Lily came to in a grey, windowless room, feeling every inch of the beating she'd received at the hands of the Overdrive Rangers. She could remember coming to for the first time, finding herself in a warehouse confronted by the Overdrive team. She could remember the panic as she felt the emptiness left by the absence of her animal spirit as she faced off against them. It was then that they decided to have a little fun with her and set about her, beating her mercilessly as Rose took pictures with a Polaroid. Now she was chained up on the floor of some basement or dungeon somewhere, with no way of reaching her friends.
She struggled against the manacles securing her wrists and ankles, but achieved nothing more than bruising herself painfully. She couldn't believe she had been kidnapped by Mack and the others. He was a friend, why would he do this to her? She slid herself over to the corner and pulled her knees into her chest, resting against the wall and looked to her left hand for comfort, only to find that her engagement ring was gone. The door opened and Mack led RJ into the room by a length of chain attached to heavy manacles, securing his wrists together.
"RJ!" She shrieked, throwing himself at him and wrapping her arms around him. She could tell that he wasn't injured, she guessed he had probably surrendered himself to the Overdrive Rangers when he found out she was in danger. They kissed each other, feeling a comfort in one another's touch before Mack used his superhuman strength to launch RJ across the room.
"I hope you enjoyed that." He told them in a sneer. "This is the last time you'll ever see each other. We've arranged for separate cells for you both."
"Mack, why are you doing this to us?" Lily asked him.
"He's under some kind of spell." RJ informed her.
"Jellica made us see that being bad guys is so much more fun." Mack taunted her, squatting down near her. "Jellica, do the honours would you?"
The remaining overlord grabbed RJ and dragged him from the room, struggling as he went. Lily watched him go with tears in her eyes. She knew her friends would come to her aid eventually, but it still hurt to be separated from him. Mack gave her a little grin.
"I hope you like your room." He told her. "You won't be leaving."
"Mack, you have to fight this. You're a good person, I know you are." Lily implored him passionately. "I don't blame you for what you've done to us, but please, you need to break her spell."
Mack turned back to her, pulling her engagement ring out his pocket. Using his strength, he closed his hand, squeezing it and squashing it into a ruined, unrecognisable piece of scrap and threw it at her.
"Like I said, enjoy your new room." He chuckled, heading out the door and locking it behind him. Lily crawled over, picking up what was left of her engagement ring and wept. RJ had given that to her as a token of his love, a symbol of his unending devotion to her. Now it was gone, and so was the man she loved. She could only pray the others would come soon.
Mack made his way into the main room of the warehouse they were using as a hideout just as Jellica returned, having locked RJ away in another room away from Lily. She laughed evilly as she returned.
"Separating the lovebirds? You really are getting good at this whole evil thing." She commented. The others arrived a short time later, dragging Dominic's battered, unconscious body with them.
"I hope the others are easier to bring down than this guy." Will stated, throwing him onto the floor. "I don't even want to know what's happened, but he seemed really pissed about something."
"He wasn't the easiest to bring down." Dax interjected as he snapped manacles onto Dominic. "But four on one is the ONLY way to fight."
"Just stand aside while I capture his animal spirit." Jellica ordered, approaching him with the jar. "Then we can throw him in with the Wolf Master."
"Any plans for getting the others?" Ronny asked, de-morphing and coming to Mack's side. She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head against his shoulder. "We still have two more to capture."
"I have an idea." Will interrupted, pulling out a cell phone. "Anyone fancy take-away pizza?"
Back at the pizza parlour, Theo and Casey were beginning to get more than a little overwhelmed by the busy shift. RJ had gone out over an hour ago to get more coffee beans, and had not yet returned. Only Fran and Camille returning from their shopping trip gave them cause to feel happy.
"Camille, could you and Fran help out? We're getting slaughtered here!" Casey implored her. She came over to him, kissing his cheek and putting away her bags.
"We'll just get changed." She replied.
"Where's Lily?" Theo asked, noting the absence of the Yellow Ranger. "I thought she went with you."
"She said she wasn't in the mood and left after about an hour." Fran answered. "Where's RJ?"
"He went out to get coffee beans." Theo told her.
"But there's a whole box of them in the larder." Fran answered.
"RJ and Lily going missing at the same time?" Casey chuckled. "Who wants to bet they went on a lunch date?"
"That sounds about right." Theo remarked as the phone rang. "I bet they arranged this earlier. Hello, Jungle Karma, how may I help you?"
Theo wrote down the order and an address and tore it off the pad. "Casey, could you make up a Thrilla Gorilla? We just got a takeout order."
About half an hour later, Casey arrived with the pizza at the warehouse. The area looked completely deserted, so he checked the address again, finding he was in the right place. It was then that he was thrown from his feet as the moped exploded amid a storm of laser blasts. He pulled himself off the ground, finding himself staring at the Overdrive Rangers, all wielding the offending Drive Defenders. He had no idea why they attacked him, but he wasn't planning on waiting around for an explanation. As he was about to move, Mack levelled his Drive Lance, pressing the point to his throat. Ronny made her way round as he held up his hands in submission, taking his solar morpher from him and throwing it to Dax.
"Do the honours would you Will?" Mack ordered him. The Black Ranger called forth the Drive Slammer, swinging it into Casey's head, causing the world to face to black.
Rose picked up the fallen pizza, snorting dismissively and throwing it in the trash.
"Bananas on a pizza?" She sneered. "What idiot came up with that combination?"
"You'll get your chance to ask in person." Mack told her, gesturing to their jeep. "We still need to find those eyes for Jellica, and we still need to get the Blue Ranger. We may as well accomplish both ends at the same time."
Fran and Camille were busy cleaning up the kitchen after service when they heard a loud crash from the main service area. They arrived in time to watch Dax dragging Theo from the restaurant unconscious. Mack sneered at her.
"Stand aside four eyes." He said condescendingly. "Let us through to get what we're looking for and we'll be out of here in two minutes flat."
Fran balled her fists as he pushed past him, flashing red in her rage. She concentrated hard, finding her centre.
"Call to the beast inside. UNLEASH THE FOX!" She roared, launching her animal spirit at him. Mack was bowled over, being caught by surprise as it mauled him before returning to her. Fran prepared a guard, only to be taken down as Ronny attacked her from behind, knocking her out with her Drive Claws.
"Way to go, you almost got taken out by the bumbling sidekick." She said sarcastically. Camille came out of the kitchen to see what all the noise was about, being taken down by a blast from Mack's Drive defender. He came to Ronny's side and kissed her deeply.
"I love you, but mention that again and there'll be hell to pay." He replied. "Rose, tie them up. Everyone else, come with me. We need to find those eyes."
Dominic came to, finding himself in chains in an unfamiliar concrete room. He looked around, seeing RJ in the opposite corner.
"Dom, are you feeling OK?" He asked him. Dominic pulled himself into a seating position.
"Define alright." He moaned. "I just got handed my ass by another team of Power Rangers."
"Lily's here too." He informed him. "It looks like they're capturing us one by one."
"They've taken my rhino spirit." Dominic stated.
"They took my wolf too." RJ responded sadly. "Unless Theo and Casey can figure this out and rescue us we're on our own."
"Like I've never been on my own before." Dominic snorted sarcastically. RJ looked at him a little hurt by that remark.
"Dominic, you were never on your own." He replied. "Master Mao loved you. I've always cared about you..."
"You just spent your time laughing behind my back about the fact my dad wasn't really my dad!" He interrupted. "RJ, you know how little my parents cared about me. You know what it would have meant to me to know the truth, how could you keep this from me?"
"Dom I keep telling you, I only found out myself a few days ago." He replied, a little happy that Dominic was chained up, so at least he wasn't going to be punched again. "Master Mao told me to keep quiet. I couldn't betray his confidence..."
"What about MY confidence RJ?" He snapped. "I thought we were friends! I had a right to know!"
"Dom, you are my friend. This is exactly why it was so hard for me to know about Master Mao and Jarrod; I knew how much it would hurt you." He responded. "It's been eating me up since I found out."
"Well sorry if I find it hard to be sympathetic." Dominic snapped, turning from him. He turned his face away from RJ, but the quiver in his voice gave away the fact he was crying. "I've just found out my entire life's been a lie and that my best friend is one of the ones who lied to me."
"Dominic, I wish there was something I could say that would stop this hurting, I really do." RJ told him. "If I could do anything for you, I would. I can't begin to imagine what you're going through."
"I'm going through hell RJ!" He snarled. "I don't know who I am or what is true. Everything I ever knew is a lie."
"Not everything." RJ whispered. "I'm still your friend. You can punch me again if it makes you feel better, you can punch me as many times as you like, I don't care. All I care about is making sure you're alright."
"When we get out of this, I may just hold you to that." He replied. "So, do you think the Tiger has it in him to get us out of this?"
"If anyone can manage it, Casey can." RJ replied. Little did they know the Red Ranger was already a prisoner in another cell. "I'm sure he's already coming for us."
Back in the restaurant, The Overdrive Rangers were tearing the place apart in search of the remaining five crystal eyes. Jellica came into the restaurant as Mack was finishing up, throwing his hands up in defeat.
"They must be stashing them somewhere else." He informed her. "They're nowhere to be found."
"Well, we may as well get the Blue Ranger back to the hideout." She replied thoughtfully. "Meanwhile, we may as well take this place down. No point in leaving the Ranger's base standing if we have an opportunity like this."
"What about them?" He asked, gesturing to where Camille and Fran were still tied up and unconscious on the floor.
"They are of no value to my plan. Leave them." She responded. "No point burdening ourselves needlessly."
"You heard her, torch it." Mack commanded, snapping his fingers. Dax and Will started pouring gasoline all around the restaurant as they made their way to the door. Will fired up a rescue flare and tossed it into the restaurant, igniting the fuel and setting the restaurant ablaze.
"Anyone like their pizza's well done?" He remarked, causing the others to laugh as they mounted up in the jeep and headed back to the hideout, leaving the restaurant to burn within the inferno's deadly embrace, with Fran and Camille still inside.
Fran came to first, choking on thick, dark smoke and realised the danger they were in. She struggled against her restraints to no avail in her desperation, but couldn't free herself. The heat and the smoke soon overcame her, causing her to pass out. She resigned herself to her fate as she lost consciousness.
Shortly afterwards, an energy blast punched a hole in the wall, heralding the arrival of their saviour. The silver-clad Ranger rushed into the restaurant, looking around for the others, finally finding them. Tyzonne came over to them, checking their vitals. Finding Fran the weakest, he opted to save her first, throwing her over his shoulder and rushing out the restaurant. He set her down on the grass before going back in for Camille. Just as he leapt clear of the blaze, the restaurant collapsed in on itself, finally succumbing to the inferno. He de-morphed just as Camille and Fran began to come round.
"Are both of you alright?" He asked them.
"The restaurant!" Fran yelled, seeing the wreckage as he untied them.
"Never mind that, you're safe now." He told them, reminding her of the priorities in the situation. "I'm Tyzonne."
"Fran." She introduced herself. "This is Camille."
"Dr. Hartford contacted me and told me what happened with the Overdrive Rangers." He told her. "I'll explain more once we get somewhere safe, but I don't think I need to tell you your friends are in grave danger."
Back in the warehouse, Theo came to, finding himself in a cell with Casey. He realised immediately that his animal spirit had been taken from him. Checking his manacles, he quickly came to the conclusion that they were hopelessly trapped.
"They got you too?" He asked Casey. He nodded to confirm this.
"I can't believe Jellica turned the Overdrive Rangers against us." He grumbled. "Now we've got no morphers, no animal spirits and we're locked up in here."
"Well they can't have what they're looking for yet." Theo replied.
"What makes you say that?" Casey asked him. Theo looked him in the eye, responding honestly.
"The fact we're still alive."