Rangers:
Red: Jared Scott
Blue: Omar Ellis
Yellow: Jennifer/Jenny Callahan
Green: Hunter Jacobson
Pink: Katherine/KZ Walker
Black: Arthur/Artie Carter-Scott
White: Gwen Anderson

AT CLOVER Hill High, KZ entered in with a tired expression. Her mom had been up all night getting sick, KZ had no idea it got that bad when someone is expecting a baby.

 KZ dragged herself to her locker and opened it. She glanced over down the hall and noticed her boyfriend. He was grabbing his own books, and then glanced up at her direction. She waved with a smile and he did the same. However, KZ's smile faded when Gwen practically jumped over since she did share a locker next to him.

KZ knew she was going to try to be Gwen's friend but it was hard since Gwen was so bubbly and flirty towards her boyfriend. She wanted to say something to the two of them but didn't want to seem jealous, even if she was.

Jenny walks over, "You look exhausted."

KZ yawns, "Yeah mom was up all night."

"So when is the baby due?" Jenny asks.

"November 14th." KZ said.

Jenny smiles, "And on that date you'll become a big sister to a brother or a sister." She said.

KZ shuts her locker, "Yeah."

Jenny's eyes shifted to Jared and Gwen. Jenny wasn't the only one to notice how close Gwen and Jared have been getting lately, it sort of feels out of no where. But unlike KZ, Jenny knows how pure her cousin's heart is.

"Don't fret about them. Seriously, I went over for dinner and all Jared ever talks about is you and his books." Jenny said.

KZ forms a small smile, "He talks about me?"

Jenny nods, "Of course," Jenny began to walk in the direction of Hunter, "We better get going to class."

KZ nods. Jenny walks down the hallway in the direction of her own boyfriend, whereas KZ leaned against her locker looking at her boyfriend and Gwen. Jared shut Gwen's locker and she was giggling, the two were heading in the direction of their classroom. KZ exhaled a deep breathe and started walking, she was shaking her head.

"I wish Jared would flirt with me and give me attention like the way Gwen gives him attention." KZ sighs.

KZ then enters class. A small little pink cloud appears behind KZ, KZ closes the classroom door and the cloud turns into a goat. This goat stood on its back legs and looked rather evil, a smirk on its face made everything just creepy.

"Well, well Pinkie. Be careful what you wish for." The goat said and then turned back into the pink cloud.

---

IN ENGLISH class, Mr Nelson gave them a free period to work on their own essay over their latest book they had finished up. Jared was reading over Omar's and pointing out mistakes for his friend, Hunter was starting to work on his essay draft, Jenny was checking over KZ's and KZ was checking over Jenny's, and Omar was helping Gwen out.

Jared hands Omar his essay, "Here you go," Jared leans his hand on his head.

Omar saw all of the red checks on his paper, "You are as bad as our teacher. Seriously, did I do anything right?"

Jared nods, "You did the header right." Jared says with a small grin.

Omar sighs, "I hate you sometimes." Omar shakes his head.

Jared chuckles.

Gwen then snatches her paper from Omar, "You know can you check mine. I don't trust Omar now." Gwen said.

Omar pouts, "Hey!"

Jared snickers, "She has spoken."

Gwen looks at Omar, "No offense Omar, but Jared knows more about this than you." Gwen grins.

Omar crosses his arms on his chest, "How rude." Omar pouts still.

Jared took Gwen's paper and began grading it much like how he was doing it with Omar's paper. KZ glanced up from Jenny's paper in the direction to Gwen, Omar, and Jared. KZ frowns seeing how much closer they were compared to how close she was with Jared. Jenny nudged KZ to snap her out of her self doubt. Jenny was handing KZ back her paper.

"You did well," Jenny said, "And they are just friends, remember."

KZ nods, "Yeah."

Jenny takes her paper back from KZ, "Besides I heard from a random birdie that Artie has a crush on her."

KZ seemed a bit relieved, "Really?"

Jenny nods.

From the other side of the classroom they hear, "Come on Jared, grade mine too!"

Jenny and KZ turn over to see Jared by his desk and Hunter basically hovering over top of him with his own paper, Omar snickering at that, and Gwen getting mad for Hunter getting involved while Jared was grading her paper. Hunter didn't seem to care though. Jenny forms a small smile and shakes her head as she turns back to her paper, whereas KZ wonders how she and Jared even began a couple. They are really different when she thought about it.

Then the bell rang, "You can have someone else grade it." Was what Jared said as he gathered his things.

Hunter pouts, "No far."

Jared heads by the door but waits for KZ. He stood by his desk and turns to look at her, who was still sitting at her desk.

"Ready for our next class?" He asks his girlfriend.

KZ nods, "Yeah." She smiles as she heads over to him.

---

KZ NOTICED how much closer Jared had been to her lately, it was weird. Their relationship had some space but today, Jared walked her to every class and even held her hand. The two didn't want to seem to attached at school, but for some odd reason Jared was being clingy. It didn't make KZ feel uncomfortable, because he was being flirty towards her instead of being near Gwen.

As the teens were heading to lunch Jenny was the first to notice something was up. Jared was not a big fan of PDA, but today her cousin kissed KZ on the lips at their lunch table and even had his arm wrapped around her back. Hunter didn't seem to notice and the same with Gwen and Artie, but Omar was slowly catching on like Jenny.

"So who is excited for Spring Break?" Jenny did the ice breaker.

Gwen pokes her fork at her salad, "It starts tomorrow right?"

Hunter nods, "Yeah and we'll be going up Reefside for the trial."

Gwen still was kind of out of the loop still, "Trial?"

Artie frowns realizing how much Gwen didn't know, "Corey's trial. Um- he is a Red Ranger in Reefside, and well he was kidnapped by his biological mother and her husband one Friday afternoon. His teammates and mentors were looking looking for him, heck even Jared and I went up there. Jared and I did find Corey and his half brother Levi, the two of them were surrounded by the psychopath adults. I took down Corey's mother and Jared took down Levi's dad." Artie said.

Gwen took a bit of her food, "Jeez you two are heroes out of your suits. I'm impressed."

Jared nods, "Yeah it's no big deal."

KZ turns to her boyfriend, "No big deal? You saved our friend's life."

Artie nods, "Heck we were even interviewed on the news and were heroes in the school." He said.

Gwen eyes Artie, "I see, so not only did you and your brother save Corey and his brother but you saved my life just recently. I feel so honored." Gwen says.

KZ notices the flirting going on between Gwen and Artie, it was more serious than the playful flirting Gwen would do with Jared and he would return the favor by just being nice. KZ realized she may had been overreacting slightly and was being jealous when she didn't need to be. KZ felt Jared hold her hand, she glanced up at him and saw he gave her a small smile.

KZ nudges Jared, "You don't have to hold my hand."

Jared seemed puzzled, "Is it bothering you?" Jared asks.

KZ then shrugs her shoulder, "Uh- no."

Jenny glanced from Jared and KZ over to the others, the others were engaging among each other. Then what sent things off was the bell dismissing them to their next class, Jared gets up and motions for KZ to follow but she mentioned she had to use the bathroom and asked him to go ahead. He nods and heads off with Omar. KZ turns to Jenny, the two girls share a worry expression.

---

THE YELLOW and Pink Ranger stood in the girls restroom. Completely alone, and they even locked the door in case.

"I think something is up," KZ said, "Jared hates too much contact."

Jenny nods, "I was wondering the same thing."

KZ leans back on the sink, "It doesn't make any sense. He was fine this morning, and then he innocently walked me to class- now a kiss in front of everyone and holding hands. We don't do that too often." KZ said.

Jenny frowns, "This is strange."

KZ thought about something, "What if- no that's stupid."

Jenny turns to her, "What?"

KZ rubs the back of her neck, "This morning I said that I wished Jared paid more attention to me like how Gwen is always giving Jared attention. But that can't happen, right?" KZ asks.

Jenny shrugs, "Crazier things have happened."

KZ shakes her head, "But- I didn't want that."

Jenny nods, "I know. We should talk to Miss Moore."

KZ nods.

The two girls unlock the door and exit. No one was around. The two girls ran into the hall quickly, darting down the halls to avoid getting caught. When they got to Miss Moore's classroom, it was only her. She had a free period. The girls opened the door and Miss Moore looked up to give them a puzzled expression on her face. KZ and Jenny shut the door behind them.

"Girls, don't you have class right now?" Miss Moore asks.

KZ huffs a deep breathe, "This is important, Miss Moore."

Miss Moore stands, "What's going on?" She sensed the worry.

KZ shakes her head, "I think I may have made a wish that changed Jared."

Miss Moore was taken back by that, "Huh?"

Jenny steps in, "Apparently KZ was jealous over Gwen flirting with Jared and wished that Jared would spend more time with her and now he won't stop his lust for her." Jenny said.

Finally the gears worked in Miss Moore's head, "Lust."

The two girls nods.

Miss Moore pulls out her morpher, "Now it makes sense why it has been going crazy today. I called Zara and she said no monster had shown up on the monitor, what if what is causing this isn't something our systems are use to." Miss Moore said.

"What could it be?" KZ asks.

Miss Moore sighs, "Lust," Her voice got serious, "One of the seven deadly sins."

KZ tensed, "The sins has a spell on Jared?"

Jenny glanced from KZ to Miss Moore, "Why? Why Jared?"

Miss Moore shakes her head, "That isn't something I can answer. I suggest you two head out right now to find this sin, I'll get the others out of class and also contact Zara to call you." Miss Moore said.

KZ then turns to Miss Moore again, "What about Jared?"

Miss Moore sighs as she walks toward the door, "If he is truly under some kind of spell chances are he'll still follow you all. He might be nice now, but Jared might turn because of this spell. Which is why you all need a head start." Miss Moore said.

---

"I CANNOT believe KZ made a wish and now Jared is under a spell." Hunter said.

The gang, minus Jared, were running in their ranger suits through the woods which is where Zara told them the energy readings were coming from.

"And you were jealous over me, I kind of feel honored." Gwen humored.

KZ rolls her eyes underneath her helmet, "Don't get full of yourself."

Gwen snickers, "Too late."

Artie then points, "Guys look!"

Standing in the middle of the woods was this goat creature. It stood tall like the teenagers in front of it, it was also quite buff and was holding its own weapon.

"Who are you?" KZ demanded.

The goat grins, "My name is Lust and it looks like Pinkie has made a mess."

Omar glanced at KZ, "Lust?"

"Like the deadly sin?" Jenny spoke.

Lust nods, "Of course. Who did you think I could be. Now things are going to be quite interesting from this point on." Lust said.

Gwen glares, "And why is that?"

"Because Pinkie isn't fighting me, she's handling her boy toy." Lust said.

"Wait- what?" KZ spoke.

Stepping out in front of Lust was Jared in his ranger suit. The rangers were shocked by this, Jared held his sword pointing it at the others.

"Jared," Artie said quietly.

"What did you do to him!" KZ shouts.

Lust chuckles, "Its not what I did to him, you did it. You activated my spell and now he will be your end or you will kill him. Either way, someone is dying." Lust grins.

Jared said nothing now. This spell had a different affect on him now, and this was concerning.

"KZ," Artie started, "You need to handle this situation."

KZ looks worried, "But- I don't know what to do."

Omar placed a hand on her shoulder, "You got this."

Just out of nowhere, Jared launches toward them. Quickly stopping their leader's blade was his brother, Jared and Artie were pushing their blades hard. Trying to knock down the other dueler but nothing was changing in their situation. Artie grunts as his force was not strong enough, Jared was pushing on his brother which cause Artie's feet to slide slightly.

"Wake up, Jared!" Artie screams.

Then from behind an arrow hit Jared on his back. The Black Ranger saw the White Ranger holding her cross bow at the direction of their leader. Jared turns around and goes to attack her, but Artie grabbed his brother and tackled him to the ground. KZ turns to Lust, who was standing there laughing, holding a staff of some sort. It was not like KZ's staff, no it was glowing. This staff controlled Jared, it had magic.

"Damn it!" Artie shouts.

Jared kicks Artie in the head and stands, Omar points his spear at his friend. The two stand in a pause for a moment before the two childhood friends charge at each other. While Omar was keeping Jared busy for the most part, Hunter came from behind and went to slash at the leader with his daggers. Jared turns around while blocking Hunter's daggers with his own blade. Hunter grabbed a hold of Jared's arm and flipped him in the air.

"Nice one," Omar said.

KZ watched as Lust was completely glued to the fight among team so she silently gained Gwen's attention as well as Jenny's. The other two girls came over. KZ pointed out Lust's magical staff and nodded at the girls, who also nodded back at KZ. Gwen climbed up in a tree and pointed her cross bow at the direction of Lust, Jenny rolled over and got in front of the tree trunk Gwen climbed up. KZ however was without a weapon, she was going to run for it. At the same time, Jenny and Gwen fired at Lust. Lust looked at the direction of the two girls, and went to wave the staff until KZ tackled Lust down.

"Gaah!" Lust shouts.

KZ was being kicked on the helmet and on her stomach, but the Pink Ranger kept a good hold on the staff. Gwen jumped down and ran over as well as Jenny, the two girls grabbed the arms of Lust while KZ managed to struggle her freedom. KZ grabbed a hold of the staff and noticed by the expression on the goat's face that she was doing the right thing. KZ snapped the staff in half on her leg, when that happened a huge cloud of pink smoke gathered around until it cleared. Jared powered down, Hunter and Omar were standing in front when they saw his eyes roll back and collapse onto the ground.

Lust began to cough, "Seems like you beat me, Pinkie. But I- I warn you all. It won't get easier." Lust said and then vanished into pink dust.

KZ looks at the once staff now turned tree branch, "I did it."

"Jared-!" Artie yells.

KZ snaps out of it and turns to her unconscious boyfriend.

"Jared." KZ says.

KZ runs over as well as the others. Omar and Artie carried him with one arm on one of their shoulders, Hunter was helping with support, Jenny and Gwen took in a relief sigh, and KZ couldn't keep her eyes off of him. Jared's head hung onto his chest as he was still unconscious.

Artie's eyes met KZ, "Let's get him to the Batcave."

---

AT THE Batcave's medical bay, Jared woke up. Jared groaned and slowly sat up, looking around in utter confusion. He looked and saw the team all happy to see him and whatever worry they had just vanished.

"How are you doing, Jar?" Omar asks.

Jared rubs the back of his neck, "Sore. What happened?"

Hunter crosses his arms on his chest, "What do you remember?" Hunter asks.

Jared shrugs, "Being at school then everything was a blur." Jared said.

Jenny and Gwen exchanged looks, "Jared, you were under a spell by one of the deadly sins." Jenny said.

"I was- what!" Jared was shocked.

Gwen nods, "It was from Lust the goat." She said.

Jared looked panicked, "How did- what happened?" He asks.

Artie still had a stir look, "KZ saved the day." Artie said.

Jared turns to his girlfriend with a smile, "Oh wow. Thanks, KZ."

KZ had a frown, "Uh- don't mention it."

Jared was confused why she was sadden but then heard.

"We'll give you a minute." It was from Artie.

Just like that everyone cleared out of the room. There was moments that past in silence before either of them spoke. KZ kept her glance at the floor and Jared just stared at her with a confused expression. Finally KZ met Jared's confused expression, she saw his worry and it only made what she was feeling and what she was planning even harder for her.

"What's wrong?" Jared asks.

Tears forming in her eyes, "I'm sorry, Jared." She said.

"What are you talking about?" Jared asks.

KZ looks down, "My dumb wish- if I didn't say a thing none of this would have happened." KZ said.

Jared seemed worried, "KZ?"

KZ looks back up, "I was jealous- every jealous and I had wished for you to spend more time with me like how Gwen is attached to you."

"But- we're only friends." Jared said.

That didn't stop the tears, "I- I was jealous, Jared. And because of that it unlocked a spell that Lust had set up, you were under it and was fighting against us. I caused this mess." KZ said.

Jared forced himself to sit up all the way.

"It's not your fault." Jared tries to assure her.

KZ shakes her head violently, "It is! It is!"

Jared forced himself to stand up, "KZ, I'm not mad."

KZ looks at him, "But I am mad at myself. I let my stupid jealously get to me. I felt like I couldn't trust Gwen or- or trust you." KZ said.

Jared looks at her confused like, "You can trust me, KZ." He said.

KZ shakes her head, "But I can't trust myself." She said full of saddest.

Jared seemed to get what was going on, "What are you saying?" He asks.

KZ let out a deep breathe, "I am saying we should break up." She said.

Little did the two know that outside the room Artie, Gwen, Omar, Hunter, and Jenny were listening in on their fight. Omar and Hunter exchanged shocked looks, Jenny frowns, Gwen seemed sadden by this because she was now a good friend with Jared, and lastly it seemed like Artie wasn't even upset instead more relieved after the day they had. The rangers took a few steps back and then saw the door open, KZ was running out crying. Inside the room was a stunned Jared.