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A/N: This takes place only days after "Endings part 2"


New Tech City, California 2025 AD

"In the last hour alone, the anomaly has grown almost fifteen times its original sound. At this rate, its only a matter of hours before it engulfs the entire city, and from there, the planet," Kat announced, going over her readings in the command center.

"Wait, you said it was manmade, right? Can you tell us where it originated from?" Syd asked.

Kat quickly turned to another panel, glancing at her readouts. "The radiation the anomaly is giving off is interfering with the censors, but the signal originally started in the industrial district. I can give you a location within a 6 block radius," she said.

Just then, the doors the command center opened as Bridge and Sky walked in, standing in front of Commander Cruger and saluting.

"Yes, we think we have a way to collapse the anomaly," Sky said. "Boom has a device that will allow us to collapse it, but it requires one of us to go inside the anomaly itself."

"Inside the anomaly?" the commander inquired.

"We think the anomaly isn't an anomaly at all, but a gateway to a different dimension. The problem is, its unstable, so while the gateway is here, it may lead to any number of dimensions, maybe even points in time. We're not really sure, but we do know we can collapse it if we adjust our equipment to the right frequency on both ends," Bridge said.

"No."

"But sir, we…"

"No. I will not sacrifice any of my officers to stop this anomaly. Bridge, I want you and Officer Delgato to go the industrial district and see if you can find the source of the anomaly. Perhaps you can shut it down from there," the commander said.

"Wait…which one?" Bridge asked.

"Both of them. We don't have time to determine which of them is the original, so take them both."

"I don't recommend that. We still don't know what happened to Z. Exposing her around equipment that generate that type of radiation could do even more damage. Besides, shutting down the cause of the anomaly isn't going to work," Kat walked over to them. "At this point the anomaly is much too big. Even if you shut it down from the source, its self sustaining now and needs to be collapsed from inside the anomaly itself."

"Even so, whoever created the anomaly may be able to find an alternate way to shut it down. Sky, you and Syd take Boom's device and attempt to collapse the anomaly, but by no means do you come in contact with it. Keep your distance. Is that understood?"

"Yes sir!" they said in unison.

"You all have your orders. Dismissed!"


The doors to the infirmary slid open, and Bridge walked in.

"Good afternoon ladies…" he paused, glancing around the room, only to discover that one of the Zs' was nowhere to be found. "Wait, what happened to the other you?" he inquired. "She didn't disappear or anything, did she?"

Z giggled. "No, she's in the bathroom. What's up?"

"The Commander wants us to check out the industrial district. Whoever started the anomaly did it in that area, so we're going to try to track them down and see if we can stop it," he said.

"You mean both of us?"

"Yeah. Why, are you not feeling up to it? I could do tell…"

"No, it's not that at all. I'm glad to finally be getting out of this infirmary anyway," she said as she hopped off the examining table and walked over to Bridge, zipping up her jacket. "I think a little action is just what I need."

Just then, the bathroom door opened as she walked into the room. She was, in every way, Z's double, except for one minor difference.

"You're a blonde?" Z asked.

"After my conversation with Syd the other day, I got to thinking about changing my hair, too. What do you think?" she asked, twirling slightly so they could get a good look.

"You look good as a blonde," he paused. "Not that there was anything wrong with your hair the way is was… is," Bridge sighed.

"Thanks. I figure we might be stuck in this situation for a while, so we might as well find some way of telling each other apart," she commented.

"Ya know," Bridge removed his glove. "I could always read your auras and find out which of you is the real deal," he offered.

"You could do that?" they asked in unison.

He nodded. "Sure," he waved his hand in front of them, and there was a green wave that surrounded them. It was transparent, yet slightly tinted. Bridge stared at the two of them. "Hm," he said.

"Hm? What does that mean?" Liz asked.

"It means that you're both you, but that shouldn't be possible. Everyone in the universe as his or her own aura; its unique, but you two share the exact same aura. That isn't natural; your DNA is unstable. You're two halves of a whole, and your condition isn't going to last long," he said.

"What do you mean last?"

"I mean the two of you are meant to be one, and the longer you stay apart, the more at risk you are. I'm not a scientist, but unless we find a way to put the two of you back together, I don't think either one of you will survive very long," he sighed.


Syd walked in slience, staring down at the tracking device hoping to pinpoint the location of the anomaly. The last time she attempted to track it, there was an accident and Z was, for lack of a better term, cloned. The commander's warnings about coming in contact with the anomaly concerned her. She still had her morpher, and if the anomaly was able to feed off of that energy, there was no telling what could happen to her. Still, she knew it was important to track it down and put an end to it once and for all.

The area was, for the most part, clear. SPD had taken the liberty of sending teams out to evacuate the area of all civilians just in case something went wrong, leaving Syd and Sky alone to do their jobs.

"You're quiet today," Sky said, breaking the silence between them.

"Just occupied with work," she grunted, not realizing how rude she sounded, and not once taking her eyes off the tracking device.

"Isn't that my job?"

"What?"

"I mean I'm the one who always get caught up in my work, and you're the carefree one," he mentioned.

"Not today. We have to stop this thing before it gets any further out of hand," she said, again, never bothering to look up.

"I always liked that about you."

His statement was enough to make her pause, but not look up. "What?"

"That you were such a free spirit. I was always so occupied with duty, becoming the red ranger, following in my father's footsteps. Now that I'm here, that I've done it, I thought it would be nice to loosen up a little," he told her.

She cracked a smile. "That would be nice."

"Maybe when this is all over the two of us could…"

Before he could finish his statement, her tracking device began to beep. The anomaly appeared from out of nowhere, and only a few feet away from Sky. He jumped back avoiding it, quickly using his powers to put a shield between them.

"Its still unstable; no telling how long it'll stay in one spot, but it looks like its getting bigger," Syd said.

The anomaly itself was no longer a small sphere, but more like a swirling vortex of some kind, a wormhole. It had a blue-ish tint to it, and sparks of electrical impulses seemed to flow through it. It made a slight humming sound, and was visibly getting bigger. Syd stood behind Sky, trying to get an accurate reading.

"It isn't moving at all."

"No, but its growing. We have to stop this thing," she said.

"Our orders are to collapse it, but we can't do that without someone going through to the other side," he mentioned.

"The commander ordered us not to, we can't…"

Sky lowered his shield, standing face to face with the anomaly. "I think it's my father," Sky said.

"You what?"

"I think Merlock trapped my father in a temporal rift just like this one, and now, my father is trying to open it and find a way back," he told her.

"Sky, that was years ago, I don't think that…"

"I have to try Syd. I have to know."

"The commander said an anomaly just liked this one destroyed your father. Going in there won't bring him back."

"No one knows for sure what happened that day, that's why I have to go."

"We're not even sure if it is a wormhole. And even if it is, it may not lead to your father. You could up anywhere, or anytime. Sky, you don't have to do this. There are other ways to…"

"No there isn't, at least not for me," he sighed. "This is something I've known I'd have to do for years. If there's a chance my father is on the other side of this wormhole, I have to try."

"But you could be…"

"I've got the device that Boom gave me. If you haven't heard from me in five minutes, activate yours and aim it at the anomaly. I'll turn mine on, and that should be enough to collapse it," Sky said.

"But you'll be trapped there, I won't…"

"That's an order Syd."

"But I can't..."

"Thats an order Syd," he repeated.

"Yes sir."

He turned around, grabbing her hand slightly. "If I make it back… when I make it back, we'll go on that date I've been mustering up the courage to ask you on, okay?" he asked her.

It was what she'd waited to hear for as long as she could remember, but the circumstances made it difficult for her to enjoy it. A single tear rolled down her face. "It's a date," she sighed.

Sky nodded slightly, then turned to the anomaly, stepping inside. Syd watched on as Sky simply disappeared into the anomaly, and then, just as quickly as it appeared, it was gone.