"Cam," I said as I arrived at Ninja Opts. "I."
"You let it slip, didn't you?" Cam asked, already knowing the answer and excuse. "Don't answer. I trusted you."
"I know it's just that the gay and the undecided fellow were getting me agitated and I was rambling on and it slipped."
"The gay and the undecided?" Cam asked.
"Damn it," I shouted, "There I go again."
"Shane's one of them, right? Never mind, I don't want to know the details."
"And now they're going to follow me everywhere, until I spill. And you know, I'm no good under that pressure."
"And don't forget, if they know your fears, they can use them against you."
"Erg, God.Sensei!" I said as the ninja guinea pig popped out of nowhere.
"Dustin, what have I told you about letting secrets slip?"
"That no good will come from it."
"Yes, I think you need to be reminded of this. Maybe you should go," I cringed at what he would tell me that I had to do, "for a visit to Sara. I hear she's awake."
"Thank you, Sensei," I said as I went into the back.
"Then, a nice 10 mile jog is in order."
Frick, I thought, then said, "Yes, Sensei."
As I went into Cam's room, I saw the girl stir and heard her groan in pain.
"Hey," I said softly, "how are you?"
"I hurt," she said sadly.
"I kinda figured that."
She gave a small smile.
"Dustin!" Cam yelled, "It's a monster. C'mon, I've already contacted the others."
"I've got to go now," I said to Sara.
"I understand. Go."
And I went back into the front and quickly changed into my ninja uniform, and Cam and I left to confront the creature.
When we got there, the scene was havoc everywhere.
"Guys!" Shane shouted to us from the end of what looked like a vacuum hose that seemed to be coming from the monster; and it looked as if the hose was in Shane's lower left torso, the connection between them was glowing bright red as Shane's uniform became duller in color until it became black and crumbled off like dust, only leaving Shane in his normal clothing.
"Ah, two new ranger delectables," it said.
"You won't get away with this, Vac-u-Mon," Cam said.
"That's what you're wrong, Camy, dear," a new voice crooned sweetly.
"You. You always did have a thing for drama, Jaimee."
"Yes, and you were always on the dry, boring side. Guess who came for a visit," she said, pulling out a Mexican-looking girl.
"Ash!" Cam shouted.
"Cam? Cam where are you?" the girl, Ash, said, scared. "You're love's the one in the green unitard."
"Yeah, and you've got cat-breath, what's your point?"
"You know, Camy, I could just..get rid of the little problem," she said going to bite Ash.
"No!" Cam said and Ash shot out of the vampiress' clutches and safely into Cam's arms.
"You okay?" Cam asked her.
"Yeah," she said. "I'm fine."
Her eyes were pointed to the front of Cam's helmet, but she didn't have them directed to his visor.
Then, without warning, Cam and I were wrapped up in the tubes coming from the creature and we, too, began to get our powers drained. I felt my ninja powers being sucked out of me like soda through a straw.
I looked around me and saw that Cam's uniform turning black and the next thing, our uniforms crumbling off like dust, too.
When we fell off the lines the monster had drained all our powers.
"Cam? Are you okay?" Ash asked.
"Ash, stay there," Cam said and he tried to get up, but found that he couldn't
"We'll see your friends later, Camy, dear."
"I really doubt it, Jaimee," he said.
They just laughed and left.
Cam was squinting badly.
"C'mon, we got to find you some shade or something," I said, trying to stand up and steady myself at the same time and failing, but I felt someone catch me as I fell. I looked behind me and saw Hunter.
"You've got to stop fallin' for me," he joked.
"Ha, ha. My powers were stolen and I'm pretty much drained; so's Shane and Cam. Ash is a friend of Cam's. The Mexican girl over there," I said, "I think she's blind."
"Hmm.Well, better get the others," Hunter said, leaning me on Tori; the he and Blake helped Shane and Cam up. Then Hunter and Cam went over to Ash and Cam told her to take Hunter's hand and we headed to Ninja Opts.
When we got there, Tori went over to the computer with Cam and Hunter, and I fell onto the floor in exhaustion.
"A little help over here," I said into the floor.
"Coming," Hunter said, once Cam was sitting in his chair. "Up ya' come," and he helped me back up.
"Thanks," I said, breathing hard.
"You okay?"
"No," I confessed. "I'm really tired."
"Hmm," Hunter said. "How 'bout you, Cam, you feel tired?"
"No, not really, why?"
"Dustin over here is. Is that a bad thing?"
"I don't know. Hey, Shane! Are you tired?"
"He's out," Blake said, putting Shane on the floor.
"Hmm."
"What?" I asked, as Hunter helped me to the front.
"It should go away."
"What?"
"The tiredness."
"Oh."
"In the meantime, maybe you should go with Hunter and Blake and go visit Sara."
"You two want me to come?" I asked.
"Not right away," Blake said.
"Okay," I agreed and I, after recovering my balance, walked over to the central table and sat down by it.
"How're you doing, Ash?"
"Fine, until that baquera came along and blinded me."
"I'm sorry."
"Por que? Why?"
"Porque tiento responsible."
(Because I feel responsible.)
"Pero el no falta de tu."
(But it's not your fault.)
"Si, pero."
(Yes, but.)
"No, no ciudado. Lothor capuro me y robo mi vision, no tu, amor."
(No, don't worry about it. It was Lothor who captured me and stole my sight, not you, love.)
"Pero no tu tieneo estar secuestsrar!"
(But you shouldn't have been kidnapped!)
"Y pero haci. (And yet I did.) It doesn't matter now that it's over."
"What?" I asked. Tori seemed to get it, but I was confused.
"They're talking about what had happened," Tori explained.
"Oh."
"Hey, Dustin," Hunter said. "C'mon."
"You let it slip, didn't you?" Cam asked, already knowing the answer and excuse. "Don't answer. I trusted you."
"I know it's just that the gay and the undecided fellow were getting me agitated and I was rambling on and it slipped."
"The gay and the undecided?" Cam asked.
"Damn it," I shouted, "There I go again."
"Shane's one of them, right? Never mind, I don't want to know the details."
"And now they're going to follow me everywhere, until I spill. And you know, I'm no good under that pressure."
"And don't forget, if they know your fears, they can use them against you."
"Erg, God.Sensei!" I said as the ninja guinea pig popped out of nowhere.
"Dustin, what have I told you about letting secrets slip?"
"That no good will come from it."
"Yes, I think you need to be reminded of this. Maybe you should go," I cringed at what he would tell me that I had to do, "for a visit to Sara. I hear she's awake."
"Thank you, Sensei," I said as I went into the back.
"Then, a nice 10 mile jog is in order."
Frick, I thought, then said, "Yes, Sensei."
As I went into Cam's room, I saw the girl stir and heard her groan in pain.
"Hey," I said softly, "how are you?"
"I hurt," she said sadly.
"I kinda figured that."
She gave a small smile.
"Dustin!" Cam yelled, "It's a monster. C'mon, I've already contacted the others."
"I've got to go now," I said to Sara.
"I understand. Go."
And I went back into the front and quickly changed into my ninja uniform, and Cam and I left to confront the creature.
When we got there, the scene was havoc everywhere.
"Guys!" Shane shouted to us from the end of what looked like a vacuum hose that seemed to be coming from the monster; and it looked as if the hose was in Shane's lower left torso, the connection between them was glowing bright red as Shane's uniform became duller in color until it became black and crumbled off like dust, only leaving Shane in his normal clothing.
"Ah, two new ranger delectables," it said.
"You won't get away with this, Vac-u-Mon," Cam said.
"That's what you're wrong, Camy, dear," a new voice crooned sweetly.
"You. You always did have a thing for drama, Jaimee."
"Yes, and you were always on the dry, boring side. Guess who came for a visit," she said, pulling out a Mexican-looking girl.
"Ash!" Cam shouted.
"Cam? Cam where are you?" the girl, Ash, said, scared. "You're love's the one in the green unitard."
"Yeah, and you've got cat-breath, what's your point?"
"You know, Camy, I could just..get rid of the little problem," she said going to bite Ash.
"No!" Cam said and Ash shot out of the vampiress' clutches and safely into Cam's arms.
"You okay?" Cam asked her.
"Yeah," she said. "I'm fine."
Her eyes were pointed to the front of Cam's helmet, but she didn't have them directed to his visor.
Then, without warning, Cam and I were wrapped up in the tubes coming from the creature and we, too, began to get our powers drained. I felt my ninja powers being sucked out of me like soda through a straw.
I looked around me and saw that Cam's uniform turning black and the next thing, our uniforms crumbling off like dust, too.
When we fell off the lines the monster had drained all our powers.
"Cam? Are you okay?" Ash asked.
"Ash, stay there," Cam said and he tried to get up, but found that he couldn't
"We'll see your friends later, Camy, dear."
"I really doubt it, Jaimee," he said.
They just laughed and left.
Cam was squinting badly.
"C'mon, we got to find you some shade or something," I said, trying to stand up and steady myself at the same time and failing, but I felt someone catch me as I fell. I looked behind me and saw Hunter.
"You've got to stop fallin' for me," he joked.
"Ha, ha. My powers were stolen and I'm pretty much drained; so's Shane and Cam. Ash is a friend of Cam's. The Mexican girl over there," I said, "I think she's blind."
"Hmm.Well, better get the others," Hunter said, leaning me on Tori; the he and Blake helped Shane and Cam up. Then Hunter and Cam went over to Ash and Cam told her to take Hunter's hand and we headed to Ninja Opts.
When we got there, Tori went over to the computer with Cam and Hunter, and I fell onto the floor in exhaustion.
"A little help over here," I said into the floor.
"Coming," Hunter said, once Cam was sitting in his chair. "Up ya' come," and he helped me back up.
"Thanks," I said, breathing hard.
"You okay?"
"No," I confessed. "I'm really tired."
"Hmm," Hunter said. "How 'bout you, Cam, you feel tired?"
"No, not really, why?"
"Dustin over here is. Is that a bad thing?"
"I don't know. Hey, Shane! Are you tired?"
"He's out," Blake said, putting Shane on the floor.
"Hmm."
"What?" I asked, as Hunter helped me to the front.
"It should go away."
"What?"
"The tiredness."
"Oh."
"In the meantime, maybe you should go with Hunter and Blake and go visit Sara."
"You two want me to come?" I asked.
"Not right away," Blake said.
"Okay," I agreed and I, after recovering my balance, walked over to the central table and sat down by it.
"How're you doing, Ash?"
"Fine, until that baquera came along and blinded me."
"I'm sorry."
"Por que? Why?"
"Porque tiento responsible."
(Because I feel responsible.)
"Pero el no falta de tu."
(But it's not your fault.)
"Si, pero."
(Yes, but.)
"No, no ciudado. Lothor capuro me y robo mi vision, no tu, amor."
(No, don't worry about it. It was Lothor who captured me and stole my sight, not you, love.)
"Pero no tu tieneo estar secuestsrar!"
(But you shouldn't have been kidnapped!)
"Y pero haci. (And yet I did.) It doesn't matter now that it's over."
"What?" I asked. Tori seemed to get it, but I was confused.
"They're talking about what had happened," Tori explained.
"Oh."
"Hey, Dustin," Hunter said. "C'mon."