I'm glad all of you are liking it; here's where this all comes together! If you still don't get it at the end, there will be an explanation since this could be a bit confusing.

Last time on Power Rangers: Emergency Responders

As she was about to dial Emma's number, she was shocked to see Emma already calling her. "Hello?" She asked.

"Autumn, Sera just hit a few criminals in the ambulance on her way to the hospital. She's bringing them in now, but she said they escaped and everyone needs to keep a look out. Where have you been?!" Emma asked.

Autumn looked up at the open holding cells and swallowed the lump in her throat. "She hit a few criminals in the ambulance?" She asked aloud, getting Owen's attention as he also looked up at the cells. "Oh my god. Hey, tell Sera to let Ross handle the criminals and pick her up. Tell her to lead you into to ER near the holding cells, and that Sophie and Andi are injured, okay? I have to go, but please get that done quickly. We have to leave, but we'll get someone to watch them in the meantime."

"Wait, Autumn, what's..." Autumn cut Emma off by hanging up and running over to Sophie after making sure Andi was straightened up, and did the same to Sophie.

"I'm a paramedic," She explained to Owen when he gave her a look. "Look, we have to go,"

Owen looked at her like she was crazy. "No, we can't leave. They're hurt!"

Autumn nodded. "I know, but we have to go find those criminals. Everyone else is busy, and we're the only ones that know about this."

Owen stared at her for a moment, and looked between Sophie and her, before nodded. "Okay, let's go."

Now

Autumn and Owen walked down the streets, Owen frowning while Autumn was determined to find the criminals. "Okay, so what exactly are we doing? I mean, we don't know what these guys look like or who they are. How do you expect us to find them?"

"I'm not sure," Autumn admitted. "We'll probably just know when we see them. I mean, how hard can it be?"

Owen shrugged. "Good point. I mean, they'll probably be doing some kind of criminal activity, right?"

Autumn nodded. "Right. What is the criminal activity, though?" She asked. "That's what we need to ask ourselves."

He frowned. "But, we don't know anything about these people, so how are we going to know what they do?"

"Sometimes, you just have to wing it," Autumn replied, trying to act confident in what they were doing. "Hopefully we can get Nikki or Jason to join us - both would be best. I mean, Nikki's a detective, so she'd probably be good with this kind of stuff, right?"

Owen nodded. "Definitely. She's one of the best."

Autumn looked up at him. "If she's one of the best, why isn't she on the chief squad? I mean, aren't they the best?"

"Long story, actually," Owen muttered. "Let's just say, she went up against someone and didn't get it. You see, I said Nikki was one of the best, but she's the best. I mean, I think she is, but other people don't. She has a sore history with the chiefs for that reason. I mean, she's a sweet person and everything, don't get me wrong on that, but when she gets angry enough.. it's bad,"

She gave a laugh. "I get that, but I usually just let it go, you know?"

"Yeah, but Nikki doesn't let things like that go," Owen sighed. "It's kind of complicated. You'd have to talk to her about it if you wanted to know the whole story." He shook his head. "Okay, we're getting off topic. We have to find all of these criminals before they do any damage. You said Sera hit some in her ambulance on accident, right?" Autumn nodded. "Okay, so two or three are caught. We know that."

"That's good," Autumn said. "Let's getting looking."

"You don't have to look far," A voice came from beside them.

- Cue Opening -

Nikki and Jason were walking down the hall to get to the elevator when they saw Sera running up to them. "Guys, there's a major problem!" She exclaimed, before she gasped. "Wait, I'm not supposed to tell you guys! Damn it!" She shook her head. "Where are the chiefs?"

"We don't know," Nikki shrugged. "I haven't seen them all day." Sera tried to leave, but Nikki caught her arm. "Wait, what's going on?"

Sera pulled her arm out of her grasp. "You don't understand, I can't tell you," She said. "I have a duty to the chiefs, and I can't help you guys try to overtake them."

Nikki rolled her eyes. "If only," She muttered. "You know, you running around and looking for them is totally gonna help you out," She said sarcastically. "Why don't you just spill it? Someone has to help out, right?"

"Nicole, all you two want to do is overtake them, and I can't let you do that." Sera said, putting her foot down.

"That's not the way it is," Nikki said, crossing her arms firmly. "I may be upset with them, and I may want to be a ranger, but that doesn't mean I don't respect their position and it also doesn't mean that I think I deserve to be a ranger."

"Well, that also doesn't mean you won't try," Sera muttered.

Nikki scoffed. "Who doesn't try to accomplish their dreams?" She asked. "But that's not the point. The longer you wait to tell somebody, the worse it'll be for the people of Waverly."

As Sera and Nikki argued, Jason saw Lia walk by rather quickly, changed into a professional white dress, tan one-buttoned blazer, white heels, which was her uniform. Due to their arguing, neither of the two noticed, but Jason broke away and followed her down a quiet hallway.

She stopped and sighed. "Jason, I know you're following me," She turned around, looking him over. "What are you doing here, anyways?"

He chuckled, trying to be nonchalant. "Well, you know.. Nikki and I had to talk to someone about a crime," He smiled awkwardly, still trying to act casual. "Wha.. what about you?"

Lia sighed. "Well, I'm here to talk to Masters, actually. There's a prob..." She trailed off, looking him over. "Hold on, both you and Nikki are here?"

"Yeah," He nodded. "Yes, we are. What uhh.. why?"

"That's perfect!" Lia grabbed his arm and began pulling him back towards Nikki. "Come on!"

- PRER -

Autumn and Owen jumped away when a man came out of the alleyway, ducking down as he looked around suspiciously. He gestured for them to come with him, and, after a moment of hesitation, the two followed him cautiously.

"Who are you?" Autumn asked, standing a bit behind Owen, who was blocking her slightly in case something happened.

The man looked the two over. "Are you two coming from ER? You are, right?"

Owen nodded. "Yeah, why? Who are you, and what do you want?"

He sighed in almost relief. "The name is Mark - I'm one of the criminals that escaped."

Autumn and Owen exchanged looks of confusion, before turning back to Mark. "And what made you think it would be a good idea to tell us that? We could arrest you right now." Autumn told him.

"Don't you think I know that?" Mark scoffed. "I'm trying to help you two out. I know where Lara went!"

Owen frowned, looking down in though. "Lara? You mean, Lara Letford?" He shook his head, "No, no, no. Lara Letford was never captured. That's how everyone knows about her."

Mark sighed. "Boy, you're almost as clueless as those damn power rangers," He rolled his eyes. "That chick, Lilly Anne? That's not Lilly Anne. She's Lara! You see, here's how it went - Lara and her partner need deflections to get away with their crimes. Earlier today, I was the distraction because the cops were onto them, so I got myself arrested to let them run. Somehow, Lara's partner sneaked her into the prison cell and got Lilly Anne out. Since they look so alike, it worked perfectly. Then..."

"Wait a minute," Autumn stepped out from behind Owen. "You're telling me that Lara and her partner actually took the time to figure out this plan with Lilly Anne, who looks just like Lara, so that they could escape? But, if Lara was in a cell, how would she have escaped?"

"I was getting to that," Mark growled. "After her partner fled as per Lara's request, Lara developed a sick plan to have a medical emergency and make the interns, who are both paramedics, help her. When the cell was open, she attacked them and let the rest of us out. As far as I've heard Steven Jefferies and Carson Vido were taken into custody already, but George Tucker is still on the loose, and so is Lara."

"Why are you helping us?" Autumn asked, looking him over. "I don't understand."

Mark shrugged. "I guess it's because I never wanted this. If I didn't do what I did, Lara would've killed me, but it doesn't matter because jail is going to be worse than that. I'm going back to ER to turn myself in, but I suggest you find Lara. It's important."

Owen was ready to leave, but Autumn stopped him for a moment. "Mark," She called to him as he was leaving. "If you're telling the truth, it'll set you free. Just remember that."

Autumn gave him a small smile before the two ran out of the alley in search of Lara. Mark looked down at the ground, before back at where they had left. He looked up then and was trying to leave the alley when he heard another voice. He looked back and saw two women standing there. These women looked exactly like Tori and Autumn, standing side by side.

"Ladies," He looked them over, slightly shocked. "Wha.. how did you get here?"

- PRER -

Lia and Jason had rounded the corner, finding Nikki and Sera still arguing, with Sera still refusing to give up the problem. Lia grabbed Nikki by the arm as well and gave Sera and small smile.

"Masters and the chiefs are already headed back to ER, if you need to talk to them." Lia told her, causing Jason to frown.

"But, Lia, weren't you here to..."

He was cut off when Lia stepped hard on his foot. "No, I was here to get you two. I've already talked to Masters. He left already, and I know the situation. I can handle these two."

Sera nodded. "Thanks, Lia." She looked awkwardly at Nikki and Jason. "See you guys later."

After she left, Lia pulled them to the side. "Okay, so I might've lied. The chiefs are downstairs in the emergency room getting checked out after their fight."

"Why did you that?" Nikki asked, frowning at her. "Lia, people could get hurt because of that."

Lia smirked. "Actually, they won't because you two are go save them. You know Masters is a friend of mine, but he's a dick and always gets things his way. It's time for the plan to be set in motion. I mean, there's no way he could deny it if you two help out."

"Okay, so I don't exactly know the whole story, but I do know that Sophie and Andi were attacked after trying to help a criminal named Lilly Anne Stewart. They were brought here by Sera to be examined, and she's bringing two other criminals, who also escaped, to ER right now, but word is that Lilly Anne is still out there and is dangerous. If you two bring her in, there's no way they won't let the lieutenant squad to be made." Lia explained.

Nikki was very excited for the opportunity, but Jason wasn't. "But, Lia, I.. I'm not a 'fighting' type," He shook his head, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. "I mean, that's not what I thought about when I was in the academy. I've been able to catch the bad guys."

Lia nodded. "I understand, but now you are. Nikki will be with you, and I'll give you this," She handed him a nightstick, handcuffs, and a taser. "These are my weapons, since I know you don't have any." She then looked to Nikki. "Show him the ropes, but make sure you do not have to use your gun unless it is absolutely necessary. Only if it is your last resort option. Excessive force isn't necessary."

"I know," Nikki nodded. "It's the way I was taught in the academy. I would never break that rule."

Lia looked over to two, and gestured out. "I think you two should.. Jason, are you alright?" She noticed he had put the weapons at his belt and was clutching his head.

Nikki put a hand on his shoulder as he leaned against the wall. "It's a vision."

- Vision -

"I'm not Lilly Anne,"

After kicking Andi down, the young woman unlocked the other cells, stopping one criminal in particular as he was leaving. "Mark Rene," She traced her hand on his chest and looked him over, smirking. "Where do you think you're going so fast?"

Mark pushed her away. "I'm not here for your enjoyment, Lara," He growled. "I can't believe you did that." He shook his head disgustedly. "Look at your face,"

Lara shrugged. "Oh well. Does it really matter? I got away with it, didn't I?"

"You can't get away with everything forever," He crossed his arms, standing away from her. "And I'm no longer helping you. I didn't want to help you in the first place!"

She looked bored with the conversation. "Does it look like I really care? I mean, you're damaged goods anyways after what I did to you." She chuckled with a smirk.

Mark gave her a confused and angry look. "What did you do to me?"

"I don't know," She laughed. "Some people are just naturally crazy, I guess. After a while, no one will believe anything you say. You'll practically be talking to the birds, and even they won't believe what you say because they aren't real."

He looked her over. "What are you talking about, you bitch?" He shook his head. "You know what, I don't even believe you. Nothing you say could be the truth." He began to leave.

"You could say that," Lara nodded, calling after him. "But, that could also be your warped sense of reality talking. You'll never be the same again. You might feel normal now, but, like I said, just wait. It'll all become clear soon."

- Vision -

Walking down the street were Autumn and Owen. They were chatting it up with everything they knew about Lara Letford, not noticing someone watching them. The green eyes scanned them walking, and then rolled.

"They think they can find me?" Lara stepped out from the shadows slightly, looking them over. "Oh please. He's a reject, and she doesn't even work there. I guess I just have to take them out, don't I? If not, this whole thing will be completely dragged out for nothing."

Autumn and Owen stopped, looking down an alleyway, before walking down there as if they found something interesting.

Lara ran across the street, ignoring the oncoming traffic, and watched them from the mouth of the alley. Down said alley, Autumn and Owen were talking to a homeless man, trying to see if he knew any information or had seen anyone suspicious.

When he shook his head, the two started to continue walking, but Autumn turned towards the street, causing Lara to duck suddenly. If anything, she had to catch them off guard at hopes of getting them the easiest. She didn't want to spend too much time on them, trying to get out of town as fast as she could to avoid the police, or worse, the chief rangers.

Lara heard footsteps approaching her and knew what she had to do. She then stepped out into the middle of the alley, revealing herself to them.

"So, who wants to play?" She smirked.

- End of Visions -

Jason suddenly took a deep breath and was relieved when the pain from the vision stopped. He looked up at the two, concern covering his features.

"They're in danger," He said suddenly. "That wasn't Lilly Anne - it was Lara Letford. We have to save them," He grabbed Nikki's arm. "Come on!"

Lia watched them leave, calling after them when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Masters, and smiled nervously. "Hey, Lincoln. What's going on?"

Masters gestured to them. "What are you doing, Lia?" He crossed his arms on her chest. "Where are they going?"

"Hey, you even said yourself at our lunch that I could send my people out if needed," Lia mocked his posture, crossing her arms as well. "I needed to. Your rangers are injured, and we need someone to go out and stop criminals from destroying this town."

He sighed. "Is this really happening?" Masters looked up at the ceiling.

"Oh please," Lia rolled her eyes. "You've had your rangers for months now. What's so bad about adding extra help?"

"I'll have you know that I've added a new ranger onto the team just an hour ago," Masters told her. "And there's nothing wrong with it but..."

"But it breaks your perfect plan to have one ranger team that's the best of the best and to never need help," Lia nodded. "I get it, but that's not the point, Masters. We need more than what we have, okay? I'm sorry, but it's the truth. Your three.. or four rangers can't stop all of the crime in the world. Please, let me do this."

Masters sighed, "Okay, do it."

- PRER -

Autumn and Owen stared at the smirking young woman who stood at the mouth of the alleyway. From behind them, they could hear the homeless man running away in fear of this arrival.

"Lara Letford?" Autumn asked, looking her over.

Lara chuckled. "So, you do know me. I'm surprised," She cracked her knuckles. "You know I could literally kill you without even trying, right? I mean, what's the use in looking for me?"

"Because we have to bring you in," Autumn crossed her arms. "And we will. Come with us quietly and no one has to get hurt."

"Where's the fun in that?" Lara scoffed, putting a hand to her head.

Owen and Autumn exchanged looks. "What is she doing?" Autumn asked.

He shrugged. "Maybe she's reading our minds or..." Suddenly, he was cut off by an intense pain in his head, falling to the ground clutching his head. Autumn immediately knelt down next to him, trying to figure out what was wrong when she looked up at Lara.

Psonic blast, Autumn thought. The strange thing was, however, that Lara seemed to be struggling with this attack just as hard as Owen was getting attacked. Quickly, Lara was practically knocked off of her feet, breathing hard.

Owen let go of a breath he didn't realize he was holding and looked up, seeing Lara on the ground, exhausted.

"You're not that good with your powers," Owen said, mimicking what Andi had said earlier.

Lara glared up at him. "It doesn't matter. I can still beat you two with my fists," She sneered as she pushed herself up, dusting her body off.

"Actually," A voice came from behind them. Autumn and Owen turned to see Nikki and Jason coming towards them. "It does matter," Jason said, holding his voice as tough as possible.

"Exactly," Nikki nodded. "You see, after Jason told me about the details, I got. You see, you can't use your powers that well, so you wouldn't have been able to kill that old man that he and Taz were looking at. A psonic blast would be the only reasonable explanation for what happened, and we had no idea that you, Lara Letford, could use that power. Now that we do, it makes sense that you could potentially hurt that man, but not kill him - if it wasn't for your partner." Nikki crossed her arms. "Who is it, Lara?"

Lara rolled her eyes. "Like I'd tell you," She scoffed. "What are you gonna do about it?" She looked past the four to see Lia coming out of the shadows with a wooden box. "Who is this?"

The four turned, and looked at Lia. "I saw you four on the monitors, and I thought it was time for this," She opened the box, revealing four morphers just like the chiefs. The four admired them for a moment, before taking them - Owen taking green, Nikki taking yellow, Jason taking blue, and Autumn taking red. Lia looked at Autumn. "You're the leader, and the red ranger. Today you have shown leadership skills in taking Owen to search for the criminals. You know what to do when needed," She turned to Jason. "You, Jason, are the second-in-command, and I know you'll wear it well."

Lia gestured to Lara. "Take her down, rangers."

The four turned back to her as Lia ran off to get back to the lieutenant base. "Ready?" Autumn asked, looking at the other three.

They nodded. "Ready."

"Emergency Responders," They pressed 9-1-1 into their morphers, "Get Into Action!"

Owen was suddenly surrounded by green, red, and blue dust. Similar to the chiefs, the red and blue represented the colors of the sirens on a police car. The dust traveled up from his feet, building his suit. It was a black suit with green boots, green gloves, and green chest armor that looked very sleek. His helmet was green and his belt was green until the buckle, which was silver. He had a small badge engraved into his upper left armor.

Nikki was surrounded by similar dust, only yellow instead of green. It formed her suit, which was almost identical to Owen's, though it was yellow, more form-fitting, and had a more feminine chest plate.

Jason and Autumn were up next, having all red and blue dust, as their colors were those, and having their respective suit colors on theirs.

"Red Lieutenant Ranger!" Autumn exclaimed.

"Blue Lieutenant Ranger!" Jason yelled.

"Yellow Lieutenant Ranger!" Nikki cried.

"Green Lieutenant Ranger!" Owen called.

They all stood in front of Lara, who stared at them in shock. Autumn took handcuffs off of her belt.

"So, you gonna come quietly this time?" She smirked.

Lara shook her head. "Never!"

The lieutenants ran forward as Lara did, meeting in the middle. Jason punched at Lara's face, though she ducked under it and punched him in the stomach. He coughed out, and grabbed her hand to avoid another attack, shoving her back.

Nikki came in, kicking at her feet, sweeping them out under her and knocking her to the ground. Lara growled, trying to grab at her feet, but Nikki stepped down hard on one of her hands and leaped back from another attempt.

Lara flipped back to her feet as Owen came in, punching at his face, though he caught her fist. He twisted it to the side, and caught her other hand as she tried again. Her eyes turned red as she used her power to put him to his knees before kicking him to the side.

She quickly did the same to Nikki and Jason as well, before turning on Autumn, who had yet to attack.

"You won't be able to handle this one, red," Lara smirked, trying to use it on her, to no avail. She frowned, trying again, but all she did was cause herself pain. "What the hell is going on? How can you resist that kind of an attack?"

"It's my healing," Autumn smirked. "It allows me to avoid certain types of damage."

Autumn ran forward, aiming a kick up at her chin and knocking the young woman to the ground. She turned her over on her back and held her down while she handcuffed her.

"You know, it's hard to be a criminal when all you use as defense is your power, which you're really not good at." Autumn pulled her up and held her wrists. "You're under arrest for the potential murder of an older man, as well as assault on officers."

The other rangers made their way over to her, and stood around her. "You're not getting out this time, Lara." Nikki said. "For sure."

- PRER -

The chief rangers arrived back at the base, finding Sera pacing around and Masters sitting at the computer.

"What's going on?" Tori asked, looking them over. "Is there a mission for us or something? We can still go, we're not too banged up."

Sera looked guiltily at them. "Actually, someone else already handled it. Four somebody's, to be exact," She bit her lip. "Talk to Masters about it!" She said, going back to sit at the computer, making Masters give her a look.

"Great; thank you, Sera," Masters muttered, standing up and walking over to them. "Okay, look, guys, just you four aren't enough to do this job, so I've allowed Lia to finally appoint a lieutenant squad. They've caught Lara Letford, and they're bringing her in right now."

"What?!"

Next time on Power Rangers Emergency Responders: The chief rangers, angry with the new recruits, attempt to take over the investigation of Lara Letford, and try to capture George Tucker, the escaped criminal, while the lieutenants try to avoid the chiefs take over.

Next chapter title: Rank

So, you may be a bit confused about everything with Lilly Anne and Lara. Basically, they looked similar, and had always been mistaken for each other, so Lara took that to her advantage and made a plan to escape, which obviously didn't work. As for her partner, you're gonna have to keep reading to find out who she is.

And, what's wrong with that guy Mark? That will be a small backstory until it comes to a breaking point in the future, so don't write it off as nothing!

*Oh, and I was wondering what kind of crimes you guys would like to see the rangers investigate. I usually don't do things like this, but, since there are so many different things they could do, I have a hard time deciding. If you want to see a certain crime, or something similar to that subject touched on, feel free to let me know in the reviews!*

Anyways, I'm really glad you guys are liking this so far, and I'll see you guys soon with the next chapter!

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