A/N: I got the idea for this story from watching a Little House: A New Beginning episode. Also, there are no OCs, at least not ones with any major roles.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Power Rangers, sadly. Mr. Saban owns them, and always will.

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That's A Promise

Chapter Two: Redemption and Recovery, Part 1

Emily was just so happy. She and Mia had just won the Rangers' free-for-all water fight. It was really fun. Honestly, she didn't know what she was worried about. The group was standing near the shoreline, in shallow waters, so if Emily did fall in, she wouldn't be struggling to breath. She would be sitting.

"Rangers! Lunchtime! It smells really good!" Ji called out.

Good, she was starving. She couldn't wait to see what Ji had done with Antonio's fish. As the others ran to their picnic table on the shore, her hand immediately reached up for her necklace, but something didn't feel right. In fact, she couldn't feel it at all.

Serena's necklace was missing…

Emily stood there, lost and confused. The necklace was somewhere in the water. She just knew it, and she also had the feeling that it wasn't in the shallow end. She could ask the others for some help, but she didn't want them to know that she couldn't swim. They would think of her as weak.

She had no choice.

She gathered all of her remaining courage and dove in as silently as possible, as to not alert the others of what she was doing.

As soon as she hit the water, her lungs filled up with water. She tried to go back to the surface the sit the water out, but the water simply weighed her down. She gasped, allowing more water to seep in. She clutched her hand to her chest and tried kicking her legs.

One of her legs was free, but the other water stuck in a net, as fishing net. She screamed, as possibly as one can underwater, and kicked harder.

But her resistance was futile. It only got her into more trouble.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw what she had dove into the water for. Serena's necklace sparkled, seemingly beckoning, like a trance, for Emily to reach out for it. She did and she grabbed it. She tried to smile, but her vision went foggy. She couldn't be tearing up, but her vision wasn't going white, it was going dark.

She blurrily saw the water above her foaming and a figure approached her, slowly, but surely. She blacked out before she got a chance to see his/her face.

When she woke up next, she heard voices. So many voices…

"It's okay, Em, we're home, you're okay…" it sounded familiar. It was a girl's voice and it sounded…full of worry and guilt…but she couldn't tell for sure…her brain wasn't working right…

And she passed out again.

She woke up a second time and voices were speaking right above her.

"I just wish she would wake up…"

"It's okay, Mia…it wasn't your fault …try and calm down okay, amiga?" A male's voice…sounded a bit Hispanic…

Again, she couldn't tell for sure…her brain wasn't working right…

And the voices were fuzzy and blurry, as was her eyesight…

"Jayden, I'd like the thank you…thanks to your quick instincts, you saved Emily…" another male's voice, only this one sounded more mature and deeper than the rest…

"It's no big deal, really…I would have done the same for any one else on this team…" the voice named Jayden answered. What was in his voice though? Love…worry…a bit of panic…?

"Even me?" Another strange male voice…

"Yes, Mike, even you…"

"Thanks, buddy. It's nice to know someone has my back…"

Emily softly groaned before falling back asleep.

She woke up a third time…

"So she woke up?" the older male voice asked.

"Yeah, it was like the chica had heard every word we were saying and she was telling us that she was okay or something!"

"Antonio, calm down, please. I'm really not in the mood for your outgoing outbursts right now," an umfamiliar male voice said.

"Sorry, Kevin, but it's true…we heard her groan, remember?"

"Yeah, but…!"

"Drop it." That voice was clearer than the rest…

There was a heavy silence, but the next statement startled Emily because she was falling asleep again.

"It's not evidence for any side," the voice name Jayden had spoken and saw speaking now. "Now, all of you, be quiet and get Ji anything he needs while he checks on Emily's vitals."

"Understood," Kevin and the others quietly said.

Only Antonio, apparently, besides Ji and Jayden, stayed behind…her eyesight was getting a bit better…

"Dude, it's okay to admit that you were scared…" Antonio said.

"Fine, I was! Wait…about what exactly?" Jayden retorted.

"You were scared for Emily, weren't you?"

"Weren't we all?" Jayden's tone of voice suggested that he was irritated and would love to be left alone.

"Yeah, but…you more so than the others…you love her, Jayden, don't you?" Antonio asked.

Emily heard Jayden sigh and softly say, "Yeah, I do…" before passing out again.

This was the fourth time that she had woken up…or was it the first…?…She was pretty out of it, so her memory was a little fuzzy…okay, it was a lot fuzzy. She couldn't remember anything that she had heard. Or did she really hear anything at all?

She knew she heard something about one of the boys loving someone…wait, boys?! Where was she? What happened to her? And why did she feel so out of it now, so tired, and so foggy…?

And where did this headache come from…?!

She groaned because of the pain and felt herself stirring in her fading slumber…

"Emily! You're awake!" there was the girl's voice again…

Mia!

Her brain was functioning better than before, even if only by a little bit…

"Mi…a…"

For some reason, that was the best she could do with her speech…

"Yeah, Em? What is it?"

"Wha…hap…pened…?" Emily didn't want to open her eyes just yet…

"Well, you were drowning…luckily, we saved you just in the nick of time…any longer underwater and you would have been a goner…" that voice…that tone of a gentle, surprise joke…

"Mike…"

"Yeah, it's me, Em…see, Ji? She doesn't have amnesia. She remembered Mia and me…"

"That's only two people, Mike…let me try…"

The tone of voice had loyalty in it…her mind flashed back to Robtish and his Double Slash…

"K-Kev…in…" she gasped lightly, still trying to get over such a painful memory…but who were she and Kevin trying to protect? She couldn't remember…

It was evident that Kevin was smiling…"And she remembers me too…how are you feeling, Emily?"

"…" she said nothing, refusing to open her eyes… at least, until she was sure that she was safe…

"I'm guessing it's bad, mi amigo," another voice said…

What came to her mind was…fish…and the color gold…

"An…ton…io…" why the hell was she talking so slowly…?!

"Arriba! She knows me!" Antonio was clearly jumping up and down in excitement. "There's only two left to try out…"

"I don't know, Antonio…"

Wise…mature…carried a stick around…rode a motorcycle…pretty cool for an "old man"…

"Men…tor…"

"See? All you had to do was speak, Mentor," Mike said.

"I guess you're right, Mike…"

There was short silence…

"Well?" Antonio wasn't talking to the people that Emily already knew. He was talking to a stranger. "Say something, Jay…"

"Yeah, dude…I know you have to strong and like a brick wall for us because you're the leader, but you could loosen up for a while right now…she needs you…she needs us…" Mike said. "All of us…"

There was sigh coming from the stranger…

"Alright, but I've no idea what to say to her…"

Those memories came back to Emily like a gunshot to the chest. He first rode up to them on a white horse…she and Kevin were trying to shield him…he was the one Xandred was after the most…

"Jay…den…it's…you…I've…been…so…worried…"

She finally opened her eyes to a bright room, the sunshine coming in through the open window. She didn't care if it was as bright as the sun itself in the room…she was just so grateful that he had been there…

He was the one who saved her…

His blue eyes locked with her hazel ones…without taking his eyes off of her, he gently placed something her hand…like a instinct, her hand immediately closed around it…she felt it with her fingers…

Serena's necklace…

She remembered now. She couldn't swim, yet she dove in to find her sister's necklace. She was drowning, but when all hope was lost, someone dove in and saved her…

That someone…was Jayden himself…

"Me too…" he whispered. "I was worried too…"

Emily shakily held up her limp, heavyweight arms and she wrapped her tried arms around his neck and embraced him tightly.

He seemed surprised at first, but she he wrapped his around her small frame…

"Thank…you…"

"A-Anytime," he said, his voice sounded shaky.

"Rangers…" Ji said, interrupting this gentle moment between Red and Yellow. "But I believe I know what damage the near-drowning has caused her…"

"What?" Antonio asked for the rest of the team.

"I believe Emily has some brain damage…her speech is uncharacteristically slow, her words are slurred, and her actions are a bit fuzzy. Not to mention, she looks dead tired and her arms as she reached for Jayden proved that…if her brain wasn't damaged anywhere, she wouldn't be acting like this. Sure her movements would be slow, but not her speech…"

It didn't matter if she respected her Mentor at the moment or not…Emily didn't like the sound of that

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A/N: Review! Tell me how I did! Chapter 3 will be up momentarily.

Note: Yes, I am a Jemily shipper. Deal with it! (That does not mean I hate Memily or Jia. I think they're cute couples, but I just think of Mike and Emily more like siblings. Same with Jayden and Mia.)

Tell me, what would you think if I rewrote the whole PRS series from the top, but made it Jemily version? What do you think?