A/N: Jury duty was the theme of a challenge in the crimsongreen community at Livejournal. Thought I might as well post it here, too :)

JURY DUTY
By Dany
PG-13

"Jury duty!" was Hunter's greeting as he bounded into the command center, waving a sheet of paper before him. "JURY DUTY, Cam!"

The Green Ranger swiveled around in his chair and fixed his boyfriend with a surprised look which Hunter apparently interpreted correctly.

"Yeah, that's exactly how I looked, too, when I saw that letter. I mean, for crying out loud! I was raised in an ultra-secret ninja academy in the middle of practically nowhere. I officially don't even exist, yet a week after my eighteenth birthday I get a jury duty summons in my PO box? Explain that to me, will ya!"

Cam's surprised look changed to one of amusement. "Maybe you should call the court house with a really bad Swedish accent and tell them you're not an American citizen?"

"Very funny."

"Or tell them you're too busy saving Earth from Lothor and his minions on a near-daily basis."

"I am tempted to do just that," Hunter grumbled.

Cam leaned back in his chair and linked his fingers behind his head, indulging in the sight of the lanky blond Thunder ninja rounding the command table.

"I wouldn't worry about it, Hunter. It's not like they can trace your whereabouts and send a SWAT team to Ninja Ops to detain you for failing to uphold your civic duty."

"Yeah, but I also don't want an arrest warrant floating around out there with my name on it." Hunter stared at the piece of paper again. "Civic duty. I do that duty every day by kicking all kinds of hostile alien butt off this planet."

Cam sympathized; he cast a thoughtful look at the Supercomputer for a long moment, then held out his hand for the letter. "Here, let me see that. I'm pretty sure I can get into the court house's files and delete your summons. It's about time I put the skills I learned at 'Computer Hacking 101' in college to work."

At Hunter's momentarily perplexed look he added, "That was a joke, Hunter."

Hunter handed over the paper. "Whatever, genius. As long as you can take care of that for me."

Cam took the letter and without looking up from reading over it, he said, "This is going to cost you, though."

He didn't have to look at Hunter's face; he could hear the mirth in the Crimson Ranger's voice. "Really? And what kind of compensation are we talking about here?"

When he did look up, the mischievous sparkle in his partner's blue eyes was clearly visible. He grinned. "We can discuss those terms later on tonight in my room."

Hunter bent down, placed his hands on the armrests of Cam's chair and leaned in close. "Well, here's a first installment," he said before he closed his lips over Cam's.

THE END