Disclaimer: Not repeating.
A/N: I got mucho sidetracked because I was reading a lot of Bridge/Sky and Bridge/Jack fics from this really awesome site. It totally screwed with my mind! I nearly decided to make this a Bridge/Jack fic instead! I need to get my priorities straight so prepare for some heavy-but-not-too-heavy Bridge/Sky lovin in this chapter. If it makes you squeamish, go back. Total 'M' rating!
Thanks for the help, Chylea 3784 and bloff! Much appreciated.
P.S: The letter 'F' isn't working very well on my keyboard so tell me if I missed an 'F' somewhere.
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"So, anyone know where the robot is?" Sky asked shortly as he leaned over the control panel in the Command Centre.
"No, but we do know why Grumm needs Bridge," Syd spoke up softly. "Bridge's Omega power has to be harnessed directly into the machine."
"We already know that! We need to know where this machine is!" Sky growled.
"Don't snap at her Sky!" Z snapped. Sky was about to retort when Jack interjected.
"Guys, Bridge's life is at stake here!" he yelled. Everyone quieted down and Syd spoke out softly.
"Sky, we care for Bridge as well and we're just as worried as you are."
"I know Syd, but I love him. He's in danger and I can't help him!" Sky ground out and the Pink Ranger grabbed his hand, squeezing it.
"He's like my little brother Sky! I'm scared too," she said with tears in her eyes.
"We'll find him guys. But we won't get anywhere if we just cry here. Let's get moving!" Jack said loudly, trying to bring up his team's spirits.
Sky sighed and thought, I hope you're okay, Bridge. We're coming for you.
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Bridge was not doing so well. Grumm kept him in a cave sealed with a large boulder and it was getting hard to breath since Bridge had hyperventilated at least twice due to the enclosed space, not to mention his worry for Sky. He couldn't even morph as Grumm was careful to tie his hands to his sides, away from each other
"I hope that you're okay, Sky," Bridge muttered and then started as he heard a crunching sound, only to realize that it was the sound of the boulder being shifted. It moved away to reveal Grumm and a couple of Orangeheads next to him.
"It's time, brat!" the evil emperor snarled as the Orangeheads pulled Bridge to his feet.
"Time for what?" Bridge snarled back
"For the end of SPD!" Grumm said in a slightly triumphant voice.
"Which time?" Bridge snapped back. He was immediately silenced as Grumm grabbed his throat and squeezed.
"Take him to the machine!" he yelled at the Krybots.
"Thanks to the information we received on the Omega morpher, we have found a way to use it to my advantage," Grumm laughed as they dragged Bridge to the machine which looked like a big creature with two dragon-like heads, bony wings and dark red eyes, over-all color black. It was nearly as big as the Delta-Command Megazord.
"My powers can't be used for evil," Bridge commented as they dragged him even closer.
"Wrong. They can't be used if the user turns evil. The 'loophole', as you would call it, is that it can be used if you are mind-controlled, which is what will happen to you!"
"No it won't!" Bridge snarled, but all of a sudden, vine-like wires shot out from the robot, pulling him into it. It yanked him up until he was in the head and then, one wire connected to his morpher. Bridge screamed as he felt the evil energy flooding into him and tried his best to block it out. He could feel himself losing as more wires created a sort of bubble around him, drawing energy from his morpher. He heard Grumm laugh and before losing his mind, Bridge let out a mental scream towards the only one he was thinking about.
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SKY! The mental scream echoed in Sky's ears as he bolted upright.
"Bridge . . ." Sky muttered.
"What was that, Sky?" Jack asked.
"Something's happened to Bridge. I heard him scream out for me," Sky said in a shocked voice.
"Huh?" Syd cocked her head in confusion.
"It was a mental scream. I didn't know he could do that," Sky said in complete worry.
Suddenly, the alarms began to ring and they turned to the monitor to see a gigantic creature with the dragon heads attacking the city. Sky had a queasy feeling in his stomach, but he Rangered-up with the others as they turned the base into the Delta-Command Megazord and headed off to battle.
Sky was in shock of the sheer size of the robot, not to mention the power. The Finger lasers had no effect and neither did the photon beams.
"Use our final attack!" Cruger growled, "maybe it can do some damage."
The beam was fired at the robot and for a second, the Rangers thought they had been triumphant, but from the smoke and equally powerful beam narrowly missed the Megazord as the robot emerged unharmed.
"Damn! This must be the robot Grumm wanted Bridge for!" Cruger gritted out. "Sky, find a weak point."
Sky ran a scan (A/N: Haha I rhymed!) and detected a slight slit-like opening beneath the heads. "Commander, I found weak point!" he sent the image to Cruger.
"Let's blast it!" Jack ordered.
"Wait! Why would Grumm leave such an obvious opening?" Cruger barked out. "Sky, zoom in on the image."
The Blue Ranger did so and what he saw caused icicles of dread to form in his stomach.
"Sir," Sky said in a shaky voice.
He sent the image to the screen of the Commander's and the rest of the Rangers were shocked to see what looked like a bubble of wires with one side open, revealing Bridge. The Omega Ranger seemed to be in a meditative stance, his hands on his knees, eyes closed and a wire attached to his morpher.
"Bridge, no," Sky whispered.
All of a sudden, he saw a jolt of purple energy flow through one wire into his lover and suddenly, Bridge's eyes snapped open, revealing red orbs instead of blue. The Omega Ranger raised his arms and pointed his hands in the direction of the Megazord, white energy glowing in front of him.
"Let's move!" Sky yelled as he moved the Megazord to the right, effectively avoiding the beam, which struck a piece of open land in the distance, which was now a smoking crater.
Sky ran out of the control centre of the Megazord and then took a running leap off it's shoulder, onto the robot containing Bridge as it came close enough. He curl his fingers around the rim of the slit and pulled himself inside. He mearly fell off as the robot began moving further towards the Megazord, which was backing away. The inside of the robot was like a mess of wires hanging like vines.
"I feel like I'm in that old 'Tarzan' movie," Sky muttered as he made his way to Bridge by hanging onto the wires. Finally Sky was close enough so that he could see Bridge through the only area open.
"Bridge?' he asked cautiously. Bridge's eyes snapped open and Sky couldn't help but feel angered by the fact that whatever Grumm had done to Bridge had resulted in his eye color turning to red. What was even worse, was the lack of recognition.
"Bridge!" Sky called out again and this time, he was met with a large number of shocks running through his body.
"Come on Bridge, it's Sky!" the Blue Ranger yelled. The shocks lightened up a bit and Bridge looked up again, a flicker of recognition in his eyes before he yelled in pain, clutching his head. Sky tried to get closer, while Bridge struggled for control of his mind, memories flooding into his mind
Flashback
"Hey Sky, want some toast? It's buttery!" Bridge wiggled his fingers in front of his mouth while Sky rolled his eyes.
"Must you do that?" he asked with a small grin.
"Do what?" Bridge asked, with a confused look on his face.
"Never mind," Sky took a piece of toast.
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Sky manage to get in close enough and enveloped Bridge in a bear hug, ignoring the burning shocks it sent through his body.
"Bridge, don't help Grumm, fight him!" he yelled, the Omega Ranger thrashing about in his arms. Bridge continued to scream in pain, the power not leaving him. Sky spotted the wire attached to the Omega morpher and without thinking, ripped it away.
Bridge stopped thrashing as the power input stopped suddenly and looked up weakly. He felt completely exhausted, but he saw Sky clutching him tightly and couldn't help but smile. All of a sudden, he looked up to see a large piece of debris falling towards them. Without thinking, he raised his hand and blasted the falling danger to pieces with another beam. Sky looked at him in shock and saw Bridge's red eyes turn blue again.
"Bridge?" he asked softly. Bridge's soft smile was enough of an answer and Sky embraced him tightly, sobbing softly.
"Sky, we hafta get out of here," Bridge mumbled as the robot began falling to pieces due to the sudden cut in energy. His eyes began to glow blue and Sky felt something lift him up and saw a thin bluish-white sheet of energy surround him. All of a sudden, he was floating in the air towards the open slit behind Bridge. The moment they were out, Bridge set Sky on the ground and then flew up to face the robot he had been controlling. Once again, he stuck his hands out in front of him and his eyes flashed red again as he released a giant beam which immediately destroyed the robot.
The other Rangers left their Megazord as it transformed back into the base and ran towards where Sky was standing. The Blue Ranger was staring up at the sky as Bridge began to descend and all of a sudden, fell heavily to the ground from about fifteen feet up. Sky quickly caught him in his arms and then turned to the others.
"Let's get him to the infirmary."
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"So how is he doing?" Sky asked as he sat next to Bridge and held his hand.
"It's just exhaustion. He's been sleeping for about twelve hours and he can be dismissed when he wakes up," Kat answered. As if on cue, Bridge began to stir.
"Sky?" he asked hoarsely.
"I'm here," the Blue Ranger responded.
"Where are we?"
"In the infirmary at the Academy."
Bridge nodded, then yawned and sat up. At this point, Cruger entered the infirmary and Sky turned to see him.
"We'll be leaving soon, don't worry," he said in a cold voice. Cruger simply sighed and said, "I'm sorry."
Sky was dumbstruck at this, "Huh?"
"Sky, I was foolish to not see what was between you and Bridge. It was what I felt for Isinia and still do. I have no right to stop you two, but keep it low profile so that no rumors go to Birdy. He won't be very merciful or understanding."
"You want us back?" Bridge asked softly. Cruger nodded and then held out the Blue Ranger morpher to Sky. The ex-Ranger looked at his friend who nodded and picked up the morpher.
"Now, Cadet Carson, if you wish, we can let you go back to your room. We suspected that you would agree to the offer and already had everything moved into your old room," Cruger said with a rare smile and Bridge reciprocated.
"Come on," Sky helped Bridge stumble out of the infirmary and back to their shared room. Sky helped him to his bed and then locked the room door. He sat next to Bridge and pulled him into a bear-hug.
"Thank god that you're okay. I was completely terrified that I might have been too late."
"Sky, I-" Bridge let out a hiss of pain as Sky touched his right shoulder.
"Are you okay?" Sky asked.
"My shoulder hurts," he admitted.
"Can I se- Let me see it," Sky said in a commanding voice. It was nearly impossible to see the wound with Bridge's shirt blocking.
"You'll have to take off your shirt," Sky said and swallowed. Bridge was blushing fiercely and he kept his back to Sky as he raised his arms, hissing in pain again. Sky grabbed the hem of his shirt and slowly pulled it over his head, taking care to not hurt his shoulder more.
Sky tried to keep his breathing under control as he examined the other Ranger's shoulder. They had never actually gone too far in their relationship, no further than removing each others jackets. Sky was afraid that Bridge's Psychic powers would overload him too much if they got physical. His fingers brushed along Bridge's exposed skin, and he examined the large cut on his shoulder.
"It's just a cut. It's already closed," Sky said softly and then got off the bed. Bridge reached out, grabbed Sky's hand and got to his feet.
"Bridge, we can't do this. You're powers!' Sky protested and then was silenced when he noticed Bridge was holding his hand without the gloves.
"Whatever happened to me in that robot, it increased my control, as well as my power," he muttered. "I don't think I can hurt you."
Sky leaned in close, his lips brushing against Bridge's, "I'm afraid of hurting you."
"You won't."
No sooner were those words uttered, Sky pressed his lips against Bridge's, slipping his tongue into the younger man's mouth. Bridge's arms came up to circle around his neck and Sky kept one hand around Bridge's waist, while the other was placed behind his neck, pulling him deeper into the kiss. They paused briefly as Sky pulled off his own shirt and then resumed. Sky tilted Bridge's head back, forcing his lips to part further, making the kiss more passionate.
Sky pushed Bridge back until his knees bumped into the bed and they fell back on it. Sky turned his kissing to the soft skin of his lover's nape and Bridge let out a soft sound.
"I love you, Bridge," Sky whispered against his skin.
"I love you too, Sky," Bridge whispered back. Sky bent down to kiss him again, happy that his lover was back with him once again.
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A/N: . . . I can't believe I just wrote that scene. This chapter was a bit o a problem since I got writer's block, but thanks to everyone's suggestions I was able to make it good. I read a Sky/Bridge fic before writing this scene and it really helped! Hope you enjoy this and please throw a review my way! Also, Bridge fans should read LttlDvl's story 'A World turned Upside Down'. It's awesome! Hope it gets updated soon!
