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Terra opened her eyes and fought back the tears that were building as her heart ached.

It was only a dream…just a dream. She told herself. Still it had been horrible.

She had been lounging next to a big pool. Then that girl from before, the one that had made fun of her walked by with TJ and Tyler on her arm.

"Tyler?" She had asked wondering what was going on. He had turned to her with a look of disgust.

"What's going on" she had asked. "I thought we were-"

"Not anymore. I think I like her more than I like you. She's beautiful…and well your not. Look at you. Your huge. I just can't embarrass myself by being with you. Loose some weight…and then maybe I'll change my mind again."

Terra had looked at herself again. And her stomach swamped her bikini bottoms. "He's right." She had thought to herself. "I am disgusting."

Then she had woken up.

Terra looked over at the cot where Tyler was fast asleep.

He had been so sweet to her. She couldn't lose him.

Maybe if I exercise more…and work out heavier then I may be able to change his mind…and no more chocolate only salads from now on.

Without another thought she slipped out of bed and scrambled into her green tank top and snap up pants and of course her socks and shoes and walked out the door taking her key card with her.

TJ watched her go from his curled up position. He had gotten a rude awakening this morning. The second she woke up he did too. He had thrown up his barriers as quick as he could but was not quick enough to avoid the stab of pain to his heart.

He really wasn't sure what to make of it at first…but the one thing he did know was that he needed to follow her and since they had all decided that they needed to stick together, that meant getting Tyler up too.

TJ groaned to himself when he realized how difficult that would be. The green Ninjetti got up from his own cot and roughly shook the other boy on the shoulder.

No response.

TJ frowned…thinking hard. This he got an evil grin on his face that would have made his own father proud and took the other boys hand and foot that at the moment were sticking out and roughly dragged him out of bed…and then gravitly took over.

Upon hitting the floor Tyler groaned and sat up. "What was that for? Is it time for our morning workout already?"

"No, but you need to listen to me.. Terra's left on her own…do you remember what I told you about the link between Terra and me yesterday?"

Tyler rubbed the sleep out of his eyes as he desperately tried to recall what his friend had told him.

"Yeah…you can feel everything she does as if it's happening to you."

"Well, after she fell asleep I tapped into our link. She was reliving that fight at the pool yesterday. I was under the water when it happened. There was a blonde girl."

Tyler instantly remembered. "She called her fat…and then at dinner she refused desert…"

"Exactly…but Terra has never refused chocolate. She loves it!"

"I know. I bought her some yesterday. That's what tipped me off that something was wrong…but that's the question …what is it that's wrong?"

"I don't know…but she woke up this morning really upset about something. I felt it. It's like she had a nightmare or something. I threw up a mental barrier so that I wouldn't end up the same way."

The boys were quiet for a moment thinking hard but they came up with nothing.

TJ sighed. "For now lets go catch up to her…I don't want her out there alone. Not after that fight yesterday and then we'll watch out for her to start acting weird again."

"Got it. Lets get dressed."

When Tanya and Adam knocked on the door to the kids cabin the next morning no one responded. The lovers shared a look of confusion before Adam took out his copy of the kids room key and unlocked the door.

Adam walked into the room and immediately saw that kid's beds were empty. Tanya approached Terra's bed and pulled back the comforter. Then her ranger sense kicked in. Causing her to look at the bed. The sheets were damp and had been a little twisted.

"What is it Tanya?" Adam asked as he came up behind her. "I'm not sure. But my gut feeling tells me that Terra didn't sleep very well. Look at the sheets. They're all damp and Twisted."

Adam frowned in thought. "You may be on to something there. From the look of things all the kids left in a hurry. No one's even taken a shower. And their PJ's are all over the place."

Just then, Adam's cell phone went off and after looking at the caller ID Adam answered the phone.

"Hello?"

'Hi Adam. It's Tommy…we're on speakerphone. I just wanted to check on our kids…are they there?"

Adam frowned. "No…they're not. I came to their room to wake them up for the early morning workout and they're not here. They left without telling me."

Tommy was silent as Kim's voice came through. "That's not like them. They like sleeping in…especially during summer vacation. You'd better find them."

Adam nodded. "We're gonna go find them. Were in the middle of the ocean on a cruise ship. They can't have gotten far. Then we'll find out what's going on."

The line was quiet for a second. Then Tommy's voice came through the line.

"Is there something we should know about?"

"We're not sure. It's a feeling Tanya has. She thinks that something is going on with Terra."

Adam quickly pushed the button on his phone for the speaker. Kim was speaking again.

"Tanya? Can you hear me?"

"Yeah. I'm here. Adam turned on the speaker phone."

"What do you think is going on with Terra?"

"I'm not sure if it's anything. We were at dinner yesterday and Tanya was just sitting in her chair and picking at her dinner. I didn't think anything was wrong at that point till I brought up how good the desert menu looked and asked her what she wanted for desert. What was weird is that she looked repulsed and she told me she'd had plenty of chocolate earlier. And she seemed kind of depressed. I'm not sure if anything is wrong."

"Hmmm. She's never been a picky eater. She has Tommy's appetite."

"Hey!" Came Tommy's voice of outrage.

"Handsome, you can't deny it. The Ninjetti power gives her extra energy. I know that after we got out power all of our metabolisms picked up because of the extra energy. If anything they should be eating more.."

"Kat." Tommy suddenly said.

"Huh? What?"

"Adam, Tanya, do you remember back in our ranger days? Kat went through that time when she refused to eat. And then we ended up fighting that number monster?

"Yeah. That monster Numbor made it so she almost floated away. We didn't know anything was wrong at first…till she tried to starve herself. She was picking at her food too." Adam said as realization dawned on him.

"That can't be good." Tanya chimed in. Her mind was off and running. "If what you said about the Ninjetti power increasing her metabolism is true. Then if she stops eating then before long all the fatty cells she has stored up will be gone too She could get sick because of it."

"Exactly" Adam chimed in. "I saw that a couple of times when I worked at the pediatric ward at the hospital. we'd better go find her.."

"Wait." Kim said. "I want to talk to Tanya in private for a minute."

"Sure. I'll go find the kids." Adam said as he handed the phone to Tanya. I'll take them to the sports deck and put them through their morning workout."

"Okay sweetie" Tanya said kissing him good bye. "I'll head there when I finish talking to Kim."

When Adam was gone she canceled the speakerphone. "Kim are you there?"

"Yeah, I had to send Tommy to the shower. He wasn't happy to be kicked out of bed."

"Yeah." She said laughing to herself. Remembering how reluctant they had both been not wanting to leave the bed that morning.

"Tanya? Are you there?"

"Yeah…sorry Kim. I was spaced out for a second. "What were you saying?"

The line was quiet for a moment. "You did it didn't you…you and Adam."

Tanya sighed. "Yeah. After the kids were asleep. They have their own cabin."

"Was it good?"

Tanya blushed. "Yeah...it was our first time. He was so sweet and gentle about it. I really love him."

"I'm happy for the both of you."

"Thank you. But back to Terra."

"Yeah, about that. I think I may have an idea."

"What do you have in mind?"

It didn't take long for TJ and Tyler to catch up to Terra. She was on the sports deck. She had already gotten through her stretches to make herself nice and flexible. Now, she began to go through her Cottas Trying her hardest to concentrate…but that was proving really difficult as she kept hearing the voice in her head…telling her how ugly she was.

TJ and Tyler weren't sure how to approach her so they stood in silence and watched her.

Her brother frowned when he opened himself up and sensed her frustration. He gave his friend a look that told him to wait. And then TJ walked up to his sister.

"Terra?"

His sister dropped her hands to her sides and spun around. She was about to speak but then she saw Tyler standing a few feet away she closed her mouth, turned around and walked away.

TJ frowned really confused at the feelings he felt coming from her. Depression and anxiety filled him till he put up the barrier again.

"Terra, what is going on? The three of us are a team. You can't just walk off like that! We're a team!"

But Terra ignored them and kept walking brushing away a tear that had fallen from her eyes.

TJ felt helpless. He had no idea what to do next.

"Terra! Stop!" came a new voice.

The three kids spun around to see Adam coming towards them.

Terra stopped walking. She could ignore the boys but Adam was her uncle as well as one of her teachers. She had no choice but to obey him. And right now he was calling her in a commanding voice.

She turned around and stood at attention. It was an automatic reaction when he spoke in that tone of voice.

Tyler and TJ caught on to that tone also. And they stood at attention as their sister walked over to them and stood at attention.

Adam took a look at all of them. His eyes lingering on Terra noticing that they were just a little puffy and red. But he maintained his commanding look.

"The three of you disobeyed me by running off without telling me where you were going.. I trusted you three to follow my rules. We may be on vacation but that doesn't mean you can run off where ever you want without leaving me a note or telling me where you are going first."

"Yes Sir." they all echoed.

"I want all of you to sit down."

When they had complied Adam sat down and looked them all squarely in the eye. "When I sent you off yesterday, I know something happened. I want the truth."

"Yes Sir." they all echoed.

"I'm waiting." Adam said.

TJ was the first to speak up. "We were at the pool. Terra and Tyler were being all sweet and lovey dovey and it was making me sick. So, I got up and went to the pool and left them alone. I just couldn't handle it. I was just swimming around and then some big guy ran into me. I apologized but then he called me a liar and accused me of doing it on purpose. I tried to back away but then he hit me. I wanted to fight back but I remembered what you said about not using my power on kids that were weaker then me. He punched me in the stomach and I went under the water."

Then Terra spoke up. " I felt his anxiety and anger. That's how I knew that something was wrong. I turned just in time to see TJ go down. I got up and ran to help him. I confronted the bully. TJ came up for air at the same moment and the bully drew back his fist to hit him again and I stepped in front of him and took the hit instead. Then I blacked out."

Adam raised his eyes. He had not expected this. "And then what happened."

Tyler took a deep breath. "I was right behind her when she got in the pool. Terra had gotten into an argument with a girl that had come up behind the bully. She called her blind as told her she was fat. And then she got hit and I caught her before she could hit the water."

"I wanted to hit the bully back but then I remembered what you told us about staying out of trouble. So I yelled back at him to leave us alone and then TJ and I carried her back to our room."

"When we got back to the room, I used my power to revive her."

Adam had been quietly taking in all the information. When TJ finished he looked up at them.

"Even though I am proud of you for not fighting back, I'm upset at you for not bringing her to me. She could have had major concussion or something. It doesn't matter that you are Ninjetti. In the future, I want you to come to me if one of you hurts yourself. Am I understood?"

"Yes Sir."

He looked at the boys. I want you boys to run through you Cottas while I speak with Terra."

With the boys busy Adam gestured for Terra to come sit in front of him.

He looked at her closely. When you woke up after blacking out, did you have a headache or feel sleepy?

"Yes sir." she said not meeting his eyes.

"I'm done reprimanding you. I need you to relax. I'm going to check your head for bumps. If it hurts tell me."

"Yes Sir."

As Adam examined her head he was quietly reflecting on the one piece of information that Tyler had revealed to him.

"Starving yourself doesn't help anything." When Terra didn't respond he continued. "When you activated your Ninjetti powers a few months ago, your whole body was changed as a result. The muscle tone you got from all the years of working out where amplified. But you need to fuel to keep up with all that power. By not eating, your hurting yourself. You need all that energy to keep up with that power…the next time you power up you may weaken and collapse. And then where will your brother and Tyler be?"

Terra had no answer for him. She sat in silence as Adam lightly ran his fingers over her head.

For the most part there was no major damage except for a small bump on the right side of her head. When he gently touched it, he heard her sudden intake of breath.

"That hurt didn't it?"

"Yes sir."

"I think we better take you to the first aid station to get some ice for that bump."

"I'll take her." Tanya said as she came up to them. "Why don't you and the boys continue with the exercise. We'll meet you at the Animator's Palate."

Adam kissed her gently. "We'll be there in a half an hour."

After leaving them behind Terra followed Tanya in silence.

Once they reached the first aid station Tanya asked for a bag of ice and held it gently to Terra's head. As they sat in silence Tanya spoke to her.

"I don't know exactly what happened to make you feel that you are overweight. I can tell you right now that your are very fit and strong and beautiful. You are the daughter of two awesome athletes. Your martial arts skills easily rival your brother's and Tyler's and I saw you go up against your mother back at the condo. You are a very powerful ninja. You couldn't have done all those spins and jumps if you were overweight."

Tanya's gently soothing voice was a balm to the young girl's sensitivities.

Terra looked up at the older woman. "Then why did she say that?" She told me I was blind as well as fat."

"You're not blind either. If I was told right by your mom, Your abilities include being able to see things far away as if they were right in front of you."

Terra nodded.

"Girls like her are only like that because they feel threatened by how beautiful you are. Intimidation and lies are their weapons that can be used against you. If she can get you to feel inferior then she's got that power over you. The trick is to not let that affect you.

"Truth will beat lies every time. The truth is that you are a beautiful blend of your mom's beauty and your father's spirit and skill. Believe that and you will be unstoppable."

Terra leaned against the former yellow ranger was surprised when the older woman hugged her.

Once they left the First Aid Station they headed out for breakfast.

Tanya was pleased that her little pep talk had worked. After breakfast she would take Terra on a girls day out. Kim had said that would help terra regain her confidence.

And so…a girls day they would have.

I hope you all like that. For anyone who's wondering the episode i was referring to durning the phone conversation took place during Power Ranger's Turbo and it was the episode called "Weight And See".

Up next, Tanya and Terra have a girls day out. I hope you all like the story so far. Please review!

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