Bit of a delay on posting this I know, I've just had a lot on and then got hooked on House of Anubis (hence me starting a fic on it). If you're got a chance, please check my fic, Sky and Stars, out!

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Chapter 11: Pushed To The Edge

Dai Shi once again hit the ground as he was vastly overpowered by his recently revived teacher, Carnisoar. Minos winced, and shook his head as Camille watched with a worried look.

"You'll have to do better. Get up!" the Hawk Rinshi snapped, grabbing him and hauling him back to his feet. As soon as Dai Shi was standing, Carnisoar slammed a palm into his shoulder, throwing him back into a pillar. "Is that all you've got?" he growled. "Weakling!" he mocked.

"He is not weak!" Camille screeched, coming to her master's defence.

"You dare interrupt my training?!" Carnisoar snarled.

"I don't understand how this passes for training," Camille snapped back at him.

"Such disrespect! Have you no control of your underlings?" he looked to Dai Shi, who got to his feet.

"Camille, that's enough. You're out of line," he growled at the Chameleon, whose eyes widened in surprise.

"But-"

"Apologies, my lord," Minos stepped in, grabbing his sister's arm as she attempted to continue arguing. "She means no disrespect to you, or Lord Carnisoar," Minos bowed his head to the Hawk.

"That's more like it," Carnisoar nodded in approval.

"We will leave you to your training," Minos told them, pulling Camille out before she could say anything else. As soon as they were far enough away, Minos released his sister, who immediately turned on him.

"How could you just stand there and be so...so...submissive?!" she demanded, shoving him back. Minos was forced back a step, before he grabbed her by the upper arms.

"Are you insane, Camille?!" she stared at him in alarm. "By behaving that way, you made Dai Shi look like he had no control over matters. His underling coming to his defence? Carnisoar is ruthless and he will take that to mean that Dai Shi is weak," Minos hissed at her, looking around to ensure they weren't overheard. "You tried to argue with him, how was Carnisoar going to see that?" he asked.

"But he is pushing Dai Shi too hard," Camille insisted. Minos released her, putting a hand to his face.

"Your feelings for Dai Shi, they are clouding your vision," Camille blushed furiously at his words. "At the moment, Carnisoar is overpowering Dai Shi easily. What do you think the Sky Overlord would do, if he decided that Dai Shi was weak and incapable of leading his army to victory?" he whispered.

"He wouldn't," Camille shook her head, fear pooling in her stomach at the thought of Carnisoar defeating Dai Shi and taking over.

"Camille..." Minos sighed, and watched her curiously. "You were never like this before. You've always been loyal to Dai Shi, as have I. But this is...are you now only coming to care because of his human vessel?" he asked her. Camille's eyes widened.

"How dare you," she hissed. "You think you know everything, but you have no idea," with that, Camille turned on her heel and stormed off. Minos watched her with a frown.

"If Dai Shi is the cause of her downfall, he will pay," Minos vowed quietly to himself, disappearing into the shadows.

"You are so lucky to have Mr. Hartford as your boss," Xander told Ari as they made their way back to Jungle Karma Pizza.

"I like to think of it that he's lucky to have me," Ari smirked back, carrying a small trophy under her arm.

"That may be," Xander grinned. "But just how would you have explained this to anyone else, that you could only enter tournaments in Ocean Bluff, conveniently when the Jungle Fury Power Rangers are about?" he asked her.

"Who knows?" Ari shrugged. "All that matters is that I don't have to explain to someone else. I get to stick around here, and when I'm free, I get to skate. Of course, being a Ranger comes first, so if it comes down to it, I'll tell him I can't keep going," she said.

"Look at you, being all mature," she squeaked when he poked her side.

"Hey! I'm more mature than you!" Ari insisted.

"Sure," Xander smirked back at her, pulling her in close and kissing her.

"I am," she mumbled as she pulled away.

"Whatever you say," Xander chuckled, taking her hand as they kept walking.

"Dork," Ari muttered. As they made their way back to Jungle Karma Pizza, Ari bumped into someone. "Oh, sorry," she looked over her shoulder to apologise, and frowned. "Leelee?" she called to the young woman walking away.

"Lee's here?" Xander glanced around, watching the blonde walk away quickly.

"That was Leelee, I'm sure of it," Ari frowned.

"You sure? Last I heard, she was taking a vacation with Phineas in Turtle Cove," Xander told her. Ari's frown deepened.

"Weird..." Ari muttered as a bad feeling settled in the pit of her stomach.

Before Ari could figure out what was going on, she and the other Rangers were alerted to Carden's return in town, and they hurried out to see him standing at the top of a flight of stairs.

"It's time for my revenge, Rangers!" Carden declared, furious over the destruction of his friend.

"I'll get the bird!" Lily told the others.

"We'll handle these losers," Ari smirked as she looked to the large group of Rinshi.

"No problem," Casey nodded confidently. They split up, fighting off the Rinshi, and Ari called on her swords. Leaping over the railings, she then spun, destroying the Rinshi that got too close. She flipped backwards, and slashed across another, before a golden aura surrounded her.

"Call to the beast inside! Uncage the Sparrow!" her bird spirit chirped as she flew into the air, angling and flying back down, cutting through the Rinshi left. They exploded into purple dust, and as the Sparrow faded, Ari grinned, before seeing Lily defeat Carden.

"Lil! You rock!" Casey praised her.

"Yeah you do! That was awesome!" Ari laughed as Lily turned to her friends.

"Ah! I won't stand for this humiliation!" Carden screeched as he returned, growing much larger.

"I think he's mad..." Casey commented.

"Y'think?" Ari rolled her eyes. They summoned the Jungle Pride Megazord, and looked up as Carden flew into the air and blasted them.

"Spirit of the Bat!" Theo called on the extra animal, summoning their wings.

"This fight isn't over by a long shot!" Carden promised.

"I'm ready for some Bat Action!" Lily cheered.

"Bat Technique! Wind Tunnel!" the Megazord began to spin, causing a powerful wind that stopped Carden from attacking. They then slashed him with their powerful weapons, and destroyed him,cheering.

Camille stood on a cliff, looking out at the sea with a confident smile. She held up a band that shone brightly, despite the poor light. Holding up one of Naja's life talons, she called on her armour.

"Camille!" she looked around to see Minos standing nearby. "Are you insane? You're reviving the Sea Overlord?" he called, and Camille's eyes narrowed under her helmet.

"I must! I know what's best, this is the only way!" she told him. "And you can't follow me! Not unless you intend on drowning," Camille told him.

"Stop!" Minos pleaded, running towards her, but Camille leapt from the cliff and dove into the water. Minos stood on the edge, groaning. "To revive Jellica...the only way you could be more foolish would be to try and revive him," Minos shivered. After a few minutes, Camille was suddenly blasted from the sea, landing on the beach heavily. "Camille!" he leapt down as her armour faded, and she groaned. As Minos reached her side, he looked up to see a figure approaching. She wore a long white dress, and had a long staff.

"I am Jellica. You have my thanks for bringing me back to the living," the Jellyfish said as they knelt before her.

"Oh, your royal jelliness, I need your help," Camille looked up at her. Minos closed his eyes, sighing.

"Of course my lovely," Jellica nodded. "What can I do for you?" she asked. Camille smiled in relief.

Ari walked back out from her room, playing with her phone as Lily and Theo played basketball, taunting each other as they played.

"You get in touch with Leelee?" Xander asked her.

"Yeah..." Ari nodded. "She's been in Turtle Cove for the last three days. It couldn't have been her I saw," Ari told him.

"She probably looked similar to her," Xander shrugged. "You haven't been home in a while, maybe you're starting to get homesick?" he suggested.

"Maybe..." Ari sighed.

"Ok, so my game's a little off," Lily's words made them look down. "I had the strangest customer today, I can't shake the feeling that we've met before," she mused. Ari frowned, her bad feeling returning, before her eyes widened.

"Hey Lil?" she called down to her. The Yellow Ranger looked up in surprise. "This customer. Was she blonde? Wore a green shirt?" Ari asked.

"Yeah! Did you see her?" Lily nodded. Ari hissed a curse.

"Ari? What are you thinking?" Xander asked.

"I have met someone who looked similar to Leelee. And Lily's met her before," Ari ran a hand through her hair. "Camille," Xander's eyes widened in surprise.

"You think it was Camille?" Casey asked.

"I think so," Ari nodded. Before they could question why she had come to Jungle Karma Pizza and spoken to Lily in disguise, RJ walked up to them.

"We can figure out why that is later. There's trouble in the harbour," he warned them. The four hurried off, Morphing as they leapt through the tunnels that led out of the loft.

By the time the Rangers reached the Harbour, the sky had been turned dark, leaving them in poor light.

"Now what?!" Lily wondered.

"What indeed?" a female voice replied as a figure walked through the water with glowing blue eyes. She towered over them, laughing as she brandished her staff.

"A Jellyfish!" Theo gulped.

"Oh man, I hate those!" Ari groaned.

"She's going down!" Lily called confidently.

"Animal Spirits Unite!" the Rangers summoned their animal spirts, and combined to form their Megazord. They landed in front of Jellica, and leapt at her, only for Jellica to disappear and reappear behind them, striking the Megazord and flooring them.

"What just happened?" Theo called.

"She's too slimy! We gotta think of something else!" Lily told them. They got back up, and struck Jellica again. She laughed as each move did no damage, striking her like hitting jelly.

"Savage Spin!" they began to spin, only for Jellica to disappear and reappear behind them again, grabbing them.

"Surprise!" she cackled. "I just wanted to play with you for a bit, but know this, the new name in evil is Jellica!" she announced.

"Get off!" Ari yelled as they struggled, only for Jellica to strike them and toss them from the Megazord. The four landed in a small pool, and pushed themselves up.

"That was ugly!" Casey complained.

"She's not that tough! We'll get her next time," Lily vowed.

"Lily, get real!" Theo snapped as water dripped from his helmet. "She's just toying with us!" he shouted at the Yellow Ranger.

"What, so you'll just give up?" Ari challenged him, standing between him and Lily.

"I'm with Lily and Ari, we're not giving up just because she's stronger than the others," Casey spoke up. Theo glared at them under his helmet, but before he could argue, they heard a laugh.

"He's right! I could have destroyed you easily," Jellica told them as she walked towards them, followed by Dai Shi, Camille and Minos. "But I wanted to save that pleasure for my new student," she gestured to Camille. Minos shook his head slightly in disbelief.

When they had returned to the temple, instead of chasing away Carnisoar and having Jellica take his place, the Jellyfish Overlord had announced that she intended on taking Camille as her student instead. Initially Camille had refused, but then Jellica had threatened Dai Shi, and she had been forced to give in.

"Student?" Ari tilted her head as Camille walked forwards. Jellica suddenly changed the water around them to jelly, and Lily managed to dart away, but Casey, Ari and Theo were trapped.

"Ew, this is gross!" Ari struggled, barely managing to remain standing. Lily made to run back to them, only for Jellica to wrap her tentacle around her. Lily screamed as it glowed purple, forcing her to demorph.

"For underestimating me, you will be first to go!" Jellica decided. "Do it!" she ordered Camille. The Chameleon transformed, calling on her Sai.

"Goodbye, Yellow Ranger," she laughed, approaching her slowly. Minos looked away, unable to watch his sister kill her. Something about it rubbed him the wrong way.

"No!" the other three struggled uselessly as Camille stood in front of Lily, who was powerless to do anything. Camille made to strike her, but stopped.

"I can't..." Minos looked up as Camille lowered her weapons.

"Why do you hesitate?" Jellica demanded.

"I just...can't," Camille shrugged. Seeing their distraction, Ari lit up an energy-ball and tossed it, hitting the tentacle directly. Jellica shrieked, releasing Lily, who fell backwards. Lashing out, Jellica struck Camille, who cried out as she was thrown aside. She landed heavily, her armour fading. Lily ran over to her, and Minos frowned, watching as Camille shrieked at her to get away.

"You fool! I could have given you more power than you ever dreamed of! There is no-one here worthy of being my student!" Jellica declared as she stood over Camille and Lily. "I am wasting my time!" she complained.

"Hey!" Jellica looked around just in time for Ari to strike her with another energy-ball. "How about you go back to the ocean you crawled out from then?" the Gold Ranger shouted. Minos couldn't help but smirk in amusement. The girl was either incredibly brave, or incredibly stupid, to goad the Sea Overlord.

"I will take great delight in destroying you, little girl, once I am finished with this pest!" Jellica growled at her. She then turned to Camille, and swung her staff down. Minos made to stop her, but before he could, Dai Shi blocked the attack and began to fight her off. Camille and Minos exchanged looks, before following them.

"Ok, so now that they're gone, how about you get us out of this?" Ari called to Lily, who nodded. She Morphed again, and called on her Jungle Mace.

"Grab this!" she swung it towards them, but it bounced off the jelly harmlessly.

"Ok...now what?" Theo asked with a sigh.

"Watch it!" Ari yelled as she saw a figure leap through the air. Camille fired a blast that seemed to freeze the jelly, and with a powerful slam of his hammer, Minos shattered it. The three Rangers stumbled and fell back into the water as Camille landed. "That's...that's twice now you've had the chance to destroy us, and you've not. Why?!" she demanded.

"I always pay my debts," Camille replied as Minos balanced his hammer over his shoulder. She then transformed, but not back into her usual attire, but as the blonde Lily had helped before. They demorphed, and Lily frowned at her.

"I knew it..." Ari breathed.

"You helped me with a problem, so now we're even," Camille told her.

"Wait. Someone fill me in here," Theo spoke up. "You helped her?!" he demanded.

"She came into the pizza parlour in disguise," Lily explained. "If I'd have known it was her..."

"You probably would have done the same thing," Minos earned her attention as Camille returned to normal, and he stood beside her as his own armour disappeared.

"Because you're a silly fool who believes that deep down, everyone's a good person," Camille scoffed. "So much for being a great judge of character," she mocked as tears stung at Lily's eyes. Camille laughed, and turned away, disappearing.

"And you?" before Minos could leave, Ari called out to him. "Throughout that whole thing, you looked like you'd rather be anywhere but here. And you helped us there as well. Why?" she asked him. Minos stared at her for a moment, his blue eyes unblinking.

"Because," he finally turned away with a shrug. "Destroying you while you're defenceless is boring. I'd rather defeat you with my own power, without someone else holding you down," Minos told them, before stomping his foot and disappearing.

"I doubt it's that," Ari muttered to herself.

Lily sniffed as she scrubbed one of the tables, not really paying attention as she sprayed it and continued cleaning the same spot. Ari watched her from where she stood, cleaning the last of the tables, before sighing. Shaking her head, she made to go over to her, before someone else beat her to it.

"Lil, hey, you've been cleaning that table for like, 10 minutes now. I think it might have reached Theo's level of clean," Casey grinned to her. Lily didn't respond, just grabbing the plates off it and dumping them on the main counter by the till. "You're still thinking about what Camille said, aren't you?" he asked.

"She played me Case, she totally played me!" Lily exclaimed furiously, tears still in her eyes.

"Hey, she came in here and you saw someone with a problem who could do with cheering up," Casey told her gently.

"What if she's right?" Lily demanded. "What if I'm a fool for always seeing the bright side of things?" she asked, her voice quivering.

"Hold up. You think that Camille is right? The reptile who is always getting her butt handed to her?" Casey tilted his head as he watched her expression. "Not a chance. It's one of your best qualities," he told her confidently. "It's one of the things I admire most about you," he told her.

"Really?" Lily asked, a doubtful look in her eyes. Casey blushed as he realised what he was saying.

"I mean, we all like that about you," he said quickly, clearing his throat. Ari rolled her eyes at his cop-out. "Camille's only friend is her brother, and he seems a little on the crazy side. You really gonna listen to her?" he asked, making Lily smile.

"Thanks Casey," she smiled at him, wiping away her tears.

"Any time Lil," he told her. The door burst open suddenly, and RJ walked out carrying a pizza, followed by Xander.

"Presenting my latest and greatest creation..." he announced as Theo walked out, his gaze darkening as he saw Lily and Casey standing together. "The Tropical...Tofu...Terrific...ness...ok, the name needs work, but the pizza is awesome!" RJtold them with a bright smile, not noticing.

"I'm so hungry," Casey spoke as his stomach growled loudly.

"There's a shocker," Lily grinned.

"When aren't you hungry?" Ari grinned as she stood between him and Xander. Casey jumped, not having realised she was there, and blushed when he realised she had overheard his conversation with Lily.

"Eat up Rangers, you're gonna need your strength, Jarrod's got a new master, and that means a lot more trouble for us," he told them.

"Whoa, downer much?" Ari laughed. "We've got this, as long as we fight together and for good, nothing can beat us," she told them.

"She's right! Here's to the Rangers," Lily lifted a slice of pizza and held it out.

"To the Rangers!" the others cheered, toasting before digging in to the pizza.

I hope you liked it! I'll update as soon as I can (I've managed to misplace my external harddrive so I need to locate that)

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