I really don't have anything to say so one with the shout-outs:

Evil slash piranha: Yeah, poor Hunter.

Garnetred: uhoh, a reason quickly makes up on There you'll read it here.

The real vampire: Hehe, I love cliffhangers because then you guys have to keep reading :)

Jorgitosbabe: thanks, here ya go!

Blueangel07: thanks!

Caleighblack-snowMarauder: Yes, Hunter has to suffer. Why? Because I like making "my" characters suffer. evil grin

Red in dead: Fine, then don't go off me but I have to warn you, I work slower like that. BTW: when are you gonna update?

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" Come on, guys!" Cam said, knowing Hunter couldn't take much since he was already way too weak. They streaked off to the beach. They were all worried since Hunter couldn't put up a descent fight with that wound. In normal circumstances, Hunter could've easily handled all five of them but Hunter was still too weak right now. When they arrived, they noticed Hunter wasn't moving which worried them.

" Hey, leave our friend alone!" Shane yelled. Hunter slightly turned his head at the voice and saw Shane standing there with Tori and Dustin partly behind him. Behind them, stood Cam and Blake.

" Your friend? How can you be friends with a fag?" one yelled, apparently the leader of the bunch. Blake was boiling with anger and about ready to explode. Before any one of them could stop him, he had already launched himself at the guy.

" No one calls my bro a fag." He yelled, starting to attack him. The guy's friends wanted to come to his aid but they were intercepted by the other four. Hunter could only lay there and watch while adding pressure to his bleeding wound and catching his breath. Soon the five guys left, knowing they didn't have much of a chance against the rangers since they were great fighters. Blake sank down next to Hunter.

" You okay, man?" he asked, knowing it was a stupid question.

" Of course." Hunter replied. Cam looked up and down Hunter's bruised body and noticed a lot of blood running over his hand.

" We better get back to Ninja Ops to get that wound checked out." He said. Hunter struggled to his feet but nearly collapsed when his bruised ribs started to protest. Blake helped him up and together they streaked to Ninja Ops. Blake brought Hunter to one of the waiting rooms while Cam went to get some supplies to take care of the wounds.

" Blake, go the others. I'll call you when I'm done." Cam ordered. Blake nodded and gave squeezed Hunter's shoulder before going to the main room where the others sat around the table, Dustin once again seemed pretty spaced out.

" Man, that looked nasty." Shane spoke up.

" Yeah." Blake replied, worry clear in his voice.

" Hey, he'll be okay. He's tough." Tori assured him, taking his hand. Blake gave her a weak smile.

" I know but that's the second time in two days he got hurt like that." Blake said. They continued their conversation while Shane focused on Dustin.

" Hey, man, what's up?" Shane asked.

" Nothing." Dustin replied.

" Come on, I know you better than that so spill." Shane said.

" Nah, It's nothing really. Just been thinking." Dustin answered.

" About Hunter?" Shane guessed. Dustin nodded.

Meanwhile in the room, Hunter had removed his t-shirt to let Cam take care of him. Cam dipped the towel in the water and started to clean out Hunter's stabbing wound. Hunter winced.

" I know it stings but try to stay still." Cam said. Hunter nodded. Finally the wound was cleaned out. Cam checked for any possible broken ribs but Hunter was lucky: it was just a bit bruised, nothing serious. Then he proceeded with wrapping the bandage around Hunter's side. As last, he cleaned up the blood on Hunter's face that was dripping from several cuts.

" Does it hurt somewhere else?" Cam asked.

" No although I think I'm getting a headache." Hunter replied.

" Understandable. Just try to rest okay?" Hunter nodded.

" Sure, thanks, Cam."

" No problem." Cam smiled and left, returning to where the others were sitting.

" How is he?" Blake asked.

" He'll be fine. Don't worry." Cam replied. " You can go to him if you want to."

" Um Blake, do you mind if I go to talk to him first?" Dustin asked.

" No, go ahead." Blake replied, smiling. Dustin nodded and went to Hunter's room.

" So what do you think?" Shane asked.

" They're finally gonna hook up." Came Blake's reply. He pulled Tori in his lap and kissed her passionately.

Dustin knocked on the door and entered Hunter's room. Hunter smiled at him.

" Hey." He greeted.

" Hey." Dustin replied, sitting in the chair next to his bed. " How are you feeling?"

" I feel fine, have a bit of a headache though but I'll life." Hunter replied. Dustin smiled slightly and then seemed to space out again.

" What's wrong?" Hunter asked, sitting up.

" Nothing." Dustin replied. Hunter could tell he was lying and he had a feeling what this was about.

" Look if this is about me telling you that I love you and it bothers you, just forget it okay?" Hunter said. Dustin looked up.

" It doesn't bother me. That's the problem." Dustin replied.

" Okay, you lost me there."

" I've done some thinking of my own and came to the conclusion that it might actually work between us. I haven't dated a girl since you guys came in my live, I was devastated when you betrayed me and worried about you every time something happened." Dustin was pretty much babbling but he wanted to have this said before he lost the courage to say all this.

Hunter was surprised. He never would've thought that Dustin might like him in the same way that he liked Dustin unless of course Dustin only wanted this because he didn't want to hurt his feelings.

" You don't have to because you feel obligated or something." Hunter said.

" No, I really want this." Dustin quickly replied. Hunter grinned.

" So, have you ever been with another man before?" Hunter asked. He had to know this or else he might go too far. Dustin shook his head. Hunter moved over on the bed a bit.

" Come here." Dustin crawled on the bed next to Hunter, blushing slightly. Hunter wrapped his arms around Dustin and pulled him close for a soft kiss. Dustin stiffened for a moment but then started to respond gently. Hunter pulled back after a minute.

" So, what did you think of that?" he asked. Dustin smiled.

" I could definitely get used to this." He replied. Hunter chuckled and leaned closer for another kiss.

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One or maybe two chapters to go after this.