He's just a kid

Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers.

A.N.: Something that popped into my head while watching 'Nowhere to Grow'. You know, the part where Shane helped Cam out at the river place thing and he was like all "Woah, I didn't know you can do that."

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Cameron may act tough and think that he knows everything. But inside, he's just a kid. I can see the jealousy in his eyes when he watches the Rangers go off to battle. He thinks he can hide all that emotion from me, but I know better.

Deep down Cameron is just a kid. He wants to be a Power Ranger too. I know that in a way, he despises me for not choosing him as a Ranger. He has the potential to be a Ranger. The best, the bravest. I'm not saying that because he is my son. But if he were to be a Ranger, he would be one of the bravest and one of the best.

But the Wind Rangers don't know that. They just think that Cameron is a, as they say it, computer geek, only there in Ninja Ops to fix their zords or equipment. That's also because of Cameron's attitude towards them. They hardly talk. They do talk, but it's usually about Ranger related subjects.

I do not know why Cameron is so cold towards them. Well towards Shane and Dustin. It may be because of his resentment of my being letting them become Power Rangers. He does not seem to have anything in common with the Earth and Air Ninja and yet he has to help them fix their zords and arsenal all the time. Tori, on the other hand, seems to get along with him better than the rest. That is most probably because they both are more of the 'mind' type. She, unlike the other two, seems to understand at some point how he is feeling. But Cameron never seems to want to come out of his shell. He hides in Ninja Ops, despite me encouraging to go outside to have some fun or to simply 'hang out' with the Rangers.

His excuse for not going out is that he has to much to do. And that he has to upgrade the zords, or the Tsunami Cycles or the Ninja Gliders. But I know better. He only wants to stay in Ninja Ops because... Even I don't know why. But he likes to brood in Ninja Ops, instead of going outside to talk, chat with the Rangers at the place, Storm Chargers, if I am correct. Every time I see him, he's glued to the computer screen, like he wants to prove something. That he wants to show me that he does not need any rest like the Wind Rangers. And obviously the fact he wants to prove to me is that he deserves to be a Ranger more than Shane or Tori or Dustin.

I know he thinks, he feels, different from the rest because of him not being a Ranger. Because of that, he may feel as if he is not as good as the other Ninjas, because I chose them to be the Rangers and not him. He thinks it's unfair that the entire arsenal that he designed and made is not available to him, that he can't use them. And everything he makes, he has to give to the Rangers and watch them get the equipment destroyed by the monsters Lothor sends down. Then he has to repair them and give them back to the Rangers, and they get destroyed again and the cycle continues.

But Cameron, my son, you have to understand that I had made a promise to your mother, to my wife. To keep you safe, to keep you away from harm. And that is why I cannot allow you to be a Ranger. But please know, I love you and I do not wish to make you feel upset, but I promised your mother. And I always honour my promises.

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Blackie Frogz