Hey everyone. Thanks for all your great reviews - but stop trying to make me feel guilty (YellowCrimsonforever "pleading look") cos it works! Anyway, sorry for leaving it on such a cliff-hanger. I don't think this one is much better but you'll have to read it and find out!

The rangers find out Hunter's past - what will they do next? Read and review!


"I had no idea…" Cam trailed off, staring at the screen.

"What? What is it?" Blake said urgently.

Cam swallowed. "It says here that Hunter's real father died in a motorbike accident when he was only five. A year later his mother remarried Phil Robinson. During the next four years, Hunter was in hospital almost 600 times with varying degrees of injury! When he was ten he suffered serious head injuries and was in a coma for two weeks. He was then removed from the care of his parents, but within a few weeks he was back with them. Then, when he was eleven, he had to be forcibly removed from their care after suffering another 14 unexplained injuries that he had to go to hospital for. Phil was sentenced to five years in prison for child cruelty and neglect; his mother was sentenced to 18 months for child neglect. When Hunter was in care they found he was covered in no less than 130 cuts and bruises all over his body. He had terrible nightmares and refused to sleep alone in the dark after the things Phil had apparently said would 'get him'. It appears he had been locked in a dark room with no food for days on end while Phil taunted him…" Cam trailed off. "There's a list of all the injuries Hunter suffered. My god." he repeated. "There's everything from broken bones to what looked like knife wounds and rope burn." He shook his head in disgust. "How could anyone do that to a child?"

There was a stunned silence. Then Blake jumped up. "I'm going to get him out of there. I'm going to kill that sonofabitch!" he yelled.

"No!" Tori stood in his way. "No Blake. This Phil is dangerous. If we mess this up, think how much worse it could be for Hunter." she said. "Come on, we'll sort this out. We'll get Hunter out of there, no worries. But you've got to calm down, ok?"

Blake nodded. "You're right." he said. "I'm sorry. I just can't bear the though of my brother spending another second with that monster."

There was silence.

Tori put her hand on Blake's arm. "It'll be ok. You'll see." She looked at the others. "What are we planning on doing?"

Cam shrugged. "We don't know what the situation is. We should wait at least a day, to see if Hunter turns up."

"What!" Blake exploded again. "A day? Hunter could be dead in an hour! What the hell are you thinking?"

"As I said, we don't know what the situation is." Cam said calmly. "Hunter might turn up tomorrow. I think we should wait before barging in." Sensei, Dustin and Shane nodded slowly in agreement. Tori paused, then added her agreement. "That's settled then." Cam said. "We wait until tomorrow afternoon. If there's no sign of Hunter by then… then we'll come up with something."

Blake gave them all a look of disgust, even at Tori, before storming out.

"I'll go speak to him." Shane said with a sigh.

"No. I will." Tori said. "No offense Shane, but I think this needs a more subtle touch – you're too blunt." With a smile she followed Blake.

"Blake! Wait up." She called and ran to catch up with him.

"Leave me alone." he said harshly.

"Blake wait." Tori said in a commanding voice.

He stopped; his back still to her. "How could you side with them?" he said, a slight break in his voice. "I thought you… I thought you liked me."

Tori paused. "I do, Blake. Like you, I mean. But we weren't going to get them to change their minds. What Cam said made a lot of sense…"

"Sense! I don't care about sense. I care about my brother."

"I know…" She was cut off as the others approached. Making a swift decision she wrapped her arms around Blake and put her mouth close to his ear. From where the others rangers were, it just looked like she was giving him a hug. "Don't do anything stupid tonight." she whispered. "I know for a fact that Hunter's parents are going out early in the morning."

"How…?" Blake whispered back.

"Don't ask. Meet me outside Hunter's house at 7, before training." She pulled back. "Ok?"

He nodded.

"You ok man?" Dustin asked.

Blake nodded. "Tori's talked some sense into me." he said with a wry grin. "I'll see you tomorrow." With a small smile at Tori he headed off back to his empty apartment…