Stay Chapter 3: Emotion, a power rangers fanfic

Stay

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Emotion

My big brother is gone. Jack has left SPD. True, he never wanted to join in the first place that was my decision once we had been arrested. Jack preferred the Robin Hood lifestyle any day, and I wanted to be part of something bigger. After we defeated Grumm, he went to join Ally and I admit I was hurt, angry, and jealous. The strangest thing happened, well not strange but definitely out of the ordinary, Sky asked me out. I could have sworn he was all hung up on Syd. I mean they are the perfect pair, the poster child of SPD and the SPD princess. Why me? So I said yes. Sky is pretty good looking, anyone will admit that. I am however slightly skeptical but might as well see how it goes. I deserve some happiness.

It's over and done
but the heartache lives on inside
And who's the one you're clinging to
instead of me tonight?

Sydney's mad at me, I can tell, she won't really talk to me or tries to even stay in the same room that I am in. Bridge is acting funny around me too, we used to be really close and now he tends to buddy up with Syd when we pair up on assignments…we used to do that. Sky says to give them time to adjust to our new relationship. Part of me thinks that he is dating me to make a point to Syd or something, but maybe he's dating me because he genuinely likes me. I was coming into mine and Syd's room one night after a date and I heard her crying softly in bed; I asked her what was wrong and she just turned away from me. It hurt, Syd and I are like sisters, we tell each other everything, and since I've been dating Sky, she's become more like Sky when I first joined SPD.

And where are you now, now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow wherever you go
I'll cry me a river that leads to your ocean
You never see me fall apart

Bridge and Syd have been assigned to go on an undercover mission. It's marked as highly dangerous. I can tell that Sky is agitated and worried, he's nibbling on his fingernails as we watch them board the shuttle. Please let them be safe, I murmur Syd's only 20 and Bridge is just 21. I know that Sky's heart is divided and I am learning to accept it by playing the good girlfriend and giving him his space.

In the words of a broken heart
it's just emotion taking me over
Caught up in sorrow
lost in the song
but if you don't come back
Come home to me, darling
don't you know there's nobody left in this world to hold me tight
nobody left in this world to kiss goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight

It's been a year since Syd and Bridge left for their mission and the academy just isn't the same without them, its too quite and mundane. It's no longer "buttery". It's funny how the everyday annoyances is what you miss the most when they are not there. Sky and I went to the park with Jack to quietly celebrate his and Syd's birthday with pink frosted chocolate cupcakes. I know Sky misses Syd a lot; he misses Bridge too. I may not be psychic but I can tell.

I'm there at your side,
I'm part of all the things you are
But you've got a part of someone else
You've got to find your shining star

I can't believe this is happening, the transmission that is coming through, it's horrible…there has been an ambush, the enemy whom Syd and Bridge are trying to arrest, viciously attacked the part of law enforcement officers that they are with. Sky collapsed onto the floor of the command center when this last bit of information came through the feed, his shoulders are shaking as he sobs. There were an extreme amount of casualties. Sydney and Bridge are among them. The report is there is so much blood that has been spilled. The likelihood of survival is slim; Syd's birthday is tomorrow…she will be 22, if she survives. I wrap my arms around Sky and start to cry as well for I know that our relationship is over, it is beyond obvious that he loves her.

It was only time, our relationship was lasting on barrowed time. I think I now know why Syd and Bridge were acting, as they were when we first started dating, she loves him and he has feelings for me.

And where are you now, now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow wherever you go
I'll cry me a river that leads to your ocean
You never see me fall apart

After a long hand-ringing, week Bridge sends us a transmission. He looks haggard and that he has lost some weight. He and Syd are recovering in a hospital on KO-35. When they were attacked, he was knocked unconscious almost immediately, he was lucky, whereas Syd received multiple stab and gun wounds while she and the others fought back, her heart had flat lined shortly. Thank god, they are all right. I look over at Sky as we receive the transmission he looks like a huge weight has been lifted from his shoulders. He turns to Commander Cruger and requests a shuttle to go to KO-35 to go to retrieve them. Cruger tells him no and Sky loses his temper and yells at him saying that they almost died. Cruger calmly replies that Sky is not thinking clearly and is too emotionally attached. Sky punches a wall as he storms out of the command center. I look over at Cruger who says, I want them home too, but they need to complete the mission. I am in shock.

They are coming home today, my stomach is in knots, I can't eat and neither can Sky. The two of us are pacing in the shuttle bay waiting anxiously for their shuttle to come in. This past year has been so hard on the both of us. I think that realizations on both our parts have been made. I was so selfish when Sky and I first started dating that I didn't realize what I was doing to two of my dearest friends, I was coping for my loss and realizing theirs. Sky has bags under his eyes from lack of sleep; he was hospitalized twice this past year with exhaustion and anxiety over Syd and Bridge's mission. The shuttle has landed and the door is opening, Sky and I are running down the walkway as they are stepping out, it is a tear fest, Sky has Syd tight in his arms and his lips are moving but I can't make out the words. I look at Bridge and our eyes connect. I can't explain what is going on but Bridge and I walk toward each other, he opens his arms wide to me and I walk into his embrace.

And where are you now, now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow wherever you go
I'll cry me a river that leads to your ocean
You never see me fall apart

Syd is quiet, as she gets ready for the Officer's Ball that is being thrown in honor of her and Bridge's return. Whatever she experienced has changed her; she's grown up no longer a little girl. Normally, I would have commended her on growing up but this is when she needs to release some of the little girl to lighten the somber mood. The dress she's picked out tonight is one of the more conservative that she owns, it is almost simple, it is a long pale pink silk dress with ribbon straps and a piped trimmed empirebodice and a slimpink silk knit over skirt. She lets me pull the top part of her hair back into a top half ponytail and work some small forget-me-not bunches into her hair. I then apply soft shimmery make-up to her face, place a diamond teardrop pendent necklace around her neck, and matching earrings on her ears, and put sliver dress sandals on her feet. I tell her she looks beautiful and she gives me a small smile. Then finish dressing myself in a black dress with a yellow ribbon trim. Sky and Bridge come to our room dressed in tuxedos for the ball, Sky takes Syd's arm, and she gives him a small smile but stays quiet. I look at Bridge and I can feel him reading my thoughts so I tell him that I think she is slipping away from us. He kisses my cheek softly and squeezes my hand.

A/N: The song is "Emotion" by Destiny's Child. Please Review!