Variations Of Pink
Chapter 1: Explanations Of Strange Behavior
By: Pink-Green-White-4ever
Last Revised: August 7, 2005
Summary: Sky starts getting to the root of Syd's problem, and the Rangers start their new duties.
Rated: T for now, but it may change
Disclaimer: I don't own PR, Disney does.
AN: I know on the show that Sky's dad was supposed to be a former Red Ranger, but we don't know which, unless you think of the episode Walls and see the pic of the dude wearing a Time Force uniform. For this fic, I'm taking liberties; I enjoy thinking of him as Wes and Jen's son, an idea that I really liked while reading BloomingViolets' Pink Surprise.
However, I know Cruger said that the team got their powers because somehow, their parents were all involved in SPD at the beginning…so what if Syd discovers something about her parents that she never knew. Also, I'm really confused on the time period, because commercials say 2020 and the show said 2025. Just assume it's 2025.
Last but not least, I apologize for the short chapters, but I don't want to weigh you down with lots of info, so these are going to be in short bursts.
BIG THANKS TO THOSE WHO REVIEWED!
"A friend is someone who can see the truth and the pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else." Source Unknown
"SYDNEY DREW!" Sky hollered, bursting into the girls' bedroom. He saw Syd lying on her bed, an arm thrown over her eyes, her body shaking slightly.
"Go away, Sky. I don't want to talk to anyone, especially you."
Sky pursed his lips and bit back the retort. Of all the girls he knew, Syd had to be the most stubborn in nature of them all. "Syd," he whispered, deciding to try a new tactic. Normally, this would be Z's area of expertise, but considering he'd known Sydney longer than any of the team, Bridge included, he felt it was his job to get her to open up, something he never would have tried before they'd become Rangers and grown so close.
"What?" the Pink Ranger mumbled, not even bothering to look up at her friend.
"What happened while you were home?"
"Nothing; nothing happened. Why does everyone automatically assume something monumental has happened when I'm in a pissy mood?"
"I'm not everyone, and I know you better than the others; I know when something's bugging you. Talk to me."
Huffing, Syd sat up on her bed, tucking her legs under her. Sky took the silent invitation and sat down with her, his right leg tucked under him, his body facing hers.
"My mom and I fought, bitterly, the night before I left," she started softly. "I ran from the house, woke up in some alley. I don't remember what happened after I left; only that it was raining."
Sky narrowed his gaze at her, before speaking. "What kind of fight?"
Sighing, Syd drew her knees up to her chin and wrapped her arms around her calves. "She told me I was adopted, that my parents had died when I was a baby."
Sky's reaction startled even himself - he reached forward and pulled her into his arms. "I've always kind of known, but to have her throw it in my face like that was a bit more than I could take."
The Blue Ranger pulled his pink counterpart into his arms and tucked her head under his chin. "Why did she decide to tell you now?"
Syd shuddered. "She wanted me to stay home. She doesn't think I should be here anymore, she thinks that I've fulfilled my duties to SPD in her mind. Now that Grumm's out of the picture, she wants me to settle down and get married."
"And you told her no, didn't you."
"Yeah. She basically told me I was stubborn, just like my birth mother. Sky," Syd started, looking up at him, her eyes full of tears. "I think my parents were Rangers, both of them, and I think they died in the line of duty, protecting Earth, protecting me."
Now that surprised Sky. While Commander Cruger had mentioned that they all had ties to SPD from before they were born, none of them had ever spoken about being connected to other Rangers. "Who were they, Syd?"
"My father said they were both teachers, a Doctor of something or another and a sports coach and athletics director; I guess my adoptive parents were friends of theirs, close friends. When I asked my father, he didn't outright say yes or now about them being Rangers, but I could kind of tell by the way he looked away from me when I asked."
Sky blinked in surprise. Syd's ties to being a Ranger now possibly ran far deeper than even his. "Oh Syd."
"My father gave me a picture of him and my mother when I was little. It was from when they were younger. In the picture, there are two other people. I think they're my birth parents. Sky, my father used to tell me stories about the people in the pictures with him and my mother; I think those stories were real, that he was telling me about my real parents in hopes that it would keep them alive in my memories."
The Blue Ranger was at a loss for words. He didn't know how to soothe his friend, how to help her through this. "Do you want to find out about them?"
Sydney untucked herself from Sky's embrace, her eyes searching his. "Yes."
Sky nodded. "I think we may need the others' help, if you're okay with it. We will find out who they were, Syd."
"Thank you."
"Come on, I think we'd better fill the others in and then go interrogate the one person who may hold most of the answers you're looking for."
"Who?" Syd asked, clearly confused.
Sky smiled mischievously. "Who better to ask than SPD's own Commander Cruger?"
"Your requested my presence, my lord?" the being made of twisted metal hissed at the figure sitting atop the larger throne.
"Did you do everything you were supposed to, to the Pink Ranger?"
"Yes my lord. Soon, the implant will begin taking effect, if it hasn't already. It'll cloud her judgment, and give you the power to take over her actions."
"Good. The sooner we start, the sooner I get to watch SPD crumbled from the inside out.