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Whoa, sorry for the what, 2/3 months of no updates. It should be getting back on track form now on but I can't promise anything. Just bare with me please!

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OK, thought I'd explain a bit now. Lothor had been destroyed… so this is set after Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder (as you'll find out later!) but all the rangers still have their powers. They just haven't used them for a while against either Lothor or Mesogog…

If you don't understand anything, feel free to ask!

Disclaimer: This is FICTION, hence the site. This is just something that has come from my twisted and warped mind. So please don't sue, as I have nothing to give you! I do not own the Power Rangers, (Well, in my dreams I do but I'd settle for just Hunter…) Oh, and the story title and some of the plot is from the song 'Electric Storm' by Delta Goodrem.

Pairings: Hunter/OC, Blake/Tori but mostly Hunter/OC.

Electric Storm

Chapter 4

The next couple of weeks passed in a blur to Shamara. She wasn't used to so much going on in her life anymore. Hunter and she were spending more time with each now everyone knew. Well, mostly everyone. Her writers block was slowly clearing and was able to write a line a day. It wasn't good but it was better than before. The only thing wrong in her life at the moment was that it was starting to bug her not knowing where the rest of the group disappeared to all the time. She looked all over for them and never found them. She came to the conclusion that they were either hiding from her or had fallen of the edge of the earth and in her life, anything was possible.

One Thursday, when the others were no where to be found, she suddenly heard a beep coming from her wrist. She looked at it and just stared. It had been months since that had gone off. She was apprehensive and scared. Something was telling her, it wasn't good news. She learnt slowly where she had to go and headed to the place, unaware of what was coming.

She arrived at the place and was greeted by familiar faces. God, how'd she missed them. She hugged each one in turn and looked at their leader for answers. He smiled, "Right, now we're all here, I can begin." He pointed to the screen in the lab and frowned, "Watch this. It looks like we have trouble." The four teenagers turned to the screen and began to watch. The woman sat there pressed play and the recording started.

Start of recording

The construction men were leaving the site for the end of the day. There seemed to be a large crack in the surface of the ground. Without any notice, the ground started to shake and pull apart form each other, creating a rift in the floor. A hand came out of the soil and grabbed hold of the side, followed by another. The thing pulled itself out of the gap and heaved itself up on to the normal surface. The thing was ugly, covered in scales with long hair. One after another, more things started to appear from the crack and join it. It was obviously the leader. The group then started to cackle and walked off in the direction of the caves and hills in the area.

End of Recording

They looked at each other and groaned. They all knew what this meant. It wasn't good news. Connor, in the red shirt, ran his hand through his hair and looked at Ethan, in the blue. Ethan looked back at Connor and then at Shamara, in yellow, who then turned her attention to Trent, in white.

Tommy, or Dr. Oliver as they called him, was dressed in a basic black t-shirt and turned to Hayley, the woman at the computer. This wasn't how he expected them to respond. She looked at him in a reassuring way and gave him the 'give-them-a-couple-of-minutes-to-digest-what-needs-doing-and-they'll-come-around' look. He hoped she was right.

Each teenager was silent, each thinking about the situation and their current lives and how they will change. Shamara was speechless. She had loved it in the past, but now, it was a new challenge and something she wasn't sure she could handle anymore.

Let me fill you in on some details. After defeating the hideous monster, Mesogog, Shamara and her friends still had their powers. For some reason, not even Hayley, the cyber-genius, could explain why. Elsa and Zeltrax still lurked about somewhere in the unknown but without a master they were pretty helpless and unimportant. The five of them hadn't used their powers properly for over four months. They hadn't needed to but Dr. Oliver always kept them on guard and well trained with surprise training sessions and vigorous work out routines, just in case one day they would be needed again. Which, was probably very likely since they knew that evil is never truly defeated. They practised with their weapons and powers constantly but never in a battle with a real monster, and honestly, they were all kind of thankful for that. They just wanted time to slow down and catch up on being a teenager for once, instead of being heroes; in stead of being Power Rangers.

She finally spoke, after a break of half an hour and some long, hard thinking, "You know," she whispered, "I'm going to need some time to think on this. I don't know if I can handle this all right now."

Trent nodded, "I agree."

Ethan patted Connor on the back and turned to Tommy, "I think maybe, just a couple of days. I need to clear my head first."

Connor on the other hand was determined, "I'm in."

They all turned to him, "I understand that it's going to be a hard struggle and fight but it needs doing. I'm in." he said, repeating the infamous phrase. He walked over to Tommy and Hayley and shook Tommy's hand; hugged Hayley.

Tommy turned to the others and smiled weakly but understandingly, "Go and think about it. I empathize with your situation and I know this is hard on you. I know that when you look inside, you will find what you should do for yourselves."

They thanked him and walked out of the Lab, leaving Connor behind. Dr. Oliver sighed and shook his head.

Connor walked over to him again and placed his hand on his back, "Don't worry Dr.O. When they realise what's at stake, they'll come back. Just be patient. I know that for a fact. They just need a bit of time. It's a total shock to the system after such a long time of being normal again. They're afraid that they will have to give that up again,"

Tommy turned to Connor and smiled, "You know what, and I have faith in them. I have faith in my students that sooner or later, they'll come around."

Connor agreed and left, with Hayley, who wanted to show him something in the centre of Blue Bay Harbour.

So, Tommy, you actually think they'll come back?

Yeah, of course they will. Why wouldn't they?

Well, like Connor said, not being able to be normal teenagers might have something to do with it.

But they're Ranger's through and through, they know what they should do.

Yes, but they're also teenagers.

So?

You're only a teenager once Tommy. They'll want to enjoy this time. Not having to fight creepy monsters that could destroy them. They'd rather hang out at the beach or something,

That would never happen.

I hope your right Tommy. I really do.

Meanwhile at The Ninja School…

"Sensai, what's up?" Shane asked the old, Asian man, walking into the training room, followed by Blake, Hunter, Tori and Dustin. Cam was already there and looking slightly worried.

They sat down as instructed and looked for answers.

"I have some bad news my children; The Abyss of Evil has opened."

"That's not possible!" Tori exclaimed.

"I'm sorry but it is. We don't actually know which evil has escaped but something has. It could be Lothor, it may not. We just have to be on our guards and ready to fight if the need comes."

The teenagers nodded, "Yes, Sensai."

"Hey guys!" Marah and Kapri called, walking into the room. They noticed their solemn faces and sighed, "I guess you've heard the bad news then."

A couple of days later…

Hunter, Connor, Dustin and Shamara were at work. They were heading to their locker room, where they kept most of their personal belongings; Dustin and Hunter had their motocross stuff, along with Blake when he was there, Connor had a pen and paper, ready to draw some football (soccer!) plays and in Shamara's case, a note pad and pen to write any lyrics that came to her head. Hunter, Shamara and Dustin walked into the locker run as Connor was just leaving. He smiled at Shamara and left. Hunter snarled at him. He still didn't like the boy…

They walked over to their lockers and Shamara found a note taped to the front of hers. She pulled it off and leant back on the locker, beginning to read it.

Button,

Are you scared?

Sonic

Xxx

She smiled and folded the note up, just as Hunter walked over. She placed the note in her locker and closed it again, walking away with Hunter to do her work.

During her break…

Shamara returned to her locker and took out her pen and paper.

Sonic,

Yes. I wish I was as brave as you…

Button

Xxx

Button,

Don't be scared. You know I'll protect you and never let anything happen to you. Ever. You know that's the one thing that I'll always do.

C

Xxx

I know, it's just… scary, for lack of a better word. Give me some time. I know you're there for me and I'll always be there for you too. I promise.

Xxx

Ok, don't worry. I'll give you all the time you need. When you're ready, you know where to find me.

Xxx

The notes continued like that, one every day, until the last letter. Somewhere deep inside, Shamara knew he was right in what he was saying. He would never let anything happen to her but she couldn't trust herself to actually protect him from anything. She said she would, but when it came down to it, could she? She wasn't sure. She mentally told herself she could and hoped she could, but she still had this feeling inside her that was saying that she couldn't. She just didn't want to have to put him in so much danger, if she didn't need to and she hated herself for that.

Later that week…

It was a Saturday, around 3.30pm. Hunter and Shamara were supposed to be hanging out together but he had already made plans for himself. He was going to hang out with his new friend Charlie. Now, Shamara didn't know anymore than this. She pulled a face and Hunter shook his head. He finally said she could come along with him and they set off.

When they reached the park, Hunter smiled when he saw a middle aged woman with a little boy. He walked over and hugged the boy. Shamara came over a couple of minutes later and smiled.

"Shamara, this is Charlie," he said, motioning to the little boy, "Charlie, this is my girlfriend, Shamara."

She knelt down in front of him, "Why hello. How are you?"

"You're really pretty. I like your hair," He said, smiling. He was only around ten years old and his mother laughed.

"Why thank you. You're very handsome yourself." She smiled at him. She stood up and held out her hand to his mum, "Pleased to meet you."

"Likewise, I'm Jackie."

His mum went home a couple of minutes later and the three musketeers went to hang out on the playground.

Charlie ran off to play on the roundabout and Hunter and Shamara made their way over to the swings. They sat down and she went off into one of her own little traces. She'd been doing that a lot recently. Every since, well, you know. Hunter had to push her gently to get her attention. She smiled an apology at him and then started to watch Charlie.

"His dad died. I offered to hang out with him after school, once a week, to give him a male influence in his life. You know?"

Shamara nodded. She understood why Hunter had told her that. Their relationship was one of silence half the time. They had lots of fun together, don't get me wrong, but they also sat in peace the other half of the time as well. Hunter could tell what she was thinking and answered her question without her even asking it.

Charlie ran over a short time later and started talking to them both.

"So do you guys, like kiss and stuff?" he asked, not embarrassed in the slightest.

"Ha, um, yeah," Shamara answered, laughing a bit, and demonstrating by placing a chaste kiss on Hunter's lips.

"Ewwww!"

"You won't be saying that in a few years, dude. You'll think it's great!" Hunter said, ruffling Charlie's hair.

Shamara smiled but their conversation was rudely interrupted by a couple dozen of Kelzacks swarming the place. The two teenagers jumped up and looked around.

"Get Charlie somewhere safe!" Hunter yelled, as he started to fight the things. Shamara wasn't going to answer and grabbed Charlie's hand. She led him away from the fighting. When they were safely stood far enough away, she released her grip on his hand. That was a mistake, as he ran off towards Hunter. She chased him and found Hunter had nearly defeated most of them. Charlie was running over to him and the Kelzacks saw this. They surrounded Hunter so he couldn't move and aimed their laser at Charlie. They fired and Charlie stood still, out of fright, but Shamara got to him just in time. She turned him around and stood in front of him, taking the blast herself. The Kelzacks disappeared just as fast as they'd came and Hunter ran over to Shamara, who was lying on the ground, hardly moving and in constant pain.

At the hospital…

Shamara had been examined and the conclusions the Doctors came to were that she had some minor injuries, some bad bruising and that she was extremely brave. They gave her some pain killers, which sent her unconscious for a while.

When she came to, she found Hunter, Shane and the others surrounding her bed along with her parents.

"Oh, my baby girl!" her mum practically screamed, when she saw her open her eyes. She hugged her tight and Shamara tried to hide to sound of discomfort in her voice.

"Hey mum…"

"Oh, my brave little girl…" Mrs Clarke let go of Shamara and ran her hand over her hair, "never, ever scare me like that again!"

"Sorry…" Shamara said, nervously.

Later that night…

Shamara was lying in bed. They others had left, apart from Shane and Hunter, who had fallen asleep. She looked at them.

They're so peaceful when they're asleep. They look so adorable. Like a baby. I can't believe how well Hunter was able to fight of those things. I should have helped… well, at least Charlie's safe now. Was what I did dumb?

No, not at all, Shamara. It was very brave, that's all.

A woman walked into the room with a young boy and Shamara turned her head towards them.

"Jackie, Charlie, are you ok?"

"Yes, thanks to you. You are a fearless young lady Shamara."

Shamara laughed silently to herself… oh what irony, "To tell the truth, I was scared stiff."

"It doesn't matter. You did what you had to do to save my son, and for that, I am eternally grateful. I will never able to repay my debt to you."

"It doesn't matter, really."

"Maybe not now, but whenever you need anything, anything at all, just let me know and I'll help the best way I can."

Shamara nodded.

Charlie walked over to her bed and kissed her cheek, "Thank you."

"You're welcome baby boy." Shamara smiled, though tears welled in her eyes. I don't know whether they were from sadness, frights, love, appreciation, happiness or any other emotion. All these sentiments were swirling in her mind and she couldn't just pick one, no matter how hard she tried.

Jackie and Charlie went to leave the room, the younger first but before she went, Jackie turned back around, "Shamara, I have lost so much in my life already, I don't know what I would have done if I'd lost Charlie as well. You have literally saved my life, not just Charlie's. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." She left in silence and Shamara let her tears fall, mutely.

She looked at her communicator on her wrist and started to play with it with her other hand.

You know what you must do, don't you Shamara?

More now, than ever before.

So, what do you think? There are parts in it I don't like but it's up to you, not me. So if you like it or have and constructive criticism, feel free to let me know. Thanks!