Jack and the other rangers went to meet Cruger as he arrived back from his conference. When all the rangers stood in a line, Jack noticed a missing person and turned to Sky. "Where's Bridge?"

Sky shrugged. "How should I know?"

Jack didn't like this. They greeted Doggie, and were walking with him when a shot came from an upper level. The blast hit Cruger square in the chest. While Sky ran to where the shots were fired, the remaining rangers tended to Doggie. Sky knew as soon as the shot hit he had been wrong. Dru did this.

Jack was with Cruger when Sky came into the infirmary holding his wrist. "I lost him. I lost Dru." He groaned in frustration. "How could I have been so stupid! I should have listened to you Jack."

The Red Ranger stood up from his chair. "Hey, you just wanted your friend back. I get it. Sometimes certain things can cloud your judgement."

Kat stepped forward. "Let me have a look at that."

"We have to find him." Sky held out his wrist for Kat to wrap.

"We will, but first I think we should find Bridge. I'm starting to get a bad feeling." Jack looked at Sky.

Kat finished wrapping Sky's hand. "I'll check the tracker in his morpher." She got up and walked to a computer. After typing in a few things Kat spoke to the group. "His morpher is offline."

"Oh no." Jack looked at his hands.

Sky shot up from his seat. "What?"

"I asked him about Dru before. I think maybe Bridge went after him by himself."

Z got up from her spot next to Cruger. "We have to find him."

Just then Cruger grumbled and began to wake up. Kat went to his side. "Rangers, go find them. I'll keep an eye on Doggie."

The rangers nodded and left.

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Bridge groaned as he woke up in an unfamiliar place. The first thing he noticed was his gloveless bound hands. Great no way to cover them, he needed to concentrate.

"It's a good thing I decided to keep you. Cruger still lives somehow, but now I have you." Dru knelt down in front of Bridge.

"What do you want?" He needed to keep control.

"Immunity actually. I get to leave the planet, and they can have you back. Either that, or I kill you, so either way I win." Dru smirked.

Bridge could only glare.

"Aww poor little Bridgy. It's hard for you still isn't it, all those thoughts running through your confused little head?"

Bridge kicked Dru hard enough to knock him down. Once he recovered, Dru slapped Bridge in the face busting his lip.

"I said I'd trade you for your life." Dru flexed his fingers. "Never said anything about leaving you undamaged." He kicked him in the stomach.

"You really think they'll let you walk?" Bridge sucked the blood off of his lip.

"Like I said, I either walk or you die." He tapped on Bridge's cheek and the Green Ranger did not flinch. "You've gotten stronger haven't you?" Dru looked at him with curiosity. He got up and took Bridge's morpher out from his pocket. "I think it's time to call in the calvary, don't you?"

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"Rangers, I'm receiving a transmission from Bridge." Kat pulled up the comm-link.

"Sorry to disappoint." Dru's voice rang over the speakers. "But I do have your precious Green Ranger."

Sky was infuriated. "What do you want Dru?"

"Now, now Sky don't get too mad. Not when your friend's life is in my hands."

Jack put up a hand to silence the words about to spill out of Sky's mouth. "We just want Bridge back Dru. No one needs to get hurt."

Dru laughed a little. "Well, that wouldn't be much fun would it? I want full immunity for my crimes. Let me leave, and you can have him back, or he dies." Dru cut the call before the other could answer.

Syd lit up a little. "That's all? We can do that right?"

Z shook her head. "It's not that simple Syd. He tried to assassinate Cruger. Don't think headquarters will let Dru walk after that."

"Z's right." Kat looked at the group. "Commander Birdy would never sign immunity papers for something like that. Even if a ranger's life is on the line."

"Then we catch Dru, and save Bridge." Sky seemed confident.

Jack nodded. "Then we got get them."

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Bridge had no idea how this was going to pan out. Usually he had a pretty good feeling about these sorts of things, but right now he was trying so hard to block out all the psychic energy he could not focus. The longer his gloves were off, and the more time he had to spend with Dru made it increasingly difficult to keep control.

"It's starting to bug you isn't it?" Dru hauled Bridge up and to the front of the building he was keeping him in. "I can see you falling apart."

"This isn't going to end like you want." This was a guess, but he was probably right.

There was a noise at the door, and Dru put his blaster to Bridge's head and grabbed him around the throat. The skin on skin contact sent a wave of dizziness through him, but he refused to let Dru in.

The rangers ran into the warehouse unmorphed.

"Let him go, Dru!" Sky stared at the Green Ranger's gloveless hands gripping his former friend's arm.

Dru squeezed his hand tighter around Bridge's throat causing him to gag a little. "Only if I'm free of all my crimes."

"That's what we came to talk to you about. We can discuss terms, but only when you let Bridge go." Jack was cautious.

Bridge looked at his friends, but at this point all he could see were their auras. Jack's told him he was lying.

"I don't really think you understand the "or else" part of my threat. I have all the cards here. That is, unless, he's worthless to you." He pressed the blaster harder into Bridge's temple. "In which case, I can just take care of him right now…"

"No!" Sky took a step forward. "Dru, please. We'll let you have immunity, just stop this."

"Saying it and doing it are two different things. I'm guessing no one would sign the papers of my freedom."

He was right.

Bridge squeezed his eyes shut. Bad things were about to happen. Everyone was on edge, and his blocks were slipping. He screamed as everything came flooding into his head. Flashes of Dru's life, and his feelings absorbed him. Emotion of all the rangers and any residual energy crept into his mind. Bridge collapsed distracting Dru with the sudden dead weight.

Sky saw his in, and did not hesitate. He shot Dru in the shoulder causing him to drop his blaster, and Bridge. The other rangers rushed in and got handcuffs on Dru, before he could react. Sky holstered his blaster and went to Bridge, who was holding his head.

"Bridge, can you hear me?"

Bridge groaned in pain before passing out.

Not an hour later Bridge was waking up in the infirmary with his gloves back on. He jumped up with a start. Jack stood up from the chair he was in, and tried to gently push Bridge back down.

"Woah, woah it's okay."

Bridge looked up with wild eyes. "My morpher? Where is it?"

Jack squinted. "We picked it off of Dru. It's in the Command Center, but-"

Jack was caught off guard by Bridge jumping out of bed. "Hey what are you doing?" He followed behind Bridge.

"It's a bomb!" Bridge scrambled to the Command Center.

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AN: Dun dun duuun. Bomb cliffhanger! Thanks so much for reading, hope you enjoyed!