Hey guys!
I'm sorry I haven't updated any sooner, I've been super busy! Stupid tests...
oh well lol anyway, I really hope you all enjoy this chapter. More events will
happen soon I promise!
Disclaimer: I don't own Power
Rangers. If I did, I'd make sure that there would be a lot more romance!
They
were bored.
Two hours had
passed since breakfast was over, and yet they still had not seen hide nor hair
of the pink and blue SPD rangers. Jack had disappeared right after they had
finished eating to god only knew where, and Bridge and Z were left alone. The
green ranger was trying to occupy himself by standing on his head in the
corner.
The yellow
ranger tried her hardest to concentrate on her book, but found she couldn’t.
Eventually, curiosity got the better of her and she busted out, “Let’s find
them. I’m dying to know what happened!”
Immediately,
the green ranger jumped back upright and raced over to her side. “But we can’t
just be nosy.”
“We are nosy,”
Z pointed out.
“True. But
they don't need to know that. We have to come up with a plan clever enough to
make them slip the details without them realizing it,” Bridge frowned
thoughtfully, “or was it make them clever enough to realize they were slipping
the details, or was it…”
“Bridge,” Z
interrupted, and the green ranger lost his train of thought, “let’s just figure
out a way to find out what happened okay?”
Bridge nodded
and pointed at her. “Gotcha.”
Syd
walked through the park with RIC by her side, lost in thought, her mind focused
on the events from the night before. Even though Jack had unintentionally
walked in on them, Syd couldn’t help but smile. As she walked, she closed her
eyes and recalled the moment where she and Sky had almost kissed. Did it mean
that he returned her feelings as well? A sigh escaped her lips as she
remembered Sky's warm breath on her skin, his hand on her cheek. Opening her
eyes, she smiled down at RIC. “What do you think boy?” she asked the robotic
dog, “Does he like me too?”
As if the
canine machine knew what she was talking about, RIC gave a happy bark and
wagged his tail – which Syd took as a good sign. She smiled happily. There was
no telling what would happen from here on out, but she had full confidence that
things would turn out for the best.
She was sure
of it.
Sky
sighed as he walked out of the Command Centre after a very long discussion with
Commander Cruger. Heading towards his room, he couldn’t wait to take a nap. He
was more tired than he should be. However, as he lay in his bed and tried to
fall asleep, he found that he couldn’t. Tossing and turning for a few minutes,
Sky finally gave up on the idea of having a nap and sat back up. As he paused
to put on his jacket once more, out of the corner of his eye, something caught
his attention. Turning, he spotted two framed photos on Bridge’s nightstand.
Curiosity got the better of him, and he walked over to Bridge’s side of the
room.
Picking up the
first frame, Sky mustered a tiny smile. It was the very first photo ever taken
of the team. He remembered that day well. After playing an intense game of
light ball, Syd had insisted that the five of them pose for a group picture,
stating that all of them were finally beginning to bond and she never wanted to
forget the moment. Sky had been the only one that had opposed to the idea, but
eventually the others wore him down and he agreed. Boom had snapped the photo
moments later.
Placing the
frame back in its original place, the blue ranger picked up the second photo.
This time the image made him truly smile. It had been taken months before Jack
and Z had ever joined the Academy. From left to right, Bridge, himself and Syd,
each of them grinning a wide smile, it had been a rare moment where Sky had
shown his soft side.
Flashback
“We did it!
We did it! We did it!” Syd squealed as she jumped up and down, excitement and
happiness were radiating from her antics.
“We did it!
We did it! We did it!” Bridge then join Syd in jumping up and down, both of
them singing the phrase over and over. It was obvious that both Cadets were
clearly excited.
“Would you
two stop acting like children?” Sky asked, his face expressionless and he stood
stiff and proper as usual. He clearly disapproved of his teammates’ immaturity.
Syd stopped
jumping up and down and walked over to where Sky was standing. “Come on Sky,”
her angelic voice chirped, “We’ve been promoted! Aren’t you the least bit
excited?”
“Yeah,”
Bridge added, “We’re finally on the B-squad! No more D-level clean ups, or
C-squad night shifts. We can finally have some action!”
“The hard
part isn’t over yet.”
Syd and
Bridge looked at one another before exchanging mischievous smiles. Without
warning, the two Cadets jumped on Sky, pinning him down to the ground face
first.
“Urgh! What
gives guys? Get off me!” Sky struggled as both
“Come on
Sky! Celebrate with us! We’ll get off you, if you promise to loosen up today!”
Syd tried bargaining with their bossy, uptight teammate.
“If I do,
will you both get off me?”
“Yes,” both
Cadets chimed.
Sky sighed.
“Fine.”
And yet,
both Cadets wouldn’t budge.
“What
gives? I’d said I’d do it!” Sky was beginning to get annoyed.
“Promise?”
“I promise!
Now get off me, I can’t breathe!”
Laughing,
Bridge and Syd got off of Sky. Sky stood up and sighed. Brushing off the dirt
on his uniform, he asked, “Alright, what do you guys want to do?”
Bridge and
Syd grinned at each other, deciding that the first thing they would do, would
be something Sky liked to do. “Light ball!”
End
Flashback
That had been
such a fun day. Sky was still smiling as he remembered. Although he was
starting to warm up to the idea of being the blue ranger, he sometimes wished
things would go back to the way they used to be. Back when Syd or Bridge would
follow his leadership without question.
But that was
then, and this is now.
Sky placed the
photo back on Bridge’s night stand and took a step back. He was suddenly struck
with a realization. Looking at Bridge’s side of the room, Sky could see that it
was full of personality. Everything was neatly placed, but something about it just
screamed ‘BRIDGE!’.
Looking at his
own side of the room, all Sky saw was just that. A room. The only thing that
was personal was the framed photo of his father. ‘Well,’ he thought, ‘let’s
change that, shall we?’ Walking over to his closet, Sky pulled out a small
box. Lifting the lid, he pulled out several photos that he often looked at when
he was alone. Placing the photos momentarily on his bed, he reached into his
closet once more and pulled out several picture frames. Placing the photos in
the frames, Sky looked around, wondering where to display them. Ten minutes
later, the blue ranger left the room smiling.
It wasn’t
much, but it was a start.
Syd
hummed happily as she made her way up to her room. Lost in thought as she
turned the corner, she failed to notice that there was another person heading
her way. Her humming turned into a shriek when she collided with a larger firm
body and her breath was cut short as they both fell to the ground. For a split
second she was confused. What happened? Painfully, she became aware of the warm
body on top of hers, he was obviously male.
“Syd! Are you
alright?” the voice exclaimed.
Raising her
eyes up, blue eyes met brown. Sydney felt a thrill of pleasure run through her
body, being so close to Sky. For a moment, they just stared into each other’s
eyes and time seemed to stop. A cough sounded somewhere in the distance, and
both the pink and blue rangers suddenly realized their situation. Sky quickly
stood up and reached out to give Syd a hand. Pulling her up, he once again
asked, “Are you alright?”
“Yeah,” she
replied breathlessly, “Are you?”
His intense
gazed gave her the shivers, but she loved the feeling. “No damage.”
Looking down,
Sydney blushed as she realized that their hands were still clasped. Sky
noticed, and much to her disappointment, quickly released their joined hands.
There was an
awkward silence.
“So, umm...”
Sky trailed off, “did you sleep well last night?”
Sydney smiled.
“Yeah,” she replied softly, “Thanks for carrying me back to my room.”
“No problem.”
“I’m sorry I
fell asleep though.”
“It’s
understandable. Don’t worry.”
“Can I join
you again tonight?”
Sky smiled as
he detected a hint of eagerness in the pink ranger’s voice, and tried to
disguise the pleased tone in his own voice. “If you want too.”
She held his
gaze. “Okay.”
Sky cleared
his throat before deciding to bring up the events of the night before. He had
been wondering all morning what her thoughts were. “Hey Syd, about last night…”
But before he
could continue any further, something interrupted them.
“B-SQUAD
RANGERS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE COMMAND CENTRE IMMEDIATELY. CALLING ALL B-SQUAD
RANGERS.” The alarms were blaring and Syd and Sky looked at one another.
“We’ll talk
about his later,” he sighed as Syd nodded, “Let’s go.”
For
an hour, Bridge and Z searched high and low, looking for their perspective
teammate. They had decided that the best way to find out the night’s events was
to just ask Sky and Syd straight out what had happened. To the best of their
knowledge, Syd had gone for a walk, meaning that Sky was still around the
academy someplace, so the green and yellow rangers decided to target him for
answers, in hopes to satisfy their curiosity. Meeting up, both rangers sighed
in frustration.
“I don’t think
we’re ever going to find out what happened last night,” Z complained as she
slumped against a wall.
“They can’t
hide away forever,” Bridge mused, and then a realization struck him. “Wait, I
haven’t checked my room yet.”
Z pushed
herself off the wall. “What are you waiting for? Let’s go!”
The two
rangers headed toward the room Bridge shared with Sky. Walking in, Z saw that
the room was empty and prepared to leave. “Well, he’s not here, let’s keep
looking,” she commented, but then paused as she saw the look on Bridge’s face.
It was a look of amazement and wonder. “What’s wrong Bridge?”
The green
rangers looked at Sky’s side of the room in wonder. “Well what do you know..”
he smiled as he took in the sight.
Z came and
stood next to Bridge and poked his shoulder. “What is it?”
Turning, he grinned
at the yellow ranger. “Look!” he pointed to the various framed photographs
around Sky’s side of the room.
Z couldn’t see
what Bridge was excited about. “So he has some photos on his desk. What’s the
big deal?”
Bridge walked
over to Sky’s nightstand and picked up the two photos that were there. “They
weren’t there before. Sky must have placed them up today. Look,” he urged as he
handed Z one of the frames. The yellow ranger took the frame and a wide smile
broke out as she gazed at the picture.
Sky and Syd
were dressed in casual clothing, both donning wide, happy smiles, relaxing in
the park. Syd was on Sky’s back, her arms wrapped around his neck, her long
blonde hair flying in the wind. Sky had his arms wrapped around Syd’s legs as
he carried her piggyback style.
Handing the
photo back to Bridge, the yellow ranger commented, “I SO want to hear that
story.”
Carefully
placing the photos back in the original place, Bridge replied, “That was taken
the day we were promoted to B-Squad. We were celebrating. I’ll tell you that
story sometime.” The green ranger smiled, "Finally, he's not so uptight
anymore. Thank god."
Before the
yellow ranger could say anything more, they both heard a yelp coming from the
hallway. Looking at each other, the two rangers dashed out to see what the
trouble was, only to be stopped in their tracks a moment later.
Grabbing
Bridge’s arm, Z led the green ranger to a corner, where they crouched down and
watched the interaction between Syd and Sky. “This is perfect,” Z whispered,
her eyes on the scene before her, “we don’t even have to ask them anything. We
can watch everything happening ourselves.”
“Shhh,” Bridge
shushed, “I want to hear what they’re saying.”
After a few
moments though, Z began to lose interest. “They’re so boring,” she complained
while whispering, “they’re just lying there.”
Bridge coughed
and it seemed to do the trick as the blue and pink rangers sprang apart. They
watched as Sky pulled Syd up.
“What in the
world are you two doing?”
Both Bridge
and Z jumped and turned as Jack looked down at them. “Shhhh!” Z hissed, getting
over her initial shock, “They’ll hear you.”
Jack appeared
not to have understood, “Huh? What are you-“
Bridge grabbed
his arm and pulled the red ranger down into a sitting position. “Just shut up
and watch.”
"Guys,
why are we spying on Sky and Syd?" Jack asked, still clueless to what was
going on.
"SHHHH!"
"And
we're not spying," Bridge whispered, as the three of them crouched
quietly, "We're simply observing."
Jack raised an
eyebrow. "I didn't realize there was a difference."
"Shut up
you guys!" Z hissed.
Bridge and Z
resumed to watching the pink and blue rangers intently, while Jack followed the
suit, still confused. Very faintly, Z could hear their conversation.
“Hey Syd,
about last night….”
“This is it!”
The yellow ranger whispered excitedly as she grabbed onto Bridge’s arm. But
before they could hear anymore, the alarms started blaring. The three rangers
stood up and Z sighed as she exchanged a disappointed look with Bridge, “Just
when it was getting good too.”
The green
ranger nodded in agreement. "Stupid Gruumm."
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