Chapter Sixteen

Storming into the rec room, Shadow plopped down on the sofa beside Syd. The pink Ranger looked up from her magazine curiously.

"You alright, Shadow?" She asked, taking in the angry expression on her comrade's face.

"He's got some nerve, you know that." Shadow huffed.

"What are you talking about?" Syd shook her head, clearly confused.

"Sky," Shadow cried, "he has got some nerve kissing me when he knows I'm with Jack."

Syd's interest was clearly peeked. There was a look of amazement and disbelief in her eyes.

"He kissed you?" She asked. Shadow nodded, too mad to form words.

"I told him he was gonna fall on his face." Syd muttered. Too caught up in her anger, Shadow didn't register exactly what Syd was saying to herself.

"I mean, where does he get off thinking he can just kiss me and make me break up with Jack and go out with him instead. Then, after kissing me, he has the nerve to tell me that he likes me. Ooh, he makes me so mad." Shadow seethed, having gained her second wind of speech.

"And another thing, even if I did feel the way about Sky that he feels about me, which I don't, I would want him to tell me instead of just grabbing me and kissing me. That man needs some serious help." Shadow continued to babble on as Syd simply sat there, listening, a mischievous grin on her face.


He sat back down, letting his head fall back against the trunk of the tree, the rough bark scratching against his neck.

What had he just done? Had he really kissed Shadow? Yes, yes he had. And it was incredible. He never realized that kissing could be so…intimate, so mind-blowing, so wonderful. He sighed, and suddenly crashed back to earth.

Sky's head dropped into his hands. His rash actions had probably just cost him the friendship that had slowly been building between Shadow and him. Yes, he had definitely messed up.

What was he going to do now? He had to apologize to Shadow and try and make her realize that he hadn't meant to do that. It was just the fact that he couldn't form any words to tell her how he felt about her that he had become so desperate as to kiss her so suddenly. But what if she wouldn't listen to him? Or what if she told Jack what Sky had done? That would put a rift in the already fragile team, a rift that would totally tear the team apart.

Sky had no clue what was going to happen. Maybe he should just let Shadow make the first move. Yeah, that seemed logical. He would wait and see what she did before taking any type of action.


"Good morning," Jack greeted Z as he leaned against the doorframe of her room, legs crossed at the ankles. Taking in her friend's grin, Z smirked.

"Somebody had a good night last night." She teased.

"Somebody had a great night." Jack corrected her. Z sat up on her bed, where she had been reading a book that Bridge had suggested to her.

"Okay, Casanova, spill." She said.

"A gentleman never kisses and tells." He replied in a fake snobbish voice, lifting his nose slightly in the air.

"Ooh, you kissed her." Z grinned impishly, "Way to go Landers."

Jack laughed and shook his head.

"C'mon," he said, "we have training to do."


Sky wandered into the rec room. Shadow was there talking to Syd, and she didn't look happy. Her brow was furrowed, and her mouth was turned down in a deep frown.

"Good morning, Sky." Jack came up behind the blue Ranger. His greeting caught the attention of the two women in the room, and they looked towards the door. Shadow's frown deepened, if that was possible, when her eyes met Sky's. He looked away from her quickly and turned to face Jack.

"Morning," he replied, wanting nothing more than to wipe that silly grin from his leader's face.

"Hey you guys." Bridge smiled at everybody, as he and Z joined Jack and Sky. The two newcomers were as unaware of the tension between Sky and Shadow as Jack and Syd.

"Alright," Jack rubbed his hands together, "since everybody's here, let's get to training." Syd and Shadow walked over to join the other four. Sky avoided looking at Shadow as best he could. But he couldn't help noticing the way that Jack casually wrapped his arm around Shadow's waist as they headed out to the training grounds.


Alright, so that was a very short chapter, but I'm kinda stuck right now on what I want to happen. Anyways, it might be awhile before I update again seeing as how I have major writer's block, but I will try my darndest to try and get a new chapter out soon. In the meantime, you all can review and help get my creative juices flowing. Also, don't forget to cast your vote for who you want to see Shadow end up with. Right now the count is at:

Sky- 58

Jack- 51