The atmosphere around the breakfast table was tense. Mike and Emily decided to give the hints a little rest so the other Rangers could focus on the clues they had already been given. They had no idea Antonio and Jayden had figured them out and were planning on toying with them a little bit before revealing they knew about the engagement.

Mia was still in the dark, but she knew there was something she needed to figure out. She just couldn't put her finger on it. Kevin still refused to clue her in, even the tiniest clue, and Mike and Emily weren't going to help.

Serena and Kevin were trying to hold in their laughter as they watched the eyes dart around the room suspiciously. This contest entertained them the most. They knew the secret so they got to watch as Mike and Emily struggled to give subtle clues, and the others struggled to pick up on the clues.

Meanwhile, Mentor Ji was completely clueless. He had no idea there was a secret that needed to be discovered. He was just sitting and eating his fruit salad like every other morning.

"So," Antonio smirked, breaking the silence in the room as he leaned forward to look at Mike, "you'll never guess who I ran into yesterday while I was out fishing."

Antonio quickly looked over at Jayden and winked. The red Ranger nodded his head slightly. If Mike was going to mess with the two of them, they were going to mess with him.

"Who?" Mike asked, slightly curious as to who Antonio could possibly run into while out fishing. Most of the time Antonio was alone and if he wasn't it was usually a fisherman. Mike didn't know any fisherman so he had to wonder who Antonio could have possibly seen that would interest Mike.

"This really good friend of yours from… High School… I think. Damn, what was his name? It started with a…"

"Matthew or Reese?" Mike shook his head. "Those were my only two… how could you run into them, though? They hate the outdoors."

"Reese, that's it," Antonio snapped his fingers with a smile. "Yes, I think he said his name was Reese."

"What was he doing out?" Mike asked. "He never ventures outside unless he's on his way to the arcade."

"I didn't think to ask," Antonio was lying through his teeth about the meeting with Reese and he couldn't come up with an excuse for why one of Mike's gamer friends would be so far out into the forest. He thought it best not to push the lies and stick to his story. "Anyways, we ran into each other by the river and he mentioned you. I didn't tell him I knew you, secret identities and all, but I'm pretty sure he was talking about you."

"What did he say?" Mike was intrigued. He hadn't seen his friends in nearly a year and the last time he had seen them they had been attacked by a Nighlok. He had to leave them without a proper goodbye or an explanation on why he was gone.

"He had some pretty interesting things to say about you," Antonio smirked knowingly and winked at Mike. He saw the green Ranger shift uncomfortably in his seat. "Things I think Emily would also find very, very interesting."

Emily's full focus was now on the conversation between Antonio and Mike when she heard this and she turned to Mike to see what his reaction to Antonio's words were going to be. She saw he looked rather nervous and furrowed her brow.

"Mike…"

"L-like what?" there was a slight stutter in Mike's voice that went unnoticed by most but Emily picked up on it and Serena also seemed a little curious about his behaviour. Antonio shrugged his shoulders, "He says you've got a secret."

"A secret?"

"Yep, and Jayden and I both know what it is."

"You… you do…?"

Antonio nodded to Jayden and the red Ranger pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and slid it across the table to Mike. The green Ranger picked it up nervously and opened it slowly, trying to keep prying eyes, especially Emily's, from seeing before he had the chance to look for himself.

He sighed in relief and chuckled loudly when he read the secret note and passed it over to Emily. She read it and smiled. The note read: Congratulations on the engagement.

"Dude, you had me there for a minute," Mike reached across the table to give Jayden and Antonio fists bumps. "But you've finally figured it out. Both of you."

"Figured it out?" Mia frowned and looked around the table as everyone, except Mentor Ji, began to giggle and Emily passed the note to her sister to read. She glared at each of them, "Wait a minute… am I the last to know."

"Mia doesn't know?" Antonio asked. He and Jayden and written the note because they weren't sure how many people at the table knew the secret and if Mike was toying with them they assumed there were other people he was trying to fool as well. They didn't want to ruin whatever game they were playing so they remained as subtle as possible.

"No," Emily grumbled, resting her head in her hand as she played with her oatmeal. She was happy the boys had figured it out. That meant she and Mike were two steps closer to getting engaged officially, but that also meant she lost the contest and Mike would get to choose the location for the wedding. She turned to Mia and glared.

"What's going on?" Mentor Ji asked, finding himself completely lost as well. No one had told him about the contest and he had no clue he needed to figure something out. Serena looked to Emily and Mike and they both nodded. She then leaned over and whispered the secret into Mentor's ear and explained everything to him quickly. A smile appeared on his face and he nodded his head.

Mia glared at the people around the table, "I hate all of you."

"I'm not very fond of you, either," Emily pouted. "You have to figure out my clues."

"You keep blabbing on about a t-shirt. Green and yellow! Green and yellow! I'm not colourblind, I know it's… oh," she trailed off as she noticed the shirts Mike and Emily were wearing. As per Ranger tradition, they were both dressed in their respective colours: yellow and green. A smirk appeared on her face, "It's a secret about you and Mike."

"Finally!" Emily threw her hands up in the air. Serena chuckled.

"Wow; that took you long enough. I thought this baby was going to be born before you figured that out."

"So, what is it?" Mia asked. Emily shook her head.

"You still have to figure it out," she said. "I already gave you your second clue. The two colours come together to make one shirt."

"You're starting a shirt company together?" Mia suggested, knowing it was ridiculous but she had to try. Emily groaned and let her head fall onto the table.

"I don't know why I'm friends with you."

"Because you love me," Mia grinned. Emily's head shot up.

"Another clue!"

"You love me?"

"No. I love Mike!" Emily smiled.

"So, you love Mike and… making shirts…"

"Stop thinking about the shirt! It's the colours! What are they doing?"

"I don't know about the green, but yellow's being a real pain in the ass," Mia muttered. Right beside her, Kevin was chuckling.

"I know I said I wanted you to figure this out, Mia, but I really wouldn't mind if this dragged on for a few extra days,"

"Just tell me!" Mia begged, taking Emily's hands. "Please! Everyone else knows!"

"I can't tell you. It's against the rules," Emily shook her head. "Just think about the colours and what they're doing. You can get this, Mia, I know you…"

Emily was interrupted as the Gap Sensor blared, signalling a Nighlok attack in the city. Forgetting the secret, they jumped out of their seats and raced off, leaving Mentor and Serena to take care of the dishes.

-Samurai-

When the Rangers entered the city they were shocked by what they had found. The street was littered with people who were lying on the floor, seemingly lifeless. There was no Nighlok in sight, but they could only assume this was his doing. The red Ranger knelt down beside a little boy and checked his pulse.

"He's dead," he choked on his words and got back to his feet. He couldn't see the faces of his teammates but he knew they were just as hurt as he was.

"How?" Mike asked, inspecting the young boy and looking at the others who had fallen. "It doesn't look like they were attacked at all."

"It's like they just…" Kevin was suddenly struck in the back as the monster appeared, seemingly from nowhere. While the Rangers had been distracted by the victims of his attack he had snuck up behind them and went in for a surprise attack.

Kevin fell forward, crying out in pain even though his Ranger suit had taken most of the damage. Mia was by his side in a second, kneeling next to him and helping him get back to his feet while the others stood in front of him protectively.

Jayden held out his sword, "What did you do to all these people?"

The Nighlok, a rather large, humanoid creature with what appeared to be bones covering his body and a scythe in his hand, chuckled and bounced with excitement.

"Wouldn't you like to know," he said. "How about, instead of telling you, I show you!"

The Nighlok dashed forward and slashed at Jayden, forcing him back and away from the rest of the team while the Moogers appeared from the cracks and crevasses and kept the other five distracted. Jayden held off the Nighlok as best as he could, but the creature found an opening and took advantage. He slashed Jayden again, striking him in the chest. Jayden felt like the attack had left a rather sever wound, especially considering it had been strong enough to power him out of his Ranger suit. But when he checked for blood, he saw there was nothing there, not even a tear in his shirt. He looked at the Nighlok curiously.

"What…?" spots suddenly started appearing in his vision, slowly blinding him. What he could see began to dance around and he felt himself losing his balance as he swayed side to side. Finally, with his vision totally gone, he hit the ground hard, falling face down and everything stopped.

"Jayden!" Antonio shouted, seeing his best friend falling him battle. He finished off the Mooger he was currently facing and left the rest to the others while he went to check up on Jayden. He knelt down beside the red Ranger and tried to wake him. "Jay? Jay, can you hear me?"

Nothing. There was nothing from the red Ranger. Antonio powered down and glanced along the street at the bodies that were lying exactly like Jayden's. With a shaky hand he checked for a pulse from Jayden.

"An easy second," seeing the gold Ranger was distracted by his friend, the Nighlok tried again to attack, raising his scythe in the air. Antonio barely noticed anything around him as he searched Jayden's neck and wrist frantically for a pulse. Mia, who was the closest to Antonio and Jayden, dropped out of her battle with the Moogers to help him out. If the Nighlok had taken out a fully powered Jayden, Antonio didn't stand a chance without his suit. She blocked the Nighlok's attack as his scythe came down and stood before Antonio and Jayden. She barely felt it, but as the Nighlok pulled his weapon away to prepare himself for a battle against the pink Ranger, his weapon grazed her arm lightly. He didn't even know he had touched her.

The other Rangers finished off the Moogers and quickly came to Mia's aid. They wouldn't let her fight the Nighlok alone after what he had done to Jayden. They backed him away from the red and gold Rangers, blocking every strike until finally he stepped out of the fight and lowered his weapon. The Rangers stood and watched, using this moment to catch their breath.

"Shoot!" the Nighlok looked to his stomach where he was starting to dry up, "And I thought I would get more than one Ranger before I needed to go back."

"What did you do to Jayden?" Emily asked the Nighlok as he searched for a way out.

"You'll all find out eventually. But for now, I need to head back to the spirit world," finding a crack in the ground, the Nighlok jumped and disappeared into a portal. Kevin screamed, throwing his Spin Sword to the ground as he paced back and forth in frustration and powered down like the others.

"They always leave," he growled. "Right when we have them, they vanish! They…"

"Mia!" Emily shouted.

Mia turned to the yellow Ranger curiously. The danger was passed and yet Emily sounded panicked. She watched as Emily rushed over to her and caught her body. Kevin rushed to her side as Emily fell to her knees, holding Mia's body in her arms.

Mia furrowed her brows as she watched this. There was no way this could have been happening. She was watching her friends tend to her fallen body, and yet here she was, standing upright feeling as good as ever.

"Mia! Can you hear me?" Kevin asked, tapping her cheek. Mia stood over him and watched as he tried to wake her, or rather, her body.

"Guys," she called to her friends. "I… what's happening."

"Mia! C'mon, Mia, wake up!" Kevin said, taking Mia from Emily and holding her. Mia shook her head. This couldn't have been happening. She was standing over him. There was no way this was possible. The thing, or person, or whatever he was holding wasn't her.

She walked around and knelt down in front of him. She tried to touch his arm to let him know she was there but he didn't respond. She grabbed his shoulders and tried to shake him.

"Kevin. I'm right here!"

"We should go home," she heard Mike say from behind her. "Mentor will probably know what to do."

Mia watched as Kevin nodded his head and got to his feet, still holding her body in his arms, though Mia was still convinced it wasn't possible. She stood up in front of him but he didn't see her as he walked right through her. She gasped and turned around, watching as he walked away with her body, Emily right on his tail.

"You're going to be okay, Mia," Emily promised her body. "We'll fix this."

Mia shook her head and turned to see where Mike had gone to but jumped when she found herself face to face with Jayden. She smiled when he looked her in the eyes and jumped into his arms.

"You're okay."

Jayden held her for a moment before letting go. He took her by the arms and shook his head.

"I don't think we are," he gestured to where Mike was helping Antonio carry his body. Mia gasped again. It wasn't possible. She was standing right next to Jayden. He was holding her. She could feel him. And yet she was watching him from a distance. "We should follow them home."

Mia nodded but before walking off she glanced over her shoulder and down the street. Her eyes widened as she saw what appeared to be the spirits of the dead bodies that had covered the streets. The people they thought the Nighlok had killed. She grabbed Jayden's hand and stopped him from leaving.

He turned and saw what she was looking at. He nodded his head and sighed.

"They don't know what's going on," he told her. "They can see us, though, just like we can see them, so we have to go before we're spotted and they figure out who we are."

"What happened?" Mia asked.

"We'll figure it out. That Nighlok did something, I know that much."

Jayden took her hand and tried to pull her along. He was terrified and assumed she felt the same way. He hated that this had to happen to one of his teammates, but he was sort of thankful he wasn't alone.

But as he tried to get Mia to follow the others home he felt her pull on his arm again. He turned around and noticed she was still looking down the street.

"All these people," she whispered. "They were dead when we got here. Now they're…"

"Ghosts?" Jayden tried. He wasn't sure himself.

Mia looked up to him, "Does that mean we're…"

"I hope not," Jayden sighed. "We really should get home. We'll figure it out there."