At the temple, Scorch was alone—alone and furious. He had allowed Dai Shi's host to defeat him and escape. He stood in the center of the throne room seething with anger. His anger was fueling him.
"I'm gong to destroy Dai Shi once and for all! I've had enough of these inferior fools!!" Scorch shouted as loud as he could. "I am a Phantom Beast and I will reign supreme!!" then Scorch began to glow a bright gold. "I call forth the ultimate power of Rin Sin! Fill me with evil and absolute power!!!" he screamed then transformed himself into a dragon with three heads darting out of his neck. They eyes of the dragon's glowed red and the tongues emerging from the mouths were black. His scales were gold plated and hard as steel. He began to grow larger and larger in size causing the temple to crumble around him. Outside the temple, Casey turned to see the place collapsing before him. The ground shook with great force that caused him to fall. He crawled a little closer to the temple to see if he could tell what was going on. When he saw Scorch's new form, his eyes grew large with fear. He saw a large golden dragon emerge from the temple's ruins.
"Oh no…" Casey said to himself as he looked at the debris around him. He felt himself begin to panic, "I have to warn the others about this." He said standing slowly growing more and more aware of how drained he was. "I just hope that I make it there in time." He said softly, then turned and ran off to warn his friends of the impending danger.
Later that day Camille walked through the woods, dreading that she had to go back to Dai Shi when all that she wanted was to be with Jarrod. She felt a little better about herself, however. She did help the rangers, now it was up to them and Jarrod to deal with the problem and the way she could help them out is to just play along with Dai Shi's game. She was deep in thought as she walked, just staring at the ground as she wandered around aimlessly. Meanwhile, Casey was running through the same woods as fast as he could. He looked behind him every now and again to confirm that he wasn't being followed. Because he wasn't paying attention to where he was going, he felt himself crash into something and fell to the ground. He had crashed into Camille who had fallen as well because she too wasn't paying attention. When their eyes met, they were shocked to see one another.
"You!" the two yelled simultaneously at one another.
Camille stood and dusted herself off. "W-what are you doing here, Dai Shi?" she stammered.
"I'm not Dai Shi.' Casey grumbled as he stood and dusted himself off as well, "At least I'm not for the time being." The two just looked at one another. Camille couldn't help but feel pity for him, she knew what he was going through was really rough and she hadn't really helped make it much easier. "I have to go." Casey said quickly and started to run off once again, he was forced to stop when Camille grabbed his arm.
"Wait. Where are you going?" She asked. "To the loft?" Casey paused and gave her a confused look.
"Yeah, how'd you know that?" He asked pulling his arm away.
"I…just came from there." Camille said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Casey was shocked at Camille's words.
"Why?! What'd you do? Did you put my friends in even more danger?!" he yelled. Camille hated to be yelled at but she figured she deserved it.
"No nothing like that! I came to warn them about Scorch and-" she began.
"And what, Camille?" Casey said cutting her off. Camille turned to face the other direction and sighed.
"I also wanted to see…Jarrod." She said slowly.
"My brother? Why?" Casey asked.
"It's just…he's been my master for a long time and I…" she paused trying to find the right words. "I don't want anything to happen to him." She said then turned around to face Casey once again. "I want to help you—join you." She said.
"How can I believe that?" Casey asked shaking his head. "You've been one of our biggest enemies since day one." He said. He saw Camille's face sadden with his words and he couldn't help but feel guilty. "I want to believe you Camille, I really do, but…" he trailed off.
"I understand. I haven't given you any reason to trust me." She said sadly. She walked closer to him and looked in his eyes. "But I was hoping that you would take the risk." She said. Casey could hear the sincerity in her voice, and he had made mistakes in the past before too. Look at him now, he had no control over attacking his friends if Dai Shi were to come back. The way he saw it, what other choice did he have?
"Fine. I trust you. Just don't make me regret it…okay?" he said with a small smile that Camille returned.
Camille nodded happily. "I promise I won't let you down, Casey." Casey grinned and patted her on the shoulder lightly. Moments later, Casey fell forwards. Camille caught him and held tightly onto his so he wouldn't fall.
"What's wrong?" She asked in a concerned voice.
"I can't fight Dai Shi off much longer, we have to hurry to the others." He said.
"I'll go for you, you just rest here." Camille offered.
"No," Casey winced, "They'll think you're there to harm them, I have to go with you."
"What happened with Scorch anyways?" She asked him as he stood once again.
"He's transformed into a giant…dragon beast and he's going to attack Ocean Bluff very soon. That's why we have to hurry." He said roughly running his fingers through his hair. Camille grabbed Casey's arm and pulled it around her neck to help him walk.
"I'll help you get to the rangers." She said as the two began to walk. Casey gave her a surprised look. Maybe she really had crossed over to the side of good.
"You're really with us now?" he asked her. Camille stopped and looked at him.
"More than you'll ever know." She answered. Casey smiled then the two hustled to make it to the others.
It was nightfall at JKP. The restaurant was closed and all the rangers were gathered in the loft. Dominic stood on the balcony and leaned over the rails.
"It's too quiet, something must be about to happen." Dominic said looking down to the others.
"Don't say that Dom, or something may happen." Theo said with a condescending tone. Jarrod was over at the basketball hoop throwing the ball hard against the backboard. RJ walked over to him.
"What's the matter man?" he asked watching Jarrod heave the ball over and over again. Jarrod caught the ball and dribbled in on the ground as he turned to RJ.
"Camille came to the restaurant today telling me that she's changed." Jarrod said.
"Really?" RJ said becoming intrigued in the conversation. "What did you do?"
"I sent her away to safety. I was afraid that if I told you guys that I talked to her that you would think that you couldn't trust me." Jarrod admitted to them. RJ just looked at him. Theo and Lily came over to him as well.
"We know we can trust you Jarrod. I mean, you've helped us out in battle. Casey is your brother and we know that you wouldn't harm him." Theo said.
Lily stepped forward. "You're one of us now, Jarrod. We know that you've changed." Lily said sweetly. Jarrod looked over to her and got a look of relief on his face. Lily had finally forgiven him and accepted him.
"Thanks, Lily." He said.
"If it's true that Camille really wants to be good, she may have some information that could be useful to us." Dominic said as he descended the stairs to join the others.
"But I sent her away, I don't know where she is now." Jarrod said worriedly.
"I'm sure if she had something that crucial to tell us, she'd come back.' RJ stated. Then Theo looked to the stairs that led up to the loft and his eyes grew wide.
"And sooner than you'd think…" Theo said pointing ahead of him. There, standing right before them was Camille and Casey. She held him up beside her. Jarrod ran forward when he saw this.
"Camille? What're you doing with my brother?" Jarrod said looking at the both of them.
"Casey?" Lily said softly as she ran to him and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"She's here to help us." Casey said as Camille led him to sit down in RJ's chair. "You can trust her, believe me."
"How did you two run into one another?" RJ asked waving his hands about.
"In the woods. We came to tell you that Scorch-" Casey began to explain but was too weak to continue he shut his eyes and laid his head against the chair.
"Scorch has transformed into this massive dragon creature by using the Rin Sin power. He's going to attack the city and very soon." Camille finished for him.
"Am I missing something? Why all of a sudden have you decided to help us?" Dominic asked folding his arms. Camille just looked over at Jarrod.
"I…don't trust Scorch anymore, and I realized that I don't want to hurt anyone again." She said with a hint of sadness in her voice. She wanted nothing more than to be with Jarrod, but she had let him down in the past.
"She's telling the truth you guys." Casey chimed in. The others thought things over for a few moments.
"Okay, Camille, we trust you but that can easily be withdrawn. Don't make us regret this." RJ told her sternly.
Camille nodded in agreement. "I won't let you down."
"Why did the two of you come here?" Jarrod asked.
"Because we need to find a way to free Casey from Dai Shi within the next few hours or…" Camille said trailing off. Then she began again, "Dai Shi is slowly regaining control and we hoped that Jarrod would have an idea on how to prevent it." She said. Meanwhile, Lily went up to the sink on the balcony of the loft and dampened a cloth when she came back down she dabbed it on Casey's face. Jarrod looked sadly to his weakened brother he couldn't help but think that to some extent that this was his fault. He hated that his brother was suffering and there wasn't much he could do about it. He turned to Camille.
"I…may know a way. But it's dangerous." Jarrod said hesitantly. He had hoped that things wouldn't have gotten to the point where he had to mention this.
"I don't care, Jarrod. Please tell us…we need to know." Casey said. The others gave a worried look to Jarrod; they had no idea what he had in mind or how dangerous it would be for that matter.
Jarrod gave a heavy sigh. "If all ten animal spirits, Tiger, Cheetah, Jaguar, Wolf, Rhino, Bat, Shark, Elephant, Chameleon and Lion collide with Dai Shi simultaneously, Dai Shi will not have enough power to block them all, causing him to be eliminated."
"But if Casey loses control to Dai Shi again, how will we be able to summon his Tiger spirit?" Theo asked. "Or summon the Shark spirit ranger for that matter?"
"I can handle my dad but how can Casey do this when he doesn't even have full control of his Tiger yet?" RJ asked. Casey looked sadly at him. This was a sore subject he hated it if anyone thought he was weak. RJ answered his look with an apologetic one.
"If Casey concentrates hard enough within Dai Shi then he'll be able to release his spirit for a brief amount of time." Jarrod explained. Lily looked abruptly at Jarrod.
"Wait, you said that if all ten animal spirits attack Dai Shi, then he'd be destroyed right? But wouldn't that mean we'd be attacking Casey to?" Lily asked worriedly.
"That's the dangerous part." Jarrod answered bluntly. There was a long hanging silence in the loft.
Casey broke that silence. "What choice do we have?" he said looking at all of his friends. Then the alarms rang loudly throughout the loft.
"You guys ready for this? This could be a tough battle." RJ said. The others all nodded and Casey stood starting to leave with the others. He leaned against Lily so that he could walk. Jarrod stopped the two of them briefly.
"Just remember no matter what happens…we're a team." Jarrod said.
"You know it." Casey answered.
The alarms led the rangers to the plains where Casey was training when Dai Shi attacked him. And there Scorch was, a tri-headed dragon wanting the battle of a lifetime.
"What is that?" Lily asked with fear in her voice.
"Scorch." Casey said weakly looking to her.
"You sure weren't kidding when you said he transformed." RJ said in a joking tone to lighten the moment. The large dragon peered down at the rangers with an evil glance.
"Ready for your demise, rangers? You two traitors as well?" Scorch bellowed then laughed.
"Bring it on Scorch!" Dominic taunted back at him.
"Oh I will!" Scorch yelled as he sent a fire-breath attack at them. All of them managed to roll out of the way.
"That was a little too close." Theo said with a sigh as he and the others stood to their feet. Then Casey let out a pained cry tightly grabbing his head.
"Dai Shi's returning." Jarrod said with a horrified tone. He knew what he had to do and he'd have to do it soon.
"What're we going to do?!" Lily cried.
"Camille and I can handle my brother you guys take care of Scorch!" Jarrod commanded. The rangers gave a confirming nod and ran to do their job. Jarrod looked over at Camille. "Looks like we're working together again." He said with a soft smile. Camille nodded happily. Meanwhile, Casey staggered forward so that he wasn't facing Camille and Jarrod. His hands slowly returned to his sides. When he turned to face them once again he had the look of evil on his face. It may have been Casey's body but his change in personality caused his appearance to change.
"Look who's back." Dai Shi said with an evil grin. "Only this time, I'm back for good." He said as he pointed to the full moon hanging brightly in the night sky.
"Oh no, we don't have much time before Dai Shi takes over him completely!" Camille shouted as she observed the moon. Jarrod tried to calm her.
"I know my brother and he trusts me. We'll find a way to save him…we have too." Jarrod said patting her shoulder.
"Small chance of that! Soon I will be at full power, then you will fall!" Dai Shi yelled. Jarrod stepped forward.
"That's never going to happen Dai Shi! No release my brother!" Jarrod yelled at him as thunder began to rumble softly in the distance.
"You'll have to defeat me first." Dai Shi snapped back.
Jarrod turned to Camille. "Ready for this?" he asked her.
"I've been ready. Let's destroy Dai Shi once and for all." She answered. Then the two transformed into their Chameleon armor, and Lion ranger forms. Dai Shi retaliated by transforming into his red Tiger armor.
"Let's do this." Dai Shi said confidently.
