Jungle Spirit Chapter 2: Clash of the Team

Heyyyyyy homies and homettes, it's Trey-El here back once again with another chapter of Jungle Spirit. This chapter is about the team and the beginning of their growth as one. Not much else to say so, let's get started!

Characters

Rangers

Red: Cameron "Cam" Cormick

Blue: Ronald "Ronny" Harrel

Green: Jason Leyton

Yellow: Nessa Durand

Pink: Loren Drake

Mentor: Jemas

Main Villain: Tigar-O

Second in Command: Snapper

General: Zebro

General: Taka

MOTD: Chimera

Foot Soldiers: Scales

Cameron is portrayed by Kevin Quinn

Ronny is portrayed by Khylin Rhambo

Jason is portrayed by Rahart Adams

Nessa is portrayed by Olivia Holt

Loren is portrayed by Cierra Ramirez

Jemas is portrayed by Margot Robbie

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Power Rangers, all rights go to Saban Brands/Entertainment. I also don't own the characters in the story, they belong to LuckyLeoRed.

So, Without further adieu, LET'S DO THIS!


Cameron woke up from his sleep, slightly still urged to head back to the land of dreams that he was in. For him, the power he gained from a mystical coin was a dream, fully exposed by the fact of becoming a Power Ranger. He half expected the coin to be gone when he looked at it, its red glow alerting him to its glory. The teen could swear he heard a low roar coming from the object and he wondered if the powers drove him insane. He rose from his bed, ruffling his hair before entering his bathroom. When he walked out, he went to his closet and looked for clothes to wear.

He decided on a hooded light grey shirt, red flannel, crisp blue jeans, and red sneakers. He rolled up his sleeves, then pocketed his coin and his phone. The teen walked out of his room and then went downstairs to see his father eating breakfast while reading the newspaper.

Mr. Cormick looked up, "Morning Cam." the father said before going back to the newspaper.

"Morning dad." Cameron said before turning a corner and seeing a woman at the stove. The woman jumped when she saw Cameron.

"Hi Cameron. Good Morning.", she said.

"Good Morning Ms. Burton." Cameron responded, slightly surprised by the woman's presence in his home.

Cameron knew of his father's girlfriend and met her before, but he usually never saw her in his home. He began to wonder if this was perhaps the start of her moving in, which is something Cameron wasn't ready for. He liked Ms. Burton, but it would just be a bit awkward for him to get used to seeing her full time.

"How are you?" Cameron asked the female as he went to the pantry to grab some bread and peanut butter.

"I'm doing fine, how about yourself?", Ms. Burton returned.

"I'm okay." Cameron said, making a peanut butter sandwich and pouring himself a glass of orange juice.

"Are you sure? You father told me about the attack at your school trip. I was worried about you." Ms. Burton revealed.

"Well, attack wasn't near the group I was in. We were in a cave at the time; by the time we came back, everything was a mess." Cameron lied, taking in a breath afterwards.

Cameron was still uneasy about the event. So many were hurt and he shivered sometimes when he thought about how close he was to death and about how much worse things could have gotten if he had not became a power ranger.

His father then spoke up, "Well, it's a damn miracle that those kids are okay. They truly are lucky." He said before looking at the time, "Cameron, we got to go before you are late."


Tigar-O sat at his throne as his underlings were at work fixing up the castle's throne room. Snapper stood beside his king, pacing back and forth and keeping an eye on the Scales.

"Work faster beasts!" Snapper commanded in a harsh tone, scaring the Scales and actually making them work faster.

Taka then walked in, looking at her surroundings before looking to the turtle, "I'm still waiting on the day when you realize yelling will not solve anything Snappy." She said.

Snapper practically exploded, "I've told you time and time again; it's Snapper, not Snappy." The turtle corrected.

Taka chuckled, "I'm perfectly aware of what your name is. I just love getting on your nerves Snappy." She joked.

Snapper growled, "Whatever, what is your business here?", He asked.

"To talk with our king.", Taka said before bowing to Tigar-O, "Your majesty.", She said.

"You may rise my loyal underling. What is it that you have come to inform me of?", Tigar-O asked the eagle based woman.

"I know you are a busy man my king; so I will not waste your time. Zebro and I have created an Evo-Beast that is sure to match our new enemies. Zebro!", Taka yelled.

On cue, Zebro came in with a monster that had 5 different animals on them. The head was based on a lion, the body of a goat, legs of a bull, arms based on a serpent, and dragon wings.

"We would like to introduce your majesty to, Chimera.", Zebro said, flourishing his hands towards the creation.

Chimera then bowed, "An honor to be at your service." It said with a cold, feminine voice.

"Not that I'm not impressed, but what is this for?" Tigar-O asked.

"And how does it defeat those brats?", Snapper also questioned.

"Simple Snappy; five rangers, five beasts on Chimera here. Why bother trying to out power them when we could match them?" Taka asked.

"I like your thinking Taka. On your word Snapper." Tigar-O stated.

Snapper looked at Chimera before saying, "You are ordered to go and fight."


It was a few minutes after 2 pm when school had left out. Cameron walked out with his earbuds in blasting music as he went to walk to his bus.

He soon heard someone speak, "I need to see you and the other rangers as soon as possible.", said the voice.

Cameron knew it was Jemas calling him and he assumed the others. Since the events of the school trip, the five had ironically not been as team like as one expected. Ronny was usually busy with school work, Jason was usually planning a new prank on the jocks, Nessa was being Nessa, and Loren was usually hanging out with her friends. You'd think they'd be hanging out often due to the fact that they saved lives together; but, their lives and schedules did not make time for each other. However, perhaps a quick visit to the cave would help them get a grip.

Cameron pulled out his phone and texted his dad, telling him that he was staying after school. After getting the okay from his father, Cameron then walked to a secure place and pulled the lion coin out of his pocket. He gripped it tightly in his hand and soon after, faded into a red orb of light.


Cameron then appeared in the team base, finding Jemas there with Loren.

Cameron walked over, "Where's everyone else?", He asked.

"They haven't showed up. If anything, I feel like Nessa isn't coming whatsoever.", Loren stated.

"Fair assumption. So Jemas, can't you teleport them here?", Cameron asked the elder woman.

"I could, but I don't want to force them. If they want to show up, they will do so without my intervention." Jemas stated.

Cameron and Loren nodded in understanding. If she forced them here, they'd either feel violated, distrusting of the woman, or both. It was best that it was left to the team's decision.

"So, why'd you call us in? We haven't had a monster attack since the trip." Cameron brought up.

"That maybe true, but your enemies are still out there. It is important that you five become very used to each other and learn how to be a true team." Jemas reasoned.

"I get it. Teamwork makes the dream work right?" Loren said.

"I'm not sure I follow." Jemas said with a confused expression.

"It's a figure of speech. Means that teamwork is important when trying to achieve certain goals." Cameron explained.

Jemas smiled, "Ah, well then yes, Teamwork does make the dream work." She said.

An alarm then went off, directing Jemas, Cameron, and Loren to the viewing screen. On it, they saw Chimera causing destruction on a busy street.

"Can this teamwork of yours make the dream of getting rid of that monster work?" Jemas asked.

"Of course. Come on Cam." Loren said as she and Cameron walked away.


"The pests should be here soon." Chimera said, "Cause more destruction Scales!"

Cameron and Loren then ran up to the scene.

"Stop right there!" Loren yelled out.

"Why should I? If I destroy you all, my king and all of his people will have a home. Something your kind took from us." Chimera reasoned.

"Listen, we're sorry about what happened," Cameron said before he and Loren summoned their Slot Morphers and inserted their Jungle Coins, "but we can't let you hurt innocent people. Ready?!"

"Ready!" Loren exclaimed.

The two then pressed the associated buttons to transform, a projection of their coins came up in front of them and smacked into the center of their chests, creating their suits.

"Prideful Lion! Jungle Spirit Red!"

"Graceful Deer! Jungle Spirit Pink!"

"Forgotten Forests No More!", they said, "Power Rangers Jungle Spirit!"

"Yay, A for the completely unnecessary roll-call. Scales!" Chimera yelled, pointing at the two rangers.

The two rangers summoned their weapons before running towards the Scales. Loren jumped over a Scale, using the antlers on her shield to slash it before dodging the attack of another one. She used her foot to propel herself off of a car and struck Scales with the antlers as she flew by. When she landed, Loren then slammed her shield into the ground, creating a shockwave of pink energy that knocked down the other Scales before they could get close to her. She then ran in after Chimera.

Things were going just as well on Cameron's side of things; the red ranger used his sword to perfection to fight his advisories. Any Scale that tried to get close was met with a stab or slash for their efforts, their numbers quickly dwindling down. Cam then charged the blade of his sword with a brilliant red light, the glow nearly blinding the teen himself. He then slashed at the Scales, a projection of red energy cutting them all down. Cameron then saw Loren get tossed aside by Chimera, and he then ran towards the fight.

As the two fought the monster, Ronny and Jason ran up on the scene.

"Seems like we're late." Jason said.

"Great observation Jace," Ronny said before summoning his Morpher, "let's get in there!"

Jason summoned his morpher as well, "Right behind you!" He shouted.

The two then morphed and summoned their weapons before running into the fight themselves. Whereas Ronny took a long ranged approach, Jason ran right in, knocking Cameron over as the red ranger was going for an attack. The intervention of the green ranger also got Loren's attention, and the pink ranger couldn't block herself from an attack that knocked her off her feet. Jason then started to throw punches at the monster at an unfocused rate, accidentally blocking off Ronny's aim at it. When Ronny believed he had a good shot, he blasted an arrow towards the fight; however, Jason then stepped in the way, getting himself hit by the arrow instead.

"Aww, Dude!" Jason yelled to his best friend.

"You were in the way!" The blue ranger responded.

Jason then rose Rose to his feet and ran at Chimera again as Nessa came upon the scene already morphed and ran in herself. Nessa got to the monster first, not seeing how close Jason was to her. The two bumped into one another, almost knocking themselves off their feet, but remained standing.

"Do me a favor and stay out of the way." Nessa said before beginning her attack on Chimera.

"Like hell I will." Jason said before he ran in too.

As Nessa went to hit Chimera with her hammer, Jason came in and knocked the monster away from the radius of the weapon. Unfortunately for him, Jason put himself in the radius and was hit by the attack.

"Again?!" The Green Ranger yelled out.

"I told you to stay out of the way!" Nessa yelled.

As the two argued, Ronny got a good aim and fired at Chimera again. However, Cameron swooped in and accidentally took Chimera out of the attack's path, the arrow hitting a light post instead.

"Guess I have to get close." Ronny said with a sigh before running towards the fight.

He shot another arrow that grazed Cameron, but did hit Chimera mostly. The monster staggered as Ronny went for another shot. Chimera grabbed Cameron and threw the red ranger in front of her, forcing him to take the arrow shot. Loren then ran up behind her, but Chimera moved as Loren tried to slash her with the antlers on her shield, the attack instead hitting Cameron in the back.

Ronny sighed and then looked at Jason and Nessa, "Could someone help?" He asked.

Nessa and Jason both looked at him, "Got it." The both said before running at Chimera.

As they went to reach the monster, Ronny attempted to provide cover fire, but was soon struck by a bolt from Chimera that knocked him away. Jason and Nessa were able to reach Chimera, with Nessa going for a kick and Jason for a punch. Both attacks aimed at Chimera's head, so the kick from Nessa knocked Jason's hand away and Chimera leaned back to avoid damage. Jason shook his hand as Nessa held her shin, giving Chimera the opportunity to throw them towards Ronny. Loren then ran in, but was quickly knocked away and landed beside her teammates. Chimera then picked up a struggling Cameron and threw him into the team.

"Wow, I barely even broke a sweat!" Chimera said before charging an attack.

As the rangers rose to their feet, Chimera sent to attack into them, knocking them back off their feet and demorphing them.

"Perfect!" She said, "Now comes the good part!" In a flash, five spirit like projections of Chimera's five animals started to stalk towards the rangers and Chimera herself disappeared.

The five teens began to back up before they similarly disappeared in a flash. The animals looked around for the teens before moving towards each other before they began to merge, eventually forming Chimera again.

"What cowards! Leaving like that." The female monster said before vanishing.


The five teens then dropped on the floor of JSC, Jemas running to them.

"Are you all alright?" The woman asked worriedly.

The teens did not answer, but rose Rose to their feet with groans.

"Dude, we got whipped out there." Jason said as he held his side.

"We did. Wouldn't of happened if you hadn't of gotten in my way." Nessa responded.

"Not like you weren't doing bad too right?" Ronny sarcastically asked in support of his friend.

"Can you three stop? This back and forth is really irritating after what just happened." Loren stated.

Nessa rolled her eyes, "Whatever. The fact is, I could of beat her all on my own." She said before using her coin to teleport away.

"Mood killer. Anyway, Me and Ron should get going too." Jason said.

"I have a test to study for and Jason I guess has planning to do for the jocks." Ronny added.

The two then teleported away, leaving Cameron, Loren, and Jemas alone. Loren's phone then buzzed and the female looked at the object to see what it was.

"Not to sound like a broken record, but I need to leave as well. My mom need me home to watch my siblings. See you two later alright?" Loren rhetorically asked before making her leave.

Cameron then laid on his back with his arm draped over his forehead, "That sucked." He said simply.

"Indeed," began Jemas, "you five weren't in sync enough to fight. I wonder if it is because none of you has trained yet."

"It might be. If we don't know what the other is thinking, then we can't work together properly." Cameron said before sighing and getting to his feet.

"Do you have to leave as well Cameron?" Jemas asked.

"Yeah, why?" Cameron responded.

"No reason. But tomorrow, try getting everyone to come here. I think I have an idea of how to fix this issue." The woman said.

"I'll try. See you tomorrow Jemas." Cameron said before leaving.


Chimera returned to Tigar-O's castle, walking into the throne room where her king and Snapper resided. Before she even got too close, Snapper lunged forward.

"You have some kind of gull showing up back here." The turtle stated in an angry tone.

"I had to come back to inform our majesty of what happened." Chimera said.

"We already know you didn't kill those rangers. Therefore, there is nothing to explain." Snapper stated.

"Well, I do need to explain what happened in detail. Fact is, I almost had the rangers dead." Chimera responded.

"Oh? So what is this worthy excuse?" Snapper then asked.

Chimera walked past Snapper and kneeled before her king, "My king, I almost was able to take the teens' lives; however, they seemed to have teleported away at the last second." She said.

"Teleportation you say? Seems that one of our sacred enemies from the past has given these teens their powers." Tigar-O announced.

Taka and Zebro then walked in soon after the statement.

"Our former enemies my King?" Zebro stated.

"If that is the case, then those teens have a powerful Ally on their side." Taka added in.

"Indeed. We must take a few hours to discuss this matter. In the meantime, go rest Chimera; you need to be fully healed for your next battle." Tigar-O said.

"Yes your majesty." Chimera said before walking out of the throne room.


Cameron walked through the front door of his home and then dropped onto the couch in the living room. The fight from earlier had him injured slightly, but mostly tired. It also didn't help that he had spent the last hour plus stressing over the team. Even if he was able to convince them to go to JSC tomorrow, how could he reign them all in. In the middle of his thoughts, Cameron's father walked into the living room.

"Afternoon Cam. You alright?" Mr. Cormick asked.

Cameron lazily turned to his father, "Yeah, yeah. It's just that school has me tired and all." Cameron said.

Mr. Comick crossed his arms and looked at his son, "Son, I know you well enough to know when you are lying. What's the matter?" He asked again.

Cameron turned fully to his father, "Well, I have this school project I'm working on with 4 other students. The problem is that we can't seem to get well enough to actually make any progress. The teacher told me to gather up the group because I'm the leader. But dad, I don't know how to get everyone on the same page." The teen told his father.

Cameron's dad nodded, "You want my advice?" He asked.

"I'll take any at this point." Cameron stated.

Mr. Cormick sat on the couch next to his son, "Cam, as leader, it is your responsibility to keep your team on track. Doesn't matter how difficult it may be, you're expected to honor your place. The best way to keep everyone in a unit is to play with their strengths as well as reminding them what is at stake." The man took a break to gather more thoughts, "For example, let's say one person is good at line art and another is good at coloring. One is good at writing and another one is good at characteristics. When you bring them together, you can create a comic for example. Your role would be to take their skills and make sure they fit together like a puzzle, otherwise it could fall apart in an instant. You understand?"

Cameron nodded, "I think so. I have to make sure we understand our joined goal and then use everyone's strength to its fullest while not letting another one cancel it." The red ranger said.

"Perfect. So tomorrow, you gather those 4 kids and you remind them of what they need to do to succeed. Now, go to bed. You look like hell." Mr. Cormick joked.

Cameron playfully shoved his dad and got up. As he began to walk up the stairs, he knew he had to get everyone together. He had no choice.


The next day, Cameron stood outside of the school near a pillar. He had asked all of the team to meet him after school let out. More like begged for Nessa, but she agreed. Not that long afterwards, the four other teens showed up.

"So, what exactly are we all wasting our time here for?" Nessa asked.

"Nice to have such a warm personality here." Jason said.

Before Nessa could reply, Cameron spoke up, "Look, I asked you all to meet me because we need to talk about this team thing." He said.

"Yeah; we suck as a team. What else is new?" Nessa questioned.

"We need to come together and be a true group. That also means that we have to discover each other's strengths in battle." Cameron said.

"Good thinking. If we can learn to adjust for each other's strengths, we can be a fully cohesive unit in the future." Ronny stated.

"It really is a good idea." Loren agreed.

"It's totally elder wise." Jason said.

"Eh, I've heard worse plans." Nessa then said, getting looks from the other four.

"Anyway, we need to go to JSC." Cameron said before he and the others teleported away.


The five then appeared in JS Central, where Jemas was waiting.

"Ah, you five have arrived. I'm glad." Jemas said with a smile.

"Yeah, so why are we here?" Nessa asked.

"For training Ms. Durand." Jemas said with the same warm smile.

A robot then lurked forward; it didn't seem too dangerous, but it was sure was intimidating with its seven foot frame. All the rangers, except Nessa, looked up at the robot with slight doubt and fear in their eyes.

"So, let's begin!" Jemas shouted, still not losing her smile.


Elsewhere in the city, civilians were going on about their days. Phone calls, earbuds, YouTube videos, all the mundane and worldwide things. All of a sudden however, Chimera and a fresh pack of Scales appeared.

"Ahhh, hello humans. You disgusting disgraced packs of meat. Scales, attack!" Chimera yelled.

The Scales did as they were told, humans running from the area in fear.


Back at JS Central, the rangers leaned against whatever they could find. Everyone was tired due to their battle with the training robot, but they did learn what each other were good at. Ronny was good as a tactician and long ranged fighter. Jason was a brawler, chosing to use fists and his brawn rather than his best friend. Nessa liked to mix the use of her weapon and her feet and Loren excelled at quicker fights, using her agility to dodge attacks and land her own as soon as physically possible. As for Cameron, he was good at using his weaponry and was shockingly good at giving orders.

With all of that in mind, the team found ways to work around their different styles and we're even able to mix some together.

"I think...we need...a break." Jason said breathlessly.

After he spoke, the alarm within the base rung, seemingly louder than usual.

"Come on!" Jason shouted as he and the others rose to their feet.

"Chimera has returned." Jemas said, turning to the teens, "You five ready?"

The teens all nodded and Jemas teleported them away.


Chimera skipped down the street as Scales spread destruction around her. In the middle of this however, she saw something an stopped. A few Scales who weren't paying attention bumped into her and fell before looking where Chimera was. In front of them were the rangers, standing next to each other in a line.

"So, you've returned. All together as well. Ready to face your ultimate destruction?" Chimera asked.

"Naw, we came to end your rampage." Cameron replied before putting his lion coin in his Slot Morpher, "Ready?"

The other four did the same, "Ready!" They yelled.

The five teens then brought their left arms across their chest with their right thumbs resting on the wheel on the back of their Slot Morphers, "Jungle Spirits, Awaken!" They all yelled before bringing both arms inward to their left side.

They then shot their left arms upward while throwing their right downward, spinning the wheel on their Slot Morphers that then lit up.


Cameron stood in a red jungle with his left arm up above their head. A white body suit then appeared with gold bands around the gloves and boots as well as a gold belt on his waist. A projection of the lion coin then appeared in front of Cameron before slamming into his chest, coloring the torso, arms from the gold band up, and legs from the gold band up red. An image of the coin then appeared on his chest and a visorless helmet then formed before the visor slammed down over their eyes, completing the suit.

Ronny stood in a blue jungle with his left arm up above their head. A white body suit then appeared with gold bands around the gloves and boots as well as a gold belt on his waist. A projection of the eagle coin then appeared in front of Ronny before slamming into his chest, coloring the torso, arms from the gold band up, and legs from the gold band up blue. An image of the coin then appeared on his chest and a visorless helmet then formed before the visor slammed down over their eyes, completing the suit.

Jason stood in a green jungle with his left arm up above their head. A white body suit then appeared with gold bands around the gloves and boots as well as a gold belt on his waist. A projection of the wolf coin then appeared in front of Jason before slamming into his chest, coloring the torso, arms from the gold band up, and legs from the gold band up green. An image of the coin then appeared on his chest and a visorless helmet then formed before the visor slammed down over their eyes, completing the suit.

Nessa stood in a yellow jungle with her left arm up above their head. A white body suit then appeared with gold bands around the gloves and boots as well as a gold belt on her waist. A projection of the bear coin then appeared in front of Nessa before slamming into her chest, coloring the torso, arms from the gold band up, and legs from the gold band up yellow, as well as adding a yellow skirt. An image of the coin then appeared on her chest and a visorless helmet then formed before the visor slammed down over their eyes, completing the suit.

Loren stood in a pink jungle with her left arm up above their head. A white body suit then appeared with gold bands around the gloves and boots as well as a gold belt on her waist. A projection of the deer coin then appeared in front of Loren before slamming into her chest, coloring the torso, arms from the gold band up, and legs from the gold band up pink, as well as adding a pink skirt. An image of the coin then appeared on her chest and a visorless helmet then formed before the visor slammed down over their eyes, completing the suit.


"Prideful Lion! Jungle Spirit Red!"

"Noble Eagle! Jungle Spirit Blue!"

"Wild Wolf! Jungle Spirit Green!"

"Fierce Bear! Jungle Spirit Yellow!"

"Graceful Deer! Jungle Spirit Pink!"

"Forgotten Forests No More!", the team shouted.

"Power Rangers...", Cameron said.

"Jungle Spirit!" they exclaimed before an explosion went off behind them.

"It doesn't matter who you are or where that explosion came from!" Chimera began, "I will defeat you pests! Scales!"

"When we roar," Cameron said before he and his team summoned their weapons, "we can't be stopped!"

The five then ran at the Scales with their weapons high.

"Nessa, Jason; you take the left. Ronny and Loren, you two go right. I'll handle Chimera until you guys are done." Cameron said.

"Right!" Ronny, Loren, and Nessa stated.

Jason turned to Nessa, "We go left, not right." He said.

Nessa rolled her eyes, "Are you serious or are you messing with me?" She asked, clearly irritated.

The helmet concealed Jason's smile, "You decide." He said before he and Nessa ran left.

Cameron stared at Chimera and ran at her, zooming past the Scales on either side of him. Over with Loren and Ronny, the blue ranger dropped to one knee while his pink ally ran in. As she did so, Ronny provided cover fire for the pink ranger. Loren somersaulted over an attack and used her shield to block another one. She used her antlers on the shield to throw one Scale in the air that was then shot by an arrow from Ronny. The attack strategy was for Loren to make quick attacks on some of the Scales while Ronny shot others from his position.

Jason ran in and sliced a Scale with his dagger multiple times before grabbing it by the waist and pushing it back. He then suddenly stopped ppushing, where Nessa placed the head of her hammer on the ground and used it to balance herself before kicking the underling. After that, Jason then hit the Scale with a german suplex before raising to his feet and slicing another. He threw one of his daggers into the air that was kicked into another Scale by Nessa who then hit multiple with her hammer before taking the dagger and throwing it back to Jason. The green ranger then threw a Scale into the sky, where Nessa kicked it to the ground before hitting the Scales that surrounded her and Jason with her hammer while Jason ducked the attack.

Cameron tried to slash Chimera with his sword, but the Evo-Beast dodged it and knocked him down. Cameron put up his sword to defend himself from the approaching villain, but she was attacked by the other rangers while Cameron made his way back to his feet. Jason grabbed Chimera's arms and wrenched them behind her back, leaving her open to kicks from both Nessa and Loren. The two females moved to reveal Ronny, who shot and arrow into the place the two girls just kicked. Jason then saw Cameron charge up his sword, so the green ranger threw Chimera into the air. Cameron jumped and, on his way down, slashed Chimera with his sword, rocketing the villain to the ground.

Chimera rose to her feet, "You can't beat me." She said.

"We already have." Cameron said before he and the others charged up their weapons.

Chimera, not giving up, split into her five animal forms and each one ran at the rangers. In response, the rangers let their attacks loose, hitting all five animals and destroying them.


Back at Tigar-O's castle, the king and his followers watched the events unfold.

"Seems that Chimera wasn't strong enough." Snapper said smugly.

Before Taka could respond, Tigar-O rose from his chair.

"It's not over just yet." He said before slamming his staff into the ground, the orb at the top glowing.


The Rangers were starting to walk away when the ground shook suddenly. The five looked back to see five orbs rise out of the flames of where they just destroyed Chimera's five animal forms. The probs then disappeared to show giant versions of the five animals that once made up Chimera.

"Uh, we got anything for that?" Jason asked.

Then, the eyes on the helmets of the rangers glowed, transferring information to the teens.

"You guys heard it too right?" Cameron questioned.

The other four nodded before all five stood in a line and put their arms out towards the sky.

"Jungle Zords, Awaken!"

From a portal, five robotics animals moved into the city. A red Lion, a blue Eagle, a green Wolf, a yellow Bear, and a pink Deer.

"I think that's our cue." Cameron said.

The five then jumped into their respective zords before moving them forward. Chimera's five animals ran towards the zords to attack, not in fear of the new robotic beasts. The bull engaged the Bear Zord, The Goat went after the Deer Zord, the Dragon took flight towards the Eagle Zord, the Serpent slithered to the Wolf Zord, and the two lions faced each other.

The bull tried to ram the Bear Zord, but Nessa jerked the Zord away. She then made her Zord ram the bull in the side instead. The Serpent circled the Wolf Zord, looking for a chance to strike. Jason watched the animal move around him, keeping his hands on the controls for his Zord. The Serpent then went for a strike and Jason made the Wolf Zord slash it with its claws. The Eagle Zord and Dragon flew around buildings, the dragon trying to hit the robot bird with its fire breath. Ronny flew straight up with the Dragon in tow.

"Okay, you got this." Ronny said before turning the Eagle Zord around to face the oncoming Dragon.

The Blue Ranger let his Zord free fall towards the Dragon, but began to fire energy arrows out of its beak. A few hit the Dragon in the face and momentarily blinded it, Ronny using the change to ram into the Dragon and knock it to the ground before he leveled off his Zord and continued flying. The Deer Zord locked its antlers around the Goat, leaving Loren in control of the next move. As she thought about the next move, the goat began to use it's hooves to hit the Deer Zord in the head. The cockpit shook as the goat did this, so Loren tossed the Goat up before knocking it away with the antlers on her zord. As for the lions, Cameron used the tail of his sword like a makeshift sword, slashing the evil lion as many times as he could. The evil lion staggered back and Cameron made his lion jump into the air. The Red Lion curled into a ball with it's tail extended and spun at the Chimera lion, slicing it multiple times with it's tail before the evil lion was thrown back.

On the ground, all five defeated animals merged back into Chimera, the Evo-Beast once again struggling to rise. When she did however, she saw all five zords staring at her.

"Ready!" Jason and Nessa yelled.

"Aim!" Loren and Ronny shouted.

"Fire!" Cameron exclaimed as the mouths of the zords loaded with colored energy.

Chimera leaped towards the zords, but what blasted by the beams that escaped each machine's mouth. The female Evo-Beast then fell back to the ground, sparking.

She stood up, "This isn't possible! I was supposed to win!" She screamed before exploding in a fireball.


Tigar-O opened his eyes to see his three loyal underlings looking down at him with worried expressions.

"Help me up." The tiger king said.

Taka and Snapper raised him up while Zebro stood in front, ready to catch the king if he fell forward.

"What happened?" Tigar-O asked.

"You fainted my liege." Snapper revealed.

"What?" The Tiger questioned.

"After you brought Chimera back to life, you fainted and fell. We were worried." Taka added.

"Even then, that bumbling Chimera didn't even use the greatness of your power to good use." Zebro said.

The three helped Tigar-O sit on his throne, still worried about their king.

"No time to stress about that. Right now, we need to defeat those rangers. They are a thorn in our sides that must be taken out at all costs; even if it means my life. I expect the same dedication from you three as well." He said.

The three all got to one knee and looked up to their king before saying, "Yes my king."


Cameron walked back into his father's home, seeing his dad and Ms. Burton at the kitchen table holding hands.

Mr. Cormick saw his son, "Ah, Cameron! How was your day?" He asked.

"Hello Cameron." Ms. Burton said.

"Hey Ms. Burton. My day was fine dad." Cameron said.

"That's good. Oh, did you try out what I told you with your school project?" Mr. Cormick asked.

Cameron almost slipped and asked him what he was talking about but caught himself.

"Yeah. It went real well actually." Cameron said.

"See? Told you, in a team, you have to have everyone on the same goal. Now all you got to do is stress out about keep them on track." Cameron's father said.

Cameron froze; he never thought about the fact that he'd have to keep everyone functioning as a team from her on out.

"Crap." He muttered under his breath.


First thing's first: IT IS ABOUT TIME that I finished this. This chapter has been in development since 2017 and it is now 2019 and I'm only two chapters into Jungle Spirit. Ugh. To LuckyLeoRed, my apologies on that but you did find me lurking on DeviantArt instead of working on my stories (much to my shock). Anyway, this chapter had to be rewritten. To give you all a reason, think about this: the original version was only at about 600 something words in the past year while this version was well over a thousand in a week. Yeah, wasn't feeling the Nessa based chapter at this point. I think the problem is that I wanted to keep Nessa's standoffish personality for a longer time. Didn't help that I was trying to juggle multiple chapters at once, so the original one fell back on schedule (as if I have one). Also, SCHOOL! Exams start tomorrow so, I decided to put out this chapter before I died of exhaustion after Thursday. Can't wait till Friday when I can hopefully relax with that day off.

As for this version of the chapter, I enjoyed it much more than the Nessa version if that didn't come across yet. I do feel like the zords being added in was a bit of an unnecessary thing, but Chimera could split into five animals so I put em in. I relaxed on the Megazord (which is ironically the rangers' zords coming together, which would be symbolic of their agreements to be a team) just to let the ending not feel to crowded. Speaking of which, yeah, Cameron's mediator job is far from over. We'll see how well that goes.

Anyway *clears throat* SYNOPSIS TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

NEVER GETS OLD FOR ME!

TITLE: Crime to Combine

SYNOPSIS: Three new Evo-Beasts arrive that know how to combine to become stronger. Even with the Rangers' new found teamwork, these Evo-Beasts make it difficult to fight them. Will the rangers figure out how to beat the trio? Or will Tigar-O's subjects obtain a new home?

Till Next Time Y'all, Remember To Review, Favorite, and Follow. Happy Reading~ Trey-El :-)