Back on the balcony, Casey and Lily walked over to the stone railing and gazed at the full moon in front of them.

"It's a beautiful night, isn't it?" Lily asked as she focused on the moon.

"Sure is." He answered. "It's a beautiful night to have a party like this." Then suddenly he felt more worse than he ever had. Everything was so blurred that he could barely make the moon out. He tried not to panic and remain calm.

Lily turned to him. "I'm really glad I'm here with you tonight, Casey."

"Me too. I wish every night could be like this." He said staring forward trying to get some of his vision back.

"Casey," Lily began, "there's been something that I've wanted to tell you pretty much since the day we became rangers."

"Really? Because there's something I've been wanting to tell you too." He replied. He felt his breaths coming quicker and harder. His whole body ached beyond belief. All he wanted to do in this moment was tell her how much he loves her. He felt himself sweating and was unable to really think straight.

Lily really looked at him and knew something was wrong. "You can go first. Are you alright?" she asked as she took his hand. She felt that his hand was very much swollen and realized that that was the reason her wore gloves. He winced as she touched him and pulled away quickly. "What's—" she began. He placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Lily, listen to me. I…I don't have much time." He said hastily.

"What is it? You're scaring me." She said with a frightened voice.

He paused and just looked in her eyes. "God, Lily, there's so much I want to tell you." He said panting.

"Then tell me." She said sweetly stroking his hair.

"Lily…I…I'm—" he started but a pained cry cut off his words. He heard a loud buzzing in his head. He gripped his head as he leaned against the rail.

Lily got leaned next to him. "Casey?! What's going on? What's wrong?" she pleaded for him to tell her.

Casey gently took her head in his hands. "Promise me something, Lily." He said weakly.

"Anything." Lily answered with wide eyes.

"Promise me that you'll stay away from Dai Shi and his monster, okay? RJ and the others can handle him. He's more powerful than you think." He said shakily.

Lily gave a slight nod before she answered. "I promise." She told him.

Then Casey fell forward but Lily was able to catch him. "Lily," he said with labored breaths, "I'm so sorry."

Lily just felt panic. What was he sorry for and what was happening? She gently laid him down on the ground so he could rest. Lily pulled her Morpher from her purse. She didn't even put them on she just pressed the button and began shouting into it. "RJ!! RJ get out here now!!" she yelled in panic. She looked at Casey; he was just staring up at the sky, like he wasn't even here anymore. She didn't know where he was.

She grabbed his face and turned it toward herself. "Casey? Casey, please stay with me! Please!" she begged.

"Lily…" he said softly, and then his eyes slowly closed.

RJ had the two beautiful women surrounding him and talking him up. He heard Lily's cries through his Wolf Morpher and immediately rushed out to the balcony. Theo and Dominic noticed RJ suddenly leaving. Theo put a CD on the stereo, then he Dominic and Fran all followed RJ outside.

When they made it out there they saw that Casey was lying on the ground and Lily panicking beside him. She leaned down to him holding his head in her hands.

"Casey?" she cried out. RJ rushed to Casey's side and began to look him over. "RJ, what happened to him?!" she yelled. RJ pressed two fingers against his neck to see if he showed any sign of a pulse.

"His pulse is really weak, it's barely there. We have to get him back to the loft and fast!" RJ stated. "Lily, did you see what may have caused this?" he asked her with haste.

"He seemed no different than he has been the past couple of days. He seemed tired and he wanted me not to touch his hand." Lily explained.

RJ looked quickly to her. "Which hand was it?" he asked.

"His right one." She answered pointing to it.

RJ picked up Casey's right hand and slowly pulled the glove off. He found that his hand was severely swollen and very, very red. Dominic, Fran and Theo all ran up to them when they made it there.

"What is that?" Theo asked when he saw Casey's hand. Fran placed her hands over her mouth and Dominic just stared at it in shock.

RJ continued to examine Casey's hand for a moment. After a few seconds, he gently placed it back on the floor. "It's a sting from one of Waspee's wasps." He said with a blunt tone.

"What? Then that means…" Lily began.

"That it's been eating away his life force this whole time." RJ finished for her.

"But how could this have happened and how could we not have noticed?" Lily asked worriedly.

Then the team really thought back and tried to remember if he had said anything about it.

"I just got a cramp in my hand is all…"

"I just sprained it when I was sparring with RJ earlier…go figure…"

"Dai Shi's freak just overworked me okay!"

It was then when everything clicked. How blind they had all been. Casey was clearly suffering and for one reason or another he was keeping it to himself.

RJ stood and kicked the balcony rail with fury. "Damn it!! All of the signs were there and we didn't connect it! Why didn't he tell us?" he yelled.

Then an all too familiar voice spoke. "I believe I can answer that question!" the rangers knew right when they heard that buzz-like voice who it was, and it made them all the more angry. Waspee flew down and landed on the balcony with the rangers.

"What did you do to our friend?!" Dominic yelled taking a step forward.

"Ha! I really am surprised! I didn't think he'd keep his end of the bargain!" Waspee laughed as he looked at the fallen ranger. Fran, Dominic and Theo pulled Casey to the other side of the balcony to keep him from any further harm.

"What're you talking about, Waspee?" Lily shouted in a rage.

"Why not? I'll tell you." Waspee stated. RJ and Lily stood their ground waiting for their answer. "Let's just say, Yellow Ranger, that your little boy toy was stung by one of my minions." He laughed.

"When?!" she shouted back at him. "When did you do this to him?!"

"I'm getting to that, patience, patience. I believe it was the first day that I released my wasps on Ocean Bluff. And when you all demanded I tell you the effects the wasps had, I believe he wasn't there. I guess he thought a wasp sting wasn't something to whine about. Fool." Waspee snickered.

"Get to the point!" RJ shouted at him.

Waspee sighed and then continued. "After he arrived, I ran off. You all separated off to find me. As it turns out, he was the one who finally did and that's when I told him what my little minions are capable of." He went on.

"But…why didn't he tell us that he found you, and what had happened to him?" Lily asked softly as she turned to look at him. She stared at him on the ground as she listened to Waspee speak.

"He's sweet on you, Yellow Ranger. And I used that to my advantage. I told him that if he told even one person about what had happened to him, I'd destroy you in his place." Waspee sneered.

"What?" Lily whimpered as she fell to her knees.

"Pretty clever, huh?" Waspee laughed. "He gave up his life to save yours. I really don't get why anyone would do that, but then again you are humans."

"Why would he do that?" Lily spoke tearfully.

"I guess he cares for you or something. Ew." Waspee answered in disgust. "But now he's gone and there's nothing you can do to keep me from destroying you!!" Waspee shouted then he made a sudden leapt at RJ.

RJ grabbed Waspee's arms and was able to hold him steady for a moment. "Lily, Fran! Take Casey back to the loft! We'll meet you there as soon as we can!" He yelled as he held the monster off.

"Got it!" Fran answered quickly. Lily just stood there silently for a moment, then finally nodded and grabbed Casey with Fran and left.

RJ, Dominic and Theo all lined up beside one another. "You're going to pay for all the people you've hurt!" Dominic shouted pointing at the fiend.

"Especially our friend and leader!" Theo added.

"This is going to stop here and now!" RJ shouted with them.

"Please! I've already destroyed one of you, the rest of you will be a breeze!" Waspee cackled.

RJ turned to his teammates with a serious look on his face. "Dom, Theo, we really have to hurry. Casey was in real danger when I examined him. If we don't hurry he may…" RJ trailed off hating the thought of what could happen if they were too late. "We just have to make this fast so I can treat him, all right?" he continued.

"Got it!" Dominic responded.

"We'll do our best, RJ!" Theo added confidently.

"Bring it on rangers!!" Waspee taunted.

"You asked for it." RJ said, then he and his teammates activated their Morphers.

"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleash!" the three shouted and they were morphed into their ranger forms.

"We've had enough of you and your troublesome army!" Theo shouted at the beast as he and his friends began to circle Waspee.

"You're going to regret ever messing with us!" Dominic said pointing at him.

"Focus you tow! Remember, we have to hurry here!" RJ said with haste.

"Enough smack talk! Let's get this battle underway!" Waspee shouted. "Remember this?" he asked evilly. Then he began to create the horrible deafening buzzing noise again.

The rangers all had tight grips on their helmets as they staggered about the balcony.

"I don't…make the same mistakes…twice!" RJ groaned as he pulled the pistol weapon from his jacket. When he pulled the trigger, green smoke shot out from the pistol with great force.

"What's that?" Waspee muttered to himself as he slowly began to back away from the smoke. Waspee's back hit the railings making the buzzing cease. He had nowhere left to run. RJ, Theo and Dominic and heaved a sigh of relief while standing and getting their bearings once more.

"What is that stuff, RJ?" Theo asked while he watched Waspee cringe from it.

"Just something to buy us a little time. It's only temporary so we need to go now!" RJ told them. And with the green fog hiding them, the three were able to make their escape.

Meanwhile, Waspee seemed tormented by the green smoke. He wanted nothing to do with it because it repelled him in an uncontrollable way.

"Grr!! Those sneaky rats!!" He seethed. "I'll get them for this. For now just let them suffer while their leader fades away." Waspee snickered before he flew away into the night sky. The party was over.