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Dissension within the Ranks
Chapter 7
Even though two of their teammates were in prison and one of their teammates was on life support, the other rangers still had to train, do fighting simulations, attend weapon seminars, and everything else that is associated with being an S.P.D. power ranger. After Z had finished her training, she headed back to her room to take a shower.
"So, how's Sky doing?" Sam asked.
Z nearly jumped out of her S.P.D. shoes.
"Sam, you startled me!" Z exclaimed to the ball of light.
"I'm sorry! I thought you'd be used to me floating around as a ball of light by now," Sam apologized.
"No. I don't think I'm ever going to get used to that!" Z remarked.
"Um, ok back to my question. How's Sky doing?" Sam asked.
"Look, can this wait? I'm all sweaty, and I'd like to take a shower," Z said.
"Come on Z, it's just a simple question," Sam whined.
"Yeah about a very complicated situation," Z commented.
"Ok, I'll let you take your shower, but just know that if you ever need anything, anything at all, I'm here for you. I think I owe it to you considering you were the first friend I've ever had," Sam said.
"Thanks Sam," Z replied.
The ball of light floated out of Z's room. Z headed into her bathroom and shut the door behind her.
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Bridge had already finished taking his shower, and he found Boom in the S.P.D. lab.
"Hey Boom!" Bridge greeted.
"Hey Bridge! What's up?" Boom asked.
"When you say 'what's up?' do you mean what is actually like literally up or do you mean to ask about the recent events of my life?" Bridge asked.
Boom rolled his eyes. "I guess I should be used to this by now," Boom thought to himself. "The second one Bridge, the second one!" Boom replied out loud.
"Oh well in that case, not much of anything. Z and I just got out of training a little while ago. We're down three members of our team but Cruger insists that we continue our training," Bridge said.
"So, how's Sky doing?" Boom asked.
Bridge looked down at his feet after he heard Boom's question. "He would be just fine if it wasn't for me!" Bridge thought to himself.
"Bridge, are you ok?" Boom asked worried.
"Huh? Yeah! Yeah, I'm fine! Sky's going to be fine too in time that is," Bridge answered.
"Good to hear," Boom answered.
"No offense, but why do you care? I mean you and Sky aren't exactly friends," Bridge commented.
"Why do I care? Because he's S.P.D. and so am I. True Sky and I haven't always gotten along. True Sky usually is the one to pick on me, but still deep down I don't think he'd want anything bad to happen to me just as I wouldn't want anything bad happen to him," Boom stated.
"That is probably true," Bridge thought to himself. "Sky always seems to be looking out for everyone but himself. He puts the needs of others before his own needs. I mean look what happened in the warehouse. Of course that wouldn't have happened if I just left when Sky and Z said we should leave!"
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Back in the prison section of the academy, Jack was still relentlessly trying to get Syd interested in him.
"I know you feel something for me," Jack stated.
"You are so full of yourself!" Syd shouted.
"Oh come on Syd! Remember back when you and I had to keep an eye on Dr. Rheas? When you found out I had been with her, I'd say you were jealous!" Jack remarked.
"Jealous? Please! I wasn't jealous! I was upset that you would go over there without telling me. I was afraid that you blew our cover!" Syd responded.
"Right. Whatever you say. What about later that day huh? You said that we could share birthdays since I didn't remember when I was." Jack commented.
"I was just being polite. I felt bad that you didn't know when yours was, so I offered to share my birthday with you," Syd explained.
"Because you have feelings for me!" Jack exclaimed.
"For the last time, I don't have feelings for you Jack!" Syd yelled.
"Why are you getting so worked up?" Jack asked.
"I wouldn't have to if you'd just shut up for once! God, I never knew you were the type to blab on forever!" Syd remarked.
"Well we've been stuck in a prison cell for nearly a day! I think that's reason enough for me to go crazy!" Jack said.
"Oh, so you're blaming your raging testosterone on your being mentally unstable?" Syd asked.
"Raging testosterone? You're the only who thinks my testosterone is raging!" Jack commented.
"Uh, duh! That's because it is!" Syd shouted.
"You really should get over Sky. I have all you need right here!" Jack said with a huge grin on his face.
"You're so lucky I can't reach you right now, because if I could, you'd have a fist of iron pounded into that big head of yours!" Syd remarked.
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Back in the infirmary, Kat and Doggie were still standing at Sky's bedside.
"Doggie, please take a walk with me. It would help get your mind off of Sky," Kat begged.
"I can't do that Kat. I need to be here for Sky. He may not be conscious, but he can still feel my presence, and if I leave, then he'll feel hurt that I wasn't there for him," Cruger answered.
"Come on Doggie. You don't have to be physically there at his bedside in order for you to be there for him," Kat said.
Cruger sighed. "Well, since it doesn't look like you'll be giving up anytime soon, I might as well if you insist," Cruger replied.
Kat took Doggie's hand in hers and the two of them headed out for their walk.
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Z had finished her shower and came out of her bathroom with a fresh new S.P.D. uniform on and her hair was up in a towel.
"Ok, so now we can talk now right?" Sam asked.
Z saw that the floating ball of light had returned.
"What's there to talk about?" Z asked.
"You were going to tell me how Sky was doing remember?" Sam replied.
"Why don't you see for yourself instead of asking?" Z commented.
"Why are you pushing me away Z?" Sam asked hurt.
"Why are you being so forward? You can't come onto me like this. My heart already belongs to someone else, Sky. Besides, you and I couldn't possibly be an item. I mean with your being a floating ball of light and all, that makes certain things impossible," Z explained.
"Certain things? How could you think that was what I had in mind?" Sam asked.
"I don't know. What was I supposed to think about you being so forward?" Z replied.
"I could morph. Then I wouldn't be a floating ball of light," Sam suggested.
"It still wouldn't work out between us," Z answered.
"Why not?" Sam asked.
"Because certain things would still be impossible," Z explained.
"What things?" Sam asked.
"Well for one we couldn't kiss, because you'd have your helmet on. Secondly, we couldn't you know because of your uniform," Z responded.
"If I was human, would you change your mind?' Sam asked hopeful.
"No. I told you my heart belongs to Sky. Besides, with your being from the future and all, you think you're so much better than everyone here," Z answered.
"No, I don't!" Sam exclaimed.
"Yes you do! Remember when you first showed up? You basically told us that the fight with Devastation, Shorty, and Morgana wasn't our fight. You said that our technology and weaponry is nothing compared to that of the future. Some people think Sky is full of himself, but you are ten times worse!" Z concluded.
"Come on Z, you don't mean that do you?" Sam asked.
"I'm not trying to be mean Sam. I'm just pointing out what I don't like about you and why I don't think a relationship between us would work," Z said.
The floating ball of light floated out of Z's room.
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Back in the prison section of the Academy, Syd had fallen asleep on the bed in her cell.
"Yes! She's asleep! Now's my chance," Jack thought to himself.
He phased through his cell door causing the alarms to go off.
"Who cares if the alarms went off?" Jack thought to himself. "If I hurry, I can still do it before anyone shows up!"
He phased through Syd's cell door.
Syd was still fast asleep even though red lights were flashing and the alarms were sounding.
Jack undressed Syd and then undressed himself.
"Oh you will change your mind about me Syd. Once I'm through with you I can assure you Sky will be the last thing on your mind! Something else you should know about me is that I don't take 'no' for an answer!" Jack thought to himself.
He spread Syd's legs apart and started to rape her.
Just then, a guard was on his way to Jack's cell.
"Stop right there!" the guard commanded not being able to see what was happening yet.
When he had arrived at Jack's or rather Syd's cell, he was appalled at what he saw taking place.
"Oh my God!" was all the guard could say.
Before him was the red ranger and the pink ranger naked. The worst part was the red ranger was raping the sleeping pink ranger.
The guard's jaw dropped and he was frozen in place by the scene before him.
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Outside of the Academy, Cruger and Kat were just getting back from their walk when they heard the alarms go off.
"I wonder what that's all about?" Kat asked Cruger.
"Come on. Let's go find out!" Cruger answered.
The two made their way into the Academy.
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Bridge, Z, Boom, and Sam were going from room to room in the Academy trying to figure out what had caused the alarms to go off. With no Kat, there was nobody to announce what the situation was.
"Do you guys see anything?" Z asked.
"Nothing in this room," Sam answered.
"Nothing in here either," Boom replied coming out of another room.
"No," Bridge responded coming out of a third room.
They headed down another hallway.
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Back in the prison section of the Academy, the guard had finally gotten out of shock, and entered a code on the keypad opening the cell door. He picked up Jack's civilian blaster and shot Jack.
Jack fell off the bed and slumped to the floor.
The guard then got a good look at the inside of the cell. There was blood all over the bed and some of it had spilled over leaving splotches on the floor. Syd and Jack both had blood all over their naked bodies. Through this entire ordeal, Syd was fast asleep.
"How am I possibly going to explain to Cruger what the heck happened here?" the guard thought to himself.
To Be Continued…
Note: Sorry for taking so long with this update. I'll give you three reasons (reasons not excuses mind you) for why it took so long. Reason # 1: I had previously mentioned that I was in summer school at college. I had also mentioned that I had finals today, and so I was studying for them. Reason # 2: I was having difficulty logging into last night. So I gave up trying some time last night. To my surprise, this morning after getting back from my first final, I found that I could log in. Reason # 3: This is perhaps the most important reason of the three. I had received a particularly disheartening review after I had already submitted Chapter 6. My note at the end of Chapter 6 commented on how I had only received positive comments at that stage and that I hoped I didn't just jinx myself by saying that. Well, as it turns out, I did. This review just blew my confidence out the window. This is not to say that I am an assertive and outgoing individual as it is because I am not. I realize that I am not going to please everybody and that I will never be able to please everybody. I just thought people would be considerate and nice since after all this is my first fanfic. So much for those silly thoughts I suppose. I could say that only review if you have something nice to say. Or you can criticize my fanfic but only if you do so using constructive criticism (i.e. what you liked and how you feel I can improve) yet I know even that will be in vain because even if I ask that of you, you are in no way obligated to do what I ask of you so we are right back to square one. Anyways, I don't know if I'll be able to get another update in until Sunday as I am going home to my parents this weekend. The problem with that is that at home, there are four people (me included) and two computers. Not to mention that two of the said people (me not included) spend practically the entire day on the two said computers. So yeah I might not be able to update again until Sunday which is the day I come back to my apartment. Thanks to everyone who has read my story and enjoyed it. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed my fanfic and has had positive things to say. I know I lack the experience of some of the more seasoned writers here at so if you don't like my story, it's simple, don't read it!