I do not own Power rangers SPD. Disney does.
The only thing I do own is my character Emma.
"Freeze SPD!" Sky yelled as the five of us approached Stingray and the Troobians.
"Ah, the rangers finally joined the party." Stingray laughed. "Time to show your true self." Stingray disappeared, but the Troobians stayed, making us all confused. Another figure appeared and we turned. I gasped, and I wasn't the only one in shock.
"Marcus?" I said, feeling betrayed beyond belief. "It...it can't be."
"My name isn't Marcus. It's Kinesis." Z stepped forward.
"You're the one that sabotaged the system when Emma was on her solo patrol!" Z exclaimed.
"Finally figured it out, did you?" Marcus, Kinesis, said with a smile. "Good job, took you long enough."
"How dare you!" Sky yelled.
"Troobians, attack!" The Troobians went to attack. Sky, Z, Bridge, Syd and I grabbed our Delta Enforcers and sent a blast toward Marcus. However, the blasts were deflected. We all froze, taken aback. "Nice try Rangers." Kinesis chuckled. "Troobians, stop." He brought up his hand and with a few swift movements, he had control of our Delta Enforcers. He had the Delta Enforcers turn, facing us.
"What!" Syd exclaimed. Kinesis laughed.
"Why not stop me, Emma?" I looked at him, not able to say a thing. He clenched his fist, making the Delta Enforcers fire. Without thinking, I quickly demorphed and I quickly threw up a wall of Ice, blocking the blasts from hitting us, which is what Kinesis wanted. "There it is." Kinesis smiled and dropped our weapons. "Until next time." Marcus, Kinesis, disappeared, along with the troobians.
"We better fill Kat and Commander Cruger in." Sky said, grabbing his weapon. The others followed suit. The rangers turned to leave while I stood their paralyzed by the betrayal I felt. Why couldn't we see through him? Was the Dark Wizard trying to play games with me and the other rangers? What was the point?
"Emma?" Z said, turning when she noticed I didn't follow. The other rangers stopped and turned as well.
"Emma are you ok?" Sky asked as Z touched my shoulder. I turned.
"Let's report to the Commander." I said, grabbing my Delta Enforcer before walking past Z and the other rangers. They looked at each other before following.
When we got back to the Command Center, Cruger and Kat were waiting.
"What happened?" Cruger asked.
"Marcus Rivers...is our mole." I said slowly. Cruger and Kat looked at each other. Kat looked at the other Rangers.
"Are you sure?" Kat asked.
"More than sure." Sky stated. "He goes by the name Kinesis. We all saw him."
"He was the one controlling the Troobians." Syd stated. "We couldn't even use our weapons. He used our weapons against us!"
"He controls and manipulates metal." Z explained.
"He took us all by surprise." Sky added.
"He was prepared." Bridge said. "We didn't stand a change."
"Kat, we need as much information as you can find on Marcus Rivers and Kinesis." Kat nodded and got to work. "Rangers, you will need to stay alert. We will keep you informed when we know more. Dismissed." I quickly turned and left the Command Center. "This will be hard for Emma. Make sure she is ok."
"I don't think she will be sir." Z said. "Her and Marcus were getting close, they were friends."
"They hung out a lot." Syd added. "She finally had a friend that was her age, in her time, who understood her."
"Like I said," Cruger said. "It will be hard for her. You are her team, her friends, and she will need you."
"Yes Sir." The rangers said together before leaving.
"Doggie. I have removed Marcus Rivers from our system. I am going to have a meeting with D and C squad cadets and report the situation."
"Take Sky with you." Cruger stated. "And make sure the Cadets understand that we have a containment cell for anyone working with Marcus Rivers." Kat nodded and walked out of the Command center.
I shut my door and locked it before sliding to the floor. I felt as if all the wind has been knocked out of me and it was hard to breath. Why did the mole have to be the one person I got a long with so well? Why Marcus?" I rested my head on my knees just as someone knocked on my door.
"Emma?" Z's voice sounded on the other side. "Emma, I know this is rough for you, and you should know that we are here for you." Z said. "Emma, open the door so we can talk?" I closed my eyes and laid on the floor in the darkness of my room.
"Emma? Please." Z said, knocking again. Z turned at looked at her fellow rangers. "This isn't a good sign."
"Let her process everything first." Syd said as Kat walked in. "I can't imagine what she's going through."
"Emma?" Kat asked.
"Locked in her room." Sky stated.
"She will overcome this. It will be hard, but she will." Kat said. "Sky, Cruger wants us to explain everything to the C and D squad Cadets.
"Right. Bridge, come with us." Sky said. Sky and Bridge followed Kat out.
"Now what?" Syd asked.
"Pretend nothing happened and act like normal." Z stated.
"Emma, we're heading to get food. Do you want to join us?" Syd said as she knocked again. There was no reply.
"Let's go." Sky said. "It's obvious that she is not going to come out of her room." Sky left. Bridge, Syd and Z exchanged glances before following.
Kat walked into the lounge. Sky and Z were sitting on the couch reading books. Syd was listening to music while flipping through the latest fashion magazine, and Bridge was in his beanbag chair reading one of his comic books.
"Rangers." Kat said, making them turn. "Is Emma still in her room?"
"Yeah, she hasn't left her room since we got back." Z explained. "I was half expecting her to go to class."
"I wasn't expecting her." Kat said. "Have you heard of the stages of grief?"
"Yeah." Sky said, closing his book. "Why do you ask?"
"Emma will most likely be experiencing most, if not all, of the stages of grief."
"What are the stages of grief?" Syd asked.
"It depends on who you ask." Kat asked. "First it's shock and denial, some people think of denial as its own category."
"What is the main way?" Z asked.
"Shock, denial, anger, depression. Usually after depression, there is a move forward towards acceptance."
"I understand anger and depression, but what about shock and denial." Z asked. "What are we to expect?"
"Avoidance, confusion, numbness, fear. Shock is a way to mask the reality of what has happened." Kat explained. "It could last for weeks or just a few days."
"At least we know what to expect." Sky said. "But we will need her at some point." Sky looked at his fellow rangers. "What will we do if we need her and she's not there."
"She will come through." Z said. "I know she will."
The next day, Z knocked at my door again.
"Emma, please open the door." Z said. "You need to eat something. You should join us for breakfast." Z looked at her fellow rangers. "Someone needs to answer Bridge's ridiculous brain teasers."
"Give it a rest Z." Sky said, folding his arms. "She's not going to open the door."
"Come on." Syd said. "Let's get some food." Sky, Syd and Bridge started walking away. Z looked at the door before following her fellow rangers.
"She hasn't eaten since yesterday morning." Z reported to Cruger and Kat. "I'm worried about her."
"We all are." Kat said simply. "But we just need to let her process everything at her own pace."
"She gets that phone call from Tommy tonight." Z said. "I'm going to tell him what's going on. Maybe he can help."
"Are you sure?" Cruger asked. "It may make things worse."
"Emma tells him everything." Z explained. "He may be able to help, or at least give us something to work with." Z paused. "He knows her. He got to learn how she acts and he knows how to approach this. I know that he does."
"You can ask." Kat said. "But if it makes the situation worse, it may make Emma's approach to acceptance longer."
"I'd rather try than regret not trying." Z stated.
"Keep us informed." Kat said. Z nodded and headed out.
Later that evening, Z waited by the phone, waiting for it to ring.
"Z, you are overthinking this." Sky said, putting gloves on his hands. "Come play light ball with us."
"I will, after I do this."
"I think this will help." Syd said, pulling her hair back. "Once we figure out what to do, we will have Emma back."
"Hopefully." Sky said as the phone rang. Z let it ring twice before answering.
"Hello, this is Elizabeth Delgado."
"Hey Elizabeth, it's Tommy Oliver. Is Emma available?"
"Actually, I was hoping to talk to you about Emma."
"Is everything alright?"
"Something happened the other day." Z started. "She probably told you everything from the last few days about a mole in the base."
"Yeah." Tommy said slowly. "Where is this going?"
"That mole was revealed and it was Marcus Rivers, the kids Emma has been hanging out with a lot." Z explained. "Emma hasn't been out of her room since we got back Thursday. She hasn't eaten since breakfast Thursday morning. I'm worried, we all are. She won't talk to anyone. She's locked herself in her room." There was a pause.
"I have to talk to Kim. Keep us posted. I will talk to you later."
"Um...ok. Bye." Z hung up the phone, turned to her friends, confused.
"What happened?" Syd asked. "What did he say?"
"Not much." Z said, still confused.
"That was a short phone call." Bridge stated. "Did he not have anything to offer?"
"He said he had to talk to Kim. Told us to keep them posted." Z explained. "I was really hoping for more than that to be honest."
"Come on." Sky said. "Light ball rematch." Z moved away from the phone. She grabbed her gloves and joined her friends.
Friday, June 12th, 2026
It's been a rough few days. I finally thought I found someone I could, in some way, relate to. I had mentioned him before, in a previous entry, but I found out yesterday, that I was wrong. He was our mole. He was the reason I got hurt on my first solo patrol. I should have saw this coming. I should not have trusted him so easily. Kim told me he might not like me like I did him, but I still went head over heels for him and now...now I feel numb. I don't have any energy to do anything. I barely have energy to do write in my journal, but I needed to write this. I've been locked in my room. I just can't face the others. Not yet at least.
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!
If I am a little slow, i've been working on changing jobs, so I have been doing a lot of outside work!
