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     Wow, this was a tough one.  Took me awhile to figure out how to get these two guys together.  Well, enjoy!

Eric and Cam

By

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

     "See ya, later!" called Eric as he flew away in the TF Eagle.  He snickered at Preppy Boy's cries for him to come back.  Of course, he would come back, eventually.  But first, he just had to take advantage of the time hole, especially considering there was a set of dials on the control panel labeled 'time travel.'  Now was his chance to go back in time to his old prep school and really show all those snobby daddy's boys how powerful he was.  And, if that didn't work, he could always use his quantum blaster on them.

     Eric whistled to himself as he cruised through the time hole.  He was about halfway through the tunnel when he suddenly felt the ship shudder.  A quick glance at the panel told him the problem.  "Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have trusted anyplace called Gluto's Garage to upgrade my engine."  But then again, a bargain was a bargain.  Before Eric could berate himself any further, his ship landed with a loud thump.

     Cam had been studying his mother's hut, trying to think of a way to get the samurai amulet.  He had intended to just grab it and run, but Kia's presence had nixed that idea…well, that and the fact that his father would've had his hide once he returned for being 'dishonorable.'  Cam snorted at the older man's old-fashioned views.

     He kept watching his mother's hut.  "She really is a babe, too bad Dad got her fir…" Realizing where his thoughts were taking him, Cam began to smack his head against a tree.  The guys were right; he really needed to get himself a girlfriend.

     On his sixth head smack, Cam heard and felt a loud thump behind him.  He turned around slowly and stared in awe at the small ship.  "Wow, I must be more powerful than I thought if my head banging knocked that out of the sky," he mused out loud.

     "Well, that's got to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard," sneered a dark haired man who had stepped out of the ship.  He popped open the front hood.

     Cam stared incredulously at him.  "Wait a second.  That ship doesn't come from this time period."  Suddenly, he began to get excited.  "Ooh, ooh!  Another time traveler!  Wow, can you believe it?!  Two time travelers in the same place?  What are the odds?  Oh, and wouldn't it be awesome if you were also a Power Ranger as well?"  He began to dance around not noticing the Wind Academy students who were passing by, twirling their fingers next to their heads.

     Eric glared at the slightly older bespectacled man.  "Are you always this insane?"

     Cam suddenly stopped dancing and quickly sobered up.  "Oops, I forgot I'm supposed to be the serious one.  And the smart one.  I know everything there is to know about computers.  But that's just because they all expect it of me." 

     "Damn!" Eric cursed as he pulled a pair of fishnet stockings out of the engine.  

     Cam was impressed  "Wow, you really must get around..." 

     "Well, I do have some luck with the ladies…"

     "…although I can't see how you get those things over those massive legs of yours."

     Eric threw his wrench at Cam.  Cam ducked before it could whack him on the head.  "Those aren't mine!  My useless mechanic used these instead of a fan-belt."  Eric paused.  This was going to be so difficult.  Asking anyone for help was nothing but a sign of weakness.  He had always felt that way as far back as he could remember.  Hell, he had even trained himself to change his own diapers when he was almost two.  But, then again, he did have preppies to torture, a Quantasaurus Rex to capture, and…hmmm there was something else he had to do, but it had slipped his mind.  He braced himself and cleared his throat.  "Uh, I hate to ask, but would you know where I could find…wait just a damn second!"  Something Cam had said earlier had finally penetrated Eric's mind.  "You're a Power Ranger???"

     Cam blushed at this.  "Well, uh, almost.  As soon as I get that green amulet from my mom."  He nodded in the direction of the young women who had stepped out of the hut.

     "That's your mom???"  Eric couldn't believe his eyes.  "Wow, she really must've gotten a lot of Botox treatments to stay so young.  I mean she's really sexy looking."  He ducked as the wrench came flying towards his own head this time.

     "Hey!  That's my mother you're eyeballing!" challenged Cam.  "And, for your information, I also said I was a time-traveler.  I'm in my parents' past." 

     "Oh," Eric looked sheepish.  "Wait, what year is this anyway?"

     "Uh, 1973.  Why?"

     "This damned hippie setting had me thinking it was the Renaissance era."  With that, Eric walked around the huts until he spotted the black sports car.  Popping open the hood with a screwdriver, he yanked out the fan belt and ran back to the TF Eagle. 

     "How..how'd you know there'd be a car there?"  Cam was flabbergasted.

     "Like any cult setting, the head guy always has fancy trappings his followers are never allowed."

     "This is a Ninja Academy, not a cult," replied Cam in an insulted tone.  "Besides, Sensei probably had that car for altruistic reasons…like delivering meals to lonely old people."

     Eric rolled his eyes.  "If it walks like a duck…" He quickly placed the fan belt in the proper area of his engine.  "There, it's not a perfect fit, but it'll do.  Now, to go find those jerks…" He paused as he realized that Cam was mumbling something to himself.

     "…and when I finally have those powers, I will constantly show them off to those creeps.  Telling me I faked breaking those boards.  Bunch of weak-willed sissies.  And I'll even get Tori to like me better than Blake…"

     Eric perked up at this.  "You too?" 

     Cam stared at him, blushing a bit a getting caught talking to himself.  "What do you mean?  You like Tori also?"

     "I don't even know who that is.  But I do know what it's like to see some other losers get to be Power Rangers when you know you can be much better at it.  That's why I swiped this."  He proudly showed of his morpher. 

     Cam examined it closely.  "Wow, I'm impressed."

     Eric smiled proudly.  "Yeah, isn't this the best morpher you've ever seen?"

     "No, I mean you've got to be the first Ranger without any morals whatsoever."

     "Well thanks, I…hey!!!"  Eric scowled at him.

     However, Cam paid him no attention.  "Not that it matters anyway.  Even I do get to be a Ranger, they'll still be expecting me to fix all the Zords and send them upgrades and stuff.  That bunch of know-nothing losers wouldn't know a computer chip from a potato chip."  He groaned.  "Do you know it took me a week to clean out all the viruses Shane and Dustin let onto the system when they tried to install that Ultra-Dude Sports Game?"

     "You ought to do what I do," suggested Eric.  "Act like you hate them all and tell them that you fight alone.  That way, they can't bug you."

     Cam's face went blank at that.

     Eric rolled his eyes.  "Or, you could just use that genius mind of yours to build a cybernetic replication of yourself."

     Cam looked thoughtful at that.  "I like it, I really like it."  He patted Eric on the shoulder.  "You're pretty smart."

     Eric flicked Cam's hand away.  "Well, I read a lot.  I mean it's not like I have a lot of friends to hang out with."

     "Oh right."  Cam looked around the area.  His mother had returned.  "You know, since thievery seemed to work for you, maybe I could just sneak in there and…"

     But an old flame lit up in Eric's eyes.  He just couldn't help it as a familiar wave of possessiveness swept over him.  "No one's getting that amulet but me!"  He began to run towards the hut, but fell and was knocked out as Cam effectively lassoed him with the discarded stockings.  

     "Forget it, Pal!" Cam quickly shoved Eric back into the TF Eagle.  He pressed 'reset' on the panel.  Then jumped out of the way as the ship took off and headed back to dinosaur world.

     "Now, back to business."  Cam looked at the hut again.  But, to his disappointment, Kia was already sneaking away with the Samurai amulet.  "Oh, great, I guess I'll have to do something 'heroic' to get that stupid thing now…hey, wait a second.  If mom owned it, then why didn't I just inherit it?"  The answer suddenly came to him.  "So THAT'S how Dad got the extra cash to buy the academy."  Cam groaned.  He and a certain hamster were going to have a long talk after this.