The Nighlock Jayden returned to his hideout, following his battle against Scott. It had not gone as expected.

His plan had gone exactly the way he was sure it would. The gang war, the military response, the bloodshed on the streets, the distraction to the Rangers, he had anticipated all of it. He had managed to draw out Scott and get him on his own.

Urumasa was not satisfied though. It was not a fitting battle. He was blinded by fury, uncoordinated and his attacks lacking in precision and direction. In the end, the result had been inevitable. Urumasa had not even managed to feel the little satisfaction of taking his life, quenching even a little its hunger for blood.

He had been caught off-guard when she arrived. It had been so long since he had seen her, he wasn't even sure that she still lived. After she had cut him down with the Fire Smasher, he found himself hesitating. It was something he had never considered in his wildest dreams that she would have followed him here.

He snatched up Urumasa, turning towards the door as he heard someone coming in. He saw that it was Mia, his assassin. She appeared to be injured, though nothing too serious, only minor cuts and bruises. She had clearly gotten caught up in some scuffles while she was on the way back.

"Well, it's good to see you made it." Jayden stated as he put the cursed blade down on the table beside him. "What happened to you?"

"Some of the Yo Yo Brother's crew cornered me." She informed him. "It's a mistake they won't make again."

"I'm sure." Jayden answered dryly as he reached for a tea set, putting on the kettle.

"Truman?" She asked him.

"He's alive." Jayden told her. She just looked at him, slightly aghast.

"What?" She shrieked. "After all of that? He's still...?"

"And when exactly did it become part of our deal that you question me?" Jayden asked her. "I presume that you also encountered difficulties. After all, I did not ask you to do anything that should have been beyond your capabilities."

"The Rangers got involved." Mia told him.

"The Rangers?" He asked her. "But...they were ordered to stay out of it."

"Well it looks like they disobeyed." She told him in an exasperated tone as she looked out some food. "Perhaps their new friends convinced them to do it."

"New friends?" He asked her. "What new friends?"

"It seems some of the other bloodlines may have made it to Corinth." She informed him. "I saw a Blue and Green Samurai Ranger."

"But that's impossible!" Jayden called out. "The morphers were back at the Shiba House. The bloodlines were never called!"

"I thought so too, but I know what I saw!" Mia protested. Jayden just glared at her, but then a thought came to him. The Red Ranger was here. It seemed that perhaps she had brought more than one morpher with her.

"Hack into the city's identity records." He instructed her, pointing to a computer in the corner.

"What are we looking for?" Mia asked him as she got onto the computer and started to work.

"I was the head of the Shiba Clan remember?" He asked her with a little smile, patting her on the shoulder. "I had to keep track of all the clans in case they needed to be called."

"You know the clans?" Mia asked him.

"I found you didn't I?" He reminded her.

"We're in." Mia responded as she pulled up the programme. "What's the first name?"

The following morning, the RPM Rangers were hanging back at the Garage in order to be ready if the Nighlock Jayden showed up again, and to make sure that someone was there with Scott. Between his stubborn nature and his desire to avenge what had happened to his father, they were sure that he would fight bravely, but he was in no state to take him on alone.

Meanwhile, the Samurai Rangers were being taken back to their respective jobs. They had all agreed to help with the reclamation project. They weren't too keen on leaving the RPM Rangers alone, knowing that Jayden's other self was still running around, but they knew that they could be contacted, and they had made a promise to help.

Emily and Mike were working on the agricultural sector, using their symbol power to assist in the growth of new crops. Emily had just finished overturning a new field when Mike came across, carrying a water bottle for her.

"Hard work huh?" He asked her. She just nodded her head.

"By the time we get home, I doubt we'll need much symbol power training for the next month." She told him. "I'm getting pretty pooped."

"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm ready for a break." He told her, jerking his head in the direction of some thicker foliage. "I think I might have an idea what might be fun."

"What are you suggesting?" Emily asked him, arching an eyebrow. Mike just grabbed her hand and started to pull her into the foliage. She giggled a little as she followed him, wondering what he was thinking. He stopped her a little way later, holding a finger to his lips to indicate to her to be quiet. He pulled back some foliage, at which she saw a little cottage, a wooden-built farmhouse, a lot like the one she had lived in growing up, though by the looks of things, it was brand new. Looking a little closer, she saw what he was trying to show him. Sitting on a swing-seat on the front porch..."

"That's...me!" She gasped quietly. She looked to Mike, her mouth hanging open.

"I took down a few details of our other selves." Mike told her. "I thought it might be fun to have a little look."

"But...that's..."

"Come on, can't you admit to being even a little curious?" Mike asked her. She was about to answer, before looking back to the house. Although something did feel a little strange about essentially spying on themselves, she had to admit that she was more than a little curious to see what they were like.

The other Mike came out, carrying a couple of sandwiches. One, a kind of normal sized thing, which he handed to Emily, and a footlong, which was overflowing with meats and vegetables.

"It looks like some things don't change between dimensions." She giggled, prodding Mike. He just rolled his eyes.

"Just look at that." He responded, pointing to them as his other self put an arm around his wife. "Isn't it...can you imagine...if things were different that we could have been like this?"

"Mike, we already are..."

"No, you know what I mean." He responded. "I love what we have, but you know, the home, the wedding..."

"I guess it is kind of a nice thought." She answered. "Of course, what it did require for us to have this life is most of the world being destroyed."

"Yeah, I guess that bit does put a bit of a dampener on it." He conceded.

"I guess we'll just have to wait." She added, beginning to run her hand through his hair softly. He just looked at her, a little smile starting to play on his lips.

"Wait?" He asked her. She just nodded, before grabbing him and turning him onto his back, lying on top of him.

"Don't you think I'd be worth waiting for?" She asked him. He just nodded.

"Of course." He replied. She pulled into him, kissing him deeply. They were only interrupted as a dog started to lick them. She rolled off Mike, allowing him to back away.

"Um...easy boy." Mike stammered out, somewhat stunned by the dog's presence.

"Mike, it's OK, he doesn't seem to be..."

"Duke, what's up?" They heard a voice calling out.

"Duke, who's there boy?" Another voice called out.

"Mike, maybe we should be going?" Emily suggested.

"I think that might be a little late." Mike replied, pointing to the couple as they arrived. The alternate dimension Mike and Emily just stared at them in shock. Duke, the dog looked between the two sets of owners, and then lay down, covering his head with his paws, whining, unable to understand why he seemed to have two sets of masters.

"Uh, Mike?" The farmer Emily asked. "Is that...us?"

"OK, I think that maybe we need to explain something." The Samurai Mike stated.

"That would be good." His alternate self replied, gesturing towards the house.

A little way off though, the assassin Mia had seen the whole exchange. She was no less confused by the whole thing. She had come in search of the other clan members to see whether or not Jayden's suspicions were true. However, when she had seen the whole thing unfolding, seen that there were more than one of each of them, she decided to hang back and learn more.

She followed them quietly as they headed to the house. Once they were inside, she made her way to the outside wall, and hung by the window to the sitting room. She watched as they all got into the sitting room.

"Alright, so...what's the story?" Corinth's Mike asked. "Last time I checked, people didn't have doubles."

"Well, normally they don't." The Samurai Mike stated. "Emily and I...we aren't from around here."

"I think we had figured out that much." Farmer Mike said sarcastically. "Now, you said you were going to explain why you look like us..."

"Because we are you!" The Samurai Emily stated. "We're just from...well...the thing is...um..."

"You know how the RPM Rangers followed an attack bot into another dimension a while back?" Samurai Mike asked. They just nodded. "Well, we're from that dimension."

"You're us from another dimension?" Farmer Emily asked. "OK, that's...huh?"

"I can't remember exactly how Dr. K explained it, but every time a random event takes place, a new reality is created for every possible outcome." Samurai Mike explained. "The reality we come from, we were called to become Samurai Rangers."

The married couple just turned and looked at each other, before looking back to them.

"You...you know about that?" Farmer Mike asked.

"Of course we do, we're you." Samurai Emily replied. "The RPM Rangers asked us to help out with the reclamation project. We're using our symbol power to..."

"I told you it wasn't just our efforts!" Farmer Mike interrupted her, looking to his wife. "I said those crops were growing too fast."

"I thought we were just getting better." She said with a shrug.

"Look, we weren't really meant to meet you." Samurai Mike told them. "But when we found out you were here, we were just...curious."

"I guess it is kind of interesting." Farmer Mike conceded. "I mean, there are other uses...es."

"This could get confusing." Farmer Emily stated. "If we're going to continue, how about if you all call me Em, and my husband Michael."

"You know I hate that name..."

"That way!" Em interrupted her husband with a glare. "We'll all know who we're talking about."

"I guess that could work." Emily replied. She took Mike's hand, looking to them. "Um...sorry for snooping, it's just, when we heard we were married here..."

"Yeah, that's an interesting story." Michael chuckled. "What do you say Em, should we tell them?"

"I guess so." She replied. "Come back for lunch. We'd be happy to have you."

As they got up to leave, the assassin Mia took this time to leave. She figured she had already heard all the information that was of any interest to her and her boss.

Back at his hideout, the Nighlock Jayden was practicing with Urumasa, running through an intense training routine. He wanted to be ready for when he would once again be ready to seek out new opponents and challenges.

As he completed his pattern, he heard the door opening behind him. He turned to see Mia standing behind him.

"You're back soon." He told her. She just nodded.

"The other clans have not been called." She informed him.

"But I thought you said..."

"The RPM Rangers brought our counterparts here from another dimension." She interrupted him, giving him a little smile. "Apparently, in another reality they were called."

"Now, that is interesting." Nighlock Jayden replied, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

"Just imagine, trained Samurai." Mia continued. "I'm sure among them you will find a worthy foe."

Jayden went to the computer, and he called up the programme. He placed a hand into a scanner as Mia looked on. He smiled as something came up.

"Now THAT is interesting." He remarked, looking to the screen. It showed a record for a temporary citizen ID in his name.

"Another you?" Mia asked him. "You want to fight...yourself?"

"Who could possibly be a better match for me than me?" He asked her. "The difficulty will be in getting him alone."

"I think I may have an idea." Mia replied, scanning her hand. She smiled as it seemed her theory paid off. If the others all had a counterpart, then she was sure that it was possible she would have one too.

"I like the way you think." Jayden replied.