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I'd Do Anything- Chapter 3
The B-squad rangers assembled in their line for the morning roll call. They all waited patiently for the arrival of Commander Cruger. Once the familiar blue dog entered, the cadets stood perfectly still at attention.
The roll call started. Tensions rose as the members of the squad knew there was a cadet missing. Cadet Landors, red ranger: here. Cadet Tate, blue ranger: here. Cadet Carson, green ranger: here. Cadet Delgado, yellow ranger: here. Cadet Drew, pink ranger: missing.
"Do any of you currently know where Cadet Drew is?" inquired Cruger.
"You could just check the tracker to find the signal from her morpher, sir." Bridge stated the obvious.
"I know that cadet. I meant 'do any of you know what she has been up to?'."
"I do, sir." Sky piped up. Everyone looked awaitingly at Sky.
"Proceed cadet." Cruger said approvingly and awaited an answer just like the rest of the cadets.
"She accompanied me this morning on my run. She received the message to report to the command center, sir. I was there with her when we were called. She told me to go ahead and informed me that she would be right there." Sky informed as eyebrows rose around him. Cruger seemed intrigued by the information.
"I'm sure she did more than that..." Bridge mumbled to himself. Jack and Z could not help but overhear and slightly chuckle at the remark.
"What was that cadet?" Cruger sounded irritated.
The cadets straightened up immediately. "Nothing, sir. It was just that I had thought about something that I was thinking about in my room earlier and..."
Bridge went on and on until he was cut off by the blue dog.
"Nevermind, cadet. Miss Manx is currently uploading Cadet Drew's exact location."
Suddenly, lights flashed and signals began to beep.
"There has been another krybot attack in the downtown area. Cadet Drew is in trouble. I will send her location to your vehicles.Go Rangers." Kat informed.
They all hopped into (or on) their respective vehicles: Jack, Sky, and Bridge on their patrol cycles and Z in the SPD jeep and off they went.
Once they reached the scene, numerous kybots attacked them. They came from all directions. Left, right, front, back, and even from above. They were overwhelmed. Broodwing appeared right in front of them.
"Well rangers, it seems you are outnumbered without you precious pink ranger. I'll have you know that she is in the care of Emperor Gruumm himself. She is having a most wonderful visit." Broodwing mocked. A hologram of Syd strappped to a table, gagged, showed up in front of them. She cried for help, but it was too muffled to tell.
"Noooo!" Sky yelled.
"It's okay Sky, we'll get her back." Jack reassured.
"We have to do something." Z cried.
All the while the they fought them. They were being slowly defeated. They had to retreat.
"Rangers, stand down!" Jack ordered.
The battle had already caused Bridge and Z to demorph. One more hit and Sky would demorph, too.
The rangers once again hopped into or on their vehicles. It was too much. The krybots seemed stronger then usual. The team was already at a disadvantage without Syd.
They finally arrived at the headquarters. The drive seemed like it took forever. Everyone was depressed and downtrodden. It was like they were not the same without Syd. She was the peppy and positive one of the group. Now they severely missed her.
"So, anyone wanna play lightball or something?" Bridge tried to lighten up the mood.
There was no reply. It was silent. Dead silent. The silence became too eerie for Bridge. As he awaited a response, although he knew he would not get one, he quietly got up and crept out of the room. Only Sky looked up as he passed. He was knee deep in his most favorite book, the SPD handbook.
It had also become too quiet for Z. She stood up, infuriated.
"How can you guys just sit here and do nothing! Syd's our friend. We have to do something to help her. I may not like her that much, but she's still part of our team." Z was serious.
"You should be ashamed of yourself, Sky. You just sit there idlely reading your stupid handbook.You and Bridge have known her the longest and it's like youcould care less if she comes back.What's with you lately? What ever happened to your hero complex?"
Sky slightly blushed. He hoped Z didn't notice, but she did.
"Huh, what's up with you? There's something different. I can feel it. You're showing your emotions. It's like when I heard you scream for Syd and saw you blush just a second ago..." Sky blushed again as he slowly pulled his book up to cover his bright red face as Z continued "that I could have sworn you had fallen for her."
Sky just sat there, dazed and confused. He wondered the same thing. Not that he doubted his feelings for Syd, but why he just sat there. It was not like him to do that. His mind wandered off as Ms. Manx spoke up.
"I have some good news and bad news. First, I will have to call the other two in." She pressed a few buttons and, immediately after, Bridge and Jack came into the briefing area. Them, along with Sky and Z stood in their respectivepositions as Kat continued.
"Rangers, I have an update on Cadet Drew's location. Presumably, she is being held captivein Emperor Gruumm's ship. So far, that is the good news. The bad news is that I cannot find a way past the ship'ssecurity system. There are several hundred Kybots and Blueheads blocking all possible entrances. Cadet Drew is in terrible danger. The prospective outlook doesn't look good. Since this mission is highly dangerous, I can only send one of you."
The cadets looked to each other, mentally inquiring among themselves if they were willing to risk it all for Syd.
"I will go." Sky stated proudly.
"I knew he had a thing for her..." Z whispered to Bridge, who completely understood.
"Okay Cadet Tate. Permission is granted. I will brief you on her coordinates and I will show you to your weapons and ship. Are you sure you want to do this? "
"Yes ma'am. Syd is my best friend and teammate. I owe it to her." Sky was bursting with pride.
"Come this way." Kat and Sky walked off. This mission would be tough for him. But he had secret weapon. His love for Syd. He knew he would find her. He was determined to bring her back. And if he didn't, he would never forgive himself.
Sky met eye to eye with Cruger before he left. Cruger had faith in him that he could do it.
"I am ready, sir. I have prepared and trained for this day my whole life. I will not let you of my team down."
"Okay, cadet. Bring her back."
"I will, sir." Sky flashed a full-out smile at him as he rounded the corner. He knew that this might be the last time he will ever seee Cruger or his teammates again. He stopped in to say goodbye to his teammates.
"Bye you guys."
"Bye" was the simultaneous response from everyone.
"Oh, and Sky" Bridge always had to have the last word "be careful. If you don't come back then I won't have a roomate."
"I'll keep that in mind." he said as he left for good.
Meanwhile at Emperor Gruumm's ship-
"MMMMHHHH" Syd cry was muffled through the handkerchief that covered her mouth.
"Shut up, you brat. None of those patheitc ranger friends of yours are going to help you this time. You're all alone. Unless you tell me how to break into your headquarters, then you might have a chance to be set free." Broodwing mocked.
"MMAAAHHHHH" she yelped, but no one was there to help her.
Outside the ship-
Sky landed his Troobian army disguised ship in the hanger (or whatever they call the place where the spaceships are stored). He hopped out. He had been given the mask and suit of one of the previously defeated Krybots for a disguise.
He made his way past hundreds of Krybots.They mistook him for one of their own. He made his way into the entrance. He had no time to lose.
He searched through hundreds of rooms and corridors. But no Syd was to be found. Then it came to him. She was no ordinary prisoner. She would be put under the watchful eye of someone important. 'Probably Broodwing' he thought to himself.
He finally found the main rom of the ship. He peeked around the corner tosee who was in there. Sure enough, there was Broodwing watching over Syd. Sky squinted to see what was going on. Then he realized, 'Duh, I can just go in there myself, they won't notice me.'
He stood up as quiet as a mouse and crept into the room. As planned, Broodwing didn't notice a thing.
He walked over near Syd. She had given up the struggle for a nice nap. 'She is so cute when she sleeps' he thought. He mentally slapped himself. Then he realized why he was the in the first place. To rescue her, not daydream about her.
He caught a break. Broodwing had slowly dozed off to sleep, too. It was his chance.
He walked over to her, all the while not trying to wake him up. He quickly unstrapped Syd from her chair. She slowly cameback to reality as he took the handkercheif out of her mouth.
"AAAHHHHH!" she screamed. "Get away from me you wired freak!"
"Don't worry Syd, it's me." He assured.
"Wh-who are y-you?" her voice shaked.
"It's me. Sk-" he said as he was knocked down by a Bluehead that had entered the room and found him letting the prisoner loose.
Broodwing had awoke from his nap. He ordered every robot to capture the unknown prisoner.
"Get him." he hissed.
Sky was pinned to the ground, motionless. He let out one final scream before he was bound.
"Syd, Run!"
She was confused, but took the message. Luckily, they had forgotten about her. She ran until she had found a hanger. It was deserted of all Krybots. She found a shipand hopped in knowing that it would be her only chance for survival. She strapped in and headed off for Earth.
Things for Sky didn't go so well. They binded him to a chair. They took off his mask.
"Well, well, well. Look who we have here. The SPD Blue ranger. What a nice surprise. He must have come to save his little princess. What a shame he didn't come through this time." Gruumm said proudly knowing he was a worthy capture.
"I'm gonna get out of here and you know it." Sky shot back.
"Now, now ranger. You are a far better upgrade than the Pink ranger. Much higher in rank."
"Syd is just as good a fighter as any of us on the team." he defended her.
"Just be quiet." Broodwing sounded annoyed.
"If he won't divulge any information, then we shall lock him up. Broodwing, show our guest to his cell." Gruumm demanded.
Sky was taken out of his chair. With his arms held tightly behind his back, he was defenseless. Once they reached his cell, he was thrown in. Luckily he landed on the bed.
"Enjoy your stay while you can." Broodwing taunted.
SPD Headquarters-
Syd made her way to the Command Center.
Bridge spun around in his chair while his teammates were out training. He had to watch for any monster attacks or sign of Sky or Syd. He looked back from the door to the console and back again. He could have sworn he saw Syd. 'Nah, it can't be her' he thought. But wait.
"Syd? Syd!" he cried.
"Hey Bridge. Where is everybody?" she said. Her face was tear stained and dirty.
"Out training. What happened to you? Where's Sky? He's supposed to be with you."
"Sky? Oh my gosh. Was he the one disguised as a Krybot?" she panicked.
"Yeah. What happened to him? Syd?" She burst into tears.
"I-I d-didn't r-realize it was h-him. I s-should have known. B-broodwing c-captured him. H-he wast-trying to rescue m-me. I-I heard h-him call to me, b-but I was confused. H-he told me to run, s-so I did." Bridge brought her into a tight hug and comforted her.
"It's okay. We'll get him back. Don't worry."
Back at Sky's cell in Gruumm's ship-
Sky sat on his bed staring at the wall. He though about how he let the academy down. At least he didn't fail Sydney. At least he hoped she was all right. He couldnt sleep. He was thinking about how he might never see her again. His head filled with so many negative thoughts. He couldn't stop thinking about her and his teammates.
I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms
To try to make you laugh
Somehow I can't put you in the past.
I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you
Would you remember me because I know I won't forget you.
I close my eyes and all I see is you.
I close my eyes, I try to sleep I can't forget you.
Na na na na na na,
And I'd do anything for you,
Na na na na na na naaaaaaa.
