At Dai Shi's temple, the new Dai Shi mediated in his throne. Trying to cast out the world around him. His mind was flooded with Casey's memories and he couldn't shake them. But that was the thing about having a host, you didn't just get the body—you got their memories as well. Dai Shi desperately tried to shake these memories far away from him, but Casey's will was strong. His meditation was ended early when he felt a large surge of pain go through his head. He grabbed his head tightly and staggered off of his throne. He managed to make it down the stairs that led up to his throne, but after he cleared them, he was brought to his knees.
"No! Theses memories…he's breaking through." Dai Shi said through gritted teeth. He lowered his head then slowly lifted it, and when he did he had a look of panic on his face when he lowered his hands. "Why am I here?" Casey's voice said. He was back in control for the moment and was terrified. He rose to his feet and looked around him. He tried to walk but he wasn't strong enough. He sat weakly on the floor of the dungeon and thought back as far as he could to how he could have gotten here. He remembered defending Jarrod and Dai Shi somehow taking over him. "No…" he said softly as he stared at the floor. "I have to get out of here." He said as he forced himself to stand and leave the temple. It took all the strength he had in him.
Meanwhile, General Scorch and Snapper paced along the floors of the dungeon.
"I missed my chance to destroy Dai Shi!" Scorch said furious with himself.
"Now he has a new form and is stronger than before!" Snapper huffed. Upon hearing Snapper's words, Scorch stopped in his tracks, causing Snapper to stop s well.
"Wrong!" Scorch yelled as a thought hit him. "Dai Shi is still weak, it takes at least 48 hours for Dai Shi to be in full control of a human. He needs those hours to adjust, until then, he is still vulnerable." Scorch explained, slowly sounding happier.
"So, we only have two days to destroy him?" Snapper asked. Scorch turned to him menacingly.
"Exactly." Scorch answered evilly. "That's why we must act while we still can."
Camille meanwhile was sitting on Dai Shi's throne stroking the cold metal of the chair sadly. Flit fluttered beside her. He noticed that she was shaking a little bit. She was so frazzled by everything that had happened over the last few hours.
"Why are you so nervous Camille? Your shaking like a leaf!" Flit buzzed. Camille stopped stroking the chair and glanced sadly at Flit.
"It's Dai Shi…he's found a new form." She said softly.
"Did I miss something? I thought that was a good thing?" Flit said confusedly.
"Its just…Jarrod." She sighed. "I guess I just…miss him."
"What?! You like a human?!" Flit yelled loudly. Camille's eyes widened at the loudness of his voice and quickly swallowed him.
"Quiet! You don't know what you're talking about." She said looking to the floor. She heard herself lie. She just couldn't face that Dai Shi wasn't the one she had fallen for—it was Jarrod.
Lily was furious. She found that if she took a long walk in the woods that it would clear her head. She walked very quickly as if she could make theses past few hours disappear. She couldn't believe any of this was happening. She couldn't believe that the others just so easily accepted Jarrod after all he had done to them. And now Dai Shi possessed Casey and there wasn't a thing that she could do about it. She came across a log and sat on it to rest. She had walked for so long and so far that she didn't realize how far she'd gone. She was so filled with anger and frustration. She buried her face in her hands. She just wanted to listen to the silence around her. Her silence was broken when she heard sounds of struggle coming from in the distance. She stood and walked to investigate the sound. And there he was lying on the ground.
"Casey?" she yelled as she ran quickly to him. She helped him to his feet. She didn't care if he was Dai Shi or not, she was just so happy to see his face again. When he looked up at her, he had bags under his eyes and a frail appearance.
"Lily!" he yelled happily as he stood slowly. He hugged her tightly.
"Is that really you, Casey?" Lily said with a smile.
"Yes, but I don't know for how long." He said weakly. She helped him stay on his feet by holding tightly on to his arms.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I can feel Dai Shi coming back and-" Casey began but fell forward. Lily caught him and held him tighter.
"What can I do to help you?" She asked looking at him. She felt how hard he was breathing and wanted to do anything she could for him. He leaned against Lily and reached into his pocket. He pulled out his red Solar Morpher and handed it to her.
"Take this—far away from me." He said looking at his Morpher. Lily's eyes got wide.
"Your Morpher? But—" She stammered.
"Just don't Dai Shi get his hands on it…or me for that matter." He said sadly. Lily took it and sighed.
"Okay. Whatever you need." She said softly.
"One more thing." He said he grabbed her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"What?" She asked sweetly, hating seeing him like this.
"Do whatever it takes to destroy Dai Shi. Even if it means…" He began but trailed off. He didn't want to finish this sentence, especially while looking into her sad and worried eyes. "Promise me."
"Casey, I can—" She began but he cut her off.
"Lily, please! We've all worked so hard to keep the world safe, I don't want to be the reason anything horrible happened to it." He said. Lily saw the look in his eyes. He looked so…defeated. He almost had tears in his eyes. As much as she didn't want to she did what she had to do.
"I promise." She said lowly. Casey gave a small nod and stood all the way to his feet.
"I have to leave now. I have to get far away from here so I can't hurt anybody, especially-" he began but stopped, he just looked at her. She knew that she was the one he meant.
"Can't you let us help you?" she asked, near tears herself.
"I can't be the reason anyone was hurt. This is all for the best." He said stroking her shoulder softly. Then he ran off as far and as fast as he could until he was out of sight. Lily held his Morpher closer to her chest then left.
Casey went behind a tree. He had done all that he could to make sure the others were safe. He knew that his time for the moment was over and Dai Shi was back in control. The evil look came back over his face and his voice was deep once again.
"Foolish ranger," He said evilly, "No amount of preparation can stop me from destroying your precious friends. The end is near, and the rangers will fall." He said then kept on walking--evil within each step.