Who am I? Chapter 2- Where's Sydney?
"You owe me $18." Jack shoved his hand in Z's face waiting for her to pay up for landing on his property. "Chill!" Z grumbled as she counted her money. "Here take it greedy." She shoved it into his outstretched hand, much to Bridge's amusement. Even the usually stoic Sky found it humorous at how competitive his teammates were at a trivial board game.
"B-Squad Cadets, please report to the command room." Kat's voice interrupted their game playing as the rangers reluctantly left their intense game of Monopoly behind.
Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow rangers filed into the command room and took their positions before their commander.
Bridge took a quick glance and noticed that Sydney was missing. 'I haven't seen her all day.' He realized suddenly.
"Where's Cadet Drew?" Doggie Cruger demanded impatiently.
"We don't know sir." The green ranger replied truthfully.
"Of all the times to pull a childish stunt…" Z Delgado fumed as the four waited for Cruger's anger at the pink ranger's tardiness.
"Cadet Delgado, go find Cadet Drew and bring her here immediately." Cruger commanded fiercely. The yellow ranger saluted and stormed down to their room, anger brewing at the pink ranger.
"Sydney!" Z yelled as she pushed open the door. Turning on the lights she was shocked at the emptiness that was before her. "Sydney?" She called out more softly this time. Every thing was gone. All evidence of Sydney's existence was gone, save for her SPD wristband, cell phone and wallet, which were lying on her dresser. She glanced up and noticed the writing on the mirror.
I'm not needed. –Syd. Was written in lipstick, the tube left open next to her cell phone.
Panicked, the yellow ranger tore back up to the command room. "Well?" Cruger demanded as soon as she reappeared. "She's gone sir." Z reported out of breath.
"What?" Sky Tate said in shock. "Maybe she's in the gym or something." He reasoned calmly, confused as to why Z would be so worked up at not finding Sydney in their room. "Or doing laundry?" He suggested, still calm.
"No." Z argued. "Everything's gone." She explained further. "It's like she never existed." She pleaded with them to believe her.
"Let's see." Jack decided, leading the other rangers back down to Z and Sydney's room. He pushed the door open and they all stood in stunned silence.
"There's no way she could have packed up all her stuff after dinner and left without us knowing." The blue ranger decided logically.
"Then where is it?" Z demanded, gesturing to the half empty, and strangely clean room.
"On the lawn." Bridge announced suddenly out of the blue, standing at the open window.
"What's on the lawn?" Jack asked impatiently, he wasn't in the mood for one of Bridge's ridiculous remarks.
"All Sydney's stuff." The green ranger clarified. "She must have thrown it out of the window." He said looking down the three stories to the ground below.
"So where's Sydney?" Jack wondered curiously. The other rangers were just as perplexed as he.
"How are we going to tell Cruger?" Z groaned worried. He was not going to be happy.
"It's not really a surprise that she left." Commander Cruger remarked casually, pacing in front of the remaining B-Squad cadets. "You think she never heard your remarks?" He confronted them coldly. "Sydney knew she wasn't accepted. She always felt like an outsider." Do you even know her?" He questioned the team.
"What's to know? She likes pink, she likes shopping, and she used to be a pop star." Jack remarked snidely. "Not exactly cadet material." Z chimed in rudely.
"Yet here she is two years later, and you still can't see past her looks?" Cruger exclaimed in disappointment. "I expected better of you. OF all of you." He glared at the remaining B-Squad.
"And the two of you." Cruger commented incredibly staring down both Z and Jack. "With your pasts, you dare pass judgment on Sydney for hers?" He asked in disbelief. The commander began to pace the room. "Where would you two be if I hadn't taken a chance on you?" Sky had never seen the commander so upset before, and hoped he didn't turn his anger on him.
"Now how are you going to get your pink ranger back?" He challenged them with a smirk on his face watching as the four rangers were startled by his challenge. They were stumped. How were they going to get Sydney back?