When RJ, Theo and Dominic made it back to the loft with Casey, Lily and Fran. They noticed that Casey was completely unconscious at this point. Lily had laid him on a long black bed that raised him a little so he could better breathe. He was in his black uniform pants with his red t-shirt and black undershirt. Lily wanted him to be comfortable whether he could feel it or not.

"How is he?" RJ asked as me made his way to Casey.

"The same as before." Lily answered sadly.

RJ pulled a chair beside him and grabbed his hand to examine it. When he knew what the problem was he pulled out his medical supplies. He rubbed alcohol on Casey's swollen hand then pulled out a syringe. He injected his hand with something Lily couldn't identify.

"What're you doing, RJ?" Lily asked walking up to him as he worked.

"Injecting him with some morphine. If he wakes up while I'm doing what I'm about to, chances are it would take up the rest of his energy due to the pain he'd feel." RJ explained putting away the syringe and grabbing some tweezers next.

"What are you about to do?" Theo asked watching him.

"The stinger is still in his hand. Quite deeply in there I might add. If I don't remove it, it'll just keep releasing venom until it his life energy depletes to zero." RJ told them. Before he began he turned to Lily. "I wouldn't recommend watching this." He told her.

That's when Fran came up to her and pulled her away from RJ. "It'll be alright, okay? Just try to think about happy things." She said. Fran knew what she said sounded lame but it was all she could think of at the moment. Lily just closed her eyes and let Fran hug her.

After what felt like a lifetime had passed, RJ finally was able to remove the stinger and threw it in a medical pan. "Got it!" he said happily. As he went to sew up Casey's hand, Theo and Dominic looked at the stinger.

"Whoa…" Theo said in awe.

"How could he stand that without going crazy?" Dominic asked, also floored by the object's size.

"I don't know. It must've been horrible." RJ added now wrapping gauze around Casey's hand.

"Okay, so what now?" Lily asked walking next to RJ. Fran left to give the rangers some privacy. She hugged Dominic on her way out.

"Well, I was able to remove the stinger and most of the venom from his hand, but there's no way I can get the venom that's already in his bloodstream, at least not at the moment." RJ sadly said.

"So…?" Dominic asked with curiosity.

"So, I give him this I.V. It should fight off the most of the effects of the venom in his bloodstream, but if it took away enough of his life force…"RJ trailed off. The others knew exactly what he meant and Lily felt sick.

"What do we do now?" Lily cried.

"We defeat Waspee. We just have to hope he hangs on long enough for us to do so." RJ said looking over at his fallen comrade.

"And if he doesn't?" Lily asked with hesitation.

RJ didn't answer; he just looked at the floor silently. That was Lily's answer. He looked at her slowly afraid about the way she was going to react.

"What?! No, this can't happen!!" She shouted with tears in her eyes. "We have to find Waspee!" she screamed then began to try and rush out of the loft. RJ grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her to face him.

"Lily, you can't go alone and risk ending up like him. Our only option is to wait for him to surface—and he will." RJ told her forcefully. He was trying to calm her down before she hyperventilated.

"Well, what do we do until then, sit around and stare at the walls?!" she yelled.

"No!" RJ said grabbing her arms to calm her. "We wait her by Casey's side and be here for him!" he yelled to her. He felt bad for raising his voice to her, even if it was to help her. He sighed and looked at her once more and spoke in a gentler voice. "He chose this path, Lily, knowing full well this would happen. All we can do is support him and do all we can to save him."

Lily looked over at Casey through her tears. He did do this to himself—for her.

"I'm sorry, RJ." She said closing her eyes. "I just feel so…lost."

Theo and Dominic walked beside her and each placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Then we'll help you find yourself again." Dominic told her sweetly.

"Yeah, you're not alone in this. Casey's our friend too and we'll do all we can to make sure he returns to normal." Theo added.

"Thanks you guys." Lily sniffled and RJ released her arms. She walked over to where Casey laid and grabbed his hand that was wrapped heavily in gauze and held it close to her. She leaned down next to his face and hoped that wherever he was, he'd know she was there.

"Listen to me, Casey." She said looking at his sleeping face. "I've got something really important that I have to tell you. Something I have to tell you. You'll pull through this—I'll make sure of it. You saved my life, now it's time for me to save yours. And I will…I promise." She said as she gently pushed his hair back and kissed him on the forehead.

RJ walked up behind her and rubbed one of her shoulders. "It's late. You should get some rest. I'll call you if anything changes." He said softly.

Lily just nodded in response, never stopping looked at him. Her eyes stung as she fought to keep her tears at bay. A few stray ones fell, but she wiped them away. Dominic, RJ and Theo all looked at her with sympathy.

"You know where to find us if you need anything." Theo told her sweetly.

Dominic stood back and was being silent. It was as if something had shaken him to his very core.

"Thanks. I'll see you all in the morning." Lily said sadly. She kissed Casey's head once more, then headed up to her room.

"Damn…" RJ said softly as he lightly punched the table beside him.

"She'll be okay. We'll make sure of it." Theo said with determination. Lily was like his sister and he hated that she was feeling a pain that he couldn't fix.

Dominic seemed in his own world. He stared blankly ahead with a scared look on his face.

"Something that matter, Dom?" RJ asked, looking at him with concern.

Dominic snapped out of it when he heard his name. "Oh, yeah. It's just been a long day." He answered.

"Sure has." Theo added running his fingers through his hair.

Dominic rubbed his hands against his face then looked to his friends. "I'm, uh, going to go for a drive. I'll be back in a little while." He told them, making his way for the door grabbing a white jacket along the way.

"Okay. Drive safe." RJ told him before he was gone.

"Thanks." Dominic replied. Then he rushed out of the loft.

Dominic left Jungle Karma and hopped into his white mustang. Orange flames shot across the sides of it. He drove quickly to Fran's house. He had to see her despite how late it was. When he made it to her home, he ran out of his car and banged loudly on her door. He saw a light flicker on insider her house and then the door opened and there was Fran.

"Dom?" she asked groggily. Her hair was messy and Dominic could tell that he woke her. "What are you doing here?" she asked looking at her watch. "It's two a.m."

Dominic ignored her question. He just grabbed her and began to passionately kiss her. After a few moments, she pulled away from him.

"Dom, where's this coming from?" she asked looking at him strangely.

Dominic sighed as he leaned against the doorframe. He rubbed his face with his hands to get his bearings. Then he turned to her, "I'm sorry. I just had to see you." He told her.

Fran stepped outside with him and closed the green door behind her. "Is everything okay?" she asked with concern.

"More or less. This whole ordeal with Casey and Lily really got me to thinking. It made me realize that in one second, anything can happen, and you didn't tell the one you cared for most how you felt about them." He said looking in her eyes.

Fran just looked at his sad face. She knew that he deeply cared about Casey and Lily and he was expressing his worry in his own way. "Dominic, I'm sure Casey will be fine—" she began.

"Fran, I love you!" he blurted out.

"What?" she asked with surprise.

"I'm sorry I just blurted it out like that, I just wanted you to know how I feel about you." He said feeling embarrassed about how he handled this.

"Wow." Fran said softly while staring ahead.

"Look, I didn't mean to pressure you or anything. I just—" he began.

"I love you too, Dominic." She said sweetly with a smile.

"Really?" he asked with a huge smile across his face.

"More than you could ever know." She said looking square in his eyes.

Dominic felt on cloud nine. He lifted her up and hugged her as tight as he could. He never wanted to let her go. But eventually he placed her back on the ground and the two smiled lovingly at one another.