Casey was chained to a wall in the temple's dungeon. He tried to break free of the chains, but like the kelp shots before, it was no use. Casey let out a yell of frustration.
"Ugh! I can't believe I trapped here!" he thought to himself. "I don't even know who I am, or anybody else here!" he shouted.
Just then, Dai Shi entered. He could tell by the yells he heard, that the tiger wasn't happy.
"Is the tiger getting angry?" Dai Shi asked. Casey ignored Dai Shi's question.
"Who are you? Really. I know that I know you somehow." Casey said looking him over.
"Boy, you're really out of it aren't you?" Dai Shi asked shaking his head. "You mean to tell me that you don't remember the day you humiliated me?" He asked getting closer to Casey's face. Casey just glared angrily at him. Then Dai Shi was face to face with him. "That day at Pai Zhuq, I was supposed to be chosen by Master Mao! But you stole that from me!" Dai Shi yelled angrily. Dai Shi's voice got louder with every word.
Dai Shi's words triggered something in his head. He shouted loudly in pain. He tried to grab his head, but the chains prevented him from doing so. He slammed himself against the wall, his eyes closed tightly trying to bare the pain. Dai Shi enjoyed watching him suffer. Then Casey saw that day at Pai Zhuq clearly in his mind:
"Where's my towel, cub? Go get me a towel! Move it! That's a direct order from a senior student!" Jarrod yelled at a young boy, pushing a basket of towels to the side.
"Here's a towel!" Casey said hastily, handing Jarrod a folded white towel. Jarrod took the towel with force, and gave Casey an evil stare. Casey backed up nervously. "Look…I don't want any problems." He said trying to get Jarrod to back off. Jarrod closed in on him.
"Too bad!" Jarrod said shoving Casey to the ground, causing him to hit a table on his way down. Lily and Theo looked over at the fight unfolding before them, the academy, and Master Mao.
Casey huffed and growled. As if preparing for something.
"Oh, is the little cub going to do something?" Jarrod asked. Casey just leaned forward and roared at him with great rage. His face took on that of a tiger's. The attack sent Jarrod flying backwards. Casey looked horrified. He looked at his hands.
"What did I just do?" he asked himself.
Casey felt his body release the tension it had built up. The pain was gone, and he just stood there, trying to catch his breath.
"Jarrod." Casey said, slowly filling with rage. He didn't remember everything, but he remembered Jarrod and his hatred towards him.
"So you do remember." Dai Shi said. "You remember what I went through that day." He slowly backed away from Casey.
"You were bullying a defenseless cub! I had to do something!" Casey yelled.
"How ironic…" Dai Shi began as he faced the opposite direction, "that day you protected a defenseless cub and today…" he continued as Casey grew angrier. "…that defenseless cub is you!" he shouted as he quickly turned around. He put his hands at his sides. "I call forth the spirit of the Mighty Lion!" Dai Shi said as he hurled his Black Lion animal spirit forward. Casey braced himself for the attack. But after a moment, when he didn't feel it land, he slowly opened his eyes. And there it was, his Red Tiger spirit warding off Jarrod's Black Lion spirit.
"Whoa." Casey said with a wide smile of relief. After a moment, the two spirits faded away.
"I don't know how you did that, ranger, but rest assured, you will pay." Dai Shi said as he swung his cloak behind him and stormed angrily out of the dungeon. Casey sank down to the floor.
"I don't know how I did that either…but I'm glad I did." He said to himself.