Abby Holloway series
Jungle Fury: The Call to Destiny
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Author's Note: Thank you to all that have added this story to their favourites or have just alerted me for new updates. And a very big thank you to those who took the time to review.
Author's Note 2: Before we go any further, I would like to point out that this re-write takes place in 2010 rather than 2008. Explanation: Abby finished OO in 2007. She went back to College early 2008 and finished at the end of that year, she was sent to the Pai Zhuq academy in 2009 and her Jungle Fury adventure starts in 2010.
Dedications: Chapter goes out to the following: 10th Squad 3rd Seat, Pokeloon15, RHatch89, Ulquiorra-Schiffer-4, DJScales, Dean Winchesters Baby Girl and anonymous reviewer Bryan102694.
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is not recognizable from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban...although Jungle Fury was created by Disney. Enjoy.
Bryan102694, thanks for telling me about the OC you have created, but I don't need any new OC, especially ranger ones.
"Fran!" Casey yelled as he struggled to break free from the group of Rinshi who were preventing him from saving Fran. With anger and fear for the JKP customer coursing through him, Casey roared allowing his Tiger spirit to break free and destroy the Rinshi.
"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleashed!"
Finally he morphed in his Red Ranger form, and wasting no time he quickly punched a Rinshi in the face as he made his way towards Fran and the Mantis.
"With the strength of a Tiger! Jungle Fury Red Ranger!"
Mantis tossed a screaming Fran into the air. Casey, using his new-found powers, jumped up and caught her before she could hit the ground.
"Get out of the way!" Casey told the young woman. "I'll take it from here!"
"...Yeah!" Fran nodded a little dazed.
Casey watched as she run off before turning to the oversized bug and frowned. The Monster was charging directly at him, once close enough Casey aimed a powerful punch and sent the Mantis flying backwards through a wall.
"Call to the beast inside! Free the Tiger!"
The tiger spirit ran forward and grabbed the Mantis in its mouth, then tossed it aside. Mantis laughed roughly before trying to stand. He succeeded, and then exploded.
"I did it! I can control the power! I did it! Yeah!" Casey grinned in victory, as he turned to Lily and Theo has they joined him. "How'd I do it?"
"I knew you could do it!" Lily praised him.
"Gotta admit," Theo nodded, patting the newbie on the shoulder, "you're one tough tiger."
Casey smiled. "Thanks guys."
"Hey," Abby yelled over her shoulder at the cubs. "When you've finished with your Ranger bonding, I could use some help!"
Lily, Theo and Casey frowned, what did she mean? Mantis was history and the Rinshi had been destroyed. Turning to face the older female the three cubs took an involuntary step backwards as they saw the Mantis had not been destroyed in the way they had hoped.
"You think you can destroy me? I'll show you what real power is!" Mantis growled, as he emerged from underneath the rubble. "I'm gathering peoples' fear and it makes me stronger...it makes me GROW!"
Purple energy surrounded his body which started to swell to a typical giant monster size.
"RUN!" Lily yelled.
Abby paused and spun around to see the newbie rangers retreating. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" she cried. "Some Power Rangers you turned out to be!"
"Abby, c'mon!" Casey yelled, waving the White ranger over.
Abby pointed at the monster that was towering over the city. "Our jobs not over!" she shouted.
"We can't fight that thing!"
Abby opened her mouth to respond when a giant cat-like spirit appeared above her and grab the Mantis. "Master Mao!" she breathed.
"Go, Master Mao!" Theo cheered.
Grabbing ahold of the giant Mantis, Mao threw him hard through the air and the rangers watched as he splashed into a lake.
"Yeah!" Casey grinned.
"Whoa!" Theo nodded.
"Yeah!" Lily cheered.
"It is not safe here," Master Mao said, turning to the four Power Rangers. "You know what to do, Abigail."
Abby sighed at the use of her full name, but nodded nonetheless. "Gather round," she instructed the Cubs. "And don't let go!"
She held out her hands. Lily and Casey each took one, as Lily grabbed Theo. With a distinctive pop they were gone.
~*Abby*~
Casey, Lily and Theo groaned as Abby teleported them to the top of a building on the otherside of town; each of them felt like their world was spinning, and if they opened their mouths they had a feeling they would throw up.
"Whoa," Lily groaned, clutching her head as she demorphed.
"What just happened?" Casey asked.
"You just teleported," Abby answered. "Don't worry the affects wear off in a few..."
Theo nodded, but stopped as his world started to spin once more.
Casey turned to Master Mao. "Master Mao, I thought you were gone forever."
"The spirit of the Pai Zhuq can never be destroyed. My body no longer exists on this Earth, but I will be watching over you."
"Ok, that answers my first question. Now can you explain how that mantis grew to the size of Dodger Stadium?"
"It's an advanced level of battle technique," Abby answered. "Dai Shi has managed to master it...now; we must fight them on that level."
Casey and Theo frowned at the White ranger. How did she know that?
"We'd be happy too," Lily nodded, also confused on how Abby knew so much about what was going on. "Except one thing. We were never taught how!"
"You have a new master now," Mao told them. "He must teach you now."
He vanished and the cubs turned to Abby.
"Care to explain how you know so much about what is going on here?" Theo asked.
Abby shrugged. "What the hell," she said, "you'd find out eventually!"
~*Abby*~
"Sayuri guardians?" Theo questioned, seconds after Abby had explained her entire history to him and the others. It was had been a little confusing to follow if they were completely honest.
Abby nodded.
Theo's eyes widened. "They are pretty powerful guardians," he said.
Abby nodded again. "Yeah. I know, I am the last Sayuri guardian," she explained. "And unless I have a child the line ends with me."
"Weren't the Sayuri guardians known for their powers?" Lily asked.
"Yes," Theo nodded. "If you are a direct descendant, which means you have special powers."
Abby smiled. "Of course I have powers," she nodded. "I have connections with all things powerful in this world. But I also have powers from both my parents, Takara, who was a Snow Ninja legend and Lothor, or Kia Watanabe, who was an Earth Ninja."
Casey frowned. "Kia Watanabe? As in your Sensei...?"
"As in my Sensei's twin brother," Abby answered. "Meaning my step in Sensei, who Hunter and Blake kidnapped is my uncle, making Cam, the former Green Samurai Ranger, my cousin."
The Jungle Fury cub's jaws' hit the floor.
"So, you've been a Power Ranger five times?" Casey asked, looking confused. "But earlier you said that you didn't want to be one!"
"What I meant was 'I don't want to be a Power Ranger again!'" Abby pointed out. "I refrained from saying 'again' because I know it would only confuse you, but being out in the field and knowing what to do before either of you, is only going to confirm that I was hiding something. But now you know, so there are no secrets between us."
Casey shook his head. "No, just 50 foot monster that is preventing us from doing our jobs! Do you have any ideas on how we fight that thing?"
"We have to fight him at his level," Abby answered. "We have to construct a Megazord, but in order to do that we must work together as one."
"We'll we're ready," Lily nodded energetically.
"No, you're not!" RJ jumped in, stopping any of the cubs from leaving the room. "You're not ready for the growing-ginormous technique. Sorry Rangers, no way."
~*Abby*~
After a few hours, and much prodding from the three cubs, Abby caved and approached RJ. She had been pulled into asking the master to teach the cubs the technique of working as a team so that they could fight Mantis on his playing field.
"You do realize that I can't form a Megazord alone, right?" Abby asked as she approached the Wolf master. "I need my cubs on this one."
"Your cubs?" RJ asked. "I thought you said you weren't a mother?"
Abby frowned. "I'm not," she answered. "But more to the point I need the guys help, and you're the only person that give me what I need."
"They're not ready," RJ shook his head. "Once they have managed to master their individual weapons, then we'll talk."
"Their individual weapons?" Abby asked. "Which are?"
"Get your cubs," RJ smirked, "and meet me in the training room."
"You mean right here?"
RJ's smirk dropped. "Just go get the others."
Abby giggled and left the loft.
~*Abby*~
When she had returned, Abby, Casey, Theo and Lily stood in a circle around RJ.
"What are we doing?" Casey asked, looking confused.
"Well until you've mastered your personal weapons, we can't make a Megazord." Abby answered. "So we're going to do some weapons training."
RJ walked to a cupboard and took out two tonfas. He handed them to Theo.
"Tonfa?" Theo smiled cockily. "No sweat! I learned these bad boys in my second year!"
As Theo showed off his skills, RJ returned to cupboard and then presented Lily with a Bo.
"Sweet!" Lily smiled. "I'm a pro with a Bo!"
Abby smirked and watched as she started to show off with her weapon, all the while RJ was presenting Casey with a nunchuku.
"The ancient, and if I may say, highly dangerous...nunchuku!" RJ smiled.
"No problem," Casey said as he tried to show off as well, only to hit Abby in the arm.
"Ouch!" the White ranger yelped, holding her arm and glaring at the red ranger. "Get away from me with that thing!"
Theo, Lily and RJ sighed as the three of them looked worried about Casey's lack of skill.
Casey pouted. "Okay...I admit it...I've never used these before."
"Those are only supposed to be used by trained kung fu students," Lily said.
"Sorry, Abby, but until they're all up to speed, you can't get to the next level."
Abby sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose; she was starting to get a headache, and wondered how long this was going to take.
"Just because Casey's a cub doesn't mean we should be held back in our training!" Theo sighed. "Abby can make it to the next level! It's not fair!"
"Abby happens to be a Power Ranger expert," RJ defended. "And while she can make it to the next level, she refuses to go anywhere without her cubs."
"Her cubs?" Lily questioned.
Abby turned to the Yellow ranger. "I promised Master Mao that if anything happened to him before he had the chance to teach you how to become guardians, I would take over the role as your mentor; I promised I would teach you all I know about being a guardian of a great power."
"So that makes us your cubs?" Casey asked.
"In theory," Abby nodded. "Yes. Why, don't you want a mother figure looking over you?"
Casey stepped down. "I thought you said you weren't a mother?"
"I'm not," Abby agreed. "But when Jarrod attacked you back at the academy, I wanted to do everything I could to protect you. That's called motherly instinct."
"If you're supposed to be our mentor, can't you train us to get to the next level?" Theo asked.
"I could," Abby nodded.
"Then teach me and Lily!"
"Theo, a team is a lot like a stool! You three are the legs, all equal. What happens if all the parts aren't equal?"
Theo scoffed impatiently before he hit the floor as RJ kicked the stool he was sitting on out from underneath him. Casey snickered.
Abby hit Casey in the arm.
"Ow! What did you do that for?"
"Because you don't laugh at your team-mates," Abby told him. "You help them! Helping each other is what's going to make this team work! Defeating the Dai Shi is going to take a joint effort, and until I am sure that you three can work together as one, we will never be able to take the fight to Dai Shi's level."
The three cubs were silent.
"You want to be heroes?" Abby questioned. "Start acting like heroes!"
~*Abby*~
After lecturing the cubs, RJ had gone down to the parlor to see how everything was doing, while Abby was sitting in her room attempting to call her sister and explain everything that had happened.
"Fran, you're here every day," RJ frowned. "I've got to ask...don't you have a crew? You know...friends you like to hang out with?"
"Um...books are my friends, so I guess you could say I have a big crew," Fran answered.
RJ laughed weakly. "Okay, ah, what about family?"
"Uhm...no brothers or sisters," Fran said, shaking her head, "and my parents are always kinda busy."
"Huh," RJ frowned.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Casey and the others had just started their new jobs. Casey was in the middle of tossing pizza dough in the air when Abby arrived from the loft above.
"What's with the long face?" Casey asked.
"Nothing," Abby answered. "Is RJ around?"
"He's with Fran," Theo answered, pointing over his shoulder.
Abby nodded. "Thanks. Have fun..." she smiled and left the kitchen.
Lily frowned after her. "Well, that was weird," she commented.
The two boys nodded before going back to their work, they didn't know Abby well enough to get involved in what was bothering her, as long as it wasn't ranger related.
"Check out Casey," Theo said, nudging Lily. "When it comes to tossing pizza, the guy's a genius. But he's all thumbs when it comes to handling his own weapon."
"Give him a break, Theo, he's just starting out," Lily defended. "Need I remind you that not too long ago, you were a cub too."
"Yeah, but that's my point -"
"Yeah, but nothing. Remember when you were starting out?" Lily questioned. "You didn't always have mad skills."
"Okay, but I practiced hard and got better," Theo smiled, remembering the good times.
"True. But before you could practice, someone had to teach you."
"I learned from the best," Theo nodded.
"Too bad Casey didn't have someone amazing to teach him," Lily sighed.
Theo rolled his eyes and turned the Yellow ranger. "Do you ever get tired of being right?"
"Not so fun!" Lily grinned.
A bell rang from somewhere outside the store.
"Everyone to their stations," RJ yelled. "The 12:32 lunch rush is about to..."
He cut off as a tidal wave of customers washed in through the shop entrance, walked up to the counter ready to place their orders.
Theo pushed through the people and grabbed Casey's arm, "Sorry boss, Casey and I have some training to do!"
"Wait! Who's going to help me serve all these people?" RJ yelled after them, as Lily took her position in the kitchen. With Abby experiencing personal difficulties, and unable to function, let alone work, he needed all hands on deck.
Fran jumped to her feet and raised her hand in the air. "Me!"
"Okay," RJ nodded, grabbing an orange apron and tossing it at her. "You're hired!"
~*Abby*~
"How long?" Abby asked she had just arrived back in Blue Bay Harbour, after Kelly had told her that their father wasn't getting any better, the doctors were unable to remove the tumor and he didn't have long left.
The doctor sighed. "Two weeks tops," he answered. It was difficult for him, a man who had done this so many times, to stand in front of his patients children and tell them that in a mere two weeks, they would be orphans.
Kelly stiffed a sob, as Abby breathed in sharply. She had to be brave now, brave for Kelly and brave for her father. She couldn't afford to break down.
"Thank you, Doctor," Abby nodded, wrapping her arm around Kelly's shoulders and walking away.
"Where have you been?" Kelly asked. "I left you several messages! You could have at least called me back!"
"I've been busy!"
"Too busy to come see, dad?"
Abby glared. "Don't you dare," she warned. "Don't you dare say that I don't care! I have other commitments, Kel!"
"Family should be more important to you!"
"Family is important to me!" Abby yelled quietly. "You and Daddy mean everything to me, you know that!"
"Then why haven't you been to see him?"
"I couldn't just leave the academy," Abby answered. "I know what it sounds like, Kelly, but you have to understand..."
"Understand?" Kelly whispered, her voice cracking slightly. "Understand what?"
Abby sighed. "There is another threat in Ocean Bluff..."
Kelly's eyes widened slightly. "You mean..."
"I've been chosen..."
"You're a..."
Abby nodded. "Power Ranger...again!"
~*Abby*~
"Ocean Bluff dam has burst. The city has been evacuated, but there is a torrent of water headed through the streets."
Abby spun around as she appeared downtown, she had just teleported straight from Blue Bay Harbour and was mentally thanking herself for taking the time learn to control her powers, as well as unleashing her Animal spirit, it made for easy travelling and much less pain on her part.
"Abby!" Lily called; somewhere off to Abby's left. The White ranger turned and sighed in relief as she saw her three cubs heading in her direction.
"What's happened?" Abby asked.
"The streets in the whole city are flooding," Lily answered.
"WATCH OUT!" Theo yelled, as he and Casey pushed both girls out of the way of the raging waters. "We have to get out of here!"
Grabbing Theo and Lily's shoulders, Abby ordered them to grab Casey, when they did she teleported them out.
"That was too close," Theo sighed as they reappeared on top of the nearest building.
"WHOA!" Casey yelped. "Giant mantis alert!"
He pointed ahead to where the Mantor was prowling gleefully through flooded city.
"How are we going to stop it?" Lily asked.
"One way to find out," Abby answered, and she removed her solar morpher, put on the glasses and morphed. "Come on!"
The four run to the edge of the building roof, skidding to separate halts when Camille and an army of Rinshi appeared in front of them.
Abby frowned. "LeeLee?" she questioned, scrutinizing Camille with her gaze. She struck an awful resemblance to the blonde vampire back in Briarwood.
"Sorry, sweetheart," Camille purred. "Don't know who you're talking about..."
"No bother," Abby shrugged. "Just makes it easier to destroy you!"
Camille smirked. "You can try, little ranger, but I doubt you'll succeed."
She lashed out with her tongue.
"Ew, gross!"
"Where are my manners?" Camille smirked. "My name's Camille. And I'm here to make sure you don't get in the way. Special orders from Dai Shi."
~*Abby*~
Kelly brushed the last of her tears from her face as she stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, she had been sent home from the hospital by her father to get some rest, she hadn't slept in over four days, and it was starting to take its toll on her. She was becoming irritable.
While staring at her reflection, the red head thought back on the brief conversation she had had with her father, before he had sent her home.
It had been about Abby.
"You and I both know that Abby would be here if she could," Adam said as he lay dying in his bed.
"But she cares more about her Ranger destiny," Kelly sighed. "She promised dad! She promised that she would be here!"
Adam gripped his daughter's hand tightly. "And she has been here," he said. "You know that Abby will come as soon as you call her. But she has other responsibilities, Kelly; she cannot run from who she is. We made a promise the day we found out the truth about her; we made a secret promise, don't forget that, Kelly. Do not forget that she is, and always will be, your baby sister."
Kelly lowered her head so that her father couldn't see her tears. "What have I done, dad?" she whispered. "I told her that she had to make a choice! That it was either us or her duties! That she couldn't have it both ways..."
"Abby will understand," Adam reassured. "She will understand that you didn't mean anything by what you said. You've been under a lot of stress, sweetie. Abby knows this, trust me when I say; she will not hold it against you."
"So, what do I do?"
"Just apologize to her," Adam smiled. "I have never seen two closer siblings, than I have you and Abby."
Kelly nodded.
"But first," Adam continued. "You need to rest. Go home and get some sleep. I'll be here when you return..."
The red head ducked her head as a fresh wave of tears washed over her, she had to sleep, but she also had to apologize to Abby. It wasn't her fault that life kept getting in the way. Being a Power Ranger was important, and it was a job that Abby loved.
Hell, what did she think was going to happen if, and when, Abby became a full time FBI agent, she would hardly ever be around then, may has well get used to it she thought, as she made her way out of the bathroom and towards the sofa, she didn't have the energy to make it to the bedroom, so the sofa would have to do.
Once she was rested, she would call Abby to apologize, and pray, that her sister would forgive her.
~*Abby*~
"A chameleon," Lily said. "So you can change your appearance at will... and that's the look you're going with?"
"A HA," Camille mocked. "Funny. But we'll see who gets the last laugh."
Stepping away from her cubs, Abby narrowed her eyes through her visor. Camille may have looked like LeeLee, but knowing that she wasn't made it a whole lot easier to deal with, she was unsure if she would have been able to fight her friend, not after everything they had been through together.
"Ready?" she asked, calling for her crossbow.
"Ready!" Casey, Theo and Lily nodded, mimicking her actions and calling for their individual weapons.
Ahead of them, the Rinshi hopped forward and the four rangers attacked.
Casey using his strength to dispatch his group of hopping foot soldiers, with Lily using speedy flips, punches and roundhouse kicks, and Theo using his personal weapon to take down those that where left.
This left Abby and Camille.
"Are you sure we haven't met?" Abby asked.
"I think you would have remembered," Camille responded.
Abby shrugged and ducked under a punch to the head. "Actually, I have been known to forget several years of my life!"
"Maybe this will refresh your memory!"
She kicked Abby in the chest and sending her flying off the side of the building. Abby screamed as she hit the surface of the gushing water and started to sink.
"Abby!" Lily yelled, having seen the White ranger disappear into the raging waters. "We have to help her!"
"We have to protect the city!" Casey said as the giant mantis returned. "Hey, bug breath! You're next!"
He jumped to attack, but was caught off-guard by the Mantis's arm, which knocked him out of the sky and back to the roof below.
"Casey!" Lily yelled as she and Theo raced to help him.
"You okay?" Theo asked.
"We can't beat him from down here," Casey groaned, slamming his fist onto the roof.
"If we could only use that growing technique!" Theo complained.
"We need all of us, for that!" Lily protested, pointing to the water where Abby had yet to resurface. "Where is she?"
Casey shook his head. "Maybe she can't get out?" he suggested.
"She just needs to swim up," Theo said.
"Sometimes it's not that easy, Theo," Lily said. "When you're trapped underwater, everything looks the same; you don't know which direction is which..."
Meanwhile, Abby was, just like Casey and Lily had stated, having trouble finding the way back to the surface, and to make matters worse? Her lungs were starting to burn with the lack of oxygen!
Kelly! Abby screamed mentally, as panic started to set in. I need you!
As spots started to appear in front of her, Abby felt an arm wrap around her waist and pull her towards the surface...at least she hoped it was towards the surface. When she broke, her lungs expanded as she gulped in mouthfuls of fresh air and spluttered out the excess water that was trapped in her lungs.
"Leave you alone for two seconds and you try and kill yourself!" said a familiar voice. "I know your life is bad at the moment, but I didn't think it was this bad!"
Abby coughed and smiled slightly as the voice registered within her mind.
Reaching the roof of the building, which was more than a few meters above the water, Abby was hauled out of the water by another set of hands. When she was lying safe on her back, she grinned as Ronny Robinson appeared in her line of vision.
"What's the trouble bubble?" the former Yellow ranger grinned, holding her hand out to her best friend.
"Oh you know, the usual," Abby shrugged. "New evil bad guy wanting world domination! And who is using a giant mantis to destroy the city!"
Nick, who was now sitting beside his girlfriend, shook his head spraying water droplets all over Abby and Ronny.
The two girls shrieked and turned to glare at him.
Nick held his hands up in defence. "My bad," he smiled, before pointing over Ronny's shoulder as Lily, Casey and Theo joined them.
Lily smiled in relief and hugged Abby, taking the older female by surprise. "What happened?" she asked.
"Panic," Abby answered. "I'm fine now."
At that moment, their communicators bleeped. Pressing the side of their helmets, Casey, Lily and Theo heard RJ speaking to them.
"Rangers, listen up. Now that you've got Abby back, it's time to go big."
"But we don't know how!" Theo responded.
"Sure you do. You just don't know that you know how."
Lily frowned. "Huh?"
"The stool! I mean, uh, the team is in balance now."
Theo paused and turned to Abby. "I think I get it! Lil, you're the heart of the team," he grinned at his best friend.
"And you bring the brains!" Lily nodded.
"Casey has the strength," Abby added in, smiling at the red ranger.
"And Abby brings knowledge and experience," Theo guessed. "Together we are all halves of the same whole!"
Casey grinned. "We are one!"
"Yes!" Abby exclaimed, punching the air with both fists, before dropping her arms around Nick and Ronny's shoulders. "Took them long enough!" she sighed.
"Excellent. You're ready for the next level. Now combine your animal spirits and see what happens!"
"We can combine them?" Lily questioned, having never heard nor been told this before.
Casey nodded, and gripped Lily's shoulder. "We can do it!" he encouraged. "I know we can! Abby, you may want to morph first."
Abby frowned and looked down at herself. She noticed that she was standing on the rooftop in a semi-wet Ninja body suit. "Must have demorphed whilst I was under," she murmured, sliding her arms from around Nick and Ronny and putting on her sunglasses/morphers.
"Abby, what are you -?" Ronny started.
"Jungle Beast, Spirit unleashed!" Abby commanded, cutting her friend off. "With the pride of a Polar Bear, Jungle Fury White Ranger!"
Nick and Ronny exchanged looks. Well, that was a new one.
"Ready?" Abby asked.
Casey, Theo and Lily nodded. "Ready!"
"Animal spirits, unite as one! Power Rangers Jungle Fury!"
Several seconds later, the Jungle Pride Megazord stood tall above the city, facing off against the giant mantis. It had Jaguar and Cheetah legs, Polar Bear arms and a Tiger's body and head.
"Jungle Pride Megazord!"
"Yeah!" Abby grinned, from inside the cockpit. "Well done! I knew you could do it!"
Lily smiled beneath her helmet. "Let's bring on the fury!"
Camille, who was watching from a near-by rooftop, scoffed. "Big deal. With my added power, Mantor will shred them to bits."
She suddenly grabbed her throat, gagged and a small fly-like creature emerged from her mouth, and buzzed around.
"Are you kidding? They have achieved the level of Jungle Pride Megazord! That won't be easy to beat!" the fly zapped.
"Flit!" Camille grimaced. "You little pest! How did you get out?"
Flit ignored her and buzzed off towards the Megazord battle. "And the fight is on!" he zapped as the Jungle Pride Megazord mimicked the actions of the four rangers inside, and charged forward through the water and became locked in combat with the Mantis. "The Jungle Pride is tough, but that is one mad Mantor!"
Punching out their fists, the rangers felt the force of the Megazords own fists slam into the Mantis's chest.
"Ohh, that's gonna leave a mark," Flit zapped again. "Got him on the ropes... Oooh, a backhand!"
Abby whimpered slightly as she felt the feeling of fear overcome her as the Megazord toppled backwards, but remained standing. In retaliation to the hit, she ordered the Jungle Pride Megazord to elbow the Mantis in the stomach, before she and the other three delivered a spinning kick.
"He didn't see it coming! Nice. These Rangers have got some moves."
Jumping into the air, the Jungle Pride Megazord landed with a large splash of water, a few feet away from the Mantis.
"It seems your Mantor is taking a beating," Flit told Camille.
"And so will you if you don't shut your flytrap!" Camille hissed.
"Oooh, touchy, touchy," Flit mocked. "Now back to the action. Mantor is going crazy, swinging wildly. But the rangers are back on foot!"
Blocking another blow, and protecting another building, the Rangers inside the cockpit flipped over backwards as the Megazord followed their motion, landing on top of another building.
"Strong move, but the Rangers flip out of danger! Oh ho ho, what a spectacular move! Unbelievable, they flip again!"
Flipping over this time, the Megazord soared over Mantor's head, did a roundhouse kick and tripped up the monster.
"Landing so gracefully," Flit grinned. "What a comeback for the Rangers! I can't believe my eyes... and I've got hundreds of them."
"Jungle Setsukon!" the rangers exclaimed, as the Megazord produced a three way nunchuku-like weapon.
"What's this?" Flit questioned. "The Rangers are busting out the kung fu, here!"
"Casey, use it just like your Jungle chucks!" Theo instructed.
Casey nodded. "All over it."
Casey took control and swung the setsukon around, hitting the Mantis repeatedly with it.
"Oh, the powerful setsukon! That's gotta give them an edge. Watch, watch." Flit buzzed.
Mantis snarled and tried to block the spinning weapon, and dodged at the same time.
"Hold it steady!" Abby yelled, as Casey followed her command.
"Whoa-hoa. He's about to stick it to him!"
"NOW!"
Spinning the weapon around, Casey slammed one end of it into the Mantor's middle, causing the monster to topple over and spark as he hit the ground.
"Oooh, the Mantor takes one right in the thorax!"
"Savage Spin!" the Rangers yelled, as the Megazord arms began to spin.
"I can't believe it," Flit gasped. "These kids know the Savage Spin!"
Running forward, the Jungle Pride streaked passed Mantor. The Mantis screamed as he sparked, turned to stone and then exploded.
~*Abby*~
Fran frantically swept the shop floor, while Abby frowned as she watched her. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"I've gotta get this place cleaned up before the 5:27 rush!" Fran answered. "Shouldn't you be helping Theo and Casey in the kitchen?"
Ronny snorted as she sat at a table nearby with Nick. "Abby in the kitchen?" she questioned. "Please, Abby can't even make toast with setting the fire alarm off."
"One time!" Abby exclaimed
"Yeah, one time too many," Nick teased.
Abby pouted. "Why are you picking on me?" she asked.
"Because it's fun," Ronny grinned.
"You're mean!"
"But you still love me,"
"Sadly,"
Ronny gasped, while Nick chuckled at the banter.
"So, you guys going to explain what you're doing here?" Abby asked, sitting on Nick's lap and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Not that i'm not happy to see you, it's been what? A year?" she grinned at Ronny.
"Three," Ronny corrected. "Three years!"
"No way!" Abby yelped. "There is no way the last time I saw you was three years ago!"
"Well, unless you're counting you're graduation," Ronny added, "that takes us down to two!"
Abby frowned. "I thought it was less than that," she shrugged half-heartedly.
"I think you're confusing me with him," Ronny said pointing at Nick. "He saw you four weeks ago! How come he gets to see you at the academy?"
"I live with him," Abby answered.
"You used to live with me," Ronny reminded her.
Abby smiled. "Well now I am out of the academy," she pointed out. "So you can see me whenever you want!"
"What if I don't want to?"
"Then don't," Abby shrugged. There was a heavy silence, before Abby spoke again. "Kelly sent you, didn't she?"
Ronny nodded. "She said that you could use a friend," she said. "And that she's sorry. She has tried calling you, but you're not answering."
Abby nodded and removed her cellphone from her pocket; she tossed it across the table at Ronny, who inspected the front screen to find 24 missed calls from Kelly, and 17 unread messages.
"Aren't you going to call her back?"
Abby smiled. "I already did. I apologized for what I said, and so did she,"
"Which was?" Nick asked. Kelly had been brief when she had called saying that she needed him to check on Abby for her, she had explained that Abby wasn't in any immediate danger, they just had a bit of a spat and Nick knew that both Holloway sisters were too prideful to say sorry.
"She told me that I had to make a choice," Abby sighed. "I had to choose between my Ranger destiny and my father! That for the last few months I have been putting my other commitments before my father's life, and that he could die and I would be off fighting evil."
Ronny frowned, as she slid the cellphone back across the table. "That's not fair. Kelly does realize that Camille and her army aren't gonna let up, right?"
Abby nodded. "This is what Kelly does. She'll be upset for a few hours and then she'll just fall into place with everything! Besides, it's not Camille I'm worried about."
"It's not?" Nick asked.
"No," Abby shook her head. "It's Dai Shi."
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Chapter updated Monday, March 05, 2012 at 09:58pm