"Oh god. Troy!" Emma yelled in fear.

"What happened?" He came running in at the sound of her voice. Emma was not the one to kid, so when she was scared, something bad happened.

"Look at the news." The spokesperson on CNBC read the main headline.

"Well, this is an interesting topic. Apparently, local officials of Harwood County have notified us that they believe they have found the Blue Megaforce Power Ranger. His name is… Nora Carter. What a weird name for a boy, but any who, he has been seen with a mysterious human-like piece of metal at the Barcelona- El Prat Airport. He has been taken for questioning and is now in the city hall. More updates on this story tonight. Here's the weather with…"

The rest of what he said was a blur as a sharp pang of worry rushed through him. He looked to Emma with a worried look and she smiled as she looked away to his palm.

"They didn't get the name right. We're not dead."

"You just make the worst moments brighter, but they'll eventually find out."

"Troy," Emma cupped one of his cheeks with her palm. "You are the red ranger of this team, and you are acting like every possible bad thing will happen. What you don't realize is that you are the most dangerous warrior on this planet."

"But Emma, everyone has a weakness."

"Troy, I haven't seen yours, and I'm not going to anytime soon."

"What are we, as rangers, going to do?"

"All we can hope for now is to stay in the shadows and contact Noah as little as possible. They must have his phone or something so they can track the rest of us."

"How's that going to be easy when we are going to board a plane with the Samurai Shiba Symbol on it?"

"I can always tell Ji the problem and tell him to fix up something."

"Wow, you're amazing."

"Says who?"

"Says me, Superman."

Samurai

"Jayden, what are you doing?" Mia asked her red ranger, who was trying to hide his samurai training from Mia so she wouldn't stop him. He looked at her guiltily and she chuckled.

"Hiding it from me is not going to hide your smell."

"Why're you trying to stop me?" He got up with an upset look and walked towards her. She backed away slowly.

"Your form has gotten sloppy," she whispered to avoid the awkwardness of their situation. He smiled at her and she showed him her toothy smile.

"You know," Mia began. "They have a training center downstairs. You can go if you want."

"Which floor?"

"I think it's the 2nd, you can check at the front. They have a variety of spas and other stuff if you're stressed from training. Right now," Mia paused and wiped some hair stuck on his wet, sweat-speckled face. "I think you could really go and check it out."

"Yeah, that or I could wash my face."

"Yes, wash your face and go check out the resort. I know you're insisting you won't, but trust me, you'll love it."

"Alright, but if I don't, hand me your folding zord just in case."

"Fine." She took out turtle zord, who was still snoring off when she brought her out of her pocket. Jayden's lion zord immediately crawled along his outstretched hand and walked towards the turtle zord, nuzzling its small head to wake it up. The duo laughed at how the turtle and lion were getting along so well, and Mia almost forgot about handing her to Jayden.

"Don't worry," he said. "They're already getting along too well."

"Keep an eye on them. I'm gonna check on the youngsters across the hall."

"Oh, I think they need some alone time."

"Why…?" Mia shot him a look and he threw his hands up.

"It's not like that. Troy told me that he and Emma were in the middle of a little conspiracy between the team, so I think it's best if they get some time to think out whatever it is."

"Well then, what am I supposed to do? I'll be lonely without her." She pointed towards turtle zord, who in reply flew to Mia's shoulder.

"Why don't you come along? You seem a bit tired yourself."

"I'll tag along, only if you two promise to behave." She looked to lion and turtle and they jumped up to agree. She chuckled and followed Jayden to floor 2.

Megaforce

Later that evening, Emma and Troy were sitting on their armchairs, not bothering to do anything except look at each other to wonder if the other had answers to the questions that were piling in their heads.

"Gia? Did you see the news?" Emma immediately picked up her phone.

"Emma, Noah's in trouble! What if they rat us out?" Gia answered from the other line.

"Hand the phone to Jake," Emma calmly stated. "I need to ask him something."

"Okay." The phone made a noise signaling that the phone was transferred.

"Hello? Emma?"

"Jake, did you contact Noah?"

"I tried, but his voicemail message came up."

"Dear God, here. I'm handing the phone to Troy." She looked to him and his eyes went wide. The last thing he wanted to do was talk to someone.

"Emma, no," he whispered.

"Troy, he's waiting. There's nothing we can do," she whispered back.

"Alright, but sit next to me." She nodded, gave him the phone, and she sat next to him as she rested her head on his chest to hear what Jake had to say. Emma closed her eyes as her red ranger's voice soothed her tired ears.

"Yeah, we can't do anything."

"We're in Tokyo."

"I know, but he's almost got us ratted out." Troy's arm wrapped around her shoulder.

"Jake, seriously. We can't call him if we don't want to get caught."

"Emma's here. Yeah, I'll hand the phone to her." Her feet immediately folded on the couch and she took the phone. Jake's voice barely made it to Troy's ears, so he tried to pick up clues from what Emma said.

"Jake? Yes, we'll stay quiet."

"No, we haven't. Even if we did, he wouldn't be able to do anything."

"I know, Jake, but if you want Gia to stay safe, try not to call him."

"I'm not calling Gosei because Noah's got our morphers on tracking devices."

"Yes. Yes. Yes, but-"

"Okay, I'll talk to Troy about it. Don't call anyone on your morpher. Tell Gia also. I'll get something set up and if Noah calls, tell him that we need him to stay quiet."

"Alright… If the agency does pick up on the other side instead of Noah, tell them you both are soccer buddies. Noah already knows that…"

"Alright. Both of you stay safe. Alright. G'night. Tell Gia I said bye. Okay, bye." She sighed against Troy and he rested his chin and mouth in her hair as he closed his eyes.

"What are we going to do, as in you and me?"

"Well, I think you've got this slightly under control."

"Will you be able to sleep tonight?"

"Probably not, but you go ahead and get your sleep. Don't worry about me."

"Troy, look at us right now. How can I not worry about someone as important as you?"

"We're rangers, Emma. I'm the red ranger. I think I know how to take care of myself."

"Yes, and I'm not saying no to that, but I need to know that you're okay."

"I'll be fine."

"And if you're not?"

"How's that possible when I have you guys?"

Samurai

"So, what were the other two talking about?"

"Honestly, they don't want to tell me because they believe it's 'best for my safety'."

"Well then, don't be nosy, Jayden."

"Excuse me! You're the one who keeps asking me questions!" She smiled and looked to Turtle Zord.

"Do you think I'm nosy?" The creature hopped onto Jayden's shoulder and she threw on a shocked face while Jayden was amused.

"Well, I think your zord settled that."

"Yeah, and she did a good job of it."

"Mia, you're really not nosy."

"Then you are."

"Oh really?" Mia tried to walk away from his grip, but Jayden tugged her close to him and they shared a laugh.

"Definitely."

"Well, then I take back my statement about you."

"Why's that?"

"Well, whenever I'm about to run away, I always bump into you on the way and I don't go because of you." Mia's wide smile became a blank frown as she shrugged out of his arms.

"As one of your rangers, I'm supposed to protect you."

"But we're not rangers anymore! We're free to do whatever we want!" Thinking he could leave Mia hanging onto his words, he tried to turn around and walk away.

Mia caught up to him and stopped him in his tracks. When he gave her his undivided attention, she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his chest.

He returned it quickly and tightened it.

"Even if I'm no longer a ranger, I'm still going to protect you."

"I know. Remember when you told me that you'd love me if I didn't listen to you?"

"Yes."

"I love you too." Mia smiled and Jayden brought his face closer to hers until their lips met. Jayden smiled in between and feeling the movement of his, she smiled too. The kiss lasted only a few seconds, and Mia was literally shocked when they parted.

"Even if I'm no longer the red ranger," Jayden began.

"I'll always love you, Mia." Knowing that he meant that he wanted to be her boyfriend, she kissed his cheek.

"That little bird in Sochi was right," Mia said to herself.

"What bird?"

"Nothing," she said with a smile, and he wrapped her hand in his and guided her to the front desk.

They didn't realize that they left Lion Zord and Turtle Zord in the lobby.
It didn't matter- the two zords had each other.
They did since the beginning.

Megaforce

"Noah!" Troy screamed in the middle of his sleep. He was still sleeping, but he was stuck in the middle of a nightmare. Emma got up and walked towards him, wrapping her cardigan closer to her shivering body. She got down on her knees and shook him slightly. He shrugged away and screamed again, this time his voice more muffled.

"Troy, wake up," Emma whispered and he blinked his eyes open slowly. She smiled and turned on his lamp.

"Nightmare?"

"Yeah, but I'll be fine, Emma."

"I'm going to sit here," Emma pulled up a chair. "Until you fall asleep."

"Aren't you tired?"

"Not if I have to take care of someone."

"I'm sorry for waking you up."

"No problem at all, I couldn't sleep anyway."

"Why not?"

"I was waiting for the moment you would scream. I knew you'd go through a nightmare."

"I'm fine really, just go ahead and sleep."

"I'm not moving." She crossed her arms and he got up to send her to bed. She clung onto the sides of her seat while he tried to lift her. After a moment or so, he yawned and got back in bed.

"G'night Troy," she said and got up.

"You're not going to sit here?"

"Nah, I'm going to sit in bed."

"Good night, Emma."
He smiled to himself at her determination as he turned off the light.

One more day in Japan, and then they were off to France.