pinklen98 - Nope. In fact, I don't think Lothor's really going to be hurting much of anyone soon. Hmm...Fight? Well remember that the girls aren't really fighters. But I do have plans for them, as you'll see. LOL.

dragons in our midst - Well, I kind of felt bad. I mean, I just mentioned Shane kind of having a thing for Kapri, and Cam still didn't seem to have someone. So to be fair, I wanted him to, and the idea of your OC came to me. There's no definite proposals or anything, but I can work her into the story a bit. :)

JuseaPeterson - Well, I was watching cute youtube videos when I saw that one and thought to myself 'perfect'! And it just seemed natural for it to be Dustin/Taelin. I loved Hunter's 'fries' comment. LOL. I can so totally see him saying that, too. Well, I was struggling to have all the Rangers there with the girls, try to keep everyone in character, and what dares to have who do. So I had a little trouble in a few parts. I understand if there were some parts you were iffy about.

I tried to think of how Tori would answer. And the kiss, I couldn't help but giggle when Hunter made the show of checking their pulses, as a joke. Glad you liked the chapter. I'm getting more into the final battle now.

Amazing how this worked out for me. I'm so tired of working with Lothor, but it fits, too. I didn't want to work a battle scene with him against them, but LOL, I think I managed to solve that one.

There might be some minor mentions of blood and possible, light gore. I hope it doesn't bother anyone. I tried to keep it as undetailed as I could, to keep from grossing anyone out. LOL.

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(Hunter's POV)

"I really don't like this." I growled, feeling an uncomfortable pressure in my chest. "Why are they just standing there?!"

Most of the kelzacks were gone by now, but the girls hadn't run off or moved forward. They still seemed unsure about something, but I don't think any of us could figure out what it was.

The others were a little out of breath, but were still in the fight, holding their own fairly well. Me and Blake? It was like we had unlimited strength or something. Now, I knew that wasn't the case, but I still felt like the battle had only begun, and was full of energy, and I just knew Blake felt the same way.

"We need to get inside and find the girls!" Tori called as she blasted a couple of the remaining mutant kelzacks with her Sonic Fin.

Dustin nodded and moved forward. "Ninja Lasers!" he called as he shot multiple lasers from his morphers, taking down another group.

"You didn't think that was all I had, did you?" came a sneering voice, and everyone looked up to find Lothor sauntering out of the cave with an evil grin. Turning to Marah and Kapri, he sighed dramatically. "The girls got out of the cave." he muttered quietly.

That gave me hope, and I felt a grin tugging at the corners of my mouth. If that was the case, chances are, they were on their way out as we stood here.

Bro, something's not right. Blake called warily. He doesn't seem too upset about them getting out.

My eyes narrowed dangerously as he sauntered into the middle of the battlefield with an evil sneer, indeed, not looking to unhappy about it.

Behind him, Marah and Kapri exchanged looks. "You think Uncle should've let the girls wander freely in the nest? I mean, what if they destroy the hatchlings? Or what if they get destroyed?" Marah asked with a frown.

Kapri made a face and shrugged. "Either way, as long as the Rangers are gone, I don't think he cares."

...Nest... HATCHLINGS?!? my mind screamed as a new terror raced through me.

Wincing heavily, I heard Blake snarling loudly, a mix of being angry at me for yelling, and at Lothor for what the girls could end up going through. Hunter, shut it! If anything happens to them... Stepping forward, he glared at Lothor through his helmet. "If anything happens to them..." he repeated out loud for our enemy. "You're gonna wish you'd never come back to earth!"

"Oh?" Lothor acted surprised for a moment. "Are those two, useless girls important to you?"

Now it was my turn to snarl as I stepped forward. Looking around, my eyes narrowed even farther, into angry slits as I stared hard at the area. No kelzacks, only Marah and Kapri, with Lothor standing unguarded in front of us. Blake was right... "Something's not right." I stated lowly.

Where were Choobo and Zurgane? Vexacus? Motodrone?

I didn't like this at all. The girls were out of their cave, only to end up possibly wading through a nest of some sort, and Lothor's generals were nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, my eyes widened. It's a trap! Feeling like smacking myself in the head, I stepped back with the others. Of course it was a trap! Lothor's been trying to blind us with rage. Stay clear, bro. Don't let him get you angry.

I could feel the rage radiating off Blake, but he seemed to be pushing it back. You don't think I already know that? he asked snarkily. He stepped back as well, between me and Tori, as if seeking refuge, and once between us, I felt him relax considerably.

So... We're at a standoff? I thought in frustration.

That's the way it seems. Blake answered in reluctance.

(With the Girls, Normal POV)

As god as my witness, if I ever get outta here, remind me to kick Lothor's-

"Ang...?"

Turning her head, Angie raised an eyebrow at Taelin, stopping her thoughts as she took in the terrified Windian girl. Her violet eyes were filled with tears as she inched through the room as silently as she could, and her wings were shaking violently.

Reaching out quietly, Angie gave as comforting a smile as she could manage as she took Tae's hand and helped her climb over a couple more of the sleeping parasites.

Yeah, they were in the middle of some kind of giant parasite nest. That scrabbling sound had been one of them, but Taelin managed to fry it with a weak lightning blast that, luckily, had been fairly silent and didn't wake up the rest of them.

That's a good thing. Angue had been close to picking up a rock and smaching it into the ground, which would've likely been a lot louder.

"Come on." she whispered to Taelin, nodding a little as the Windian stepped over two more of the spider-like parasites, curled up in on the ground. "Remember, Dustin and the others are waiting."

She had to keep mentioning that they were just on the other side of this cavern, in order to keep up her motivation to get out. As soon as she spotted all the parasites, she'd been strongly tempted to go back the way they came.

Who could blame her? They looked like spiders, with six legs and long, tapered bodies with a giant stinger on the butt-end of them. Easily, she recognized them as the same parasites that had been attached to the kelzacks, but they were also smaller, leading her to believe they were more like hatchlings.

This so isn't what we needed. she thought in irritation as she carefully stepped over another one.

Suddenly, her foot slipped and she flailed wildly to keep her balance, biting her lip hard enough to draw blood, in order to keep from screaming in surprise and terror. She staggered back a step, and managed to catch her balance, but only by having her other foot land loudly on the ground, making a crunching sound echo through the room.

Looking to her foot, she cringed to see the bloody remains of one of the spider things. That's one way to take them out. she thought in disgust.

Then, there was a loud squeak. Followed quickly by several more squeaks.

"Oh, crap." she stated lowly, looking up to see Taelin's eyes fill with even more terror as they darted around the room.

"They're waking up!" the Windian hissed loudly. "What do we do?!"

Think fast Ang... Running over her training sessions with Hunter, she stomped in frustration as she looked around. There were a lot of loose boulders, but... Wait... Turning to Taelin, she bit her lip. "I think we can take a lot of them out, but there's a lot of risks."

"I don't think we have much of a choice." Taelin said with a shaky voice as she stomped on some nearby parasites, cringing and hopping to wipe her foot off on a rock before she unleashed several weak lightning blasts on more. "Whatever you're gonna..." Suddenly, her eyes widened with realization and she spun to Angie in shock.

Smiling awkwarldly, Angie closed her eyes and concentrated. I'm so gonna feel this later. she muttered with a mental grimace as she called upon her other form.

You see, like the other Dragon Clan, baby dragon, and human weren't the only forms she had. She also had an adult dragon form, that would be more or less perfect for this situation...

...Unless she got caught by a parasite. Then it would be disastrous.

Praying to all that was holy, she summoned her full power and winced in pain as her body transformed. A large cloud of white mist formed around her body, quickly filling the entire room, and a blinding blast of lights emitted from it. Once it was done, the mist slowly cleared to show a giant white dragon with glowing navy eyes.

Now, even in that form, Angie still wasn't a fighter, but she did have a plan. Stomping forward, and muttering foul curses every time she stepped on about a dozen of the parasites, she reached a claw up and swiped at the stalactites that hung from the ceiling, causing the ground to rumble as they caved in towards the defenseless spider-like creatures.

Egg-sacks made of webbing also fell from the ceiling, splattering all over the ground.

Luckily, Taelin ran towards Angie and scrambled between her legs, taking cover from the falling debris and still blasting spiders. She caught one climbing up Angie's scaled leg and blasted it away, hearing a startled yelp from the dragon she was hiding under. "Parasite!" she called loudly, stomping on a group that scampered towards her.

Most of the parasites were gone, but some still remained, and Angie carefully stepped on them, wincing at the wet crunches they made, and the feel of the blood on her hands and feet.

Suddenly, there was a loud hiss, and she spun to look up, getting hit and rolling across the room when a giant spider-like creature jumped at her. Oh, man! The queen! She hadn't been expecting her. If anything, she forgot that 'hatchlings' usually meant there'd be a 'queen'.

"Angie!" Taelin shouted from the center of the room. The young Windian took a shaky step towards her, but was stopped as the last of the surviving parasites surrounded her. "Oh, I really should've taken Cam up on his offer to teach me magic." she stated with a shudder as she began to blast more.

Swiping the giant spider queen with her claws, Angie hissed as the blood sprayed on her one arm, noting immdiately that it burned like acid. Not a good idea... Frowning deeply, she pushed as hard as she could and sent the queen flying across the cave, into a wall.

And fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, depending on how you looked at it, the wall crumbled from the force, and the queen sailed right through it, landing out in the middle of an obvious battlefield, if the unmoving bodies of mutant kelzacks had anything to say about it.

There, a group of rather still Rangers stood in shock, staring at the slowly moving queen as she got up shakily, standing over a kind of flat-looking black leather.

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Can anyone tell where the 'flat-looking black leather' came from? LOL. Cyber cookie to anyone that can! LOL.

Hope you liked it.

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"Yeah, no. I wouldn't call that a pet."

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R+R please.

Thank you.

Tenshi