Even though Gia was not herself and was on a mission to kill her, Emma couldn't bring herself to hurt her best friend. Regardless of what was going on, she refused to attack Gia. She summoned her Phoenix Shot and only used it in an attempt to defend against the yellow ranger's attacks.
Troy looked around and saw Jake engaged in a fierce battle with Noah. It appeared he had the same reservations as Emma, and they were both fighting purely defensively, afraid to hurt their friends. Troy was the leader of the team, and felt the same hesitation to attack either of his teammates, so instead he looked to Metal Alice. He had noticed that Noah only attacked after Metal Alice had done something on her tablet.
If he could destroy her or get his hands on the device, maybe he could reverse whatever was forcing them to act this way. He ran for the robot, and as soon as Vrak saw Troy charge, he teleported away. Vrak was never one to put himself in the line of fire when it wasn't necessary. With two rangers and Metal Alice, he was sure he would never have to see the red, black, or pink ranger every again.
Then when the two reported back, he'd kill them too. For now, he was fully confident that Metal Alice would be able to handle the situation.
Back at the park, Jake was using his Snake Axe to deflect most of Noah's attacks. The strategy was working well for him, but it would do nothing to help in the long run if Jake was unwilling to fight back. He would tire himself out, and Noah would eventually beat him. Jake tried to think of anything he could do to incapacitate Noah without hurting him, but couldn't think of anything. When he saw Troy heading for Metal Alice, the black ranger just resolved to hold out until Troy could stop whatever was going on.
Emma was having much the same dilemma as Jake. She was unwilling to do anything to hurt her friend. But Jake was the stronger fighter between the two, and he was defending against Noah with little to no issues. Emma was not so lucky. Gia was the second most skilled fighter on the team, only behind Troy, but she also wasn't holding back. Since she was using full force, Emma found herself on the back foot.
Emma was completely outmatched in this fight, and inevitably, Gia was able to start pressing her advantage. She hit Emma hard with her weapon, which caused the pink ranger to fall. She groaned in pain, but tried to stand back up as fast as she could. Though she wasn't willing to fight Gia, she still didn't want her friend to kill her either. As soon as Emma had recovered, Gia sent big rocks flying in her direction.
Emma dove and rolled away, right before the rocks crashed into the spot she had just been. The force of it was enough to cause the floor to shake, and the she shuddered. If she hadn't moved on time, she'd be dead. When she turned back to see where Gia was, her friend was already upon her. The yellow ranger had ditched her weapon and was attacking hand-to-hand. Emma ditched the Phoenix Shot, too. She had felt the pain of what Gia's weapon could do to her. She couldn't bring herself to fire at Gia.
Meanwhile, Troy was locked in a sword fight with Metal Alice. They matched completely, blow for blow. Whenever it seemed he had finally surpassed her guard, she would raise her tablet and use it as a shield to deflect Troy's attack. He suddenly got an idea, and used his power card. Troy directed the air straight for Metal Alice's hand, and the tablet was blown straight out of her hand.
Troy didn't waste one second. He jumped straight on her and started attacking before she could recover. Sensing she was fighting a losing battle, Metal Alice threw out one desperate slash before turning around and running for her tablet. Troy tried to run after her and stop her, but her one second head start proved to be one second too long. As soon as the tablet was back in her hand, she teleported out and fled the scene.
Sensing Vrak and Alice were both gone, Noah and Gia disappeared. It appeared Vrak had teleported them out.
Troy turned around to see Jake leaning on his axe, panting heavily. He ran over to see if his friend was okay. Jake powered down, and he had sweat coating his face. "I'm not sure I ever want to do that again."
The two boys then looked around to find Emma, and saw her prone figure laying near a trash can. She looked to be de-morphed, and wasn't moving. Jake and Troy instantly ran to her and tried to shake her awake. She gently stirred and whimpered in pain as they tried to roll her over. Her arm was pressed firmly to her abdomen, so Jake tried to push it away as lightly as he could. They needed to see what kind of damage had been done.
Troy was immensely relieved to see that her injuries were mostly superficial. Thankfully, nothing was broken. He gingerly scooped her up into his arms, and Jake silently teleported the three of them to the Command Center.