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CHAPTER 11 The Plot Thickens
A week and a half later, Aaron woke up feeling extremely groggy. He had been to hell and back with lawyers and hiding out from law enforcement. He managed to slip out of bed and wrap himself in his bathrobe. Walking downstairs, he yawned as he opened the front door. Not noticing the front page, Aaron picked up the paper and lazily walked into the kitchen. He poured himself a cup of coffee and took a few sips before feeling himself awake enough to read the paper. He looked down and spilt his coffee all over the place after dropping the cup in shock.
"New Reefside Artist Soars in First Day Sales," he read. A picture of Kira with Trent was plastered under the headlines. Aaron read on as he scanned the article.
"Tate Epsin, President and C.E.O, announces retirement and David Randall, executive who discovered Kira Ford, will be taking his place......," Aaron read. He body surged with uncontrollable anger.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" he screamed, ripping the paper up. He started breaking everything in his sight, pulling things off selves. Just plain being destructive. When he finally stopped, he surveyed the damage. There were massive amounts of tiny pieces all over the place. That did not effect at him at all. He glared down at the picture from the paper. After ripping it up, one piece was still in perfect tact with just Kira's image.
"Won't bring in money if your dead, will you girlie?" he asked. He reached over into one drawer and pulled out a gun. He smiled, looking it over, then walked upstairs to get dressed. Meanwhile, Leila was in her night clothes at her dad's house. She was making a small breakfast when she heard Hunter come in.
"Hey baby," she said. Hunter put his arms around her waist. Leila craned her neck so they could kiss on the lips. She turned back to her breakfast but Hunter stayed where he was. He looked down and noticed the paper.
"Hey, hey. Blake's plan is working," he said, looking the paper over. Leila sighed and glanced down at the paper.
"What's the matter?" Hunter asked before kissing her neck. Leila smirked at him doing this.
"I just can't help wondering exactly HOW Aaron is going to react to this. I mean, we don't know him and anybody can go nuts over something," Leila said. Hunter stopped kissing her.
"Do you know something?" he asked. Leila hesitated.
"You know all those new powers I got when I had my ranger powers?" Leila asked.
"Yea, but what's that got to do with now? All of us lost our powers in the blast," Hunter said.
"Just our ranger powers. Kira can still do the Ptera Scream, Ethan still has that weird thing with his skin, Trent can camouflage himself, Tommy can be invisible, and Conner can still be super fast," Leila said defensively. Hunter jumped at her defensiveness.
"Okay, baby, I get it. But what about you?" he asked.
"I think I might have some time of psychic power..I don't know," Leila said, looking really worried. Hunter stared her straight in the eye.
"Leila, did you see something about Kira?" he asked seriously. Leila hesitated, staring at him. Hunter's heart quickened when he saw tears of fear start to form in her eyes.
"Leila!" he said warningly. The tears fell and Leila finally spoke.
"I think Aaron might try to kill Kira," she said. Hunter was stunned. He couldn't move until he saw Leila break down in tears. He comforted her for a short time, gathering his thoughts at the same time.
"Leila, you have to calm down. We have to be strong if we're going to save Kira," Hunter said, framing her face and rubbing his fingers over her cheek gently. Leila pulled herself together.
"What do we do?" she asked. Hunter sighed, thinking.
"I'll start calling around. You calm down before you do anything, okay?" he asked, looking into her eyes. Leila nodded. Hunter quickly kissed her before running to the phone. Leila looked after him then turned around and looked down at the picture of Kira and Trent.
"I hope I'm wrong. If I'm not, please let us not be too late," she whispered outloud.
"WHAT?!! Are you sure Hunter?" Tommy asked of his friend only a few moments later.
"I'm only sure of what Leila told me. But trust me, I've learned not to take anything she says lightly," Hunter said.
"I think we learned that when we destroyed Bronchonaut," Kim retorted.
"Look, just get on this like...NOW. Track down Kira and Trent while I call Blake and Tori," Hunter said.
"You got it man," Tommy said before hanging up. He frantically picked the phone back up and dialed Trent's number. While it rang, he grabbed his cell phone and tossed it to Kim.
"Try to call Kira," he said. Kim nodded and went outside to get a better signal. Tommy sat impatiently as the line continued to ring.
"Hey, this is Trent. Apparently I'm not here but I'll get back to you if you leave enough info to tell me who you are. Later," said his message.
"Trent, pick up, it's Tommy. Come on, pick up. Look, I'll try to contact you again but if you get this, Leila had a vision that Kira is in danger and it involves Aaron. Do what you can. The rest of us are trying to help in whatever way we can," Tommy said before hanging up the phone. Kim walked back in. Tommy looked up at her hopefully.
"I tried her apartment and her cell phone. Nothing," Kim said, slightly upset. Tommy grabbed his keys.
"Let's go on foot then," he said. He and Kim raced out of the house and to his car, not caring enough to lock up the house. No one ever ventured out that far anyway, well, with the one exception of Conner and Ethan the fateful day when Tommy gave all three of them their morphers.
"What have I done?" Blake asked.
"Bro, there's no reason and NO TIME for you to blame yourself. We have to find Kira AND Trent," Hunter said.
"We'll be in Reefside in less than two minutes Hunter," Tori said.
"Okay, we're at Leila's dad's house," Hunter explained.
"Later bro," Blake said. All three of them hung up and Hunter walked back into the kitchen to check on Leila. She was staring out the window. Hunter noticed that she was clutching her cell phone.
"Who did you call?" he asked. Leila snapped out of her gaze and looked over at her boyfriend.
"I...uh....tried to get a hold of Trent," she said. Hunter frowned slightly. Leila was a very bad liar and the fact that she stumbled with her answer made him suspicious. But there was no time for him to drill her about who she really called.
"We need to get dressed. Tori and Blake will be here soon. Then we can go out and looked for Trent and Kira," Hunter said. Leila nodded and they headed to their rooms to change.
Duhn Duhn Duhn! Where ARE Kira and Trent? Does Aaron have them? Will he succeed? Who did Leila really call? How did she get this vision all of a sudden? Find out in Chapter 12.
PS. Sorry for the delay...computer stuff.
CHAPTER 11 The Plot Thickens
A week and a half later, Aaron woke up feeling extremely groggy. He had been to hell and back with lawyers and hiding out from law enforcement. He managed to slip out of bed and wrap himself in his bathrobe. Walking downstairs, he yawned as he opened the front door. Not noticing the front page, Aaron picked up the paper and lazily walked into the kitchen. He poured himself a cup of coffee and took a few sips before feeling himself awake enough to read the paper. He looked down and spilt his coffee all over the place after dropping the cup in shock.
"New Reefside Artist Soars in First Day Sales," he read. A picture of Kira with Trent was plastered under the headlines. Aaron read on as he scanned the article.
"Tate Epsin, President and C.E.O, announces retirement and David Randall, executive who discovered Kira Ford, will be taking his place......," Aaron read. He body surged with uncontrollable anger.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" he screamed, ripping the paper up. He started breaking everything in his sight, pulling things off selves. Just plain being destructive. When he finally stopped, he surveyed the damage. There were massive amounts of tiny pieces all over the place. That did not effect at him at all. He glared down at the picture from the paper. After ripping it up, one piece was still in perfect tact with just Kira's image.
"Won't bring in money if your dead, will you girlie?" he asked. He reached over into one drawer and pulled out a gun. He smiled, looking it over, then walked upstairs to get dressed. Meanwhile, Leila was in her night clothes at her dad's house. She was making a small breakfast when she heard Hunter come in.
"Hey baby," she said. Hunter put his arms around her waist. Leila craned her neck so they could kiss on the lips. She turned back to her breakfast but Hunter stayed where he was. He looked down and noticed the paper.
"Hey, hey. Blake's plan is working," he said, looking the paper over. Leila sighed and glanced down at the paper.
"What's the matter?" Hunter asked before kissing her neck. Leila smirked at him doing this.
"I just can't help wondering exactly HOW Aaron is going to react to this. I mean, we don't know him and anybody can go nuts over something," Leila said. Hunter stopped kissing her.
"Do you know something?" he asked. Leila hesitated.
"You know all those new powers I got when I had my ranger powers?" Leila asked.
"Yea, but what's that got to do with now? All of us lost our powers in the blast," Hunter said.
"Just our ranger powers. Kira can still do the Ptera Scream, Ethan still has that weird thing with his skin, Trent can camouflage himself, Tommy can be invisible, and Conner can still be super fast," Leila said defensively. Hunter jumped at her defensiveness.
"Okay, baby, I get it. But what about you?" he asked.
"I think I might have some time of psychic power..I don't know," Leila said, looking really worried. Hunter stared her straight in the eye.
"Leila, did you see something about Kira?" he asked seriously. Leila hesitated, staring at him. Hunter's heart quickened when he saw tears of fear start to form in her eyes.
"Leila!" he said warningly. The tears fell and Leila finally spoke.
"I think Aaron might try to kill Kira," she said. Hunter was stunned. He couldn't move until he saw Leila break down in tears. He comforted her for a short time, gathering his thoughts at the same time.
"Leila, you have to calm down. We have to be strong if we're going to save Kira," Hunter said, framing her face and rubbing his fingers over her cheek gently. Leila pulled herself together.
"What do we do?" she asked. Hunter sighed, thinking.
"I'll start calling around. You calm down before you do anything, okay?" he asked, looking into her eyes. Leila nodded. Hunter quickly kissed her before running to the phone. Leila looked after him then turned around and looked down at the picture of Kira and Trent.
"I hope I'm wrong. If I'm not, please let us not be too late," she whispered outloud.
"WHAT?!! Are you sure Hunter?" Tommy asked of his friend only a few moments later.
"I'm only sure of what Leila told me. But trust me, I've learned not to take anything she says lightly," Hunter said.
"I think we learned that when we destroyed Bronchonaut," Kim retorted.
"Look, just get on this like...NOW. Track down Kira and Trent while I call Blake and Tori," Hunter said.
"You got it man," Tommy said before hanging up. He frantically picked the phone back up and dialed Trent's number. While it rang, he grabbed his cell phone and tossed it to Kim.
"Try to call Kira," he said. Kim nodded and went outside to get a better signal. Tommy sat impatiently as the line continued to ring.
"Hey, this is Trent. Apparently I'm not here but I'll get back to you if you leave enough info to tell me who you are. Later," said his message.
"Trent, pick up, it's Tommy. Come on, pick up. Look, I'll try to contact you again but if you get this, Leila had a vision that Kira is in danger and it involves Aaron. Do what you can. The rest of us are trying to help in whatever way we can," Tommy said before hanging up the phone. Kim walked back in. Tommy looked up at her hopefully.
"I tried her apartment and her cell phone. Nothing," Kim said, slightly upset. Tommy grabbed his keys.
"Let's go on foot then," he said. He and Kim raced out of the house and to his car, not caring enough to lock up the house. No one ever ventured out that far anyway, well, with the one exception of Conner and Ethan the fateful day when Tommy gave all three of them their morphers.
"What have I done?" Blake asked.
"Bro, there's no reason and NO TIME for you to blame yourself. We have to find Kira AND Trent," Hunter said.
"We'll be in Reefside in less than two minutes Hunter," Tori said.
"Okay, we're at Leila's dad's house," Hunter explained.
"Later bro," Blake said. All three of them hung up and Hunter walked back into the kitchen to check on Leila. She was staring out the window. Hunter noticed that she was clutching her cell phone.
"Who did you call?" he asked. Leila snapped out of her gaze and looked over at her boyfriend.
"I...uh....tried to get a hold of Trent," she said. Hunter frowned slightly. Leila was a very bad liar and the fact that she stumbled with her answer made him suspicious. But there was no time for him to drill her about who she really called.
"We need to get dressed. Tori and Blake will be here soon. Then we can go out and looked for Trent and Kira," Hunter said. Leila nodded and they headed to their rooms to change.
Duhn Duhn Duhn! Where ARE Kira and Trent? Does Aaron have them? Will he succeed? Who did Leila really call? How did she get this vision all of a sudden? Find out in Chapter 12.
PS. Sorry for the delay...computer stuff.