Back at Dai Shi's temple, Casey stumbled into the throne room

Back at Dai Shi's temple, Casey stumbled into the throne room. Only Camille was there. She was probably waiting for Dai Shi. Casey staggered forward and fell weakly at her feet.

"Looks like your buddies were too much for you. What happened?!" She scolded. "You had them!"

Casey struggled to get to his feet. His whole body ached. He was surprised he managed to stay in ranger form. He hit the button to make his ranger powers leave him.

"It was a slight mishap. It won't happen again." Casey growled at her, his eyes glowing brightly. He was right in Camille's face. She could feel the breath of his words, it sent shivers down her spine. With that, Casey began to walk out of the room. He had his fists clenched together tightly. Camille yelled something that caused him to halt.

"It had better not! I could have Dai Shi blow you away." She sneered. Casey looked back at her and shot her a very dirty look, then left. The doors closed with a loud bang behind him.

"Tigers…" She grumbled to herself.

Casey walked to the dungeon where Dai Shi was doing his training against some Rin Shi. Upon seeing Casey, Dai Shi stopped his training. Casey went and bowed before him. He didn't say a word.

"You've failed me once, twice isn't an option." Dai Shi said meanly. Casey starred at the floor, he didn't want to look in his new master's eyes. He hated that he failed. You could see the anger radiate off of him.

"Yes, Jarrod. I will not fail you again." Casey said, he then stood up and looked at Dai Shi. "Next time I encounter the rangers, only I will walk away." He said with an evil grin.

"Just watch yourself. You may work for me now, but you were still against me at one time. And it seems that the good side of you keeps trying to break free." Dai Shi said.

"Don't worry. The old Casey is gone. This new one is here to stay. And I want the others gone as badly as you do. I will win this next battle." Casey said.

"Good. Now go prove your worth." Dai Shi commanded.

"Yes, master." Casey sneered, then ran out of the dungeon. Dai Shi still didn't trust him. After all, Casey did use to be his former rival.

Back at JKP…

"So Casey just attacked you?" RJ asked in shock as he watched Lily gather plates from the table. They were scattered all around the table. Lily had a large stack of plates. She slammed them down before she answered RJ.

"Yes, it wasn't like Casey at all!" She yelled as she whipped her head to him. She was worried sick, and she didn't handle it very well. RJ looked sympathetically at her.

"Wow…that's heavy." He said softly. He felt bad for her. He knew how she felt about Casey. He was worried too. Casey was like a younger brother to him. "But, you know, Jarrod was filled with the evil of Dai Shi, maybe an evil force took over Casey." RJ explained. Lily nodded slightly. Theo was wiping the table off, listening to RJ and Lily talk. He was silent and held his tongue…until now.

"Or maybe he's just a traitor." Theo said coldly. He never even looked up from the table. RJ and Lily looked at him in shock of his words. Lily went right up to Theo's face.

"I know you and Casey have had your share of fights in the past, but there is no way that he's a traitor. Why would you even say such a thing?" Lily asked in a hurt tone, then he went back to her work. Then she stopped suddenly and leaned against the table. She shut her eyes.

"Something had to have happened." She said sadly. Then all of a sudden, her eyes shot open and she let out a loud gasp.

"Whoa, what is it Lily?" RJ asked looking at her strangely.

"The beam!" She shouted.

"Beam?" Theo said confusedly. Lily walked to Theo.

"Yeah! Remember when we were battling the fake Red Ranger in our Megazord, Casey was hit by some sort of beam!" She explained. She looked at Theo and RJ. "That has to be what happened!"

"Sounds about right." Theo added. Lily shot him a mean look. She was disappointed that Theo would think Casey would ever hurt them intentionally.

"Lil, I'm sorry for what I said before. I'm still getting used to the whole 'trio' not 'duo' thing." Theo said hanging his head in shame. Lily could tell he was sincere. Both she and RJ knew that Theo really did like Casey. He just showed it in his own 'Theo' way. "Casey's our leader. And you are both my friends. I help however I can." Theo said. Lily looked at Theo like she was proud. She gave him a tight hug and a smile.

"We still need to find a way to get Casey back on our side…" RJ said as he thought. Then, the Solar Morphers went off, both Theo and Lily looked at their Morphers. They knew it was Casey, and that they were in for another long battle. "…and fast." RJ finished. Then Theo and Lily ran out of JKP, and RJ headed up to the loft to watch the battle.