"Jayden, I want you to know that I've always admired what a great leader you are, your bravery, and both your physical and inner strength," gushed Mia. "I've wanted to tell you this for awhile, but Jayden, I'm in love with you!"

OK, mused Emily to herself, that wasn't so bad given that Mia had just decided moments ago, out of the blue, to profess her long-hidden feelings for Jayden. Yet Emily's eyebrows furrowed as Jayden seemed to give no reaction to Mia's momentous declaration. Instead, Jayden remained fixated on the samurai scarecrow practice dummy as Mia stood be side him animatedly.

"And Jayden, we're going to have such a wonderful life together! We're going to live in a big house with a white picket fence, and have at least five kids," continued Mia enthusiastically, as Emily gasped. "And we'll teach them about the ways of the samurai, and I'll cook for us every night!"

"Stop, Mia, stop!" interjected Emily, not sure whether Jayden would be more freaked out by Mia talking about their kids… or about cooking for him every night.

"Why Em?" asked Mia obviously. "You're going to my maid-of-honor at our wedding! What do you think, Jayden"?

"Yes, Jayden, what do you think?" asked Emily, squinting her eyes shut, afraid the red ranger was about to crush the feelings of the pink one.

"I think… I think… you have really nice posture," said Jayden shyly.

"HUH?!" said Emily and Mia in union.

Nice posture, repeated Emily to herself. Not the first thing that would come to my mind if someone told me they loved me and wanted to have kids with me, Emily mused. But at this point, she was just relived that Jayden's hadn't flat out rejected Mia, given the pink ranger's forceful overtures. Then, Emily noticed that Jayden was now standing with his arm around the samurai scarecrow.

"Jayden, wha… wha.. are you doing?" asked Emily, half-horrified and half trying to hold back from laughing.

"You really have the nicest, straightest posture in the world," said Jayden lovingly to the samurai scarecrow. "And you're so focused and calm, just like a true samurai should be."

"Jayden, why are you complimenting the sparring practice dummy?!" questioned Emily in disbelief. "The samurai scarecrow is not alive."

"SHHH!" hissed Jayden at Emily, before turning adoringly back to the samurai scarecrow. "Ignore her, she's just jealous of your samurai skills."

"Mia?" queried Emily, looking to her best friend for help.

"Jayden's so nice to everyone and everything. It's just another one of the reasons I love him," sighed Mia, seemingly obviously that Jayden didn't share her feelings and instead shared them with a lifeless sparring practice dummy.

"What is going on here?!" Emily asked herself, for what felt like the 100th time that morning.

Emily heard a clatter from across the way and turned to see Mike enter the courtyard. Her pulse raced as her crush raced across the grass towards them. With a goofy grin on his face and enthusiastic gallop, his eagerness made Emily's heart melt.

"Oh Mike, thank goodness you're here. Mia is declaring her love for Jayden, and Jayden is declaring his love for… a samurai scarecrow," Emily finished, burying her face in the palm of her hand at her last statement.

"Mia, you are the most fantastic, talented, beautiful cook in the whole world," crowed Mike, ignoring Emily. "I want to marry you and spend the rest of my life with you."

"Mike, what are saying?" gasped Emily, tears of anger and disappointment filling her eyes.

"Go away, Emily!" responded Mike angrily. "I just want to be with Mia."

"Mike…" hiccupped Emily, as she gulped to hold back tears.

At that moment, a bell sounded in the courtyard, signaling a Nighlok monster was attaching the town. Normally, Jayden's head would have snapped to attention, and he would have begun gathering all the rangers to prepare to morph. Yet Emily was stunned as Jayden now hugged the samurai scarecrow, oblivious to the Nighlok warning bell. Mia – staring goofily at Jayden – and Mike – staring goofily at Mia – appeared to be just as unconcerned.

"Jayden, what are you waiting for?!" exclaimed Emily, putting aside her heartbreak over Mike's declaration of love for Mia to focus on the emergency at hand. "There's a Nighlok monster attacking innocent people! We have a responsibility as Power Rangers to protect everyone."

"Not now, I'm learning how to become a better samurai," replied Jayden carelessly, as he pressed his ear close to the samurai scarecrow. "What's that? Oh you're such a smart warrior!"

"Ohmygosh," muttered Emily.

"And I'm sharing with Jayden ideas for our wedding reception," continued Mia, unaware that Jayden had not been responding to her at all this entire time.

"And I'm planning my first date with Mia, so this is no time to battle," said Mike in annoyed tone to Emily, also unaware that Mia had not been paying attention to him.

This is a mess, thought Emily, spinning around in circle. Everyone was attacking out of sorts, there was a Nighlok monster attacking the city… and for goodness sake's, she wondered, where was Kevin? Feeling completely lost and overwhelmed, Emily threw her hands behind her head and finally let a few tears fall down her cheeks.

"Somebody help me, please," she whimpered.

"Did somebody say help?" Emily heard a familiar voice respond in a refreshingly normal tone.

"You came back! And boy, could I use your help figuring this all out!" exclaimed Emily in relief.

Stay tuned to find out who came back to help Emily!