Theme Challenge: Bridge and Syd
From the Ars Amatoria Romance Themes Challenge
Challenge #11: Dependence
A/N: Set after Dogged, but before A-Bridged
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, nor do I make any sort of profit by writing this.
Dependence
Syd was walking towards Bridge's room when something caught her attention. If she wasn't hearing things, there was a countdown, and it was coming from Bridge's computer.
"Five, four, three…" Bridge's computer counted down.
"Hey Syd," Bridge said.
"Two, one…" the computer counted down.
"Bridge, get down!" Syd shouted tackling Bridge to the floor.
"Waffles are done," the computer announced.
Syd rolled her eyes. She had done that before, except then it was with toast. She couldn't believe she fell for the same trick twice. Okay, so maybe it wasn't the same trick, but it was close enough.
"Waffles? I thought you said Boom was going to put a waffle iron on his computer?" Syd asked rising to her feet.
Bridge stood up on his feet. "He is, but he just wanted to test it out and see if it worked before putting it on his computer," Bridge answered.
Sometimes Syd just didn't understand Bridge, or Boom for that matter. She was sure that she wasn't the only one who felt that way.
Syd cleared her throat. "Anyways Bridge, I just wanted to thank you. If you and Boom hadn't upgraded R.I.C. to R.I.C. Version 2.0, then Rhinix would have finished me off back there," Syd said.
Bridge put a hand on Syd's shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about it. I was glad to help," Bridge replied.
Syd took a deep breath. "Bridge, you know how we said that whenever we need to talk about something, we could always come to each other?" Syd asked.
"Yeah," Bridge answered worried about where Syd was going with this.
"Well, how do I say this? R.I.C. saved me twice, and that just made me realize something. I'm the weakest link of the team. I can't even hold my own in battle. Instead, I am completely dependent on my fellow rangers, R.I.C. even, to come and save my butt," Syd explained with shame etched on her face.
Bridge embraced Syd in a hug. He took his hand and rubbed Syd's back in a circular fashion. A few tears streamed down Syd's cheek.
"Come on Syd. Don't say that about yourself. You're not the weakest link of the team," Bridge replied.
"Then who is?" Syd asked.
Bridge pondered an answer to that question. It wasn't Sky because he was the best fighter. It wasn't Jack because he was the leader not to mention an awesome fighter as well. That only left Z, Syd, and himself.
"It'd probably be me," Bridge responded. "The point I'm trying to make though is that we all depend on each other, and there's nothing wrong with that. We're a team, and that's where our true strength lies," Bridge explained.
"You're right Thanks Bridge. I'm glad I can talk to you about stuff like this. You always have a way of making me feel better," Syd said.
"Ahem! Am I interrupting something?" Boom asked.
Syd and Bridge darted apart after suddenly becoming aware that they were still hugging each other. Neither of them wanted to give Boom any ideas. Bridge noticed that Syd was staring at her feet. His cheeks felt like they were heating up.
"No not at all. Hey Boom, good news. I tried out the waffle iron on my computer, per the instructions of Extreme Upgrade, and it worked!" Bridge exclaimed in a hurry to change the subject.
"Awesome! Come on! What are you waiting for? Let's amp up my computer and put a waffle iron on it too!" Boom said excitingly heading for his room.
Bridge removed the waffles from the waffle iron and put them on a plate. He then put an insane amount of butter on them.
"Hey Syd, do you want a waffle? It's buttery," Bridge said putting his fingers to his mouth and wiggling them upon saying the word 'buttery'.
"Buttery?" Syd asked imitating Bridge's finger motion.
"Yeah, buttery," Bridge replied repeating the finger movement while saying 'buttery'.
"Gross! You know how much fat is in butter?" Syd asked.
Bridge just shrugged his shoulders. "Oh well. More for me. Are you sure you feel better?" Bridge asked.
"Yeah. Thanks for asking Bridge," Syd replied.
"Ok, well I'm going to help Boom put a waffle iron on his computer. He's probably wondering where I am right now. I'll see you later," Bridge said taking his buttered waffles and heading for Boom's room.
Ok, I know there are much better theme challenges out there written by much more experienced authors, but I'm still a first year writer and I'm doing the best I can. I am open to constructive criticism, so feel free to point out things I could do to improve. Just please don't flame me without offering constructive criticism. Every writer here isn't perfect. Every writer here wants to become better, and flat out flaming doesn't help in any way, shape, or form. At least it doesn't help me. Anyways, please take the time to leave a review. I'd really appreciate it, and thanks for reading.