Summary: Lothors got some new ideas for defeating the rangers.

Disclaimer: Dont own...maybe someday when I'm rich and famous and Cam and Hunter move in together and...yeah hee hee.

Chapter 1

"Blake! Dustin!" Hunter yelled, tugging at the hedge that had sprung up in front of them, separating them from the other rangers. He pulled his hands back quickly at the pain shooting through them.

"Blake! Dustin! Can you hear me?!" Tori called. The remaining 3 rangers waited silently in the dark maze for a reply.

"Yeah!" Hunter visibly relaxed at Blake's voice coming from the other side of the large hedge. "We can't see anyway to get back to you guys!"

"What do you see?" Cam stepped up next to the blond thunder ninja, raising his voice, so the two could hear him.

"Just more maze."

"Dustin do you think you could try tunnelling under the maze wall?"

"I can't dude, the roots are like a solid wall down there." Dustin called back.

FLASHBACK

The large maze seemed to envelope most of down town Blue Bay Harbour.

"Lothor must really be running out of idea's." Dustin quipped, staring at the large walls of the hedge, that seemed to suck the light out of the surrounding area. The entrance to the maze stood, a dozen feet away, dark and foreboding.

"Why would Lothor stick a maze here?" Tori asked, looking around. The six morphed rangers stood in the large, deserted, shopping district, trying to figure out what was going on. A piercing scream, echoing from inside the maze caught their attention.

"There's someone in there! Let's go guys!" Shane called over his shoulder, as he ran ahead, disappearing into the maze.

"This feels like a trap." Cam muttered, running in after the others. The inside of the maze was eerily quiet, the darkness seeping into every corner. The musty stench of a graveyard seemed to cling to the long corridors.

"I don't like this guys." Blake said quietly, as they walked along the path.

The sound of leaves rustling, but magnified, broke the silence, growing steadily louder. The group turned, staring in horror as the entrance was sealed up, replaced by another wall of leaves. The silence pressed in on them, the maze, if possible, even darker then before.

"Dude, that's not possible." Dustin said, disbelievingly.

"What now?" Tori glanced at the others.

"Stand back." Cam hesitated, before pulling out his Samurai sabre, taking up a stance in front of the now closed entry way. "I hope this works." He muttered, charging his energy through the sabre, swinging it around in an arc. For a second, sparks flew, before a light seemed to surge forth, from inside the wall itself, connecting with the Samurai with a sharp 'Crack!', sending him flying backwards. Cam landed on the ground hard, and demorphed.

"Cam!" Hunter dropped down next to his boyfriends side, helping him sit up.

"Well that obviously didn't work." The tech weezed, leaning against the blonds chest.

Cam glanced at Hunter, squeezing his hand briefly, before raising his voice again, so Dustin and Blake could hear him.

"We'll have to head to the centre of the maze separately. Keep and eye out for Shane and stay alert!"

"Alright dude! See you there!" Dustin's voice travelled over the large wall separating them.

"Hey Blake!" Hunter called, pausing.

"Yeah?"

"Be careful , bro!"

"Will do!" Hunter nodded to himself, moving to follow Cam and Tori. The walls seemed to close in on them as they rounded a corner, further away from the others. One thing was for sure, he wanted out of this place, and fast.

Author's Note:

So, it may be a little confusing, but makes more sense as the story continues. You find out what happened to Shane in the next chapter!