Heya people!

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

I suggest listening to Amy Studt's song; 'Going Out Of My Mind' while reading this, or even just finding the lyrics, so you know what I mean.

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 10

Hunter was lying on his bed that evening, staring at the ceiling and trying to comprehend what had happened. He'd done this ever since he'd left the beach. He did follow her, after around 10 minutes though. He couldn't see her anywhere so took a trip to Shane's. She wasn't there and that's when he broke down on Shane. He was moved to his couch and told to explain what had happened. Hunter did as he was told, slowly, recalling everything that had come about.

Shane was full of sympathy and reassured Hunter that as soon as Shamara was back, he'd get her to ring him. Hunter, of course, knew this wouldn't take place because she looked too upset to want to speak to him today. He was brooding yes, but he wasn't dumb.

He sighed heavily, rolling over so he was facing the door and caught sight of two more pairs of legs at his door.

"Bro," came Blake's voice over the heavy sound of Hunter's tears falling onto the pillow.

He didn't answer, only rolled over again, facing away from his younger brother.

Blake walked over and sat down at the bottom of his bed. Out of all the years he'd been siblings with Hunter, this was the first time he'd seen him cry. Even when their parents died, he didn't cry.

"Talk to me Bro. I can help."

Sniffling, he rolled over again and sat up, bringing his knees up to his chest. "I think I've blown it."

Blake started off on a tangent then, "Blown what? Has this something to do with those Factory rides, because they're stupid if they don't take you-"

"I told Shamara I loved her…"

Blake's mouth closed mid sentence, "And you don't actually love her?"

"No, I do."

"Then what's the problem?"

"The problem is she didn't say it back." Hunter said softly, placing his forehead to his knees.

"What? I can't believe that. You look so close. What were the exact words she said? You might have misinterpreted."

"Nothing, Blake. She said absolutely nothing. In fact, she pushed me out of the way and ran off down the beach." Blake's face fell. Now what was he going to do? His brother was 'dying' from a broken heart and he was powerless to do anything about it, "I'm going out of my mind, Blake."

He didn't know what to say so just pulled his brother into a hug and let him cry.

With Shamara…

After leaving the Dino Lab, she'd returned home to find her parents were out, so was Shane but he had left a note telling her to phone Hunter. She binned that straight away. She did find 10 messages from the guy she was trying to avoid on her phone though, which again she deleted. Figuring that if they weren't there, she could always play the 'I never saw/heard them card'.

Shamara was nervous. Connor had left for home over an hour ago. It didn't take THAT long to get there. She could walk it in ten minutes. Now, at this moment in time, she was sat on the couch, trying to think of any reasons to why Connor hadn't called.

Maybe he was busy?

Maybe he had forgot?

Maybe he was being bombarded with questions from his grandparents?

They seemed plausible but she couldn't help but worry when he didn't answer after the 5th call to his cell. Then the worst case scenarios started to creep into her head.

What if he's been attacked?

What if he's lying dead in a ditch somewhere?

She shook her head for being so pessimistic and tried to occupy herself. She even rang Cassidy, who seemed the most annoyed person in the world, to ask if she'd heard from him. She hadn't. She rang Trent, Ethan, Devin, Dr.O and Hayley. They hadn't. She phoned Kelly. She hadn't a clue. She even tried the communication system in her morpher but that didn't work. Now she started to panic.

Slowly, she stood and took some deep breathes, while looking in the mirror hanging over the mantle.

Next thing she knew, Shane was behind her talking, "You spoke to Hunter? He's upset."

The door had been opened? She hadn't heard it. Shamara could hear the words but couldn't make them out. Her mind was running over time, trying to block the intense sense of sheer worry, like when a parent is waiting for their child after a party. Now she realised why her auntie always drilled her on appropriate behaviour and safety disciplines whenever she left the house. Silently, she ignored Shane, not answering and all the fear she was feeling overwhelmed her. She could sense something was wrong so she turned and pushed passed Shane, out of the door and into the night, wearing her pyjamas.

Reaching the Dino Lab, she decided to work backwards from the last place she saw him. She set off, at a snail's pace and as quietly as a mouse, looking from side to side, trying to focus her eyes in the dark. Reckoning that if she continued at this speed, she would be able to find something that would be of some use to track him or better yet, Connor himself. Then again, she thought, if she did find Connor, he might be injured and that wouldn't necessarily be a good thing. She sniffled.

'I just want my Connor back.'

With Blake…

Hunter had cried himself to sleep and Blake had to lug his brother off of him. Being the smaller of the two, this was a difficult task and he was grateful it wasn't a regular occurrence. Sighing, he flopped down onto the couch and tried to think. Think about why she'd be so mean. No. She was down right evil. That's all there was to it. She knew how Hunter felt with expressing feelings and as far as he was concerned, what she did was totally unforgivable. Now, he only had to figure out why she'd do that.

Blake gave up, sighing heavily, and turning the T.V on. A couple of channels got flipped through while he scanned the satellite for a suitable programme. He did replay what Hunter had told him she'd said, when he confronted her about staying at Connor's and one phrase stuck in his mind.

"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!"

The key word being 'Friend's' there. Ok, so they were friends but…

Blake sat up straight and his brain ticked away trying to translate the feelings he was having into words and then it clicked. He wasn't sure if he was correct, but he guessed that even if he wasn't dead on, he'd be pretty damn close.

"What if they haven't always been just 'friends'?" he spoke it out loud, as if asking an invisible assembly. He almost expected to get an answer and reassurance that what he was saying wasn't absolute nonsense. Blake ran to the table, picking up a pen and sitting down facing a blank sheet of paper. This was something he'd done ever since he was little. Writing ideas down on paper helped him get them out and word them perfectly. It also helped to put feelings down, hence the huge shoe box full which he'd written after the tragedy had occurred all those years ago.

On the white portion of paper, he pieced together what he thought the long wondered connection between Shane's sister and the new guy in Kelly's shop was.

With Sham, somewhere in the middle of Blue Bay Harbour…

Half way.

Nothing.

Not a stone out of place. She nearly screamed in frustration. The moon shone through the clouds, illuminating the streets and reflecting off the clouds in the sky. Although, she couldn't tell where the sky ended and the horizon began. The blackness swarmed around her like a cool blanket and it somehow washed away her cares to just one. Grey pavement ground beneath her feet. Shamara became suddenly aware of the cold, as her hands became numb. Biting her lip, she started the rub her arms, trying to generate some heat. Her vest top wasn't much protection from the beach breeze and her flannel bottoms wrapped around her legs. It's always the same. The wind isn't noticed until night, when there's no sun to warm the air. That's when you suddenly become aware of the lack of warmth. She carried on. The cold was not going to stop her from finding him.

She was becoming oblivious now to her surroundings. Everything looked the same and she could have sworn she had passed that tree three times already. She scanned the ground beneath her feet carefully and then moved her intention to the sides of the roads and paid extra care to ditches or large rocks when she passed.

'I'm going out of my mind over him.'

That's when she spotted it; a slight, out of place dint at the side of the road. She hurried over and knelt. Connor's backpack. She opened it, trying desperately to see if anything was there to help her figure out where he was. Zilch. His cell was there nonetheless, explaining why he hadn't answered it. Placing the article on her back, she walked carefully around the area. Maybe he would be around nearby.

After an intensive twenty minute search and bought of name calling, she finally gave up. Connor wasn't here, that was for sure. One thing came to memory then and she gulped, fearing it. She moved over to where she found the bag and looked down. Footprints, but not just one pair. A few, and not just Connors. There was a fight and it appeared Connor had lost. Panicking, she raced back to her house, unable to think about anything other than what she had discovered.

Once there, she flew into her room, locking the door behind her. She placed her back to the cool, wood and slid down. Tears began to plummet as guilt set in.

"Of course he got attacked…" she cried bitterly, "he's not up to fighting and I let him go ALONE. What a good friend I am. I mean, who wouldn't want a friend like me?"

At full volume, she let out another sob which was a mixture of anger and grief.

Next door, Shane smirked. He couldn't hear what she was saying but she could here the crying. Thinking she'd come to her senses about Hunter and the situation, he rolled over to sleep.

Actually, the converse is true. She hadn't given Hunter a second thought since being in the Dino Lab and it was going to stay like that. Until she had her Sonic back.

Wherever Connor is…

"Let me go!" Connor yelled, trying to fight the hands on his shoulders. Being badly wounded did not help the situation any. Then, he was placed onto a leather chair, set up with what looked like a laser. He focused his eyes on where he was and gasped, "Mesogog?"

"No, just us," came the answer. He looked up and around, scanning the room for the 'person'. He knew it was Elsa but it scared him not to know where she was.

He soon found out as she and Zeltrax emerged from the shadows and walked over to their new captive.

"Let me go," Connor repeated, with as much force as he could muster.

"Why, Mr. McKnight? Don't you like our new lab? You are the first person to test the new equipment," Else grinned, pushing the laser over him and prepping it for use.

"What do you want?" Connor asked, trying to change tactics and just stall.

"Overall or just now?"

"I'm pretty sure I know what you want overall so let's go with just now."

"As you wish."

Zeltrax interfered, "We want the Dino Gem."

Connor was about to respond but was interrupted by something he'd never seen before.

"Elsa, Zeltrax, this better be good. I've missed a good opportunity to send a monster to earth because of this."

Lothor entered the room, along with Zurgane and the other generals, and over to the pair, while scrutinizing the guy strapped to the contraption. He waved his hand, "Does this have any point to it?"

"Yes Sire. Have you ever thought of having evil rangers?"

Lothor stared at them wickedly, getting ready to throw an energy ball at them, "Was that some kind of joke?"

"No sire."

The energy ball disappeared and he answered, "In that case, if you must know, I have. I had the Thunder Rangers as evil rangers. Twice may I add, but every time they turned back to good."

"Interesting. Did you use any spells?"

"No… one was a lie and then the second time was a gooey solution from an island somewhere."

"Well, we have created this," Elsa pointed to the laser aiming at Connor and tapped it gently, "It will give you just that. An evil ranger."

"Want to bet?" Connor screamed. He'd got one hand free and was working quickly on the other, but unfortunately not quick enough. Lothor smiled, raising his hand, and threw an energy ball at him, knocking him unconscious. The generals then refastened him into the chair.

"Only a mild one. Set to stun, not destroy." He explained.

"Very good Sire," Zeltrax approved.

"As I was saying, this laser feeds off built up anger and hate. As long as the ranger has anger and hate, the spell will continue. Granted, it may wear off in parts but eventually the level of anger will build up again and they will attack. Best of all, they will be under your command."

"Excellent!" Lothor laughed, "But why him?" he asked, turning to the now comatose Connor.

"You see Lord Lothor," Zeltrax said, "He was the Red Dino Ranger; a great power source. Now, he still had the Red Dino Gem which we can feed the power into easily. And the plus is that the weapons will easily match the other rangers."

"I love it. I would like to watch this be carried out if you don't mind."

"Of course, Sire."

Elsa turned to the newly installed control panels and pressed some buttons. The lights on the laser flashed, while the screen lit up.

"I see we have underestimated him. It seems the Dino Gem has not completely lost all it's power. Therefore, he is still a ranger."

"Can the plan still go ahead?"

"Of course, we just have to increase the amount of evilness pumped into the gem to counteract the good."

"My head is hurting!" Choobo began to whine, while Zurgane started to moan under his breath that he could have thought of something like that.

Elsa turned the dial until it pointed to 'max' and then waited for the laser to respond. It did eventually and red energy could be seen flowing into Connor's left wrist.

When the transformation had been completed, Connor was awoken by Shimazu's fist. Zeltrax unfastened the restraints and Connor got to his feet, almost robotically.

Lothor beamed, walking over he patted him on the shoulder. Connor didn't flinch.

"How do you feel?"

"Like I want to destroy something."

"Good. Well done Elsa, Zeltrax."

"Thank you sire," they spoke in unison.

He laughed evilly again and grinned, "You're like the son I never wanted."

Now, isn't Blake a smart guy? Oh, and please don't hate me for tearing their lives apart from the seams, its very therapeutic. Heheh. So, anyway, please review?