Title: Secrets Revealed
Part 4 of the Wolf Saga
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc, etc.
"Where is he?" Syd demanded, yet again, and Jack sighed.
"He was over the other side of the city," Bridge pointed out. "Not even Sky could get here that fast."
'Here' was currently a dank alley with an all-pervasive smell, no doubt the main cause of Syd's dislike of the place, not to mention the fact that it was evening when by all rights they should be off duty and doing whatever they wanted. Not that this was anything new for them anymore. A call out had brought them here, but now that they were here they weren't finding anything.
"Bridge, do your thing, see what you can pick up," Jack said, keeping his attention firmly away from the pouting pink ranger. "Might give us a chance to wrap this up early." He knew this alley and it didn't have a good reputation, so he wasn't much happier about being here than Syd was. Still… they'd been called here so they had to at least check it out.
"Jack, call him already. See where he is. The sooner he gets here the sooner we can leave."
Jack rolled his eyes at Syd's tone. She definitely wasn't happy about being here and he wouldn't want to be Sky when he finally did arrive. Syd in a snit was someone to be avoided at all costs.
"Fine, but when he snaps I'm blaming you." He pulled out his communicator as Syd wrinkled her nose at him. "Sky? Where are you?"
There was a moment's pause before Sky's voice came back over the line, as irritated as expected. "I'm almost there."
"Ask him where he is."
"Syd wants to know where you are."
There was an exasperated sigh. "I've turned onto Third and Fifth and I'll be there faster if people didn't keep stopping me to find out where I am."
Mouth twitching, Jack shook his head slightly. "Okay. See you in a couple of minutes."
"Sure. Just give me a few--"
Sky's voice was cut off by the sound of a loud blast, then there was nothing.
"Sky? Sky, you there? Sky!"
Nothing.
"Okay, Bridge did you get anything?"
"No. Looks like a prank call or something."
"Fine, we're out of here. Third and Fifth, now."
Arriving at Third and Fifth five minutes later revealed Sky's bike by the pavement, on its side, one side-mirror hanging off. There was no sign of Sky anywhere, not even his bike helmet.
"Okay, Bridge, you go that way," Jack said, pointing left. "Syd and Z, you go that way." Right. "I'll check round here and if you find anything, call it in."
With the rest of his team going in their respective directions Jack took another look around. He couldn't put his finger on why but he was sure Sky was here, somewhere. All he had to do was find him. A faint gleam in the dusky light caught his attention and he made his way over to it quickly. His heart sank when he recognised the SPD badge: Sky's jacket. A quick search turned up the rest of Sky's uniform, plus helmet, all of it ripped in different places. Jack bit his lip as it sank in that Sky had probably had to Change, very, very quickly, and that was a bad sign.
Still, now that he knew Sky had Changed that gave him something to work with. Too bad he couldn't call the others and tell them to look out for a blond wolf. Again he cursed Sky's stubbornness in not telling them, this search would be so much easier if the others knew to look out for Sky in both shapes. He sighed in resignation. Well, they didn't know and that was all there was to it.
About to follow Bridge's direction, Jack took one last long look around the area and was about to leave when he caught sight of something sticking out from behind a box. A blond something. Heart in his stomach he ran over and pulled the box out. Sure enough, Sky was behind it, Changed and unconscious, although not from any injury Jack could see.
Flipping open his communicator with one hand, the other resting on Sky's side, Jack called the first person he could think of. "Kat? We have a problem."
Morgana walked into the main room of Gruumm's ship, head held high, triumphant smile on her face.
"Well, Morgana? Was the experiment a success?"
"Oh yes," she replied with a smile. "Not as human as he seems, the blue ranger."
"Good," Gruumm replied in satisfaction. "Let's see how you deal with this, rangers.