Abby Holloway series

Jungle Fury: The Call to Destiny

By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Author's Note: Have had a request to bring back some Dino Rangers. I will see what I can do. Who would you like to see?

Dedications: Chapter goes out to the following: Razmend, BeckyBoo12221, Taeniaea, Dean Winchesters Baby Girl, Fallingstar22, Kaigirl16, DJScales and Tylerbamafan34.

"Nick," Vida yelled from the stage, she was holding up his cellphone the same one that he had just spend the last half an hour searching for. "Abby left you a message; she needs to talk to you."

Nick frowned and took his phone. "You read it?"

"Course I read it," Vida answered. "Abby's my friend too,"

"It's my phone!"

The former Pink ranger rolled her eyes. "Don't blow a fuse," she said, steadily. "She called me first and told me to check that your phone was on because she had messaged you and you hadn't messaged her back. I didn't read it because I wanted too; I was simply helping a friend."

"Abby called?" Maddie asked as she approached the stage. "How is she?"

"She seemed fine when I spoke to her," Vida smiled. "Said that she really needed to talk to Nick."

"Did she say why?" Nick asked.

Vida shook her head. "Nope. All she said was that it was important that you call her back," she relayed. "That she had something to tell you and you weren't going to believe her over the phone."

Maddie frowned as she looked expectantly at Nick. "Anything we should know?" she asked.

"Everything's fine," Nick said. "She probably wants to know when I'm going back up. That reminds me, I need to get Buddy from Kelly - My surprise to Abby."

Vida and Maddie nodded as they remembered that Abby had once told them that Buddy had been the mascot on each and every one of her Ranger teams. Why should Jungle Fury have been any different?

~*Abby*~

"Where is she?" Theo muttered to himself as he paced back and forth the dining room, wearing a blue shirt with a black blazer jacket and pants. He looked mighty handsome, or so Ronny had said when she had passed through with a tub of ice-cream and two spoons for herself and Abby. "12:05," he added under his breath as he glanced at the clock.

Fran, who was extremely busy serving customers in the background, yelped as she passed by the nervous Blue Ranger who turned and grabbed her wrist to check her watch, after checking his own.

"Is this thing right?" he asked.

"No. It's 24 hours ahead, it helps me keep on time," Fran answered, blushing slightly.

Abby, who had just appeared to get some more snacks and drinks for her and Ronny paused and frowned in the ditzy worker's direction. "So your watch read's tomorrow's times?" she asked.

"Yes,"

"Why?"

"Because I tend to forget things,"

"O...kay," Abby drew out, grabbing two bottles of water from the fridge. "And I thought I was confusing."

Fran frowned as she watched Abby grab two bottles of water and a few snacks from the cupboards. "What are you doing up there? Having a party?"

"Sort of," Abby answered. "Ronny want's chocolate and I got a craving for salted crackers..." she felt around the top shelf in the cupboard for her secret stash of crackers. They weren't there. "Where have they -?"

"RJ," Theo answered as he stopped pacing. "Abby, have you see Lily?"

Abby pouted as she shut the cupboard and turned to the Blue ranger. "Why?"

"It's the second Tuesday of the month," Theo answered. "Lily and I always try a new lunch spot on the second Tuesday of the month. She's supposed to meet me right here at twelve o'clock!"

"How cute!" Fran squealed. "You guys have a standing date!"

Abby giggled.

"It's not a date!" Theo defended.

"Whateverrrr," Fran trilled.

"We just like hanging out,"

"Mmm-hmm," Fran nodded, patting his shoulder.

Theo sighed. "It's not a date. It's so not a date! No date!"

"But you so wish it was a date," Abby teased, grabbing a chocolate bar from Ronny's secret stash. They had to hide their candies because they knew that the others would eat them. "Oh, Cookies!"

Fran frowned and watched as Abby opened the cookie jar and reached inside, pulled out two cookies and started munching on them. "Hey, RJ was specific when he said no cookies!"

Abby pouted. "But i'm hungry! Just one!"

"That was two!"

"One more!" Abby said, reaching into the cookie jar again.

"Abby," RJ warned appearing on the steps leading to the loft. The White ranger whipped her hand out of the jar and turned to stare at the master, she pointed at Fran.

"Fran said I could have one!"

"I did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

Fran opened her mouth to retort, but RJ cut her off. "I'm sure you didn't Fran," he smiled.

Abby gaped, folded her arms and stalked back upstairs, carrying Ronny's stuff and the bottles of water from the table. "Meanies!" she muttered.

Theo, meanwhile, seemingly forgotten turned to RJ. "Have you seen Lily?"

"Yeah, man. She's upstairs, gettin' her groove on with Casey," RJ grinned, and he started to dance.

~*Abby*~

"Alright! Go, Lil!" Casey cheered, bobbing his head to the music as Lily danced for him. Theo walked in at that moment and managed to catch the end of the routine, he was looking extremely annoyed with the situation. The music ended and the cheetah cub struck a crane-like pose, while Casey whooped and clapped in the background.

"Whoa, that was awesome! You rock, Lil," the red Ranger said, oblivious to the raging anger and jealousy inside the Blue Ranger.

"Lil," Theo called, catching her attention, "did you forget something?"

"Oh right!" Lily smiled, as RJ, Abby and Ronny entered the room. "I was gonna do a triple flit at the end, but my ankle's not feeling it."

"No, I meant our lunch...appointment," Theo reminded her.

Abby turned to Ronny. "He means date," she corrected her cub.

"Aw, cute," Ronny teased.

Theo sighed in annoyance, hung his head and shook it at the older females on the opposite side of the room.

"Of course I didn't forget!" Lily gasped. "I even picked out the perfect place. You guys are gonna love it!"

"...guys?" Theo questioned, startled that she had invited Casey. This was supposed to be their special thing, why would she invite outsiders in on something that was theirs, and why would she do it without asking him first?

"Sweet!" Casey grinned. "I'm starving!"

"But before we go, I wanna show you another move," Lily said. "I'm gonna need your help though. It takes three - one to throw me and one to catch me..."

"I'll catch you!" Casey and Theo said at the same time.

Abby slapped her hand to her head. "Oh boy..."

RJ, who was sat at his workbench, looked up over his shoulder and nodded, oblivious to the rising tension between two of his cubs. "That's a good idea, Lily! Teamwork's the name of the game. The new Claw Canon here will take all three of your Animal Spirits to work: two to charge it, and one to shoot it."

Theo ignored RJ completely and turned to Lily. "I think I should catch you."

"No, I was the catcher on my baseball team," Casey intervened. "I'll catch you."

"But now you're the big, strong Tiger! You should throw."

"But I don't wanna throw, Theo! You throw."

"I'm not throwing, I'm catching."

"You're throwing."

"You're throwing," Theo yelled. "Look, Lily and I go way back. We have history. You're just the new guy!"

"Theo," Lily hissed.

Casey's eyes narrowed. "So that's how it is? I'm just the new guy?"

"Yeah. That's how it is." Theo answered, not really caring that he had hurt Casey's feelings, or that Abby and Lily were glaring at him. Casey was moving in on his best friend, he wasn't about to stand back and allow the newbie Tiger to make moves on a girl that he had known for years.

Abby blinked rapidly and leaned over, resting her hands on the railing in front of her and breathing sharply. The rapid tension and rise of emotions in the room was making it almost impossible for her to function. "Okay...this gotta stop!" she mumbled as Ronny touched the small of her friends back. "These cubs are gonna be the death of me with their constant whining!"

Uh, guys..." Ronny called, hoping to break the tension that was heating up between Theo and Casey.

But before anyone could respond the alarm sounded and the monitors flashed to life, showing the newest monster - "or monsters, in this case," Abby groaned - from Dai Shi's arsenal.

"Let's go, Rangers!" Abby commanded.

"Be careful!" Ronny warned. "Remember! I'll be watching!"

"Yeah, that's too creepy to think about," Abby called back, as she grabbed onto her vine, run across the wall, overlapping Casey, pushed off and disappeared through a hole parallel to Theo's.

Ronny grinned and turned back to the monitors as RJ joined her and they were left to watch as the new monsters, Stingerella and Toady were intercepted by the team.

~*Abby*~

"Scare these fools," Stingerella commanded, "and get us some power! And... Go!"

She began to dance, as the Rinshi imitated her every step.

"And turn! One, two!" Stingerella coached, as the Rinshi continued to dance, bobbing their heads and striking poses as the bounced on the spot. "That's right! It's all in the rhythm!"

"Hey!" Casey yelled, interrupting the dance routine.

"Rangers! You are no match for my rhythmic Rinshi!" Stingerella said.

"Great. Dancing devils." Theo complained.

"You don't know the half of my power. Attack!" Stingerella commanded, pointing at the Rangers.

The Rinshi hopped forward and the Rangers engaged them as normal, however, what wasn't normal was the fact that the Rinshi seemed powered up with the rhythm to dance, which made it almost impossible for the Rangers to land decent hits and kicks to their targets.

"This is stupid!" Abby growled, as a Rinshi grabbed her arm, she rolled her wrist and gripped his in return managing to prevent him from flipping her. But he was still dancing! "Stop moving! I hate dancing!"

Lily frowned. "How can you hate dancing?" she asked. "Dancing is fun..."

"I can't dance!" Abby answered. "I sing! I have two left feet when it comes to dancing."

While both Abby and Lily, however, managed to stay standing, Casey and Theo met their end pretty quickly and rolled across the ground.

"Watch this step!" Stingerella yelled, as she jumped high into the air and landed between the Yellow and White rangers. She easily fended them off with a series of punches and kicks, causing Abby to defend herself, protectively blocking and avoiding any attacks to the stomach. Unfortunately, it seemed her years of training and being a Power Ranger was no match for this poison and she hit the ground straight after Lily.

Staggering back to their feet, the rangers re-grouped, as Stingerella taunted them into attacking her.

As they did so, only to be knocked back to the ground, and Stingerella to grab onto Theo.

"Now, Blue Ranger, I will finish this!" she laughed.

But before she could 'finish' anything, Toady appeared, monster sized, in the middle of the city. The four Rangers and the scorpion looked up at him.

"Toady?" Stingerella frowned. "What are you doing?"

"I'm saving you from these colorful fools!" Toady yelled.

Abby frowned and made it back to her feet, with the help of Casey and Lily. "Dude, you've got it wrong!" she yelled. "It us that needs saving from her!"

"Abby," Casey groaned.

"What? It's the truth!"

Casey shook his head. "Just call the Zords!"

"Alright," Abby nodded. "Jungle Beasts, unite as one! Jungle Pride Megazord!"

The four Animal spirits leapt from their individual rangers and combined in mid-air, as the Megazord formed and shook the city slightly as it landed opposite Toady.

"Megazord," Abby grinned, turning to Casey. "All fired up and ready to go!"

"Let's do it!"

The four Rangers jumped into the air and appeared inside the cockpit, as the buzzing fly, Flit appeared to commentate the fight.

"Another epic battle! Let's enjoy the showdown."

"Come on, Rangers!" Toady taunted as he proved to be a good enough opponent for the Rangers, who were having great difficulty landing a hit. He charged forwards and head-butted the Megazord, knocking it backwards.

"Oh! Not bad for an overgrown toad. Are you two related?" Flit asked, turning to Camille.

Toady started to leap back and forth in front of the Megazord, slashing at it with his claws and causing the Rangers inside to cry out as sparks exploded from everywhere.

Abby touched her stomach, before glaring at the Toad. "Enough of this!" she yelled.

"Spin attack!"

The four rangers extended their arms, as the Megazord mimicked their actions, and started to spin severely fast in a circle. The Toad jumped into the air, but was met with several punches from the spinning arms as he tried to attack again.

"Ohh, Toady is down for the count! And it seems his beloved Stingerella is not in his corner." Flit buzzed.

"...Stingerella?" Toady questioned, looking around for the scorpion. "Where've you gone?"

"She's gone, Toad!" Abby yelled, hands over her stomach again. Her baby may not have been fully developed yet, but this was just the beginning and there was still a chance for her to lose it. She wasn't about to let that happen!

"I've ruined everything!" Toady cried.

Theo frowned. "What's his problem?"

Camille, who was watching from the ground, growled as Toady started to shrink. "No, Toady, finish the battle!"

However, Toady ignored her and run off, sobbing.

"Oh! He's been abandoned on the battlefield. A shocking loss... for a kid... from the pond." Flit buzzed.

~*Abby*~

"That freaky dance group had some moves," Lily said as she led the way back into the loft after the battle. "I'll give 'em that."

"So do you, Lily." RJ smiled, looking up as the Rangers returned. "I think it's time to fight fire with fire. I want you to teach your new dance to Theo, Casey and Abby and incorporate it into each of your fighting styles."

Abby paused and turned to the master. "Are you serious?" she asked.

"Yes," RJ nodded. "Why, is there a problem?"

"Only the fact that I have two left feet when it comes to dancing,"

RJ shrugged. "You'll learn," he reassured. "It's all about rhythm and remembrance. You have memory!"

"I don't have rhythm," Abby argued. "This is a disaster waiting to happen! I'm not doing it! Get Casey and Theo to do it!"

"If you don't do it," Ronny compromised, "then you have to remain behind next battle."

"But -"

Ronny shook her head. "Sorry, can't afford anything to happen to you or my niece or nephew," she patted Abby's stomach.

Abby swatted her hand away. "Stop it!"

She hated Ronny touching her stomach, something the former Yellow ranger had been doing ever since Abby had discovered she was going to be a mother.

~*Abby*~

"Five, six, seven, eight!" Lily called out, before Casey began to spin, lifting his leg and nearly kicking Theo in the chest. The Jaguar caught the tiger's leg and glared at him. Casey glared back, before his leg was pushed away by Theo, it was obvious they were still mad at each other.

Abby sighed as she dropped her head into her arms, trying to control the high feelings of anger, distress and jealousy that were filling the entire room.

"Five, six, seven, eight, your turn!" Lily called after showing he boys their routine again. Theo and Casey backed away, like they were supposed to do, but backed up into each other and turned to glare once more. Ronny rolled her eyes as she stepped up behind them, pushed their heads together, causing them to bump foreheads and stumble away from one another.

Lily sighed and face-palmed as both boys glared at a smirking Ronny, who was being pulled across the room by a giggling Abby.

"Do as I do," Lily called, as Theo and Casey watched on, then when she called them to imitate her, they tried their best. Casey managed to imitate Lily to almost perfection, until Theo came out from under his arm and stood right in front of him. Casey growled, danced around Theo to cover him. Theo shoved the tiger away, danced once more and kissed his bicep as he struck a pose.

Abby turned to Ronny who was frowning at the Blue ranger. "Seriously guys?" she asked. "We do enough posing when we're in our Ranger forms!"

"Its fun," Theo defended.

"It's annoying!" Ronny and Abby answered simultaneously.

Lily looked over towards the other two females and shook her head. This was getting nowhere. "Last time!" she said. "Just do exactly what I do. We're trying to defeat Stingerella, not compete against one another."

"If this was a competition," Abby chirped. "I wouldn't pick either of them...you'd win hands down, Lils."

The Cheetah smiled, before repeating the dance routine.

Then, all at once, all three Rangers were dancing in sync, with no fighting for the lead.

"Work, it, come on guys! Go, Theo!"

The Blue ranger grinned as he danced quite close to her, while Ronny, RJ and Abby swayed in time with the music as they continued to watch the team bonding from their respective places on the sidelines.

"Yo, Casey! Yeah!" Lily encouraged.

The music died away and the rangers ended their routine with a kick and cheesy pose ("Again?" Abby cried.)

"Alright! You guys got it!" Lily cheered; happy her failure of a dance class was over.

"No thanks to him," the two boys growled, glaring at each other.

Abby rolled her eyes while Ronny shook her head. Both of them adorned grins, however, at the clear jealousy signs. It was rather fun to watch Casey and Theo battle it out for Lily's attention and affection.

Thankfully, ending the dance recital completely, the alarm sounded forcing three out of four rangers to run off.

"This time, that annoying toad better not interfere!" Stingerella growled from the monitors. "Let's show these fools again what true rhythm looks like! Dance! And turn!"

"Dance and turn..." Abby mimicked in a childish voice. "Oh, go dance yourself off the side of a cliff!"

Ronny and RJ stared at her, as they realized that Abby was mid-way through another mood swing.

~*Abby*~

"It's time to dance to a different groove," Casey said, stepping forward to deal with Stingerella.

The others followed his lead.

"Let's show 'em," Theo nodded.

"Yeah, let's do it, guys!" Lily grinned.

Tapping his finger against his side, Theo turned to the other two, grinned and said, "I've got rhythm!"

"Great, T. I knew you could do it!" Lily nodded.

"Come on!" Casey yelled, starting forward.

"Oh, so you think you can dance?" Stingerella questioned. "Attack!"

The Rangers ran forward, into the middle of the army of Rinshi as they began to dance. With every swing of their arm or leg, they knocked a foot soldier down, and every time they ducked or swung to the side, they dodged an attack.

Their final pose allowed them the capability to jump-kick the last few Rinshi, effectively destroying them.

"But...how?" Stingerella asked, dumbfounded at the destruction of her dancing Rinshi.

"It's all in the beat," Casey answered. "Let's get her!"

But before the three rangers can reach the Scorpion, Toady landed between them. "I won't let them destroy you! You are my responsibility!"

"Since when? You're just a worthless toad."

"Enough! This is my destiny," Toady argued. "I love you, and together we will destroy the Rangers!"

Stingerella rolled her eyes. "Oh! That's so chivalrous!"

"Jungle Tonfa! Go!" Theo commanded, leaping forward and striking Toady, who deflected the blow and sent poor Theo flying backwards.

"Jungle Bo!" Lily commanded.

"Weakling!" Toady said, catching Lily's Bo staff and punching her several times in the chest, before sending her flying into Theo.

"Call to the beast inside! Free the Tiger!" Casey called.

"Toad Power!"

Unleashing his Tiger spirit, Casey ordered it to charge at Toady, who put up a slime-shield around him. Something that prevented the Tiger from penetrating.

"What?"

"No!"

"Wait!"

"My love," Toady began again, turning to Stingerella, "together we will be unstoppable!"

"Call to the beast inside, bring out the Cheetah!" Lily called, as she made it back to her feet.

Theo, who had also made it back, nodded and unleashed his Jaguar spirit.

But Toady was prepared and created another slime-shield, which prevented neither the Cheetah nor Jaguar from getting through to him and his beloved.

"Stingerella! Attack!" Toady said, side-stepping and allowing the scorpion full access to the confused Rangers.

Performing a handstand, Stingerella flew forwards and struck each of the Rangers across the chests, before back flipping and landing next to Toady.

"Yes! Well done!" Toady cheered.

~*Abby*~

"Yes, you were so right, Toady." Stingerella gushed, falling head-over-heels in love with the toad instantly. "Together we can rule!"

"Side by side!" Toady nodded, linking arms with his beloved as they turned to walk off together.

Abby gagged as she and Ronny lounged around watching the fight take place on the monitors, they were munching on a ham and mushroom pizza that Fran had made for them. "I think i'm gonna lose my cookies," she commented.

"You're not eating cookies," Ronny replied.

"I was earlier," Abby pointed out.

Ronny gasped. "Why didn't I get some?" she asked. "Did you eat mine too?"

"Hey, i'm feeding for two!"

"It's a myth!" Ronny exclaimed. "I'm gonna find the cookies!"

The race-car addict jumped to her feet and hurried from the room, almost crashing into Nick who was entering from the kitchen below. He was carrying something in his arms, something that moved and barked, and caused Abby to squeal in delight.

"BUDDY!"

~*Abby*~

"I'm so happy!" Toady grinned as he walked arm-in-arm with Stingerella in the downtown area.

"Hey!" Theo yelled as he and the others followed the happy couple.

"Do you hear something?" Toady asked.

"Let's see," Stingerella smiled, turning to the rangers as the slid onto the scene.

"Going somewhere?" Theo asked.

"Follow us to your doom," Toady hissed.

"Not this time," Theo shook his head. "RJ, send us the Cannon!"

There was a flash and the newly created Claw Cannon appeared in his and Lily's arms.

"Claw Cannon!"

Holding the cannon between them, they both aimed at the happy couple, but Casey stepped in front of them and prevented the shot from being taken.

"Wait!"

"Casey, wait! Teamwork, remember?" Lily chided.

"Yeah, tell that to Theo!" Casey responded

"What?" Theo frowned.

~*Abby*~

"Casey, what are you doing?" Abby yelled, as she watched her red ranger run at Stingerella and Toady without his team, thus leaving Lily and Theo with the Claw Cannon and unable to help him if he needed it.

Ronny, who had been searching for the cookie jar downstairs when she had heard Abby yell, came racing back into the room looking flustered. "What's wrong? What's happening? What's Casey done now?"

"Been a complete and utter fool!" Abby exclaimed. "He's taking on Stingerella and Toady alone!"

"Hey, why aren't you out there?" Nick asked, frowning slightly and prodding his girlfriend's shoulder. "Don't they need the prideful Polar Bear to charge that thing," he teased.

Abby narrowed her eyes at him. "No," she smiled. "RJ fixed it so that it can be charged with my Polar bear spirit, but it doesn't need to be if I'm out of action."

"Are you out of action now?"

"Kinda,"

"Why, did something happen?"

Ronny and Abby exchanged looks. "Uh...kinda..." the blonde muttered.

Nick frowned as he looked between the two. "What's with the cryptic messages?" he questioned. "What don't I know...?"

"Um...you remember the week that you spent with me at the Pai Zhuq academy?" Abby asked unsure of whether or not to tell him now and get it over with, or wait until the others had returned, at least with the others around she could hide when the reality of truth sunk in.

"Yeah..." Nick nodded slowly, unsure of where this was heading.

Abby bit her lower lip and glanced at Ronny, who shrugged; unsure herself on how Abby was to proceed.

"Well, the night before you returned to Briarwood, we..."

"Yeah..." Nick interrupted, saving Abby from filling Ronny in on that night, despite not realizing Ronny already knew.

He knew it had been a stupid thing to do, especially with Abby in the middle of training, but it felt right at the time, especially since it had been almost a year since he had last seen her.

"...well, we kinda hit a consequence!"

Abby finished, curling her hand over her stomach. Nick noticed the action and felt his heart miss a beat.

"Oh, boy..."

~*Abby*~

"This is nice," Stingerella was saying as she walked hand-in-hand with Toady through the forest. They had just defeated the Rangers and left them to lick their wounds in the city. "Why don't you blast open that volcano so we can watch the city melt?"

Toady beamed. "Wonderful idea, my love," he croaked.

With snap of his fingers, several orange balls appeared in his hand as he juggled them, throwing them into the air, he aimed at the volcano at the base of which they stood, and tossed them high into the air.

But before they could make an impact, Theo arrived, morphed, and deflected the three balls away from the peak with his tonfa.

"Stop right there!" the three teenagers stated, as they landed in front of the couple.

"Those Rangers again?" Stingerella growled in annoyance.

"So, you've come back for a final beating?" Toady croaked.

Casey shrugged. "I guess you could say that. Only this time, you're the one who's getting beat. Right, guys?"

Lily and Theo nodded. "Right!"

"Ready for the Claw Cannon?" Theo asked.

"You know it," Casey nodded.

Theo and Lily summoned the new invention to them and crouched down, supporting it on their shoulders.

"Charge!" they both commanded, using their Animal spirits.

While his team-mates were charging the Claw Cannon, Casey raced forward and met Stingerella in a one-on-one combat, unfortunately, Toady; jealous of the attention Stingerella was giving the Red ranger as they fought entered the fray himself and knocked Casey backwards.

"Come on, Casey! Hold 'em off!" Theo called.

"It's almost charged!" Lily added.

"You're as weak as she is!" Casey taunted the toad as they both battled for dominance.

"Don't talk about her!" Toady croaked angrily.

Stingerella growled. "I'll end this once and for all," she said, making her way easily towards Lily and Theo.

"Get away from them!" Casey yelled, charging at her.

Stingerella flipped over the red ranger and started to dance back and forth, confusing him. Toady, grabbing onto Stingerella's leg as she flipped over, crashed into Casey and slammed him into the ground, sitting on his chest and pinning him.

"Charged!" Theo and Lily yelled as the Cannon's eyes started to glow.

"It's ready!" Theo yelled.

Lily looked up towards their team-leader. "Alright! Casey!"

"Get...off...me!" Casey struggled.

He rolled back onto his shoulders, placed both his feet on the underside of Toady's stomach and kicked the monster backwards, knocking him into Stingerella.

"Let's do it, guys!" Casey nodded, rolling back to his feet and hurrying towards his friends. He took his place at the helm of the cannon.

"You think that little weapon can hurt us?" Toady asked, standing protectively in front of Stingerella, "I'll use my force field!"

Casey pulled back on the handle of the cannon. "Engage!"

The mouth of the cannon opened, revealing the inside barrel of the weapon, as the top started to glow white again.

"Powered by Animal Spirits! FIRE!"

The Claw Cannon exploded, sending a massive fireball, which slammed into Toady's shield.

"Please...hold...oh, no!" Toady complained, as the fireball melted the slime and broke through. It hit the toad square in the chest, turning him to stone and causing him to explode.

"You destroyed my beloved!" Stingerella growled. "For that, you will fall!"

She extended her arms outwards, and right before the Ranger's eyes, she started to grow.

"Whoa!" Casey, Lily and Theo yelped as they jumped backwards and looked up.

~*Abby*~

"Abby, we need you!" Casey's voice sounded over the monitors.

The White ranger, who was once again sitting on the stairs with Nick, looked up at the sound of her name. "What's happening?" she asked Ronny, as the race-car addict was sitting in front of the monitors munching on Cookies.

"Stingerella just went big!" Ronny answered. "They can't form the Megazord without your Polar Bear."

Abby nodded and turned to Nick. "I know that I am going to have to slow down," she said. "Especially for Alyssa's sake. But I am not one of these women that sits on her ass throughout her entire pregnancy, that's just not the woman you're dating."

Nick smirked. "I know," he agreed. "Just promise me you'll be careful,"

He wasn't completely happy with her going out to fight, but he knew that Abby was stubborn and would have gone whether he wanted her to or not, the only way he would have gotten away with preventing her from leaving the loft was if he were to tie her to the bed.

Leaning forward, Abby pressed a soft kiss to his lips, and smiled. "I promise," she said, pushing herself up from the steps and putting on her solar morpher.

"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleashed!"

~*Abby*~

"Let's get ready to battle!" Flit buzzed as Abby arrived and the Jungle Pride Megazord was formed.

"Let's see how you like this, Rangers! Scorpion attack!" Stingerella growled.

She threw out her hands as thousands upon thousands of gigantic scorpions attached themselves to the Megazord.

"One sting and the Rangers are in trouble!"

Abby screamed as she grabbed her head, it felt like it was going to explode. "Guys! I know you're scared and in pain! But can you please keep your emotions under control!"

"It's a swarm! Spin attack!" Casey commanded, as the Pride extended its arms and rapidly spun its upper body, dislodging the scorpions before they could attack.

Abby sighed as she felt the pulsating feeling inside her head, rapidly decrease and she was filled with a victorious feeling, as Stingerella leapt to attack, but the Pride Megazord deflected her attack, kicked her backwards with a spin kick, and the Rangers celebrated as she turned to stone and exploded.

"Jungle Pride Megazord!" the Rangers chanted.

"Another bites the dust!" Abby grinned.

~*Abby*~

Once back at JKP, Abby and Nick sat together in a booth, both dressed in civilian clothing and talking about the news that Abby had dropped a few hours ago.

Fran, who was still working, set down a box of salted crackers in front of Abby, who frowned. "RJ's way of apologizing," the ditzy worker smiled. "I told him to bring them over himself, but he's afraid of your mood swings."

"Yeah," Abby giggled, as she stole a side glance at Nick, and smiled. "Tell him i'm not going to hurt him!"

"Duly noted," RJ smiled as he popped up behind Fran. "My shoulders still hurt from the beating you gave me."

Nick frowned. "You beat him?"

"Blasted him," Ronny added, appearing beside Abby and sliding into the booth beside her.

Fran frowned and looked at the former yellow ranger. "Where did you come from?" she asked.

"The same place my little niece is coming from," Ronny grinned, reaching over to touch Abby's stomach.

Abby glared at the hand as if it was infected. "Move it or lose it, sister!" she said.

Ronny took her hand back and laughed nervously. "I do not envy you, Nick," she said, looking across at the former Red ranger. "Not one little bit! You got your work cut out for you!"

"I think I can handle it," Nick smiled.

Abby returned the smile, before realizing what Ronny had said about where she had come from.

"You did not come from me!"

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Chapter updated Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 11:02pm