in the lounge
an hour had passed since they had seen Syd. Z got up and started pacing. Another hour passed and still no Syd. Z sat down as Bridge got up and then down on his head so that he could think. Another hour passed and Sky got up to pace. As another hour passed, all three of them had come to be on there heads in a hand stand when Syd walked in.
"what are u guys doing?" she said casually as she walked over to them.
"SYD! What happened? What did Cruger say? Are you on the team? Did he demote you? Did he can you? Did he…" in the middle of Z's question, Syd cut her off and said "Z CHILL! Everythings fine. Now, lets just all sit down and chill out for a second."
As she walked over to the couches she was followed by all three of them. Wow. They are really freaking out about this. I wonder how they're going to react when I tell them what happened. I took a deep breath and got ready to say something, but Bridge cut me off when he said "So did you get demoted? Or did you get canned? Or both? I guess if u get canned then u basically get demoted but…"
"BRIDGE! Let the girl tell her story!" Sky said before sitting down and giving Syd a cue to begin her story.
"alright. Now that we are all settled and comfortable, its time for my explaination. Well, I guess I should start by why I was in his office for so long. Cruger asked me what I thought about a new B-squad and I said that would be a good idea. I asked him if it was going to be C-squad for the promotion and he said yes. He took out five files…all color coded and numbered for the new B-squad rangers. One by one we looked through them. By the way, I'm not B-squad pink anymore. But that's a minor detail. Anyways, we were about to open the red file when he stopped me and I just chewed his head off. I asked him what I was doing there and I asked him if he was going to promote me to A-squad cause obviously I wasn't B-squad pink anymore. I asked him what I was and guess what he said!" and before anyone could answer, Syd answered her own question.
"B-squad red!" as she said this she jumped up with Bridge and Z and they all started jumping around.
Z and Bridge were shouting their congradulations and Syd was thanking them. As they started settling down and finally let go of each other, Syd noticed that Sky was stood with his arms across his chest.
When their eyes met, she knew he was proud of her, but she saw something else in his eyes. He was sad. That's weird. Why would he be sad. I'm still SPD. I haven't left. Sky walked over to Syd and brought her into his embrace. He brought his head down right by her ear and said "congradulations Sydney. You'll be an amazing leader."
A tear slid down sydney's cheek but she didn't wipe it away. It was a happy tear. As they pulled apart, Sky had spotted the tear. He lifted his hand to the side of her face and used his thumb to wipe the tear away. She smiled back at him and mouthed "thank you".
"So our Syd is gonna be a leader huh? This is going to be great. The question is, can the SPD princess be a hard ass?" Z asked and when she looked at Syd they said in unison, "hell yeah!"
"hey guys. I think we should celebrate tonight. All of us got promoted. We should invite jack too. He will flip out." Bridge said. So all of them agreed to meet back in the lounge at 7:30 to go out to dinner.
7:25-Syd and Z's room
"come on Syd! We're gonna be late meeting the guys if u don't hurry your little booty up!" Z shouted at the closet that Syd was currently in, looking for a pair of shoes to wear.
"chill out Z! I have to find the perfect shoes." Syd shouted from within the closet.
"Syd, with what your wearing, I doubt Sky will be looking at your feet." Z said.
"Z, you know me too well." She said as she exited the closet.
The two girls stood side-by-side looking in front of a mirror. "we look hott!" Syd said to her best friend/sister. "hell yeah we do!" Z replied.
7:35-lounge
"where are the girls?" Sky asked.
"you know Syd, she's probably still looking for her shoes to match her dress." Jack said. After they agreed to go out to dinner, Bridge had called Jack and told him about the promotions and the dinner. Jack agreed to the dinner.
"yeah, good thing I borrowed a pair, otherwise we would be here all night." Syd said as she walked into the lounge with Z. all of the boys turned around.
All they could do was stare. Z was wearing a yellow halter dress that went just passed her knees with black wedged shoes(yeah I know it doesn't sound pretty but in my mind it is gorgeous so go along with it.) Sydney wore a strapless red satin dress with red heals to match(just think veronica mars' homecoming dress first season).
Jack was the first one to come back to reality. "wow ladies. You clean up nicely. Congradulations." Jack said as he gave his girls/sisters a huge hug.
Bridge finally snapped out of his trance and walked over to the three.
"hey, you can't have a group hug without the rest of the group." Bridge said as he joined in the hug.
Sky still stood, mesmerized by the beauty of the two girls. Well, one girl in particular. She's so beautiful. Wait. Snap out of it Sky. This is wrong. It's against the rules. Well, actually its not so against the rules now that she isn't on the same squad. But still. She's your best friend. And she's supposed to be like your sister. Supposed to.
"come on Sky! Like Bridge said, it can't be a group hug without the whole group!" syd said as she motioned for Sky to come join them in the hug.
Sky smiled widely as he joined in the group hug. This is how its supposed to be. All of them together. Well, mostly.
some awesome restaurant in New Tech City
"so Syd, B-squad red huh? I always knew you were after my job." Jack said jokingly as they waited for their food.
"yeah well, I saw how much fun you had so I just had to accept." Syd said laughing.
"so how's the new team? Are they any good?" Jack asked.
"Well I haven't met them in person yet so I haven't exactly seen them in action. In fact, I don't even think they've seen action. But I have seen their stats and their amazing. Some improvements here and there, but we can work that out with a little training." Syd said casually. Everyone stared at her, amazed.
They had known that the commander informed her about B-squad, but they had no idea how little she actually knew of her own team.
"so other than their stats, you know nothing?" Bridge said.
"nope. But I intend on getting to know them. I can't be on a team that I don't know on a personal level. Everything would go to hell." Syd said.
They all knew what she was talking about. Up until SWAT, they hadn't exactly been the best of friends. But after, they fought better then they have ever fought before.
"sounds like you have a good grasp on how you're gonna take care of this team. We're really proud of you Syd. Really, we are." Z said lovingly. She wanted to make sure Syd knew that they were still there for her. The three males at the table nodded in agreement.
"thanks guys. I appreciate the support a lot. But lets not forget that someone else at this table was promoted to red status as well." Syd was hinting towards Sky.
Sky blushed in acknowledgement. "yeah man! A-squad red! That's a big deal." Jack said, patting Sky on the back.
"yeah well, I'm sure that if you were still on the team, you would be in this position." Sky said modestly.
"actually Sky, I believe that he would be in my position, had he stayed aboard SPD." Syd said matter-of-factly. As the dinner went on, playful banter was tossed around the table. They had truly become the best of friends.
parking lot of the restaurant
as they walked out of the restaurant, they all felt reluctant to leave. They knew that after today, everything would change. Jack will go back to the outside world. Sky, Bridge, and Z will be on a higher ranked team. Syd will be the commanding officer for B-squad. Things will definitely be different.
"well guys, I guess this will be the last time I see you guys for a long time." Jack said sadly.
"come on Jack. Its not like you're falling off the face of the planet. We'll still hang out. I'm even planning on coming out once in awhile to help your ass out." Z said.
"thanks Z. But you guys will be busy going on mission. Syd will be busy training and bonding with her team. Hell, I'll be busy with the new business. But we will most definitely stay in touch."
"aww… I feel another group hug comin' on!" as Syd said this, they all gathered around for another group hug. They've been having a lot of those.
"Alright guys. I think its time for a group pact. We will never EVER loose touch with each other. Everyday there shall be emails and phone calls if not, personal appearances. If there is one day without either of the three, then I shall raise hell on whoever skipped a day. Agreed?" Syd asked. "agreed!" they all said and put there hands in to signify compliment.
"alright. Now that that's cleared up, I need to go get some sleep. I asked Cruger if I could be the one to give C-squad their promotions and I plan on giving it to them at 5 in the morning." Syd said with a sly smile on her face.
"ooh. Evil. I like it." Jack said as he gave her a last hug good-bye, which turned into a group hug.
"alright. I really need to go." Syd said.
"Syd, you didn't drive. How do you plan on getting home?" Z asked.
Syd stood there for a moment. I never thought of that. How am I going to get home? But before she could voice her thoughts, Sky said, "well, I brought my bike so I can take her home if you guys still want to hang out. I'm getting pretty tired anyways." With that said, the five friends gathered for another group hug and said their good-byes.
garage(I know stupid) at SPD
after dismounting from Sky's bike, Syd turned to the man in red and said, "thank you for giving me a ride back. I know your not tired so thank you." Sky blushed. Of course she knows I wasn't tired. She's known me too long for goodness sakes.
"damn, I guess I'm caught. Come on, I'll walk you to your room." Sky said and they were off. All the way to her room, neither of them spoke a word, but it was a comfortable silence non the less.
in front of Syd and Z's room
"thank you for walking me to my room. Very gentleman-like of you, Tate. Would have never guessed it." Syd said jokingly.
"hey! I would like you to know that I am quite the gentleman, when I want to be. Goodnight Syd." Sky said before kissing her lightly on the forehead and turning around towards the direction of his room.
Sydney Drew would have never guessed that Sky Tate was walking back to his room with a very prominent blush residing on his face accompanied by a very large smile.
A/N: umm…not my favorite chapter, but you get to see more interaction between Syd and Sky. Review please! Thank you!
