RJ grabbed Kelly, pulling her outside to talk privately. With the others chasing Fran, they were bound to pop back into the dining room at any moment.
"When did this happen?" he asked her, holding her wrist and twisting her arm so the wolf was pointed up.
"I don't know..." Kelly sighed, pulling her arm away. "I took the bandage off when it was burning... it wasn't like this before. What the hell does it mean?"
"I don't know," RJ said as he began to pace. "I really don't know."
Kelly started to shake, but she wasn't sure if it was because she was afraid or not. RJ saw this and his face softened. He pulled her into a hug, holding her gently as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm scared," she whispered in his ear, holding her arm in her other hand as it began to glow pink. RJ saw the light and frowned, pulling away from her but keeping his hand on her upper arms.
"Kelly, are you okay?" he asked.
He was suddenly knocked out cold by a claw, hitting him in the face and leaving a scar. Before passing out, RJ got a look at what hit him.
A white wolf.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
"You're such a cutie pie," Kaylee cooed, putting Summer down in her crib, before Samantha started wailing. Kaylee gasped, running to the other crib and leaning over. "You're cute too, kiddo. You're identical."
Summer started screaming from lack of attention. Kaylee ran over to the other crib and looked down.
"I love you too, Summer," she said.
Sam started crying louder and finally Kaylee had an idea. She picked Summer up and put her in Sam's crib.
"There, no more running around," she smiled as she looked down. "You two are both cute and I love you both the same... but not half, I still have to love little Mike... and he's related by blood."
The twins started screaming again.
"I never said I love him more. You two are pains in my bum bum. It's good you're cute," Kaylee laughed, reaching over to kiss both girls. "Good night, sleep tight and don't let the evil mommy Ptera Ranger bite."
Kira cleared her throat as she leaned against the door frame. Kaylee turned and smiled nervously. Kira walked over to her friend and looked down at her daughter, before glaring at Kaylee.
"Are you telling them I'm evil?" she asked.
"Someone has to warn them!" Kaylee grinned. "Conner didn't know at first, remember what happened with him."
"I love these girls, I would never be evil to them."
"You loved Conner too," Kaylee giggled.
"Not from the start."
"I read your mind Ford-McKnight, that's total Bullzwop and you know it."
"Shut up."
"HA!" Kaylee giggled.
Kira leaned over in the cribs, kissing her girls before she walked over to Kaylee once more.
"Don't you have a nephew to ogle over?" she asked.
"Do you see him here?" Kaylee frowned. "I asked Tori to come up, but she's more protective of that kid than Conner when the girls start dating."
"Mike is mommy's little boy," Kira laughed.
"It's annoying," Kaylee said. "I have to stay here, and I can't even see my first ever nephew."
"You get to see the girls."
"Meh, they cry a lot," Kaylee giggled, before Kira playfully shoved her onto the bed. The Ptera Ranger smirked as she quietly exited the room. Kaylee followed, joining the others in the loft.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
When RJ woke up he quickly pulled himself off the ground and looked around. Kelly had really made a mess when she ran off, but she wasn't to blame for this, at all.
He was. This whole thing, Kelly getting hurt, him losing control of his animal, Kelly's transformation into a werewolf, it was his fault. He had let it happen.
"Help me!" a small, electronic voice called from under the mess. RJ lifted a chair that had been turned over and spotted a large fly.
"Hey, you're Camille's little motor mouth," he said, picking up the fly in his hand.
"AH! A Ranger! Save me!" Flit called as RJ set him down on a table.
"Whoa, calm down, dude, I just saved you, I'm not going to hurt you," RJ said.
"You're not?" Flit asked.
"It's you and Camille who want to hurt me," RJ reminded the fly as he got up. He had more important things to do.
"You think that because I'm always with Camille, that I must be like Camille, but I'm not. I'm more like you then I am like her!" Flit buzzed, following RJ.
"Right..."
"You saved my life! Don't you see? Our fates are tied together! How can I repay you?" the little fly asked.
RJ wasn't in the mood to deal with this bug. The woman he loved – yes he loved her – was out in the city, out of control because of him. He had to find her and save her from herself, before it was too late.
"I'm not selling what you're buying, just leave me alone. Go back to Camille..." RJ walked into JKP, closing the door and leaving Flit out.
"Gotta find another way," Flit frowned.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
"RJ, where's Kelly?" Kaylee asked when the wolf Master finally walked into the loft.
RJ turned to her, remembering what Kelly told him when he regained control of his animal.
"When you need help... go find it... don't run away from your problem... people just get hurt."
RJ knew he was going to need help... but he also knew this was a solo mission. He was responsible for Kelly, he should go after her.
But Kaylee and the others had a right to know what was going on.
"She's out for a bit," he answered.
"Yeah, I can see that, but out where?" Kaylee frowned.
"Listen, guys, can I take care of it?" RJ asked.
"Oh, not again," Engel sighed. "RJ, last time you dealt with your problems on your own, someone got hurt."
"I know... I know..."
RJ trailed off when Kaylee walked up to him. Her fists were clenched as she looked up at him.
"What happened to my sister?" she asked. "Why are you so... iffy about all this?"
"I would answer her, wolf boy," Kira warned the master. "She killed the last guy to mess with one of us sisters."
RJ started laughing, thinking Kira was joking, but a pointed look from Kira and Lily turned his laugh into a nervous chuckle.
"With her bare hands," Kira continued, lifting her fists up to prove her point. "Knocked him out, broke his neck, gave him the old, one, two... it was anything but pretty."
"Kaylee, she's going to be fine," RJ told the young Master, but Kaylee wouldn't have it.
"RJ, tell me, now!" she barked.
A buzzing noise stopped the drama as Casey threw a basketball into the air, knocking out the fly. He picked it up as the others ran to it.
"You're Camille's stomach bug," Kaylee said.
"I'm not a bug; I was just following my new friend!" Flit answered.
"What friend?" Theo asked.
"Uh, he means me," RJ said, joining the others. "And I'm not your friend, little dude. I just pulled you out from under a chair."
"You saved my life!" Flit buzzed.
"Aw," Lily cooed, looking down at the bug, but refusing to touch it. She hated anything with more legs than necessary. Five was one too many. Six... well that was just insane.
Casey knew of her fear of bug and laughed, holding Flit up to her face. Lily pulled away, pouting playfully. Casey did this anytime she called him to kill a bug in her room. She knew he would never touch her, but that was mostly because she always ran away screaming.
"Well, we can't let him go. He's a spy..." Casey started, but Flit shook his little head.
"No I'm not, if I got the chance, I would ride myself of that loathsome chameleon."
"Loathsome? That's such a big word for a cute little fly," Lily cooed.
"If he's so cute, why don't you hold him?" Casey teased. Lily frowned, slapping his arm playfully. Theo looked up and groaned. They were at it again.
"Oh, I'm not really a fly," Flit said.
"You're not?" Theo frowned.
"He's human," Engel explained, taking the fly from Casey and holding it. "He was one of the first warriors to battle Camille in the beast war. She cast a larva dust on him which turned him into this, a fly. She ate him and kept him prisoner in her stomach for centuries."
"Ew," Theo frowned.
"Well, my problems are of no matter right now," Flit said. "But my new friend better get the wolf under control, or bad things will happen."
"Excuse me?" Kaylee asked, turning from Flit to RJ. "What wolf? Did you go werewolf again? I swear to GOD, if you hurt Kelly..."
Kaylee was about to pounce on RJ, but Kira and Engel held her back.
"It's not me," RJ assured the blonde. "And Kelly's fine, for the most part."
"Where is she?" Kaylee growled.
Suddenly there was a howl as a white wolf jumped into the loft, landing between Kaylee and RJ. The howl had woken up the twins, causing it to wince from the loud screams. The wolf looked up at the Rangers and growled.
"Right... there?" RJ said, pointing to the wolf.
"What the fuck?" Kaylee asked, ducking as the wolf ran for her. It jumped over her, running for the room behind, where the twins were still screaming.
"Hell no," Kira yelled, running after the wolf and grabbing its neck, pulling it away from the door. The wolf turned on her, swiping its claw at her face. Kira avoided it, stepping back as she thrust forward, screaming.
The wolf started to whine and coward as the scream grew. When Kira was tired, however, the sonic scream stopped and she dropped to the floor.
By now, the white wolf was pissed off. It jumped at Kira.
"FREE THE LEOPARD!" Engel yelled, calling forth a light blue leopard. The leopard jumped at the wolf, biting its neck and pulling it away from Kira.
"Don't hurt her!" RJ yelled, running to the wolf's side.
"Hurt her?" Kira frowned, making sure she was between her kids and the wolf at all times. "I don't care who the fuck is under that fur, no one messes with my twins!"
"She can't control it!" RJ said.
"Fix it, RJ," Kaylee called, pointing to the wolf as it ran off, realising it was outnumbered.
RJ nodded, grabbing his vine and swinging out of the loft in hopes of figuring out where Kelly was going.
"Wait for me, friend!" Flit called, following his buddy.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
"Kelly!" RJ yelled, running all over town, following clues that were hopefully going to lead him to Kelly. He couldn't believe he had let this happen. If anything happened to her, it would be his fault. If the twins had gotten hurt in the loft, it would have been because of him. If Kelly was lost in her animal form, it would have been because of him. "KELLY!"
He was calling out for her desperately but now as he saw animal control run by. He knew that if they caught her, she was going to be in a lot of trouble.
"C'mon, Kel-Bel... I won't hurt you!" he called.
"RJ!" Flit yelled, bumping into his friend. "There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you."
"Well, you found me," RJ said, brushing past Flit. He had to get to Kelly.
"Follow me, I can take you to your girlfriend," Flit yelled, zooming off towards the park. RJ ignored his comment but decided to follow him. It was a better plan than running in circles looking for her.
"How do you know where she is?" he asked, looking up at the fly.
"Trust me, friend," Flit answered.
Once they arrived at the park, RJ saw the wolf, tearing through the civilians as she tried to find a place to hide. He ran over, making his way to her and grabbing the extra skin around her neck, keeping her from running off.
"It's okay, I won't hurt you," RJ told her as she tried snapping at him. "I won't hurt you, Kel-Bel, it's okay to be scared... but you don't have to worry, I'm here."
"She's lost, RJ," Flit explained, coming to his side. "You have to help her."
RJ looked down at the wolf in his arms. She was thrashing around, trying to break free of his grasp. But RJ saw something deeper. She was scared.
That was why she went after the twins. Their screaming scared her. As a wolf, she didn't know what it was and wanted to stop it, the only way she knew how.
That was why she was submissive only when Kira screamed. She didn't like the noise, and was scared even more.
That was why she ran when Engel sent out her spirit. It was bigger than she was, scarier and a lot stronger.
Kelly was scared. The wolf was scared.
"Kelly, it's okay, I'm here. I'm won't hurt you."
"I got you, buddy!" Flit called as energy waves came from his small body. RJ looked up at the fly and when he realised Flit was doing no harm, he let him continue.
Suddenly, RJ was in a dark room. He looked around and saw his wolf trapping something in a corner. He ran over, pulling his wolf out of the way.
There, curled up with her knees to her chest and her head buried in her arms was Kelly.
The wolf came back, shoving RJ down as it stood before Kelly. Whatever it wanted with her, it wasn't going to let him interfere.
"Kelly, can you hear me?" RJ called, hoping to get through to her. Kelly didn't respond to him in the slightest as his wolf turned back to her. "Kel... listen to me."
The wolf grabbed Kelly by the arm, picking her up and throwing her around once more. RJ watched as she went flying through the air and landed hard. She rolled onto her side, holding her stomach as blood dripped down her face and leaked through her fingers.
"You hurt her," he growled to his wolf spirit.
The wolf howled as it ran over to Kelly, but RJ tackled it down.
"Leave her alone!" he yelled, grabbing the spot on the wolf's chest where his heart was and ripping out it's inner spirit, regaining control of the wolf inside Kelly.
The wolf tried clawing his hand away, but RJ slammed him down roughly.
"You hurt her!" he yelled, taking his spirit back into his own body so he could control it and it would leave Kelly alone. "YOU HURT HER!"
With his spirit gone from Kelly's body, she was set back to normal as the black room faded.
"You hurt her..." RJ whispered as the wolf disappeared from under him. He ran over to Kelly, picking her up and hugging her close.
"I hurt you..." he cried as her limp form rested in his arms.
He was now back in the park, with Kelly still in his arms and Flit hovering around him.
"She's back! I knew you could do it, RJ!" Flit cheered. The fly suddenly started spinning, then dropped.
RJ picked him up with one hand, knowing he owed the fly Kelly's life.
"You okay, little dude?" he asked.
"Yep, just a little woozy," he said. "How about your little girlfriend?"
RJ looked down at Kelly and sighed, "Not so great, but she would have been worse if it weren't for you. Thank you."
"So, are we friends?"
"Exactomundo," RJ smiled. "What was going on in there?"
"When you attacked her... your animal spirit must have gotten inside her... it was hurting her."
"So, it really was me?" RJ asked.
"Unfortunately."
"Well, thanks, little buddy," RJ said. "I owe you so much."
"I hate to ask you now... but I need to be repaid," Flit said, feeling his energy dying. "Because of Camille's curse, I can't be out of her stomach for too long or I fade away."
"I'll do this for you now, buddy," RJ smiled, "but you don't belong with those guys. You'll be free one day, I promise."
"Thank you," Flit nodded.
Suddenly a tongue flew over RJ's shoulder, and his first instinct was to protect Kelly. He threw himself over her, letting Flit get caught.
"NO!" he cried, until he realised who had taken him.
Camille held Flit in her arm as she glared at RJ.
"I could take you on, right here, right now," she smirked, noticing the injured woman in his arms. He was alone, and he would be so bent on saving her, he would risk his own life.
"Think again, emo-barbie!" Kaylee yelled from behind her. The rest of the Rangers followed, glaring at Camille. "Take your little bug and get out of here!"
"Green Ranger, long time, no see," Camille smirked, turning to her rival.
"I said: take your little bug and leave," Kaylee growled.
"You'll be happy to know Dustin and I – "
"LEAVE!" Kaylee yelled.
Camille smiled as she faded away.
Kaylee looked over at RJ and Kelly, seeing the limp form in his hands. She was angry at him, yes, but seeing as Kelly was back to normal, she knew that he had saved her.
"If you ever put her life in danger like that again, you will end up in the same place Jordan is, got it," Kaylee warned the wolf master.
"I don't know where that is, but I got it," RJ nodded.
"Good, now... what happened?" Kaylee face and voice softened as she dropped to his side to look at Kelly.
-----Jungle-Fury-----
RJ twisted the cloth before placing it on Kelly's forehead. She was resting in his bed, seeing as the twins had been placed in Lily and Kaylee's room, and the others all slept in hammocks.
Kelly suddenly started to stir, before waking with a start and jumping into RJ's arms, screaming. RJ held her close, placing on hand behind her head and the other on her back.
"What happened?" she asked as she was slowly pushed back down into the bed.
"I'm sorry, Kelly," RJ whispered. "My spirit... it took over yours..."
"I... I know that... but why aren't I still a wolf?" Kelly asked.
"I fought it," RJ explained.
"You fought your wolf?"
RJ nodded, putting the cloth back on her forehead, by her cut to clean the blood.
"I had to... it would have taken over your spirit... you would have been stuck as a wolf forever."
As he said this, he saw Kelly become fearful once more. He hated that face. He had been the sole cause for that fearful look, whether it was hidden in her eyes or on her face. He was the only reason he had ever seen her so afraid.
"Kelly, I'm so sorry," he said, tears coming to his eyes as he fell forward onto the bed, hiding his face in the mattress.
"I'm okay, RJ," Kelly assured him, putting her hand on his head. "You saved me."
"But I put you in danger," RJ frowned, still hiding his face.
Kelly's hand went to his chin, pulling his face up so he was looking up at her. She smiled at him.
"Details," she laughed, caressing his cheek with her hand. RJ smiled back at her, leaning over to finish cleaning her cut with the cloth.
She looked up at him and smiled. RJ's strokes slowed down as he looked into her eyes.
"I'm really..."
"Oh shut up," she laughed, using her good arm to pull him down into a kiss.
"You know, I don't think... you should be kissing me... with your cuts and the... wound to your stomach... and your arm," RJ said between kisses. Kelly rolled her eyes, breaking away.
"Seriously?" she asked, pushing him away.
"I don't want you to get hurt."
"Details!" Kelly laughed, rolling over and pinning him down. "Every time I get hurt, you save me."
"I always put you in danger though," RJ pointed out.
"Oh my god, shut up," Kelly laughed.
"Not until you stop getting hurt by me."
"If you keep bringing this up I'll be the one hurting you," Kelly smirked.
Kaylee cleared her throat as she stood by the door, watching her older sister and mentor on the bed. She looked at them nervously before running over, putting the sandwich and glass of water on the end table, then running out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
"Is she going to be okay?" RJ asked, looking up at Kelly.
"She'll be fine. Let's just say, her other sisters' aren't very subtle," Kelly laughed.
"And by that you mean..."
"Me and you, on the bed is nothing," Kelly told him. RJ winced, realising what Kelly meant.
"So, you're the good sister."
"No... I'm just... the only one she hasn't heard... you know..."
"That's disturbing."
"Can we stop talking about my little sister," Kelly asked.
"We can go back to me hurting you. I'm really..."
"I was nine when I met Kaylee," Kelly laughed, dropping beside RJ and putting her head on his chest. RJ smiled, wrapping his arm around her.
"Love you, Kel-Bel."
"Love you, Robby James," Kelly smiled.
"It's RJ," the Wolf master frowned.
"Yahuh."
"No one's called me Robby since you, four years ago..."
"Exactly," Kelly nodded. "It's my way of pushing your buttons."
"Oh you're going to love this, aren't you?" RJ frowned.
"Are you going to be paranoid for the next little while?" Kelly asked. "Checking up on me, making sure I'm comfortable, had enough to eat..."
"I hurt you, Kelly, it was the least I can do..."
"Then you are Robby."
"But I don't like that name," RJ laughed.
"Tough," Kelly smiled, looking up at RJ. He chuckled, kissing her on the lips quickly.
"This will be fun."
A/N: Thanks to John Chubb for this awesome idea!
