Series presented by: Tori Bradley
AN: Response to the Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Themes Challenge
Set During 'Thunder Strangers Part 2'
Knight…
Tori's POV
I still can't believe he did that. He saved me… came to my rescue like the knights saving the damsel in distress in all those books I used to read.
Not that I'm a damsel in distress, but it's still nice to think of it that way. I never thought in my wildest dreams… well, okay I'll admit that I had dreamed about something like this happening. What girl doesn't want to have the guy of her dreams come to her rescue at least once?
I know Cam's angry with me for bringing him to Ops, but I had nowhere else to go. After he had been checked out, I carefully brought him back to the beach and, thankfully, he regained consciousness on the way there.
Hunter found me with the guys later and said that he would pay me back for helping Blake.
That had happened earlier… before our encounter with the Thunder Rangers.
I can feel the aching muscles in my legs and arms as we walk back to Ops, Blake's face filling my mind again.
He had been so drained when I picked him up and almost dragged him to my van. I swear if it hadn't been for the extra boost my Ranger Powers gave me, I don't think I would have been able to make it all the way up there.
There was something about him… she couldn't quite place it, but it was there. She had a sneaking suspicion that she was falling for him… hard.
"Tori?" Dustin asked. "Did you hear anything I just said?"
I shake my head a little to get Blake's beautiful face out of my mind.
"Yeah, sure," I reply. Dustin and Shane stare at me strangely as Shane presses his hand into the pad and the stone door opens.
What I see makes my blood boil. The Thunder Rangers have Cam held tightly in their grasp.
A moment later, I feel my breath catch in my throat. We get into fighting stances immediately and I feel my entire body go numb… Blake… my night in shining armor…
"How'd you get in here?" Shane asked with venom in his voice.
I see the look on Hunter's face as he stares at me. "Ask her," he says.
My heart stops then as I realize I had been tricked.
"Blake?" I manage to get out, hurt written all over my face.
"I'm sorry, but we had to get into Ninja Ops. I never meant to use you," he said.
For a split second I believed him, but that went out the window as soon as I saw Cam flinch.
"If you hurt him I will hunt you down," I said with a voice I wasn't aware I possessed.
Moments later, Cam is thrown into us and they disappear with Sensei.
I take back everything I said about knights… it's time for this damsel to kick some ass.