Chapter 28: The Spirit of Kindness

"Stop dodging and face me!" Minos demanded as he chased Ari around the floor of the Loft. The Gold Ranger just continued to giggle, leaping about the room using not only her Jungle Whip, but her magic as Minos tried to get her to spar.

"I am training one of them, and related to the other..." RJ sighed as he watched the two. "One is also over 10,000 years old, and the other a legendary protector who was predicted over 10,000 years ago," he muttered as he watched the two. "Uh, guys?" he finally decided to call out. They looked around, with Ari hanging from the rafters using her whip, and him reaching up. "Maybe you could-" before he could finish his suggestion, they heard loud screams from downstairs.

Down in Jungle Karma Pizza, those who had been cleaning up for the night sat huddled on a counter, watching with fear as a rat sniffed around a table. Fran held an umbrella nervously as Theo held up a chair as if to fend it off.

"Shouldn't one of you go get the rat?" Fran hissed nervously. "You're Power Rangers," she reminded them. The four Rangers, and Jenna, looked to each other, before most of them focused their gaze on Dom.

"Well...depends on how you look at it," the Rhino Ranger said slowly. "Fighting unspeakable evil is one thing but...rats?Eek," he shrugged.

"Casey's our leader, he should do it!" Lily decided.

"Me? They didn't teach me anything about this at Pai Zhuq," the Red Ranger frowned stubbornly. "Jenna? You're a Master, you do it," Casey told the blonde.

"Hey, I'm still delicate after being captured, tortured, and imprisoned in a rock this size," Jenna gestured with her fingers. She glanced at the white rat, and shuddered. "Not a chance," she told him firmly.

"Alright," Theo set the chair down. "I'll do it. I am ashamed of all of you," the Blue Ranger gestured to everyone sitting on the counter as he climbed down.

"Careful Theo...does anybody know if rats leap?" Fran asked.

"Leap?!" Theo cried out, and jumped back onto the counter as Lily scrambled further away from the edge. "You know...I heard if rats are left alone, they eventually get bored and leave," Theo gulped, and the others nodded quickly.

"Ladies and gentlemen...the defenders of earth," they jumped and looked around to see Ari and Minos in the doorway.

"Never fear, your fearless mentor has come to save you," RJ walked past them, holding up a large rat trap. "Now, we just need some bait," he spotted the pizza the six had been about to share, and lifted a piece. "Everybody loves a slice of pepperoni pizza," he slid the piece in and walked over carefully so not to spook the rat.

"I can't believe you guys," Ari giggled at the sight. "A rat? Really?" she asked.

"Oh shut up Ari," Casey grumbled, going red as Minos smirked in amusement.

"Well, once I get him, the six of you will scrub every inch of this place," he instructed. "And in the morning, I will retrain you in the fine art of something that all of you have forgotten..." RJ looked around as his trap clicked, and found that the rat had fallen for the bait. "Courage," he smiled.

"Why am I in goals? This sucks!" Ari complained as she stood with her arms folded in front of the large net.

"Maybe if you'd taken sparring seriously last night, I'd have chosen someone else," RJ told her. Ari stuck out her tongue at him. With a grin, RJ kicked the ball into the air, and over to Theo. The Rangers kicked it to each other, before Dom leapt up, spinning and kicking the ball towards the goals. Ari immediately raised a shield and it bounced backwards.

"Cheat!" Dom protested loudly. Ari just smirked at him.

"Nobody said I couldn't do it!" she argued back at the White Ranger as the ball rolled to a stop by his feet.

"Maybe try blocking the ball, without powers," RJ suggested.

"See? This is why you specify," Ari smiled innocently. They began to kick the ball to each other again, but as Ari kicked it out of the way, the alarm went off and they looked around. Running over to the monitors as Minos walked in, they found two monsters laughing as they ran through town.

"Let's do it," Casey called. Dom, Theo, Lily and Ari grabbed vines and leapt out, but RJ caught Casey's arm before he could join them.

"Uh, how about watching the store?" RJ suggested to Casey as Minos grabbed a vine as well.

"I may not have my Tiger Spirit, but I can still fight RJ," the Red Ranger growled stubbornly.

"No, I need you to keep Maurice company," RJ smiled brightly at him.

"Maurice?" Casey repeated.

"Yeah, my new rat friend," he gestured to the white rat in the cage by his chair.

"You named the rat?" Minos asked in disbelief, staring at him. "Maurice?" he echoed.

"Yeah! I think he's French," RJ nodded. "Bonjour!" he called to the rat, who stood on his back legs and clawed the side of the cage. "See?" he gave a small laugh. Minos shook his head.

"How am I related to you?" he muttered under his breath.

"Besides, without your Spirit, you're weaker. You might not be able to Morph," RJ pointed out as he got back to the matter on hand.

"And the last time you did, nearly wiped you out," Minos added.

"Come on," RJ nodded to Minos, and the two hurried out to join the others.

"Trouble in town?" Jenna asked as she walked into view.

"Yeah," Casey sighed. "RJ wants me to watch Maurice for him," he grumbled, and Jenna gave a small laugh.

"He is a strange one," she nodded as she walked down to Casey, before he suddenly cried out in pain. "What's wrong? Is it Whiger again?" Jenna reached out and touched his shoulder as Casey flinched.

"Yeah..." he muttered, and stormed off.

"Wait, you can't seriously be thinking of going after him!" Jenna followed, horrified.

"I am!" Casey shouted back. "He's got my Tiger Spirit, and I'm getting it back!" he announced. Jenna groaned, but followed him out.

The Rangers arrived just in time to see a group of people disappear, and the Rinzin Warrior laughing loudly.

"Hey!" Badrat looked around quickly and laughed.

"The VIPs are here!" he declared.

"What did you do with everyone?!" Theo demanded.

"You're about to find out!" Badrat laughed, and sprinted towards them.

"Great, another rat," Lily complained.

"Yeah, but this one you're allowed to dislike!" Ari rolled her eyes. They ran at him, and Ari swung a kick, but he blocked it with the back of his hand. Using the other, he dealt a powerful punch that knocked her back. Spinning his hammer, Minos went in next, but Batrat turned suddenly, and the hammer was repelled.

"I am so over these Rinzin jerks," Ari grumbled.

"This is one rat I'm not afraid of!" Lily yelled, running at Badrat. He slashed at her, and Lily was thrown back with a scream.

"Lily!" Theo cried out. "Playtime's over!" he yelled as RJ, Dom and Ari stood beside them. They summoned the Claw Cannon, which RJ had reconfigured to take any of their Animal Spirits, and aimed it at Badrat. "Fire!" they blasted Badrat, who screamed as he was hit dead on. He rolled backwards, groaning.

"Yikes...that's got a punch behind it!" he complained, pushing himself up. "Bye-bye now!" with a laugh, he began to spin, and took to the sky, flying off.

"We've still got to find all those people," Lily reminded them. "Come on!" she ran off, and they followed in search of the missing civilians.

Casey ran alongside the cliffs where his vision of Whiger had led him, with Jenna not far behind. When he finally stopped and looked around, Whiger appeared from the tall grass.

"You escaped me once, but now your luck has run out!" he declared angrily. He went to blast Casey with Rinzin Power, but only the tiniest flicker flew from his body. "No!" Whiger cried out.

"Your Rinzin Power...it's gone?" Jenna asked, making him look around to where the Master stood.

"Because of you!" Whiger pointed accusingly at Casey. "I have been stripped of everything! Including my honour!" he roared angrily.

"Honour doesn't come from power, Whiger," Jenna said as she walked over to stand beside Casey. "It comes from inside," she told him. Whiger let out an angrily snarl.

"You will pay for what you've done to me!" he ignored her words and rushed at the two, who fell into fighting stances to meet him head on.

Badrat finally came to stop near the docks, dancing and laughing as he sang to himself. He was suddenly struck by a ball of light, which exploded on contact, making him cry out and fall over.

"No more games Badrat!" Lily yelled as the Rangers stood nearby. "What did you do to everyone?" she demanded.

"I forget," Badrat shrugged as he got to his feet.

"Careful, this beast is up to something," Theo warned the others.

"I agree," Minos nodded, spinning his hammer. Badrat suddenly threw out his arms and began to spin, slashing past the Rangers and making them cry out as he struck them multiple times. When he finally slowed to a stop, the Rangers were on the ground.

"Bye-bye!" he laughed, and blasted them with strange dust that made them glow for a moment. However, it quickly faded. "Come on! Disappear!" he yelled, his laughter fading. "Oh yeah! Their Animal Spirits are stronger than normal!" he realised. "We'll have to wear them down!" Badrat groaned.

"He thought that dust would make us disappear," Lily realised.

"Like it did all those people," Ari frowned.

"I guess our Animal Spirits protected us," Theo grinned.

"Don't go anywhere! I'm not done yet!" Badrat yelled.

"Neither are we," RJ called back. However, before they could continue fighting, the ground began to shake, almost knocking them over.

"You wanna tangle?" another monster called from above. "Then mess with me!" Rammer challenged.

"I'll fight the Ram with Rhino Steel," Dom suggested.

"And I'll use Wolf Pride Megazord," RJ nodded.

"We'll deal with this guy," Minos agreed, swinging his hammer again.

"Ari, catch!" Dom tossed Ari his Rhino Blade.

"Sweet!" Ari cheered. As Dom and RJ called on their Megazords and began to fight Rammer, the remaining three Rangers and Minos took on Badrat again.

On the edge of the cliff, Whiger, Casey and Jenna fought an even match, with Whiger holding his own against both thanks to his second Spirit powering him, but without his Rinzin Power, he was next to useless. Managing to catch Jenna with a punch, he knocked her aside and pinned Casey down on the edge of the cliff.

"Your destruction is the only thing that can redeem my honour!" Whiger roared angrily.

"You want your honour, and I want my Spirit back!" Casey growled, grabbing the White Tiger face on the front of Whiger's chest. Whiger screamed as it began to glow red, but managed to break free of Casey's grip before the Red Ranger could take it. He leapt up, and Casey tripped him. Whiger screamed as he stumbled over the edge of the cliff. Reacting instinctively, Casey grabbed his wrist, stopping him from falling to his death.

"Casey!" Jenna ran over and grabbed Whiger's wrist as well, struggling to pull the heavy creature up.

"Pull yourself up!" Casey yelled to Whiger.

"No!" Whiger screamed in defiance.

"Would you rather fall to your death?!" Casey yelled back angrily. "Come on!" he and Jenna pulled hard, but Whiger fought them.

"This is the final shame! Let me go!" Whiger ordered.

"No!" Casey yelled back.

"That's not what we do!" Jenna shouted. The two finally managed to pull Whiger up, and fell backwards as he stumbled back onto solid land.

"General Whiger...once a mighty Phantom Beast...now totally disgraced!" Whiger scoffed bitterly. "You should have let me fall!" he shouted at the pair. "I tried to destroy you! I stole your Animal Spirit! I kidnapped and tortured you!" he glanced to Jenna. "Yet you save my life..." he shook his head, unable to understand.

"That's what we do. We're taught to help people and...animals," Casey told him as he caught his breath. Jenna smiled, patting his arm. Casey's Morpher suddenly beeped, and Whiger stood up, only to fall back to his knees. Casey stared at him for a moment, before running off.

"My end...is near," Jenna looked down at Whiger in surprise as his hand began to fade.

"What's happening to you?" she asked curiously.

"Without Rinzin Power...a Phantom Beast cannot survive..." Whiger pushed himself up, and stumbled away. Jenna watched with a frown, before hurrying off to make sure Casey was alright.

The battle with Rammer and Badrat continued as Badrat leapt onto the roof of a building beside where Rammer was fighting RJ and Dom. Using their jets, Lily, Theo and Ari followed him up, and Minos leapt up as well. They continued to fight as Badrat used the armour on his back to block Minos' hammer, he then grabbed Lily's wrist and twisted, making her cry out in pain.

"Rhino Morpher, Claw Power!" Ari combined her Claw Booster with the Rhino Morpher and leapt at Badrat, slashing him with a powerful strike that forced him to release Lily. "You okay?" she asked the blonde, who nodded.

"Yeah, thanks," she smiled.

"Now I'm annoyed!" Badrat shrieked as he got to his feet, and the eyes on the rat face on his chest glowed red.

"Firing jets!" Ari shot at him again, striking the warrior. He screamed in pain as Dom dealt Rammer a powerful finishing blow that made him scream. However, when the smoke faded, they were alarmed to find that Badrat had grown, and Rammer now stood on the roof with the others, both laughing as they seemed unharmed. "Dude! That's cheating!" Ari complained.

"Hey Rammer? Think they're worn down enough?" Badrat called down to him.

"Maybe a little more, just in case," Rammer decided. As Badrat then turned his attention to RJ and Dom, Rammer took on the other four.

"Round and around we spin!" he called with a laugh as he blocked Lily and Theo's weapons and knocked them into the air. "Losing your weapons so I can win!" he then turned and caught Ari and Minos before they could strike. With a powerful headbutt, he knocked them off the building as Badrat blasted the two Megazords, which forced Dom and RJ to eject. They looked up just in time to see the others overpowered by Rammer, and they landed beside the two.

"Rammer! Do you think they're worn down enough now?" Badrat called to his companion.

"There's one sure way to find out!" Rammer nodded. "Let it rip Badrat!"

"Okay, bye-bye!" Badrat laughed, tossing dust over the Rangers.

"It's that dust again!" Theo yelled as they began to glow again. Ari snapped her fingers, and golden light surrounded her, but she was too worn down to extend it to anyone else. "But this time I feel weak..." Theo groaned.

"Guys!" Ari cried out in horror as the others disappeared. Badrat and Rammer cheered, before realising Ari was still there.

"But how did you avoid it?!" Badrat demanded. "Your Spirit must be as weak as theirs!" he yelled.

"It's not the first time freaks like you have tried to whammy me," Ari pushed herself to her feet. "You learn a trick or two after the first few times," she told them, before performing several hand gestures. A puff of smoke exploded around her, and when it faded, she was gone.

Minos groaned as he came too, and when the headache faded enough for him to remember what had happened, he sat up. Looking around, he found the other Rangers lying there too, unmorphed, and pushed himself up.

"Hey, wake up," he crouched beside Theo, slapping his face lightly.

"What's going on?" the Blue Ranger groaned.

"Your guess is as good as mine," Minos gave a grim smile before going over to RJ to wake him.

"Where are we?" Lily asked, going to one of the square windows and looking out.

"And where's Ari?" Dom asked, noticing that they were missing a Ranger. As they walked around, their prison shook, making them stumble.

"It's some kind of box..." RJ frowned.

"I can hear people yelling for help!" Dom told them, and they all stopped moving and talking, listening. Sure enough, they could hear it too. Theo looked out, and saw multiple boxes hanging from the ceiling.

"I can see a lot of traps hanging from the ceiling," he told the others. "They must be in there!"

"It must be those civilians that Badrat used the dust on," Minos realised.

"They must be trapped, just like us!" Lily cried as she went to the hole to look out too. "And this..." she inhaled sharply and stumbled away from the hole. "We're in a rat trap!" she realised.

"Oh...that's karma for you," Dom groaned. "Help trap a rat, and we end up caught in a trap, like rats!" he rolled his eyes.

"Actually, we didn't trap it, I did it, but at least I was humane about it! They didn't even leave us pizza!" RJ complained, and they stumbled as the trap shook again, making Lily and Theo fall over.

"Such a perfect plan!" Rammer laughed as he and Badrat walked in, dancing around the cave. Using a stick, Badrat struck the traps, making the people inside cry out in fear.

"Scream my captives! Our King wants your fear!" Badrat laughed. "Scream Rangers, we'll collect your fear too!" he poked his stick into the trap.

"They're really huge!"

"Au contraire, I think we're really small," RJ corrected Lily. "That dust must have shrunk us so we'd fit in these cages," he realised. When the stick was jammed in again, Minos snorted, and with a powerful punch, he broke through it.

"Hey!" Badrat cried out.

"Nice try rat, but we don't scare so easily!" Minos told him.

"Don't act so tough just because your Gold Ranger escaped!" Badrat shrieked at him.

"Shush!" Rammer hissed at him. "When we find her, then you'll show your fear, don't you worry!" the taller of the two yelled, and they ran off.

"I sure hope Ari and Casey can find us," Dom gulped.

"Theo! Lily! Ari?" Casey called as he ran through the empty streets of Ocean Bluff.

"RJ? Dom?" Jenna called, looking around.

"Casey! Jenna!" they looked around as Ari leapt down from seemingly nowhere. "What are you doing here? What happened to you?" she asked, realising they were covered in dirt.

"Where is everyone?" Jenna asked.

"They've been taken," the three looked around as Whiger stumbled towards them. "By Dai Shi's beast warriors," Ari stared at him with wide eyes. "They've captured everyone! I will take you to where they are," he offered.

"Why should we trust you?" Ari asked him carefully.

"Yeah. It would make Dai Shi very happy to get his hands on us," Casey nodded. "Why should we trust you?" he asked.

"You have no reason to...then again, you really don't have much of a choice," Whiger pointed out. Ari sighed.

"The dude's right," she nodded in agreement. "Badrat and Rammer took them, I barely managed to escape," Ari told the two, before Whiger cried out, grabbing his leg as it began to fade.

"Follow me," Whiger told them. He turned and limped away.

"What do you think?" Casey asked, glancing to Ari.

"Hey, you're the leader, and it's you he's been after this whole time, what do you think?" she asked.

"I say we go for it. We're screwed either way," Casey shrugged, and Ari grinned.

"Fair point," she agreed, before turning to Jenna. "Master Swift, if you don't want to come with us, you don't have to," Ari said, aware that the last time they had been near Dai Shi's temple, had been when the Phantoms had kidnapped her and the other Masters.

"I'm going. I won't leave RJ and the others there," Jenna said firmly.

"Then let's go," Casey nodded, and they ran to catch up to Casey.

The five in the trap sat meditating, listening out for anyone approaching.

"Someone's coming," Dom heard the door first.

"Whoa dude, careful," Ari stopped Whiger from falling over as they walked through the chamber.

"They're in that trap," Whiger pulled away from her and leaned on the giant wheel.

"Oh, the irony of this is not lost on me," Ari laughed, walking over to the trap and peering in. "Aw, you're so tiny!" she cooed as the five in the trap got to their feet.

"How about you stop mocking us, and get us out!" Theo yelled.

"And here I thought the rescue party the last time was tragic," they looked around as Camille emerged. "Here we have a Ranger with no Spirit and a Phantom General with no Rinzin," the woman gave a mocking laugh. "A stiff wind could blow you over," she taunted.

"You're forgetting about me!" Ari reminded her, grabbing her Morpher. "JUNGLE BEAST, SPIRIT UNLEASHED!" Ari Morphed.

"And me! Spirit of the Spider Monkey!" Jenna summoned her Animal Spirit, which leapt at Camille as Ari called on her Jungle Blades and ran at her.

"I didn't forget about you!" Camille laughed, cutting through the Spirit with her Sai. "You're just not worth the effort!" she mocked as she clashed with Ari.

"And that's why you'll lose," Camille was surprised at the strength behind Ari's blow. "You underestimate us!" she suddenly called on her Jungle Master Mode, blasting Camille back.

"I underestimate you? Please! You're no match for my Rinzin Power!" Camille declared, and kicked Ari backwards into Jenna. She then turned to Casey and lashed out, making him cry out as she cut his cheek. He fell to the ground, but as Camille went to finish him off, Whiger suddenly leapt in the way, turning his back to Camille and taking the blow. Whiger screamed in pain, falling into Casey.

"We only have one hope of defending ourselves!" Whiger yelled as Ari leapt onto Camille's back and pulled her away from the weakened Tigers. "You have to trust me," he pleaded.

"What do I have to lose?" Casey sighed. Whiger grabbed his hand and put it to the White Tiger face on his chest, which began to glow red.

"You are a thorn in my side I will gladly remove, Gold Ranger," Camille growled as she managed to throw Ari off.

"Bring it!" Ari challenged, but when Camille turned to Jenna and lashed out with sharp claws, Ari intercepted it and raised a shield. It shattered, and all three were thrown back.

"Thanks," Jenna breathed to Ari.

"No problem," Ari nodded back. Camille approached them, only to be attacked from behind by Casey and Whiger. Casey leapt into the air, and swung down as his hand started glowing red. Camille was taken by surprise, and cried out as it made contact.

"Spirit of the Tiger!" Casey yelled as he began to glow red.

"And the White Tiger!" Whiger began to glow white, and they fired their Tiger Spirits at Camille.

"Spirit of the Sparrow!"

"Spirit of the Spider Monkey!" Camille wasn't able to defend against all four Spirits, and was thrown backwards into a wall with a scream. When she pushed herself up, she turned and ran.

"Coward," Ari scoffed, before Whiger fell to his knees.

"What's happening?" Casey asked as he crouched beside him.

"I've used up my energy...without my Rinzin...I will fade away," he admitted as they all stood around him.

"Why? Why did you help me?" Casey asked him, baffled by the act of kindness from the General.

"Dai Shi has proven to be my enemy..." Whiger turned to him. "But you? You have proven to be my friend...you must destroy them, for all Tigers!" Whiger pleaded, before disappearing completely. Nobody spoke as Casey stood, lifting his Morpher. With an angry yell, he Morphed, and Ari walked over.

"Let's get these guys out," she said softly, and he nodded. She snapped her fingers, and began to glow golden. The traps around the room began to glow as well, and everyone inside disappeared, leaving the Rangers standing with them.

"You guys okay?" Casey asked as they ran over to disoriented group.

"We are now," Lily smiled as RJ pulled Jenna into a tight hug.

"Come on, we've still got a pair of beasts on the loose!" Casey told them, and they nodded.

Rammer and Badrat shrieked as they ran in circles, panicking.

"Oh no!"

"They got out of their traps!"

"We've got to get busy again!" Rammer shouted at Badrat.

"Not so fast!" they jumped, shrieking, as the Rangers ran towards them.

"Well...I guess we'll catch them again too!" Rammer growled.

"Not gonna happen! Jungle Master Mode!" the Rangers called on their higher power. "With the Strength of a Tiger! Jungle Fury Red Ranger!"

"With the Stealth of a Jaguar! Jungle Fury Blue Ranger!"

"With the Speed of a Cheetah! Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!"

"With the Agility of a Sparrow! Jungle Fury Gold Ranger!"

"With the Courage of a Wolf! Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger!"

"With the Power of a Rhino! Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger!"

"With the Defiance of a Bull!"

With angry yells, Rammer and Badrat attacked, but the battle was easily in the Rangers favour as Casey, happy to have his Spirit back, called on his Shark Sabres and combined them. He leapt over Badrat and slashed across Rammer's front, making the warrior shriek.

"Geez, Casey is making us look bad," Ari chuckled as they watched him dominate the fight.

"It's bye-bye to you two!" Casey taunted as he used his sabres in a powerful slash. "Call to the Beast Inside! Free the Tiger!" Casey summoned his Tiger, and the two warriors were thrown aside. When they looked up, they cried out in alarm as Lily and Theo leapt through the air. They struck the two as well, before leaping out of the way as Ari and Minos did the same.

"Wolf Beam!"

"Rhino Stampede!" RJ and Dom blasted them multiple times. "Casey!" Dom then threw Casey his Morpher.

"Rhino Morpher! Claw Power with Tiger Spirit!" Casey called on the blade, and with one final strike, finished them off. They screamed, falling to the ground.

"Casey!" Lily smiled, running over to him.

"That was awesome!" RJ nodded.

"Thanks," Casey grinned, before looking around as the two grew large. "It's time to go big, or go home!" Casey told the others.

"Oh yeah! Let's do this!" Ari cheered.

"Animal Spirits Unite!" they formed the three Megazords and attacked. Badrat screamed as RJ's Megazord kicked him with a powerful leg, and he went down. Nearby, Rammer was being overpowered by Dom's Rhino Steel Megazord. Rammer and Badrat fell into each other, and cried out in alarm.

"Jump on top!" Rammer yelled, and Badrat obliged, leaping on top. He balanced on Rammer's horns, and the two began to spin. They shot around, striking each Megazord. They cried out as their Megazords were broken apart, and each Ranger fell to the ground in their own Zords.

"Let's hit them with everything!" Casey suggested.

"Calling on Animal Spirits!" Casey summoned his Tiger and Shark Zords along with the Gorilla, while Lily summoned her Cheetah and Elephant with her Penguin. Theo then called on his Jaguar and Bat to join his Antelope, while Ari called on her Sparrow, Spider Monkey and Frog Zords to join her Squirrel. Minos' Bull then joined, running along with them.

"Animal Spirits, Full Fury!" the Rangers fired a powerful blow that destroyed Rammer, but Badrat managed to avoid the main force of the blow.

"Oh come on!" Ari groaned.

"Watch me spin!" Badrat began to spin, knocking all of the Zords over.

"Jungle Pride, charge!" Casey yelled. Casey's Tiger and Ari's Sparrow combined on the top of the Rhino Zord, leaving the others to run around it.

"Animal Spirits, Full Fury! Savage Spin!" the Rangers began to spin, meeting Badrat head on. The Spirits on the ground then leapt up to strike him, and Dom's Rhino finished him off as Badrat screamed.

"You know, I'm gonna miss this little dude," Ari crouched in front of the pink cage that Maurice was now in.

"Me too..." RJ sighed, and handed the cage over to two little dark haired girls, who were barely big enough to hold it between them. "Au revoir, Maurice..." he waved.

"Maurice?" Ari raised an eyebrow at him.

"Thank you so much," the girl's mother smiled thankfully at him, and the girls parroted her with wide smiles. They left, and RJ sighed again.

"He thinks the rat is French," Minos sighed.

"Anyway, I heard about this girl that lost her pet so I thought..." RJ trailed off as Ari giggled.

"That's so sweet," Jenna kissed his cheek, making him smile goofily. Even now, she had a strange effect on him.

"I know...oh wait, I forgot!" RJ realised, turning and rushing over to the counter. He lifted a box of pizza, and chased them out. "Wait Maurice, I made a king-size for the road!" Jenna put her hand to her face.

"And that's what separates humans from beasts," Lily turned to the others. "Kindness."

"I agree," Casey nodded. "But where would we have been today, if it wasn't for Whiger?" he asked the others, who nodded in agreement, thinking about the events that had transpired that day.

The whole events with Maurice had me laughing my ass off.

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