Bridge Carson walked down the hall of SPD alone. Usually he liked being alone, he could think his own thoughts and not be looked at like he crazy. However lately it had been bothering him.
Maybe it had something to do with Jack leaving. The Red Ranger had been a good friend to them all and had kept things together. But now he was gone and the B-Squad never seemed to hang out together like they had before.
Sky and Syd had recently began dating, the sexual tension that had been between them since they had entered training finally culminating in a passionate fury of love making that had left half of the SPD Officer's quarters awake. Now they were attached at the hip, never leaving each other's side. And when they were apart they talked about the other in such a way and to the point that it was sickening.
You couldn't pay Bridge enough to be around them. It was bad enough that he had to feel and see just how love struck the both of them were…he didn't need to HEAR it too.
Z was the one that he had seen the least out of the rest of team. She and Jack were thick as thieves, a thought that made Bridge laugh to himself as thought about the fact that they had in fact once been thieves before joining SPD. Now with Jack gone she spent all of her time either working down in Surveillance, trying to get closer to the new guy working there that she thought was cute or spending her time out in New Tech City helping Jack and Ally with all of their donations and such.
That left the Psychometric Blue Ranger alone. Yeah he could hang out with Boom or Kat but somehow it wasn't the same as hanging out with his teammates. With a sigh he turned the corner and walked into the Commons Room.
He fixed himself a piece of toast, but not even it's buttery-ness could improve his mood. Sitting the reminder of his toast back onto the plate he considered going to his room to read or take a nap when the doors of the Common Room slid open.
Kat walked in smiling and looked around.
"Where is everyone?" she asked.
Bridge sighed, "Everywhere but here."
"Oh. I wanted to introduce my new lab assistant to them. She's going to be helping develop some new Ranger technology and is going to have to work closely with all of you to do it. I was hoping that you could all get to know each other. I guess I could introduce her to you though. Quinn?" Kat called.
Bridge wasn't expecting much. The last few Lab Assistants had all been cut from the same cloth. All had been your typical nerdy girl and most ended up quitting within a couple of weeks because they were so overwhelmed by all the Ranger stuff. So when he looked up he wasn't expecting to see what he saw.
This girl was nerdy but she wasn't overwhelmingly so like the others had been. She had black and red glasses that covered big jade colored eyes and long dark brown hair that fell in curls down her back. She wore the typical Lab outfit, a white shirt and white pants but instead of the sensible black shoes that were standard she wore bright purple high top sneakers.
"Quinn this is our Blue B-Squad Power Ranger, Bridge Carson." Kat said.
Bridge however didn't move. His eyes were still locked on the girl standing in front of him. Quinn looked at Kat curiously and Kat rolled her eyes.
"Bridge! Say hello!" Kat snapped.
"Oh! Sorry! Hi I'm Cridge Barson…I mean Bridge Carson…I-It's nice to meet you." Bridge said holding out a gloved hand.
"It's nice to meet you too. I'm Quinn Willows. I look forward to working with you and the other Rangers." she replied shaking the Blue Ranger's hand.
"I look forward to working with you too. With the other Rangers I mean. But that's not to say that I wouldn't mind working with you alone! I-"
"That's enough Bridge." Kat said with a small smile and Bridge promptly closed his mouth.
"Come on Quinn and I'll introduce you to Boom. We'll come back later and see if the other Rangers are back." Kat said and headed for the door. Quinn gave Bridge a small smile and wave before following in Kat's wake.
Once the doors slid closed Bridge collapsed back on the couch his eyes still fixed on the door she had just exited. The smile she had given him as she had turned was still stuck in his mind. He couldn't shake it.
The doors slid open again but Bridge didn't notice. His mind was still on Kat's newest assistant.
"Bridge? Buddy? Are you okay?" Sky asked waving his hand in front of his teammate's face.
"What?" Bridge asked looking up and noticing for the first time that Sky, Syd and Z had walked into the room.
"You were staring off into space." Z said sitting down.
"And you haven't even finished your toast. Are you feeling okay? You're acting strange." Sky replied.
"That's nothing new though is it?" Syd asked.
Sky gave his girlfriend a look before turning back to Bridge.
"Bridge what's going on?" Sky asked sitting down next to his friend.
Bridge opened his mouth to reply when the alarm went off. All four Rangers moved into action in without a second thought. Grumm was long gone now, contained in a Containment Card and filed away in the a high security filing cabinet. However that didn't mean that there weren't still rogue aliens here and there.
"Kat what's going on?" Sky asked as they walked in to Central Command.
"There's a read-" but she was interrupted.
"Sky?!"
All four Rangers turned and saw Quinn walking through the door of Central Command.
"Quinny?" Sky laughed and a moment later he had crossed the room in two strides and had picked up the lab assistant, spinning her around with a laugh.
Syd, Z and Bridge all looked at each other. Despite the fact that he had loosed up significantly since they had gotten their Ranger powers over a year before, it was still odd to see him act like this. Especially when there was an alien on the loose somewhere.
"Sky? Do you mind?" Cruger asked.
"Sorry sir. I just haven't seen Quinny in couple of years." Sky apologized to the Commander.
"Quinny?" Syd asked looking questioningly at her boyfriend, her eyebrows almost disappearing into her hairline.
"Her Dad was on the same SPD squad as mine and they were best friends. She's like the little sister that I never had." Sky grinned.
"Oh! Nice to meet you." Syd replied smiling before stepping forward to shake her hand.
"So what are you doing here? I thought you told me you didn't want to go into SPD." Sky asked.
"I didn't and I still don't. At least not the combat portion. I'm working here as Dr. Manx's newest assistant." she smiled.
"That's great!" Sky smiled.
"Yes and now that you're all here I can finally introduce the rest of you. Quinn this is Sydney Drew and Z Delgado, the B-Squad Pink and Yellow Rangers. And you already know Sky and Bridge." Kat said.
"How do you know Bridge?" Sky asked.
"Dr. Manx introduced the two of us earlier. She came looking for the rest of you and only found Bridge so she introduced us." Quinn replied.
Sky looked at Bridge for a moment before turning back to Quinn, "Well it's great that you're here. I'm sure that you'll be a big help to Kat."
"Now that the introductions are complete we really should concentrate on this threat." Kat said and all four members of the B-Squad turned to look at Kat.
"The readings we're getting are in Sector C." Kat said pointing to a small red blip on the screen.
"That's near the old warehouses by the harbor." Z said.
"Then let's move out." Sky said.
"Nice to meet you Quinn." Syd smiled as she headed out, Z following with a smile and a wave.
"Same here!" Quinn called.
"So lunch after this? Give us a chance to catch up?" Sky asked as he walked towards the doors.
"Of course! Now go and save the world." Quinn grinned.
"Lets go Bridge." Sky said and Bridge nodded and followed his Red Ranger towards the doors.
"Hey Bridge!" Quinn called as he headed for the door.
Bridge turned towards the lab assistant and his heart and stomach did a flip flop. She was smiling again.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Good luck." she said and a smile spread over his face.
"T-Thanks." he stuttered before he turned and left.
"C'mon Bridge! Hurry up!" Z called from down the hall as he walked out of the doors.
"Coming!" he replied and hurried to join his friends.
"What's with the look?" Syd asked as the blue Ranger joined the group.
"What look?" Bridge asked.
"You're smiling like a maniac." Z said.
"Do I have to a reason to smile?" Bridge asked.
Syd looked at him for a moment before shrugging, chalking it up to just being Bridge. Z wasn't so much convinced but kept her mouth shut, choosing to return to her conversation with Syd. She could dig deeper when they weren't busy.
Sky was the only one who hadn't heard their conversation as he had taken the lead in the team's walk to the garage, his mind on what they were about to do. With the girls in their conversation and Sky inside his head, Bridge was able to hang back a little and try to shake that smile that seemed to stick with him out of his thoughts. Even if he didn't really want to.
YAY! The first chapter of a new story!
I had to write a story about Bridge! He's one of my favorite Power Rangers ever :D
Comments are very much welcome!