==Shadowlands==
"Bring her to me." J commanded while gloating on his throne.
His generals brought the lifeless body of Ryleigh Smith to the experiment table.
"Fetch me my scientist, Nism." J said.
The servants went off and brought Nism with them.
"Nism, I want you to experiment on this human body and give me your findings. Tell me how it was able to obtain its power and attempt to replicate it for me."
"I will do as you say, master." Nism replied.
J walked over to Ryleigh's body and examined it.
"A young human being. Nism! Do you understand that? We have been defeated countless times by a band of young, inexperienced human beings! We shall not let this failure continue again!"
"Yes, my lord." Nism replied.
"Slit its wrists to drain it of any excess gore and continue your matters."
"Yes, my lord."
==School==
The school day was somber. Nobody but the Rangers knew where Ryleigh was or what had happened to her. Johnny's parents called him in sick because he couldn't even get out of bed without throwing up.
Raylan met up with Emma at her locker.
"Hey, Emma." he said, rather quietly.
"Oh, hey, Raylan. What's up?" she asked.
"Nothing much. Just the usual, I guess..." he said. She could tell there was still some sadness in him.
"Same here..." Emma said with equal sadness.
They both plodded off to class together.
==Shadowlands==
"Any success, my champion engineer?" J asked.
"We believe to have found this source of power. It appears to come from this wrist device the human being is wearing. However, we cannot pull it off of it." Nism said.
"I don't care. Rip it off her!" J commanded.
"As you wish." Nism said as he took a powerful knife and sliced it off, cutting her hand a bit in the process.
"Now, find a way to replicate it to create our own army of Rangers." J said.
==First Period - Calculus Class==
Tyler and Emma had calculus together. They usually didn't sit next to each other, but they did today.
"This is hard...on us and the rest of the school." Tyler said.
"I think it's even harder on Johnny. They both loved each other...and for something of this severity to happen." Emma replied.
"We have to find a way to rip open that rift." Tyler said.
"Yes, but how?" Emma asked.
==First Period - AP Physics==
Raylan had AP Physics for his first period class. He generally did not like the subject and found that it was excrutiatingly hard. The teacher, Mr. Smith, reminded him and the rest of the Rangers so much of Ryleigh, mainly because of the common surname.
"So, today we will start our discussion on particle accelerators." Mr. Smith said as he wrote 'Particle Accelerator' on the board. "A particle accelerator is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to high speeds and to contain them in well-defined beams. Does anybody know how linear high-energy accelerators work?" he asked the class. Raylan raised his hand.
"I believe that linear high-energy accelerators use a linear array of plates to which an alternating high-energy field is applied. As the particles approach a plate they are accelerated towards it by an opposite polarity charge applied to the plate. As they pass through a hole in the plate, the polarity is switched so that the plate now repels them and they are noWestbrook, that is w accelerated by it towards the next plate." Raylan said.
"Why...that is...correct. Mr. Westbrook, that is impressive!" Mr. Smith said, stunned.
Raylan's eyes quickly shifted gaze to the name-tag on Mr. Smith's desk. He couldn't stop looking at the last name without feeling queasy.
"Mr. Smith, may I go to the nurse? I think I'm gonna be sick." he asked. Mr. Smith gave him the pass and sent Raylan on his way to visit the nurse.
==Shadowlands==
"My lord, our experimentation is complete. We have developed 'Morphers' that we can use on our Shadows. They are more powerful than the Morphers that the human Rangers used. Our team calls them Ninja Morphers, bestowing an unbelievable power of speed to its user." Nism told J.
"Good, go find the most elite troop of Shadows to turn into these...Ninja Rangers." J commanded.
"Yes, my master. What should we do with the body of the human? What should we do with its Morpher?" Nism asked.
"Place its Morpher back on its wrist, let it lie dead with its sole weapon. Throw it in a prison cell and let it rot in there." J affirmed.
"Anything you desire, my lord."
==Lacrosse Practice==
"Westbrook! Johnson! Stop playing sloppy and get in position!" Coach Jones shouted to Raylan and Shane.
"I don't know how I can do this." Raylan whispered to Shane.
"I don't know, either. This is really hard." Shane whispered back.
"Alright, run the drill we just practiced! I want Westbrook to start off with the ball on offense and I want our other two middies to his wings. I want Johnson to play tight, man to man defense on him!" Coach Jones directed.
Raylan cradled the ball down field and easily avoided Shane's attempts to check him. Other players motioned for Raylan to pass to them but he just ignored it and went down himself. One of the defensive players, Victor, landed a nasty body check on Raylan, sending him lurching on the ground. All of the players gathered around him.
"Westbrook, you aren't yourself today. Why don't you call it quits for the day?" Coach Jones suggested.
Raylan looked up at him and vomited. His vision blurred as he passed out.
"Shit, get this boy to the nurse immediately! Someone call paramedics!" Coach Jones shouted.
Emma watched the entire thing from the sidelines as she usually did and rushed to his aid.
"Oh no! Raylan!" she cried out. "Please don't do this to me. I can't lose both you and Ryleigh." she pleaded.
Emma rubbed his head and shook him to wake up. Shane was down with her and comforted her.
"Come on, Emma, get up. We need to get him up. The ambulance will be here." Shane told her.
Emma ignored him and held Raylan.
"Don't die on me...please don't die on me..." she cried.
"Check his pulse!" Shane told her.
Emma placed her fingers on Raylan's wrist and was thankful to feel that his heart was still beating.
"Oh, what a relief." she said, still holding him. "Don't worry, we'll get you to a doctor." she said.
==Shadowlands==
The Shadow servants and Nism threw Ryleigh's body in the jail cell and locked it up. As they turned around, they saw the Green and Lightning Rangers.
"Oh, you guys are in for a world of hurt." Johnny said.