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Author's Note: I do apologize for the delay in updating. I was re reading Twilight and New Moon in preparation for New Moon, which I thought was absolutely amazing! If I don't update, I hope everyone enjoys their holidays.

More Dead Ends

Syd sat in the chair by her Father's desk waiting for him to return. He was doing something for work and then together they were going to talk to Jaymes. Surely he had to know something…anything. Syd felt her breath catch as she contemplated another dead end. She couldn't handle that…it was too much. Bridge and her Mother were out there somewhere, and yet, what if…

She shook her head; she wasn't going to think about that, it would only cause her more pain. They hadn't heard anything yet from Sky and Z and that worried Syd. What if something happened to them? Once more, more of them gone…

No.

She had to stop thinking so negatively. It wasn't going to help and it was only going to make things worse. She had to be positive. Besides it hadn't been that long since they were looking…but long enough. No…positive.

Usually she could be…but…

She was startled from her thoughts as she heard the office door open. Walking slowly through the door was her Father.

"Hey Daddy."

"Syd. How are you?"

She shrugged and he smiled a small, knowing smile, "And you?"

"As well as I could be." He walked over and sat down at his desk, "Jaymes should be in here in a minute."

"Alright." Syd was quiet for a minute before she said something that had been in her mind, "What if Jaymes doesn't know anything about this man? What if he's good?"

Her Father looked at her startled by her questions, after a few seconds his started expression changed to understanding, "Syd, honey, I know you and your friends will find them."

"Daddy, Sky and Z haven't contacted anyone yet…if they're gone…and then Mom and Bridge are missing…maybe worse."

"Syd, don't worry. I'm sure Sky and Z are just fine; perhaps they're closer than you would think and they can't contact you for whatever reason. As for your Mother and Bridge…well I think they'll be fine too."

The Pink Ranger could see that although her Father said that, he was just as worried about her Mother as Syd was. He was trying to comfort her, she smiled, "Thanks Daddy."

"You're welcome." There was a knock at the door, "Yes?"

The door was opened and Jaymes stood there, "You wanted to see me Sir?"

"Yes, please come in."

The older man walked in, "What can I do for you?"

Syd watched her Father as he turned on the video; she then turned and watched Jayme's face while the part played. Once over Jaymes looked at them confused, "I'm afraid I don't understand Sir."

"Do you know who this man is?"

"He said his name was Jason Jones. He wished to speak with Mrs. Drew."

"And?"

"Mrs. Drew was out; I explained that she was unable to see him at the time and for him to come back. He then handed me the paper and insisted I give it to her as soon as possible. Mrs. Drew was back in a couple of hours and I gave her the paper he had handed me."

"Jaymes, you wouldn't have happened to see what was on that paper did you?" Syd asked already knowing the question would get her nowhere.

"Of course not."

She heard her Father let out air which he must have been holding in, "Thank you Jaymes."

He nodded and left. "I suppose that's a dead end."

"I bet that guy, whoever he is, is the reason behind all of this."

"I suppose, but…who is he and what did he want with my wife?"

"So, you've no idea? Mother never said anything?"

He sat and thought about that for a few minutes before shaking his head, "No, nothing."

Syd pursed her lips. This just wasn't fair. How were they supposed to find them? She exhaled, "I think I'll try calling them again."

She barely noticed her Father nodding as she left the room.

Z finished looking around at yet another building; there was still no sign of Bridge or Mrs. Drew. This was just not good. She couldn't imagine not seeing Bridge again, and Syd…she shook her head thinking of her friend. She wouldn't handle this well. Her thoughts then shifted to Sky, she knew that he wouldn't be able to handle it well either. Sky and Bridge were close, Sky looked out for him and to him Bridge being taken captive meant a failure on his part.

She sighed as she went back downstairs to find Sky; they had decided to keep silent so that way if they came across anything they would be able to more easily sneak up on them. Of course they would have to get a hold of Doggie soon enough…but…

"Z, I assume you found nothing?"

"Yes, and Sky, what now? This was the last building."

"Perhaps we missed something."

"Missed something? Like what?"

"I think we should go back over everything."

"We can't waste time. We should step—"

"Waste time?" He practically growled at her.

"Calm down and think it through clearly. Take a step back Sky."

She said it firmly while Sky glared at her before nodding and stepping backwards. She could tell that he had relaxed enough to think things through again.

"His morpher was in this area…you think they set it up?"

"That's an obvious answer." She muttered and then sighed, "Alright, so Bridge and Rebecca aren't here. They have to be somewhere."

"They haven't been taken off planet, we're keeping an eye on that."

"Let's go back and tell Doggie, Kat and Syd, and then go from there."

Slowly Sky nodded and the two headed back to base.

Her heart was beating loudly, hopefully it would quiet down. She knew that he was right behind her, but…no, he probably hadn't left the room yet…she hoped. If he realized that she was onto him that wasn't going to bode well. She knew he was strong, and she was not a fighter. She had to find out where Bridge was…but this place was huge. She figured from the window she had just looked out of that she was on the third floor. But most of the rooms she had glanced in seemed to be empty.

She knew that rescue would come. Syd, and her ranger friends would help.

Ranger friends.

She needed to stop thinking like that, and yet…it was hard too. Those ranger friends were the reason—Rebecca was pulled from her thoughts as a loud noise sounded behind her. Gasping she turned around with her hand on her heart. She moved quickly to a side hallway and waited hoping that whatever it was that made that loud noise would go in the other direction…unless it was Bridge. At least he could do something.

Lucky for her they didn't stop and look down this hallway, unfortunately she didn't know who they were and she had a pretty good idea that they worked for Derek. After they passed she slowly made her way down the hallway she was in; there were a couple of doors at the end and she had to try them.

Going into the first one she saw that it was a bedroom…or…there was a bed in here so one would assume. It was broken down, so it shouldn't be called a bedroom and yet…

Shaking her head she turned back and slowly headed out of the room, she didn't have time to debate whether a room was a bedroom or not. Right now she needed to find Bridge—

Surely Derek wouldn't have killed him. Would he? Maybe he already did. Maybe running away had done it.

No, Bridge just had to be alive; there was no way to look at it. Scientifically yes, there was, but she wasn't going to go that route.

Rebecca looked back down the hallway to make sure no one was there, she didn't see anyone but that didn't mean anything. He could be silently moving down the hallway…silently making his way towards her…shivering she opened the door hoping that perhaps she would see Bridge.