Wow…I'm pretty crappy at this updating stuff. I guess I just never had any ideas for this until now. Sorry folks. But now there are new readers and the old ones can revisit the story!
Recap: A mysterious girl appeared in the SPD Command Center, and she was rushed to the medical wing by Commander Cruger. The rangers followed and Bridge used his powers to see the power outline of the girl and feel her immense pain.
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The rangers returned to the rec room to ponder on the events of the past half hour. Syd plopped down on the couch with a frustrated look on her face. "So what is going on?"
Jack sat next to her and tried to provide some comfort by rubbing small circles on her back. "I don't really know…Bridge probably knows the most out of all of us." Everyone turned and looked at Bridge. "Well…I could see her general shape and feel her emotions, that's about it. She was in so much pain that it was almost painful to scan the area. She also felt really familiar." He stood there for a second with a pondering look on his face until the base speaker came on…"B Squad to the Command Center. B Squad to the Command Center." The rangers silently filed out of the room and went down the hall to the base headquarters.
When they got into the Command Center Commander Cruger was there waiting for them. "At ease rangers. I know that you followed me down to the hall toward the medical wing earlier, and I think you should know what happened down there because it might concern you later. Kat called me into the Command Center earlier today and told me that the power grid was being disturbed. Right after she told me a girl appeared in the corner of the room. She was in great pain as I'm sure Bridge found out when he scanned the area." At this Bridge blushed a bright pink and looked down at his shoes. "Her name is Anna Marie Rylen Martin, but that's all the medical staff or I could find out. We don't know where she's from or why she's here." The cadets looked at each other with searching looks. Sky took the initiative and spoke up, "Sir how could she have appeared here, and how could she affect us?" The other rangers seemed to agree with his questions and they all looked at the Commander with expectant looks. "I don't know why she is here or how she could affect any of us. I wanted you all here to tell you about her, but I wanted to ask Bridge to go to the medical wing and scan her." Bridge nodded at Cruger, saluted, and headed out to the medical wing. The others watched him go. Cruger looked at them all, "Cadets dismissed." The remaining rangers saluted as well and left for the rec room.
Bridge got to the medical wing and told the doctor that he was there to help with the girl. The doctor took him into a secluded room in the back of the wing; inside there was a girl lying under a white sheet on a bed. There was also a table against one wall, a bedside table, and a monitor hooked up to the girl. The doctor turned to Bridge "I bet Commander told you her name, but again it is Anna Marie Rylen Martin. Find out what you can about her and tell me what you discover." With that the doctor left the room, and Bridge and the girl were alone. He walked around the room and over to the bed I wonder who you are...you seem so familiar to me, but why? Bridge looked the girl over closely. She was blonde and had a big bruise on her right cheek and her left eye was blackened; she also had a fat bottom lip. Other than the injuries she had a very pretty face. He could see that she had sculpted cheek bones and full lips with a nice chin; he could also tell that under the sheet she was in quite good shape. He could tell that because in her sleep she had pulled one of her arms above the sheet, and the muscles in the arms weren't prominent but they were very there. Bridge felt satisfied with his visual assessment of the girl and her injuries and he moved on to her belongings that were sitting on the table. There was a blue t-shirt on the table, it had an odd looking blue and red bird on it and said "Self-Defense". There was also a pair of jeans with a white cloth belt, and a pair of black shoes that Bridge thought he remembered were called Converse All-Stars. Those weren't the most interesting things on the table though. There was a red purse on the table that seemed like it was almost calling to Bridge. It didn't look like a normal purse; it had a strap that looked like it would go over the shoulder and cross the body, it was also shaped oddly like a wine skin. It was definitely an odd bag, but the shape didn't matter it was what was in the bag. Bridge opened the front flap, Velcro pocket and found some chapstick, lip tint lip gloss, and an old school cell phone that had to be from the early 2000's. How can she have one of these…it is so old! He decided that it was time to get to the main pocket. He unzipped the big pocket and looked inside. There was an old school digital camera, some pencils and pens, a wallet (I can look at that later), some coconut lime verbena hand lotion (What the…?), what looked like a planner, and a strange looking stone that when Bridge picked it up glowed a light silver. He decided that it would be better to leave the stone be, but he would tell Cruger about it later. Next he turned his attention the wallet. There was a driver's license that verified the name that he had been told; there was also a birth date on the license. She was born on March 14, 1987 which would make her…Oh my god! It's 2068 and she was born in 1987! That would make her…81 years old! But she definitely doesn't look 81! Bridge tried to put the age behind him and on through the wallet to find that she had something called a KU Card and exactly $27.43 in cash. The contents in the purse were perplexing, but Bridge wanted to get a full examination of the girl. He went over to the bed and tried to decide whether to leave the sheet on her or not. He decided to leave it on because she was probably barely dressed since her clothes were on the table. Bridge removed his right glove and slowly started scanning the girl. What he saw was incredibly disturbing. He didn't just see energy signatures; the remnants were so strong that it was almost like he received the whole memory.
There was the girl walking down a suburban street probably toward her house or apartment. As she passed a park she was grabbed by 5 masked assailants. The masked men then started to grab at her bag. The girl used moderately good fighting skills to attempt to beat the men back, but they were just too strong. They beat her to the ground where she curled into the fetal position and clutched the bag to her stomach. The men then continued to kick her until…crack…the girl disappeared and the masked men looked at the ground in amazement until they then disappeared as well.
Bridge pulled back from his scan with a start. She had been beaten so badly for that bag. Something in there must have been more important because five people would not try that hard for just one girl's wallet. It must be that stone! It must be something important. I'll tell Cruger about it when I report to him. Then Bridge saw something that piqued his interest the most. There was a band on the wrist of her arm that was above the sheets. It looked like one of the bracelets that were put on newborns starting around 2045. But how can she have one of those…she's from 2000 some odd? The thing about these bracelets was that they had a small button that when pushed projected an image of the newborn in the space above the baby and said the name, birth date, and immediate family of the baby. Usually the bracelets were cut off when the child was five, but technically it could be worn throughout life because it expanded to fit the growing child. Bridge was tempted to go find the button on her band but he decided to leave that for another day. Satisfied with his examination he got ready to leave the room when heard a small moan from the bed. He turned to look at the girl who sat up a bit and looked straight into Bridge's eyes, gave a small smile, and then, without a word, collapsed back into the pillows completely asleep again exhausted at her small exertion. Bridge slowly turned and left the room stunned that she had woken up. Her eyes were a goldish green, and she had smiled at him…at him!
Bridge walked down the hallway back to the Command Center still a bit stunned at the last few minutes of his stay in the room. He thought about what had happened. Her eyes were so mesmerizing, but they seemed so familiar. Not in color, but in how they felt. They held a deepness that I know I've seen before, but I can't quite place it. Bridge kept pondering this until he reached the Command Center. He entered and saluted Commander Cruger. "What have you found out Bridge?" Cruger looked at him expectantly, waiting for what Bridge was going to say. "Well, she has a lot of injuries from a fight she was in. She was attacked by five masked guys that were trying to get her bag. The bag seemed pretty standard, but there was a stone in it that glowed whenS I picked it up." At this Cruger seemed to perk up, but he let Bridge continue. "She had a driver's license in her wallet that said she was from 1987, but that would put her at 81 years old. Against that though is that she was wearing a baby bracelet from sometime after 2045. You know the kind that has the projection of the baby's picture and says its birth date and family. I don't understand it Commander." Cruger was silent for a minute, "Did you press the button on the bracelet, Bridge?" Bridge shook his head, "No, Sir. I thought I would leave that for someone else. If you don't mind me saying I think we should wait for her to wake up to press the button." Bridge decided to leave out the fact that the girl had woken up be it for a brief period. "Alright cadet, that is all. You are dismissed until further notice." Bridge saluted and left the room pondering the girl the whole way back to the room he shared with Sky.
So…there you have it…Chapter 2. I tried to make it a little longer to try and make up for my neglect. No horrid flaming…just constructive criticism…please and thank you.
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