Samantha, Scott and Hayden appeared in the garage, surrounded by their friends, waiting for news about Engel.

Samantha didn't want to talk. She pushed through Ziggy and Gem and ran to her room to hide from everyone. Scott watched her go. As much as he wanted to be with her and hold her through this difficult time, he knew she needed to be alone.

Hayden stepped forward to follow her, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"Let her go," he whispered. Hayden nodded before she was pulled in by Flynn. He wrapped his arms around her.

"How are you holding up?" he asked.

"Better than Sammy," Hayden breathed, looking up at the bedroom door. She didn't want to see her sister hurting. She wanted to find a way to make it better. She wanted to be able to tell her sister that everything was going to be okay, and that this was just a nightmare.

But it wasn't.

Engel was dead. There was no denying it. Sure her spirit was still out there somewhere. But like everything else, there was only so long she could live before something happened.

"What did the Masters say?" Summer asked. She was holding Mike's hand through the whole thing, making him feel a little better, but there were still tears in his eyes, and his heart was heavy.

There was also a lump in his throat that refused to leave, no matter how much he swallowed.

"We have to destroy Engel," Hayden sighed, lowering her head to hide. Flynn held her tight.

"Destroy her? You mean, her body?" Mike asked. Hayden nodded.

"It's the only way we can stop Dai Shi."

"We can't do that!" Mike screamed, and Summer grabbed his arm, hoping to calm him down. Mike did seem to relax, but the pain in his eyes was evident.

"We're not going to," Scott said. "The Masters... they've given Sammy their power so she could destroy Dai Shi."

"Sam has to do it?" Dani asked. Scott nodded.

"Kaylee refused. She said Samantha was better for the job. I think she just didn't want to be the one..."

"I agree with my mom, though," Hayden said, interrupting Scott before he said something false about her mother. "Sammy is one of the strongest people I have ever met, and even if this will be hard for her, I really do think she's the only one who can hold all that power, and unleash when the time comes. The only thing that is holding her back is the fact that Engel is Samantha's real mother."

"I thought Kaylee was her real mom," Ziggy frowned. Hayden shook her head, sadly.

"My mom was pregnant with Samantha, yes, and loved her dearly, yes. As much as she wished she could be Samantha's mom, she's not."

"And why is that?" Dillon asked.

"Fate," Hayden breathed. "My mom never got the chance. Sammy was taken from her. Engel took over and became Samantha's mother. She took her in, raised her, sheltered her, taught her, nurtured her, played with her. She was there for all her firsts. She was a mom. My mom just... provided Samantha with DNA."

"Look, we'll throw Sam a pity party later. Right now we need to focus on what's important," Greg said. "I know this is hard on all of you, but this is our job. When we signed up for this, we agreed to fight against anything and anyone who threatened humanity. Be it a team-mate or an enemy. We can't mix up personal and professional."

"Greg's right," Flynn nodded, and everyone seemed to agree.

"We know that... but..." Hayden sighed, "Fighting Engel... to you guys, she's just an ally gone rogue. It's hard, but you know you have to do it. For Mike, Summer, Dani and me, it's destroying someone you love. For Sammy... it's murder."

"But we have to do it," Greg insisted.

"I don't know if I can," Samantha spoke softly, scaring the Ranger who until now believed she was still up in her room.

"I know you can," Scott smiled, reaching for his girlfriend. She didn't need the invite to run into his arms. She needed the comfort and she needed to feel some kind of love.

"It hurts," Samantha cried. "I miss her."

"I know you do," Scott nodded, stroking her hair gently to keep her from breaking. He was willing to do anything to help her feel better.

"I think you guys need a little help," Ronny smiled from the doorway, where she had been listening all along.

"But Master Guinn gave the power to Samantha, only she can..."

"Have you guys ever heard of a team up?" Ronny laughed, raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah," Hayden laughed, "It was called 'Old People in Span... Nano Fibre'."

"Not old," Ronny said defensively, playfully glaring at her niece. "But I mean a real team up. Not a bunch of wannabes in nano fibre."

"Real?" Flynn asked. "Last time wasn't real?"

"Did you not hear our team name?" Ronny chuckled. "Makeshift! We were a sad excuse for a team up! You guys need help from the past."

"Time Travel!" Gem and Gemma cheered, throwing their hands in the air and jumping excitedly.

"Uh... no..." Ronny frowned, killing their excitement. "I was thinking more along the lines of phoning my sister and asking her to assemble the Jungle Fury team..."

"But Aunt Lily's and Uncle Casey are in the Spirit world," Hayden frowned.

"They have bars," Ronny grinned, pulling out her cell phone and dialling her sister's number. "Funny conversations when they're up there."

Lily picked up on the other end, sounding a little confused that someone would call her at this time.

"Hello?"

"How's my favourite biological sister?" Ronny asked.

"I'm the only sister you have and what are you doing? I'm in the Spirit World!"

"Is that going to stop you from coming down to earth to defeat Dai Shi?" Ronny asked.

There was no response from Lily, but Ronny could hear her talking to someone in the background. She waited, tapping her foot impatiently (it is Ronny after all).

When Lily finally came back, Ronny was almost hit by the smile on her little sister's face through the phone.

"The team and I will be there soon!" Lily exclaimed, "But only the team. Not everyone's up to fighting without a spirit."

"What about you?" Ronny asked. "Don't you need a spirit to morph?"

"It's called improvising. See you in ten."

Ronny hung up and smiled at the young Rangers before her.

"The Jungles will be here in ten minutes," she told them.

Suddenly, a glow of light appeared in the middle of the room, and all five Jungle Fury Rangers landed in a big pile by the couch.

"Or ten seconds..." Ronny frowned before helping her sister up. "That was fast."

"I get it from you," Lily laughed.

Dillon looked at the former Rangers, who were supposed to be the ones coming to assist them, yet they were all middle-aged.

"I thought you said we needed a real team up, not a makeshift team," he frowned, looking over at Ronny.

"This is a real team... a bunch of martial artist, animal spirit holding losers, but they are a team!" Ronny teased, before she was hit in the head by Casey.

"We are not martial artists," he frowned playfully. "We train in kung fu."

"Whoo! Way to defend our honour, Casey!" Dom chuckled.

"Joking aside," Lily smiled, looking over at Dillon. He was obviously the brooding bad boy of the team, "We are here to help in any way. On or off the battle field."

"Did you dye your hair?" RJ asked, finally getting a good look at Hayden, only to realise she wasn't the blond he once knew. Hayden grabbed some hair in her hand and looked down.

"Yeah," she nodded.

"You look good in red," RJ smiled. Dani was silently cheering as Hayden growled.

"It's brown!" she frowned, shoving her red head cousin aside. RJ backed away. From the looks of things (Dani's dancing and Hayden's forceful attempts to possibly murder her cousin) he had hit a bad vibe.

"Lily, you take over. No one gets mad when you speak," RJ said. Lily laughed, patting her old Master on the shoulder. Sadly, she didn't have anything to say.

Dillon did though, "No offense, but how are you going to help us?"

"We know a thing or two about Dai Shi," Theo smirked. "And you need us to lock him up."

"I want him dead," Samantha growled.

"That works too!" Dom grinned.

"I bet no other team had to do this..." Hayden groaned as the Jungle Fury team gave their morphers to Dr. K, Gem and Gemma so they could make it work without spirits. "Fighting alongside your Aunt and Uncles... it's..."

"Odd?" Dani asked.

"Weirder than tuna," Hayden nodded.

-----RPM-----

"Venjix creates me as a super-powerful attack bot, knows I can take down the Rangers when the time is right. Programmes me with a brain, unlike two bots I know, and I still don't get respect," Tenaya grumbled as she sat in a cave in the wastes, digging a whole so Engel could light a fire. "I think he's not fully programmed."

"You'll have your time to shine, Tenaya," Engel smiled, dropping a collection of flammable items by the whole. Tenaya pushed them in, and Engel created fire.

"What are you anyways?" Tenaya asked.

"I am the all powerful Dai Shi. I am the only thing that will bring this world to its knees and begging for mercy. I am the king of evil, I..."

"... smell like you've been in a box for thousands of years," Tenaya frowned, pinching her nose and waving the smell away. "Aside from that... great speech, but I've never heard of you."

"It works both ways," Engel frowned, "I've never heard of you, Tenaya. If you really are the attack bot you claim to be, why is it the king of evil doesn't know you're name."

"Tenaya Generation Seven, Venjix Human Infiltration Attack Bot..."

"Does this go on any longer?" Engel asked. Tenaya just rolled her eyes. One day she would finish that sentence.

She looked across the fire at the Master, "It's been almost a day now, shouldn't we go challenge the Rangers?"

"I guess you're right," Engel smiled, "It is time we return to the city and finish what we started."

"Killing the Rangers," Tenaya hopped up, but Engel shook her head.

"No, the downfall of humanity."

-----RPM-----

The alarm ripped through the air just as Dr. K finished up with the solar morphers. The Rangers and the Jungles ran through the garage, grabbing what they needed and assembling in the entryway.

"You guys ready for this?" Lily asked as Samantha slowly joined the two teams. The cheetah wrapped her arm around her niece in a comforting hug.

"As ready as we'll ever be," Scott nodded. "Ready?"

"Ready!" the RPM team and the Jungle Fury team nodded. Scott lead them out into the city as Dr. K, Gem, Gemma and Ronny watched, worried about the end result. Would Samantha really be able to destroy the woman who cared for her her entire life, or would she fail?

"I hate love," Dr. K grumbled as she turned to leave. Ronny nodded, agreeing. It was, after all, a blessing and a curse.

-----RPM-----

"Two minutes, three seconds, record time, Rangers," Tenaya laughed, standing in the middle of the street, with Engel hovering above her.

"You won't get away with any of this, Tenaya!" Scott barked, putting himself protectively in front of Samantha as she started to shake.

"Prove me wrong, Rangers!" Tenaya grinned, lowering her visor and running towards the Rangers.

The Jungle Fury Rangers knew that the RPM team could handle Tenaya. They ducked or jumped around her attacks, along with Samantha, and stood, face to face with Engel.

"We defeated you once already, Dai Shi, care to relive it?" Casey asked, dropping into a fighting stance. The others followed quickly.

"You don't have the power to defeat me," Engel laughed, raising her hand and pointing it at the Rangers.

The Rangers ducked as Engel shot at them with a great deal of power. They all looked back, wide eyed, as the building behind them vanished from the blow.

"Well, she did say power," Dom gulped. Theo looked at the Rhino and nodded nervously.

"This isn't fair," Lily huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, "All other team ups were dangerous, yeah, but did they involve that?"

It suddenly started raining debris. Little bits of powder fell from the sky, showering the rangers.

"Was that the building?" RJ asked, looking at the dust in his hands.

"Regretting your decision, Rangers?" Engel grinned, her hand coming back to the side of her body. Casey stood up, and the others quickly joined him.

"This plan won't work, Dai Shi!" he yelled, pushing away any trace of fear or weakness he felt.

"It already is," Engel grinned. Her body suddenly disappeared, leaving only a spirit. The spirit quickly flew past the Rangers, picking Samantha up and slamming her against a wall.

From the ground, Rinshi appeared. The Rangers tried to run to help Samantha, but they got caught up in individual battles against their old friends.

"Every time!" Dom groaned. "Can't we just have one team battle?"

"The fast you kick ass, the faster you'll get your wish!" Casey called.

Engel smiled as she held Samantha's neck in her hand, lifting her off the ground.

"I sense power in you," she smirked as Samantha struggled to break free. "Power that rivals mine."

Samantha grabbed her mother's wrist with both hands and pulled her body up. Her feet followed through with the movement and hit Engel in the stomach. The Angel recoiled in pain, letting Samantha fall back to her feet.

Samantha's tears fell as she lifted her hand. Once blow, with all her power, would knock the Dai Shi spirit out of her mother's body and allow her to rest in peace.

But she couldn't do it.

In her moment of hesitation, Engel struck, hitting the girl in the jaw and sending her to the ground.

"I'll kill you for your power. Like I did to your mother," Engel grinned. Samantha held her jaw in her hand, wishing she had Hayden's power. As Engel moved in closer to her, she spun around, taking her mother's feet out from under her.

"I'm sorry, mom," Samantha cried as her mother hit the ground, hard.

Engel growled, getting back to her feet as Samantha did the same. She knew there was no way the girl could go on the offensive, and therefore, it meant there was no way she would win.

"Bring out the Elephant!" Lily yelled, calling her spirit (the one she developed with lots of training from Master Phant). The Elephant charged towards Engel, hitting her in the back and smashing her face first into the wall she had Sam pinned against moments ago. Lily stepped forward. Her army of Rinshi was already gone.

"Leave her alone," she frowned, looking over at the Dai Shi as her elephant faded. Engel dropped to her knees, but quickly pulled herself up and turned around.

"What are you going to do about it, cheetah?" Engel asked. Samantha pulled away, trying to find somewhere to hide as her Aunt took on the evil spirit.

"She's not doing anything!" Casey yelled, throwing the last Rinshi on the ground and joining his wife. Theo, RJ and Dom followed him. "At least, not alone."

Casey looked over his shoulder at RJ, who nodded, before glancing at Samantha.

"We'll do what we can," he called to her. "But we can't do it all!"

Casey grabbed Lily's hand and threw her in the air, before calling the spirit of the Gorilla. It wasn't as powerful as his tiger, but at the moment, his tiger, as well as Theo's jaguar, Lily's cheetah, RJ's wolf and Dom's Rhino, were living inside Samantha, ready to destroy Dai Shi for good.

The Shark and the Gorilla were all he had left.

He jumped on the Gorilla's shoulder as it slammed it's fist down on Engel.

"Spirit of the Penguin!" Lily called from the skies as the little penguin emerged and hopped onto its snowboard.

"Spirit of the Antelope!" Theo yelled. The Antelope materialized and Theo jumped onto its back. The Antelope charged as the Gorilla got out of the way. It lowered its head, driving its horns into Engel's body.

Samantha shut her eyes and put her hands to her ears to block out her mother's cries of pain. She couldn't handle it. The tears dropped onto the cold cement as she turned away from the battle, refusing to watch anymore.

The Antelope pulled away, hoping to have caused some damage, but the wound in Engel's body closed up, and she laughed.

"That's it?" she asked.

"Hold on!" Lily yelled as her penguin dove down and kicked the snowboard up so the rear would slam into Engel's face, snapping her neck. Engel recovered once again before unleashing her power.

Lily was caught in the blow and was sent flying through the air. The other Rangers were caught in the wake and forced to the ground.

Casey quickly rolled, putting himself under his wife as she landed, and catching her in his arms.

"FIRE!" Scott yelled as he stood with the original five rangers, all holding up the Road Blaster and pointing it at Engel. Dillon and Ziggy held the Turbo Plasma launcher. At Scott's command, they fired their weapons, combining its power and hitting Engel.

She felt the pain of that one as well as she was thrown back, screaming. In her corner, Samantha was trying her best to block out the cries and hide from everything.

"Stop it..." she sobbed, shaking her head in distress. "Stop it..."

Daniela bolted towards the Engel, turning into a blur and landing a kick in her "Aunt's" chest just as she got up. Engel coughed, dropping to her knees, only to be suddenly hit under the chin.

Greg appeared beside his girlfriend, ready to pull her away as Engel exploded with power once more.

"Stop it..." Samantha continued to chant, rocking back and forth in her corner.

Lily ran over to her niece, and both nodded. Their teams stood behind them.

"Calling the animal spirits from within!" the Jungle team cried. The RPM grabbed their nitro blasters, powering them up.

Hayden couldn't find her sister but knew she would be able to hear her.

"Sammy, we can't do this without you! You gotta help!" she cried, aiming her blaster at her mother. All Rangers hesitated as they watched Engel stand, but as soon as she turned around to run to Samantha, Hayden made the call.

"Fire!" she yelled.

Fourteen different blasts of energy hit Engel in the back, almost knocking her down. She screamed, and both Engel's voice and Dai Shi's could be heard as she turned around, collecting the power.

The Rangers ceased fire and dropped, powering down as they looked at the damage they had done, or lack thereof.

Engel had managed to collect the energy and use it to power herself up.

"No..." Hayden breathed. Summer took her cousin's hand, but Hayden shook it off.

"Hayden don't," Lily coughed as she stood up.

Engel didn't bother with the Ranger anymore. She had proven they weren't worth her time. She snapped her fingers and Tenaya appeared once more to take them on so she could go after her daughter.

Hayden ran past Tenaya. She had to make it to her sister in time. If Samantha was hiding, that meant she wasn't ready to take on Engel just yet. She wouldn't survive the next blow.

"Engel!" Hayden yelled, lifting the earth at her sides and throwing it at her mother. Engel laughed. Her hand came up and Hayden felt something squeeze her throat. Her lips turned blue as she fell to her knees.

Engel stood over her and kicked her in the stomach. Hayden dropped, curled up on the ground as the force let go of her throat.

"Sammy..." she coughed.

"Stop it!" Samantha yelled. From the corner of her eye she saw everything and she had enough. She stood up, lifting her hand and catching Engel in her power. She threw her mother into the wall and ran to stand before her sister. "Stop it! Leave us alone!"

The spirits of the Masters started floating around her as Samantha's blood boiled. No one picked on her little sister like that, especially after killing her mother and putting her through hell.

"Unleash the beast!" Samantha yelled, sending all the Master's spirits onto Engel. They all disappeared inside Engel's body.

The sky turned black as the clouds rolled in. Samantha waited for the spirits to emerge.

Everyone watched patiently. There was not a sound. All life seemed to stop for that one short moment.

Everything changed in a matter of seconds as the spirits emerged. A booming sound echoed through the entire city, and Summer was sure her parents had heard it all the way in NewTech. The Spirits jumped out, all holding the black cloud of energy that was Dai Shi. They disappeared behind the clouds, leaving the earth.

Engel started to shake. There was nothing inside her anymore to keep her alive. No soul, no spirit.

"Mom...?" Samantha sobbed. As she took a step forward, Engel's body disappeared. "MOM!"

Samantha tried to run, but Hayden was quick at getting up and catching her sister in a much needed hug, keeping her away from what would surely break her heart.

"It's over," Hayden whispered, holding her sister. "There's nothing more you can do."

"I can help her!" Samantha screamed. "Let me go!"

"Sammy... don't do this..." Hayden struggled to hold her sister until a cry could be heard. It wasn't the cry of one of her team-mates, or of her Aunt or Uncles. It wasn't her sister and it wasn't her.

Samantha seemed to relax. She stopped fighting her sister and started to tear up as she looked at the spot where he mother last stood.

They cry was heard again, but didn't cease this time. Samantha listened closely. It sounded like a baby crying.

Hayden stepped out of her sister's way as Samantha ran forward, dropping next to cloth that had been dropped when Engel's body disappeared.

She lifted the fabric, finding a baby crying. As soon as the infant saw her, though, her tears dried and she smiled.

"Engel...?" Samantha asked. She lifted the baby, careful to support her head. She was still very young and would need someone to care for her at all hours.

Samantha held the child in her arms, and looked down at her. Shinning, hazel eyes looked back up at her and a toothless grin told Samantha everything she needed to know.

"Engel..."

Hayden knelt beside her sister, putting one hand on her shoulder and touching the little baby with the other. The baby wrapped its small fingers around one of Hayden's and pulled it towards her mouth.

"Aunt Leah was right," Hayden smiled. "Engel was still alive... she's just..."

"Not who she used to be," Samantha breathed.

"But you saved her!" Hayden hugged her sister with her one free arm. "You did it, Sammy."

Samantha hugged the child, letting the tears fall on the cloth covering the infant before the sky boomed. Both sisters and the baby screamed, turning around as all the animal spirits dropped from the sky.

"This is far from over!"