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Forgotten Innocence

Interlinea, Power Within, bobtherandomguy, and Dragon Ranger

Chapter Four

January 8, 2026

The icy winds of January blew past Sheria, as she stood atop S.P.D. She was thinking about the last week, Boom had given her, his powers for the meantime, so that she could find the one that changed her life for the worse. She slipped her hand into her coat pocket, and felt the cool, smooth feel of the disk given to her by Dr. O. She thought about what he said. "When I found Commander Carson, he was dying. He asked me if anyone had survived the attack. I nodded and spoke your name, the only one I knew for sure. He nodded weakly and handed this disk to me. 'Make sure she gets it,' were his last words..."

Sheria held the disk for a second clenching it she then took out a Disk Reader she had "borrowed" from Syd, "she won't miss it," she inserted the disk and it started loading. She then heard a door open. Someone was coming! "Hey Sheria, why are you standing up here?" Sky's voice came form behind her. Shortly thereafter, he was standing beside her. The pair looked out onto the city. "No reason, just thinking," Sheria replied. She felt a bit nervous when she spoke to Sky. She hoped he wouldn't notice Syd's disk reader. Not only did she feel nervous, but angry as well. This man would one day abandon her and her brother. "Got a problem with that?" She asked defensively.

Sky was taken aback by the comments, "Sorry. I wanted to tell you Commander Cruger has requested to speak to you." Sheria had to hide her anger for the moment, and act as civil as she could. "Thanks," she said stiffly. She turned and walked inside. Sky briefly wondered what her problem was with him and then followed her in.

Commander Anubis Cruger was sitting in his chair in the SPD control room, and sitting along side him was wife Isynia. "Miss Cooper, in the week that you have been here, we really have not had much chance to talk." "You asked to see me, sir?" Sheria asked, getting straight to the point. She was also none too happy that Sky had followed her inside. She thought talks like this were supposed to be private.

"Sir what's going on?" Sky looked over at his Commander. He was a little confused about why he would have called Sheria here. "First of all, I know next to nothing about Sheria. Could you tell me some, Sheria? Also, I am wondering why you have such a problem with your Squad Leader, Ranger Tate?"

Sheria nodded her head, "I do not like people invading my space. I grew up in a crowded area mostly alone besides my brother. My Mom died when I was young and my Dad dropped us off with his best friend and his wife, I don't see him much anymore."

Sky looked over at Sheria for a moment then back at Commander Cruger. "Sir." "Leave us Ranger Tate." Cruger told him. After Sky left, Commander Cruger looked at the look on Sheria's face, as though he was probing for something deeper, "Miss Cooper, it seems to be more than that. In fact, if I didn't know any better, I would say that it was personal. That you hold a grudge against him. I ask myself how this could be, when you have only known him one week?" Sheria thought about speaking, but decided against it only saying, "Sir I will tell you, when the time is right."

"I won't push the subject Sheria, but it would be much easier on everyone if you told me." Cruger replied looking at her for a moment. "That is all." he added turning away form her. Sheria so badly wanted to tell him, but instead she turned and walked out, remembering Dr. O's warning. If you tell anyone too soon, your mission may be jeopardized, and all will be lost.

Later…

Jack was fidgeting next to Sky, tugging at his collar. "Leave it alone!" Shy whispered to him. Jack just shrugged sheepishly and clasped his hands behind his back. He still wore his hair long. He wore a black suit complete with red bow. It went well with the stylized, high-collared suit he was wearing. The whole wedding had an old-fashioned look to it, but it was Jack's bride's wish. And when could he ever deny her anything?

Jack then noticed Z wearing a Green Dress Uniform and sitting in the back row. He nudged Sky. "Z never said anything about being Promoted." Sky noticed where he was looking and shook his head. "That is Sheria Cooper, the new recruit. You know she does look like Z now that you mention it," Sky whispered.

"Are you sure that they're not sisters or something?" Jack asked as he continued to watch her for a while. "How much longer?" he added looking back at Sky for a moment. Sky shrugged, "Any minute now." "Thank god, I don't think I can stand wearing this thing any longer." Jack replied with a weak smile. Once the organ started playing, it went smoothly. There were tears in the eyes of his team, and even the new girl seemed to be weeping happily...She had never met him before, why was she weeping...

With the Wedding over with, everyone went to have dinner. Music was playing loudly in the background, Sky and Syd sit next to each other talking about how the wedding had gone, along with what they thought about Sheria. "The wedding was great. I loved the sparkles," Syd said. "They were fine, I guess. Did you notice that Sheria was sitting by herself?" he told her, looking at Sheria for a moment. "Yeah. I wonder why." Syd looked over at her, with puzzled look. Suddenly, a young man in his twenties' with black hair stood by Syd's side. In a honey like voice, he asked sweetly, "Madam, may I buy you a drink?"

Syd looked up at the man and smiled. "Thank you." she told him, he hurried away. Five minutes later, he had returned with her drink. He then asked her to dance and led her away.

Sky on the other hand, was watching Sheria, who got a strange look upon her face. She got up, looked around and left early. Sky followed her stealthily out the door and down the street. She entered an abandoned alley. He watched from around the corner, as she stopped and pulled a disk, along with Syd's disk reader. To Sky's surprise, the man that appeared on the disk was him, just much older and in the Supreme Commander's uniform. He remained where he was, standing, watching it with concern; he then heard his own voice.

"I'm not sure which of you are going to get this message, first of all I need to tell you about the attack on HQ. So far several Rangers form the past have been seen running a rampage here, several people have already died, and I'm not sure how long it well be until they reach me." The older Sky paused for a moment looking up at what could, be the door for a moment; he then continued. "Sheria, Jack I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left you the way I did; I just couldn't deal with what happened to your mother." he paused again.

A loud explosion could be heard. "DAMN IT." the older Sky yelled. Standing in the doorway was the Black Bison Wildforce ranger also known as Danny Delgado, his Axe in his hand at the ready. The older Sky looked over him, and raised his eyebrows. Leaving the hologram on, he stepped forward. "As many of my people have probably already told you, we are -" "Yeah yeah you're good. Yeah right." "Yes, and as proof, I will kneel before you and let destroy me without me lifting a finger to stop you." Danny paused. "I'd just like to say... I never thought it would be you... Father-in-law..." Danny's helmet moved to the side. "Father-in-law? What kind of game or you playing? Never mind, I really don't have time to care about your little lie."

Danny looked at him for a moment before bring his Axe down, he stopped before the weapon made contact with its target. "Any last words traitor?" Danny asked. "Just one, you might kill me and the others, but S.P.D well never be forgotten." With that Danny raised his axe again, and brought it back down cutting off Sky's head.

Danny walked over to the desk, seeing something out of the corner of his eye. He looked down to find a holo pic of himself and Kendall; sitting atop his shoulders was a young girl. There were several others; several had the man he had just killed in them. A group of rangers in front of a prison cell, Grumm behind them. Next to that one was a wedding picture, of the man he killed, and a woman, she looked a lot like Kendall, then the last one was of the pair with two small children.

Danny, out of curiosity picked up the Wedding Picture. When he did, the holo-inscription appeared in the place of the picture; September 18, 2026, On this day, Schyular "Sky" Tate, son of the Late Jonathon and Sarah Tate, and Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, daughter of the MIA Daniel "Danny" and the MIA Kendall Delgado, were wed. Danny's jaw dropped in his helmet "OH MY FUCKING GOD!" He screamed.

Shortly after the out burst, Max came running into the room. He stopped short when he saw the body on the ground. The visor of his helmet was broken. "What's all the yelling about, Danny?" Danny remained quiet for a long moment before reply. "I just killed my son-in-law." He told him. He threw the holo pic at Max. September 18, 2026, On this day, Schyular "Sky" Tate, son of the Late Jonathon and Sarah Tate, and Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, daughter of the MIA Daniel "Danny" and the MIA Kendall Delgado, were wed. Max's eyes what wide at what he had heard. "This as to be some kind of trick." he replied replaying the message again and again, he finally took off his helmet and looked over at his best friend. "Do you think the Grumm guys lying to us?"

Max walked over to his best friend slow, before he could get to him however, he tripped on something; he fell into the desk, and pushed a button. A light on the recorder lit up, telling them it was finished and sent. Max looked up at Danny and then to what he had tripped on, Max screams when he see it was a man's head he had tripped on. "That's just not right." "Oh great now, i have blood on my boots." he said wiping the blood of his boots, then adding. "What do you think that just was I pushed? Or what it was doing for that matter?"

Sheria was now crying; in so much pain seeing her grandfather kill her father so ruthlessly; even though she never knew her Grandfather, this thought of a man she had always dreamed of meeting was now crushed. Her family was gone; both of her parents were dead, her grandfather was a murderer, working for a diabolical villain, and her brother too. The normally calm Sheria screamed, for the first time since being in 2026. Sky noticed her distraught, while still being quite shocked, ran out of hiding. "What's wrong? Sheria, why were you screaming," he cried out, although he knew he felt he shouldn't let her know he knew.

Sheria looked up. "Sky. What are you doing here? No. Never mind. You, you were my father. And you, the last known to be living member of my family, I just watched die." Sky just stood there for a moment looking at her with concern. He took her into his arms and held her close. "Let it out." he whispered.