Chapter 4

I think Tenaya is starting to suspect about Venjix. I can't be certain, but I saw her giving me strange looks during our last fight. Venjix doesn't complain as much as he used to. I think he's getting used to me. The virus has also stopped inside Dillon. Doctor K doesn't know what happened but the virus just suddenly disappeared from his system completely.

Right now I'm trying to avoid the other Rangers. I just want to be alone for awhile. It's amazing how I can think I'm alone even with Venjix inside my head. I'm laying on the roof of a building several blocks from the garage. It was the roof of the building I first teleported off of. I teleported here several hours ago and I knew no one would find me anytime soon.

'Something is bothering you Grover,' Venjix's voice pulled me from my thoughts.

'I think I need to tell them soon Venjix,' I told him. Venjix was the only person I could really talk to now. He didn't try and comfort me, he just listened and gave me advice when I needed it.

"Ranger Series Green there is a Venjix attack bot in the city and the others need your assistance," Doctor K's voice came from my morpher.

'Shouldn't you listen to her Grover?' Venjix inquired.

'They can handle it without me. They haven't called for me yet so they don't need my help,' I responded.

"Ziggy where are you? We need your help Zig," Dillon's voice came from my morpher right after I finished. I sighed and stood up. I removed my morpher from its holder and opened it like a cell phone. "I'm on my way guys," I told them. "Where are you?"

"We're downtown Zig," Dillon told me. I sighed again, put my morpher away and teleported to a building downtown. I could now use my Ranger powers when I wasn't in my Ranger form. It was strange and Venjix said it was probably because of my mechanics and his presence in my body.

I looked around and spotted the Rangers and a strange bot about two blocks away. I teleported to the ground a block from the fight and ran the last block to the Rangers and the bot. The Rangers were loosing but were still doing pretty well.

"Sorry I'm late guys. I got lost," I called to the other Rangers as I ran up. It was a lie but they wouldn't know that.

"Whatever just morph and help us out," Scott snapped at me. I resisted the urge to glare at him and just ignored him. I wasn't in the mood to be treated like an idiot today.

"RPM get in gear!" I shouted while doing the necessary motions to morph.

When I morphed it felt different than it normally did. I felt more powerful and my mechanics didn't feel as restrained as they normally did in the suit. I ran forward and started to fight the bot on my own. This was easier than it normally was. When the bot was destroyed that was when I realized I hadn't been holding back.

"Hey Doc why did you change Ziggy's suit?" Scott asked Doctor K confused. What was he talking about?

"I…didn't change Ranger Green's suit Ranger Series Red," K's puzzled voice answered after a moment.

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Back at the garage I found out why everyone kept looking at me weird. My Ranger uniform was different and was no longer the standard green, gold, and white. All of the green on the suit was now white and all of the white was now green. The gold and the four on my suit was now red and the visor on my helmet was a dark, bloody crimson color.

'Venjix what does this mean?' I asked the virus. He didn't answer and that made me uncomfortable.

Doctor K ran multiple tests on me and I knew this wouldn't end well. These were the same tests that K ran on Dillon when she checked to see if the virus was getting any worse. When the tests were done K was pale, well paler than usual. I knew my secret was out and K knew about my mechanics and Venjix.

"What's wrong with him Doctor K?" Summer asked. God I wished she would mind her own business.

"He has mechanics. I didn't notice before because of Dillon and the Venjix virus. I can't never bothered to check Ranger Green," Doctor K said.

"Does he have the virus?" Dillon asked her. I could see and hear his concern and it hurt m to think that I let him believe he was going through this alone.

"He doesn't have the virus…he is the virus," Doctor K said, her voice solemn.

*"You have no idea just how correct you are, mommy,"* Venjix said through me. The last word was said sarcastically but the shock, fear, and disbelief was clear on all of my friends faces.

"Shut up Venjix," I snapped at the computer virus. "I'm not in the mood to deal with you and I want to know what is going on. Besides, since when could you talk trough me?"

'I just figured out I could and we have bonded on a subatomic level. I'm stuck inside you forever,' Venjix said in my head.

"What!?" I shouted. I didn't realize I had spoken out loud until everyone looked at me weird.

"We need to find a way to extract Venjix from Ziggy before Colonel Truman finds out," Summer said. Trust Summer to try and fix things even when things don't need to be fixed.

"Don't bother," I said. Everyone looked at me again. "Venjix said we have bonded on a subatomic level. There's no way to get him out of me. We don't even know how he got inside my head. It just kind of happened."

"How did it happen Ranger Green?" Doctor K demanded.

I bit my bottom lip, hesitating a moment before answering. "It happened as a sudden flash of pain originating from the base of my spine. I thought it was only the virus acting up again and fought the virus back. I refused to let it control me. The pain was gone as fast as it had come and suddenly Venjix was in my head."

*"Kylobot was transferring me into a new body and suddenly I was inside Grover's rambling mind,"* Venjix added after I finished.

Dillon gave me a look I couldn't identify and then turned to walk away. I stood and moved quickly to stop Dillon and try and explain everything to him. "Dillon," I started. I reached out and put a hand on his shoulder. Without warning Dillon spun around and punched me. I staggered back several feet before falling on my ass, my hands covering my nose.

"Don't touch me, don't speak to me, don't even look at me! I trusted you and you lied to me. You let me believe that I was fighting the virus off by myself and that I was the only one with mechanics. When I found out I had a sister did you already know it was Tenaya? Did you already know me when you saw me in the Waste Land? Were you ever going to tell us about any of this if your uniform hadn't changed? Was anything you ever said nothing but a lie!?" Dillon shouted at me angrily.

Without waiting for a response Dillon spun on his heel and stormed into the garage. I heard his car start and peel out of the garage with an angry squeal of tires. Everyone was frozen for several minutes before Summer rushed over to me. She tried to help me up but I stood and pushed her away, getting blood on her yellow shirt.

*"Don't touch me you bitch. I don't want or need your pity. I should have gotten rid of you when I had the chance, and then I wouldn't be hurting like this,"* Venjix and I said at the same time. One of my eyes was brown and the other was red. I didn't have to see my refection to know that.

Then right there in front of them I teleported. I didn't have a destination in mind and I guess that's why I appeared in the Waste Land. I sighed and winced when it made my nose hurt. Dillon had most likely broken it when he punched me. I shoved my hands in my pockets and started walking forward. It looked like I would be wandering around the Waste Land for a while again.