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Wow, I went from one long chapter, to one quite short one. Oh never mind. Lol.
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… But now, the Abyss of Evil has opened and Lothor's escaped. Pretty straight forward, so it's like the team up in Dino Thunder but without Mesogog. Make any sense?
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 is from the song 'Electric Storm' by Delta Goodrem.
Pairings: Hunter/OC, Blake/Tori but mostly Hunter/OC. Oh and starting to get a bit of a vague Shane/Cassidy/Devin love triangle going on…
Electric Storm
Chapter 7
Shane got up the next day, and walked into the kitchen. He made his breakfast and sat down with his parents at the kitchen table.
"Where's Shamara? Is she still in bed? I'll go wake her up…" He said when he'd finished his cereal.
"She's not there," His mother said, not looking up from her paper.
"Where is she then?"
Tina finally looked up and smiled to her son, "She stayed out last night."
"Where? Tori's?"
"No, she stayed at someone called Connor's? His mom rang me last night to let me know," she turned back to her paper, "You wouldn't believe it but I stayed on the phone for about an hour talking to her. She knows so much about our Sham I didn't even know."
She looked up when Shane didn't answer, only to find he wasn't there.
At Connor's…
Connor woke to the sound of Shamara singing to herself the next morning. She was looking out of the window and down onto the pavement. She had her legs pulled up to her chest and her chin resting on her knees.
He smiled and turned to face her.
A couple of minutes later he heaved himself out of bed and over to her, placing his arms around her shoulders. She cocked her head to the left and slightly up to face him.
"Morning."
He grinned and replied with, "You too. I think my mum's made breakfast. Want some?"
"Is that all you think about Connor? Food?"
"No, but you wouldn't want to know what else I think about. It's not that nice."
"I think I can guess. Come on, I'm starving anyway," she said, shaking her head and following Connor out of the room.
They made their way into the kitchen and took a seat. Shamara sat next to Mrs McKnight and Connor next to her. They ate their breakfast like usual, talking all the time and just trying to find out anything the teenagers were up to today; this was mostly work and maybe hanging out in the Dino Lab later on. They left the last part out of course.
They later made their way upstairs again to get ready. Connor breathed out, eyes wide. He hadn't noticed it before but now he did. It seemed his soccer shorts came in handy as Shamara was using them as her night clothes.
"Connor?"
"Hmmm?"
"Can I borrow your red, sleeveless shirt?"
"Sure. I want it washed before you give it me back though," he said, laughing while handing the piece of clothing to her.
"No problem," she headed to the bathroom while Connor got changed into his jeans and red button up shirt.
He looked in the mirror and organised his hair into the same style it was in when he woke up and grabbed his shoes from under the bed.
He twisted to face the door when Shamara entered. She's put her tight, blue jeans back on and taken his red shirt and tied it in a knot in the centre of her stomach and to the side.
"So, where's the customary yellow clothing got to?" he asked.
"Ah, I had my hair died yellow, you see, so obviously the yellow's always there."
"That doesn't count."
"It does too," she stuck her tongue out at him. He returned the motion and she laughed, "Come on, we're going to be late for work."
With that, the two left the house and headed to Storm Chargers in Connor's car.
Meanwhile, at Storm Chargers…
Shane ran into the store and over to the rest of the group.
"Hunter!"
"What?" The blond asked, turning to face his team mate.
The others looked interested as well.
"Guess where Shamara stayed last night."
Hunter thought, "I'm guessing at home, like normal. Oh wait, she probably fell asleep on the couch?" he said sarcastically, thinking there was no real meaning behind what Shane was saying.
"No! She stayed at Connor's!" Shane exclaimed, if he wasn't standing with his fist closed, any of the team would have probably mentioned the fact that his voice went up about 2 octaves and he sounded like a girl, but considering they didn't fancy being beaten to a pulp, they didn't.
"What? All night?"
"Yeah, why do you think I'm freaking out here?" There went Shane's voice again and Hunter's was just about to join it.
"I can't believe this," Hunter said, barely managing to keep his voice low and not go off shouting the odds. He stifled back a scream when Connor walked through the door with a smile on his face.
"Oh look, here he comes now," Shane said, not bothering to keep his voice low and glaring at The Red Dino Ranger.
Connor looked over and found each one of the Ninja's staring evilly at him. He gulped and continued into the back to put his bag away.
Shamara entered a couple of minutes later, followed by Devin and Cassidy.
"For the last time Cassidy, get that microphone out of my face before I smack you round the head with it!"
"Fine but I'm still convinced that you owe me," she said, grinning at Shamara.
Shamara's face fell. Cassidy was right after all. She did owe her, they all did.
"Ok, just let me ask Connor what he thinks first, yeah?" she sighed, motioning for Cassidy to stay still while Shamara went into the back.
She emerged a couple of minutes later with Connor and they made their way over to Cassidy and Devin.
"Ok, we decided that we owe you, so what do you want?" Connor said, vaguely interested. He was still concerned about the death glares he was getting from the group that had now split up around the store. They all seemed to be in position to attack at any moment.
"We want to know what your hide out type thing is like. You know, where you meet to discuss things. You have one right?" Cassidy informed them.
"Yeah, the Dino Lab and that's all you want?" Shamara questioned, looking to Connor.
"Yeah, mostly, considering we know and everything."
"Couldn't hurt," he said, shrugging his shoulders, "Fine. Meet me here at five. I'll take you," Connor said, keeping his voice low.
"Great! Thanks and this will give me plenty of time to get ready for my date later on tonight anyway! This place is making my hair all greasy so I'll see you guys later!"
"Yeah, bye guys," Devin said, somewhat downheartedly.
Connor turned to Shamara, "You think he's jealous?"
"Possibly. I kind of wish those two would get together. I think we should set them up."
"Great idea… but one problem. This other guy."
"Oh, yeah, well, ruining her date can't be that hard, can it?"
"That's evil Button."
"I fight evil guys on a daily basis, it was bound to rub off sooner or later," she laughed, while Connor pushed her slightly.
Hunter sulked in the back of Storm Chargers. He needed to talk to her. He needed to find out where he stood. Why did she stay at Connor's and what the hell did they do anyway? It hurt to know she spent more time with Connor but that couldn't stop the anger boiling inside him. He needed to do something.
Shane tried to skate away his annoyance and fury. It wasn't working. He needed to talk to Shamara and he definitely needed to put Connor in his place. He couldn't just go around sleeping with his sister. No, he needed to see what Shamara had to say but first he had to deal with him- the best way he knew how.
Shamara's and Hunter's shift finished at roughly the same time. He hung around for an extra hour so that he could talk to her. They left the store and walked, in silence, over to the spot where they'd met so many times previously. Shamara knew deep down that this was going to be about Connor and she was dreading it. Hunter was giving himself a prep talk and trying to keep his calm, doing breathing exercises they'd learnt in Ninja training. He knew they'd pay off sometime.
They stopped and turned to face each other, making sure they were out of view of everyone else. Hunter sighed heavily and looked to her, hoping she'd start. He had the feeling of dismay inside his stomach and it made him feel sick. Much to his disappointment, she didn't start and looked at him for an explanation.
"Sham, where were you last night?" he'd figured the best way to see if she was worth all the trouble he was going through would be to ask where she was, and if she lied, he knew she wasn't.
"At a friend's," he raised his eyebrows and she sighed, "Connor's. But you already knew that, so why ask?"
He stared, was he that clear as crystal? He hoped not but then again, maybe she just had this effect on him.
"I know I knew but I-"
"You wanted to see if I'd lie about it?"
God she was good, "Um, yeah."
"And why would I do that? As far as I'm aware, I'm allowed to stay at whose house I chose," irritation was clear in her voice.
"He's a guy, Sham," Hunter said, trying to sound concerned, and failing.
"Well, thank you Captain Obvious, I would have never noticed that," she replied sarcastically, waving her arms around her head to emphasise the point.
"Don't be like that."
"Like what?"
"Like that. You're making it sound like I'm doing something wrong by asking you!" Hunter's rage soon became torrid.
"You're making it sound like I've done something wrong by staying the night at a friend's! It's just the same as you staying at Dustin's or Shane's!"
"No it's not!"
"Why isn't it? As far as I can see, it bloody well is, so you better have a good reason!"
"Couldn't you just stay at Tori's or something when you need to get away from Shane?"
"Why?" she said, moving closer to him, but keeping her voice just as loud.
"So then I wouldn't have to worry about guys trying to sleep with you!"
She scanned the area, finally focusing back on Hunter's crystal blue eyes, "You really think Connor would try and sleep with me if I didn't want him to? Please," she turned away from his stare and roared the words that stung Hunter deeply, "Why would you care anyway?"
Hunter closed his eyes, breathe Bradley, breathe; he opened his eyes and found Shamara shaking her head at him, "Well? Go on, why do you care?" she screamed.
Hunter's gaze dropped to the sand below his feet while Shamara went off yelling things at him, mostly the question he had avoided but in a different word order. He blocked them out but knew he was going to have to answer her. What seemed like eternity passed and he couldn't take any more and grabbed her wrists, pulling her towards him. The words left his mouth before he'd thought about them and in a callous tone came, "Because I fucking love you!"
Ducks from flying objects! Hate me, I encourage it. :p I apologise for the swearing (the absolute minimum but anyway!) but it seemed the best way. Lol. Review please? I would appreciate it very much and cookies to anyone who can figure out what Shane is going to do…