunter smiled and stole a kiss from her. He took her smaller hand in his and squeezed it lovingly.
"I've already asked this a thousand times before.... But are you ok?" he asked. Summer sighed and leaned her head against the rock wall.
"To be honest.... no.... I'm in so much pain from my 'falls' that I literally want to die because I hurt so much." She whispered. Hunter looked at her.
"I wish I could do something to take away the pain." He said. Summer looked at him.
"I know you do. And if this was the other way around, I'd feel the same way." She said, smiling. Hunter kissed her temple.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too." She said. "Come here, sit." She said. Hunter sat beside her. She rested her head in the crook of his neck.
"When we get out of here, maybe Sensei can do some funky ninja healing on you." Hunter smiled.
"Sensei Oramo? He's all right?" Summer asked. Hunter sighed.
"Oh, no. Uh, Sensei Wattanbe..He's the Wind Ninja Academy Sensei. Oramo got taken."
"Just like everyone else." Summer said. Hunter nodded. Summer sighed.
"I should have been there when it happened." She said. Hunter tilted her head up to look at her.
"Don't ever say that." He told her gently. Her eyebrows rose. Hunter sighed.
"If you would have been there... you would have been taken too." He told her.
"You must think like Larissa and Joey's moms. They kept the three of us hidden to keep us from being taken." She said. "How did you and Blake avoid getting taken?" She asked. Hunter sighed.
"Uh, we didn't. We did get taken." He said. Summer blinked and stared at him.
"Uh, come again?" She asked. Hunter sighed.
"Sensei Oramo gave us the morphers right when we were being attacked. We tried to get away with him but he got taken, and so did we. Lothor found out we had the morphers, and I guess he thought he could use two rangers for his advantage." Hunter said.
"Did Lothor brainwash you guys?" Summer asked.
"Well, he did, but not at the moment. He told us he knew who killed our parents. Said it was Sensei Wattanbe. So, Blake and I agreed to help him get rid of the rangers, as long as we'd get to take care of their sensei." Summer stared at him in shock.
"Oh." She said.
"We fought a few times. And then we got a hold of the sensei and were about to kill him when we saw the ghosts of our parents. They told us who really killed them..It was Lothor." He said. Summer looked down.
"Oh my god." She whispered. "I'm so sorry." She said.
"It's OK." He said. "Anyway, after that, Blake and I felt like we needed time away. So we left. Then Chooboo contacted us, told us he wanted to help us get rid of Lothor."
"Why would he say that? He's Lothor's lapdog."
"He said he was tired of getting pushed around. Anyway, we went on the ship...It was a trick. An ambush. Blake and I were surrounded....Then we think he brainwashed us into thinking the others were our enemies, because next thing we remembered was seeing Dustin at the shop and wanting to beat him to a pulp." Hunter sighed. "We were fighting again and ended up getting teleported to an island..A lot like this one." He said. "Then Blake and I remembered everything, and everything seemed OK. Until Chooboo showed up and started trying to say Blake had betrayed me. At first I didn't believe it, but then I guess I got hit with another bit of brainwash because I attacked Blake."
"Was he OK?" Summer asked.
"Yeah. Shane, Dustin and Tori got him away from me before I could kill him or anything. Then Blake and I faced off again, and Blake got me to remember our past. Remember we were brothers, and that he'd never betray me." He said. Summer looked at him. She inched closer to him and kissed him. Hunter hesitantly kissed her back. Summer looked at him.
"You're ashamed of all that?" She asked, but it sounded more like a statement. Hunter nodded.
"Yeah, I am. I hate how I could've believed Lothor about my parents and everything." He said. Summer touched his shoulder.
"It's perfectly all right. I mean, if I even had like just the mere suspect of the person who drove the car that caused my parents to swerve and crash, I'd go hunting them down myself. It's not something to be ashamed of. Your parents were killed. Lothor offered you a direction as to where to find the person who did that." She said. Hunter looked at her. He smiled.
"Thanks." He said. Summer smiled and kissed his cheek.
"Welcome." She said. Summer smiled and dipped her hand into the water and took a sip from her hand. She smiled contently as the water refreshed her. She dipped her hand into the water again and held it to Hunter's mouth.
"Want some?" She asked. Hunter nodded and tipped her hand towards his mouth and drank the water. Summer smiled and snuggled close to him.
"So, what now?" Hunter asked.
"Now we sit here and bask in the silence and in each other's company while everyone works on getting us all off here." Summer grinned. Hunter chuckled.
"I can deal with that." He said. Summer smiled and closed her eyes.
"I love you so much." She told him. He kissed her hair and hugged her gently, but tightly.
"I love you too." He replied.
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Tori lay sleeping peacefully, not knowing what was going to happen to her. Blake flipped himself over and got a face full of Tori's chest. Tori's eyes shot open, and without thinking smacked his upside the head. Blake sat up.
"I don't know if I deserved that." he said. Tori glared at him.
"You practically burry your head in between my boobs and you expect me to be all cheery about it?!" Blake blushed.
"Sorry." He said. "I didn't mean to, just kind of turned and."
"OK, I get it." Tori said dismissively. She sat up and stretched a bit. "If it happens again, I'll be forced to kick your as thought." She said.
"I'd never touch your boobs without your permission." Blake smirked. Tori looked at him.
"When would I ever give you permission to touch my boobs?" She asked.
"Oh dear god, please stop talking about your boobs!" Dustin wailed. Tori smacking Blake and such had woken him up. Tori laughed and Blake chuckled.
"What Dustin? Don't you like boobs?" Tori joked. Dustin rolled his eyes.
"Hey... I love boobs, as much as the next guy.... but when were talking about my best friends boobs.... it's just nasty!" Dustin cried.
"Glad to think you find my girlfriend's boobs are gross. Keep it that way." Blake said, getting a little protective of Tori. Tori rolled her eyes.
"Blake, you and jealousy don't mesh well." She said. "Remember last time? You got jealous of Cam and the two of you duked it out."
"Yeah, but that was a spell." Blake said.
"Yeah, and?" Tori asked. Blake blushed again.
"Point taken." He murmured. Tori giggled. She looked over to see Cam and Larissa still sleeping peacefully wrapped in each other's embrace. She smiled at how cute they looked.
"Aww look at Cam and Larissa." Tori said. Dustin and Blake looked over at the sleeping couple. Blake smiled softly, whereas Dustin made a disgusted sound and exited the cave.
"He's just jealous." Blake said as he kissed Tori.
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Summer and Hunter were talking quietly and didn't hear Dustin approach. He coughed and startled the couple.
"Hey Dustin." Summer said sweetly. Dustin smiled. Hunter nodded. Dustin sighed. Hunter was still mad at him. But that was ok.
"Hunter could I talk to you for a minute?" Dustin asked. Hunter nodded. Dustin looked at Summer.
"Could you give us a minute?" He asked. Summer rolled her eyes.
"Um, considering the fact that I fell off a cliff yesterday, and I tried to smack Shane this morning and I landed on my face...you two can leave." She said sarcastically. Dustin winced.
"Sorry I forgot." He replied. Hunter gave Summer a kiss and stood up. He went with Dustin. Dustin and Hunter reached a small clearing and Hunter looked at Dustin.
"Ok, so now that you've dragged me away from my girlfriend, who's in pretty bad shape...what can I do for you?" Hunter asked. Dustin sighed.
"It's about Marah...." He began.
"What about her? You don't still have feelings for her, do you?" Hunter asked. Dustin looked away. Hunter's eyes widened. "What? She's evil! She's Lothor's niece."
"I know that." Dustin said. "It's just that..."
"Just what?" Hunter asked.
"She came to see me earlier. She said she didn't mean to use me, or us. Said she was just scared about being alone."
"And you believed her?!" Hunter asked appalled.
"I did." Dustin sighed. "But now..I don't know what to believe anymore." Hunter looked at him. His face softened.
"Is this why you've been acting like a royal dick?" He asked.
"Well, yeah. I guess." He said softly. Hunter nodded.
"Would that also explain why you flipped out at me yesterday?" Hunter asked. Dustin nodded.
"Yeah.... yeah I guess it was... Dude.... I'm sorry." Dustin said. Hunter nodded.
"I know you are man.... but why'd you freak out on Summer?" Hunter asked. Dustin nodded.
"I guess I was just jealous that she had somebody to love her and she loves them back...." Dustin began. Hunter nodded. "And because..... we'll I was being a royal jerk.... I still can't believe I caused her to fall off the cliff with me.... I feel so bad." Dustin whispered. Hunter clapped Dustin on the back.
"It's OK. She's OK. A little banged up, but OK." Hunter said. "You're going to be OK. I mean, you'll get over Marah and everything will be fine." Dustin sighed.
"I've been trying to get over her for months, and trust me, kissing her didn't help." Dustin said.
"You guys kissed?" Hunter asked, shocked.
"It just sort of happened." Dustin said. Hunter looked at him shocked.
"And you didn't stop it?" He asked. Dustin shook his head.
"I didn't want it to end." Dustin told him truthfully. Hunter whistled lowly.
"Dude.... I ain't the best person to be talking to about this." Hunter told Dustin. Dustin sighed and nodded.
"Well whom should I talk to then?" He asked. Hunter thought for a moment.
"Either Tori, or Summer." Hunter told him. Dustin made a face.
"Well, since I don't feel like spilling my guts to my best friend, Summer it is I guess." Dustin responded. "Mind if I do it alone?" He asked. Hunter nodded. Dustin walked over to Summer and sat down. She looked at him.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey." He replied. "I kind of need your input on something." He said. Summer looked at him, waiting to continue. Dustin took a deep breath and told her all about Marah. A little while later, he had finished with telling her about the latest encounter and his current unsure ness. Summer stared at him, waiting for him to be finish.
"Is that it?" She asked.
"Yeah." Dustin said. Summer looked down a second, as if she was trying to choose her words carefully.
"Marah is Lothor's niece." Summer said. "She was there and helped when all the academies were abducted." Summer took a deep breath. "You're in love with her. Dustin, I'm sorry, but, I can't say anything that would help you."
"What do you mean?" Dustin asked.
"They took away Taheaira and Carmen. Those two were like my family after my parents passed away. And They are Larissa and Joey's moms. I can't just sit here and say it's OK to love her when I really don't think it is. I know that's not what you want to hear." Dustin stared at Summer.
"That's not fair!" He growled. Summer looked at him.
"And you call taking someone's family fair?" She retorted. Dustin snarled at her.
"You know what? I take back being sorry about pushing off the cliff and hitting you... You're obviously a cold heart bitch, who's too wrapped up in her own life, to care about anybody else! Marah's changed.... And just because your too damn stuck up too see it, doesn't give you the right to think she's a bad person." He finished. Summer looked down, tears filling her eyes. She lifted her face up to him.
"You know what, if you're so convinced she's changed then why the hell did you come here and ask me for advice? I'm just trying to look out for you, OK? You're saying Marah's betrayed you once, and for all we know this might be her handy work as well-"
"It's not!" Dustin yelled.
"-What's to say she won't do it again?!" Summer concluded. "We're friends Dustin, and you might think I'm stuck up, cold hearted and everything, but you're still my friend. Now, if you want to convince yourself that Marah's a friggen Angel, go right ahead, but don't expect anyone else around here to like it, or be comforting and such when she hurts you again, and trust me, she will."
"You don't know that!" He snapped. Summer took a breath in, and let it out.
"There's no need to get all bent out of sha-" She began.
"Well why the fuck not? I mean you seem to think she's going to destroy the world!" Dustin cut her off rudely.
"Because she's Lothor's niece!" Summer screeched back at him. Dustin lost his temper at that point and shoved Summer hard, into the river. When she surfaced she gave him the meanest look she could muster.
"Your a fucking asshole.... your so lucky I can't walk... I'd kick your ass!" She yelled. Dustin snorted.
"Whatever." he muttered as he walked away. Summer plopped herself back down in the river and let her tears that she had been holding in fall.
"I can't believe he thinks I'm a cold heartless stuck up bitch." She sobbed. Hunter saw Dustin push her in the river and ran over to Dustin. He grabbed Dustin by his shirt.
"What the hell is your problem?!" He growled. "What, you didn't think she had enough cuts and bruises so you decided to make more?" He shoved Dustin away and went over to Summer. "Summer? Baby? Are you OK?" He asked, pulling her out of the water and holding her close. Summer sobbed against his chest.
"He..... He....." She sobbed even more. Hunter kissed her forehead and stroked her hair.
"He what baby?" He asked. Summer sobbed harder. He was going to kill Dustin. Whatever he did obviously hurt Summer deeply.
"He..... He called me a cold....... heartless....... stuck up......bitch." She sobbed harder. Hunter was awestruck. He didn't know what to say.
"He's severely messed in the head." Hunter said. "I think that fall yesterday made him stupid...well, more then usual." Summer couldn't help smile a bit. Hunter smiled. "There we go. There's that beautiful smile I love." He said. He kissed her softly. Summer buried her face into the crook of his neck.
"Do you think I'm all those things?" She asked quietly. Hunter pulled her away from him.
"If I ever thought those things.... I'd hurt myself." He told her truthfully. He pulled her back closer to him. "Summer, you are the most warm hearted, kind, loving person I've ever known."
"Dustin doesn't seem to think that." Summer said. "I just told him Marah was evil and-"
"You told him what we've all been thinking but have been to timid to say." Hunter said. "You gave him the tough love he needed."
"Well, all it got me was a shove in the river." Summer said.
"Yeah, well, Dustin's not going to be surviving this island adventure if you catch my drift." Hunter said lowly, his anger at Dustin rising. Summer looked at Hunter.
"Hunter.... you know I love you right?" She asked timidly. Hunter nodded.
"Of course I do." he replied hugging her.
"Then do me a favor?" She asked. Hunter kissed her slowly. "I'll take that as a yes?" She asked. Hunter smiled and nodded. "Don't hurt Dustin.... at least not yet." She told him. Hunter stared at her.
"Summer, he's hurt you, not once, but twice." Hunter argued.
"Yes. He's hurt ME. I want to be the one to get back at him...Once I am at the ability to do so." Summer grinned. "He'll never see it coming." Hunter laughed.
"Ah, devious are you?" He asked.
"But of course." Summer replied. Hunter smiled.
"So...." He said. Summer nodded.
"Now what do we do?" she asked.
"How bout fight me?" Came a sinister voice from behind them. There stood Vexacus. Hunter jumped up to protect Summer.
"What are you doing here, fish face?" Hunter demanded. Vexacus grinned evilly.
"I'm going to destroy you both. Once and for all." He said. Summer snorted.
"That's what you say every time." She smirked. Vexacus growled at her. He went to charge at them when a fireball hit him in the back, sending him sprawling on the sand. Hunter and Summer looked up to see Shane and Joey. Joey had her hand outstretched.
"Back off." Joey snarled. Vexacus rose to his feet and turned to her. Joey looked at Shane. "You and Hunter get Summer out of here." She said. Shane looked at her.
"Huh? What? No way." Shane said. Joey gave him a hard look.
"Do it." She ordered. Shane sighed and went over to Summer and Hunter.
Hunter lifted Summer gently onto his back. Shane took off running ahead of them.
"Joey! Be careful!" Summer shouted. Joey went to yell at them to not attract attention to themselves, but it was too late. Vexacus sent a blast flying at Summer and Hunter, sending them both sprawling to the ground not moving.
"NO!" Joey screamed. She ran at Vexacus and started punching and kicking him. "You bastard!" She screamed shrilly. Vexacus lifted her up and tossed her into some rocks.
Joey slammed into the rocks and slumped to the ground unconscious.
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Marah stood at the bridge of the ship, watching Vexacus attack them. Her heart ached for their suffering. She couldn't stand by and let Vexacus hurt them. They didn't have their powers. They were defenseless. It wasn't fair. Marah took a deep breath and pressed some buttons on the console.
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"Joey!" Shane yelled. He tried to get at her as Vexacus slowly approached her. Joey slowly woke up, opening her eyes to see Vexacus standing over her.
"Time to die, ranger." He said. He lifted his sword up and went to bring it down on her. Joey gasped and raised her arms up to her face. Suddenly Vexacus disappeared. Shane paused for a second. Joey blinked and slowly sat up. Shane ran over to her. He kneeled by her side.
"Are you all right?" He asked. Joey nodded.
"Yeah, I think so." She said softly. She looked over to Summer and Hunter who weren't moving. "Oh god." She said. She got up and ran over to them.
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Vexacus appeared on the bridge. He growled. He turned to see Marah standing there. He stalked up to her and held his sword under her chin.
"Why did you do that?" He snarled. Marah gulped.
"I'm sorry..I was watching and I accidentally pressed a button.." She lied. Vexacus glared at her. He stepped back.
"Stupid child." He growled as he walked out of the bridge. Marah watched him leave.
"That's what you think." She muttered to herself.
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Joey ran over and knelt beside Summer, who had landed a few feet from Hunter. Shane knelt beside Hunter who was slowly waking up. Hunter tired to sit up, but Shane pushed him back down.
"Calm down man... You just got blasted." Shane told him. Hunter sighed but lay back down on the ground. Joey slowly flipped Summer's body over. She looked for signs of more injury, but there didn't seem to be much, except for a few cuts had reopened and were bleeding... Joey noticed something different. Joey's eyes went wide.
"Shane!" She hissed. Shane walked over and knelt beside Joey.
"Hmm?" He asked. Joey repressed a sob and quietly said.
"I don't think Summer's breathing." She said. Hunter heard her and quickly got up, going to Summer's side.
"Summer? Baby?" He asked. He shook her. Tears filled his eyes. "Summer, come on, wake up." He said. Joey touched Summer's neck. She felt nothing.
"No.." She whispered. "Summer, don't you fucking do this to me." She ordered. "Wake up right now, I mean it!" Joey sobbed. She lowered her head as sobs overtook her. Suddenly she thought of something. She looked at Shane. "Go get Larissa." She said. Shane looked at her blankly.
"What?"
"Just do it." She said. Shane nodded and stood up. He took off towards the cave. Shane ran as fast as he could to the cave. He found Blake and Tori sitting there. Cam and Larissa were still asleep.
"Larissa!" He yelled. Larissa jolted awake, as did Cam. The four of them looked at him.
"What the hell?" Cam said. Shane paused to catch his breath.
"By the river...Vexacus...Hit Summer and Hunter...Summer's not breathing." He panted. Everyone's eyes widened.
The five of them soon ran back to where Shane said Summer, Joey and Hunter where. They found Hunter and Joey crying over Summer's body. Larissa screamed.
"No!" She ran over to them and held Summer's hand. "Summer...Summer please wake up." She pleaded. "You promised..You promised you wouldn't leave." Joey looked at Larissa.
"Ris." Joey said, touching her shoulder gently. "You remember how your mom was trying to teach you to tap into your powers?" She asked. Larissa blinked.
"Joey, Summer's dead! This isn't a time to ask me about my powers!" Larissa shrieked through her tears.
"Larissa. Her heart's stopped. What do they do in movies and shit when someone's heart stops? They give them an electric jolt to start it back up again." Joey said. Larissa stared at her.
"I...I can't. I'm not skilled at it.."
"Larissa, you have to try. You're Summer's only hope." Joey said, trying to stay calm the best she could. Larissa looked at Summer's lifeless body and nodded slowly.
"OK..I'll try..." She whispered. She slowly let go of Summer's hand and placed them on her chest. She looked at Hunter. "I'd get back if I were you." She said. Hunter looked at her. He couldn't bring himself to move. Blake went over to his brother and gently pulled him away. Tori hugged Hunter. Joey stayed by Larissa.
"OK, you can do this.Concentrate." Joey said. Larissa closed her eyes and tried, but thoughts of Summer being dead prevented her from concentrating.
"I can't." She sobbed.
"You have to." Joey insisted.
"No, Joey, I can't. Mom only gave me a few lessons before she was taken.I can't do anything this major."
"You have to do it." Joey said. "Do it for Summer, for your mom. Do it, now." Larissa took a deep breath and did her best to clear her mind. Slowly orange static of electricity surrounded her hands. Larissa sent the electricity into Summer's body. Her body jolted a bit, but remained still. Larissa bit her lip to keep from sobbing and tried again. Still nothing. "Try harder." Joey said softly. This had to work. Summer couldn't die. Summer was not allowed to die. Larissa took a deep cleansing breath, building up more energy inside her. She sent the energy to Summer, still nothing.
"Goddamnit Summer, wake up!" Larissa screamed. Suddenly, a electric ring surrounded Larissa and Summer, sending Joey sprawling back a bit. Joey sat up to see Larissa tapping into a whole new level of power. It seemed to come out of every orifice of her body, making her hair stand on end. Summer's eyes shot open and she gasped a lungful of air. The electricity disappeared. Larissa's eyes drifted shut and she fell onto the sand. Summer coughed as she in took air rapidly. Hunter immediality knelt beside her.
"Are you alright?" He asked gently. Summer took in deep breaths and slowly returned her breathing to normal.
"I've been a lot better... What happened?" She asked. Hunter looked at the others.
"Sweetie..... you died....." he told her. Summer's eyes went wide.
"Pardon me?" She squeaked. Hunter nodded.
"Larissa was able to use her powers to shock you back." Tori told her. Summer's eyes darted around.
"Where's Larissa?" She asked. Cam lifted Larissa up gently and leaned her against his chest.
"Right here.... She's just asleep." He told them. Everyone let out a collective sigh at once. Joey went over and hugged Summer tightly.
"Don't you ever die again, understood?" She demanded. Summer coughed.
"Uh..Jo..That might not be possible if you keep choking me." Summer said. Joey let her go. Summer laughed softly.
"Sorry." She said. Summer smiled.
"It's ok....and I promise not to die again." Summer smiled. Larissa groaned softly as she awoke.
"Someone get the license plate of that truck that hit me?" She asked. Joey went over and hugged her.
"You OK?" She asked.
"Uh huh, just..Out of it." Larissa murmured. Larissa looked over in Summer's direction.
"Well, looks as if the dead... lives." She muttered. Summer gave a lopsided smile.
"Thanks Rissa." She said.
"Thank Joey. She wouldn't let me give up. I think if she had a gun, she would've held it to my head." Larissa smiled. Summer laughed softly. Joey grinned.
"Yeah, I'm a slave driver." She said. "But, seriously, you're the one who tapped into that power, not me. The credit is all yours." Joey said. "How did you do that anyway?" She asked. Larissa shrugged.
"I don't know...It just..Happened." She said. Joey nodded thoughtfully.
"Well it's a damn good thing it did just 'Happen.'" Joey said. Larissa smiled. Hunter nodded in agreement, looking at Summer.
"Yeah." He said. Summer looked at him.
"Are you OK?" She asked. Hunter smiled softly and pulled her close, kissing her forehead.
"I am now." He whispered. Blake looked around the group.
"Where's Dustin?" He asked. Hunter growled lowly and Summer's eyes clouded over angrily.
"Who cares." She grumbled. Everyone looked at her.
"I though you'd forgiven him for yesterday?" Tori asked. Summer looked at Tori.
"I had, but that was before he shoved me into the river." She responded.
"He did what?" Tori asked.
"He talked to me about his love for evil chick and asked for advice. Apparently that really means 'tell me exactly what I want to hear, not what you think'. I told him Marah betrayed him once and who's to say she wouldn't do it again and he got mad. I didn't mean to say it sounding cold hearted or anything, I was just trying to get him to realize that he could get hurt." Summer said. Everyone looked at her, so she continued.
"Then he proceeded to call me a cold-hearted stuck up bitch, and then shoved me into the river." Summer concluded.
"God." Shane breathed out.
"OK, yesterday was like not grounds to kill him because he was pissed and like he just got out of hand. But now this?" Tori said. "I say we track him down and hurt him badly."
"Don't tempt me." Both Hunter and Joey said at the same time. Hunter and Joey looked at each other and chuckled.
"Nobody's hurting him, until I'm better.... and I have first dibbs." Summer told the group.
"Will you at least promise to leave enough of him for me to hurt?" Hunter asked.
"I'll try, but I can't promise anything." Summer smiled. Hunter nodded and smiled.
"I can live with that." He said. Summer smiled.
"Ok, so now what?" She asked everyone, who collectively shrugged. Rolling her eyes she laughed.
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Dustin walked along the riverbank kicking stones as he went. He was still upset about Summer speaking her mind about Marah, but he was more upset that he had shoved Summer into the river.
"Stupid, stupid me." He whispered to himself quietly. He didn't notice the shadow slip behind him.
"Gee, look, it's the pathetic yellow ranger." sneered the voice of Kapri. Dustin swung around and glared at her.
"What do you want?" He growled.
"Just wanted to see how you and your friends were." Kapri said innocently. "Having fun?" She asked.
"Oh totally." He snarled. "I mean, I try to kill one of my best friends girlfriend, twice and they all want my head on my stick... I'd say I'm having a fucking blast!" he finished. Kapri giggled.
"I can change that for you... if you'd like..." She said. Dustin looked at her.
"Oh? And what would that be?" he asked. Kapri smirked. She pulled out a tube of lipstick and squeezed it. Out shot a thin spray hitting Dustin and covering him.
"I'm going to make you evil.... and then you'll rid my uncle of your pathetic friends." She told him.
"Well," he said sleepily, rubbing his eyes. "This is an interesting way to wake up." He said. Summer smiled.
"I fell." She said. Hunter chuckled.
"Your not supposed to do that." he told her gently. She rolled off him and onto the ground of the cave.
"You don't think I don't know that." She replied. Hunter smiled as he kissed her.
"Now why were you trying to stand up?" He asked gently, pushing a piece of stray hair behind her ear. Summer blushed gently.
"I wanted to see the sunrise." She told him truthfully. Hunter smiled.
"Well, why didn't you just say so?" He asked.
"I thought I just did." Summer replied. Hunter chuckled. He got up and gently helped her to her feet, letting her lean on him. He helped her walk out of the cave. The two of them sat on a log facing the rising sun. Summer leaned against Hunter and closed her eyes. "This is nice." She murmured. Hunter smiled and kissed her gently.
"Yes it is." He replied. He stroked her cheek lovingly.
"How you feeling today?" he asked. Summer shrugged.
"Lets just say, the only part of me that doesn't hurt right now... is my feet." She said truthfully... She was in so much pain since she had fallen on Hunter about five minutes previous that she thought she was going to die.
"Anything I can do?" He asked. Summer sighed.
"What you're doing right now feels pretty good right now." She said.
"What's that?" Hunter asked.
"Just sitting here with me, holding me." She said. Hunter smiled.
"Well, then, I guess I'll just have to keep right on doing that forever and ever." He smiled. Summer giggled softly.
"Now, I like the sound of that." She whispered.
"Me too." He replied. He lowered his lips to hers gently and enveloped them in a soft, but passion filled kiss. Footsteps were heard, but neither paid attention.
"Ah, Jesus, what is it with all the kissing!" Came Shane's voice. Summer and Hunter separated. Hunter gave him an evil glare.
"Do you have a problem?" Hunter growled. Summer put a hand on his arm.
"Hunter..." She said. He backed off without being told. Summer tilted her head and looked at Shane.
"Now what's your problem??" She asked Shane. He shrugged.
"I guess I'm still bugged out about the whole Joey thing last night." he said. Summer looked at him again. His clothes were covered in soil, and leaves.
"Dude... did you sleep outside last night?" Hunter asked. Shane nodded. "Why?" Hunter asked.
"Because I feared that if I slept in the cave, Joey would murder me in my sleep." Shane replied.
"I thought you guys were friends." Hunter said.
"Yeah, little bit of advice-Never tell your friend you love them." Shane said.
"You did what?" Hunter asked. Shane looked at him.
"I told Joey that I loved her." He repeated. Hunter looked at Summer who just nodded.
"I was standing right there when he said it." Summer said lazily.
"I thought you loved Skyla." Hunter said.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked.
"I thought I did..But....I don't know...It's different with Joey. She's different. I don't know." Shane said.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked again.
"And how did Joey respond to your declaration of love?" Hunter asked.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked.
"She got pissed." Shane answered.
"Who's Skyla?" Summer asked again.
"She got pissed?" Hunter asked.
"HEY!" Summer yelled.
"What is it sweetie?" Hunter asked.
"Who is Skyla?" Summer asked.
"Yes she did get pissed." Shane replied to Hunter's question.
"Well why?" he asked. Shane shrugged.
"Beats me." He responded. By this time, Summer was extremely pissed off. Hunter had almost answered her question, but Shane had interrupted her again.
"WHO THE FUCK IS THIS SKYLA CHICK!?" Summer screamed. Hunter had taken the brunt of it in his ear and promptly fell off the log and onto the ground. Shane plugged his ears and winced.
"Could you be a little louder next time?" He asked. "I don't think the people in Hong Kong heard you." He told her. Summer glared at him. She went to get up to smack him, but her legs buckled beneath her and she crumpled to the ground in pain.
"Summer!" Hunter exclaimed as he gathered her in his arms. "Are you OK?" He asked softly.
"Yeah." Summer nodded. "Just know that I won't be doing that again."
"Sorry, I shouldn't have made you get up." Shane said. Summer looked at him.
"You're right, you shouldn't of... As I told Hunter before.... If I wasn't in so much pain, I'd smack you." She told Shane. He smiled and knelt beside her.
"Hurt me now?" He suggested. Summer looked at Hunter.
"Smack him please?" She asked. Hunter nodded and smacked Shane upside the head. Shane fell over slightly.
"Ow." He said. Summer smiled and pecked Hunter on the cheek.
"Thank you." She said sweetly. "Now, will someone please tell me about this Skyla chick?" She asked. Shane sighed.
"OK." He said.
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A little while later, Shane had finished telling her about Skyla and the battelizer. Summer looked at him, tears in her eyes.
"Oh, wow." She whispered. "I.... I had no idea...." Summer confessed. Shane sighed sadly.
"It's ok..... I mean you really didn't have any idea." he replied. Summer nodded.
"I'm so sorry...." She told him. Shane smiled sadly.
"Thanks Summer." He said. Shane sighed. "I've never really loved someone in a romantic sense. And then, when I found Skyla..Or she found me the second time...I felt something. I felt like I had to protect her, because if she got hurt, I'd be hurt. And then, she died in my arms, I thought I'd never feel anything for anyone ever again..." Shane's voice trailed off.
"And now Joey." Summer concluded for him.
"Yeah." He said. "It's different. Plus, it came so unexpectedly. I mean, I started severely disliking her. And then, that day after I slapped her, when you made me talk to her..I don't know, seeing her with her defenses lowered and seeing her smile instead of smirk got to me." Summer smiled.
"I can see that you feel something for her..." She said. Shane nodded.
"I really think I'm in love with her." He said quietly. Summer gave a weak smile.
"It's not that Joey's incapable of loving someone, or anyone like that... She just won't... She's afraid that if she gets to close to a male, he's only going to hurt her... Her theory stands strong for her friends too... After you had hit her, she and I had a huge fight, and she was convinced that I was going to have to break up with Hunter, one because I was a ranger, and two because she was afraid that if I fell deeper in love with him, he was going to break my heart." Summer told him. Hunter looked at her, shocked.
"Why didn't you tell me this?" He asked. Summer shrugged.
"I guess I didn't feel like I should. It would just create animosity between you and Joey. And even though I was furious with her at the time it happened, Joey's still like my sister and I still wanted to keep peace. You know?" Summer said.
"Is that why you moved out?" Hunter asked. Summer nodded. Shane looked at Summer and Hunter.
"You moved out?" He asked Summer, who nodded.
"That's not even the worst part." She confessed. Hunter and Shane looked at her. She sighed.
"When I was packing some of my stuff up, Larissa came into my room and we were talking.... And I basically told her, that if Joey didn't change her ways.... I was going to give up my morpher." Summer told them both quietly.
"Holy crap." Both guys said at the same time. Summer laughed slightly.
"But, she changed...Slightly. I mean, I guess she figured this was just a battle she wasn't going to win." Summer looked at Hunter. "There's no way I'm giving you up, not when we've found each other again." Hunter smiled softly and kissed her. Shane looked away.
"Cut the P.D.A Please?!" Shane begged them. Summer giggled.
"Sorry Shane..." She said. He smiled weakly.
"Not big issue." He replied. He sighed. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just upset about Joey." He said.
"Understood." Summer said.
"I mean, it wouldn't be so hard if I didn't think she might.."
"Feel the same?" Hunter asked. Shane nodded.
"She kissed me last night." Shane said. Hunter and Summer stared at him with wide eyes.
"She what?" Summer asked. Shane nodded.
"Yeah. She woke up last night after she had a nightmare about her mom and the guy who allegedly raped her. She went outside and I followed her. She was so upset. I comforted her, hugged her, and told her to just let it all out. A while later, she kind of stopped crying and looked at me. Then she kissed me. Maybe in my intense joy of kissing Joey, I forgot about everything. I gently pushed her back and ended up on top of her. I guess that freaked her out because she started crying again and told me to get off. I did, and tried to apologize but she wouldn't hear it. She tried to leave, but I wouldn't let her. I mean, it could be dangerous. And that's when she screamed and when you came up." Summer nodded.
"Ok, I understand now why she said you were trying to put the moves on her..." Summer began. Shane could see the wheels turning in her head.
"My intentions were not that!" He said defensively. Summer nodded.
"I know that... but obviously, she didn't." Summer replied.
"I had no intention of taking things that far. Even if I did, I would have stopped to make sure she wanted to take things that far. I'm not like the asshole who hurt her mother." Shane said, still feeling offended.
"How am I supposed to know that?" Came a voice. Shane turned to see Joey standing there. "How am I supposed to know you're not just some guy who thinks with just his dick all the time?" She asked.
"Because the very idea of hurting you is just...not possible." Shane said. Summer and Hunter watched them both. Summer tilted her head to look up at Hunter.
"Lets go." She whispered. Hunter nodded and lifted her into his arms and snuck away to a nearby river. Joey looked at Shane.
"I don't know what made me kiss you last night. OK? Maybe it was just me being upset, needing comfort, and you were there and my head just got fuzzy."
"So, are you saying that when we kissed..You felt nothing?" Shane asked, feeling like his heart was hanging by a thread.
"I felt like I was kissing someone who I thought was one of my good friends." Joey replied.
"That doesn't answer the question." Shane said. Joey sighed.
"What? You mean did I feel fireworks? Feel like I was on cloud nine?" She asked.
"Well, yeah." Shane asked. Joey sighed.
"I..I don't know..." Joey said. Shane blinked. His jaw hung slightly.
"What kind of answer is that? Either you felt something, or you didn't." Shane said. Joey sat down on the log by him and covered her face in her hands. She sighed and looked up at him.
"I don't know." She said softly. "This is all just....Everything these past few days is just so much. Like, sensory overload or something..I just can't think right now." Shane nodded.
"Alright I can accept that answer." he said truthfully. Joey sighed.
"Thank you." She said softly.
"I'm sorry for getting on top of you last night." He said. "I didn't mean to scare you, just-"
"Got caught up in the moment." Joey said. "I know. I guess I did too. But when we were in that position, I don't know, the images of my mother getting knocked down and her clothes ripped off her body just filled my head and I got scared." She said softly. Shane saw tears leaking down her cheeks. He reached over and gently took her hand in his.
"I'm sorry." He whispered. Joey nodded.
"Still friends, right?" She asked, smiling softly through her tears. Shane smiled.
"Still friends." He said. He hugged her.
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Hunter set Summer down gently beside the water. She groaned as left Hunter's strong arms.
"Like being in my arms?" He joked. Summer glared at him.
"Again... if I wasn't in so much pain... I'd hurt you." She told him. Hunter smiled and stole a kiss from her. He took her smaller hand in his and squeezed it lovingly.
"I've already asked this a thousand times before.... But are you ok?" he asked. Summer sighed and leaned her head against the rock wall.
"To be honest.... no.... I'm in so much pain from my 'falls' that I literally want to die because I hurt so much." She whispered. Hunter looked at her.
"I wish I could do something to take away the pain." He said. Summer looked at him.
"I know you do. And if this was the other way around, I'd feel the same way." She said, smiling. Hunter kissed her temple.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too." She said. "Come here, sit." She said. Hunter sat beside her. She rested her head in the crook of his neck.
"When we get out of here, maybe Sensei can do some funky ninja healing on you." Hunter smiled.
"Sensei Oramo? He's all right?" Summer asked. Hunter sighed.
"Oh, no. Uh, Sensei Wattanbe..He's the Wind Ninja Academy Sensei. Oramo got taken."
"Just like everyone else." Summer said. Hunter nodded. Summer sighed.
"I should have been there when it happened." She said. Hunter tilted her head up to look at her.
"Don't ever say that." He told her gently. Her eyebrows rose. Hunter sighed.
"If you would have been there... you would have been taken too." He told her.
"You must think like Larissa and Joey's moms. They kept the three of us hidden to keep us from being taken." She said. "How did you and Blake avoid getting taken?" She asked. Hunter sighed.
"Uh, we didn't. We did get taken." He said. Summer blinked and stared at him.
"Uh, come again?" She asked. Hunter sighed.
"Sensei Oramo gave us the morphers right when we were being attacked. We tried to get away with him but he got taken, and so did we. Lothor found out we had the morphers, and I guess he thought he could use two rangers for his advantage." Hunter said.
"Did Lothor brainwash you guys?" Summer asked.
"Well, he did, but not at the moment. He told us he knew who killed our parents. Said it was Sensei Wattanbe. So, Blake and I agreed to help him get rid of the rangers, as long as we'd get to take care of their sensei." Summer stared at him in shock.
"Oh." She said.
"We fought a few times. And then we got a hold of the sensei and were about to kill him when we saw the ghosts of our parents. They told us who really killed them..It was Lothor." He said. Summer looked down.
"Oh my god." She whispered. "I'm so sorry." She said.
"It's OK." He said. "Anyway, after that, Blake and I felt like we needed time away. So we left. Then Chooboo contacted us, told us he wanted to help us get rid of Lothor."
"Why would he say that? He's Lothor's lapdog."
"He said he was tired of getting pushed around. Anyway, we went on the ship...It was a trick. An ambush. Blake and I were surrounded....Then we think he brainwashed us into thinking the others were our enemies, because next thing we remembered was seeing Dustin at the shop and wanting to beat him to a pulp." Hunter sighed. "We were fighting again and ended up getting teleported to an island..A lot like this one." He said. "Then Blake and I remembered everything, and everything seemed OK. Until Chooboo showed up and started trying to say Blake had betrayed me. At first I didn't believe it, but then I guess I got hit with another bit of brainwash because I attacked Blake."
"Was he OK?" Summer asked.
"Yeah. Shane, Dustin and Tori got him away from me before I could kill him or anything. Then Blake and I faced off again, and Blake got me to remember our past. Remember we were brothers, and that he'd never betray me." He said. Summer looked at him. She inched closer to him and kissed him. Hunter hesitantly kissed her back. Summer looked at him.
"You're ashamed of all that?" She asked, but it sounded more like a statement. Hunter nodded.
"Yeah, I am. I hate how I could've believed Lothor about my parents and everything." He said. Summer touched his shoulder.
"It's perfectly all right. I mean, if I even had like just the mere suspect of the person who drove the car that caused my parents to swerve and crash, I'd go hunting them down myself. It's not something to be ashamed of. Your parents were killed. Lothor offered you a direction as to where to find the person who did that." She said. Hunter looked at her. He smiled.
"Thanks." He said. Summer smiled and kissed his cheek.
"Welcome." She said. Summer smiled and dipped her hand into the water and took a sip from her hand. She smiled contently as the water refreshed her. She dipped her hand into the water again and held it to Hunter's mouth.
"Want some?" She asked. Hunter nodded and tipped her hand towards his mouth and drank the water. Summer smiled and snuggled close to him.
"So, what now?" Hunter asked.
"Now we sit here and bask in the silence and in each other's company while everyone works on getting us all off here." Summer grinned. Hunter chuckled.
"I can deal with that." He said. Summer smiled and closed her eyes.
"I love you so much." She told him. He kissed her hair and hugged her gently, but tightly.
"I love you too." He replied.
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Tori lay sleeping peacefully, not knowing what was going to happen to her. Blake flipped himself over and got a face full of Tori's chest. Tori's eyes shot open, and without thinking smacked his upside the head. Blake sat up.
"I don't know if I deserved that." he said. Tori glared at him.
"You practically burry your head in between my boobs and you expect me to be all cheery about it?!" Blake blushed.
"Sorry." He said. "I didn't mean to, just kind of turned and."
"OK, I get it." Tori said dismissively. She sat up and stretched a bit. "If it happens again, I'll be forced to kick your as thought." She said.
"I'd never touch your boobs without your permission." Blake smirked. Tori looked at him.
"When would I ever give you permission to touch my boobs?" She asked.
"Oh dear god, please stop talking about your boobs!" Dustin wailed. Tori smacking Blake and such had woken him up. Tori laughed and Blake chuckled.
"What Dustin? Don't you like boobs?" Tori joked. Dustin rolled his eyes.
"Hey... I love boobs, as much as the next guy.... but when were talking about my best friends boobs.... it's just nasty!" Dustin cried.
"Glad to think you find my girlfriend's boobs are gross. Keep it that way." Blake said, getting a little protective of Tori. Tori rolled her eyes.
"Blake, you and jealousy don't mesh well." She said. "Remember last time? You got jealous of Cam and the two of you duked it out."
"Yeah, but that was a spell." Blake said.
"Yeah, and?" Tori asked. Blake blushed again.
"Point taken." He murmured. Tori giggled. She looked over to see Cam and Larissa still sleeping peacefully wrapped in each other's embrace. She smiled at how cute they looked.
"Aww look at Cam and Larissa." Tori said. Dustin and Blake looked over at the sleeping couple. Blake smiled softly, whereas Dustin made a disgusted sound and exited the cave.
"He's just jealous." Blake said as he kissed Tori.
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Summer and Hunter were talking quietly and didn't hear Dustin approach. He coughed and startled the couple.
"Hey Dustin." Summer said sweetly. Dustin smiled. Hunter nodded. Dustin sighed. Hunter was still mad at him. But that was ok.
"Hunter could I talk to you for a minute?" Dustin asked. Hunter nodded. Dustin looked at Summer.
"Could you give us a minute?" He asked. Summer rolled her eyes.
"Um, considering the fact that I fell off a cliff yesterday, and I tried to smack Shane this morning and I landed on my face...you two can leave." She said sarcastically. Dustin winced.
"Sorry I forgot." He replied. Hunter gave Summer a kiss and stood up. He went with Dustin. Dustin and Hunter reached a small clearing and Hunter looked at Dustin.
"Ok, so now that you've dragged me away from my girlfriend, who's in pretty bad shape...what can I do for you?" Hunter asked. Dustin sighed.
"It's about Marah...." He began.
"What about her? You don't still have feelings for her, do you?" Hunter asked. Dustin looked away. Hunter's eyes widened. "What? She's evil! She's Lothor's niece."
"I know that." Dustin said. "It's just that..."
"Just what?" Hunter asked.
"She came to see me earlier. She said she didn't mean to use me, or us. Said she was just scared about being alone."
"And you believed her?!" Hunter asked appalled.
"I did." Dustin sighed. "But now..I don't know what to believe anymore." Hunter looked at him. His face softened.
"Is this why you've been acting like a royal dick?" He asked.
"Well, yeah. I guess." He said softly. Hunter nodded.
"Would that also explain why you flipped out at me yesterday?" Hunter asked. Dustin nodded.
"Yeah.... yeah I guess it was... Dude.... I'm sorry." Dustin said. Hunter nodded.
"I know you are man.... but why'd you freak out on Summer?" Hunter asked. Dustin nodded.
"I guess I was just jealous that she had somebody to love her and she loves them back...." Dustin began. Hunter nodded. "And because..... we'll I was being a royal jerk.... I still can't believe I caused her to fall off the cliff with me.... I feel so bad." Dustin whispered. Hunter clapped Dustin on the back.
"It's OK. She's OK. A little banged up, but OK." Hunter said. "You're going to be OK. I mean, you'll get over Marah and everything will be fine." Dustin sighed.
"I've been trying to get over her for months, and trust me, kissing her didn't help." Dustin said.
"You guys kissed?" Hunter asked, shocked.
"It just sort of happened." Dustin said. Hunter looked at him shocked.
"And you didn't stop it?" He asked. Dustin shook his head.
"I didn't want it to end." Dustin told him truthfully. Hunter whistled lowly.
"Dude.... I ain't the best person to be talking to about this." Hunter told Dustin. Dustin sighed and nodded.
"Well whom should I talk to then?" He asked. Hunter thought for a moment.
"Either Tori, or Summer." Hunter told him. Dustin made a face.
"Well, since I don't feel like spilling my guts to my best friend, Summer it is I guess." Dustin responded. "Mind if I do it alone?" He asked. Hunter nodded. Dustin walked over to Summer and sat down. She looked at him.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey." He replied. "I kind of need your input on something." He said. Summer looked at him, waiting to continue. Dustin took a deep breath and told her all about Marah. A little while later, he had finished with telling her about the latest encounter and his current unsure ness. Summer stared at him, waiting for him to be finish.
"Is that it?" She asked.
"Yeah." Dustin said. Summer looked down a second, as if she was trying to choose her words carefully.
"Marah is Lothor's niece." Summer said. "She was there and helped when all the academies were abducted." Summer took a deep breath. "You're in love with her. Dustin, I'm sorry, but, I can't say anything that would help you."
"What do you mean?" Dustin asked.
"They took away Taheaira and Carmen. Those two were like my family after my parents passed away. And They are Larissa and Joey's moms. I can't just sit here and say it's OK to love her when I really don't think it is. I know that's not what you want to hear." Dustin stared at Summer.
"That's not fair!" He growled. Summer looked at him.
"And you call taking someone's family fair?" She retorted. Dustin snarled at her.
"You know what? I take back being sorry about pushing off the cliff and hitting you... You're obviously a cold heart bitch, who's too wrapped up in her own life, to care about anybody else! Marah's changed.... And just because your too damn stuck up too see it, doesn't give you the right to think she's a bad person." He finished. Summer looked down, tears filling her eyes. She lifted her face up to him.
"You know what, if you're so convinced she's changed then why the hell did you come here and ask me for advice? I'm just trying to look out for you, OK? You're saying Marah's betrayed you once, and for all we know this might be her handy work as well-"
"It's not!" Dustin yelled.
"-What's to say she won't do it again?!" Summer concluded. "We're friends Dustin, and you might think I'm stuck up, cold hearted and everything, but you're still my friend. Now, if you want to convince yourself that Marah's a friggen Angel, go right ahead, but don't expect anyone else around here to like it, or be comforting and such when she hurts you again, and trust me, she will."
"You don't know that!" He snapped. Summer took a breath in, and let it out.
"There's no need to get all bent out of sha-" She began.
"Well why the fuck not? I mean you seem to think she's going to destroy the world!" Dustin cut her off rudely.
"Because she's Lothor's niece!" Summer screeched back at him. Dustin lost his temper at that point and shoved Summer hard, into the river. When she surfaced she gave him the meanest look she could muster.
"Your a fucking asshole.... your so lucky I can't walk... I'd kick your ass!" She yelled. Dustin snorted.
"Whatever." he muttered as he walked away. Summer plopped herself back down in the river and let her tears that she had been holding in fall.
"I can't believe he thinks I'm a cold heartless stuck up bitch." She sobbed. Hunter saw Dustin push her in the river and ran over to Dustin. He grabbed Dustin by his shirt.
"What the hell is your problem?!" He growled. "What, you didn't think she had enough cuts and bruises so you decided to make more?" He shoved Dustin away and went over to Summer. "Summer? Baby? Are you OK?" He asked, pulling her out of the water and holding her close. Summer sobbed against his chest.
"He..... He....." She sobbed even more. Hunter kissed her forehead and stroked her hair.
"He what baby?" He asked. Summer sobbed harder. He was going to kill Dustin. Whatever he did obviously hurt Summer deeply.
"He..... He called me a cold....... heartless....... stuck up......bitch." She sobbed harder. Hunter was awestruck. He didn't know what to say.
"He's severely messed in the head." Hunter said. "I think that fall yesterday made him stupid...well, more then usual." Summer couldn't help smile a bit. Hunter smiled. "There we go. There's that beautiful smile I love." He said. He kissed her softly. Summer buried her face into the crook of his neck.
"Do you think I'm all those things?" She asked quietly. Hunter pulled her away from him.
"If I ever thought those things.... I'd hurt myself." He told her truthfully. He pulled her back closer to him. "Summer, you are the most warm hearted, kind, loving person I've ever known."
"Dustin doesn't seem to think that." Summer said. "I just told him Marah was evil and-"
"You told him what we've all been thinking but have been to timid to say." Hunter said. "You gave him the tough love he needed."
"Well, all it got me was a shove in the river." Summer said.
"Yeah, well, Dustin's not going to be surviving this island adventure if you catch my drift." Hunter said lowly, his anger at Dustin rising. Summer looked at Hunter.
"Hunter.... you know I love you right?" She asked timidly. Hunter nodded.
"Of course I do." he replied hugging her.
"Then do me a favor?" She asked. Hunter kissed her slowly. "I'll take that as a yes?" She asked. Hunter smiled and nodded. "Don't hurt Dustin.... at least not yet." She told him. Hunter stared at her.
"Summer, he's hurt you, not once, but twice." Hunter argued.
"Yes. He's hurt ME. I want to be the one to get back at him...Once I am at the ability to do so." Summer grinned. "He'll never see it coming." Hunter laughed.
"Ah, devious are you?" He asked.
"But of course." Summer replied. Hunter smiled.
"So...." He said. Summer nodded.
"Now what do we do?" she asked.
"How bout fight me?" Came a sinister voice from behind them. There stood Vexacus. Hunter jumped up to protect Summer.
"What are you doing here, fish face?" Hunter demanded. Vexacus grinned evilly.
"I'm going to destroy you both. Once and for all." He said. Summer snorted.
"That's what you say every time." She smirked. Vexacus growled at her. He went to charge at them when a fireball hit him in the back, sending him sprawling on the sand. Hunter and Summer looked up to see Shane and Joey. Joey had her hand outstretched.
"Back off." Joey snarled. Vexacus rose to his feet and turned to her. Joey looked at Shane. "You and Hunter get Summer out of here." She said. Shane looked at her.
"Huh? What? No way." Shane said. Joey gave him a hard look.
"Do it." She ordered. Shane sighed and went over to Summer and Hunter.
Hunter lifted Summer gently onto his back. Shane took off running ahead of them.
"Joey! Be careful!" Summer shouted. Joey went to yell at them to not attract attention to themselves, but it was too late. Vexacus sent a blast flying at Summer and Hunter, sending them both sprawling to the ground not moving.
"NO!" Joey screamed. She ran at Vexacus and started punching and kicking him. "You bastard!" She screamed shrilly. Vexacus lifted her up and tossed her into some rocks.
Joey slammed into the rocks and slumped to the ground unconscious.
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Marah stood at the bridge of the ship, watching Vexacus attack them. Her heart ached for their suffering. She couldn't stand by and let Vexacus hurt them. They didn't have their powers. They were defenseless. It wasn't fair. Marah took a deep breath and pressed some buttons on the console.
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"Joey!" Shane yelled. He tried to get at her as Vexacus slowly approached her. Joey slowly woke up, opening her eyes to see Vexacus standing over her.
"Time to die, ranger." He said. He lifted his sword up and went to bring it down on her. Joey gasped and raised her arms up to her face. Suddenly Vexacus disappeared. Shane paused for a second. Joey blinked and slowly sat up. Shane ran over to her. He kneeled by her side.
"Are you all right?" He asked. Joey nodded.
"Yeah, I think so." She said softly. She looked over to Summer and Hunter who weren't moving. "Oh god." She said. She got up and ran over to them.
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Vexacus appeared on the bridge. He growled. He turned to see Marah standing there. He stalked up to her and held his sword under her chin.
"Why did you do that?" He snarled. Marah gulped.
"I'm sorry..I was watching and I accidentally pressed a button.." She lied. Vexacus glared at her. He stepped back.
"Stupid child." He growled as he walked out of the bridge. Marah watched him leave.
"That's what you think." She muttered to herself.
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Joey ran over and knelt beside Summer, who had landed a few feet from Hunter. Shane knelt beside Hunter who was slowly waking up. Hunter tired to sit up, but Shane pushed him back down.
"Calm down man... You just got blasted." Shane told him. Hunter sighed but lay back down on the ground. Joey slowly flipped Summer's body over. She looked for signs of more injury, but there didn't seem to be much, except for a few cuts had reopened and were bleeding... Joey noticed something different. Joey's eyes went wide.
"Shane!" She hissed. Shane walked over and knelt beside Joey.
"Hmm?" He asked. Joey repressed a sob and quietly said.
"I don't think Summer's breathing." She said. Hunter heard her and quickly got up, going to Summer's side.
"Summer? Baby?" He asked. He shook her. Tears filled his eyes. "Summer, come on, wake up." He said. Joey touched Summer's neck. She felt nothing.
"No.." She whispered. "Summer, don't you fucking do this to me." She ordered. "Wake up right now, I mean it!" Joey sobbed. She lowered her head as sobs overtook her. Suddenly she thought of something. She looked at Shane. "Go get Larissa." She said. Shane looked at her blankly.
"What?"
"Just do it." She said. Shane nodded and stood up. He took off towards the cave. Shane ran as fast as he could to the cave. He found Blake and Tori sitting there. Cam and Larissa were still asleep.
"Larissa!" He yelled. Larissa jolted awake, as did Cam. The four of them looked at him.
"What the hell?" Cam said. Shane paused to catch his breath.
"By the river...Vexacus...Hit Summer and Hunter...Summer's not breathing." He panted. Everyone's eyes widened.
The five of them soon ran back to where Shane said Summer, Joey and Hunter where. They found Hunter and Joey crying over Summer's body. Larissa screamed.
"No!" She ran over to them and held Summer's hand. "Summer...Summer please wake up." She pleaded. "You promised..You promised you wouldn't leave." Joey looked at Larissa.
"Ris." Joey said, touching her shoulder gently. "You remember how your mom was trying to teach you to tap into your powers?" She asked. Larissa blinked.
"Joey, Summer's dead! This isn't a time to ask me about my powers!" Larissa shrieked through her tears.
"Larissa. Her heart's stopped. What do they do in movies and shit when someone's heart stops? They give them an electric jolt to start it back up again." Joey said. Larissa stared at her.
"I...I can't. I'm not skilled at it.."
"Larissa, you have to try. You're Summer's only hope." Joey said, trying to stay calm the best she could. Larissa looked at Summer's lifeless body and nodded slowly.
"OK..I'll try..." She whispered. She slowly let go of Summer's hand and placed them on her chest. She looked at Hunter. "I'd get back if I were you." She said. Hunter looked at her. He couldn't bring himself to move. Blake went over to his brother and gently pulled him away. Tori hugged Hunter. Joey stayed by Larissa.
"OK, you can do this.Concentrate." Joey said. Larissa closed her eyes and tried, but thoughts of Summer being dead prevented her from concentrating.
"I can't." She sobbed.
"You have to." Joey insisted.
"No, Joey, I can't. Mom only gave me a few lessons before she was taken.I can't do anything this major."
"You have to do it." Joey said. "Do it for Summer, for your mom. Do it, now." Larissa took a deep breath and did her best to clear her mind. Slowly orange static of electricity surrounded her hands. Larissa sent the electricity into Summer's body. Her body jolted a bit, but remained still. Larissa bit her lip to keep from sobbing and tried again. Still nothing. "Try harder." Joey said softly. This had to work. Summer couldn't die. Summer was not allowed to die. Larissa took a deep cleansing breath, building up more energy inside her. She sent the energy to Summer, still nothing.
"Goddamnit Summer, wake up!" Larissa screamed. Suddenly, a electric ring surrounded Larissa and Summer, sending Joey sprawling back a bit. Joey sat up to see Larissa tapping into a whole new level of power. It seemed to come out of every orifice of her body, making her hair stand on end. Summer's eyes shot open and she gasped a lungful of air. The electricity disappeared. Larissa's eyes drifted shut and she fell onto the sand. Summer coughed as she in took air rapidly. Hunter immediality knelt beside her.
"Are you alright?" He asked gently. Summer took in deep breaths and slowly returned her breathing to normal.
"I've been a lot better... What happened?" She asked. Hunter looked at the others.
"Sweetie..... you died....." he told her. Summer's eyes went wide.
"Pardon me?" She squeaked. Hunter nodded.
"Larissa was able to use her powers to shock you back." Tori told her. Summer's eyes darted around.
"Where's Larissa?" She asked. Cam lifted Larissa up gently and leaned her against his chest.
"Right here.... She's just asleep." He told them. Everyone let out a collective sigh at once. Joey went over and hugged Summer tightly.
"Don't you ever die again, understood?" She demanded. Summer coughed.
"Uh..Jo..That might not be possible if you keep choking me." Summer said. Joey let her go. Summer laughed softly.
"Sorry." She said. Summer smiled.
"It's ok....and I promise not to die again." Summer smiled. Larissa groaned softly as she awoke.
"Someone get the license plate of that truck that hit me?" She asked. Joey went over and hugged her.
"You OK?" She asked.
"Uh huh, just..Out of it." Larissa murmured. Larissa looked over in Summer's direction.
"Well, looks as if the dead... lives." She muttered. Summer gave a lopsided smile.
"Thanks Rissa." She said.
"Thank Joey. She wouldn't let me give up. I think if she had a gun, she would've held it to my head." Larissa smiled. Summer laughed softly. Joey grinned.
"Yeah, I'm a slave driver." She said. "But, seriously, you're the one who tapped into that power, not me. The credit is all yours." Joey said. "How did you do that anyway?" She asked. Larissa shrugged.
"I don't know...It just..Happened." She said. Joey nodded thoughtfully.
"Well it's a damn good thing it did just 'Happen.'" Joey said. Larissa smiled. Hunter nodded in agreement, looking at Summer.
"Yeah." He said. Summer looked at him.
"Are you OK?" She asked. Hunter smiled softly and pulled her close, kissing her forehead.
"I am now." He whispered. Blake looked around the group.
"Where's Dustin?" He asked. Hunter growled lowly and Summer's eyes clouded over angrily.
"Who cares." She grumbled. Everyone looked at her.
"I though you'd forgiven him for yesterday?" Tori asked. Summer looked at Tori.
"I had, but that was before he shoved me into the river." She responded.
"He did what?" Tori asked.
"He talked to me about his love for evil chick and asked for advice. Apparently that really means 'tell me exactly what I want to hear, not what you think'. I told him Marah betrayed him once and who's to say she wouldn't do it again and he got mad. I didn't mean to say it sounding cold hearted or anything, I was just trying to get him to realize that he could get hurt." Summer said. Everyone looked at her, so she continued.
"Then he proceeded to call me a cold-hearted stuck up bitch, and then shoved me into the river." Summer concluded.
"God." Shane breathed out.
"OK, yesterday was like not grounds to kill him because he was pissed and like he just got out of hand. But now this?" Tori said. "I say we track him down and hurt him badly."
"Don't tempt me." Both Hunter and Joey said at the same time. Hunter and Joey looked at each other and chuckled.
"Nobody's hurting him, until I'm better.... and I have first dibbs." Summer told the group.
"Will you at least promise to leave enough of him for me to hurt?" Hunter asked.
"I'll try, but I can't promise anything." Summer smiled. Hunter nodded and smiled.
"I can live with that." He said. Summer smiled.
"Ok, so now what?" She asked everyone, who collectively shrugged. Rolling her eyes she laughed.
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Dustin walked along the riverbank kicking stones as he went. He was still upset about Summer speaking her mind about Marah, but he was more upset that he had shoved Summer into the river.
"Stupid, stupid me." He whispered to himself quietly. He didn't notice the shadow slip behind him.
"Gee, look, it's the pathetic yellow ranger." sneered the voice of Kapri. Dustin swung around and glared at her.
"What do you want?" He growled.
"Just wanted to see how you and your friends were." Kapri said innocently. "Having fun?" She asked.
"Oh totally." He snarled. "I mean, I try to kill one of my best friends girlfriend, twice and they all want my head on my stick... I'd say I'm having a fucking blast!" he finished. Kapri giggled.
"I can change that for you... if you'd like..." She said. Dustin looked at her.
"Oh? And what would that be?" he asked. Kapri smirked. She pulled out a tube of lipstick and squeezed it. Out shot a thin spray hitting Dustin and covering him.
"I'm going to make you evil.... and then you'll rid my uncle of your pathetic friends." She told him.