Outer Space

A lone figure stood on a spacecraft looking out her front window at the planet below. Earth was beautiful from this angle, with the deep blues of the oceans, the greens of the continents and the white clouds mixing together into the planet below her. And with every ounce of her being, she despised the planet. Seeing it destroyed would be the highlight of her life, but for now she would watch Grumm and see how well he did before making her move. The pathetic monster would probably not make it through the next month, with both Mirinoi's A-Squad and Earth's B-Squad fighting the battles, there was no hope left for him, and once everything changed in favor of SPD, she would strike.

She smirked. Getting Grumm to destroy SPD for her, was a good idea, but getting SPD to destroy Grumm was better because she had a plan to rid Earth of SPD for a long time. And it was sure to succeed.

Earth, Delta Base

"No!" Meghan's voice carried down the hallway of SPD to the recreation room where most of the rangers were sitting around, sans her and Sky, who were clearly arguing down the hallway from the tones of their heightened voices. The argument was pointless as they always were and Jack sat in silence, staring out the door, wondering why they clashed so easily. The members of A-Squad were nonplussed at the exchange; Miranda reading a magazine on the couch, very close to Bridge who was reading one about computers. Syd had her legs over Isaiah's lap and he read a newspaper and she was involved in a sappy romance novel. Jordan was sitting on the floor in front of Miranda, writing on a piece of paper. Lynn was at the small table, filling out paperwork with a set of headphones on. Z was next to Jack, reading a book that Jack recognized to be 'War of the Worlds" by Orson Wells.

"Hey there." Syd looked up and smiled at the flustered red ranger who stormed in the door. Meghan's hands were flailing around, as if she was unsure where to put them and Syd slid to the side, scooting closer to Isaiah, making room for her sister.

"Thanks." Meghan muttered, plopping down in the corner of the couch, lifting her legs up to hug them.

"What was it this time?" Syd asked with a smile. Meghan shook her head and glared at the door. Sky walked in, ignoring Meghan's death stare and sat down on a chair behind the main group and lifted his SPD handbook to hide his face. Just then the sound of a ringing bell went off around the room, making everyone look up from their books. To Jack's surprise his brother went for his pocket and pulled out a black cell phone. He opened it and answered the ringing.

"Hello?" His face broke into a huge smile and he stood up. "Hey T."

"Ooooo." Four voices said simultaneously. Meghan, Miranda, Isaiah and Lynn burst out laughing as Jordan blushed bright red and gave them a glare before leaving the room quickly.

"What was that?" Syd asked her sister and boyfriend, her head moving back and forth between the two. Isaiah reached his hand around Syd's shoulder and pushed Meghan lightly before hugging Syd closer to him.

"His girlfriend." Miranda answered for them, she grinned at Meghan who smiled back.

"No way." Jack said, smiling at the door his younger brother had just exited from. "He didn't tell me." He narrowed his eyes slightly. "I'm going to get him for that." He turned his attention to Lynn who was closest to him. She pulled out her earbuds and smiled.

"Tianna Corbett." She replied smiling. Syd jumped up and looked at Meghan her mouth dropped open wide.

"No way! Tianna?"

Meghan nodded, a big smile etched on her face. "They met at this huge gathering on Mirinoi. The parents weren't too happy about her dating the blue ranger, but he's getting over it. Slowly." She laughed. Syd smiled and sat back down into Isaiah's arm.

"Is Tianna your other sister?" Bridge asked, eyebrows knitting. Syd shook her head and Meghan explained.

"She's our cousin, Uncle Mike's daughter. Emily is our sister, the youngest." She smiled at her sister next to her. "Tianna is about three months younger than me and Matt."

"Your better half." Jack said with a grin, glancing at Sky. The blue ranger didn't move, but Jack could see a half smile forming on his face from behind the handbook. Meghan caught Jack's line of sight and her smile faded slightly but she answered readily.

"Not so much. He's still never pinned me." She smiled widely. "Just like another guy I've sparred." Her face turned to Sky who didn't flinch.

"Stop bragging." Miranda prodded, rolling her eyes.

"She's never pinned me." Bridge said, sitting up slightly. Meghan laughed and Lynn rolled her eyes.

"That's because she hasn't sparred you yet." Lynn answered, standing up and stretching slightly, re-zipping her jacket over the pink camisole she wore. "Kat asked me to help with the re-sequencing. I'm gone." She waved and left the room.

"Bye!" Meghan called after her as the red head went down the hallway.

"Speaking of things to do." Miranda said, getting up and facing Meghan. "We've got patrol." She grabbed the red ranger's arms and pulled her up to her feet and they left, dragging their feet as they went.

"Love their jobs, don't they." Isaiah said sarcastically watching his teammates retreating backs. As he said it Meghan's head appeared in the doorway.

"Hey, you have patrol too, sunshine." Meghan wrinkled her nose at the yellow ranger who jumped up and started for the girls. Miranda wasn't visible, but her squeal sounded as she darted away while Meghan froze with her cocky smile, making Isaiah stop directly in front of her. "Not going to work." She dismissed, backing up and leaving the room, Isaiah following with a quick flirtatious smile back at Syd and glanced behind the couch.

"Hey, Tate." He called, grabbing Sky's attention. "You and I have sector B now." Sky nodded and got up and followed the yellow ranger out of the room, leaving his handbook in the chair he'd been sitting in.

"You really like him, don't you?" Z said, letting her book down. Syd blushed slightly and fidgeted with her book.

"I really do."

"Funny, I thought for sure you and Sky would end up together."

Syd's mouth dropped open in surprise. "EW!" She shuddered, much to the entertainment of her three teammates.

"He's not that gross Syd." Jack was able to laugh out. Syd laughed with them before explaining.

"No, it's just that, growing up, Meghan and Sky were friends and Miranda and I were friends." She smiled fondly at the memories. "They were always fighting, and Miranda and I would occasionally provoke them." She grinned mischievously, but then frowned. "Never really thought they'd hate each other like they do now." Her face twisted in thought. "Anyway," She brightened, "Sky's been like another older brother to me, and always will be, the thought of dating him is just… ew. It's like you dating Jack." She smiled at Z.

Z threw back her head in laughter, "I now understand, but did you have to pick my little brother?" Syd smiled.

"You don't really pick." She said, staring at the wall with a smile on her face. "It kinda picks you."