Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters.

Author's Notes: Unfortunately Dash master, it's not the Psycho Rangers, but another team of evil rangers.

Chapter 2: On the Run

"Come on!" The man urged as he forced the back door open, leading him and Emma into a dark alley.

Emma obeyed the stranger's orders and took off down the alley, with him following her.

Charlie and Beevor walked out of the door and aimed their guns at Emma and the mysterious man. Fortunately, they weren't able to lock on to their moving targets.

"Enough of this!" Beevor seethed as he took off after the two targets.

Emma tripped over some trash cans, but quickly got back on her feet and continued running down the alley.

"Take a left up here!" The mysterious man shouted.

Emma took off in the direction while the man turned to face the enemy who was running toward him. He fired several rounds from his gun, causing the alley to be covered in smoke.

"That should slow 'em down a bit." The man thought to himself as he went after Emma.

Emma kept running as fast as she could. She was almost out into the open street when Lightning Cruiser pulled into the alley.

"Troy!" Emma gasped in joy, mixed with some fresh tears. "Thank goodness, you're here! I've been so worried!"

Before Emma could approach the car, it honked at she in a menacing manner.

"Troy, it's me, Emma!" She called out.

The car then started to move forward, almost hitting her.

"Troy, what are you doing?" Emma cried. "You have to help me! There are some people chasing after me!"

The driver remained silently, and continued to veer the car at her.

"This isn't funny!" Emma sobbed.

"Oh, I think it is." A voice that wasn't Troy answered.

Emma's blood went cold as she realized that someone else was driving Lightning Cruiser. Terrified, Emma took off back down the alley, with Lightning Cruiser in pursuit.

Emma sprinted as fast as she could, but she couldn't shake the car off her. She took several turns in the alley hoping to shake it off her tail. Unfortunately, she came up to a dead end. She turned around and faced the ominous car that was blocking the only exit from the dark alley.

Suddenly, from above them, a motorcycle leaped forward and landed in front of Emma. Its rider was none other than the strange man who saved Emma before.

"Come on!" The man shouted holding his hand out to her.

Emma took a quick glance at Lightning Cruiser, then back at the man.

"You want to live?" The Man shouted.

Emma accepted the offer and grabbed his hand, allowing him to pull her onto his bike. He placed her in front of him on the seat.

The man locked eyes with the revving car in front of them.

"Alright, I'm about to do something crazy, but it might get us out of this." The stranger told her. "Do you trust me?"

"Y-Yes, I do." Emma quivered.

Lightning Cruiser revved its engines.

"Then hang on tight and don't let go." The stranger instructed. "We go on three. 1..."

Emma gripped the handle bars tightly as did the man who revved the cycle as well.

"2..."

Lightning Cruiser revved up even more.

"3!" The man shouted as he shifted the cycle into gear, and began racing toward the car.

Lightning Cruiser began racing towards them down the dark alley. Within seconds, the two vehicles were within crashing distance with each other. Emma let out a scream expecting a fatal end, when at the last second, the stranger lifted the handlebars of his motorcycle with all his might, performing a wheelie in the process. This allowed the car to drive on top of Lightning Cruiser. Once the cycle was safely across Lightning Cruiser, the man drove the cycle down the highway, right past Charlie and Beevor.

"Let's go after them!" Beevor seethed about ready to take off after the cycle.

"No." Charlie ordered. "There's no need. She'll be back."

"What makes you so sure?" Beevor asked.

"Because we have her friends, and there's no way she'd leave them behind." Charlie smiled deviously. "Now come, let's regroup with the rest of the team and report to the boss."

"Where are you taking me?" Emma shouted as the man drove the motorcycle past the city lines.

"A place they won't find us." The man answered.

He continued to drive the motorcycle through the woods. After several minutes, the two end up in front of an abandoned shed. The man drove up to the entrance to the shed and stopped the motorcycle.

"Here we are." The man told her as they both got off the motorcycle.

"Okay, tell me..." Emma began.

"Wait, I'll explain everything once we're safe inside." The man interrupted as he began covering the cycle with leaves and branches. "Follow me."

They both entered the shed which was almost completely empty except for a few bugs and junk all over the floor. The man sat down at the center of the room, and placed a device on the floor. After clicking some buttons, the device became a lamp that illuminated the whole room. Emma sat down across from the man.

"Okay who are you?" Emma finally asked.

The man removed his hat and headband. He then turned around to face Emma, who gasped in shock. On the center of the man's forehead was a crystal that matched the man's green hair.

"What-what are you?" Emma trembled.

The man gently placed his hands on her shoulders, hoping to calm her down. "It's okay: I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Trip and I've been sent here to help you."

"Trip?" Emma repeated. "Wait, I think I've heard that name before."

"I'm a ranger like you, Emma." Trip told her as he pulled out a badge from his pocket and held it out to her. "I was the Green Time Force Ranger that was sent back in time in the year 2001."

"Wait, you're from the future?" Emma marveled.

"Yup, from the year 3013." Trip confirmed. "But we don't have enough time to go into that right now. Emma, you and your friends are in danger."

"What do you mean?" Emma inquired.

"Alright, you know that there have been evil Power rangers, right?" Trip asked her.

Emma nodded.

"Well, most of them were either brainwashed, told the good rangers were evil, or created to be evil." Trip began. "But there was a team of rangers that joined the side of evil of their own free will."

Trip pulled out a laptop and began rapidly clicking the keyboard until a picture pulled up of the five military looking Power Rangers.

"Those people that were chasing us were once the A-Squad Rangers of SPD in the year of 2025." Trip informed her.

"I don't understand." Emma said with a frustrated look.

"Well, in the year 2025, the Power Rangers of that year were members of interplanetary organization of law enforcers. Each Cadet had specific rank, depending on their level of experience. The SPD Rangers Keys that you and your friends are of the B-Squad."

"So the rangers we use are second rate?" Emma asked.

"Not second rate, just lower in rank." Trip corrected. "Anyway, the A-squad Rangers, the top of the SPD Rangers, were sent on a mission and didn't return. Soon SPD lost all contact with them, coming to the conclusion that they were lost in action. Per protocol, the B-Squad had to take over their roles as Earth's main protectors, allowing them to become Power Rangers themselves."

"After several months, the B-Squad found that the A-Squad and returned them back to base. However it turned out the A-Squad had actually sided with SPD's archenemy Emperor Grumm leader of Troobian Empire, and wanted to help him conquer Earth. The B-Squad went head to head with the superior A-Squad and succeeded in defeating them."

"Then what happened to the A-Squad?" Emma inquired.

"They were imprisoned for their crimes and the A-squad rank was retired." Trip answered. "However, a couple of days ago in SPD's timeline, the former A-Squad had escaped from prison and somehow managed to travel to this timeline."

"But they don't have their powers right?" Emma quivered.

"No, but they still have their basic weapons, so they still pose a threat." Trip answered. "For some reason, they seem to be after your ranger keys. I can only assume that they want to harness the keys' powers so they can restore their own."

"So that's why they were after us." Emma concluded. "There's no way we can stop these guys without my friends. And I don't even have my morpher."

"Oh, you mean this?" Trip asked as he pulled out the device.

Emma gasped in amazement "How did you-"

"Hey, I'm trained for these kinds of situations." Trip smirked. "But you've got a point: we can't go after them blindly without forming a plan. It's obvious they need you before they can start tampering with your friends keys."

"So what do you suggest we do?" Emma asked.

"I have just the thing." Trip snapped his fingers as he departed toward the closet. He pulled out a small canister.

"What's that?" Emma questioned.

"Just wait." Trip told her. "RIC, activate!"

The canister opened and a miniature mechanical dog came out. And in an instant, it grew to life size.

"Meet RIC, SPD's hound dog." Trip smiled as the dog attempted to sniff Emma. "He'll find your friends in no time."

"He's so cute." Emma cooed.

"Alright, RIC, go find Emma's friends." Trip commanded.

RIC turned to face Trip and growled aggressively.

"Please, find Emma's friends." Trip smiled nervously.

"I get the feeling he doesn't like you, Trip." Emma smiled.

"He must have not liked the doghouse I put him in." Trip whimpered.

RIC remained focused on Trip, looking like he was about to pounce him.

"RIC, you stop that!" Emma commanded.

RIC turned to face Emma.

"It's not nice to growl at people!" Emma scolded.

RIC whimpered, and started making the sad dog whine.

"Oh, I'm sorry, RIC." Emma apologized placing her hand on his head. "I didn't mean it. You're a good boy."

RIC barked happily as his tail wagged.

"Who's a good boy, who's a good boy?" Emma said in a baby voice as she rubbed RIC's face.

Trip shook his head in defeat.

"Emma, your friends." He reminded her.

"Oh, right." Emma remembered "Now, RIC, listen to me. I need your help to find my friends. Can you do that?"

RIC barked as he nodded his head.

"Good now, sniff this." Emma said holding her morpher to his nose. "You need to find something like that, okay? Then you come back and tell me."

RIC gave a "yes" bark.

"Okay, RIC, go get them! Go get them!" Emma urged him.

And with that, RIC went sprinting into the night.

"How did you do that?" Trip asked in amazement.

"I don't really know." Emma shrugged. "Just improvised a little."

"Sire." Zilas announced as he entered the Armada Mothership control room.

"Ah, Zilas, what do you have to report?" Vrak asked, stepping forward.

"My prince, the rangers have been captured by five new adversaries." Zilas answered. "The only one still at large is the Pink Ranger."

"Interesting." Vrak pondered.

"Should we send a platoon of X-Borgs to stop them?" Damaras inquired.

"No. No, that won't be necessary." Vrak answered as he paced the room, deep in thought. "These new adversaries could prove useful to us. We'll let them capture the rangers. After they find the pink ranger, we will go to Earth and defeat these warriors ourselves."

"But sire, perhaps we should capture the Pink Ranger to use as a bargaining chip with these adversaries." Damaras advised.

"And dirty our hands even more? No, we must remain vigilant and see how things play out before we make our next move." Vrak answered. "Zilas, go back to Earth and see what you can find about these five warriors."

"As you wish, Vrak." Zilas bowed humbly before departing.

End Notes: Second chapter done. So the Armada won't be engaging with the rangers this time. So can Emma and Trip save the other rangers before it's too late?