(With the Girls, Normal POV)

Waking up slowly, Angie groaned in pain and clutched at her stomach as she slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed was how dark it was, and she freaked, thinking she was blind.

Until Taelin made an appearance, telling her they were just in a really dark cavern.

Was it ever a relief to see the small ball of energy in her hands. Ok, so Taelin couldn't do much magic, and it was mostly offensive, but she could do a few small tricks.

Apparently, when they'd been captured, some big guy in a black mask decided they needed to stay in the cave. There was also a brief mention of a lot of Ninjas being held captive on a ship, which led the girls to realizing that Lothor had them.

Speaking of Lothor...

"Ahh, the little white Dragon Clan girl is finally awake." he stated with a smirk as he walked into the room, Marah and Kapri following behind him. "And how has your stay been so far?"

Tilting her head to the side, Angie pushed her hair out of her face and grinned. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. Unfortunately..." she suddenly frowned and glared at him. "This isn't it."

Raising an eyebrow, he glared back at her a moment. "Saucy little girl, aren't you?"

"I've had wonderful teachers." she stated indifferently.

Turning to Taelin, he narrowed his eyes. "And you must surely remember who I am, from earlier."

Apparently, he'd taken her aside to question her as to why she was so important to the others. That meant, he didn't know she was Windian, and from the triumphant smirk on her face as she gazed levelly back, Angie was willing to bet he still didn't know.

"I'm not one to forget a face, but in your case, I'll gladly make an exception." she stated in a falsely sweet voice, standing beside me.

"Hmm... Seems like you two have been hanging out with the wrong crowd."

Giggling, Angie turned to Taelin. "Is it me, or have we been getting that a lot?" she asked in genuine curiosity.

"More like I've been getting that a lot." Taelin stated with a raised eyebrow. Glancing at Angie briefly, she shrugged with a 'I couldn't care less at the moment' look.

He shook his head. "No matter, soon the Rangers will be history."

Neither of the girls liked the sound of that and exchanged worried looks before glaring at Lothor. If they didn't get out of there, then chaos was surely going to follow.

After spewing a few more insults and taunts, Lothor left them alone, dragging the two girls behind him and leaving the girls alone in the cave.

"We gotta find a way outta here!" Taelin hissed quietly, keeping an eye on the door. "But I looked around and I didn't see any thing."

"What did you see?" Angie asked softly, her eyes lingering on the ground as her mind quickly flashed to a blonde haired, blue eyed Thunder Ninja.

Taelin's own mind was on Dustin, but she forced herself to focus, upon hearing Angie's question. "Um... Well... There's a really big cavern. There was a couple small paths that I followed, but they just left off at dead ends. Other than that... Oh!" she snapped her fingers. "There was a pond."

"That doesn't sound too promis-wait..." Frowning a moment, Angie thought back over what she said. "The pond...was there any sign of light, or that it was coming in from some place?"

Taelin nodded immediately. "There was a small waterfall coming from the wall."

Raising her eyebrow, Angie gave Taelin a pointed look. "A waterfall in the wall, meaning an opening and very possibly, an exit."

"But the water was gushing from it. It's really strong."

"The others could be in danger." Angie pointed out. "I think it's a risk we're gonna have to take."

(With the Rangers, Dustin's POV)

I know the others were worried about Angie and Taelin together. And I know that Blake and Hunter were terrified for Taelin more than anything, but my mind was on Taelin alone. I felt bad that Angie wasn't a worry for me... Well, yeah, she was, just not my top priority...Which made me feel kind of confused...but all I could think of was that Taelin was captured by Lothor and undergoing any kind of horrible torture.

Yeah, it crossed my mind that having them in a cave, instead of in prison bubbles on his ship, was very likely meaning a trap, but I just didn't care. I'd deal with anything I had to, do get Tae back safely.

So here we are, heading to the cave, morphed. I may not be Dragon Clan, but even I could tell something was seriously wrong.

Especially when there was a huge number of those weird, mutant kelzacks at the entrance, with Marah and Kapri guarding the doorway. Was it just me, or did the girls seem a little hesitant to give the order to attack? I noticed Kapri's eyes darting to Shane really quickly, and Marah just looked uncertain.

"So, how do we do this?" Hunter called in a savage hiss.

I was kind of scared of the sound of his voice, and noticed how he and Blake were decked in their dragon armor along with fully mantled wings. What was a little worrying, was that the armor and their wings were glowing brightly in their colors.

"Uhh, dudes?" I offered weakly, making sure to keep my distance. "Are you guys ok?"

They didn't answer, but to lash out with their combined powers to take down a large group of the kelzacks.

"Maybe we should just help them?" Tori offered with a shrug.

Turning back to the cave, I let the idea that I was close to Taelin, to empower me, and lashed out with my own power. "Power of earth!"

Dropping to my knees, I pounded my hands on the ground, causing a massive earthquake. many of the kelzacks staggered and lost their balance from my attack, but that wasn't what I was going for.

Large boulders began to shake free from the large rock face of the cliff and fell down, hitting many of the kelzacks.

"Power of air!" Shane called, using his power to move some more stubborn boulders to where he wanted them as they fell, hitting even more.

Tori eyed the falling dirt and smaller rocks a moment before nodding and eyeing the kelzacks. "Power of water!" She soaked them all through before soaking the earth and making it into mud, which coated the mutated kelzacks, blinding them as it got into their eyes.

Blake and Hunter remained absolutely silent as they fought, using their powers or combining complex katas. Seeing that the kelzacks had become drenched, Blake nodded his own head at Tori before calling upon his own power. "Power of thunder!" His navy lightning shot out, frying all the soaked kelzacks.

(With the Girls, Angie's POV)

"This so isn't fun." I groaned, choking on another mouthful of water.

We'd found the small cave and were currently wading through chin-high water, trying to make our way through. Talking was difficult, without choking on the water that kept trying to rush past us. And we had to hold on tightly to the ceiling, to keep from being pushed back, or dragged under.

Taelin could only nod, her face turned upright to help her breathe better. Reaching out, I grabbed her arm and prayed we could make it out of this. I felt her clutch my hand back and squeezed lightly as she struggled closer to me.

Our wings were away, since they would only get in the way if they were out. Still, I was relying on my enhanced senses to help us.

What I mean is, I could smell fresh air seeping in through a hole somewhere ahead of us. I could hear the others fighting some place in the distance, making my heart clench in worry.

"Lothor said…" Taelin choked on water. "He said they'd be history…"

I nodded a little. "He's probably got some secret weapon."

"And Blake and Hunter… They're too worried to fight clearly." she added, carefully keeping her head afloat.

Nodding again, I gasped a little when my foot slipped, sinking under the water and choking a little. Pushing myself back up, I grabbed on to the roof and carefully felt around for the ground, with my feet. "Because you're here, with me, and they don't know if you're ok. Dustin, too." I stated pointedly. Letting go of her hand, I moved a little forward and kept feeling around until I felt the rocky ground beneath my shoes. "Ok, there's a drop-off, so don't rely on the ground." I instructed.

She nodded quietly, a look of worry in her eyes as she edged forward. Reaching out, she grasped my hand and I held on tightly as she held on to the ceiling with her other hand and swam forward the best she could, relaxing a little at my side.

Once we made it across, I noticed that the cave went up and frowned a little when I swore I could hear something scrabbling around in the caves ahead of us. I knew it couldn't be Hunter or Blake, but I knew something was there. It stunk of darkness.

But it was the only exit. We didn't have much of a choice, if we wanted to get out.

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