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Best Friends
Chapter II: Angry Teammates
Sky, Boom, Lily, and Kim arrived back at the Academy at two in the morning after having to walk back. The four of them were furious that Dru left without them especially since Dru was their ride back. They carefully tiptoed their way to their rooms when a voice brought them to a halt.
"Where might I ask have you four been?" a commanding voice asked.
The four cadets turned around to see Cruger staring them down. They knew that they were in deep trouble and this probably wasn't a very good first impression they were giving. They were trying to come up with an explanation as to where they were that would get them in the least amount of trouble possible.
"That's ok. I already know because Dru told me about the party downtown you went to. What were you thinking? The four of you haven't even started your first full day yet and you are already in trouble! I suggest you get some sleep while you can because the wake up call is in four hours!" Cruger stated before turning on his heel and walking away.
Sky, Boom, Lily, and Kim were frozen in place. They couldn't believe that Dru ratted them out. How was it that Cruger was ok with Dru going to the party but not them? Did Cruger say the wake up call was in four hours? They had a feeling that the first day wouldn't be entirely too pleasant and it appears they were right if this was any indication.
"Well, we better go to bed and at least try to get some sleep. Good night," Sky said.
The other cadets nodded in agreement as they all headed off to their respective rooms. When Sky made it to his room, he saw Dru sleeping soundly on his bed. He fought an overwhelming desire to strangle Dru for ratting them out to Cruger. Sky decided against it and got undressed. Sky's pajamas consisted of nothing but boxers. He crawled into bed dreading the six o'clock wake up call.
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Four hours later, Cruger went around to personally wake up the cadets. He made a point to wake up Sky, Boom, Lily, and Kim first. First he entered the room that Kim and Lily shared to find them both sound asleep. Cruger walked over and stood between their two beds.
"On your feet cadets!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
Lily bolted out of bed and stood before Cruger at attention. Kim on the other hand rolled on her side so that her back was facing Cruger. She also took her pillow and buried her head underneath it to muffle the sound of Cruger's yelling. Cruger walked over to Kim's bed and pulled the covers off of her bed.
"Fine! I'm awake! Are you happy now?" Kim snapped.
Seeing that the two were awake, Cruger left to wake up Sky and Boom. He came to a stop at the doorway of the girls' room. He turned around to face them.
"Training starts at 6:30. I suggest you don't be late!" Cruger warned before leaving their room.
After Kim and Lily were sure that Cruger left, they started whining, moaning, and groaning. Lily pulled out some workout clothes from her drawer and headed into the bathroom shutting the bathroom door behind her.
"Hey! Just don't take too long! I have to get changed too you know!" Kim shouted.
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Cruger made his way to Boom's room next. He found Boom out like a light with a little pool of drool on his pillow. Cruger flipped the light switch on. Boom pulled the covers over his head so the light wouldn't shine in his face.
"Give me another hour mom," Boom mumbled.
Cruger walked over to Boom's bed and shook him.
"When I say the wake up call is at six o'clock, I mean it! Now get up!" Cruger screamed as loud as he could.
Boom finally realized that he was at the Academy and that it was Cruger not his mom that was trying to wake him up. He immediately threw the covers off of him and sat upright in his bed. Boom didn't dare look Cruger in the eyes because he could already tell that he was not too happy with him.
"Now that you are finally up cadet, get ready. Training starts at 6:30," Cruger ordered before leaving Boom's room.
Boom was still groggy. He figured that he couldn't have been asleep for longer than four hours. Boom was one of those people who liked to sleep in until noon, so waking up at six in the morning after only getting four hours of sleep was no easy task by any stretch of the imagination. If anyone was to blame for him not getting nearly enough sleep, it was Dru. After all, Dru left them high and dry at the party last night. Boom hadn't forgot that at all. He would find some way to get back at Dru for that.
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Cruger made his way to the room that Dru and Sky shared and found that Dru was already dressed in his workout clothes while Sky was still sleeping. He didn't expect anything differently. Cruger made his way over to Sky's bed, but felt a hand stop him. He saw it belonged to Dru.
"Allow me," Dru offered. He took a pitcher of ice cold water and poured it on Sky's face.
Sky instantly sat upright in his bed and looked to be extremely irritated.
"What was that for?" Sky spat while drying his face and hair off with the covers of his bed.
Dru had a huge smirk on his face and didn't even bother answering Sky's question. He left the room and headed to the training area.
"I told you that the wake up call was at six. Let this be a lesson to you. I mean what I say so don't ever doubt it cadet. Now hurry up and get dressed. Training starts at 6:30 and not a minute later," Cruger commanded before leaving the room.
Sky couldn't help but think how much of a suck up Dru was being. First he ratted the rest of his squad out to the Commander. Secondly, he goes to the training area early which Sky would guess is to impress the Commander. Sky didn't know how much longer he could tolerate having Dru as a roommate. Sky thought that maybe he should room with Boom instead. Anyone really would be better than Dru. An alarm sounded throughout the Academy. That was the wake up call for all the other cadets that Cruger did not want to wake up personally.
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Roughly a half an hour later, Kat and Cruger stood before D-squad. Cruger noticed how Sky, Boom, Lily, and Kim all looked like they much rather be sleeping right now. Dru on the other hand looked rested and ready to go. Cruger was impressed that Dru was the first one at the training area.
"Sky, Boom, Lily, and Kim, drop and give me 100 pushups!" Cruger ordered.
The four of them groaned about it and reluctantly did as they were told. Boom was only able to do ten before he couldn't do any more. Lily and Kim only made it to twenty before they had to stop. Sky was able to do all one hundred although not as fast as he would've been able to had he been able to get a full night of sleep.
"On your feet! That was pathetic! The four of you expect to become power rangers when you can't even handle doing pushups? Maybe this'll teach you not to stay out past curfew; I want the four of you to run twenty laps around the track! Dru, you only need to run four laps," Cruger ordered.
Sky, Boom, Lily, and Kim were all getting extremely annoyed at the special treatment Cruger was giving Dru. In fact, they were getting annoyed with Dru altogether. They had no idea Cruger would be so harsh. He seemed more like a drill sergeant than their Commander. They all were hurt at what Cruger had said to them. The four of them wanted to become power rangers more than anything else in the world which is why they joined S.P.D. in the first place. Then, Cruger had to verbally shoot them down like he did. It was almost too much to take.
"Come on Sky. Catch me if you can!" Dru taunted while running alongside Sky.
Sky and Dru were out in front. A little further back were Kim and Lily. Bringing up the rear was Boom. Boom was extremely winded. He had no idea wanting to become a power ranger would involve so much exercise. Unlike the rest of his squad, he didn't appear to be cut out for such rigorous training. Kat and Cruger were observing D-squad from the sidelines.
"I think we should flunk Boom out of the Academy. He obviously isn't cut out for this," Cruger remarked.
Kat looked at Cruger like he had just committed a sin or something.
"You know what I think? I think you should give him a chance. He's probably just tired because he wasn't able to get much sleep last night," Kat replied.
Cruger couldn't believe that Kat was defending Boom. If Cruger had anything to say about it, Boom along with Sky, Lily, and Kim would know their place at the Academy by the time he was through with them. There would be no more sneaking out of the Academy. There would be no staying out past curfew. They would do what they were told when they were told to do it and how they were told to do it with no questions asked. If they thought becoming a power ranger would be a walk in the park, they were sadly mistaken.
Dru and Sky had started their second lap with Dru slightly ahead of Sky. Kim and Lily were finished with half a lap while Boom was only done with a quarter of a lap. Dru allowed Sky to catch up to him and the two roommates were running side by side with one another. Dru stuck out his foot and tripped Sky. Sky fell face first on the track. Dru quickened his pace and could be heard laughing at Sky. Sky slammed his fist into the ground when he noticed something bizarre. A faint blue light was being emitted from his clenched fist. Freaked out, Sky unclenched his fist and the light went away. He picked himself off the track and chased after Dru. Sky couldn't stand Dru as it was and then Dru had to go and trip him. That was the last straw. Sky had had it with Dru. After their training was over, he was definitely going to talk to Cruger about switching roommates.
"Did you see that?" Kat asked referring to Dru tripping Sky.
Cruger was too preoccupied to pay much attention to Kat's question. What was troubling him was that he saw the faint blue light coming from Sky's hand. Cruger wondered what that was. Did Sky have some kind of mutant power? It seemed too unreal to Cruger though. It was something out of a science fiction novel or a science fiction movie, but not something that would happen in real life.
"I'm sorry. Did you say something Kat?" Cruger asked.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Whoa, so I'm really sorry it took so long to update this. I can explain though. Aside from being busy with schoolwork, I was debating whether or not to continue this story at all. I currently have four stories started and this is one of two that seems to not be getting much of a response. I was contemplating if I should just delete this story altogether or not because I mean the concept of this story may be mine, but maybe someone else can pull it off better and actually get a response from it. I still don't quite know what I'm going to do. I'd like to know what you think of this story as long as you don't flame me. Beautiful-Me89, thank you so much. I am so grateful to you. You reviewed three of my stories which is more than anyone else, and for that I thank you. You continue to stick by me and give me encouragement. StarTraveler, thank you for reviewing and expressing interest in this story. BloomingViolets, I was so happy when I saw that you reviewed my story. You are one of my favorite authors. You are undoubtedly my favorite Sky/Syd author. I especially loved your story Pink Surprise. You're like an established author and so it really means a lot for you to review my rookie stories. Thanks to everyone else who has taken the time to read my story.