A/N: I appreciate all the reviews so again thank you! Okay so you must be wondering why Sky and Z are like arguing all the time. Well I figured I immitate the relationship Jack and Sky had in the show into this story but with Sky and Z just to increase the tension a bit. I want the story to reenact the first few episodes, but with of course my little wicked twist. lol. With that said, R&R. Enjoy.
Chapter 19
"The Complications of Red & Blue"
The following morning, Syd got up bright and early to face a whole new day as she makes her way towards the cafeteria in her pink pajamas. Once she filled her tray with a cinnamon bagel, cream cheese, blueberry muffin, some toast, and orange juice the blonde immediately spotted Cadet Carson and Landors sitting at a table as she goes ahead and joins them.
"Morning, Syd." Jack was the first to greet the blonde as he noticed Bridge immediately getting up and pulling the chair from under the table for her. He darted his eyes between the two as a playful smirk crossed his face.
"Morning, boys." She looks up at Bridge and smiles. "Thanks."
"You're welcome." He sits back down next to her as Jack look away and snickers silently among himself for his amusement.
"So…" Syd starts off after a small pause. "Has any one of you spoken to Sky or Z?"
"Nope," the guys nodded their heads and respond in unison.
"I wouldn't want to get in their bad side." Jack murmured. "I mean…I don't think it's the right time to get in their business yah know?"
Syd just shrugged her shoulders when suddenly she spotted Z making her way inside the cafeteria, getting some breakfast, and sitting at a vacant table with a book in hand.
"I'll uh see you guys later."
Bridge frowns as he watches the blonde carry her tray and move from one table to the other. "Bye…"
He lets out a heavy sigh as Jack peers at him from the corner of his eye and chuckles.
"Uh huh…" he mumbled as Bridge shot him a look.
"What?"
"You are so into her!"
"Am not!"
"You are too! And it's obvious."
"How?"
"Yesterday you were always trying to save her when you could've been saving me or Sky. But did you? Nooo…"
Bridge rolls his eyes. "What are you talking about? I tried helping you guys but I had my hands full."
"Yeah, your hands full with Syd." Jack grins, only making Cadet Carson groan irritably. "Oh come on, the girl is hot. You know you want her."
Bridge coyly blushes at the thought. "Can you please stop? I don't even want to talk about it."
"So it is true." Jack continues to grin and annoy him for his amusement. "Think about it…Bridge and Syd." He turns to the cadet. "It has a nice ring to it don't you think?"
He glares at him. "Can you shut up now?"
Meanwhile Syd joins Z for breakfast as the cadet greets her with open arms.
"Well what's up, blondie? Come sit down."
Cadet Drew smiles as she sits down across from her leader. There was a moment of silence till Syd finally brought up the question.
"So…" she starts off, "are you and Sky still not talking?"
Z just shook her head and chuckles. "Why is it that whenever we're engaged in some conversation you always bring up Sky?" She pauses. "Oh that's right, you like the guy."
Syd groans in response. "Look…you two somehow need to work things out because this drama that you and Sky are stirring up is only creating a lot of tension and awkwardness within the group."
"Sky who?" Z simply rolled her eyes and continues eating her pancakes as though nothing was said.
"See what I mean?" The blonde scoffs. "This immaturity behavior needs to stop."
"You want to talk to me about immaturity? Why don't you go to Sky on the subject? He's the one that needs the 411."
"Well so do you."
"I'm not the one crying because I'm not the red ranger. And you know what? When he found me that one day when he thought I left, he said all those nice things out of guilt. I bet you that he was glad that I left. Sky doesn't care. He just wants to get rid of me so he can be the red ranger."
"What makes you think that?" Syd questioned. "What about yesterday when Sky blew out of proportion once he found out that it was all a set up? He was obviously hurt…and when you were 'gone', he felt like total crap! I swear, Z…if only you were there…"
"Whatever, I try to work things out with him and be nice…but nooo. He obviously refuses to cooperate with me. And you know what? That's his problem. As a leader, I'm not going to take his crap. He needs to suck it up and move on." Z tells her as she took one bite of her apple and takes her tray to dispose the leftovers, leaving Syd behind.
Cadet Delgado then makes her exit when suddenly she runs into Sky just as she was about to leave the room. The two stopped and stared deeply into each other's eyes with a million thoughts turning through their heads. Jack, Bridge, and Syd looked their way—holding their breaths once again awaiting for the next thing to happen.
"Well…" Sky breaks the silence after an intense contact, "are you gonna move or what?"
Z's lips slightly parted as she narrows her eyes at him and scoffs. "You're the one in the way, Sky."
"Now you're gonna make a big deal about it?"
"You're the one making a big deal about everything!"
Syd covers her face in hand and sighs. "Oh brother…"
"You know what? This is ridiculous."
"Finally something we can agree on." Sky murmured as Z groans out of frustration.
"I try to be nice here and fit in." She exclaims. "Maybe you'd understand if you were in my shoes, but you're not so it would be impossible for you to realize how it is to live on your own with almost nothing." Sky listens intently. "I'm new to this and I really don't know what I'm doing wrong or what I'm doing for that matter as your leader. All I know is that I'm trying to get around. I mean it's a big adjustment for me, Sky and I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way because I would never intentionally hurt you," she says sincerely, "ever. And I'm saying this because this thing between you and me isn't fair to the others. I want us to be cool for good, Sky and be able to work together, but that's not going to happen until we stop this and get over the heated drama that's only making things worst between us and the people we work with."
"Is there something wrong here?" Commander Cruger got in the middle of their conversation as both Sky and Z get into a stance position.
"No, sir." They responded in unison.
He darted his eyes between the two and releases a groan. "We'll just see about that."
Sky and Z exchange weird looks. "Sir?"
"Rangers, to the simulation room…now!"
The B-Squad members were now occupied doing simulated training sessions with Boom as the simulated alien they have to chase down. So far it was going so well as Jack, Sky, Bridge, Z, and Syd dealt with the krybots successfully. Once they got them out of the way, the five took cover waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Clear," Bridge and Syd took cover behind the wall as their area in the parking lot was completely empty.
Bridge then uses his genetic powers to track the alien down.
"He's heading at your way, Z."
"I see him!" Jack retorts. "Sky, he's right behind the row of cars on your left!"
"I got it."
Both Sky and Z got up, and with miss-communication, accidentally run into each other, allowing the alien to escape.
"I don't believe this!" Cadet Tate blurted out in frustration.
Jack, Bridge, and Syd all went after the alien as Sky and Z begin to argue on the spot
"You got in my way!" Z retorts. "Again."
"What? You were in my way! Thanks to you, we let the alien escape!"
"Oh so it's my fault?"
"This is just total proof that you're not leader material."
Z scoffs offensively. "And you are?" She lets out a small chuckle. "No offense, Sky but I wouldn't want a leader who has an ego bigger than his head!"
"You want to talk about ego? What about you Miss. Oh I'm the red ranger."
"No need to get all bitter about it just because you weren't chosen for it."
Commander Cruger groans as he turns to Kat Manx. "Where did I go wrong with them?" She shrugged her shoulders and slightly chuckles.
"What happened to everything you just said? Because you know what, you're not being nice right now."
Z narrows her eyes at the cadet standing before her. "Well you're not being nice either! I'm not just gonna stand here and let you jerk me around like this."
"You want to settle this once and for all?" Sky questioned as he gets into a fighting stance.
Z liked the idea as she too gets into a fighting stance, ready to unleash all her frustrations at him. "We shall. Hiya!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Jack, Bridge, and Syd got there just in time before they made any contact.
Sky and Z turned to Cadet Landors.
"You guys can't start without us." Jack turns to Bridge and Syd with a smirk. "Got popcorn? This I gotta see."
"That's enough, rangers." Kat Manx ended the simulation training as the B-Squad rangers get into a fixed stance. "Well…" she grunted, "that was…a total failure." Dr. Manx then turns to Sky and Z. "Cadet Delgado and Tate, Commander Cruger would like to see the both of you."
"Busted," Bridge murmured as they watch Sky and Z follow Kat Manx towards the Control Center."
A/N: Thanks for reading and don't forget to review. Next chapter could be the last one...so keep your eyes open.
