(In the Sitting area)

Mia's POV

Mentor guides us to the Sitting Area and hopefully, he will give us answers. I sat on one of the Sofa chairs in silence whilst fiddling with Emily's Samuraizer and Kevin is playing with her Ape Zord. "Mentor…" Jayden started in a sorry tone "I didn't know that she was going to give up". Mentor walked up to Jayden and placed a hand on his shoulder and told him that it was time for us to know.

Mentor's POV

"Before you all ask, she will be staying on the team, she would never give up, it's just hard for her right now." I took a pause and a long breath before I continued. "Emily is a replacement, her older sister, Serena, is the original Yellow Ranger but sadly she became sick. Her illness has progressed far around her body and now no one is sure if she will make it through the night anymore." I felt my eyes begin to well up a bit. The Rangers only had looks of shock on their faces, then Kevin spoke up, "so when she said that she was sorry and tried to make her proud, she was talking about Serena?" I could only shake my head. I knew this wasn't my secret to tell but she is in no condition to talk now. "I'm sorry" was all I heard before I saw Jayden rush out the room and towards Emily and Mia's room.

Jayden's POV

I ran into Emily's room and sat on the end of her bed, contemplating what to say to her when she wakes up. I knew I made a mistake, what am I saying? She made a mistake, wait no I did, did I? as I start to have an internal conflict, I see Emily stirring and beginning to wake up. Crap, this is going to be awkward. "he...hey Em, listen, I'm really sorry and I know we all make mistakes sometimes" I couldn't get the words out, I wanted to tell her that I'm just like her, I'm a replacement. "oh Jayden, yeah I'm sorry to" and she was cut off by a huge yawn. "I just wanted to make her proud and I already screwed that up" she had a sleepy tone to her voice. I gave her a smile but this time it was one that you could see and didn't need a magnifying glass for. She smiled back.

I turned to the door to see Mia, Kevin, and Mike watching us talk. Mia walked in first and helped Emily sit up, she then gave Emily her Samuraizer and Kevin followed and gave her back her Zord. She was going to stay on the team no matter what she says, we will make sure of it. Between all five of us, only smiles were exchanged in those moments of silence. It was an awkward silence but it was a nice awkward silence. One by one we all walked out of the room to train, I stopped at her door and gave her a smile, but this smile was different, it was a smile that said 'hey I kind of like you but I'm not sure' you know, like one of those smiles that teen girls give to jocks in those movies. I closed the door and left.

Mike's POV

I can't believe that I just saw Jayden, Mr. I'm the boss of this team, gave Emily 'The Smile', do you know how important that is? I ran to training to tell the others my news, this could change everything especially the fact that Mentor Ji has a NO DATING RANGERS rule. A mischievous smile grew on my face. I have just had the best idea. Mia, Kevin they have just arrived, holy moly here comes the bombshell. "so guys you won't believe what I just saw" my voice started to hit high notes towards the end of the small sentence. "I just saw Jayden give Emily 'The Smile' like are you hearing this 'THE SMILE'?" I started to freak out, this is just brilliant. I saw Mentor and Jayden talking by the sliding glass door and pretended to train to make sure that I don't get caught.

Jayden's POV

"Jayden, calm down, Emily will be just fine but she is a little shaken up that's all." Mentor tries to reassure me but deep down I know I made her 'quit' being a Samurai. "But Mentor, if I hadn't said any of that stuff, she wouldn't have quit, I just don't want my team to take hits for me" I sighed knowing that my point wasn't strong of why I shouted at Emily. Ji was trying to correct my point, but I couldn't listen I was deep in thought. Maybe if she didn't save me I could have died, maybe I do need a team, WAIT what am I saying? I know I need a team, this could be fun. Out of nowhere, I whisper "thanks, Emily". Ji looks at me confused but I just nod and let him continue with his point.

After Mentor was done educating me I began to train with Mike, hard, I want to protect my team. As I was finishing Mike off, I looked to the window and saw Emily smiling god I loved that smile, she caught me off guard and allowed Mike to thrash me to the ground. "WAIT, since when do I take down our fearless leader, I must be getting better!" he said with a knowing smirk.I'm just not feeling too good that's all" I lied. It wasn't hard to lie since I've been doing it my whole life.

I walked inside to see Emily playing with her Ape Zord, I took mine out and placed it next to her Ape. They played and tackled each other for a long period, this brought a smile to mine and Emily's faces. "so Jayden, how was training?" she gave me a warm smile. "yeah it was fine but I could have been better, but it made me realise something, sometimes you do need a team."

"Really?" she asked with a shocked look on her face.

"yeah, and I guess I have to thank you for pointing that out to me" I started to blush.

"anytime Jayden" we both connected eyes and smiled. That's when Mike decided to ruin our moment and walk in. he smiled at us both, Emily being the person she smiled back but I just gave him a death stare. As I and Mike were staring each other down, the GAP Sensor went off, Central Park.

(At Central Park)

Nobody's POV

The team had morphed before they got to the location, upon arrival they met a Nighlok.

"Ahh Rangers, welcome to my happy ever after. I'm TickLock, one of the most feared Nighlok in the Sanzu River!" TickLock seemed quite pleased with himself.

"SAMURAI RANGERS GO!" they all yelled before heading into battle. As Kevin and Mia went for the first strike with their spin swords, TickLock blocked it. He pushed Kevin and Mia backward and into Mike and Jayden. All four of the Rangers backs went straight into the nearest wall. "JAYDEN" Emily yelled. "that's it!" she yelled before attacking TickLock. She took her spin sword and began to swing it around trying to hit the Nighlok, but failed.

After giving up on her plan she raised another weapon "Earth Slicer" she yelled and stuck three attacks on TickLock. "whoops I'm drying out, ill get you next time" and he escaped through a vent. At this point, the other four Rangers were standing next to Emily and putting pressure on their backs.

Mia's POV

My back is in so much pain, I can't believe that we got our asses handed to us by a Nighlok. Nearing the Shiba House I begin to think of ways to relax and release all this built-up pain. But then I remember why I am in this pain, a Nighlok. I forget about relaxing and think of ways to defeat LockTick or whatever his name was. I feel all this anger coming towards the surface, anger that I didn't know had been built up.

Will the rangers defeat him?

will Jayden ever tell Emily his secret?

A/N hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter I know that it is not as long or as good but I have been really stressed recently, I promise I won't let you guys down next chapter. see you in a couple days!

Thanks, enjoy reading my fellow rangers!