Lothor looked at her.
"So, you're the child." Lothor grinned.
"I would've thought Carmen would've gotten rid of you. I guess she wanted to keep my little token." He smirked. Joey stood up and launched herself to tackle him again; he vanished, causing her to fall on the ground. The Kelzacks also left.
"Joey!" Shane said as he, Cam, Larissa, Dustin, Marah, Blake, and Tori went to her. Larissa helped her to her feet. She saw the hand that Lothor had hurt.
"You're bleeding." She said.
"What were you thinking?" Shane yelled.
"What in the world made you go at him like that?" He asked.
"Shane, stop." Larissa pleaded.
"Lothor was the one who captured her mom, remember." She said. Shane's face softened.
"I...I forgot." He confessed. Joey nodded.
"S'ok." She told him. They looked around.
"Where are Hunter and Summer?" Blake asked. Tori pointed.
"Over there!" She exclaimed. There, walking towards them, were Hunter and Summer. Both were leaning on each other. Summer's shirt was torn at the bottom, and the entire front was covered in blood, and Hunter's face was still screwed up in pain. Everyone sprinted over to them. "You guys ok?" Blake asked as he went to Hunter's other side and helped to hold him up.
"Yeah. Ya should've seen Summer, she sent Vexie boy running home with his tail between his legs." Hunter grinned. Summer laughed.
"No one messes with my Hunter." She smiled, giving him a kiss.
"Right, well, let's go before anymore of us get little battle wounds." Joey said.
"Good idea." Tori nodded. Dustin looked at Marah.
"They know you're on our side now." He said softly.
"They're going to come after you. You do realize that, right?" He asked. Marah looked at him.
"I was getting tired of that ship anyway." She smiled.
"Besides, I wasn't about to let Fishy hurt my friends." Dustin smiled.
"Welcome to the good side then." he said holding his hand out for her to take. Marah smiled.
"At least I know I'm doing something right." Everyone began streaking back to
Ninja Ops, Dustin's yellow streak encased by a purple one.
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Summer and Hunter were the first to walk in and Summer immedality plopped herself down with a first aid kit on her pillow. She opened in and lifted her shirt and began cleaning the cut. Hunter lay down on his stomach, using his pillow to rest his head on. Summer winced in pain as the cotton dabbed with alcohol rubbed across her cut. Cyber Cam came out of somewhere.
"Dude's...what's going on?" He called. Summer looked up and Cyber Cam saw that she was struggling to clean her cut.
"Yo Summa! Wait till Cam gets back and he can stitch that up for you no problem." He called. Summer nodded and put her first aid kit aside and lay down beside Hunter. The others showed up. Cam went over to Summer.
"Come on, let me try and take care of that cut." He said. Summer nodded as he pulled her to her feet. He helped her to another room in Opts. Cyber Cam saw Dustin and Marah enter together. He cocked his head to the side.
"Why's the evil chick here?" He asked.
"She's not evil, back off." Dustin snapped. Shane looked at Joey.
"How's your hand?" He asked. Joey seemed distracted. She looked at him.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, no big." She shrugged. Shane lifted it up and Joey hissed in pain. Shane looked at her.
"Ok ok.... it hurts alright?" She asked. Shane nodded. She lifted her hand out of her grasp.
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Summer lay on her back; her shirt rolled up so Cam could put the stitches in.
"It's gonna hurt ok?" He asked softly. Summer nodded. Cam filled a needle up with a freezing substance, so she wouldn't feel it. He cleaned a spot not to far from her cut with alcohol and injected the substance.
"Whoa." Summer said softly.
"Feels weird." She said softly. Cam smiled and went on about sealing her wound. A little while later, she was stitched up.
"I suggest you stay from wake boarding for a while." He said. Summer playfully groaned.
"Oh, Cam, you're killing me." She smiled.
"You'll survive." Cam said as he helped her up.
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Shane looked at Joey.
"If you want to call a rain check for tonight, I-" Shane began. Joey looked at him.
"Why would I want to call a rain check? You're not backing out, are you?" She asked.
"No, no, I just thought.....You know, your hand, and seeing Lothor." He replied. Joey flinched a bit, but hid it.
"I don't give a shit about Lothor." She said lowly.
"So, be at the house at 8, got it?" Shane gulped and nodded.
"Uh, yeah." He said. Cam and Summer walked back in. Cam looked at Joey.
"Is your hand OK?" He asked. Joey looked at him.
"I'm fine." She snapped. Cam stepped back a bit, putting his hands up.
]"Whoa, just a simple question." He said. Joey sighed.
"It hurts, but I'm fine she told him." Cam looked at her. Joey threw her hands up in the air.
"If you want to fix my hand, fine, lets go." She said. Cam chuckled and they went into the back room.
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Summer placed herself gently back onto her pillow, which was now on the floor, beside Hunter. He turned over and lay on his back, ignoring the pain searing through it. He intertwined his fingers with Summer's.
"Still hurt?" He asked quietly. Summer shrugged.
"I had to have a needle to freeze it, but I can't really feel anything right now, I probably will later though." She replied. Hunter smiled and pushed himself into sitting position.
"Ready?" He asked. Summer nodded. Both rangers pushed themselves into standing position. Blake looked at them.
"You guys need any help?" He asked. The two looked at him.
"No, we're fine." Hunter said.
"But, uh, maybe you should stay over at Tori's tonight." Summer winked. The two left. Blake rolled his eyes.
"They both get injured and their hormones don't suffer." He chuckled. Tori laughed.
"Well, would you rather they didn't say anything and you heard them again?" She asked. Blake chuckled.
"Good point." He said.
"So, mind if I crash on your couch?" He asked Tori. Tori smiled.
"If you want to." She said. Blake blinked, seeing the mischievous gleam in her eyes. He pulled at the collar of his Ninja uniform, feeling a little flushed.
"Uh...right."
"We're going to go." Tori said, looking at the others. She left, pulling Blake out with her.
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Summer and Hunter walked out of Ninja Ops and through the forest.
Hunter wrapped arm around her waist and pulled her close.
"You gave me a real scare this afternoon." He told her gently. Summer looked up at him.
"Sorry bout that.... It's just.... Vexacus tried to destroy you and I got angry....I love you too much to see you get hurt." She told him. Hunter nodded and kissed the crown of her head.
"And you don't think I feel the same way?" He asked. Summer sighed.
"I know you do.... But I had to take that chance." She told him.
"I know.... And you kicked some monster ass doing it." Hunter joked. Summer smiled.
"So what are our plans for tonight?" She asked. Hunter shrugged.
"We haven't decided yet." He said leaning in for a kiss, which Summer returned graciously.
"Well, we did send Blake away, so, we have the house to ourselves." Summer grinned, putting her arms around his waits. Hunter hissed a bit as she touched his back. Summer stepped back.
"Oh, Hunter, I'm so sorry." She said. Hunter took a deep breath.
"It's OK." He said. "Just a little sore." He added.
"Come on, let's go home. I think I'm going to need a huge ice pack." He said. Summer nodded.
"Yeah." She said. The two continued walking. Summer intertwined her fingers with his. He was very quiet, unnorally quiet for Hunter. Summer blinked and re-opened her eyes; the forest landscape in front of her was suddenly blurry. Blinking her eyes rapidly, she shook whatever was in them out and kept walking. Hunter looked at her, and shrugged it off as being worn out from the battle. Shortly thereafter, they reached Summer's car. Summer climbed into the drivers seat and Hunter climbed into the passenger seat. Summer rubbed at her eyes and went to start the car. She shifted gears and pulled away from the secret entrance to Ninja Ops. Hunter looked at her.
"You ok?" He asked.
"Yeah. Just a little..." Her voice trailed off.
"Stop the car." He said. Summer pulled over and looked at him.
"What?" She asked. Hunter looked at her. Her eyes seemed distant.
"You look like you're about to fall asleep, or pass out." He said. Summer shook her head.
"I'm fine." She said. She sighed.
"That stuff that Cam gave me must bring on drowsiness...Wonderful." She sighed. Hunter looked at her.
"I'm driving." He said. Summer sighed and nodded.
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Cam was wrapping up Joey's hand. Joey looked at him.
"You know a bit about Lothor, right?" She asked. Cam looked at her and shrugged.
"All I know is he's evil, and wants to take over the world." He said. Joey blinked.
"Do you think that that kind of stuff is hereditary?" She asked.
"Why do you ask?" He asked. Joey shrugged.
"Curious."
"Well, I hope not." Cam replied.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Joey asked. Cam looked at her.
"Lothor's real name is Kiya Wattanbe. I'm Cam Wattanbe. You do the math." He replied.
"You're related to Lothor?" Joey asked, surprise.
"He's my uncle." Cam said.
"I met him on a little past trip. He and my dad are identical twins. But looks is all they have in common." He added.
"He's evil, manipulative, greedy, power hungry." He looked at her.
"Anyway, why are you so interested in him?"
"It never hurts to know the enemy." Joey said. Cam nodded.
"Guess your right." He replied
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Summer opened the driver's side door and climbed out of it, she walked around the front of the car, and climbed into passenger seat. She placed a hand to her forehead and closed her eyes. Hunter closed his door and leaned over and closed hers.
"Summer?" He asked gently. Summer looked at him, her eyes dropping slightly.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"What's wrong?" He asked gently. She squeezed her eyes shut.
"Yeah.... Just a little dizzy.... I'll be fine." She told him. Hunter nodded and restarted the car. The soft humming of the engine and movement of the car lulled Summer to sleep. Hunter looked over at her as he drove. He smiled softly at how peaceful she looked. He pulled up in front of his home and shut off the car. He sighed. Any other time, he'd be glad to carry Summer in, but he knew he couldn't, his back hurt too much. He shook her shoulder gently.
"Summer." He said softly. Summer's eyes fluttered opened.
"Come on, let's get inside. I'm thinking a bed would be more comfortable." He smiled. Summer nodded sleepily.
"Yeah your right." She said. She opened her door and began walking towards the house. She waited at the bottom of the stairs outside the house for Hunter to unlock the door. He locked it and he and Summer walked into the house. Summer yawned.
"Ok.... Bed?" She asked. Hunter nodded.
"I'll be up in a second. I want to get some aspirin." He told her. Summer nodded and set off upstairs. Hunter wandered into the kitchen and turned the taps on to get himself some water.
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Summer strode sleepily into Hunter's room. She fumbled around for her red and black sweat pants and her white tank top. She ducked into the bathroom and changed into her new clothes. She exited the bathroom and tossed her Ninja Uniform into the corner. She pulled the covers back and climbed underneath them. She tried to wait for Hunter to come upstairs, but her eyes gently fluttered shut before he did. Hunter came up after he took some aspirin. He saw Summer sleeping peacefully. He changed into dark red boxers and a matching undershirt. He crawled into bed with her, lying on his side. He pulled her close and kissed the side of her forehead.
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After Cam had wrapped up Joey's hand, everyone decided to go home. It was decided that Marah would stay at Ninja Opts with Cam and Sensei. Larissa and Joey walked into their house. Larissa looked at Joey.
"I know you and Shane have a date tonight. So I'm going over to Ninja Opts." She said. Joey smirked.
"Don't use me as an excuse to go visit your man." She said. Larissa blushed.
"All right, all right." She said. The doorbell rang at 7:55. Joey had changed into a black top that bared her midriff and hip hugging flared jeans. She went to the door and opened it to see Shane standing there dressed in black pants and a red button down shirt with a single rose in his hand.
"Hey." He said.
"You're early." Joey smiled. She let him in. Shane handed her the rose. Joey smiled and brought it to her nose, inhaling the sweet scent. No one had ever given her a rose before, and she couldn't help feel a little giddy at that.
"So, what movie shall we be viewing?" Shane asked. "Steel Magnolias? My Best Friend's Wedding?" He smirked. Joey laughed.
"I'm not that cruel. I was thinking more along the lines of action/horror.
Resident Evil." She said. Shane nodded.
"Good choice, haven't seen that one yet." He told her. Joey smiled.
"Me neither." She replied.
"I bought the DVD a little while ago, but haven't gotten around to seeing it yet." She said. She went to the kitchen to make some popcorn. Shane followed.
"So, how's your hand?" He asked. Joey nodded.
"Good." She asked. Shane looked at her; he had been feeling a little worried about her since the Lothor attack.
"Are you OK?" He asked.
"You seem upset."
"Upset? Why should I be upset?" Joey asked.
"I don't know. Maybe seeing the man who took your mother got to you." He said softly. Joey gave a dry laugh.
"Oh, no, I'm happy." She said softly.
"Huh?" Shane asked.
"Mmmhmm." She looked at Shane.
"I thought my mom was my only family. Apparently, I was wrong." She said. Shane's eyebrows shot up.
"Mind running that one by me again?" He asked.
"Apparently, I've got a father, an uncle, and three cousins." Joey said.
"You found out who your father is?" Shane asked, surprised.
"When? How? Does anyone else know?" He asked.
"Today, he basically told me, and no." Joey said. Shane walked over to her.
"Well, come on, out with it. What's his name?" He asked.
"Kiya." Joey replied.
"So, did you talk to him?" Shane asked.
"Does he know-"
"That I'm the result of his crime? Uh huh." Shane gently grabbed Joey's arm, making her face him.
"Just stop for a second, explain what's going on, will ya?" He said. Joey looked at him. Her eyes filled with tears.
"What's there to explain?" She forced out. Shane looked at her.
"Well how about staring from the beginning?" He asked gently. Joey let out a shaky breath and nodded.
"Well, like I told you, my father's name is Kiya, and the dude's pure evil." She began. Shane nodded, telling her to continue.
"Well.... and this is the shocker.... everyone knows who Kiya is..." She said. Shane looked at her as if she were a dragon.
"What?" He asked. Joey ran her hands over her face.
"My father...is..." She started. Shane held her hands.
"Yeah?" He asked. Joey breathed inward.
"Lothor." She told him.
"Huh?" Shane stammered. Joey laughed bitterly.
"Remember how you used to call me the spawn of Lucifer or whatever? Well, imagine the irony, I actually am." Joey said. Shane looked down. He looked back up at Joey. He went to hug her. Joey stepped away.
"Don't touch me." She snarled.
"I'm evil, you should be away from me."
"You are not evil." Shane said. Joey laughed.
"That's like saying the Queen of England isn't English." She replied.
"There's evil in my blood, hence making me evil." She told him. Shane looked at her.
"Just because he's evil doesn't mean you are." He said. Joey rolled her eyes.
"Evil is, as evil does Shane." She snapped. Shane held up in hands in defeat.
"Whatever you want to think, but I still think your not evil." he retorted. Joey rolled her eyes.
"It's in my blood, and only a matter of time before I do become evil, try to rid the world of power rangers and attempt to take over the world." She responded. Joey looked at him.
"So, if you want to leave and forget about this while date crap, go ahead." She said. Shane looked at her.
"I don't believe you're evil. I don't care who your father is. I care about you. Do you understand that?" He asked. Tears streaked down Joey's cheeks. Shane went over and pulled her into his arms. Joey sobbed against him. Shane kissed the crown of her head again.
"Joey... Just because he's evil, doesn't make you evil... You are a good person... So you like to kick some ass, a lot... That doesn't make you evil... You'll never be like him." He told her gently. Joey sniffed and looked at him.
"You really believe that?" She asked. Shane nodded and hugged her again.
"Of course I do." He replied. Joey smiled.
"Well... as long as you think I'm not evil, that's all that matters." She replied.
"So, are you going to tell everyone else yet? I dunno, maybe Sensei, Cam, or Marah? Since they are your family." Shane asked. Joey shook her head.
"No. At least not yet. I just...I don't know.... I just can't tell them yet. I don't know how they'll react."
"You told me." Shane said.
"And I didn't turn my back on you or anything." He said.
"I know. I just......." Her voice trailed off a bit. She blinked.
"I just don't want to tell them yet." She said. Shane nodded, understanding.
"I can accept that. Let me know when you want to tell them and I can be there for you. Alright?" He asked. Joey nodded and held his hand gently.
"Thanks Shane." She replied. Shane smiled and hugged her as the popcorn finished popping.
"Not a problem." He responded. Joey looked at the microwave, then back at Shane.
"Suddenly, the idea of watching a bunch of zombies attack Mila Jovavich isn't too great." She smirked. Shane nodded.
"Yeah. Do you need me to leave? Like, be alone or something?" He asked. Joey shook her head.
"No." She said.
"Stay. Please?" She asked. She rested her head against his shoulder. Shane hugged her.
"I'll be here as long as you want me to be." He said. Shane led Joey up to her room. She slowly got into her bed and curled up in a fetal position, crying softly. It pained Shane to see her like this. He slowly got into bed next to her, sitting with his back against the wall. He gently scooped her in his arms. Her head and hands were resting against his chest. He softly stroked her hair.
"Shane?" She said softly.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Thank you. I know I've been difficult..and-"
"Shhh." Shane said, holding her tighter. "Don't worry about that now." He said, kissing her forehead. Joey smiled softly. She was so lucky to have someone like Shane in her life. So sweet, so caring, an all around nice guy. She hugged him tighter. She only wished she could stop being so scared and let herself be happy with him.
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"So, how was your date with Jo last night?" Tori asked Shane the next morning. They were walking along the beach. Tori was a little worried about him, he seemed troubled.
"Huh? Oh, it was OK." He said.
"Something wrong?" Tori asked. Shane shook his head.
"So, did Blake tell you about the Halloween party at Storm Chargers?" Shane asked, desperate for a topic change. Tori nodded.
"Yeah. We're thinking about coordinating our outfits together." She said. Shane pretended to gag and chuckled.
"Dressing up together, how incredibly sweet." He said. Tori laughed and playfully shoved him.
"What are you planning on going as?" She asked him. Shane shrugged.
"Haven't decided yet...Maybe Daredevil." He joked. Tori smiled.
"Would that mean that if you went with Joey, she'd be your Electra?" Tori joked. Shane blushed.
"I guess so yah." He replied.
"So, the date last night did go well." Tori mused.
"I don't know. I mean, I guess it did...It's not like we've discussed whether we're a couple or just.."
"Friend's who occasionally kiss?" Tori asked.
"I knew telling you about the kisses would come back to haunt me." Shane joked. Tori smiled.
"Anyway, I can so see her as Electra." Tori smiled.
"Why's that?" Came a voice. Tori and Shane turned to see Joey behind them.
"Hey." Shane smiled.
"Hey." Tori said.
"Hey guys. Now, why am I being compared to a comic book character?" Joey asked.
"Halloween party at storm chargers. I was saying that if Shane goes as Daredevil, you'd go as Electra." Tori said. Joey looked at her shocked. Tori didn't seem to notice. She looked at her watch. "Oh, I've got to go. Blake and I are going to the costume shop for ideas, I'm supposed to go pick him up from work. See ya." She said as she jogged to her van. Shane turned to Joey.
"Is that you're way of asking me to the party?" Joey asked. Shane sighed sheepishly.
"No, I wanted to ask you directly." They walked together.
"Don't." Joey said.
"Huh?" Shane asked.
"I don't want to reject you, so don't ask." She said. Shane stopped and looked at her.
"Well, if you don't want to reject you can always say-"
"Shane, I'm not in a dress up like an idiot and party kind of mood." She snapped. Shane held his hands up defensively.
"Alright. I'm sorry." He said. Joey sighed and looked out over the ocean. Shane approached her cautiously.
"What's wrong?" He asked gently. Joey turned around and looked at him.
"The same thing we discussed last night." She whispered. Shane hugged her gently from behind. He rested his chin on her shoulder softly.
"I'm sorry. I don't want to push you, especially not now that you're going through something so rough." He whispered against her cheek. Joey sighed and let her eyes drift shut softly. She felt so good in his arms. The feel of his cool fresh breath on her skin was intoxicating.
"I shouldn't have snapped." She said. "I just...need some quiet time to myself." She said. Shane nodded, understanding and stepped back.
"I understand, you need time to think about how this new development is going to effect you." He said. Joey turned to him.
"What? You don't think that just because I found out he's the one who knocked up my mom that I'm suddenly going to switch sides, do you?" She asked.
"No. I just mean, it's going to be harder to fight against your fath-"
"If anything, it's making me want to kill him even more." Joey snarled. Shane looked into her eyes. She had the murderous look flowing through them.
"No need to be that drastic" He said. Joey raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yes I forgot... He raped my mother and I'm supposed to be all honkey- dory about it... Well excuse me for actually wanting to do something!" She screamed at him. Shane gave her a hard look.
"I'm not saying you have to skip over to him and play happy daddy and daughter, but killing him won't erase the past." Shane said.
"Maybe not, but it sure will make the present and future sweeter."
"How do you know that? Or even more important, what makes you think you can kill him?" He said.
"Excuse me? Doubting my abilities, are you?" She asked, somewhat offended.
"No, of course not, it's just that Lothor's like the big bad. He could kill you before you even had the chance to pull out a weapon. I don't want that to happen to you." He said sincerely. Joey's face softened. She looked down, tears brimmed her eyes. Shane gently cupped her face. "He hurt your mother, and hurt you, but I'm not going to let him hurt all of us by taking you away from our lives. From my life." He went to kiss her. Joey stepped back quickly. Shane looked at her.
"I can't. I'm sorry." She said.
"What? But.."
"Remember the promise you made, one date, if it didn't work out, that would be the end of that." Joey said.
"It didn't work because you don't want it to work, that's not fair." Shane protested. Joey blinked and looked at him coldly.
"No one said life was fair." She said. She turned around and walked away.
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Tori jogged into Storm Chargers and crashed into someone she hadn't seen in almost 6 months.
"Dill! Hey!" She said happily. Dill smiled.
"Tori hey... How's it goin'?" He asked. Tori smiled.
"It's going great! You?" She asked. It was Dill's turn to smile.
"Can't complain." He responded. Summer was standing behind the counter and looked up to see Tori talking to some guy other than Blake. She turned to Dustin.
"Hey Dustin? Who's that guy Tori's talking to?" She asked. Dustin looked up and turned to Summer.
"That would be Dill... He used to like Tori." He said. Summer nodded and went back to work.
"Where have you been?" Tori asked Dill. "It's like you fell off the edge of the Earth." She smiled.
"Went to Utah. My grandmother was sick and I wanted to go take care of her." He said.
"Oh. Everything's all right, I hope." She said. Dill smiled at how sweet she was.
"Yeah, she's fine." He said. Blake came out of the stockroom after clocking out. He was going to go to the costume shop with Tori. He stopped when he saw Tori talking to a guy. Although, to him, it seemed a bit too much like flirting. He went over to them.
"So, I've missed you, I'd really love it if we could get together and catch up." Dill said.
"She's busy." Blake said as he got to them. Dill looked at him.
"Huh?" He said. Tori looked at Blake. He had an angry look in his eyes. Oh great, she thought. He's getting possessive and jealous. Wonderful.
"Uh, yeah, maybe some other time." Tori said. "I'm busy right now. I'll call you." She said. Dill nodded.
"OK, well, see you around." He said as he left. Tori stared at Blake.
"What was that all about?" She asked.
"You're not calling him." He said. Tori's eyes widened.
"Excuse me?" She said. "I know you were not just trying to order me around." She said. Summer and Dustin looked up from working.
"Uh oh." Summer said.
"This can't be good." Dustin said.
"Well, yeah, I don't want you to call him. You're my girlfriend, you shouldn't be calling other guys." Blake said. Tori crossed her arms over her chest.
"Is that so? Well, thank you for clearing that up for me." She said. Blake smiled.
"No problem." He said.
"Find someone else to go to the party with you." Tori yelled as she turned and stormed out of the store. Blake's smile disappeared and his heart sank. Summer raised an eyebrow, again and looked at Dustin.
"You want to deal with Tori? Or me?" She asked. Dustin looked at her.
"You can.... She's more likely to talk to you because you're a girl." He replied. Summer rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Have fun with Blake." She said, walking out of Storm Chargers. She saw Tori growling as she went to her van. Summer took off running after Tori.
"Tori! Wait!" She called out. Tori flung open the door to her van and gave Summer a look and slammed it shut. As Summer was reaching the van, Tori shoved the key into the ignition and flung the vechal into reverse and sped away. Summer stood in the dust as Tori left. She frowned.
"Ok, so Tori's really upset." She told herself. She dug into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She punched in Hunter's cell phone number and pressed the tiny machine against her ear. Summer listened impatiently as the phone rang. Finally on the 5th ring, Hunter answered.
"Hello?" He asked. Summer growled into the phone.
"Where are you?" She demanded.
"Uh....Renting costumes for the Halloween Bash at Storm Chargers... Why?" He responded. Summer snorted angrily.
"And you were planning on just picking out a costume for me to wear without even discussing it with me?" She spat. Hunter gulped.
"I wanted it to be a surprise." He said truthfully. Summer laughed again.
"Oh you'll get a surprise.... You'll be surprised when I don't show up at home tonight! Goodbye Hunter." She thundered into the phone. Putting it into the off position. She shoved it back into her pants and streaked off towards Tori's house.
Hunter looked at the phone oddly and sighed.
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Summer reached Tori's house just as Tori pulled up into her driveway. Tori screeched on her brakes to avoid hitting her. She jumped out of the car.
"Are you fucking insane?!" She screamed. "I could've flattened you like a pancake!" Summer bit her lip.
"I'm sorry. I just thought you needed someone to talk to." She said.
"If I did, I would've said so, which I haven't." Tori said. Summer sighed.
"Come on Tori. I was there, I saw the fight you had with Blake."
"And you're going to tell me I should go back and say I'm sorry?" Tori asked bitterly.
"Hell no." Summer said, Tori looked at her oddly. "Blake had no right getting all possessive and shit. You're his girlfriend yes, but you're still a person with your own freewill." Tori sighed shakily.
"Well at least I have someone on my side." She said. Summer nodded and bit her lip again. Tori looked at her oddly.
"What's wrong with you?" She asked. A few tears fell down Summer's cheek's.
"Guys suck." She spat angrily. Tori's eyes widened.
"OK, inside we go... Your going to explain to me why you think guys suck." Tori said leading Summer in the direction of the front door.
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"Marah?" Came Dustin's voice. Marah stood at the edge of a cliff not too far from Ninja Opts. She simply stood there, letting the wind touch her skin. She heard Dustin's approaching footsteps. "You shouldn't stand so close to the edge, you might fall." He said. Marah sighed.
"Would that be so bad?" She asked. Dustin looked at him oddly. He slowly walked over and took her hand in his, pulling her back a bit.
"Yes, it would." He said softly.
"I'm sorry." She said. "I just....I stand here and I think about how I've played a part in my uncle's plans to take over the world, and I'm sick with myself. It's like these pinpricks in my heart. This uncomfortable queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach." She sighed. "I think I've developed some sort of disease." She fretted. Dustin smiled and pulled her into a hug from behind.
"Oh yeah, a terrible sickness." He said. Marah paled.
"Oh god, am I going to die?" She asked.
"No, I think you'll just feel bad for a while." He said.
"What's this sickness called?" She asked.
"Remorse." He replied. Marah glared at him.
"Not funny." She said.
"It wasn't meant to be funny Marah." He said kissing her cheek gently. He looked at her. Marah could see there was something more on his mind.
"What?" She asked.
"I think you need some fun time." He said. Marah looked at him suspiciously.
"What do you have in mind?" She asked.
"Halloween party. Go with me?" He asked. Marah couldn't help smile at the look of worry he might get rejected he had. She nodded.
"OK.Sounds like fun. I mean.I'll try not to make a fool of myself and all." Dustin smiled.
"It's a Halloween party, you're required to do so." He joked. Marah laughed.
"So, what are you going to dress up as?" She asked. Dustin shrugged.
"Not sure." He said. Marah thought for a second. She smiled.
"I think I might have an idea."
"What's that?" He asked. Marah grinned mischievously.
"It's a surprise. I'll go to the costume shop and see if I can find it." She went to walk away, then stopped. "By the way, are you all right with wearing tights?" She asked. Dustin paled.
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Hunter turned Summer's car into the parking lot of Storm Chargers. He slammed the door shut and went into Storm Chargers. He opened the door and saw Blake looked very angry with himself standing behind the counter ringing in a purchase. He went over to him.
"I just got a call from my girlfriend. She seemed rather on edge. What did you say to her?" He asked. Blake looked at him.
"What? I didn't say anything to her. But, of course, everything's my fault. Apparently everything I say to the female gender is terrible." Blake snapped, slamming the register shut and walking away. The customer looked at Hunter and then took their purchase. Hunter followed his brother.
"What happened?" He asked his younger brother, who sighed.
"Some guy, whom I found out from Dustin to be Dill, Tori's like kind of ex boyfriend, came in... And I got all protective of Tori, and she said I could find another person to take to the dance, and then she left... And Summer followed her... After that.... I don't know what happened." Hunter sighed.
"I think I get it now." He said.
"Well, mind explaining it to me? Cause I'm lost."
"Did you happen to be a tad overbearing?" He asked.
"No." Blake said. Hunter looked at him. Blake sighed. "Perhaps." He said, giving in. Hunter nodded.
"And I was buying costumes for me and Summer without her consent...So my guess is, she felt that I was trying to be controlling or something, like you did with Tori."
"But I wasn't!" Blake said. "At least...that wasn't my intention." Blake said.
"It wasn't mine either." Hunter told Blake. They both sighed.
"So what else did Summer have to say?" Blake asked. Hunter's face paled.
"She said it would be a surprise when she didn't show up at home tonight." He said. Blake gave him a sympathic look.
"When it comes to love, we're clueless." He sighed. Hunter grunted in agreement.
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"They're clueless!" Summer exclaimed. She and Tori were sitting on her couch, sharing a pint of ice cream.
"Uh huh." Tori nodded.
"They don't think before they talk." Summer said.
"Exactly." Tori said.
"And they think 'surprise for you' is the get out of jail free card when they make decisions without us."
"Don't forget think you're their property." Tori added bitterly, jabbing her spoon in the pint, no doubt pretending it was Blake's head. "I mean, Blake might as well had lifted his leg and really marked me as his territory in front of Dill."
"He sucks. Hunter sucks." Summer said.
"Amen to that sister." Tori replied. Summer looked down.
"But....I love Hunter." She sighed. Tori groaned.
"Oh god, I love Blake, I just didn't want to be the first to say it." Tori replied. Summer looked at him.
"You love him?" She asked.
"Yes!"
"Does he know?"
"Uh..Define know?" Tori said.
"hmmm... To understand your feelings and feel the same way." Summer responded. Tori made a face.
"Then no, he doesn't." Tori responded.
Summer sighed.
"You're going to have to tell him." She told Tori.
"After that caveman display at the store? Doubtful." Tori replied. Summer sighed.
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"You sure we should be doing this?" Blake asked. He and Hunter were approaching Tori's door. They guessed Summer was there as well.
"No, but, what else can we do?" He asked. He knocked on Tori's door.
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Tori's head snapped towards the door and she glared at it.
"Tori, you don't even know who's there... Why are you glaring at it?" Summer asked. Tori turned back and looked at Summer.
"Because I have a feeling I know who's there... Can you answer the door?" She asked. Summer nodded and made a move for the door. She opened the door and saw Hunter and Blake standing there. Hunter whipped out a bundle of pink carnations and presented them to her. Summer looked at him, then the flowers, then back at him. She then grabbed the edge of Tori's door and slammed in the boys' faces. Both boys winced as the door slammed shut.
"Well that went well." Blake said to Hunter, who sighed.
"You're telling me." He replied.
"Who was it?" Tori asked, although she already knew the answer to that one.
"Dumb and Dumber." Summer replied.
"Which one's which?" Tori asked. Summer flopped back on the couch next to her.
"Does it matter?" She asked. "You know he tried to get me to forgive him with flowers?!" Summer exclaimed.
"Guys just don't get it." Tori mumbled angrily. Summer nodded.
"They're too dumb to understand females." She replied. There was another knock on the door.
"Go away!" Tori yelled.
Hunter and Blake sighed.
"Well, what do we do now?" Blake asked. Hunter shrugged.
"They're going to have to come out sometime." Hunter replied.
"Either that or we have to get in somehow." Blake replied.
"Are you suggesting we break in?" Hunter asked. Blake nodded. "Uh, we're trying to get them to forgive us, not kill us." Hunter pointed out. Blake sighed.
"Got any other ideas?" He asked.
"Wait 'em out?" Hunter suggested.
"You do realize that they might stay in there forever right?" Blake replied. Hunter sighed.
"Well right now, our options are losing are girlfriends, or breaking into Tori's house... Which do you think is the better idea?" Hunter asked his younger brother.
"Hey, I liked the breaking in idea." Blake said.
"Fine, but if they're pissed, I'm telling them it was your idea and running far far away." Hunter said.
"Scared of Summer?" Blake smirked.
"Fuck yeah. You didn't see the jewel crunch she did to Shane the day after he slapped Joey!" Hunter replied. Blake paled slightly.
"So, you'd let your baby bro take that while you run away?" He asked.
"I'd rather not say, the response might shatter our bro relationship." Hunter said. Blake rolled his eyes.
"Gee, thanks." Blake said. He walked over to the side of the house and saw the open window by Tori's bedroom."
"I think we can get in through here." Blake told Hunter. Hunter pried the window open and gave Blake a boost through the window. Blake crashed to the floor painfully.
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"Did you hear something?" Tori asked Summer, who was practically shoving the ice cream down her throat.
"Hear what?" She asked. Tori shrugged. "Guess it was my imagination." Tori replied.
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"You OK?" Hunter asked through the window. Blake sat up and rubbed his shoulder.
"Think so." He said. He helped Hunter climb in through the window. Blake and Hunter looked around Tori's room.
"Ok now what?" Hunter asked. Blake shrugged.
"Again two options... Go downstairs now, and prepare to die... Or wait a couple hours till they go to bed, then go." Blake told Hunter.
"This is Tori's room, she'll come in here, see us, and we die. Besides, if we climbed in here, just to run away, what was the point?"
"Hey, I came up with the getting in here plan, you do the rest!" Blake hissed.
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"OK, seriously, I did hear something." Tori said. Summer set the ice cream down and whipped her mouth.
"Yeah, so did I."
"It came from my room." Tori said.
"Oh my god... Do you think someone broke in?" Summer asked. Tori's eyebrows raised.
"I think so..." She replied. Summer's eyes went wide.
"What are we going to do?" She hissed. Tori thought about it for a minute.
"Grab the phone and an umbrella by the door, and we'll take em." She replied. Summer nodded and picked the portable phone up off its jack and grabbed an umbrella from the door, where as Tori grabbed a bat. Tori motioned her to be quiet as the two crept to the room.
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Blake heard footsteps on the floor approaching Tori's room. He looked at Hunter and motioned for him to hide. Hunter took the opportunity to dive under Tori's bed, whereas Blake made a mad-dash for her closet. Tori heard something slam shut and she tensed. She looked at Summer.
"You can go first." She told her. Summer rolled her eyes.
"Thanks Tori." She muttered. Summer slowly entered the room, and saw that it was empty. She signaled Tori to come in. Tori walked in.
"Guess it was our imagination." Tori said. Summer sighed.
"Guess so, man do I feel dumb." She said, laughing nervously. Tori smiled.
"Wanna check the other rooms just to be sure?" She asked. Summer nodded.
"That would make me feel a lot better." She replied.
Tori set off towards the guest bedroom, and Summer set off towards the Office/other guest room.
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Hunter poked his head out from underneith her Tori's bed and shoved himself out. He took off out of Tori's room and into the bathroom. Blake took this opportunity to slam open the doors to Tori's closet and dive under the bed. At the same time, Hunter by accident kicked the door closed behind him. Tori and Summer ran from the rooms they were in and stopped in front of Tori's room, and the bathroom. They looked at each other.
"OK, someone's in here." Summer said.
"Maybe the guys are still outside..We should get them." Tori said.
"And show them we're scared little girls who need big strong men to protect them? Don't think so." Summer said.
"But Summer, we are scared little girls." Tori pointed out.
"Yeah, but they don't need to know that." Summer said.
"So what do you suggest we do?" Tori questioned. Summer shrugged.
"Go Ninja on their asses." She responded. Tori nodded thoughtfully.
"Good plan." She replied.
"Actually... Lets just beat them senseless." Summer suggested. Tori nodded.
"I'd still rather get the guys." Tori said. Summer sighed.
"Alight, I'll get the guys... you stay here." She said. Tori gave her a weird look.
"How bout I get the guys, you stay here?" Tori responded.
Summer sighed.
"Alight fine... But if it turns out those people are in here and I die.... Well I'll hunt you down in my afterlife and beat you!" Summer said. Tori smiled.
"You do that." She said as she left.
Blake heard the door shut and figured the girls had left. He pushed himself out from under the bed and quickly opened the door of Tori's room to leave. He didn't know Summer was still there. Summer heard the door open and spun around, screaming. Her instincts took over and she kicked the intruder in the face. Tori froze when she heard Summer screaming and ran back into the house.
Tori practically flew up the stairs and was about to turn into her room, when she collided with a tall dark figure, causing her to go tumbling to the ground. She screamed loudly kicked his legs out from under his body. He fell to the ground landing on his back with an "umph" and proceeded to get up. Tori kicked him in the solar plex, and the other "intruder" tumbled down the stairs.
"OW!" The intruders said. Tori went over to Summer.
"You OK?" She asked. Summer nodded.
"You?" She asked. Tori agreed. They looked over to where the two intruders were lying, and gasped.
"Hunter?" Summer asked, shocked.
"Blake?" Tori asked.
"What the fuck do you think you were doing?!" Summer screeched at them both. Hunter groaned out something audible and Blake held his nose.
"We were trying to apologize!" Blake said defensively. Tori glared at him.
"SO this is you apology? By breaking into my house?! Your fucking lucky I don't call the cops on you both!" Tori snarled.
"Hey, it was his idea." Hunter groaned. "And if I could move, I'd run away right now."
"Dude, shut up." Blake groaned. "You two wouldn't let us in, so we had to find a way to talk to you." Blake explained.
"And breaking and entering was what you came up with?" Summer asked.
"It was Blake's idea." Hunter piped up. Tori spun and looked at Hunter.
"I don't give a flying fuck whose idea it was! The fact that you two committed B and E!!! I really should call the cops." She snarled.
"No, don't." Blake sighed. He struggled to get to his feet, groaning as he did so. "We'll leave. We're both sorry. Sorry for breaking in, sorry for being jerks, sorry for everything. We'll leave you both alone." He said. Hunter stood up.
"Yeah. I guess I'll bring your stuff Summer, since you probably want to go back to Joey and Larissa's or stay here or something." Hunter said. Summer and Tori's faces softened. Their intentions were good, even if they did do something stupid. They looked down.
"Wait." She said softly. The two guys looked at her. Tori went over to Blake. "You're bleeding, come on." She said. She took Blake's arm gently and led him to the bathroom. Summer looked at Hunter. She walked over to him.
"Summer, I'm an idiot, I know that, you want to break up with me, right? Just say it." He said softly. Summer looked at him. She took his hand gently and led him to the couch.
"Sit." She said softly. Hunter did so. Summer went and got ice from Tori's kitchen. She wrapped the ice in a cloth and carried it back into the living room. She sat down next to Hunter and held the cold substance against Hunter's jaw.
"Ow!" He whimpered. Summer smiled softly.
"Sorry." She mumbled, casting her glance downward and to the side. She sighed. "Hunter, you're not an idiot. I am." She said.
"Not possible." Hunter hissed softly though his pain. "I'm a pigheaded jackass and I shouldn't have gone to the costume shop without consulting you." Summer giggled softly.
"I guess I wanted some say in what costume you were getting." She replied. Hunter sighed.
"All I wanted to do was surprise you." He whispered. Summer gently leaned in and kissed his cheek, careful not to cause him any pain.
"I'm sorry. I guess I'm not used to getting surprised and I saw it as you trying to dictate everything." Summer said.
"I'd never." Hunter said softly. "You're a free thinking person, and that's one of the things I love so much about you." He said. Summer smiled.
"I love you too." She said.
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Tori made Blake sit on the toilet and tilted his head back. She took a washcloth and stood over him, cleaning up his face.
Blake whimpered and whined as Tori swiped over the newly forming burses on his handsome face.
"You do realize that if you'd stop moving so much, it might not hurt as much." She suggested gently.
"Why are you so concerned? You broke up with me." Blake said.
"I did?" Tori asked.
"Well...Yeah...I mean...Didn't you? You said I should find someone else to go to the party with, and didn't want to talk to me." He said.
"So that constitutes breaking up?" Tori asked. She shook her head and continued 'fixing' his face. "I didn't break up with you... at least not intentionally." She told him. He grunted.
"Could have fooled me." He replied. Tori flung the cloth into the sink.
"Do it yourself Blake! I don't need your bullshit... I'm trying to be nice and your treating me like the fucking wicked witch of the west!" She cried angrily. Blake sighed.
"I'm sorry." He said softly. Tori crossed her arms and turned away from him.
"You should be." She replied. "I mean, why the hell did you have to get so possessive of me? Blake, I'm your goddamn girlfriend, not your servant. You DO NOT tell me who I can or can not speak to." Tori said. Blake looked downward.
"I thought.... I dunno I guess I was just jealous." He said quietly. Tori sighed.
"Why? What, did you think I was just going to drop you like some hot potato and shack up with some other guy?" Blake closed his eyes, he felt tears building up in them.
"I don't know." Blake said softly. "Tori, everyone I've loved, except Hunter, I've lost..And I was just afraid that I'm going to loose you too." He whispered. Tori froze. Did he just say...Love? Tori slowly turned around and looked at him.
"Could you repeat what you just said?" She asked quietly. Blake sighed.
"I can't loose you Tori.... I.... I love you." He replied. Tori looked at him.
"Are you serious?" She asked. He nodded.
"Yeah, I am." He replied. Tori bent down and captured his lips in a passionate kiss. Blake pulled back, shocked.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"I love you too." She said softly. She looked at him. "But don't you ever tell me what to do again, got it?"
"As you wish." He said. Tori looked at him, as if she had suddenly been struck by an idea. "What?" He asked.
"I just got an idea for the Halloween costume." She said as she went to kiss him.
"So, you're the child." Lothor grinned.
"I would've thought Carmen would've gotten rid of you. I guess she wanted to keep my little token." He smirked. Joey stood up and launched herself to tackle him again; he vanished, causing her to fall on the ground. The Kelzacks also left.
"Joey!" Shane said as he, Cam, Larissa, Dustin, Marah, Blake, and Tori went to her. Larissa helped her to her feet. She saw the hand that Lothor had hurt.
"You're bleeding." She said.
"What were you thinking?" Shane yelled.
"What in the world made you go at him like that?" He asked.
"Shane, stop." Larissa pleaded.
"Lothor was the one who captured her mom, remember." She said. Shane's face softened.
"I...I forgot." He confessed. Joey nodded.
"S'ok." She told him. They looked around.
"Where are Hunter and Summer?" Blake asked. Tori pointed.
"Over there!" She exclaimed. There, walking towards them, were Hunter and Summer. Both were leaning on each other. Summer's shirt was torn at the bottom, and the entire front was covered in blood, and Hunter's face was still screwed up in pain. Everyone sprinted over to them. "You guys ok?" Blake asked as he went to Hunter's other side and helped to hold him up.
"Yeah. Ya should've seen Summer, she sent Vexie boy running home with his tail between his legs." Hunter grinned. Summer laughed.
"No one messes with my Hunter." She smiled, giving him a kiss.
"Right, well, let's go before anymore of us get little battle wounds." Joey said.
"Good idea." Tori nodded. Dustin looked at Marah.
"They know you're on our side now." He said softly.
"They're going to come after you. You do realize that, right?" He asked. Marah looked at him.
"I was getting tired of that ship anyway." She smiled.
"Besides, I wasn't about to let Fishy hurt my friends." Dustin smiled.
"Welcome to the good side then." he said holding his hand out for her to take. Marah smiled.
"At least I know I'm doing something right." Everyone began streaking back to
Ninja Ops, Dustin's yellow streak encased by a purple one.
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Summer and Hunter were the first to walk in and Summer immedality plopped herself down with a first aid kit on her pillow. She opened in and lifted her shirt and began cleaning the cut. Hunter lay down on his stomach, using his pillow to rest his head on. Summer winced in pain as the cotton dabbed with alcohol rubbed across her cut. Cyber Cam came out of somewhere.
"Dude's...what's going on?" He called. Summer looked up and Cyber Cam saw that she was struggling to clean her cut.
"Yo Summa! Wait till Cam gets back and he can stitch that up for you no problem." He called. Summer nodded and put her first aid kit aside and lay down beside Hunter. The others showed up. Cam went over to Summer.
"Come on, let me try and take care of that cut." He said. Summer nodded as he pulled her to her feet. He helped her to another room in Opts. Cyber Cam saw Dustin and Marah enter together. He cocked his head to the side.
"Why's the evil chick here?" He asked.
"She's not evil, back off." Dustin snapped. Shane looked at Joey.
"How's your hand?" He asked. Joey seemed distracted. She looked at him.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, no big." She shrugged. Shane lifted it up and Joey hissed in pain. Shane looked at her.
"Ok ok.... it hurts alright?" She asked. Shane nodded. She lifted her hand out of her grasp.
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Summer lay on her back; her shirt rolled up so Cam could put the stitches in.
"It's gonna hurt ok?" He asked softly. Summer nodded. Cam filled a needle up with a freezing substance, so she wouldn't feel it. He cleaned a spot not to far from her cut with alcohol and injected the substance.
"Whoa." Summer said softly.
"Feels weird." She said softly. Cam smiled and went on about sealing her wound. A little while later, she was stitched up.
"I suggest you stay from wake boarding for a while." He said. Summer playfully groaned.
"Oh, Cam, you're killing me." She smiled.
"You'll survive." Cam said as he helped her up.
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Shane looked at Joey.
"If you want to call a rain check for tonight, I-" Shane began. Joey looked at him.
"Why would I want to call a rain check? You're not backing out, are you?" She asked.
"No, no, I just thought.....You know, your hand, and seeing Lothor." He replied. Joey flinched a bit, but hid it.
"I don't give a shit about Lothor." She said lowly.
"So, be at the house at 8, got it?" Shane gulped and nodded.
"Uh, yeah." He said. Cam and Summer walked back in. Cam looked at Joey.
"Is your hand OK?" He asked. Joey looked at him.
"I'm fine." She snapped. Cam stepped back a bit, putting his hands up.
]"Whoa, just a simple question." He said. Joey sighed.
"It hurts, but I'm fine she told him." Cam looked at her. Joey threw her hands up in the air.
"If you want to fix my hand, fine, lets go." She said. Cam chuckled and they went into the back room.
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Summer placed herself gently back onto her pillow, which was now on the floor, beside Hunter. He turned over and lay on his back, ignoring the pain searing through it. He intertwined his fingers with Summer's.
"Still hurt?" He asked quietly. Summer shrugged.
"I had to have a needle to freeze it, but I can't really feel anything right now, I probably will later though." She replied. Hunter smiled and pushed himself into sitting position.
"Ready?" He asked. Summer nodded. Both rangers pushed themselves into standing position. Blake looked at them.
"You guys need any help?" He asked. The two looked at him.
"No, we're fine." Hunter said.
"But, uh, maybe you should stay over at Tori's tonight." Summer winked. The two left. Blake rolled his eyes.
"They both get injured and their hormones don't suffer." He chuckled. Tori laughed.
"Well, would you rather they didn't say anything and you heard them again?" She asked. Blake chuckled.
"Good point." He said.
"So, mind if I crash on your couch?" He asked Tori. Tori smiled.
"If you want to." She said. Blake blinked, seeing the mischievous gleam in her eyes. He pulled at the collar of his Ninja uniform, feeling a little flushed.
"Uh...right."
"We're going to go." Tori said, looking at the others. She left, pulling Blake out with her.
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Summer and Hunter walked out of Ninja Ops and through the forest.
Hunter wrapped arm around her waist and pulled her close.
"You gave me a real scare this afternoon." He told her gently. Summer looked up at him.
"Sorry bout that.... It's just.... Vexacus tried to destroy you and I got angry....I love you too much to see you get hurt." She told him. Hunter nodded and kissed the crown of her head.
"And you don't think I feel the same way?" He asked. Summer sighed.
"I know you do.... But I had to take that chance." She told him.
"I know.... And you kicked some monster ass doing it." Hunter joked. Summer smiled.
"So what are our plans for tonight?" She asked. Hunter shrugged.
"We haven't decided yet." He said leaning in for a kiss, which Summer returned graciously.
"Well, we did send Blake away, so, we have the house to ourselves." Summer grinned, putting her arms around his waits. Hunter hissed a bit as she touched his back. Summer stepped back.
"Oh, Hunter, I'm so sorry." She said. Hunter took a deep breath.
"It's OK." He said. "Just a little sore." He added.
"Come on, let's go home. I think I'm going to need a huge ice pack." He said. Summer nodded.
"Yeah." She said. The two continued walking. Summer intertwined her fingers with his. He was very quiet, unnorally quiet for Hunter. Summer blinked and re-opened her eyes; the forest landscape in front of her was suddenly blurry. Blinking her eyes rapidly, she shook whatever was in them out and kept walking. Hunter looked at her, and shrugged it off as being worn out from the battle. Shortly thereafter, they reached Summer's car. Summer climbed into the drivers seat and Hunter climbed into the passenger seat. Summer rubbed at her eyes and went to start the car. She shifted gears and pulled away from the secret entrance to Ninja Ops. Hunter looked at her.
"You ok?" He asked.
"Yeah. Just a little..." Her voice trailed off.
"Stop the car." He said. Summer pulled over and looked at him.
"What?" She asked. Hunter looked at her. Her eyes seemed distant.
"You look like you're about to fall asleep, or pass out." He said. Summer shook her head.
"I'm fine." She said. She sighed.
"That stuff that Cam gave me must bring on drowsiness...Wonderful." She sighed. Hunter looked at her.
"I'm driving." He said. Summer sighed and nodded.
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Cam was wrapping up Joey's hand. Joey looked at him.
"You know a bit about Lothor, right?" She asked. Cam looked at her and shrugged.
"All I know is he's evil, and wants to take over the world." He said. Joey blinked.
"Do you think that that kind of stuff is hereditary?" She asked.
"Why do you ask?" He asked. Joey shrugged.
"Curious."
"Well, I hope not." Cam replied.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Joey asked. Cam looked at her.
"Lothor's real name is Kiya Wattanbe. I'm Cam Wattanbe. You do the math." He replied.
"You're related to Lothor?" Joey asked, surprise.
"He's my uncle." Cam said.
"I met him on a little past trip. He and my dad are identical twins. But looks is all they have in common." He added.
"He's evil, manipulative, greedy, power hungry." He looked at her.
"Anyway, why are you so interested in him?"
"It never hurts to know the enemy." Joey said. Cam nodded.
"Guess your right." He replied
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Summer opened the driver's side door and climbed out of it, she walked around the front of the car, and climbed into passenger seat. She placed a hand to her forehead and closed her eyes. Hunter closed his door and leaned over and closed hers.
"Summer?" He asked gently. Summer looked at him, her eyes dropping slightly.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"What's wrong?" He asked gently. She squeezed her eyes shut.
"Yeah.... Just a little dizzy.... I'll be fine." She told him. Hunter nodded and restarted the car. The soft humming of the engine and movement of the car lulled Summer to sleep. Hunter looked over at her as he drove. He smiled softly at how peaceful she looked. He pulled up in front of his home and shut off the car. He sighed. Any other time, he'd be glad to carry Summer in, but he knew he couldn't, his back hurt too much. He shook her shoulder gently.
"Summer." He said softly. Summer's eyes fluttered opened.
"Come on, let's get inside. I'm thinking a bed would be more comfortable." He smiled. Summer nodded sleepily.
"Yeah your right." She said. She opened her door and began walking towards the house. She waited at the bottom of the stairs outside the house for Hunter to unlock the door. He locked it and he and Summer walked into the house. Summer yawned.
"Ok.... Bed?" She asked. Hunter nodded.
"I'll be up in a second. I want to get some aspirin." He told her. Summer nodded and set off upstairs. Hunter wandered into the kitchen and turned the taps on to get himself some water.
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Summer strode sleepily into Hunter's room. She fumbled around for her red and black sweat pants and her white tank top. She ducked into the bathroom and changed into her new clothes. She exited the bathroom and tossed her Ninja Uniform into the corner. She pulled the covers back and climbed underneath them. She tried to wait for Hunter to come upstairs, but her eyes gently fluttered shut before he did. Hunter came up after he took some aspirin. He saw Summer sleeping peacefully. He changed into dark red boxers and a matching undershirt. He crawled into bed with her, lying on his side. He pulled her close and kissed the side of her forehead.
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After Cam had wrapped up Joey's hand, everyone decided to go home. It was decided that Marah would stay at Ninja Opts with Cam and Sensei. Larissa and Joey walked into their house. Larissa looked at Joey.
"I know you and Shane have a date tonight. So I'm going over to Ninja Opts." She said. Joey smirked.
"Don't use me as an excuse to go visit your man." She said. Larissa blushed.
"All right, all right." She said. The doorbell rang at 7:55. Joey had changed into a black top that bared her midriff and hip hugging flared jeans. She went to the door and opened it to see Shane standing there dressed in black pants and a red button down shirt with a single rose in his hand.
"Hey." He said.
"You're early." Joey smiled. She let him in. Shane handed her the rose. Joey smiled and brought it to her nose, inhaling the sweet scent. No one had ever given her a rose before, and she couldn't help feel a little giddy at that.
"So, what movie shall we be viewing?" Shane asked. "Steel Magnolias? My Best Friend's Wedding?" He smirked. Joey laughed.
"I'm not that cruel. I was thinking more along the lines of action/horror.
Resident Evil." She said. Shane nodded.
"Good choice, haven't seen that one yet." He told her. Joey smiled.
"Me neither." She replied.
"I bought the DVD a little while ago, but haven't gotten around to seeing it yet." She said. She went to the kitchen to make some popcorn. Shane followed.
"So, how's your hand?" He asked. Joey nodded.
"Good." She asked. Shane looked at her; he had been feeling a little worried about her since the Lothor attack.
"Are you OK?" He asked.
"You seem upset."
"Upset? Why should I be upset?" Joey asked.
"I don't know. Maybe seeing the man who took your mother got to you." He said softly. Joey gave a dry laugh.
"Oh, no, I'm happy." She said softly.
"Huh?" Shane asked.
"Mmmhmm." She looked at Shane.
"I thought my mom was my only family. Apparently, I was wrong." She said. Shane's eyebrows shot up.
"Mind running that one by me again?" He asked.
"Apparently, I've got a father, an uncle, and three cousins." Joey said.
"You found out who your father is?" Shane asked, surprised.
"When? How? Does anyone else know?" He asked.
"Today, he basically told me, and no." Joey said. Shane walked over to her.
"Well, come on, out with it. What's his name?" He asked.
"Kiya." Joey replied.
"So, did you talk to him?" Shane asked.
"Does he know-"
"That I'm the result of his crime? Uh huh." Shane gently grabbed Joey's arm, making her face him.
"Just stop for a second, explain what's going on, will ya?" He said. Joey looked at him. Her eyes filled with tears.
"What's there to explain?" She forced out. Shane looked at her.
"Well how about staring from the beginning?" He asked gently. Joey let out a shaky breath and nodded.
"Well, like I told you, my father's name is Kiya, and the dude's pure evil." She began. Shane nodded, telling her to continue.
"Well.... and this is the shocker.... everyone knows who Kiya is..." She said. Shane looked at her as if she were a dragon.
"What?" He asked. Joey ran her hands over her face.
"My father...is..." She started. Shane held her hands.
"Yeah?" He asked. Joey breathed inward.
"Lothor." She told him.
"Huh?" Shane stammered. Joey laughed bitterly.
"Remember how you used to call me the spawn of Lucifer or whatever? Well, imagine the irony, I actually am." Joey said. Shane looked down. He looked back up at Joey. He went to hug her. Joey stepped away.
"Don't touch me." She snarled.
"I'm evil, you should be away from me."
"You are not evil." Shane said. Joey laughed.
"That's like saying the Queen of England isn't English." She replied.
"There's evil in my blood, hence making me evil." She told him. Shane looked at her.
"Just because he's evil doesn't mean you are." He said. Joey rolled her eyes.
"Evil is, as evil does Shane." She snapped. Shane held up in hands in defeat.
"Whatever you want to think, but I still think your not evil." he retorted. Joey rolled her eyes.
"It's in my blood, and only a matter of time before I do become evil, try to rid the world of power rangers and attempt to take over the world." She responded. Joey looked at him.
"So, if you want to leave and forget about this while date crap, go ahead." She said. Shane looked at her.
"I don't believe you're evil. I don't care who your father is. I care about you. Do you understand that?" He asked. Tears streaked down Joey's cheeks. Shane went over and pulled her into his arms. Joey sobbed against him. Shane kissed the crown of her head again.
"Joey... Just because he's evil, doesn't make you evil... You are a good person... So you like to kick some ass, a lot... That doesn't make you evil... You'll never be like him." He told her gently. Joey sniffed and looked at him.
"You really believe that?" She asked. Shane nodded and hugged her again.
"Of course I do." He replied. Joey smiled.
"Well... as long as you think I'm not evil, that's all that matters." She replied.
"So, are you going to tell everyone else yet? I dunno, maybe Sensei, Cam, or Marah? Since they are your family." Shane asked. Joey shook her head.
"No. At least not yet. I just...I don't know.... I just can't tell them yet. I don't know how they'll react."
"You told me." Shane said.
"And I didn't turn my back on you or anything." He said.
"I know. I just......." Her voice trailed off a bit. She blinked.
"I just don't want to tell them yet." She said. Shane nodded, understanding.
"I can accept that. Let me know when you want to tell them and I can be there for you. Alright?" He asked. Joey nodded and held his hand gently.
"Thanks Shane." She replied. Shane smiled and hugged her as the popcorn finished popping.
"Not a problem." He responded. Joey looked at the microwave, then back at Shane.
"Suddenly, the idea of watching a bunch of zombies attack Mila Jovavich isn't too great." She smirked. Shane nodded.
"Yeah. Do you need me to leave? Like, be alone or something?" He asked. Joey shook her head.
"No." She said.
"Stay. Please?" She asked. She rested her head against his shoulder. Shane hugged her.
"I'll be here as long as you want me to be." He said. Shane led Joey up to her room. She slowly got into her bed and curled up in a fetal position, crying softly. It pained Shane to see her like this. He slowly got into bed next to her, sitting with his back against the wall. He gently scooped her in his arms. Her head and hands were resting against his chest. He softly stroked her hair.
"Shane?" She said softly.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Thank you. I know I've been difficult..and-"
"Shhh." Shane said, holding her tighter. "Don't worry about that now." He said, kissing her forehead. Joey smiled softly. She was so lucky to have someone like Shane in her life. So sweet, so caring, an all around nice guy. She hugged him tighter. She only wished she could stop being so scared and let herself be happy with him.
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"So, how was your date with Jo last night?" Tori asked Shane the next morning. They were walking along the beach. Tori was a little worried about him, he seemed troubled.
"Huh? Oh, it was OK." He said.
"Something wrong?" Tori asked. Shane shook his head.
"So, did Blake tell you about the Halloween party at Storm Chargers?" Shane asked, desperate for a topic change. Tori nodded.
"Yeah. We're thinking about coordinating our outfits together." She said. Shane pretended to gag and chuckled.
"Dressing up together, how incredibly sweet." He said. Tori laughed and playfully shoved him.
"What are you planning on going as?" She asked him. Shane shrugged.
"Haven't decided yet...Maybe Daredevil." He joked. Tori smiled.
"Would that mean that if you went with Joey, she'd be your Electra?" Tori joked. Shane blushed.
"I guess so yah." He replied.
"So, the date last night did go well." Tori mused.
"I don't know. I mean, I guess it did...It's not like we've discussed whether we're a couple or just.."
"Friend's who occasionally kiss?" Tori asked.
"I knew telling you about the kisses would come back to haunt me." Shane joked. Tori smiled.
"Anyway, I can so see her as Electra." Tori smiled.
"Why's that?" Came a voice. Tori and Shane turned to see Joey behind them.
"Hey." Shane smiled.
"Hey." Tori said.
"Hey guys. Now, why am I being compared to a comic book character?" Joey asked.
"Halloween party at storm chargers. I was saying that if Shane goes as Daredevil, you'd go as Electra." Tori said. Joey looked at her shocked. Tori didn't seem to notice. She looked at her watch. "Oh, I've got to go. Blake and I are going to the costume shop for ideas, I'm supposed to go pick him up from work. See ya." She said as she jogged to her van. Shane turned to Joey.
"Is that you're way of asking me to the party?" Joey asked. Shane sighed sheepishly.
"No, I wanted to ask you directly." They walked together.
"Don't." Joey said.
"Huh?" Shane asked.
"I don't want to reject you, so don't ask." She said. Shane stopped and looked at her.
"Well, if you don't want to reject you can always say-"
"Shane, I'm not in a dress up like an idiot and party kind of mood." She snapped. Shane held his hands up defensively.
"Alright. I'm sorry." He said. Joey sighed and looked out over the ocean. Shane approached her cautiously.
"What's wrong?" He asked gently. Joey turned around and looked at him.
"The same thing we discussed last night." She whispered. Shane hugged her gently from behind. He rested his chin on her shoulder softly.
"I'm sorry. I don't want to push you, especially not now that you're going through something so rough." He whispered against her cheek. Joey sighed and let her eyes drift shut softly. She felt so good in his arms. The feel of his cool fresh breath on her skin was intoxicating.
"I shouldn't have snapped." She said. "I just...need some quiet time to myself." She said. Shane nodded, understanding and stepped back.
"I understand, you need time to think about how this new development is going to effect you." He said. Joey turned to him.
"What? You don't think that just because I found out he's the one who knocked up my mom that I'm suddenly going to switch sides, do you?" She asked.
"No. I just mean, it's going to be harder to fight against your fath-"
"If anything, it's making me want to kill him even more." Joey snarled. Shane looked into her eyes. She had the murderous look flowing through them.
"No need to be that drastic" He said. Joey raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yes I forgot... He raped my mother and I'm supposed to be all honkey- dory about it... Well excuse me for actually wanting to do something!" She screamed at him. Shane gave her a hard look.
"I'm not saying you have to skip over to him and play happy daddy and daughter, but killing him won't erase the past." Shane said.
"Maybe not, but it sure will make the present and future sweeter."
"How do you know that? Or even more important, what makes you think you can kill him?" He said.
"Excuse me? Doubting my abilities, are you?" She asked, somewhat offended.
"No, of course not, it's just that Lothor's like the big bad. He could kill you before you even had the chance to pull out a weapon. I don't want that to happen to you." He said sincerely. Joey's face softened. She looked down, tears brimmed her eyes. Shane gently cupped her face. "He hurt your mother, and hurt you, but I'm not going to let him hurt all of us by taking you away from our lives. From my life." He went to kiss her. Joey stepped back quickly. Shane looked at her.
"I can't. I'm sorry." She said.
"What? But.."
"Remember the promise you made, one date, if it didn't work out, that would be the end of that." Joey said.
"It didn't work because you don't want it to work, that's not fair." Shane protested. Joey blinked and looked at him coldly.
"No one said life was fair." She said. She turned around and walked away.
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Tori jogged into Storm Chargers and crashed into someone she hadn't seen in almost 6 months.
"Dill! Hey!" She said happily. Dill smiled.
"Tori hey... How's it goin'?" He asked. Tori smiled.
"It's going great! You?" She asked. It was Dill's turn to smile.
"Can't complain." He responded. Summer was standing behind the counter and looked up to see Tori talking to some guy other than Blake. She turned to Dustin.
"Hey Dustin? Who's that guy Tori's talking to?" She asked. Dustin looked up and turned to Summer.
"That would be Dill... He used to like Tori." He said. Summer nodded and went back to work.
"Where have you been?" Tori asked Dill. "It's like you fell off the edge of the Earth." She smiled.
"Went to Utah. My grandmother was sick and I wanted to go take care of her." He said.
"Oh. Everything's all right, I hope." She said. Dill smiled at how sweet she was.
"Yeah, she's fine." He said. Blake came out of the stockroom after clocking out. He was going to go to the costume shop with Tori. He stopped when he saw Tori talking to a guy. Although, to him, it seemed a bit too much like flirting. He went over to them.
"So, I've missed you, I'd really love it if we could get together and catch up." Dill said.
"She's busy." Blake said as he got to them. Dill looked at him.
"Huh?" He said. Tori looked at Blake. He had an angry look in his eyes. Oh great, she thought. He's getting possessive and jealous. Wonderful.
"Uh, yeah, maybe some other time." Tori said. "I'm busy right now. I'll call you." She said. Dill nodded.
"OK, well, see you around." He said as he left. Tori stared at Blake.
"What was that all about?" She asked.
"You're not calling him." He said. Tori's eyes widened.
"Excuse me?" She said. "I know you were not just trying to order me around." She said. Summer and Dustin looked up from working.
"Uh oh." Summer said.
"This can't be good." Dustin said.
"Well, yeah, I don't want you to call him. You're my girlfriend, you shouldn't be calling other guys." Blake said. Tori crossed her arms over her chest.
"Is that so? Well, thank you for clearing that up for me." She said. Blake smiled.
"No problem." He said.
"Find someone else to go to the party with you." Tori yelled as she turned and stormed out of the store. Blake's smile disappeared and his heart sank. Summer raised an eyebrow, again and looked at Dustin.
"You want to deal with Tori? Or me?" She asked. Dustin looked at her.
"You can.... She's more likely to talk to you because you're a girl." He replied. Summer rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Have fun with Blake." She said, walking out of Storm Chargers. She saw Tori growling as she went to her van. Summer took off running after Tori.
"Tori! Wait!" She called out. Tori flung open the door to her van and gave Summer a look and slammed it shut. As Summer was reaching the van, Tori shoved the key into the ignition and flung the vechal into reverse and sped away. Summer stood in the dust as Tori left. She frowned.
"Ok, so Tori's really upset." She told herself. She dug into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She punched in Hunter's cell phone number and pressed the tiny machine against her ear. Summer listened impatiently as the phone rang. Finally on the 5th ring, Hunter answered.
"Hello?" He asked. Summer growled into the phone.
"Where are you?" She demanded.
"Uh....Renting costumes for the Halloween Bash at Storm Chargers... Why?" He responded. Summer snorted angrily.
"And you were planning on just picking out a costume for me to wear without even discussing it with me?" She spat. Hunter gulped.
"I wanted it to be a surprise." He said truthfully. Summer laughed again.
"Oh you'll get a surprise.... You'll be surprised when I don't show up at home tonight! Goodbye Hunter." She thundered into the phone. Putting it into the off position. She shoved it back into her pants and streaked off towards Tori's house.
Hunter looked at the phone oddly and sighed.
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Summer reached Tori's house just as Tori pulled up into her driveway. Tori screeched on her brakes to avoid hitting her. She jumped out of the car.
"Are you fucking insane?!" She screamed. "I could've flattened you like a pancake!" Summer bit her lip.
"I'm sorry. I just thought you needed someone to talk to." She said.
"If I did, I would've said so, which I haven't." Tori said. Summer sighed.
"Come on Tori. I was there, I saw the fight you had with Blake."
"And you're going to tell me I should go back and say I'm sorry?" Tori asked bitterly.
"Hell no." Summer said, Tori looked at her oddly. "Blake had no right getting all possessive and shit. You're his girlfriend yes, but you're still a person with your own freewill." Tori sighed shakily.
"Well at least I have someone on my side." She said. Summer nodded and bit her lip again. Tori looked at her oddly.
"What's wrong with you?" She asked. A few tears fell down Summer's cheek's.
"Guys suck." She spat angrily. Tori's eyes widened.
"OK, inside we go... Your going to explain to me why you think guys suck." Tori said leading Summer in the direction of the front door.
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"Marah?" Came Dustin's voice. Marah stood at the edge of a cliff not too far from Ninja Opts. She simply stood there, letting the wind touch her skin. She heard Dustin's approaching footsteps. "You shouldn't stand so close to the edge, you might fall." He said. Marah sighed.
"Would that be so bad?" She asked. Dustin looked at him oddly. He slowly walked over and took her hand in his, pulling her back a bit.
"Yes, it would." He said softly.
"I'm sorry." She said. "I just....I stand here and I think about how I've played a part in my uncle's plans to take over the world, and I'm sick with myself. It's like these pinpricks in my heart. This uncomfortable queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach." She sighed. "I think I've developed some sort of disease." She fretted. Dustin smiled and pulled her into a hug from behind.
"Oh yeah, a terrible sickness." He said. Marah paled.
"Oh god, am I going to die?" She asked.
"No, I think you'll just feel bad for a while." He said.
"What's this sickness called?" She asked.
"Remorse." He replied. Marah glared at him.
"Not funny." She said.
"It wasn't meant to be funny Marah." He said kissing her cheek gently. He looked at her. Marah could see there was something more on his mind.
"What?" She asked.
"I think you need some fun time." He said. Marah looked at him suspiciously.
"What do you have in mind?" She asked.
"Halloween party. Go with me?" He asked. Marah couldn't help smile at the look of worry he might get rejected he had. She nodded.
"OK.Sounds like fun. I mean.I'll try not to make a fool of myself and all." Dustin smiled.
"It's a Halloween party, you're required to do so." He joked. Marah laughed.
"So, what are you going to dress up as?" She asked. Dustin shrugged.
"Not sure." He said. Marah thought for a second. She smiled.
"I think I might have an idea."
"What's that?" He asked. Marah grinned mischievously.
"It's a surprise. I'll go to the costume shop and see if I can find it." She went to walk away, then stopped. "By the way, are you all right with wearing tights?" She asked. Dustin paled.
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Hunter turned Summer's car into the parking lot of Storm Chargers. He slammed the door shut and went into Storm Chargers. He opened the door and saw Blake looked very angry with himself standing behind the counter ringing in a purchase. He went over to him.
"I just got a call from my girlfriend. She seemed rather on edge. What did you say to her?" He asked. Blake looked at him.
"What? I didn't say anything to her. But, of course, everything's my fault. Apparently everything I say to the female gender is terrible." Blake snapped, slamming the register shut and walking away. The customer looked at Hunter and then took their purchase. Hunter followed his brother.
"What happened?" He asked his younger brother, who sighed.
"Some guy, whom I found out from Dustin to be Dill, Tori's like kind of ex boyfriend, came in... And I got all protective of Tori, and she said I could find another person to take to the dance, and then she left... And Summer followed her... After that.... I don't know what happened." Hunter sighed.
"I think I get it now." He said.
"Well, mind explaining it to me? Cause I'm lost."
"Did you happen to be a tad overbearing?" He asked.
"No." Blake said. Hunter looked at him. Blake sighed. "Perhaps." He said, giving in. Hunter nodded.
"And I was buying costumes for me and Summer without her consent...So my guess is, she felt that I was trying to be controlling or something, like you did with Tori."
"But I wasn't!" Blake said. "At least...that wasn't my intention." Blake said.
"It wasn't mine either." Hunter told Blake. They both sighed.
"So what else did Summer have to say?" Blake asked. Hunter's face paled.
"She said it would be a surprise when she didn't show up at home tonight." He said. Blake gave him a sympathic look.
"When it comes to love, we're clueless." He sighed. Hunter grunted in agreement.
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"They're clueless!" Summer exclaimed. She and Tori were sitting on her couch, sharing a pint of ice cream.
"Uh huh." Tori nodded.
"They don't think before they talk." Summer said.
"Exactly." Tori said.
"And they think 'surprise for you' is the get out of jail free card when they make decisions without us."
"Don't forget think you're their property." Tori added bitterly, jabbing her spoon in the pint, no doubt pretending it was Blake's head. "I mean, Blake might as well had lifted his leg and really marked me as his territory in front of Dill."
"He sucks. Hunter sucks." Summer said.
"Amen to that sister." Tori replied. Summer looked down.
"But....I love Hunter." She sighed. Tori groaned.
"Oh god, I love Blake, I just didn't want to be the first to say it." Tori replied. Summer looked at him.
"You love him?" She asked.
"Yes!"
"Does he know?"
"Uh..Define know?" Tori said.
"hmmm... To understand your feelings and feel the same way." Summer responded. Tori made a face.
"Then no, he doesn't." Tori responded.
Summer sighed.
"You're going to have to tell him." She told Tori.
"After that caveman display at the store? Doubtful." Tori replied. Summer sighed.
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"You sure we should be doing this?" Blake asked. He and Hunter were approaching Tori's door. They guessed Summer was there as well.
"No, but, what else can we do?" He asked. He knocked on Tori's door.
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Tori's head snapped towards the door and she glared at it.
"Tori, you don't even know who's there... Why are you glaring at it?" Summer asked. Tori turned back and looked at Summer.
"Because I have a feeling I know who's there... Can you answer the door?" She asked. Summer nodded and made a move for the door. She opened the door and saw Hunter and Blake standing there. Hunter whipped out a bundle of pink carnations and presented them to her. Summer looked at him, then the flowers, then back at him. She then grabbed the edge of Tori's door and slammed in the boys' faces. Both boys winced as the door slammed shut.
"Well that went well." Blake said to Hunter, who sighed.
"You're telling me." He replied.
"Who was it?" Tori asked, although she already knew the answer to that one.
"Dumb and Dumber." Summer replied.
"Which one's which?" Tori asked. Summer flopped back on the couch next to her.
"Does it matter?" She asked. "You know he tried to get me to forgive him with flowers?!" Summer exclaimed.
"Guys just don't get it." Tori mumbled angrily. Summer nodded.
"They're too dumb to understand females." She replied. There was another knock on the door.
"Go away!" Tori yelled.
Hunter and Blake sighed.
"Well, what do we do now?" Blake asked. Hunter shrugged.
"They're going to have to come out sometime." Hunter replied.
"Either that or we have to get in somehow." Blake replied.
"Are you suggesting we break in?" Hunter asked. Blake nodded. "Uh, we're trying to get them to forgive us, not kill us." Hunter pointed out. Blake sighed.
"Got any other ideas?" He asked.
"Wait 'em out?" Hunter suggested.
"You do realize that they might stay in there forever right?" Blake replied. Hunter sighed.
"Well right now, our options are losing are girlfriends, or breaking into Tori's house... Which do you think is the better idea?" Hunter asked his younger brother.
"Hey, I liked the breaking in idea." Blake said.
"Fine, but if they're pissed, I'm telling them it was your idea and running far far away." Hunter said.
"Scared of Summer?" Blake smirked.
"Fuck yeah. You didn't see the jewel crunch she did to Shane the day after he slapped Joey!" Hunter replied. Blake paled slightly.
"So, you'd let your baby bro take that while you run away?" He asked.
"I'd rather not say, the response might shatter our bro relationship." Hunter said. Blake rolled his eyes.
"Gee, thanks." Blake said. He walked over to the side of the house and saw the open window by Tori's bedroom."
"I think we can get in through here." Blake told Hunter. Hunter pried the window open and gave Blake a boost through the window. Blake crashed to the floor painfully.
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"Did you hear something?" Tori asked Summer, who was practically shoving the ice cream down her throat.
"Hear what?" She asked. Tori shrugged. "Guess it was my imagination." Tori replied.
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"You OK?" Hunter asked through the window. Blake sat up and rubbed his shoulder.
"Think so." He said. He helped Hunter climb in through the window. Blake and Hunter looked around Tori's room.
"Ok now what?" Hunter asked. Blake shrugged.
"Again two options... Go downstairs now, and prepare to die... Or wait a couple hours till they go to bed, then go." Blake told Hunter.
"This is Tori's room, she'll come in here, see us, and we die. Besides, if we climbed in here, just to run away, what was the point?"
"Hey, I came up with the getting in here plan, you do the rest!" Blake hissed.
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"OK, seriously, I did hear something." Tori said. Summer set the ice cream down and whipped her mouth.
"Yeah, so did I."
"It came from my room." Tori said.
"Oh my god... Do you think someone broke in?" Summer asked. Tori's eyebrows raised.
"I think so..." She replied. Summer's eyes went wide.
"What are we going to do?" She hissed. Tori thought about it for a minute.
"Grab the phone and an umbrella by the door, and we'll take em." She replied. Summer nodded and picked the portable phone up off its jack and grabbed an umbrella from the door, where as Tori grabbed a bat. Tori motioned her to be quiet as the two crept to the room.
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Blake heard footsteps on the floor approaching Tori's room. He looked at Hunter and motioned for him to hide. Hunter took the opportunity to dive under Tori's bed, whereas Blake made a mad-dash for her closet. Tori heard something slam shut and she tensed. She looked at Summer.
"You can go first." She told her. Summer rolled her eyes.
"Thanks Tori." She muttered. Summer slowly entered the room, and saw that it was empty. She signaled Tori to come in. Tori walked in.
"Guess it was our imagination." Tori said. Summer sighed.
"Guess so, man do I feel dumb." She said, laughing nervously. Tori smiled.
"Wanna check the other rooms just to be sure?" She asked. Summer nodded.
"That would make me feel a lot better." She replied.
Tori set off towards the guest bedroom, and Summer set off towards the Office/other guest room.
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Hunter poked his head out from underneith her Tori's bed and shoved himself out. He took off out of Tori's room and into the bathroom. Blake took this opportunity to slam open the doors to Tori's closet and dive under the bed. At the same time, Hunter by accident kicked the door closed behind him. Tori and Summer ran from the rooms they were in and stopped in front of Tori's room, and the bathroom. They looked at each other.
"OK, someone's in here." Summer said.
"Maybe the guys are still outside..We should get them." Tori said.
"And show them we're scared little girls who need big strong men to protect them? Don't think so." Summer said.
"But Summer, we are scared little girls." Tori pointed out.
"Yeah, but they don't need to know that." Summer said.
"So what do you suggest we do?" Tori questioned. Summer shrugged.
"Go Ninja on their asses." She responded. Tori nodded thoughtfully.
"Good plan." She replied.
"Actually... Lets just beat them senseless." Summer suggested. Tori nodded.
"I'd still rather get the guys." Tori said. Summer sighed.
"Alight, I'll get the guys... you stay here." She said. Tori gave her a weird look.
"How bout I get the guys, you stay here?" Tori responded.
Summer sighed.
"Alight fine... But if it turns out those people are in here and I die.... Well I'll hunt you down in my afterlife and beat you!" Summer said. Tori smiled.
"You do that." She said as she left.
Blake heard the door shut and figured the girls had left. He pushed himself out from under the bed and quickly opened the door of Tori's room to leave. He didn't know Summer was still there. Summer heard the door open and spun around, screaming. Her instincts took over and she kicked the intruder in the face. Tori froze when she heard Summer screaming and ran back into the house.
Tori practically flew up the stairs and was about to turn into her room, when she collided with a tall dark figure, causing her to go tumbling to the ground. She screamed loudly kicked his legs out from under his body. He fell to the ground landing on his back with an "umph" and proceeded to get up. Tori kicked him in the solar plex, and the other "intruder" tumbled down the stairs.
"OW!" The intruders said. Tori went over to Summer.
"You OK?" She asked. Summer nodded.
"You?" She asked. Tori agreed. They looked over to where the two intruders were lying, and gasped.
"Hunter?" Summer asked, shocked.
"Blake?" Tori asked.
"What the fuck do you think you were doing?!" Summer screeched at them both. Hunter groaned out something audible and Blake held his nose.
"We were trying to apologize!" Blake said defensively. Tori glared at him.
"SO this is you apology? By breaking into my house?! Your fucking lucky I don't call the cops on you both!" Tori snarled.
"Hey, it was his idea." Hunter groaned. "And if I could move, I'd run away right now."
"Dude, shut up." Blake groaned. "You two wouldn't let us in, so we had to find a way to talk to you." Blake explained.
"And breaking and entering was what you came up with?" Summer asked.
"It was Blake's idea." Hunter piped up. Tori spun and looked at Hunter.
"I don't give a flying fuck whose idea it was! The fact that you two committed B and E!!! I really should call the cops." She snarled.
"No, don't." Blake sighed. He struggled to get to his feet, groaning as he did so. "We'll leave. We're both sorry. Sorry for breaking in, sorry for being jerks, sorry for everything. We'll leave you both alone." He said. Hunter stood up.
"Yeah. I guess I'll bring your stuff Summer, since you probably want to go back to Joey and Larissa's or stay here or something." Hunter said. Summer and Tori's faces softened. Their intentions were good, even if they did do something stupid. They looked down.
"Wait." She said softly. The two guys looked at her. Tori went over to Blake. "You're bleeding, come on." She said. She took Blake's arm gently and led him to the bathroom. Summer looked at Hunter. She walked over to him.
"Summer, I'm an idiot, I know that, you want to break up with me, right? Just say it." He said softly. Summer looked at him. She took his hand gently and led him to the couch.
"Sit." She said softly. Hunter did so. Summer went and got ice from Tori's kitchen. She wrapped the ice in a cloth and carried it back into the living room. She sat down next to Hunter and held the cold substance against Hunter's jaw.
"Ow!" He whimpered. Summer smiled softly.
"Sorry." She mumbled, casting her glance downward and to the side. She sighed. "Hunter, you're not an idiot. I am." She said.
"Not possible." Hunter hissed softly though his pain. "I'm a pigheaded jackass and I shouldn't have gone to the costume shop without consulting you." Summer giggled softly.
"I guess I wanted some say in what costume you were getting." She replied. Hunter sighed.
"All I wanted to do was surprise you." He whispered. Summer gently leaned in and kissed his cheek, careful not to cause him any pain.
"I'm sorry. I guess I'm not used to getting surprised and I saw it as you trying to dictate everything." Summer said.
"I'd never." Hunter said softly. "You're a free thinking person, and that's one of the things I love so much about you." He said. Summer smiled.
"I love you too." She said.
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Tori made Blake sit on the toilet and tilted his head back. She took a washcloth and stood over him, cleaning up his face.
Blake whimpered and whined as Tori swiped over the newly forming burses on his handsome face.
"You do realize that if you'd stop moving so much, it might not hurt as much." She suggested gently.
"Why are you so concerned? You broke up with me." Blake said.
"I did?" Tori asked.
"Well...Yeah...I mean...Didn't you? You said I should find someone else to go to the party with, and didn't want to talk to me." He said.
"So that constitutes breaking up?" Tori asked. She shook her head and continued 'fixing' his face. "I didn't break up with you... at least not intentionally." She told him. He grunted.
"Could have fooled me." He replied. Tori flung the cloth into the sink.
"Do it yourself Blake! I don't need your bullshit... I'm trying to be nice and your treating me like the fucking wicked witch of the west!" She cried angrily. Blake sighed.
"I'm sorry." He said softly. Tori crossed her arms and turned away from him.
"You should be." She replied. "I mean, why the hell did you have to get so possessive of me? Blake, I'm your goddamn girlfriend, not your servant. You DO NOT tell me who I can or can not speak to." Tori said. Blake looked downward.
"I thought.... I dunno I guess I was just jealous." He said quietly. Tori sighed.
"Why? What, did you think I was just going to drop you like some hot potato and shack up with some other guy?" Blake closed his eyes, he felt tears building up in them.
"I don't know." Blake said softly. "Tori, everyone I've loved, except Hunter, I've lost..And I was just afraid that I'm going to loose you too." He whispered. Tori froze. Did he just say...Love? Tori slowly turned around and looked at him.
"Could you repeat what you just said?" She asked quietly. Blake sighed.
"I can't loose you Tori.... I.... I love you." He replied. Tori looked at him.
"Are you serious?" She asked. He nodded.
"Yeah, I am." He replied. Tori bent down and captured his lips in a passionate kiss. Blake pulled back, shocked.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"I love you too." She said softly. She looked at him. "But don't you ever tell me what to do again, got it?"
"As you wish." He said. Tori looked at him, as if she had suddenly been struck by an idea. "What?" He asked.
"I just got an idea for the Halloween costume." She said as she went to kiss him.