When Lily made it back to the loft, she saw the others training. Jarrod was the only one who wasn't training with the others. He watched sitting at a table while he regained his own strength. When Theo saw that Lily had come back, he made his way over to her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Feel better, Lily?" He asked with a sympathetic tone. RJ and Dominic stopped training as well and stood next to him—they were worried about Lily as much as he was. But Lily didn't answer Theo. In fact she darted right past him and made her way over to the table where Jarrod was sitting quietly. When she reached it, she threw Casey's Morpher hard on the table before her.
"I hope you're happy." She said coldly. Jarrod looked at the Morpher in shame. Dominic, Theo, and RJ walked over to see what she had thrown down.
"Is that…?"RJ began waving his hands about.
"Casey's Morpher." She answered sternly. "I ran into him in the woods."
"And he was…Casey? Not Dai Shi?" Dominic asked with a confused look on his face.
"For the time being." She said glaring meanly at Jarrod once more. "This is all your fault." She said to him, then walked over and grabbed her orange JKP apron. "I'm going to work for a while. I need to not think about things for a while." She said wrapping the apron around her and tying it. She started to walk down the stairs when RJ stopped her.
"Fine, but I want to talk to you later okay?" RJ said. Lily just nodded. She knew that she was going to get an earful from RJ because of the way she has been acting, but she didn't care. She only cared about one thing—getting Casey home safe and sound.
"She really hates me." Jarrod said sadly. Truth be told, he didn't feel so great about himself either. He had done a lot of bad things to good people over the past year.
"She's just worried about Casey. Try not to take it personally." Dominic said. RJ walked over to the table and picked up Casey's Morpher.
"Well, wasn't it a positive thing that Casey was able to gain control, even if it was temporary?" RJ asked examining the Morpher.
"Yes, but unfortunately that won't last for long." Jarrod said standing slowly. He walked over to a punching bag and began to hit it lightly.
"What do you mean by that?" Theo asked.
"My brother will only be able to fight Dai Shi for control for two days." Jarrod said.
"What happens after three days?" RJ asked with worry. Jarrod stopped punching the bag and turned to the others.
"Dai Shi will be in full control and he may be lost forever." Jarrod said with a sad look on his face.
"Hold up, Dai Shi had control over you for almost a year and you were able to break free of him. If we had a plan, couldn't we find a way to free him?" RJ suggested.
"That's the thing!" Jarrod began then punched the bag really hard to get out his frustration. Then he sighed at his outburst and continued on. "Dai Shi will not be at he strongest until three days, until then he feeds of the life energy of his host. Usually the animal spirit would protect you from that happening—as mine did, but if Casey is struggling with his…" He explained.
"…he stands less a chance of surviving." RJ finished for him. Jarrod nodded his head lightly hating that this was true.
"But you said that you were in full control of your animal spirit when Dai Shi took over you, so then how come you weren't able to break free within the two days?" Theo asked. His words seemed to hit a soft spot on Jarrod for he sighed and punched the bag again.
"Because I was a fool and tried to take him down from the inside by turning my Lion spirit on him…and myself. Obviously I was unsuccessful." He answered sadly.
"Well, we know that he can't morph, that 's a plus, but we still have to find a way to free him…before it's too late." RJ said with a serious look as he stared down at the Morpher in his hands.
In Dai Shi's temple, Dai Shi trained himself against some of his own Rin Shi warriors. At first he took them down with ease, but as time wore on, he began to grow more and more overwhelmed. Soon, he was blocking himself from the blows the Rin Shi threw at him. That's when Snapper entered and obliterated them all. Dai Shi stood and looked to see that all of the Rin Shi had disappeared into smoke. He was shocked to see that Snapper was the one that had done this.
"General Snapper?" Dai Shi said with a confused look on his face.
"Hello 'mighty' Dai Shi." Snapper said snidely.
"What are you doing here? Scorch couldn't finish the job so he sent you here to do it for him?" Dai Shi asked.
"Something like that." Snapper said striking a pose to fight. "Think you can beat me in that weak little form of yours?" he taunted.
"Weak form or not, I can defeat you. You seem to forget that you made me your Phantom Beast King. I still have all of my Rin Sin power. You don't know what you're getting yourself into." Dai Shi said getting an evil grin on his face, he may have been weak, but he knew that he could summon up enough power to defeat a traitor. He threw his cloak off of his body and struck a fighting pose as well. The two engaged in a stalemate for a few moments as they circled one another.
"How familiar this is! Just like the days of the Beast Wars." Snapper said trying to taunt him. "Phantoms versus the 'mighty' Dai Shi. We destroyed you once, and we will do it again." Snapper said with a mix of confidence and anger.
"I highly doubt that." Dai Shi said confidently then the two darted at one another. Dai Shi kicked forcefully at Snapper, which he promptly blocked. Snapper retaliated with a punch to Dai Shi's head. Dai Shi ducked and answered with a punch to Snapper's gut. Snapper staggered backwards and Dai Shi grinned at his actions.
"Who's the weak one now?" Dai Shi asked with a grin.
"Still you!!" Snapper screamed surrounding himself with a dark green aura. "Spirit of the Snapping Turtle!!" Snapper yelled throwing his Turtle spirit at Dai Shi. It looked as if Snapper's spirit nailed Dai Shi. He fell to one knee groaning loudly. "Ha! I told you that you were weak within your human form." Snapper taunted as he knelt beside Dai Shi. "You're useless." He whispered.
"Oh, really?" Dai Shi said with a wide grin on his face.
"Huh?!" Snapper yelled in shock. Dai Shi grabbed Snapper's arm and forced him to his feet. He pushed him backwards until he slammed into a wall. "What?! But how?!! You're supposed to be weakened!!" Snapper cried.
"Looks like you've misjudged me." Dai Shi said with a deep and evil voice. "Goodbye, traitor." Dai Shi said with an evil smile. Then began to summon all of the Rin Sin power that his body would allow. Then he attempted to mix it with his newfound Tiger Spirit. Dark blue and red auras surrounded Dai Shi and engulfed Snapper who exploded on impact. Dai Shi stood back pleased with his work. Snapper would no longer be causing any more problems. Then he felt a weird surge of energy flow though his body. He looked at his hands that which were glowing a very weak red.
"What's this? My host doesn't have full control of his Tiger Spirit?" Dai Shi chucked to himself. "He is weak which will make it that much easier for me to stay in control. It's only a matter of time before the ranger's precious leader is gone forever." Dai Shi said with an evil laugh. His eyes flashed evilly as he went to sit atop his throne.