Jake and Noah stayed with their parents through dinner, listening to them talk about how their lives were going. It felt good to know that their parents were doing well, but hadn't forgotten about them. When dinner was over, and it was about time to clear the plates, Jake's father needed to leave, which was the cue for Noah and Jake to take off as well. The boys walked up to Noah's bedroom and snuck out the window so as not to frighten their parents like they had already done to Gia and Ryan. As they dropped into the backyard, Jake turned to his best friend.

"At least they're sticking together."

"It's going to be a huge shock for them when we do come back to life," Noah said. "I don't think my mom will be able to handle it."

"We're in it now, though," Jake said. "We're just going to have to reveal ourselves carefully to them."

Jake gave Noah a boost over the fence and waited until he heard his best friend crash on the other side. Noah had trained to improve his fighting skills, as well as his agility, balance, and speed, but hopping a fence still seemed to be a struggle for him. Jake didn't have the same problem and pulled himself up without any problem. However, he did bump into a huge problem on his way down. He looked out at the street and saw Vekar and the Armada had Noah's home surrounded. Countless X-Borgs lined the street, ready to fight, while Vekar, Levira, Damaras and Argus stood in the center.

"Rangers, so glad to see you," Vekar smirked. Noah and Jake looked around, but they were the only ones present. They didn't know how, but Vekar could see them. "It looks like you've led me right where I need to be. X-Borgs, you know what to do!"

Before Jake and Noah could even think to grab their morphers, the X-Borgs moved in. However, they showed no interest in going after the boys. They were moving towards the house. Jake felt his heart stop and Noah felt panic spread throughout his body when they realized Vekar was going after their parents.

"Call for help!" Jake shouted to Noah as he morphed quickly and tried to keep the X-Borgs away from the door. Noah pressed the distress button on his morpher as he joined the action to keep the aliens away from the kitchen window, but the house was surrounded and there was more than two ways in. The two boys heard a window smash and then Noah's mother screaming.

Fortunately, they weren't alone for long. The Sky Ship appeared overhead and the Rangers descended. Even Gia, who had locked herself in her room, refused to sit back. They all recognized Noah's house and knew the danger.

"Dad's inside too!" Jake cried out. Gia couldn't see him, but she knew he was panicked. His voice said it all. Unlike her, though, the X-Borgs and the rest of the Armada seemed to be able to see her teammates. The X-Borgs were holding them off rather well and Vekar, Damaras, Levira, and Argus were taking some enjoyment out of the fight. It was Gia's only sign that her team was overwhelmed. She couldn't actually see for herself how they were doing.

But that wasn't her first concern. Jake had alerted her that his father was in danger, and given this was Noah's parents home, they were likely in trouble as well. They wouldn't be able to see the other Rangers coming in to help them, and were more than likely to panic at the sight of invisible Rangers and familiar voices, so she took it upon herself to enter the house. The X-Borgs were everywhere, trashing the home and searching for the Carvers and Mr. Holling. Gia assumed that in home invasion, they had fled upstairs. She blasted through the X-Borgs climbing the stairs and made her way up. She saw there was only one room down the hallway where the door was closed and ran there. She didn't know how to introduce herself, and didn't think Jake's father and Noah's parents would open the door to anyone so she kicked it down. She saw them huddled together inside the bathroom, terrified now that the door, their only protection, had come down.

"It's just me," Gia said and was grateful when it seemed none of them could recognize her voice. "I'll get you out of here."

"What do they want with us?" Mr. Carver asked her. Gia shook her head. She knew exactly what Vekar was going for but couldn't tell them. Instead, she told them all to grab her arm. She knew there was only one place they would be safe. When she felt they all had a hand on her, she pulled out her morpher.

"Everyone retreat now!"

"Retreat?" Troy asked. "But Gia..."

"You heard me. Retreat!"

Then, she teleported herself, Mr. Holling and the Carvers. She expected her team to go to the Sky Ship, but she opted for somewhere else. She knew Jake and Noah would be worried for their parents, but didn't want to risk their identities being revealed. She knew as soon as the parents heard their son's voice, even if they weren't visibly present, they would get suspicious, if not all around panicked.

However, Troy had already blown her cover. He had called her by her name through the morpher. While the parents still seemed panicked about the sudden attack, Gia was sure everything would sink in eventually and would rather address her identity now than have them question it later.

So she teleported home, and made sure to safely arrive in her living room instead of the yard, so no one would see her appear. The parents dropped to the ground while Gia landed on her feet. Immediately, she rushed to the window and closed the curtains.

The house was dark. Her mother and Claire had moved out months ago, but Mr. and Mrs. Carver and Mr. Holling recognized the home immediately. They had spent their last Christmas in the home. Mr. Holling was the first to put two and two together while Gia walked to the kitchen to get the first aid kit. Jake's father had a gash on his leg that needed to be looked at and she wasn't about to ignore the fact that the Carvers had also likely suffered injuries in their retreat.

Gia, still as the yellow Ranger, brought the first aid kit back to the living room and saw Mr. Holling looking to her. She sighed.

"Before you say anything..."

"Gia?"

Gia removed her helmet. The Carvers both gasped. Mr. Holling wasn't sure what to do.

"You're... the yellow Ranger?" Mr. Carver asked. Gia nodded her head.

"Who would have thought, right?"

"But... but you're... you died," Mrs. Carver stated. "It was all over the news. That attack, you never came home. The boys..."

"Our boys..."

"I'm the yellow Ranger. That's all you need to know," Gia shook her head. She opened the first aid kit and then pointed to Mr. Holling's leg. "I'll have a look at that."

"How long?" he asked.

"You don't want to know," she answered, but she could feel the glares from all three parents. She wasn't sure how much Jake and Noah wanted them to know so she didn't feel comfortable sharing. However, they didn't give her much choice. They were desperate for answers. "About a year and a half."

"A... a..."

"That's when the Rangers first appeared in the city," Mr. Carver stated. He looked to Gia, "Wait, that means..."

"We kind of switched uniforms," Gia nodded her head. "You know, higher stakes, more power."

"And you've been the yellow Ranger this whole time? But that explosion... where you died..."

"I didn't die. I mean, almost but..." Gia sighed loudly. "A former Ranger came to our aid and helped us come up with the plan to fake our deaths. It would make it easier to be Rangers without... well, getting grounded and stuff."

"Rangers get grounded?"

"Yeah," Gia nodded her head and recalled the time her mother had actually grounded her from Rangering after she had broken her arm.

"The defenders of the planet get grounded?" Mrs. Carver asked again. Gia nodded her head and wondered how long it would take them to ask about their sons. After all, Jake and Noah had died at the same time she had.

"Wait, so if a former Ranger helped you... are you fighting against Emma?" Mr. Holling asked her.

"Against... no," Gia shook her head. "Emma's not a villain."

"But what she did to the city..."

"Vekar, the prince of the Armada, brainwashed her. Look, it's complicated, but Emma's on our side. She still has nightmares about what she did."

"So, the aliens didn't rescue her?"

"Rescue? Vekar doesn't know the meaning of the word rescue," Gia rolled her eyes. She placed a bandage over Mr. Holling's leg and then inspected the Carvers for wounds. They had some scratches and cuts, but nothing that seemed to need immediate attention. She started to pack up the first aid kit. "Emma's... kind of one of us."

"Is she pink?" Mr. Carver asked. Gia nodded.

"Yes."

"So, if you're supposed to be dead, and Emma's supposed to be dead... what about the others?" Mrs. Carver asked. "Jake and Noah, specifically."

"Mrs. Carver..."

"What happened?" she raised her voice slightly. Gia winced.

"I..."

"What happened to my son?"

"No one died in that attack," Gia shook her head. "At least, none of us did."

"You mean..."

Gia nodded her head slowly and then proceeded to tell them everything they needed to know. Mrs. Carver started to sob while her husband held her. Mr. Carver seemed furious. Mr. Holling didn't know what to do with himself and played with his hands the entire time Gia spoke.