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Dissension within the Ranks
Chapter 5
Z and Bridge arrived at the parking facility at the S.P.D. Academy. It was at this time that Bridge regained consciousness.
"Huh? Where am I? What happened?" Bridge asked.
Z was silent as tears were streaming down her cheek just as they had been the whole ride back.
Bridge noticed this as well. "Z, what happened? Where's Sky?"
There was still no answer from Z.
"I vaguely remember the bomb was about to go off and you and Sky were telling me we had to leave and then that's all I remember," Bridge said.
Z opened the jeep door on the driver's side, shut it and then headed toward her room.
"Hey Z! Wait where are you going?" Bridge asked.
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"This can't be happening! Please tell me this was all a dream and I'll wake up and everything will be ok!" Kat said to Cruger both still in the command center.
"Notify all cadets to go to sector C. We have to find Sky! Maybe it's not too late to save him," Cruger said.
"All cadets please go to sector C. I repeat all cadets please go to sector C," Kat commanded over the intercom.
"Come on Kat. You and I are going too," Cruger said grabbing Kat's hand.
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Jack and Syd had heard the announcement as well from within their prison cells.
"Did you hear that Jack?" Syd asked.
"Yeah, I wonder why all cadets have to go to sector C," Jack answered.
"Do you think something bad happened?" Syd asked.
"Probably. I've never heard a command like that the whole time I've been here. Something is seriously wrong," Jack stated.
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Minutes later, Kat, Sam, Cruger, Boom, and all the cadets parked in front of where used to be a warehouse. All that remained was rubble.
"Ok listen up! Cadet Tate is somewhere underneath all this rubble. I want him found and taken to the infirmary immediately!" Cruger shouted.
Kat, Sam, Boom, and Cruger joined the cadets in searching through the rubble for Sky.
"There is no way Sky could've survived this," Kat thought to herself taking in the sight before her.
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Z ran into her room and shut the door behind her just as Bridge caught up to her, the door slamming in his face before he could enter.
"Z, come on it's me Bridge! Open up!" Bridge shouted.
There was no response, but Bridge could hear Z crying.
"Come on Z! Open up!" Bridge said knocking on the door.
"Go away! I don't want to talk to you!" Z yelled.
Bridge was about to knock on the door again but he decided he'd just leave her alone. "How am I possibly going to tell Jack and Syd what happened?" Bridge thought to himself. "They'll be crushed, especially Syd!"
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Back in the prison area of the Academy, Jack and Syd were devising a plan to figure out what exactly was going on.
"Ok, here's the plan," Jack said. "I'm going to phase through my prison cell door. Then I'm going to make my way to the command center," Jack said.
"Jack you're forgetting an important detail," Syd commented.
"What important detail?" Jack asked upset that Syd had a problem with his plan.
"You'll cause the alarms to go off!" Syd replied.
"So what? There's nobody here Syd! Everyone left!" Jack retorted.
"You don't know that!" Syd exclaimed.
"You heard the announcement. All cadets were to go to sector C," Jack said.
"Kat and Cruger aren't cadets," Syd pointed out. "Neither is Boom."
"Well everyone else is! Everyone else left!" Jack remarked.
"Jack, do you really want to risk Cruger catching you sneak out of prison?" Syd asked.
As much as he hated to admit it, Syd had a point.
"Fine, we'll wait until someone tells us something, but if nobody tells us anything soon, then I'm phasing out of here and finding out myself what's up!" Jack replied.
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Back at sector C, everyone was still trying to find Sky. Even with all the cadets searching, their search has come up with nothing.
"Doggie," Kat said her voice full of concern. "I know this is a difficult time for you, but it is highly unlikely that Sky survived the explosion."
"Are you suggesting we abandon Sky?" Cruger asked.
"No. I'm just saying that trying to find him beneath all this rubble is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Even if we do get to him, he'll probably already have passed away," Kat answered.
"Don't you dare say that!" Cruger yelled.
Boom, Sam, and all the cadets stared at Cruger after his outburst.
"When General Benaag took you prisoner, did we abandon you? No, and we aren't abandoning Sky either!" Cruger explained.
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At Grumm's ship, the Troobians were celebrating their victory.
"I can't believe we actually succeeded in eliminating one of those pesky power rangers!" Morgana shrieked.
"Yes, it didn't go according to plan, but eliminating one ranger is better than eliminating none I suppose," Grumm remarked.
"One down, six to go," Broodwing commented.
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Back in the prison area of the Academy, Bridge approached Jack and Syd's prison cells.
"Bridge!" Syd shrieked upon seeing him. "Am I glad to see you! Have you come to set us free?"
"I'm afraid I have some bad news," Bridge said averting his eyes from the gazes of the pink and red rangers.
"Bad news? What bad news?" Syd asked.
"Yeah, and what was with that announcement about all cadets reporting to sector C?" Jack added.
"There was an announcement? When did that happen?" Bridge asked.
"Bridge! You were saying you had bad news!" Syd said realizing Jack got Bridge sidetracked.
"Sky sacrificed himself stopping an explosion in the warehouse at sector C," Bridge said hurriedly.
"He did what?" Syd yelled.
"What do you mean he sacrificed himself?" Jack asked.
"Look, I'm sorry but I don't know any details. That's all I know. Apparently, I was unconscious when it happened," Bridge said.
"But Sky's all right isn't he?" Syd asked with a worried tone of voice.
"He didn't come back with me and Z," Bridge answered.
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The search still continued over at sector C. The sun had already set and the moon had risen in its place. A bright full moon lit up the night sky that sparkled with millions of stars.
"Look Doggie, it's getting dark. I think we should quit the search for tonight and continue first thing tomorrow morning," Kat stated.
"Damn it Kat! For the last time we are not abandoning Sky! If there's some place you'd rather be, if there's something you'd rather be doing then leave!" Cruger snapped.
Boom had spotted a hand underneath some rubble. "Sir, I think I've found him!" Boom shouted.
Immediately, all the cadets, Cruger, Sam, and Kat rushed over to Boom.
"Boom, where?" Sam asked.
"There!" Boom answered pointing to a hand sticking out from underneath some rubble.
Cruger and some cadets dug through the rubble, and sure enough it was Sky. He was lying face down on the ground. He was filthy from all the dust and dirt that fell on top of and buried him. His S.P.D. uniform was ripped, torn, and shredded in many locations with blood oozing out of his exposed skin. He had several cuts on his head and face. The worst part was that he was lying in a rather large pool of his own blood.
Cruger put two fingers to Sky's neck and felt for a pulse, but he couldn't feel anything.
Cruger let out a blood curdling howl. "Damn it Sky! Don't you dare die on me!" Cruger shouted.
Two cadets had already wheeled a stretcher over to where Sky lay.
"Get him on the stretcher and to the infirmary fast!" Kat ordered.
To Be Continued…
Note: Wow! Ok, so this was my shortest chapter yet. I apologize for that, but I thought that was a nice place to stop. I came to the conclusion that instead of thanking my reviewers in general, I could thank them individually because I don't seem to be have too many.
monkay-pooh: Thank you for your positive comments. I'll keep your suggestions of couplings in mind. Oh, and I'm sorry that my fanfic has virtually lost all of its humor that it used to have early on.
KendrixAimeeOliver: I appreciate you taking the time to review my fanfic. To answer your question, nobody has officially hooked up yet in my fanfic. I agree that it is sad how devastating jealousy can be.
Beautiful-Me89: Thank you for being one of four people who have actually reviewed my fanfic. I'll keep your suggestion for what coupling you don't want to see happen in mind as well.
sye04: I also want to thank you for taking the time to review my fanfic. I hope you continue to do so and I'm glad you've enjoyed it thus far.
I have to say that I was afraid something like this would happen. I've only received a total of 8 reviews from a total of 4 different reviewers, and not counting this chapter, I've submitted 4 chapters. Hmm…maybe it has something to do with me saying something to the effect of read and/or reviewed which led people to do the former but not the latter. However, it is the people who have taken the time to review that have motivated me to push on with my story and update sooner rather than later and for that, I am very grateful.