After the battle, the Rangers made their way back to JKP at RJ's insistence. He knew all too well from his own Ranger days that after a battle, the only thing a team wanted to do afterwards was relax and unwind. It was as true for his own team as it was for any other he had met, and given the look of delight on Jake's face at the mere mention of pizza, he figured this team would be no different.

Casey and RJ knew enough about the alleys and back streets that they easily led the Corsair Rangers from the scene before the Emergency Services and the media turned up. They had done so often enough themselves back in the day that even the added complication of having five of the most recognisable faces on the planet with them didn't seem to slow them down much.

RJ brought them in through the back and into the apartment over the restaurant, where Lily was doing the books.

"Aw...yeah! Now THIS is an apartment!" Jake called out in approval as he got in, seeing the place full of video games, pinball machines, and even a miniature basketball court.

"It's...quite a man cave." Gia remarked as she got in. "And Lily lives here too?"

"She does indeed." RJ answered, gesturing to where Lily was sitting at the table with the books. He came over, kissing her cheek as he got to her side. "So, how are you now oh love of my life."

"You're not charming your way out of the dog house that easily mister." She warned him. "My toe still hurts...oh...hi guys! I caught your battle on the TV."

They all saw the assortment of televisions mounted around a tatty, green recliner in the corner, and a large screen TV by a couch. The large TV was set onto the news channel to follow the events of the day. The Rangers saw that not only were emergency and media crews now at the scene, but there was a huge crowd of people too, many of whom were wearing t-shirts and carrying banners of support.

"Wow, I guess you weren't kidding about your team being popular here." Troy stated. "Just showing up in this town in your old colours caused a real stir."

"It's a nice boost to the ego, I will admit." RJ said with a smile. "You guys looked pretty good out there in our old suits."

"Well the suits alone weren't what made the difference." Troy conceded, looking to Casey. "We'd never have managed it without your training."

"Everyone can learn something. Even I learned something from all of this." Casey told him.

"You mean throwing valuable Ranger Keys into a tiger cage is a bad idea?" Gia teased him. Casey just sighed and nodded his head. Lily just looked to him.

"You did what?" She asked him.

"He needed to wait a while before he could get them back." Emma informed Lily. "Gia...the tiger Gia...kind of mistook them for a tasty snack."

"Casey!" Lily snapped, smacking him across the chest. RJ just laughed at this. It did bring back a lot of memories of their own Ranger days.

"I'm sorry, I just...It seemed like a good idea at the time!" He protested.

"You've been hanging around my husband too long." She grumbled, shaking her head. "So, I guess you guys are probably hungry?"

"Always!" Jake answered joyfully.

"Well, I'll just go and talk to Dom about sending up some pizza." She replied. "You guys make yourselves comfortable. You've earned it."

"I'll go with you." Gia told her as she went with Lily to place their order.

As They left, Troy looked to Casey once more.

"Look, I just wanted to apologise about earlier." He told him. "I just...this whole thing, being the Red Guy...I guess it just gets to me. At times I guess I can get kind of focused on..."

"Hey, I get it. I was the red guy too at one time remember?" Casey told him. "And I had the added problem of being a long way behind the others in my training."

"I know it's just...I didn't need to be such a jerk about it." Troy told him. "I can't believe I got so caught up in the weapons thing. I should have known I could fight without them. I trained for three years before I was allowed to touch a weapon."

"Hey, like I said, sometimes we get caught up in the way we're used to doing things that we forget what we can do." Casey replied as he reached to a weapons rack, picking up a set of nunchaka. "The thing about people who live by the sword is they have a habit of dying on them. Personally, I like to know that I'm ready for the situation I don't have a weapon to hand."

He then started to swing around the nunchaka in an impressive display, eliciting a round of applause from the Corsair Rangers.

"Of course, I'm also pragmatic." He told them. "If I am able to use a weapon, I know they can be a huge help. I just don't rely on having one."

"I'll bear that in mind." Troy told him.

"I guess we all should." Noah added. "I've been working so hard on my sword training; I guess I never thought about what would happen if I didn't have it."

"Weapons can break, weapons can be taken away and weapons can malfunction." RJ answered sagely. "That is why personally, I never really used one in the Wolf Style."

"Wait...isn't your Wolf Morpher basically a cannon?" Jake asked him.

"It focuses my Wolf Spirit." RJ told him.

"Into a blast." Jake reminded him. "Basically making it a cannon."

"I guess you could say that." RJ said.

"So you do use a weapon." Emma teased him. "You use a gun."

"Who wants some music?" RJ asked as he went to the jukebox to select some tunes, and end the conversation which seemed to have taken an embarrassing turn. Lily and Gia came back into the room, this time accompanied by Tensou.

"Tensou?" Troy asked. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, Gia and I kind of got talking while we were placing your order." Lily told them. "And she told me all about your little problem getting the clues from Tensou."

"Yeah, we still feel pretty awful about it." Noah conceded. "None of us want to hit him..."

"Wait...you hit your assistant?" Casey asked.

"It's the only way we can kick-start his search programme." Troy protested. "He only activates it when we hit him over the head..."

"And Fran thought she had it bad." Casey interrupted him with a smile. "Sorry to hear that little guy."

"Well, Gia also told me about that little deal you have going with Tensou to compensate him." Lily answered. She went out the room, coming back a second later with the Mr Brainfreeze outfit. Casey just laughed.

"What is THAT?" He asked.

"It's...a long story." Jake told him. "Whoever hits him has to wear that outfit for an hour."

"Whoa, that is funky." RJ stated, recoiling as he got close to the suit. "I guess you can't exactly stick it in the washing machine."

"You know after spending the entire morning shovelling a couple of tons of animal poo I don't think we're going to mind wearing that this time." Troy chuckled.

"Oh, none of you are wearing it." Lily told them, looking to Casey. The Red Jungle Fury Ranger's smile suddenly slipped.

"What?" He asked.

"You DID lose the Ranger keys." She reminded him.

"I got them back!" Casey reminded her. "I had to dig through Gia's..."

"You just rectified your own mistake." Lily told him. She gestured to Tensou. "And after making them do all your work at the zoo today, I think it's only fair that you take their turn this time around."

The whole room started laughing as Casey realised that Lily wasn't joking. He tried to protest, but he knew that it was futile. Once Lily got an idea in her head, there really was no talking her out of it.

"Um...alright...sorry about this little guy." Casey said as he brought out his nunchaka, taking up position behind Tensou.

"Just get it over with." Tensou responded. Casey took a deep breath, before swinging his nunchaka, smacking Tensou squarely over the head. The little mechanical owl staggered for a moment, before standing bolt upright.

"Alright, quick, record the message!" Troy stated. Gia quickly got a recorder out as Tensou began.

"Your search has been long, and the road ahead stretches longer,
The trials ahead are difficult and as a team you must be stronger,
Five have been enough for now, but your enemies show no sign of resigning,
From the clouds of the dark times, Six will come from the Silver Lining."

As he shook his head, he looked to the Rangers.

"That...THAT WAS IT?" Jake protested. "That told us nothing!"

"Yeah, there was no mention of keys or a city or a Ranger...nothing!" Noah agreed. Emma just smiled.

"Guys, that poem wasn't about Ranger Keys...but it is great news!" Emma told them.

"What are you talking about?" Noah asked.

"Don't you guys remember when Jordan took us to that cave? When we got these new powers?" She asked them. "Have none of you remembered that there are six chairs in the Red Galleon?"

"The other outfit..." Gia said as she caught on to where Emma was going with her train of thought. "Guys, Six will come from the Silver Lining! We're finally getting a Sixth Ranger!"

"This is amazing!" Jake whooped in delight. "Guys, don't you get what this means?"

"Jordan created the Silver Ranger powers for himself! He only stayed in the Library to complete his studies because Gosei told him to!" Noah rushed out, smiling brightly. "Guys...Jordan's coming home!"

"Well that does sound like something to celebrate!" RJ answered excitedly, grabbing the Mr Brainfreeze costume and handing it to Casey. "Now, I believe someone has a promise to fulfil..."

"Actually, you both do." Lily told him. RJ just looked puzzled. "Don't think I don't remember how you embarrassed me this morning. And you have to admit, Casey takes after you when it comes to training. I blame you just as much as him for that Ranger Key thing."

"But...there's only one costume." RJ reminded her. Lily just arched an eyebrow. RJ gulped. "Oh no...anything but that..."

"Go!" Lily told them. "Both of you!"

As they both left the room. Lily kept an eye out at the door for them while the others made themselves comfortable, and started to talk among themselves about the fact that soon they would get another Ranger. While they had fought with only five team members before, they had always missed having another set of hands. For all the teething problems he had getting used to the Robo Knight armour, Jordan had proven himself to be a powerful and dependable ally. Lily finally caught their attention with a loud whistle.

"Alright guys, here it is, a gift from us to you!" Lily announced. Just then, Casey came in, wearing the Mr Brainfreeze outfit, looking somewhat less than thrilled. Emma immediately got out her camera and started taking some shots as the others laughed.

"And, for his part in all this, can I present my loving husband, otherwise known as Pepperona!" She declared. RJ walked into the room, or rather, he waddled in, struggling to get through the narrow doorway. He was wearing a giant foam-rubber suit, that made him look like a giant slice of pizza. The Corsair Rangers immediately doubled over in laughter.

"This is going to be a long hour." Casey grumbled.

"Well, we do kind of deserve it." RJ answered as he posed for some of Emma's shots.

The laughter finally stopped as Dom arrived, carrying a large stack of pizza boxes. He greeted the others with a huge smile.

"So, who ordered a pizza party?" He asked. The Rangers all whooped in delight as they started to open boxes, starting the party to celebrate the impending return of an old friend.

Fin.

A/N: Just warning all of you that I've got a lot on the next couple of days, but it works out, as we all know what's coming, and it'll give me time to catch what happens this Saturday. The next story will probably start somewhere early next week, in the meantime, I hope you all enjoyed this story, and thanks especially to all my regular reviewers.