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Chapter Three: Midnight Surprise

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful for Emily. She had finished packing her bags and her half of her and Mia's room looked completely bare. Her bags were up against the door, ready to grab when Serena got to the Shiba house. All day Emily had been hiding out in her room. She didn't want to see anyone except Mike or Antonio. Although she knew they didn't mean to, Mia, Jayden, Kevin, and even Mentor Ji had hurt her. She knew that they would all eventually have to agree with Serena taking her place. But she had hoped that they would have defended her a bit more and not warmed up to the idea of Serena being the yellow ranger so quickly.

Because of this she limited her interactions with more than half of the team for the rest of that day. She would nod and barely acknowledge them whenever they talked to her. If they asked her a question she would say the bare minimum and then walk away, but if Mike or Antonio talked to her she would actually continue the conversation. She felt like they were the only two in the house who didn't want her to leave.

So by the time that night came, she told everyone she was going to bed and would see them in the morning. She didn't bother getting changed since she knew she would be meeting Mike later anyways. She brushed her teeth though, put her curly blonde hair in a ponytail, and crawled into bed. She set her alarm for 11:50 p.m. and went to sleep.

****Going Home****

When her alarm went off she woke up and quickly shut it off. She looked across the room and saw that Mia was still sleeping. Thankfully her alarm hadn't woken her up. She got out of bed and placed her pillows under her blankets so it looked like she was sleeping under her covers. She stood up, and looked in the mirror. She straightened out her clothes and fixed her hair before she snuck out of the room.

She very quietly crept down the hallway and into the kitchen. By now it was 11:55 and she saw that the kitchen light was on. She walked into the kitchen and saw that Mike was sitting at the table, already waiting for her.

"You got here early." Emily whispered.

"I didn't want to be late." Mike whispered back with a smirk.

"So where are we going?" Emily asked.

"You'll see. Now c'mon." Mike said as he gestured for her to follow him out the back door.

Emily happily followed him out the door and slowly and quietly shut it behind her. She walked down the steps and saw that Mike was sitting in the driver's seat of Jayden's bright red convertible.

"What are you doing?" Emily asked as she walked over towards the car.

"I stole his keys." Mike responded with a smirk.

"Why? You are so going to get in trouble!" Emily shrieked.

"Who cares? It's your last night here. Might as well have some fun!" Mike said, still smiling.

Emily hesitantly stood in the driveway. She couldn't decide whether to get in the car or not. She didn't even know if Mike even had his driver's license.

"C'mon! Get in! I promise you'll have fun!" Mike tried to persuade her.

Emily reluctantly walked over to the passenger side of the car. Mike reached over and opened up the door for her to get in. She slid into the seat and Mike started up the car. He pulled out of the driveway and started towards the city. It took about 15 minutes to get from the Shiba house all the way to the city. The whole drive Emily had repeatedly asked where they were heading, but each time Mike had refused to tell her.

"Please just tell me!" Emily begged once again as the lights from the city were starting to come into view.

"We're almost there!" Mike said with a laugh, "Just wait a few minutes!"

"Fine." Emily said as she sat back in her seat and started to pout. She knew that once she started pouting no one could ever tell her no. Especially not Mike.

Unfortunately for her, Mike didn't look over at her and managed to resist her pouting face. Soon though they pulled into their destination.

"We're here!" Mike said happily.

"Rainbow's End?! I love this place!" Emily said excitedly. She had gone there once before with the rest of the team and had been begging to go back ever since.

"I called ahead and they said they could keep it open later tonight, just for you." Mike said, grinning happily as he talked.

"Oh Mike!" Emily exclaimed. She unbuckled her seat belt and reached over to give him a hug.

"This is the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me! Thank you!" Emily said while still hugging him tightly.

"You're welcome." Mike said laughingly. "Now let's go inside before you squeeze me to death."

Emily released him from the hug and climbed out of the car. When they were both out of the car Emily grabbed Mike's hand and raced towards the entrance.

They spent almost the whole night playing games, riding rollercoasters, and eating carnival food. When they finally decided it was time to go it was 4 a.m. They walked back to the car both smiling.

"Thanks a lot Mike. That was so much fun!" Emily exclaimed happily.

"You're welcome. I'm glad you had fun, but there's one more place we have to go before we can go home." Mike said smirking.

"But it's 4 a.m! The others will be up soon! They'll know we left and that we took Jayden's car!" Emily said. She was suddenly very worried that they would get caught.

"It's fine Em, we won't get caught. Trust me." Mike said, trying to reassure the younger girl.

"Okay.." Emily said nervously. She was still scared of being caught, but she trusted Mike. He would never purposely get them in trouble. Even if they did get caught, she was leaving today. Mentor Ji couldn't really do anything to her.

They both got back in the car and Mike started driving again.

This time Emily didn't bother asking where they were going. She knew that no matter how much she begged him, Mike wouldn't budge. So she sat in the passenger seat with the radio on loud. Her favorite song came on, 'Home' by Philip Philips. She naturally started singing along. The song reminded her of when she first came to the Shiba house. She had been so scared, but in her time there it had become like a second home. She would miss it dearly when she left, but she knew it was best.

When Mike heard Emily singing along to the radio it put a smile on his face. He was going to remember this moment for long after Emily left.

Soon the car ride ended and Mike turned off the radio. He hopped out of the car and over to Emily's side. As he helped her out of the car he handed her a blindfold.

"Here," he said "put this over your eyes."

Emily reluctantly followed his orders and tied the blindfold so it was covering her eyes. At the bottom though she left a little space so she could still see the ground.

"Now what?" Emily asked as she tried to feel around for Mike or the car.

"Hop on my back." Mike said as Emily finally felt him in front of her.

Emily nervously jumped onto his back. Mike grabbed her legs, keeping her up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held him tight.

"Now hold on." Mike told her, "We're going down." and with that Mike started to walk and descend down all of the stairs leading to their final destination.