Disclaimer: Nope, don't own um.
A/N: Heehee! I'm back with another chapter! I decide to start this one right after posting Omega Returns, just to save time. Anyway, I've decided my next slash fic will be a Bridge/Sky but my next immediate fic will be something else and NOT a slash.
Onwards with the fic
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Bridge moaned slightly and opened his eyes, wincing slightly at the pain in his body. He felt a weight on his side and saw Sky sitting next to him, holding his hand and asleep in his chair. He smiled and then glanced at the morpher attached to his wrist, now looking like an ordinary silver bracelet. He was now the Omega Ranger and would be so for the rest of his life. It had been a life-altering decision, but he had made it in heartbeat so that he could save his friends. Contrary to what Kat thought, he did remember the pain of the spasms his body had been undergoing, but he also felt the pain Sky had gone through earlier. He had no idea what had transpired during his comatose state, but it had really wrecked Sky's emotional state. He heard a grunt and then saw Sky waking up.
"Hey," he said softly and then had his breath taken from him as Sky immediately leaned in and kissed him.
"Hey yourself. How're you feeling?" Sky asked with a smile after he broke away.
"I'm doing good. The morpher has adjusted to my body," he grinned. The smile faded when he felt Sky's emotions literally bursting with grief. "Sky, what's wrong?" he asked worriedly.
Sky knew that Bridge would find out anyway and blurted out, "Cruger knows!"
"What?!" he yelled.
"He knows about us. He threw us out of the Academy."
"But Sky, why didn't you tell him that we weren't together?" Bridge asked in disbelief.
"I did, but he still knew. He wanted me to break up with you," he said in an anger-filled voice.
"Sky, this has been you whole life! Why didn't you agree?" Bridge asked, desperately.
Sky gave him an incredulous look, "Did you seriously think I would give you up? I told you Bridge, if I have to, I'll leave SPD to be with you."
"But Sky-" Bridge was cut off by Sky's lips and his tongue down his throat. He moaned and as quickly as he initiated the kiss, Sky broke away.
"No 'buts' Bridge. We have to leave the Academy in a week. You can keep your morpher but you can only use it in cases of emergency. I already gave mine to Cruger."
Bridge's eyes watered and he grabbed Sky around the chest, "Sky, I am so sorry! This is all my fault!"
The ex-Blue Ranger held him and cocked an eyebrow, "How is this your fault?"
"It's because of me that you've been expelled!"
"No Bridge," Sky held him tighter, "this is no one's fault but Cruger's."
"Sky," Bridge pleaded, feeling Sky's anger, "don't do anything you might regret."
"Don't worry. I won't."
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"We're gonna miss you guys," Syd said hugging both of them tightly.
"Yeah! Cruger is being so unfair," Z also hugged them.
"Take care, you two," Jack shook Sky's hand and pulled Bridge into a hug. He might not be in love with the ex-Green Ranger, but he did love him like a brother.
"Don't worry, guys," Bridge said, smiling, "we both already found a place to stay, we'll keep training and we'll also keep an eye on you."
"Yeah. We'll be close and you can visit us," Sky added, slipping an arm around Bridge's shoulders.
"It won't be the same without you guys," Syd said sadly, eyes filling with tears. "We've been together as a team for three years and now you guys are leaving!"
"Not by choice!" the two said in unison.
"Sky, can I talk to you?" Jack jerked his head towards the hall. Sky nodded and followed. Once they were out of earshot of the others Jack turned towards Sky with a hard glare.
"What?" Sky asked warily, preparing for a fight.
"I want to make sure that you take care of Bridge," Jack said, crossing his arms. "Sky, I may not know him as long as you, but I do consider him a younger brother. Be warned, if you hurt him, I will hunt you down and use my Enforcer on your butt."
Sky smiled, "By all means. If I ever hurt him, you are completely invited to take my life if you must."
Jack nodded and then hugged him, "Take care."
"I will." They walked back and Bridge and Sky hoisted their bags onto their shoulders.
"Bye guys!" the Omega Ranger waved enthusiastically while his partner chuckled and waved as well. They walked to the two bikes which Bridge's father had presented them with when he heard about their situation. Bridge's father was a master at mechanics and had taught Bridge everything he knew. He was very supporting and had gifted them with the bikes for traveling. Sky's was blue and red and Bridge's was black and midnight-blue as he had asked. The two boarded the bikes, donned their helmets and were off to start a new life away from SPD.
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"Sky, are you sure that you're okay with this?" Bridge asked as they headed towards the house Sky had gotten for them.
"Bridge, ask me that one more time and I will personally tape your mouth shut!" Sky turned to him. "Yes, I am sure. I love you and we are gonna get through this!"
Bridge nodded and then pulled into the driveway which Sky was pointing at. The two pulled off their helmets and Bridge gasped at the house. It looked like one of the houses in the suburbs of 2005, except it had been completely restored.
"My dad took good care of this house," Sky smiled, "it's where he asked my mom to marry him."
"Sky, it's incredible!" Bridge looked about, "This entire town looks like those old suburbs in the early 2000's."
"Thought you'd like it," Sky wrapped his arms around his waist. "The kids always play in everyone's yards and they're pretty friendly, as are the neighbors."
"Got that right!" a female voice said from behind them. The two jumped apart to see a young woman in her thirties smiling at them.
"Don't worry, no one will judge you here as long as you don't do anything you might do in the bedroom out here," she smirked.
"Really?" Bridge asked with wide eyes. The woman nodded and extended her hand which Bridge shook. "I'm Bridge Carson and this is Sky Tate."
"Stacy Grace," she pointed at herself and then at the group of kids playing a few yards away. She pointed at the child sitting on the steps of a house and staring at the kids as if hoping to join them. "That's my daughter, Jesse."
"Why isn't she playing with the others?" Bridge asked.
"Because she's too shy," Stacy sighed. "The other kids don't approach her and she won't approach them."
"Well, we can't have that," Bridge muttered and then took off in the direction of the girl.
"Don't worry," Sky turned to the mother, "if anyone can get her to play, it's Bridge."
She nodded and smiled a bit, "He totally is what these kids need. A guardian."
"Even if he doesn't have too, he will. That what made me fall in love with him . . ." Sky sighed.
"He's loves you too, I can tell," Stacy patted his shoulder and looked towards the kids. Sky smiled, feeling the beginning of a new friendship.
Meanwhile, Bridge had reached the girl and sat down next to her. She started and made to move away, but Bridge extended his hand to her, "Hi, I'm Bridge!" She stared at his hand, then at him and then cautiously shook it.
"I'm Jesse Grace," she said shyly.
"That's a nice name," he smiled, "why aren't you playing with the others?"
"Because I-" she stalled, thinking whether she should tell a complete stranger about her . . . ability. She couldn't help but trust the stranger with the kind smile. "Because I have powers."
"Really?" Bridge asked surprised, "what can you do?"
"I can control trees and plants with my mind," she said softly.
"Whoa," Bridge murmured and then put his hand on her small shoulder. "That's cool! Why don't the others let you play?"
"Because they always play Power Rangers and they say that the Rangers don't let freaks into their team," she said, sadly.
"Well then, I'll take care of that," Bridge got up, took her hand and led her to the other kids. They all stopped playing and looked at them.
"Why won't you let her play with you?" Bridge asked.
One big kid, obviously the leader no older than ten glanced at her, "The Power Rangers don't let freaks into their team. They capture them."
"By that logic, all the Power Rangers are freaks," Bridge stated plainly and then glanced at the ball the big kid was holding. Bridge's eyes flashed slightly and the ball floated into the air into the young girl's hands.
"Each of the Ranger's have powers like her. I should know since I am one."
"No way!" the kids yelled. Bridge crossed the bracelet on his left hand over his face, "SPD EMERGENCY!!" he morphed into the Omega Ranger. From a little while away, Sky nearly cursed at what Bridge had done, but held his tongue.
"Wow!" all the kids were in awe and groaned sadly as Bridge demorphed.
"Out of all of you, she's the one who would really be the Power Ranger," Bridge said and then looked at all of them. "Now, apologize and play nicely."
A few of the kids stepped up, "Sorry, Jesse!" they chorused.
"It's alright," Jesse wiped her eyes and smiled up at Bridge, "Thank you!"
"No problem. If you have any trouble, just tell me. I live next door."
"Bye!" she said happily and ran off to join her new friends. Bridge walked back to Sky and Stacy and was immediately hugged by the latter.
"Thank you," she said and then let him go. "You must come to dinner, it's hospitable."
"We'd love to," Sky smiled.
"How about next Saturday? I'd ask you now, but I'm busy this week."
"Saturday it is. Goodbye!" They went into the house and Sky pointed out all the rooms to Bridge, "There's the kitchen, the garage door, the second bedroom and the second bathroom." They walked up the stairs and Sky opened one of the other doors to reveal a big bedroom, "This is the master bedroom, the bathroom is down the hall."
"Sky, this place is huge!" Bridge gasped. He heard the door close and then turned around, only to be tackled by Sky and shoved backward on the bed, "SKY!!"
"Come on, we have to 'break in' the bed," Sky grinned as he laid down on top of Bridge, effectively pinning him.
"Sky, now?" Bridge moaned as Sky kissed his neck and then his lips.
"Yes, now!" Sky then slipped his hand up under Bridge's shirt to rest on his stomach.
"Fine then!" Bridge pulled him down for another kiss.
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"I'll get it!" Jesse said cheerfully as she answered the door, revealing Bridge and Sky, "Hey Bridge, Sky!"
"Hi Jess," Bridge smiled.
"Nice ta see you two again!" she said happily and led them to the living room.
"You're very chipper," Bridge noted. She smiled at him and tossed her hair back.
"A lot more kids said they were sorry and I've never had so many friends. We had fun using my powers to get fruits as well when we get hungry." She gave Bridge a glance, "You should know that. You're friends with every kid in the neighborhood. Oh yeah, no sign of big blue dogs!" Once Bridge realized that Jesse had powers, he made a note to make sure all kids kept an eye out for Cruger who might show up to recruit her against her will. Jesse had made it clear that she didn't want to be a Ranger, but instead a technician.
"So you can control your powers?" Sky asked, interested.
"Yup!"
"You know, I have powers as well."
"Really? I thought it was just Bridge and me!" she said excitedly, "What's your power?"
Sky waved his hand in a circle and Bridge threw his glove at him. The glove bounced off harmlessly into Bridge's chest. "I can make shields."
"Wow . . ." Jesse breathed, "were you a Ranger too?"
"We both were," Bridge said, smiling sadly.
"Dinner's ready!" Stacy called out.
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Cruger growled as he saw the footage of the previous battle. His Rangers had been defeated easily by Grumm's new Freak-of-the-week. Without the Blue and Green Ranger, the team was slowly falling apart at the seams. Neither of them would speak to Cruger aside from when they were giving reports and it was obvious that even Kat was missing her favorite Green Ranger. RIC missed the Ranger who used to play with him and the Ranger who had upgraded him.
Cruger sighed. He hadn't wanted to throw them out but, rules were rules. He listened to what the monster had said. It had mentioned that Grumm wanted the 'new Ranger's' power to power up his latest robot, but there was no new Ranger. He thought back to the events of the last few weeks and remembered the newest Ranger they had seen. That had been Sam as the Omega Ranger.
"Crap!" Cruger said slowly and then immediately summoned the B-squad, hoping one of them would know of the location of the new Omega Ranger.
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"Sky, maybe we should go back. I'm getting a bad feeling," Bridge whispered as he and Sky walked along one of the roads outside of the city the next afternoon.
"I'm sure it's nothing Bridge," Sky said and wrapped an arm around Bridge's waist, pulling him forward so that they were face-to-face.
"It's not nothing, Sky," Bridge shook his head and walked slightly away from Sky, "I feel danger close by."
"Okay, we'll go ba-" Sky didn't finish the sentence as they were attacked by over twenty Orangeheads. Three of them immediately grabbed Bridge, stopping him from morphing. Sky managed to knock one off himself, before watching the Orangeheads disappear with Bridge.
"NO!" Sky cried out and suddenly, all the other Krybots disappeared. The ex-Blue Ranger clenched his fists and boarded his bike, heading back to his home and to call the Rangers. As soon as he got off his bike, several kids ran up to him and one of the older ones stepped up.
"There's a big blue dog asking about you and Bridge, sir!" he said in a 'soldier' voice. Sky smiled slightly, but it was brief.
"Where is he?" he asked, all business. All the kids pointed behind themselves as Cruger came around the corner with Jack, Syd and Z. Sky told the children to leave, leaving him alone with the others.
"Sky, where is Bridge?" Cruger asked, hoping they were not too late. One look from Sky showed that they were.
"Krybots took him. Since you're here, I guess you know why?" Sky asked coldly.
"Um, yeah," Jack stepped up and threw a glare a Cruger. Clearly, he was just as angry about what had happened as Sky was. "Apparently, Grumm wants Bridge's Omega power to power up his newest robot."
"Didn't Kat say that the morpher would destroy itself if it is used for evil?"
"Kat said that if the user was evil. They won't turn him evil, they'll just consume all his power," Syd interjected.
"What will happen to Bridge?" Sky asked softly.
"Depends on how much they take. Since the morpher is attached to him, if they take too much, there's a possibility he could . . . die."
Sky felt as though he couldn't breathe and he shook his head, "Bridge can't die. He won't. I won't let him die."
"We're trying to find where the robot is, because that's where Bridge will be," Cruger said and then added, "we need your help. Please come to the Academy."
"Fine, but once I save Bridge, I'm outta there," Sky brushed past him and boarded his bike.
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Bridge blinked as the room came into focus and found out that he was lying on a cold floor, with Mora standing in front of him. All of a sudden, he was yanked to his feet by a very evil presence.
"So, you're the Omega Ranger!" Grumm hissed in his ear, keeping his morpher bearing arm away. Bridge didn't speak, but he couldn't help but shudder at the feel of cold bony fingers clutching his throat.
"Mora, get the machine ready!" the evil emperor ordered the young . . . girl and then turned his attention to the Ranger in his grasp. "SPD shall fall . . . all thanks to you."
Bridge could only hope that Sky would be safe.
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Yes, I am evil! I just expected this story to be a one-shot and was afraid that I wouldn't have enough material. I HAVE TOO MUCH MATERIAL!! I was planning to finish this story in this chapter, but if I did that, the chapter would be humongous! I would have had it out earlier, but my bro was hogging the laptop since he got a new game. Big brothers, can't live with them, can't ship them off to Mars.
