Hey guys, welcome to the first chapter! Feel free to skip to the story below, though you might miss out on a few things!

First of all, I would like to thank everyone who submitted a character once again! If you would like to see all of the characters I chose, feel free to check out my wikia (link is in my bio)! Keep in mind that there may be SPOILERS if you do that, so read at YOUR OWN RISK!

As always, I like to remind you that most of my views come from teenagers or older, and that this will be a more mature season than regular Power Rangers. I'll still try to keep some of the regular Power Rangers material, but will also have material for an older, and more mature, audience. This also pertains to the type of season this is, being as it will deal with certain crimes and things like that that are not suitable for a young audience.

Anyways, here is the current cast list!

Tori is portrayed by Odette Annable

Sean is portrayed by Miles Teller

Taz is portrayed by Asli Tandogan

Joey is portrayed by Logan Lerman

Masters is portrayed by Mark Wahlberg

Sera is portrayed by Lexi Ainsworth

Lia is portrayed by Scarlett Johansson

Sophie is portrayed by Melissa Benoist

Andi is portrayed by Sasha Pieterse

The cover photo and video are up, so check them out and let me know what you think!

*Also, if you can't tell, this chapter (and the next) is dedicated to the chief rangers. Since this deals with two teams, there will be certain chapters with only the chiefs, or only the lieutenants, so don't feel left out if you don't see your character yet, because he or she is coming very soon!*

Anyways, I hope you guys like it!

It was the middle of the year in Waverly, California, and the start of the real summer months. It was quite hot out, and it was making a few people antsy. Crime rates in Waverly had risen up dramatically since the beginning of 2016, and most of it was run by the superhuman crime ring known as the Void.

They called themselves the Void supposedly because of two reasons. One was because they felt stuck in a void with all of the humans around, instead of just superhumans, and two was that they wanted to be the reason all humans were gone.

Because of their intense efforts, the government organization, the Emergency Responders, or just ER, decided to fight back harder, creating their first and, currently, only team of power rangers.

They fought back against all crime, using their skills to take down and, hopefully, reduce crime rates. It was currently unclear how much it was helping to reduce said crime, though it was definitely effective at bringing in crime.

Down one of the various small side streets, a man flipped over the hood of a car with a pistol in his hand just as a woman was opening the car door. She screamed and he grabbed her roughly by the hair.

"Get in and drive." He growled, shoving her in before running around and jumping into the passenger seat. "Go to the pier and don't stop unless I say so. If you do, I'll blow your brains out!" He pushed the gun up to the side of her head.

She cried loudly and started up her car quickly with shaking hands. She began to drive off extremely fast down the street, swerving in between cars to avoid stopping.

"Why are you doing this?!" She exclaimed, sobbing hard. It was almost hard to see with the amount of crying she was doing.

"Did I fucking say you could talk?" He ground out through gritted teeth. "Shut up."

Despite crying fiercely, the woman took a few deep breaths to quiet herself. Suddenly, they heard sirens coming up behind them. The man looked in the rear-view mirror.

Behind them were two individuals on motorcycles with flashing lights. "Shit!" The man cursed. "Keep driving," He warned the woman before he turned around to get a better look.

When he could see better, he cursed again, and louder. Behind them were two of the power rangers. The one up closer to them was the red ranger and right behind her was the blue.

Their suits were completely white with a jacket-like cover in their respective color. The red ranger's jacket came down longer to give the appearance of a skirt on the sides and back of her hips. Their jackets were outlined in yellow material and their boots were outlined in their color. Their helmets were their color, and had police light colors accenting the top of their rectangular visors. They also had belts around their waists with the same design in the front, and weapons along the sides. This belt cut off the blue ranger's jacket, and held the red ranger's in tighter to give her a more form-fitting look.

"Damn it," The man growled. "It's the rangers." He opened the window and leaned out, shooting his gun towards the two. Both of the rangers swerved out of the way of the shots before the red ranger pressed a button on the top of her bike.

Out of nowhere, a red laser came out of her motorcycle and made the car spin out of the control before it came to a stop against a tree. The two rangers stopped besides the car, and the red ranger was quick to grab the man as he stumbled disorientedly out of the car. She pulled handcuffs off of her belt and pushed him roughly against the car as she cuffed him.

The blue ranger ran over to the woman and pulled her out in a bridal carry style. "Are you alright, miss?" He asked, holding her protectively in his 6'0 frame.

"My head hurts," She groaned, leaning into him.

"Alright, lay down while I call you an ambulance," He set her down gently, laying her out straight in case of any serious injury before pulling his wrist morpher up to his mouth. "Sera, we need an ambulance over here at 1st and Fall Parkway. Need a car too."

"On it, Sean." Sera, the intern for the Chief Base, reported to him.

"Thanks," He hung up his communication and looked over the car where the red ranger was patting down the man for any more weapons. He snapped his fingers to get her attention. "Tori, you got it?"

Tori finished up and held the man by his handcuffs. "As usual." She muttered, walking the man around the car. "Did you call for a car?"

"Of course," Sean nodded.

"Good," Tori said, pushing the man into a sitting position against the car. "By the way, don't snap your fingers at me. You always do that, and it is the most irritating thing in the whole entire world. Nobody likes that, Sean."

Sean rolled his eyes. "Glad I can count on you to tell what to do."

She shrugged. "Well, I am the leader for a reason."

"Yeah, I can think of a few," He muttered, causing her to elbow him roughly as the car and ambulance pulled up.

- Cue Opening (Link in Bio) -

"Another mission well done," Sera smiled as she spun in a chair at the Chief Base, her brown ponytail whipping around as she did so. The twenty two year old had a youthful face, tan skin, brown eyes, and was about 5'1. She wore a pink and gray striped shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes. She was also holding an Ipad-looking tablet in her hands.

Sera was currently sitting in the forensics lab in the base, and was watching another young woman typing on the computer about the information she found about the latest body. "So, Taz, how did he die?"

Taz, the head forensic scientist, turned to her with an exasperated look on her face. "Sera, you can't just ask questions like that," She scolded. "It's rude. But, since you asked and I know you won't give up until you find out, it was old age as far as I can tell. Definitely no case here."

Taz was a beautiful young woman with long brown hair, big blue eyes, lightly tanned skin, and was about 5'4. She wore her usual uniform, consisting of a dark green button up tucked into black slacks, a white lab coat, and black nurse's shoes under blue covers.

"Are you sure?" Sera leaned forwards in her seat, looking at the man on the table. "I mean, he's not very old. Plus, I was on the job at the time and he was still alive when we picked him up. He was trying to tell us something."

"Well, I understand that, but there's no evidence of foul play here," Taz told her, taking the sheet to cover the body before sliding the table back into the wall and closed the door. "I'll be sending my final report over to Masters' after I print it out."

Sera stopped her from sitting back down. "Wait, maybe we should take one more look at the scene. It's blocked off from civilians. There might be something there. Besides, sometimes, superhumans can do things that we can't pick up on without a bit of digging. Is there anything unusual? At all?"

Taz sighed. "The only thing I can think of is that his CT scans looked like someone who was practically brain dead."

"But he wasn't!" Sera jumped up from her seat. "See, we have to investigate!"

"Investigate what?" Tori and Sean came into the room, demorphing as they entered.

Sean was a handsome guy with short dark brown hair, brown eyes and pale skin. He was dressed in his uniform, which was typical police officer attire. Tori, meanwhile, was a pretty young woman with tan skin, brown hair, hazel eyes, and was about 5'9, making her tower over the other two girls. She wore a red blouse, black jeans, and black boots, with a black trench-coat over as her uniform.

Taz gestured to the morgue on the wall. "Sera wants to investigate our brain dead, old-age case." She reported. "Apparently, the man was never actually brain dead before he was.. well, dead."

"Okay, well, what do you think?" Sean asked. "Should we start one up?"

Sera leaned over to be in the conversation. "Actually, I think you should let me and Taz go look over the scene before we start an official investigation." When Tori and Sean exchanged looks, Sera continued. "I mean, she does need some work out in the field. What good is a green ranger if all she does is sit in the lab?"

"Sera!" Taz scoffed, crossing her arms at her. "My job is to sit in the lab. I'm a forensics scientist. I diagnose the deceased for a living."

"You're also a power ranger for one, as well," Sera pointed out. "You're a ranger for a reason, Taz. Let's go. You need some experience."

"I'm sure our resident detective and officer would love to investigate, given that it's their job," The green ranger gave them a look.

Tori shrugged. "Actually, I think she's right. You need some experience, and the only one who knows about this guy is you. I'll send Sean out with you to help you out, since I actually need Sera to help me in the interrogation of this guy we just brought in. He might need medical attention, considering he was in a car accident."

"You never let me go out with you guys," Sera muttered.

Tori nodded. "That's because you're needed elsewhere. You're not just a paramedic, you're also our intern, which means when you're not on the job, you're needed here."

While they left, Sean gestured out. "Shall we?"

Taz sighed and pulled her lab coat and shoe covers off before grabbing her bag. "Alright, let's go."

- PRER -

ER itself was actually much larger than most thought. It had a police station in front, two firehouses, though one was pretty much abandoned, another, more advanced station for the detectives, two labs, and a training area. There were also various living quarters, and two bases - the chief base, and the lieutenant base - in the middle, dividing ER by it rank.

Currently, the bases were used for ranger activity only, making them, their mentors, interns, and anyone else they needed being the only ones allowed in there.

"Since the beginning of 2016, crime has been rising in Waverly, California. The majority of the crime is controlled by the notorious gang of superhumans known as The Void, run by an unknown crime lord." The newscaster on TV reported. "Since early May, the government organization, known as the Emergency Responders, have recruited three individuals to be Power Rangers to fight back against the threat. The three rangers include detective Victoria Fray, police officer Sean Francis, and forensic scientist Fantasia Slide."

Standing in the firehouse, the lead of the fire crew, Joseph Dixon, often called Joey, stood, watching on the TV as their images showed up. "Wow," He commented under his breath. "That's quite a goal to reach."

Joey was an attractive young man with pale skin, black hair, blue eyes, and was about 5'9. He wore his usual yellow firefighter uniform, and had stopped what he was doing to watch it.

Just as he was about to continue washing the firetruck, he noticed Sean and Taz walk through. He quickly walked over to them, still holding the hose in his hands. "Hey, you guys are the chief rangers!" He nearly exclaimed. "You guys are great. I'm Joseph Dixon, chief of the fire crew, but you can call me Joey. I'm here anytime you need me, just so you know."

Sean and Taz smiled at his excitement. "Thank you so much," Taz gave him a sweet smile.

"We'll be sure to call you first if we need any of you," Sean nodded. "Thanks."

Joey nodded. "No problem." As they walked away, Joey called out. "Remember, anytime!"

- PRER -

Tori sat on the other side of the table in the interrogation room, watching as Sera carefully examined the man. She put a butterfly bandage over a small cut on his head and shrugged.

"Besides that, he seems okay. Just bruised and cut up," Sera told Tori, before turning to the man again. "You'll probably be sore tomorrow - then again, you probably would be anyways considering you're sleeping in a prison cell."

Tori cleared her throat and gestured for Sera to leave. When she did so, Tori turned towards the man, who smirked as he looked her over. "You're hot, Miss red ranger."

"It's Detective Fray to you," Tori said stoically, ignoring his comment. "So, what's your name?"

"I don't know, what's yours?" He leaned forward, licking his lips.

Tori leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms. "I already told you."

He chuckled. "No, no. I want your full name, and I'm going to call you by it if you want mine."

She sighed and nodded irritatedly. "Okay, then. I'm Victoria Fray, who are you?"

"Mark," He said shortly. "Rene."

"Mark Rene?" Tori nodded. "Okay, so, what's your ability?" He gestured to her, and remained silent. "We're playing that game, huh? Alright, well, I don't actually need you to talk. Mine is that I can read minds, so, whether you talk or not, I know everything."

Mark sighed exasperatedly. "Fine, I'll tell you, but, if anyone asks, I didn't snitch."

"Alright," Tori said. "Tell me."

He nodded. "Well, my power is pretty lame if you ask me. Superhuman endurance. I can survive things most people can't without anything significant happening," Mark rolled his eyes. "Great, so useful in this business. Anyways, all I did was rob a liquor store for two hundred dollars." He said. "If you're looking for the one who murdered that old guy, it's not me."

Tori held a hand up to stop him from talking. "What 'old guy?'"

Mark made a face. "You know, the one you brought in the other day."

"He was murdered?"

- PRER -

Sean and Taz were at the sight, and, while Sean was looking around the house, Taz shook her head. "Sean, I don't think there's anything here."

"There might be, though," Sean pointed out. "Just because we can't see anything yet doesn't mean there's absolutely nothing. I mean, there could even be fingerprints we're missing."

Taz crossed her arms awkwardly across her chest. "I don't know, I think he just died of natural causes..."

"Brain death is natural?" Sean stopped to look over at her.

"Well, the brain cells do die rapidly after a death."

"But, was he brain dead before we got there, is the real question." Sean told her. "He died on the way to the hospital, and he was trying to talk but couldn't. He also didn't seem to understand what we were saying."

Taz rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but there are other explanations to that too." She said, a bit irritated. "He could've had a stroke, or a..."

Sean snapped his fingers at her. "Okay, but you can detect those things. Did you?"

"You need to stop snapping at people, first of all," Taz told him. "Second of all, no, we didn't."

He frowned. "Then why would you be putting this off, Taz? Don't you want to solve this murder?"

"Well, we don't know if it's a murder or not, and, yeah, I do, but I'm worried about us. Tori, you, and I. We might be preventing the harder crimes than, say, the students, but they could replace us if they found anyone better. If we lose a case, we could get replaced." Taz sighed. "Look, Sean, I heard Masters talking to Lia. They said if we can't handle it, or if there's need for it, they're going to get another team."

Sean looked her over. "So, you're thinking of passing a murder as an average, run of the mil, old age death?" He shook his head. "We can't do that!"

Taz nodded. "I know, I agree. I'm saying we to do this on our own time. Without reporting to Masters, and even without Sera knowing. Only Tori, you, and I should know until we can get this straightened out."

He narrowed his eyes. "Well, in that case we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. You see, if we do that and can't figure out anything, we're letting a murderer go free, and if we do that and get caught by Masters, he'll kill us and kick us out of ER. Either way, something we don't want to happen is gonna happen."

"What if we solve the murder and report it to Masters?" Taz pointed out. "Then we're golden."

Sean scoffed. "Not when he finds out we kept it from him. Especially not when he finds out you were eavesdropping."

"I wasn't eavesdropping, Sean," Taz rolled her eyes. "I overheard him while I was walking to the lab."

"Even if we had a chance for that, which we don't, it would be a bad idea. Thankfully, it's too late for that. Sera already knows, and probably reported to him what we're doing." Sean said.

- PRER -

"Sera," An older man, around the age of 40, stopped her. He was about 5'8 with black hair, green eyes, and light tan skin. He wore a long sleeved tan button up tucked into black slacks, and black loafers. He also wore a black blazer and a black tie. "Do you happen to know where the rangers are?"

She nodded. "Sure, Masters. Tori is in interrogation room A with our newest perp, and Sean and Taz are out investigating the death of that old man we brought in the other day. The John Doe,"

Masters frowned. "Hold on," He stopped her again as she was about to walk away. "I thought the John Doe died of old age."

"Oh, well there was a few complications in that summary, so the two decided to go and figure it out. Taz will tell you the details when she gets back." Sera's pager beeped. "Ooh, I got to go. Duty calls. See you later, Masters."

He watched her leave and frowned. Masters quickly walked over to the city monitors and looked at the crime scene, seeing only the house, but not Sean or Taz. "Of course, they're inside," He muttered, before turning on his heel and exiting the Chief Base.

Masters walked through the various departments and over to the Lieutenant base, where a young woman was standing, looking through a tablet similar to Sera's, also next to another young woman who was looking through the monitors. The one standing was a tall girl with blonde hair, brown eyes, and light skin, while the one sitting was a bit shorter, had curlier hair, and had blue eyes instead of brown. Both were dressed in a paramedic uniform.

"Hey, Sophie, Andi, have you seen Lia?" He asked.

The girl sitting, Andi, turned around. "She was actually just about to go out on lunch. She'll be in in a second to make sure everything's okay before she leaves, though. She's a bit OCD like that."

Sophie, the young woman standing, shook her head. "She's just fine, Andi," She looked up at Masters. "So, what are you in for? Just in case she leaves before you catch her,"

Master pursed his lips. "Well, just tell her it's about our project."

"Project?" They heard a voice and turned to see a short, blonde haired, woman walk over to them. She was dressed casually, as she was about to leave for break, wearing a light pink sweater over black skinny jeans and black booties. As she walked in, she noticed her interns and raised an eyebrow. "You're both on call today?"

"Well, we do work together, you know," Andi pointed out.

Sophie nodded. "Yeah, we're off in an hour, though."

Andi smirked. "Thank god for that. I'm so tired."

"You do know you still have to work for me, right?" Lia pointed out, making Andi sigh and turn back to her work. Lia chuckled before turning back to Masters. "So, what about it?"

Masters sighed. "You know I have the utmost faith in my rangers, but I think it's time to get to work finding your lieutenants. The chiefs may be considered the best, but they all have their faults. Besides that, we need someone to take care of smaller crimes while we deal with bigger ones."

Lia crossed her arms. "You want me to make a team of power rangers just to have them solve petty crimes?"

He scoffed. "Not petty crimes. We leave those to our students. You know what I mean. I need the chiefs in for the big ones. Like gruesome serial murderers and gang rapists. You guys can handle singular murders and break-ins and such."

"I'll look around," Lia nodded after a moment. "But, don't push us back if we get in on one of your missions, Linc."

Masters shrugged. "Fine, if you think they can handle it. But, keep in mind this isn't for sure. I want to see how my rangers do first."

"No problem."

Meanwhile, on the other side of ER, Tori had Mark locked up before running out of the complex as fast as she could - which happened to be through the chief firehouse. As she did so, she passed Joey, who watched her sprint out.

Where is she going? He thought, before deciding to follow her out.

Next time on Power Rangers Emergency Responders: Taz and Sean face off against the murderer, while Tori and her follower try to get there to help out. In the meantime, Masters continues to worry about the chiefs, and appoints a yellow ranger to help them out, also considering allowing Lia to get her own group.

Next chapter title: Chiefs Part II

So, I know this chapter was a bit less action-packed than most Power Rangers stories, but, considering the motif of this story, that should be expected. These rangers will be looking into and trying to solve the crime before they fight, most of the time. There will be action in the next chapter, though, as you can see from the description.

I hope you guys are liking it so far anyways! If you aren't liking how I portrayed your character, or have any questions, feel free to PM me or leave a review!

As I said, this is only the first part of the first 'episode', so if it seems a bit descriptive or anything, that's why. It'll be similar (in character descriptions) when I introduce the lieutenants in the next two-parter, but it won't be like that - unless I introduce a new, and important character - for the rest of the story.

Anyways, guys, I really hope you liked this and the prologue (if you read it), and I'd love to hear what you guys think! I always read all of your reviews, and appreciate them a lot! See you guys very soon with the next chapter, bye!

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