"My dad and I went camping twelve years ago, look," Mack beamed, holding out a picture album for the boys too see. On the picture was a picture of Mack, holding up a fish he had caught while fishing with his dad.

"That's a big fish!" Tyzonn smirked.

David looked down at the picture and frowned. Something about it seemed a little off.

"This photo is really... weird," he said, taking the picture.

"Yeah," Dax nodded, "the tree casts as shadow, but you don't."

"Are you trying to say I created this photo?" Mack asked. "I landed that fish! I should know, 'cause I was there! And, so was my dad! And Spencer took the photo, so..."

Mack looked over at the doctor and the stunt man and shrugged.

"Okay," David nodded.

"Gentlemen," Spencer called, standing by the entryway, "you're needed below."

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

Hartford was scanning the tablet as Rose and Ronny were working on some research. He smiled as he turned to Ronny, "If I'm right, then when I break this code, the star of Isis is ours."

The boys slid down the poles and met up with Rose, who was standing by her own little computer.

"I'm designing a super weapon," Rose smirked, "I'm combining the power of the Sentinel Sword with some new robotics I designed."

"Oh, can I use it?" Dax asked.

"Not unless you wanna get fried like a Sunday morning egg," Rose shook her head.

"Can Hartford try it?" Kaylee asked. Ever since Andrew had left her and Ronny on their own, she had been acting extremely sour towards him. The others told her he snapped back to reality and finally put the search for the jewel on hold, but Kaylee knew it took a lot of convincing on Doc's part. She wasn't happy that he had completely forgotten about his promise to care more for the team.

"It's not designed for humans," Hartford told the blue Ranger, "the power is way too strong. It's too enhance Zord capabilities."

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!

"C'mon guys!" Kaylee called, running to the stairs.

As teh Ranger left, David picked up the picture Dax had left on the desk and took another look at it. Something was definitely off about it. Why wouldn't Mack and Andrew cast a shadow, if the tree did?

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

"The source is coming from inside," Will announced as the Rangers ran up to a building.

"This is too easy," Mack commented, stepping forward slowly to look around. "It feels like a trap. I'll check out the back, you guys stay out front."

The team nodded as Mack ran off around the building.

"You know... its kinda quiet out here," Ronny said, standing in the parking lot with the others, "too quiet."

"Don't say that," Dax frowned, "Whenever someone says that in the movies something bad happens."

"HA-HA!" a monster laughed, jumping down from the building.

"See," Dax sighed.

"Ronny'll learn to shut up one day," Kaylee laughed. "I think it's time to Ranger up."

"OVERDRIVE ACCELERATE!"

Ronny and Dax tried punching the monster, but they both missed, and he each got them in the chest, causing sparks to fly form their suits as they flew back.

"I'm tired of all of you!" Tyzonn yelled, coming up from behind and swinging his arm at the monster's head. The monster blocked the shot and pushed Tyzonn down. Ronny tried again, this time teaming up with Rose, but the monster grabbed both their arms and threw them across the parking lot.

"Son of a zwop!" Kaylee yelled, pulling out her blaster, hitting the monster in the chest and stalling him for a second as Will jumped over her, pulling out his defender and slashing the monster.

"Drive Geyser!" Rose yelled, shooting the monster.

Kaylee smirked, realising the monster was just one giant computer. From what she remembered of her friendship with Ethan, computers could be taken down easily with a simple virus.

"Rose, anyway you can put a virus in the morphers?" Kaylee asked.

"Why?"

"Trust me, it'll work."

Rose nodded, pulling out her tracker and fiddling around with it.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Stop the virus from affecting us, but download it into the overgrown computer! That should destroy him."

"I know just the code," Rose smirked.

"No virus can stop me!" the monster yelled.

"Think again, hot-shot," Rose laughed, "Kaylee, the virus is going to exist in the morphers, but it should no way affect our ability to morph. After all, human can't get computer viruses."

"You rock Rose!" Kaylee smiled.

"Downloading virus... now!"

Ronny and Kaylee felt a slight pain in their shoulders as Rose said this, but couldn't make out what it was. They both ignored it, thinking they just took a blow during the battle and it was acting up.

"What?" the monster yelled as he began to shake. "No! This can't be happening."

"Hasta la vista, zwoppinator!" Kaylee giggled, aiming her blaster at the monster. As she shot, the monster broke down. Her blaster hit his motionless form, causing him to explode.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

The Rangers sat on the curb, waiting for Mack to return. They were a little surprised to see him in uniform, seeing as they were the ones who fought the monster.

"Kamdor and Miratrix," he told them, powering down.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

"Is it just me, or are we getting stronger?" Dax smirked, walking down the stairs to the base, "We defeated Kamdor and that monster, and my ex, faster than usual!"

They walked into the base as the Rangers rolled their eyes. Dax was never going to let them forget that he and Miratrix used to be an item.

"We did," Will nodded, "but it worries me. It was a little..."

"Too easy?" Kaylee asked.

As Mack walked into the base, the power shut down, before the generators kicked in. Kaylee clung onto Tyzonn's arm until the lights turned back on and frowned.

"At least the walls didn't close in this time," she laughed nervously.

"What just happened?" Tyzonn asked.

"It looks like we picked up a computer virus," Hartford frowned. Kaylee turned to Rose.

"I thought you isolated it," she said.

"I did," Rose nodded. "It shouldn't be affecting the systems at all... unless something else picked it up before I shut it down."

"What would do that though?" Ronny asked.

"Well, the generators kicked in," Hartford smiled, "it looks like everything is back to normal."

"Good thing," Mack smiled, turning to the Rangers then turning back.

"Good thing," he said again, pointlessly. The Rangers turned back to him and smiled. "Good thing," he repeated again.

"Good thing... good thing... good thing... good thing..."

"Um... Mack," Rose frowned, staking a step forward. Hartford pulled her back as Mack's movements started becoming a little more robotic.

"Mack," Will frowned, calling to his friend.

"Spencer, what's going on with him?" Kaylee asked.

"Rangers, head upstairs," Hartford ordered.

"But..."

"NOW!" he yelled.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

Mack finally came too, and the first thing he saw was his dad and Spencer, working on the computer.

"Hey dad," he smiled. Hartford and Spencer turned to him; a little surprised he was awake so soon. "Did something happen to me?"

"Um... yeah," Hartford nodded, walking over to his son.

Mack finally looked around and saw his body was lying on the chair, a few feet away. At the top, where he thought his head was sitting, was nothing. Instead, there was a little bit of computer. Mack finally realised his head was resting on a table, and he began to panic.

"Dad..."

Hartford sighed and after a few minutes, he and Spencer managed to reattach the head to the body. Mack sat there in silence as they did.

"There," Hartford whispered, pulling away.

"Dad... what am I?" Mack asked.

"You're my son," Hartford smiled.

"Sir, I think it's time you told him the truth," Spencer nodded.

"Mack... you're an android..."

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

"Welcome back to the land of the living," Will smiled as he saw Mack return from the base. "You alright?"

"Yeah... good as new," Mack said.

"It's good to have you back," Tyzonn nodded.

"Yeah, I've got something really important to tell you guys..." Mack started.

"MACK!" Rose exclaimed, spotting her boyfriend and running over to her. Mack caught her in a hug, but quickly pulled away. He couldn't look her in the eyes, not after what had just happened downstairs.

"Mack, you okay?" Kaylee frowned.

The alarm suddenly sounded and the Rangers walked off.

"C'mon Mack," Ronny smiled, tapping him on the arm as she walked by. Mack grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

"I'm not going," Mack announced to the group, causing them to turn back. "I... I need to talk to Ronny for a bit."

"But... we're a team!" Dax frowned. "And Ronny's fine. It's been a few weeks, and you can't keep a Speedster down."

"Yeah, I'll explain later," Mack nodded. "Don't worry about it."

"Mack, are you sure?" Rose asked, a little upset Mack chose to talk to Ronny over her. It wasn't that she didn't trust the two, in fact, she trusted them completely. She was just hurt by the fact that if Mack had something important to tell the team, he wasn't telling her first.

"Yeah," Mack smiled. "Honestly, I'm okay... just... go on. I'll talk to you all later, I promise!"

He turned to Rose and gave her a small smile, hoping it would make up for the hurt he saw in her eyes. She nodded and turned.

"C'mon, it's just one fight, right?" she said weakly.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Ronny asked, offering Mack as glass of lemonade as she sat beside him on the couch.

"You may not believe me," Mack sighed, taking his glass and putting it on the table.

"Mack, if you thought I wasn't going to believe you, then you wouldn't have asked me to stay behind," Ronny laughed.

"When I woke up... I figured something out... about me..."

"Mack, I know I have five brothers... but honestly... I don't..."

"I'm an android," Mack told her.

Ronny smile fell as she looked over at the Ranger she saw as a brother.

"You're... you're a... you're..."

"At least you believe me," Mack laughed softly, taking a sip of the lemonade.

"You're... you're an... you're..."

"Ronny, are you okay?" Mack asked.

"You're... an... you're an..."

"Ronny, do we have to detach your head too?" Mack laughed.

"You're... an android?" Ronny asked.

"I came online two years ago," Mack explained to her. "My dad wanted a son... but couldn't find a wife... so he created me."

"But... you were always talking about your childhood..."

"Yeah... I know...." Mack sighed, "My dad gave me those memories... so I could be a normal kid."

"But... if you came online two years ago... you weren't a kid... you were nineteen."

Ronny sat back in the couch and breathed deeply, "Mack... I don't know what to say..."

"Neither did I... that's why I wanted to talk with you first."

"Why me?" Ronny asked, "why not Dax, or Will? They're you best friends!"

"I know... but I'm not worried about them," Mack told her. "It's Rose I'm worried about."

Ronny's eyes widened when she realised what Mack was talking about. He would have one hell of a time breaking the news to his girlfriend of six and a half months.

"Well, she is into robotics," Ronny laughed softly.

"I don't think that means this!" Mack frowned, pointing to his body. "I'm one hundred percent machine! Every piece of me!"

"Okay, remember that uncomfortable feeling I had before... when you said you found out something about yourself?"

"Yeah...?"

"It's back," Ronny frowned.

"Sorry," Mack laughed, turning slightly red, but he was nowhere as red as Ronny.

"Well... how did your dad tell you?" Ronny asked, hoping to come up with a way to break the news to Rose gently.

"I found my body on a chair... three feet away from my head, which was on a table."

"Okay, that's not how we'll do it," Ronny frowned.

"C'mon Ronny, you have to figure this out!" Mack begged her. "You and Kaylee know her best! How do you tell her things like this?"

"I don't know!" Ronny sighed. "Every time I woke up, my head was still attached."

"What... what about when you told us you were in an accident!" Mack asked.

"I race fast cars! It's not that surprising that I crash into things every now and again!"

"But... you were paralyzed, right? Until a few months before my dad called you... that would be surprising! You're the Speedster!"

"Gently," Ronny shrugged.

"Gently?"

"Break it to her gently," Ronny nodded. "Don't just... boom it down on her. Let her know that you're going through a hard time... and that... you need someone by your side... but don't pressure her."

"Pressure her?"

"Yeah," Ronny smiled. "Don't expect her to be with you on this... she's going to be surprised. Let her know that you'll give her a little time to get used to the idea, and that if she's not comfortable with dating an android, you understand... right?"

"I guess..." Mack sighed. "I... I don't want to lose her though. She's everything to me!"

"I know," Ronny pulled Mack into a hug as tears started forming in his eyes.

"What... what if she does leave?" Mack asked, "What if she turns her back on me?"

"She might," Ronny whispered, "I can't guarantee she'll ever be okay with this... but you know she has a right to know."

"I wish she didn't," Mack sighed, "I wish I was human... I would never have to go through with this... she wouldn't have to go through with this... it's going to break her heart!"

"You can't avoid this," Ronny told him, "and I promise, no matter what, no matter who does turn on you... I'll still be here."

"Thanks, Ron," Mack smiled, "I knew there was a reason you were my sister."

Ronny laughed, poking Mack in the stomach, "Hey, I'm the younger one, you should be looking out for me!"

Mack rolled his eyes, "Physically younger," he reminded her, "I'm two years old."

"In that case," Ronny grinned, grabbing him in a head lock and giving him a nooggie. "I'm going to love this android thing!"

"No... stop!" Mack laughed, trying to push her away. "I'm older, I'm older!"

Mack finally managed to push Ronny away and jumped to the other couch, while Ronny claimed the one she was on. As the two calmed down from laughing, Mack turned to her.

"Ronny, promise me something," he spoke.

"What?"

"If Rose does turn on me... promise me you'll go with her."

Ronny looked over at Mack, completely confused as to what he meant.

"You mean... turn on you too?"

"No, but go with her, be her friend, not mine," he said. "I'll have the guys... and I don't know where Kaylee will stand... I want to make sure someone's there for her."

"You really love her, don't you?" Ronny asked.

"Yeah... I think it's the only thing that isn't programmed."

"I'll look out for her," Ronny assured her brother. "I promise."

Spencer walked into the room, a little surprised Ronny and Mack weren't with the Rangers.

"I see you've elected not to join the others," he said.

"I don't know what to do, Spencer," Mack sighed, looking over to Ronny. "I know I have to tell the guys... but... I don't know what to say?"

"How did you tell Miss Robinson?"

"Ronny's the easy one!" Mack frowned. "She's my sister! She..."

"Learned a lot in our little talk," Ronny laughed. "Spencer, did Hartford program the birds and bees talk... cause I don't think Mack understands the biological difference between me and him... and it leads to very interesting you'll never guess what I just found out about myself topics."

"Mack, this team is your family," Spencer smiled. "Miss Robinson is your sister, but the boys are your brothers. I may be the butler, but I see how you all interact. I don't think we could have a closer group of kids, even if we planned it."

"What about Kaylee?" Mack asked. "I mean... Ronny's helped me with Rose, but Kaylee's like... my boss... it'll be weird telling her..."

"Guess what I found out about myself today, Miss Hanson!" Ronny laughed.

"Shut up!" Mack cried playfully, tickling Ronny's sides, causing her to fall off the couch.

"Miss Hanson has seen worse than android Rangers. I believe her first mentor was a talking guinea pig."

"Yeah... who was human before, and after the ranger deal..."

"She's also fought mutant dinosaurs, an animal who was thought to be extinct."

"We've fought weirder."

"Have you not met Xander, Kelly and their adventures with magical creatures?"

"Okay, so Kaylee might believe me..."

"And she will accept you," Spencer smiled. "I know my dau- I know Kaylee... and I know she's more than just a boss, or a team-mate, she's a friend."

"Thanks, Spence," Mack smiled, "You always know what to say."

"It's a talent, sir," Spencer chuckled, "but in this case, it wasn't my doing. You have a father who loves you, a family of friends who love you as well and a girlfriend who loves you."

"I know."

"And, if you ever tell this to anyone, I'll have to reformat you, but... I love you too, Mack. I always have..."

"I know, Spencer," Mack smiled.

"More than that, Mack," Spencer smirked. "You've always been like a son to me. You Rangers... you'll all like my children... but you are the one who I know will never leave me."

"I love you too, Spencer," Mack smiled, hugging his butler.

"Aw, and I love you both," Ronny laughed, sitting on the floor, "but no hugs please. I think Mack's still trying to tickle me."

"Spencer!" Hartford called, running into the room, "The Rangers are in trouble... the Zords are down."

"The... already?" Ronny asked, looking at the clock. She and Mack finally realised that they had been talking for over an hour. "Mack, I don't know about you, but I gonna go."

"Wait up," Mack called, "I'm going to take Rose's new weapon with me."

"But it's untested!" Hartford frowned. "It could destroy you."

"Without it, all the rangers could be destroyed,' Mack frowned at his father.

"Sir..."

"I am not going to risk losing him!" Hartford yelled, turning to Spencer.

"Well, I'm afraid that's a risk, you're going to have to take," Spencer nodded in Mack's direction, and Hartford turned around.

But Mack was gone.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

Rose flipped in the air, before landing on the ground, stomach first.

Ronny jumped in, landing in front of her friend, holding her blaster ready. She pointed it to the villains and laughed.

"Surprise."

"You really think one more Ranger is going to make a difference?" Miratrix asked.

"Um... maybe," Ronny shrugged, "but we're not going to test that."

"AH!" Mack yelled, jumping over Ronny and landing in the middle of the field holding the Sentinel sword.

"Mack, that's robot technology!" Rose yelled, getting to her feet, "You can't..."

"Red Sentinel ranger!" Mack yelled as the sword turn into a batalizer.

"Whoa," Rose breathed, looking over at Ronny.

All the monsters standing behind Miratrix charged at Mack. The other Rangers watched as he took them down single-handedly. The batalizer seemed to enhance his fighting capabilities and his powers. When he slammed his fist in the ground, electric shocks shot up, striking down the monsters.

"I'm getting out of here," Miratrix called, turning around, only to run into Ronny.

"You're not going anywhere!" she laughed.

"Try to catch me, without your powers," Miratrix smirked.

"HEY!" Kamdor yelled, holding the star of Isis in his hand.

"He's got the jewel!" Dax frowned.

"Thanks to you," Kamdor smiled, extending his hand, "Let me repay you!"

An energy blast came hurtling towards the Rangers, and Mack stepped in the way, letting the batalizer take the hit. The Rangers were all thrown back as Kamdor and Miratrix tried taking off with the jewel.

Ronny looked up and growled. She couldn't let them get away. The Rangers didn't need the upset of losing a jewel, and find out that Mack's an android.

She tried tapping into her super speed, but the headache came back, stalling her for a few seconds.

"C'mon!" she yelled, trying to ignore the growing pain as her feet started kicking. Suddenly, she found herself running at super speed. She ran right passed Kamdor and got the jewel from him before he got away.

"Okay... it's not the end of the world," Dax said, picking himself up from the ground. "There's still another jewel to find."

"Dax is right," Kaylee nodded.

"And Mack, glad to have you back to your regular, ass kicking self," Will smiled.

"Yeah," Rose nodded, hugging her boyfriend. As she pulled away, she looked into his eyes, but... tell me something... you using my technology... I know for a fact that it's not safe for humans... and I'm never wrong when it comes to robotics..."

"I'll tell you when we get home, I promise," Mack smiled, kissing her before turning to look at Ronny, only, Ronny wasn't with the group.

"Have you guys seen Ronny?" he asked, looking around for her, while never letting go of Rose.

"I thought she blew up with us," Kaylee frowned.

"She did," Tyzonn nodded.

"Ronny!" Kaylee called, worried. She knew Ronny had lost her powers, and while the explosion was going off, she thought she saw a yellow blur. Because she was in the middle of a cloud of fire, she thought nothing of it, but maybe..."

"Ronny!" Rose yelled, spotting the yellow Ranger lying on the grass, a few feet away.

"She didn't...," Kaylee growled.

"I think she did," Dax nodded, pulling out the Star of Isis from her hand, "She got the jewel... I thought she didn't have her powers."

"She doesn't... she must have pushed herself too hard..."

"C'mon," Will said, picking her up, "We'll get her home and have Doc figure this out."

"And while he does, you can tell us how you're not Sunday breakfast," Dax turned to Mack and smiled.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

After leaving Ronny in the base for David to check up on her, the Rangers sat in the game room. Mack had just told them about him being an android, and now the room was silent.

"So, you're an android," Will smiled, finally looking up at Mack, "So what... that doesn't change you."

"Yeah, I mean, you guys took me in, I'm an alien," Tyzonn said.

"Heck, I'd love to be an android!" Dax giggled, "You can play DVDs in your head!"

Kaylee walked back in, after having to leave in a hurry for a bathroom emergency. She was brushing her teeth as she leaned against the doorframe and smiled.

"You're still Mack, you just have a little more... hardware in you than the rest of us."

Mack smiled at his brothers and Kaylee before turning to Rose. She had been quiet this whole time. Now that he knew the others were behind him, he wanted to know how she was going to take it.

"Rose... I know..."

"It's a little weird," Rose admitted, walking over to Mack and sitting on his lap, "It's going to take a lot of getting used to... but... I'm be okay with it."

"Really?" Mack asked, a little surprised she was taking it so well.

"Really," Rose nodded, "just... don't freak out if I'm acting strange in the next few days. I mean, my boyfriend's a freaking android!"

"I guess that's why you wanted to talk with Ronny," Will sighed.

"I needed a little help before spilling the bolts," Mack smiled.

Hartford and Spencer walked into the room, with a serious look on their faces.

"Mack... we have a lot to talk about... I was hoping we could start..."

"You know," Mack frowned, cutting off his dad, "I've had a really long day."

"How about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow's going to be a long day too."

"Um... guys... there's something you need to see," David's voice came over the intercom.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

"Well, you'll be glad to know nothing medical is wrong with Ronny," David smiled as Ronny sat by the computers, putting her jacket back on.

"Then, what was it?" Kaylee asked.

"I found this," David walked over to Ronny and tucked her hair away, showing the Rangers a little chip that had been placed on the back of her shoulder.

"She's and android too?" Dax groaned.

"I knew it!" Kaylee giggled.

"She's not an android," David shook his head, "that chip is blocking her powers."

"It's..." Kaylee touched her shoulder and felt something unusual. Dax pulled her shirt down slightly and there was a small chip, identical to the one on Ronny.

"I think that virus did more than affect Mack," Spencer frowned.

David brought up a page on the computer, showing the Rangers the data he collected.

"This chip is supposed to block out the genetic powers... completely, by giving the user unbearable pain."

"Insta-migrain," Kaylee and Ronny nodded.

"But when Rose downloaded the virus into the morphers, it must have gone from the suits, into the chip, just like it went from Mack's suit, to him."

David had learned about Mack being an android when Spencer and Hartford told him. He had witnessed Mack using the robotic technology and asked too many questions for the older men.

"So, is that a bad thing?" Will asked.

"Bad, and good," David said, "it's good, because the chip isn't as strong as before, so with a little will power, Kaylee and Ronny can tap into their powers."

"But I'm not trying that again," Ronny groaned.

"How's it bad?" Rose asked.

"The chip is stuck."

"Stuck?" Mack frowned.

"It won't come off, unless it's been deactivated," David explained.

"How do you deactivate it?" Tyzonn asked.

"That's the problem," David sighed, "I don't know how... and until we can get it off, Ronny can't run, and Kaylee can't use her water powers, zwopping powers, or healing powers."

Kaylee touched the stitch on her forehead and frowned, "No fun."

"Until we remove this chip, neither one of you girls will attempt to use your powers!" Spencer warned the girls, using a fatherly tone.

"Man, I wish I had it now," Kaylee yelled, holding her mouth before running to the stairs.