Here's the next chapter! This one is slightly reminiscent of when Taz and Sean were kidnapped, but it will have it's own story to it as well. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Last time on Power Rangers: Emergency Responders

Autumn was walking around outside of ER, planning to go on her way to get something to eat. From the back of an alleyway nearby, a shadowy figure watched her walk by. When she passed the alley entrance and kept walking, the figure ran to the back and down a strip behind a building until he came out in the back of another alley.

This one, he immediately had to duck behind a dumpster when he saw Tori walk up to Autumn and stop her just in front of where he was.

He watched as Autumn seemed to greet her, and Tori pulled her into the alley, a little ways away from him. He moved a little closer, though still hid in a place where they couldn't see him.

"We need to talk," Tori announced to Autumn, her hands on her hips.

The figure smirked to himself, reaching into the back of his pants to pull out a pistol. "The only person you'll be talking to after this is me, ladies."

Now

Autumn frowned slightly, hearing the scorn in Tori's voice. She was obviously upset with her, though it was beyond her to know why. In fact, Autumn didn't think she and Tori had even talked much that day.

"We do?" Autumn asked, confused. "Is something wrong?"

Tori huffed. "Yes, there is. You've been telling people that I recommended you to work here," She told her, startling Autumn. "Why are you doing that? And, how did you find that out?"

"First, I only told like two people," She assured her. "And I told them in defense of you, since they were talking about how cold you are. I said that that wasn't true, because you obviously care about us."

"How do you even know it's true?" Tori countered, without responding to what Autumn had said. In truth, she was flattered that Autumn felt such a way about her, as not many people did, but she wasn't about to share that with her.

"I don't know why you think I wouldn't believe that - I know the type of person you are, Tori." Autumn crossed her arms. "And I'm not going to stand here and say I think any differently."

Tori looked to the side, as if she was irritated. "You need to stop that."

Autumn made a face. "Stop what? I'm not doing anything wrong!"

"Stop trying to make this more than it is!" Tori exclaimed, her eyes blazing with emotion. "Stop acting like we're great friends! I don't have friends, okay?"

The red lieutenant countered with her own determined look. "Why don't you stop denying it? I..." She was cut off when she heard something from the side, and turned immediately to look over. "What was that?" She looked at Tori, to see her looking confused.

"What?" Tori raised an eyebrow, watching Autumn stare off to the side. "Did you hear something?"

Autumn nodded, but didn't verbally respond. She moved her foot in an effort to go towards the sound, when a large rock suddenly came hurdling towards her. She saw it too late and was hit in the head, getting knocked to the floor instantly.

Tori gasped and dropped to her knees beside Autumn, who was dazed. Autumn reached a hand up to touch her head, which was bleeding freely from a gash created by the rock. She looked up at Tori, who was leaning over her. "Are you alright?" Tori asked, offering a hand to help her stand.

She took her hand, "Yeah, yeah.. I'll be okay." Autumn mumbled, stumbling a bit as she stood. Tori steadied her.

"Yeah, you look fine," Tori gave her a pointed look. "Stay here for a second." She went a bit forwards, when a man suddenly jumped out from behind the dumpster, pointing a pistol at them. Tori moved back a bit, but gestured to her belt. "Hey, police! Drop your weapon, now!"

"Tori," Autumn grabbed her shoulder lightly, and Tori looked back to see her blinking owlishly at her.

The red chief cursed under her breath, seeing Autumn moments away from collapsing. "Hey, you're gonna be fine, alright?" Tori paused for a second, before hesitantly wrapping her arm around Autumn to keep her steady. She turned back to the man, who was still pointing the pistol at them. "Drop it!"

He licked his lips and smiled devilishly at them. "Not a chance."

BANG!

- Cue Opening -

The next day, Nikki, Jason, and Owen made their way down the hall to the chief base, looking to follow up on the case they had all solved the day before. Since they had worked together with the chiefs, it only made sense to them to meet back up with the chiefs and see how it was going, or if they could help.

When they made it into the chief base, they were a bit surprised to find the chiefs waiting around. "Were you expecting us earlier or something?" Nikki asked, frowning in confusion.

"No, we're waiting for Tori..." Joey trailed off, looking between the three. "Wait, where's Autumn?"

Masters looked at the two teams, "Both Tori and Autumn are missing? They're not usually ones to be late, especially Tori."

"Maybe they're.. you know, together," Owen suggested, crossing his arms. "I mean, it's not unusual for two people who work together to get with each other."

"Yeah okay, but Tori?" Sean raised an eyebrow.

Taz sighed. "I hate to say it about her, but I agree. Tori's not the emotional attachment type."

"Why does it have to be an attachment?" Owen gave them a knowing look. "Not saying it's bad to have one, but not everyone does. Some people like it no-strings attached."

Jason cleared his throat a bit awkwardly, "Ignoring Tori's feelings, I don't think Autumn seems like the kind of person that likes it like that."

Owen looked a bit defeated. "Well, then I don't know where they are."

Lia, from her position next to Masters, gave a worried look. "That's not good. This is not normal; not at all."

"Hopefully it's nothing," Sera said, not looking up from the computer she was at. "We should wait for a little while and see if they come in. If not, we should look into searching for them."

"Okay," Sean, who was in charge with Tori gone, nodded. "We'll wait and look into the case from yesterday until they come in. If they don't within the next few hours, we'll look into it."

Masters agreed with his statement. "You heard him, let's get to work, but keep track of the clock. If they're not here in a few hours, I'll get more resources to come in to help us find them." He gestured for them to go, and they reluctantly did, leaving Lia and Masters to watch over them.

- PRER -

"Autumn?" A voice came from somewhere beside or above her - Autumn couldn't really tell. Her head was spinning and she felt like she was stuck underwater.

Concussion, Was the first thing that came to her mind. She idly wondering why she hadn't started healing yet, before remembering that she couldn't heal while unconscious because her power took energy and effort to use, which is something she didn't really have while unconscious.

There was a hand placed on her shoulder, which was then moved to her neck. Fingers were checking her pulse, and she thought that was a bit strange. She didn't really remember what happened, but she didn't think it was enough to warrant a pulse check.

Besides the concussion, she really felt fine. Though, depending on how long she had been unconscious, she could see why someone would be concerned about her being alive or not.

"Hey, Autumn," The voice was firmer this time and, as Autumn drifted back into a higher level of consciousness, she recognized it as a female voice. "Come on, wake up. I can't get out of this alone, okay? So, you can get up now, if you're done with your nap, Sleeping Beauty."

At that comment, Autumn suddenly recognized the person above her as Tori. She tried to open her eyes, but just ended up wrinkling her face into a wince. Immediately, Tori's hand moved back to her shoulder and gripped it tightly. "Autumn? Can you hear me?"

She titled her head to the side, and forced her eyes open, finding herself staring up at Tori. "Yes," She responded, after a short moment. "And it's nice to know you think I'm beautiful."

"What? Oh," Tori rolled her eyes. "I never suspected you to be the type to joke in a rough situation."

"Rough situation?"

A flash of worry crossed Tori's face, but disappeared as quickly as it appeared. "We were kidnapped by that crazy son of bitch, Mark. That rock he threw at you knocked you out last night."

"Last night?" Autumn gasped, sitting up suddenly. She instantly regretted it when black spots came across her vision and she felt faint. Luckily, in a few moments, the feeling passed and she was left to look back at Tori. "I've been out that long?"

Tori shook her head. "No, you've been in and out. I think you might have a concussion." She gestured to her forehead. "That was a pretty big rock, left you with a nice cut."

Autumn reached up to touch the gash, but pulled away quickly when it caused a pain to flare through her head. She was glad, however, to know that she was now healing herself as she was awake. "It'll be fine," She thought for a moment, before frowning as something dawned on her. "Did he hurt you?"

The red chief was silent for a moment. "I'm okay."

"Of course you are," Autumn said sarcastically as she turned back to look at her again. Now that she could really see Tori, she could see that she was pale and sweaty, and had a slightly restless look on her face. Her breath was also coming at an increased rate. She looked, to put it simply, like a mess. "You look like you're going into shock. What happened?"

Tori shifted uncomfortably, a strained look appearing on her face. "How do you know?"

"I'm a paramedic." Autumn said, not unkindly. She moved closer to Tori, putting her hand up to her neck to feel her pulse, only to find it a bit faster than normal. "You're definitely a little shocky, Tori. What... Oh my god," Autumn looked down to see Tori's hand pressed firmly against a place on her abdomen, and her hand was covered in blood.

"I got shot," Tori answered before Autumn could ask. "It's been quite a fun day." She muttered, before taking a deep breath and moving her hand to let Autumn see. "How bad is it?"

By the look on Autumn's face, it was bad. Autumn checked her over as routinely as possible without any equipment, before looking back up at her face. "It's.. not as bad as you'd think. I can't really do anything to check for internal damage, but considering you're not worse off, it doesn't seem like it would be anything immediately life threatening."

"So, it is life threatening, just not now," Tori concluded. "Okay, well how, exactly, can you be so sure?"

Autumn took her hand and placed it back on top of her wound. "Keep pressure on it, and I can tell by your level of hypovolemic shock. You've had this since last night, and you're only at level two. I mean, it's not good, but you'll be okay until we can get out of here." She pushed herself to her feet, putting a hand to her head as she got dizzy.

Tori reached out her other hand and put it on Autumn's leg, looking up at her from her sitting position against the wall. "Maybe you should sit back down."

The red lieutenant sighed. "I wish, but I can't. I need to figure out how to get us out of here, or else you'll bleed out."

"What can I do to help?"

Autumn almost laughed, humorlessly. "Just keep your hand on the wound and concentrate on breathing and keeping yourself calm. Don't move, or else the bullet could lodge itself somewhere you don't want it."

"Then get it out," Tori suggested. "Why risk that? I'm gonna have to move eventually."

"Not yet." Autumn told her. "I'll get it out just before we have to get out of here. Taking it out is risky without proper equipment, and we don't know how long we're gonna be here for."

Tori rolled her eyes. "Just do it, or I will myself."

She looked down at Tori, and sighed again, kneeling back to the ground. She leaned over Tori, flexing her fingers as she thought about how to do this. Autumn looked back at Tori's face again. "You sure? This'll hurt like a bitch."

"I'm sure." Tori nodded.

Autumn ripped off a part of her shirt and gave it to Tori to clench between her teeth. She took a deep breath to prepare herself, and got to work.

- PRER -

Silas was sitting in his office, looking at a holographic call from Mark, who was shifting on his feet and scratching his arm nervously. He watched the man in boredom, waiting for him to speak up and say what he needed to.

After a few moments of waiting, Silas rolled his eyes and spoke up himself, "Well? What's happening?"

"They're here," Mark whispered, as if he was afraid someone would hear him. "They're in my underground maze."

"It's not a maze, it's the sewers," Silas muttered, irritatedly. "And what are they doing?"

Mark shrugged. "I haven't seen them in a while. The lieutenant was out cold the last time I saw her, and the chief was shot." He paused for a moment, listening for noises. When he did, he heard low speaking from the nearby area. "They're awake."

"Find them!" Silas demanded, slamming his hand on the table. "If the chief is shot, she'll die from blood loss regardless - kill the lieutenant."

The man on the other end looked nervous, "Are you sure, Silas? What if we get caught?"

Silas glared. "Are you insulting me? I have never gotten caught in my life, Mark," He growled out. "Now, are you going to work with me or against me? Because I have an easy way to show you what happens to people who work against me."

"I..." Mark pulled out a pocket knife, showing it to him. "I'll stab her."

"Show me." Silas leaned back in his chair and watched as Mark slowly walked into the other, approaching the two young women. The chief was leaning against the wall with her eyes clenched in pain and a piece of fabric between her teeth, while the lieutenant was leaning over her with bloody hands. There was a bullet on the floor, meaning she had taken it out successfully.

The lieutenant turned to look up and gasped in shock, making the chief opened her eyes instantly. The two looked up defensively, the lieutenant pushing her way to her feet and standing protectively in front of the chief.

Silas watched as a brief struggle between Mark and the lieutenant broke out, prompting the chief to attempt to push herself to her feet. She eventually made it up in time to see the red lieutenant get stabbed on the right side of her chest.

"Autumn!" The chief cried, as Autumn yelled out in pain. She rushed forward to catch Autumn before she could fall to the floor, and grabbed Mark's hand before he could stab her again.

"Tori," Autumn said in warning, her voice breathy.

The red chief, or Tori, glanced back at her before grabbing the hand that had the knife in it and turning it on Mark, plunging it into his stomach. Silas watched in slight shock as this occurred. Tori then grabbed Mark by his collar and threw him out of the room with as much strength as she could muster.

She walked back over to the holographic phone, picking it up and looking Silas in the eye as she breathed heavily and winced in pain. "You'll never win, Silas. Try again next time."

Tori threw the phone back at Mark, who caught it before it could hit the ground. He made his way back up to his feet and stumbled painfully out of the room. Silas was still watching from his office, before he suddenly turned the phone off. He looked to Thorn, who was standing at the entrance with Bones.

"Get that son of a bitch here, alive," He hissed. "I'm going to kill him before he can even think about what's next."

Thorn nodded once. "Right away, boss."

Silas turned to look back out the window, when a hand was placed on his shoulder. He looked up to see Bones standing next to him, a surprisingly sympathetic look on his face. Silas sighed and nodded. "Yeah, I'm good." He told him, before the two looked back out the window in silence.

- PRER -

Tori fell to her knees ungracefully beside Autumn, trying desperately to see her wound. Autumn, however, wasn't having it. She pulled away as good as she could and held her hand over the wound, grimacing in pain.

"Come on, Autumn," Tori hissed, before taking a deep breath and calming herself. She put her hand over Autumn's, lightly. "Autumn, please. Let me see," As she held her hand over Autumn's, she not only felt a strange sensation come over her, she also had a pang of nervousness suddenly in her chest.

This wasn't necessarily unusual when she was around Autumn, but Tori never felt it with anyone else. Holding her hand only made that feeling grow to a point that Tori was almost overtaken with it as she stared down at her.

Before she could think about it any further, Autumn slowly moved her hand out from under Tori's, breaking her out of her thoughts. "Did you feel that?" Autumn asked, looking up at her with pain-filled eyes. Tori looked into her eyes and felt more worried than she had with anyone before.

"Umm.. what do you mean?" Tori asked, stumbling over her words.

"When you touched my hand," Autumn explained, making Tori blush slightly, until she continued. "The healing?"

"Healing?"

Autumn nodded, sucking in a deep breath. "My healing, remember? I automatically start to heal the minute I get injured."

"Oh," Tori cleared her throat, realizing her train of thought was completely different than Autumn's. "Yeah, I could feel it." She looked down at her own injury, having thought she wasn't feeling it because of adrenaline. "Did you...?"

She chuckled breathlessly. "I tried. Didn't get very far - you're moving into stage three of hypovolemia."

Tori raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, well, what about you?"

Autumn shifted uncomfortably on the floor, pushing herself up on one side before Tori helped her to sit against the wall. She had a strangely amused look on her face. "Somehow this seems similar to earlier, though our positions were switched." She looked Tori over. "You should relax too, you need it more than I do. I'll heal quickly and we can get out of here."

"What were you thinking?" Tori asked, ignoring her statement. "You may be able to heal, but you can still die. What if he had stabbed you in the heart or something? What would I have done if you..." She trailed off, staring at Autumn with wide eyes as she stopped herself.

The red lieutenant's expression went soft, "I'm sorry. I couldn't let you get hurt, Tori..." She looked down. "I just couldn't."

Tori looked down, her face hot from embarrassment. "Of course you couldn't, we're teammates, sort of. I feel the same."

"It's not like that," Autumn told her, emotion shining in her eyes. "You and I both know it."

"Don't." Tori looked back up at Autumn. Her facade of strength was gone. "You can't do this to me, not right now."

Autumn scowled. "When else are we going to talk about this? I can see it in your eyes, Tori. I know you and I.. feel the same way."

"You..." Tori took a deep breath, before pursing her lips with a pained look on her face. "How could you say that? You barely know me, and I barely know you."

"But it's enough. You have the same thoughts."

"I don't know why," Tori admitted. "You just.. you've gotten under my skin! I don't know how you've done it, but you need to stop!"

She stared at Tori. "Why?"

"Because..." The red chief trailed off, staring back at her. "You're scaring me," She whispered. "I'm not used to this."

Autumn nodded. "I understand." She held her hand out and, after a long moment, Tori took it hesitantly. "If we don't make it out of here, I want you to know that I feel the same and don't regret it at all."

Tori felt a stray tear escape her eyes before she made a split second decision. She leaned forward and kissed Autumn, before the two pulled away a bit and stayed there with their heads touching lightly. "Okay."

"Yeah," Autumn breathed out, stunned. She put a hand up to her wound. "It's well enough for us to move now."

Shocked out of her stupor, Tori pulled away completely and nodded. "We should figure out how to get out of here, then." She said, feeling the affects of blood loss starting to take it's toll. "Definitely now."

- PRER -

The others sat in a heavy silence in the chief base, working on various things while trying to avoid the obvious elephant in the room. Masters sat diligently watching the clock, his arms crossed firmly across his chest. His body was radiating worry, being very tense, and everyone could feel it.

Lia, who was sitting next to him, squirmed restlessly in her seat. "Lincoln..."

"Wait," Masters held up a hand to stop her from talking. He didn't take his eyes off the clock.

Everyone else, however, stopped their tasks to turn back to them, waiting for his order. They were all highly aware of the silence, as it spoke louder than any words they could've spoken in that moment.

It was deafening.

Masters continued to look at the clock, waiting until it ticked by for another minute, then turned to them. "They've been gone too long," He finally announced.

The fact that they were finally able to look for Tori and Autumn was extremely relieving to everyone in the room, but it was also extremely concerning, since it really meant that something was wrong. The two reds could be anywhere.

Suddenly, before anyone could do anything, Jason felt a small pang in his head. He shook his head slightly, trying to relieve it before anyone noticed. Instantly, however, that small movement attracted everyone's attention, as they knew what that meant.

Logan stood up and walked over to him, putting a hand on his shoulder as the pain grew immensely and rapidly. Jason groaned in pain and clutched his head as he got a vision.

Tori and Autumn were in a dark room with water dripping from the ceilings and accumulating on the ground. Autumn pushed herself to her feet, bringing a hand immediately up to hold over a still bleeding wound on her chest. She reached down and hauled Tori to her feet, the other young woman stumbling and barely able to hold herself up.

"Come on," Autumn whispered to her, wrapping her arm around Tori's waist. When she did so, Autumn made a point to hold Tori's hand to the wound on her side with her own hand. "I've got you."

She pulled Tori forward as fast as they could go, which wasn't very fast, given both of their current states. While Autumn was still in pain and bleeding, she was nowhere near the condition Tori was in.

The red chief was pale and sweaty, and was breathing like she was running a marathon. She was also obviously having a hard time concentrating on anything, and was silent as Autumn pulled her along.

Autumn seemed to know the seriousness of situation, and could tell that Tori was having a hard time continuing forward. "I know this is hard, but we have to get out of here. You won't make it if we don't."

"Ok.. okay," Tori mumbled, letting Autumn drag her to safety, feeling too weak to do much more.

Jason was suddenly thrown out of the vision, finding himself looking back at the concerned looks of the others surrounding him. He rubbed his head to rid himself of the residual pain before he spoke.

"I know where they are." Jason told them. "And we need to get there. Fast."

- PRER -

Autumn hissed in pain as she dragged Tori along, feeling the pressure of Tori's weight pull on her injury. She didn't want to mention that she was unable to heal while the two were making their way out of the sewers, especially not with Tori hanging off of her bad side.

She thought briefly about switching sides, but quickly dismissed that idea as her right side was her strong side, and it allowed her to keep her hand pressed onto Tori's wound to further stem the bleeding.

Without the bullet in Tori's side, the wound was freely bleeding, but Autumn knew it was the thing she had to do. If they were moving like they were now with that bullet still in her, it could've moved around and punctured an organ or vein, threatening internal hemorrhaging.

It was a difficult situation, and Autumn was just hoping that she made the right decision. She hoped even more so when she felt Tori sagging against her.

"Help!" She screamed, not knowing what else to do. She couldn't go any faster than she was, and she did desperately need help. "Please! Someone help us!"

Her yelling seemed to have grasped Tori's attention, but not by much. Anything, however, was welcome by Autumn's standards as she pulled Tori towards a light she could see in the distance. It was the exit to the sewers, and Autumn didn't think she had ever felt happier to see the outside world in her life.

"Help, please!" Autumn yelled again, and this time she got a response.

"Autumn?" A voice called from the exit. She looked ahead to see the person the voice belonged to, finding it to be Owen. "Autumn! Oh shit," He turned around. "Hey, we need a paramedics here, now!"

Owen rushed forward to catch them as Autumn stumbled and nearly fell, sending them sprawling to the ground. Autumn looked up at Owen, who had herself and Tori clutched carefully in his arms, pulling them towards the exit.

"Come on, now!" Owen demanded.

She watched as the ceiling above her turned into a gloomy sky, and breathed out in shock and relief as she fell into unconsciousness.

- PRER -

Silas waited impatiently in his office, his arms crossed. Bones stood diligently beside him, also waiting with him. The two had laid a tarp down on the large floor, and Silas was holding a large machete in his hands.

He looked over at Bones, who nodded once at him. Silas nodded back and took in a deep breath as Thorn burst in through the door, throwing Mark on the tarp in front of all of them.

"Finally," Silas looked over the older man. He was sniveling on the ground with a hand pressed to his stomach, where a knife was protruding from his body. "I presume this is what you got from the red chief."

Mark looked up at him, a fearful look on his face. "Yes."

"I see." Silas began to circle him, hitting his heel on his toe as he walked slowly around Mark. "And I also presume you may want someone to heal you, since you can't go to the doctor after committing such a crime."

"Yes." Mark nodded once more. "Please."

The crime lord scoffed, moving to quickly place his sword against his throat, though not enough to cut it. "You've made a mistake thinking you deserve anything other than death."

"I'm sorry! Please, I'll do anything!" Mark exclaimed. He looked from Silas to Bones and Thorn, who stared unflinchingly at him. "Please! Anybody?"

Silas smirked. "You think they'll help you? That's even more pathetic than I thought. Perhaps I'll take pity on you," He drawled, pulling the machete away from Mark's throat, only to plunge it through the side of his neck, killing him instantly. "But I don't take pity on anyone, especially not from someone as pathetic as you."

Thorn looked at the dead man on the floor, and then back at Silas. "Good kill, boss."

"I know, Thorn," Silas took a handkerchief out and began to clean the blood off of his hands. "Now, clean this mess up. By the time I get back from seeing Belladonna, I want this room spotless."

He threw his handkerchief on the floor and exited the room, leaving Thorn and Bones with his mess.

Next time on Power Rangers Emergency Responders: When Silas has someone try to smuggle drugs out of the country, the lieutenants employ the assistance of a new person to help them. Meanwhile, Tori and Autumn recover physically and mentally from their kidnapping.

Next Chapter Title: Purple Lieutenant

Autumn and Tori have officially confirmed feelings for each other! I can't say much about their relationship, but I will say that their situation with each other will be very complicated and frustrating. Despite that, I do really love their relationship with each other, and I hope you guys do too!

I still do not have the new poll up yet, but I will let you know when that will be. I'm pretty sure it's going to be PRGG that's up next, but that really depends on which story gets to all of the new rangers first, so we will see which that is soon!

Here's the lineup for the next five chapters!

Ep 15: Nutrition - Taz focused chapter.

Ep 16: Decision - Jason focused chapter.

Ep 17: Pink Chief - Nat focused chapter.

Ep 18: Animals - Purple lieutenant focused chapter.

Ep 19: Mood - Sean focused chapter.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you guys back with the next one!

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