Zack's Search

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here! Set in the 2017 'Verse and is something I figured Zack would do when it comes to his mother.

Man, I'm glad there's lights all over this place or a flashlight would make things a lot more harder to find anything. Thought one Zack Taylor as he traveled the halls of the spaceship that had long housed Zordon and Alpha 5 for 65 freaking million years.

How the little dude hadn't rusted away into dust in that amount of time was beyond him though. And was probably something Billy would understand better then him since he had all those smarts in that head of his. The reason Zack was down in this part of the ship that any of the team hadn't explored just yet was because of his mother. As he hoped to find something that might be able to help her more then what modern medicine and natural remedies had been able to do for her illness that continued to plague her. Something he had a huge fear of losing her over and it was the absolute last thing he wanted. Sure, he wasn't as alone anymore thanks to his new found friends and team mates, but his mom was well… His mom. And he only had one of those. The less said about his dad the better in his view since the man had abandoned the two when his mother's health first began to get bad. His own experiences and being around Trini's family made him think that maybe her issues with her family was just entirely one sided. As he could tell her mom was concerned and just wanted her to talk. He didn't even really get the sense that her parents were close minded.

Hell, they barely reacted aside from showing acceptance when Billy told them he's on the Spectrum and then explained what that was after reacting to being touched. But he wasn't about to share his thoughts with Trini as the girl was likely to kick his ass pretty hard. And despite the perks that being a Ranger gave him and the others, he was still limping a little from the last ass kicking she'd given him during training two days ago. Being down in this unexplored part of the ship made Zack glad that Alpha was insisting they learn Eltarian as otherwise he wouldn't have a damn clue about anything. Granted, much like the others, his Eltarian was still in the learning processes. It did make him think however that maybe they should add some Spanish or some other language like Mandarin to the langauage learning pot as a just in case kind of thing. Crazy Girl would definitely be the best bet for that though. They'd probably think I'd be screwing with them if I taught them. Which… I would but hey, who could pass up a chance at that!?

The way he figured, it'd be a fun way to do a little more team bonding and all that. He was broken from his musings when his eyes caught some Eltarian on a wall that he was pretty certain said something along the lines of 'Medical'. Along with a door nearby. "Here goes nothin'." Zack muttered to himself before taking a deep breath. Pressing the panel on the wall, the door slid open and the lights inside the room came on seconds later as he stepped inside.

Alot of what he saw didn't necessarily make any sense to him but he did see what he thought passed for beds in another room so he'd either just found a resting spot or an actual medical room. A sigh escaped him. "Well, good thing I didn't get my hopes up about this bein' easy."

"Master Zack! What brings you to the Medbay?" Came the voice of Alpha 5 and making Zack spin around quickly in a startled fashion with his hands ready to throw a punch.

Upon realizing who it was that had spoken, he relaxed. "Oh, dude, warn someone next time, okay!? About gave me a heart attack."

"My sensors indicate that is no where near the case, Master Zack. But I will be sure to make a note to warn in the future of my arrival."

Zack rolled his eyes. "The heart thing's just a figure of speech, Alpha."

"Ah, I see."

"As for the other thing, I'm here cause I'm lookin' for somethin' that can help my mom get better." Informed Zack with a slight waver to his voice.

Alpha looked at him for a moment, easily detecting the change in the teenager before him at the mention of his mother. "Your mother? She is ill?"

A humorless chuckle escaped the young man. "Yeah, has been for years. Doctors haven't been able to do shit for her and each day I get a little more scared that that's gonna be her last day on this Earth. And that? That fuckin' scares me, man. Sure, she's okay sometimes but it doesn't always last. So yeah, I'm in here hopin' I can find somethin', anything to help her get better." Even with his slight inability to understand a great deal of anything in here.

Silence reigned between the two for a moment until Alpha made a decision and made his way over to a shelf and pulled out something. "If you can acquire a sample of her blood with this and bring it back, we may able to help her."

"Is that even sterile? It has been sittin' there for a long ass time after all."

"Of course it is, no need for worries. Everything until you 5 showed up with the Coins was in Stasis to prevent loss of any material we might have needed when the time finally came." Informed the little robot as he handed the device over to Zack.

Who took it tentatively, eying it the entire time as he held it in his hands. "And all I have to do is get some of her blood in this and bring it back?"

"That is correct."

"Can… Can you show me how?"

If it was possible, Alpha would have smiled gently at him before showing him. Something Zack was grateful as Hell for and would have to wait til his mother was in a deep sleep to get some of her blood so she wouldn't be too disturbed. And once he had it, he wouldn't waste any time in getting back to the ship to deliver the blood to be analyzed. A process that would be Hell on him considering the time it took to do so.

Author's Notes: I was gonna make this a one-shot only, but I thought it would work better if it was a two-parter instead. R and R!