Here's the chapter where Nat finally becomes a chief ranger! Don't forget to vote on that poll - it'll only be up for a short time! Anyways, hope you guys like this one!

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Tony is portrayed by Logan Lerman

Joey was outside of the firemen's garage at ER, using the hose from the firetruck to clean off the outside of the building. He did this every so often, just to make sure they maintained a clean work environment, and to give the janitors a break. He knew how big ER was, and definitely wouldn't want to be one of them cleaning up after everyone.

So, instead of leaving them to clean up his mess, he did so whenever he had free time, which he did currently after writing up some reports for Masters early.

Another firefighter, Linda, came out to see what he was doing. "Look good, Joey." She complimented him.

"Thanks, Linda," He nodded, smiling.

She was about to go back inside when she saw something above. "Hey, what's that on the roof?"

He looked up to see what she was talking about and frowned. "I don't know," Joey pointed the hose at it and tried to spray it down, but it only went further up. He sighed to himself, and turned back to Linda. "Can you get me the ladder?"

"Sure," She nodded, walking back inside while he moved back a bit to see if he could locate where the object was. "Here you go," She came back out, carrying the ladder.

The two set it up against the wall, her holding it steady while he climb up. Joey made his way to the top of the building and grabbed the rim to pull himself up fully. Once he was up there, he looked around for the object.

To his surprise, he found nothing up there. He walked around a bit, trying to remain careful are he scoured the area for anything up there. As he continued to work, he felt a strong breeze start to blow on him.

Ignoring it, Joey continued to look, but was startled when he looked over and saw a man standing a few yards away from him with the mysterious object in hand, which seemed to just be a regular Frisbee.

"Who are you?" Joey asked, getting a bit defensive. When the man didn't answer, Joey continued. "This is a government building, you have to leave." Wind was whipping around him even faster now, hard enough that Joey felt it start to push him back. "Who are you?" He demanded.

"Goodbye, chief," Was all the man said as the wind got extremely hard, shoving Joey back and off of the roof, sending him straight for the ground. The man smiled in satisfaction and jumped off of the other side of the roof, disappearing into an alley nearby.

On the ground, Linda was screaming for help as Joey lay on the ground, staring up in a daze. Everything he heard was muffled by the intense pain radiating from his body, specifically around his hip area.

Before he knew what was happening, he saw Nat's face come into his line of view. She was calling to him and saying something, but Joey didn't understand what it was she was trying to get through to him.

Her hands moved to touch his hip, and the pain intensified immediately, making his vision go blurry. The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was Nat's worried face, telling him something he couldn't comprehend.

- Cue Opening 2 -

Quite a while later, a nervous Nat was pacing around the waiting room in the hospital, waiting for news on Joey. The others were investigating what happened, so it left her to wait and find out how he was gonna be.

They had also called his mother, but Deborah was currently visiting a relative out of town and wasn't able to come back right away. That meant that Nat was the only one remaining to stay with him, and she was determined to do so.

A doctor came out from behind the doors. "Family for Joseph Dixon?"

"Yes," Nat stood, walking quickly over to him. "I'm here for Joey."

"Oh, are you his wife?" The doctor asked.

Nat bit her lip, "Not yet," She fibbed, plastering on a fake smile as she wanted to get the news. "How is he?"

"He's going to be alright," He responded. "He does have a fracture of the hip, however, which we were able to fix with surgery. The rest of his injuries are mostly superficial. He's a lucky young man; with a fall like that, most people are injured much worse."

"I agree." Nat nodded. "So, can I see him?"

"You may," The doctor told her. "He's been awake from surgery for about an hour, so he's mostly responsive and aware. He may still be slightly groggy, but it should wear off very soon."

She sighed in relief. "Thank you," Nat smiled gratefully, allowing a nurse to escort her to Joey's room.

When she made it in there, she found him laying in bed, with nothing more and an IV in his arm and some monitors hooked up to read his vitals. Besides that, and a few cuts and scrapes, he looked fine. Joey turned his head to look at her as she came in, "You stayed with me?"

"Yeah, but I had to tell the doctor we were engaged to do it," She quipped, walking over to sit in a chair beside his bed. "How are you feeling?"

Joey shrugged, tiredly. "I don't know, I can't feel anything in my leg. They told me they put something in it to numb me so I can't feel it for a while. I'm surprised it's just bandages and no cast, though."

"You won't want to," Nat assured him. "And that's pretty standard for a low-grade fracture in the hip or pelvic area. Most people don't get casts unless it's much more serious."

"Considering everything, I'm surprised it's not more serious," Joey muttered, leaning back in bed. "Did you catch that guy?"

"What guy?" Nat frowned.

He raised an eyebrow. "You didn't see the guy on the roof? He could manipulate the wind, and he pushed me off."

Nat stared at him in shock. "Really? No one else mentioned anything. What did he look like?"

"I don't remember," Joey admitted, nestling into his pillows exhaustedly. "Everything's pretty hazy."

"Alright, just rest." Nat laid a hand on his shoulder, rubbing his arm comfortingly as he fell back to sleep. "I'll figure who did it, I promise."

- PRER -

Silas sat in his office, leaning back in his chair while he waited for his latest employee to come in and talk to him about how the work he's doing is going. In the meantime, he did have Belladonna to keep him company, which seemed to be a common thing lately.

It made him rather suspicious that she was always following him around, especially when he knew how she was. She was cunning in her work, and was always looking for the next bit of information that would help her become even more powerful.

That wasn't going to happen, though. Silas tried to always keep one step ahead of her, and was careful about what he said to the wrong people. He didn't think he would ever truly trust her with any serious information.

The only real person he trusted was Bones, but he was even careful with what he said to him, worried someone else would overhear their conversation. Not only that, but he didn't always want Bones to get involved in dangerous activities. That was his one weak spot, and a secret he would never let anyone know.

Beside him, he could feel Belladonna watching him with careful eyes, so he looked over to her. "What are you staring at?"

"I'm just wondering when we'll be done here," Belladonna shrugged, nonchalantly. "I don't have time to wait around all day for these things."

"If you would just be patient, it would get done a lot faster," Silas told her. "Besides, what do you have to do that's so important?"

"You don't tell me anything," Belladonna pointed out. "So why should I tell you?"

He chuckled. "Alright, but don't be surprised when I find out."

Belladonna opened her mouth to respond when the double doors opened and a criminal walked in, the one that had made Joey fall off of the roof. He was tall and lanky with dark skin and black hair.

"Colin," Silas greeted, "You made it, finally."

"Yeah, sorry I'm late, but I got caught up trying to get away from ER," Colin explained.

Silas nodded. "So, I take it you took down the chiefs, then?"

"One of them," Colin said. "The yellow ranger. I got him up to the roof and pushed him off once he saw me."

The crime lord gave him a look. "And what about the other ones?"

Colin rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I'll get them, I swear. Just give me a little time."

"No," Silas stood up, slamming his hand on his desk. "You go after them now, or I'll take you down instead of sending you to do it to them."

"O.. okay," Colin backed away slightly. "I'll do it. I can get them to come out and get them in the right position to take them down. Don't worry about it, I got it."

"You better, or else I'll kill you," Silas warned him, gesturing for him to leave. The young man did so quickly, and Silas turned to Belladonna, who was smirking. "Pathetic, is he not?"

She laughed. "He definitely is. How do you even find these ones?" Belladonna shook her head in amusement, before walking over to him and giving him a passionate kiss, dragging her hands across his chest. "I'll be going now, but hopefully I'll be back in time to see this play out badly."

Her hands were removed off of him and she walked away, winking at him once before walking through the double doors and leaving the room.

- PRER -

The lieutenant base was dull in terms of activity, not having had many cases lately besides very minor infractions. They were all sitting in worry, however, when they found out that Joey had been injured earlier that morning after falling off of the roof.

It was quiet in the room as they sat around and thought about what could've happened to make him fall. Joey was more of a risk-taker than the rest of the members of either squads of rangers, but he wouldn't do something that would injure himself badly.

The extent of his injuries were not clear to any of them, but they knew he had injured his hip, which had to be extremely painful.

In one corner of the room sat Owen and Nikki, who were conversing very quietly with each other, and nearby them was Andi, who was working on the computer. Then there was Sophie in the middle of the room, and finally Autumn, Jason, and Moran on the other side. The three of them were not talking.

Actually, Autumn was nearly falling asleep, not out of boredom, but out of her exhaustion from lack of sleep.

Everyone noticed her doing so, though no one said anything. They knew she would never do it to be rude to the situation they were in, and figured it would just be better to let her relax after everything that had happened.

After a few more moments of sitting in almost silence, Lia walked into the room. The others all perked up, ready to hear what she had to say. "How's Joey?" Nikki asked.

"He did break his hip, but he doesn't have any other serious injuries," Lia told them, making them sigh in relief. "He should be fine."

"Do they know how he fell?" Jason asked.

Owen nodded, "Yeah, it's not like he could just loose his balance up there - the roof is flat."

"They think it might have been foul play," Lia answered. "Another firefighter that was there said it got intensely windy up on the roof before he fell, which is definitely unusual considering that it wasn't windy when everybody else showed up."

Autumn raised an eyebrow. "So, do they need help investigating? We could go out there and see how they're doing with only the three of them."

Lia shook her head. "No, I wouldn't worry about it. Masters and I have discussed it, and we believe that Nat is going to be promoted to a chief ranger as of today, making our teams equal in size,"

"Just what we need," Owen muttered, making Nikki nudge him.

Moran watched the exchange, a bit confused on why it was a problem for the teams to be the same size. When Lia noticed her confused look, she gestured for her to give her input, "Why is it a problem if the chiefs have the same size team as us?"

"Well, the chiefs are a little cocky," Andi spoke up. "They think they're better than us, even if they don't say it. People look at us as about equal in strength with five to four, but when they get five too, we're gonna be put out as the lesser team again."

"It's definitely unfair." Nikki said, dejectedly. "We do just as much as they do, but they get to be ranked higher than us."

"Don't worry about it, guys." Lia assured them. "It doesn't matter what others think, because we can only control our own actions. All we have to do is work as hard as we can and show that we're just as powerful, no matter if they have five rangers or not."

The lieutenant rangers seemed re-energized by her statement, nodding at her with determined looks on their faces.

Meanwhile, in the chief base, the other rangers were pacing around nervously as they tried to figure out what happened on the roof, as well as worrying about Joey's condition. Masters had told them how it was, but it didn't stop the other three from worrying for their friend.

Taz shook her head. "I don't understand how he could just fall off of the roof," She told the others. "I also don't get how the wind could pick up like that without anyone else being up there."

"Well, how do we know no one else was up there?" Tori pointed out. "Just because no one saw anyone, doesn't mean that no one was there."

"I don't know," Sean crossed his arms, tapping his leg on the floor slightly. "Maybe he was just doing a stunt up there. I mean, it's Joey. Could we really put it past him?"

"That's a bit far-fetched," Tori frowned. "Especially considering that he went up there to get something off of the roof, and not to jump off and break his hip."

Sean sighed, exasperatedly. His leg began tapping a bit fast as well. "You just don't see where I'm coming from."

Tori gave him a look. "You're right, I really don't see it." She gestured to his leg. "What's going on with you?"

"Nothing," He muttered, defensively.

"Okay, this isn't going anywhere," Logan cut in, turning in his chair to face them. "Maybe you guys should just try to focus on the possibility of foul play. Even if no one was up there, you have to consider that someone could've done that from afar if they were powerful enough."

"He's right." Taz agreed, looking a bit uncomfortable with Sean's behavior. "We can't just ignore the obvious winds that had to have been created by something, because that doesn't just happen,"

Before anyone else could respond, Nat came into the room quickly, standing in front of them. "There was a man on top of the building with Joey. He told me that he saw him, but he doesn't remember what he looks like."

"Of course there was," Masters spoke up as he walked into the room from his office. "How else would winds accumulate that quickly and that strong without someone being right there to do it."

"Well, then we need to find this son of a bitch," Tori crossed his arms.

Nat looked at the three of them, who were all ready to go. "Not without me. I want to take him down just as much as you."

The three exchanged glances. "Nat, you're not a ranger,"

She crossed her arms. "I don't care. I want to catch whoever did this to Joey."

"If you're gonna do that, you'll need to be a ranger," Masters told her.

"I don't care about the rules." Nat said, defiantly. "I'm gonna go out and get the person that did this and take them down."

Before Masters could respond, a loud noise was hear from outside. The chiefs ran out there, with Nat and Masters right behind them, only to find Colin standing outside of the firefighter's garage.

Colin had his arms up in the air, and fast winds were whipping around him, throwing objects around. As the winds picked up, even the truck was shaking slightly.

"Hey!" Tori yelled, catching his attention as the chiefs ran forward. "Ready?"

"Ready."

"Emergency Responders, Get Into Action!"

"Red Chief Ranger!"

"Blue Chief Ranger!"

"Green Chief Ranger!"

The three morphed and ran forward, ready to take Colin down. Masters and Nat watched the fight for a few moments, seeing how they were doing. The three chief rangers went towards Colin, but he made the winds even stronger and directed them at the chiefs, throwing them back before they could even get close.

Sean took out his blaster and shot it at Colin, but the winds sent it flying in another direction. Colin quickly made the winds circle around him, making a tornado-like formation to protect him against anything they could do.

The blue chief wasn't done yet, and attempted to use his levitation to lift him into the air and get above the winds, but Colin rose them as he did so, knocking him back to the ground.

Tori and Taz both stood at the same time, staring at the winds in shock. "How are we supposed to get through that?" Taz asked, calling to Tori over the loud winds.

"I don't know," Tori said honestly. "I've never dealt with someone with these powers before."

Nat stepped forward. "I have an idea," She told them. "If you wanna hear it."

Taz hauled Sean up to his feet as she responded, "Tell us."

"I can teleport," Nat explained. "I could teleport into the center of it and take him down."

"It's too dangerous for you," Sean disagreed. "You're not a ranger."

"Yes, she is," Masters input, holding up another morpher. "I've been waiting to give this to you, but it seems like you need it now more than ever." He said, handing the morpher to Nat.

She took a deep breath in shock, and put it on her wrist, feeling it lock on. "Alright then, I guess we'll go with my plan," She held her arm in front of her and pressed the buttons on her morpher. "Emergency Responders, Get Into Action!" She cried. "Pink Chief Ranger!"

Morphed, she had a suit just like Tori and Taz's, just in pink instead of red or green. Nat pulled the handcuffs off of her belt. "See you on the other side."

Suddenly, Nat disappeared from in front of them and appeared behind Colin. In the middle of the wind, it was perfectly still to protect Colin from the winds he was creating.

When she appeared, it startled him and made him turn around and kick her immediately. She stumbled back, almost stepping through the wind, but kept her balance. Nat ducked under a punch thrown towards her and grabbed his arm, wrenching it behind his back.

The winds started to die down as soon as she did so. Quickly, and before he could do anything else, she smacked the handcuffs on one of his hands, which immediately took the winds out.

Colin looked around in shock, not understanding how they would stop like that. Nat took the opportunity to put his other hand in the cuffs, before walking him over to the others.

"Looks like that one worked out," Nat commented, breathing out as her adrenaline wore off. She handed Colin off to Sean, before leaning against a wall nearby, laughing in relief.

"You okay?" Taz asked.

Nat looked over at her, nodding and laughing a bit more. "I've never been better."

- PRER -

Later that night, a young man, at about the age of 24, was sitting in the den of his own house, flipping through the channels on his large television. He lived in a rather nice house, it having been bought for him by his father, Arthur when he turned 18.

This young man worked occasionally with his father as well, going to the office almost everyday while he wasn't working his other job.

Because the place was bought by his father, he also had people working there that originally worked for Arthur, serving him whenever he needed it, even if he insisted that he truly didn't need it.

Despite having a very secure and privileged life, he wasn't too fond on hiring people to work for him. He liked doing things himself, since it seemed to be easy for him to determine what was gonna happen and when.

He continued to flip through the channels until something on the news caught his eye. It was about the rangers, who he admired greatly. Ironically, it was also a dream of his to become one, after he saw all of the good they do.

"Today, a new chief ranger, Natasha Porter," The newscaster said as a picture of Nat popped up on the screen, "Came to fight against crime here in Waverly after the yellow chief ranger, Joseph Dixon, was injured earlier this morning,"

As the newscaster said this, the young man pressed a button on his remote and paused the screen when Joey's picture showed up. He leaned forward and stared at the picture in shock, wondering if he was just seeing it wrong.

He rubbed his eyes slightly and looked at it again, but it still looked the same. He touched his own face, shocked to find that Joey looked exactly like him.

"Mr. Wright," A voice came from behind him, startling him out of his stupor. He turned to see a butler standing behind him. "Is there anything you need before I go to bed for the night?"

The young man took a deep breath, thinking for a moment. "Umm.. no, thank you, Louis. Just don't forget to stop calling me Mr. Wright, because that's my father. You can just call me Tony,"

Louis nodded. "Of course, Tony." He said, before exiting the room quietly, leaving Tony alone.

Tony turned back to the TV, staring at Joey's picture once more. "Who are you?" He whispered at the picture.

Next time on Power Rangers Emergency Responders: When Moran's dog, Katie, is kidnapped while the lieutenants are investigating a dog fighting ring, Moran decides to go undercover to get her back and take the ring down.

Next Chapter Title: Animals

So, Nat's finally a ranger! I really wanted to show that she didn't care about the protection of being a ranger before she got it, as it really helps make more sense as to why she was chosen. I hope you guys liked it!

Also, I have some news on my 5th anniversary for the 4th (which is tomorrow). I'm writing as much as possible, and I'm gonna try to get it out before the night ends tomorrow, but it may not make it out until Saturday, with Sunday being the latest.

I didn't expect this to be the case, and I'm truly disappointed in myself for this, but I don't know how to get these chapters out any faster than I already am, as I'm writing constantly. This is my own fault, so I'm very sorry that it'll be a day or two late and I hope you can forgive me. It will definitely be up this weekend, as will the whole rest of PRRF and will end the first season of PRED.

In the meantime, please vote on my poll to pick which chief gets to be in it - Tori is currently in the lead. After that, I'll get out the one for the lieutenants.

Here's the lineup for the next five chapters!

Ep 19: Mood - Sean focused chapter.

Ep 20: Rush - Joey focused chapter.

Ep 21: White Lieutenant - Final new ranger!

Ep 22: Brothers - White Lieutenant and Joey focused chapter.

Special: Origins Part I - Tori and Autumn focused chapter.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you guys back with the next one!

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