Author's note: I'd like to thank all of you out there who are still reading this. . It helps to know what you think is going on or what you think will happen next.
Chapter 5 Discoveries
"What's going on?" Blake asked as Tori realized she was straddling Hunter thanks to the fall. The impulse that had had her kissing the crimson clad young man had faded slightly and now she didn't know what to say or do. She did manage to get up though and thoughtlessly she gave Hunter a hand up.
"Blake…" What could he say? Hunter just didn't know what was going on. One minute they'd been talking and then he'd had the urge to comfort and then…
"You two were just…" He couldn't get his mind around what he'd just seen, the azure clad beach bunny had been atop his brother, and there had been such heat p0ouring off of them.
"I…" she couldn't think, she felt tat heat again and she found herself pressed to Hunter, his mouth on hers.
Blake didn't know what to say or do, they were just making out, and now… How could Hunter do this to him? How could she? She was supposed to be his she was his damn it!
Without thinking Blake grabbed for his brother and jerked Tori away from him.
"I don't' know what's going on but she's not yours, she is mine and…"
"Um…" Tori felt dizzy, her head was swimming and she swayed.
"She's mot yours or mine she's a person." Hunter corrected his brother even as there was a soft thud.
"What the…" Both turned as Tori hit the floor and Hunter was there even a Blake moved to her.
"Tori?"
"I don't feel so well." She groaned and neither thought about it as they used their teleportation skills to arrive in ninja ops.
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"What's going on?" Cybercam asked and Hunter told him only of her fainting, not of the rest of the situation. He didn't think that he needed to know that but then when Cybercam turned to look at him oddly after running a scan.
"It's not important?"
"Yes, it is, from what I can tell her body's experiencing a reaction like physical attraction."
At that moment Hunter felt it to, a heat and he felt arms catch him as he would have slumped to the floor.
"Lay him there." Cybercam said grimly.
Blake didn't know what to say about this new discovery so he did as Cybercam bid. Laying his brother down and moving to watch and wait. Was it Lothor related? But then how? How could that be?
"Call the other ranges in." Sensei said grimly.
"Right." Cybercam said and then within minutes the rest of the rangers arrived.
"Dude what's going on?" Dustin asked coming to look over virtual cam's shoulder.
"'What happened?" Shane was moving for the bed where Tori lay and just then there was a sound and Tori stirred. She didn't say a word, reaching out for Hunter. It was as if he sensed it and did likewise.
"Their under a polar spell." Cybercam informed them.
"A polar spell?" Shane asked frowning slightly.
"They were attacked on the way to pick up the van. They must have been hit with some type of a blast." Cybercam reasoned.
"What do you mean polar?"
"It makes everything the opposite of it's true appearance." Cam told them as eh worked along side of his computer generated look-alike.
"So what they don't' have a thing for each other?" Blake asked.
"Not necessarily," Sensei broke in explaining. "The ray might have brought forward hidden feelings, ones so deeply hidden that Hunter and Tori may not even know about their existence." Sensei hopped from the table to the examination bed.
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Blake didn't know exactly what that meant but he knew that it might mean that Hunter hadn't stolen his chance with Tori. Come to think of it Hunter was his big brother he'd never do that to him. Hadn't it been Hunter who'd instilled that sense of family in him after their parents had died?
Moving from where the pretty blonde girl lay and stood a moment looking down at his brother. Hunter looked flushed; Blake didn't think he'd ever seen him look like this.
"So is there anything we can do?" Shane asked and Cam frowned.
"You have to kill the monster." Monster?" Cybercam said adding. "The ray comes from the alien known as Polatack."
"The one that's attacking swimmers on the beach." Cam said and beside him Dustin was bubbling with energy, as if the wile situation didn't effect him, yet any who truly knew him as Shane and Tori did he was as mad as he could get, just keeping it hidden. Tori had once called him a barracuda.
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The fog about her was thick and a strange shade of color that was neither red nor blue but a sort of a mix.
"Where am I?" She asked as if to herself, she didn't hear anyone so didn't really expect anyone to be there.
"Tori?" Hunter's voice had her jumping. She realized after a second who it was and relaxed only slightly. She had no clue what was going on. Still, she knew she had to be careful; it could all be Lothor's doing.
"Hunter?" She called out hoping it was him, she was so cold and maybe if she wasn't' alone…
"Yeah I'm here." She felt the hand take hers and slow warmth washed through her. Then she could feel him move up beside her and she had a sudden urge to reach down a touch the ground, to see what it was made of. Still if she was right and this was a trick…
"But where's here?" She asked instead.
"I don't' know but you have to hold on to my hand, don't let go no matter what will happen." Hunter said and she could hear the urgency in his deep voice. Here like this it was odd, their was not that physical attraction they'd felt before but a strange tugging and warmth.
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"Ok…" Hunter heard her say and he wondered if this was a trick, she was there though, something inside told him this was Tori and she was there with him.
Suddenly the mist cleared slightly and they were standing in the middle of a crowded room, there were couples everywhere. It was odd but Hunter felt a kinship with them all. He saw a tall blond with an equally striking man with long dark hair and then a couple, a tall dark haired man with a petite brunette. The odd thing was the two couples were enfolded by a rose highlighted smog. Another rose tinted couple appeared this time the young man had lighter brown hair and the woman was clad in a doctor's uniform. There were others in the rose but too there were two couples in green vapor and even a silver and gold couple and a pink and silver couple.
"'I don't understand what's going on here." Tori said and Hunter tightened his grip on her hand although he sensed that these others would not hurt them. He hated not being in control of a situation.
"In the ranger ranks many of us have found our destined soul mates." The petite brunette said stepping forward and Tori thought she looked somewhat familiar.
"But what are we doing here? We're not soul mates." Hunter said and it was odd the pain that caused in Tori's chest."
"You are. You just have not yet seen the light." The light haired young man with the doctor told them adding. "Sometimes it takes u8s forever to figure that out." When the woman who was obviously his soul mate elbowed him Tori realized this had to be real. None of Lothor's illusions were so realistic.
"The amethyst mist about you is the bond you share. Your colors were bonded before you were even rangers."
Hunter looked down at the mist and noticed then that it was indeed a pale purple, the equivalent of their colors.
"How do we know this is not trick?"
"The blast you received was to induce an unavoidable attraction but being that you two are meant to be it will not take full effect." The doctor told them.
"But how come we started fainting and feeling the heat of attraction?" Hunter asked frowning.
"'I'm sorry I'm Doctor Dana Grayson, I was the pink Lightspeed ranger and this is my husband Carter, the red lightspeed ranger." She said then added. "As best we can figure it love, the soul mate connection, the silver cord or in our instance the mist of the power protects us, more when we're together."
"Yeah, if you'd not felt something for one another it wouldn't have helped you at all but now you two are protected by your power shield. You can call on it when your fighting together, it will deflect blasts and blows alike." The girl Tori realized now was Kimberly Heart Scott informed them and demonstrated throwing up the one made of the rose energy.
"'Cool." Hunter said and his friend sighed.
"Boys and their toys." Tori sighed rolling her blue eyes.
"Yes, they can be rather childlike can't they?" The first woman they'd spotted, Katherine Oliver smiled shaking her head even as the fog darkened and they were no longer there.
TBC
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What do you think? Was it what you expected? Truthfully it wasn't' what I did. I've been having trouble coming up with the material for this one. PLZ let me know what you think.