Chapter 13
Hunter quickly stood up after failing to catch Cam; no I will not let him die! "Ninja Glider Cycle!" Within moments it came and Hunter quickly got on it and it transformed into a glider.
As quickly as he could he caught up to Cam and grabbed him around the waist and piloted the glider back to stable ground. Gently he laid Cam on his back as Sensei and the others hurried toward him.
Sensei turned to the others, "go and see if you can find any trace of Lothor." His tone of voice left no room for argument.
Hunter demorphed and looked into Sensei's eyes, "is he?"
Cam answered the question for him when his eyes snapped open, at first they glowed green then became normal looking and bloodshot. "Must destroy everything, no I can't"
Sensei put his hand on Cam's chest, "we must get him back to Ninja Ops and find a way to purge the dark powers from him, if we don't he'll die."
Hunter looked down at the one he loved, he could already see something happening, Cam's skin was pale and his breathing sometimes shallow.
"I'll carry him Sensei."
"We must hurry." ________________________________________________________________________
They entered Ninja Ops soon followed by the other rangers, "we couldn't find Lothor anywhere."
"We'll find him another time." Sensei laid Cam on a table and began to scan him, "just as I feared the powers are draining his life force."
"How come Lothor was able to possess it without problem and Cam's going through all of this?" That question came from Blake.
"In order for your transformation to the dark side to be successful you must be a willing participant, and forsaken all love, and hate everything good, you don't automatically receive them. Sometimes you have to spend months or even years preparing your body for the transformation."
Sensei looked down at his son feeling sorrow and hatred for Lothor, but given in to hatred would make him just like Lothor, "Cam was obviously drugged but he still would've been able to tell what was going on, he probably wasn't a willing participant."
Sensei walked over to where he kept the scrolls, "help me look through them there has to be something to cure Cam."
Hunter was the one to find it, "Its called the Potion of Good, its in a plant called Cylis and you have to bring the pod back, in it contains seeds you have to mix with healing herbs then make the person infected drink it, its supposed to heal and cleanse."
"I know it well but it is deep in the forest and Lothor may have someone watching it."
"Then we'll all go." Shane replied.
Minutes later the rangers were quietly making their way through the dense underbrush, "someone went through a lot of trouble to hide a plant" Tori said.
"We'll find it somehow" Shane replied, "Cam's done a lot for us we owe him." I owe him, Shane thought to himself, recalling that conversation when Cam had returned home.
Suddenly Zurgane materialized in front of them, "Lothor is dead because of you now I lead his forces."
"Move aside we have a life to save."
"You'll have to get past me first and the Kelzacks."
"Fine by us." Sane began, "Hunter go find the plant we'll hold them off."
Hunter nodded and disappeared into the brush, it was dense but the love he held for Cam was what kept him going. He stopped to look at the picture on the scroll then continued. Suddenly Marah appeared in front of him.
"I don't have time for this Marah, step aside or I will destroy you."
"I'm not here to destroy you Hunter, I'm here to help."
"Yeah right what could you possibly do?"
Marah held out her hand and Hunter tensed, she held the Cylis plant. She then let him take it, "why would you help us Marah?"
"I could feel it when Lothor transformed Cam, I had no idea how could be that sick I've had enough, you better hurry back to the others." And then she vanished in a flash of light.
Hunter found the others just as they finished with the Kelzacks, "I got it we better hurry back."
Sensei carefully mixed the potion as the scroll said and then went to Cam, he was still breathing shallowly and his skin was pasty. But a fever had no come and he was barely conscious.
He lifted Cam's head up and he managed to drink it before his energy left him, "will it completely purge his system?" Hunter asked.
"All I know are the stories I've heard in the past, for some people they were completely healed, some were only partway cured and a little of the dark power remained in them, but still lived normally. Others were ok for awhile but then returned to darkness. It is in the hands of fate now.
For the next few days Sensei and Hunter took turns watching over Cam, occasionally the others relieved them insisting they get some rest. The search for Lothor was called off after four days after no trace of him was found.
Sensei felt relieved and angry at the same time, relief that he would no longer be a threat to the world and anger because of what he had done to Cam and the fact was he had just died too easily. In that moment Sensei knew he would've liked for Lothor to have suffered a lot more.
Hunter quickly stood up after failing to catch Cam; no I will not let him die! "Ninja Glider Cycle!" Within moments it came and Hunter quickly got on it and it transformed into a glider.
As quickly as he could he caught up to Cam and grabbed him around the waist and piloted the glider back to stable ground. Gently he laid Cam on his back as Sensei and the others hurried toward him.
Sensei turned to the others, "go and see if you can find any trace of Lothor." His tone of voice left no room for argument.
Hunter demorphed and looked into Sensei's eyes, "is he?"
Cam answered the question for him when his eyes snapped open, at first they glowed green then became normal looking and bloodshot. "Must destroy everything, no I can't"
Sensei put his hand on Cam's chest, "we must get him back to Ninja Ops and find a way to purge the dark powers from him, if we don't he'll die."
Hunter looked down at the one he loved, he could already see something happening, Cam's skin was pale and his breathing sometimes shallow.
"I'll carry him Sensei."
"We must hurry." ________________________________________________________________________
They entered Ninja Ops soon followed by the other rangers, "we couldn't find Lothor anywhere."
"We'll find him another time." Sensei laid Cam on a table and began to scan him, "just as I feared the powers are draining his life force."
"How come Lothor was able to possess it without problem and Cam's going through all of this?" That question came from Blake.
"In order for your transformation to the dark side to be successful you must be a willing participant, and forsaken all love, and hate everything good, you don't automatically receive them. Sometimes you have to spend months or even years preparing your body for the transformation."
Sensei looked down at his son feeling sorrow and hatred for Lothor, but given in to hatred would make him just like Lothor, "Cam was obviously drugged but he still would've been able to tell what was going on, he probably wasn't a willing participant."
Sensei walked over to where he kept the scrolls, "help me look through them there has to be something to cure Cam."
Hunter was the one to find it, "Its called the Potion of Good, its in a plant called Cylis and you have to bring the pod back, in it contains seeds you have to mix with healing herbs then make the person infected drink it, its supposed to heal and cleanse."
"I know it well but it is deep in the forest and Lothor may have someone watching it."
"Then we'll all go." Shane replied.
Minutes later the rangers were quietly making their way through the dense underbrush, "someone went through a lot of trouble to hide a plant" Tori said.
"We'll find it somehow" Shane replied, "Cam's done a lot for us we owe him." I owe him, Shane thought to himself, recalling that conversation when Cam had returned home.
Suddenly Zurgane materialized in front of them, "Lothor is dead because of you now I lead his forces."
"Move aside we have a life to save."
"You'll have to get past me first and the Kelzacks."
"Fine by us." Sane began, "Hunter go find the plant we'll hold them off."
Hunter nodded and disappeared into the brush, it was dense but the love he held for Cam was what kept him going. He stopped to look at the picture on the scroll then continued. Suddenly Marah appeared in front of him.
"I don't have time for this Marah, step aside or I will destroy you."
"I'm not here to destroy you Hunter, I'm here to help."
"Yeah right what could you possibly do?"
Marah held out her hand and Hunter tensed, she held the Cylis plant. She then let him take it, "why would you help us Marah?"
"I could feel it when Lothor transformed Cam, I had no idea how could be that sick I've had enough, you better hurry back to the others." And then she vanished in a flash of light.
Hunter found the others just as they finished with the Kelzacks, "I got it we better hurry back."
Sensei carefully mixed the potion as the scroll said and then went to Cam, he was still breathing shallowly and his skin was pasty. But a fever had no come and he was barely conscious.
He lifted Cam's head up and he managed to drink it before his energy left him, "will it completely purge his system?" Hunter asked.
"All I know are the stories I've heard in the past, for some people they were completely healed, some were only partway cured and a little of the dark power remained in them, but still lived normally. Others were ok for awhile but then returned to darkness. It is in the hands of fate now.
For the next few days Sensei and Hunter took turns watching over Cam, occasionally the others relieved them insisting they get some rest. The search for Lothor was called off after four days after no trace of him was found.
Sensei felt relieved and angry at the same time, relief that he would no longer be a threat to the world and anger because of what he had done to Cam and the fact was he had just died too easily. In that moment Sensei knew he would've liked for Lothor to have suffered a lot more.
