Gia rolled her eyes as Noah rubbed his. It was getting late, but the Rangers, Mrs. Moran, and Mrs. Goodall were still in the command center. There were two reasons no one wanted to leave. The Rangers had just gotten a power upgrade from a new source. However, obtaining that power had been no easy feat. Vrak had tried to control Gia so he could be the master of the Wild Sword, and he felt the only way to control her was through the shock collar still attached to her neck. Anytime she showed signs of disobeying him, or did disobey him, he would shock her. The collar still attached to her neck hadn't shocked her since they sent Vrak running in their last battle, but no one wanted to take the chance that Vrak could still hurt her. Noah was trying his best to find a way, without using Tensou's saw-it-off idea, to get the collar to come off.

"Maybe we should take a break," Gia suggested because she could see Noah was getting tired. He had his computer hooked up to her collar and was trying to see if he could override whatever program Vrak had set up in the collar but he couldn't understand any of it. He didn't want to try too much. He had already shocked Gia mildly a few times by taking some risks. He also didn't want to leave the collar on. "Vrak can do what he wants. I'm not listening to him anyways."

"Vrak can't do what he wants," Mrs. Moran said as she hugged her daughter. "Noah, you're going to work until your eyes and hands fall off or that collar comes off. Whichever is first."

"I'm doing my best," Noah promised. Jake brought him over a bottle of water. "Vrak's got everything programmed in an alien language. First I need to figure out what everything means. Then I'll have to override the program."

Over in another corner of the room, Emma sat with her mother near the console where Tensou was working. After his idea to saw off the collar – and possibly Gia's neck – had been vetoed, he resumed his work on finding Emma's biological father. It wasn't an easy feat as he only had half of her father's genetics to work with and millions of candidates – both dead and alive, but he was sure that with his advanced technology he could get the job done. This was another reason the Rangers were staying at the command center. Now that they were all aware of Emma's family mystery, they wanted to be there to show their support when she finally got the news who her father was.

"So, I'm starting off easy," Tensou said. "You humans collect thousands of DNA samples every day for studies, crimes, and investigations. That means I already have a sample to work with that I can compare to Emma's DNA. I'm tapping into local prison, hospital, and lab records and collecting as much data as I can."

"Tensou, please," Mrs. Goodall shook her head, "Just get it done. We don't care about the details, we want results."

"Just trying to make conversation," Tensou muttered as he turned back to the console, "Tough crowd."

As they waited for news, Emma leaned into her mother's arms and sighed, "I have a question."

"Anything."

"How do you not know? Maybe it's just me, but I think I'd at least remember the name of every guy I slept with. You don't have that?"

"I think it was just a one night stand," Mrs. Goodall shrugged. "I was trying for a baby with your father for months before that, and we kept trying right up until we found out we were expecting you. Oh, Emma, I'm so sorry."

Mrs. Goodall lovingly squeezed her daughter, "You deserve so much better than all I've put you through. If I could, I'd do it all over again."

"I know," Emma sighed and then wrapped her arms around her mother, "You're here now."

"And I guess I haven't been making things any easier for you," Mrs. Goodall looked around the command center, "A Power Ranger? All this time, you were the pink Ranger?"

"Yeah… I still can't believe it myself," Emma said and smiled as she looked around. "It's pretty cool."

"Pretty cool? Emma, it's… terrifying!"

"Of course you'd think that," Emma rolled her eyes and then started to chuckle, "Although, I guess… yeah, it is."

"So… when your father and I… I mean, when Jeff and I tried to get you to move to New York…"

"Mom, that wasn't going to happen even if I wasn't a Ranger," Emma looked up at her mother and cocked and eyebrow. "Don't you remember what happened to Gia at that time?"

"I… Oh, that ex-boyfriend…"

"Yeah, I wasn't leaving her. I couldn't leave," Emma shook her head. "The Morans raised me. I didn't want to be without them. Especially in New York. The Ranger thing was a problem, though. But I guess it worked out for the best. I got everything I wanted…"

"Except parents who cared enough to stick around…"

"You came back."

"That must not have helped. You already have so many responsibilities and then suddenly your estranged mother comes back wanting to be in your life? I guess I really didn't know what I was jumping into. I guess I never really thought…"

"You weren't supposed to know I was a Ranger. You couldn't have. Mom, it's okay," Emma took her mother's hand and looked up at her with a smile, "Sometimes being a Ranger is a lot of work. Sometimes it's pretty dangerous. But… I've made a lot of really good friends out of it. They've helped me through it. In fact, without them, I probably would have been worse off. I'm okay, mom. It's okay…"

"I just… No mother wants to see their daughter in danger," Mrs. Goodall said and then gestured to Mrs. Moran, who was yelling at Noah because Gia had received another minor shock. "I… I feel like I have it worse, though, and not because I'm trying to get some sympathy. I just got you back, Emma. I just realized how much of a blessing you are to my life. I've missed out on seventeen years already, I want all the time we have left to make up for it. If anything happens to you… I've got nothing to look back on. It's my own fault. I made my mistakes. I just… I can't bear losing you, Emma. I can't bear not knowing what could be. Please, stay safe. Please, be smart."

"Don't worry, mom. I don't have a death wish."

"I love you, sweetheart," Mrs. Goodall hugged her daughter close to her chest. "I might not be the perfect mother, or even anything close to it, but…"

"I love you too, mom."

"Aha! Results! Well, that was easy. It seems as though there's a matching sample for your father," Tensou said as he printed out a sheet of paper from his body and passed it over to Emma and Mrs. Goodall.

Gia got up from her bed, pulled away the wires from her collar and walked up to Emma and Mrs. Goodall. Emma looked up at her, nodded her head, and made a little room on the floor so Gia could sit.

"Nothing changes," Gia assured Emma. "No matter what that name is, no matter what he's done, no matter if he wants a daughter or not, nothing changes between any of us."

"I hope he does," Emma muttered. She started to read over the results but then turned away and passed the paper to her mother, "Here. You do it."

"Emma…"

"I don't want to read the name. I might not know him anyways."

Mrs. Goodall nodded her head and mumbled through the first part of Tensou's results until she reached the line that revealed the name of Emma's father. She read it out loud and clearly so everyone could hear it.

"James Morris. James Clifford Morris is the name of your father."

"Whoa, wait… say that again," Gia grabbed the paper from Mrs. Goodall and needed to read it for herself. Emma glanced over it quickly, saw the name, and then jumped up from the ground in tears. Gia saw her jump and tried to grab her.

"Emma, wait!" she dropped the papers as Emma started to run and chased her best friend outside.

Mrs. Goodall picked up the papers and read it over again, "I… Well, obviously I've met a James Morris," she said. "But… I have no idea who he is."

"Let's just say, the man who tried to shoot Gia to get back at his best friend is a better choice for a father than James Morris," Mrs. Moran muttered and Mrs. Goodall noticed her fists were clenched tightly.

"Should I go talk to her?" she asked. Mrs. Moran shook her head.

"The girls need to figure this out first."

"And while they do that," Jake said. "You remember those punks that kidnapped Emma? The football team?"

"Yeah… Wait… James Morris was… You mean the dead dude? You mean the father of…"

"Yep," Jake nodded his head.

"Dun, dun, dun…" Tensou said and then looked around nervously when the Rangers and mothers glared at him. "Sorry…"

Author's Note: Well, that's the end of the contest and we have some winners. Congratulations to: cupcakes4561, jg13145 for winning the deleted scene and to yellowinx65 for winning the bonus scene! I'll PM the scenes once I know you've read this chapter to avoid spoilers.

To everyone else, thank you for taking part. I saw a lot of interesting guesses. Some of which I had taken into consideration when writing this out and others that I hadn't thought about but were still good ideas.

Thanks for all your support! I really appreciate it! I hope you all enjoyed!