"Casey, take a seat," Finn instructed, sitting on the floor before Casey. "As leader, you must be the example for the team."

"Okay..." Casey said hesitantly.

"Close your eyes," Finn smiled. Casey did as he was told, sitting on the ground and closing his eyes. Master Finn reached his hand out, placing it on Casey's forehead.

Suddenly, the tiger was pulled into a world of black. He began screaming, alerting the others, but their masters stopped them.

"He must get through this on his own. A master cannot depend on anyone else," Phant said. He motioned for Lily to take a seat on the ground and close her eyes.

Lily looked over at Engel. The Angel nodded at the girl and smiled. Lily turned back to Phant and followed.

She sat down and closed her eyes as Phant pulled her into her black world.

"I'm ready, Swoop," Theo said, looking up at his master. Swoop nodded as Theo took his spot on the ground and closed his eyes.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

"You're not strong enough, cub."

Casey opened his eyes, breathing deeply as he looked up at the figure before him.

"You should have stayed at the Pai Zhuq. Did you really think you could battle with the best of them?"

The figure stepped into the light. Casey growled, pushing himself to his feet.

"Theo, why are you doing this?" Casey asked, wiping the blood from his lip.

"You lied to me," Theo yelled, throwing another punch, hitting Casey in the face.

"I didn't lie! I wasn't trying to steal your thunder!" Casey pulled back, knowing her couldn't take on Theo. He was his friend... and he was a lot more powerful. Casey knew he was still just a cub, and though he had improved greatly, he was nowhere near Theo's level of expertise.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Lily screamed once more as the memories slipped away. She had to get to Kaylee, she had to save her, but so many people were trying to stop her.

And they knew how.

"Please, stop," she begged, looking up at the dark figure who kept giving her the dark memories. She couldn't take it anymore. The memories weren't really memories, but more feelings of pain converted into abstract images so the figure could insert them into Lily's mind and torture her with her own powers.

"Stop?" the figure laughed, pressing his hand on Lily's hand once more. She screamed as she felt fear. Not the fear of something, just fear. "I can't stop, this is too fun."

Lily tried pushing the fear away, but she couldn't. It was in her head. She was feeling the fear. She knew that once a memory appeared in her mind, there was no getting out of it until it was done.

"You've gotta save Kaylee, Lillian," the figure laughed, his voice echoing in Lily's head. "But you can't do that if you're just sitting around here."

"Stop..." Lily begged.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

"Theo, we can help you!" Casey yelled as Theo fought against the toughest monster yet. Casey and Lily weren't strong enough to handle it. Every time they tried, they always seemed to fail. Theo was the only one who could hold his own. He was the only one who could stop the monster.

"No, you'll just get hurt!" Theo called, swinging his tonfas around. "I can take him!"

"But we're a team, Theo!"

"I said, I got it!" Theo growled.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Kaylee was chain in her prison as Camille walked in.

"You think you can change all my hard work, just by looking at Dustin with those beady eyes?" she smirked, kneeling before Kaylee and playing with the sais.

"Dustin and I love each other," Kaylee growled. "For five years now, nothing has come between us, except you."

"It's all for the better, sweetheart," Camille smiled, "he loves me now. Nothing you can do will ever change that."

"You lie!" Kaylee yelled.

"No, I don't," Camille laughed. "He's not coming to your rescue..."

"He's tied to a freaking chair because you tied him there!" Kaylee snapped.

"Exactly. Now, why don't we go have a little fun with him," Camille smiled, snapping her fingers as Scorch and Snapper lifted the cage Kaylee was in. They followed Camille back to the throne room and put Kaylee down in the middle, where she and Dusting could see each other.

Camille walked over to Dustin and sat on his lap. She looked over at Kaylee for a second, before pulling Dustin into a long and passionate kiss.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

"Taty Mewan!" Sammy giggled, pulling on Leanne's hair. Leanne smiled down at the little girl and kissed her nose.

"I can't believe it," she breathed.

"Kelly?" RJ frowned, seeing his girlfriend run into the loft. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I was working... Tori was visiting and Kira was napping, that's when the phone rang," Kelly laughed, kissing RJ quickly. "Engel told us Kaylee was in trouble."

"Who's the kid?" Tori asked, putting her bags down and seeing Leanne holding a child in her arms.

Leanne kissed the child on the head, before putting her in Tori's arm. Sammy looked up at Tori, then rested her head on Tori's chest while playing with the surfboard necklace. Tori smiled at the girl, but looked up at Leanne in confusion.

"Taty Toti!" Sammy giggled, pulling on the necklace to show Tori. Tori laughed, putting the necklace back down, before the words processed in her head.

Taty.

She and Kaylee used to use the same word when they were kids and couldn't pronounce Aunt.

Tori's eyes widened as she looked down at the child once more.

"Taty Toti!" Sammy giggled once more, poking Tori's cheek with her little fingers, and then kissing her, "Tissy. Wove two!"

"I love you too, Sammy," Tori smiled, letting the tears fall as she kissed her niece.

Kira and Kelly were both wide eyes when they heard the name. Kelly knew that Sammy lived on in the Spirit world, but was never told that the child could return to their world every once in a while. She figured only when Kaylee passed on could the two be reunited.

"Save Mama," Sammy nodded, smiling at her aunt. She then turned and pointed to the three cubs and their masters, still in their trial. "Save Mama, Save Dada!"

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Casey was thrown against the wall once more, hearing his shoulder snap. He put it back in place and stood up, looking at Theo and begging for him to stop.

"I'm going to kill you cub!" Theo screamed, charging at Casey. The tiger jumped out of the way, but Theo anticipated that. He followed Casey and rammed him into the wall.

"CASEY!"

"Lily?" Casey asked, hearing her voice from somewhere in the dark. He pulled away from Theo and followed her voice.

He found her, lying face down on the ground, covered in her own blood.

He held her in his arms, keeping her safe as he looked down at her.

"What happened to you?" he asked.

"You weren't strong enough..." Lily coughed. "You tried... you wanted to help... you're just a cub... I'm sorry."

"No... Lily."

"I shouldn't have expected you to protect me," Lily breathed. "I'm sorry."

"No... Lily, this isn't your fault! I let you down... I'm sorry!"

"You're just a worthless cub!" Theo yelled, grabbing Lily's arm and ripping her away from Casey.

"What are you doing?" Casey screamed, getting to his feet.

"She hurt me, she doesn't deserve to live, and you can't do anything about it... cub."

Casey growled, clenching his fists, feeling the power run through him.

"I am not a cub!" he yelled, grabbing Theo and lifting him up. He turned around, so his back was facing Lily, and he threw Theo to the ground.

"I'll protect you, Lily," he told the dancer, curled up in a corner. "I promise."

Theo got up, wiping away the sweat and running at Casey.

"Call to the beast inside! Unleash the Jaguar!" Theo yelled, sending his jaguar to Casey.

"Free the tiger!"

Casey's tiger started off smaller in size, but the closer it got to the jaguar, the bigger it grew. Suddenly, it towered over the jaguar. With one swipe, both Theo and the jaguar were defeated.

Theo was slumped on the floor, in pain, before there was a light blue glow. Suddenly, he stood up, transforming into Master Finn.

"Congratulations, Casey," Master Finn smiled, bowing before the Tiger Master. "You have passed you test."

"I passed?" Casey asked.

"Yes. One thing you have been lacking was confidence. Now, even if everyone lost their confidence in you, you still held onto your own. You made it grow. A Master must be confident if he is going to succeed."

Casey's upper forearm began to burn, before the Master's Claw appeared. He smiled, tracing it softly, before hugging his Master.

"Thank you, Master Finn."

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Pain took its place in Lily's head now, causing her to scream in agony. She felt a burning sensation all through her body, and there was nothing she could do to stop it.

"Pain, suffering... it's all a part of life... a dark part of life... something you will never escape," the figure laughed before squeezing Lily's head harder as the pain grew to an impossible level.

"Stop it!" Lily screamed, trying to pull away, but the hand held onto her head tight.

"NEVER!" the figure laughed.

Lily screamed once more, tears running down her cheeks. She was trapped. The emotions were all too much. She couldn't handle it, but she couldn't leave. The memory wasn't done.

There was a loud scream inside Lily's head, piercing her eyes as Lily listened through the pain. She couldn't save Kaylee. Not like this.

"You're weak, Lillian," the figure laughed. "You give into your emotions too easily. You let them control you, instead of controlling them. No wonder you can't figure out which boy you love, and which one you like."

"SHUT UP!" Lily screamed, trying to pull free.

"The tiger loves you," the figure smiled. "He's dreaming of you now."

"STOP!"

"The Jaguar likes you. He'll fight for you."

"PLEASE!"

"Is it the same?" the figure asked. "CHOOSE!"

"I can't!" Lily cried.

"You don't have control! Until you do, you're mine!"

"NO!" Lily yelled, grabbing the figure's hand and trying to pull it off her head.

"You have until the end of time to try and break free... but Kaylee doesn't have long."

"Please... Lily begged.

"Choose!"

"I can't!"

"CHOOSE!

"NO!"

"CHOOSE!" the figure threw Lily into a wall, then stepped on her, keeping her down, and the pain going. "You must choose... sort it out!"

"Don't do this... I don't want to hurt him."

"Hurt who?" the figure asked.

"He's my best friend!"

"You love the tiger."

"I can't!"

"Admit it!" the figure pressed his hand to Lily's head once more as the two most painful emotions flowed through her: Fear and Hopelessness.

"I love him..." Lily whispered, her eyes rolling back.

"Love who?"

"The tiger..."

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Theo landed on his back as the monster looked down at him, laughing.

"You're pathetic, blue Ranger."

"Theo, we can help you, give us a chance!" Casey called, still on the ground beside Lily, waiting for the blue boy to tag them in.

"I can defeat him," Theo assured his team-mates. "I won't let you guys get hurt."

"Please!" Lily begged. "We won't get hurt... we'll do it together!"

The monster kicked Theo in the stomach and he rolled back a few feet, trying to get up.

"I can do it..."

"Theo... you can't!" Casey yelled.

Theo looked over his shoulder at Casey.

"You can't do it on your own!" Casey continued. "You're going to get hurt! Let us help!"

"NO!" Theo yelled, jumping to his feet.

"Let us help!" Lily cried.

Theo aimed a kick for the monster's stomach, but he caught it and threw Theo to the ground once more.

"Okay..." Theo lowered his head in shame. Finally, Casey and Lily could get off the ground and attack the monster.

"Together?" Lily offered. Casey nodded.

They both jumped up, landing a kick on the monster, which spent too much time debating who to go after, and not enough defending.

With a combined attack, the monster could no longer stand, and was defeated. Theo watched on in awe as his friends turned to him.

"We told you we could do it," Lily smiled.

Suddenly, the two Rangers faded from Theo's view, and they were replaced with Master Swoop. The blind Master offered his hand, helping Theo up off the ground.

"Congratulations, Theo," Swoop smiled. "You have passed your Master's trial."

"I did?" Theo asked.

"A Master may be the strongest on the field, but he must know when he is not what is needed. In every Master's life, there comes a time when the student is the most powerful," Swoop explained. "Theo, by allowing your friends a second chance, even when you had better odds than them, you've proven to me that you know when it's best to stand down."

Theo's forearm burned, but Theo smiled. He knew what this meant.

He looked down and saw his stripes tattooed on the inside of his arm.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

The three cubs were suddenly thrown back as they exited their black world, landing in a heap on the ground.

Casey looked up and saw Lily was okay. He picked her up and hugged her. Lily didn't understand why, but she accepted it. She had been through a hard time in her trial and needed to be held by the man she loved.

"Lily, I have to talk to you," he whispered in her ear.

"I do too," Lily nodded. She kissed him on the cheek and smiled. "I love you."

Casey looked down at her and smiled.

"I love you too."

"Lily," Master Phant called, stepping forward and taking Lily's arm. "You still must receive your stripes."

"She didn't get them?" Theo asked, looking down at his arm.

"She has," Master Phant nodded. "She just died before I could give them to her."

"She..." Theo and Casey turned to Lily and frowned.

"It's a long story," Lily laughed, taking Casey's hand in hers so feel his happiness. She needed to fell a positive emotion to make the pain of her nightmare disappear.

As Lily stepped forward to ear her stripes, Casey pulled Theo away.

"I need to talk to you, man," he started.

"Casey, I know what you're going to say," Theo smiled. "I saw you and Lily kiss."

"I really like her, Theo..."

"I do too, Casey."

"But... I really like her," Casey breathed. "I can't help it... I know she's yours... I know you had her first... I know..."

"Casey... you obviously love her," Theo smiled. "Go for it... I'm not the kinda man who is going to stand in your way."

"Are you sure you're okay, T?"

"Yeah... a little upset I missed out... but like I said before, she means a lot to me... I want her to be happy. If that's you, then I can't stop it, if not, then I guess I still have a chance."

"Aw, you two are cute," Lily smiled, holding arm as she looked at the two boys. "Cute, but not very subtle."

"Lily? How much did you hear?" Casey and Theo both asked.

"Well, about two minutes for the speech... then thirty seconds for the tattoo... you guys spoke for... seven... so... about four and a half minutes," Lily giggled.

She walked up to Theo and kissed him on the cheek, smiling at him to cheer him up.

"You're still my best friend, T," she told him.

She pulled into Casey and hugged him, kissing him on the lips quickly.

"Okay... cute," Engel laughed. "But... little miss Cheetah, that Leopard you wanted to rescue still needs help."

"C'mon guys," Lily nodded, leading the three primary Rangers out of the loft.

Engel kissed her young daughter on the cheek and looked up at Tori.

"She really wanted to meet you," she told Tori. "She's been looking at pictures of you, with her little gibberish speak, asking all sorts of questions about you."

"I didn't even know she was alive," Tori breathed, looking down at the child, now sleeping, in her arms.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Dustin couldn't stop Camille from hitting on him. His hands were tied, he was weak and he was scared.

He didn't care that Camille was making out with him, he had been kissing her for months. He was worried about Kaylee. She was helpless to stop it. She was forced to watch as the woman who had been trying to kill her kissed the man she loved.

"Stop!" Kaylee yelled, throwing her animal spirit out, knocking Camille off of Dustin's lap. The Phoenix growled, glaring at Kaylee as she walked over to the cage. She ripped the door open and pulled Kaylee out.

"Prepare to die!" she screamed, bringing her Sae down.

"Bring out the cheetah!" Lily yelled as her cheetah bowled Camille over. Theo and Casey ran in after her, attacking the Phantom beasts as Lily stood between Kaylee and Camille.

"Oh, look, it's the great judge of character," Camille smirked, becoming her animal form. "Do you think you can stop me?"

"No," Lily lowered her head, "but I can change you."

Lily called her cheetah back by her side, before commanding it to jump forward, into Camille.

"What's this going to do?" Camille asked.

Lily smirked, kneeling over, keeping both eyes on Camille as she touched Kaylee.

"Think of Dustin," she told the blonde.

Kaylee nodded, remembering all the good times with Dustin.

Camille walked forward with the menacing smirk the Rangers had come to loath, before stopping in her tracks, dropping to her knees and holding her head.

"What are you doing to me?"

"Showing you true love," Lily smiled, "Unconditional love."