AN: Thanks Black Blood Reject! Yeah I know but... just watch Shinkenger if you can. It helps with the emotions... well maybe just a bit. I just posted my longest chapter and now this beats it, 1458 words!

Disclaimer: Does it sound like I own Power Rangers?


Emily and Mentor where outside by the time the Pink Ranger had said, "We missed our leader... the real Red Samurai Power Ranger... our brother."

She couldn't wrap her head around it. He knew. He knew what happened. Or at least what their sister told him. He still didn't know about how his "big" sister was acting in his absence. Maybe it was for the best if he didn't find out... yet.

"I,I'm-"

"It's okay Jayden, I understand," she said before she even thought about it. "You're not the only that wasn't supposed to be here." Another reminder about how if Serena was better, she would've never met any of them.

"How about we all go inside and have a cup of tea," said Mentor, trying to break the tension. He turned around and headed into the house.

The Samurai quietly followed suit. Soon enough, they were seated in the dining room/kitchen. Mia had calmed down by now, but was a bit embarrased at what happened to her outside.

No one was talking. Even though the team was back together, it was going to take some time to get back to their old life.

Mentor served them the tea.

"Thank you," the teens muttered. The quietness of all 6 teens worried Ji. He wondered how did they turn from 6 energetic filled kids to 6 quiet kids that looked as if they did something wrong.

Just as he was about to mention this, the Gap Sensor went off.

Everyone got up hurriedly to the table. Ji tapped it to reveal the location of the Nighlok. "Downtown."

"Right," the team answered and they made their way towards the city. No one had noticed that the Red Samurai stayed behind.

"Although I am glad that you have returned, you should be helping your team Jayden," said Ji.

"They aren't my team Ji. You know that they never were. I was never the Red Ranger and just like Emily, I only became a Ranger because of what happened to my sister."

"To them, you still are the Red Ranger. Mia did not say this, and I am sure none of them will have the courage to tell you because they want to continue protecting you, but... your sister has not been treating them properly."

"What? What do you mean-?" Jayden was cut off by his Samuraizer ringing.

"Hello?


The Samurai arrived morphed to see Moogers wreak havic like usual.

"Where's the Nighlok?," asked Kevin.

"Well if it isn't the Samurai Power Rangers. To what do I owe the displeasure of seeing you suffer?," said the Nighlok.

"Don't think you're going to get away with this for a minute Nighlok," said Mike.

"You actually think you can stop me? And how rude of you. You have not allowed me to introduce myself. My name is Bladicus," said the Nighlok.

"I would stop if I were you."

"Now who might you be? I haven't heard of a 6th Ranger?"

"Antonio Garcia. Gold is my name. Destroying Nighlok is part of my game."

"Well then. Let's see how you deal with this," said Bladicus.

Purple spikes were shot at the Rangers. They jumped out of the way, but where thrown to the ground from the explosion.

"Is everyone okay?," asked the Blue Samurai.

"Yeah," the other 4 responded.

"Rangers Together, Samurai Forever!," they said as they stood ready to face Bladicus once more.

"Rangers Together, Dead Forever!," said the Nighlok. "I like the- hey!"

During the monster's 'monologue', the Rangers started to attack.

Kevin and Antonio handled Bladicus while Mike, Mia and Emily took care of the Moogers.

"Spin Sword, Quadruple Slash!"

"Barracuda Blade, Barracuda Bite!"

Boom! As always, the Moogers disintegrated, only leaving the Nighlok.

"Yeah!," yelled out the Green Samurai.

"Um, Mike..."

"You might wanna..."

"Watch out!"

"Aaaaahhhh!"

The Rangers were taken by surprise again as Bladicus shot more purple spikes at them. Antonio and Mike were up but the girls were demorphed. "Mia! Emily!"

"Kevin..."

"I'm on it! I'll handle the Nighlok." Kevin got up pulling out the Black Box. "Super Samurai mode!" The white vest appeared on top of his suit.

"Super Spin Sword, Dragon Splash!"

Bladicus dodged the attack. "Oh no, it looks as if I'm drying out. I'll finish you annoying Rangers later." With that, the Nighlok left.

"Kevin!"

The Blue Samurai demorphed and turned around to see the Gold and Green Samurai demorphed as well. The girls were still unconscious.

"We need to get them back to the house," said the Kevin. "Antonio call Mentor and Jayden. Tell him we're on our way back. Mike and I will carry Emily and Mia."

The teenage boys got to their jobs and soon enough, they were near the house. Antonio was just calling the house.

"Hello?," answered the Red Ranger.


"Jayden-"

"Antonio? Is everything okay?"

"We're fine," answered Antonio a bit too quickly.

"What happened?"

"What do you mean-?"

"Who got hurt?"

"No one..."

"Tell him the truth," said Kevin. "He's going to know. We can't lie to him."

"What was it that Kevin said?," asked Jayden.

"It-well-"

"Antonio...," started Jayden in his "leader" voice. Although he rarely was forced to used it, this was an exception.

"We fought off the Nighlok, but he dried out and escaped before we could finish him. He fired purple spikes at us. We were able to avoid them the first time, but the second time, the girls got hit."

"What!," started a panicked Jayden. If something happened to...

"They're unconcious."

"How far-"

"We're at the front." Antonio hung up his Samuraizer and opened the gate doors. He ran to open the front door of the house.

Jayden hung up his Samuraizer and faced Ji. "They're back. Emily and Mia got hit. They're unconscious."

"I will go to the recovery room and prepare their beds," responded Ji as he left the living room.

The front door opened and the closed to reveal the rest of the team arriving.

Jayden looked to see the boys headed straight towards the recovery room. He followed after them.

The girls were placed into their beds. Mentor examined and treated them. "They are just unconscious. No broken bones, but they will be in pain from the impact."

All 4 boys breathed a sigh of relief.

"But this does not mean you are all allowed to stay here the entire day. There are chores that need to be done and traning to do."

Mike groaned.

"Michael..."

"We just got back from fighting the first Nighlok in weeks. Can't we take a break and order pizza?"

"Mike!"

"What?!"

The Red, Gold, and Blue Samurai shook their heads.

"Mike, Kevin, could you please go to the garden and check on the plants? They are starting to look a bit dry."

Both boys left.

"Antonio, I was wondering if you could help with another project- connecting the Samuraizers to the Gap Sensor. That way, you will be alerted of a Nighlok attack quicker if none of you are here in the house."

"Sure. That sounds cool!" Antonio left to the living room.

"You can stay here if you would like Jayden. I am sure you need the rest."

"Thank you Ji."

Mentor left the recovery room, leaving Jayden to his thoughts and watching the girls.

He made his way towards Emily's bed and sat to her left. He couldn't help but noticed how innocent she looked when she was asleep.

"I'm sorry Em," he said. Even though he knew she couldn't hear her, he needed to tell her. "I didn't mean to hurt you-or the team. But I don't belong here. Unlike you, I was pretending to be someone I was not. You've always been honest with us and I let you-I let everyone down. I don't know if I'll be able to stay any longer than after you and Mia recover."

Jayden held her hand. It was a small comfort for him. Even if he wasn't able to sort out his thoughts, he felt that he needed to stay with her.


AN: That's the end of this chapter! Hope you liked it! What should be the effects of the Nighlok's attack? Leave a review or PM me. Thanks!