Shane was at the skate arena attempting to perfect a trick he had been working on when he heard his morpher go off. He surveyed quickly and brought the wrist piece to his mouth. "Go ahead Cam" Shane said as he noticed a few people a few feet away. "We have trouble at the beach, can you get down there as soon as possible" it was Sensei's voice instead of his son's Cam's. Shane grabbed his board and soon was on his way to the beach.

Dustin and Tori were sitting in the sun talking about mindless things when a group of Kelzacks bombarded the beach followed by one of Lothor's new mutant alien freak. It was by far the weirdest either of them had seen. It was shaped like a giant bomb with feet and arms but had tentacles like a squid. On the tentacles were mutated green thorns. The ugly creature looked at Dustin and seemed transfixed on him. "Looks like you have a admirer Dustin" Tori joked finding the creatures existence a bother to her. "Dude that is not even funny" Dustin was creped out by the things plate size eyes. "Power Dorks I, SquidBomb, shall destroy your powers and deliver you to Lothor," the creature wheezed as he lunged for the yellow ranger and missed as Dustin rolled to the right. Tori jumped at it and landed a good impact on the creatures center. The creature simply laughed at the feeble attempt the blue ranger had made.

Shane was going as fast as possible to get to the beach with out streaking. He turned to his left and noticed Hunter and Blake heading for the beach as well and missed the rock in front of him. His board skidded to a halt and launched him a good distance, sliding for a few feet after landing. The force was just enough to temporarily knock the red wind ranger out.

Hunter and Blake joined the fight right as Tori had decided to morph. They took the hint and morphed as well leaving Dustin as the only one not with power. How could I forget where I put my morpher, he thought to his self as he continued to fight the squid thing. The creature flicked a leg at Dustin and one of the thorns scraped him in the side. He didn't even notice it. Tori and the other two put their weapons together and blasted the fishy guy back to where ever he had come from. Tori and Hunter powered down along with Blake. The four gathered in a group hug to celebrate. As they parted they noticed Shane walking towards him. "I missed all the fun didn't I" he joked as he was getting closer. He was about to ask how it went when the child of earth fell to the ground. He was shaking and his eyes rolled into the back of his head.

Cam at the Ninja Ops had seen the whole thing when he teleported the others to the center. Shane was carrying Dustin in his arms, fighting every ounce of him that wanted to cry. He placed his fellow team mate on the couch as Cam scanned him. Tori was crying into Blake's shoulder and Hunter wasn't saying anything. Cam pulled off Dustin's yellow shirt and found the point of the problem instantly. The tiny scrap the thorn had placed was now surrounded by bright blue blisters and bruises. The other four moaned at the sight and closed their eyes. Cam covered Dustin and went to his computer to analysis the pus from one of the blister.

The computer came up with a match in a second. Cam printed out the information and read it aloud to Shane who was holding Dustin's hand, watching him breath, Tori and Blake who were sitting holding one another and Hunter who was still silent. "The poison induced by this cut is known as Elemtra, it kills with in 24 hours, the only know cure uses the petals of a flower called the Star Orchid, it does not exist on this planet." The last words slipped from his mouth bitterly. Tori stood and ran leaving Blake to chase her. Hunter stood there anger in his eyes not coming to grip with having to let a friend die. Shane seemed to take it the hardest as he looked at Dustin. His chest rising and falling irregularly and his breathing rasping. "Actually my son that flower does reside here on this planet if you know where to look. Only one with a vast amount of power can find it such as your samurai pendent. However to find this place one must stay behind and watch over," Sensei was cut off by Shane, "I'll stay, hurry and find the flower, we don't have time to waste." He said not once taking his eyes off his friend. The other agreed and Hunter went to find Tori and his brother as Cam started to call the dragon like zord he had. No on saw as Shane reached into his bag and pulled out Dustin's morpher. "I am so sorry Dustin" Shane whispered into his ear.