Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers. So don't try to buy them from me. Please don't get all offended because I mocked your favorite Ranger. I try to mock them all. Besides, it's just for fun. I really do enjoy the show :). Hi to all from AFPR…especially my fellow Psychos. Please let me know if I make any errors. I have no difficulty with receiving constructive criticism.

This is story number three and it was requested by CamFan4Ever. Of course, there are computers involved :)

Well, the date for requests has passed. However, since I hadn't posted a story for over two weeks, and therefore didn't give another reminder, I will give another two weeks for requests. So, you have until August 25.

Ethan and Cam

By

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

"Whoohoo! Take that, you evil Plutonian!" Ethan jumped up and pumped his fist in the air excitedly. "Oh yeah, baby! Ten thousand bonus points!" He began to do a jig.

"What?" called Cam from across the DinoThunder's secret underground base. "Did you just say that Mesagog has ten thousand secret armies? That's really going to make it difficult for us to find a way to defeat the Lothogog monstrosity." He still couldn't believe that Lothor had actually managed to climb out of that pit of evil he had fallen into. He also couldn't believe that Lothor and Mesogog would be so literal when they agreed to a merger by actually merging themselves together with the use of the Random Generizer. Now they had to deal with a bonehead who thought he was a masked wrestler.

Ethan didn't reply. He was too engrossed in his latest video game. "Alright! Level fifty-five!"

"Fifty-five what?" called Cam. "Monsters? Weapons? Come on, Ethan, share the information with me so we can defeat this Lothogog." He was beginning to think it had been a mistake to ask the Rangers' computer whiz join him in finding a way to beat their newest threat. Especially considering that Ethan's own teammates had snickered when he'd suggested that their Blue Ranger could be helpful to him.

"Take that, you Plutonian scumbag!" Ethan's eyes glazed over as he continued shooting at the virtual enemy. He was so involved in his game, he didn't even notice that Cam had come over to his side of the room.

"What the…ETHAN!" shouted Cam, causing Ethan to jump. Ethan's game controller went flying out of his hand, smashing against the rock wall.

"Oh, man! Why'd you do that? I was so close to breaking my high score." Ethan looked at his now-broken controller. "And you're going to owe me thirty bucks for that."

Cam stared in disbelief at the teenager. "What the hell do you think you were doing? We are supposed to be looking for information that'll help us defeat Lothogog."

"Huh?" asked Ethan, who was already starting another game. "Sorry, I wasn't listening." He began playing, his attention once again focused completely on the screen.

Two seconds later, the screen went blank. Ethan looked up to see Cam standing in front of him, twirling the plug. "Hey! Will you cut that out?"

"Look, Doofus. We are not here to play video games. We are here to defeat Lothogog…you know half Lothor, half Mesagog. Our teammates are busy fighting him. They're depending on us to find a way to defeat him." He leaned in closer to Ethan, poking his chest for emphasis. "BUT YOU JUST WANT TO PLAY! WHAT KIND OF RANGER ARE YOU?!"

"Whoops, sorry about that," said Ethan shamefacedly. "I kind of forgot about Lothogog. I'll get started on that data search right away." He grabbed the plug from Cam and replugged it in. "Do you think the others will notice the delay?"

"I doubt those airheads would notice anything," replied Cam.

"Where…guys? Lothogog…spraying…raspberry jello…Dustin…Kira…Tommy…all stuck…hurry…yeaaacchhhhhhh!!!!" Cam's communicator turned off at that.

"Uh, yeah. I guess you could look up ways to dissolve jello. I think that'll be less taxing for your brain than looking up information on two different enemies and coordinating it into a plan." Cam looked smugly at Ethan.

Ethan just shrugged, not really even caring about the implied insult. "Hey, that's fine with me. I hate doing boring research anyway. Uh, how do you spell jello…anyway?"

Cam, who had already returned to his own research, ignored his question. "I just don't understand how you got to be the team genius when all you do is play games. How'd you even get your vehicles and weapons operational? Or did some mythological giant head appear and drop them into your lap?"

Ethan glared at Cam. "Watch it. If Dr. O hears you mocking Zordon, he'll cream you. Besides, I never said that I was the team genius."

Cam shook his head in disbelief. "I just can't believe he's got you guys believing that," he guffawed. "I mean really, how can you seriously believe that a detached head can survive by floating in a gigantic test tube?" He stopped laughing when he realized what Ethan had said. "What? Well, why did you volunteer to help me then?"

"Are you kidding? You just asked who likes to use computers. So I said I did, and the next thing I know, you've got me down here working." He looked towards Cam for a second. "Hayley's the one who made the morphers and weapons for us."

Cam's curiosity was peaked. "Hayley? Who's that? She certainly can't be a Ranger." He already knew from personal experience that there was only one female Ranger on a team. The thought of more seemed ridiculous to him. Dustin kept insisting that there used to be Pink Rangers. Cam snickered at that idea. What villain would take a Pink clad hero seriously?

"Oh, just a friend of Dr. Oliver's." Ethan grabbed her photo and tossed it to Cam. "But she's not a Ranger." He sighed. Once he had walked in on Hayley begging Tommy in tears to be a Ranger. She had said that she'd even take Pink if she had to. But, as always, Tommy refused. He just kept mumbling something about not wanting another spandexed Pink Ranger to get all excited over.

"Wow!" Cam breathed when he saw the photo. "She's lovely. And she's an unappreciated genius whose inventions constantly save the Rangers' butts?"

"Well, I guess that's one way to put it."

"Finally, someone who'd be perfect for me. Oh, you've got to introduce me to her." Cam had already forgotten about the battling Rangers and his research.

"Well, I don't know," said Ethan distractedly. He had already become preoccupied with something other than jello research.

"Please?" Cam got on his knees. "Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty please?" He really didn't want to seem desperate, but his advertisements in various newspaper and Internet singles sites hadn't landed him even one date.

"I'm not sure if I…"

"Aw, come on!" Cam was now shuffling towards Ethan on his knees. "Just do me this one teensy weensy favor…"

"…taking…so $#%$% long? …Lothogog….whipped cream…licking it off…"

Cam flicked his communicator off in annoyance. "…and get me a date with Hayley?"

Ethan had been so interested in what was on his screen that he realized almost too late that Cam was almost at his computer. Quickly, he pressed some buttons to hide what he had been doing. "Uh, yeah, sure. I'll talk to her tomorrow. Now, uh…maybe we should just get back to helping the others."

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you…I…hey!" cried Cam who was now looking at Ethan's computer. "I find that to be highly offensive!"

"But, I just had that 'Bouncy Babes' site on by accident. It just showed up while I was looking up "jello."

"Not that," growled Cam. "THAT!" He pointed angrily at Ethan's computer. "You have insulted my father!"

Ethan was perplexed. "What? All I see is a dancing hamster. Isn't it cute?" He began to sing and dance like the little hamster on the screen. "Dedededededdododododododededededododododo"

"Don't worry, Father!" cried Cam as he morphed into his Green Samurai Ranger outfit. "This worm will rue the day he mocked you." With that, he began to chase Ethan around the room with his Samurai Saber.

"You're insane!" accused Ethan as he ducked some blows from Cam. "I'd rather take my chances with Lothogog and his raspberry jello and whipped cream traps!" He rushed out of the base.

"Coward!" screamed Cam. "Come back here! I will have my revenge! I will…hey!" His Ranger outfit instantly disappeared. "My, my powers!"

"Hehehehehehehe" chortled a disembodied voice. "Using your powers for personal gain. That's a big no-no."

"No! I WILL NOT go back to being the unappreciated computer geek yet again!"

"Why not?" asked the deep baritone voice. "Billy had no trouble with that. Well, he did run off to Aquitar to live with fish people. But I'm sure it had absolutely nothing to do with feeling unappreciated."

Cam kept looking around for the voice. "Who…who are you? I'll tell my father what you did to me. He's a ninja master. He'll take care of you."

"I don't think so, Cameron."

Cam whipped around as Sensei stalked into the base.

"If Zordon says you were a naughty boy, then I must concur. We mentors must stick together."

"Zor…Zor…Zordon?" blubbered Cam.

"Yep." Zordon's big ghost head finally appeared in Cam's sight. "How'd you like my nice detached head?" With that he swooped towards Cam.

"Aaaahhhh!" shrieked Cam just before he fainted.