Back at the loft, Casey was laying on a bed. He had a gauze bandage wrapping all the way around his head starting at his forehead. His hair looked spiky from the way the bandage pushed against it. He just lay there still. He wore his red t-shirt and black undershirt, and his back and red pants. He was covered with a large red quilt. The rangers wanted to keep him as comfortable as they could. Lily sat beside him on an old wooden stool. RJ hovered over him, waving a remote control looking thing up and down his body. Theo and Dominic stayed off to the side to stay out of the way.
"Do you think he's going to be alright?" Lily asked with a concerned tone. RJ continued to scan Casey for a few more seconds. When he was finished, the scanner beeped twice, then RJ shut it off.
"Yeah, he should be awake soon. He just took a really hard blow to the head, but he'll he okay though, he just has to leave the bandages on for a while until his wound heals." RJ explained, trying to make Lily less worried.
"Why would he go off and fight the monster alone? He knows that's against the rules." Theo said bitterly. Lily shot him a dirty look.
"I'm sure he had good intentions. Maybe he didn't want to ruin our plans." Dominic said. RJ walked over to a nearby table and placed the scanner down.
"Well, whatever his 'intentions' were, look where he ended up. I hope this teaches you not to go off and try to handle things on your own." RJ told them. He didn't mean to sound harsh, he was just felt bad for Casey and didn't want anyone else getting injured. The rangers all nodded in agreement. Then, all their heads turned to Casey when they heard a faint groan come out of him. They walked over beside his bed to check on him. Casey grabbed his head.
"What happened to me?" He groaned, shutting his eyes tightly to try and block out the pain.
"You had a major accident with Dai Shi's latest monster. You're lucky to be alive." Lily explained, so happy that he was alright. Casey kept a firm grip on his head, but slowly opened his eyes. The pain caused him to squint.
"Dai who?" Casey asked in utter confusion. The rangers gave each other a strange look.
"Dai Shi. The evil menace we've been protecting the world from for almost a year now." The explained with an annoyed tone. The other's gave each other another worried glance.
"Are you sire you're alright, Casey?" Dominic said giving him a confused look.
"Who's Casey?" Casey answered shutting his eyes again. RJ walked up to the others slowly, he didn't like the scene that unfolded before him. Lily gave Casey a worried look. She could see all the pain he was in by looking at his face.
"Please quit joking, Casey." Lily said in a firm, yet concerned voice. Casey struggled to sit himself up. Lily helped him lean against the wall. Casey leaned his head against the wall, his head was pounding.
"I'm not joking. Seriously, who is Casey? And as a matter of fact," Casey said looking at all the people around him, "Who are all of you?" He asked. The rangers just stood there in shock, they looked at each other once again, then to Casey, who had a look on his face that was a mixture of pain and confusion.
Back at the park, Bruce sat devastated. Casey had never shown up, and he sat there waiting for so long. He hung his head sadly. Even though he didn't want to, he looked at his watch. The time read 5:32pm. Bruce sighed sadly and threw his head back.
"So much for me being the next Red Ranger…" Bruce said sadly to himself.
Bruce didn't want to wait any longer. He jumped off of the bench and left the park. He wanted to cry, but he managed not to. He gave one last look back, hoping that Casey would, for one reason or another, show up. But he never did. Bruce left the park sadly.
At Dai Shi's lair, Rammerhead busted through the throne room doors proudly, his head held high.
"I did it, Dai Shi!!" Rammerhead said happily. Dai Shi gave him an angry glare as he sat in his throne.
"Did what? All the rangers are still breathing!" Dai Shi scolded, leaning forward in his throne. Camille watched the argument unfold from a safe distance. She still didn't like Rammerhead very much, he made her nervous.
"W-well I took the Red Ranger out of commission." Rammerhead stammered.
"That's not good enough!" Dai Shi yelled, rising from his throne, getting right into Rammerhead's face. "I want the rangers gone!" Dai Shi said, his anger growing more and more. After a moment, he managed to calm down. He stepped a few feet away from the monster and turned his back to him. "I'll give you one more chance. Get more power, then destroy the rangers." Dai Shi said. Then he turned back to Rammerhead. "All of them." He added looking more evil than ever.
"I won't fail you this time." Rammerhead responded with a bow.
"Now go." Dai Shi said waving his hand. Rammerhead did as he was told and left the lair. Camille showed herself and stood next to Dai Shi.
"Do you think he'll succeed this time?" She asked, running her finger along the arm of his armor. Dai Shi looked at Camille.
"For your sake…he had better." He sneered. Camille stopped touching him and looked frightened. Dai Shi then stormed out of the room, cloak traipsing behind him.
"Right…Dai Shi." She said softly, even though he wasn't there to hear her.