"Sammy... my baby girl who died, Sammy?" Kaylee asked, looking up at the Master.
"You don't think I would let her die like that, right?" Master Engel smiled happily, before it dropped. Her face was serious as she knelt down before Kaylee. "I couldn't let that happen again."
"Again?" Kaylee frowned.
"Sammy's death wasn't her fault. She couldn't control it... she didn't deserve to die because of a mistake that was made," Engel explained. "My daughter died the same way. She was too young when Master Guinn and I left her. I couldn't let Sammy suffer the same fate. She lives on now, in the spirit world."
"Will I ever get to see her?" Kaylee asked.
"I promise you, Kayl, one day, your daughter will be yours," Engel nodded, hugging Kaylee. "We're gonna train her hard to come down her. But she will, one day."
Kaylee smiled as tears of joy started leaking from her eyes.
At that moment, Tori and Kira walked into, dressed and ready for work.
"Um... Fran needs help downstairs," Kira called, hiding behind Tori slightly. Ever since Kaylee had called her out on the pregnancy deal, she had been a little afraid of what the blonde was going to do when they met up.
"Go to work, guys," Engel smiled. "I need to explain things to Kaylee, like I did you."
"C'mon guys," Lily laughed, pulling the boys to the kitchen. "Let's go help preggers and fatty."
"I'm not fat," Kira frowned, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Wanna explain the tummy then," Lily smirked, winking. Kira cradled her stomach in her arms and frowned deeper.
"Shut up."
"I'm just kidding," Lily laughed, "Congratulations."
As she reached out to hug the proud, expectant mother, images of Kira and Conner's "first night" flash through her brain. The teen immediately pulled away, gagging.
"Ew... remind me to neverdo that again!" Lily rubbed her eyes as she walked away. "Never, ever, never, ever!"
"What's wrong with her?" Tori asked, watching the teen leave, apparently traumatized.
"I have yet to find out," Theo frowned.
"I'll explain later," Master Guinn assured the Rangers as she laughed. "Right now, just go enjoy a shift at work."
The Rangers nodded, with Tori and Kira giving strange looks to the woman who was ordering them around. Just as Kira made it to the door, Engel called to her again.
"Oh, and Kira, you might wanna stay away from Lily for a bit," she laughed.
"Okay, who is she?" Kira asked Tori. Casey overheard her and laughed.
"She's Tori and Kaylee's great, great, great something grandmother," he smiled.
"My what?" Tori frowned.
"Basically, she's your mom."
Tori looked shocked for a moment, before it sunk it and she shrugged.
"I've heard weirder," she said. She grabbed her apron and walked with Kira to the one station she could work. Greeter.
Theo, Casey and Lily all looked over at each other; a little surprised Tori would shrug that off so quickly.
"Being a Ranger seems pretty complicated now," Lily laughed.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
A few hours later, RJ and Kelly walked down the stairs. RJ was smiling happily as he followed Kelly like a little puppy. Kelly was leading, rolling her eyes at the Master's childish behaviour.
"You're taking me to lunch?" he asked again.
"Yes, RJ," Kelly laughed. "I'm taking you to lunch so we can catch up on our last four years."
"You're taking me to lunch?"
"Oh, lord," Kelly sighed.
Kaylee and Master Engel followed the two, laughing at Kelly.
"Hey, you asked him out," Kaylee smirked.
"I did not..." Kelly frowned, until she saw RJ's smile drop. "I... I asked him to lunch."
"You asked him out?" Tori asked, walking into the kitchen for her break. Kira was right behind her, followed by Fran, who walked inside to give the order to the three Jungle Rangers on the job. By now, everyone who knew RJ was in the kitchen, laughing at the scene.
"It's not a date!"
"Theo said the same thing," Fran laughed.
"It wasn't a date!" Casey, Lily and Theo all frowned.
"Whoa..." Kaylee giggled, and Master Engel smiled down at her. She had been watching Kaylee for the past seven months, and knew it had been a long time since Kaylee could fully enjoy life. The news of Sammy's existence seemed to bring hope to the blonde girl.
Kaylee pointed over to Theo and Lily and smirked, "It was a date," she then shifted over to RJ and Kelly, "and that is too."
"Fine, if two friends catching up is a date, then yes, RJ, we're going on a date," Kelly sighed.
"I have to get my wallet then!" RJ turned, running past Engel and Kaylee to the loft. Kelly sighed, yelling up to him.
"I told you I would pay!"
"That was before you told me it was a date!"
Kelly shook her head, pulling her keys out of her pocket, "I'll be in the car."
When RJ came back to the kitchen, he saw all his employees were looking up at him.
"If you're going on a date... who the hell is going to watch the store?" Theo asked with a smirk. "I think it should be someone bright, resourceful, and very responsible."
"Kira's obviously not in charge," Kaylee laughed, before being smacked over the head by said yellow Ranger. "What?"
"Neither are you."
"Right..." Kaylee frowned. "I forgot... we both didn't wait until marriage."
"Maybe Tori should do it," Casey said, pointing to the older blonde. "She does own her own store."
"I was thinking someone along the lines of me," Theo beamed.
"If you don't say so yourself," Lily teased.
"Theo is right," RJ nodded. "I need someone in charge..."
"Oh! Pick me!" Kaylee called, jumping with her hand in the air. "I wanna boss my sisters around!"
Tori and Kira both grabbed her arms and held her down, with Tori covering her mouth to keep her quiet.
"Casey," RJ said, looking over to the red Ranger. "I want you to be in charge."
"Me?"
"Good, it's settle," RJ stuffed his wallet in his pocket and ran out. "Tata!"
"Alright, so what's the plan, stan?" Lily asked. She didn't disagree with RJ's choice; Casey was team leader after all.
"Beats me," Casey frowned, "I didn't even actually agree to being in charge."
"I'll do it," Theo smiled, before Kira's hand flew to his mouth.
"No!" Lily and Fran shook their heads desperately.
"I got it," Casey smiled. "I don't even want the responsibility, so why don't we all split it? We'll all be in charge! Lily can run the kitchen, I'll handle the orders and Kira and Tori can meet and seat."
"What about me?" Theo frowned.
"You, my friend, can be the waiter in charge of pizza," Casey smirked.
"That's all we serve!"
"Nahuh!" Kira frowned, shaking her head. "There's also salad and pasta!"
"She would know," Kaylee rolled her eyes.
"Vegetarian!"
Fran raised her hand nervously, "What about me... what am I going to do?"
"You'll be our floater," Casey smiled.
"Don't you think Ducky's better for that job?" Kaylee asked. "He is a floaty toy!"
"No... I'll do it," Fran smiled uncertainly. Casey didn't pick up on it and grinned.
"Great, everyone's happy, especially me," he said.
Master Engel, who was still watching from the top of the stairs, looked down at Kaylee with a sighed.
"Why do I see this going horribly wrong?"
"Because neither Ducky nor I have a job?" Kaylee suggested, hugging the toy duck.
"Your job is to rest," Engel ordered the blonde, before poking the bruise on her cheek. Kaylee winced, rubbing the sore spot. "Let the others handle things down here."
Kaylee looked down at the six staff members as they scrambled to get into position.
"This should be funny," she laughed.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
In Dai Shi's lair, Camille was walking the halls, thinking of new ways to destroy Kaylee. She suddenly felt a cold hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw Naja, the cobra, was right in her face.
"I need to talk to you," he said.
"Well, make it snappy, Naja," Camille said. He pulled her over to the wall and looked over at her, whispering as he spoke.
"You may be the only one not blinding by the illusion that we are not making progress with our goals," he said.
"Green Ranger's still on this earth," Camille told him coldly. "I know..."
"I mean with Dai Shi..."
"I know you're a snake, but you're going to have to learn to hold your tongue if you know what's good for you," Camille snapped.
"If Dai Shi was going to be successful he would have done so by now," Naja informed the chameleon.
"You're speaking treason."
"Someone has to!" Naja said. "To be triumphant in defeating the humans, Dai Shi must be destroyed!"
"Over your dead body!" Camille yelled, attacking the snake. Camille whipped her tongue out, stinging Naja with her poison. Naja groaned in pain.
"Feel the burning pain of my venom as you waste away," Camille laughed. As she turned to walk away, Naja dug one of his claws into his chest, reviving himself. Camille already knew this about him, after all, she had revived the fingers with the claws from the other hand. She left him there as punishment for his thoughts of treason against Dai Shi and Dustin.
"Dai Shi doesn't care for your life!" Naja yelled after Camille. "Yet you risk everything for him?"
"It's called loyalty!" Camille said, "And he will repay me tenfold when this is over."
"Ah yes, your crush on the human..." Naja frowned.
"I love Dai Shi!"
"Then why is it you loath Kaylee," Naja smirked. "She is no threat to you for Dai Shi's heart."
-----Jungle-Fury-----
"Fran?" Casey called, looking outside the restaurant for the tiny bookworm. He sighed when she didn't come, and turned inside.
"What is she doing out there?" Tori asked, as Kira dealt with a five year old who wouldn't stop poking her stomach. His parents had asked her to watch them while they ran to the car to get their wallet and his toys to keep him calm.
"Stop," Kira snapped at the boy. He looked up at her and stuck his tongue out. She frowned, mimicking him.
"That'll teach the kid," Tori shook her head before looking back at Casey.
"Filling the tables is my responsibility now, right?" Casey smirked as Lily walked into the room.
"I guess," Tori nodded.
"Well, I got her helping me," just as Casey said this, Fran walked up to the store, wearing a giant pizza costume. Tori's jaw dropped as she felt sorry for the girl, while Kira glared at the boys, oblivious to everything. Theo shook his head, holding back a laugh at both Fran and Kira, while Lily rolled her eyes.
Fran tried to walk through the doorframe, but her crust was too wide and she ran into it.
"What is that?" Lily asked, helping the bookworm through the door.
"I am the Jungle Karma mascot, pepperona!" Fran cheered softly, feeling really uncomfortable and out of place.
Kaylee and Engel walked into the dining room, and Kaylee nearly spit her drink out her nose as her hand flew up to her mouth.
"What is she wearing and why don't I get one?" she asked, turning to Casey.
"Yeah, why can't Kaylee wear this?" Fran asked, reaching to her backside to scratch, only to realise the mascot wasn't that flexible. "It itches is strange places."
"Well, I need you and your itchy pepperoni in the kitchen, now," Lily sat, pulling her friend into the kitchen.
"And I need you out here," Theo pulled Fran the other way.
"I need her more," Lily argued.
Fran pulled out of their grips, turning and knocking a table over. Casey sighed, while the others girls groaned.
"Casey!" Lily, Theo, Kaylee, Tori, Kira and Engel all called, knowing the duty rested on him to fix this mess.
"Don't ask me!" Casey frowned, throwing his hands up in defence. "That's why I didn't want to be in charge! You guys are a fifth of the boss too."
"We have too many bosses," Tori remarked, slamming her forehead into the palm of her head. "Why did RJ have to schedule us for today?"
Lily and Theo continued to argue, before Fran fell over. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at her, before shrugging and going back to their job (or argument).
Master Engel and Kaylee laughed softly, helping Fran up.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
"Traitor!" Camille yelled, chasing Naja through a forest after her once again spoke of treason against Dai Shi.
Naja turned to face, her, engaging her in a sword battle momentarily. Naja landed a few powerful blows on the chameleon, but Camille stood strong. She jumped into the air, but Naja slashed at her, causing her to lose focus and rolled on the ground in pain.
"I'll give you this, you're quite a warrior; with some training you could be great!" Naja smirked, standing above her. "You gave me a better fight than expected."
"You're more traitorous that I expected," Camille frowned, getting to her feet.
"You have a wicked tongue," Naja growled, "let me share this with you!"
Naja formed an energy ball with his weapon and blasted it at Camille. The chameleon was blasted over the cliff, landing a few feet away on a beach. Her animal form disappeared as she struggled to her feet.
Cradling her injured arm, Camille walked along the beach. Her foot landed funny on a rock, causing her to fall in pain. She looked down at her foot, before hearing someone approach her. She looked back up and spotted Dai Shi.
"You haven't defeated the traitor?" he asked.
"His power is stronger than I thought," Camille answered honestly, hoping her master would help her. Dai Shi merely looked at her, making Camille uncomfortable, "he spoke of you not caring for me. I didn't believe him, of course."
"Of course," Dai Shi nodded, "you're my favourite. But handle him, or I'll find someone who can."
"I can do it, Dai Shi... I just need a bit more power," Camille lowered her head.
"You have the power inside you," Dai Shi told her. "Unleash it."
"I don't know how," Camille whimpered softly. "I need help."
"If you want my admiration, my love, you would figure it out of your own," Dai Shi growled, grabbing Camille with her bad arm and holding it tight. Camille whimpered in pain as her knees buckled. She was only being supported by Dai Shi's grip.
"You're hurting me."
"Unleash the power, Camille," Dai Shi said. "it is the only way."
He threw her down onto the ground, tossing her aside like a piece of garbage, before walking off. Camille could only watch him in pain as he turned away from her. This wasn't the Dai Shi she knew and loved. He was evil to the core, with no heart what-so ever.
Naja was right. She was in love with Dustin. When Dustin had some power, enough for his softer side to emerge, but not enough for him to have complete control over his thoughts and actions (which had only happened once so far), he treated Camille with respect, like a woman. He loved her like his true self loved Kaylee.
But Camille didn't want to love Dustin. The man was too good for his own good. She wanted someone strong, filled with raw power, someone who could protect her. Dai Shi offered that protection.
"If only there was a way for both," Camille sighed. "The power of Dai Shi fused with the heart of Dustin."
Camille thought for a moment, before remembering something that could help her. The life talons Naja possessed. If she used them on Dai Shi, maybe she could revive Dustin and weaken the beast. Then, with a little help from a certain overlord of the air, she could make Dustin pure evil.
A smirk appeared on her lips as she transformed back into her animal form, in search of Naja. It was now, or never.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
"What'll it be?" Casey, Theo and Lily all asked the same table, before realising they had done so. Kira laughed, poking Tori, who had fallen asleep on the job. The blonde woke up with a jump, before seeing what Kira was pointing at.
"Oh no..." she sighed. "When are they going to learn?
"Hopefully, tomorrow," Kaylee smirked, appearing between the two with Ducky on her head. "This is hilarious!"
"That and every time Lily leaves the kitchen I get to try food!" Engel giggled, holding a slice of pizza in her hand. "I'll tell you now, human food today tastes much better than it did ten thousand years ago."
A customer looked over at Engel, giving her a funny look before going back to reading the menu. She shrugged it off and laughed, sticking her tongue out behind his back.
"Oh yeah, she is definitely our mom," Tori smiled to Kaylee.
Back with the three cats, Theo was looking at Lily, frowning madly.
"This is my table," he said.
"Oh yeah, well it's about time! You didn't cover your last three tables!" Lily growled.
"Talk about not doing your job," Casey frowned. "I've been covering for you all day!"
"Because I've been covering for him!" Lily yelled.
"And I've been covering for him!" Theo groaned.
"I totally see what's wrong here," Tori laughed. "It's so stupid, it's funny!"
"If the truth be known I've covered for all four of you!" Casey frowned, bringing Tori and Kira into this. The two pregnant woman frowned, glaring daggers at Casey.
"We've been doing our job all day!" Kira said.
"Yeah!" Tori agreed.
"You fell asleep!" Casey yelled.
"That's because more people are leaving then they are coming in," Tori pointed to the table the three cubs were surrounding, and they all finally noticed that the customers were gone.
"Dammit," Casey muttered.
Fran suddenly burst out of the kitchen, dressed in her regular work clothes as she ran to the other employees.
"Did one of you move the fire extinguisher?" she asked.
"No," everyone frowned.
"Well, if no one wants charred pizza, we better find it soon," she sighed.
Tori rolled her eyes as Fran started to look around. She tried to get up, but Kaylee held her down.
"I got this, balloon butt," she giggled, running into the kitchen. To keep Fran from seeing Kaylee using her water powers, the others searched for the fire extinguisher.
Theo walked past the ovens, just as Kaylee blasted them with her water powers. He got a face full of water, causing the others to laugh.
"How did you do that?" Fran asked, looking inside the ovens.
"Um... the spray from the sink?" Kaylee tried. Fran seemed to accept this, while the others ran over to Theo.
"You okay, T?" Lily laughed, looking at her soaking wet friend. Theo nodded, wiping the water from his eyes before calling for his break to clean up.
"I'm suddenly not feeling well," Kira frowned as JKP started to reek of burnt pizza. Kaylee's eyes widened in fear. She had seen this with Tori before.
"DUCK AND COVER!" she screamed as Kira ran to the bathroom. Tori wasn't far behind once the stench reached her nose.
"I'll go help them," Kaylee sighed, walking over to the bathroom and holding her nose.
"I'll help," Lily offered, walking away with her friend to care for the sick and pregnant.
That left only Casey, Fran and Engel.
The timer beeped in the background, sending Casey on his lunch break, which he had been waiting for, for a few hours now. His stomach rumbled loudly as he took off.
"Fran you're in charge!" he called.
Engel was about to yell after Casey to stay until someone else got back, but the red Ranger was gone.
"Stupid teens," she mumbled, finishing her pizza.
That was when Fran noticed the woman. She didn't recognise her, and yet everyone else seemed to know her fairly well. Had she even been there earlier that morning?
"Who are you?" she asked.
Engel thought for a moment. She had to come up with a believable excuse.
"Um... Tori and Kaylee's mom?"
"Isn't Tori older than you?" Fran frowned.
"Um... I meant sister?"
"Oh, okay!" Fran smiled, turning to get back to work. When she saw the state JKP was in, and the flood of customers returning to the store, she groaned. "Know how to work a cash register?"
"I barely know what the hell you serve here," Engel admitted, "never mind how you work the machines."
"Can you make a pizza?"
"You have to make this stuff?" Engel frowned. "I thought it came out of the fire pit!"
"Can you roll dough?"
"What's dough?"
"I'm on my own... again," Fran groaned.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
When the Rangers finally got back from where ever they had run off too, Fran was in the kitchen, teaching Engel what pizza dough was, while making another pizza for the customers.
"Yo, Fran!" Theo called, scaring the bookworm as she tossed the pizza in the air. It landed on Theo's face, covering him with cheese, sauce and garlic.
"What happened here?" Lily asked, looking at the kitchen. "It's like a hurricane blew through!"
"You try seating, waiting, cooking, bussing and collecting during rush hour!" Fran growled. She could understand why Tori and Kira ran off, and Kaylee had the day off. Seeing as she was covered in bruises still (which Fran still had yet to understand why) Fran was okay with her not helping out. She would have preferred in Kaylee chipped in when the others ran off, but understood she needed to recover.
Casey, Theo and Lily, on the other hand, were fully capable of helping out and for the most insignificant reasons, they had all chosen to run off, leaving her alone with a woman she barely knew, and who had no idea what a pizza was, never mind how to cook or serve it.
"Yuck," Theo frowned, smelling his hand, "I hate garlic pizza! Now I'm going to smell for an hour!"
Fran had enough. She had just worked close to an hour, alone, training, waiting, bussing, serving, cooking, any action verb that ended in "ing" she had been doing it alone, without a single complaint this whole time. Then Theo thought he could whine about smelling like garlic?
"Well, at least I won't have to smell it," Fran yelled, grabbing her dish towel and throwing it down. "I quit!"
"Oops?" Lily asked, looking up at Casey. The Red ranger could only shrug.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
After hours, everyone was helping to clean up the restaurant. Tori and Kira were pushing chairs away (because Kaylee wouldn't let them handle the chemicals or heavy lifting; she was protective of her nieces or nephews), Casey was wiping tables down, Kaylee was sweeping the floor, and Theo and Lily were clearing tables. Engel was sitting on a barstool, asking questions about the cleaning products while eating a salad. It amazed her that leaves could taste so good.
Theo looked over to Lily and groaned, rolling his eyes, "You know, if I had been left in charge, this never would have happened."
"Now you're blaming Casey for this mess?" Lily frowned. "I don't see your fifth of the business doing any better."
"Oh look, I think I see your fifth still smoking," Theo snapped.
"Okay, that's it," Tori growled, slamming a chair down as she turned to the three cubs. Kira and Kaylee backed away instinctively, while Engel watched on, munching on her salad. "This has been fun to watch, but now it's just pathetic."
Tori turned to Casey and pointed, squinting her eyes in his direction, "Casey, RJ left you in charge. Do you know what that means?"
"What I say goes?" Casey tried.
"No! It means you're supposed to lead!" Tori yelled. "God, it's like you've never been leader, or captain, or even a part of a team before! RJ told you to run this shop, and you've not done it!"
"Your point?"
"He left you in charge for a reason, idiot!" Tori yelled. "He easily could have left me, because none of this would have happened if I was in charge, but he wanted to teach you how to be a leader! And he wanted to teach you the importance of being said leader, on and off the battle field!"
"I guess..."
"One leader, one game plan," Tori smiled. "Everything would have run smoothly, because frankly, employees are mindless drones who do nothing but follow orders, right Kira?"
"Right," Kira nodded, only to remember that in her spare time she assisted Tori at the shop, and when Kaylee was unavailable. She was, thus, Tori's employee and a victim to the insult. "OI!"
"Alright, so we all agree," Casey smiled. "I now take back full ownership of this restaurant! One leader, one game plan!"
"Hehe, Rangers learning lessons," Engel giggled, moving on to the pasta. She had yet to try noodles, but figured they must have tasted good, because the name was funny.
"First thing's first," Casey ordered, grabbing the phone. "We hire Fran back."
-----Jungle-Fury-----
Naja quiet entered Dai Shi's throne room, where he was seated in front of his chair, meditating. Naja slowly walked over, before charging and attacking. Before he could reach the lion, someone clawed at him, sending him backwards onto the ground.
Camille appeared in front of her master with a knowing smirk on her face.
"Naja," Dai Shi growled. "I hear you want to do me in."
"Dai Shi, you failed the cause, it's time for a new leader!" Naja barked.
He charged at Dai Shi, but Camille once again stepped in the way, blocking his attacks.
Naja looked down at his life talons. He had four left. It was enough to revive himself long enough to wear Camille and Dai Shi down and destroy them.
Camille grabbed his hand with the talons and grinned, ripping them off.
"AH!" Naja yelled, falling to the ground.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
Casey was washing the window on the door of JKP when he saw Fran on the other side. He opened the door for her and smiled, calling to the others.
As soon as Fran walked in she was attacked by a very loving blonde.
"We missed you Franana!" Kaylee smiled, squeezing Fran tight. "Please come back!"
"Okay..." Fran pulled away from the blonde, a little afraid, but not surprised, "so, what's so important that you had to leave eight messages on my answering machine?"
"Eight?" Tori frowned, counting the heads in the room. Even with Master Engel, there were only seven.
"Yeah, sorry, I left a few," Kaylee grinned nervously. "The first to apologize, the second to tell Fran I got a cool nickname for her when she came back..."
"And the third?" Lily laughed.
"Oh, Kira threatened to pull my eye out with a spoon!" Kaylee frowned, pulling up a box filled with spoons, forks, knifes and bowls. "I had to cut her off."
"And you called Fran for that, why?" Theo asked.
"I needed a witness!" Kaylee said, hugging Fran once more. "Never tell Kira she's got an eyelash on her cheek when she's pregnant. She gets mad! Very... very mad."
"Can we go back to Fran?" Kira frowned, crossing her arms. She looked at the bookworm and smiled, "We called to apologize."
Casey nodded, "I'm sorry, Fran. I'm the one who let you down, and I apologize."
"And I'm sorry too," Lily smiled. "I wasn't a good co-worker... and more importantly, a good friend."
When Theo remained silent, Lily hit his butt with the mop. Now on top of still smelling like garlic, his ass was wet with dirty water.
"I'm sorry, too," he said, glaring at Lily. "Really sorry, you didn't deserve any of this."
"And we're sorry too," the three girls smiled.
"I'm sorry for reasons I can't explain," Kaylee said, pointing to her bruises, "but I'm still sorry non-the-less. You work hard Fran, you deserve a little time off every now and again."
When Fran hesitated to accept their apologies, Casey tried a different approach.
"Ka-ching!" he called, wrapping his arm around Fran's shoulders, "You hear that, Fran? You hear it? That is the sound of your new salary! Double what you make now."
"Double?" Fran asked.
"Okay, triple! But I'm not holding the offer over much longer!"
"Oh, okay, I'll do it!" Fran smiled.
"Great, welcome back!" Casey beamed, handing Fran her uniform. As Fran walked to the kitchen to get her hat, she smiled.
"They had me at 'I'm sorry'," she laughed, still in awe at her new salary.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
Naja looked down at his hand, before Camille kicked him down. She held onto the talons tight, as she looked down at the monster.
"Time to finish this," she grinned. She threw a few punches at the snake, all of which he blocked, until Camille pulled out her Sais. Naja didn't have time to summon his own weapons before Camille dug her Sais into his chest.
"Oh, it's too bad you didn't have your life talons to save you," she taunted, removing the bloody Sais from his chest, watching as he fell to the ground and disappeared.
"Congratulation, Camille," Dai Shi smiled, looking over at his servant. "You've done well."
"My job's not done yet," Camille smiled, walking over him and putting a hand on his chest, right above his heart. Dai Shi smiled at her, until he felt a sharp pain.
"What did you do?" he yelled, grabbing the spot over his heart in pain as he fell to the floor.
"Bringing out your heart," Camille growled. "The man I love must love me in return."
With the power of the life talon flowing through Dustin's body, the former yellow Ranger could finally emerge, taking control once more.
Dustin looked up. He could feel Dai Shi's influence in his mind, but now he was the one in control. Everything Dai Shi wanted to do, had to go through him (unlike before where Dai Shi was merely using his body, pushing aside Dustin's thoughts and burying the man inside him). And if he could help it, he wasn't going to hurt Kaylee or the others anymore.
Camille grabbed his arm and pushed him down into the chair, before rope materialized in her hand. She tied him down and smiled, playing with the life talons.
"I'll get the man I want," she whispered to him as he struggled against his bonds. "I just need a little help from the sky."
Dustin tried pulling free as Camille ran out. He knew exactly what she was doing. Now that he was the one in control of his body, he knew that Camille knew he would go back to the others. She had to make sure that wouldn't happen. She had to ensure that Dustin would stay with her.
The only way to do that was to make Dustin the evil one, and bury Dai Shi in his own host body.
"Carnisoar," Dustin growled.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
As Fran put the broom away in the closet, RJ and Kelly walked in, a little surprised the store was looking so clean.
"How was the date?" Kaylee and Kira asked, grinning madly. Kelly frowned, slapping both of them on the arm.
"It was a lunch... appointment?" she groaned, hitting her head to her hand. "Never mind."
"It went well," RJ smiled. "I see everything's in order here."
Tori nodded, before whispering something into RJ's ear. The master nodded in return.
"I'm glad to see Casey could take charge," he smiled.
"You know, you can always leave me in charge," Casey beamed.
"Excellent," RJ cheered, clapping his hands together. "Because it's going to take a long time to pay off the raise you gave Fran."
Casey's jaw dropped as he turned to Tori and growled.
"What... I had to! Owner's oath, right guys?" Tori laughed, turning to Kelly and RJ. They both raised their hands in the air and nodded.
"Owner's oath."
"Damn it," Casey growled.
Author's note: To avoid any confusion for the next chapter, I will warn you guys now. I will no skip Way of the Master, it is simply being pushed back one episode to fit this storyline. The next chapter is supposed to be Good Karma, Bad Karma (which won't take long to post), followed then by Way of the Master.