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Bridge had lost control of his mind almost as soon as he had gained it back again. After he was able to free Sky, Edward took over again, and he was trapped in the room he hated. The bright lights shined on him, blocking his abilities and blinding him to what Edward was up to. Anger flared up in Bridge, he wanted out, he wanted to be him again, but Edward would not let that happen. He screamed, out in his anger hoping it would at the very least give Edward a headache, but it was only giving him more control. The man was using it to make himself stronger. Edward left the laboratory after writing his message on the wall, and went to Bridge's cycle in the alley. He had a lot of work to do now.

Z and Jack stared at the message in blood. The Yellow Ranger looked at her best friend.

"What do you think that means exactly?"

Jack shook his head. "Nothing good."

"That's Bridge's blood isn't it?"

Jack did not answer that, he needed to get out of there. "Come on, we need to get Sky back to the base."

Z nodded and followed Jack out of the building, hoping to see a sign as to where Bridge had gone off to next. When they got outside, Sky could tell by the looks on their faces Bridge was long gone, and they had seen something unsettling inside. He gave them a look, but Jack spoke before him.

"We'll talk about it later, but he's not here, let's get you back and regroup."

Sky was too exhausted to argue, so he shut his eyes and Syd drove back to the academy. He did not even realize he had fallen asleep until she was shaking him awake.

"Sky, hey…time to get up." Syd's voice was soft, and for just a moment he forgot about everything happening.

Once the pain rushed back, Sky groaned a little and let his friends help him inside. He was able to walk, but he felt pain all over; he could not see straight anymore, and wanted to sleep for a week if he could, but then thoughts of Bridge brought him back.

"We have to find him." Sky was being sat on an examination table.

"And we will, but first we have to take care of you." Kat was there now surveying the damage. She hated seeing this happen to Sky again.

"Just relax man, we'll come back in once they have a good look at you." Jack gave Sky's hand a pat before leaving the room. He knew Sky needed time to heal, but he also knew that every minute they waited on a plan, Bridge was getting another minute to work on his own.

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Edward made his way down the street in search of someone from Bridge's mind. He had a lot of plans to get into place, and he needed to work fast. He had no idea how long it would take for the Rangers to catch up, or catch on to him. Finally Edward found the alien he was looking for.

"Bouncy, need to talk to you." Edward motioned for him to walk a little closer to the corner of the building Bouncy was standing by.

The slimy purple alien backed away a little when he saw the Ranger. "S.P.D, what do you want?"

Edward smirked a little. "I know you're working for Gruumm."

"W-What? I'm not…what are you trying to say?" The alien looked offended, and started to walk away a little.

Edward rolled his eyes and decided to cut to the chase. He shoved the alien up against the brick wall and held him there with his arm pushed up against his throat.

"Hey! Isn't this police brutality?" Bouncy squirmed under the grip.

"Shut up. S.P.D. is getting real sick and tired of Gruumm sending down these meaningless attempts to destroy us. He sends down one guy, we take them out, he sends down another we take them out. It's getting insulting."

"What's your point?"

"Now now, don't get sassy with me Bounce, or I may just have to teach you a little lessen." Edward ripped the glove off of his free hand with his teeth and then placed his hand on the alien's head.

"What are you doing?"

Edward grabbed the glove with the hand he was holding Bouncy by and smiled. "Hurting you."

Soon enough Bouncy began to scream in pain. "Ow! Stop it! Okay, okay I'll do whatever you want! Just please stop!"

Edward took his hand away, but kept it close just in case he wanted to hurt the alien again. "That's better. I need you to get a message to Gruumm."

The alien was terrified now. "Okay sure, what message?"

"Tell Gruumm we're getting bored. I want him to send down his best and most feared creatures, because it's time to end this fight. We've been going back and forth for too long, and right now he doesn't seem like he's even trying. Tell him to send everything he's got to the rock quarry, that's where we'll finally settle this." Edward let go and stared at the bumbling alien before him.

"Well go."

Bouncy scooted off, leaving Edward to work on his final preparations. Soon he would be in control of everything.

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The Rangers all waited in the Rec Room for news on Sky. This was starting to become a common thing for them, and they were getting sick of it. They all missed the days to them having fun doing their work and not having to worry about one them getting killed. Every second that passed seem to make those days farther and farther away as if they would never go back to the way things were.

Once Dr. Felix looked over Sky, he allowed the others to go in to see him. He was still in a lot of pain and needed rest, but wanted to talk to his team. When they all walked in, they tried to hide the looks on their faces; seeing Sky so bruised and scabbed up hurt all of them.

"I would say it looks worse than it feels, but he broke my face so can't lie about that one." Sky smiled a little, but winced at the movement.

"I can't believe Bridge did this to you." Z shook her head.

"No, not Bridge. Edward. If we blame Bridge for this, even for a second, then we've lost faith in him, and that's not something I can do. Something none of us can do." Sky tried to keep the picture of Bridge hitting him out of his mind, but was having trouble.

"How bad is it?" Jack leaned on Sky's bed.

"Guess I have a facial fracture, and a broken nose, but mostly just bad bruising besides that. My face took most of the beating, ribs are a little sore, but not broken."

"At least he didn't have a chance to use that collar on you." Z sat down in a chair.

Sky gave her a strange look. "What?"

Syd looked at the others before answering for her. "We got the inventory back from what Bridge, not Basta, stole from the evidence locker. A couple weapons, that crystal, some chemicals, and the collar Edward used on him. We thought he took it to use on you."

"He didn't have that." Sky thought for a moment.

"What is it Sky?" Z was lost.

"This whole thing is a big mess of confusion, but we know that Edward, or at least his subconscious has control of Bridge's entire mind. Edward has been behind everything that's been happening, and according to him, he's keeping Bridge locked away…in that trap we found him in. Or at least one created in his mind. I think." Sky paused a moment before going on. "Edward talks, he talks a lot about everything. He talked about the weapons he stole, the chemicals, how he got Bridge to help him get inside Basta's mind to set him and everything up, but he never said anything about that collar. He never showed it to me, never threatened me with it."

"So what's the point?" Jack was just as lost as the others.

Sky was still piecing it together. "My point, is that Edward didn't take that collar. Bridge did."

"Okay, still not following." Z looked at the others for help, but did not get any.

"Edward had Bridge locked deep in his mind, he had no idea what was going on, at least I don't think he did. I was able to pull Bridge out for just a few minutes, but he was fighting him the whole time. I think that if Bridge took that collar he did it as a message. I think he was able to fight through the control Edward has on him, and do something Edward didn't know about."

Z was starting to get it. "That collar was how we began to figure this all out. If that had not been taken we would have never suspected anything strange with Basta, and honestly we may not have realized the extent of your disappearance."

"So you're saying there is more Bridge in Bridge then we think?" Syd understood now as well.

"I think that if Bridge was able to get control without Edward knowing, then there is a better chance of us getting to him again. He may be more conscious in this than anyone, even himself, may think. If we can pull Bridge out for just a little bit, then we may give him the upper hand to push Edward out of his mind."

"Okay, but how do we that? We don't even know where Bridge is." Jack wanted to be optimistic, but was having trouble.

"He said big things were coming, he has a plan, a plan we need to stop before it starts."

"War."

Everyone looked at Z who was looking at Jack. It was then he realized that Bridge would most likely find them first.

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An Orange Head General stood before Gruumm in his ship. Mora was playing with her doll on the floor beside him. "Emperor, there is someone that wishes to speak to you."

"Tell them to go away." Gruumm growled.

"He says it's urgent, about S.P.D."

"Hmm…" Gruumm rubbed his chin before waving at him. "Let them in."

The Orange Head bowed and left to get the informant. A few seconds later he returned with a slimy purple creature in toe.

"Who are you?"

"B-B-Bouncy sir, Emperor! A loyal servant."

Gruumm glared. "I hope for your sake your information is not as ridiculous as your name."

"N-no, it's well it's a little hard to explain exactly…"

"Just spit it out!" Gruumm was growing impatient.

"S.P.D. has sent me with a message. Well at least the Green Ranger did. I thought he was the nice one, but something's different, he's gone crazy."

"That one has always been a little off." Mora rolled her eyes.

"You don't understand, he got in my head, hurt me…he said they were bored of…well of-of you." Bouncy flinched back waiting to be dematerialized.

Gruumm remained calm, but his eyes glowed brighter. "Go on."

"He said they were tired of you sending down one monster at a time, that he wanted something more exciting. More opponents to go up against, they wanted your best to fight. He said they wanted to end this battle now, at the rock quarry."

Gruumm laughed a little to himself. "So S.P.D. has finally grown tired of our little games? Well if they want to be demolished now, then who am I to decline that wish?"

Bouncy let out a sigh of relief.

"Mora!"

Mora jumped up and looked at Gruumm.

"I need you to draw as many creatures as your little imagination can think up, and make sure they are something to be feared."

"Right away Gruumm, come on Susie Sunshine we have work to do." Mora smiled as she skipped away.

"You!" Gruumm pointed to the Orange Head still in the room. "Send for Broodwing, tell him I need more warriors ready to fight."

The Orange Head gave a heavy salute before exiting the room.

"If it's a war they want, then that's what they'll get." Gruumm laughed again.

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