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Sky had not expected to be woken up in the middle of the night by Bridge, but at 2am he was being shaken awake by his roommate. Sky groaned and rolled over, turning on his lamp. He looked at the Green Ranger in confusion.
"Bridge, what are you doing? Everything okay?" Sky sat up, adjusting to the light.
Bridge stared down at Sky. "You were right. There is something going on with me, I'm sorry it's so late, but I need to talk to you…well actually I need to show you something."
Sky looked at the clock and saw the time, but wanted to be a good friend, so he got out of bed and got dressed. "What is it?"
"I did something, something I shouldn't have done, and now I don't know what to do, but it's hard to explain, so it would just be easier if you came with me, but it is kind of far." Bridge began to leave the room, giving Sky almost no choice in following.
Both Rangers got on their cycles with Bridge leading the way. Sky had no idea where they were going, but he wanted to help his friend, so he did not stop to let anyone know what they were doing. They got to the edge of town when Bridge stopped in front of a building. It did not look like it was in function, but was not run down. Bridge went inside, and Sky realized that the building was some kind of laboratory.
"Bridge, what are we doing here?"
Bridge ignored the question and began looking around the room. "Kind of familiar isn't it? Not that long ago we were walking into a quiet building like this one, right before we were ambushed."
Before Sky could say anything else, Bridge tased him in the neck, causing Sky to fall to the ground. He looked up at his friend in confusion and betrayal, but the face that stared down on him did not seem like the Bridge he knew.
"This is going to be fun." Bridge smiled as Sky's eyes drifted shut.
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The sun was just rising when the alarms went off. Gruumm had sent a new monster to attack the city. Jack, Syd, and Z all ran into the Common Room to morph and get downtown. The three Rangers immediately noticed the absence of their two friends.
"Where's Bridge and Sky?" Z asked before they morphed.
Jack looked at their door, but knew they needed to get take care of the monster. "We'll figure that out later, let's go. S.P.D. Emergency!"
Z and Syd morphed and followed Jack to fight the monster. They were able to handle the monster just fine, but it did get away in the end. The Rangers knew that would not be the last time they had to deal with it. By the time they got back to the academy, Jack was a little more than angry at Bridge and Sky for not joining the fight. He needed to know what was going on, so he stomped to their room and barged in. When he found it empty, Jack began to search the base looking for either ranger. After almost an hour of searching, Jack could not find the Green or Blue Ranger. He decided to make his way back to the Command Center to ask if anyone had seen them. Jack walked into the room and went up to Kat who was working on one of the computers.
"Hey Kat, have Sky or Bridge checked in at all today?"
Kat gave him an odd look. "They haven't reported in?"
Jack shook his head. "Alarms went off this morning, we all went, but they weren't there. When we got back I looked for them, but haven't been able to find them. You think everything is okay?"
"It's not like either of them to ignore an alarm." Kat began to check their morphers on the computer to see where they were.
Jack saw the look on Kat's face. "What is it?"
"Their morphers are offline." She looked at him with growing concern.
"Can you pull up the cameras from last night? See where they went?"
Kat nodded and got to work.
Before Kat could get the footage pulled up, Syd and Z entered the room and could tell something was off.
"What's up Jack?" Z walked up to him.
"Bridge and Sky are missing, their morphers are offline, and we have no idea where they went. Kat's pulling up the camera footage from last night now."
Syd looked worried. "I don't like this. Where would they have gone?"
"I don't know." Jack shook his head.
"Maybe they just needed a break? They went through a lot with that Edward guy and now that things have started to get back to routine they might feel like we all expect them to just be back in it with no problems. They may just need a breather for little while." Z did not believe her own words, but she was hopeful.
Jack looked skeptical. "I don't know. Sky has been fine for the most part, stressed sure, but still doing his duties, and I've been training with Bridge and I thought it was helping. Besides even if they did need a break, I don't think they would go off the grid, not if we needed them."
The team knew that was the truth. They all began to think of more theories as to where the other two Rangers could be when Kat found the footage from when they left the night before.
"Here." Kat pulled up the video and the team gathered in.
"Looks like Bridge is leading." Z watched as Bridge and Sky left their room.
"They get on their cycles and head west, but seem to miss a lot of the cameras. After they turn down this corner we lose them." Kat was watching as the two seemed miss every important angle on the security footage and then avoid them completely.
"Do you think they did that on purpose?" Syd had a feeling she knew the answer to that.
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Sky woke up to a very familiar feeling of his head pounding. When he went to reach up to touch his head, he found he was unable. Now he had another familiar feeling of being tied to a chair. The Blue Ranger opened his eyes and looked around. He was in a small dark room, with no windows. The entire situation felt just like the hostage situation not long ago, but Sky knew that the person behind that was dead. Sky thought back to what he remembered last; Bridge had dragged him out of bed to show him something. They went to an old building, and then they were attacked. Sky realized attacked may not be the best word considering he did not remember anyone else there. All he remembered was Bridge. Bridge standing over him before he passed out. Sky did not want to believe that the Green Ranger was responsible for any of this, but that was the only explanation to what was happening.
"Bridge! Bridge! Where are you?" Sky yelled, almost hoping Bridge would not walk through the door.
Of course, it was exactly who Sky thought. "Hey Blue, looks like we get to do this dance again don't we."
Bridge was smiling at Sky, but Sky knew this was not the friend he knew. "What is this? What's going on?"
Bridge walked around the chair as Sky struggled against the ropes. "I think you know exactly what's going on."
Sky shook his head. "No, no this isn't possible. Edward is dead, you aren't him."
"You see that's where it gets a little tricky." Bridge stopped in front of Sky and leaned in.
"Bridge killed him, and Bridge is who I'm looking at, so you aren't Edward."
"You're right, technically at least. Bridge did kill me, but to do that he had to get inside my head and see every memory, thought, and idea. Then he had to break it apart to break me apart, my body died, but he in a way absorbed all of my thoughts as if they really exist deep in his head. So now my mind is very much alive."
"If Bridge was able to get in your mind once, how do you have control now?" Sky was trying to make sense of everything.
"Because I'm better. I won this time, and now I've locked Bridge right where I left him; tied up with lights too bright to see. I have control of this body now, and my how powerful he is."
Sky glared. "What's your plan in all this?"
Bridge leaned back. "I thought you'd figure that out by now."
"Besides talking so much? I'm honestly not completely sure."
Bridge laughed. "You didn't think Basta was actually stupid enough to break into S.P.D. did you?"
"You stole those weapons? Then how did Basta have that crystal?"
"Bridge was a busy boy today. He got into Basta's head, made him believe he stole from the weapons lockup, then got into that homeless woman's head and made her believe she saw the whole thing, all without any of you noticing; and no one involved being none the wiser. He really is remarkable; just needed a little push from me was all."
Sky shook his head, trying to see his friend through the evil that was Edward. "So what, I was starting to ask too many questions?"
Bridge clapped his hands together. "That's exactly right! Good ole best friend Blue, always trying to look out for him. Too bad it took you this long though, but in your defense Bridge had been hiding it very well. But now we get to play like old times, I get to beat you senseless, really just for the fun of it, and you have to watch knowing there is nothing you can do for your friend."
Sky struggled more against the ropes, but it was no use. He hated how his mind went back to the hostage situation where this had all started, only this time instead of Edward's men, it was Bridge hitting him over and over again. Bridge, his best friend, who had no control of what he was doing. Sky just hoped they would both get out of this alive.
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Back at the base, the team was trying to figure out a way to locate Bridge and Sky. None of them were having any luck, and none of them knew what caused the two to leave in the middle of the night. While they were searching on the computers, a cadet came in and walked up to Kat holding a tablet.
"Miss Manx, here is the finalized item list you asked for."
Kat took the tablet. "Thank you Cadet."
No one noticed what Kat had until she spoke again.
"That's odd."
The Rangers all looked up and came over to Kat.
"What's up, Kat?" Z could see the confusion on the doctor's face.
"I've finally received a full list of everything stolen from the evidence room. Weapons, some chemicals, but there is something else."
"What is it?" Syd shared Kat's confusion.
"The neck restraint used by Edward Wiesel when he took Bridge."
"Why would Basta take that?" Jack did not get it either.
Kat stared at the tablet perplexed. "I have no idea."
"Can I see that?" Syd reached for the tablet.
Kat handed it over, and the Pink Ranger began to read over the list. "Some of these weapons and chemicals sound like things Edward would have wanted. I think we're missing something big here."
Z thought for a moment. "Guys, how much do we really know about Bridge's abilities?"
"Besides the fact that they are getting stronger? Not a whole lot." Jack shrugged.
"I really don't think any of us can pretend we know how he works, only Bridge gets Bridge." Syd agreed with Jack.
"Kat?" Z looked at her.
"I understand the chemistry of it, he senses energy, can see it. All of it has to do with his molecular structure just like all of your abilities, but how exactly and what exactly he can do…well it's rather complicated. I know when he killed Edward he had to get inside his mind, which was something we did not know he could do. His limitations may be endless, we aren't sure."
"So Bridge feeds off energy right? You all must have noticed before, if all of our emotions sway a certain way, his seems to almost absorb it. What if he absorbed what Edward was feeling?" Z was trying to piece it all together.
"If Bridge is behind this, then what does Basta have to do with it all? It doesn't make sense." Jack felt lost. They all did.
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