The crimson water of the Sanzu River churned side to side as a huge ship that held Master Xandred and his minions flowed with it. The sky, like the water was a deep red. The whole place had an entirely evil feel to it. It was where Nighlok could dwell without fear of the Power Rangers showing up.

The ship creaked underneath Xandred's feet as he paced back and forth. For him, even that small sound was enough to drive him crazy due to the constant headaches he battled. "Ugh!" He roared, throwing his hands into the air. "Dayu! I need a new monster to destroy these rangers before they master that sealing power!"

Dayu held her Harmonium close to her chest, fearing an outburst of her master would damage it. "I'll get right on it. I'll tell Octaroo to conjure up a monster so vile, the rangers won't know what hit them ." she said with a wicked laugh, turning and sashaying few steps over. "Octaroo!" she screamed, stepping hard on the hatch beneath her where the squid-like creature resided.

She took a step back when she felt the hatch opening. Then out came the short Nighlok, staff in hand. "Ooh-ahh-ooh! You rang, lovely?" he said in a heavily sarcastic voice.

"Xandred wants a monster that'll give the rangers a real knock-out punch." Dayu told him, making a fist and punching the air.

"I'm already on it, missy!" he answered, pointing a slimy finger to the ruby sea outside of the window.

A scorpion-like monster pulled himself through the gushing water and began to cling to the boat. He climbed to the side and did a flip to reach the inside. Once there, he shook off his body to dry himself off. This monster was clad in armor as red as the Sanzu River with two squinty pure black eyes. The monster had black diamond shapes cascading down his back and out to his long stinger that had a silver tip.

"Scorp—a poisonous, life draining fiend at your service." Octaroo said, holding a hand out to the new monster, his voice sounding proud.

Dayu just folded her arms in disapproval. "…Scorp?" she scoffed. "You'd better have a good introductory for this bug."

"If you insist." Octaroo retaliated. "This monster is in league with the most venomous breed of scorpion—the Death Stalker. With one sting of his silver stinger here, his venom begins to immediately spread throughout the victim's entire body, draining them of their life energy at a very alarming rate." He patted his newest creation's tail proudly.

"Hmm…I hate to say it but I'm impressed." Dayu admitted to the half-pint.

Octaroo chuckled happily. "Another plus to this creature is that he's indigenous to warm, dry climates, meaning it'll take him longer to dry out than a typical Nighlok.

"Incredible! Send him to devour the rangers immediately!" Xandred ordered, sitting down in his usual area.

"But Master Xandred, should he attack any civilians as well?" Octaroo asked.

"Why settle for pitiful human life force when we can have the special life force of the Power Rangers?" Xandred pointed out to his minions.

"Ooh-hh-ooh! Good point, master! With that kind of power in our hands, the Sanzu River will rise and the human world will be as good as ours!" Octaroo said happily.

"Then get to it!" Xandred yelled in a booming voice.

"I'm ready." Scorp hissed, pounding his two red fists together.

Meanwhile, the rangers were all in the forest that the master told them to, setting up their tents. Each ranger had a tent of their own color. The only ranger that had their tent flawlessly assembled was Mia. She sat cozily in her bright pink tent with her hands behind her head and a small fan blowing through her hair. She listened to the soothing sound of rain hit her tent.

Mike grunted in frustration at his tent collapsing for the third time. He threw one of the tent pole to the ground. "Grrr! Mia!" he yelled to her, he saw her jump from her sanctuary. "How'd you get your tent up so easily?"

Mia giggled and returned to her comfy position. "I'm a girl in a wet rain forest—enough said."

Kevin even found himself struggling with his tent set up. Although he was well trained in the art of being a samurai, camping in the forest wasn't exactly his forte. "Will you help us out, Mia. Please." He pleaded at the pink ranger.

Mike laughed, picking up another pole. "Who knew? The kryptonite of the perfectionist Kevin was a simple camping tent."

Kevin looked embarrassed at the green ranger's comment. "I've only ever been to swim camp…we never had to use tents." He said shyly. He then looked back to Mia. "Come on, Mia!" he moaned.

Mia sighed and exited her tent. "Pink Samurai Ranger to the rescue."

Antonio popped is head from the ruins of his own failed tent. "And could you help me too?" He saw Mia nod and felt some relief.

Jayden smiled to himself when he witnessed the teamwork and relationships of his fellow rangers. They didn't seem like simple friends anymore—it was like they were family. Them helping one another was what he wanted from the beginning. After taking that small break, he returned to his own tent, which was coming along nicely. After a moment he looked to Emily who was having troubles setting up her tent. She seemed very distracted and quiet. He raise an eyebrow at her. "Everything okay there, Em? You've been quiet all day."

Emily looked over at him with a weak smile. "Me?" she asked. "Oh yeah, I'm great." With that she tried to steady her tent but it fell completely apart. She sighed in disappointment at herself and her shoulders fell.

Jayden walked over to her and began to set up her tent for her. "Okay. You just seem a little distracted today is all."

"I'm okay." She lied. "Really, it's just this silly tent."

Jayden took one of the poles and pushed it hard into the moistened soil. "If you say so." He said. After her tent was finally assembled Jayden pulled out his orb. "Hey want to train a little? It may get your mind off things."

Emily hesitantly looked at the orb she had in her yellow backpack. She never felt so nervous for a training session in her life. "Umm…yeah. Sure."

The red ranger smiled at her answer and stood, helping her to her feet as well. "Then let's begin."

Then the two rangers stood a few feet apart from one another and began to circle the other. They each held their orbs firmly in their hands, Jayden with cool confidence, and Emily with shaky intimidation. Mike, Mia, Kevin and Antonio all took this as their cue to being their own globe training.

The sparring sessions between all the rangers were all going smoothly. Emily on the other hand was barely able to keep her focus. She was so afraid of screwing up that it was coming through in her training. Then Jayden went to sweep kick the yellow ranger and in her distraction, it landed and she flew off her feet and landed on her backside, her globe falling beside her. It landed next to her and she saw that the impact had left a huge crack all around the side of it. Upon hearing all the drama, the other rangers halted their training and looked at the red and yellow rangers.

Emily quickly scooped up her globe and watched the luminousness of it weakly into a faint gleam. "No…I knew this would happen." She cried. Jayden had a guilt stricken look on his face, he may have won this sparring match but he didn't feel good about it.

Mia ran over to her friend and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hey…it's okay, Em. Maybe you're just having an off day or something." She said, trying to console her. "It's no big deal."

Emily stood in pure shame. "I knew I couldn't do this." She said softly.

Mike walked over to her. "Don't kick yourself. We all make mistakes."

"You'll get the hang of it." Kevin tried to convince her.

"And maybe I can find a way to fix it!" Antonio said, picking it up and looking at it closely.

Jayden walked over to her and placed both hands on her shoulders. "Emily, I believe you can do this. You know you can too. You just need to get in sync with your body more. Protecting yourself is very important, but sometimes you need to protect something else as well. If you're confident in your skills as a ranger, you can keep anything safe." He explained to her in a kind voice.

She just nodded in response sadly. "Yeah…" she said weakly. "I'm going to go take a little walk. I'll be back in a little while." With that she began to walk away.

"Wait, Emily!" Mia yelled, wanting to go after her but Jayden held an arm out to stop her.

"Don't." He said. "She needs to clear her head."

"What do you think is bothering her so much?" Kevin asked.

"She doesn't have faith in herself as a ranger. And until she does she'll never be able to master the power of her globe." Jayden said, looking at the broken yellow orb in Antonio's hands.