A/N: I've been thinking about doing this story for a while now. I guess it's finally up!

Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers: Samurai, just the plot.

Note: There will be no pairings in here, just friendship and a bit of fluff. Yeah, it's one of those team-bonding stories. So, enjoy!

~PRS~PRS~PRS~PRS~

True Strength

Chapter 1: Prologue

Emily glanced at the clock for the tenth time. She then realized that if she wanted to go to Terry and Antonio's concert, she needed to leave now.

But what if the others returned in her absence?

She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts. Picking up her purse, she let out a deep sigh and slowly strolled towards the front door, not bothering to tell Jii where she was going. He already knew.

As Emily listened to the song that Antonio and Terry had dubbed "Everyday Fun", tears came to her eyes.

That Nighlock, Serrator, hit all four of them with a hard enough blow to the head to knock them each out, causing them to de-morph along the way. Before Antonio and Emily could do him justice, Serrator, who explained that he had poisoned them, but not with Sanzu River water, had already retreated back to the Netherworld. After knocking out the Giant Moogers, they both saw that the others had disappeared in a very mysterious manner. Knowing that it was sunset, thus searching for them was pointless, Antonio had practically carried a worried-sick Emily back to the Shiba House to rest up and recuperate.

Now, here she was, all alone. She and Antonio were the only ones left.

Emily raced backstage as soon as the concert ended. She saw a Hispanic teenage guy, putting his fish-shaped guitar back in its case.

"Antonio!"

Said Gold Ranger turned to see Emily running toward him, tears littering her eyes and obscuring her vision. Antonio felt Emily hug him tightly, as if afraid that he would disappear too. He placed a calm, gentle, yet firm hand on her back, trying to comfort her more than himself, which was proving to be hard.

This had both hit them pretty hard. Emily just showed it more openly than he did.

"Shh…it's okay, amiga. I won't leave," he muttered, calling her "amiga", his friend, for the first time in his life. He usually called her "chica", but after today, he never would.

The two were interrupted by the sound of footsteps walking towards them.

It was Terry, the last person they wanted to face right now.

"Where's Mia?" was the first thing he asked, and he proved them right.

Antonio and Emily shared a look before Emily turned back to Terry. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out. Antonio noticed this.

"Mia and the others were attacked by a Nighlock and they just disappeared," Antonio said for her. "We have no idea where they are or where they went."

Terry's face visibly fell. It was obvious that he sad. "Oh…it any of them show up on my end, I'll let you know right away."

Emily nodded gratefully and gave Terry a big, comforting hug. He hugged her back, unable to hold back his tears. He cried into her shoulder and she into his.

As the two Rangers left-behind were training that next morning, Emily's eyes lit up.

"Antonio."

"Yeah?" He asked stretching and trying to crack his back.

"I have an idea on how to get the others back, but I'm going to need your help," she stated, fire that was determination returning to her hazel eyes. "And Mentor's."

"What is it?"

"We're going to need the Black Box too."

~PRS~PRS~PRS~PRS~

A/N: Well? What do you think of it, so far? I picked the episode "He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Brother", because I really like that episode (lots of Jemily background fluff in it), but also because, it marks the point where Jayden, Kevin, Mike, and Mia have all used the Black Box, and Emily is the only one who hasn't, not yet. My theory on Emily in that episode is that, once she realizes that she's the only one who hasn't earned the Black Box yet, she pushes herself and trains harder so that one day, she can be as good as the others. :) I seriously feel that Emily feels left out sometimes. I know Mike only used to Black Box once too, but it took him three episodes for him to get to use, not to mention he got to use the Shark Disk too, two episodes for Kevin (who used it a total of four times), seven episodes for Mia (who used it twice), Lauren only appeared for the last five episodes but used it twice as well, Jayden uses it the most (a total of thirteen times), but how about Emily?

Ten whole episodes and only once! That's what I hate. I hate that so much! That's kinda why I really like the Strange Case of the Munchies, because it's all about Emily, and I happily cheer when Jayden finally throws her the Black Box, which she definitely deserves.

Also, I have no idea if Lauren will appear in this one or not. I'm still brainstorming about the later chapters.

Anyways, sorry for my little rant. Any questions? Feel free to ask. I understand if you are confused. It's just a prologue.