Sorry that this is late... I was trying to make it perfect... I swear.

Now, for the Disclaimer;

Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, or any songs in this story, all I own is Cadinia and her family.


Cadinia

I rolled my head a bit as I was close to nodding off.

Merrick and I were talking, or he was talking, about what we could do to save the Princess the next morning… early the next morning.

Let's just say, I have never missed sleeping more than I do right now.

"…Then we just…." He must've finally noticed my boredom cause he stopped talking and looked at me, "Are you bored?"

"No, I love leaning against my hand, wanting to fall asleep, while talking about a plan to save someone who probably doesn't deserve it." I rolled my eyes.

"She needs to be saved." The other Rangers snapped.

I can't believe after the moment we had last night, Merrick forced me back up on the damn island!

Hell, even after Cole did like… twenty flybys less than an hour ago, he still wanted me on the damn thing!

"…Guys." Merrick stepped up to me, "Go back to the Roadhouse… I'll call you later about the plan."

"Best idea you've had all day." I grunted before I got up and started walking out.

"You forgot-"

"I don't trust Animus wouldn't give me frostbite." I retorted, "That thing's staying up here. You have my cell number. Call that when you need me."

With that, I continued on out.

2 hours later…

Merrick walked into the Roadhouse and I noticed a box of chocolates in his hand.

"Who's that for? The Princess when you save her?" I scoffed softly from where I was writing in my journal at the bar.

"No… they're for you…" He sat them beside me, "They're apology chocolates."

"And what, pray-tell, are you apologizing for this time?" I inquired, annoyed enough.

"Everything the last three days…" He sighed.

"Save it, and the chocolates, for the girl you actually like." I slid them back over before I picked up my journal and walked away again.

But, he gently took my arm.

"Cadi…"

"Let me go, right now, Merrick." I growled.

"No, we need to talk."

I pulled away and didn't look at him.

"Cadi, I don't know what has made you so angry… but I'm trying to be helpful."

"You know what'll help?" I turned to him, glaringly, "If you'd just stay out of my life for a change."

Of course, as he said that, the wind blew at us.

"Of for Ra's sake!" I groaned before we rushed out.

17 minutes later…

All seven of us were morphed and came pretty close to where Jindrax was standing.

"Hey Rangers, I know what you're looking for." He commented and probably would've smirked for real if he could've.

We got into defensive stances before I bit out.

"What do you know?"

"But you won't find it here!" The Duke laughed before rushing off.

And considering the state that everyone else was in…

Well, they chased after him.

I on the other hand Ninja Streaked to the path right in front of him, stopping the 'Sword Master' in his tracks.

I raised one of my sickles up and held it there as he got up to me.

"We want answers, and you're gonna give them to us," I gritted my teeth before I turned my blade so it could hook through his neck, "Or else."

He gulped before I noticed the others were on the lower level of ground.

"Up here, Rangers!" Jindrax called out, getting their attention, "Don't worry, I'm not here to fight…. So if you could call off the cavalry….?"

I frowned before I pulled my sickle back and jumped down to the others, putting my sickles away.

"You're wasting your time, looking for the Nexus." Jindrax let out, "It's protected by a force field, and you'll never find it unless you have to listen to what we have to say."

"Who's we?!" Cole called.

My mind suddenly flashed back to something Jindrax was grumbling about while I was helping him get the equipment for fishing….

"Uh… oh…" My eyes went wide in realized horror.

"Uh… Cole… I…. might know…" I winced a bit.

Right as I said that; I heard something behind us.

Turning just in the nick of time, I created a Ninja Shield to bounce Toxica to Jindrax's side.

"What are you up to Jindrax!" Taylor inquired, "What kind of trick is this?!"

"You rangers are always so suspicious." Jindrax pointed out, "All I did was bring my best friend back from the spirit world."

"Oh, yeah, and tricked me in the dang process." I hissed to myself.

"And now we have something we need to talk to you about." Jindrax finished.

"That's right, Rangers, Master Org has done something that concerns us all." Toxica added.

1 hour later…

We were demorphed, in a simple field, talking to Toxica and Jindrax.

Okay, the world must be ending.

"So what do you two want?" Merrick asked the million dollar question.

"The same as you; to rescue the Princess." Toxica spoke as if we were stupid.

"Yeah, right." The others scoffed.

"You guys, wanna help us?" Max inquired.

"Yeah, of course!" Jindrax nodded.

I folded my arms, raising a brow, "What's in it for you?"

"I don't trust them," Taylor mumbled, "I think it's a trick."

"Finally, something we agree on again." I mentally scoffed, looking away.

"Suit yourself." Jindrax relented, then gave a guilt sounding comment, "But remember; the longer you wait, the worse it's gonna get for your Princess."

I bit my lip as the silence that followed the realization came over us.

I noticed Cole duck his head a bit, and I frowned before he looked up again.

"Well? What's it gonna be, Rangers?" Jindrax asked.

"This is crazy, but, I really do think they wanna help." Cole looked at us.

I looked over at Merrick and, against my better judgment, took his hand and nodded in agreement.

He looked down at it, then up at them, "Tell us what we need to do."

"First of all, the Nexus is a maze that only Orgs, and special wielders, can navigate." Toxica informed us, "Second, when Master Org returned, he set up a force field to keep anyone from reaching the Princess."

"That force field around the Nexus is generated by three statues, if you can destroy those statues, it'll destroy the force field, then we'll be able to get inside and save the Princess." Jindrax finished, then motioned to me, "With a little extra help…"

I frowned before I realized what he meant

"No, no, no!" I denied the idea, shaking my head and waving my hands in front of me, "That's not happening! I have been trying, desperately mind all of you, to keep my fire from doing what you're asking!"

"What's he…?"

"A Fire Ninja's power is at its peak when the wielder is around that of great power… my lowest peak was when I was around Animus… and that means my highest peak would be around this Nexus and Master Org… and that kind of fire would be the only thing to keep the shield from reforming once the statues are gone. That's why only Blue fire can damage an Org… because that's the color the peaks have."

"Exactly." Toxica nodded.

"Which, means my fire might be the only thing that can open the passageway and keep it open." I realized.

"But… only you could walk through it." Merrick noted.

"Ding dong." I nodded, "Or… I can, and anyone who has to go through it can… that kind of fire is hard to do, but I think I can manage… that way the Princess can escape too."

He pulled me to the side, "That means you could die!"

"So be it." I shrugged, "As if you care anyway. Who's more important, me or the Princess? The Princess."

With that, I moved back over to the others as he just stood there, aghast.

"Look for the pillars of light in the sky to find those statues." Toxica explained, then warned us, "But beware, they may be guarded."

"By, you mean they are." I sighed.

"I guess we have to trust you…" Taylor decided, then added, "But if this is a trick-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Jindrax raised his hands before she could go on, "Save it for the Princess. Come on, let's get to work."

With that, the two walked off.

5 minutes later…

"Alright, Alyssa, Merrick, and Cadinia… you guys take the center statue," Cole decided as we looked over a map, "Taylor and I will take the right, and Max and Danny, you guys take the left."

I frowned in thought as I looked over the pathway that would also lead me to the Nexus, "That's doable."

"You sure you can keep a large enough doorway open for all four of you to get back through?" Alyssa looked at me, worried.

I bit my lip.

I couldn't tell them I didn't even plan to make it back though, that I didn't plan on surviving today…

There was no way I could hold it open for four things to get through and survive…

But, I couldn't tell them that…

"Yeah." I lied easily, "Yeah, that's easy…"

Cole gave me a look of worry, so I slowed my heart down and repeated.

"I can handle my life, guys. Even if I don't survive, which is a huge" -Total lie right there- "If, I'll still be able to keep it open long enough for the Princess to get through easily."

He nodded, buying into my words.

"Alright, let's do it then." Cole nodded before the other six pulled out their morphers and called.

"Wild Access!"

As they were, I removed my civilian clothes, revealing my School Uniform underneath.

Once they were morphed, I explained myself.

"I'm gonna need my mind, body, and soul, to believe that I'm still a Solar Ninja if I'm gonna access the amount of power I need, so I shouldn't morph."

They nodded in understanding before we began to head out.

Merrick

Before we did leave, I pulled off my helmet and looked at Cadinia, worried.

"Come back to me, alright?" I requested.

"I make no promises that I will-"

"Please?!" I begged, "Please come back to me… I… I don't care if we get Princess Shayla back… I… I just want you to live…"

She rolled her eyes, "Why on Ra's Sandy Beach do you have to keep-"

I pressed my lips to hers not a moment later.

When I pulled away, I saw her blink slowly.

"Please." I repeated before I pulled my helmet back on.

She nodded slowly, "Yeah… yeah… okay…"

With that, we rushed off.

14 minutes later…

As we were running down a pathway, I saw a large green pillar of light.

"Look!" I called out as we came to a stop, "There's one of the pillars!"

"It's on the other side of that hill!" Alyssa deduced.

"That's still a good mile from here." Cadi let out.

"Then let's go!" I decided before we continued to run.

3 minutes later…

As we came to where the pillar of light was… color me surprised when I saw the original Nayzor walk right in front of it.

"Hello again, Merrick." Nayzor commented.

"Let me guess, the original, Nayzor?" Cadi glanced at me as we got into fighting stances.

"My spirit lingers on in this world to protect the pillars of light." Nayzor waved his stupid fan, "You can't beat me a third time!"

"Wanna bet?" Cadi growled.

"Lunar Cue!" I held up my weapon.

We ran at Nayzor, Alyssa running first, then getting struck back, followed by Cadi… who… got struck back… any myself… who didn't even get a strike in before Nayzor struck me down.

But, I raised up my Lunar Cue in its Cyber mode. "Fire!"

Of course, Nayzor bounced my blast off his fan… and over to Alyssa!

"Crap!" I mentally cursed.

Cadi got back up and I noticed her hands flame up before she sent a literal wave of it at the Org General.

While he did take damage, he did throw us back into the woods with the blast.

My best friend groaned as she fell next to us, "That wasn't what I expected…"

To add insult to injury, Nayzor blasted us further back with an electrical blast of his own.

"I'm finally going to even the score." The Org commented plainly.

"He's too powerful…" I gaped, "I don't think I can beat him a third time…"

"He's tried to manipulate you for thousands of years, but failed," Alyssa rolled beside me, "It doesn't matter how many times he comes back."

"You're right…" I grunted softly, "I'll never succumb to his mind games… no matter how many times he tries!"

"Come on… we can beat him!" Cadi groaned, forcing herself to her feet as we did the same.

Within moments, all three of us were attacking Nayzor at once.

And, while Cadi was giving me a near heart-attack for not being protected by her ranger suit… I knew she could handle herself in hand-to-hand.

Nayzor struck me back as I tried to aim for his chest, but I easily kicked off a tree and jumped back, striking the monster a couple of times.

As I went for a final strike, Cadi joined me in the air as I jumped down to the General Org.

Even if Nayzor tried to strike us with another blast, neither my crush nor I were affected by it.

When we got down, I landed atop him and forced the Org to the ground.

Then, I looked up at the White Ranger.

"Alyssa, go for the statue, now!" We demanded.

"Right." She nodded and rushed off.

Nayzor shoved us both off, and we both rolled back to our feet.

"You're not going anywhere!" He growled.

Cadi raised her hands, "We beat an amped up version of you… I think we can take you on."

Nayzor growled and went to strike us again, but she easily sent a blast of fire at him, forcing him to the ground with ease.

"Now that's what I call firepower."

"And, there's the pun I thought I'd have to hear…" Cadi grumbled in annoyance.

As Nayzor got back up, I got in another stance.

But, as this happened, I saw the green pillar of light that indicated the statue had disappeared.

"Go, no." I nodded.

"Right." She agreed before she ran off.

As she did, I looked at my old 'boss'.

"It's just you and me, Nayzor." I growled as I raised my Lunar Cue up, "And you're never taking my spirit again!"

With that, I ran at the General, all alone, for, hopefully, the last time.

Third Person

As Cadinia ran, her mind raced with thoughts.

Mostly were her fears, but some were about a certain Lunar wolf…

But, then she shook her head.

"No! Come on, Cadinia, don't think! Don't feel, don't think!" She hissed to herself.

4 minutes later…

She repeated that mantra before she arrived next to Toxica and Jindrax.

"Alright, I'm here." She informed them, "Now what?"

Before them, a shield in front of a swirling vortex disappeared.

"Blast that portal full of hot fire to keep it open to the main entrance." Toxica instructed, "That way we can get to the jail cells, where Princess Shayla is most likely being kept, to save her."

Cadinia nodded in agreement before she centered herself in front of it, "Stand back."

They did as told before Cadinia closed her eyes.

"A Solar Ninja is as emotionless as the fires they control," She started, "A Solar Ninja does not ask when the time is right, but waits for the proper moment. A Solar Ninja does not hold pain, for they cause it. A Solar Ninja is the Sun, a Solar Ninja is the heat, a Solar Ninja is fire…."

As she thought this, she felt her body start to heat up, but she didn't give a single care.

Cadinia raised her hands in front of her body as she continued the mantra aloud.

"A Solar Ninja does not wait to attack, they attack when ready. A Solar Ninja does not feel the pain of their enemies. A Solar Ninja does not dwell on matters of the heart. A Solar Ninja does not feel. A Solar Ninja does not think. A Solar Ninja only follows the way and Power of the Solar Sun!"

As Cadinia continued, her thoughts and feelings about everything, Merrick, her friends, her family…

All of it… she forced it away, throwing it into a trash can in her mind.

She was a Solar Ninja, she was embracing her inner fire… and, for that, she could no longer care about anything or anyone.

Even her love for Merrick was now a distant memory.

"I… am… a Solar Ninja!" She gave a final declaration before fire went from her straight to the vortex.

This opened it, and Cadinia closed her eyes as she searched for the quickest way to the main entrance before opening the Portal close to there.

"Go now!" She demanded.

Toxica and Jindrax jumped in surprise before they ran up to it.

"Toxica, wait!" Jindrax stopped her, "Are you actually planning on saving the Princess?"

"You'll see…." She grumbled.

"Now!" Cadinia shouted.

They gulped and headed inside.

With the Other Rangers…

As they regrouped, so did the General Orgs.

So, the three of them ran at each Org, and, holding their own pretty well.

And by well, that pretty much means, they were getting back up every time the Orgs struck them down.

"Gah, what would I give for Cadi's fire abilities right now!" Merrick groaned in pain.

With Cadinia…

She felt her name being mentioned but focused on her task at hand.

Which was getting harder as she felt the vortex begin to shake and try to disappear.

But, she held strong, continuing the mantra under her breath as well as she could.

With the others…

"Lion Blaster! Cannon mode!" Cole called his secondary weapon's second form.

He sent the blast… but it got sent right back.

The six groaned as they were forced to the ground.

"Your weak weapons are no match for us," Nayzor stated the obvious, "Now that we are ghost, how can you defeat us?"

"Let's finish this!" One of the other Generals, Retinax, declared a moment later.

"Alright!" Cole banged his hand into the ground before getting back up weakly, "I've had enough! It's time to end this battle between humans and Orgs! Right here, right now!"

"Ready when you are." Mandilock, the other returned General, mocked.

"Only one side will walk away in the end." Nayzor confirmed the idea.

"And it won't be you!" Merrick exclaimed as he and the other four got back up.

At the Vortex…

The vortex was becoming remarkably unstable, even with Cadinia holding it up.

She gritted her teeth as she held her flames, and by extension the doorway, open as best as she could.

"Could you hurry it up?!" She called, "I might be strong, but my flames can't hold this thing open forever!"

Her thoughts tried to seep back in, but she refused to let them through.

She needed her Ninja Powers, now more than ever, to be strong.

While she would prefer to be 'everyone for themselves' that would mean she'd have to go into hiding from the rangers for letting their princess die…

And, while she didn't care, she didn't want that.

But, the thing was, her body wasn't used to the amount of power she was using and began to drip blood from her nose and fingertips.

"Just a little more…" She hissed to herself, "Come on!"

With the Rangers…

"We have a little surprise for you rangers!" Mandilock commented with his large mouth.

The two others lowered their weapons onto his own, causing it to transform into a strange looking blade, almost like their Jungle Sword.

"Look out guys!" Cole called.

"Nexus Blade!" The smaller mouth christened it, before the larger mouth added, "Evil Slash!"

In a motion way too similar to their Savage Slash, Mandilock collected a lot of evil energy and threw it back at them.

The six were thrown into the air, then further back onto the ground, much harder than ever.

At the Vortex…

Princess Shayla, Toxica, and Jindrax finally made out of the entrance.

As they did, Cadinia finally let her power drop, and the vortex literally exploded as it closed, sending all of them to the ground.

But, they turned and got back up, staring, as the portal vanished forever.

"Ha! Looky their!" Jindrax cheered.

"Master Org is finally gone!" Toxica cheered.

And with it, Cadinia fell to her knees again, coughing heavily.

"Cadinia!" The Princess rushed over to her.

"I'm okay, Princess." Cadinia got back up, "And I've gotta go somewhere… quickly… Toxica, Jindrax, meet us by the dirt path to the dunes."

They gulped and nodded.

With that, Cadinia Ninja Streaked off, only, unlike the usual Gold, it looked like it was on fire.

At the battle…

"Guys… you're gonna have to find the strength to use the Jungle Blaster…" Merrick moaned in pain as they got back up.

And Cole agreed.

"Jungle Blaster!" He called their second combination.

As they did, the Orgs powered up another one of their own blasts.

"Savage Blast!" Cole called before sending their attack as the Orgs sent theirs.

The blasts pushed against each other, one barely edging out the other at any given time.

"Push harder!" Taylor groaned.

As they did, a silhouette appeared on the ground above them, not that any of them noticed.

Upon the cliff…

Cadinia stared down at the Orgs and Rangers, then shook her head in disapproval and raised her hand in the direction of the Jungle Blaster.

Within moments, her fire increased the power of the weapon ten-fold.

This allowed the rangers to push a final blast at the three Generals, destroying their own attack.

The five pulled their weapons apart and watched as the three Orgs gathered into a ball of energy.

Cadinia smirked before she raised her other hand and closed her fist.

This caused the Orgs to explode from the mere heat inside the orb.

The Rangers cheered happily, till they noticed the new figure up on the hill.

She simply nodded and walked away, a slight golden glow around her.

5 minutes later…

"Princess Shayla!" Cole called as they made it to a pathway the Princess was on, "You're back!"

The team of six cheered happily as they came to horribly weak stops.

Princess Shayla smiled as she looked at them before turning and holding Merrick closely.

Merrick noticed that his gift from 3,000 years ago, her necklace, was gone.

Before he could say anything, he saw Cadinia walk up to them her entire body covered in smoke and flames.

"Cadi!" He ran up to her.

She kept him at arm's length when he got there and he frowned in confusion.

"Stampede… are you okay?"

"Yes." She replied stockily.

He didn't buy it.

He tried to touch her, but she moved away.

"Cadi… look at me," He instructed, before demorphing and lifting her head up.

Her eyes were filled with flames… but… they weren't the same as he knew them to be.

He patted his body quickly before he realized, her gloves weren't on him, but still placed on her hands….

She burnt right through them…

"Cadi…" Merrick started slowly before he took her hands softly, ignoring the burn he was getting, "Look at me, right now… just look at my eyes…"

She did as told, and, the moment she did…

That trash can she had put everything inside?

Yeah, it toppled over and she felt everything she ever had come rushing back.

Merrick held Cadinia up as she nearly toppled over, breathless and exhausted.

"How are you feeling now?"

"I'll let you know after I've….. thrown up…" She moved a bit away.

As she fell onto her knees to vomit, the only thing coming up, was blood.

Not a good thing considering her new gem should heal all wounds that would cause blood to entire her vomit…

And it was the only thing coming up.

She wiped her mouth quickly and blinked away the pain just as fast.

She couldn't be bothered by this… not now.

12 minutes later…

The team, the Princess, and the two remaining Duke Orgs were on the pathway to the dunes, as Cadinia had instructed the two to have gone earlier.

The six were demorphed and Cadinia was back in her civilian clothes.

"Looks like our battle with the Orgs is finally over." Cole finally spoke up.

"Thank Ra." Cadinia snorted.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Jindrax got their attention, "What are you talking about?! We're two of the most powerful Orgs in the world!"

"Yeah, now that there's no competition." Merrick scoffed softly at that.

"And we didn't say it was over!" Jindrax finished.

"That's right! It's over when we say it's over!" Toxica agreed to his thoughts.

"That's right!" Jindrax nodded.

The eight chuckled and rolled their eyes.

"Well then…" Max went along, "Is it over?"

"Hmm," They actually pretended to think about it.

"Yeah, it's over." Jindrax waved off.

"It's over." Toxica agreed.

"So, um… what are you guys gonna do now?" Cole inquired, generally wandering what he was gonna do next on his own path.

"We're gonna hit the road!" Toxica declared, "You know, found ourselves."

"That's right!" Jindrax nodded, "Sorry, Yellow and Gold Ranger, don't take this too hard, but it looks like our famous rivalry has finally come to an end."

"Uh… yeah…" They nodded, playing along.

"You were a worthy opponent." Taylor looked at Cadinia, who simply shrugged in response.

"After fighting the Orgs for thousands of years, I never imagined it would end like this." Merrick shook his head a bit, shocked.

"Well, you'll need to hibernate for another 3,000 years, if you want to see us again, dog boy." Jindrax remarked at that.

Cadinia had to step on her foot so she wouldn't laugh out loud.

Merrick rolled his eyes at her doing this before looking back at the Dukes.

"Thank you, for helping me," The Princess stepped up.

"Aw, shucks, anything for you, Princess." Jindrax assured kindly.

Toxica glanced at him before she must've seen something in his eyes, cause she got really defensive and shoved his arm back.

The team chuckled as they watched this.

"Ha, ha…" Toxica played it off, "We have to get going… see you around. Goodbye, Wild Force Rangers."

The eight nodded softly, smiling a bit.

"Thanks for the memories!" Jindrax added before they headed off down the path.

As they left, some of the team waved and called bye.

Merrick raised his hand softly, nodding a bit.

5 minutes later…

As they made their way back to the Animarium, everyone was still in a happy mood, but Cadinia found herself rubbing her right hand.

As she pulled off her glove to look at it, her eyes went wide in horror.

On it was some kind of branding with the same symbol as the core rangers had on their belts.

"Oh, I almost forgot… thank you for holding the entrance." The Princess informed her, stopping everyone to look at the Gold Ranger.

Cadinia frowned and looked up, "Huh? Oh… uh… it was nothing…"

The Princess pressed something into her right hand before she stepped back.

On it now, the branding was far more profound… and she was shocked by it, but easily hid it.

Cadinia frowned as she looked at the branding on her hand… and a haunting thought occurred to her.

"I'm not myself anymore."


You wouldn't believe how happy I was when I finally finished this chapter...

But, this ending leads to one final OC chapter before the season finale...

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