Chapter 14
It had been five days and finally Cam's fever had gone down, and the color had returned to his skin, and his breathing return to normal. Sensei smiled as his son opened his eyes, so what if they were blood shot.
"Welcome home son."
"What happened where am I?"
"In Ninja Ops we used the Cylis plant to heal you."
Cam closed his eyes as the memories came rushing back, his terror, the anger, and most of all the violation. "Did he kill mom?"
"Yes Cam I'm sorry but its true I wanted to keep it secret I was afraid you'd become like Lothor, I've made a lot of mistakes."
"You we're trying to protect me, I didn't hurt anyone did I?"
"No everyone is safe and sound."
"What about Lothor is he still living?" the venom in Cam's voice was evident.
"No son when you went over the cliff with him, Hunter used the glider cycle to save you; we found no trace of Lothor and Zurgane now leads."
"At least Lothor got what was coming to him."
"Son while you were sick and we didn't know if you would recover I would've given anything to see him suffer."
"I guess there's darkness in all of us, we just have to know how to deal with it."
Sensei smiled, "you're more like your mom everyday how would you like it if I brought Hunter to you?"
"That would be great." ________________________________________________________________________
The days passed and Cam continued to get stronger physically but emotionally he was scarred by the violation, Hunter tried to distract him but eventually Cam made a decision and talked to his father who eventually agreed as long as it made him feel better, and then told Hunter. "A journey of atonement but what happened wasn't your fault."
"I know it wasn't but I just can't get past it, I need to do this for my sake so I can go on, so we can move forward."
"Cam before you go know this I'll love you no matter what."
Cam kissed him, "thanks Hunter you have no idea how much that means to me." Hunter then watched as he walked toward the forest, past the groove of trees, and was soon out of sight.
"Go safely." Hunter whispered.
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THREE MONTHS LATER
Hunter was practicing with Dustin when he noticed movement in the trees. At first he thought it was one of Zurgane's minions but then saw it was human.
"Cam!" Finally his prayers were being answered. Cam closed the distance between them and they embraced but only for a moment since they weren't alone.
"Dude welcome back." Dustin said.
"Thanks Dustin it's great to be back."
"Feel better?" Hunter asked, but could see the change that had come over Cam, he seemed happier and relaxed.
"Yeah I do so what have I missed?"
"Marah joining our side she was the one who gave me the plant, and last month she made it official by ruining Zurgane's plan and deserting."
"Wow and what about Kapri?"
"Murdered by Zurgane but she stopped him from bringing a super weapon on line."
The three of them began walking back to Ninja Ops, "so did you have any visions or revelations?" Dustin asked.
"Soon our battles will be over."
"I like how that sounds." ________________________________________________________________________
TWO MONTHS LATER
Zurgane expanded to gigantic size, "you may have defeated every last one of my soldiers but not me!"
"We'll soon see." Shane called for the zords, and Hunter and Cam soon followed suit, Zurgane may have been bigger but his brain obviously wasn't. Soon the Thunder Zord and the Wind Ninja Zord had him cornered.
"Cam take the shot!" Shane yelled. Cam didn't need any encouragement and brought his sword down on a weakened part of Zurgane's body. Zurgane cried out and went down. Then a cheer rose up from the rangers as he exploded, it was finally and truly over.
They quickly returned to Ninja Ops to find other ninjas there, "I guess we'll have to rebuild by hand?" Cam asked.
"No there is a scroll that can help us." Sensei replied.
"There's a scroll for everything." Dustin replied.
Days later Cam found Hunter at Storm Chargers, "so what's so important?"
"Sensei Amano asked me to be a teacher at the Thunder Academy."
"That's great so what's your answer going to be?"
"It sounds great but I don't want to lose you or what we have."
"Why lose anything when I can come along and live there?"
"Are you sure your father won't mind? I mean that law of his..."
"Will be repealed in the next few days, he's finally accepted it Hunter."
"That's great but don't rush into anything I want you to take time to make your decision."
Cam nodded, "sure I'll take time" then smiled to himself as he had already made his mind up."
It had been five days and finally Cam's fever had gone down, and the color had returned to his skin, and his breathing return to normal. Sensei smiled as his son opened his eyes, so what if they were blood shot.
"Welcome home son."
"What happened where am I?"
"In Ninja Ops we used the Cylis plant to heal you."
Cam closed his eyes as the memories came rushing back, his terror, the anger, and most of all the violation. "Did he kill mom?"
"Yes Cam I'm sorry but its true I wanted to keep it secret I was afraid you'd become like Lothor, I've made a lot of mistakes."
"You we're trying to protect me, I didn't hurt anyone did I?"
"No everyone is safe and sound."
"What about Lothor is he still living?" the venom in Cam's voice was evident.
"No son when you went over the cliff with him, Hunter used the glider cycle to save you; we found no trace of Lothor and Zurgane now leads."
"At least Lothor got what was coming to him."
"Son while you were sick and we didn't know if you would recover I would've given anything to see him suffer."
"I guess there's darkness in all of us, we just have to know how to deal with it."
Sensei smiled, "you're more like your mom everyday how would you like it if I brought Hunter to you?"
"That would be great." ________________________________________________________________________
The days passed and Cam continued to get stronger physically but emotionally he was scarred by the violation, Hunter tried to distract him but eventually Cam made a decision and talked to his father who eventually agreed as long as it made him feel better, and then told Hunter. "A journey of atonement but what happened wasn't your fault."
"I know it wasn't but I just can't get past it, I need to do this for my sake so I can go on, so we can move forward."
"Cam before you go know this I'll love you no matter what."
Cam kissed him, "thanks Hunter you have no idea how much that means to me." Hunter then watched as he walked toward the forest, past the groove of trees, and was soon out of sight.
"Go safely." Hunter whispered.
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THREE MONTHS LATER
Hunter was practicing with Dustin when he noticed movement in the trees. At first he thought it was one of Zurgane's minions but then saw it was human.
"Cam!" Finally his prayers were being answered. Cam closed the distance between them and they embraced but only for a moment since they weren't alone.
"Dude welcome back." Dustin said.
"Thanks Dustin it's great to be back."
"Feel better?" Hunter asked, but could see the change that had come over Cam, he seemed happier and relaxed.
"Yeah I do so what have I missed?"
"Marah joining our side she was the one who gave me the plant, and last month she made it official by ruining Zurgane's plan and deserting."
"Wow and what about Kapri?"
"Murdered by Zurgane but she stopped him from bringing a super weapon on line."
The three of them began walking back to Ninja Ops, "so did you have any visions or revelations?" Dustin asked.
"Soon our battles will be over."
"I like how that sounds." ________________________________________________________________________
TWO MONTHS LATER
Zurgane expanded to gigantic size, "you may have defeated every last one of my soldiers but not me!"
"We'll soon see." Shane called for the zords, and Hunter and Cam soon followed suit, Zurgane may have been bigger but his brain obviously wasn't. Soon the Thunder Zord and the Wind Ninja Zord had him cornered.
"Cam take the shot!" Shane yelled. Cam didn't need any encouragement and brought his sword down on a weakened part of Zurgane's body. Zurgane cried out and went down. Then a cheer rose up from the rangers as he exploded, it was finally and truly over.
They quickly returned to Ninja Ops to find other ninjas there, "I guess we'll have to rebuild by hand?" Cam asked.
"No there is a scroll that can help us." Sensei replied.
"There's a scroll for everything." Dustin replied.
Days later Cam found Hunter at Storm Chargers, "so what's so important?"
"Sensei Amano asked me to be a teacher at the Thunder Academy."
"That's great so what's your answer going to be?"
"It sounds great but I don't want to lose you or what we have."
"Why lose anything when I can come along and live there?"
"Are you sure your father won't mind? I mean that law of his..."
"Will be repealed in the next few days, he's finally accepted it Hunter."
"That's great but don't rush into anything I want you to take time to make your decision."
Cam nodded, "sure I'll take time" then smiled to himself as he had already made his mind up."
