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Later that same day, the rangers went to the plains of Ocean Bluff. All of the rangers were in their ranger form—all with the exception of Casey.
"You know what to do, Casey. And remember, if you don't make it back before sunset, you'll lose your ranger powers for good." RJ warned him. "And above all," RJ added, "Be careful."
"I always am." Casey said with a smile to his team and ran off ahead, while the others stayed behind.
"I sure hope that your plan works, RJ. Think he'll be okay?" Lily said, sounding worried for Casey.
"He'll be fine, Lil." Theo said with a roll of his eyes.
"Casey's the leader of this team, he can do it." Dominic said. His words seemed to bring Lily comfort. "And besides, we have this covered." Dominic added.
"Yeah, well, let's just hope that Casey has Dai Shi covered." Theo said, bringing the worry right back into Lily's face.
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Casey came to a more rocky part of the plains. He was alone.
"Jarrod!!" Casey shouted loudly, "You want another fight?! Bring it on! I'm not afraid of you!" Casey was trying to lure Dai Shi out, and he knew his taunts would do just that.
"You rang?" Dai Shi said, appearing as if from nowhere, landing on a small cliff that overlooked the plains. The setting sun behind him gave his face an even more evil essence.
"Yeah, I want to finish what we started." Casey said, pointing up to him.
"You got it, but first, let me send your friends a little present to make sure they don't interfere." Dai Shi said, summoning Red Danger. He appeared right next to him.
"Go destroy the others, me and the cub have some unfinished business." Dai Shi said, looking at his red partner.
"Yes, master!" Red Danger said, giving a quick bow before he ran off.
"Perfect…" Casey said, quietly to himself, nodding his head slightly.
Dai Shi looked back to Casey.
"Just you and me…little brother." Dai Shi stated, trying to get under the red rangers skin.
"As far as I'm concerned, you're not my brother. Just my opponent." Casey said, brushing off Dai Shi's last comment.
Dai Shi chuckled quietly to himself.
"You sure you want to fight me? Even without your powers?" Dai Shi said
"I don't need my powers to defeat you. A different type of brother taught me that." Casey said, referring to RJ. As far as Casey was concerned, RJ was the brother he never got to know.
"How touching." Dai Shi said with disgust. "Whatever the case may be, today, you will be destroyed!" Dai Shi added, leaping off of the cliff he was on. When he hit the ground, he threw his cloak off of his body, and transformed into his Lion Armor. He stood face to face with Casey.
"You ready?" Dai Shi said with an evil tone.
"Bring it." Casey said, not at all fazed.
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Back with the other rangers, Red Danger appeared in front of them.
"Ah, rangers, we meet again!" Red Danger said, walking closer to them, holding both of his arms out.
"There he is." Lily said, getting ready for anything.
Theo let out a loud gasp.
"Just stick to the plan guys." RJ said, reassuring them.
"You said it!" Dominic said.
"Let's get this battle started!" Red Danger said, making a beeline for the rangers.
"Lily, Theo, go!" RJ commanded them.
"Let's go, T!" Lily said, looking at Theo.
"Right on, Lil!" Theo responded, and the two of them ran full force to the evil red ranger.
"Jungle Fans!" Theo yelled loudly, as his two fans of blades vaporized in his hands.
"Jungle Mace!" Lily also yelled, her weapon doing the same.
The blue and yellow rangers struck their weapons over and over at the imposter. Lily had wrapped her mace around the enemy's arms, and Theo slashed him again and again with his fans. With each hit, sparks and smoke flew out of the target.
Red Danger fell backwards from the blows, but it seemed that right as he fell, he was up again.
"Well, well. The Cheetah and the Jaguar fighting the Tiger. Small world, huh?" Red Danger said, making his way right back at Theo and Lily.
"We already have a tiger on our team!" Theo began.
"And it's not you!" Lily finished for him. Then the Cheetah and the Jaguar did a double team type move and kicked Red Danger simultaneously. All this did was send the opponent back a few steps.
AS RJ watched the fight, he noticed the sun's faint glare in his eyes. He put his hand up to block the light, but he noticed that the sun was barely peaking through the mountains.
"We have to step this plan up! We're running out of time!" RJ said, putting his hand down, seeing the sun fade away.
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