Author's Note: Part 1 of 2.
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Warning: Rated T for safety
Title: Destiny Fulfilled
Summary: After the death of a Pai Zhuq master, Aliyah and Tyler are called to Ocean Bluff to help deal with the resurrected remains of Dai Shi. As usual, Aliyah is anything but happy, but is it life or death; she is determined to make this ranger team her last.
"Hey, what's going on with you?"
Tyler frowned and looked to Aliyah. They were both at the apartment they shared in Ocean Bluff. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well, Ronny told me that she offered you a trip across America and you all-but refused," Aliyah said, sitting beside him on the sofa. "That doesn't sound like you, Ty; I thought you'd jump at the chance to spend time with Ronny."
He run a hand over his face. "I would," he said.
"Then why did you say no?"
He shrugged.
"She also said something about not getting time off?"
Tyler sighed. "It's not like that," he said, knowing full well how Aliyah's mind worked.
"I didn't say anything..."
"I know that I'm not going to be a ranger forever," Tyler said. "I also know that it's going to take at least a year to set up the academy. But I just..."
"Just what?" Aliyah asked.
Again, Tyler sighed. "Nothing," he said. "It's nothing."
Aliyah frowned and shook her head. "It's obviously something," she said.
"It's not," Tyler argued. "Please just let it go."
"You, of all people, should know how much I hate being lied to, Tyler," Aliyah said, "you should also know that I know firsthand when someone is lying to me, and you definitely are. I just want to know why - is it because of me?"
"No," Tyler said. "Yes... I dunno."
"If it's because of me then you should know that I'm fine," Aliyah said. "I couldn't give to shakes of a rabbit's tail if you want to take off with Ronny for a few weeks, as long as you don't make me an auntie while you're away. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd love to be an auntie, but not yet."
Tyler chuckled. "You don't have to worry about that," he said. "Ronny doesn't want kids."
Aliyah stopped and stared at her cousin. "Well, that won't do," she said. "I can't have kids, so she definitely needs to have kids, how else am I going to corrupt them?"
Tyler rolled his eyes. "You're weird," he muttered.
"Actually, no, you're the weird one," Aliyah said. "You're the one that refuses an all-paid trip across America for no apparent reason."
"You don't get it," Tyler said.
"Then tell me," Aliyah insisted.
"I... I can't..."
Aliyah frowned and then sighed. "Well, when you can," she said, getting to her feet. "Come find me. Until then I'll be with Tori down at the beach."
"You're not with Cam today?" Tyler asked.
"He and the others are coming down later," Aliyah replied, grabbing her keys and cellphone from the small coffee table. "They still have classes. See you later."
Tyler hesitated. "You mind if I tag along?" he asked. "Ronny's back in San Andres for a meeting with her team."
Aliyah shrugged. "Why would I tell you no?" she asked. "Come on, Tori's waiting."
~*Destiny Fulfilled*~
Tyler sighed as he watched Aliyah and Tori surf from the beach. He'd never really been one for surfing and had opted to just watching their gear rather than participate. It also meant he was around when the rest of the ninja gang turned up.
"Are you sure you want to do this, bro?" Shane asked, shedding his shirt and look to Hunter. "I mean, Aliyah's more likely to shove you into a wave than you are to surf it."
"I'll just take her down with me," Hunter said. Whilst his profession was motocross didn't mean he couldn't surf either.
Shane shrugged and flopped back onto his beach chair and looked out at the waves. He was thankful to Sensei for giving him and the others time off, it was nice to be able to just kick back and relax, even if he had to travel all the way to Ocean Bluff to do it.
"You guys made it," Tori said as she and Aliyah returned from the ocean. The brunette slammed her surfboard into the sand behind Shane and pushed sand up either side of it to help it remain upright. She then pulled her hair free of its tie and shook it out, sprinkling the Air Sensei with droplets of water.
Shane cried out in surprise.
Aliyah chuckled. "Cold?" she teased.
"If you weren't already wet," said Shane. "I'd toss you in."
"Oh, the abuse."
"It's payback for the years you inflicted on me."
Aliyah gasped. "What are you talking about?" she asked. "I never abused you."
"Oh no, course not," Shane retorted. "It must've been my other friend Aliyah that likes to terrorize me."
"You have another friend Aliyah?"
Shane rolled his eyes and flopped back in his chair again.
Aliyah chuckled but it faded as she spotted Tyler staring off into the distance. "If it's a monster attack, forget it. Day off means that the cubs can handle it," she said, earning herself the green rangers attention.
"Uh? What?" Tyler asked. "Oh, no, it's nothing like that."
"Then what has your undivided attention?" Aliyah asked.
"That girl," Tyler said nodding towards a blonde female a few feet away.
Aliyah frowned and looked around. "Since when did you develop a case of wandering eyes?" she asked, settling down beside Cam.
Tyler rolled his eyes. "I haven't," he said. "She just seems familiar, that's all."
"How familiar?"
"Didn't you say Camille looks like LeeLee?"
Aliyah groaned. "I swear if Camille is here I'll rip her head off," she said. "This goes beyond stalking."
"What if it's not Camille?" Tyler asked. "What if it's LeeLee?"
"Why would LeeLee want to come down here?" Aliyah asked. "I mean, we're not exactly friends."
Tyler shrugged. "There could be a problem in Briarwood," he said. "You never know."
"Actually. I do," said Aliyah, reaching into her beach bag and withdrawing her Mystic Morpher. "If there were an issue Vida or Xander would've called. Trust me, everything's fine... you know, expect for the impending doom of Dai Shi."
Tyler rolled his eyes and stood up.
"Now where are you going?" Aliyah grumbled.
"I missed a call from Ronny," Tyler said holding up his phone. "I'm going to go see if I can get a decent signal to call her back." He walked away before Aliyah had a chance to say anything else.
There was a slight pause before Tori turned to her best friend and spoke.
"Cubs?" the water Sensei asked.
"Huh?" Aliyah frowned.
"You said 'the cubs can handle it'," Tori repeated.
"Oh, yeah," Aliyah said, blinking. "Casey, Lily and Theo - the Pai Zhuq cubs."
"Where are they?"
"Should be working," Aliyah said. "They work at Jungle Karma Pizza, a pizza parlour that RJ and Rebecca co-own."
"And you don't work there?" Dustin asked.
Aliyah shook her head. "I help out now and again," she explained. "But it is part of the agreement that Rebecca and I have for me being here. If I became a Ranger again, I wouldn't have to work at the parlour or live in the loft above."
"So where do you live?" Dustin asked.
"With Tyler downtown."
Dustin nodded and went back to playing in the sand. He was so childlike it was almost adorable.
Aliyah sighed and looked around for any signs of Tyler.
"What's on your mind?" Cam asked.
Aliyah shrugged. "I'm just worried about him," she said.
"Why?" Tori asked.
"He's acting weird," Aliyah replied. "Just the other day Ronny asked him to go with her on her next racing tour, and Tyler said if he can get time off then he would. She pointed out that he's not going to be a ranger forever, and he tried to use the fact that we're creating our own academy as an excuse," she looked up at Cam.
"He'd be gone and would've come back in the time it takes to get our own academy up and running," said Cam.
"That's what I said," Aliyah nodded.
Tori pursed her lips. "Do you have any ideas as to why he's blowing Ronny off?" she asked.
Aliyah shook her head. "No. But ever since our new masters have started to turn up Tyler hasn't left my side. It's like he's waiting for something," she explained.
"Something - something bad?" Hunter asked.
Aliyah shrugged. "But according to Rebecca, and every master I have met so far, this is supposed to be the battle for me. You know the one that determines whether or not I am strong enough to survive my prophecy."
"The same prophecy that says you decide on who lives and who dies?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah," said Aliyah. "The one I have been running from since first finding out about it. The one that Rebecca kept a secret from me for so many years, the one she wanted to protect me from but also want me to survive. The one that determines whether I live or die."
"You'll survive," said Shane.
Aliyah switched her attention to him. "You think so?" she asked.
"I know so," Shane said. "I mean this is you we are talking about. Aliyah, you're too stubborn to die."
The others chuckled and Aliyah smirked at how well her friends knew her.
"Yeah, Shane's got a point," said Hunter said. "I've been considering it since you survived the Dark Wish three years ago."
"Considering what?" Aliyah asked, curious.
"Not even death wants you."
"Death doesn't exactly want you either," Aliyah retorted.
Hunter rolled his eyes and settled back into his beach chair. "If that's the best you can come up with, Logan, then you're losing your touch," he teased.
"Why don't you come over here?" Aliyah asked. "I'll show you just how much touch I am losing."
Hunter smirked and the others rolled their eyes. At least some things never changed.
~*Destiny Fulfilled*~
"How long have you been in town?"
"Not long. I needed some time alone."
"So you came all the way to Ocean Bluff?"
LeeLee shrugged. "Why are you being so nice to me?" she asked.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Tyler asked.
"I thought... because of the white Ranger..."
Tyler sighed and nodded. "Yeah, well, Aliyah can come off as a little bit strong but she means well," he said.
"Doesn't seem that way to me."
"You just don't know her like I do," Tyler reassured her. "She's had a pretty tough life so far. Things haven't exactly gone the way she's planned, and she's pretty much being forced to do something that she doesn't want to do."
LeeLee frowned? "Like what?" she asked.
"Well, she didn't exactly want to be a ranger in the beginning, and now years later she's still one," said Tyler. "That's enough to drive anyone crazy." He paused and then shook his head. "Anyway, enough about Ali, what about you? Why exactly are you in Ocean Bluff? I mean, what happened to make you come all the way down here?"
LeeLee sighed. "Someone very close to me let me down," she explained.
Tyler scoffed lightly.
"What?" LeeLee asked.
"You remind me so much of Aliyah."
"I do?"
Tyler nodded. "Yeah. She's quick to judge too. If someone lets her down, she goes off the deep end. She's only just learned to give people a second chance," he explained.
"So you think I should try again?"
"Yeah, and keep trying," Tyler insisted. "If you care about someone you don't give up on them. Especially if they're worth it."
LeeLee pondered his words. "Are you always so nice?" she asked.
"I like to think I'm a good judge of character," Tyler said, "and I can tell you're a good person."
LeeLee scoffed. "Now I know you're no longer talking about me," she said.
"Who else would I be talking about?"
"Put it this way, you're the only person I know that thinks that of me."
"Then maybe you need some new friends."
LeeLee looked considerate.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Tyler groaned and reached into his jacket pocket for his glasses. "Listen, LeeLee, I've got to go," he said. "But if you want we can hang out later. Just head to Jungle Karma Pizza and I'll meet you there later, OK"?
"Uh, OK," LeeLee said. She seemed unnerved by the sight of his glasses but refused to let her emotions show on her face. "Sure. Uh, good luck?" she offered.
"Thanks," Tyler said before running off.
~*Destiny Fulfilled*~
Aliyah growled and pushed herself to her feet to face off against Carden. "That wasn't very nice," she said, fisting her sunglasses in her clenched hand.
"You destroyed my friend," Carden said.
"A monster with a sense of loyalty," said Hunter. "That's new."
"Don't you guys know the definition of a day off?" Aliyah asked.
"You'll get a permanent day off when I'm finished with you," Carden said.
Aliyah scoffed. "Another empty threat," she said. "I guess that is something that will never change."
"Who is this guy?" Shane asked.
"His name's Carden," Aliyah explained. "The other Rangers and I destroyed his friend a couple of weeks ago; we thought we had him too but obviously not."
"It takes more than a few powerless power punks to destroy me."
"We weren't so powerless when we destroyed Bai Lai," Aliyah snapped.
Carden squawked, enraged. "You'll pay for your actions and your words," he said, drawing his sword.
"Do your worst," Aliyah said. "I'm waiting."
With an angry yell, Carden swooped down on Aliyah and blasted her and the other Ninjas off their feet.
"Aliyah!"
Running towards them from the other direction was Tyler, Casey, Lily, and Theo. They were each morphed and ready for battle.
"Rinshi!" Carden called, summoning a small army of foot soldiers. "Attack!" he ordered. The Rinshi bounced towards the morphed Rangers whilst Carden returned his attention to Aliyah.
Aliyah looked to her friends. "Help the others," she said. "I've got the big bird."
"Be careful!" Tori warned.
"Don't worry," Aliyah said, slipping on her glasses. "Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleashed!" she morphed into the white tiger ranger and sped off to deal with Carden.
Carden slashed at Aliyah with his sword but missed as she ducked underneath it. "You can't escape me, Ranger," he said.
"Who said anything about trying to escape?" Aliyah asked, jumping over the sword again and kicking Carden in the beak. She flipped over onto her hands and pushed herself back up onto her feet.
Shaking his beak free of the pain, Carden swooped forward again and hit Aliyah in the left leg with his claws; he then jumped up and booted her in the chest with his foot.
Aliyah stumbled backwards and growled.
Carden laughed and jumped into the air. He flew towards Aliyah and slashed at her with his sword, before flying into the air.
"Come down and fight, coward!" Aliyah yelled.
"If you say so," Carden shrugged. He turned on the wind and swooped down, slashing at her with his sword again. But the hit never came as Tyler jumped over Aliyah and took the hit for her. He cried out and hit the ground at his cousin's feet, and demorphed.
"Pathetic," Carden laughed.
"Hey!"
Carden looked up as Aliyah lunged for him. He side stepped her attack and swung his sword around to hit her like he had intended.
"Call to the beast inside! Release the white tiger!"
A white tiger spirit burst forth from Aliyah and snarled at Carden. It swiped at the bird with its paw causing ripples of excess energy to flood the bird. He keeled over and exploded.
With Carden and the Rinshi destroyed, Casey, Theo, and the Ninjas rejoined their friends.
"That was intense," said Dustin. "But awesome!"
Aliyah smiled at her friend and then looked around at Tyler. He was being helped back to his feet by Casey, Theo, and Lily.
"Are you OK?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," Tyler said, dusting himself off.
"Good," said Aliyah, storming over. "Maybe now you can tell me what the hell that was?!"
Tyler sighed and turned to face his cousin. "I was trying to help," he said.
"Did it look like I needed help?" Aliyah asked. "Did I ask for help?"
"No, but Master Nix -"
Aliyah growled. "Just because Penelope told me that it's not a weakness to ask for help, doesn't mean I need it," she snapped. "Besides, I didn't ask for your help. You automatically assumed that I needed it and put yourself in harm's way to give it. I'm not an invalid, Tyler; I can take care of myself."
"I know, I just -" Tyler stammered.
"Just what?" Aliyah shouted. This was the second time that day he had used the excuse 'just what' and each time he had failed to give an answer why.
"Nothing."
"No! It's obviously not nothing," Aliyah argued. She shrugged off Cam as he tried to calm her down. "What the hell is going on with you?"
Tyler sighed and shook his head. What could he say?
~*Destiny Fulfilled*~
"Oh! Jaguar style. Don't even see it coming," Theo boasted as he beat Lily, once again, at basketball.
Tyler rolled his eyes as he sat in the kitchen, watching them. "Your confidence will be your downfall, Theo," he said.
"I'd rather be taken out by my confidence than by an angry white tiger," Theo replied. "What is with Aliyah when it comes to asking for help?"
"She didn't ask for help," Tyler said. "I over-stepped by boundaries."
"You know that's not true," Lily said. "Why are you so ready to believe that you did wrong?"
Tyler shrugged. "Aliyah had him," he said. "I shouldn't have intervened."
"But, Tyler -"
"Sorry to interrupt your conversation but you've got trouble in the harbour," RJ called from the TV.
The Rangers jumped to their feet as Rebecca entered the loft. "Hey, Tyler, you got a second?" she asked.
"Can't it wait? There's trouble."
"Not really," Rebecca said, shaking her head. "You guys go on; I'll call Aliyah and have her meet you there."
Casey, Theo, and Lily nodded and took off. Leaving Tyler alone with Rebecca and RJ.
"What, you going to question me too?" Tyler asked.
"No."
"Then why did you hold me back?"
"Because there is someone I would like you to meet."
Tyler frowned and looked up as he heard heavy footfalls on the stairs leading from the kitchen. A heavily built man stepped into the room and looked around, his gaze landing on Tyler.
"Ah, you must be the young fox," the man said.
"Who are you?" Tyler asked.
"My name is Jeffery - but you can call me Master."
~*Destiny Fulfilled*~
Lily, Casey, and Theo groaned as they landed on the beach. They had just been ejected from their Megazord after the newest threat, Jellica, had electrocuted them.
"That was brutal," Casey said, picking himself up.
"She's not that tough," Lily said, holding her arm. "We'll get her next time."
"Lily, get real," Theo said. "She's just toying with us."
"Which means this is just a game to her," Aliyah said, finally arriving, "and if it's a game then we can win."
"Took you long enough to get here," Theo grumbled.
Aliyah rolled her eyes. "You're lucky I came at all," she said.
Theo opened his mouth to retort but was cut off as Jellica laughed darkly from across the way, only this time she wasn't alone. She was flanked by Camille and Dai Shi.
"You're both right and wrong, Rangers," Jellica said. "This is a game, and no, you will not win it. I could've destroyed you so easily, but I wanted to save that pleasure for my new student." She turned to Camille.
The chameleon stepped forward and Jellica waved her staff at the rangers. Instantly the water surrounding their feet solidified and they found that they couldn't move.
"We're stuck!" Casey said, struggling.
"No shit, Sherlock," Aliyah said.
"You know, you could be a little more useful," Theo said.
"Like you?" Aliyah snapped.
"Guys!" Lily yelled, quelling the fighting. "Neither one of you are helping."
Jellica laughed and turned to Camille. "Do it," she ordered.
Camille hesitated. Her talk with the green ranger that morning was preventing her from unleashing hell. She knew, given the rangers predicament, that she could've easily defeated them here and now but for some reason, she felt that unless they could fight back it wasn't worth it.
"Release her," Camille said, pointing at Aliyah. "I'd prefer a fair fight."
Aliyah laughed. "I'm hardly a fair fight," she said.
"Now who's confident?" Theo asked.
"I'm always confident," Aliyah said. "But I know not to overstep the line into cockiness."
"Enough!" Jellica yelled. She snapped her fingers and the four rangers cried out as they were electrocuted. The waves of pain stopped as suddenly as they began, and they fell to their knees.
Camille tensed but refused to falter. She took another step forward and transformed into her Rinshi form. She summoned her Sais and walked towards the Rangers. "Goodbye, Rangers," she said.
"This is it, I suppose," Casey said, helplessly.
Aliyah rolled her eyes. "You three have got to be the lousiest team of Rangers I have ever been on," she said.
"I can't see you coming up with any bright ideas on how to get out of here," Casey snapped.
"Just because it doesn't look like I'm doing nothing, doesn't mean I'm not," Aliyah snapped.
"Well if you are doing something, maybe you could hurry it up."
"Don't rush me!"
"I don't know if you realise or not, Aliyah, but we're about to be destroyed."
"You're such a drama queen."
Casey growled in response just as lightning crashed down to earth. The strand hit the jelly that was holding them in place and Aliyah rolled forward, free from the solution that had been holding her.
"What about us?" Theo asked.
"Just sit tight," Aliyah said, flicking her hair over her shoulder as she turned to face Camille. "Jungle Sais!" she called, summoning her own personal weapon. "I'm ready when you are," she added to the chameleon.
Normally, under any other circumstances, Camille would've relished a fight with the white Ranger, but today she couldn't bring herself to attack the ranger before her, and it was all to do with what the green Ranger had said earlier about Aliyah's life being a tough hurdle.
"I... I can't..." Camille said, dropping her arms and stepping away from Aliyah.
The white Ranger frowned.
"Why do you hesitate, girl?" Jellica demanded.
"I just... can't," Camille said, dropping her true form and reverting back to human.
Angered, Jellica hit Camille with one of her tentacles, knocking her back from Aliyah. "You fool," she seethed. "I could have given you more power than you'd ever dreamed of. There is no one here worthy of being my student. I am wasting my time." She stalked towards Camille and raised her staff into the air.
Aliyah felt her muscles tighten. Whilst she wasn't Camille's biggest fan, she also wouldn't allow Jellica to destroy her, if and when the time came, she wanted to be the one to deliver the destructing blow.
"No!" Dai Shi yelled catching the staff before it could hit Camille.
Jellica snarled. "How dare you!" she yelled.
Rushing forward, Dai Shi caught Jellica by the throat and the two shot off towards the beach. Camille didn't hesitate this time and took off after them.
"Huh - what was that about?" Lily asked.
"I dunno," Aliyah said. "But I'll find out."
"Wait," Theo called, stopping Aliyah from running off. "Do you think you can let us out first?"
Aliyah rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers. A bolt of lightning descended from the skies again and hit the jelly around their feet. It disintegrated and the three of them were left ankle deep in water.
"Th -" Lily started, but when she looked up she found Aliyah gone. "Where'd she go?"
Casey and Theo shrugged. They hadn't seen Aliyah leave, much less which direction she had gone.
~*Destiny Fulfilled*~
As Dai Shi and Jellica disappeared, Aliyah jumped down onto the beach behind Camille. "A chameleon's biggest defense is their invisibility," she said. "Yet you crave his attention."
"No one asked for your opinion, white Ranger," Camille snapped.
Aliyah laughed. "Sorry to bust your bubble, Camille, but you're not the first person to tell me that," she said.
"Maybe I'll be the last."
"Doubtful."
"Don't tempt me, Ranger, I hesitated once because of your little green friend, but don't think I will hesitate all the time."
"Tyler?" Aliyah asked. "What's he got to do with anything?"
"He helped me realise a few things," Camille said. "But that doesn't make me a good person."
"You, a good person?" Aliyah repeated. "There is something seriously wrong in the world if anyone could consider you a good person. You were born with darkness in your heart; you can't just wipe that away with one good deed."
Camille stood up straighter. "I don't intend to wipe it away," she said. "I embrace my true colours. But I guess one good thing did come out of this whole thing."
"What's that?" Aliyah asked before she could help herself.
"You just witnessed Dai Shi's power," Camille said. "This means you have two choices to make, and since I know that you don't want to be here, as a Ranger, of course, I know the answer to the final outcome. You won't defeat, Dai Shi, white Ranger, you'll help him take control."
Aliyah's hand clenched into a fist. "Don't count on it, Camille," she snarled.
"Oh, I don't need too," Camille said. "Your precious green friend already confirmed it for me." She turned to face Aliyah. "Good luck, Ranger, you're going to need it." She disappeared, leaving Aliyah standing alone on the deserted beach.
With a sigh, Aliyah dropped her morph. "What the hell was that all about?" she asked no one.
~*Destiny Fulfilled*~
Annoyed that her day off had been ruined by the likes of Camille, Aliyah returned to the apartment she shared with Tyler. She half expected no one to be home, save for Cam and the others and was surprised to find Tyler sitting in the living area with an unfamiliar man.
"What's going on?" Aliyah asked, dropping her keys onto the kitchen table. "Who's he?"
"His name's Jeffery," Tyler said. "He's my new master."
"What's he doing here?" Aliyah asked. "Maybe while you're at it, you can explain to me why Camille is thanking you for bringing about the end of the world? Oh, wait, I already know why maybe it had something to do with you telling her that I didn't want to be here."
Tyler looked confused. "What are you talking about?" he asked. "Why would I tell Camille that?"
"Well, she knows," Aliyah said. "Since when have you been chummy with the forces of darkness?"
"Aliyah, I swear, I haven't told Camille anything about you."
"Well you told someone," Aliyah said.
Tyler shook his head before freezing. "The only person I told was LeeLee," he said.
"LeeLee?"
"Yeah, you remember that girl from this morning?" Tyler asked.
"The one at the beach?"
Tyler nodded. "I was right, it was LeeLee, and she said that she was in town because she needed some time alone. I asked her why she came all the way to Ocean Bluff and she said she needed to get away for a while."
"So you thought it acceptable to tell her we were Rangers again, and that I didn't want to be one, is that it?"
"No, we were talking and she asked why I was being so nice to her considering everyone else usually treats her like trash because of her history," Tyler explained. "She said that you've been nothing but a bitch since she's met you, and I just explained that you've had a hard life."
Aliyah rolled her eyes. "Thanks for broadcasting my life, Ty, I really appreciate it," she said, sarcastically.
Tyler sighed. "Ali, please, I didn't mean..." he stammered.
"Whatever," Aliyah said, shaking her head.
Tori frowned. "Wait a sec," she said, interrupting. "If Tyler told LeeLee how did Camille know?"
"LeeLee must've told her," Aliyah said. "What other explanation is there."
"You can't just accuse her without proof, Ali," said Tori.
"Why not? They both have darkness inside them," said Aliyah. "It wouldn't surprise me if they were in talks."
Tori shook her head.
"Didn't you say that Camille reminded you of LeeLee?" Shane asked.
"Yeah, they're the spitting image of each other," Aliyah said.
"Well, what if the person you were talking to, Ty wasn't LeeLee at all?" Shane asked. "What if it was really Camille that you mistook for LeeLee?"
Tyler looked considerate. "That is plausible," he said.
"Which means you broadcasted my life directly to the forces of darkness," Aliyah said.
"I'm sorry," Tyler said. "I didn't know."
Aliyah shook her head. "Where have you been all day anyway?" she asked. "You missed a fight with Jellica."
"Jella-who?"
"Jellica - Dai Shi's new master."
Jeffery stepped forward. "Young Tyler was with me," he said.
"Training, I presume," Aliyah said, shrugging out of her jacket.
"Talking," Jeffery explained. "His training his a little different to yours and the other Rangers. Whilst you must master your new animal spirits through physical concepts; Tyler's is a more a verbal pursuit."
Aliyah frowned. "Verbal?" she asked. "As of late, it would seem that talking is the last thing on Tyler's mind."
"Which is exactly why we are here," Jeffery said. "Tyler has something he wishes to tell you, young tigress."
"Hopefully, it's an explanation as to why he's been acting weird," Aliyah said.
"It is," Tyler said.
"OK, then let's hear it," Aliyah said, folding her arms across her stomach.
Tyler took a deep breath. "You," he said.
Aliyah frowned. "Me?" she repeated.
"Yes."
"So, you're saying that the reason you have been acting weird is because of me?"
Tyler nodded.
"I don't understand," Aliyah said, confused. She hated being confused.
Tyler sighed. "Up until now I've been able to hide my true emotions," he said. "Up until now, I've managed to keep it together. But this is your final fight, Ali, and truth be told... I just can't bear lose you."
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Chapter updated Monday 29th August, 2016 at 06:38pm
