Waiting was the worst part about the whole thing. Just having to sit there, not able to do a thing. It was awful. Sure, Dr. K kept herself busy as usual, running figures and data late into the night. She didn't sleep. She didn't need sleep, there we things that needed to be done and not nearly enough time to do it. But Ziggy? She'd looked up every once in a while to check on him, stomach twisting at the sight of him. He didn't move, didn't eat. But if she had to guess, he was probably just as worried about her as she was about him.

They'd moved back into the garage almost immediately. While the doctor busied herself in her lab, Ziggy tackled the rest of the building, cleaning it from floor to ceiling. It was easier than thinking, or sitting around and doing nothing. Cleaning was mindless. He'd been on the floor of the garage, scrubbing it with an actual brush when Flynn arrived. The blue ranger made his presence known by bending down in front of the other, clicking his tongue slightly.

"You called it spandex again, didn't ya?" Ziggy glanced up, a soft smile working itself onto his face. "Hi, Flynn. It's good to see you." He said sincerely, pulling his friend into a hug and allowing him to help him off the floor. "How's your dad?" Flynn grinned, smiling and clapping Ziggy on the back. "Me da' and I have been busy, but can't really complain. You holdin' up alright?" He asked gently.

Ziggy shook his head, throat closing a bit. "No. No, not really. But… the place has never been cleaner. Been busy." He decided on finally. "Just… busy. Uh… Dr. K's in her lab. I wouldn't bother her right now. She's… calm cool and collected, like usual. Which is what I'm afraid of. She's bottling it up again and… well, I'm worried." He shook his head again, chewing on his thumb nail as a nervous habit. "Let me get you something to drink." Flynn looked like he was about to refuse, but Ziggy cut him off. "I like to keep busy...Playing host… might help." The blue ranger nodded, motioning for Ziggy to continue.

He set Flynn up with a drink, before looking around for something. "Shit, I forgot. Uh... uh… there it is." He said, grabbing what looked like a metal detector from a table. "Arms up, if you don't mind." Flynn raised an eyebrow, taking one last sip of his smoothie before putting it down and raising his arms up. "I'm guessing you didn't really hear the whole story?" With the blue ranger being so close, he was the only one Ziggy and Dr. K saw on a regular basis. Scott and the twins were constantly busy with military missions, so they were only heard from every few months. Flynn had met the baby, and knew almost immediately what was going on.

"Nah, but I figured I'd pick up on bits and pieces along the way." He knew better than to pry. Ziggy nodded, motion jerky as it had been every other time. "I don't really get it all but… Venjix downloaded onto Scott's morpher… or at least, that's what I got from all that. Doc's running scans..." He trailed off, hitting a few buttons and scanning his friend. "Clean. You can put your arms down."

He tossed the device back on the table, climbing onto a stool and twisting the seat absent mindedly. "Anti-virus failed on Tenaya too. She's blinking in and out. Kind of like Dillon was…we're worried about him too…" Back to biting his nail. "Just…. Thought he was gone… and I tried but I couldn't…. can't de-morph." He managed after a pause, sighing. "She says I can't de-morph or I might not be able to morph again. She's got to make something new. It's…. I'm confused." He glanced up, nodding somewhere behind Flynn. "Hand me that rag."

The Scotsman did so immediately, clearly concerned. "Whatever's going on, she'll figure it out. She always does." He comforted. "And I love that babe like she was me own. We're gonna get her back. Nothing's going to happen to her." Ziggy just nodded, wiping the counter down, like he hadn't already done so three or four times.

It only took Scott another day to get back, the twins trailing loyally behind him. Their normally happy smiles seemed forced, and nowhere near as bright. Flynn was the one to greet them, Ziggy having retreated back to Dr. K's lab to clean there. "What's going on?" Scott demanded as soon as he was through the door. "I'm gone on a mission, next thing I hear someone's parading around in my ranger suit and no one's going to bother telling me the whole story?" The blue ranger held his hands up to placate his friend. "Bits and pieces. It's good to see you too." He said dryly. "Before I forget…"

He tracked down the same device Ziggy had used, holding it up to each one in turn. Sure, he couldn't read the symbols on screen, but since no alarms were going off, he assumed they were safe. "You're clean. And before you start a fuss-" He began, cutting the red ranger off before he could complain. "I only know a bit myself. And I'll fill you in on what I know, but you've got to be patient. They lost a daughter, Scott." His angry expression faded immediately. "The baby? Out of /everything/ he could have done he took the baby? Why?" Flynn just shrugged. Gem and Gemma stayed oddly silently, exchanging a sad glance between them.

"Okay… what can we do to help?" Scott asked. "Well… leave a few footprints, leave some dust. Dirty up a bit." The blue ranger suggested, turning back to the kitchen to continue working on lunch. "Ziggy likes to clean up. Just… let him. Doc, well, I haven't seen her. She's been cooped up in her lab, hasn't come out. I'm not really sure what she's doing. Ziggy's not making much sense."

They spent a few hours catching up, filling each other in on what they'd missed and trying to make the garage livable again. Everything fell silent at a loud sound, the Fury screeching to a stop as soon as it was within the garage's door. Dillon was first out, pulling his sister from the back seat. Tenaya was shaking violently, clearly crying as she tried not to cry out in pain. "It hurts. It hurts." She insisted, eyes switching rapidly from red to brown and back again.

The black ranger just kept her still as much as possible, not even bothering to make eye contact with the other rangers as he made a beeline for the lab. "Doc!" He insisted, walking straight through the doors. She looked up, as if startled to see someone else in her lab. "…Put her down." She said after only the shortest of pauses, getting up from her desk and accessing a computer program. Dillon followed her, setting Tenaya down on the medical bed and strapping her arms in. "I'm sorry... just in case." The rest of the team followed in behind him, keeping a respectful distance. "She's fighting it." Dr. K muttered, glancing between the computer screen and the actual girl.

"The Venjix generation seventeen virus has worked its way into her genetic structure, bonding with micro-organisms and nervous cells which connect to vital part of her brain that can sense a biological disturbance. If my calculations are correct, the virus has special technology, that when it reaches the bloodstream it will send out a wave of its own electronic micro-organisms, which travel to the brain, and create a sensory burst of electrons, which generate the assumption that the systems of her body are in pain, thus the screaming." She glanced up, sensing she'd lost her audience. "The pain's all in her head. It's not real. The virus is just making her think she's in pain to wear her down, so it can take over."

Dillon just shook his head. "Well, that's great Doc, but how do we stop it." She shook her head, brain moving a mile a minute. "I don't have the proper anti-virus developed yet. Until I do, our best bet would be to shut the entire system down, at least until we can turn the virus off. No more pain, no more advancements, no more potential damage." She took a deep breath. "My suggestion would be a medically induced coma."

"No." Dillon growled. "You're not putting my sister in a coma! What if that thing just takes the opportunity to completely take over?" To her credit, Dr. K didn't even flinch. "It won't. It's relying on her vitals to grow, Dillon. Freeze her, freeze the virus." She stated simply. "I'm sorry, but we don't have much other choice, unless you want it to completely take over." He paused, clearly not happy about the situation. "Fine. Do it."

"/What/?" Tenaya demanded, clearly panicked. "No, no, don't put me under." She pleaded, trying to shift away as Dr. K hooked her up to various needles. "I don't want to go under. Please, don't let her." Dillon bent down so he was right next to her, taking her hand. "Hey. It's gonna be okay, you hear me? You're just going to be sleeping. You'll actually get some rest for once. And when you wake up, no more pain. It'll all be fixed. I promise." He looked up as someone tapped his shoulder, meeting the doctor's eyes. "I believe this belongs to you." She said simply, handing him the silver pocket watch, before going back to work.

Dillon nodded, setting it on the table next to Tenaya's head and opening it. "Hey. Hey, calm down. Listen to this. You'll be awake before you know it." He promised, rubbing a thumb over her knuckles. "It's fine." Her breaths came out in short breaths, but it was gradually slowing as she tried to focus on the music. "I-" She began, before collapsing back onto the table with a groan, drug already working its way into her system. "Vitals are stable." Dr. K noted. "She's fine. Virus activity regressing. Brain waves registering as normal." Dillon frowned, looking up at her. "So it worked?" She nodded slowly, eyes fixed on the screed. "For now."