Back at the dungeon, Casey sat there. He didn't have very much else to do. He looked at his surroundings. He was slightly frightened by was surrounded him. His attention turned to the doors when they opened, and there Dai Shi stood.
"Now's where this gets interesting…" Dai Shi said evilly. He snapped his fingers and two Rin Shi jumped in behind him. They freed Casey from his hand cuffs and kept a tight hold on him so he couldn't flee. Dai Shi approached him and Casey glared at him with anger.
"What are you planning to do with me?" Casey asked lowly.
"You're about to find out." Dai Shi sneered. Then he placed a large bracelet-like cuff on his wrist.
"What's this?" Casey asked worriedly.
"You're going to fight me without your precious tiger spirit to save you. That bracelet prevents your tiger spirit from aiding you in battle. Now…fight me." Dai Shi ordered. Then the Rin Shi released their grip on Casey and he and Dai Shi began to circle on another. Dai Shi summoned his Black Lion spirit and hurled it at Casey.
"I call forth the spirit of the mighty lion!" he shouted, his lion spirit darting at Casey. The lion hit Casey, causing him to crash in to the wall. He cried out loudly. "Get up." Dai Shi ordered. He struggled to stand. His legs felt like jelly. Casey spread out his arms in an offensive pose.
"I may not know who I am, but that won't stop me from fighting you." Casey said.
"Are you sure you can do that? Without your tiger spirit to protect you? Go ahead, call on your tiger spirit, see what happens." Dai Shi sneered.
"I don't even know how to do that!" Casey answered.
"Don't worry, it'll come when the time is right." Dai Shi said. He lunged at Casey and began punching quickly. Casey wasn't fast enough to block the punches. Dai Shi's punches landed on him like rain. Dai Shi then attempted a sweep kick, Casey fell to the ground and landed on his back. "Come on, ranger! Fight me!" Dai Shi yelled. Casey was furious, he ran at Dai Shi full force. He attempted to punched him, but was unsuccessful. Dai Shi grabbed both of Casey's hands and began to twist them. Casey shouted loudly.
"Where are your friends? I don't see them rushing here to save you. You're my little pet now!" Dai Shi said. Casey didn't say anything in response. He had no clue if his friends were going to save him, or where they were. Dai Shi kicked Casey forward and he rolled on the ground. "Too easy." Dai Shi said. Casey stood up slowly. He had no other choice, he had to try and summon his tiger spirit. He didn't know how to do so, so he just concentrated.
"I warned you." Dai Shi said softly. Casey began to glow a faint red. He felt his tiger spirit wanting to protect him. All of a sudden Casey stopped, he grabbed the right side of his chest tightly. A faint red aura glowed where his animal spirit was. He cried out loudly and fell to his knees.
"See? You cannot access your tiger spirit with that bracelet on, ranger. You waste my time. I'll be back later after I destroy your friends, then you'll be next." Dai Shi said as he demorphed. The two Rin Shi picked Casey up from the floor and chained him back to the wall. He leaned hard against the wall groaning softly. He was panting from the events that had just unfolded. He knew he was in trouble. And hoped his friends would arrive…and soon.
"Come on, Rangers!" RJ shouted as he and his team darted quickly through the woods. None of them were morphed at the moment.
"We're coming, Casey!" Lily shouted as she leapt over a fallen branch. The group screeched to a halt when they saw a group of Rin Shi blocking their path. The team stood in preparation for battle.
"Oh, great! As if we already didn't have enough problems!" Dominic scoffed.
"We don't have time for this!" Theo shouted angrily. RJ stood before the team.
"Let's divide and conquer. Theo, go left. Dom, go right. Lily, from the back. I'll go head on. Let's go!" RJ commanded and the team began to fight the group of Rin Shi beasts.
Back in the dungeon, Casey was growing weary. He leaned weakly against the wall, his hands just dangling above him. He hadn't eaten or slept for quite a while and he still didn't know his friends, or his ranger past. He felt…lost. All he did know, was that Jarrod was a beast named Dai Shi and that he had a deep hatred towards him. Thinking back on what he did know, he got angry.
"Jarrod!!" He shouted in an angry rage. Afterwards, he just slid down the wall once more and did all he could do at this point—think.
"Why did that shark monster call me Red Ranger?" he thought to himself. "If I were a ranger, I wouldn't forget that…would I?" He closed his eyes and leaned his head on the wall behind him, trying to remember anything more. "I'm not a ranger. I'm…" With that thought, Casey grew frustrated again. He had no clue who he was. Maybe he was a ranger, maybe not. But if he was, could he forget something like that? He stopped hard and jerked the chains that bind him roughly, they still didn't break. But with the force of Casey's actions, something fell from his pocket and clattered on the floor. Casey turned his attention to the object. It was a pair of fancy red sunglasses. Seeing the glasses triggered another memory.
He saw himself wearing the glasses and Theo and Lily standing beside him, wearing glasses like that as well, only in a different color. Yellow and blue. He saw the three of them hit a button on the side of the glasses and shout:
"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleash!"He remembered that these actions caused them to morph into the red, yellow and blue Power Rangers, and he was the red one. He continued to remember:
"With the Strength of a Tiger, Jungle Fury Red Ranger!" he shouted.
"With the Speed of a Cheetah, Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!" Lily yelled.
"With the Stealth of a Jaguar, Jungle Fury Blue Ranger!" Theo shouted.
As he continued to remember further, he saw two rangers, like them, but they were violet and white.
"With the Courage of a Wolf, Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger!" RJ said with a pose.
"With the Power of a Rhino, Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger!" Dominic yelled.
The five of them stood side by side. Fighting monster after monster. As a team. And he was the leader of that team.
As these memories faded away, so did the pain. He had a look of realization on his face.
"I am the Red Ranger." He said to himself. Then he heard his Morpher beep and make a bunch of alert-like sounds. He heard karate cries omitting from it. He knew his friends were in trouble. He opened his eyes wide in worry. He was trapped.
"Lily, Theo, RJ, Dominic!" he shouted, trying to get them to hear him in any way possible—but they didn't. He tried to free himself once more, but the chains were made of pure steel—he wasn't going anywhere. He let out a cry of frustration. He hung his head in defeat.
"You can do it, rangers." He said softly. "I'm so sorry."