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Fairy Dance Dreams

Chapter 3 - Recollections

(On board the ship)

The silence between them was awkward. Z concentrated on steering the ship while Sky sat with his feet up reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Bridge sat quite happily munching on some toast. Bridge and Z spoke to each other from time to time, as did Sky and Bridge, but Sky and Z ignored each other. Neither of them dared to speak, until Sky sighed at one particular moment in the book.

"What happened?" asked Z while turning the ship slightly to the left. The ETA to the Gamma Quadrant was less than an hour.

"I finished the book," he mumbled. "I hate happy endings."

"I'm not surprised…" she muttered under her breath. Unfortunately, Sky heard her.

"What was that?" he said, feeling the anger boiling inside.

Z swore. He wasn't supposed to hear that. Oh well, there was no point in hiding it from him. "You're always so depressed, Sky. Why can't you cheer up once in a while?"

"Anyone want some toast?" cut in Bridge. "I mean, there's loads here, I always make too much. Come on; it's buttery!" He wiggled his fingers in front of his mouth.

Sky frowned at him, and then at Z. "I'm sorry my life stops me from being Mr happy-go-lucky all the time!"

Z's mouth dropped open. No way was he getting away with that. "And you think my life is perfect? Far from it Sky."

"Seriously, this toast is the best! You should try some!" He offered some to Sky who refused.

"I didn't mean it like that. I know you had a tough childhood, but you've been able to live with it. I haven't. Look what it's done to me!"

"Can it Sky, I don't want to hear it," she said shortly. She turned to look at him. "I am who I am because I've put my past behind me; it's time you did the same. And besides, I -" She was cut off by the dreading look of fear on Bridge's face.

"Z! Look out!" he exclaimed. Z turned her gaze back. She checked her radar scanner to find two incoming unidentified spacecraft. Looking out of the glass, she saw one of them ahead of them. Despite their anti-detection shield, they'd been seen.

"We need to move!" cried Sky. "Turn her around!"

"I'm trying!" Z shouted, steering the ship as fast as she could to the right. She then made a handbrake turn, fired up the main thrusters and began to speed off in the opposite direction.

"They're still coming!" yelled Sky, indicating the radar scanner. Without warning, one of the craft fired at them. The red blast missed them by inches. It was time for drastic action.

"Invisibility shield activated!" declared Z. "Blasters aimed, ready…fire!"

A surge of neon green light shot out towards one of the spacecraft. It hit it with such force that it explodes into minute particles which hung in the open expanse of space.

"Z, the other one's coming back round! Watch out!" called Bridge, dropping his toast.

By the time Z had the blasters aimed for the second craft, it had already fired. The crimson energy beam hit their ship on the left wing. Sky reached hurriedly for his morpher.

"Commander Cruger; come in! Mayday! Our ship's been struck! Mayday! Urgent assistance required! Mayday!" Sky stopped as he realised what was going to happen. "Z, Bridge, morph, quickly!"

Z's scared face gulped in agreement and she grabbed her morpher. Bridge followed suit.

"SPD, Emergency!" they yelled in unison, and were immediately transformed into the blue, green and yellow rangers. "SWAT mode!" No sooner had they given their command, the Special Weapons and Tactics armour gripped their bodies. Seconds later, their ship began to speed downwards, and the three rangers collided with each other as they were pulled in by the gravity of a nearby planet…