A/N: Ok, don't be disappointed... but my creative brain juices were not with me when I wrote this chapter... Meaning, it'll be rather short and rushed... Sorry!


"Bobby..." Alicia whispered as the beast in front of her growled. His eyes were bloodshot and rabid. She tried to approach him, but Jared held her back.

Seeing this, Bobby roared and charged at them.

Alicia raised her hands and forced Bobby back with her powers. When he hit the rock wall, he left a giant crater in it. He lunged at them once more, but Jared stepped in the way. He caught Bobby's claw and focused. Combining his Slayer strength and Mana, he gripped Bobby's wrist and spun 360 degrees. After one rotation, he let Bobby fly, sending him back into the cave.

Lyserg grinned. "Now, now, my pet. We must not be like this." He snapped his fingers and the two were gone.

"No..." Alicia said falling to her knees.

~ Cue Season 2 Theme ~

"Bobby's the werewolf?" Noah asked in disbelief. Everyone regrouped in HQ, save for Alicia who was at her house and Sonia, who was comforting her. Dr. Bly and Claire were called away by the Council of Light.

The newcomers were all on vacation with their families, the group reluctantly going with the Rangers's urging.

"Yeah... This whole time." Jared confirmed sitting on a couch cushion. Inside, he was conflicted. He had been jealous of Alicia and Bobby. He selfishly wanted Bobby to go, but not like this. And thinking back, he was disgusted with himself.

Jules paced around the room thinking and thinking. "You know, it makes a lot of sense. I mean, he's physically and mentally sharp. Like, sharper than usual. His physical strength was on par with Jared's. And like Jared's slayer strength, Bobby's was metaphysical too. I did some digging through some Slayer documents and it turns out that werewolves in human form are meant to fight Slayers."

This piece of news made the other rangers look at her in shock, except Jared.

Jared continued, "It's true. Throughout history, there have been quite a few Slayer deaths caused by werewolves."

Liam asked, "Why didn't you tell us, Jared?"

Jared shrugged, "I didn't wanna worry you guys." Of course, this didn't make his friends feel better.

Asher closed the Book of Shadows and sighed. "I've looked through the book four times. No spells to help us."

Lydia sat at the mainframe computer, typing away. She said, "I'll get the word out to Rachel and her team. As for the rest of you, go home and rest. This isn't over."

As the five started to leave, Jared came up with a plan.

"I think I know how we can help Bobby, but it's a long shot."

"Really?" Liam asked. "How?"

Jared cared about Alicia, but her happiness was paramount. He relayed his idea to his friends.

- Morgan House -

Alicia pretty much sat in her bed staring off into space. Bags formed under her eyes giving her an over exaggerated drowsy look.

Sonia, not knowing what to do, studied Alicia's room out of boredom. Pink was everywhere. Sonia found it funny how even before they became rangers, her best friend was obsessed with her color. Alicia's walls were covered in numerous photos she had taken over the years. Parties, outings, field trips, vacations and many more memories. Sonia could see herself, Liam, and Noah in a few.

She found a group photo of them. It was Jared's 16th Birthday Party in January, and they had all gone bowling. Jared stood there with a red bowling ball, Sonia found it how each one of them was drawn to their color, and Alicia was standing behind him with her chin on his right shoulder. Noah and Liam were kneeling in front of them, and Sonia was in between the two, her arms linked around their necks. Asher, being anti-social, sat on a bench to the side of the picture. Jules took the picture. The bored yellow ranger kept staring around the room when a particular photo caught her eye.

It was of Alicia and Jared on a park bench eating ice cream together. The two were rather close, and they looked genuinely happy. The picture made her stomach do cartwheels. She could see those two together as a pair... But this happy Alicia was nothing like the one next to her. A window with a ledge couch reflected the moon's light onto a piece of the floor. The window itself flew open and Sonia had to shut it. Outside the window was a tall tree. Being on the second floor, a sturdy branch and the leaves brushed against the glass.

When she sat back down, Alicia said, "Bobby used to climb that tree to get in my room."

Sonia was at a loss. She didn't know how to handle the situation. To her relief, she didn't have to say anything because her wristband went off.

~ Bount Lair ~

Natas was rather pleased with what Lyserg had done. Bobby obediently sat down in the middle of the room.

"When will he be ready for battle?" Natas asked, crossing his legs.

Lyserg grinned. "Oh, he's ready right now, master."

"Excellent. Show me."

"Right away."

~HQ~

"Are you sure that's gonna work?" Noah asked sitting down.

"It will." Jared assured him. "With this plan, we'll definitely get Bobby back." He looked at Alicia who stared back with light in her eyes. This look made him feel better.

"So now we wait?" Sonia asked.

"Now we wait."

A sounding alarm told them that their wait was short lived.

~ Bayview ~

The setting sun was covered by low flying clouds. Main Street was empty, well, almost. Liam was sent flying into a lamp post. Bobby was rampaging against the rangers.

"Arctic Freeze!" Noah shouted as he jumped over a car. A wave of ice flew toward Bobby but he swatted it away. He then dashed at Noah, grabbed him and slammed him into the ground, creating a small crater.

"Now!" Jared shouted. Noah grabbed Bobby's giant arm and froze it. In pain, he jumped back trying to stop the ice from spreading throughout his body like a virus.

"Alicia!" Jared called out holding out his hand. Using Metallix's power, he created a silver and red bow.

Nodding, Alicia chanted, "Rewopme-eth-wob!" In moments, the bow glowed a bright gold.

Jared created a silver arrow and raised it above his head.

"Guys! Your power!"

Lyserg watched from a nearby rooftop. "Oh, I see what they're planning..." He grinned and looked on.

The seven Rangers focused and sent streams of their Power from Within into the arrow. Jared strung the glowing projectile and let it fly.

Sonia and Noah used their elements of Ice and Lightning to keep Bobby from moving. The arrow pierced his heart and sank in.

This caused an immediate reaction. Bobby howled and roared in pain. He fell to the ground, and in a burst of red, blue, green, yellow, pink, violet and silver, was Bobby again.

"Bobby!" Alicia shouted with relief. She ran over to him and dropped to her knees.

"Alicia..." He breathed back, his eyes still closed.

Lyserg laughed from a distance.

"What's so funny, clown?" Noah asked.

"You really thought that injecting your pure energy would cancel out my spell? Well, it worked. But not for long!" He snapped his fingers and Bobby felt a familiar pull inside his head. Screaming out once more, he beckoned for the others to stay away from him.

"Bobby, no!"

"Alicia!" Sonia shouted. She grabbed her best friend and jumped away, just as Bobby transformed once more. However, the sound of morphing bones and erupting hair was drastically large. Bobby grew to at least ten feet. The brown hair shifted and dyed black. His eyes morphed into a blood red color.

"Bobby, attack!" Lyserg commanded.

Bobby let out a howl that sounded more like a monster than a wolf. He charged forward with his giant claws raised.

Liam formed a barrier and blocked three powerful swipes. However, the fourth swipe sent him into the ground, de-morphed.

Noah formed a spiraling circle of water in front of Liam to act as a shield while he super sped his friend to safety. Jules jumped into the air with her Pike and skewered Bobby's back, but it barely sank in.

"Oh no..." She muttered as Bobby flung her into the air. She twisted herself for orientation and held out her hands.

"Shadow Drive!" Mysteriously, a black "spark" emerged from her palms. Whatever it was, Jules felt weaker. She coughed uncontrollably and fell to the ground.

"Jules!" Sonia shouted, running to her.

Jules struggled to her feet and de-morphed. She coughed into her hands once more and found that she coughed up more black fluid.

She knew exactly what was happening.

Bobby was swiping away at Jared, Noah and Alicia. Jared jumped into the air while Noah rolled to the right. Alicia wasn't so lucky and was launched into a building wall.

"Alicia!" The two shouted. They jumped through the air to get to her. Bobby got there just as fast and raised his monstrous claw. Jared grabbed Alicia and dashed away, but Noah got struck in the back. Screaming in pain, he de-morphed.

Waves of thunder and lightning collided with Bobby's back. His back fur was burnt a bit. In irritation, Bobby roared and sent a shockwave with his hands. The attack connected with Sonia directly, and she de-morphed.

Turning his eyes on the last three Rangers, Bobby roared indifferently. He charged forward.

Asher and Jared raised their hands and chanted, "Santen Tuitio!" A triangular red shield materialized in front of them. In front of the red one, a triangular silver shield formed. Bobby easily broke through them and sent his claw down.

"Celestial Wave!" Asher shouted, sending forth a streak of light from his hands. The light collided with Bobby's left hand and burned it. However, the werewolf swung his right hand and sent Asher flying into a car, the impact de-morphing him.

"Asher!" Alicia shouted trying to get up.

Jared focused his power as Bobby lunged at him. At the last possible second, Jared launched a giant fireball from his hands and sent Bobby flying. Unfortunately, that was his power. This resulted in Jared de-morphing. Exhausted, he fell backward in Alicia's arms.

Lyserg howled with laughter. "Rise, Bobby. Kill them!"

The beast slowly got up. Blood dyed his coat a dark crimson. His eyes were pitch black and cold. He slowly made his way to Alicia.

"Alicia..." Jared whispered. "I'm going to save him... for you..."

"Jared..." She whispered back.

Focusing, he recreated the steel bow with a single arrow. "I need you to enchant this arrow. Everyone... is weak... It's the only way."

Looking around, Sonia tried to help a coughing Jules to her feet. Noah was crawling to Liam and Asher to see if they were ok, both of which were shaking in pain.

On the verge of tears, Alicia touched the arrow. It's cool and smooth surface greeted her skin.

"Rewopme." A red light enveloped the arrow.

"Now... I need you to immobilize him."

"I'll try..." Without letting Jared go, Alicia focused her mind and "grabbed" Bobby with telekinetic force.

Jared struggled to raise the bow. His arms were shaking uncontrollably, no doubt the weariness of battle was getting to him. He let the arrow fly and it stuck Bobby in the heart just as the previous arrow did. Howling, Bobby started to shrink inside a sphere of white and red light.

"No!" Lyserg shouted in outrage. "Fine... If Bobby won't kill you, I will!" He jumped off a roof top and withdrew a sword.

"You first, Slayer!"

Inside the ball of light, Bobby stared into what looked to be a dark forest. A full moon was above him. It wasn't humid, nor was it cold. It was a fine cool evening. Twelve cloaked figures appearing in a circle around him.

"Who are you?" He asked.

"The spirits who have helped your friends for nearly a year." Gaius informed.

"You're the ones who give them all their power."

Skyla shook her head. "Not entirely true."

"So what do you want with me?"

Hadan spoke. "We are here to set you free from the Bount's control. But, to also grant you more use of your condition."

"Let me guess: I can turn into a disgusting monster at will?"

Moran laughed. "No dear, boy."

Celina walked forward. "We will give you something greater. Out of us twelve, I am the most appropriate for this task."

"Task?"

"Like Asher, I will grant you the power to purify with light."

~ Reality ~

Propping Liam and Asher up, Noah turned. "No! Jared! Alicia!"

Before Lyserg could stab the two, an armored arm emerged from the sphere. The armor was a glistening silver with gold lines creating intricate engravings.

When the ball dispersed, Bobby stood there in beautiful armor. The helmet revealed his face nose down. His upper face was covered in a wolf head shaped visor. His eyes were cyan blue as they stared through the wolf head sockets.

"Leave them be." Bobby warned. He threw Lyserg into the air.

"Let me handle him." Bobby said as he materialized a golden sword. He jumped high at Lyserg and the two entered a fast paced battle.

The seven Rangers watched on in awe. The two were moving so fast, they were clashing blurs.

"Be purified by light!" Bobby shouted. His blade started to glow and he sent a glowing incarnation of a wolf at Lyserg. The specter ripped the Bount shreds and exploded into millions of lights.

~ Dark Void ~

For months, Wiseman had been watching the human world. He sat down in his chambers. The walls were made of faded stone. The room was illuminated by floating orbs. He had bookshelves full of research and records. He looked away from his crystal ball and sighed. He needed something greater. He needed a new way to create minions. Dead bodies, human hearts, he tried a myriad of things that didn't work out. Sitting back down at his wooden table, he made the crystal ball focus in on Bobby then Jules. Unlike the Rangers, he saw Jules cough up black fluid.

He grinned. "This may work out perfectly..."