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Summary: Z meets up with the former B-Squad team, and learns some disturbing facts.
Visions 3
The Reunion
Z had been sitting in the interrogation room for three hours, telling what happened on the last mission over and over to Bridge or Commander Carson as we now must call him. He was hoping that she would remember something new. Maybe something that would help them figure out what happened to her.
"Tell me about the cloak that this figure was wearing." Z tried to picture it exactly. A little more, a little more; there! There it was! The answer was so clear. There was only way to describe this cloak – as the Cloak of Andros… which belonged to Commander Cruger; that she told Commander Carson. "The Cloak of Andros? Hmm, someone must have stolen it from Commander Cruger. For he was still in the Command Room at that time." "Um, Bridge, I mean Commander Carson… Why couldn't it have been Commander Cruger of this time?"
Commander Carson stared at her in horror and disbelief. Then he seemed to realize something. "That's right, you don't know. How could you? No one has told you," he whispered. There was agony in his voice. He shook his head as if to shake something out. "C-come w-with me." His voice shook; a pained look was upon his face, as he rose from his seat. He led her out of the room and down the hall, down the elevator and out of SPD. Out front, in front of the old fountain, there was a statue of Commander Cruger, on top of a marble enclosed coffin.
Z shook her head in disbelief as she slowly walked up to it. Upon the coffin was a platinum plaque that read:
Here lies the beloved
Commander Anubius "Doggie" Cruger,
Shadow Ranger,
Who valiantly gave his life in the struggle against the traitorous A-Squad in the Battle of the Squads;
A mentor, a Guide, A leader, a Teacher and a father, To the Earth SPD Cadets.
"He taught me the difference between, a good leader and a Bad leader." Cadet Jack Landors.
"HE taught me that a leader is a Follower First." Cadet Schuylar Tate.
"HE Taught me that the strength to win a Battle, is within." Cadet Bridge Carson.
"HE taught me that it is what is on the Inside that Counts." Cadet Sydney Drew.
"HE taught me to win a war, it takes Teamwork." Cadet Samuel Lurkins.
These are the words of the B-Squad that Fought by his side for a year and the day he died.
The A-Squad may have mangled his body, But not his Soul. May he live in our Hearts forever.
Commander Cruger was dead? How could this be? The A- Squad? So suddenly everything had changed. She felt to her knees and cried. Commander Carson kneeled and put his arms around her.
She woke up the next morning (Commander Carson had brought her to some empty quarters and, she had fallen sleep, on the bed, crying), to a door-ring. She stretched, aching again. Her uniform was a mess- wrinkled to pieces, and her hair was a rat's nest. She got up anyways and opened the door. It was the current B- Squad Pink, Leah Perk.
"Heya, Z," she said quietly. "I see that your night wasn't the best. I'm sorry." "It's ok, Leah. Probably the shock and all, and the fact that I kinda slept in my clothes." Leah smiled. She held out the folded, up to date, SPD B-Squad Yellow Ranger Formal Uniform that she had carried under her arm. "Commander Carson sent this for you, for the Ceremony today." "The Ceremony?" Z was puzzled.
Leah frowned. "Uhh yeah, Commander Carson did mention that he forgot to tell you. Today the Omega Ranger returns. We are welcoming him back." "Sam?" "Yeah, Sam. Some Commanders from other SPD's are coming to see him home. I think you might know them… Commander Schuylar Tate of the Aquitar SPD, and Commander Sydney Drew of the KO-35 SPD, Commander S.O.P.H.I.E. of the Vernox SPD and even Supreme Commander Jack Landors, as well as Dr. Katherine Manx."
Z couldn't believe her ears. Sky and Syd, Commanders of 2 famous planets? Jack – the Supreme Commander of SPD? "Uhh... unghh." Z couldn't speak. "Is something wrong, Z?" Leah looked concerned. "Um well, just that Jack was like a brother to me and a street thief at one time, later my squad leader. Sky and Syd were good friends, even Commander Carson." "Ahh. I see, from good friends, they have suddenly gone to being your superiors. And all of this has been dropped into your lap, all at once." Z nodded.
"Um, well, Commander Carson wants to talk with you asap," Leah said and left Z to get changed.
As soon as Z finished her shower, got her uniform on, and brushed her hair, she went up to the Command Room to report. When she saw a dark skinned man stood at Commander Carsons's Desk. He wore the Supreme Commander's Uniform and his dreadlocks were now a foot long and tied in the back. He had a black, dreadlock beard, about two inches long. Jack? There was a lighted skinned man facing him; a Commander who had shaved his head, and he had on an Aquitian uniform. Sky?
A blonde Mohawk haired woman, stood beside the Aquitar SPD Commander, in the uniform of the KO-35 Commander. Syd? These three were in their Mid-thirties. Next to the Commander of KO-35, stood a tall blonde woman, that looked as though she has not seen light for a long time and wore a Vernox Commander uniform. Sophie? On her other side was Commander Carson, and next to him was a thin man in his forty years, dressed as a Dr. of technology, and next to him was Dr. Katherine Manx in the Uniform of the Head of Technology of SPD Federation.
When she came in, they had stopped their talking and turned to stare at her. She immediately saluted. "Cadet Delgado reporting, Sirs, and Ma'ams. Commander Carson, you wished to see me? Perhaps I should return later…" "No, this is precisely right, Z. I thought you should meet the others before the Ceremony. Jack here, is now Supreme Commander of SPD, Sky, is Commander of the Aquitar SPD, Syd of the KO-35 SPD, and SOPHIE of the Vernox. Dr. Manx is the Head of Technology of SPD Federation. And this thin guy, pursued several degrees at the Science Academy, and is known as Dr. Boom and he is our Head of Technology.
"Z, there is something else you should know. After a year of searching, you were declared dead. We never knew what happened to you. After five, most of us gave up hope of ever seeing you again. After ten years, Jack became Supreme Commander and immediately reopened your case. After twelve, he closed it, for even he had given you up for dead. And now, fifteen years later, you show up unaged – it is a shock to all of us.
"Not only that, but something else as well, Z. We had talked about sending you through the Time Portal that Sam returns in. Dr. Manx and Dr. Boom tried to prep your molecules for the journey, while you slept. They found something horrible. Your molecules are warped somehow. You were pulled through time alright but not by any means we know of. The only way back, is the way you came, otherwise sending you through, would destroy the very fabric of time itself….
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