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Chapter 8: Finale part I

The two quickly pulled back from the kiss, startled by a knock at the door. Jack gazed at Z and then towards the door.

"Um, could you come a little later?" He said wanting to continue the kiss with Z.

"Why? We're her best friends!" The two recognized the voice as Bridge's.

"Oh! C'mon in!" he yelled. Bridge was followed in by Sky and Sydney who were holding a bouquet of Tarnain flowers, balloons, and an oversized teddy bear. Z gave a huge smile as her fellow teammates walked in and greeted her with hugs and kisses and a very emotional Green Ranger. She let out a sigh as she patted her psychic friend on the head.

"Bridge, stop crying! I told you I'm all better now! See, I'm awake!" Bridge sniffled and looked up at Z.

"I know, but…what if you're just a ghost who didn't know you were dead yet until it was to l...l...Laaaate!" Bridge said as he went into tears again. The others shook their heads, surprised at their friend's unstable emotions.

As Sydney and Z fell into a deep conversation, Jack pulled Bridge outside for a conversation of their own; Sky keeping a watchful eye on them as they exited. Jack began looking around to search if anyone would eavesdrop on them. He finally turned back to Bridge. A most serious face donned the Red Ranger.

"So…is it done?" Jack asked crossing his arms.

"Yeah, it's done. The next time we meet up with Valdix, he wont know what hit him." Bridge said quietly as he punched his fist.

"Does it have all the specifications I wanted?"

"All of them. I even added a few gadgets to it." Jack grinned as he cracked his knuckles. If he was right, Valdix would be paying for all of his sins tonight.

"Great. Thanks a lot Bridge. I really don't know what this team would be without you." Jack said extending his hand for a shake.

"No problem." Jack had noticed that the smile had been removed from Bridge's face and was replaced grim look. Before he could take action he was sent into a partial seizure. His thoughts were passing by his eyes like a bullet. He quickly removed his hand from the shake and noticed the Green Ranger's naked hand. Jack's mouth dropped. Now Bridge knew everything. He could tell by his look.

"Bridge…" Jack said reaching for his teammate. Bridge gently swatted it away.

"No. I wont let you do it Jack. Cruger said no. I wont let you risk your life. Z would lose it if something were to happen to you. I can't…"

"Bridge, you gotta understand. There's a hole inside me that won't be filled unless I take down Valdix. I have to do this."

"For what Jack? You've already got Z back. Why would you still want to risk this? It's senseless!"

"You don't understand! I need to do this. I can't let that damn psycho kill innocent people for the hell of it! Not anymore. Just because we've got Z back doesn't mean this is over. It means we've got to stop him now." Bridge leaned back onto the wall and tuned his head away from his leader. He had a way of persuading him into decisions.

Jack stood waiting for the psychic's answer. After two minutes of thinking, Bridge finally rose from his spot and walked over to the Red Ranger. He crossed his arms and let out a light sigh.

"Look, I really think this is a bad idea, but I know you feel that you need to pay Z back, so I'll let you do this." Jack grinned as he playfully punched Bridge in the arm. "On one condition." Jack's grin quickly faded and appeared on Bridge's face.

"Go ahead and drop it on me."

"The rest of the team has to know." The Red Ranger shook his head in disagreement.

"If the others knew anything about this they would totally bomb the mission. Syd cant keep a secret and Sky would tell Cruger the second he found out that it wasn't approved." He had a point. Bridge knew the two all too well. Maybe it would be better if the others didn't know.

"Ok. The others don't have to know, but I am coming with you." The ranger shook his head again.

"I can't let you do that. I need to do this by myself."

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Valdix watched from the floor as his father and his soldiers exited his warehouse. He rose from the ground holding his ribs, allowing the blood run off of his scarred lip. He slowly made his way over to where his table formerly stood and noticed a white piece. It pained him to bend over and reach for it. He soon made his way to his couch, which had been literally ripped to shreds. He unfolded the paper and read the instructions that told him to meet him at Gold's Junkyard. He crumbled the paper and it burned from the energy he emitted. Deal or not, he was surly in the mood to kill someone.

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The time was 2:00 am. Jack, in his full uniform, made his way to the lab, occasionally checking behind him to see if he was being followed. It took him a while to make Bridge agree to stay at command base, and he still thought that Bridge would try to sneak up on him.

The Red ranger put his palm against the scanner of the lab door. A small beeping noise was made and the white door slid open. As he walked into the dark blue room, he noticed that the weapon was not in it's place; the center of the room.

"Looking for this?" Jack quickly turned and got into his fighting stance only to find Bridge, also in his uniform, holding the large 13mm diamond laser.

"How…" Jack started.

"When I read you I saw the note. 2:00 just kept coming to my head for some reason." Jack quickly grabbed the weapon from his comrade. "I'm not gonna let you do this by yourself Jack."

"I know. Thanks."

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Next time:

Jack and Bridge meet up with Valdix.

Z can't sleep.

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