Happy Fourth of July to those who Celebrate it.

Personally, Sing Song was not my favorite episode of Wild Force... or... any season of Power Rangers.

But it's written, it's here... and so is...

The time for the disclaimer:

Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, or any songs in this story, all I own is Cadinia and her family.

Cadinia

I don't know why… but when I woke up at sunrise… music wasn't the first thing I wanted to do.

If anything… it felt like the last thing I wanted to do.

So, when I got up, instead of grabbing my guitar, I grabbed my journal and started sketching another cool design for a surfboard.

As per usual, Merrick stepped into the room, frowning.

I scrambled to put my journal away, but he walked inside, putting his hand atop it.

"You're usually playing." He let out.

"I… I don't know why… but it's this feeling… like I shouldn't play." I relented, "Like my music's not worth hearing… and this isn't my stage fright talking… it's something else… some… mental suggestion I guess."

"Well, ignore it… I wanna hear you play." He reasoned.

"I don't know…"

"Please?" He requested kindly.

I bit my lip, "Alright… fine… I… guess I could try something I've been working on…"

I sighed and grabbed my guitar before I grabbed out the pick and put my guitar on my knee.

"Words don't come easy, without a melody." I hummed, "I'm always thinking, in terms of do-re-mi. I should be hiking, swimming, laughing with you. Instead, I'm all out of tune."

I looked at him and that feeling returned… but I kept going either way. It was just a song.

"But what you don't know. You lift me off the ground. You're inspiration, you helped me find myself." I went on, "Just like a baseline in half-time, you hold down the groove. That's why I'm counting on you. And if I heard you on the radio, I'd never wanna change a single note. It's what I'm trying to say all along. You're my favorite song… yeah, you're my favorite song."

"It's beautiful." He noted as I finished.

"It's not really finished…" I relented as I looked over the song in my journal, "I think it's missing something… but I haven't figured out what."

"Would you like some help?" He asked.

Right as he did, wind blew at both of us.

"Later." I decided, "Right now, let's go."

He nodded, and we rushed out.

15 minutes later…

We ran to a deep field with the others…. right before an explosion occurred nearly at our feet, knocking us back a bit.

Before us stood Toxica and Jindrax… and a freaky….. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say... Stone Org?

"You don't have a chance against my mighty powers!" He declared, "For I possess the spirits of past Orgs!"

Correction, Tombstone Org.

"We can stop him." Cole assured.

We pulled out our morphers, "Wild Access!"

Once we came out of the morph, Cole hit the patch on his chest.

"Guardians of the Earth! United we roar!" He declared, "Power Rangers….!"

We jumped down then got back up in each of our stances, "Wild Force!"

"It's time for me to destroy you!" The Org decided before it ran up to us.

We met it halfway… but none of us could land a single strike against it!

I growled as I fell right after Max from the Org's weapon of choice and was thrown against a tree.

The others gathered around me before Merrick jumped into the air and struck it… but the Org didn't give.

Merrick, however, was thrown back to the ground after his second strike.

The Org laughed as I made my way over to my friend.

"My saber didn't even chip him!" Merrick stated the obvious.

I bit my tongue to keep from commenting on that… before I got an idea and smirked.

I moved over to Cole as he held a Lion-headed blaster.

"My body is pure stone! I cannot be destroyed!"

"I wouldn't be so sure, Tombstone Org!" We countered, getting its attention.

"Lion Blaster!" Cole shot at it.

"Horse Sickle Sweep!" I dug my sickles into the ground and let the flames crawl up to the monster.

The attacks hit dead on and the Org sparked as I noticed a few cracks coming onto it.

"Back to the Earth where you belong!" I declared.

Right as I said that, the Org's single eye finally closed, and he fell to the ground, destroyed.

However… the Org regrew to Megazord height.

"WildZords Descend!" We summoned our WildZords not a moment later.

I moved over to Merrick, "Do you think we can form the Steed-Predazord?"

"I don't think I'm strong enough." He shook his head, "The Wild Force Predator formation is the only Megazord that would work."

I looked at Cole, "You heard him."

"WildZords Combine!" The team combined their Zords to the specific Megazord as I stayed on the ground with Merrick.

"Your little pets can't hurt me!" The Org's voice boomed.

I growled and forced myself from calling the Terrapin and the PenguinZord to attack him… with or without a Megazord form.

The Wild Force Megazord punched the Org… but it barely did anything.

"Even when you think you've won, the past Org spirits will bring me back with more power than ever!" The Tombstone Org held up a suddenly flaming staff!

The Org used it against the Megazord and I felt pain in my chest from where the HorseZord was getting hurt.

The Megazord was forced to the ground with a hard 'Thud' but everything remained intact.

"We've gotta help them!" I hissed.

Of course… a Giraffe-like Zord appeared and became a spear arm in place of the Hammerhead.

They sent an attack… but…

The Tombstone Org easy shoved it back… and knocked the GiraffeZord off the Megazord!

"You're going down!" The Org declared as it slammed its staff into the ground, causing a huge earthquake.

Merrick and I held onto each other as the ground rocked and opened up… to really deep underground.

"Not… good…" I groaned.

Suddenly, however, there was a sudden… roar.

Not like a Tiger… or a Lion though.

"Can it be?!" Merrick dropped me and moved closer to the sound.

I groaned as I fell to the ground before I got back up, "Thanks, Howler, I'm fine."

He ignored me as a huge… Green… Deer-Like Zord appeared on a cliff. "DeerZord! You've come to help!"

The DeerZord simply readjusted itself.

"You will only be destroyed like the others!" The Tombstone Org denied and sent a fireball at it.

I wanted to use my power so badly… but I couldn't.

And I don't think I had to.

The DeerZord was hit… but I think the attack only made it mad.

Its eyes glowed white and its horns glowed too before being thrown around the Org… like a chain.

The monster fell to the ground… not destroyed… but it didn't get up either.

"Good work, DeerZord!" Merrick appraised.

Of course, the Zord looked at him before it leaped away.

I frowned, "The heck?"

That… can't be normal…

"DeerZord! Don't go! Wait!" Merrick shouted.

The Zord didn't listen and continued on.

"He still hasn't forgiven me!" Merrick hissed, and I turned to him.

"Okay, you really need to go into more detail about your past." I commented.

"Now's not the time." He growled.

"Oh…. Kay…?" I blinked.

15 minutes later…

We were demorphed and walking down a path out of the woods, Merrick in the front with me in the back.

"Merrick," Cole finally stopped him, "Why haven't you used the Deer before?"

"I can't discuss it right now." Merrick denied the needed explanation, "We'll talk later."

"Merrick!" I hissed since I know whenever he says 'We'll talk later' he never talks about anything again!

"I've gotta go." He finished before he turned and ran off.

It took every will inside me to not send a fireball at him.

"Why won't he tell us?" Max questioned.

"Maybe you should ask the Princess?" I figured, "She might know something."

"What makes you say that?"

"Merrick talks in his sleep sometimes." I relented, "And there are thin walls separating our rooms."

"Ah." They nodded before they headed off.

I watched to make sure they were out of sight before I turned my attention to where Merrick had gone.

After taking a deep breath, I headed in that direction.

14 minutes later…

I finally came to a stop, holding my chest in pain, my breaths coming out in low and fast hisses.

Merrick had stopped a little closer to a small mountain as I kept back some ways.

However, he started calling the Deer, and I could hear every word since it bounced off the mountain.

"DeerZord! Where are you?!" His voice echoed, and I cringed at how loud it actually was, "DeerZord!"

I was about to come out of hiding when he suddenly pulled out a wooden flute and played a tune that nearly made me cover my ears.

It's not that I didn't like Flutes or anything… but that tune… something about it hurt my hearing.

He stopped, though, when the DeerZord still remained hidden!

"Where are you, DeerZord?!" He shouted, and I grimaced at the echo, "I'm sorry we left you!"

"Could you quit yelling for it?!" I called back, getting out of my hiding place and walking up to him.

Merrick

I jumped and turned to see Cadi walking up to me.

"I thought I said-"

"You told us to back off, yeah," She nodded as she walked up to me… and I noticed her rubbing the side of her chest a bit, "But I don't do backing off of friend's business that easily. Especially when that friend happens to be very close to me."

I blinked before I shook my head, "Cadi… you don't understand."

"Then enlighten me!" She growled, "How the heck do you know this Deer?!"

"I played for it, alright?!" I snapped, "3,000 years ago… I played for the DeerZord as Princess Shayla sang to it… every morning after sunrise."

"And you complain about my playing?" She folded her arms, "If the DeerZord was gone for over 3,000 years and doesn't understand what happened, it's gonna be annoyed. Kinda how I am right now with you not telling me this little detail about your past."

"It never came up." I replied shortly.

"Speaking of coming up… you know your voice amplifies when you yell, right?" She sighed, "As does your playing…"

"I'm sorry." I rolled my eyes.

"Whatever." She grumbled, "But… either way… yelling won't get its attention. Nor will standing around. Try going up to the mountains to find it."

"Don't you think I would've done that if I could?"

"Considering you're being very stupid about things right now-"

"You don't know what happened!" I cut her off.

"Then, again I say, enlighten me!" She yelled.

"There was a big battle," I started, my voice raising so it would still echo, and the Deer would hear this too, "We had no choice!"

She rolled her eyes, "Ehem!"

"Yes, just like with PenguinZord! How long are you gonna hang that over my head?!" I exclaimed.

"How 'bout till the day one of us dies." She folded her arms, "But continue."

I took in a deep breath to reel in my anger at her. "The Ancient Warriors and I had to protect the Princess and Animaria… the-"

"The place that the Animarium once was, yeah, I know… I read the folklore." She cut off the end of that explanation, "Get to your point!"

"There was no time to gather all the WildZords together, we didn't mean to leave the Deer behind." I finished.

"Yeah and look at how well that turned out." She scoffed, "The DeerZord pretty much hates you."

"Well, thank you, Captain Observant!"

"Obvious."

"Whatever!" I rolled my eyes, "My point is, we hid the Animarium in the Sky where the Princess slept until her powers were needed again."

"Okay… and you couldn't have done something because…?"

"Did you forget for 3,000 years I was in a tomb?!" I snapped before I winced. I didn't tell her that part.

"Locked away, yes. Tomb, no!" She gaped.

"I still couldn't come to tell the Deer." I finished quickly before I looked out at the mountain again, hoping said WildZord heard all of this, "I'm sorry Deer!"

"Yeah, like lying to an actual friend isn't bad enough." Cadi scuffed.

"Will you just leave me alone?!" I snapped angrily.

"No." She denied, "Cause, unlike you, I don't leave my friends hung out to dry when they need someone. And, as much as I'd rather be cleaning ember right now, you need me."

"You have a funny way of showing it." I grumbled.

"Probably cause, not only do I show a different kind of help… but I'm upset that you lied to me…. For ten whole weeks, you never told me the full truth." She stared at me, "You complain about me every day… and I've never once complained about you….. least… not to where you could hear me… but I never once tried to hurt you so badly…"

"Remember last week?" I scuffed.

"You were the one that didn't mention locking away a defenseless Penguin-like Zord underground!" She snarled, "That's not on me. That's on you!"

Right as we were arguing the wind suddenly blew at both of us and I was completely desperate now.

"Deer!" I shouted out to the Mountain, praying the DeerZord would listen this time for sure, "The Org is coming! Please Help!"

"Okay… ow. Like I said… the-"

"Go away Cadinia." I snarled, tired of our arguing.

"I'm trying to help!" She stared at me.

"Actually, you're making it worse." I bit, "Just… go help the others."

"I can't form any Megazord without your Zords, genius." She growled, "So unless you wanna get your ass to the battle, I can't help them there!"

"Then do something else. I don't care. Play some of your stupid music somewhere else!"

The look on her face when I said that last part… any other day it would've broken my heart… but I was too annoyed and too mad to care right now.

"Fine." She let out weakly before she ran off.

I blinked once she was gone and looked down, hitting my forehead. "Stupid!"

I looked back at the mountain, hoping the Deer would come out by now… but still nothing.

However, I did hear a roar on the mountainside behind me, causing me to turn in that direction and grin when I saw him.

"DEER!" I exclaimed happily.

But the DeerZord remained where he was… no sign that he was willing to help or anything.

"I had no choice! Please! Forgive me!" I begged, "I need your help, or my friends will be destroyed."

But… the Deer wasn't willing to listen…

He turned and was about to go away when a sudden voice got his, and my, attention.

"DeerZord Wait!"

I looked over my shoulder to see Princess Shayla walking up to me.

"Princess." I couldn't help the smile that came to my face when I saw her.

She looked up at the Deer, and I suddenly got the idea she was most likely thinking.

"This isn't about us." She informed me calmly, stepping closer to where the DeerZord was, "I'm here to sing for the Deer."

She looked back at me, a knowing look on her face.

As much as I wanted to deny the thought… it was the only way the Deer will help us.

So, I lifted my flute up, nodding softly to her to start singing the song.

Third Person

Cadinia, who hated following orders even when she's upset, hid behind a set of rocks to watch what was going on between the two and the Zord.

Again, when Merrick started playing, she only got a little agitated by the melody.

But this time… when the Princess started singing… something happened in her head.

As the Princess sang, Cadinia had to clamp her hands over her ears in pain.

"Ah! That song is like nails!" Cadinia hissed to herself.

But… the DeerZord loved it… surprisingly.

As the song went on, Cadinia felt something rise inside her that she didn't understand…

Anger… but not for the Deer… or Merrick… or the Princess though.

For the song that was being sung itself.

As if some small part of her hated it long before now.

Finally, though, Cadinia moved her hands as the song was concluding.

"Nature you are grace and majesty…" The Princess finished singing the song.

"Deer!" Merrick moved his flute as soon as she was, "We need your strength! Time is running out!

The Deer roared once more, calmer this time.

"He says he'll help us!" Princess Shayla smiled, "Oh!"

Cadinia's crystals suddenly reacted when the DeerZord created his own and gave it to the Princess.

The Solar Ninja pulled them out, only to yelp and drop them in surprise at how cold they suddenly were.

She picked them up slowly and noticed how they remained cold before the Deer's Crystal was in the Princess' possession.

"Thank you, Deer!" Merrick shouted up the Deer again, causing Cadinia's crystals to burn back to life.

Without thinking, Cadinia cheered happily, "Yes!"

She clamped her free hand over her mouth, but it was too late… the other two saw her.

"Cadi?"

She sighed and hurried over to them, "We'll talk later, right now, we've gotta get to the others."

"She's right." The Princess agreed, "Let's go."

10 minutes later…

Cadinia and Merrick were morphed as they came up to the others with the Princess.

"…The DeerZord has healed the other WildZords." Cole was saying as the three got up to them.

"Among other things." Cadinia let out, glad for the helmet hiding her growing pain from all the running.

"Merrick! Cadinia!" Alyssa nodded when they looked.

"The DeerZord has come to help us." Merrick explained then looked at Princess Shayla, "Show them, Princess."

The Princess opened her hand to reveal the DeerZord's Crystal in her hands. She then turned to Alyssa. "Alyssa, use the DeerZord to capture the spirits of the Past Orgs." She instructed.

"You got it!" Alyssa took the crystal before she pulled out her Crystal Saber and put the crystal within its hilt, "Okay guys, what do ya say we put these evil spirits back with they belong!"

The core rangers all put their Sabers in their circle, "WildZords Descend!"

The four Core parts of the Wild Force Megazord came together as the DeerZord enclosed itself to become the left arm, where the White TigerZord usually was.

"SoulDrive!" Cole called, as the five jumped into the air.

Cadinia, Merrick, and the Princess watched from the ground… but Cadinia kept getting a cold feeling on her leg from where here crystals were.

But, she ignored it in favor of watching the Megazord easily enclose a bubble-like field around the Tombstone Org, turning it to nothing, and throwing it into the air, effectively destroying it and the Past Org Spirits.

"Yes!" Merrick and The Princess grinned.

"Heck yeah!" Cadinia jumped into the air, cheering.

She noticed the other two staring and cleared her throat softly in embarrassment.

"I mean… yay." She smiled sheepishly.

They chuckled softly.

5 minutes later…

The team was demorphed and walking down the many steps of the plaza.

Cadinia was still trying to figure out why she hated the song and why her crystals reacted as they did, so she barely heard any of the conversations the others were having with the Princess.

However, when a Giant spirit of a Megazord appeared in the sky, she jumped in surprise.

"The heck is that?" She whispered to Danny.

"That's Animus… our Megazord's ancestor." He answered softly.

She blinked. A Megazord had an ancestor?

"He's the one that insisted we play for the Deer again." Princess Shayla continued saying.

"3,000 years ago you were my friend!" He called, "And you still are!"

Cadinia bit her lip to keep a few other words from tumbling out in annoyance.

"Thanks, Animus!" The others shouted up.

"You are welcome." Animus nodded before disappearing and Cadinia blinked.

"A Megazord can talk?!" She gaped.

"I promised to sing to the DeerZord every morning after sunrise." The Princess smiled and Cadinia suddenly got interested in the 'After sunrise' part.

"After you say?" She sent a glare at Merrick, who shoved her back softly.

The Princess ignored her and looked at Merrick, "You have to come with me so that you can play your flute."

The look of sorrow that crossed Cadinia's face at those words didn't go unnoticed by Merrick.

So… he had to let the Princess down as gently as he possibly could.

"But, Princess… it is not proper for us to-" Before he could even finish, The Princess cut in.

"You have to." She noted with a soft smile, "I promised Animus, not to mention the Deer."

Well, there went that!

Merrick took in a deep breath before he nodded.

"Don't forget to wake up early tomorrow morning." The Princess grinned before she glided away, Merrick's head dropping a bit… but raising to watch her go.

The other five rangers chuckled as they gathered around Merrick as they headed down the area.

Everyone was so happy, and joking around with Merrick, none of them noticed Cadinia turning and running the other way, tears falling from her face.

Yeah... Cadinia is not a happy camper after all of that... but it'll get worse soon enough.

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