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Author's Note: So I've been sick for a little over two weeks and then I had a hard time writing this chapter. The part with Kat having modified their uniforms so they can use their powers morphed comes from Puggles Master. Thanks again for letting me use that idea. :)

Searching

"So then are these the next two?" Mitch asked pointing to a couple of planets that were on the outer rim.

Jacob nodded, "Unfortunately we're going to have to wait on Earth."

"How is our little ranger?"

Jacob shrugged, "Being annoying, she became unconscious and I couldn't wake her up. Now I have to wait. Hopefully not for long though, Pris came up with a new drug that will awaken one much quicker."

"What does it do?"

"It deadens the senses so they don't feel as if they're in a lot of pain."

"I thought you wanted to cause her a lot of pain?"

A smile spread over Jacob's face, "I do. With this it will allow me to do more longer and get more answers from her. It might kill her, and it might not. Pris is finishing up it now."

Bridge and Z looked quietly in the building, no one was in the hallway. Bridge looked over at Z, "Do you think we're going to be able to get in without an alarm going off?"

"According to Tomas this place is just for a vacation, so I'm hoping it isn't."

Bridge scanned over their side of the building, "Well we could always go in through the window."

Z looked to where Bridge was pointing and smiled, "Perfect. Let's go."

"Sky." Devon said quietly so only Sky could hear. They both moved back into the shadow on the west side. Getting in without attracting attention was essential. But with all of the people walking by it seemed impossible. It wasn't obvious if they were a part of this group or not. They hadn't even gotten to the door yet.

Sky signaled Devon forward. He quickly made it to the next tree up and crossed over to the building. Flattening himself into the small shadow there he silently peered around the corner. Once more he saw a couple of people…although…he looked at them closer. The two wore what looked like regular clothes, but what he recognized as the clothing of the men who had attacked them on Earth. And they held guns!

He looked up just as Sky was next to him. Thankfully the two were already morphed. He signaled to Sky who was there and the Red Ranger nodded. They both knew what was going to happen next and in the same second they were out and a fight began.

Doggie moved efficiently toward the south entrance. There were no guards outside but he still moved slowly up waiting in case he had missed something. Without any problems he made it to the door. Quietly he opened the door and stepped inside.

Jacob entered the room and saw that Syd was still there in the chair. Her eyes were closed, but that didn't mean anything. He picked up one of the knives and cut it across her thigh. Nothing. She didn't scream. He frowned. He picked up the taser and pressed it to her shoulder. Once more nothing.

She couldn't be dead, could she?

Jacob growled and kicked the girls' body. "Raz!"

The man hurried into the room from an adjacent room, "Yes sir?"

"She's not awake. How long am I supposed to wait?"

"I'm not sure. The drug didn't have a good affect on her, so I gave her something else to counteract that."

"And how long will it take to take affect on her body?"

"It depends…it might not."

His eyes narrowed, "You might kill her?"

"Most likely it will work." Raz quickly countered. "If she doesn't come around soon, I'll try something else."

"Take the body and dump it back where it belongs. When she's awake, come and get me."

He stormed out of the room; his form of entertainment was gone. He needed to find some more. Surely they could round up a few extra people…he would think of something that would take hours to do. He made his way to one of the extra rooms. A few of the soldiers were sitting and watching a movie on screen.

"Captain!"

A man with dark red hair jumped up and quickly made it to Jacob's side, "Yes sir."

His voice came out above a bark and Jacob watched as the man's tail sprang upward in salute as well. "I want you to bring me some more people."

"Sir, to do that we would need to go to another planet. That might take a while."

His eyes tightened, "Fine. Tomorrow I better have at least twenty people or I'll be taking volunteers from here."

Turning around he walked out. It was tempting, taking a couple of soldiers could provide for some good entertainment. Shaking his head he tried to once more gain control. This was why he was going to rule the galaxy, because then he could take as many people as he wanted and whenever. He would be able to come up with the most horrifying slow deaths. Jacob's heart began to beat faster in anticipation of the idea. He could hardly wait. Of course everyone who helped him get there would be able to get something that they wanted.

He turned and started toward the lab.

After only a few feet he paused and turned around. He didn't see anything, but it felt as though someone was there. Shaking his head he told himself he was being paranoid. No one could be here, at least not yet. Not even that silly actor. As if he would even know what to do with the information. He had to check if Pris had the potion ready.

Sky and Devon fought the two men quickly. They had them contained in containment cards before either of them could raise the alarm. Moving quickly the two men entered the building and slowly began down the hallway.

Sky looked over at Devon and then back to the front. He knew that he shouldn't hold him responsible for Syd being taken, but he couldn't help but wonder if Devon couldn't have done something more. Shaking his head he realized that it was ridiculous to expect that. Things happened.

His mind wandered to Z and Bridge, hopefully they would make it out of here, and then he thought of Doggie. Doggie would make it out of here, it seemed impossible that Doggie could die. He had a hard time believing it during the final battle against Grumm, he couldn't believe it now.

He would do his hardest to get everyone out of here and all of these…things…who were responsible for so many people's deaths. They weren't people. They were less than that.

Just as they were about to step out into the next hall someone exited a room. Devon and Sky quickly hid in the shadows by the corner. The Red Ranger peered around the corner and saw a man with gray hair retreating. All at once he stopped and quickly turned to where Sky and Devon were. Sky flattened himself on the wall and waited. After a few minutes he looked again, he was much further down the hall.

The man paused again but instead of looking back he quickly stepped through the wall.

"Did you see that?" Devon whispered.

"Yeah, which means something important is in there."

"Could be Syd…but I think it's more likely that it's where the Virus is."

Sky frowned, "Could be. Let's hope they haven't advanced it to much since Kat's last upgrade."

"Right, we should get going."

"Agreed."

The two men hurried to the hidden doorway. Sky realized that he did indeed like working with Devon, at least he listened, unlike someone else.

A woman with short brown hair flickered into his mind. Z. She often went against him, and yet…he enjoyed it. He loved that he could work efficiently with Devon, but Z brought another insight into the battle.

Sky was pulled from his thoughts with a slight tug of his arm. Looking up he noticed the man stepping out of another room before he was pulled into another room. The two men were silent as they watched the older individual go by. Once he was out of sight the two hurried down the hall to where the man had just come from.

They were right outside the door. Devon and Sky peered in. It was a lab. A female with yellow skin was instructing another couple of people as she was typing into a computer. There was also a glass on the other side of the room where he could see people melting, just like they had on Earth. Sky spoke quietly into the microphone, "Kat, Devon and I found the Virus."

"Alright, I'll let Doggie and Bridge and Z know. Good luck getting in. I'll be here to help shut it down if you need it."

"Thanks."

Sky looked at Devon who nodded at him. The Red Ranger took a deep breathe and then turned the door knob.

"Doggie, Sky and Devon have found the Virus. No word yet from Bridge or Z."

"Alright. Thanks."

The Shadow Ranger continued his path down the hall keeping close to the wall. He could hear talking near by, one of them had called the other Mitch and so that was where Doggie was headed.

It wasn't long before he found himself right outside of the door.

"Don't worry; I'm sure she'll wake up again."

"She better."

"Look Jacob, we've almost got the perfect Virus, Pris just sent the info about it and it looks promising. We'll try it out and see how it goes."

"I know. I just can't wait for this all to be over. Then I can get whoever I want, whenever. And you're sure that foolish actor won't do anything?"

"Tomas is not into the questioning bit, so we have nothing to worry about. Besides he was just reunited with his fiancé, so he'll be happy for a while."

"Good."

These were the leaders, the ones who had started it all, Doggie quickly let Kat know plus a command and then focused on the door; Doggie just needed to take one more step until he was in the door way.

Bridge and Z moved into the next hall after checking it first. Kat had fixed their suits so that they could still use their powers when they were morphed, so that allowed Bridge to sweep his hand over the hall in front of him. He scanned and looked hoping to see Syd's signature. This was the fifth hall they checked. They had already run into a few different soldiers but were able to get them in the containment cards so that they could continue.

Sky and Devon had found the virus. Doggie had found the leaders. That left finding Syd.

"Anything Bridge?"

"No. Nothing at---wait." He scanned his hand on the left side of him. It was Syd's signature; there was no doubt about that. He knew it anywhere, even with as faint as it was. "This way. But we should hurry. It's weak." When the signatures were faint like this that meant they were dying.

Dying.

Not Syd.

She was always so full of life.

He and Z were both moving the same; this was Z's best friend. The two had become close and he could tell that Z was affected by her friend's long absence.

Syd was Bridge's best friend. They had been through so much together. And then that other night…that kiss…Bridge knew that not only was Syd his best friend, but there was something more there. Something tangible and unless they got to Syd soon, something that would be gone.

"There." Bridge quietly pointed to a door.

Z nodded and turned the doorknob, it was locked. She quickly blasted the doorknob and Bridge and Z headed in taking a glance around the hall to make sure no one was there.