Author's Note: Apologies for the delay.

Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is unrecognizable about from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban although Operation Overdrive was created by Disney.

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 be it life or deatqh; she is determined to make this ranger team her last.

"We rule!" Casey grinned, leading Theo and Lily into Jungle Karma Pizza.

"We're not afraid of anything!" Theo laughed in agreement.

"You said it, Theo," Lily also agreed.

Tyler rolled his eyes as he followed the others. "I wouldn't let Aliyah overhear your overconfidence, guys," he said. "She's been itching to get you guys for being cocky."

"She's a fine one to talk about cockiness," Lily said,

"Aliyah's not cocky," Tyler defended. "Just confident."

"More like overconfident," Theo said.

"Look who's talking," Tyler rebuffed.

Theo rolled his eyes at the green ranger and wandered into the loft after the others.

Casey, who was just as excited as his team-mates, rushed instantly over to RJ and Rebecca in the kitchen. "Did you see that frog-whooping, guys?" he asked, like an overexcited child looking for appraisal from his parents.

"He didn't stand a chance against us," Theo grinned.

"Yeah, when do we get our Master tattoos?" Lily asked, eagerly.

Rebecca choked on her juice and looked down at the cubs. "Masters?" she repeated. "Not quite."

"What do you mean?" Casey asked, his excitement dying a little. "We're fearless fighting machines. We're unbeatable."

"The last team that thought they were unbeatable lost an alley in the fight against evil," Aliyah said walking into the loft.

Rebecca looked up and folded her arms. "And where have you been?" she asked. "There was an attack. Why weren't you there?"

"What? So now I have to be there for every single fight?" Aliyah asked.

"You never know when the next battle will be the last," Rebecca reminded.

Aliyah rolled her eyes. "Normally the last battle is at the end of a year," she said. "We haven't been here six months yet. So, quit worrying."

Rebecca shook her head and turned back to the cubs as RJ lectured them on being overconfident and how dangerous it was in the long run. "It's time to go back to basics," he said.

"Basics?" Lily, Casey and Theo cried, horrified.

"But we've come so far," Theo argued.

"I want you to practice your stances," RJ said, opening a straw umbrella and using it to pierce a hole in his juice box. The noticed the cubs standing around, idly, and frowned. "Uh, now would be an appropriate time."

Casey, Theo and Lily exchanged exasperated looks as Tyler turned his back on the two masters. He knew the importance of basic training and the reminder it gave oneself as they progressed through their training. It was also a good time to reflect on everything they had learned up to their current point.

Aliyah snickered at the looks on Casey, Theo and Lily's faces. "Man, the looks on your faces right now are even better than the ones I'm sure you'd have if I took you for overconfidence training," she teased.

"That goes for you too, Aliyah," Rebecca called from the kitchen.

"I would," Aliyah said, nodding. "But I'm not Pai Zhuq, and I don't know the stance of the white tiger."

"Then use your initiative and focus on your basic ninja training," Rebecca said. "Why don't you and Tyler focus on meditating?"

Aliyah sighed and rolled her eyes.

Casey, Theo and Lily chuckled only to fall silent as Aliyah threw them a dark glare from across the court.

~*Jungle Fury*~

Tyler's eyes snapped open as the alarm sounded loudly throughout the loft. He quickly scrambled to his feet and rushed over to the TVs along with Aliyah and the others to find Jarrod, Dai Shi's human host, staring back at them from many angles.

"These TVs are as bad as the ones in the Overdrive base," Tyler said. "They're everywhere."

Aliyah scoffed and smirked.

"Face me, Power Rangers, if you dare," Dai Shi goaded.

"He wants a fight, we'll give him one," Casey said, confidently.

"You mean I'll give him a fight while you guys fight the Rinshi, as usual?" Aliyah asked, glancing at the red ranger.

"Maybe if you backed off whilst in battle the rest of us would have a chance," Theo snapped.

"Not my fault that Dai Shi and Camille find me a much more formidable opponent than a few cubs," Aliyah hissed.

"There's something different about Jarrod," RJ said, hitting a few buttons on the console beside him. "The sensors are off the charts."

"Don't worry, RJ, we're not afraid of him," Casey said, shaking his head.

"We're not afraid of anything," Theo added

"Translation: They're shitting bricks but their overconfidence facade is preventing them from realising it," Aliyah said.

"Do you ever shut up?" Theo asked.

Aliyah growled. "Do you ever back off?!" she spat.

"Guys, knock it off," Rebecca interrupted. "Go deal with Dai Shi... and Aliyah," she added as the white ranger walked towards the door, "play nice."

"No promises," Aliyah called back as she disappeared.

Tyler shrugged as Rebecca looked in his direction. "Don't look at me," he said.

Rebecca sighed as the Rangers left. She had a bad feeling about this.

~*Jungle Fury*~

"Jarrod!"

Dai Shi smirked as he looked up at the arrival of the five annoying students. One of which that was prophesied to bring about his downfall. "I didn't think you were going to show up," he called.

"You and your buddies are going down," Casey warned.

Dai Shi laughed. "I highly doubt that," he replied. He grabbed his cloak from over his shoulder and tossed it aside. He then leapt into the air and landed on their level, he fired off an energy blast and the rangers were knocked off their feet. "On your feet, Rangers!" he roared as the Shadow guards joined him.

Aliyah pushed herself up as the others followed suit.

"Ready?"

"Ready!"

"JUNGLE BEAST, SPIRIT UNLEASH!"

"With the strength of a Tiger - Red Ranger!"

"With the speed of a Cheetah - Yellow Ranger!"

"With the stealth of a Jaguar - Blue Ranger!"

"With the cunning of a Fox - Green Ranger!"

"With the fury of a white Tiger - White Ranger!"

"We summon the animal spirits from within - Power Rangers Jungle Fury!"

Powered by their animal spirits the Rangers raced forward to meet Dai Shi and his shadow guards. The two guards cut off Tyler, Theo and Casey, leaving Aliyah and Lily to rush passed, but whilst Lily stopped and turned back, Aliyah kept going.

"Ha! We meet at last, saviour," Dai Shi said as Aliyah launched herself into the air, flipped over and landed behind him.

"Jungle Sais!" Aliyah said, spinning around and striking his armour, causing sparks.

Dai Shi laughed as he turned swiftly on the spot and caught her wrist firmly in his grasp. He lifted her off of her feet, swung her around and threw her into Lily who had tried to help. The two were knocked off of their feet, and Dai Shi blasted them before they could hit the ground.

"Your spirits are no match for my lion," Dai Shi said, stalking towards them. "You are both weak and will easily be destroyed.

"You have some major ego issues," Lily said, jumping up and kicking Dai Shi in the chest. Recovered, Aliyah flipped over Lily and summoned her animal spirit.

"Release the white tiger!" she yelled and a large white cat burst forth from her chest.

Dai Shi snarled and slashed through the animal spirit with his fist. "Pathetic," he said, blasting Aliyah again with another energy ball. The white ranger cried out as she was thrown into the air and flipped over mid-flight. She groaned and landed on her stomach.

"Aliyah!" Tyler yelled, racing to help.

"You are not a Pai Zhuq student," Dai Shi said.

"No, I'm a Lightning Ninja!" Tyler retorted. "Bear Claw!" he called, summoning his secondary weapon to his hand and racing towards Dai Shi. The lion blocked every attack and easily defeated Tyler before turning his attention onto Theo.

"Theo, always up for a challenge," Dai Shi said as Theo attacked with his jungle fans. "Too bad your bat friend can't help you now."

"Oh, yeah?" Theo asked blocking a punch with his fans. "Swoop technique!" he jumped into the air, flipped over and swooped back down, flapping his arms like a bird.

"Useless!" Dai Shi growled. He kicked off from the ground and struck Theo in the stomach, sending him crashing to the floor. "Fool!" he said. "I have reached the next level of evil; you and your pathetic friends are doomed. My evil is unmatched. I am now your master."

"Hang on, Buddy!" Casey yelled. He was still fighting the shadow guards while his friends took a beating.

"Accept your fate, Rangers, not even the mighty saviour can save you now." Dai Shi cast a glance in Aliyah's direction to see her picking herself up from the ground. She was weakened, and so was her animal spirit, he could sense it.

Breathing through her pain, Aliyah straightened up and summoned her Phoenix Whip. She cracked it against the ground and threw it out towards Dai Shi, it wrapped around his wrist. She tugged it to her and the energy ball flew into the air.

"Jungle Mace!" Lily yelled, swinging her mace around. She hit the ball to the energy blast and knocked it into the side of the mountain. It shattered a massive hole in the side but the structure remained firm.

Dai Shi snarled at the two rangers and turned to them. "Enough with this childish ploy!" he shouted. "Bow before me!"

"Never!" Aliyah yelled. "I'd rather die than bow to you."

"That can be arranged," Dai Shi, firing up another energy blast.

Fending off the shadow guard, Casey raced towards Dai Shi. "Jarrod!" he yelled, earning the lion's attention.

So, we meet again," Dai Shi said.

"Yeah, and this time, you're going down," Casey said. Dai Shi laughed darkly at the confidence. "Master Mao trusted you, and you threw away everything he taught you."

"Master Mao never understood the power," Dai Shi replied.

Shaking with fury, Casey summoned his shark sabres and charged towards Dai Shi. He jumped into the air and tried to swipe at Jarrod with the blades, but the lion was ready for him. He blocked and grabbed Casey's hands, squeezing his fingers tightly beneath Jarrod's palms and the blades handle.

"Let him go!" Aliyah yelled, cracking her whip again.

"As you wish!" Dai Shi said. He tossed Casey aside and laughed as the red ranger stumbled as he tried to maintain his landing.

"With the strength of a tiger - strike rider, cruise!" Casey said, summoning his bike. He hurtled towards Dai Shi, switching instantly to attack mode in the final stretch. But Dai Shi leapt over it, turning mid-flight and blasting the red ranger.

Casey cried out as he was unseated and tumbled to the floor with a crash.

"Now, I shall finish this!" Dai Shi said landing and walking back to where the Rangers were strewn. Some, like Casey and Theo, were still recovering, whereas others, like Lily and Tyler, were supporting bruises and their fallen friends. Aliyah, despite being in pain, was stood before her friends, cracking her phoenix whip against the ground.

"We're not done yet!" Aliyah snarled. "Claw cannon!"

The cannon appeared and settled itself on the shoulders of Aliyah, Tyler, Lily and Theo, each of whom used their animal spirits last strength to power it up.

"Engage!" the team yelled.

"Oh, please," Dai Shi scoffed.

"FIRE!"

The cannon exploded and shot a fire ball at Dai Shi. The lion laughed and caught it, startling the rangers; no one had ever survived a claw cannon strike before.

"As I said, I am more powerful now than you can possibly imagine," Dai Shi laughed, flicking the fireball behind him. "Spirit of the mighty lion!" A giant black lion burst forth from Dai Shi and charged the rangers, blasting them into the air and rendering them useless.

Unable to hold their morph, the five rangers demorphed as they hit the ground for the final time.

"Victory," Dai Shi said, powering down his battle suit and standing before the rangers. "Say hi to Master Mao," he added, preparing to eliminate the team for food. He threw an energy ball at them, but it was knocked aside as a huge black eagle swooped down upon them.

Aliyah gasped and looked up as Rebecca, followed by RJ, jumped over them and kicked Dai Shi back into his shadow guards.

"Guys!" Tyler called trying to get up. The pain of defeat held him in place.

"So, the wolf master returns," Dai Shi said, "and this time he brought a friend."

"Why fight warriors when you can fight masters?" RJ asked.

"Why indeed," Dai Shi nodded. "But your skills are no match for my powers."

"Maybe not his," Rebecca said. "But I'm a Ninja master as well as Pai Zhuq. My power is stronger, so are my skills."

Dai Shi looked impressed. "Your control over dark magic would make you a fantastic general," he mused. "Surrender yourselves," he looked to RJ as well, "and I'll spare your students."

"Rebecca, don't!" Aliyah warned. She and her sister may not have got along but she'd rather have not faced Rebecca on the battlefield.

Rebecca considered Dai Shi's offer and her sister's words. She shared a side glance with RJ and bobbed her head once. RJ glanced behind him and said, "You know what to do," before lowering his stance along with Rebecca.

Dai Shi chuckled. "Seize them!" he ordered.

Camille's dark laughter echoed on the wind as she, Dai Shi, the shadow guards and Rebecca, and RJ disappeared.

"No!" Tyler said, still trying to get up.

In anger and frustration, Aliyah punched the ground, her whole body shaking with fury.

~*Jungle Fury*~

Upset and angry the Jungle Fury rangers returned to Jungle Karma Pizza feeling defeated.

"Wait, don't say a word, let me guess," said Fran, catching them before they could disappear upstairs. "'Sorry, Fran, we were on break during the lunch rush and now we have to up to the loft while you finish cleaning up,' hmm?"

"Yeah," Casey sighed. "That's about right."

"If it's that big of a deal to you," Aliyah snapped, angrily, "then leave it and we'll do it later."

"Aliyah!" Tyler hissed.

"No!" Aliyah growled. "She should be fucking used to us disappearing all of the time. If she's got that big of a problem with us she should either say something, or piss off. We've got bigger issues to deal without adding a whiny child to the mix too." She turned toe and disappeared into the kitchen, slamming the kitchen door against the wall as she opened it and storming upstairs.

Fran looked hurt at Aliyah's outburst and fiddled with her apron anxiously. She'd seen Aliyah's anger before, but never been on the receiving end of it. She could honestly say it was scary and hurtful to hear such words.

"I'm sorry, Fran," Tyler said. "Aliyah's just a little... temperamental right now. She'll calm down, and when she does I'll get her to apologise to you."

"Um, okay..." Fran said quietly.

Tyler forced a smile and headed upstairs to deal with Aliyah.

"As for the rest of us," Lily said a lot gentler than Aliyah had done. "We'll make it up you somehow."

Fran's expression softened. She could hear and see the hurt in voices. "Well, hey, it's OK, don't sweat it," she said, trying to brush off the guilt she felt for upsetting them. "I've already apologised to myself anyway," she called as they headed for the kitchen door. "Oh, wait," she added, running after them. "Have either of you seen RJ or Rebecca? I haven't seen them... all afternoon."

An angry cry, followed by a smash, echoed from upstairs causing many customers to look around in surprise and fear.

Fran frowned and watched as Casey, Theo and Lily exchanged downtrodden looks before heading upstairs after Aliyah and Tyler. She felt guilty for jumping at them when they had first come in, and believed their hurt and sadness was for upsetting her. If only she knew the truth.

Upstairs, Casey, Theo and Lily found Tyler holding Aliyah against the wall by the shoulders. She was struggling against him, kicking at him with her legs and shaking with uncontrollable rage. They had never seen her like this before, and while the timing couldn't have been anymore inappropriate, they were fascinated.

"You need to calm down," Tyler said.

"Don't tell me to calm down!" Aliyah yelled, trying to kick him in the shins.

"Do I really need to call in reinforcements?"

Aliyah's eyes blazed. "Go ahead," she said. "Call him, and I'll do to him exactly what I'm going to do you if you don't let me go."

Tyler resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Doing so now would only antagonise Aliyah more. "We need you calm so we can figure out a way to save Rebecca and RJ," he said. "I know you're pissed at her for surrendering, but she did it so you could survive. I know you don't like being protected, but you can't stop Dai Shi if you're dead."

Aliyah stiffened and then relaxed.

The cubs watched with bated breaths as Tyler, carefully, let her go and stepped away. His arms fell to his sides and Aliyah braced herself against the wall. She bowed her head, closed her eyes and took a deep breath; her body stopped shaking and her hands unclenched.

She wasn't calm calm, but calmer than she had been.

"So what's the plan?" Aliyah asked, her voice still shaking.

~*Jungle Fury*~

Dai Shi smirked triumphantly as he led RJ and Rebecca into the throne room of his temple. They were each bound at the wrists and flanked by a shadow guard.

"Well, what do we have here?" Jellica laughed, amused.

"Well done, you care truly an agent of evil," Carnisoar praised.

"Pai Zhuq masters as I live and breathe," said Jellica.

"Please, compliments embarrass me," RJ said, smiling back.

Rebecca shot him an odd look. Now what not the time for sarcasm. They may have given themselves up willingly, but that didn't mean they were there for a permanent visit.

"I wanted to destroy him in front of you," Dai Shi hissed, "as a gift for my training."

"Whoa, I've never been a gift before," RJ laughed. "How about you, Rebecca?"

"Now is not the time!" Rebecca hissed.

"And what of the girl?" Jellica asked. "What are your ideas for her?"

"She is a Ninja and Pai Zhuq master, as well as a legendary mystic," Dai Shi explained, "and she controls darkness. She could be very useful to us."

Jellica and Carnisoar mused at the idea of turning the savior's sister against her. "Indeed," they agreed.

"In the meantime," Jellica said. "We shall make a gala event. Camille," she hissed at the chameleon.

"Yes, Overlord Jellica?" Camille responded her gaze cast downward as addressed the Jellyfish.

"Make yourself useful, prepare the stadium for battle," Jellica ordered.

Camille bowed and headed for the doors behind her. She paused as Carnisoar spoke. "What of the Power Rangers?" he questioned.

"Without their Masters, they're irrelevant," Dai Shi said arrogantly.

"Uh, if I may," Camille said, backtracking quickly. "What if they find other masters like before?"

"They have already trained with the last five on Earth," Jellica said. "There are no more living masters." She chuckled.

Camille still looked unnerved. "What about the white Ranger?" she asked before she could help herself. "What if her," she shot a look at Rebecca, "capture is what causes her to accept the prophecy? I've already seen her in the company of wind and thunder ninjas, so I think it is safe to assume that the academies are in harmony."

"Then we shall just have to disrupt that harmony, won't we," Jellica said, laughing darkly. "Now, away with you child, leave the destruction to us."

"Yes," Carnisoar agreed.

Dai Shi laughed darkly along with his trainers as Camille took her leave, and Rebecca and RJ were left feeling concerned at what the Overlords had planned for the Ninja Academies, and their students.

~*Jungle Fury*~

"Guess we're not masters after all," Theo said, pacing the loft. He was feeling sorry for himself. He had cockily gone into battle thinking he was better than anyone, including Dai Shi, and been humiliated - again - by being beaten.

Lily heaved a heavy sigh and looked up at her friends. She was sitting cross-legged on the training mat in the middle of the basketball court. "We have to save RJ and Rebecca - whatever it takes," she said.

"Yeah, but without a master, how can we learn to defeat Jarrod?" Theo rebuffed. "He's like super evil now."

"Well with an attitude like that we'll be lucky to defeat a fruit fly," Tyler said. He was still upset with Rebecca's decision to surrender to Dai Shi, but he also knew that taking his frustrations out on the team, like Theo was doing, was not helping.

Lily turned away from her best friend, and looked across at Casey. "What do you think RJ meant when he said 'you know what to do'?" she asked.

"Go back to basics," Aliyah muttered from the rafters. She had ninja streaked up there to be away from the others, and to think of Rebecca's decision. She was determined to save her sister, even if it was just to kill her herself later.

Casey frowned as he heard Aliyah and then jumped to his feet as realization dawned. "That's it!" he said, excitedly. "Aliyah, you're a genius."

The white ranger frowned as she looked down. "So I've been told," she said, swinging down so that she was on their level again. "What did I do this time?"

"Go back to basics - that's what RJ and Rebecca told us to do," Casey said. "They didn't mean it figuratively, they meant it literally. We go all the way back to the beginning."

"One problem," Tyler said, wandering over. "Aliyah and I weren't here back at the beginning. Why would we be told to go back to the beginning if we hold no reason there?"

Casey shrugged. "I don't know, but maybe there is something there for you two too," he said.

"Where is the beginning exactly?" Aliyah asked.

"The forbidden room," Lily said, getting to her feet.

"Hey, I'm all for it," Theo said. "But if I remember correctly, the room's empty. I don't see how that can help us."

Aliyah shrugged. "It's better than nothing," she said. "And like you said, Casey, there just may be something there."

Casey nodded.

Tyler stretched his arms above his head. "So, what are we waiting for?" he asked, grabbing his jacket. "To the forbidden room we go."

~*Jungle Fury*~

Rebecca braced herself against the wall of her cell and turned as the door was slammed shut behind her. She stared hard at Camille as she stood on the other side.

"I can't wait to watch Dai Shi tear your precious wolf to shreds," Camille said, speaking of RJ. "I wonder who will beg for mercy first - you or him?"

"It's almost sad," Rebecca said.

"What is?" Camille asked, eagerly.

"That you actually think we're going to be here long enough to beg for mercy," Rebecca said. "You underestimate, not only the rangers, but my sister."

"Your sister is useless," Camille said. "If she actually cared about anything, especially you, other than herself, she'd have accepted her role in destiny a long time ago."

Rebecca smiled. "There's still time," she assured the chameleon.

"Not much time," Camille said. "Let's see how assured she feels when her precious academies turn against her after we've attacked them in her name."

"Go ahead," said Rebecca. "The ninja academies know that if Aliyah wanted to cause them harm, she'd do it herself, and you can't force her to do anything against her will."

Camille's smirk faltered slightly. "Your optimism will soon disappear, Eagle Master," she said, walking back down the long corridor, away from the cells. "First we will take your wolf, then we will take your academies, and, when the time is right, we'll take your sister and the world will follow." She slammed the stone door at the end closed.

Rebecca sighed and looked around her cell. It wasn't much. Just a stone chamber with a window in the far corner. She didn't bother climbing up to see where the window led too, by the time she smashed the glass and got out the Rinshi would be upon her; and there was no point in yelling, there would be no one around for miles that could hear her, much less help.

"Rebecca?"

"RJ?" Rebecca looked around for the sound of the voice. It was coming from the wall beside her. She leaned against it, the rock felt rough against her head. "RJ, are you in there?"

"Yes," RJ replied. "Are you OK?"

Rebecca nodded. "Yeah. I'm just nervous," she said. "RJ, what if this plan fails? Or what if they're too late?"

"Don't give up hope," RJ said. "They'll come. Aliyah will come."

Rebecca sighed and closed her eyes. She just hoped that Aliyah would come soon.

~*Jungle Fury*~

Casey, Theo and Lily led Tyler and Aliyah through the Pai Zhuq grounds, down the winding stone steps and into the forbidden room. There was nothing magnificent about it, just a cold stone room with an alter and some engravings on the far wall.

Lily gasped and stopped dead in her tracks.

"What, what is it?" Aliyah asked. She followed the cheetah's line of gaze and chuckled as a spider scurried past. "Really?" she asked. "You're as bad as Shane."

Lily glared at the white ranger and edged away from the spider. She kept as far away from any webs as she could also, and made her way to the far wall.

"Well, we're here," Theo said.

"Look around," Casey said. "There's got to be something that can help."

"That's great and everything," said Tyler. "I don't know about you, but I can't see in the dark."

Casey shot him an annoyed look and suddenly a bright light filled the room. The four teammates looked around at Aliyah as she held up a small ball of light in the palm of her hand.

"How'd you do that?" Theo asked.

Aliyah held up her mystic morpher. "A little bit of magic goes a long way," she said, moving towards the back wall and holding up the flicker of light. The others followed her.

"Hey, is that... Master Phant in his animal form?" Lily asked pointing at a figure etched into the stone.

"It must be," said Theo, looking around. He spotted another figure and pointed at it. "And there's Master Swoop," he said.

"And Master Griz," said Tyler, pointing at Jeffery in his bear form.

"Master Nix," Aliyah said, drawing her finger over the Phoenix master on the wall.

"And Master Finn," Casey said, finally finding his master. "But who are these guys?" he asked, pointing at five more animals on the wall.

"It's a Gorilla, an Antelope, and look, there's a Penguin," Lily said, pointing out the first three.

Tyler pointed at the last two. "It's a Leopard," he said, "and a Gazelle."

"Those are the other Pai Zhuq masters," said a voice from behind. The team of five jumped and turned, three of them grinning from ear-to-ear and excitedly running around the alter to the man that formed, from spirit, behind it.

"Master Mao!" Lily, Casey and Theo cried.

The three students bowed respectfully.

"How can we find these other masters?" Theo asked, getting straight to the point. He and Aliyah may not have got along from time-to-time, but she admired his non-beat-around-the-bush attitude. "RJ and Rebecca have been captured, and we need more training."

"Yes, I know," Master Mao said, clasping his hands behind his back. "But these masters cannot be found. They were destroyed in the great battle. They reside in the spirit world now."

"Can you take us there?" Casey asked. "We have to save RJ and Rebecca."

"No one has ever returned from that realm," Master Mao explained. "It's a place unlike anything you've ever seen."

Aliyah exchanged a look with Tyler and stepped forward. "Actually, that's not true," she said, leaning against the alter. "A few years ago, during my time as a Mystic ranger, a dark wish was cast. A wish that put out all the light in the world and allowed evil to take full control. The wish erased everything up to that fixed point which meant Tyler and I had perished during the attack and fall of the Lightning Academy. We went to a spirit world, a place unlike any other, and we survived it."

"She's right," Tyler said. "Besides, Rebecca and RJ are our families. We have to try something."

Master Mao considered them for a few seconds before shaking his head. "I'm sorry, but it is too risky. The answer is no," he said.

"Well that's not good enough!" Aliyah said. "You want us to protect the world from Dai Shi, but refuse to help us. You're the only one that can open the gate to the spirit world. Your refusal to do so means Dai Shi wins - or maybe that's what you want."

"Aliyah!" Theo hissed. How dare she disrespect Master Mao?

Aliyah ignored Theo and stared directly at Master Mao. "It wouldn't be the first time that someone has played both sides of the field," she said.

Master Mao held Aliyah's gaze. "Rebecca told me you were stubborn," he said. "I underestimated just how stubborn."

Aliyah smirked, pride fully.

Suddenly, Master Mao started to glow. His light filled the room and all-but blinded the Rangers. Then a huge gust of wind erupted from the centre of the room and a tornado of colours appeared as a portal between the real world and the spirit world opened.

"There's no turning back now," Lily shouted over the raging winds.

"What if something happens while we're away?" Casey asked. "Did anyone think to leave a backup plan?"

"Relax," Tyler called. "Everything's been taken care of."

"Yeah, the city is well looked after," Aliyah agreed. She stepped around the alter and approached the portal. "Let's finish what we started," she said, and stepped through.

She disappeared, and the others followed after.

~*Jungle Fury*~

No sooner had their feet been lifted from the ground in the living world, did they slam into the ground of the spirit world. The five rangers coughed as they felt the wind leave their lungs and they each collapsed onto the grass.

Aliyah was the first to recover and pushed herself up. She looked around and blinked, unable to believe what she was seeing. "This is the same place," she murmured.

"That's freaky," Tyler said, realising soon. "Looks like, at the end of the day, Pai Zhuq and Ninjas aren't that different. When we die, we all go to the same place."

Theo, Lily and Casey exchanged looks as they carefully got to their feet.

"Not exactly a vacation resort," Theo groaned.

"It's a netherworld of ghostly spirits. What do you expect - palm trees and hula girls?" Lily asked sarcastically.

"Guys, let's get serious here," Casey interrupted. "RJ and Rebecca are counting on us."

Aliyah paused and turned quickly on the spot. Her animal spirit had detected movement and so had her Ninja senses. "Guys," she called, earning herself the attention of her teammates.

Out of the mist came a man in a red tunic and a white beard, and he wasn't alone. Alongside him came another man with a black beard and a brown tunic, a woman with long black hair and a white tunic, another woman with auburn coloured hair and a silver tunic, and finally a younger man with short blonde hair and a platinum tunic.

They surrounded the rangers from all sides, forcing them into a tight knit circle.

"This does not look promising," Casey murmured.

"Shut up!" Aliyah hissed.

The man in the red tunic stepped forward. "You shouldn't have come here," he said, looking down at the rangers.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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Chapter updated 14 October 2016 at 03:33an