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Notes: Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. As I mentioned before, I'm not an expert on anything having to do with children.

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Childlike

Chapter 2: Story Time

"I can't believe I'm doing this…" Sky muttered as he dangled a set of keys over Bridge's head, who was currently laughing and clapping his hands.

"Well, you're a good person. And like you said so many times before: You'd do anything for Bridge," Syd said with a smug look on her face, as she was patting Sky's shoulder. Sky turned his head and just stared at her, the keys still making happy sounds for Bridge.

"Well, I guess a promise is a promise," Sky said, and Bridge continued to laugh. "Syd, my arm is killing me. Could you get Bridge's stuffed animal from his bed?"

"No problem," Syd answered as she stood up to grab a stuffed dinosaur from Bridge's bed. "Bridge, do you want Mr. Dino?" she asked in a sweet, loving voice.

Bridge looked away from the keys that had kept him amused for such a long period of time, and instead had a big smile on his face as he took the dinosaur and hugged it.

"What do you say when I give you something…?" Syd prompted in her still-sweet voice. Bridge held his stuffed animal to his chest, trying to figure out what to say when someone gives you something. "Come on, Bridge, you can do it," she encouraged him.

Bridge thought even harder, then suddenly he got it. "Thank you, Grandma!"

Syd was shocked by that one little word: 'Grandma.' Sky was lying on his back, in no way attempting to hide his laughter.

"Bridge, what did you call me?" she asked, thinking that she maybe heard wrong.

Bridge looked her and said, "Grandma! You're my grandma because you're old!" With that said, his attention went back to his stuffed animal.

Syd wanted to say something back, but instead Sky grabbed her shoulder and said, "Don't argue with him, Syd; it's pointless."

She looked at Bridge for a moment, then got back to her feet and went to Sky's bed to sit next to him.

"How long did Kat say Bridge was going to be like this?" she asked. Sky crossed his arms.

"Kat said that she needs to do some more tests on him, so I'll have to take him to the hospital wing tomorrow."

Syd looked at Sky's face, noticing he had a worried look. "What were you guys arguing about?" she suddenly asked, and Sky turned his head to look at her.

"Just something stupid…" he answered cryptically.

"Are you going to tell me?"

Sky was about to answer when a beam of light passed between the two. The beam hit the window and caused a little explosion. They both turned toward the source. Bridge, who was holding Sky's gun, was laughing innocently. After the sock wore off, Sky slowly got off his bed and moved toward Bridge.

"Bridge, give me the gun," Sky said in forcedly calm voice, but Bridge pulled the gun to his chest and shook his head no. "Bridge, please give Daddy the gun," Sky repeated.

"No-- mine!" Bridge pouted, moving away from Sky. Sky wasn't in the mood for this…! He kept slowly moving closer to Bridge, but Bridge kept moving back.

"Bridge, I'm going to say this one last time: Give Daddy the gun," Sky repeated for the third time.

"MINE!" Bridge shouted.

Sky then jumped at him to grab the gun. They fought over it for a minute, until Sky managed to get it out of his grip. Bridge began to cry as Sky threw Syd the gun, who caught and put it on top of Sky's bookshelf.

"I hate you!" Bridge cried in a shout. Sky was at loss at what to do, so he just glanced at Syd.

She mouthed: 'Pick him up, take him to his bed, sit down, and hold him.' Sky looked at her as if she were crazy.

"I can't do that!" he exclaimed.

Syd gave him an evil look and said, "Just do it!"

Sky went to open his mouth to speak, but a look from Syd told him it would be pointless. So, taking a deep breath, he went over to Bridge, put his arms around his chest, and picked him up. However, it took a few minutes to get this done. For one thing, Bridge was moving in all directions, not wanting to be moved. Plus, Bridge, weighting over 120 pounds, wasn't any help either. Fortunately, Sky eventually managed to get it done, as he held a crying Bridge against his chest.

"It's all right, Bridge, it's alright. Shhhhh…" soothed Sky, causing Syd to get all teary-eyed while on Sky's bed.

"You two look soo cute," she said. Sky glared at her for a full two seconds before turning his gaze to the clock; it was only four forty-five.

"Well, I guess I have to feed you now," Sky said without thinking.

"Sky!" exclaimed Syd, not believing what she just heard.

"What!" Apparently, Sky wasn't sure of what he did wrong, so Syd just shook her head.

"Never mind. Let's go to the dining room," she said as she got up.

"Are you hungry, little man?" he asked Bridge, who smiled as he lifted his head up.

"Alright. Let's go," Sky said, standing up while still holding Bridge.

"Are you going to carry him there?" asked a surprised Syd.

Throwing Bridge up a little to get a better grip, Sky responded, "Sure. Why not," then walked out of the room, followed by a slightly bewildered Syd.

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"So he got a hold of your gun, fired it, then you took away from him, then he began to cry…?" Z said after learning of what happened an hour and a half ago.

"That's right," answered Sky while feeding Bridge mashed potatoes.

"Sky is a good daddy," Syd commented as she took a bite of her sandwich. Sky gave a little smile as he wiped some of the potatoes off of Bridge's lip with a napkin.

"I still can't believe I'm a 20-year-old father of my 17-year-old best friend," said Sky as he put the spoon back in the mashed potatoes, mixed it around for a few seconds, then took it out and fed it to Bridge.

"A lot of weirder things have happened to us," Jack said.

Sky gave a little laugh, then turned to Bridge and asked, "Are you full, little buddy?" Bridge nodded his head. "Syd, can you get me a washcloth?"

"No problem," she said, then got up and went into the kitchen area.

A few moments later, she returned with a blue washcloth, which Sky took from her before nodding his thanks. He attempted to clean off Bridge's face, which was hard to do because every now and then he would move a little.

"Want to play with Z and Syd for a while?"

Bridge nodded his head, so Sky picked him up from his seat and took him to a couch, followed by Z and Syd.

"Hello, Bridge. Want to play patty-cake?" asked Z. Bridge smiled, and Sky walked back to where Jack was sitting.

"How are you holding up?" asked Jack. Sky took a seat next to him and placed his head on top the table.

"It's hard work, raising a child," he answered, earning a pat on the back from his friend.

"We're here to help. You know that, right?"

Sky nodded his head on the table.

"Patty-cake, patty-cake, bakers man. Roll it in oven as fast as you can. Put it in the oven for baby and me. Yeah."

The sounds of Z playing patty-cake with Bridge made Sky look up. He watched them play like this for a few more minutes before a sad thought crossed his mind.

"What if Bridge never recovers from this? Then what will happen?"

Unfortunately, Jack didn't have answer for him.

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A few hours later, Sky was carrying a sleepy Bridge out of the room.

"Are you ready for bed?"

No answer came, of course, form the sleepy Ranger. After a few minutes of walking, he reached their room. Sky gently put Bridge on his bed, then did something he never thought he'd do: Change Bridge into his PJs. Needless to say, Sky got this part done quickly.

After that was done, he laid Bridge on his back and covered him up, then handed him his stuffed dinosaur.

"Goodnight, Bridge," Sky said.

He had just turned around when he heard, "Goodnight, Daddy."

Sky stood there for a moment and looked at Bridge, then went to his dresser and got changed. It was only eight at night, but Sky couldn't leave Bridge like this, so instead he lay down on his bed and got a book from the shelf. He thought it would be better to spend his time until lights out to read. But before Sky knew it, he was fast asleep, dreaming about the fight he had with Bridge in the hallway the last time Bridge was Bridge. Suddenly, he felt hands on his arm and opened his eyes. Bridge was standing there, holding his stuffed dinosaur.

"Daddy, I had a nightmare. Can I sleep with you?"

Sky's first thought was to tell him to go away, but the look on Bridge's face stopped him, so he just gave a sigh and pulled the blankets higher. Bridge climbed onto the bed and Sky covered him up.

"'Night, Bridge," Sky said.

"'Night, Daddy. I love you," Bridge said and soon was asleep.

Sky looked at him, said, "Me too, buddy," then fell asleep as well.

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Chapter 2 is done, and Chapter 3 will be coming out soon.

Okay, this was a little more serious than I had planned. But oh, well! As long as you guys like it, I don't care. Now for some reviews:

Monkey-leo- Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you found it funny.

Blake-Tori88- Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you liked this story.

BLUERANGER1983- Thanks for the review and advice.

Yellowpupranger- Thanks for the review. You may be right about the end, but that was the first thing that came to mind.

Anyway, please review this story and have a nice day! Peace out.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Power Rangers, but I do own paper….

Author's Note: Hello and welcome back! I hope you enjoyed Chapter 2. Now, on with the story!

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