We're Not Responsible

Chapter 1 – This Is Our End...

Sydney and Jack hugged. "I'll miss you, Jack." "I'll miss you too, Blonde," he whispered back, "Take care of yourself. We're here if you need us." She nodded and they pecked cheeks.

Sydney then went to her brother-like best friend, Bridge, "Bridgey!" "Sydie!" He pulled her into his arms and they held their embrace, smiling. "Miss you already, Bridge." "Same here, Kiddo." They kissed each other's cheeks.

Sydney sighed as she moved on and hugged Elizabeth, "So, we'll keep in touch? Friends forever?" Elizabeth nodded, "Forever and ever. Amen sister friend." They pecked each other's checks and Sydney moved onto her boyfriend, or rather ex-boyfriend, Skylar.

She started to cry as she stared into his icy blue stare, "Sky..." He hushed her, pulling her close and tucking her head under his chin, "Shhhh. I've got you, Sydney. I'm here. Always."

She pulled away and ran onto her jet, wanting to run as far from her friends. The people who loved her. Her family.

Skylar started to leave and Elizabeth started to yell, "You're just going to let her walk away! Just stand here, staying in New Tech doing nothing! Gruumm is gone! You two are meant to be! You've been through hell and back! We all have! Damnit, Sky! She loves you! Don't you feel the same way?"

Skylar turned around and glared at Elizabeth, exclaiming, "You know what? I love Sydney more than anything in the world! The universe! More than SPD! More than my family and friends! She means everything to me! It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do! It's her dream and I'm leaving SPD because she and everything about her will haunt me there! But if you let something go and it comes back to you, it's yours for good and forever! Got it, Elizabeth!"

Elizabeth started to cry as she watched him walk away. She turned to her boyfriend, Bridge, and brother, Jack, "Bridge! Jack!" She started to sob and her knees gave way, making her fall. She collapsed and Bridge caught her just in time.

"I'm leaving SPD too," Jack said. "Me too," Bridge added.

Elizabeth pushed away and ran as far as she could, running into SPD. She collapsed right in front of the entrance, trying to catch her breath and slowly losing conscience.

Sydney wiped the tears from her bright baby blue eyes as she settled down in her seat, staring out the window at New Tech City, California as it got smaller and smaller out of eyesight. She tried not to cry, but found it impossible as she sat in her jet plane.

Her dreams she always fought for were coming true. Then why wasn't she happy? Were these really the dreams of Sydney Drew? Or did her parents pushing and money make her the teen-idol she was today? Was it her looks? Or was her voice? Maybe it was her athletic build? Or possible her female build? Whatever it was... Sydney wasn't sure if this was really what she wanted anymore. Or if she was and would be truly happy without her friends, family, and Skylar. The man who she had fallen head-over-heals in love with. She had left for the biggest music deal in a lifetime for anyone. She was to work with music legends, Kira Ford and Cassandra Chan, her own idols.

But would Sydney ever be truly happy without SPD there to fall back on? Or was she really wanting Skylar to be able to catch her when it would all crash down and her dreams wouldn't come true?

Sydney would never really know. Since she left the place she had called home for so many years.

Doctor Katherine Manx was walking through the upper level when she saw Elizabeth fall. "Z?" she screamed. She ran down the up escalator, trying her hardest to reach the former yellow ranger before she had completely faded. "Z?" She finally got to Elizabeth and turned her over gently, checking her entire body by the naked eye. "Oh, Z..." She pulled the young cadet close on her lap and touched foreheads with her, trying not to cry.

She looked up and watched Commander Anubis Cruger take Skylar's resignation letter. She shook her head as tears slowly and quietly finally made their way down her cheeks. She looked Anubis in the eyes as he and Skylar walked down the stairs together. Skylar had a bag slung over his shoulders and a box in his arms.

Katherine glared at him as he walked by, staring straight ahead of himself. His face was, as always, straight and showed no emotion, but from the redness of his face it seemed as if he had been crying.

He then turned his head to look at Elizabeth and then looked back to his path, trying not to cry at the sight he had just seen of the fallen former yellow ranger.

Katherine picked up Elizabeth and stood next to Anubis, "What is happening, Commander? How could you take Sky's letter? How can you let him go?" He knew she only called him Commander when she was truly upset with him. He sighed, "I better tell you now, Katherine. Skylar isn't the only resignation letter I accepted. Jack, Sydney, and Bridge have also resigned. I have accepted all of their letters as well." She glared at him, "SPD has fallen and it's all your fault, Anubis." She strutted away to the lab to help Elizabeth. Anubis sighed, "I know..."

Bridge and Jack high-fived before getting into their separate cars to move on. Elizabeth stared out the window of the hospital room she was placed in. She wiped her running nose as she cried, watching Bridge and Jack leave SPD forever. She sobbed, "Don't leave me. Please?" As soon as both boys were out of sight she collapsed to the floor, crying her heart out.

MORE TO COME!