TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY 11
CamFan4Ever: Okay, you win! In this chapter Hunter has fluffy thoughts about Cam and Cam admits he's developing a crush on Hunter...mneh-heheheh
ANEESHA11111199999: Ah Yes...but will the votes win? Tori and Blake have been big definite s they were MEANT to be together
Chapter 11: Broken Mask
Kim surfaced gasping for air, the sword clutched in her hand as she used the other to grab a rock and cling for dear life, the current tearing at her, trying to drag her to her death as she hugged the rock...
"I swear, if I make it out of this alive-I'll tell Jason why I broke up with Tommy!" she gasped. The sword glowed, the light crackled from it as it burst from her hand and shot upwards and away with a large flash of light.
"Oh for the love of-"
"KIM!" Jason skidded down the bank nearby with the others. "HANG ON!"
Tori raised her hands, the waters rose up around Kim, carrying her to the bank. "The sword go away," Kim said. "I think it landed in the forest...sorry"
"It's okay" Shane said. "We'll track it later...right now you guys need to go back to Ninja Ops for a check up...Matriarchus and the Kezlacks did a disappearing act when Kim and the sword fell."
Lothor sighed. "I don't know why I bother these days...the rangers always get what they want...it's depressing." His generals were assembled around him. "Now what?"
"I have an idea" D said. The form of Elgar was its selected one. "We occupy the rangers while our forces search for the sword...if we lure out the Astral Ranger you can use him. Provided the illusion that the Astral Academy is at war with the Wind and the Thunder Academies is still partially in place."
Lothor cocked his head to one side. "I'd almost forgotten about him. I still don't understand how he broke my mental control the first time around...oh well, Marah! Pass me the P.A.M"
"Here you go uncle" Marah smiled. Lothor took the PAM and then took a second look at it. It was now covered in fluffy strands and large ribbons.
"We thought it needed a polish up" Kapri said. Marah nodded in agreement.
"Oh never mind" sighed Lothor as he pressed the buttons. The alien appeared: it was a shark crossed with a pipe organ as far as Lothor could tell. It had a sousaphone over one shoulder and an accordion held by a pair of tiny hands on its chest. Its main talons had cymbals on the backs and its teeth were gold in colour.
"I am General Shkling" it exclaimed.
"Oh brother" sighed D. "What can it do?"
"My sonic waves can slow things down to a virtual crawl...and I play a mean accordion!" he rasped. He began to play. "Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match! Catch me a catch!"
The Demon levelled his staff at the being. "Don't make me blast important body parts off." Shkling shut up. "Okay...now to try and locate the sword."
"I'm the general here!" squawked Matriarchus. "I should say what happens! You're just my apprentice! I'm the big power!"
Elgar-D snorted and looked at Matriarchus. "Fine what do you suggest?" Silence. "Thought so. We need to do a scanner sweep on a frequency similar to the swords energies."
Cassidy opened the book. "The Astral morphers are two separate ones," she announced. "The Black and the white rangers cannot be the same person".
"But we saw him morph from one into the other" Shane said.
"That may be so," Cassidy said. "But then you saw him destroyed. I amn't totally sure what that was all about...all I can say is that we have serious problems if he's still switching. Then again, the morphers might be in the possession of two people we don't want to have them..."
"And so" sighed Cam. "We try catching him again--"
"He's the clever one" smiled Cassidy. "I just can't figure out how to lure him...he seems to just turn up for a fight..." a smile developed on her lips. "Oh...Oh yeah! I got it! Cam! Hunter!"
"I don't like the sound of this" Hunter muttered.
Kim sat on the bench with Trini. "It's cruel," she said. "We went through all that for the sword and.kaput. Nothing in the end."
"Everything happens for a reason," Trini said.
"Hey! Guys!" Rocky appeared from the waterfall waving with Adam in tow. "Guess what! I got a tattoo" he lifted his t-shirts sleeve to show the tattoo of the hawk on his upper arm. "Cool!"
"I noticed it in the showers" Adam said. "And he spotted mine" he showed them the turtle tattoo on his own arm. "We think its proof we passed the tests."
Trini and Kim checked their own arms. Trini discovered a small Praying Mantis and Kim found herself bearing a serpent shape. "We'd better look for Jason" Kim said.
"You've been looking forward to that all day" smirked Trini
"Don't start with me."
Hunter and Cam stood morphed on the building over looking the waters of the Harbour. The blue water was a mix of the colours of Blake and Tori; sadly they were waiting in the distance. "We just stand here until he attacks?" Cam muttered. "Cassidy...really!"
"It's a guarantee," snapped Cassidy, then she calmed her voice. "He won't turn down a chance to take a shot at you two. He's a fighter, his testosterone needs the reassurance he won't miss a chance."
"I just don't want him screwing with my brain again" Hunter shrugged.
"I've wired the helmets to give a dampening against his telepathy" Cam said. "Not full protection--but enough"
There conversation was shut down as a monster and Kezlacks appeared. "Hey rangers! Dance to this tune!" Cam reached for his sword, the sousaphone blasted them with ripples of distortion, the monsters sped up...He blasted the pair with beams of blue light from his eyes.
"Gs! Wappndyrmvinsislow!" Tori exclaimed at hyper speed. She sounded like one of the chipmunks. The monster blasted her as she raised her sonic hammer.
Shkling cackled darkly. "Oh that was fun!"
"Not as fun as this!" a voice shouted. The blur of white raced up the side of the building non-stop across the roof and slashed Schkling with two blazing swords. The White Astral Ranger raised both swords and cocked his head to one side. "Wow, that was fun!"
The freeze broke. They staggered free and dealt with the unprepared Kezlacks. "It's been real fun," Cam said as he approached. Schkling drew a breath to fire a slow pulse, the accordion stretching... the sword slashed him across the torso and brass horn. Hunter leapt up and fired his blaster.
"Since you like sound so much" Tori said as she raised her sonic fin. "1-2-3-4 kick that alien out the door!" the waves bounced Schkling up and down. "Hey he's got rhythm!"
"And I've got rhyme!" a voice cackled. Elgar-D stood on the entrance to the roof. "Little ranger, do not fear! You're all about to disappear!" He blasted downwards with his staff as the rangers leapt apart. The dark lightening razed the roof and tore a trench in it. Shane rolled aside and fired as Dustin darted towards Elgar-D. Who deflected the Hawk Blast into the yellow ranger. Dustin collapsed with a shout. "That wasn't impressive Red ranger! Stupid boy!"
"Then let a girl show you how it's done!" Tori exclaimed. "NINJA SWORD!" the sword slashes knocked Elgar off the box. He morphed with a shout turning into Ecliptor-D. "Now I'm angry!" he exclaimed. "Girls! Show them your new tricks!"
Marah and Kapri stepped out from either side of the stairwell box. Kapri pointed her sword and Marah aimed her staff. The blasts knocked Dustin, Tori, Blake and Cam aside. Shane and Hunter leapt at the girls. Hunter's staff met Marah's as Kapri and Shane crossed swords.
"I've been practicing Red Ranger" Kapri said. Shane was pushing down her sword; she was being forced to lean back. "Watch and learn!" she slipped off to one side, her sword slicing across his gut. The sparks rose as Kapri readied for retaliation. Hunter attacked, Kapri blocked and parried before jump kicking him off balance.
"Not Bad" Shane said.
"Glad you like it" Kapri smirked. She spun, the pink slice of energy blasted him off his feet, he landed in a back flip and fired his blaster. Kapri shrieked in shock and fell away.
Marah spun her staff before her; knock Hunters staff off hers and slashing it across his throat and down his arms. "Hah" she laughed. She stabbed him with the top and a blast of purple-pink energy sent him staggering backwards. Hunter blocked her next swipe and slammed her in the chin with his staff.
The rangers had their hands full. Dustin was back to back with The White Astral Ninja. "So...you're not trying to kill us?"
"No!" White said in shock. "Why would I?"
"Well you tried before"
"That wasn't me!" the White Ranger said. "That was The BLACK Astral ranger"
"Aren't you two the same one?"
"No" White Astral hook kicked Shkling in the side of the face and slashed down with both swords knocking the monster to Dustin who slammed his hammer down on Shkling's head.
"Whack-a-monster" whooped Dustin as he beat Shkling down.
There was a flash of lightening and power bolts knocked everything down. Standing in all his evil glory was Lothor with Shimazu and Matriarchus on either side. "Hello rangers, just though I'd drop in and kill you" he sneered.
"Hey Uncle!" Marah called as she scampered to his side with Kapri. Ecliptor-D stood beside Matriarchus.
"Allow me to show you all how it's done," he said. He raised a hand and the red blast knocked Shane into a wall. Another crashed Tori off a wall and onto Blake (neither was complaining about that part). He wound up a bolt like a pitcher on a baseball team and hurled it at Cam. Hunter leapt and took the bolt first. He crashed down.
"Hunter!" Cam gasped.
"Nephew dearest" snorted Lothor. "You really shouldn't have sided with your father. You're on a losing team!"
"That's not how I see it" Cam said.
"Oh well" sighed Lothor. "Here" he hurled the blast at Cam...the TK intercepted and pulled Cam upwards, as the bolt blew a hole in a nearby building. "YOU!" he exclaimed as the White Astral Ninja lowered his hands.
"Me" the White Astral ninja said. "I remember what you did to the academy!"
"Oh get over it" Zurgane snorted.
"I will...by putting you all six feet under" White Astral said.
"Oh I'm terrified!" Matriarchus said with mock fear and panic in her voice. She snapped her long dreadlocks at him, the sparks shot at him, he leapt up in a blur and swung his scythe down on her, she staggered away in shock.
"You should be!" he snapped.
"Or not" Lothor snapped. The blast hit the ranger in the arm; his scythe fell and clattered to the stone. Another hit his shoulder and spun him to face Lothor, the blasts hit him rapidly. Left Leg. Right arm, Chest, Chest, Right Leg, Forehead...and Throat. The White ranger collapsed to his knees as Lothor gripped his helmet. "I think reprogramming you to hate the rangers again will be better"
"Oh please" the White Ranger said in a strangled voice. "You just keep using that! What are you a one trick pony?"
"Is this even the same ranger? I mean White isn't even a colour!" Lothor exclaimed.
"Try this then" the White Astral Blaster fired into Lothor knocking him away, gripping him in telekinesis and flinging him like a rag doll. "I won't fall for the same trick again!"
"Fine, have it your way" Lothor said as Marah and Kapri helped him up. He hurled the two blasts of power. The White Ranger was blasted away. Right off the building
"That suits me" Lothor shrugged.
The Rangers stared as the figure of the Astral Ninja disappeared. Seconds later there was laugh. The Black Astral Ranger was leaning on the railing of the roof. "Man that was fun, I love seeing him take punishment!" He drew the sai daggers. "Still, you guys are interesting opponents so...what the hey! I'll destroy you all!"
He hurled the sai daggers; they slicked Zurgane and Motodrone across the chest and face respectively. "Yang Hail Storm Cannon!" he pulled the black gattling gun-like blaster form the air and fired. The blasts knocked Matriarchus, D and Vexxacus away. Lothor grimaced. "Have the rangers they're all yours." The Aliens disappeared leaving only the Kezlacks and Shkling (who was so confused it wasn't even funny).
"So who do I blast?"
"Try no one!" Blake exclaimed. He slammed the antler claw around Shklings body and lifted the alien up, lightening coursed through him and sent explosions across the monsters body. Tori leapt and slashed her sword down. "And it's two blue" she grinned. "For little old you!"
The Astral Ninja pulled his swords out. "This is fun"
"Odd definition of fun" Cams aid as he, Hunter and Dustin lined up.
"Oh...you know" shrugged the black ninja. He spun and leapt into the air hurling the sai at the stunned Shkling. The charged blades hit him and blasted him with red energy as the Yang blaster was whipped out again and opened fire blowing the alien away. "I'm unpredictable" the ninja sneered as he landed.
"Scroll of Empowerment" sighed Marah and Kapri together on the fortress up in space, the P.A.M held between them. "Descend".
As the others called their swords. Hunter and Cam handled the Black Astral Ninja, which proved harder then expected with his huge blaster blowing holes in the rooftop.
"Cam under fire" Cam sighed as they ducked in behind an air vent. "I just hate this part of the job, always being blasted by something or someone..."
"I'll distract him, you tackle from behind," Hunter said. Cam nodded and dodged off to one side. Hunter leapt up and used his shield to block the blast. "Come on! You can do better!"
"You know it" Black said. He leapt into the air and blasted down. Hunter deflected the blasts back at him blasting him out of his flight and to the ground. Hunter sprinted forward and attacked.
They blocked each other perfectly, neither landed a single punch, they could feel each blow coming before the other could throw it. "Well this is a first" the ninja gaped as Hunter trapped his arm and he twisted Hunter's arm. "I was the best ninja around!"
"Not at the Thunder Academy" Hunter quipped.
"Pfft" was the reply. They tried to throw each other but instead flipped horizontally in the air to land face down on the ground. The black astral ninja shoved off the ground into a series of back flips to pick up his sai. He was about to say something when Cam karate kicked him in the ribs.
"Two against one? Give up now" Cam said.
"Nawwww" chuckled their enemy. He whirled and blasted Hunter before jump kicking Cam in the face, knocking him off balance and slamming him into a wall with a follow up kick.
"NO!" Hunter shouted in panic as The Astral Ninja raised his swords to stab Cam. He fired his blaster as the White Astral turned in surprise. The helmet on his head exploded as he fell back.
The blast had been excessively powerful, but all Hunter could think about was not letting Cam die. There was something there, something that made Cam an important part of the team. An important part to Hunter. They didn't always agree...but Hunter was not going to lose...Cam.
The black astral ninja was on his hands and knees, shivering in exquisite pain. "That--hurt--you--bastard" he grated as he pulled off his helmet and threw it aside. He forced himself to his feet and turned around. The dark hair was mussed out of spikes, the small stud in his ear shone in the light and his eyes glittered maliciously.
"Hunt!" Cam exclaimed. "I knew it! Sort of--"
Hunt threw his head back and laughed. "Oh that stung!" he said. If anything the evil in his voice and eyes made him more...appealing? Tempting? To the world in general. "Well...now I owe you pain Hunter" he smirked. "And I bet I know how!"
His eyes shone as Hunters visor splintered under the telekinetic weight. He opened it and stared as Hunt grabbed Cam and spun him around, slamming him into a wall, sending energies flowing to the suit that made the medallion appear and drain the suit back in. Cam fell to the ground as Hunt blasted Hunter backwards and straddled Cam.
"Kiss of Death, reverse CPR" smirked Hunt as he pressed his lips to Cams and pinked the boys knows, he was holding the side of Cam's face in his hands and pinning his arms and body with his legs.
Hunter rose, the pain unbearable. Not because of the blaster wounds but because he could see Cam's life slipping away. He could almost feel the soft lips on his and the feel of the skin in his palm...
"NOOOO!" Hunter roared. He blasted Hunt with more thunder and lightening then he'd ever conjured in his life. The red tendrils lifted the writhing boy away, he was screaming in pain with an edge of pleasure on his voice...freaky? Yes. Disturbing? Yes. Evil? Maybe.
Hunter lifted Cam's head into his lap. "Cam? Cam?"
"Heart ache, misery and general malice! My work here is done!" cackled Hunt as he back flipped off the edge of the building, twisting into a corkscrew then three spins before elegantly plunging into the waters below.
Shkling exploded as the sword sliced through him. The rangers cheered...
Cassidy arrived back into the room to find Cyber Cam and the ex and current rangers looking at Cam. "Just near suffocation" Cyber Cam said. "No biggy for us, his ranger healing's already kicked in and the machines are going to totally keep my main dude A-OK."
"I saw everything," Cassidy said. "I went scanning for the sword. Cam, if you see Christian make sure to ask where he learned to read the symbols...He may have read the frequency to the sword and that puts him in danger. I found its general location... it's in the forest near where Kimberly fell into the river."
"We'll go" Rocky said grabbing Adam and Jason. "Coz it's just like old days"
"Not on this planet" Cassidy said.
"Cassidy is correct" Sensei said flipping onto the table. "It would be too dangerous. The sword is now in the forest and leaking magical energies. Shane, you will go and maintain contact, the others will be here to aid you if the need arises and to make sure we can handle Lothor and the Astral Ninja."
"Yes Sensei" Shane said as he turned to leave.
"And keep a clear head, Lothor needs your mother alive to get the sword...he knows we can find it faster then he"
"We have Sensei power" smirked Cassidy. "You should all go get some rest...we might be having troubles soon."
"I'll stay with Cam" Hunter volunteered a little too quickly.
"That is very kind of you Hunter" Sensei said. "But you should go home and sleep"
"No... I'll sleep here...I just feel bad that it was Cam and not me that got--" he hadn't told the others how Hunt had sucked Cam's oxygen out. "Got. And it wasn't me, if I'd been faster he'd still be conscious."
"But he's going to be fine" Trini said. "We were rangers long before you, you have more technology and we saw worse then this as have you. Don't fret, he'll be fine."
Hunter sighed and nodded. "But I'd prefer to be here"
"I'll make up some sort of couch beside the sick bed," Cassidy said at last.
Shane stopped, he was warm in his uniform but the cold touched his face. It was dark, early morning dark, he'd Ninja-Leapt to the woods but now he was walking, he didn't have the space to manoeuvre in the midst of the gnarled trees...
"Hey!" he turned and ducked as a bolt of pink blew a tree up. Kapri leapt onto a log and folded her arms under her breasts. "I knew if I waited I'd find one of you going to the sword!"
"Shouldn't you have waited until I got it?"
Kapri sighed. "Okay, I'm not being entirely honest..." she sighed. "Look...I hate what Uncle's doing; he's got your mother. That's wrong. If he hadn't turned Auntie Armiddia into a jade statue he'd never have owed Mom and Dad enough to take us onboard the ship. Anyway, he's always critical of us but we're not allowed say... you know...NO. So here's the deal. I'll help you find the sword if you trade it fro your mother to me. I get brownie points with Uncle and you get your mother back."
"Why should I trust you?"
"Coz I'm more trust worthy then Uncle or Matriarchus?"
"Good point" admitted Shane.
"Plus I know that your Dad comes back from his retreat next Tuesday and if you don't have your mother back by then you'll have lots of stuff to explain."
"How do you--"
"Space viewing" she replied and extended a hand. "Deal?"
Shane looked at her well-manicured hand. "I'll take the help but we bang out the details of the deal later" he shook her hand. She grinned.
"Soft hands. What moisturiser do you use?"
Tori stretched and yawned. Morning light was streaming through her window. She sat up and grabbed the clothes she'd set out to wear last night so she didn't waste time. She wanted to check on Cam (And Hunter, you'd have to be blind not to see the spark there if only they weren't so pigheaded they ignored it) and catch up with Blake.
She was humming as she descended the kitchen stairs and made for the backdoors.
"Victoria Grace Hanson, a word" her mother was seated at the table, her father was reading/shielding himself with/hiding behind- - his newspaper. "Sit" she said calmly. Tori knew the voice and tone being used. She sat carefully and waited. She was dreading.
"I don't want you see Blake behind my back" she said.
"MOM!" Tori rose angrily (The dishwashers waters abruptly began to spray out of the sides). "That's not fair!"
"Fine! If you chose not to see him that's your decision"
"Sorry? What"
"He's a fine young man who obviously cares about you. He's ideal...even if motocross is dangerous...but I'll forgive that much"
Tori couldn't hide the huge grin on her face. "YES! Thank you mom! Thank you"
"I doubt I could have stopped you seeing him anyway" she sighed. "Now, off you go, whatever you have to do is waiting."
"Okay, bye" Tori kissed her mother on the cheek and raced out the doors.
Cam opened his eyes and groaned. "Man I feel bad," he grumbled.
Hunter shot up from the chair he'd fallen asleep in. Cassidy was sitting at the scanner control table with Sensei on her shoulder. "You boys are finally awake! I was afraid I'd have to go find Prince Charming...not that I couldn't do with one myself."
She shut down the files on past rangers and their enemies. "So how are you Cam?"
"Fine" Cam croaked. "But I feel like someone steamrolled me..."
"Hunt" Hunter said. "He tried to kill us both. He's the Black Ranger"
"Yay team evil, another one to add to our wall of people who want us dead" Cam said dryly.
"But he destroyed the sharky thing then turned around and did his best to kill us" Hunter said. "I have a major headache trying to figure it out."
"I think the Astral Morphers are playing a part in this, they're related to the mental aspects of a warrior as much as the physical. We need to review that before we can investigate this Hunt guy and everything else..."
"I have to meet Christian with the book" Cam said.
"I'll ask Dustin to do that," Hunter said. "I'll go with him...you need to rest up."
"Hunter" Cam said as the crimson ranger went to leave. "Thanks...you took that power bolt for me...why?"
"Because, you stood a chance of getting Lothor..." Hunter said after a moment, not wanting to look Cam in the eyes.
Cassidy cleared her throat, a knowing look in her eyes and slightly amused smile. "If you boys'll excuse me I have to give Cam a physical. So...strip Wantanabe" he blinked in surprise as Cassidy spoke. Hunter blushed as he left the medical bay seconds before the unintelligible argument broke out followed by Cassidy letting a Xena like cry and there being the sound of thumping and the ripping of cloth.
Cassidy let the scanners run up and down Cam who was standing perfectly still and naked in the round space with a lit floor and a set of metal rings going up and down scanning his body. "Okay this'll take a while..." Cassidy said. "Your father's gone to keep an eye on the computers. Cyber Cam will keep an eye on him so he doesn't crash the system."
"He may be a ninja master...but computer wizard he is not," agreed Cam nervously.
There was stiff silence as the smiles faded. Cam took in a breath. "So Cassidy...how, exactly, did you become the guardian of the book?" Cassidy looked up.
Cassidy waited a few seconds before answering. "It was passed on to me after I was trained for it all my life" she pressed another button.
"So...where did you live?"
"Around" shrugged Cassidy. "I-I moved to Blue Bay Harbour 4 years ago. When I was eight I was told all about the Mara-Ishii. Before that I lived everywhere. From Abyssinia to Zaire...okay same continent, bad example but the idea remains intact. We kept on the move. We were chased...and then we reached Blue Bay Harbour and the academy activity discouraged attacks."
"So...have you any family?"
Cassidy turned away. "Talkative aren't you?"
"We've let you in, you should return the favour" Cam said.
"The last people I let in hurt me" she replied. "I amn't quick to trust"
"You gave me the book because you trusted me"
"I gave you the book because I was desperate and felt I should. I didn't realize until later you were rangers" she said as she read over a green file. "You haven't taken the thunders' medical profiles"
"Haven't had the time" Cam said. "That and the fact Tori would be only too happy to strip Blake of all clothing---and decency" he smiled faintly.
"What about Hunter? Who has a crush on him?" Cassidy asked, waiting to see his actions and expressions. She got what she wanted, he blinked unsteadily and his face changed colour from pale to deepened blush.
"Uh...no one I guess"
Cassidy smiled. "My point exactly. When you all sort yourselves out. Come and see me about my troubles and pasts..." she tapped a key and issued some commands.
"I like him" Cam said. "He's a good person"
"Is that all?" Cassidy asked with a raised eyebrow. "Or—do you have something else you'd like to share?" Cam looked at her.
"You're not sharing neither am I" he said stiffly.
Cassidy closed her eyes and took in a breath then released it. "My full name is Cassidy Mildred Chase. I was born on Halloween. I absolutely love double chocolate mint twist hot cocoa with whipped cream and chocolate chips on it, my favourite book is Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry and I watched my parents, grandfather and uncles cut down by true monsters and had to stay trapped with the bodies for 56 hours and 23 minutes trapped in a cavern before my grandmothers pulled me out and made me run from danger ever since."
Cam looked at her, the tortured eyes were so dark and she seemed to be waiting...
"You were trapped with the bodies?"
"Don't worry, it gave me the strength to go on living," she said.
"I lost my mother to illness...I never really knew her"
With a smile Cassidy examined a print out. "Don't think I'm going to be a bleeding heart, I've been a bitch too long to go back now." She looked at him. "So tell me about you and Hunter?"
Cam looked up at the blue lights above him. "You're right. I'm gay and I think I might want Hunter...but...I don't want to complicate things with someone I consider a friend" he mumbled.
"A-ha" Cassidy said as she nodded slowly. "Love or Lust? Personally I have yet to see true love...but you've been googly eyed over the boy for a while from what I can tell. When did you first fall for him?"
Cam looked her dead in the eye. "It was when a monster called Madtropolis attacked... the rangers were drained. I had to go back to get the amulet from my mother. And when I was going back in time I had a thought, I was thinking about saving Hunter and I realized how nice he was when he wasn't brooding and that he'd treated me like an equal more often then not and...just...I like him."
Cassidy sighed. "Sound heavenly...sadly I'm a frigid frozen wasteland bitch" she grinned in a slightly shark-like way. "It's bad for relationships but lots of fun." The computer beeped and the two rings stopped at waist level, covering Cam's less displayable regions. "Done, your brain's fine no telepathic tampering, your lungs aren't hurt and your blood flow's normal."
Cam nodded, standing still, waiting for her to hand him some sort of covering.
"Hey I forgot the-" Hunter appeared at the door and made a funny noise in the back of his throat. "Book—Mara---Ish-ishii—forgot it" he averted his eyes and made his way slightly clumsily out of the room.
Cassidy flashed a grin. "Heh" she said. "Now he really is the Crimson Ranger"
She handed a black and green towel to Cam and he wrapped it around his waist quickly. "I HAVE FOUND THE BOOK I AM LEAVING NOW" Hunter called from down the hall...he shot past the doors with the book in his arm and headed for the waterfall portal.
"Well, just as well I don't need to put any fibre-optic camera's up certain regions" Cassidy said. "Or your fantasy might have been pretty damn close to a reality."
Cam frowned and smiled at the same time. He knew one thing; Cassidy was going to make things interesting....
TBC
Okay I thought I'd show where the votes stand (I actually got 4 votes from outside the review box from a group called THE WITCHY QUARTET who watch Ninja Storm because they're in love with Hunter, Dustin, Cam, Blake and Shane—so basically all the guy rangers... and also thanks to GLT who gave me an e-mail on his dream pairings)
Tori/ Blake: (8)!! That's right a whopping 8! Now worries here! Even GLT voted for it!
Dustin/Marah: (1) Ouch...I'll put someone in for poor Marah
Hunter/Cam (5) Gee didn't see that coming...eheh
Hunter/Dustin (3): Yeah popular...maybe they could have (Irish) coffee and make out
Cam/Dustin (1) Mnyeh not so hot
Cam/Shane (0): Zippo
Shane/ Kapri: (2) Look like a done deal
Shane/Hunter (0): Wow...empty
Shane/Dustin (0): And this seemed so popular
Dustin/ Hunt: (2) I knew that slash-y thought would burgeon ideas
Cam/Christian (0): So Cam isn't one for the sweet innocent –ahem- apparently virgin kind?
Cassidy/ Cam: (0) well she is a bit of a frosty chilblained bitch and not a big character yet
Astral Ranger/ Cassidy (1) Why? Because they've never actually met—that we know of--
Astral Ranger/ Hunter (1) where did this come from? No way because I have my reasons
Astral Ranger/Cam (1): Well...only one
Astral Ranger /Dustin (5): The quartet all voted for this because I let them in on the secret