Trust (Power Rangers Ninja Storm - Hunter Bradley)

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"Dustin, clean up your mess. This is a business, not your bedroom." Kelly scolded.

"I'll get right to it." Dustin said. He hopped off the counter and began picking up all his supplies.

Just as he finished up, Blake and Hunter both walked in holding a few boxes. They placed them on the counter and sighed. "We brought in all the new shirts."

"And they look pretty good."

"Thanks, boys. Now if you don't mind, hang them up on the racks for me? Thanks." Kelly smiled at them before grabbing her keys and walking towards the exit. She stopped at the door and turned to all of them.

"I have to go out and get a few more things. By the way, Hunter, someone left something for you on the counter. And Tori, you're in charge."

"But she doesn't even work here." Dustin wined.

"Kelly clearly has favorites." Shane joked. Dustin grabbed a random towel and threw it at the boy in red.

"I'm pretty sure it's just because Gwen's not here." Tori said.

"Say, where is Gwen?" Blake asked.

"She stopped by earlier to look for something, but she went home right after. Looked like she was in a rush." Shane answered.

Blake nodded his head. He turned around and spotted Hunter just standing at the counter. Confused, he walked over to his brother. "Everything alright?" Blake asked.

Blake looked down to what Hunter was holding. It was is jacket. He looked up to Hunter to see him frowning. "She wants nothing to do with me." Hunter muttered.

Hunter then let out a scoff and shook his head. "I have no right to be upset after what I did to her. But I can't help it."

"Then how should you be feeling?" Blake asked. Hunter didn't respond. He stayed silent, not really sure as to how to answer his question.

"Did you expect to come back and laugh right in her face or something?"

"Of course not." Hunter growled.

"Look, you like her. So it's obvious why you'd be she upset."

"But I shouldn't." Hunter shoved the jacket into his bag and went back to work, wanting to ignore the rest of the conversation.

~

Cam could hear objects being thrown from the other side of the place. It was slowly irritating him the longer it went on. He tried to let it go, but it just got louder.

He finally snapped and angrily walked over to Gwens room, slamming the door open. "What's going on in here?"

He looked around and spotted her room a complete mess. Clothes were everywhere. Bedsheets on the floor. And Gwen was currently throwing things out of her closet. "What are you doing?"

"My bracelet." She said. She reached deeper into her closet to find it, but still nothing. "My bracelet is gone. I can't find it."

Her breathing was getting heavier. Cam knew she'd be going into a breakdown in a matter of minutes. He ran over and pulled her away. "Hey, calm down. Panicking like this isn't going to help."

Her breathing began to slow down. She closed her eyes and leaned against her bed. "I've looked everywhere. I can't find it." She sighed.

Gwen pulled her legs up and rested her head on her knees. Her wrist felt empty. It felt like a part of her mother had disappeared.

"It'll turn up somewhere. And if not in here, then it could be somewhere else."

Gwen lifted her head when she realized something. She quickly stood up and began putting her jacket. "Where are you going?" Cam asked.

"The cave. That's the last place I remember having it." Gwen ran right out the room, not realizing her bother following just not far behind.

~

Gwen quickly jumped from rock to rock as she made her way towards the entrance of the cave. She didn't care about the chances of slipping ad breaking a bone. But Cam took his sweet time fallowing her so he wouldn't hurt himself.

When reaching the entrance of the cave, Gwen ran straight towards the rock. But no bracelet was found.

Cam finally reached up to her and found her sitting down on the rock. "It's not here, is it?"

Gwen shook her head. "I completely lost it. It's gone."

She felt like crying. But crying was the last thing she wanted to do. Everything just seemed to be going downhill for her.

Cam walked over and took a seat next to her. He wrapped an arm around Gwen and put her head against his shoulder. "Do you think father will be angry with me?"

Cam shook his head. "Far from it. He'll understand."

"That was the last thing I had of mom. I've got nothing else. And with every second that goes by I feel like I'm forgetting her. I'm slowly forgetting her voice. I don't want to forget her."

"You won't forget her. I know so."

Gwen closed her eyes and sighed. "Can we stay here a little longer?"

Cam nodded his head. "Sure."

He reached into his pocket and pull out Gwen's earbuds. She tapped her arm and handed them to her. Gwen looked down at the earbuds and smiled.

She put them on and played the music, closing her eyes and resting her head back on Cam's shoulder. All Cam could hear were the sound of the waves, and the music barely coming out from her headphones.

He looked down at her hands to see Gwen scratching her knuckles. They turned a deeper red the more she dug her nails into them. She no longer knew what to do with her hands.

Cam grabbed her hand and gently squeezed it. Gwen was able to calm down. But she wasn't sure how things would turn out for her now.

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