Title: Family Ties
Part Two: Hiding
Author: Kryptonite
Disclaimer: The idea of Power Rangers itself belongs to Sabaan Entertainment (I think) and I'm using the *idea* for the basis of this. Danni is my own character.
Spoilers: Kinda hard not to have them since they aren't all my original characters.
Summary: The next day the other rangers are trying to find out more about Dustin's elusive past and he's avoiding them. Danni has problems, which cause the group to become even more curious.
A/N: Okay I've finally gotten another chapter up *waits for the noise to die down* I'm glad those people who have reviewed like my story so far and here's another chapter. I already have a (sketchy) idea of how this is going to go so ideas or suggestions are appreciated. Please review and have a nice day.
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" Dustin's not here." Danni said upon answering the door.
" We wanted to talk to you."
" About?"
" Dustin."
" What's wrong?" Danni had yet to open, or even make a move to open, the screen door separating her from Dustin's friends.
" Nothin'. Just wanted to ask a few questions."
" Ask him." Danni said, closing the door in their faces. The group could hear a dead bolt scraping into place.
" Friendly little thing, isn't she?" Shane asked sarcastically as the group turned away from the door.
" She has a point though. We should be asking Dustin, not her." Hunter pointed out.
" Let's go find the guy."
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" Hey Kelly is Dustin here?"
" He left a few minutes ago, why?"
" We need to talk to him."
" I'll tell him you dropped by." Blake smiled at his boss.
" Thanks." The group once more trooped out.
" Thanks Kelly." Dustin said, popping up from behind the counter.
" Anytime but may I ask why?"
" I just don't feel like talking to them right now."
" But they're your friends." Kelly argued watching as the boy went back to the calming task of fixing a bike that had been brought in for repair.
" They met Danni." Kelly slumped back, losing a few inches, and her face fell with her.
" Oh."
" Yeah 'oh'. And now they're all curious."
" You have to tell them eventually." Dustin restrained himself from throwing the wrench.
" Danni said the same thing."
" She's a smart kid. I'll leave you to your work." Kelly walked off leaving Dustin alone with his thoughts.
" Too smart." Shaking his head he took a deep breath and dived back into the project.
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" Come on we've looked everywhere!" Tori complained back at Ninja Ops.
" He's avoiding us. And if he knows why we're looking for him and he doesn't feel like talking or answering questions then I don't blame him." Hunter spoke up for the first time that day, staying unusually quiet.
" He's not avoiding us. It's just bad timing." Shane said, trying not to believe Hunter.
" Then we must have pretty crappy timing." Hunter mumbled slumping down in his chair and looking like he was ready to go to sleep.
" Hunter has a point. There's too much 'bad timing' involved. Dustin's avoiding us, plain and simple." As always, Blake came to the defense of his beloved older 'brother'.
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" Danni? I'm home!"
" I know, I know, you don't have to shout. If you remember correctly, you gave me permission to set up spy cameras focused on the front and back doors of the house." Dustin paused a moment as he thought.
" Right, I did do that didn't I?"
" Yep. Now if you wash your hands and sit down we can eat. I'm starving!" Laughing, Dustin moved to listen to his little sister who was acting more and more like an equal. Sitting down to eat, Dustin started talking.
" So how was school?"
" I got bored so I came home." Dustin's fork dropped to the plate with a clatter.
" You cut school?"
" Yep. I used my headaches as an excuse. The teachers know I'll make up the work. Heck, the teachers give me the work months in advance because of this. I already have all of it done so don't give me that look."
" Are you having headaches again?" Danni started shoving the food on her plate around.
" Yes." Danni held up a hand to stop him from talking. " And no I didn't flush the pills down the toilet. They just aren't working anymore."
" Guess we'll have to go to the doctor's this week."
" Yeah. How was your day?" Danni diverted the flow of conversation away from herself.
" Not bad. Fixed a couple of bikes for Kelly before hitting the track."
" Cool. By the way you're friends were looking for you earlier."
" What did they want. I got dishes tonight don't I?"
" Yep. They just wanted to ask some questions. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go throw up."
" Wait, why?"
" I'm still taking the stupid pills on schedule and I'm still throwing up after every meal. Then I'm gonna go downstairs for a bit. Talk to your friends and for heaven's sake tell them the truth." She kissed her brother on the cheek and hurried to the bathroom.
Dustin winced at the sounds of his precious little sisters uncontrollable emptying of her stomach.
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" Hey Dustin," was chorused all around as Dustin walked into Storm Chargers.
" Kelly?"
" Yeah?" She asked, looking at him from the box she was emptying on to a shelf.
" I need some time off. Danni's medicine isn't working anymore."
" Take as much time as you need."
" Thanks."
" Tell Danni I hope she feels better!" Kelly called after Dustin's retreating back.
" What's wrong with Danni?" Tori asked, looking from the door Dustin had just exited to Kelly who had resumed stocking the shelves.
" You'll have to ask Dustin. Didn't I have two stock boys around here somewhere?" Kelly questioned, not looking back at the group of rangers.
" Here." Hunter and Blake said in unison before dragging their feet off to work.
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Hartfelt- Thanks for your comments, and for being my first reviewer. I'm not a doctor so the medicine part (what it is etc) will wait for the next chapter. Hope you liked this!
Heart-breaker86- Here's the next chapter, maybe not as soon as you would have liked but, better late than never, right?
Aniterra_date- The next chapter, hope this is interesting enough.
Sparkling Pink Ranger- Everyone portrays Dustin as this big goofball and there could be a dozen reasons why. I just decided to use the reason that he isn't able to act that way at home.
Amanda- Sorry it took so long.
MidnightLoner- All will be revealed soon enough... okay it should be coming up in a few chapters if not the next one. Maybe I'll have it in nightmare form... I don't know. It'll come to me (hopefully faster than this chapter did)
Doyles-always- I usually always* have more. Hope you liked it as much as you did the first chapter.
Okay, thanks for reading and by pushing the little 'go' button on the bottom and to the left of this screen you can leave me a note saying you read and any comments you want to add. Please? Thanks.
Part Two: Hiding
Author: Kryptonite
Disclaimer: The idea of Power Rangers itself belongs to Sabaan Entertainment (I think) and I'm using the *idea* for the basis of this. Danni is my own character.
Spoilers: Kinda hard not to have them since they aren't all my original characters.
Summary: The next day the other rangers are trying to find out more about Dustin's elusive past and he's avoiding them. Danni has problems, which cause the group to become even more curious.
A/N: Okay I've finally gotten another chapter up *waits for the noise to die down* I'm glad those people who have reviewed like my story so far and here's another chapter. I already have a (sketchy) idea of how this is going to go so ideas or suggestions are appreciated. Please review and have a nice day.
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" Dustin's not here." Danni said upon answering the door.
" We wanted to talk to you."
" About?"
" Dustin."
" What's wrong?" Danni had yet to open, or even make a move to open, the screen door separating her from Dustin's friends.
" Nothin'. Just wanted to ask a few questions."
" Ask him." Danni said, closing the door in their faces. The group could hear a dead bolt scraping into place.
" Friendly little thing, isn't she?" Shane asked sarcastically as the group turned away from the door.
" She has a point though. We should be asking Dustin, not her." Hunter pointed out.
" Let's go find the guy."
~~~~~
" Hey Kelly is Dustin here?"
" He left a few minutes ago, why?"
" We need to talk to him."
" I'll tell him you dropped by." Blake smiled at his boss.
" Thanks." The group once more trooped out.
" Thanks Kelly." Dustin said, popping up from behind the counter.
" Anytime but may I ask why?"
" I just don't feel like talking to them right now."
" But they're your friends." Kelly argued watching as the boy went back to the calming task of fixing a bike that had been brought in for repair.
" They met Danni." Kelly slumped back, losing a few inches, and her face fell with her.
" Oh."
" Yeah 'oh'. And now they're all curious."
" You have to tell them eventually." Dustin restrained himself from throwing the wrench.
" Danni said the same thing."
" She's a smart kid. I'll leave you to your work." Kelly walked off leaving Dustin alone with his thoughts.
" Too smart." Shaking his head he took a deep breath and dived back into the project.
~~~~~
" Come on we've looked everywhere!" Tori complained back at Ninja Ops.
" He's avoiding us. And if he knows why we're looking for him and he doesn't feel like talking or answering questions then I don't blame him." Hunter spoke up for the first time that day, staying unusually quiet.
" He's not avoiding us. It's just bad timing." Shane said, trying not to believe Hunter.
" Then we must have pretty crappy timing." Hunter mumbled slumping down in his chair and looking like he was ready to go to sleep.
" Hunter has a point. There's too much 'bad timing' involved. Dustin's avoiding us, plain and simple." As always, Blake came to the defense of his beloved older 'brother'.
~~~~~
" Danni? I'm home!"
" I know, I know, you don't have to shout. If you remember correctly, you gave me permission to set up spy cameras focused on the front and back doors of the house." Dustin paused a moment as he thought.
" Right, I did do that didn't I?"
" Yep. Now if you wash your hands and sit down we can eat. I'm starving!" Laughing, Dustin moved to listen to his little sister who was acting more and more like an equal. Sitting down to eat, Dustin started talking.
" So how was school?"
" I got bored so I came home." Dustin's fork dropped to the plate with a clatter.
" You cut school?"
" Yep. I used my headaches as an excuse. The teachers know I'll make up the work. Heck, the teachers give me the work months in advance because of this. I already have all of it done so don't give me that look."
" Are you having headaches again?" Danni started shoving the food on her plate around.
" Yes." Danni held up a hand to stop him from talking. " And no I didn't flush the pills down the toilet. They just aren't working anymore."
" Guess we'll have to go to the doctor's this week."
" Yeah. How was your day?" Danni diverted the flow of conversation away from herself.
" Not bad. Fixed a couple of bikes for Kelly before hitting the track."
" Cool. By the way you're friends were looking for you earlier."
" What did they want. I got dishes tonight don't I?"
" Yep. They just wanted to ask some questions. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go throw up."
" Wait, why?"
" I'm still taking the stupid pills on schedule and I'm still throwing up after every meal. Then I'm gonna go downstairs for a bit. Talk to your friends and for heaven's sake tell them the truth." She kissed her brother on the cheek and hurried to the bathroom.
Dustin winced at the sounds of his precious little sisters uncontrollable emptying of her stomach.
~~~~~
" Hey Dustin," was chorused all around as Dustin walked into Storm Chargers.
" Kelly?"
" Yeah?" She asked, looking at him from the box she was emptying on to a shelf.
" I need some time off. Danni's medicine isn't working anymore."
" Take as much time as you need."
" Thanks."
" Tell Danni I hope she feels better!" Kelly called after Dustin's retreating back.
" What's wrong with Danni?" Tori asked, looking from the door Dustin had just exited to Kelly who had resumed stocking the shelves.
" You'll have to ask Dustin. Didn't I have two stock boys around here somewhere?" Kelly questioned, not looking back at the group of rangers.
" Here." Hunter and Blake said in unison before dragging their feet off to work.
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Hartfelt- Thanks for your comments, and for being my first reviewer. I'm not a doctor so the medicine part (what it is etc) will wait for the next chapter. Hope you liked this!
Heart-breaker86- Here's the next chapter, maybe not as soon as you would have liked but, better late than never, right?
Aniterra_date- The next chapter, hope this is interesting enough.
Sparkling Pink Ranger- Everyone portrays Dustin as this big goofball and there could be a dozen reasons why. I just decided to use the reason that he isn't able to act that way at home.
Amanda- Sorry it took so long.
MidnightLoner- All will be revealed soon enough... okay it should be coming up in a few chapters if not the next one. Maybe I'll have it in nightmare form... I don't know. It'll come to me (hopefully faster than this chapter did)
Doyles-always- I usually always* have more. Hope you liked it as much as you did the first chapter.
Okay, thanks for reading and by pushing the little 'go' button on the bottom and to the left of this screen you can leave me a note saying you read and any comments you want to add. Please? Thanks.