I don't own power rangers. Hope you enjoy. Sorry if any OOC but whatever.
Ziggy's senses were overwhelmed as Dillon pulled him in for a kiss.
"Whoa," Ziggy pulled away in a daze, "You're…blue?"
"Your eyes are glowing…"
A look of shock crossed Ziggy's face, "No. This can't be happening." He stood his spot on the roof, "I… I gotta go." Dillon grabbed Ziggy's wrist but Ziggy forced himself free and ran down the stairs.
Dillon sighed in confusion and followed after. He looked all through the garage but Ziggy wasn't there. The others were sleeping, so he climbed in his car to go search for his friend.
Eventually, Dillon pulled up to a park. He saw the back of Ziggy and what looked like a man tied up in the chains of a swing. He got out and approached.
"You found me faster than I expected, Dillon," Ziggy greeted, not looking behind him to check who it was.
"Who is this guy? What happened?"
"He tried to kill me. He's fine, just unconscious."
"Are you ok?" Dillon finally got around to the front of Ziggy. He knelt down so he could examine the other man.
"I'm fine," Dillon could sense Ziggy was lying but he didn't see any obvious harm so he didn't push further.
He got into the empty swing next to Ziggy and after a few minutes of silence he finally asked, "What was that all about?"
"It's no big deal, really," Ziggy argued.
"Normal people's eyes don't glow like that."
Ziggy sighed, "The blue glowing means you're my soulmate."
The air rested between them for a few seconds as Dillon tried to formulate thoughts.
"Soulmate?"
"Feel free to ignore it, you deserve someone way better than me."
"Ziggy… I wouldn't have kissed you if I didn't want you."
"You won't want me after you know what I am and what I've done."
"Tell me."
"I don't want to lose your friendship."
"You won't, I swear. I just really care about you and you are worrying me."
"Are you trying to guilt trip me?" Ziggy asked.
Dillon smirked, "Never."
"Fine. But swear you will not tell anyone about this. Not even the rest of the team."
After Dillon nodded, Ziggy admitted, "I'm a vampire."
Dillon wanted to laugh but he saw the complete seriousness in Ziggy's expression.
"So what? You drink blood and can't go in the sun?"
Ziggy chuckled, "The sun thing is a myth, it does make me weaker though. But being in the dome, it's all fake anyway. I normally only drink from animals, and even then I don't kill them. I can be killed with a stake, or fire, or many ways a human can, but if left alone I'd outlive you all by centuries."
Dillon looked Ziggy in the eyes, "You haven't scared me away yet."
Ziggy continued, "Soon after I was turned, I met a few other vampires. There were 5 total and they taught me everything I needed to know. A rift grew between us though as they started killing humans by the dozens," he paused, "A vampire needs blood occasionally, but we can get by on real food, our hunger just keeps growing. They were drinking many humans dry a night, and like I said, I won't kill what I hunt. So after dropping the truck supplies off with the orphanage and I knew I was going to be running anyway so… I killed the coven. I thought it would be better to have their blood spilt than the many more they would keep killing." Ziggy sniffled and tried to hide the tears starting to stream down his face.
Dillon got up and knelt in front of him again. After wiping a few tears away, he said, "I would have done the same thing. You still haven't said anything to scare me off."
"You'd want to date a supernatural murderer who drinks blood?"
"If that supernatural murderer is you, then yes," Dillon stared into Ziggy's eyes before placing a gentle kiss on Ziggy's forehead.
Ziggy admitted, "I've loved you since I first saw you, but I never thought you'd want me back."
"You said we are soulmates, right? Who's to argue with weird glowing eyes?" Dillon smirked again as he moved back to the other swing, "Which reminds me, you said I was blue? Does the glowing make me look different?"
Ziggy shook his head, "With my increased senses, it's almost like I can see people's energies. You've always had a dark reddish color, but I guess my soul recognized yours as it's mate, and now you are blue. No one's ever been blue before."
"Do your eyes glow other colors?"
"I've only seen them glow red, mainly just when I'm hunting. I've seen others have different colors but I don't know what they all mean."
They sat there in silence for a few more minutes before they heard a groaning next to them.
"Oh, looks like he's waking up. We should probably get going…" Ziggy looked at his attacker.
"Why did he attack you? Is he cartel?"
Ziggy nodded, "Just another person after me. He's going to have a hell of a time getting down from there," Ziggy stood from the swing and stumbled.
Dillon rushed to catch him, "Are you alright?"
"Just a minor stab wound," Ziggy admitted as he pulled back his jacket to reveal a ripped and bloody shirt.
"Why didn't you say that sooner?" Dillon scolded.
Ziggy shrugged, "Wasn't important."
Dillon shook his head and helped Ziggy to the car, "Don't make me tell Dr. K on you."
Ziggy smirked, "I've gotten hurt a lot worse in the cartels, Dillon. This is nothing. If it'll make you feel better though, I'll let you help me bandage it."
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A couple months later:
"Why not Ziggy?" Dillon yelled across the garage.
"Do you even know what you are asking?!" Ziggy responded.
"Yes, I do."
"You can't take something like that so lightly."
"Guys," Summer interrupted, "We can't hear ourselves think over you two yelling. I don't know what happened to make you love birds squabble, but please reign it in a bit."
Dillon got in his car and drove off.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Summer asked Ziggy.
He shook his head and mumbled, "You wouldn't really understand."
A few hours later, Dillon came back and went to talk to Ziggy. Ziggy, however, was missing.
His first instinct was to call him, but when he did he found Ziggy's phone laying on the bed.
"Have any of you seen Ziggy?" he asked the group in the garage.
"He said something about," Gem said.
Gemma finished, "going to visit some old friends?"
Dillon got in his car and raced off in hopes to find the missing ranger. Eventually, he came to a small cemetery and thought he saw a flash of green as he drove by. He quickly turned around and drove in.
"You were the one that stormed off first, I didn't think you'd be out here looking for me," Ziggy admitted, hearing the car door shut.
"I got worried."
"You don't think I get worried when you drive off and disappear?" Ziggy snapped.
"I just needed to cool off."
"Maybe I do too."
"Look, I just got frustrated," Dillon admitted.
"I don't really want to talk right now," where Ziggy had been sitting a green snake now sat. It slithered around the other side of the gravestone where Dillon couldn't see it.
"Wait, you can turn into a snake? I thought if anything you'd be able to turn into a bat."
Ziggy appeared behind the gravestone, "There's a lot you don't know. You want me to turn you, yet you know nothing about what it's like to be a vampire. You don't know how it will react with your Venjix parts, plus with Dr. K checking your implants so often, she's going to notice any changes you go through."
"I would know more about being a vampire if you'd just tell me!" Dillon growled.
Ziggy sighed and tried to calm his anger. "You're right. It still doesn't mean I'll turn you though." He stood and started walking toward the car, "Some can turn into bats. Some turn into other things. I'm not sure why we get what we get, but we don't choose it."
"Why did you decide to come here?" Dillon wondered as he climbed into the driver's seat.
"The coven was buried here. I thought talking to them would help me clear my head but it just filled it with guilt."
Dillon put his hand on Ziggy's and gave it a supportive squeeze before putting the car into motion and driving off toward the garage.
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A few weeks later:
"There's been a large amount of deaths in Corinth. They don't seem to be Venjix related," Dr. K informed the rangers.
"Is it like before?" Summer wondered.
"Before?" Dillon looked confused.
Scott nodded, "Soon before you two joined us, a ton of people died."
"We didn' know if it was a disease or what," Flynn added.
Dr. K nodded, "These seem to be similar, most of the bodies are missing most of their blood, but no visible signs of trauma."
Ziggy's eyes got wide and he made eye contact with Dillon.
"Sounds like," Gemma started.
"a vampire story!" Gem finished.
"Except vampires aren't real," Dr. K scolded, "If it's like before, it will soon cease, but we can't just ignore our citizens dying. Go see what you can find out."
They nodded and climbed into their vehicles.
"I thought you killed the others?" Dillon asked.
Ziggy panicked, "I killed those 5 that I knew were killing people. That doesn't mean there aren't more in the city." Ziggy admitted, "I don't know who turned me. It happened during a cartel job one night but the coven all swore they weren't the ones that bit me, so at least someone else is out there."
They pulled up to where five of the bodies had been found. The others started searching the ground but Dillon watched as Ziggy squinted at the roof tops. Soon Ziggy sent a shot at a raven sitting on a ledge.
The raven hopped down and turned into a tall skinny man.
"You do have good senses don't you?" the man smiled at Ziggy. The others turned around and were alerted at the sudden presence.
"Who are you?" Scott questioned.
"I'm not here for you," the man waved as he walked closer to Ziggy.
"Who are you?" Ziggy growled.
The man chuckled as he circled Ziggy, "Your creator."
"Why me?"
"It's fun to watch you all struggle and fight between yourselves. Though you ruined things by taking out the other players."
"Why wait so long to find me?"
"I was waiting to see if you'd turn anyone, create your own players," the man's eyes were bright with excitement.
"What is going on here?" Summer interrupted.
"Oh, they don't know?" The man smirked at Ziggy.
"Don't know what?" Flynn asked.
The man giggled, "What your teammate is and what he's done."
"He's a lot better than you," Dillon snapped.
"Oh, I bet he is. He's far from innocent though."
"What do you want?" Ziggy got defensive.
"Ohh, testy, testy. You must be very angry, you're glowing black."
Ziggy glanced at Dillon who nodded in confirmation.
"Get to the point."
"I wanted to finally introduce myself. Also wanted to throw some more chaos into your life."
Ziggy lunged forward to attack but was quickly blocked.
"Should we be fighting him too?" Gem and Gemma asked.
Scott responded, "I have no idea what is happening."
The rest of the rangers stood back watching as Ziggy fought the man. Dillon was close but wasn't sure if and when he should join the fight.
In the blink of an eye the man had pulled out a syringe from his pocket and stabbed it into Ziggy's arm. Ziggy screamed in pain as black visibly filled his veins spreading out from the injection point.
"What did you do to him?" Dillon grabbed the man by the collar.
"Come with me and I'll tell you."
Dillon winced as he looked back at Ziggy writhing on the ground. The others had rushed to his side and watched as Dillon walked off, now following the man.
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When Ziggy awoke he felt himself in a cold metal chair. He took a deep breath and recognized the scents around him. He was in K's lab. He finally opened his eyes and noticed no one was there with him. He heard talking though and followed the noise. He walked quietly and no one saw him enter the room. As soon as he placed his eyes on Dillon he gasped, "What did you do?"
"Listen, I can explain," Dillon stood and rushed to Ziggy's side. The others looked at Ziggy with worried expressions.
"Do you know how dangerous this is? Not only to you, but to them?" Ziggy motioned at the others.
"Dillon explained everything to us," Scott admitted.
Summer continued, "Though we don't fully understand everything, we just care about you. You're still our friend."
"I'd like to run some tests. This is unbelievable," Dr. K decided.
Ziggy sighed as he sat down on the floor in front of the couch that Gem, Gemma, and Flynn were sitting in. Dillon took his chair back and looked at Ziggy, "You were poisoned so I made a deal with him. He wanted to turn me and I wanted the antidote. I knew you wanted to wait until we defeated Venjix to think about turning me, but I had to save you."
Ziggy sighed and rested his head in his hand and zoned out for a few moments. He finally looked up and asked, "What did you say?"
Dillon looked confused, "I've been silent for about a minute now…"
Ziggy closed his eyes and focused, "hmm."
"So, are you feeling alright?" Summer broke him from his thoughts.
Ziggy nodded, "Yeah. I just feel really tired."
"I think it's been a long day for all of us," Flynn agreed.
"Get some rest. We have training in the morning," Dr. K reminded, "Venjix is still a threat."
The twins both gave Ziggy and Dillon sympathetic looks as they followed Flynn to their room. Summer and Scott headed to the kitchen and K went back to her lab. Dillon stood and helped Ziggy off the floor.
Dillon pulled Ziggy in for a tight hug, "I thought you were going to die."
"Do you hear it?"
"Hear what?"
"I can hear your thoughts," Ziggy admitted, "I wasn't sure if you could hear mine."
Dillon looked down confused.
"Maybe you just need to get adjusted to everything first," Ziggy assured, "but I think because we are mates, we have a stronger connection than most."
Ziggy pulled Dillon in for a kiss, "I love you." He noticed Dillon's eye's glowing and he smiled in response.
"Let's get some sleep," Dillon suggested as he pulled away from the other man. They went up the stairs and climbed into Dillon's bed, just as they had every night since they started dating.
A few hours later, Ziggy woke to find Dillon twitching with a nightmare. Ziggy whispered and shook Dillon's arm to wake him up.
Dillon finally shot up.
"Hey, are you ok?" Ziggy whispered.
Dillon was breathing fast, but finally calmed down and nodded. "It was one of my normal nightmares but everything was tinted and felt off."
"It's probably you getting used to being turned," Ziggy answered. "Everything is going to be okay."
Dillon settled back down with Ziggy curled into his side as he drifted back off to sleep.
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"There doesn't seem to be any extra problems with the Venjix technology," Dr. K assessed Dillon.
Dillon nodded, "I didn't expect there would be."
"Other than the things you have described as symptoms or 'powers' I can't tell a difference. No change in DNA, no different energy readings that I can analyze, nothing. The only thing is an increase in reflex times, but that could be explained by the extra training."
"Well, if I'm fine, I'm done here. You know I hate feeling like a lab rat."
Dr. K looked at him sympathetically, "I know. As Venjix's creator though I feel responsible for fixing what he did."
"You can't give me my human parts back so there's nothing you can do," Dillon got up off the chair and headed out the door. He headed to his room where Ziggy was still asleep. He sat down and watched the slow rising and falling from Ziggy's breaths.
He felt a pull and his eyes closed. He soon saw Ziggy surrounded by cartel members. He heard Ziggy moan as he was quickly impaled with multiple knives all over his body. The scene changed and Ziggy was covered in blood. There were 5 bodies around him lying in a pool of blood. Next Dillon saw himself turning away from a crying Ziggy.
Dillon felt a rush of overwhelming emotions but was pulled out when Ziggy twitched next to him. He watched as Ziggy's face contorted in pain.
"Zig?" Dillon placed his hand on Ziggy's side, "wake up."
Ziggy's eyes opened to reveal a black glow.
"Zig?"
Ziggy's eyes slowly turned their natural color and he finally noticed Dillon next to him, "Hmm? Done with Dr. K?"
Dillon nodded, "You were having a nightmare. I saw it…"
Ziggy's expression grew soft, "Don't worry about it," he changed the subject, "What did K say?"
"I'm as fine as I ever was. It's been a couple months and still no adverse effects."
Ziggy put an arm around Dillon, "that's good."
"Are you sure you don't want to talk about that nightmare?"
"You don't always want to talk about yours, do you?"
Dillon sighed, "I guess."
Ziggy pulled Dillon down next to him, "It's our day off, let's not worry about anything we don't have to."
Dillon smirked, "So what do you want to do with our free time?"
Ziggy placed a small kiss on Dillon's cheek and winked, "The real question is, what don't you want to do?"
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"Tenaya is leading an attack," Dr. K informed.
"Get yourselves ready. Let's head out," Scott ordered.
The rangers quickly arrived and started fighting the attack bots. Dillon headed for Tenaya, "Come on, you're my sister."
"Even if I was, I work for Venjix now. Just like you will," she ran at him to attack.
After fighting for a few minutes Dillon was knocked down. He struggled to get back up but was soon surrounded by attack bots.
Ziggy was struggling with his own bots but tried to move closer to help Dillon. Soon though Tenaya had a grip on his arm. He struggled to get away but she pulled it sharply behind him making him gasp in pain. Flynn tried rushing forward but she moved out of the way, still holding onto Ziggy. She now held him in front of her like a shield causing the other rangers who were just finishing their attack bots to become conflicted.
"Attack your own to get me? Or let me go free?" Tenaya offered the choice.
Dillon went after Tenaya but she saw him in the corner of her eye. She grabbed a knife out and held it at Ziggy's throat. Dillon stopped instantly, trying to figure out her next move.
'Just attack her,' he heard Ziggy in his mind.
'I don't want to hurt you.'
'Do it, Dillon!'
Ziggy braced himself but the attack never came. He opened his eyes to find Tenaya cuffing his hands together and a new bot attacking the rangers. As she pulled him away from the scene he was kicking at her to try to escape.
He was soon knocked unconscious. When he awoke he opened his eyes to find himself tied to a metal table. The room was so freezing he saw his breath.
'Dillon?' he thought, but got no response.
Soon though a voice started speaking, "You are an interesting case. You're not quite human which makes it a bit harder to decide what kinds of implants you need."
"Just brain wash him and set him after the rangers," he heard Tenaya suggest.
Ziggy struggled to look toward the voices but got nothing.
"Or we could just kill him," another voice offered.
'Even with increased powers, I'm still weak enough to get myself captured…' Ziggy shivered. He kept thinking though and realized the easiest way to get out of there. He waited until the arguing voices left and changed into a snake. Now free from the ropes he slithered down off the table. He first started searching for an exit but remembered Tenaya. It would make Dillon so happy if he could find a way to save her.
He slithered into an air duct and explored the exits he could find. He found Venjix and watched as he created a new bot. If Ziggy could get Tenaya into that machine and access the console, he might be able to release Venjix's hold on her.
With Venjix right there though, it would be difficult to pull off. He had to wait until it was just Tenaya and Venjix in the room, and then hope he was quick enough to push her in and figure the console out before Venjix started attacking him.
"The prisoner is missing!" a voice announced.
"Go find him! He can't be far!" Tenaya ordered.
'This is working out better than I thought,' Ziggy smiled. He slithered down the wall and tried to analyze the console while Venjix was busy scolding Tenaya about the prisoner loss.
He prayed he was doing this right, if he did something wrong who knows what it would do to her. As soon as he got it set up, he pressed the button and jumped toward Tenaya, quickly changing into his human form. The doors shut around her, and in the rush, Venjix focused on trying to attack Ziggy instead of checking the programming.
Ziggy turned back into a snake and weaved around to dodge the electrical shots being thrown at him. His luck ran out though, and he took a hard shock, which ripped through his skin, turning him back to his human form. Tenaya fell forward out from the doors, just as Ziggy remembered his morpher. He morphed quickly, grabbed a hold of her, and teleported. He thudded face first into the sand, luckily the helmet was there to block it until the pain radiated through him causing him to unmorph.
Tenaya looked around confused, "What's going on?"
Ziggy turned onto his side, clutching the bloody wound on his stomach, "We teleported."
She shook her head, "I remember Venjix, and fighting for him, but I don't understand it. I remember wanting to follow my brother but something stopping me. I don't remember much before Venjix though."
"He'll be happy once you are safe in the dome," Ziggy closed his eyes to fight against the pain.
"You need help."
"I never would have guessed," Ziggy groaned sarcastically. He picked his morpher up and tried calling for the team but got no response. 'Dillon? Can you hear me?'
The only sound he heard was the sand being blown around him. He glanced up and noticed the sun beating down. "That won't help," he sighed and tried to stand, "If we can find a shelter for now, it will be easier for me to travel at night."
"I don't know if you'll survive until night."
Ziggy finally got on his feet, "Go on ahead then. Go find Dillon and get to safety. Better one of us survives than both die."
"I'm not leaving you," Tenaya argued as she put her arm around Ziggy and helped him walk.
"How do you know we are going the right way?" Ziggy wondered.
"The sun position," Tenaya informed. He nodded and kept stepping forward. They made small talk along the way, Tenaya telling Ziggy what she could remember, and Ziggy telling her whatever Dillon knew about her.
An hour of walking later Ziggy sat on the ground, "I'm sorry I didn't teleport us inside the dome."
"You're hurt. At least you got us away from there."
"Seriously, you might just want to leave me. I'm only slowing you down."
"I'm fine," she sat next to him and held out her arm, "Drinking blood will give you more strength, wont it?"
He looked at her surprised, "You know about that?" After she nodded he shook his head, "I won't drink from you."
"My brother would be pretty upset if I let his soulmate die in the dessert," she smirked.
"Is there anything you don't know about us?" Ziggy chuckled in exhaustion.
She held her arm out again. Ziggy sighed and agreed. He didn't take much, she needed her strength, and if he took too much she'd end up worse than him.
"Thanks."
"You feeling better?"
"A bit," he stood up, "we should get going."
She followed his lead and they trekked on. Another two hours later they finally saw the dome in the distance.
Ziggy picked up his morpher, "Guys? Anyone there?"
Dillon was the first to respond, "Ziggy? Where are you?"
"In the sun," Ziggy groaned, "I see Corinth though."
"We see two life signatures," Dr. K analyzed.
"Yeah, I brought a friend."
"We'll open the gate when you get close enough," she responded.
"Venjix is sure to have bots out here," Tenaya paused.
Ziggy morphed, "I'll go in front, you cover behind."
She nodded and got her blaster ready. As they went forward they soon saw a massive army of attack bots.
"It wouldn't hurt if you guys wanted to come help us, you know," Ziggy spoke to the team.
They ran forward and started attacking. They got through a large amount of the bots but were soon overwhelmed.
"Take my hand," Ziggy ordered.
One he had a grip on her he went to teleport again. Right as he initiated it, a bot shot at him.
Tenaya looked around and found they were right outside the gate. Ziggy was now on the ground next to her unconscious.
The door slowly opened and Dillon and Scott rushed out.
"Tenaya?" Dillon wondered.
"Dillon," Scott got his attention, "Ziggy."
Dillon looked at his unconscious mate on the ground. He picked him up and walked back toward the door.
Scott cuffed Tenaya and led her back to their vehicles. Dillon placed Ziggy in the passenger seat of his car. His eyes looked on in horror as he noticed Ziggy's blood dripping from his hand. He quickly got into the driver's seat and flew toward the garage.
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"I don't know. I told Dr. K everything I can remember, though," Ziggy heard a quiet talking.
"Don't worry, once we take Venjix down we won't need to worry anymore," that was Dillon's voice for sure, "Oh, Ziggy's waking up."
He heard a door open and took in Dillon's scent. The other voice must have been Tenaya, he realized.
"Ziggy, I know you're awake in there. How are you feeling?" Dillon asked.
'Where am I?'
"You're safe in your room."
'Ah. Ok.' Ziggy finally opened his eyes and tried to sit up. "Why is the world spinning?"
Dillon chuckled, "The doctor said the medicine can make you dizzy. Just focus on one spot and it should help."
Ziggy finished sitting up and Dillon sat down next to him.
Ziggy kept his eyes on Dillon, "hey."
"Hey," Dillon smiled, "You were hurt pretty bad but the doctors fixed you up as best as possible."
"I'll be fine. Like I've said before, I've probably been hurt worse in the cartels," Ziggy blinked sleepily.
"You might want to get back to sleep," Dillon kissed his forehead.
Ziggy nodded and turned toward Tenaya. Whatever he was going to say was forgotten when he realized, "You're purple."
"You just noticed that?" Dillon questioned.
"Have you ever seen someone else with purple energy?" Ziggy pointed out.
Dillon thought for a moment, "Now that I think of it, I mostly only see shades of red, yellow, or green. You are blue. But I guess I haven't seen a purple except for her."
"What do you mean, I'm purple?" she asked.
Dillon quickly explained the color energies they could see. When he was done he noticed Ziggy was leaning on him.
"You need to get some sleep. We can focus on the purple later," he helped lay Ziggy back down.
"I love you," Ziggy mumbled as he fell asleep.
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"Well, Venjix is defeated. We haven't heard from the guy who bit you since he poisoned you. I think we can finally relax," Dillon collapsed onto the bed.
"We need to find out about why Tenaya is purple."
"You still haven't given up on that? It's probably no big deal," Dillon sighed, "She doesn't seem phased by it."
"I searched the entire town and could not find any information. I get the feeling there is something important we are missing."
"Tenaya did mention wanting to go on a road trip."
"Maybe we'll find something outside the dome."
Dillon sat up, "alright, I'll tell her and we'll start packing."
Ziggy kissed him on the cheek before he stood up.
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"We are going to miss you guys," Summer hugged Dillon and Ziggy.
"We won't be gone forever."
"Just make sure you come back before we all die off," Scott joked.
"What will you be doing?" Ziggy wondered.
"Scott and I are staying here to keep an eye on the city in case anything happens."
"We are going to visit my dad, then who knows?" Flynn put his arms around the twins who looked over-excited.
"I'll be here, until you get back," Dr. K looked at Tenaya and winked.
"You're going to miss us, you know it," Ziggy prodded.
"I won't miss you interrupting me in the lab," Dr. K joked, "but yes I will miss all of you."
"Time to go," Dillon reminded.
Tenaya climbed in back before Ziggy and Dillon took their usual spots.
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"Look at that," Ziggy pointed off into the distance.
Dillon drove closer, "It looks like a town."
"There's a few houses still standing," Tenaya noticed.
They got out and started searching the standing houses. They each picked a house and entered.
Ziggy looked around at the house he picked. A few walls were starting to wear down and the stairs looked like they might collapse but he climbed up and looked around. He found a few bedrooms. There was a picture left on the wall which he stared at. Two parents, a son, and a daughter. The house had been empty so long he couldn't catch any scents. He went through to the parent's room and found some old clothes. Scent hit him as he unfolded them, but no scent he recognized. The clothes wouldn't fit any of them so he left them behind. He found a few books, one was handwritten. He looked into it further, it looked like a witches' book of shadows. He'd never met a witch but had heard a few stories. He continued into the daughter's room, no clothes or books left, just a small ring on the nightstand. He pocketed that too and continued to the son's room. Clothes were left in a pile on the bed. He looked through them and again a scent came at him.
"No way," he kept searching the room and didn't find anything further. He grabbed the picture off the wall and looked into it further, "it is them."
He ran down the stairs and searched the rest of the house. Pots and pans were strewn about the kitchen. The living room had a safe which hadn't been cracked into yet. He'd had some practice unlocking safes for the cartels so he listened close and undid the lock. When he heard the final click he swung the door open. Birth certificates for all the houses residents, a Mr. Richard and Mrs. Sylvia Hart, and their two children, Aya and Eli. He looked through the rest of the contents, a bit of jewelry and another book of shadows. He grabbed everything he could and headed out the front door.
"Nothing in that house," Tenaya informed.
"I found some clothes that might fit us," Dillon looked at Ziggy, "What is it?"
Ziggy held out what he could, "Aya and Eli Hart. Children of Richard and Sylvia Hart."
Dillon and Tenaya looked at him confused. He held out the family picture. "This is, us?" Dillon recognized their facial features.
"I never got to see what they looked like before," Tenaya looked close.
"Apparently, someone in the family was a witch," he held out the books, "and I think that means you might be too," he held the books out toward Tenaya. She glanced through them before he handed her the jewelry. The ring that was on her nightstand started to glow when she put it on.
"That's why she's purple, Dillon! She's a witch!" Ziggy said excitedly.
"Why couldn't they fix my sight then?" She looked at Dillon who shrugged.
"Read through the books, it might say in there. But now you at least know who you were," Ziggy tried to comfort her.
"There's one house over there," Dillon pointed out. Ziggy and Dillon went to search it while Tenaya headed back to the car.
"You don't really seem like an Eli."
"Yeah, I'll stick with Dillon. Aya is part of Tenaya though, so her name isn't much different."
"It's cool you are from a family of witches."
"I wonder why I wasn't one though?"
"Maybe it's a gene and it doesn't go to everyone?"
Dillon slowly opened the door and they walked in.
"We haven't found any living creatures for miles," Ziggy sighed.
"If Venjix didn't kill them, the dessert did," Dillon agreed.
"We need to find some blood soon," Ziggy reminded, "and I don't want to drink from Tenaya."
Dillon nodded as he shuffled through some papers.
Ziggy kept thinking about it, "Now that I think about it, I drank from her once before. I wonder if there is something different about witch's blood…"
"Just keep looking so we can get on our way. You can talk theories in the car."
Ziggy nodded and climbed the stairs. He found a few knives and a bracelet, all of which he swiped. He headed back down the stairs to find Dillon rummaging through drawers.
"You done?"
"Yeah," Dillon stood up and grabbed his few findings. They headed back to the car and drove off.
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"We need to head back to Corinth," Dillon voiced their thoughts.
"I'm sure K is missing Aya," Ziggy looked back and winked. Tenaya rolled her eyes.
"In town you can find a steady supply of blood, which is more important."
"You know you miss K too, don't deny it," Ziggy laughed.
"Don't make me put a curse on you."
"All of the spells you've done correctly are for healing, so place one on me all you please."
"We can get better ingredients in Corinth too," Dillon added, "so she will be able to place a curse on you."
Ziggy rolled his eyes as he looked out the window, "It doesn't feel like 6 months have gone by."
"We probably should stop in just to make sure Summer hasn't killed Scott and the twins haven't made Flynn explode…" Dillon smirked.
"We can search the city records too. Just in case we have any family left," Tenaya added.
Dillon put the car into gear and headed back toward the domed city.
It took a couple weeks to arrive back but they were greeted when they arrived back.
"We saw your signatures," Dr. K informed.
"We've miss you guys!" Summer smiled.
"Welcome back," Scott added.
Tenaya and K smiled at each other before the Dr. said, "The other three are coming to the garage later, let's catch up there."
"You haven't messed with our rooms, have you?" Ziggy questioned.
"I wouldn't have touched your room with a ten-foot pole, Ranger green," Dr. K smirked, "it's just as messy as you left it."
They headed to the garage and collapsed onto the couch.
"It's good to be home," Ziggy sighed.
"Yeah, as much as I wanted to get away, it's good to be back," Tenaya responded sitting next to him.
Dillon leaned over them, "I'm just glad we kept finding gas supplies or we would have been stranded out there."
Once the twins and Flynn showed up, they all caught up. When the night was over, Flynn and the twins headed to the house they now owned, Summer and Scott headed to their new apartment, and the other four remained at the garage.
"It'll be so nice to sleep in a real bed again," Ziggy smiled.
"Tenaya, since the others have left, you can feel free to pick any of the open rooms," Dr. K waved up the stairs, "You know where to find me if you need anything." She headed back toward the lab.
Tenaya moved her bag to Summer's old room and went to bed.
"I'm going to go hunt, want to join me?" Dillon asked Ziggy.
Twenty minutes later, they found themselves back at the same park they sat at, what felt like so long ago, the night that they first got together.
Ziggy sat on the swing and sighed, "I don't know what to do."
"What do you mean?" Dillon sat on the swing next to him.
"Venjix is defeated, meaning our chance of dying is greatly lessened. I don't want to watch all of our friends age and die off."
Dillon sat there for a while in silence. Finally, he spoke up, "I'm sure Tenaya will find a spell to make her live longer. Which means K will probably live longer too."
"I can't wait until they finally admit they like each other!" Ziggy exclaimed, "The rest of us are all taken, it only makes sense if they pair up."
"We could turn everyone?"
"Only if they really want it and know what they are in for."
"I guess we'll just wait and see. When they get older we can leave Corinth and not come back for a few generations."
Ziggy nodded, "that makes the most sense. And not that I don't want to spend eternity with you, but I think it will end up getting lonely without our friends."
"We'll figure it out, as long as we have each other," Dillon decided. "Oh, that reminds me," Dillon got off his swing and knelt in front of Ziggy, "I know we are already soulmates, but would you want to make things legal?" Dillon held a ring out in front of Ziggy.
Ziggy's face lit up, "Where did you get that?"
"I found it while we were in the dessert," he informed, "that doesn't answer my question though."
Ziggy pulled Dillon in for a kiss. Their eyes simultaneously glowed blue, "of course."
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OMG I COULD KEEP GOING. I Have ideas for them running into the guy who turned Ziggy, and then future things, and what animal Dillon turns into and idk. Omg. I don't know where to stop. XD This is technically complete but will probably like 90% sure have another chapter…