When Michaela's words reached the Rangers' ears, they really began to fight. Most of them managed to slit the throats of their captors, the others crippled them so badly they wouldn't live for much longer, and rushed to help fight the woman. She was fighting as hard as she could, but eventually she was overpowered and killed.

"You little-!" Michaela cursed as she suddenly stabbed Kendall in the stomach and threw her towards her friends, then dove into the bushes. Too late, they realized what was happening. Chase stayed with Kendall, trying to stem the bleeding of her wounds, while the rest of them charged in Michaela's direction. But by the time they got there, Mei had been knocked out and stabbed in the shoulder and Shelby was currently held down by Michaela. Ivan went over to help Mei, but the rest of them stayed still. The point of Michaela's knife was already piercing through Shelby's arm. She wanted to savor the moment. Shelby had just woken up from unconsciousness and stared up at her attacker with terror in her eyes.

"Michaela, why are you doing this?" Cameron gasped out. "Kendall might have accidentally done something you didn't like, but Shelby did nothing to you! Why are you hurting her? And Mei... you didn't even know she was part of our team until today." She cast a glance over at Ivan, who was carefully covering up the wound on Mei's shoulder.

"Your friend shouldn't have tried to stop me," Michaela growled. "And Shelby was there. She defended her. I will kill both of them... and there's nothing you can do to stop me." Without hesitating, she slashed the knife deep into Shelby's arm.

"NO!!" Tyler ran forward, but Michaela was fast and quickly plunged the dagger through Shelby's chest before she sprang away again, taking the bloody weapon with her. Shelby let out a cry of agony that echoed throughout the woods and Tyler threw himself down beside her, sobbing.

"Out of the way!" Cameron and Heckyl then pushed their way through the Rangers and dashed over to them. Tyler moved away slightly as they began to use their powers again, tears streaming down his face.

"Wait a minute..." Then it struck Riley that Michaela had disappeared. "Chase!" he called to him. "Be careful; she's going after Kendall again!"

A loud snarl told them that she had already gotten to them. Simultaneous cries of anguish from both the Black and Purple Rangers said that she had hurt one of them. Another shout from Kendall, worried them, as it said that she could have been knocked out or possibly killed. With a few of them hurt and being taken care of and with Tyler in the state he was in, the fighting team had dwindled down to Riley, Koda, Prince Phillip, Chase, James, and Zenowing. The rest of them regrouped with Chase, standing in front of Kendall's body, shielding her from Michaela. Chase carefully slipped the rest of them their Energems and the six of them morphed. Michaela took a step back, a touch of surprise flashing across her face, then narrowed her eyes.

"Please," she muttered. "You think you can outwit me? I've been using your friends against you. Even with Heckyl and Cameron helping you, they can't delay the inevitable. Step aside. Make me not have to hurt you like I did your other friend."

"No chance," Koda snapped menacingly. "Now go away and leave Kendall alone."

"And why would I do that? There's absolutely nothing you could say to me that would make me."

With astonishing height, she suddenly jumped, going high over the Rangers and landing perfectly next to Kendall. Chase ran forward instantly, but as soon as he reached them, Michaela once again put her knife against Kendall's throat.

"Do anything to me," she hissed, "and she goes down with me."

But Chase wasn't entirely thinking straight. If he didn't help her soon, she'd eventually die of blood loss and besides, she seemed too weak to fight back at the moment.

Then something unexpected happened. Despite her damaging injuries, Kendall suddenly bunched her legs up under herself and slammed her feet into Michaela's chest, pushing her off of her, before falling back again.

"How dare you!" she yelled furiously, rage blooming through her. Chase was at Kendall's side in a millisecond, but now Michaela was more mad than ever. She threw herself toward them again, but by now, Kendall had become fearless. She leapt to her feet and lunges toward Michaela, landing on top of her and wrestling her for the knife. Angrily, Michaela kept stabbing at her, but she was unable to get a blow in. Eventually, Kendall got hold of the knife and slashed it through Michaela's neck. However, just before she died, she retaliated, the weapon slicing neatly through her target, opening up her wounds even deeper. Kendall screamed in pain as she crumpled to the ground.

"Kendall!" Chase shouted in shock. "Ivan!" he called to him through his Dino-Com. "I need Cameron or Heckyl here now!"

"In a moment!" Ivan shot back. "Lady Shelby is very weak right now and Lady Mei is still under. Cameron will be over in a minute if we can spare her."

"Well hurry, unless you want Kendall to die."

In a little while, Cameron was rushing over to him, muttering under her breath as she knelt down beside Kendall. A few moments after that, Heckyl followed. Chase stood up uneasily and darted back to the bushes to take in the scene there. Ivan was still beside Mei, guarding her. Tyler was holding Shelby gently in his arms and Chase quietly walked over to him.

"Is she doing okay?" he questioned, kneeling beside the Red Ranger. Shelby winced as she looked at him.

"I- I don't know," Tyler whispered. "They may have healed her, but she still seems to be in a lot of pain. Michaela must have cut her deeper than we thought... but if anything was broken or destroyed inside her, we won't know by just looking at her."

"Then let's get her to a hospital as soon as we can. Cameron and Heckyl can heal, but this is out of their hands. Is Mei alright?"

"We don't know. She's still unconscious, but we may want to take them together so Mei can get checked out. Is Kendall alright?"

"Heckyl and Cameron are helping her now. However, I could tell Michaela hadn't cut her deep enough to break anything inside her. After they heal her, she just needs a good rest and she'll be fine." He took a deep breath. "I'm so sorry about Shelby..."

Tyler sighed. "It's not your fault. I'm just glad Kendall's okay so you can be happy."

"I wish this had never happened at all. With everything that's occurred... from Prince Phillip, Riley, Koda, and Shelby being controlled and attacking Kendall... then Heckyl's attempts to trap her and kill her, then the continuous attacks on Kendall and Shelby and when Kendall died..." He shivered. "That was terrifying. But I'm glad we were able to bring her up. Then came Mei joining the team and Cameron teaming up with us to help and now..." He surveyed his friends as they joined him. James looked over them with uncertainty in his eyes, watching his son care for his girlfriend.

"I know," Tyler murmured. "But... everything's going to be okay. At least I hope..." Mei was beginning to stir next to Ivan and Shelby leaned closer into the Red Ranger.

Then Cameron breathlessly burst through to them. Heckyl came behind her, holding Kendall gently. But no sooner had she come in, she Cameron collapsed to the ground, rapid breaths escaping her.

"This has a bigger effect on her than me," Heckyl explained as he carefully handed Kendall to Chase. She was no longer unconscious and gazed up at her boyfriend with a slight smile on her face. Chase noticed that Tyler looked sad as he glanced at her and then back at Shelby, who still had the same pained expression.

"Don't worry," Kendall whispered to them. She wriggled away from Chase and sat up on the ground, reaching out to gently grasp Shelby's hand in her own. "She will be okay. You know Heckyl and Cameron work magic."

Tyler shook his head. "It's not that easy now." He stood up, forcing Kendall to release Shelby's hand, and slowly began to leave the group, disappearing into the woods in the direction back to town.

"I can tell he needs time," James voiced. "He cares for her very much."

Mei blinked at them confusedly as she quickly regained consciousness. "Can someone fill me in on what's happened? All I remember is Michaela attacking me..."

"It'll be fine, Lady Mei," Ivan told her. She leaned against him and he added, "Michaela is gone."

Chase wrapped his arms around Kendall as he glanced at the Gold and Talon Rangers. Now that the threats have all been defeated... maybe now we can finally have some peace before the next one arrives.