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CamFan4Ever and Jorgitosbabe thanks for reviewing.
Disclaimer: Still don't own them although I really wished I owned the guys especially Dustin and Hunter ;-)
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At the beach
For a few minutes he just looked at Hunter trying to see if he was still evil. He looked normal but you knew never for sure. He decided to take a chance.
"Hey!" He yelled over to Hunter.
"Dustin, don't come near me I'm dangerous" He yelled back not looking at Dustin but he recognized his voice. Dustin, as stubborn as he is, walked over to Hunter having faith in the fact that he might be able to get hunter back. He sat down next to him.
"How are you feeling?" He asked Hunter.
"Terrible, I hurt my friends and betrayed them and you." He told Dustin with his face to the sea not giving Dustin one look.
"Hunter, look at me. You were not you then. You didn't do that, Lothor did. What do you remember so far?" Dustin comforted his boyfriend.
"My brother, Tori, Shane, Cam, the Power Rangers, Sensei,... us, our night at the beach and what happened before Lothor manipulated my mind." He answered still looking at sea.
Dustin lifted his hand to Hunter's chin and pulled his head towards his own face. He wanted to give him a soft kiss but Hunter pulled away.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I'm afraid I might hurt you again!" Hunter said but this time looking at Dustin.
"Why are you blaming yourself?" He asked Hunter .
"Because it was me that was doing all of those things, I'm a Power Ranger I should be able to fight it." He answered him a little disappointed in himself.
"Yeah but Lothor still controlled your mind. It might have been your body that was doing all of those things but in our mind it wasn't you." He tried to comfort Hunter.
"I know that but still I believe that somewhere I knew what I was doing." he answered his boyfriend trying really hard not to cry.
"You know what, if you won't believe me then lets get you to Ninja Ops and let Blake or Sensei try to talk some sense into you!" Dustin said almost giving up trying to help Hunter with his problem.
"No they will be mad at me!" Hunter said trying to find an excuse not to go back to Ninja Ops.
"No they won't, why would they be mad at you, they will say exactly the same as I just did. Dustin pushed Hunter. "Now are you going peacefully back to Ninja Ops or am I going to have to drag you there with violence."
"All right, I'll go." Hunter obeyed.
At Lothor's spaceship
Lothor looked at the scene from his spaceship. This wasn't going well and he knew it. He should've taken that navy ranger. That love between yellow and crimson is just to strong.
"Damn, that yellow ranger." Lothor cursed. "Zurgane, prepare another beam and this time make it strong!" Lothor snapped at him.
"Yes, sir." Zurgane bowed and quickly did as he was told.
Meanwhile Dustin and Hunter were walking back to Ninja Ops when Hunter felt a heavy headache which made him fall on his knees clutching his head.
"Are you alright?" Dustin asked worried.
"No, There's just something bugging me." He replied standing up.
"What?" Dustin asked.
"You!" Hunter yelled while attacking Dustin again. It took Dustin a few seconds to realise what was happening. he was know to be very slow. When he finally seemed to get that Hunter was punching the shit out of him, he came to a logical conclusion Hunter was evil again. Dustin reacted quickly, which was a little unusual for him, and kicked him in the stomach so at least he could stand up. Dustin stood a few feet from Hunter who was still on the ground. He wanted to help him but he knew he couldn't. It would only make things worse. He waited patiently till Hunter was standing up and attacking him again. he defended himself the best he could but had to discover that sensei was right: he was to weak. His powers were taking off. soon his vision became blurry. He fell to the ground and slipped into unconsciousness.
At Ninja Ops
Cam and sensei were still trying to pinpoint Hunter's exact location which wasn't going well. Cam thought it was weird that it took Dustin so long so he went to check and noticed that Dustin had managed to sneak out without him or his father knowing him. He reported the news to his dad who wasn't exactly happy about that. Dustin was way to weak for anything right now. After that fight with Hunter he had lost a lot of his energy but somewhere sensei knew that Dustin would probably succeed at sneaking out. His love for Hunter was so much stronger then anything he or Cam could imagine. They both knew that Dustin wasn't gonna give up on Hunter just like that.
"Cam, try to track down the signal of Dustin's morpher. That might lead us to Hunter." His father ordered. They both knew that it was easier to track down Dustin since it was Cam who made the morphers. At that time the others entered. Everyone was tired since they had streaked through town like a dozen of times and hadn't found a thing.
"Hey, where's Dustin?" Tori asked.
"Where do you think?" Cam replied.
"He went to look for Hunter." Shane guessed.
"How did you know?" Cam asked sarcastic.
"It was obvious, I mean I would do the same for you and the other way around an so would Blake and Tori for each other." Shane looked Cam directly in the eye while Blake and Tori nodded their agreement.
"Guys, I tracked down Dustin's signal to a cave near the sea." Cam reported.
"Alright but for our safety, let's morph." Blake suggested.
In the cave
Dustin woke up and noticed he was tied up. At the farest corner of the cave he saw Hunter who was still fully morphed slashing with his Thunderstaff into thin air. It seemed like he was practising. He didn't notice that Dustin was looking at him.
"Dude, what are you planning on doing?" Dustin yelled at him.
"You'll see but when I'm through with you, you're gonna wish you never met me." Hunter threatened.
"If you think you can scare me then you're seriously wrong, dude." Dustin screamed back at him. Hunter laughed and turned around. Dustin tried to get loose. Since his hands were tied up behind his back, Hunter couldn't see what he was doing. Hunter had tied him up pretty good but finally he seemed to get some movement in the ropes. Hunter still wasn't paying attention to him so he untied his feet to slowly getting up, sneaking behind Hunter. He tackled Hunter from behind. Hunter stood up and punched Dustin full in the chest. This time Dustin fell to the ground. He saw Hunter walking over to him. Dustin kicked Hunter who flew backwards. Dustin stood up and watched Hunter crawling to get up himself.
"You annoying little brat." Hunter yelled at him as he found his balance. He pulled out his Thunderstaff and slowly walked over to Dustin. Dustin decided to morph since he knew he didn't have any other option. He pulled out his Ninja sword and fought Hunter of the best he could, still not trying to hurt the boy he loved the most. Hunter slashed at him while Dustin tried to block the attack the best he could but he couldn't prevent that Hunter hit him a few times. He knew he needed help and he needed it now. Hunter launched another attack at him but Dustin pushed him back.
"I'm getting sick of your behaviour." Dustin yelled at him.
"Ooh yeah and what are you gonna do about it? Punish me?" Hunter mocked. Dustin groaned angry and decided not to play nice anymore. He attacked Hunter with all the power he had left. He knew he shouldn't do that since he was way to weak but he had no other choice. Hunter was surprised by Dustin's sudden outburst and backed away a few steps. Dustin kept slashing and managed to slash the sword out of Hunter's hand. He pushed his own sword against Hunter's throat.
"Nice move but let's see how you handle this." Hunter threatened again but before he could do anything he had a flashback of his date with Dustin on the beach and it hurted like hell.
"What was that?" Hunter asked confused. Dustin backed away a few steps giving Hunter some space. Hunter clutched his head and fell to the ground, groaning in pain. Dustin wanted to help Hunter but he couldn't risk getting attacked again. He couldn't take much more. Hunter stood up, looking at Dustin.
"Whatever your doing, make it stop." Hunter begged.
"I'm not doing anything." Dustin replied, looking helplessly at Hunter when another series of groans escaped him.
"These dings I'm seeing, make them go away. Please!" he begged again.
"Those thing you are seeing are your memories!" Dustin told him.
"You mean that we really went to the beach, just you and me? That we really are together?" Hunter asked still really confused. Dustin nodded. Hunter fell to the ground and de-morphed, tears escaping him. He remembered everything again. Dustin himself de-morphed and sat down next to Hunter, hugging him, gently stroking his hair.
"I'm sorry." Hunter sobbed against Hunter's chest.
"Don't worry. It's okay." Dustin comforted him although both knew it wasn't okay. At that moment the other rangers stormed in. All morphed, fully armed and ready to fight.
"Guys, I think we're a little to late." Shane said to the others. They all de-morphed.
"Are you guys alright?" Tori asked worried.
"Yes." "No" Dustin and hunter replied at the same time. Hunter was still crying against Dustin's chest. Blake walked over to him and held Hunter. Dustin walked over to Shane, Tori and Cam.
"Dude, you look terrible." Shane stated.
"I know." Dustin replied.
"Dustin, my father isn't exactly happy with you at the moment." Cam said. Dustin groaned. Great, he really needed a 10 mile run for punishment right now. "He wants to talk to you right away."
"Alright. See ya guys later." He streaked back to Ninja Ops where sensei was already waiting for him.
"Dustin, sit down." He ordered in a gentle voice. Dustin did as he was told looking at sensei.
"You disobeyed my order to stay at Ninja Ops. You should have known better then to go look for Hunter. We did not know what his condition was. You could of get badly hurt or even worse. Since you are the one who brought Hunter back and you need your rest, I will not punish you for this one time." Dustin breathed relieved. "For now, I want you to lay down and rest." Sensei ordered.
"Yes, sensei." Dustin replied. He bowed and left to one of the other rooms were he could rest. A few minutes later the other entered. They had finally convinced Hunter to come back with them. Hunter looked down not daring to look at Sensei.
"Hunter, glad your are back with us." Sensei spoke.
"Thanks. Where's Dustin?" he asked as he didn't saw his boyfriend anywhere.
"He is resting right now. He is exhausted." Sensei informed him. Hunter looked like he was gonna break down in crying again. He walked out of the room. Blake wanted to go after him.
"Blake stop. Give him some time. Now for you four, things are not going well between Dustin and Hunter. You need to bring them back together again." Sensei told them.
"How?" Shane asked. The others thought about it for some time.
"What do you guys say of a camping trip?" Cam asked them, smiling. The others smiled back. Seems like Cam has a plan...
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Hope you guys enjoyed it!! What can you expect in the next chapter: More Blake/Tori and Shane/Cam. And will Dustin and Hunter sort out their differences??