Heya people!

Thanks for all the lovely feedback! I appreciate it so much!

So, anyway, I'm not too sure on this chapter but it's a good filler I guess between the next chapter. It's quite long so I apologise.

Let me know what you think and if I have anything totally wrong, feel free to let me know!

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 that's obvious…). Oh and there's this vague Shane/Cassidy/Devin love triangle going on…

Electric Storm

Chapter 8

Shane walked to the back of Storm Chargers, near the race track. He smirked evilly when he saw Connor, bringing the rest of the equipment back into the store… alone. He walked over and Connor looked up at him from behind one of the boxes.

"Hey Shane."

Connor stood to meet Shane but was met with Shane's fist connecting with his nose. Connor stumbled back, grabbing his nose. He felt the blood seep through his fingers, dripping on the floor.

"What the hell?"

Shane didn't say anything, just lunged at Connor again, this time punching his eye. Connor could already feel the skin start to blacken and he knew that he was in for some hard beating.

He couldn't hit back, Shamara would kill him for attacking her brother. He could defend himself though, best he could. It was proving quite difficult. Shane seemed to have unlimited energy and the grace of the wind. He was strong and agile, while vicious and relentless at the same time.

Connor ended up tripping over a box and landing on his back, looking up into the dark eyes, full of hate and aggression.

Shane still hadn't said anything, just stared, his face placid but inside he was a mixture of emotions. He couldn't let Connor see them. Even if he saw the abhorrence inside, he might have caught a glimpse of the minuscule part telling him what he was doing was wrong- his conscience.

He looked down and without a second thought, sent a blow to Connor's face that would cause some severe damage,

He turned and walked away. In a barely audible tone murmured, "That's what you get for sleeping with my sister."

Back at the beach...

Shamara stared at Hunter, unable to speak. Her mouth was dry. She tried many times to let the words escape but to no avail. They made their way up from her stomach, but somewhere between the back of her throat and her lips, they disappeared. She looked down and Hunter sighed,

After the initial shock of the words he'd said had ended, realisation started to set in. She started to panic. What did she do now? She couldn't be there any longer. She couldn't be with him. She couldn't stand there while he looked at her with those, needing, pleading eyes of his. The ones that made Shamara smile with joy and the ones that could melt her heart. The ones that she knew could see right through her and made her feel so special; like she was the only one in the room. Now, they seemed like red-hot pokers, penetrating her skin. Trying to get through and eating away at her. She couldn't comprehend her actions or her thoughts; she just did what came to mind first. To run.

That's what she did, she pushed Hunter away from her with some force, He staggered back, Without a word, she bolted out of the place and down the beach. She had to get away. She didn't look back. She was convinced if she did, he'd be there, behind her and that was the last thing she wanted. Or maybe she did. Maybe she wanted him to be there, telling her everything was alright, that he meant it. That she wouldn't get hurt. That she was safe with him. She just couldn't decipher what she wanted, what she needed.

She carried on running for as long as she could and there she stopped, collapsing to the ground in a mighty thud.

With Connor…

Connor blacked out when Shane's fist started to descend. He woke after what seemed like hours, but was actually only fifteen minutes. He looked up into the blue sky. The clouds reminded him of candy floss. He lay there, thinking of shapes and animals which the clouds represented.

His thoughts started to consume him. His mind became blank and he just looked out up to the blue.

"Connor!" came a voice. He didn't move, just stayed, watching the heavens.

The next thing he knew were two arms wrapping under his upper limbs and attempting to sit him up.

That's when the pain became established. He screamed when they sat him up and again when he was on his feet. He tried to walk but it wasn't happening. His legs impaired his movement.

"Connor, I need to get Ethan and Trent, is there an easier way?" Cassidy said, sitting the injured teen back down and crouching before him.

He nodded but that was even painful. He motioned to his wrist and she turned her head silently, looking at Devin.

"Go on Cass. It'll be alright. They do it all the time." Devin said, trying to make Connor more comfortable but this was an impossible task.

She smiled at him reassuringly, pressing the button on Connor's morpher and speaking into it, "Trent! Ethan! Someone, please answer me!"

"Cassidy? What are you doing?" Ethan's voice came over the wrist device.

"It's Connor. He's pretty badly beaten up. Devin and I can't move him. You and Trent need to get here, behind Storm Chargers. Please hurry."

"We're on our way."

Back with Hunter…

Hunter was beating himself up. Mentally and emotionally, that is. He slumped to the sand and sat there, racking his brain over why he was so stupid.

You idiot! You had to go and say it didn't you? You had telling her down to a t, the romantic dinner, the movie, the walk on the beach, what happened to that? Did you just forget about that or something? Do you have short term memory loss? You always go on at Dustin for being an airhead; well I think you've just topped his stupid scale. What's worse, you scared her away! My God, Bradley, the first girlfriend you've had in over 2 years and you fucking scare her away by screaming at her. What has gotten into you because I can't work it out? She didn't even say it back, doesn't that tell you something? That she doesn't love you maybe? She probably hates you now anyway, you realise that don't you? You and your dense insecurity. Maybe you should try and talk to her? What if she doesn't want to talk? What if she wants to be left alone? What if she wanted you to follow her and you didn't? You could have blown it now. Big time. Looks like you've messed this one up severely; maybe you can still be friends?

"I'm just so confused," he whispered to himself, "I need to talk to her, to straighten things out, to apologise. Yeah, I need to apologise. I love her too much to lose her."

A soundless tear fell down his cheek, quickly followed by another and then another. He remembered when he's first sat and talked to Shamara, what she said to him, 'You can let go, you know. You can cry.'

Even if it wasn't in context, he never thought he'd be crying about the one person who meant everything to him.

A noise suddenly came from his wrist, interrupting his crying and thoughts, he sniffled and wiped his eyes before he answered it, "Go for Hunter."

"Hunter, Sensai wants you to come to Ninja Ops," Cam's voice came over the device.

"Sure Cam, be there in a minute."

"Oh Hunter?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you alright?"

'No, I'm not Cam, help me please,' "Yeah Cam, I'm fine. Now worries."

With Shamara…

Shamara knelt on the sand, her head touching her knees. Tears still fell from her eyes but she hadn't a clue why. She needed to get away from anywhere which reminded her of Hunter. The beach was out, so was Storm Chargers, she couldn't go to Cyberspace and she didn't want to go home. She didn't know where she'd end up if she set off walking but decided it was crucial that she had too. It was essential for her to be away from everything she had found when she came to stay with Shane.

She stood shakily and wiped her eyes. She pulled her hair back into a messy, high pony tail and started on foot. She began slowly, taking each step at a time, not considering where she was heading, but she really didn't mind. Anywhere was better than here at this moment in time.

In Ninja Ops…

Hunter walked in, in his Ninja form and looked around the faces there for a reason or explanation at why he was actually called.

He sat down on the floor and smiled the best he could, "What's going on?"

"Sensai and Shane are in there. Apparently Shane's done something wrong," Dustin informed him.

"He beat that guy, Connor, up," Cam said, not turning away from the computer.

"He did what?" Tori exclaimed, "I can't believe he'd do that."

"Well, believe it Dude. We watched it on the Super Computer. Connor didn't even fight back," Cyber Cam added.

The others looked down, "He's in so much trouble," Blake said.

"Yeah, as soon as he walked in Dad went into 'on becoming a Ninja' mode and I'm sure I caught him fighting the urge to knock Shane unconscious," Cam said, finally looking at the others in the room.

Around ten minutes later, Shane and Sensai emerged from the room in the back.

"Hello everybody," Sensai greeted.

They all bowed in respect, "I have just had a long talk with Shane. I have decided that in order to prevent what has happened, happening again, there is going to be more training for you six and not just teaching. This may teach you to deal with your emotions in a better way, other than take them out on innocent people."

They group nodded and bowed again to Sensai but when he was out of the room, an argument erupted.

"Well done dude, I'll have no time for motocross, not with the training and the teaching. Oh, and not to mention my working!" Dustin said, staring evilly at the Red Ranger.

"Sorry but I think I am mostly justified in what I did!" Shane screamed, leaving Ninja Ops in a huff.

At the Dino Lab…

Shamara ended up there. She carried on pacing around Blue Bay Harbour and her feet ended up taking her to the place where she knew people would leave her alone and let her be herself. Her feet had a mind of their own sometimes but she could always count on them to get her to wherever was the best place for her to be.

She entered and was met by Dr.O and Hayley. They just greeted her and she went and sat on the newly installed couch. That had come about in an argument between the teens and the adults. They'd said that they spend most of their time there anyway, so they might as well have a place to sit, where as the adults had said that when they were there, there was no time to sit around. Obviously, the adolescents won, even if Dr. O and Hayley were annoyed. They soon got used to it.

She sat there and began to focus on a spot on the wall. Her thoughts began to devour her body and soul until she heard an agonising scream coming through the entrance. She looked up and covered her mouth when Connor entered, tightly supported by Trent and Ethan, Cassidy and Devin not far behind.

She got up and tried to help him over to the medical bed. When he was lying down, Hayley immediately started to look him over. The technology she'd invented was the most sophisticated equipment possible and would sure come in handy in a hospital, like it did when fighting monsters.

When Connor had been 'repaired' to a certain extent, Hayley moved out of the way and gathered with the others, wanting an explanation. The device wasn't able to fully heal him but he was in a better state than he was half an hour previously.

Shamara took it upon herself to find out how Connor had ended up like this.

"What happened?"

"Not much, just a slight run in with your brothers fist and feet," Connor replied sarcastically.

"What? Shane did this? I am going to knock him into next week. Why didn't you hit him back?"

"I promised you I wouldn't make it harder for you than it had to be and if I hit him, I would be breaking that promise."

"Connor, you're an idiot." She said, smiling and kissing his forehead, "Thanks though."

Cassidy and Devin just stood there, watching with concern and incredulity "Um, guys?"

They turned to face the two other people in the room and Dr.O looked at the other rangers for justification.

"They were there with Connor, we couldn't just leave them," Trent said.

"Yeah, and Shamara and Connor said we could come anyway," Cassidy added.

Shamara hit her head with the palm of her hand when the others looked at her, "Well, we decided that we owe them, a lot, and they just wanted to see the Dino Lab," she looked at them and then to Connor, "Maybe they'll be helpful after all."

They gazed at the Yellow ranger for an answer, "Well think about it, if they hadn't been there, Connor could have died or anything. But if they are given something, I don't know what, which could be used to contact us or Hayley, it would be safer and quicker if anything like this happens again. Or if they see a monster attack or something?" she looked hopefully at Hayley and the group while they digested the information.

"She's right," Ethan said, "Since they know already and everything, they could help."

The other's agreed soon after and twisted towards Hayley, "Is it possible to do that?" Dr.O asked the tech genius.

She sighed and shrugged her shoulders, "I think I'll be able to do something." She grinned, "Don't move."

She walked off to the other side of the Dino Lab, returning a few minutes later, carrying a box, She opened it and motioned for Cassidy and Devin to take the items," They scrutinized the watch like apparatus, unsure of what it actually was.

"You already had them?" Connor said, sitting up slowly and grimacing when the tenderness of his back arose

"Yes. I am a genius after all," Hayley laughed, "I realised that they could help a while back, I just didn't know if you'd think the same way, so I never said anything."

The rangers chortled for a while but were interrupted when Devin said, "Guys, what actually is this?"

Somewhere in the mountains…

"What is the plan of attack?" Lothor said, motioning towards his General, Zurgane.

Before Zurgane could answer, a voice spoke up from the shadows, "We can answer that."

Lothor looked up as the person walked out into the light, followed by another, "Who are you?"

"You can call me Elsa, this is Zeltrax. Mesogog was our master."

"So?"

"So, now we want to help you take over the Earth," Zeltrax informed the Space Ninja.

"Why should I trust you?"

"Why shouldn't you?"

"Good point."

"Sire, you may not know but Lord Mesogog came exceptionally close to defeating the Rangers."

"Maybe, but he was destroyed in the end…"

"Yes, but what you need is something fresh, something that those Power Punks have never come across before."

"Meaning you two?"

Zeltrax nodded, "Yes Sire."

"What's in it for you?"

"Only the satisfaction of revenge," Elsa educated the rest of the gathered.

Lothor mauled it over for a while in his head and then laughed, patting Zeltrax and Else on the back, "Welcome to the team."

Elsa grinned, nodding her head along with Zeltrax, "Thank you master, you will not regret this."

Hmmmm, any thoughts? There's a little button that says review. It would be welcomed, much.

Anyway, the next chapter will be better, I swear.

I can't make my mind up so I will ask you. Who should Cassidy end up with, Shane or Devin? Let me know in a review and the one with the most votes is who it will be! Thanks!

Oh, and I just need to tell somebody or I'm going to explode. I was watching T.V this morning and this show came on Trouble called SK8. I almost died when I saw Jorgito Vargas Jr, who plays Blake in it. It made me laugh so much! Anyway, there's my little moment of rant/news/excitement/whatever you want to call it over with.