Abby Holloway Series

Jungle Fury: The Call to Destiny

By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Author's Note: Hey guys, apologies for taking forever and a day to update this. Aliyah took a lot longer to write than I expected her to do so.

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Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything unrecognizeable from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban although Jungle Fury was created by Disney. Enjoy.


"Okay, crew, ready for business?" Casey called as he turned the sign on the door from 'closed' to 'open' and turned back to the rest of the team.

"Not quite," Abby said, walking in from the kitchen, she was followed by Ronny and Tori. "Casey, Lily, Theo, we're going on a little trip today."

"A trip?" Lily asked. "What trip? RJ didn't say anything about a trip?"

Abby rolled her eyes and shot the Jaguar a pointed look. "RJ was the one who organized the trip," she said, "but since he is has come down with the flu, I'm taking his place."

"Is this one of his 'It's not about the destination, it's about the journey' kind of trips?" Theo asked.

"No," Abby said, shaking her head. "This time it actually is about the destination."

"Where are we going?" Lily asked.

"We'll find out when we get there," Tori said. "Don't worry; I'm sure you'll enjoy it."

"Fran, Kelly is upstairs looking after RJ, and Nick is taking Alyssa for the day, so are you and Dom OK to handle things down here?" Ronny asked the bookworm.

"Oh, sure, Dom and I make a great team," Fran said. "I mean, yeah, no problem," she added as Tori and Abby started giggling.

"We got it covered," Dom said, winking at Abby.

"Awesome," Abby said, clapping her hands. "Alrighty then. Let's go."

Exchanging looks, Theo, Lily and Casey discarded their uniforms and followed the three older women out of the door.

~*Abby*~

After a rather long drive, Abby, Ronny, Tori and the cubs finally reached their destination. It was located in the remote mountainside of Ocean Bluff.

"The Pai Zhuq school - Abby, what's going on?" Casey asked, confused.

"Today is a very special day," Abby said, leading the others through the courtyard. It looked exactly the same as it did the day they had been chosen to be guardians, with the exception of Master Swoop, Master Finn and Master Phant, all of whom seemed to be waiting for them.

"This is the day all Pai Zhuq students have worked hard to reach - your master's test," Master Phant said.

"Yes!" Theo laughed high-fiving Lily. "We're finally gonna get our Master's stripes."

"Only if you pass the test, Theo," Master Swoop reminded him.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Theo asked eager to gain what he believed to be rightfully his. "Let's do it."

"Yeah," Lily agreed.

"Hey, time out here," Casey said, looking uneasy. "Are we ready for this?"

"That's what we're here to find out," Master Finn said.

"Take a few moments to mentally prepare yourselves," Master Swoop instructed, "and then we'll begin."

Abby, Tori and Ronny smiled at each of the cubs and took a step back. They were going to view the whole test from the sidelines. Normally, having been a part of the Pai Zhuq academy for a whole year, Abby would've undergone the test the same as Casey, Theo and Lily, but being a mother was more important to the young snow Ninja than any Master's stripes.

As Theo and Lily sat down and closed their eyes, Casey looked hesitant. He glanced around the courtyard and then headed over towards Abby. She'd always been so good to him in the past, there had to be a final piece of advice that she could give him now.

"Abby, you got to help me out here," Casey said. "Is there anything you can tell me that'll help me pass?"

Abby cocked her head to the side. "Sorry, Case, I got nothing for you," she said, sympathetically. "RJ and I have trained you as far as we can. This last part of your journey is up to you. Good luck."

Casey sighed and turned his back on the white Ranger. That wasn't what he was expecting.

"The time for your master test has arrived," Abby said as Casey retook his place opposite Master Finn. "To pass, you must do one thing and one thing only: Defeat your master."

"So, what?" Ronny asked. "They're gonna do it here?"

"Actually, I think RJ mentioned something about an arena," Tori said. "I just can't remember where it was. Any idea, Abs?"

Abby looked blank. "It was your job to listen to instructions," she said. "I had a baby to worry about."

"The almighty white Ranger," Ronny muttered. "She's good at pretty much anything -"

"Except multi-tasking and listening to instructions," Tori interrupted.

Abby frowned and pouted at them. "No master stripes for you," she said.

~*Abby*~

Ronny stuck her finger in her left ear and wiggled it around. She was sitting on the ground, just in front of the starting/ending gong, as the master's test took place a few feet away.

"I told you not to stand so close to the gong," Tori said, smiling in amusement.

"What?" Ronny asked.

Tori smirked, pulled the yellow Ranger's finger out of her ear, and repeated, "I told you not to stand so close to the gong."

"I can't hear you," Ronny said, pointing to her ear.

"You suck," Tori said.

"I'm stuck?" Ronny asked.

Tori rolled her eyes, pushed the former yellow Ranger down on the floor and sat on her. "Yes, you're stuck," she said.

Abby shook her head at her two sisters, and then returned her attention the test. Theo and Lily were doing amazingly well, but Casey was struggling big time. "C'mon on, Case," she muttered, watching as he changed his technique from the Tiger to that of Cheetah.

"This is like a bad movie," Tori said, looking up at Abby.

"A sad movie?" Ronny asked.

"Shut up you," Tori said, reaching down and covering Ronny's mouth with her hand.

Abby nodded. "He's not ready," she said, watching as Casey changed to the Jaguar technique. "It's going to kill him when Theo and Lily get their stripes."

"Then he'll have to try again," Tori said.

"Sometimes it's not that easy, Tor," Abby said. "You remember what I was like during that Psychology exam? The one I had revised months for?"

Tori nodded. "Yeah, you were almost heartbroken that you had to do it again," she said.

"Failed on a technicality," Abby said. "This is going to be just like that. Casey is going to fail, and he's going to be like a kicked puppy. I don't think I can take a 'kicked puppy' look from Casey."

"If he fails, then we'll just increase is training," Tori said. "Relax, Abs, he'll get his stripes. Remember what your dad used to say? If at first you don't succeed..."

"Try and try again," Abby said. "I know."

Ronny frowned and glanced over her shoulder. "Can I get up now?" she asked.

"What?" Tori asked, feigning deafness.

"You suck," Ronny muttered.

"I'm stuck? No, Nascar, you're stuck."

Abby rolled her eyes again at the former blue and yellow Rangers, and looked back at the test. Theo and Lily had both just defeated their Master's spirits with their own, and so had Casey... but where Master Phant and Master Swoop looked pleased, Master Finn did not.

Sounding the gong to end the test, Abby dropped the rod and hurried over to the arena.

"Hey, wait for us," Tori yelled, chasing after her.

Ronny groaned as Tori's weight left her. "I'm so gonna get them back for this," she said, picking herself up, dusting herself down and following her friends over to the others.

"Theo, I'm very proud to tell you have reached the level of Pai Zhuq master," Master Swoop said. Theo laughed excitedly and looked down; he pulled back his top to reveal three stripes on his forearm.

"Lily, I have the honor to be the first one to address you as Cheetah Master," Master Phant said, to a beaming Lily Chillman. "I knew you could do it," he added.

Just like Theo, Lilly excitedly pulled back her sleeve to reveal three black stripes on her forearm. "Oh, I can't believe it!" she said, jumping up and down. "Check it out, 'T'."

"Casey," Master Finn said, drawing Casey's attention to him. The young tiger Ranger was sure that he had passed. He had to have passed. He had done everything right, and he had defeated the Shark spirit. Unfortunately, the next words out of Master Finn's mouth were as disappointing as the ones Abby had given him before the test. "I'm afraid you haven't passed."

"What?" Lily asked, also taken by surprise.

"But he did everything we did," Theo said, unable to comprehend why his friend had failed.

"I'm sorry," Master Finn said, shaking his head. "The decision is final."

Abby sighed and looked away from the disheartened look on Casey's face. She knew he had failed, she knew why he had failed; she just wished that she could've done something to prevent it.

~*Abby*~

Once back at the Pizzeria, Abby, Tori and Ronny headed upstairs to find RJ and Kelly while Casey, Theo and Lily set to work downstairs making pizza for the mid-morning shift.

"I told you he'd be heartbroken," Abby said to Tori as she walked into the loft. Nick and Alyssa were still out, but that wasn't a concern of Abby's right now. "When he asked me for help, I knew that he wasn't ready. I should've just pulled him out when I had the chance."

"You didn't have a chance," Tori said. "It was his time."

"He's still a cub!" Abby argued. "Theo and Lily were ready. They've been at the academy for years; Casey had only been there a week when he was chosen to be a guardian. He wasn't ready for the test; he's still got a lot to learn."

Kelly and RJ, both of whom were sitting together on the sofa, looked up as the three women approached. It had been a few months since Kelly had recovered from the werewolf bite that RJ had given her, and now she was happily in a relationship with the violet Ranger.

"I take it not everything went to plan," Kelly said.

"No," Abby said, sitting down with a sigh. "Theo and Lily passed, Casey not so much."

"How come?"

"You know the whole rule that states that a cub can't ask for help?" Abby asked RJ. "It sucks. Casey would've passed today if I could've just told him to follow his animal spirit."

"That is exactly why you couldn't tell him," RJ said. He looked awful compared to normal. "Casey has to work it out for himself. You can't hold his sleeve for everything, Abby; he has to learn to stand on his own two feet sometime."

Abby groaned and leaned forward. "I know," she said. "But you didn't see him. His face, it was haunting."

"You're such a drama queen," Kelly said.

"Whatever. But if I have nightmares of his face for the rest of my life, I'm blaming you."

"Me?" RJ asked. "Why me?"

"And, by extension, your father."

RJ rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Casey can retake the test in a few months," he said. "Maybe by then he'll be more prepared."

"Isn't there anything I can do that will help him?"

RJ shook his head. "It is like I told you, Abs, there is only so far we can take them. The rest of the journey is for them to find alone," he said.

"The rules still suck," Abby grumbled.

"Maybe so," RJ agreed. "But they are there for a reason."

"To cause problems?"

"To keep everything in check," RJ corrected. "Casey will learn. And when he does, you'll be more proud of him that ever."

"I hope you're right," Abby sighed.

Kelly smiled at her sister. Abby was becoming a proper little mother. She understood that the white Ranger had always viewed Casey, Lily and Theo as her cubs, but not her children, but the way Abby was worrying over Casey made it seem more like a mother worrying for her child than anything else.

"Where is Casey now?" Kelly asked.

"Downstairs," Ronny answered. "He. Theo and Lily are preparing the pizzas. Speaking of which, I'm hungry." She turned towards the kitchen and started rummaging around looking for food. There was a great crash, followed by a loud bang, and next second Ronny toppled over onto the floor.

Kelly and RJ frowned at the former yellow Ranger, and then looked to Tori and Abby for an explanation.

The two surfers exchanged looks and smiled sheepishly. "It's an inner ear thing," they said before scampering off to help Ronny clean up.

~*Abby*~

Meanwhile, Casey was no longer at the pizzeria making pizzas. He had taken an early break and gone for a run. During his time away, he had given much thought to where he had gone wrong on the test. He couldn't think of anything off of the top of his mind, especially seeing as he had done everything that Theo and Lily had done.

"Casey, I'm afraid you haven't passed."

"Not everyone's cut out to be a Master."

Casey shook his head to clear the voices of both Master Finn and Dominic. He couldn't stand the idea of not becoming a master like Theo and Lily, he knew that Abby had turned away from the idea because she wanted to be a mother and not a master, but he wanted to be a Master. He felt that he deserved it.

As the sound of a woman screaming echoed through the wood, Casey stopped and looked around. He didn't recognise the scream, but he knew that whoever it was needed help, and they needed it now. Despite his own problems, he was still a Ranger, and a Ranger's duty was to protect.

Running away from the trail, Casey followed the sounds of fighting to a small clearing. He pulled back his hood and knelt at the base of a tree, watching as Camille - of all people - lay on the ground in front of a three monsters of Dai Shi. Casey frowned, why would Dai Shi's monsters be attacking his number 1 general?

"Now the traitor will pay," said Lepus. "So long, Camille."

Unsure of what was happening, Casey made the silent decision to intervene. Despite Camille being the enemy, and probably never thinking of helping the Rangers, she was still in need of assistance. However before Casey had a chance to move, Dai Shi arrived. He jumped over Camille and blasted the three Phantom Beast Warriors away from his General.

"Dai Shi!" Lepus cried, surprised.

"Leave her!" Dai Shi ordered the three beast warriors. He glared at them, before help Camille sit up.

Camille frowned at his actions. Unsure of what to make of them. "You saved me," she said. "That means you do care about me, Dai Shi."

"Dai Shi doesn't, but I do."

"Who are you?" Camille asked.

"Jarrod."

"The human?"

Jarrod nodded.

"Are you OK?" he asked.

"I am defeated," Camille replied. "They are too strong."

"I'm stronger," Jarrod said. He lay her back down and returned his attention to the phantom beasts. "You dare to attack my top general?" he asked them.

Lepus, Sonimax and Osiris quivered in fear.

"We thought -" Lepus said, trying to explain.

"Not another word," Jarrod ordered, adopting his persona of Dai Shi. He growled and morphed in his Rinsin form - the Griffin - and beckoned the three beasts forward. They hesitated, before storming forward.

Casey watched with great heed as Dai Shi fought his monsters. The whole ordeal was confusing, and he was unsure of what to make of the situation. Dai Shi had just saved Camille from being destroyed, and now was in the middle of destroying his own generals to protect her. "What's going on here?" he asked as Osiris and Sonimax exploded, and Lepus made her escape.

With the Phantom beasts destroyed, Jarrod returned to Camille and helped her stand. "It's not safe here," he said. "We've got to get you back to the temple." He hooked her arm around his shoulders, and then the pair of the disappeared.

"Wait until the others hear about this," Casey said, standing up and heading back into town.

~*Abby*~

Abby frowned as she descended the stairs into the kitchen and found only Theo and Lily working on the pizzas. "Where's the third musketeer?" she asked, looking outside to see if Casey was helping Fran and Dom. When she failed to see him, she returned her attention to the others, waiting for an answer.

"He went for a run," Lily said.

"He needed to clear his head," Theo replied.

"OK," Abby said, nodding. She could understand Casey needing to get out for a while. "As long as he doesn't get into too much trouble."

"Hey, Abby," Lily called as the white Ranger headed back upstairs.

"Yeah?" Abby asked.

"How come Casey failed the test and we didn't?"

Abby sighed and leaned on the railing. "Look, I know you guys are confused and you have every right to be, hell Casey has every right to be upset, you guys worked hard for this day," she said. "But while Casey is an amazing fighter and a great leader, a Pai Zhuq Master doesn't ask. He knows. And while personally I don't agree with that method, I didn't right the rules for Pai Zhuq."

"Uh, guys," Tori called, hurrying down the stairs and looking frantic. "You're needed."

"We're on it," Abby said. "Theo, call Dom."

Theo nodded, leaned out of the door and called for the Rhino Ranger.

~*Abby*~

Scorch growled as he intervened with the battle between Casey and Lepus. He was none too impressed that Camille had returned to Temple with Dai Shi, he was sure that she and the other Phantom Beasts could handle one fragile chameleon without incident.

"You and the others failed," he snapped the minute he had Lepus's attention.

"You lied to us about Dai Shi," Lepus growled.

"We will all face his wrath when this is over," Snapper said, reminding them both of what was waiting for them at the Temple.

"Let's finish this battle first," Scorch said, pointing at Casey.

"Oh, man, this day just keeps getting worse," Casey groaned, getting back to his feet.

"Then let's turn your luck around."

Casey looked up as the rest of his team, save for RJ, jumped over him. "Nice timing," he said. "These guys are brutal."

"There's more help where that came from," Abby said.

"Let's do it!" Theo, Casey and Lily nodded.

Abby and Dom watched as the three primary coloured-rangers summoned their spirit rangers to the battlefield.

"Jungle Master Mode!" Casey said, powering up to his second power level. Abby, Lily and Theo followed his lead.

"Come on," Scorch said, beckoning them forward.

"Oh, now it's on," Abby said, racing forward. The others followed her lead.

Lepus growled and fired her blasters at the Rangers. Casey, Lily and Theo powered up their jets and flew over her attack, whilst Abby and Dom evaded them by dancing around them. Despite being in Jungle Master Mode Abby knew that she couldn't leave Dom to fend for himself.

Reaching the phantom beast first, Casey, Theo and Lily kicked, punched and blocked attacks simultaneously, but nothing they threw at Lepus even fazed her. She laughed as she thwarted them at every turn, before knocking them down.

"Hey, back off!" Abby shouted, jumping over Theo and aiming a punch to Lepus's chest. The beast caught the white Ranger's fist and twisted it around. Abby cried out, but kicked out at Lepus's legs as she fell to her knees.

Lepus dropped Abby and rolled away to avoid being stomped on by Dom.

"Are you OK?" the Rhino Ranger asked.

"I'm fine," Abby said, getting up. She shook out her wrist and lunged against for Lepus. Both she and Dom ducked under the female beasts arms and crashed their claws down on her armor. She growled, threw their arms into the air and slammed her own into their chests.

Abby and Dom both hit the ground, leaving Casey, Theo and Lily to rush at Lepus. The three primary coloured Rangers worked together to knock Lepus back, before Dom and Abby jumped over them and fired their blasters at her. The ground around her exploded and she was thrown backwards into the face of the quarry wall.

"Let's finish it!" Casey said.

"Yeah!" the others cheered.

"Claw Cannon!"

"Rhino Blade!"

The team aimed their weapons at Lepus. She backed away, concerned at how to get out of this mess, she looked to Scorch and Snapper for help but they were still busy fighting the Spirit Rangers to even realise that she was in trouble.

"It's over, Lepus," Abby said. "You're time's run out."

Lepus hissed at Abby and was rewarded with two powerful balls of energy to the stomach. She keeled over, landed on her knees and exploded.

"We'll finish this another day," Scorch said, looking up as the dust cloud that surrounded Lepus cleared, revealing her to be gone.

"Yes, we have damage control to take care of," Snapper said, turning his back on the fighting and walking away.

~*Abby*~

Abby smiled and picked Alyssa up from her pushchair. She and Nick had just returned from their father/daughter day out, and the white Ranger was finally able to hold her daughter for the first time since that morning.

"At least she was away from the fighting," Abby said, kissing her daughter's forehead and leaning into Nick as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"How'd the test go?" Nick asked.

"Great, for Lily and Theo."

"Casey failed?"

Abby nodded. "Please don't say anything to him," she said. "He hides it well, but he's really upset about it."

"I wasn't going to say anything," Nick said.

"I know. But just in case you feel inclined too," Abby said.

"Okay, Okay," Nick said. "I'll refrain from saying anything."

"Good. Now, come on, Casey says he has something he wants to tell us."

"By 'us' do you mean 'you'?"

"Yeah," Abby said. "He said it was important... and I'm sure he said it had something to do with Dai Shi."

Nick chuckled. "You want to be an FBI agent," he said, "and yet you always forget a single detail."

"Oh bite me," Abby said. "Tori and Ronny have already picked on me enough today."

"Poor thing," Nick said, sarcastically.

Abby pouted and looked down at Alyssa. "Daddy's a meanie," she said. "But don't worry, baby, Mommy loves you and will never say mean or sarcastic things to you."

"No, you'll just let her get away with murder," Nick said.

"She's a baby!" Abby said. "She's not gonna murder anyone anytime soon."

"She's not gonna murder anyone at all."

"She might end up being a Ranger," Abby said. "Then she'll be murdering monsters, just like us."

Nick frowned. "Monsters are different," he said. "They don't have a heart... or a soul."

Abby cocked her head to the side and peered up at her fiancé. She blinked and then said, "Whiger," before walking over to the kitchen where Casey, Theo and Lily were waiting for her.

Nick scratched the back of his neck. "Yeah, forgot about him," he said, and joined Tori and Ronny by the TV.

"So," said Abby as she sat down at the kitchen table. "What's the 'big news' you had to tell us?"

"I saw him," Casey said. "I saw Jarrod."

"Yeah, we all have," Theo said, nodding. "We see him every time Dai Shi leaves his temple."

"No, I saw him being the person we used to know," Casey said.

"You mean picking on people smaller than him?" Abby asked, remembering her encounter with Jarrod at the Pai Zhuq temple.

"Abby's right," said Lily. "If my memory serves, Jarrod wasn't that great of a person before he was being possessed by an evil dragon spirit."

Casey shook his head. "Believe me, I know," he said. "But this time it was different, almost kind. What if there is some humanity, some part of Jarrod that's still in there?"

"Our job is to protect people," Theo said. "Dai Shi, Jarrod, or whatever you want to call him tries to hurt people - that's all I need to know."

"Yeah, and the fact that he captured and tortured me so he could kidnap and raise my daughter as his heir, is enough to give him a permanent spot in my bad books," Abby said.

"Look, just because I don't have my Master's stripes doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about," Casey said. This was not going the way he had hoped.

"Casey, this isn't about that," Lily said. "You know I always try to see the good side of people. But even I can see that Dai Shi has completely taken control. Now you need to face the facts. Jarrod's gone."

Casey sighed and caught Abby's eye as Theo and Lily left the table. She offered him a sympathetic smile before standing and walking away.


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A/N: To the anonymous reviewer that has been spamming my inbox with reviews to this story. Please have a bit of patience as I cannot update every day. As for your question, you will have to see what happens with Dai Shi and who goes to the temple. PS. Can you please refrain from ending all and any reviews with 'lady' I actually find it kinda demanding.

Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Chapter updated 1st January, 2015 at 12:20pm