The rangers tracked the Cyclobots down to metal treatment plant in the industrial district. The robots had scared away most of the workers and were busy stealing scraps of metal out of the plant. When the rangers arrived they could see one of Ransik's minions, the robot Frax, hustling the Cyclobots away with their haul, "Hey stop right there", Syd called out. The robots turned in the direction of the pink ranger and immediately dropped what they were carrying and began to run away.
"What would they want with all this metal?" JJ asked the team as he dodged the blade of a Cyclobot.
"No idea", Z replied, "who knows what goes on inside that robotic lunatics head". On catching sight of the rangers, the robot in question immediately began to flee.
Syd and a unmorphed Lina began to give chase but Bridge stopped them, "No, let him go", he said, "who knows what damage the Cyclobots could cause if we let them run riot here". Bridge set to work by kicking the closest robot to him in the stomach. A strong blow the back of the head sent it tumbling to the ground, it's circuits completely scrambled. "Delta Blaster", the red ranger called out drawing his weapon in his hands. Firing on the run, Bridge quickly eliminated several more robotic menaces in quick succession.
After following their team leader's orders, Lina and the red ranger turned back towards the main battle. Lina grabbed an iron bar that one of the Cyclobots had dropped and swung it towards the nearest assailant. The blow took the head clean off the Cyclobot and it rolled cross the ground. The head stopped at the feet of Bridge who kicked it into the chest of the robot nearest to him. It smashed through the Cyclobot's chest compartment and it crumpled to the ground, "Nicely done", Lina tapped her team mate on the shoulder.
The green and yellow rangers were nearby the loading area to the plant. Surrounding the pair were several wooden crates and a dozen Cyclobots. The yellow ranger staggered around for a moment, shaking her head a couple of times, "Z, talk to me", Jj shouted in her direction.
"Must've been a strong blow", she replied, "my head's spinning". She crouched forward slightly and coughed a couple of times.
Seeing that his team mate was in trouble, Jj quickly charged up his Dragon blaster, "Dragon Strike", he called and a wave of energy swiftly dismantled the rest of the Cyclobots. He glanced over in Z's direction and she had slumped to the floor, "Hey, Z how you feeling?" he knelt down next to the yellow ranger.
"Like I've been run over by a train", her voice was scratchy, almost like she had gone without water for several days.
"Concussions can do that to you", Jj replied.
Z gently shook her head, "No, this feels like something else". Her body began to pulse with energy and she demorphed. Her skin was damp with sweat, her eyelids were dropping and she was struggling to focus on Jj.
"Alright let's move you to a safe place", Jj gently lifted Z to her feet and walked her to a sheltered spot. Jj turned his attention to the others and it was then that he noticed Syd and Lina kneeling over something on the ground. A sense of dread washed over him when he couldn't find Bridge. He slowly walked Z over to the pair but she was struggling to put one foot in front of another.
"Jj, what happened?" Syd asked.
The green ranger was about to reply but he noticed that Syd was breathing heavily. She was looking extremely pale and like Z, she was covered in sweat, "A Cyclobot bashed her over the head", he replied. He looked down and Bridge was lying semi conscious on the floor, "Did Bridge get hit as well?"
Lina shook her head, "He just collapsed and demorphed", she began, "there was no one near him, I've never seen anything like it".
Jj nodded in acknowledgement and placed Z on the ground next to Lina. He turned his attention back to Syd and it suddenly dawned on him that all three were suffering with the same symptoms, "You don't look so good", he stated.
"You're a real charmer", she answered with a weak smile. The smiled slowly faded from her face as she began to sway on the spot. Moments later Syd's eyelids closed and she collapsed in a dead faint. Jj moved quickly and was able to catch her before she hit the ground.
"We need to get them back to the SPD base", he called out to Lina but he didn't get an answer. Jj glanced up and noticed that Lina too was falling victim to this mystery illness. The blue ranger rocked on her heels and slowly dropped into a crouched position before slumping over heavily.
Jj looked around and all four of his team mates were now unconscious. He checked their vital signs and they were all breathing shallowly and had extremely high temperature. He needed some assistance for them and quickly, "Kat, I need some help", he said into his morpher.
"What's up Jj" came the reply from the SPD scientist
"The others have been struck down by some mystery illness, I need to get them back to the base quickly".
"I'll need a few moments to initiate the teleportation function".
"We can teleport?" Jj asked, "then why do we need the bikes and car?"
"It's still largely untested, Time Force are still working on the technology", Kat replied.
"Uh, I guess Star Trek isn't a good indicator of the future after all", Jj tried to joke but his heart wasn't in it. The majority of his team had been rendered unconscious by some kind of virus and he had no idea when they had been infected. He knelt down next to Z and brushed some of her damp hair away from her face, "Please be alright", he muttered. He felt his body begin to tingle before he and the rest of the rangers were teleported away.
