Maria looked at Demetrius with a blank stare. Her voice did not sound the same when she spoke, as the spirit of the catamount made her voice sound deeper. "Who are you and why have you come?" Before he could answer, a flame shot down in front of them with the sound of a snare drum's rimshot. She looked up at the location it came from. A figure stood in front of the sun, blocking their face. Maria smiled. "There is only one person who mastered that technique." The figure lept down in a graceful ball of fire from the three story Coulter building and landed with the sound of an snare.
The male figure joined them, looking at her and nodding, then looking at Demetrius. "Name's Austin Sanders, snare captain 2008, Red Fire Catamount Thunder Ranger. I see you met our fearless leader, Maria." She turned and nodded as the catamount spirit left her body, making the armor disappear. She collapsed to the ground. "Man, I hate it when that happens. It's one thing morphed, but harder unmorphed." Austin helped her up. "Girl I told you to be careful." "Hey, I offered you the role of leader." "And I couldn't take it, the spirit chose you for a reason."
Maria nodded. "You missed it. Ziphop and honky tonk were here." "I saw. Came to visit Matt and Jon, and I see this. I ran to base as soon as I could. I'm glad Jon kept our morphers." He held up his wrist and showed the catamount - shaped morpher. "The real world is tough, but man it's good to be home."
