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Syd
silently took a step back, as the figure fell forward. In the dimmed lighting
she could faintly make out a pink mask. Her eyes widened in shock as she
recognized the person. Kneeling down next to the figure, she put her Delta
Blaster aside. “Oh my goodness!” she whispered, “Squad A pink ranger!” To her
left, Syd heard another groan. Looking around, she could faintly make out the
other members of A Squad. “What happened to you guys?”
“Who are you?”
The voice was weak but Syd saw that it had been the yellow ranger that had
spoken.
“I’m Syd.
Sydney Drew. I’m on B Squad.”
“Will there be
people coming for us?” This time it was the green ranger who had spoken. There
was hope laced in his voice.
An image of
Sky flashed in Syd’s mind, followed by an image of the rest of the team. “Yes,”
she answered, her voice filled with confidence. “There will be people coming
for us.”
2 days later….
Sky sat on his
bed, lost in thought, his mind still reeling from the events of the meeting 2
days before. He was almost fully recovered by now.
Flashback
“Sit down
Cadet Tate,” Commander Cruger walked into the room. “We have important matters
to attend too.”
“But Sir,
Syd’s been taken!” the blue ranger protested.
“I’m well
aware of that Cadet Tate,” Commander Cruger looked serious, but his voice held
a note of amusement. “Do not worry about Cadet Drew. She is safe for the
moment.”
Sky relaxed
a tiny bit after hearing that piece of news. But it was still easier said than
done. He would worry anyway. Picking up his chair, he sat down, ready to hear
what the commander had to say.
“Listen
carefully rangers,” Cruger pressed a button on the control panel and a hologram
showed up. “Each one of your morphers has a tracking device. Miss Manx and Boom
have been monitoring Cadet Drew’s morpher. Scans have shown that Syd is not
alone where she is being held captive.”
Sky’s pulse
raced at those words. “She’s in danger?”
“No,” the
commander responded, “We think that Syd is being held captive with A Squad.
From the scans, there are five power sources surrounding Syd. The power sources
are similar to A Squad’s.”
All four
rangers looked at one another. No one knew what to say.
“You four
must be ready,” Cruger continued after a moment’s silence, “get as much rest as
you can. We will attack in two days time.”
“Sir,”
Bridge raised a hand, “how will we be getting there?”
“Miss Manx
and Boom are working on creating a portal that will enable you to get there
undetected. Now go get some rest, you’re dismissed.”
End
Flashback
The last two
days had passed by slowly. Sky had been restless and filled with worry for
Flashback
Sky was not
happy. He placed a handful of diamonds to the already growing pile on the
ground, “This is ridiculous,” he complained as he stalked over to his motorbike
and grabbed a bottle of water. “I should be debriefing Cruger, not babysitting
a bunch of reflective rocks.”
“Try
millions of dollars worth of reflective rocks,” Syd responded, carefully
handling the diamonds.
“Whatever,”
Sky shrugged as he sat down on a nearby crate, taking a sip of water. “It’s
obvious Jack wants to keep me as far away from the action as possible. He feels
threatened by me, cause he knows I should’ve been the red ranger.”
Syd looked
up from the pile of diamonds, concern and sympathy written all over her face.
“Come on Sky, Jack had nothing to do with that.”
Sky shook
his head, taking another sip of water. “Whatever Syd.”
Syd picked
up a diamond from the pile and threw it at her teammate. “Whatever Syd,” she
mocked.
The rock
landed on Sky’s stomach. The blue ranger picked it up and tossed it back onto
the pile. “Knock it off.”
Grabbing a
few more diamonds, Syd stood up and lobbed another one at him. “Or what? You’re
gonna call my parents?” she teased.
By now the
blue ranger was annoyed. He gave
Syd paid no
attention to his words and threw another diamond at him, smirking all the
while.
The diamond
hit his shoulder once more and Sky stood up, walking over to where the pink
ranger stood. Opening his water bottle, he poured the water all over his short
companion.
“Heeeeey,”
Syd gasped and Sky doubled over in laughter. In his opinion, she looked totally
adorable.
Sky immediately
stopped laughing and turned away, clearing his throat. “Very funny.”
“No,” she
protested, “it looks good on you! You know, if you spent a little more time
with the team, you would not be such a loner.”
Tired of
listening to her, Sky created a force field to drown out her voice. As Syd
walked back to the pile of diamonds, he watched her with a small smile on his
face.
End
Flashback
Clutching the
diamond in his hand, Sky felt more determined than ever. “I’m coming Sydney.
I’m coming.”
She
was hungry. She was filthy. Her outfit was completely ruined. And she was in so
much pain. Her Delta Blaster was destroyed, and she didn’t think she could keep
up her morphed form any longer. For the past two days, Gruumm had tried every
possible way to get her to reveal any SPD secret, (not that she knew any of
course) but she wasn’t going to give the emperor any satisfaction. Sydney let
out a groan as she tried to sit up. Now she knew why the A Squad power rangers
were so banged up when she first found them.
“Try not to
move so much, it hurts less that way,” came a soothing voice. Syd looked to her
left, where A Squad’s pink ranger, Allison, was watching her. Syd mustered a
weak smile, for the last two days, the two pink rangers had bonded. “I can’t
take this anymore.”
“You must stay
strong,” Allison spoke once more, “Your teammates will come for you.”
“I know they
will,” Sydney used all her efforts to drag herself over to where Allison was
sitting. She leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. “Sky and Bridge won’t
leave me like this. Jack and Z haven’t been part of our team for long, but they
wouldn’t leave me here either.”
Allison
nodded. It was a few minutes before she spoke again. “You have great affection
for your teammates.”
Syd smiled. “I
do,” she responded softly.
“That’s
wonderful Sydney. I’m very fond of my teammates as well.”
Syd took on a
thoughtful look. “You know, no one really calls me Sydney. Everyone just calls
me Syd. In fact, the only people who call me Sydney are my parents and… and…
Sky.”
“Would you
like me to call you Syd instead?”
Syd shrugged,
then winced. “Whatever makes you feel comfortable.”
“I will call
you Syd then.”
Syd gave a
little laugh. “You know what I just realized? I like how Sky calls me Sydney.”
Allison looked
a little puzzled. “Sydney is your name isn’t it?”
“Yes,” she
paused, “yes it is. But when Sky says it, it just sounds right.”
Allison smiled
as if she knew something that Syd didn’t. “You love him.”
Syd looked
startled at that remark. “Love him?” she gave a little laugh, “Don’t be silly,
I don’t love him.”
The A Squad
Pink Ranger raised an eyebrow. “Oh?”
“I mean sure,
I like him and I’m attracted to him, but that doesn’t mean I love him. And of
course, I have deep feelings for him, but that doesn’t mean I love him. If I
loved him, it would mean that I think about him and talk about him all the
time. And if I was in love with him, I would notice little things about him.
Like the fact that he likes vanilla pudding and how he always does ten back
flips when he wakes up in the morning. And I would notice how he wrinkles his
nose when he’s deep in thought or how he grunts when he’s tired and not in the
mood to talk. Or how his favorite movie of all time is Finding Nemo, when he
claims he loves The Terminator. Or how I….” Sydney stopped talking as a
realization came to her.
Allison
grinned and waited.
“Oh my
goodness!” Syd was so occupied with her sudden discovery that she barely
noticed the pain as she stood up. “I love him!” Then a panicked look crossed
her face. “Oh my gosh, what do I do now?”
Allison gave
the pink ranger an amused glance. “First of all, sit down before you injure
yourself even further. Second of all, you wait till your teammates rescue you
and when you’re all safe and sound, you tell him.”
“I can’t tell
him!”
“Why not?”
“Because… just
because!”
“I don’t see
you as someone who is afraid to go after what they want,” Allison remarked.
Syd fell
silent after hearing that comment. What Allison said was true. She was usually
never afraid of going after what she wanted. Should she tell Sky?
More
importantly, how would he react?
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
Blasts sounded
from everywhere, as Syd drifted in and out of consciousness. At first Syd
thought she had been dreaming, but when she faintly heard someone yelling her
name, she knew it was no dream. With renewed energy, she pulled herself up and
hobbled over to the bars of the cell, wincing along the way. Her ankle hurt
like hell. The A Squad rangers perked up as well when they heard all the
noises.
Sydney
strained her ears. Faintly she could hear voices calling her name. “SYD! SYD
CAN YOU HEAR ME?”
Syd felt a
genuine smile come to her face for the first time in two days. “SKY! BRIDGE! Z!
JACK!” she hollered as loud as she could, “GUYS, I’M DOWN HERE!”
She fell
silent again as she heard Sky respond. “KEEP YELLING! MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS YOU
CAN! I’LL FIND YOU!”
Quickly, the
pink ranger demorphed and placed one her hands on the jail bars. “I summon the
stone!” she called as she turned her hand into the iron, and began banging, all
the while yelling. “I’M DOWN HERE SKY!”
A minute
later, a blast came through the door, smoke filling the entire room. Once the
smoke cleared, Syd was filled with happiness as her gazed landed on the person
she wanted to see most. “Sky!”
“Stand back!”
the blue ranger warned, lifting his Delta Blaster. Syd moved out of the way as
Sky fired at the cell walls. The bars disintegrated and Sky rushed over to
where Syd was. “Sydney!”
“Oh Sky,” Syd
cried in relief, as she threw her arms around him, “Am I ever glad to see you!”
“Hey, it’s
okay,” he spoke softly, putting his own arms around her, “I’m here.” Looking
around, Sky noticed the other figures in the cell. “A Squad?”
“Yeah Sky,
it’s A Squad. Gruumm’s held them captive here,” Syd replied as she tried to
stand up. She winced as she tried to stand on her left ankle, still in Sky’s
arms. The blue ranger noticed Syd’s little stumble though. “You’re hurt!” he
exclaimed, “What’d they do to you?”
“Oh nothing
much,” Syd replied as casual as she could, breathing through the pain she felt
as best she could, “Just pounded me a couple of times, fired shots at me, and
sent those Krybots after me every hour, that’s all.”
“You’re in no
condition to walk.” The tone in Sky’s voice left no room for argument. Placing
one strong arm around Syd’s shoulders, he placed the other arm under her knees
and lifted her up. “You hold my Delta Blaster and fire at anything coming our
way just incase we run into trouble,” he told her.
Syd nodded,
gripping onto his gun. “Got it.”
Another blast
came through the wall, and this time it revealed the other rangers. “Guys!” Syd
cried happily. Jack, Z, and Bridge rushed forward.
“No time to
stop and celebrate right now,” Jack commanded, bending over to help the A
Squad’s green ranger, “As much as I’m glad to see you Syd, we have to get out
of here. Those Krybots are much stronger on their own turf.”
Bridge glanced
at his morpher as he lent a hand to help the A Squad’s blue ranger. “We have
ten minutes to get out of here.”
“That’s all
the time we need,” Z spoke from where she stood with the pink and yellow
rangers, “hurry Bridge, create another portal!”
Bridge nodded.
Waving his arm, a whirlpool of green appeared. “Let’s go!” With the blue and
red rangers from A Squad, Bridge walked forward and disappeared through the
portal. Z followed, steadily guiding the pink ranger. Jack was next with the
green and yellow rangers, and Sky followed, holding tightly onto Syd. The
portal disappeared with a flash as the Krybots came rushing into the room.
“Well
done Cadets.”
Commander
Cruger regarded the rangers in front of him with a proud look. “You have all
made progress since your first day here. You've saved Cadet Drew as well as A
Squad and also managed to bring back the bag of diamonds Gruumm had stolen long
ago. I couldn't have been more proud of you."
Bridge, Jack
and Z all saluted. “Thank you sir.”
“There is one
thing that puzzles me though,” Commander Cruger scratched his chin, “Where is
Cadet Tate?” The blue dog held a look of amusement. "I think this is the
first time he's missed a meeting!"
The three
rangers all exchanged a glance. Finally Jack spoke. “He’s in the recovery room
with Syd, Sir. I don’t think he’s leaving her side anytime soon.”
The Commander
gave a hearty laugh, something that surprised the rangers. “I was wondering
when those two would get together.”
Bridge and Z
grinned at one another. Seems as if they weren’t the only ones who thought
their pink and blue rangers were a perfect match.
Sky
sat on a stool next to Syd’s bed, watching the pink ranger sleep. His right
hand was clutching hers, while his left hand was softly stroking her forehead.
Syd stirred but didn’t wake and Sky smiled. He was so glad that she was safe
now.
Once they had
gone through the portal and had arrived back at the Academy safely, Syd had
refused to let go of him. Insisting that he stay with her, Syd claimed that she
felt safer with Sky around and hadn’t wanted him to leave her alone. Sky was
only too happy to stay, it gave him an excuse to be close to her.
Glancing
around the room, Sky observed the A Squad rangers that were asleep in the
various beds. All five had been seriously injured, but Kat had determined that
it would take time, but they would all recover. Hearing a soft sigh, Sky turned
back just in time to see Sydney wake up. Her blue eyes blinked in confusion and
she looked around before finally remembering where she was. Her eyes rested on
the figure in front of her and she smiled warmly. “Hi.”
“Hey,” Sky
responded, his hand still on her forehead. He smiled as he felt her hand close
around his other one. “How are you feeling?”
Syd let out a
groan. “Sore. It hurts everywhere. I don’t think I’ve been in so much pain in
my life.” She pouted.
Sky let out a
soft chuckle. “You’ll be back to normal in no time.”
“I hope so.”
There was a
silence as the two rangers gazed at one another. Glancing down at their joined
hands, Sky quietly confessed, “I was really worried about you.”
Syd blushed.
“You didn’t have too.”
Sky shrugged.
“Couldn’t help it.”
“You were
really worried about me?”
“Yeah,” Sky
paused, deciding to bring up the subject he had wanted to talk about for days.
“Hey Syd, remember that night you did night duty with me?”
Syd smiled and
nodded. Her heart was pounding. ‘Well, this is it,’ she thought,
‘this is where it either turns out great or ends horribly. Oh well, just be
honest with your feelings Syd. It’s never disappointed you before.’
She cleared
her throat before responding. “Yeah, what about it?”
“Well, I-uh...
I-umm… well…” Sky stammered, unsure of what to say.
Sydney smiled
as she watched Sky struggle with what to say. Finally, she decided to be the
one to confess first. Placing her other hand on top of his so that his hand was
in between hers, she gazed at him, never breaking eye contact. “I like you Sky.
I like you a lot.”
Sky seemed to
be frozen in place as she continued. “For a few months now, I’ve been having
these feelings for you. At first, it was just a crush. I thought I would get
over it, like I always do with my other crushes. Only, my crush on you didn’t
fade, and now it’s past that point.”
Sky was having
a hard time digesting what Syd was confessing. “You- you like me?”
Syd broke eye
contact, deciding that she wouldn’t tell him she loved him just yet. There
would be another time for that, if things turned out wonderfully. And right at
that moment, the pink ranger wasn’t feeling so confident about Sky’s feelings.
“Yes Sky, I like you a lot,” she looked up once more, “look, I’ll understand if
you don’t feel the same way. I don’t want this to affect our friendship or the
team. We can just pretend-“
However, Syd
never got to finish her sentence. Sky had leaned over and captured her lips
with his, bringing the pink ranger into a state of bliss as the blue ranger
tenderly kissed her. After a few minutes, Sky pulled back, breathing heavily.
Syd was in much of the same state. Gazing at her for a few moments, Sky leaned
in and kissed her once more. ‘This must be what heaven feels like.’ The
thought floated through his mind before Sky pushed it away and just focused on
Syd, savoring the moment. After another few minutes, he pulled back and just
gazed at her once again. His arms were wrapped around her waist and he was half
lying on the bed, her hands placed on his shoulders.
Syd looked up
at Sky, her face blushing. She let out a quiet giggle. “I guess this means you
feel the same way?”
Sky chuckled
and brushed her bangs away from her face. “I think it’s safe to say that I do.”
“Does this
mean I can call you my boyfriend now?” Her eyes were filled with hope and
happiness.
He met her
gaze evenly. “I wouldn’t let anyone else have the title.”
Syd grinned
and for a moment, Sky was blown away by her beauty. He grinned as he stroked
her cheek. Then a look came over his face and he suddenly sat upward.
“What’s
wrong?” Syd asked, alarmed. Did he change his mind about her?
“Was I hurting
you? I know for a fact you’re still sore.” His voice was full of concern.
Syd relaxed.
Was that all? She grinned playfully and pulled Sky back towards her. “You could
never hurt me,” she giggled, then promptly let out a yawn.
Sky smiled.
“Looks like you’re still tired. Time for you to get some more rest.”
The pink
ranger pouted. “Do I have too?”
“Yes,” he
responded firmly, but his eyes shone with affection.
“Will you stay
with me?” Her blue eyes gazed into his brown ones.
Sky got off
the bed and pulled the stool he had been sitting on earlier closer to the bed.
Reaching out and grabbing her hand, he replied, “Always.”
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