Lightspeed Fury Odyssey

Part of the Power Rangers: Worlds, Times and Distances Apart Universe

A Power Rangers Fanfiction

Dreams of The Tiger: Call To The Kindred

By Lauraac2110

Somewhere in the Desert, USA, far from Corinth City, very, very early in the morning, several minutes later

"Move!" Casey exclaimed in warning as he spun around and grabbed Carter and Ryan's arms before he quickly dragged them out of the way to prevent them from being badly injured as Olympius tried to squash them under his foot.

"Man, I really wish I had my Pyro Rescue 1 right now," Carter exclaimed as they backed away from Olympius as fast as they possibly could. "Or even one of the other Zords."

Casey blinked at this as he closed his eyes for a moment whilst he continued to back up with Carter and Ryan.

The time for secrets is over. Casey reminded himself firmly. I'm surprised that I didn't think of my Tiger Spirit sooner. And it also appears to be the only way that we're going to get out of here alive.

He opened his eyes again.

"Carter, Ryan, I need both of you to move as far away from me as you possibly can," Casey said grimly as he stopped backing away from Olympius.

"What? Why?" Ryan exclaimed.

"There's no time to explain," Casey replied as Olympius drew ever closer to him. "Now that you know what I am, can you please trust me just this once? I'll explain everything later, I swear."

Ryan and Carter looked at him for a long moment before they nodded.

"All right, let's go, Ryan," Carter said grimly as both of them fled away from Casey. Once Casey was sure that they were a safe distance away from him, he closed his eyes and frowned in deep concentration. Olympius was almost upon him by this point.

Seconds later, a grin spread across his face as he felt that the Tiger Spirit within him was ready to battle Olympius. He then moved into the appropriate stances to call forth his animal spirit.

"Call to the spirit within, free the Tiger!" he called as he unleashed his Tiger Spirit. The Tiger Spirit instantly leapt out from Casey's hands in response and it growled threateningly as it raised its hackles.

Casey opened his eyes.

"Here goes nothing," Casey thought grimly as he leapt into the Tiger Spirit. From there, he readied himself for a difficult battle against a powerful foe.

"Before you can get to my friends, you will have to go through me first, Olympius," Casey said firmly.

"Even with your Zord, Ranger, you are no match for me," Olympius scoffed.

"We'll see," Casey countered as Olympius attacked with a powerful blow that the Tiger Spirit easily dodged. The Tiger Spirit then struck back, snarling as it leapt at Olympius, but the Prince of the Demons dodged its attack as well.

As they quickly became embroiled in a heated battle, with the Tiger Spirit easily dancing around Olympius as the demon tried to land several powerful blows here and there, Carter and Ryan watched from relative safety behind one of the nearby sand dunes in awe. The Tiger Spirit looked their way for a moment to make sure that they were both safe before it returned to dancing around Olympius.

I just desperately hope that I'm strong enough to defeat Olympius on my own... Casey thought as the Tiger Spirit dodged yet another powerful blow from Olympius before it launched yet another counter-attack back.

Somewhere in the Desert, USA, far from Corinth City, very, very early in the morning, at that very moment

An exhausted Theo wearily lay in the makeshift tent whilst, unbeknown to him, his close friend was fighting for his life against a powerful demons miles away at that moment. Beside him, Lily was still unconscious although she was now better than she had been only a few hours before.

The bowl of water nearby was empty now since Theo had used all of it to keep Lily cool. Despite the fact that he was somewhat thirsty, Theo didn't care about the loss of water though.

No, what mattered most to him was that Lily remained alive. And, since she was, he didn't mind that he would go thirsty for yet another night since Lily was more important to him. Like all the times that he had gone thirsty before, he would survive until they were given another bowl of water again without too much difficulty.

He sighed. Life was hard but all that mattered to him was Lily. As he closed his eyes, he desperately once again hoped that someone would find him soon before she got any worse.

Minutes later, he was fast asleep.

Dreamworld, Spirit Jungle

As I find myself standing upon the Rhino Nexus in the Spirit Jungle, I'm confused.

It has been a long time since I've dreamt of this place and, even then, I've never dreamed of it this vividly before.

"Theo?" she says hesitantly from behind me. I turn to see Lily standing behind me with a look of similar confusion upon her face. "Are you dreaming this too?"

I nod. It seems that this is more than a dream if Lily is sharing this dream with me.

"I wonder why we are here," I muse quietly aloud as I look around in curiousity.

"You are here, Theo, because Casey Rhodes is in grave danger right now and needs your help to survive," a voice answers from behind us. Lily and I turn to see Master Mao standing behind us with a grim expression upon his face.

"Master Mao? Casey's alive?" both Lily and I reply in shock. After that day two years ago, we had feared the worst for our close friend since no one had heard anything about him anywhere which meant that he was either dead or had escaped the invasion. We had chosen to believe the first of the two options since it was seriously unlikely that he had made it to Corinth City because he had stayed behind to hold off the Grinders to give us and RJ a chance to escape.

"Yes, Casey is alive," Master Mao confirms. "Another group of Power Rangers found him and rescued him from the Grinders two years ago. After they nursed him back to health, he hid the fact that he was a Ranger from them because of the fact that he felt that he couldn't trust them. Until now, that is."

"How is he in danger?" I ask once I finally snap out of my shocked state after a few moments of silence.

"As we speak, Casey is currently fighting for his life against a powerful demon in his Tiger Spirit to protect two of his friends," Master Mao answers grimly. "Despite his valiant efforts, he is currently losing desperately since his Tiger Spirit isn't strong enough to take on the demon that he is facing on his own."

"How are we supposed to help him?" Lily asks.

"You need to send your Cheetah and Jaguar spirits to his aid," Master Mao answers as he grimaces. "Without them, Casey will likely be killed."

Lily and I look at each other for a moment. Both of us can see the determination shining in each other's eyes and I know, for certainty, that there is only one answer that both of us can give to Master Mao since Casey was, and still is, our closest friend.

"I speak for both Lily and I when I say that Casey is our friend and that we'll do anything we can to help him," I reply with determination. "How are we to summon our spirits to his side?"

"It will be a difficult test of your skills," Master Mao admits. "Once you are in a meditative state, you will need to focus completely upon Casey and will your spirits to his aid."

Master Mao pauses for a moment before he smiles.

"I believe, however, that Pai Zhua masters should be able to successfully do it, though. Don't you?" he continues.

Lily and I nod.

Master Mao grimaces at that moment as he takes on a distant look for a few moments before he closes his eyes.

"You don't have a lot of time left to send Casey aid," Master Mao warns. "I wish both of you good luck."

With that, he vanishes into thin air before either of us can stop him. Just then, the dream vanishes in a flash of white light.

Somewhere in the Desert, USA, far from Corinth City, very early in the morning, some time later

As Lily and Theo awoke with a sharp gasp, both of them had worried expressions upon their faces. Weakly, Lily tried to haul herself into a sitting position but Theo, in the end, had to help her to sit up.

"Lily, are you sure that you want to do this?" Theo asked. "You're not in the best of health, you know. I could..."

Lily looked to him with her pain-filled eyes to silence him.

"We have to do this, Theo," Lily stated firmly. "Casey has to live."

She paused for a moment as a tear slid down her cheek.

"Please, Theo," she begged. "We have to do this together since Casey will likely need the Jungle Pride Megazord to defeat this demon that he is facing as we speak. It is why both of us had that dream and not only you."

Reluctantly, Theo nodded.

"All right, Lily, we'll do this together," he conceded.

She smiled sadly at him before both of them got into a meditative stance on the floor as they entered a state of deep concentration.

We're coming Casey. Theo thought as both of them closed their eyes as they started to concentrate upon Casey so that they could send their animal spirits to him. Just hold on.

Somewhere in the Desert, USA, far from Corinth City, very early in the morning, several minutes later

As the Tiger Spirit fell under the onslaught of savage blows from Olympius, Carter and Ryan watched horrified from their position behind one of the nearby sand dunes in horror.

"Casey, no!" Carter and Ryan both yelled as Olympius put his foot firmly upon the Tiger's chest to prevent it from getting back up again before he proceeded to try to crush it underfoot.

Within the Tiger Spirit, Casey gasped in agony as he clutched his chest as pain shot through his entire body. Weakly, he fell to his knees as he closed his eyes for a moment. However, he opened them again as he heard two feral cries.

No, it can't be... Casey thought in shock as Olympius turned to see two brilliant animal spirits forming in the midst of a spectacular burst of white light in the horizon.