Hey guys! It's finally come to this - the final ranger for the team is here! This also means that you get a new cover photo and cover video for the last time in this story!

Oh, and I realized I forgot to post the Tumblr update like I said, so I'll upload that right now so you guys can check that out!

Also, I have a new poll up for your favorite Lieutenant ranger from the team. Go check it out and vote on it - it would be a big help!

In the morning, Masters sat in his office, looking through various case files as he usually did before he went to address the chiefs with their daily tasks. Most of the cases he was getting lately seemed tedious and unimportant in the grand scheme of things, and he could usually pass them off to the other officers that worked in the massive building, since they weren't really worth the time of the rangers.

Sighing to himself, he set the files down and leaned back in his chair, rubbing a hand down his face as the door opened. He pulled his hand away and looked up to see Lia walking up to his desk.

"Something you need?" Masters drawled, looking a bit irritated.

"No, not necessarily," Lia responded. "Just wanted to let you know that the white lieutenant morpher is coming along just as the purple lieutenant and pink chief morphers did."

He pinched the bridge of his nose. "You're kidding,"

"I wish." Lia said, dejectedly. "But it's true. Those three morphers - even if it's a slim to none chance that anything will happen - are ticking time-bombs. It's even more frustrating since I've finally narrowed down my search to a few candidates, but I feel just as wary about it as I did before."

"Well, it is a slim to none chance, Lia. That means there's a 99.9% chance that nothing will happen," Masters assured her. "I wouldn't worry too much about it."

"How can you say that?" Lia asked after a moment of silence. Her tone was almost disgusted, and she shook her head. "These are our rangers - they trust us to make sure they're safe at the end of the day, especially when it comes to their powers. Are we just supposed to sit back and ignore it until something does happen?"

Masters stared at her. "What else do you think you can do about it?" He asked, simply.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me," Masters said quickly. "What else can you do about it? It's already been done, and we don't know how to fix them. Either we give them to the rangers and protect this town, or we take them away and risk everything over a slim to none chance that something bad will happen."

Lia turned away from him slightly, her expression worried. "I never said that we shouldn't risk it, but I do think it's something to be concerned about, Lincoln." She whispered. "I don't want anything to happen to them."

"It won't." He reassured her. "Of course it's impossible to be sure, but I'll tell you that we can try our best to keep them safe. That's all we can do."

"Yeah, maybe," Lia replied, keeping herself turned away from him. "But that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop trying to figure out a way to fix this."

"I would be disappointed if you didn't," Masters said. He stood up from his desk and walked up to her, making her look at him. "It's gonna be alright," Turning his head, he could hear the rangers conversing out in the chief base. "They're here; let's get out there."

She took a deep breath to compose herself and nodded, walking out of the office with him to greet the three remaining chiefs and all five of the lieutenants. While most of them were talking amongst themselves, Autumn had broken away from the rest of the group and was sitting awkwardly at the side of the room.

"There are no cases today," Lia announced loudly, over their talking. This announcement immediately made the room silent and turn to them. "You're all going on patrol."

The eight looked slightly disappointed, but didn't say anything about it. They all looked between the two, waiting for further instructions.

"We would usually pair you up on your own teams," Masters continued for Lia. "But since the teams have gotten bigger, and we're missing two, I'll be pairing up one of you from the chiefs and one from the lieutenants together."

"Is that necessary?" Autumn asked, looking taken aback by this news. "We could always have a pair and a team of three, or two pairs and someone alone."

Masters raised an eyebrow at her, "It's interesting that you're the one to contradict me, Autumn, considering you'll be the one I'm pairing with a chief," He told her, making her bow her head slightly as he turned to the three chiefs. "Tori, you're with Autumn."

"Alright," Tori nodded. She tried to remain stoic on the outside, but she was actually quite pleased with this pairing, as she had wanted to talk to Autumn for a while now. Unfortunately, the latter had been avoiding her since they got kidnapped.

"Now, the rest will be Joey and Taz, Jason and Moran, and Nikki and Owen," Lia spoke, before Masters put his hand up to stop her.

"I'd rather split Owen and Nikki up," Masters stated. Lia turned to him sharply, angry that he had overruled her to her own team. "It's not the smartest idea to have a couple put together in a dangerous situation - it could cloud their judgement. I'd like Owen to be paired with Jason, and Nikki to be paired with Moran instead."

The lieutenants all looked to Lia questioningly, wondering who they should listen to. Lia sighed, "Fine, we'll do it your way for now." She gestured for them to be able to leave. "You guys can get going if you're ready; the location assignments are on the board. We'll be here to monitor for any activity you might want to go for."

As they all went their separate ways, Lia spun around to face Masters. "What the hell was that?" She crossed her arms. "I get that you're my higher-up, but that doesn't mean you can override my word with my team."

"I just wanted to switch things up," Masters assured her. "It wasn't me trying to put you in your place. I just feel like we always set the same people up when we really need to let them interact with other members that they usually don't."

Lia rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah? Then why set Tori and Autumn up together? You know they've worked together more times than any of the others chiefs and lieutenants have."

He nodded in agreement. "Yes, but they're obviously having issues that need to be resolved. I figured that it would be the best option for them to be together so they would have to get along. I can't have two members of these teams not getting along at this point,"

"Because it's dangerous." Lia concluded. "I understand that, but I don't know how healthy it is for their relationship to make them talk, instead of letting them reconcile on their own terms, especially after what happened to them."

"That was months ago," Masters made a face. "They've had enough time to recover."

"Do you honestly think that it's that easy to get over something like that?" Lia scowled. "Autumn looks like she hasn't slept for weeks, and Tori's hiding something beneath that facade of being unfazed. I'm sure you already know that, though."

Masters cleared his throat. "That doesn't mean they should still be dwelling on it." He said lowly. "It'll consume them if they're not careful. Trust me,"

"I..." Lia trailed off as Masters brushed past her and made his way into his office, closing the door firmly behind him, leaving her to herself.

- Cue Opening 3 -

"Hey," Nikki nudged Moran as they walked out of ER. She gestured to the cafe across the street. "I'm gonna stop in right there for a coffee; you want one?"

Moran thought for a moment, but decided against it. "No, but thank you. I'll wait outside, okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine," Nikki replied as they crossed the street and made their way over to the cafe. Nikki made her way inside, while Moran found a seat at an empty table outside.

Almost as soon as Nikki went inside, however, a hand tapped Moran on the shoulder. She jumped slightly and turned around, surprised to find a familiar face standing behind her. "Joey?"

He laughed, "No, it's Tony," A smirk graced his face as she flushed with embarrassment. "I should really meet this Joey so I can see what all the fuss is about."

"I'm sorry," Moran smiled awkwardly. "It's just.. you look almost identical to him. I know I've already told you that, but I swear, it's almost scary how much you two look alike. Are you sure you don't already know him and you're not just playing tricks on me?"

"Unfortunately, I don't. I think I would know if I knew someone who looked exactly like me," Tony chuckled.

"It's crazy. I mean, you guys could be twins," Moran responded. "I'm sorry, I'm kinda hung up on it. How are you doing? I heard you were in trouble the other day,"

Tony pursed his lips, "I was shot at, but I didn't get directly shot. I was grazed with a bullet after a bodyguard of mine was shot and killed, unfortunately. But, I'm fine, thank you for the concern." He gave her a small smile. "How are you?"

"Good," Moran returned his smile more boldly than before. "I'm actually out on patrol right now with my teammate, Nikki."

"Oh, you are?" He looked around. "Where is she?"

Just as Moran opened her mouth to respond, Nikki came out of the cafe, sipping her coffee. She noticed Tony, and walked over to the two. "Hey, Joey. What are you doing here?"

"Wow, every time, huh?" Tony looked amused. "My name's actually Tony, but I've been told how much I look like Joey quite a few times,"

Nikki raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Wait, you're not...? Are you his brother or something?"

He looked down, as if suddenly finding the ground to be rather interesting. "I've never formally met him, but I've heard good things."

"That's insane!" Nikki exclaimed, walking towards him to look at his face. She did notice his demeanor had shifted slightly after her saying that, but she said nothing for the time being. Observing him, she said, "You two are practically identical! You sure you don't know him?"

"I don't think so," Tony bit his lip, glancing over to Moran, who was sitting patiently beside the two. "I actually have to get going; I'm about to meet with someone about a.. job opportunity."

Moran stood up, "Alright, well we have to go too, anyways. It was nice seeing you again." She blushed at his smile. "Maybe we could do it again soon."

"Definitely," Tony nodded, before continuing to walk down the street the opposite way as they were going.

After a few moments of silence between the two, Nikki spoke up. "How did you meet him?"

A bit startled by Nikki breaking the silence, Moran turned to her as they continued walking. "Oh, he's Arthur Wright's son."

"The one who got shot?"

"He didn't get shot. He was shot at, but he was fine." Moran frowned as she saw the look on Nikki's face. "Why?"

She shrugged. "I just.. there's something going on that I can't really put my finger on. Are you sure he was telling the truth about not knowing Joey? Because they look too similar to be complete strangers. Has Joey ever mentioned a brother?"

"I haven't talked to him too much since I've started working here," Moran admitted. "But I've been told that he only has his mom - he doesn't know..." She trailed off as a realization came to her. Nikki looked at her questioningly, and she elaborated. "He doesn't know his dad."

"Does Tony know his mom?" Nikki asked.

"Everything from the files we had about him never mention a mother in the picture," Moran answered. She put a hand to her head and sighed. "They probably don't even know."

Nikki gestured back. "We should go find him."

"How? We don't know where he went," Moran responded. "He could be far by now."

"It doesn't matter," Nikki turned around, and Moran followed after a moment's hesitation. "We should find him and see what he knows, and figure this out if he doesn't."

Moran didn't verbally reply, but she nodded, and the two went off in search of Tony.

- PRER -

Meanwhile, Tori and Autumn walked along in silence. Autumn was actively avoiding eye contact and would hardly respond when Tori would talk, while Tori was trying to figure out what to say to her to allow for a real conversation.

The silence was allowed to continue for a few more moments, before Tori sighed loudly and grabbed Autumn by the arm, pulling her off the the side of a nearby building.

"What are you doing?" Autumn finally said, pulling her arm gently out of Tori's grasp. She looked around, and looked back to Tori nervously. "You know, this is what we did right before you got shot and almost died."

"I don't care, Autumn." She ground out, obviously frustrated. "What the hell is going on between us? You've been avoiding me since we recovered."

Autumn looked away, almost ashamed. "I.. it doesn't matter. Why do you care so much?"

"Okay, let me approach this a different way," Tori rolled her eyes. "What is going on with you? Because I'm fine, and I've recovered, but you're acting like all of this just happened yesterday."

"Excuse me?" Autumn's shy expression turned into one of offense. "Are you really criticizing me for struggling with what happened? I remember everything that happened! You don't!"

"Autumn..." Tori started.

She was quickly cut off, however. "No, don't try to make this sound better than it is! I thought you were gonna die! I had no idea what was gonna happen to us! And then we.. it's not important."

Tori crossed her arms, looking uncomfortable. "If it's not important than why do you keep bringing it up?"

"Because it actually is important, but you don't... You know what, Tori?" Autumn shook her head angrily. "Screw you. You have no idea how I feel, and you have no right to tell me how to feel."

Just as Autumn began to walk away, Tori called after her. "You're wrong, Autumn!" She yelled, making Autumn stop in her tracks and turn slightly towards her as she continued to speak. "I lied." She admitted after a moment. "I do remember what happened, so I do know how you feel. Can't we talk about this?"

"Wait a minute, you lied?" Autumn walked towards her slowly, her face twisting to reveal her feelings of betrayal. "This whole time I've been running around trying to avoid you because I was afraid of thinking about this and telling you it every time I saw you, and you're gonna tell me that you lied? How much do you even remember?!"

It was Tori's turn to look ashamed. "Everything."

"Everything? You remember everything?!" Autumn exclaimed in horror. "And you let me think you didn't? I have been having constant nightmares about what happened since then! I haven't been sleeping or eating because I'm so fucked up over this!"

"I didn't know that," Tori responded. This admittance made her feel even worse for lying than she had before. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because I thought you didn't remember! You told me you didn't want to hear about it!" Autumn glared at her for a moment, then took a deep breath to speak calmly. "You remember the kiss, and you lied about it." She tilted her head to side. "Wow, I've never been rejected so harshly before. If you really didn't feel that way then you shouldn't have done it, or you should've just told me afterwards instead of lying."

The red chief clenched her fists in frustration. "You don't even understand. I wasn't rejecting you, I didn't even know what I was feeling at the time! I was worried it was all a spur of the moment thing because I thought we were gonna die. Honestly, it was overwhelming."

"And?" Autumn crossed her arms. "What do you think now?"

Clearing her throat, Tori quietly spoke, "I know that it wasn't just a spur of the moment thing."

At that, Autumn breathed out, feeling a mixture of emotions wash over her. "Yeah, I felt that way too."

"I figured." Tori nodded. "So, what does that mean?" She moved towards Autumn, but the lieutenant backed away when she did. "Autumn?"

"This can't happen; this cannot be the basis of a relationship," Autumn shook her head. "I can't do this. You lied to me for months, and you could've told me at anytime. This could've been resolved and maybe we could've been together, but I don't know now. I don't think I can trust you, Tori."

Tori looked startled by her response. "Wait, please. We can resolve this - let's just talk about it."

"No, Tori, I can't." Autumn held her arms harder against her chest uncomfortably. She pulled out her phone quickly as it buzzed, and was surprised to see a text from Lia. She quickly forwarded it to the other lieutenants and looked back up at Tori. "I have to go."

"I can help you guys," Tori offered as she turned to leave. "I can get Taz and Joey too."

"It's fine, we don't need it. You can just go back to the base." Autumn told her, not looking back at her. After pausing for a moment, Autumn ran off towards where she needed to go, leaving a stunned Tori behind.

- PRER -

At ER, Tony walked through the hallways carefully, looking at the signs nearby to see where he was going. Everyone who was working at the time were rushing around due to the current criminal activity going on with the lieutenants, so they weren't really glancing twice at him. He supposed the fact that he looked just like Joey probably helped him blend in as well.

When he finally got to the lieutenant base, he was surprised to find that no one was there. He shrugged it off, assuming it could be because the chief base was more advanced for that kind of stuff since they dealt with worse crimes.

After a moment of staring, he finally made his way in and began looking for the device. While he was looking, the fight was coming up on the monitors and he was keeping an eye on it out of the corner of his eye.

Soon, he came across a compartment in the wall and tried to open it, though it was password locked. Cursing to himself, he looked around and saw some plain tape on the table. He grabbed it and began to stick different pieces of tape on all of the numbers and pulling them off, seeing which ones came away with fingerprints on them.

He startled suddenly when someone cleared their throat behind him. Tony turned to see Lia standing there, her arms crossed and a hard look on her face. Smiling sheepishly, he faced her completely. "Hey, this is awkward." He quipped, hoping to diffuse the tension.

"You could say that," Lia nodded, walking up to him and looking at what he was doing up close. "That's only accurate to a point, you know?"

"Of course," Tony replied. "But its better to have clues in front of you then to have nothing."

Lia pulled the tape off of the numbers and punched it in herself, opening the compartment to reveal the morpher to him. "I'm guessing you were looking for this. I mean, what else would you be looking for,"

"I'm sorry, Lia." He immediately apologized. "I just.. I have to do it. This is what I really want, and I know you said it was a possibility of choosing me, but I figured you wouldn't," When she opened her mouth to respond, he continued. "For more reasons than one. I know that with my dad being the head of NSHT and me looking just like Joey, it wasn't likely. Does he know?"

"No." She responded after a moment. "I didn't show any of them your picture after I saw it, and it wasn't just for your protection. I figured it could cloud judgement."

"Look, please give me the morpher." Tony said. "It's important to me."

She pulled it out of the wall and looked it over. "There's more to this than you understand, Tony. This morpher, as well as the other two newer morphers, have a fatal defect in them that I haven't even fully told Nat and Moran about. I briefly mentioned to them, against Masters' orders, but not enough to explain it like it should be."

"What do you mean?"

"Its..." She sighed. "There's a problem with the way it connects itself to you and your power. It doesn't seem to be a relative issue at the moment, but it could become one easily and cause you three some really serious problems. If you take this on, you have to understand the risks."

Tony looked at the morpher in her hand, before turning to the monitor. He could see the rangers finally take down the man who was wildly attacking them. He thought about turning Lia down for a moment when he heard a loud BANG! and looked to see the rangers get blasted down by another man coming in. The man was walking towards the other man they had just taken down.

Taking a deep breath, Tony turned back to her. "I'm willing to take the risk."

"Alright," Lia handed it to him, and watched as it bonded instantly with him. "Your powers are a bit more advanced in this suit than the others, since we've been working on it the longest. You'll have some enhanced physical and mental abilities that will help you in a fight."

He looked down at it in awe, and smiled at her. "Thank you, Lia." He held his arm out in front of him, and pressed the buttons to morph. "Emergency Responders, Get Into Action!" He called. "White Lieutenant Ranger!"

White dust climbed up his body and formed a suit just like one of the other two lieutenant males, but it was white in place of blue or green, and light blue in place of black.

Lia stared, watching to see how he was feeling. "How is it?"

"Amazing," Tony assured her. "I'll see you back here soon." He nodded once at her before running out of the room, leaving her alone to watch the monitors.

- PRER -

"They're too strong!" Nikki yelled to the others as she fought off the second man, trying to prevent him from fully freeing his friend, who was struggling to get up currently. She shoved him back when he tried to come at her, and huffed in irritation.

Autumn saw the struggle, and pushed herself to her feet. She ran over to Jason and also pulled him up, whispering to him, "Grab the other one now, and take him to the squad car." She ordered him as she gestured for Moran to come with her to help Nikki.

He nodded at her and ran over to the first man, pushing him back down and securing his handcuffs to their proper state. The man squirmed against Jason's hold, trying to wiggle free in anyway he could. "You could cause damage to your hands if you continue struggling against these cuffs," Jason informed him. "And get more charges filed against you. I'd recommend you stopping."

The first man scoffed and, once Jason got him to his feet, he kicked his foot back to nail Jason in the knee. Jason went down and the man tried to run.

"Not so fast!" Owen exclaimed as he ran in and tackled the guy and shoved him up against a car. "You're not gonna get far like that. If you're gonna try to escape, at least be smart about it."

"Fine," The man brought his head back to collide with Owen's, and cause the green ranger to fall to the ground, disoriented.

Seeing his opportunity, he made a run for it. The rangers yelled for him, but were too preoccupied to grab him. Before he could get too far, however, he was shot in the foot with a laser blast and fell to the ground.

Everyone went silent at this, including the second man, as they stopped for a moment to watch what had happened in total confusion.

A white lieutenant ranger was walking towards them, tucking his blaster back into it's holster. At the same time, he grabbed the man up from the ground and hauled him over to a squad car, shoving him inside the back, much to everyone's surprise.

"Who is that?" Moran asked, wondering if maybe they just hadn't told her about another lieutenant ranger since she was still the newest member of the team.

Autumn briefly glanced at her, "I have no clue." She looked at the others, who had worked at ER much longer than her. "Any of you know?"

"No," Nikki responded distractedly. Jason and Owen also shook their heads.

They watched as he walked towards them. As he did so, the second man threw Autumn, Moran, and Nikki to the side and rushed at this new ranger. The others regrouped together to the side and continued to look on as he matched all of the man's punches instantly.

"Who the hell are you?" The second man asked in surprise, starting to get tired from the repeated motions.

"Someone who's about to take you in," He responded before grabbing the man's hand and twisting it behind his back. He quickly shoved one of the handcuffs on him and moved to grab the other hand when the man whirled around with a knife in hand, attempting to stab at the white ranger.

Instead, the white ranger grabbed his hand as it was just an inch away from his body and twisted it into in the handcuffs as well, making him drop the knife.

The other rangers walked slowly over to the two as the white lieutenant held the second man in his custody. They demorphed, and Jason took the second man from him to take him to the squad car.

"Who are you?" Autumn questioned.

He looked at the group, "I'd like to wait until we get back to the base to tell you, if that's alright."

She thought for a moment, before nodding. "Alright, let's get back then." Autumn gestured for them to follow her, and the six made their way back to the cars.

- PRER -

Tori paced in the chief base, where she, Taz, and Joey were waiting for the lieutenants to return. They had been waiting with their interns and Masters, anxiously pondering what the fight would bring.

"Where are they?" She muttered. "I knew we should've helped them out."

"They're fine." Lia announced as she, Sophie, and Andi walked into the room. "And they're coming back right now. I've asked them to meet us here since this was unexpected and we need to assess the threat that was presented."

"We still could've helped them," Tori insisted. "You can always use a few extra hands to help out."

Lia gave her a look. "I never realized you were so interested in helping the lieutenants with their fights, Tori. I always assumed you liked that there are two separate teams."

"I do," Tori crossed her arms, defensively. "But today we were all out together, so I think we should've fought together too."

Andi rolled her eyes. "Sure," She mumbled under her breath, walking with Sophie to join Sera and Logan at the desks.

"If I may say anything on the matter," Masters spoke up. "I think we can all calm down and perhaps talk about this another time, since the lieutenants are on their way in."

Just as he said this, two officers walked by with the two men in their custody, while the lieutenants walked into the base. At first, no one seemed to noticed anything off, until the white lieutenant walked in behind the others.

The chiefs exchanged looks, as did the interns. Masters even gave Lia a sharp look, and she shrugged nonchalantly at him.

"Umm..." Sera was the first to speak up through the silence. "Who's that?"

"That's what we're about to find out." Autumn told her. The lieutenants walked into the base, filling in the audience for the white ranger to demorph.

He was about to do so, when Lia held up a hand and walked out in front of him. "Hold on," She said, attracting everyone's attention. "Before he demorphs, you have to know that this is Anthony Wright, the son of Arthur Wright, who owns NSHT as you likely remember. There's a bit more, but you'll see that when you see him."

Some of the others frowned in confusion, but Nikki and Moran glanced at each other knowingly.

"Wait a minute, you got Anthony Wright to be a ranger?" Joey asked, looking to Lia. She nodded, and he walked forward to the white ranger, holding out his hand. "I'm Joseph Dixon, or Joey. I'm kinda the one who let you get shot, so I'm very sorry about that. Hopefully we can get to know each other and be friends in spite of that, Anthony."

Tony made a face beneath his helmet, but shook Joey's hand. "Don't worry about it, it wasn't your fault. It's nice to meet you though, and uhh.. I go by Tony." He pulled his hand away and waited for Joey to rejoin the others. "Wow, that's gonna make this awkward."

"What is he talking about?" Joey turned to look at Masters and Lia just as Tony demorphed.

Everyone stared at him in shock, including Masters. Joey looked at Masters' shocked face, and then to the others. "Why are you guys...?" He trailed off as he finally looked at Tony.

"That's what I was talking about." Tony said, chuckling awkwardly.

"How?" Joey asked, walking back over to him. "How do you just like me?"

"Well, it's kind of a funny story," He responded. "Basically, it started when I saw a picture of Joey on the news..."

Next time on Power Rangers Emergency Responders: Tony reveals that he and Joey are twins, and the two finally approach their other parent for answers, but Joey doesn't react the way anyone expected to the news.

Next Chapter Title: Brothers

Yes, it was finally Tony's time to shine. But now the rangers know that he and Joey look alike, and they may not all respond the same to the revelation of the two being related to each other. I haven't planned any action for the next chapter since I wanted it to be more about the aftermath of everything and the set up of another storyline, but I'm not yet sure if I'll stick to that, so we'll have to see.

Speaking of the next chapter, it will not be coming up until I'm finished with everything I had planned for my fifth anniversary that didn't work out, so you guys may have to wait a little while to see what comes next, but I hope it'll be worth it when it does come!

Tumblr Update (charliehartley-writer): Short preview of a part of the next chapter.

Here's the lineup for the next five chapters!

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

Special: Origins Part II - Sean and Jason focused chapter.

Special: Origins Part III - Taz and Nikki focused chapter.

Special: Origins Part IV - Joey and Owen focused chapter.

Special: Origins Part V - Moran, Nat, and Tony focused chapter.

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

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