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"We need to take her somewhere that she can be cared for. Somewhere private. She'll need surgery, to extract the rest of the…embryo and some serious counseling. Her spirit is broken. She's gonna need a lot of care and personalized attention."

"And where would that be?"

Theo looked up. "Master Swoop, I have an idea."


"This is the Pai Zhuq school." RJ said as they got the gate. "I've not been here in years."

Theo had been nervous as he'd approached the Ninjetti with his request for help. But to his surprise, they'd agreed and now all of them stood at the entrance to the Pai Zhuq school.

"This is where you went to school?" Asked Adrianna from her perch on Lily's back. "Sure is." Lily answered. "We trained here. Even your dad."

"You too Daddy?"

"You bet Cub. This is where I earned my master's stripes."

"Will I train here too?"

RJ approached his daughter, took her from Lily's back and held her close. "Only if you want to... but not for many years. I've barely gotten you back. You're not going anywhere for a while."

"I don't want Lily to go no where either."

Theo turned his head and looked at RJ and then lily but to everyone's surprise he didn't look angry or betrayed. He just smiled at the little girl and then turned back to the entrance and walked through.

Lily ran a hand through Adriana's soft curls and kissed her forehead. "I'll stay around as long as you want me too."

"I want you to stay fo'ever."

Lily chuckled at the little cub. "Okay. I'll stay."

RJ chuckled as Adriana climbed on to his back and followed the blue ranger through the gate.

They walked in silence as they neared the infirmary. Master Swoop came out to see them. "I'm glad you made it back. Jade isn't doing so well."

Tyler took Terra's hand in his and approached the blind master and bowed in respect to him. "I'm Tyler and this is my wife Terra. I don't know how much we can help when there's only two of us. But we will do what we can."

The bat master smiled at them gratefully before leading them into the room.

Even though Terra expected something like this, she was still surprised. Once again the spirit of the ocelot was prowling protectively around the bed and then growled at them as they entered.

Tyler reacted first and put a protective arm around her and allowed his spirit animal to come out. The chameleon walked up to the great cat and seemed to commune with it. Terra felt warmth and copied her husband letting her green falcon come out as well. It flew and came to rest next to the chameleon.

She stood at one side of the bed and her husband stood on the other side of the bed. He held out his hand for her. He held her hands tightly and looked into her eyes.

"Concentrate."

Terra felt slightly annoyed at his reminder but shoved it aside, the young student needed her attention and so she let her eyelids fall closed. Then she directed her inner power towards her husband who was now doing the same.

Theo watched in amazement as the green energy surrounded Jade and flowed into her.


In the meditation chamber on the other side of the school, Camille's head shot up and she looked at her counterpart. Jarrod's brow was furrowed in concentration. She had sensed…a kindred spirit. Another chameleon? She got up from her mat and started out the door.

"Camille?"

She turned around to face the man who had been more of a lover to her then Dai Shi could ever be. "Yes?"

"Where are you going?"

"I felt…another chameleon. Just a second ago. Its so strange. I didn't know anyone else here possessed a spirit like mine."

Jarrod got up a second later and drew her into his arms. "If it makes you happy, lets go." then he put an arm around her and they walked off with his girlfriend leading the way.


Terra dropped her arms with little beads of sweat dripping down her face. "I…I can't do anymore, I just don't have it in me."

Tyler opened his eyes and regarded her for a moment smiling softly at her as he used a nearby towel to sponge her face. "You did the best you could. If this doesn't work we can always call the others in."

"That won't be necessary. She's already starting to wake up." said Dr. Hawkins walking over to the bed to check Jade's vitals. The color's already returning to her face. She's not nearly so pale as she was." The dr. stood up to her full height again. "Thank you."

Tyler smiled at the elderly lady. "Don't mention it…please."

At the doctor's confused look Terra spoke up. "Tyler's just not comfortable with huge amounts of attention. If anyone else found out about our power we could be swarmed. And I don't know if he could handle that or not. In fact, it may be better if she didn't even know we were here."

Dr. Hawkins nodded understandingly. "If you don't want her to know you're here, now would be a good time to leave." That's all Tyler needed to know, and then just like that he led his wife out the door.

Terra stopped short when she saw the pair coming towards them. She could sense the same sort of power coming from them and she looked at her husband biting her lip. He smiled down at her. "It's okay, I sense another, like myself."

The tall man in…strange pajamas walked over to them. "Hi. I'm Jarrod. This is Camille."

"You're the one. You hold the Chameleon sprit." Camille said looking at him.

Tyler squeezed his wife's hand. "Yes. I'm Tyler Park, and this is my wife Terra, We're Ninjetti. You also hold a chameleon spirit."

"How is that possible? I didn't think anyone else had it."

"I wasn't expecting to have that animal spirit. When I discovered I was Ninjetti, I was expecting to have the frog spirit like my dad, but when my power was activated, I discovered that I was a chameleon."

"You're not the first son to not take after his father." said a new voice from behind them. RJ turned also and froze when he saw his dad walk up to them. Adrianna hid behind him ducking her head on his back. He wasn't planning for his dad to find out so soon.

"Dad. Long time no see."

"Yeah, its amazing how much can change in only a week." he said craning his neck. "Whose cub is that hiding behind your back?"

"Mine. She's my cub." RJ turned his head. "Its okay Adriana. He's my dad." Master Finn watched curiously as the little cub held out her arms for Lily who promptly took her into her arms and held her close.

"And why exactly did you hide her from me?"

"If you don't mind dad, I would feel better if I could discuss things with you in private."

Master Finn sighed. "Very well, we'll go into my quarters. But I expect you tell me everything."


When they got to his room, RJ's dad sat down on the bed and looked at his son. "So, how did you come to have her?"

"It was about 1 year or so after we got into that fight. I was invited to a weekend party of the man who gave me the loan for JKP. I didn't want to lose the money so I agreed to go. While I was there, I was offered some drinks but you know me and I can't really tolerate a lot of alchohol, so I declined. Then this beautiful woman offered me some punch. She was very sexy looking and I couldn't help but accept the cup."

"When I woke up the next morning naked and alone, I realized what I had done. The punch had been spiked with some hard liquor of some kind. I had gotten drunk and had ended up having sex with her and I woke up alone. I kept waiting for her to show up again or a call or something. But nothing happened. The next night I saw her hanging over some other dude. I found a reason to get out of there as soon as possible. I didn't see her again until 3 years later when she showed up claiming to have had my child."

"And did you at least get a paternity test?"

"Of course I did. But I took them to a doctor I trusted and had the test done. Adriana's DNA and mine are a perfect match. She's my daughter. I knew what sort of woman she was and immediately demanded custody not wanting my cub exposed to the sort of attention she gets. So we made an agreement that I would pay her a thousand dollars a month plus any doctor bills if she would go strait and devote her time to our daughter."

"She agreed. I still didn't feel right just leaving it at that. So I asked Master Swoop to keep an eye on things when I couldn't." RJ took a deep breath. "Then last year I discovered that Angel had broken her word and was back to sleeping with many different men and even some women here or there. I was just about to start the paperwork to get custody when Dai Shi was released. I knew then that I wouldn't be able to take her back. So I kept my peace and focused on training the rangers sent to me. I took small sabbaticals from time to time to go check on her."

"Last week Angel came back with Adriana and abandoned her saying some very wrong things about her, things that a little girl should never have to hear. I didn't find out until the next day what sort of things she's had to endure."

Master Fin was gritting his teeth in anger. "And what sort of things may those be?"

"I haven't been able to get much out of Adriana but I suspect it may be more then just psychological abuse. The next day, I went out and bought her some clothes and a hair brush. All I did was show her the hair brush and she got upset. When I asked her if she'd ever been hit with one she would only give out one word answers."

"She's still afraid that Angel's gonna find out and hurt her some more." his dad summed up.

"Yeah, I'm not sure how to help her. Lily's also doing her best. She's been just like a protective mother. Adriana has been clinging to her since the night she was abandoned."

"This is the first time you've mentioned Lily. I didn't know you had a thing for her."

"I've liked her for a long time. But she was off limits to me because she was my student and because Theo had a thing for her. I didn't want to step on his toes."

"Did you even bother finding out if she felt the same way?"

"I didn't realize until the day before yesterday that she even felt anything for me. Adriana's been sleeping in lily's room. I went in there to put Adriana to bed. That's when I discovered her feelings for me. There were tiny bits of my color there. A pillow here, a shirt there, a poster of a wolf on her wall."

"And what are you gonna do about that? You planning to court her?"

RJ hated it when his dad was so direct.

"Yeah, Adriana's even come right out and said that she wants Lily for a mom. More then once. I have asked Lily out on a date, what sort of things she would like to do. She's just as green as I am when it comes to this sort of thing."

The shark master chuckled. "My son you have a lot to learn. But first I want to meet my granddaughter."


Lily had taken Adriana on a tour of the school grounds. Everyone had been so nice to her. And they all wore the same shoes she had wanted that day she went shopping with her dad and Lily. Would she dare ask for a pair of shoes like that again?

"There's my little cub!" RJ said coming up to them with the old man walking behind them.

"Hello cub. I'm your grandpa. I heard you wanted some shoes like Lily has."

The little girl gawked in disbelief. "Was she really going to get her wish?" she nodded with a hopeful look in her eyes. The older man who was now her grandpa brought his hand out from behind his back. And there, in his hands were a pair of shoes, identical to Lily's. If you get down here, I'll help you put them on."

That was the hitch in the plan. She had to trust this man she just met in order to get the shoes. She looked at Lily who nodded. Then she looked at her dad who smiled at her. "You can trust him. He's your grandpa."

"I promise I won't hurt you." Master Finn said in a soft voice.

"That's what he said." Adriana muttered softly.

"Who said?" master Finn asked softly.

"Michael." Angel's boyfriend.

Master Finn took a deep breath trying to control his rage as RJ held his daughter close. "I promise he won't hurt you. But you don't have to if your scared."

"But I won't get the shoes." The little girl said softly.

Master Finns heart ripped for the little girl. He walked forward slowly and gently stroked his granddaughter's cheek before lightly kissing her forehead. "I'm not a monster like Michael was. I won't hurt you. You don't have to get down if you don't want to. You're my granddaughter. And there's no way I'm gonna let Michael or Angel hurt you again. They're not gonna get anywhere near you."

"Promise?" Adrianna said biting her lip.

"I'll let them hurt me before they ever hurt you. That's a promise."

Taking a deep breath Adriana stuck out her foot. Very gingerly Master Finn removed her sandals and put on her new shoes that fit her foot perfectly. She smiled at him and wiggled her foot around glancing at her shoe from all angles.

"How would you like to visit me? I have some ice cream. Your dad and lily, can come too."

Adriana's eyes lit up and she nodded enthusiastically.

Master finn grinned at her remembering a more innocent time when RJ had given him the same grin while his face was streaked with chocolate fudge from his fudge bar.

RJ grinned and kissed his daughters head. At the very least he'd have someone to watch his little cub when he and Lily had their date.

Suddenly the peaceful moment was interrupted by Tyler's cell phone.

He turned his back and answered it.

"Hey dad what's up?"

"I'm on my way to Ocean bluff. Andros is gonna shuttle me there in the morning."

"Dad, I didn't know you were coming just yet."

Adam chuckled. "I promise I'm not going to interfere with your honeymoon. I'm there to give Adriana her exam and to take care of some other business. Though I might like to see you two if you have the time."

"We should be able to pencil you in."

"Very funny son. See you in the morning."

"Bye dad."

"What was that all about?" asked Casey.

Tyler turned back to him. "My dad is coming to make a house call."


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