Emma, Gia, and Jake were back inside Vrak's hideout. It was simply a cave, only lit by natural light, along with a few pieces of Vrak's alien technology. Gia was tending to Jake's wounds while Emma was off in her own little corner. Her fight with her friends replayed over and over in her head. In a way, she felt like she betrayed them. She tried her best to hold back, but she could only do so much before Vrak could notice. Emma hated to admit it, but she was glad that she was forced to retreat. Vrak would eventually notice her holding back and then ask questions.

Truth be told, Emma wasn't under Vrak's control at all. She had taken Tensou's cure and injected it into herself so she could be immune from whatever the chip did. Tensou claimed that the chip was like a virus that overtook the user's brain, but could easily be overridden with a proper antidote. Emma reached for her pocket and took out two small syringes filled with a blue liquid.

She looked at it and sighed, "I need to get this done, now."

Emma carefully placed the syringes back in her pocket and walked towards Gia. She knew that she couldn't inject it into them just yet. Vrak was watching them twenty-four seven and kept track of almost everything they did. This was the reason why Emma had gone undercover; Vrak would tell Jake and Gia to retreat the moment he sensed trouble. Due to the chip's powers, they would instantly obey without any hesitation. Therefore, the rangers wouldn't have an opportunity to inject the cure. Now, Emma just needed to find the opportunity to inject it into her friends and then swiftly escape. Not only was her life at risk, but the lives of her friends too. Her friend's lives were in her hands right now. Honestly, she didn't know how she was going to do it, but she promised herself that she would find a way. The right time would have to come eventually.

"How's Jake doing?" Emma peeked over Gia's shoulder and saw a passed out Jake covered in a few bandages.

"They're nothing serious, but he shouldn't have been taken out so seriously." Gia scoffed. "I can't even believe that he let that little nerd hit him."

Emma knew she had to act the part, so she played along. She would apologize later. "I know! Noah shouldn't have even touched him. He's just a weakling. He got lucky when he hit Jake in the head."

"Exactly… but whatever. Jake should be waking up any second now anyways."

"Well, he better wake up soon." Gia and Emma turned around and saw Vrak entering inside. They got on one knee and bowed their heads. "We'll need him in my next phase."

"What's our next plan of action?" Gia asked.

"It involves the nuclear power plant that you saw earlier. While you were distracting the rangers, I went inside the building and got the finishing radioactive materials to make a small bomb." Vrak smirked. "The other rangers can heal from cuts and bruises in their civilian form, but they'll never stand a chance against radioactive poisoning. They'll die a slow and painful death."

"But if we come out holding a bomb, surely the cops will come. The cops will just make things harder for us."

"Don't worry; you'll all be in a remote area so that no one, but the rangers, will be there. It'll just be the pathetic rangers and you guys."

"But how will we escape? If we're there, then won't we get poisoned too?"

"Are you questioning my authority?" Vrak yelled. "How dare you question your master!"

Gia shrank into submission and quickly apologized. She walked towards Jake, who was starting to stir awake. She would take it upon herself to inform him about Vrak's plan.

Emma gulped when she heard this. Vrak obviously wouldn't care about their safety whatsoever. If they died, then he probably wouldn't care. If they survived, then he would continue to use them as pawns. She needed to get Gia and Jake back on the right side, and fast. She couldn't afford to wait it out much longer now.

-Unexpected Enemies-

Back at the command center, Troy was pacing back and forth. He was disappointed in himself for not being able to rescue his friends again. However, even though he was frustrated, he couldn't help but think about Emma's strange behavior. He had worked alongside her long enough to know that something was off. Her shots were poorly aimed, and she seemed very hesitant throughout the entire fight.

"Tensou can you run the recording of the recent fight?" The little robot nodded and pressed a few buttons. The screen popped up on the wall and Troy carefully watched his teammates' movements.

"Why do you need to see the fight?" Noah asked.

"Look carefully. Notice how Jake and Gia are going all out?"

"Oh, I remember them going all out all right. I don't even know how I survived." Noah mumbled while rubbing his bruised chest.

"Now look at Emma, watch how she seems… hesitant. Does that look like the Emma we know?"

Noah carefully watched the screen for a few moments. "You're right." Noah breathed. He walked closer to the screen in order to get a better look. He noticed that her punches felt pulled, and that her shots were inaccurate. If Gia and Jake were fighting with everything they got, then why wasn't Emma does the same?

"Wait, Emma was fighting against you?" Tensou asked.

"Yeah, she disappeared after our first fight with Jake and Gia. We think that Vrak got to her while we weren't paying attention." Noah answered.

"Well, that's a possibility, but I doubt that's the reason."

Troy's interest peaked when he heard the robot's response. "What do you mean?"

"You don't know?"

"Know what?"

The robot sighed, knowing that he was going to need to explain everything. "Emma didn't disappear after the fight, she came in here. She noticed some strange chip on Gia and Jake's neck and asked me to analyze it. It turns out that it's the same device that's controlling Jake and Gia. I then made an antidote for it and gave it to her. What she did after that, I don't know."

"And why didn't you tell us this earlier?" Troy asked through clutched teeth.

"You were so busy scaring me, so I never got a chance." Troy felt his anger rise and had to take several deep breaths in order to keep a somewhat calm composure. One of the reasons why Gosei chose Troy to be the leader was due to his level headed thinking under immense amounts of pressure. He knew that he couldn't lash out now, nothing would get solved if that happened.

"Look Troy, I know you want to get them back, but it's already late. If we stay out any longer, our parents are going to know that something's up. We don't need to get in anymore trouble."

Troy looked at his watched and realized that Noah was right. It was close to midnight, and Troy hadn't been home all day. Earlier in the day, Noah had texted his parents and told them that he was at Jake's house. On the other hand, Troy had texted his parents and told him that he was eating dinner out with his friends. Both of their parents knew of their lack of social skills, so they allowed it. However, there was such a thing called curfew and they really didn't want more trouble.

"Wait, what about the parents of Jake and the girls?" Troy asked. He had just realized that their parents had no idea where their children were. The chances of Vrak remembering that the ranger's had families were highly unlikely. "There's no way Vrak would ask them to shoot their parents a quick call/text to assure their parents that they're okay."

"Don't worry about that." Noah smirked. "I might or might not have used the command center's computer systems to send messages to their parents that said that they were sleeping over at my house."

"Noah, you're freaking amazing!" Troy smiled slightly. Noah grinned with pride at his response. No one had ever recognized him for his work, so it felt good to get some credit. "We'll figure out the rest of this first thing in the morning."