Jayden awoke to the frightened faces of the other rangers gazing at him from different areas of the room that they were trapped in. Kevin was pacing nervously in one corner of the room. Mike was staring off into the distance in the other, evidently thinking about something else. Antonio was still sleeping on the floor nearby by to him, right next to Emily. Mia, who was next to Kevin, stood looking ay Jayden biting her lip and Emily looked as if she was about to cry when she saw Jayden open his eyes.

Jayden looked around trying to take everything in. They were all in a dimly lit room with six passageways extending in every which direction. There was no foreseeable end to the passageways. They seemed to stretch on forever.

"Where are we?" Jayden asked.

Mike looked at him for a moment before fleeting his gaze away. "Beats me," he responded. "We've been trying to figure out how to get out of here for the past half an hour."

Jayden's eyes went wide. Had they really been there that long? Jayden felt his head trying to calm his pounding headache and groaned. Instinctively, Emily moved closer trying to see what was wrong.

"Don't," he warned her. Emily stopped in her tracks, still looking concerned. He felt terrible. Why was he so harsh with her? After all, she was just trying to help.

"Don't," he repeated more quietly. "See if you can wake up Antonio instead." Emily nodded curtly and then went off to go wake up Antonio.

Unsteadily, Jayden got to his feet. Standing, he could get a good look at the place. Yup. They were most definitely trapped.

"Well… there are six passages and six of us. I think that we should each take one and then report back later," Jayden suggested.

Mia gasped. "You mean split up?"

"I don't think that's a good idea Jayden," Kevin warned.

"Yeah." Emily piped up. "We should stick together."

"Besides, have you ever seen those horror movies where the group splits up? They always wind up getting picked off one by one." Mike added.

"Stay together…" Antonio muttered groggily as Emily gently shook him awake.

Jayden sighed. If that was what the team wanted. Fine. Only once the room had stopped spinning did Jayden realize how spread out everyone was.

"Fine," he said. "But let's at least move closer together so we can talk without having to shout. I have a pounding headache."

Emily nodded eagerly and bounded forward to meet him. As she was about halfway there a long tendril of darkness reached out from one of the passageways and yanked her back suddenly.

"EMILY!" Mike screamed. Jayden was prepared. Fast as lightning he snapped the tendril in two with his spin sword and Emily went flying into his arms. As she was seconds away from hitting the ground, Jayden caught her with his free arm and yanked her close to him. They were inches away from each other's face.

"Thanks." Emily whispered pulling away but never taking her eyes off of Jayden. Jayden nodded in response and turned back to where the tendril of darkness had come from.

"Keep your guard up," he warned his team. "It seems like they sense motion so no sudden moves."

Evidently Mia was still too tired to get the message. Or maybe it was just her maternal instincts kicking in.

"Emily! Are you alright?" she called racing towards her.

"Mia! Kevin yelled trying to stop her. "Listen to Jay –"

Immediately two tendrils of darkness snaked out and entwined themselves around the two rangers, yanking them off into opposite passageways before they even had time to scream.

"Ah Dios Mio." Antonio yelled as he leapt a foot in the air in shock. He ran toward the center of the room craning his neck to see if he could catch a glimpse of the other rangers down the passageways. He held up his lightzord, which illuminated the room so he could get a better look. "Kevin? Mia? Where are -?

Suddenly the light flicked off as a whoosh of air was heard and Antonio was yanked down another passageway screaming and cursing in Spanish until the noise died away.

Emily tried to race forward in panic and Jayden put a hand on her shoulder steadying her. Mike was shaking on the other half of the room.

"This is crazy. Absolutely crazy," he muttered. He looked a little shaken up. Emily wondered what his problem was. He had been in danger before. Why was he so shaken up? Was it something that the Nighlock had said to him?

Watching her step carefully, Emily inched her way towards him slowly so that the weird darkness thingies wouldn't detect her movement. Jayden looked on disapprovingly. Emily sighed. They both knew this was a bad idea but Emily had to calm Mike down. Mike was known for being unpredictable. If he got scared and made any sudden moves… Emily shuddered. She didn't want to even think about what might happen to him. What happened to the others.

Finally she exhaled as she finally reached Mike. He didn't even look up to acknowledge her. He just kept muttering to himself.

"Hey." She crooned softly holding Mike's face in place so he would stop shaking. She leaned in really close to him. "Everything's going to be okay. We'll get through this."

He looked up at her with trusting eyes and nodded. "Now come on," she continued. "Let's get to Jayden so we can figure out what to do. I'll steady you."

Carefully they inched their way over to Jayden. They both held their breath the entire time.

"How are we going to get out of here if we can't move?" Mike hissed at him.

"I don't know." Jayden admitted once the rangers had reached him.

The rangers paused for a moment to think.

"Well… what if we let it take us?" Emily asked after a while. The boys looked at Emily as if she had just suggested that they have a tea party with Master Xandred and talk about their feelings. "No I'm serious," she said. "Maybe they'll take us to the others."

Jayden sighed. "Emily… I don't think that's a very good idea."

Emily glared up at him defiantly. "Well I don't know about you, but I don't just want to sit here and think about ways that we can save the others. We should be taking action! You agree don't you Mike?" she asked turning to the green ranger.

"Em… We can't risk it," he explained. "I – I don't want you getting hurt." Emily blinked at him in shock. Why were they so afraid? Mike was always the reckless one. Why had he suddenly become so timid?

Emily narrowed her eyes at them both and shook her head in disappointment. The boys both released their hold on her, thinking that she had given up. The moment they let go, Emily darted off into the center of the clearing jumping and spinning and moving her arms around like a maniac. It was as if she was performing some horrifying yet beautiful dance. The boys gazed on in horror.

After a few minutes, Emily stopped, breathing heavily. She looked around in confusion. Nothing happened. Sighing in defeat, she began to make her way over to the boys. Out of nowhere another tendril of darkness came and entwined itself around her chest. Emily's eyes grew wide in fear. But she bit her lip and told herself that she needed to be brave.

Both boys raced to her frantically spin swords drawn. They were unaware that dark tendrils of their own were extending to grab them.

Emily smiled suddenly feeling at peace. Her two boys. Her two brave rangers. Even as the smoke wrapped around their ankles she knew that they would find a way to break free. They would save her. They would save all of them.

As their arms were reaching for her, suddenly all three of them were yanked apart and pulled in different directions dragged kicking and screaming along the floors of the opposing corridors.

And into the darkness.