Chapter 1
It was difficult being the odd one out. Within the last couple of days the tension in the garage had grown exponentially. It was slow torture having people actually wish that you weren't there when you didn't have a choice. Ziggy sighed and kept staring out of his window trying to come up with a way to ease the tension. It wasn't easy when it was his fault in the first place.
He just didn't understand why they couldn't just accept it and move on! It was a done deal. He was the Green Ranger! He wasn't even close to being qualified, he knew that but he also knew that if he tried he might prove useful, at least for a while. He just wished that they could see that.
He sighed. It was difficult being hated by all the Cartels in the city but he could handle them, at least emotionally and mentally. Being hated by people he was convinced where his friends made it harder for him to stay the same happy go lucky person he normally was.
He decided it was time to leave his room. It wasn't like there was much for him to do. Dr. K couldn't even help him train since she was too busy with…other stuff he couldn't comprehend and he was too scared the others to help him since he was too scared that they would take out their anger at him well on him.
He supposed that he could ask Dillon being that he was the only one that accepted him for the time being.
Feeling the need to leave his room increase, he quickly opened door only to hear muffled voices completely quiet down. He sighed again and quickly ran down the stairs and out the door with his head down. He forgot about training and just left. It would do him good to have some fresh to contemplate what he was going to do next with his messed up life.
The whole time he was trying to keep the tears at bay.
Chapter 2
The others simply watched him leave without so much as a word. They looked at his form disappear before going back to what they were discussing. They hadn't noticed the tears but Dillon did.
He looked at the trio from his position on his car and a frown slowly started to form on his face.
"What is wrong with you guys?" he asked, slowly trying to contain his anger.
"What are you talking about?" Scott asked.
"Why do guys treat him like that? He did what he had to do. Yea, I know he isn't the best fighter or the bravest person but with help he can change. We can help him with that. Instead you guys just sit there and shun him!"
The trio stared at him in shock. 0.0
Scott was the first one to snap out of it and yelled back, "Look, stay out of it. You don't understand!"
"Don't understand? Don't understand? What I understand is that you guys are turning your backs on your new teammate!" He yelled even louder.
Dillon stared at them with almost uncontrolled anger. He couldn't believe how quick they were to turn someone down just because they didn't meet the qualifications. It made him sick to even think about it.
"Dillon, the thing is that we don't have the time to train Ziggy. We are in a war and time is not something we can just throw away. The training required for a ranger takes years. At this point he is more a hindrance than anything." Scott tried to explain.
"So what you're all saying is that you guys would be glad if I was dead and didn't have the morpher." Ziggy announced, head down in shame.
Chapter 3
They couldn't look at him. He looked like a kicked puppy that was only looking for a good home.
He kept his head down as he walked over to Scott. Quietly he handed his morpher to him and walked away. No one said a word after that being too shocked to say anything.
Slowly they looked up at each other and still not saying anything went about their business thinking over what had just happened and trying to come up with a reason that they didn't answer question.
Dillon was the only one who was trying to understand the meaning behind his friend's question.
"So what you're all saying is that you guys would be glad if I was dead and didn't have the morpher."
He knew that something was wrong with the way his friend had posed the question.
"you guys would be glad if I was dead"
His eyes widened and he cursed out loud. The others turned to look at him their eyes questioning his sudden outburst.
"I really hope I'm wrong for all of your sakes." He growled out.
"What's wrong Dillon?" Summer asked bravely.
"Ziggy said "you guys would be glad if I was dead"… what do you think he meant by that?" He asked sarcastically.
The trio's eyes widened and they looked at each other quickly looking back at Dillon.
"You don't really think he'd try to off himself do ya?" Flynn asked.
"Its kind of hard to tell right now. He hasn't been himself every since that day and you guys and Dr. K weren't helping at all." He said with anger as he stared at each of them for a moment.
They looked down in shame as they realized that they hadn't made it easy on Ziggy.
"Look, you guys can apologize all you want later but right now we have to find Ziggy to make sure that he doesn't do something stupid or gets into trouble. He's defenseless without his morpher." He said trying to calm down.
It wouldn't do anybody any good if he started being the shit out of his teammates while his best friend was out their and may be trying to kill himself. It hurt to think like that be had to be honest with himself. It was a possibility.
He looked at the others for a moment. He could tell that his was something they weren't used to. They weren't used to having someone they knew being their main concern. He wanted to yell that it was their fault in the first place that this happened. Unfortunately it would help nothing if he did that. It would just waste time. He ran his fingers through his hair and walked over to Dr. K's office to see if she could track Ziggy somehow.
While Dillon was off talking to Dr. K, the others were having guilt trips within themselves. They knew what they were doing the whole and the fact that his feelings weren't taken into account. It really wasn't like them at all.
Scott sighed. This war truly was getting to them. All of this had to be resolved as soon as possible.
He knew that being a power ranger was a huge responsibility. The fate of this city depended on them. However, being the power rangers didn't mean that they had to focus on the war. The purpose of being ranger is to defend people and help them get through the dangers of what was going on.
He and the others shared a look and he knew that they were thinking the same thing. Their journey truly began a year ago when they had to prove to themselves who they really where.
Flynn proved to himself that he can be a hero when he rescued those people that were left behind to perish when no one else would.
Summer proved to herself that she was more than a spoiled princess when she went to rescue Scott.
Dillon proved he can be trusted at least somewhat when he protected Summer from that blast.
Even Ziggy proved that he had courage. It made Scott's heart hurt to know that he didn't notice it before. The poor kid had gone up against an unknown enemy alone trying to protect a piece of technology all because a group of people he had just met had asked him too.
"Fuck!" They heard Dillon yell out.
They all rushed to the main room and looked up to see what was wrong.
When looking up at the screen they noticed that Ziggy was captured in the security cameras.
What caused them to gasp in horror was the twenty or so men that were beating him to the ground.
Chapter 4
He had to just get out of that place. It was obvious that he wasn't wanted and he normally knew when it was time to go. He didn't want to stay anyway.
He walked around not paying attention to where he was. He ended up in park and decided to sit on one of the empty swings and observe the city. The city that by obligation he had to protect.
A small smile grew on his face as he saw little kids play around while their parents sat by and watched.
He understood that this was reason why he should continue to fight even though the odds were against him in every possible way. He would make sure that this precious city would not fall.
Looking back at the children he remembered the reason he left the city in the first.
Flashback
He had gone to visit the orphanage where he had grown wary that he might be followed. Like always he was greeted by Sister Maria and was quickly ushered in.
He happily greeted the woman he considered a mother and looked around the place where he was raised.
It was like he always remembered it. Large enough to house the small children that occupied but it never had the feeling of emptiness. It was home. Sister Maria always made sure that they never wanted for anything and for they he was grateful.
He turned to look at her and notice that she had a frown.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
She gave him a sad smile and said, "We had our funding cut Ziggy."
"What do you mean? Are you going to shut this place down?" he asked worried abut the children.
"No, but we can't afford medicine sweetie. We've tried to ask the city for help but with the war going on they can't help. They need the medicine for their soldiers." she replied.
She then turned to look at the kids that were lying down on the beds by the window.
"I'm afraid that if we don't find away to get some money soon, those kids will die."
Flashback End
He sighed to himself. He would never forget that day. He had been terrified for those kids. That day he made a promise to himself that he would work hard to make sure those kids wouldn't die.
That's why he made sure that he got in the good graces in the Cartel. Money there flows like a river and he desperately needed it. He laughed to himself as he remembered all the shit he went through and for it to turn into nothing.
The day when the truck he was supposed to deliver... somewhere caught a flat and he had to stop. He remembered the curiosity he felt when he when to the back and wondered was in the back. Would it be guns? Or even stacks of drugs?
As it turned out it was medicine. It was 5 million dollars worth of medicine. He'll never forget the shock and happiness he felt when he found out.
That was short lived however when he remembered who this medicine belonged to. That was when he had to make a choice. Forget the children that were suffering or willingly put himself as a target for all the cartels in the city.
It was a simple choice.
He quickly got back in the truck and drove straight to the orphanage.
He smiled. Seeing the look on those kid's eyes when they realized that there was hope was worth everything that he had gone through after that.
He got up from the swing and started walking back to the garage. He would prove to them that he was capable of being a power ranger whether they like it or not. He would protect this city and he would fight no for him but for those that still have hope that there will be a better day.
He passed buy the many buildings and while passing one of the alleys he noticed some members of one of the cartels. He knew exactly what he had to do.
He ran. He knew he couldn't take them on. There were twenty of them and one of him. So he kept running and tried to think of a way to loose them and noticed the cameras that usually covered the city. He kept running and started to laugh. Well at least someone was watching. Maybe he would get some help if the realized that he was a power ranger.
His eyes widened. He couldn't morph! He groaned as he kept pushing his legs to run faster. He knew if he tried to fight them they would easily over power him and they would likely kill him.
He shook that thought out of his head. He couldn't die! He had just had his first epiphany!
With that thought he made a turn and quickly thought...fuck. Turns out that ten of the crewmembers had cornered him while the other two were only a few steps away.
There was no place to turn so he tried to think of a way to get out of this mess. Hopefully he could stall them until he thought of a way. Although from the looks of it they weren't in a mood to hear anything from him.
For now he could only stand there and try to defend himself and hope that none of them had any lethal weapons or else he really was in trouble.
First Story so...yea. I realized that Ziggy is OOC and so are the rangers. Fanfiction is Fanfiction so yea. Reviews and constructive criticism welcomed with open arms. :)
PS. I noticed than when I was typing the Chapters they were really short so I just decided to put the first four together. Larger chapters soon to follow. (I hope lol)