Kat was walking into the wreck room to find the Rangers. When she got there she noticed that the Rangers looked extremely bored. Z was listening to her music, Syd was doing her nails again, Sky was reading the SPD Handbook, Bridge was eating toast, Jack was dosing off, Damien and Isabel were sitting on the couch together. "Hey guys." Kat said.
"Hey Kat." Bridge said.
"What's up?" Z asked.
Kat laughed, no matter how long she'd know Z she couldn't get over how she talked.
"Well Commander Cruger sent me down here to tell you guys to take the day off." Kat said.
"Sweet!" Jack said.
"Wait? What about the city?" Syd asked.
"We'll call you if anything goes wrong. Go out to the park or something. Be normal teenagers for a day." Kat said.
"Okay Kat. Thanks." Jack said.
She turned around to walk out, but looked at Damien first, "And you should take Isabel and Rowan out for a little." Damien nodded and Kat left.
"So guys what do you wanna do?" Z asked.
"Ultimate Frisbee!" Bridge yelled.
"Sounds good to me." Jack said.
"Oh I want on Z's team!" Syd yelled.
"Okay, guys verses girls. Are you two in?" Jack asked Damien and Isabel.
"No. We're going to go for a walk with Rowan." Isabel said.
"Yea." Damien agreed.
Everyone got up and left the wreck room.
XxX
The Rangers drove one of the SPD Jeeps down to the park. Isabel and Damien followed behind on Rowan. When they got there, Jack jumped out of the car. "Come on guys!" Jack yelled.
The other Rangers ran over, "Wait, it's two against three. That's not fair." Sky said.
"I've got that taken care of." Z said.
"How? Who else is playing?" Bridge asked.
"I am." A clone of Z said.
"Oh, good move. We'll let the girls go first." Jack said as he tossed the Frisbee to Syd.
"Oh, you're too kind Jack." Syd joked.
"I know. Now throw it."
Syd threw the Frisbee. Jack went to catch it and missed. The Frisbee went through the bushes. "I've got it." Jack said.
Jack pushed past the bushes. "Where in the hell did you go?" Jack asked himself. "Ah ha!" Jack exclaimed as he reached to grab the Frisbee. When he got up he felt something sting his neck, "Ow!" he yelled.
Jack smacked his neck to squish the bug. Jack walked out of the bushes and was rubbing his neck.
"What's wrong Jack?" Z asked.
"Nothing, something stung me. It's you're Frisbee." Jack said as he offered Z the Frisbee.
"Are you okay?" Z asked as she took the Frisbee.
"Yea." Jack reassured her.
"Okay." Z said before she threw the Frisbee to her clone.
XxX
"They what!" Gruumm yelled.
"The prisoners have escaped sir." Said a blue headed Krybot.
Gruumm let out a growl and pointed his staff at the cowering Krybot. He shot a laser beam at the unexpecting Krybot and blew it up.
"Iysinia!" Gruumm yelled.
"Yes dear?" Iysinia said as she walked into Gruumm's thrown room with Mora close behind.
"Did you know that Cruger and his girlfriend escaped?" Gruumm asked.
"Yes. Mora and I were just planning on getting them back. In fact our plan is already in motion as we speak." Iysinia said.
"This time it better be good." Gruumm said.
"Don't worry dear, it will be. Come on Mora, let's go check on the plan's progress." Iysinia said.
She and Mora walked out of the room.
XxX
It was about five o'clock when the Rangers were finished with their game. The girls had won twenty-eight to five.
"Oh wow, you guys lost badly." Syd said.
"No we didn't. You cheated." Sky said.
"You're just jealous." Z said.
"No, you cheated. Isn't that right Jack?" Sky asked. "Jack!" Sky yelled when Jack didn't answer him.
"Hun?" Jack asked. His head was hurting and he didn't feel good.
"I said, that they cheated isn't that right?" Sky repeated himself.
"Oh yea." Jack said.
Z gave Jack a worried look, but he didn't notice.
When they got back to SPD, each of them said goodbye and got ready for bed.
XxX
Kat and Doggie were in Kat's lab when Jack came in.
"Cadet? What are you doing out of bed at this hour?" Cruger asked.
Jack just kept walking towards them, "Jack?" Kat asked.
Jack pulled out his morpher and morphed silently.
"Jack? What's wrong with you?" Kat asked.
Jack pulled out his blaster and shot at Kat. Kat knelt down and waited for the impact, but it never came. Kat looked up to see Shadow Ranger standing in front of her with his shadow saber in a defensive position.
"Cadet Landors, what in the hell has gotten into you?" Cruger screamed.
Jack still didn't answer but attacked again. He lifted his blaster and shot at Cruger this time, but Cruger blocked it. "I'm sorry Jack but I can't let you hurt anyone." Cruger said.
Cruger swung at Jack and hit his target. Jack flew back into the wall and de-morphed. Kat walked over to Cruger and put her hand on his shoulder, "Doggie, I think you should lock him up in one of the cells in here." Kat suggested
"No. It's too risky. What if he gets out?" Cruger asked.
"He can't get out unless someone lets him out. Plus this way I could figure out what's wrong with him. Jack just doesn't attack people." Kat said.
"Fine." Cruger said as he took Jack's blaster and morpher.
XxX
The next morning the Rangers were called into Kat's lab. When they got there, Z noticed that Jack wasn't there. "Where's Jack?" Z asked.
"That's why we called you here." Cruger said.
"Something's happened to Jack. He's been infected or something, I haven't got to test it yet, but something's not right with him. He tried to attack us last night." Kat said.
"You are not to listen to anything he says. He is to stay locked up in the cell. Is that understood?" Cruger asked. The Rangers nodded. "Good. Dismissed." Cruger said.
The Rangers saluted him and left.
XxX
"Kat. Let me out." Jack said. He was sitting inside his cell.
"No Jack." Kat said.
"Why not? I'm fine."
"No you're not Jack. There's something wrong with you and I'm not going to let you out until I know what it is." Kat said.
"But I'm fine!" Jack protested.
"You tried to shoot me and your commander, you're not fine." Kat said.
"It was a mistake. Let me out now!" Jack said as he hit the force field that was keeping him in the cell.
"Sorry Jack I can't." Kat said.
Kat left the lab to run a blood sample she took from Jack when he was sleeping.
XxX
Z entered the lab sometime soon after Kat left.
"Jack?" Z asked.
"Z! Is that you?" Jack asked.
"How are you feeling?"
"Fine. Kat just went to tell Cruger that she was gonna let me out. But you know, you should let me out." Jack said.
"Kat said that she was going to let you out?"
"Yea. Kat figured out what was wrong with me and gave fixed me up. She said that I'm all good. Will you let me out Z?" Jack asked.
"I can't. We were told not to let you out." Z said slowly.
"But Kat said I was fine. Don't you trust me? I won't hurt you Z. Like I said, Kat said I was fine. How about this, If DC says anything I'll take the blame." Jack said.
"Okay Jack." Z said as she walked over and pressed a button.
The force field that was keeping Jack locked up faded until it was gone. "Thanks Z. Can I have a hug?" Jack asked.
"Sure Jack." Z said.
She walked up and embraced her best friend. Suddenly Z felt a sharp pain in her back. She let out a scream, before she fell into darkness.