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�Chelle? You there? It�s me, Tammi, I want to talk to you.�

�Come in,� a tired voice called on the other side as the arched doors slid open.

Tammi saw Michelle lying on her back on the bed. She looked pale and weak.

�Michelle? Are you okay?� Tammia asked worriedly.

�I don�t know, but I don�t think so. I have these unbearable headaches and every so often I have brain freeze that�s ten times the size of Texas. I think I�m losing control of my powers. It�s done this before, but it stopped. I thought it was just a temporary thing, but then last week it started up again. I feel horrible, and my powers are extra sensitive now. I can�t even bump up against someone with out getting a reading of their emotions. It�s driving me crazy,� she said with desperation, �I don�t know what to do, and the other cadets on my squad are getting suspicious. I don�t want them to know, Tammi, most of them resent you guys for having powers. They think you are all gonna go insane and take down the Commander one day. If they know that I have any kind of special abilities . . .�

�Michelle, it�s okay, alright we�re gonna get you help alright. Just stay put I�m gonna go talk to someone. I�ll be right back I promise,� Tammi said softly with a reassuring stare as she headed out of the room.

�Tammi, what are you going to do? I don�t want to draw attention to this.�

�Trust me, Chelle, I promise nothing will get out,� Tammi said before the doors slid closed.

She had to admit she was scared. The situation didn�t look good. What was she going to do? Michelle was her responsibility. She promised Dr. O she would look after her.

Think, Tammi, think, she thought to herself, Michelle can read emotions and auras so there is only one person on the base who can help her . . . Bridge. I�ve got to find Bridge.

Tammi broke out into a jog as she neared the common room. Jack was reading a comic book, Sky was on the opposite end of the room reading the manual, and Sam was floating over Syd�s shoulder as she painted her nails.

�Where�s Bridge?� she asked breathlessly.

�I don�t know, why?� Jack asked suspiciously.

�It�s nothing . . . . It�s just that my laptop is crashing, and I was hoping he could fix it.� She said between gulps of air, Yeah right, DeSantos, like they are really going to believe that.

Sky peered over his manual skeptically, and then answered.

�He�s in the room, doing something with Ric.�

�Thanks, Sky,� she said as she hurried off to the male dormitories

She approached the door and wasted no time with knocking. The door slid open and she barged in. Bridge�s head snapped around.

�Tammi, wha-�

�No time, Bridge, It�s Michelle. She needs your help. It�s an emergency,� Tammi said with a gasping breath and a gulp.

Bridge�s eyebrows merged together. �Where is she?�

�In her room, I�ll take you to her, but we have to hurry. She�s in a lot of pain.�

When they finally reached the room Bridge began to ask Tammi questions.

�What kind of pain?�

�Headaches, bad ones, and she said she is losing control of her powers. She can�t touch any one with out accidentally reading their emotions.�

�I went through that; her powers are growing to rapidly for her brain to adjust,� Bridge said as he approached her bed side. �Michelle, you�re body is in danger, we have to get you to Cruger right away, okay?�

�No, no, the others on my squad will . . .�

�It�s you�re life or their acceptance, which would you rather have?� Bridge asked quickly and harshly.

She sighed. Tammi thought she had never seen Bridge acting this mature or ever seen him think on his feet so fast.

�Alright, Michelle, I�m gonna carry you to the command center, so brace yourself for a wave of emotions alright?� Bridge warned her as he scooped her weak for into his arms. He stopped suddenly.

�That�s weird,� he said with a shocked expression on his face.

�What? What�s weird?� Tammi asked with concern.

�I didn�t feel anything. There was no wave,� he said as he looked down at Michelle. �Did you feel anything?�

She feebly shook her head no.

�Strange,� Bridge said before he brought himself back to the present and hurried out of the door.

Later that day she saw Bridge in the mess hall for dinner, and called him over to a secluded corner in the room.

�What happened?� she asked worriedly.

�The Commander wants me to train her on how to focus and control her powers,� Bridge said sadly.

�But will she be okay?� Tammi asked.

�Yeah, she�ll be fine after some intensive training, and . . .� Bridge responded half-heartedly as he stared down at his fabric covered hands.

�She�ll have to wear protective gloves for the rest of her life won�t she?� Tammi asked knowingly.

�Yeah� Bridge said with a gulp. �It�s gonna be hard for her once she�s out of training, you know. The looks, the ridicule, the questions. I don�t want her to go through what I went through.�

�Hey, look at it this way; she�s got you and the rest of us to help her through it,� Tammi said with a gentle smile.

�Yeah . . . yeah I guess you�re right,� he said with a sad smile.

�So . . . you think Cruger would let me go see her?�

�Yeah, but you can�t go in the room with her. Cruger has this lead-lined room set up. Her powers, like you said, are ultra sensitive right now, and anyone who comes with in ten feet of her will cause her mind to spasm. He�s got an interview window set up though so you can speak to her through a speaker.�

�Wait a minute, if no one can come with in ten feet of her then how are you going to . . .�

�It seems Michelle and I can�t read each other. Not even with skin-to-skin contact. So, I will have no problems training her.� Tammi could have sworn that that sentence brightened his mood a little bit.

�Is that a good thing?� she asked in confusion.

�For us it is. It means we don�t have to work as hard to control our powers. I can let loose when I�m around her and she can let loose when she is around me. There�s finally somebody I can relax around,� he told Tammi with a soft smile.

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The next week she went to check up on Michelle, and they stood face to face on either sides of the glass.

�How are you holding up?� Tammi asked the young girl through the glass.

�I�m okay, better than before anyway,� she said with a sad smile. �Just be grateful your powers are in check.�

�In check? What you think I�ve never had an experience like this?� Tammi asked incredulously. �Do you remember about six and half years ago, when your father cam down to headquarters about once a week?� she asked as her voice softened.

�Yeah,� Michelle answered cautiously.

�Did you ever wonder why?� Tammi asked her as she looked away from the glass.

�Yeah, but all he would ever tell me was that he was helping your dad with some research.�

�And he was, but that research just happened to be me,� she said with a smile in Michelle�s direction. �Did you ever see that old movie that came out in �05 called The Fantastic Four?�

�Did I ever see it? It�s Michael�s favorite movie of all time, I think I know like every single line,� Michelle said wryly.

�Yeah, well do you know who the Human Torch is?�

�Yeah . . . wait! You mean you . . .?�

�My entire body was on fire for three days. I mean it wasn�t painful or anything, but I had to be kept in a room about like the one you�re in now. It drove me crazy, it was like being shut in solitary confinement. I hated it. Anyway thanks to your father . . . . and the wind and thunder ninja academies, I learned how to create and control my flames with more focus,� she said with smile. �And I�m sure once you get out of here you�ll be ten times more powerful than you were.�

�Do the others on your squad know about your powers?� Michelle asked curiously. She hadn�t really seen Tammi use them since she arrived at the academy.

�Haven�t really been given the opportunity, but I�m sure Sky and Jack know. I mean Sky has been here since I was leader of B-squad, and Jack is extremely suspicious of me. So I am sure at least the two of them have figured it out,� Tammi told her. �But I�m not really worried about it if they find out they find out, no big deal. Well, little sister, I gotta blaze. I�m supposed to go train your squad in a hand-to-hand combat course. I�ll be back to see you tomorrow though.�

�Aright, and thanks for helping me last week. Kat said if you hadn�t come to see me when you did I could have had a brain aneurism,� Michelle said with fear and worry in her eyes.

�We�re family, Chelle, it�s what we do. No need for gratitude,� Tammi said with a wink as she left for the training field.

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Alright, so this will be my last post on this story for a while. I have decided to focus all of my creative juices on my story �Memories: The Orange Ranger Story� it�s the story that will and does sort of proceed this one. So I think it would be best if I finish it before I get too deep in to this one. Please Review, and thanks for reading! I�ll let you guys know the next time I�m gonna post!

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