I do not own Power rangers SPD. Disney does.

The only thing I do own is my character Emma.


I had forgotten about the pain in my back until I woke up and it hurt to move. It was going to be a long day. I got out of bed slowly and got dressed. I don't know how I'm going to do anything today. I walked out of my room and into the lounge.

"How are you feeling?" Z asked. I gave her this look that said kill me now. "You had a phone call this morning."

"From?" I asked, grabbing an apple.

"Jason." Z said simply.

"What did he say?" I asked.

"He wanted to talk to you so, call him back." Z said, returning to her book. I grabbed the phone and sat down. I dialed Jason's number and he answered on the second ring.

"Hello?"

"Jason. It's Emma. You called."

"Hey Emma. Yeah I did call." Jason said. "How are you?"

"My back hurts because I was attacked on my first solo patrol. I messed up."

"You didn't mess up." I heard Z and Jason say at the same time. I looked at back at Z.

"Tell me what happened."

"Tell me why you called." I said. "You never call this early and usually you send me an email."

"I already knew of the accident."

"You knew?" I asked. "How?"

"Kat." I sighed. "Emma, I'm your legal guardian, I have a right to know."

"I wish you would have told me about that." I stated. "At least it would have saved me from trying to think of a way to tell you what happened." I took a bite from my apple. "Still debating on whether or not I should tell Tommy and Kim."

"Who would you have told first?"

"You, Jason." I stated. "You are my legal guardian and have the right to know."

"Ha-ha funny." Jason chuckled.

"I was going to call you anyway." I said. "Thanks for the birthday presents."

"Well, I hope you enjoy the books."

"The lotion and the showering stuff were nice too. Really comes in handy." I smiled. "And the family picture."

"Emily's idea on the lotion and stuff."

"Uh-huh…. you talked with Tommy and Kim and worked together on the presents, didn't you?"

"Maybe."

"Jason."

"We didn't want to get you the same thing."

"Uh-huh."

"Don't you have SPD stuff to do?" Jason asked.

"Not with my back."

"Oh…by the way." Z spoke, not looking up from her book. "I'm supposed to tell you that you're on restriction until you're cleared from Dr. Felix."

"Awesome…" I said sarcastically.

"What's awesome?" Jason asked.

"I'm on restriction until Dr. Felix gives me the ok." I sighed. "Good thing I didn't put on my SPD uniform this morning. Would have been useless."

"You'll be back doing ranger stuff in no time." Jason said. "I've got to go. I'll talk to you later. Love you, bye."

"Love you too. Bye." I hung up the phone and finished my apple. "Restriction? What am I going to do now?" I was used to having two training sessions and schooling with Kat. I have no homework, because I've finished it two days ago. Can't train cause of my back. Even roller-skating was out of the question.

"You could read." Z said. "You got all those books for your birthday." Z looked up. "Besides, you need to rest your back so you can get back into regular duties."

"I only got slammed into a metal light post."

"And Dr. Felix you need to take it easy." Z stated. I sat down on the couch beside her.

"Now, I know what you guys went through when you were poisoned."

"You'll get used to it."

"You left SPD base to help Syd and me in a battle with Troobians." I could at least do something when my arm was burnt.

"That was different."

"How?"

"Our backs didn't hurt and we could still move."

"Barely." I said. "The three of you were the worst at following directions."

"Just make the most of it." Z stated. "You always complain about not having free time, now you have it."

"But I don't want to be cooped up in the base all day." I stated. "I want to go out, use my rollerblades, but I'm restricted."

"Only for a short time, two days at least."

"Z, you're not helping."

"It's a good thing we're on break." Z smiled. "Make use of it."

"Fine." I stood up. "I'll read." I headed back to my room. I grabbed my book and sat on the floor, reading.


Z left after lunch and I played fetch with RIC until Marcus came into the lounge.

"Hey Emma." Marcus said. I turned from my spot on the couch.

"Hey Marcus. What's up?"

"Are we still going on that walk today?" I froze. I had forgotten about the walk with Marcus.

"I totally forgot." I said with a sigh. "I'm on restriction because I got hurt last night on patrol."

"You gonna be ok?" Marcus asked.

"Yeah, just limited on what I can do."

"I guess our walk is going to be postponed then?"

"Yeah." I said slowly. "I'm sorry."

"Not your fault." Marcus said. "Let me know when you're off restriction, will ya?"

"Of course." I smiled. "We could still hang out."

"I'd better go study before Sky tests us when he gets back."

"You're the one that wanted to hang out." I pointed out, obviously upset.

"Yeah, but I also wanted to get away from SPD Base for a while, you know." Marcus said.

"Wow. Really?" I said. "I also want to get away sometimes, but I can't always get what I want." I leaned back on the couch. "Like when I was taken by the Time Traveler and we went back in time. No matter how many times I told him I wanted to go home, it took 14 weeks. 14 weeks of not knowing if everyone was ok or if they missed me." The door to the lounge opened. "So, if you wanted to hang out just so you could get out of base, you're out of luck."

"That's kind of mean, Emma."

"It's the truth Marcus." I stated. "Because I'm not going to let you use me to get out of base." I looked away from Marcus. "Bye."

"Hey, I didn't mean it that way."

"She said bye, Cadet." Syd's voice said behind us. Marcus turned.

"I didn't mean it that way, I swear." Marcus said. He started walking away. He looked back at me. "Sorry." He left. I looked at Syd and I got off the couch slowly.

"You're back early." I said, giving her a hug. She hugged me back. "Careful."

"What did you do?" Syd asked.

"Hurt myself on patrol last night. Someone jammed the system so the alarms didn't go off when I was attacked by Troobians. I couldn't get a hold of Z, Kat or Cruger."

"Seriously?" I nodded. Syd put her bags in her room.

"Yeah. Sky had Jack following me, so he helped out." I stated. "We've got the problem fixed, just don't know who sabotaged our systems." I sat down.

"Someone on the inside." Syd said, sitting down next to me. "There is no way our systems got sabotaged on the outside. We would know about it."

"Really?"

"Kat would have known." Syd told me. Syd handed me one of the bags in front of her.

"What's this?" I asked, giving Syd a weird, but confused, look.

"Just a few things I no longer need that I thought you could use." Syd said. "Old clothes. They may not be this year's fashion, but they'll look good on you." I continued to give Syd a weird look. "Trust me on this."

"Um...alright. Whatever you say."

"So...do you want to tell me what happened on your first solo patrol?" I sighed and carefully leaned back.

"Everything was going fine, until I started heading back to base. That's when I was attacked by Troobians..." I sighed, took a deep breath and continued. "I was doing fine, until one kicked me into a lamp post. A sharp pain went through my back and it hurt to move. Luckily for me, Jack was there and he finished the Troobians off. He helped me back to base. We explained it to Z, Kat and Commander and that's when we found out that someone jammed the system so that the alarms wouldn't have gone off and calling for help would have been pointless."

"What about you?" Syd asked. "Did you see Dr. Felix?" I nodded slowly.

"It was the first thing I did when I got back." I said. "I'm on restriction until Dr. Felix gives me the ok to go back to training. I'm going to go nuts."

"You'll be back to regular duties in no time." Syd stated.

"That's the same thing Z said." I said, continuing my game of fetch with RIC.

"And she's right." Syd smiled. "I understand, it gets boring being stuck inside the base, but just use it to your advantage."

"Yeah, definitely." I stood up. "I'm going to grab my computer." I took the bag Syd brought me and brought it to my room before grabbing my laptop that Tommy and Jason had bought for me. They had signed me up for an email account as well. Now, instead of letters, I get emails. I get more emails than I did letters. Tommy, Kim, Adam, Madison, Justin, TJ, Zack, Dax, Wes, Cam and Trent all still email me. I've soon gotten a hold of Carter, Chad, Vida, Billy, Trini and Mack. I joined Syd back on the couch.

"Look on the bright side."

"The bright side?" I asked, opening my email. "There's a bright side?"

"You don't have to train with Sky." Syd smiled "That should account for something."

"Ok, that is a plus." I smiled.

"There is always a bright side" I started scrolling through my email. I clicked on an email from Vida. "So, where's Z?"

"She had plans with Jack today." I explained before reading through my email. I clicked reply and wrote my reply to Vida. My emails usually consist of just casual conversations, as if we were talking on the phone. I finished my reply and went to reply to the next email from Adam, when Cruger walked in.

"Cadet Drew. You are back early."

"There was nothing better to do." Syd said. "Still, I enjoyed my time off."

"Very good." Cruger looked at me. "Cadet Richardson. How do you feel?"

"Ok." I said. "I don't always remember how sore my back feels until I move."

"Can you come with me to the Command Center?" I looked at Cruger, then Syd and I glanced at each other.

"Yeah," I said, setting my laptop down. "Is everything alright?"

"Kat and I would like to speak with you privately." I stood up slowly.

"Ok." I walked with Cruger.

"How does it feel when you move?"

"I can tell it hurts, but I'm trying not to let it slow me down."

"We need you to rest." Cruger stated. "You shouldn't be out of ranger duties long."

"I'm not going to pull a Sky, Z or Bridge, like what they did with Bog." I looked at Commander Cruger. "But Commander, why do you need to speak with me privately?" I asked as we entered the Command Center. "Is everything ok?" Kat turned.

"That depends on your definition of ok." Kat said.

"What's going on?"

"Whoever jammed our system knew you were going on your first solo patrol." Kat said. "Sadly, we can't find who jammed our system, but it won't stop us from trying."

"So, the Dark Wizard is after me." I stated. "Again."

"Yes." Kat said simply.

"It is no secret that you are growing more powerful." Cruger said. "I have seen what you can do."

"I didn't mean to freeze the equipment room for three days straight." I said quickly. "I tried to thaw it." Kat smiled. "And my powers disappeared for a few months and I could only control water. Then all of a sudden, I had more power then I knew what to do with."

"Calm down Emma." Kat said. "There is a logical explanation for your powers brief disappearance."

"There is?" I asked, leaning up against the wall.

"You never use to carry the Medaglia of Gods around with you." Kat started. "Once you knew the Dark Wizard was looking for it, you have kept it with you. Until..."

"Until I found the Coin of Destruction." I said. "Then I gave them both to you."

"Exactly." Kat said. "Then you suddenly had your powers back."

"You're missing something." I said. Kat looked at me. "My powers came back after I found the Coin of Destruction, like right after. I found it." I got a confused look. "There is something I haven't really mentioned to you during my mission, and I'm surprised no one else said anything since the rangers knew." Kat and Cruger looked confused. "After I found the Coin of Destruction with Tommy, Goldar showed up and kidnapped me on the Dark Wizard's orders." I paused. "Rita had this Dark Dimension. Goldar took me there, and when I went to fight him, fire came from my hands."

"Why didn't you tell us this?" Kat asked.

"It didn't seem relevant until now."

"Then it is most likely because of the Medaglia of Gods that your powers disappeared." Kat explained.

"But that doesn't make sense." I stated. "The Medaglia of Gods is powerful, it's power should have increased my magic, not make it disappear."

"Well, whatever happened, it made you stronger." Cruger said. "Almost as strong as the Dark Wizard."

"What?"

"You are almost as strong as the Dark Wizard." Cruger repeated. "You told us that a prophet told the Dark Wizard a child with more power, would be his downfall. The Dark Wizard believes that to be you, and I believe that to be you."

"Yeah, but we haven't verified that yet." I stated. "And just like that, in a year, I'm basically as strong as he is. How is that possible."

"He sees you as a threat." Cruger said simply. "Whether or not the prophecy is true, and you are the cause of the Dark Wizards downfall, I would not be surprised if you became stronger than him." I sighed. Of course, Command Cruger would think that.

"We'll need to keep own our toes then." I stated. "The Dark Wizard sabotaged our system somehow." I moved from the wall. "Meaning there's a mole in our base."

"That's a big accusation Cadet." Cruger said.

"I know, but we even said it last night, we would have known if someone outside the base tried to sabotage the system." I told them. "It's a possibility at least."

"You need to be careful Cadet," Cruger said. "Be careful on who you trust."

"We should go over background information on everyone here." I suggested.

"That will take some time, but it's a good place to start." Kat said. "Boom and I will get started."

"Very good." Cruger said. "That is all we need Cadet, you may go."

"Can't I be of any help?" I asked. "I'm going to go crazy!"

"You need to rest." Cruger said. "You will be helpful to us fully healed."

"But this is not the first time I've hurt my back in battle, nor is the first time that I have been hurt and have had to battle."

"Cadet." Cruger said. "You are on restriction. It won't be long."

"But..." I stopped when Cruger started to growl. "Yes sir." I turned and left. I headed back to the lounge.

"Hey, what's going on?" Syd asked. "You were gone for a while."

"I wasn't gone for that long." I said, reclaiming my spot. I picked up my laptop. "Cruger and Kat basically told me that they can't figure out who sabotaged the system, but whoever it was, knew I was on my first solo patrol." I explained as I started to reply to Adam.

"So, what does that means?"

"That there is a mole in our base. It's the only logical explanation." I said quietly. "They wanted to warn me."

"Why? What would the Dark Wizard want to know about you to have a mole in SPD?" Syd asked, replying quietly.

"I'm almost as powerful as the Dark Wizard." I told her. "At least that's what Kat and Cruger said. And then there's the prophecy that the Dark Wizard claims is the reason he is after me."

"You did freeze the equipment room for three days straight." I gave Syd a glare.

"I didn't mean too." I stated. "And it thawed out...eventually."

"You are powerful." Syd admitted. "We all have one genetic mutation." Syd pointed out. "Z has the ability to multiply. Bridge to read Aura's, I got the ability to turn my hands into whatever stone I touch." Syd explained. "Sky makes force fields and Jack can go through walls." Syd paused. "But you, you have the ability to manipulate the elements, and the weather. Fire, water, earth, wind, ice, light." Syd said. "You are powerful, even if you don't see it."

"We have to be careful on who we trust." I told Syd. "At this point, anyone could be the mole."

"What does Commander and Kat have planned?"

"Background checks. On everyone."

"That's it?"

"That's the start." I said, finishing my reply to Adam.

"What's a start?" Z asked as she walked in.

"How's Jack?" I asked as Z joined us on the couch.

"He's doing well." Z said. "He's also glad to hear you're doing better."

"I'm still in pain, almost as much pain as last night." I said. "How is that 'doing better'?"

"You could barely move last night." Z stated. "That's progress, isn't it?"

"I guess."

"So, back to the original question." Z said. "What's a start?"

"Background checks on SPD members." I told her quietly. "Kat and Cruger believe the Dark Wizard is after me and we believe that he has someone one the inside."

"Someone on the inside? Like a mole?"

"Yeah. Why else would we not know who sabotaged our system?" I asked as I opened an email from Carter.

"We'll be the only ones who know." Syd added quietly. "We can't trust anyone right now."

"How could we not know when we brought new recruits in?" Z wondered. "We do background checks on every new member of SPD."

"The Dark Wizard is cunning and smart" I said. "He tricked me in believing he was my father."

"He tricked all of us, even Kat and Cruger." Z told me. "It's not just you." I was silent and replied to Carter.

"Emma, what are you thinking about?" Syd asked, noticing I was in deep thought as I typed.

"Why me?" I said. "Why did I get these powers? Why did the Dark Wizard do those things to my mom and I?"

"Those questions may not have answers." Z stated. "But you need to realize that everything happens for a reason."

"What reason did he have for killing my mom?" I asked.

"She was your only protection." Syd stated. "Without her, the Dark Wizard could get to you easier."

"I know you're trying to help, but it's not working."

"Listen Emma," Z stated. "You are who you are because of your past." Z put her hand on my shoulder. "Why is all this coming up now?"

"I'm the reason the Dark Wizard is even bothering with SPD."

"Enough!" Syd said. "Even if you were not a part of SPD, we would still be after the Dark Wizard." Syd stood up. "We are done with this conversation." Syd said before leaving.

"Would I still be a part of SPD if my parents were alive or if I lived with Jason?"

"Most likely." Z said. "You would only be a D or C squad cadet though."

"I see." I quickly read through the next email while Z stood up and grabbed her book from her room. She joined me back on the couch. I finished replying to Trini and closed my laptop. I got up and went to put it away in my room and grab the book I was currently reading. I walked back into the lounge where Syd had rejoined with her music and a fashion magazine. I laid down on the floor, keeping my back straight.

"You alright?" Z asked.

"My back feels better when I lay down." I started reading my book as Z went to hers. We were all quiet, enjoying our relaxing day.


I will be adding to this story as often as I can. I have almost everything written, I just have to wrap up the ending!