Chapter Twenty-Three

Jillian looked on as the sun was rising at Ocean Bluff. With her was her parents, their friends, the Dino Thunder Team, Minh, James, the Ronin Warriors, Lady Ronin Guardians, and her teammates except for RJ, who was back at the loft with his father.

"Hey, Dark Elite scum!" Kento shouted, "We have who you want! Why don't you show up right now!"

"Is that really necessary?" Amaya scoffed.

"What?" the Hardrock Ronin replied, "It's not like the Dark Elite is going to show up right this second."

"Guess again!"

The heroes turned to see Keith, Geneva and Nathan all appearing in dark mist along with a group of Rinshi.

"Well, here we go!" Ryo exclaimed, "Looks like we need to get ready for action!"

"Right on point!" Tommy nodded in agreement.

"Armor of Wildfire! Dao Jin!"

"Armor of Strata! Dao Inochi!"

"Armor of Halo! Dao Chi!"

"Armor of Torrent! Dao Shin!"

"Armor of Hardrock! Dao Gi!"

"Armor of the Eliminator! Dao Chin!"

"Ready?" Casey called to his teammates.

"Ready!" Lily, Theo and Dominic replied.

"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleashed!"

"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 Power of a Rhino, Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger!"

"It's Morphin Time!"

"Mastodon!"

"Pterodactyl!"

"Triceratops!"

"Saber Toothed Tiger!"

"Tyrannosaurus!"

"Zeo Ranger One Pink!"

"Zeo Ranger Two Yellow!"

"Zeo Ranger Three Blue!"

"Zeo Ranger Four Yellow!"

"Zeo Ranger Five Red!"

"Ninja Ranger Power!" Aisha called for her Ninjetti powers.

"Dino Thunder Power Up! Ha!"

"White Ranger, Dino Power!"

"Rinshi, attack!" Geneva ordered the minions, "and make sure we bring Jillian with us!"

Billy placed the mecha around Jillian and activated the force field to keep the enemy from grabbing Jillian, which worked like a charm as two rinshi tried in vain to grab her.

The rangers, Ronins and Guardians each took on the warriors and the rinshi.

"These hands are rated E for everyone, bitches!" Rekino exclaimed before knocking down Geneva and a pair of rinshi with ease, using her ninjetti skills.

"Green Ranger Power! Dragonzord!" Tommy switched to his green ranger powers before proceeding to fight more rinshi.

Suddenly, Keith noticed something nearby, "Oh, what do we have here?"

The dragon warrior picked up the power source for the mecha.

"Hey!" Casey shouted noticing what was going on, "put that down now!"

"Okay," Keith grinned before smashing the power source.

"No!" Tommy shouted, "Jillian, the force field has been destroyed!"

"What a dirty trick!" Kento exclaimed.

Before Jillian could make a move, Keith grabbed her from behind, "You're coming with us, traitor!"

"No, Jillian!" Kimberly yelled in worry.

Before she or Tommy could get to her, Keith vanished with Jillian in dark energy.

"Oh no!" Adam exclaimed, "They got Jillian!"

"See you losers on the other side!" Geneva exclaimed before she and Nathan vanished in dark energy along with the surviving rinshi.

"This is just like when Rita captured me," Kat noted, "after I broke free from her spell."

"We gotta find her!" Kimberly said desperately.

"Don't worry, beautiful," Tommy assured his wife, "we'll save her."

"James and I will infiltrate the Fortress of Despair," Rekino said, "it should be no trouble."

"I hope you're right," Aisha replied.

"The rest of us need to get back to the loft!" Casey told the others.

-Through-Dangerous-Times-

Kartras smirked in satisfaction as Geneva, Nathan and Keith each knelt before their mistress, "Good. We got the traitor in our clutches. Well done."

"Thank you, Mistress," Keith replied.

"So, what exactly are we going to do with her now that we have her, Mistress?" Geneva asked.

"I had a wonderful idea," Kartras answered, "We shall send her to the bottom of the Sea of Sorrow, something like what Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd had at their Moon Base."

"Let's do it then!" Geneva exclaimed.

"Patience, Python Warrior," Katras replied, "the tide has to be right and by the end of the day, Jillian will be gone. The price she will pay for betraying us."

-Through-Dangerous-Times-

RJ looked on in worry as did everyone else in the room. Was this plan going to backfire on them?

"Don't worry, guys," Fran assured the group, "James and Rekino are on their way to the Fortress of Despair to retrieve Jillian as well as RJ's wolf spirit."

"Any luck tracking Jillian yet?" Kimberly asked, worried.

"Sorry, Kim, Sorry, Tommy," Billy answered, "nothing yet."

"Chances are," Hana replied, "she's at the Fortress of Despair and James and Rekino are on their way to save her and retrieve the wolf spirit RJ lost as well."

"I hope they can pull this off," Twyla said, worried. Amaya quietly said a little prayer, hoping things would work out for the heroes.

-Through-Dangerous-Times-

"This is the place," James stated as he and Rekino looked around their surroundings, "the Fortress of Despair."

"Oh yeah!" Rekino exclaimed, "bring it on!"

The two looked on as an army of rinshi awaited them.

"Looks like we have to face these clowns first," James declared.

"Power Sword Strike!"

His attack took out the rinshi that were standing in his way. Rekino used her ninjetti skills to take out the rinshi that was standing her way.

-Through-Dangerous-Times-

Jillian perked up as it was now Nahtan's turn to keep watch over her.

"Excuse me," she called to the Griffin Warrior, "can you tell me what Kartras is going to do with me?"

"Oh you'll find out in due time," Nathan answered, "I will tell you, I hope you can swim, girl."

"It depends on what level of water," Jillian replied.

"Well," Nathan started to say before he started to wince in pain, "Damn! My shoulders are killing me!"

"Maybe I can help you with that," the Pink Ranger suggested.

"You can?"

"Yeah, but you'll have to come here though."

Nathan looked with hesitation before replying, "Fine, but no funny business. Got it?"

"Yeah," Jillian nodded as the Griffin warrior walked over to where his prisoner was.

She then proceeded to give Nathan a relaxing shoulder massage, which he seemed to be satisfied with as she was relaxing his muscles.

Suddenly, Jillian noticed a huge gust of purple energy surrounding a square, wooden box, "Um, what is that?"

"That? What's it to you?" Nathan replied before giving in due to the relaxing massage, "Oh, that's the box containing the gem holding the wolf spirit. Don't tell anyone, otherwise I will get in trouble."

Before Jillian knew it, the Griffin warrior fell asleep and she managed to get the key out of his grasp. From there, she freed herself from the cell and walked over to the box.

"So, this is the box that is holding RJ's wolf spirit," Jillian gazed upon the box before she opened it and saw a violet wolf trapped inside a gem, "the poor wolf must be scared being prisoner in that thing. That won't be a problem anymore for long."

She picked up the gem and held it in her hands, "Because soon the wolf is about to return to his owner."

"Well, Jillian, my dear," Kartras declared as she made her way to the area, "are you ready to meet your doom?"

Jillian looked up to see the evil Mistress not happy with her having the wolf spirit in her possession, "What are you doing, girl?! All right, drop the wolf now!"

"Not a chance, Kartras!" Jillian replied, keeping the gem in her grasp, "I have had enough of you and your ways!"

"I'm telling you that you are going to give that wolf spirit back to me right now!" Kartras demanded.

"And I'm telling you," Jillian replied, "forget it!"

"She's right about that, Witch Bitch!"

Jillian and Kartras both turned to see Rekino and James arriving at the scene.

"I see you are managing things well," James noted.

"And you got RJ's wolf spirit," Rekino added.

"Rinshi!" Kartras called upon an army of rinshi.

Jillian, James and Rekino proceeded to fight the army of rinshi as well as Kartras while Jillian was protecting the wolf spirit.

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"I'm picking up something!" Billy exclaimed.

The others in the loft, including Jarrod, Camille and Master Swoop, who had just arrived, all glanced at the original blue ranger.

"What is it, Billy?" Hayley asked.

"The wolf spirit is in the hands of good," Billy answered.

"Does that mean Jillian has it?" Tommy asked.

"If that's the case," Billy answered, "I'll be able to transport her and the wolf spirit here to the loft."

"What about James?" Twyla asked.

"And Rekino," Ryo added, "will you be able to transport them as well."

"Of course," Billy nodded, "it'll take me a minute."

"I hope this works," Kimberly sighed, worried.

"It'll work," Tommy assured his wife, "Billy's going to get Jillian back along with RJ's wolf spirit."

"Fingers crossed, everybody!" Billy exclaimed.

Suddenly, Jillian appeared in a mix of both pink and purple energy, Rekino appeared in red energy and James appeared in gray energy.

"Damn it!" Rekino exclaimed, "I almost nailed Kartras!"

"The important thing is RJ's wolf spirit is out of the Dark Elite's clutches," James replied before he and Twyla shared a reunion hug.

"Jillian," Kimberly approached her daughter as she and Tommy hugged her, "thank goodness you're okay."

"I'm fine, Mom," Jillian replied, "I'm fine."

She broke away from her parents and faced the Wolf Master, "Oh, RJ, I believe this belongs to you."

She handed RJ the gem which contained his wolf spirit. Purple energy transferred from the gem back into RJ's body before he was powered up into his ranger form.

"So, that's your ranger form!" Conner exclaimed.

"Yeah," RJ replied, "it's good to be back!"

"And Jillian," Billy handed the pink ranger her morpher, "this is your morpher."

Jillian observed the morpher, which looked similar to what the original team had, "This looks like your all's."

"That's because you won't just have the powers of the Jungle Fury Pink Ranger," Tommy answered, "try it out and see for yourself."

"It's morphin time," Jillian declared nervously. In green energy, she was donning the same green ranger attire her father wore, "Whoa!"

"I suggested this to Billy," Tommy replied, "I know I won't be able to pull this off forever, so I am putting my own legacy in good hands."

"And you couldn't put it in better hands," Kimberly replied.

"We are watching history in the making," Zack stated.

"And it's only the beginning," Adam grinned.

-Through-Dangerous-Times-

"I cannot believe this!" Kartras exclaimed in anger as Keith, Nathan and Geneva were with her in the throne room.

"I will avenge you personally, Mistress!" Keith declared.

"As will I, Mistress!" Geneva added.

"And I as well," Nathan finished, "the Ronin Warriors, Lady Ronin Guardians and Power Rangers will all pay for this! We swear it!"

"Well then," a fifth voice chimed in, "looks like you'll be needing me now. I have a feeling of it."

The Dark Elite glanced over and saw a fourth warrior with armor similar to Keith's except it was a woman donning the armor, and it was dark blue in color.

"How would you know?" Geneva asked.

"I have a feeling there is one more team of Power Rangers coming this way," the blue dragon warrior answered, "and I know them personally, just like I know the Wolf Master personally."

The warrior powered down, revealing a young lady with red hair, with an evil smirk on her face.

"So you know the new team of rangers coming this way?" Geneva asked.

"And you know that team personally?" Keith asked.

"That's right," the young lady answered, "I used to work with that team of rangers, and now more than ever, you will be needing me."

"Very well, Kelly," Kartras addressed the red head, "you may join the rest of the warriors in the battles against the rangers."

"Didn't you go by another name for a time?" Nathan asked.

"Yeah," Kelly answered, "I went under the alias Tiffany, which is my middle name, and it was something to keep the Ninja Storm Rangers from catching on."

"And that's the team of rangers coming?" Geneva asked.

"Exactly," Kelly nodded.

"You may make your move against the rangers," Kartras told the new warrior, "hopefully, you will be able to defeat those rangers and their allies!"

-Through-Dangerous-Times-

"If we are done here with all the ranger stuff," Flit announced, "there are some visitors outside of Jungle Karma Pizza!"

RJ and Jillian powered down from their ranger forms as the Wolf Master and Master Finn perked up as the others followed suit.

"This must be our brothers," Conner spoke up, "and the rest of the Ninja Storm team."

"This is it," RJ muttered, preparing to meet the rest of his brothers.

"Are you ready for it?" Kira asked the brothers.

"Oh," Conner answered, "I'm ready to meet with Dustin."

"As I'll ever be," RJ nodded.

"Let's let RJ, Conner and Master Finn meet them first," Casey suggested.

"Good idea," Jillian replied.

RJ nodded before he, Master Finn, and Conner made their way down the stairs barely acknowledging Fran wishing them luck.

They made their way to the JKP area as RJ opened the door. He took a deep breath as he saw the visitors: a blonde haired young woman in blue, an Asian man wearing navy who RJ assumed was her lover, another young man wearing crimson, an Asian man in green, and finally, a brown haired young man in red and a curly brown haired young man in yellow.

"It's a good thing you were able to convince Marah and Kapri to stay put, Cam," the blonde woman told the Asian man in green.

"I agree," the young man in green, Cam replied.

"Dustin," Conner walked over to the young man in yellow, "it's good to see you again, under these unusual circumstances, that is."

"Yeah," Dustin replied, shaking hands with the Red Dino Ranger, "it's hard to believe we are actually brothers."

"Yeah, strange."

RJ looked on as Dustin faced their father, and Conner was sharing a brotherly hug with the boy in red.

"Good to see you again, Eric," the Dino Thunder leader acknowledged his twin.

"It's good to see you again too, brother!" the guy in red, Eric, replied before he and Conner faced Master Finn.

"You must be our biological father," the yellow Ninja Storm Ranger glanced at the shark master.

"Yes," Master Finn answered, "I am Harold James, but everyone here calls me Master Finn."

"I get it," Eric replied, "because you are the master of the shark!"

"Why else is he called that?" the blonde woman scoffed before introducing herself and the man wearing navy, "I'm Tori Bradley, and this is my husband, Blake."

"Nice to meet you," Blake greeted the group before gesturing towards the guy wearing crimson red, "this is my brother Hunter Bradley."

"Hi," Hunter waved to the group.

"And my name is Cam Watanabe," the Asian guy in green introduced himself.

-Through-Dangerous-Times-

Dustin looked at the young man in a purple training suit. He was tall and looked like a hipster of some sorts. This young man must have been the youngest brother he had heard about.

"You must be Dustin," the young man in purple walked over to him.

"You," Dustin replied, not really knowing what to say at first.

"You, um, my name is Robert James, but feel free to call me RJ, everyone else does,"

"RJ," Dustin replied in return, "you're not at all what I thought."

"What's that supposed to mean?" RJ asked.

"You don't look anything like...what a youngest brother of the family typically looks like," Dustin answered, "if you know what I mean."

"You'd be surprised at what you don't know about me," RJ replied.

There was a pause of silence as the yellow Ninja Storm ranger stared at his youngest brother. He met Conner before and knew him already, before the whole revelation came to play. He already knew Eric when he took Shane's place as the Red Ninja Storm Ranger after he was killed in battle.

Then, there was RJ. The youngest brother of the pack. There was something about him that made Dustin want to be close to him for some reason. He couldn't explain it but it was an overwhelming feeling almost as if he knew him his entire life, but they just now met, and he was now attached to him.

Dustin suddenly gave RJ an embracing hug, and the two brothers laughed.

"I think we should leave the brothers and their father alone for a bit," Cam suggested.

"I agree," Tori replied, "why don't we go up and meet the other rangers?"

"I'm sure the owner of this place will bring us to them shortly," Hunter replied.

"I am the owner of the place," RJ replied facing the others, "and I will gladly bring you to the others as they are at my loft."

Author's Note: So that wraps up the "Pink With Evil" story arc and a family reunion in progress! There's a plot twist everywhere we look it seems as someone the Ninja Storm team knows is now on the side of evil, but how will the Jungle Fury and Ninja Storm teams react when they find out the truth about "Tiffany" aka Kelly Halloway? All that will be revealed in due time, but in the meantime, Christmas is around the corner and there's an arc regarding that. See you there!