Sky held his breath. It had been 15 minutes since he had heard Sydney scream and they had heard nothing since. The firemen were entering the house now and he prayed they would find her alive. Suddenly he heard a commotion from the front door. A tall well-built fireman was running from the house and in his arms was their pink ranger.
Sky ran forward only to be grabbed by another fireman. He could hear Z screaming somewhere to his left and Jack demanding to be let through to his right. He heard Bridge calling her name and the paramedics performing CPR but the loudest thing, the thing that cut through all the other noises was the medic declaring his beautiful pink ranger dead. A broken neck. No chance of survival.
The words came in but they didn't make any sense.
"Sky. Cadet Tate!"
Sky turned around quickly to face his commander.
"Sky what is going on? Where is Cadet Drew?"
Sky fell to the floor hard his sobs racked his frame. He heard his commanders loud growl as he forced his way passed the firemen, officers and paramedics. But Sky didn't care, the medics words swam through his head; Dead, Broken neck, No chance of survival. Dead. Sydney; beautiful, funny, amazing Sydney was dead. The blackness started to creep into his vision and he welcomed it.
Bridge felt his heart stop. Sydney was dead? No he must've heard wrong. But if he had then why were they putting his little sister into a body bag? Why were they zipping it up? Bridge couldn't take it.
"No! Don't do that! Syd's afraid of the dark don't put her in that! Are you even listening to me she's afraid of the dark!" But nobody was listening to him. He heard a growl and turned to see Cruger rush towards the medics. Cruger would make them unzip her. Cruger wouldn't let her be afraid anymore.
"Sky!" Bridge ran to his best friend, his teammate just as he passed out. Shakily Bridge felt for a pulse.
"Come on Sky please be ok. I can't…I can't lose you too please" Bridge sobbed with relief when he felt a steady pulse. Without thinking, the green ranger pulled his best friend into his chest and held on tight as the tears flowed down his face and into Sky's hair.
Jack tried to force his way passed the line of firemen but failed each time. He had to get to her he couldn't let her down. He heard Bridge shouting at them not to zip the bag closed because she was afraid of the dark and his heart clenched. Flashes of Syd smiling and laughing ran through his head as they closed the bag. He would never hear he laugh again or smile. Someone so kind and caring shouldn't be alone ever. The day at the park flashed to the front of his mind. He saw her standing in front of him holding out half a cupcake declaring that he could share her birthday with him. He felt her wrap her tiny arms around him and whisper to him that he would always be her family. The image disappeared as he felt someone barge passed him. To her relief he saw Cruger make his way over to Syd. At least she wouldn't be alone now. Jack made to follow but Bridge's shout stopped him. Without another moment's hesitation Jack ran towards Sky's fallen body, his heart was in his throat. The red ranger collapsed to his knees in relief as Bridge found a pulse. Jack placed a hand on the Green ranger's shoulder as he was overcome with grief. How would his team ever recover from this.
Z felt like her throat was on fire. The screams just wouldn't stop. How could she be dead? Syd didn't die, she shopped and painted and pouted and got her own way all the time but she didn't die! Z suddenly felt angry.
"How could you Syd? How could you be so selfish?"
When she got no answer she let the grief consume her and the tears poured down. She wrapped her arms around herself and wept. She heard Bridge scream Sky's name and her feet carried her in that direction. The sight before her broke her heart even more. Sky lay unconscious pressed against Bridge's chest which was heaving with his sobs. Jack had one arm across Bridge's shoulder and the other rested on his knee, his hand forcefully wiping away tears. Z practically ran to him when he opened his arm to her.
"I can't believe she's gone. What will we do now?"
"We all go home" It wasn't Jack that said it but the Commander.
"But Syd…"
"Is coming home with us"
The commander turned to face them and in his arms was the battered body of their fallen pink ranger.
John looked in the rear view mirror and frowned.
"Stop trying to untie those. Look in a couple of hours we will be free to start again, in a new city. By now those rangers will have found their precious pink rangers body. I didn't want to kill her but there was no other way. She wouldn't do what I wanted, I told her this would happen but she wouldn't listen. From now on it's just you and me angel. You know I love you right?"
The blonde didn't answer. How could he ever think she would love him after he killed her sister. The tears pooled in her eyes and she blinked them away. John was still looking in the mirror, waiting for her answer. So she stared back and pooled all of her anger, hate and disgust into her glare.
John sighed heavily. He knew this was going to be hard. Seeing the hate in her eyes really hurt him but he silently vowed that one day her eyes would shine with love; her beautiful blue eyes.
A/N hope you guys like it :) you know what to do xxx
