Commander Shaw didn't like seeing this. It wasn't just because the first fight had ended so terribly. Her son wasn't well. He had fought hard, but unfortunately, it was against the wrong opponent.

Ravi would never turn on his teammates. Even as a boy, he was fiercely loyal. Though the Rangers hadn't had much time to bond yet before their first battle, they were starting to get close. Commander Shaw recognized the early signs of a lifelong friendship. She knew Ravi would never attack Zoey by choice.

Which meant there was a problem.

"Nate…"

"I don't have any answers, yet," Nate told her once again. She had been on him to find the answer to their problem as soon as the Ranger returned. Nate knew she wouldn't let up until he did and so did everything he could. Unfortunately, he could only work as fast as his slowest scan.

"They were bickering the whole time," Devon said. "Trying to see who would be a better leader."

"We can focus on that later," Commander Shaw said dismissively.

"You don't think the fighting got out of hand, do you?" Sarah asked.

"That's not how Ravi would behave," Commander Shaw said. Sarah, Devon and Kelly looked to each other, unsure if the Commander was remaining objective or not.

"Commander, no offense but… we all saw that fight. Ravi turned on Zoey," Sarah said. "After they were fighting."

"Our team had their own share of fights too and…"

"That's not how I raised my son," Commander Shaw insisted.

"I know," Sarah nodded. "But… Zoey…"

"Ravi is just as unwell," Commander Shaw said. "I know how this might appear, but I can assure you, I'm not speaking about him solely as his mother. You can be sure that I'll discipline Ravi and Zoey equally for getting distracted on the battlefield after we make sure this never happens again."

"Commander, if it helps, they weren't the only ones today who had a rough start," Betty added. Devon turned to her and knew what she meant. He nodded his head.

"Now that I think about it, she's right. My suit totally froze up on me for a minute and… I couldn't do anything to get it going again."

"And I'm looking into that too," Nate promised. "But right now, I don't have answers."

"Maybe it's a glitch?" Devon suggested. "The problem wasn't with me, I know that."

"I'll look into it," Nate assured him. "Unfortunately, right now, we have bigger problems to handle. Literally."

Devon, Nate, Sarah, and Kelly looked to the screens as a giant Cycletron seemed to drop from the sky, right into the middle of the city.

"No more waiting around, I guess," Sarah said. She turned to Devon, "Ravi and Zoey are in no condition to fight. Using a Zord drains you almost twice as much as fighting without it. Can you handle this alone?"

"I'll have to," Devon nodded. He couldn't risk letting Cycletron terrorize the city any longer.

"I'll deploy the Racer Zord," Commander Shaw said. "It'll met with you and Cruise."

"On it," Devon nodded. He raced out of the building, hopping onto Cruise who was waiting for him outside. As they rode towards the monster, the Racer Zord emerged from the ground and swallowed them up. Devon was transported to the cockpit while Cruise merged himself with the controls.

"I know what to do, Devon! Trust me," Cruise said. Devon gave him a nod.

At the base, Nate was still working on trying to figure out what had caused Ravi to attack Zoey so violently, while at the same time trying to find out why Zoey was nearly comatose and why Devon had been frozen in battle. It was a lot to juggle at once, but Devon's idea that maybe it was a glitch seemed reasonable. It would explain why they all experienced problems for different reasons.

"Need a hand?" Sarah asked.

"How well do you know coding?"

"Not my strong suit," Sarah said. "But… let's look at what happened to each of them, to cause this."

"Ravi's overheated," Nate said. That was the easiest one to figure out, since Ravi was showing physical symptoms afterwards to explain his problem. They had him covered in ice-packs, trying to cool him down, and so far, as his temperature dropped, he seemed to be feeling better. Smasher, who had been by Ravi's side since they brought him back, no longer had to restrain him with a tight hug to keep him calm.

"And cooling him down, calms him down," Sarah said. "We'll start there. Is there anything in the programming that doesn't seem right related to temperature control?"

Nate checked the programming once again and then noticed a very small, but significant problem. He nodded his head.

"They're corrupted," he said. He looked to Sarah. "Not like Blaze and Roxy but… I didn't have time to eliminate the virus before I turned them all into Rangers. I assumed, since Evox left on his own, that the program was safe to use."

"So there's a virus still in Ravi's suit?"

"In all of them," Nate said. "With Ravi, it seems that when he's overheated, he becomes aggressive. Anyone is the enemy."

"That's why he attacked Zoey," Sarah said. "He really couldn't help it."

"But Zoey didn't overheat and she still had a glitch," Nate frowned. He checked his scans again, then gasped. "What did you pack for lunch this morning?"

"Uh… Kelly packed my lunch. I'm not sure what's in it but since she's still worried about my health, probably no junk."

"So fruits and veggies?"

"Likely."

Nate ran from the lab and when he returned, he carried Sarah's lunch bag in with her.

"Cafeteria food is crap," he said as he stole one of Sarah's carrots. He offered it to Zoey. "Eat this."

Zoey took a bite and Nate left her the rest of the lunchbox to eat while he turned to the others.

"You had to use my carrots?" Sarah frowned.

"They were my best choice," Nate told her. "Zoey's glitch is related to energy. The more she uses up her energy, the faster it'll deplete."

"Did you just mansplain energy to me?" Sarah frowned. Nate shook his head.

"Zoey recovers energy at the same rate as Devon and Ravi, but consumes it twice as quickly. The Ranger suits only enhance the body's natural energy so when Zoey's tired, the suit has nothing left to take from her."

"Ravi gets angry and Zoey gets sleepy?" Sarah asked with a frown. "And our third dwarf is Freezy?"

"More like scared," Nate said. "Though I haven't been able to identify the specific trigger."

At that moment, Commander Shaw called them over to point out how Devon had frozen up again. Since he was in his Zord cockpit there was little immediate danger to his safety, however without him in control, his Zord was vulnerable to attacks and Cycletron was taking full advantage.

Nate decided to use this as a learning opportunity. Since this was the second time Devon had frozen up in battle, he wanted to see if there were any consistencies.

"Devon, what's going on?"

"You tell me," Devon said. "I can't move and I'm getting my ass kicked."

"Do you see anything... scary?"

"Just a billboard for dog food."

"We have a lot of dogs in Coral Harbour," Betty explained to Sarah casually. "You can find a stray almost anywhere."

"That's it!" Nate called out. "Devon! Cats are afraid of dogs! Your cheetah DNA is triggering the fight, flight or freeze response and the virus is causing you to freeze!"

"So how do I unfreeze?"

"I can help," Ravi called out and the team turned to see him and Zoey were back on their feet.

"Are you sure you're up to it?" Commander Shaw asked.

"I'm cooled down," Ravi said.

"And whatever's in those carrots is working," Zoey nodded.

"Complex carbs. You need to eat them regularly," Nate insisted. Zoey nodded her head and followed Ravi out to go help Devon.

However, she did quickly turn back around, grabbed the rest of Sarah's lunchbox, then headed out.

"Cheetahs aren't afraid of dogs," Betty said when the Rangers were gone. All eyes turned to her.

"What?"

"Cheetahs," Betty said. "They aren't afraid of dogs. Though, they are anxious animals. They're built for speed, not strength and so they have to be wary of other animals to survive."

"So they're afraid or..." Commander Shaw frowned as she tried to see Betty's point.

"They're anxious," Betty confirmed, "But did you know that zoos sometimes give cheetahs support dogs during stressful situations? And it's adorable!"

As Betty pulled up images on her phone, Nate turned back to the battle on the screens.

"Yeah, well, I've never been to a zoo," he muttered. "When I was six, I just knew cats were afraid of dogs."