The Hellhound's Secret

Gem of the Day

"I don't understand why you won't let me put a silencing charm on that thing," said Kali, glaring at the annoying beeping device in Cam's hand. "I can handle a lot of things - monsters, demons, Hunter - but that... is driving me insane."

Cam chuckled. "Would you put a silencing charm on a radiation detector?" he asked.

"If it annoyed me enough, yeah."

With a playful roll of his eyes, Cam turned back to his task at hand. He was searching for a surge in radiation, hence the annoying beeping that was driving Kali mad.

"I told you that you didn't have to come," said Cam. "You could've stayed at Ops."

"But we do everything together," said Kali. "Well, almost everything."

"This doesn't have to be one of those things."

Kali stared at the back of Cam. "Starting to get the impression that I am not wanted, Cameron," she said. "Do you have something you wish to share?"

Cam chuckled and shook his head. "Just, I don't need a babysitter," he said. "In the beginning, you watching out for me was rather enduring, now? It's plain annoying."

"This is about that chick, isn't?" Kali asked. Only yesterday, while out in Blue Bay Harbour with the other Rangers, a nerdy chick had caught Cam's attention at Storm Chargers - well, first of all it had been at the coffee shop, later it had been at Storm Chargers - and the two had been making flirty eyes from across the room until Kali had noticed.

Cam blushed. "No," he said.

Kali laughed. "It is. I said I was sorry," she defended. "I even offered to bring her back, you told me no."

"I didn't need to be humiliated further," said Cam.

Kali rolled her eyes, although she couldn't help the smile on her lips. "So, what do you think would've happened if I hadn't have humiliated you?" she asked. "Would you have asked her out? Ooh. Maybe she would've asked you out. Would you have said yes?"

Cam coughed, his face burning at the triad of questions. "Please stop talking," he said.

"Do you want to see her again?"

"I don't know her name, thanks to you."

Kali shrugged. "That's easy enough to figure out," she said. "Blue Bay Harbour isn't that big of a town. I'm sure a little locator spell - "

"No!" said Cam, turning sharply to his friend. "No magic. Please."

Kali held up her hands. "Alright. Alright. No magic," she said, laughing. "You're awfully jittery, though." She narrowed her eyes, observing his body language. "Now that we're talking about it, though, you did disappear for a little while yesterday. We were all at Storm Chargers, and you said you needed to get something from the van. Did you - OMG! DID YOU GO LOOK FOR HER?!"

Cam blushed crimson and Kali burst out laughing.

"I hate you," Cam grumbled.

"Love you too, lover boy," Kali teased.

The device in Cam's hand let out a loud wailing beep, causing both of them to fall silent and stare at the flashing red light on top.

"Dad," said Cam, lifting his amulet to his lips. "I think I'm getting close to the disturbance."

"That is good news, son," Sensei replied. "Until we can be sure what it is, you must be very careful."

Cam sighed and dropped his amulet. "You don't have to remind me every time," he whined.