EVERYBODY HURTS

Disclaimers: Same as before

Chapter 2


He didn't notice it at first, 'cause he was still wrapped in the dream's world, but as he came slowly to awareness, he immediately knew that he was not alone in the room anymore.

He prayed his eyes open, only to shut them as soon as the light hit them. He heard noises beside him, and taking time to get his eye accustomed to the brightness, he opened them again.

Bridge turned his head to his side, and his gaze met the well-known figure of his roommate.

"Sky..?" he half stated half asked in a voice heavy with sleep

"Ssssshhh, Bridge! Yes, it's me! Go back to sleep now!" replayed Sky in a soft voice.

"Oh..Sky!! Ehi welcome home buddy!" Bridge was slowly sitting on his bed now eying Sky who was getting off his uniform and into some more comfortable clothes " When did you arrive?? What time is it by the way?? How was your mission?? Have you.." But he was stopped in mid-sentence by Sky voice.

"Ehi, ehi mate!! Too many questions! I landed more or less half an hour ago, I had to report to Cruger beforehand, and then I got dismissed and since it's 2.45 am, I'm just looking forward to sleep!!" he stated in a matter-of-factly tone.

"Oh, is it that early?? Or that late? Well, I guess it depends on how you want to see it!!"

Sky looked at Bridge arching an eyebrow, "Yes it's very late, or early, or whatever…Oh, by the way, I saw Jack and Z sleeping on the sofa on my way here. Don't you think that maybe we should wake 'em up?? I think that sleeping that way, will earn them nothing but a stiff neck in the morning!!" Sky was now sitting on his own bed, wearing the most ingenuous look Bridge has ever seen.

"Well, maybe we should not!" he stated in a calm voice, a small smile dancing on his lips, eying Sky who seemed to remain clueless.

"Oh…ok…whatever!" said Sky, but his voice didn't seem quite convinced. He averted his eyes from his friend's ones, sighed softly and ran a hand through his hair. He looked really tired, but Bridge could swear he saw something more passing on Sky's features, and catching a glimpse of the other's eyes, he saw that they were clouded…distant. Something was wrong with his friend, even if he couldn't say what. But…if that was true, why wasn't Sky telling him??

The two of them had grown nearer and nearer over the years, and even if it took time to them, especially to Sky actually, to became accustomed to each other, they were now close friends. They knew they could trust in one another on everything. There were things that only Sky knew about him, and that only he knew about Sky. Whenever they needed to confide in someone, they both knew the other would be there, ready to help in any possible way.

So, there really wasn't any reason why Sky wouldn't tell him something, if it was troubling him….was it??

Bridge was about to ask if everything was ok, when Sky turned the light off, and lied on his bed, his back toward Bridge.

The green ranger eyed his mate's back in the dark, listening to Sky's every breath, but if the other one wasn't ready to tell him whatever passed on his mind, he could do nothing but wait, not pushing his way through his friend's feelings. Still with a little worry left on mind, he too went to lie on his bad, sleep already taking him within his sweet and comforting grasp.


Noises. Beside him. Someone turning in their own bed. Then noises…again.

Bridge reluctantly opened his eyes, and turned his head slightly in the noises' direction. Sky was awake, and from what Bridge could see in the darkness of their room, he was looking for something. Bridge eyed him, not knowing why, but remaining silent and unmoving. It was night still. So what was Sky doing that was so important that he couldn't wait until morning?

Bridge's thoughts were interrupted when Sky suddenly stood up, forgetting whatever he was looking for a second before. He moved silently across the room, coming to a halt in front of the door. "Where the hell is he going??" Bridge thought within himself. His mate was still standing in front of the door, not moving. Suddenly he turned his head toward Bridge, looking at him for several moments.

The green ranger didn't dare to make a move, wondering whether Sky could see that he was awake or not. The blue ranger turned his head again toward the door, and without a second thought exited his room, leaving Bridge alone.

He waited a second or two, his gaze switching from the door to Sky's empty bed, and back again, his body almost froze on the bed. He quickly made up his mind, and decided to follow his friend, "just to check if he's alright" Bridge said in his mind.

He grabbed his shoes and his uniform jacket and stormed out of the room.

The blue ranger was nowhere to be seen "he left the dormitories??" A snore made him turn his head. It was coming from Jack. What was he supposed to do, wake the red ranger up and tell him that Sky was gone for a walk in the middle of the night? Maybe. But he felt like he had to follow the blue ranger alone.

Wearing a determined look, he put his shoes on, trying not to wake Z and Jake. He then exited the dorm.

He stopped in the corridor outside the metal doors, looking from right to left, not having a clue of where Sky could have gone. He stripped his hand out of his glove, waved it, and saw tracks of his friend's aura on his right. "So he headed this way!" whispered Bridge, beginning to run down the corridor.


He didn't realize where he was heading until he came in the middle of the academy's entrance hall. He stood in the large room, the glass doors in front of him. It was then that he spotted Sky, standing in front of the doors, his back to him, wearing nothing but his bedtime clothing.

Bridge was rooted to the spot where he stood, not daring to move his eyes away from his friend's back. His expression was one of pure astonishment mixed with worry and anguish. His bare hand was now lying by his side, and from it he was able to capture all of Sky's emotions, and he was so suddenly hit by them, that he was left almost breathless. From Sky came nothing but waves of an infinite, heartbreaking and absolute emptiness. He had never ever felt anything like that before, and was almost completely overtaken by it.

For a moment the world seemed to turn into inextinguishable, thick darkness and Bridge was swallowed into it, his eyes open wide to meet the threatening blackness.

It was then, when a lighting crossed the darkened sky, irradiating the two of them with its powerful yet fleeting light, that Bridge snapped out of his trance, regaining awareness of where he was. And it was in that very moment that Sky started to move again, passing through the glass doors and throwing himself into the nigh


Hi everyone!

First of all, I'm sorry the update took so long, but ya know, with x'mas, new year and everything I've been quite busy. Anyway, here is the second chapter. I really tried to finish this story within this chapter, but it's turning out longer than I've expected. Oh well, chapter 3 is already in progress, don't worry.

Secondly thanks for the reviews!! Hope you'll enjoy this chapter as well!

Oh and by the way, even if I'm a fan of the BridgeXSky ship, this story was never intended to be a slash one. I hope that no one will be disappointed…but most of all, I hope the story won't turn slash on its own will!! Eheh! -

Have to go now! Enjoy 2007 and…stay tuned!!