Alpha Goes to Dreamland
Synopsis: Alpha has been working too hard for the Rangers and finds himself feeling incredibly tired. Not knowing whom to turn to, he asks Somnibot's help to finally lure him into the best night's sleep he has ever partaken.
Chapter 1—Small Errors, Big Problems
Alpha 5 was always diligent when it came to facts, figures, minutia, and making certain that everything was inventoried for the Rangers whenever Zordon called them. He had been in battle himself, but not recently. Unfortunately, all of this activity was keeping him busy all the day long, so much so that he was becoming enervated during the day.
Alpha hadn't shown any signs of being sleep deprived until he came in to HQ rather drowsily. He was making little mistakes; nothing truly noticeable by the Rangers or Zordon, but sadly, he didn't realize that these errors would have big repercussions in the Rangers' battles later on. Billy seemed to sense something wrong with Alpha and brought him aside to chat with him.
'You seem to have a little glitch today, Alpha. Everything alright ?', he questioned. The other Rangers, though they cared about his well-being, hadn't noticed that the diligent, stalwart android had been slumping the whole day but jarring himself awake and snapping to attention.
Alpha had been working himself far too hard recently, and yes, he had gotten plenty of praises for his organization skill and attention to detail. Also, his strategy in battle had proven to be flawless and impenetrable. He was quite tough when it came to fighting and had proven himself on more than one occasion. Yet, recently, the android could barely keep his attention on one subject for too long. However, he couldn't sleep, no matter how hard he tried. He was just too wired and loyal to serving and fighting by the Rangers that sleep eluded him.
'I can't seem to sleep at all at night. I don't know what it is, Billy. I can't make any logical sense out of it.', the Prince finally confessed. Billy had a feeling that was the root cause. He knew of one robot that could help in a situation like this. Before things would become worse with Alpha's abilities, he called the Rangers' aside to speak with them on this matter.
'Rangers, Alpha 5 has issues catching any Z's at night. I think we should instate the help of Somnibot.', Billy began.
'Somnibot's a foe. How can we trust her to cooperate with us ?', Zack fired back, clearly thinking the plan was bonkers at best.
'Even if she does cooperate, how are we going to lure her out and get her back to HQ without Rita and her goons finding out ?', Trini asked. It was an excellent inquiry, and none of them knew how to answer at first, but all of them together would find a solution to this problem. The health of their best friend and protector was at steak.