The Gap Sensor had sounded and the Rangers were rushing to find and destroy the Nighlok. Their legs couldn't carry them fast enough after they heard the Nighlok attack was on the beach, right on the spot where Serena tossed Urumasa into the ocean. Their hearts really began to pound once they arrived on the beach and saw Dayu standing by the water with a Nighlok that resembled a fish, a viperfish to be exact, with long, sharp fangs protruding from its mouth and claws on its hands, as well as an antenna sticking up from between his shoulders and hanging over the top of his head. At the end of the antenna was a photophore. At the moment, it glowed faintly.
"What are you doing here, Dayu?" Jayden asked. The last thing he wanted to do was inform Dayu of just how close she was to Urumasa. It was likely she had found out what happened to the sword, but he didn't want to give her any clues just in case she didn't know. "There aren't many people you can torture on this part of the beach."
"You Rangers always have terrible timing," Dayu rolled her eyes and signalled for the Nighlok to step towards the ocean, "No matter. Moogers!"
From beneath the rocks, dozens of Moogers appeared from the Netherworld and charged directly for the Rangers, keeping them distracted while Dayu turned to her Nighlok servant and pointed out into the water.
"Urumasa is deep," she told the fish Nighlok. "I need you to find it and bring it back."
The Nighlok nodded its head and started towards the ocean. Jayden saw he was headed for the water and couldn't give the Nighlok a chance to disturb Urumasa. It was fine where it was. He knocked down a Mooger and rushed to the Nighlok, swinging his sword and slashing down the Nighlok's back.
"You're not going anywhere near the water, fish face," Jayden roared as he delivered blow after blow to the Nighlok, knocking it further and further away from the water until suddenly a light caught Jayden's eye. He looked up at the photophore as it glowed. There was something about the light that seemed to intrigue him and he forgot all about protecting Urumasa and defeating the Nighlok. He wanted to stare at the light. He lowered his sword and dropped it in the sand as he took a step closer to the Nighlok.
Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his chest as the Nighlok swiped at him with his sharp fangs and then reached his mouth forward to bite. The only thing that saved Jayden from truly excruciating pain was his Ranger suit, though it quickly failed him after the Nighlok bit down on his shoulder.
Jayden fell to his knees. He held his injured arm with his good hand as he reached out to grab his sword with his bad arm, ignoring the pain. He was just about to grab his sword when he saw the light again and found himself mesmerized by it again, making himself vulnerable to another attack.
"Jayden!" Antonio and Kevin cried as they broke away from the Moogers and rushed to their leader's aid. They arrived just in time to stop another attack from the Nighlok and while Kevin fought him off, Antonio checked up on his best friend.
"Jay, are you okay?" he asked. Jayden, no longer mesmerized by the light, looked to Antonio and nodded his head.
"I've had worse," he assured the gold Ranger. "I'll be fine."
"No fair!" the Rangers heard the Nighlok crying out as the light dimmed and his body started cracking up, "I'm drying out! Looks like we'll have to try this again later, Dayu!"
"No! You can't just…" Dayu trailed off as her Nighlok disappeared beneath a rock and returned to the Sanzu River. She stomped her foot and turned to the Rangers, clearly angry, "This isn't over yet! We'll be back for Urumasa!"
When she was gone the Rangers powered down and rushed over to Jayden and Antonio. Once they were sure Jayden was fine, Emily and Kevin glared at Mike, Mia and Antonio.
"We told you," Emily said. "We need to get Urumasa!"
"Now that Dayu knows where it is, yeah," Mike nodded. "Why would she want it, though?"
"Why wouldn't she?" Kevin asked. He carefully helped Jayden get back to his feet and had to make sure the red Ranger was okay one more time. "It's the most powerful sword in existence. If it could swing itself, I'm sure it wouldn't need a master. It could take on an army of men singlehandedly."
Jayden rubbed his shoulder and chest and nodded his head, "We can't just leave it down there anymore. We need to get it before Dayu and that Nighlok do. I don't want to know why she wants it, and I intend on never finding out."
"Dekker," Mia whispered. The Rangers groaned as they turned to her.
"Mia…"
"What?" Mia shot Kevin a look. He didn't back down though.
"Maybe Master Xandred wants the sword."
"Maybe," Mia nodded, "but he didn't want it before. Why would he suddenly change his mind? Dayu's got her own agenda here, and I think it involves Dekker."
"By involves Dekker… what do you mean?" Emily asked. "Do you think… is he…?"
"I hope not, Emy," Mia shook her head. "But we'll only know for sure next time we see him."
"You mean after he's killed my sister!"
"He wouldn't do that," Mike wrapped his arms around Emily. "Dayu's just crazy. Whatever this plan of hers is, I doubt Dekker's got any clue about it."
"Either way, I would feel better if we had Urumasa with us," Jayden said. "We don't want to give Dekker the chance to betray us again, and we certainly don't want Dayu or Master Xandred getting their hands on Urumasa. We're getting that sword."
"How?" Mia asked as she turned to the water. She didn't see how they could reach the bottom of the ocean to retrieve the sword. It was too far and too deep.
Jayden looked to Antonio, "Think Octozord can handle a deep-sea dive?"
"You're… you're kidding, right?" Mike stammered, growing very nervous. The last thing he wanted to do when there was a Nighlok on the loose was head to the bottom of the ocean when he knew that was where the Nighlok was headed as well. "Jayden, if that Nighlok comes back we'll be calamari!"
"He's dried up. If we head down now we'll have a huge head start. Hopefully it'll be enough to go down, retrieve the sword, and come back up."
"And how exactly are we going to find this sword?" Mia asked. "A current could have taken it miles away."
"It's a powerful sword. We have to hope it'll make itself known when we get close to it," Jayden said. He looked at his team, "We have to try. We can't let Urumasa fall into the wrong hands."
Antonio, following his leader's orders, summoned Octozord and placed him in the sand. While he told the Octozord what the plan was, the Rangers exchanged worried looks.
"I don't like this…" Mike said. "I really, really don't like this…"