The next few days were reasonably quiet. Nothing was attacking. The Shadow Ranger seemed to have calmed down, after the first hour of attacking.

Rodney was with Riley and Kelz in the Sixth form common room. They weren't worried over exams, they were all just waiting for a call, during their free periods. Eric was in his Chemistry class. He was continuously looking at his morpher, awaiting a call from Peter.

Peter, however, was spending his free period in his base, looking around the town for any Shadow Ranger activity, and searching on the Internet, seeing if he could find any housing for Paul, so he wouldn't have to live underground.

Paul was forced by the group to change his clothes to something more modern. Paul looked up from his bed, thinking about the moment he spent with Riley.

'I look rather silly, Riley.' he stood out of the changing room, wearing tight jeans, converse shoes, a dim red vest, and a brownish overcoat. His longish brown hair matched near perfectly with his overcoat. Riley liked the look, but Paul didn't think much of it.

'I think it looks great, Paul!' until Riley said that.

'Do you really think so?' Paul looked at himself in the mirror behind him. Tugging at his jeans to make it more comfortable for himself. He felt a little trapped inside his new trousers.

'As long as you don't do that.' Riley walked away, with a variety of other clothes that they had purchased earlier. They walked up to counter, where the girl at the till eyed Paul, struggling a bit to walk in his clothing. The girl took a large interest in Paul, keeping her eyes fixated on him, even when checking the clothes through.

'Wi-Will that be all?' the girl asked. Still keeping her eyes on Paul.

'And the clothes he's wearing as well.' Riley pointed towards Paul. Making sure that the girl noted all the clothes that he was wearing. After the girl was done, Riley walked off, Paul followed close behind, pulling at his jeans again.

'Did you manage to get the clothes?' Rodney was waiting outside the store with Kelz and Eric. Her and Riley hugged, and kissed.

'Yeah. Do you think they look alright?' Riley gestured to Paul, who was still having some trouble with his jeans.

'Cool!' Kelz looked to Paul, then to the rest of the group, seeing what they thought.

Everyone thought the same as Kelz. They all thought it was a good style for Paul. They didn't expect Riley to do this well.

Paul bowed his head in modesty, and looked to Riley, as if asking for her recognition. But she was already walking away with Rodney, Kelz and Eric. 'Disappointing.' Paul whispered, and slowly followed them.

"She's just like Jessica. In nearly every aspect. She didn't want to become ranger either. But if it wasn't for Rod-... I mean, me. She wouldn't have gone." Paul realized he was speaking a bit loudly, but Peter looked like he still couldn't hear. He was fixated on his work.

Eric came out of class, and went into the common room, at least that what it looked like on the camera. Rodney, Kelz and Riley was playing what looked to be Poker. Eric said something, but because sound was initialized on the system, Peter was forced to lip read. Then the alarm bell started to ring, before he could watch the game.

Peter localized the source of the alarm. It appeared to be a large gathering of Shadow's in the Burgage Park, on the other side of town.

Peter sent a signal over to the rangers watches. They all bleeped in unison, signaling that they had to go to Peter's base, quickly. The four jumped off the sofa, and set off. Rodney making sure to take his Poker kit with him.

The four rushed out of school, asking a year 7, who knew all of them, to sign them out. He obviously obliged, mainly because he was being bribed with a panini from the sixth form cafeteria. But he wrote their names down in the sixth form booklet.

They all raced past a set of classrooms, the odd person pointed out the window, gaping at them. Some teachers looked, but they soon noticed that they were sixth formers, and continued with their lessons.

Rodney began leading, running through the swamp area, where the Wind Temple was, underneath it anyway, and into the grass hut. Riley was the only one who remembered the code to get the elevator working, so she took the lead, and typed in the code once everyone had gotten in.

"You were about to win, Kelz!" Peter yelled as the cover for the grass hut top swooped over the Year 12's.

"I was? Argh! Stupid alarm bells! I never win at Poker!" Kelz kicked one side of the elevator structure. But she hurt her foot so she curled up into a ball. "Ow..."

The elevator reached the bottom, and Rodney ran to the main computer, which showed where the emergency was.

"Okay." everyone ran into their color co-ordinated elevator. Peter pressed the correct buttons, and then began to rise. "Ready?"

"Ready!" everyone answered.

"Elemental!" they all pushed their arms into an X position. "Power up!" they pushed their arms out straight in front of them, hands closed, but palms facing upwards. "HAH!" they turned their palms around.

They began morphing in their traditional fashion. The elevator's reached the top, and the rangers blasted off to the destination where the Shadow's were attacking.

"TIME!" Rodney jumped into the scene.

"LIGHT!" Kelz jumped into the scene.

"FOREST!" Riley jumped into the scene.

"FIRE!" Paul jumped into the scene.

"WATER!" Eric jumped into the scene, and they prepared themselves to attack.

The Shadow's began attacking the rangers. Paul felt no necessity to use his element weapon. The other's thought differently. Paul was a master in Judo, but the others had no way of fighting, aside from Rodney, who had been recently practicing fighting with a sword.

"Time Saber!" Rodney summoned up his element weapon, slashing a group of Shadow's that were about to attack Paul from behind. Rodney looked at him, and smiled through his helmet. Obviously Paul couldn't see it, but he knew what Rodney was doing. So he exhaled harshly and turned around, beginning to fight more Shadow's. "Oh..." Rodney turned around and attacked some Shadow's that were holding up Kelz.

"LIGHT SABER!" Kelz jumped too high for the Shadow's to reach her, and took out her element weapon. "So those high jump classes really do help." she struck down the Shadow's that were gathering underneath her.

"Water Shield!" Eric dived onto the scene to help Kelz from the Shadow's. He bashed himself through the set of Shadow's, just as Kelz was about to land next to him.

"Nice one!" a great amount of Shadow's were backing Rodney up into a corner, he couldn't fight them that well, he was feeling a bit low on energy to even lift his sword. He needed a break.

"Forest Daggers!" Riley jumped down from a building above, throwing a set of knives at the Shadow's causing them to disappear. Rodney thanked Riley, and she attacked the next row of Shadow's while he tried to get his energy back.

"Weak..." Paul jumped in, attacking the Shadow's head on. He looked back at Rodney, who waved at him. Paul took no notice of this, only looking back at Rodney to see how pathetic he was. 'Why was he chosen as a Ranger? Surely I could've been the Time Ranger once more. If it wasn't for his stupid antics, the other rangers would still be here. I can't even believe that he's technically my superior. That he's supposed to be the leader of the Rangers. He can't even handle it. And that name that he gave us?' Paul was beginning to get distracted, and was knocked down by a group of Shadow's.

"PAUL!" Rodney yelled from afar. He would've done something. But there was a large mass of Shadow's between him and Paul. "Summon your weapon! You need it!"

"I-... FIRE AXE!" Paul pushed himself up with his upper body, kicking his legs into the set of Shadow's that were attacking him.

Rodney smiled behind his helmet. But then he realized he had to get his head back into the fight. Riley was having some trouble fighting all the Shadow's by herself. Rodney had now regained his energy, and was able to help Riley once again.

Paul was quicker than Rodney, he was already saving Riley from the Shadow's that were attacking her. Riley thanked him, but she went over to save Rodney. Paul sighed, watching Riley jump away. Thinking about her resemblance to the original Forest Ranger, and then looking at Rodney in disgrace. He lost track of his thoughts, and thought back to the moment when he first admitted his love to the original Forest Ranger.

'Judy... I-I wish to talk to you. In private.' Paul summoned up the courage to talk with the Forest Ranger about matters that weren't about the Rangering business.

'We must not keep secrets from the other rangers!' Judy laughed as Paul pulled her to behind a set of bushes placed near the Wind Temple. 'Perhaps this once. What is the matter, Paul?'

'Th-This is very difficult for me to do. So please listen, and perhaps it will be over before you know it.' Paul bent down to his knee, with Judy standing in front of him. He took a single blue topped rose out of his robe, and presented it to his love. 'I wish to show my undying love for the Forest Ranger. Judy.'

'P-Paul.' Judy took the rose. 'I... I don't know what to say. This-This rose. It proves a bond of love. Is this how much you feel for me?' she looked back to Paul with a concerned look in her eyes.

'Yes, Judy. I love you more than the heat that the sun provides.' Paul bowed his head. 'I hope you feel the same for me.'

'I-... I must think about this.' Judy turned away with the rose still held tightly in her hands. She walked past the sacramental branch hut, that connected the world with the heavens, and into the Wind Temple.

'Judy. I wish that you love me, as much as I you.' Paul wished this. But this was the day that Ranger's had to seal themselves, and the Shadow Rangers into their corresponding Temples. This happened, before Judy could answer Paul.

"Judy." Paul dropped his ax to the floor, watching it disappear into flames. The other rangers had defeated the remainder of the Shadow's. Rodney was the first to walk up to Paul, to see if he was okay. Rodney put his hand on Paul's shoulder. Paul looked back at Rodney, but he shrugged his shoulder and ran off through the passage to Monckton Drive. Heading for the Forest Temple.

"Paul!" Rodney watched him run. Kelz told Rodney to leave Paul to his own devices. Peter transported them back to his base. They retracted down the elevator's as they demorphed.

"I'm sure it'll be okay, Rodney." Riley hugged Rodney as they stepped out of the elevator's.

"I just don't understand why he doesn't like me." Rodney sighed, as he hugged Riley back.

"Isn't it because you opened up the box full of crystals which ki-" Eric started, but Kelz put him in a headlock, blocking him from talking. Riley gave Eric a stern look, which made him realize what he was saying was bad.

Rodney took himself out of Riley's grip. "Did he say anything to any of you, about the old rangers?"

"Erm..." Riley thought about something that Paul had said to her privately. "He said that I look a lot like the original Forest Ranger."

"He was heading in the direction of the Forest Temple. I'm gonna go after him." Rodney headed up the main elevator.

"Rodney!" Riley tried to go after him, but she wasn't quick enough. He was already half way up the elevator shaft. "Rodney."

Rodney was running through the town as fast as he could. Taking as many shortcuts to the Forest Temple that he could think of. He eventually found himself on Kirklington Road, near the entrance to the Springfield Road Forest, where the Forest Temple was located.

Rodney clambered through the trees until he eventually found the entrance. As tall and as looming as ever. He could see shoe prints, the size of Paul's shoes in the mud. A few vines were missing from the top of vine ladder that helped Rodney previously to reach the Temple. Paul must've come through here.

"Paul. Going to the Temple won't bring the rangers back." Rodney jumped up the vines, and into the Temple. He pushed past the large door, leading him into the main part of the Temple.

The Temple itself was split up into five different sections. On Rodney's previous trips to the Temple, four of the five sections had been blocked. The north door was always open, but Rodney didn't like going into it. But it seemed that he had to. Paul's shoe prints leaded to that room.

Rodney proceeded into the room carefully. He knew what was in the room. But he didn't know when to expect it. The skeleton guardian's were waiting, silently. The room was dark enough for the guardian's to hide.

Once jumped down from the ceiling, and attacked Rodney from behind him, knocking him forward. Rodney turned to see who had hit him. Though he had seen the skeleton guardian's before, it still terrified him. He wondered what he could do. He knew that Paul had moved to the room ahead of Rodney, but he didn't know how he would get there. The door was locked.

Another skeleton guardian dropped from the ceiling behind Rodney, he was surrounded, had a slight sword wound on his back, and was wondering what he could do to prevent any more pain getting to him.