At Ernie's brainfreeze, Troy had just finished explaining everything he knew to Noah and Jake.

"Look man, I know its friends before chicks and all, but are you really serious right now?" Jake asked.

"Yeah, no offence, but your story sounds a little farfetched. I can understand why Gia acted the way she did, especially after she's known the guy for years." Noah added.

"That's exactly why I didn't want her to know yet, but something had to be done. Look guys, I'm being completely honest, there's nothing more I want to do than to run and help Emma right now, but I can't do it by myself. We need a plan. If you don't believe me, fine. I'll go save her myself if I have to." Troy said while giving a serious stare to show his seriousness.

"What? And give you all the credit as the knight in shining armor?" Jake smirked.

"We'll help, but I hope you're right about this." Noah said hesitantly.

"Please Noah, I need your complete trust." Troy pleaded.

Seeing the determination burning within Troy, Noah cracked a smile and nodded his head. "I trust you."

"So what's going to happen now?" Jake asked.

"First, we need to find Gia before anything happens to her too."

"I can do that!" Jake happily agreed.

"We'll look for her together. The last thing we need is to split up."

"Where do we start our search?" Noah asked.

"Maybe she went to go talk to Emma."

"That's my best guess too Jake, but I hope didn't do anything to her yet."

"We need to go now then" Jake said as he raced off with Troy and Noah following him.

A Real Ranger's Life

After an hour of searching, the guys finally found Gia walking with a mysterious stranger. Troy signaled for Jake and Noah to stay as he ran up to Gia.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Jake said as they all hid behind a bush.

"Same here, look… I'm going to find a way to separate Gia and whoever she's with. I'll tell her to find you guys, and I want you to keep her away from ."

"Are you sure about this?" Noah questioned.

"Yeah, if something happened to Gia, Emma would never forgive me."

"Dude, we all know you both like each other, but Gia isn't your responsibility." Jake said, urging to leave right now to get Gia.

Troy understood how Jake felt, but knew he had to do this. Anything could happen, and he didn't want to risk someone else's life, if it had to be anyone, it would be his own. He put his hand on Jake's shoulder.

"I know what you're thinking, but you need to trust me. I need you to watch Gia once I separate them; I'm trusting that you'll keep her separated and safe."

Releasing a sigh, Jake nodded his head and watched as Troy ran up to Gia. He grabbed Noah's arm and they both hid behind a bush.

"Gia!" Troy shouted while running to her.

"Troy?" Gia said in confusion. She wasn't furious with him at the moment, but she could still feel some anger.

"Who's she?"

"None of your business" Gia scoffed. "What're you doing here anyways?"

"The guys found Emma." Troy lied; he needed some type of excuse. He didn't like lying, but he knew that would be the only way for Gia to listen to him. "She was in the forest crying and thought that you could help comfort her.

When Randi heard this, she furrowed her brow.

"Emma's there? I thought she was still at home." Gia replied with a confused look.

"Who's she?" Troy repeated with a stern look.

Gia now had two choices; either help her best friend, or help the woman and get answers. With a heavy sigh she looked to Troy and said, "Fine, I'll go, but I need you to escort this woman to Emma's house."

Nodding his head, Troy agreed and watched as Gia darted off.

"So, what's your name?" Troy asked.

"Randi." She replied through fake sobs. Knowing her original plan was ruined, she had to come up with a new one, and fast.

Randi noticed that they were getting closer to their destination which meant she was running out of time.

"So, where are we headed?" Troy inquired as he recognized that they were getting closer to Emma's house. "Why would she know where Emma lived?" he thought.

"Well you see, my boyfriend Marc has a daughter who has been threatening me. I was going to go talk to Marc and hopefully get this whole thing settled." Randi said innocently.

"What was the daughter's name?"

"Emma, Emma Goodall."

They were already at the doorstep when Troy was about to turn around and question it. However, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and was overcome by darkness.

Randi rang the doorbell and looked around to see if anyone was watching her. Mr. Goodall came out and saw Troy on the ground.

"What the hell is he doing here? I asked for Gia, not him."

"Sorry babe, something came up and he ended switching places with Gia."

"Hm, that's alright. We can still make this work." Mr. Goodall said with a malicious smirk. "Help me bring him in before someone sees us. Do me a favor and tie him up in the attic."

-Flashback-

Randi was walking home from her job when she heard her phone rang. She saw the id number and picked it up with a sly smile.

"Hey Marc."

"Babe, I need your help. I finally found a way so we could get our happily ever after. All we need to do is get rid of Emma and her pesky friends. I think they're on to us, I caught one of them outside my window watching me beat Emma."

"What's going to happen now?"

"Simple, Gia is still probably on my side. She'll be the first one we'll capture, and then we'll slowly get her other friends one at a time. I want you to find a way to bring Gia back to my house. She was here earlier, but I didn't think she would've been informed of Emma's beating. Luckily, she didn't believe the boy who spotted me."

A smirk appeared on Randi's face as she figured out exactly what to do.

"I'll figure out something." She replied before hanging up the phone.

-A Real Ranger's Life-

Gia made her way into the forest where she knew Emma would be at. The great thing about being best friends for years was that they knew each other really well. They practically knew what the other was thinking at all times.

Before she could reach her destination, she felt two pairs of strong arms grab her. She was about to spin around and throw a punch until she noticed that it was just Noah and Jake.

"What the hell? Aren't you supposed to be with Emma? Troy said she was crying in this area."

Jake nervously scratched his head and replied, "Well… you see…"

"That son of a bitch lied to me didn't he?" Gia growled while shoving Noah and Jake off herself.

Jake gently grabbed Gia's arm to try and plead with her, but was suddenly pushed into Noah. By the time he got up, he could see Gia racing off.

"Damn it." Jake mumbled, "Go find Troy while I go after Gia!" he told to Noah as he dashed off.

He didn't want to hurt her or force her to do something she didn't want to do, but he made a promise to Troy. He knew he was faster than Gia due to his soccer background, but Gia was smaller and could get through obstacles faster. Plus, it wasn't helping him that she was throwing sticks and dirt his way.

A huge cloud of dirt hit his eyes which forced him to stop for a moment to rub it off. When he finally cleared his vision, he saw no sign of Gia anywhere.

"Fuck." Jake whispered as he put his two hands on the back of his head.