Disclaimer: Don't own it.

A/N: I'm baaaaack-Grins- here's the next chapter! (Only 'cuz Crimson-Ranger threatened to pair Dustin with Kapri and Marah with Shane-Shudders- baaaah…)

I have completely buggered up everything I was hoping to do with this story-Grins sheepishly- here goes; this is now AU for DT. Cuz…it's set after Thunder Storm…but the NS guys still have their powers…ok-Shuffles nervously- But, Lothor isn't a doll either…it's all explained throughout this and the next chapter. I hope this makes sense to ya!

Anyway, enjoy! xP

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Shane walked into Storm Chargers to be greeted by a very unhappy looking Kelly; he bit his lip, remembering that the others could hardly be able to work. He forced a smile as he slid up on the counter, tilting his neck slightly he watched Kelly as she finished serving a customer.

"S'up Kel?"

Kelly looked up at the red ranger, fixing him a glare. "Where are those good-for-nothing friends of yours?" She shut the cash register and crossed her arms across her chest.

"Well…they're -"

"Don't tell me they can't come in."

Shane bit his lower lip and looked across the store, he watched two familiar looking women as they pretended to be more interested in the surfboards than Kelly's voice, which was close to screaming.

"Shane?"

"You told me not to tell you." Came a guilty reply.

"Bloody typical!" Kelly sighed and leant on the till, "what am I supposed to do now?"

"They're really sorry Kelly."

"They always are."

Shane sighed, what was he to say? He couldn't tell Kelly the truth, thinking on his toes, he blurted out any rubbish. "They're ill." Oh, smooth Shane… He cursed himself silently; this was bound to send Kelly off on a train of questions.

"Ill?"

"Erm…yeah. Chick-pox or something…? Cam's kept them at his 'cuz both of us have already had it so we're fine, but he doesn't want anyone else catching it."

Kelly was silent for a moment, which Shane was happy about, not knowing if what he had just said was true, he was relieved when he heard Kelly 'oh' and say nothing more.

Or so he thought.

"Well, I'm short staffed, you think you could help out?"

"I'd love to, really I would-"

"But?"

Shane sighed, "but I've got four kids to look after." Well, that's kind of true…

"Kids?"

"Erm…yeah, well you see…it's a long story, they're like, cousins of cousins and all that…"

"That just makes them cousins Shane."

"Yeah."

Shane was relieved when his morpher went off, he hopped off the counter and turned to Kelly, "I really need to go. Good luck finding some staff!" He called as he ran out the shop.

Turning into a nearby alleyway, he brought his morpher up, "Shane."

"Shane, I need you to get something for me."

"Sure, what is it Cam?"

"Well…come back to Ninja Ops for a moment and we'll sort it out."

"Ok."

Shane looked around, making sure the alley was clear, he ninja streaked away. Walking down the steps he looked around, it was empty. Cam wasn't even sitting at his chair. His brow furrowed and he looked around down the hallways, there wasn't anyone around.

"Cam?"

"Over here!"

Shane followed the voice, leading down the hallway he stopped at the room the four rangers were housed in. "Cam?"

The door opened and Cam let Shane in, the room that had four colour-coded mattresses in it was neat and tidy. Knowing Cam was probably tidying up to keep him busy, Shane grinned.

"What's up Cam?"

Cam scratched the back of his head, "well, we need clothes for them…because we can't keep them in here all the time and we can't make them go out in ninja uniforms."

"I'm thinking, that's only problem one."

"Yeah," Cam sighed and sat down on Tori's mattress, "Blake's lost his memory…it's worse than we thought, their minds will roll back and we'll be stuck with three four year olds and a six year old." Cam looked up at Shane, "I've been keeping watch of their symptoms-"

"Symptoms?"

"Yes, just before Blake's memory was erased, he was complaining of a headache, and stomach pain. So I'm making sure I know when the others feel like that."

"Where are they now?"

Cam sighed slightly, "Hunter's helping Blake out, they're in the training room. And Tori and Dustin are sleeping."

"This is their room though."

"In the training room, they all kept together so they could watch out for each other."

Shane nodded and smiled; at least this experience was going to bring them closer together. He turned, "I'm going to check on them."

Cam nodded and stood up, "I'll come with you."

They both walked out from the room and through the main hall, Shane noticed the orange box was still linked up to the computer, glowing softly. He pondered for moment, wondering whether is was safe to have it still hooked up, deciding not to argue with Cam, he left it. He turned the corner and stopped at the doorway to the training room. Hunter was currently pacing the edge of the wall; Blake was curled up slightly in the corner watching his brother. Tori and Dustin were curled up slightly against each other, Tori's head resting on the yellow ninja's shoulder. Dustin had his feet tucked under the safety mats and his head leant on Tori's.

Cam walked over towards the two as Shane moved over to Blake. Kneeling in front of Tori, Cam looked at them both, "guys?"

Dustin looked up and forced a smile, "what's up Cam?"

Cam sighed in relief, "how are you feeling Dustin?"

Dustin shrugged his free shoulder and rubbed the back of his head, "headache…and I think I'm going to hurl sometime soon…other than that…I'm fine."

"I second that…" Came a weak reply next to Dustin.

Tori lifted her head and rested it against the wall, "I don't feel too great."

Tori's eyes flickered closed and a frown married her features, Dustin's eyes were already closed. Cam put his hands on their foreheads, "they're burning up…"

"Cam! Hunter's out."

Cam looked up and over at Shane, he was walking over to the group with Hunter in his arms, Cam motioned for him to place Hunter beside Tori.

"I think we've just lost any help we could have had…"

Shane nodded, "what do we do?"

"Wait."

Cam sighed and watched the three, slowly Dustin started to stir, and his eyes flickered open. Dustin lifted his head from the wall and looked around rubbing his eyes quickly, he focused to Cam.

Wrinkling his nose slightly Dustin spoke up, "W-Where am I?"

"Dustin…do you know who I am?"

"Erm…no…"

Cam removed his glasses and looked at Shane, who shrugged, "I didn't know them 'till I was about six…"

"Ugh…" Tori rubbed her neck and looked at Cam, then Shane. "Erm…"

"Tori!"

Tori tilted her head slightly and saw Dustin; smiling brightly she hugged the young boy, "Dusty!"

Cam looked at Shane, "at least they know each other…"

"I'm just worried about Hunter…"

Hunter opened his eyes and looked around quickly, he fixed his gaze with Cam, who tried to smile reassuringly. "Who are you?" Hunter asked.

"I'm Cam…I'm your friend."

"No you're not."

Shane leant into Cam, "see what I mean?"

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"Alright…I have four pairs of trousers, and jackets and t-shirts!"

Cam turned on the chair and watched Shane throw the clothes onto the table in the middle, "thanks."

Shane picked up a blue shirt and jeans, "I'll make Tori get dressed…" Picking up a yellow t-shirt, jacket and black jeans he grinned "…might as well do Dustin too."

"Oh great, leave me with the Bradley's!" Cam grabbed the rest of the clothes and shook his head and followed Shane to the guest room.

Shane opened the door and stopped, "what the?"

Tori and Dustin were standing the middle of the room, throwing pillows at each other laughing loudly, Hunter was standing in the corner of the room, arms crossed across his chest and a frown on his lips. Blake, who was sitting next to where Hunter was standing, was watching the two in slight amazement, amusement shone in his brown eyes. Tori abruptly stopped when Cam cleared this throat, lowering her head slightly and biting her lip she dropped the pillow in her hand. Dustin, on the other hand saw this as an opportunity to get Tori unarmed, a grin on his little face as he threw the pillow square at Tori's head, causing her to fall onto Hunter's mattress. She sat up and pouted, when Dustin started to laugh and cheer, her lower lip started to wobble.

Shane bit his lip and watched as Tori feel into fits of tears. Dustin looked at her wide-eyed and jumped over the mattress and sat next to her, Tori hit his hand as he went to hug her. Dustin crossed his arms and pouted.

Cam rolled his eyes slightly and looked at the brothers, "Hunter, Blake, get dressed."

"We are dressed."

Cam sighed; it was going to be harder to look after a six-year-old Hunter than he had hoped. "Proper clothes I mean."

Hunter uncrossed his arms and helped his little brother up, following Cam out the door.

Shane looked at the two kids in front of him, "come on…want to wear something more…colourful?"

Dustin nodded cheerfully and ran over to Shane, tripping over the quilt bunched up at the end of the bed, he fell at Shane's feet. Shane stifled a laugh and helped the young boy up. Dustin grinned sheepishly and looked over at Tori.

"Tori…we gotta get dwessed."

"I'm dressed already!"

"But-but…"

Shane held out her clothes, "but these are better and it's too warm to be in those uniforms."

Tori looked at Shane sceptically, wiping the tears away she nodded slightly. Getting up, she walked over and took the clothes.

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"Uncle!"

Lothor sighed, "what now?"

Marah ran through the hallways and skidded to a halt in front of her, "it worked!"

Lothor looked at Marah and raised an eyebrow, "what worked?"

"Look!"

Marah moved over towards the control panel and switched the screen on, Lothor looked down at the screen. "I see nothing."

Suddenly the screen glowed slightly and a boy in red was shown walking out of a shop, two bags in this hands. Lothor growled slightly and glared at his youngest niece.

"What has this got to do with anything?"

Marah sighed, "look!" She pointed at the screen, "It's the red ranger! And look at his bags…they're from a kids clothes store!"

Lothor slowly grinned, "So some of them have been transformed hey? Perfect…now all I need it my P.A.M!"

Marah winced slightly and looked up at Lothor innocently, "we'll work on it?"

Lothor growled and nodded, "good idea."

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Shane sat on table in the middle of the room of Ninja Ops and waited for Cam to return from helping the children out. Cam suddenly emerged from the hallway, shaking his head slightly; he sat on the chair and twirled it to face Shane.

"They ok?"

Cam nodded and adjusted his glasses, "yeah, they're fine. Tori and Dustin are playing with a load of old toys I used to have. Hunter's pacing and Blake's gone to sleep in the bedroom."

"You had toys?"

"Now isn't the time Shane."

Shane chuckled and nodded, "suppose…so what do we do?"

Cam turned his chair and started typing away at the keyboard, "I believe that there is a group of people who can help us…although it might take a while to contact them…"

"Who are we talking about here?"

"The Dino Thunder Rangers."

"You're joking right? I mean…how can they help?"

Cam rolled his eyes, "just…have faith. I know what I'm talking about ok?"

"If you say so…"

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Marah yelped as ahand pulled her into a small room, she looked around as the door shut. Kapri switched the light on and crossed her arms.

"Why d'ya tell uncle that it worked?"

"Because he'd be onto us if we kept stalling!"

"He'll be onto us now anyway!"

Marah pouted slightly, "I hate this…can't we just go back to the Academy, tell them Lothor's plan and then destroy him?"

Kapri shook her head, "no, this needs to work out the way Sensei told us…otherwise we'd be screwed!"

Marah sighed, "I don't know why Mesogog didn't just…kill him when he was a doll."

Kapri laughed and took her sister's arm, "come on…lets go work on the next stage..."

The two left the room, leaving the room empty, all except one Ranger standing in the shadows.

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There…I think I managed to swap it all upside down. If you're confused or anything email me: or peace! I'll be doin' shout outs next chapter too:P -Marah-