Disclaimer: I'm fairly sure Disney now owns the Power Rangers. I am not in any way affiliated with Disney, ergo I do not own Power Rangers. Though I wouldn't mind if they found it in their hearts to give me the Thunder Brothers and Cam.
AN, response to a review- From what I remember (and this was years ago) at the end of the Key saga on BtVS, Buffy saved Dawn from Glory, and then Dawn knew the only way to make the portal to the hell dimension close was for her 'blood to stop flowing' or something like that. So Dawn was going to throw herself into the portal, effectively killing her, but Buffy stopped her. Buffy figured that since Dawn was made from her, they therefore had the same blood in their veins and Buffy sacrificed herself. That's the way I remember it, but like I said this was years ago. But in this story that's what happened.
Also I'm reposting this chapter. I rushed it the first time, and didn't check it over like I should've. Hopefully it'll make more sense this time, if not I'm sorry.J
The Key Comes to Blue Bay Harbor
By Ravyn Jayne
Chapter 6
Tori and Cam walked through the portal and on to Academy grounds. Tori was clutching a bag of Chocolate Cream Oreos. Cam held a bag of Cheetos in one hand, while sucking artificially flavored orange 'cheese' off the fingertips of the other.
"I don't think Buffy wanted us to bring the food with us." Cam pointed out, though from his tone you could tell he didn't really care.
"Buffy didn't say not to. Besides, the day I've been having, Buffy's lucky I didn't stop at Starbucks on the way over here to grab a venti Chocolate Brownie Frappuccino. Though if I had brought her an Espresso Brownie she probably would have forgiven-Oh, she is not that stupid." Cam at first thought Tori was talking about her sister, but following her gaze he realized Tori had seen Jessica and her sheep coming their way. "She is not going to confront me after what she did. She is not-"
"Tor calm down." Cam advised.
"I'm calm. I am uber-calm. I'm gonna pull her hair out fistful by fistful. I'm gonna claw her eyes out, rip her head off with my bear hands, and spit down her neck. But I'm gonna do it calmly." Tori said in a carefully even voice, that still managed to drip with malice.
"Well I suppose that's all I can ask, isn't it?" Cam muttered to himself. Jessica finally reached them, her clique fanning out behind her.
"So, the truth has been revealed. The blue morpher must have been malfunctioning to pick such a liar to be a Ranger…" Jessica began.
Buffy, Giles, the Senseis, the Bradleys, and the other four Rangers had decided to go to Ninja Ops to wait for Tori and Cam. They came out of the main building to see everyone on the training grounds watching Tori and Jessica facing off. They could see Tori's lips moving, but not able to hear the words (though Buffy was pretty sure she saw Tori's mouth form the words 'cow' and 'knuckle-dragging whore'). Jessica's hand whipped out and slapped Tori. A collective gasp echoed across the training field.
"Oh, that little glitter wearing, pop princess wanna-be did not just hit my sister." Buffy said in a low, dangerous tone.
Though it hadn't really hurt, Tori almost (almost) dropped her Oreos out of shock. With a blank expression on her face, Tori turned to Cam and handed him first the Oreos and then her morpher. Calmly turning back to Jessica, everyone saw Tori draw her arm back and punch Jessica dead in the face, making Jessica ungracefully kiss the ground.
Buffy and the others quickly moved across the courtyard to stand behind Tori and Cam. By the time they all reached the fight Tori had strapped her morpher back on.
"Senseis, did you see that?" Jessica asked, gingerly touching her bleeding lip. "Are you just going to let her get away with that?"
"What are you talking to them for? I don't go to their schools." Tori said.
"And we, not to mention fifty or so other students, saw you hit Tori first." Blake said glaring.
"This isn't over." Jessica glared at Tori, lifting herself off the ground. Tori glared back, yet managed to look more threatening than Jessica ever could.
"If you think, I lived eight years on the Hell Mouth, just so I could come here and put up with your petty bullshit, think again." Tori said voice steadily rising. Tori stopped and visibly took control of herself. "But I'm gonna be the adult here. I'm gonna walk away, cause you really don't know who or what your fucking with. But if you ever, ever, try to hurt or endanger me and mine, ever again, I mean so much as cause one of us to break a fingernail, the chicklets are gonna fly. People will be finding miniscule pieces of you all over this mountain for eons to come."
Tori took her Oreos from Cam and walked off to Ops, the other Rangers and the adults trailing behind her. Sensei Amano stopped in front of Jessica.
"Be in my office at three, and we will discuss your behavior." he ordered and walked away.
Down in Ops, Buffy immediately went to Tori, tilting her head to the light to see where Jessica had hit her. Buffy rolled her eyes in disgust.
"Didn't even leave a mark." Buffy said sitting beside her sister. "She's been going to this school for how many years?"
"Ranger healing and all that." Tori offered. "Besides I think she was trying to scare me more than hurt me. Trying to prove she would hit me."
The six Rangers all looked at each other uncomfortably as silence fell over the room.
"Maybe we should leave." Mrs. Bradley said referring to all the adults. Buffy, Giles, the Senseis and the Bradley's all moved to leave but stopped when the alarms started going off. Everyone gathered around Cam, who had already taken up his usual spot at the computer. Cam pushed a few buttons and a screen popped up. Lothor was in the middle of town calling out for the Rangers.
"I know what or should I say who the Key is!" Lothor shouted, blasting buildings. "Hand her over now and I'll let you live through this battle!"
"We've gotta go." Hunter said and the other Rangers nodded.
"Wait." Buffy said. "Tori can't go out there. Lothor knows who she is. He'll go straight for her."
"We can not defeat Lothor without her." Sensei Wantanabe pointed out.
"We'll take care of her. Lothor is not getting Tori." Blake said, resolved. The other boys nodded their agreement.
"Buff, I have to do this." Tori said. She had that stubborn look about her. Buffy sighed.
"Alright. I know I've said this before, but-" Buffy began.
"Be careful." Tori nodded. "All over it."
Tori joined her teammates. They quickly morphed and teleported to face off with Lothor.
Two hours later the Rangers arrived back in Ninja Ops, bruised, bleeding, holding each other up, Hunter carrying Cam. Lothor was gone, they had finally defeated him and his followers. But Cam…
Tori thought back on the climax of the battle. When all of Lothor's generals had been defeated, and Lothor was about to retreat, Cam had managed to land a debilitating blow. Taking advantage the other Rangers had quickly formed their most powerful attacks, taking out Lothor for good. Unfortunately, Lothor had just enough time to aim one last attack at his nephew, and Cam couldn't move fast enough. As the smoke cleared, Lothor was gone, and Cam lay a few feet away, motionless. The other Rangers ran over to their fallen teammate.Making sure Cam still had a pulse, Hunter had picked him up and they quickly teleported back to Ops.
"Follow me." Sensei Wantanabe said as soon as he saw his son, snapping Tori back to the present. "There's a room in the back with a bed. Tori-"
"Getting a scanner." Tori cut him off, rummaging through a drawer.
On the way to the room all the rangers changed into their ninja gear. Gently laying Cam down on the bed, Hunter jumped back when a green glow surrounded Cam, and his ranger suit fell away leaving him in his ninja gear also. When the glow disappeared, Hunter hurriedly returned to Cam's side, and took his hand. Sensei Wantanabe stood on the other side of his son, near Cam's head, as Tori stood beside him running the scanner over Cam's inert body. Reading the results Tori sighed, a relieved smile taking over her face.
"Good news?" Sensei Wantanabe asked hopefully.
"He'll be fine. A cracked rib, two bruised ones, a sprained knee, a small bump on his head but no concussion, and numerous scrapes and bruises, but nothing Ranger healing won't take care of in a matter of days." Tori announced. "He'll probably sleep for a while, but he'll be fine. We just have to bind his ribs."
Sensei Wantanabe sat on the side of the bed and brushed Cam's hair out of his eyes. "Thank you." he said, but no one was sure if he was talking to the people in the room or a higher power.
"We should clear out. Give Cam some space to heal." Buffy said and all but Hunter and Sensei Wantanabe left. Sensei looked across his son at the blond haired young man.
"I suppose you have a few things to tell Cam when he wakes up?" he asked. Hunter didn't look up from Cam's face, as if afraid Cam would wake up and he would miss it. A small smile showed on Hunters face.
"A few things." he said.
"Good. I'll go get the bandages, you get Cam's top off, and then we can bind his ribs." Sensei said walking out of the room. Hunter looked down at Cam, and let out a breath he didn't realize he'd been holding.
"Thank you." Hunter said to the empty room.
Tori helped Hunter and Sensei tend to Cam. Sensei looked to the door and saw the other three Rangers looking in.
"I'll give you all some time together." He said standing up. Sensei looked to Hunter. "Look after my son."
Hunter nodded, his hand rubbing up and down Cam's bare arm for a minute. Tori collapsed in the chair Sensei had brought in earlier. She was pale, dark circles starting to show under her eyes, and even her hair lay limp as if tired. Blake went to stand beside her, and put a hand on her shoulder.
"You alright?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, you look like you could sleep for a week." Dustin paused. "Actually that sounds like a really good plan."
"I'm fine." Tori smiled at them, but her smile wasn't as bright as it normally was. "It's just been a long, tiring day. And not just because of the fight with Lothor. I mean my journal, Jessica, and now Cam.."
The others all nodded, understanding, even if she didn't finish the sentence.
"So, about the whole journal and me being the Key thing…" Tori trailed off.
"It's okay." Dustin said. "We understand. Now."
"Yeah." Shane added. "What Buffy didn't explain, the journal did. Uh, sorry we read it , but you know…"
"It's okay." Tori assured. "At least this way I don't have to figure out how to explain it all again."
"Yeah, and a lot of it didn't exactly seem like happy times." Hunter said. A comfortable silence took over the room, as the five conscious Rangers watched their still teammate. Finally Dustin yawned, and Shane's stomach growled simultaneously.
"I think it's about time for dinner." Shane said. "Then I think I'll go to bed. I've got some healing of my own to do after that battle."
"Call us if something bad happens." Dustin said, moving with Shane to the door. "Otherwise we'll come by in the morning to check on Cam."
The other three Rangers gave their goodbyes. Feeling Hunter probably needed time alone, Blake turned to Tori and smiled.
"Didn't we have a date?" he asked. Tori looked surprised.
"I wasn't sure you still wanted to go out with me." she said softly. Blake ran the back of his hand down her cheek.
"I still want to go out with you. We probably shouldn't go too far, and I'm too tired for anything elaborate, but I think I can improvise." Blake smiled. "I gotta get some stuff. Meet me outside the waterfall/portal, okay?"
Tori nodded excitement taking some of the weariness out of her eyes. Blake left, and Tori stood up but paused at the doorway, and looked back at Hunter.
"Do you love him?" Tori asked. Hunter nodded still looking at Cam. "You've liked him all along haven't you?"
"You noticed, huh?" Hunter said looking at her sheepishly. "Before we even met, I would see him walking around campus, carrying his laptop, messing with a scanner. He was always so focused, I could watch him for an hour and he never noticed."
"He used to do the same to you." Tori informed Hunter. "But don't tell him I told you that. I gotta go meet Blake. I'd tell you to take care of Cam but I figure you would even if I told you to not to. Be sure to eat something though. Cam's gonna need you at full strength."
"Will do." Hunter replied turning back to Cam. Tori left the room, closing the door to give Hunter some sense of privacy.
End Chapter 6
AN: Okay one or two more chapters to go.
