I do not own Power Rangers

Once the tea was finished, Mike put all of the cups on a tray and brought it out to his ill team members. He stopped in Mia and Emily's room first.

"Hey, how are you guys feeling?" He asked, without really needing to. They both looked horrible, sporting red noses and desperately trying to find a comfortable position.

"Like I've been hit by a truck." Emily responded, voice hoarse. She waved Mike over to her bed and she grabbed a cup off of the tray. "Thanks." Mike put the tray down on her nightstand.

"No problem. Just be careful, it's kinda…" He was interrupted by Emily spitting out the tea all over his face.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." She tried to climb out of bed to help Mike clean her mess up, but he pushed her back down. He grabbed the towel from his shoulder and wiped the tea off of his face.

"It's fine Em," he said nonchalantly, "Just get some rest, Ok."

"Alright mom." Emily responded with a grin. He chuckled and leaned down to give her a kiss on the forehead. Mia must've put her up to it, Mike thought, making his way over to the pink ranger.

"How are you holding up?" The green ranger asked, sticking his hand out to check her temperature. She was still burning up.

"I'm fine." She said.

"Don't lie to me. I know you feel like shit. Just tell me so I can make you feel better."

"Fine, I don't feel good. My head hurts, I'm all stuffed up, my throat is killing me, and my stomach is in bits. And, the boys are sick too, and Emily, and everything is on you and..." She trailed off, her anger growing. He gave her a sympathetic smile and sat down on her bed.

"Mia, I know this is hard for you. You're mama pink, it's in your nature to get worried when your friends are sick, but even moms get sick sometimes. You need to take a break and rest. I can handle it, really. I just want you guys to get better. Alright. So, just rest, sleep is the best medicine." He said, and stood up.

"When did you get so smart?" Emily asked teasingly.

"I've always been a genius." Mike insisted.

"Really." Mia said, deadpan etched across her face.

"Well, when I was little, my mom used to tell me all of these things when I was sick. Sleeping, drinking lots of water, more sleeping. It kinda stuck. I haven't been sick in years. And, when she got sick, I had to take care of her, because she did such a great job taking care of me.

"Awwwwwwwww…" Mia and Emily sighed.

"You're so sweet." Mia said. Emily nodded in agreement.

"Now I mean it, get some sleep. I'll check up on you in a bit." He said sternly. He grabbed the tray and started to walk out of the room when Emily piped up.

"One more kiss?" She asked innocently.

"I really don't want your germs."

"C'mon, I don't have cooties."

"Yeah, but you are sick."

"One kiss won't hurt. You are my boyfriend. You're supposed to love me."

"I do love you."

"But you won't kiss me."

"I don't want to get sick."

"Please…" She pleaded with puppy dog eyes.

"You're lucky I love you." He walked over and planted a kiss on her lips.

"Ewww…, no PDA's." Mia said.

"What about you and Kevin?" Emily said.

"That's different." Mia blushed.

"Whatever." Emily rolled her eyes and Mike walked out into the hallway. Mia noticed that Mike was walking a little funny. She looked at Emily, who was laying back down and made a mental note to ask him about it later. Meanwhile, Mike walked into the gold and red ranger's bedroom.

"Hey. How are you guys?"

"I'm fine. I actually feel a lot better. I think that I can train…" Jayden started to get up but was met with a glare from Mike that pressured him back into bed. He walked over and put his hand on the red ranger's forehead to find it very warm.

"Dammit. You're all still running high fevers. I'll go try and find some some fever reducers."

"Don't bother. We don't have any." A formerly sleeping Antonio said grumpily with a full on pout spread across his face.

"Why not?" Mike asked. If they didn't have any medicine, he was going to have to leave them all alone again to get some, and he really didn't want to that he didn't have to.

"Remember when Yamiror poisoned everyone except for Kevin?" Jayden started. The green ranger nodded while the gold ranger was listening intently, as he wasn't a member of the team yet. "Well, we used up all of the medicine trying to bring us back to health. I would have asked mentor get us some, but he's away and if we tell him he might worry and want to come back. He was skeptical about leaving us alone. Thought we couldn't handle it."

Mike looked away, with a mixture of sadness and anger on his face, and Antonio eased back into his pillow. The green ranger put the tray on Jayden's dresser and brought a cup to each of his teammates. He was still concerned with the fact that the Shiba house was clear out of medicine, but he couldn't risk leaving them alone again, especially as it seemed they weren't getting any better.

"Mike." Antonio croaked.

"Yeah."

"Do we have anymore blankets?"

"I can check."

"Alright," he paused, " Do we have any teddy bears?"

"I'm sorry buddy, probably not. It's not every day that a samurai ranger needs a teddy bear."

"Ok, thanks for trying." Antonio said dejectedly, with a childlike tone. Mike, feeling bad, thought of a response."

"Tell you what, I'll see if I can make one with my symbol power, after you get some rest." Antonio smiled instantly.

"Gracias amigo."

"You're welcome buddy. Now both of you..." Mike paused and glared at Jayden," Get some rest." With that, Mike grabbed the tray and started to walk into the hallway.

"Alright mom."

"Sí madre."

"Seriously, when did that catch on?" Mike muttered, and walked into his and Kevin's room. Jayden also noticed Mike walking with a limp. He blamed it on his nausea and dizziness.

"Mike would tell us if he was hurt, right?" Jayden asked the gold ranger, but when he looked over, he saw that Antonio almost asleep. Taking it as a sign of his own drowsiness, Jayden found the most comfortable position and drifted off, Mike's limp still pressing his mind.

In the hallway, Mike was having a hard time blocking out his pain. He knew that he needed to be strong for his friends, but his injury, added with the newly increasing swings of dizziness and nausea, were making it extremely hard. Trying to decrease the noticeability of his limp so that the blue ranger wouldn't find out, he walked into his room, only to find a sleeping Kevin.

"Thank God he knows what to do." Mike muttered, but once he made a sound, Kevin started to stir. "Oh shit, Mike, can't you keep your mouth shut." He reprimanded himself as Kevin sat up.

"Is that tea?" Kevin asked hoarsely.

"Yeah." Mike brought him the final cup. Kevin took a sip and put it on his nightstand. "How are you feeling?"

"Ok."

"Really." Mike deadpanned.

"No."

"You're just like Mia."

"Why? Is she ok? I have to go see her…"Kevin started to panic but Mike instantly calmed him down.

"She's fine. Just lying to me about how she feels. No need to worry." Kevin eased back into his pillow while Mike sat on his own bed.

"So, how are you?" Kevin asked.

"Seriously Kevin, stop worrying. You're the sick one." Mike reprimanded.

"But I want to know about you. You had to face a nighlock alone, and you were gone a long time. I was worried."

"I'm fine. He dried out before I could get to him."

"What? Mike, it doesn't take that long for them to dry out. Something had to have happened."

"This one must have been tougher." Mike said, standing up. He wasn't ready for the jolt of pain and nausea and had to keep himself from wincing. Kevin noticed the change of expression on Mike.

"Are you sure you're fine, I mean.."

"Kevin, I'm fine...stop worrying." Mike tried to say nicely through his gritted teeth.

"Alright." Kevin wanted to know more, but he was too tired to press on.

"Get some rest." Mike said as he grabbed the tray and walked out. Kevin was still worried about his friend though, as he too, noticed the slight limp. Mike was known to be a good liar, and he didn't want his friend to suffer if he was hurt. Kevin took another sip of his tea and lied back down. There was no use of him questioning Mike if he was exhausted. Soon, all thoughts were pushed to the back of his mind as he fell into a deep slumber.

Mike walked back into the common room and sat down on one of the stools, pulling his knee into his chest and lifting his pant leg. He saw that his bandages weren't holding out and muttered a few cursed words. I'll replace them later. He thought to himself, and pulled his pant leg down.

The rest of the evening went along slowly for Mike, taking care of his sick friends while trying to avoid the pain in his leg and his increasing headache. Although there had been some good moments. Mike had gotten to see a giddy, childlike Antonio when he pulled a teddy bear made from symbol power out from behind his back. The green ranger still chuckled at the thought.

Once the rest of the rangers were asleep, Mike went into the bathroom to change his bandages again, before he fell asleep. He noticed that the bleeding had stopped, but it seemed that it looked more gruesome that before, and it hurt like hell. He pushed it to the back of his mind though, knowing that his friends were suffering a lot more. He got out of the bathroom and walked back into the common room. He looked at the clock. 10:14.

Mike knew that he couldn't risk waking Kevin up, or getting sick, so he grabbed a spare pillow from the closet and fell asleep on the floor in the common room. He wasn't comfortable, and he was freezing, but his friends needed the extra blankets more that he did. They were sick after all.

Exhaustion pulled Mike into its arms, but not before his mind pulsated with thoughts on how to defeat the nighlock, how to make his friends well again, and an awful headache. It'll be gone in the morning. Mike thought, pushing the negative thoughts away, as he fell into a soft sleep.

A/N- Sorry about the long waits. I'm really busy. Reviews are awesome!