A/N: Hello again! I'm back with the second installment of Innocence. If you haven't read the first part, I suggest you do. It might be confusing, although you can always catch up to what's going on and so forth. Other than that, enjoy and don't forget to leave a review.

Chapter 1

"Incomplete"

Months has gone by and not much has happened within Space Patrol Delta as the B-squad cadets continued their duty as protecting New Tech City and Earth from Grumm's hunger to take over and rule. After previous events that went on between the cadets, Jack and Syd are now officially a couple after weeks of dating. Sky and Z are said to be only dating at the moment as they take things slow before building their relationship into something serious.

The four of them hung out in a spacious rec room with Syd and Z reading a magazine on the couch. Jack and Sky, on the other hand, watched on from across the room as they continue playing a game of chess. "Isn't she great?" Jack finished his turn as he stared at Syd, distracted by her beauty and charisma. Sky looks up with his hand cupped under his chin and elbow resting on his leg.

"Well, yeah. I dated her once." Sky responded with a smirk. "It's your turn, man."

Jack paid no attention to the game as his eyes remained fixated on the ladies. "I wonder what they're talking about." Cadet Tate releases a deep groan as he begins removing the pieces one by one from the chess board and putting them all away neatly in a box. "What do you think, Sky?"

The Cadet just shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know." He sighs. "Maybe they're reading horoscopes or taking one of those dumb quizzes."

Jack turned back around and found an empty table in front of him. As Sky puts everything away, Jack rose up from his seat and made his way over to Syd and Z. Cadet Tate follows. "Hey, beautiful." Jack plants a small kiss on his girlfriend's forehead as he takes a seat right next to her. Sky and Z exchange smiles as she moved over for him to sit.

"Thank God, you guys are here." Z exclaims in relief. "My brain was about to explode with useless girly information."

"Hey!" Syd pouted her pretty pink lips. "You can never go wrong with beauty tips."

Z chuckled. "Right, and why should I follow them when you're the one who submitted those tips? And looking at you," she pauses in mid-sentence while studying her, "I don't think it works." Syd's mouth fell open as Jack and Sky had their secret laugh along with Z. "I'm kidding!"

She glares maliciously at her roommate. "Not funny."

"You know your gorgeous." Their laugher subsided as Jack places his arm around her.

Syd smiles. "I know." She says while wrapping a strand of hair around her index finger.

Moments later, as they stirred up some random conversation, Bridge suddenly walks in the room. The four of them fell silent as he stood in front of them. "Hey, Bridge!" Z was the first to greet him. "Where have you been? Come join us!" She bolted out eagerly.

Bridge forces a weak smile. "Well, actually I'm just looking for RIC."

"We haven't seen him." Jack replied. He suddenly felt Syd's leg moving as he looks down and found RIC tugging on her shoes. "Well..." He smirked for his amusement. "There he is."

"Hey!" The blonde grunted irritably as she shook him off her shoe. "Argh! Bridge, take him off me!"

Z chuckled as Cadet Carson carries the robotic dog off the ground. "Awww, Syd. RIC really adores you."

"I adore him too, I just wish he'd stop chewing on my stuff." She grunted.

"I can work on that." Bridge stated with a thought in mind. "I'll just have to re-program RIC."

"That can wait." Z tells him as she pats an empty spot on the coach, reserved for Bridge. "Hang out with us for awhile."

"Yeah." Sky leaned back and placed his arm around Z. "We miss you, man."

Bridge stared carefully at the two and forced himself to look away after a split second. He could feel his knees go weak and tremble just looking at Z. "I rather not." He responded softly. The others exchange bewildered looks. "Besides, I have so much work to do."

Z slowly nodded. "Okay..." They watched on as he exits the room with RIC. Aside from Jack, Z shared a brother and sister relationship with Bridge, and for the past year, the two have gotten real close. Now that things have changed, Z couldn't help but feel disappointed to not have him around as often as she'd like. "There's something odd about him." She suspected worriedly once he was no longer in the room. "He's not himself." Jack, Sky, and Syd bobbed their heads in agreement. "Don't you think he's acting a bit...weird?"

"Since when is he never weird?" Jack added with chuckle.

Z scoffs. "Well, for one thing, he's weird for not being weird."

"But you can't blame him for acting so differently around us." Syd says as all eyes turn to her like she had something in mind.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh come on. Can't you see it?" She questioned. "Ever since the four of us started dating, Bridge has been left out of the group. You have to admit, it has to be awkward for him."

Sky lowered his head down. "Man, I feel so bad." He admitted with a deep sigh.

"Me too." Z and Jack both frowned as Syd bit her lip. The four of them felt guilty and oblivious for not knowing that this could have affected him but no one bothered to think about it till now. "We have to do something about this." Z demanded.

"Like what? Break up?" Jack stated sarcastically. "Because that's the last thing I want." He says this while winking at Syd.

"No." Cadet Delgado groans. "We have to come up with a deal." They all listened intently. "I was thinking the only time you two and the both of us can be intimate with each other is outside SPD Headquarters. But when inside, it's business and work and the five of us together."

Syd and Sky approved the idea. "That works."

"Wait a minute." Jack raises a finger in midair. "Can we vote on this?"

The blonde shot him a look with her arms crossed. "Jack."

Defeated as the three came after him, Cadet Landors just rolled his eyes. "Okay. fine." He sighs.

"Now that we figured it out, one of us should at least talk to him." Syd thought as everyone all looked at her and smiled. She pursed her lips, knowing exactly what they were thinking. "Since I first mentioned it, I guess I will."

Syd motioned her way towards Bridge's room, whom he now shares with Sky. As she stood in front of the door, Syd took a deep breath and hesitated a bit before knocking. After a brief moment, Bridge finally opened the door. Syd looks up and weakly smiles. "Hey..."

Bridge arches his eyebrows curiously. "What's up, Syd?"

"Look, I know you're busy and all." Syd pauses as she presses her lips together. "But It's been awhile so can we talk and hang out for a bit? Just you and me?" Bridge tilted his head to the side and studied her face carefully, wondering what Syd was up to this time. Although he wasn't in the mood for talk, he couldn't say no to her pleading eyes. "Please?" She begged.

Bridge gives in to her request. "Sure."

The two headed outside, and began wandering in the streets of New Tech City, catching up in their small talk which consists of 'How are you? What's new?' and so forth. Once they reached New Tech City's community park, the two sat down on a nearby bench and watched as the burning sun begins to slowly set behind the mountains.

"So..." Bridge had to break the awkward silence once their conversation died down. "How are you and Jack doing?"

Syd looked at him and smiled. "Great."

"That's good." He smiled back at her. "You look happy."

"I am." Bridge nodded his head and turned away to face the view. Syd bit her lip and sighed, searching for the right time to tell him. "Hey, Bridge?"

He looked back at her. "Yeah?"

"Lately, you've been distant from us. Why is that?"

Bridge tried to avoid the question. "What are you talking about? I've been real busy."

"Well, you're keeping yourself busy to stay away."

"It's not like that, Syd." He argues back. "You wouldn't understand."

She wrinkled her forehead. "What's wrong?" She asked worriedly. "Tell me."

"It's nothing." He proclaimed with an irritated sigh.

"Bridge." Syd tilted her head and folded her arms as though she demanded an answer from him. "We've known each other for years now. We use to tell each other everything."

"Telling you would just make things difficult."

"Does this have to do with me?" She asked in concern.

Bridge shook his head and answered, "No."

"Well then, tell me and let me help you."

"You can't help me." He tells his female companion seriously. "At least not in this situation."

Syd felt confused. "Why not? Does this have to do with Jack?"

"No."

"Then who? Sky? Z?" She guessed as Bridge looked away and fell silent as their names ring through his ears like a bad song. Syd waits for an answer. "So...this is about Sky and Z?" She asks while studying his face carefully. "Which of the two? Or is it both?"

Bridge lazily rubbed his eyes. "Syd, I really don't want to talk about it."

"You have a problem with Sky and Z?" She blinked a few times. "But why?"

He groans agitatedly. "Syd, I'm not discussing it with you! It's too personal."

"Well that's just too bad because I'm not stopping until you tell me what's wrong." She argues back stubbornly while getting up from the bench and placing her hands on her waist.

Bridge scoffed. "Syd, you're like the worst person in keeping secrets. Trust me, this doesn't concern you."

"Am not!" She retorts offensively. The blonde looked up in the yellow orange skies. "Okay. Perhaps I am a bad liar." She admitted. "But I'm a good listener, and I can help."

He averted from her gaze and chuckled. "Man, you sure don't give up."

Syd kneeled in front of him and places a hand on his shoulder. "Bridge, I'm your friend. I care about you." She softly whispers to his face as he gradually looks up to meet her sincere eyes. "You'll feel good when you're venting out all your problems. Trust me. You don't want to keep this secret of yours bottled up inside. It's not healthy." She watches as Bridge lowered his head down and breathed in deeply. After a moment of silence and thinking it through, Bridge parted his lips and began to speak his mind.

At SPD Headquarters, Z helped Jack settled into his new room as she carried the last box of his belongings inside and placed it on the floor. She then, out of excitement, jolted back up and made herself comfortable on his master bed as she laid down with her eyes wandering on the ceiling. "Well, this is comfy." She stated, enjoying the free tension on her back.

Jack smirked. "Yeah, Commander Cruger brought it in."

"I wish I had my own room." Z thought enviously as she sits back up and watched Jack unpack his stuff.

"You wouldn't have to worry about that." He grunted while lifting one of the heavier boxes and situating it on the bed next to Z. "Who knows? If Syd and I get married she'd have to move out and share a room with me."

Z raises her brows. "Wow. You two are really getting serious."

He chuckled. "Let's just say, we're not getting married any time soon. I mean come on! It's only been three months." Z weakly smiles. "What about you and Sky?" Jack wondered curiously. "You guys thought about moving to the next level yet?"

Cadet Delgado lowered her head down and sighed. "No. Not yet."

"And is that bothering you?" He asked, trying to get her to look up at him.

"No." She scoffed while running a hand through her dark brown hair. "I don't know. We've been dating for three months now and he hasn't mentioned anything about moving to the next level. Heck, we haven't even kissed yet!"

"Really?" Jack was in a state of disbelief as Z grunted out of annoyance and embarrassment.

"Yes, really! It's usually a small peck on the cheeks. And don't you dare say anything about it!"

He raises his hands up defensively. "Alright. But give Sky a break. He once had a serious relationship with Syd and we all know it didn't last."

"Yeah." She answered reluctantly. "Don't remind me."

Jack frowned on her behalf. "Look, just talk to Sky. I bet he wants the same thing as you do but it's the fear that's in the way."

"I know." Z retorts rather impatiently. "I'm scared too."

"Just talk to him." Jack tells her.

Z rested her elbows on her legs and buries her face in hand. "Since when did I start going to you for relationship advice?" She mumbled.

He chuckled at the response. "Gee, I don't know. I kinda wonder about that myself."

Z shook her head and yawned. "It's getting late. I should go." Jack nodded as she jumped out of his bed and headed out towards the door. "Will you be okay here?"

"Don't worry about me." He reassures her. "Go away and sleep. You're bugging me."

Z glares and sticks her tongue out playfully before exiting. "Bye, loser!" She shuts the door behind her and began walking towards the girl's room. Upon her approach as she turned at a corner, she crosses paths with Sky.

"Hey." To his surprise, he leaned foreward to kiss Z on the cheek as she quickly looked away and missed. Sky furrowed his eyebrows in bewilderment after she rejected him.

"What did we all just agree on?" She questioned sharply as though he was being quiz on something important.

Sky just scratched the back of his head and groans. "Sorry, I forgot."

"I know it's gonna take time to get use to."

He nodded understandingly. "Alright. But this arrangement still sucks!"

Cadet Delgado frowns, feeling the same way as she wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered goodnight in his ear. "I'll see you tomorrow."

In the girl's room, Syd began pacing back and forth nervously in her pink pajamas, absorbing the thoughts in her head and trying to keep her cool. She tries to deal with what she knows with ease, but her heart began to race out of nervousness; it was as though it'll fall out in an instant. She was beginning to lose it as she began mumbling to herself to remain calm and steady. "Okay, Syd. Just relax...take a deep breath," she says as she breathe through her nose, "and stay cool. You don't know anything. Just forget about it and move on."

Suddenly, the door popped open and Z came walking in. "Hey, Syd."

The blonde twirled around and gasps. "I don't know anything!"

Z froze on the spot and furrowed her eyebrows in mere curiosity. She squinted her eyes to examine her roommate. "Syd..." She slowly walks over to her bed cautiously as though she was trying to stay away from Syd's insanity. "What's going on here?"

"Nothing!"

Cadet Delgado looked around the room for anything odd and suspicious before facing Syd again. "Have you touched my CD collection?" She asked.

"Nah uh." Syd nodded her head. "You'd kill me if I do."

Z titled her head to the side to observe her roommate carefully. "Why you look so tense?"

"I'm not tense." She forces a weak smile and began loosening up.

Z stares at her weirdly. "Right. Have you spoken to Bridge?"

'Oh no.' Syd thought as sweat began to trickle down from her head. 'Why did she have to ask? Why oh why? God, this is so gross! I'm already sweating! Please don't make me sweat. Please!'

"Syd?"

The blonde looks up and moistened her lips. "Yeah, I did." She drew in a few nervous gulps.

"That's great." Z smiles as she sat on her bed to listen some more. "So what did he say?"

"Well...uhh...not much." She stammers in hesitation. "He seems fine. B-But you were right. He--He admitted t-that he felt left out, but he understood."

Z's eyebrows flared up. "Why am I getting a weird feeling that you're not telling me everything?"

"Gee..." Syd shrugged. "I don't know."

"You were stuttering." Z pointed out.

"I did not!"

"You were too! There's obviously something you're not telling me."

"It's because it's only between me and Bridge."

Z blinked and slightly parted her lips. "Oh...is it something bad?" She asked.

"Well..." Syd wasn't sure how to respond to the question. "It depends how you see it."

"Does it have to do with me?"

The blonde sighs. 'Aw, man.' She thought. 'Why did she have to ask?' Syd just looked at her and smiled. "Oh nothing you should worry about."

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed that! Let me know what you think and more will come your way. Cheers!