You Found Me: A Story of Sky and Syd

Disclaimer: Nada, zilch, zero, though I do plan to possess the little SPD toys from the top of a Baskin Robbins cake.

Challenge: Darkness

Timeframe: Can take place anywhere after Endings, third in trilogy of Why, Sacrifice, and Darkness. All challenges after this will be completely unrelated to each other.

The ambulance allowed Sky to stay with Syd, but the team of doctors did not. All they told him was that she was stable and they would shortly be performing a series of tests on her.

Sydney's parents rushed in from their home in Mariner Bay to see their daughter.

"Oh Sky," Aunt Dana cried, descending on him with open arms. "How's Sydney doing?"

"They won't tell me anything other than she's still breathing," Sky ground out. He sank onto on of the uncomfortable spindly chairs outside the hospital room. Then- "It's my fault."

"Are you Miss Drew's parents?" the doctor asked of Carter and Dana. Carter nodded in response, his face grim and his arms around his wife.

"Then you may go see her. She's unconscious."

Sky watched his aunt and uncle enter the room. Aunt Dana seated herself next to the bed, holding Sydney's hand.

Bridge and Z wandered back into the waiting room, each sipping from a Styrofoam cup. "Is that Syd's mom and dad?" Z wanted to know upon noticing the two extra people in the room. Sky nodded slowly.

The other two rangers settled themselves adjacent from him. "Syd is going to be alright," Bridge said kindly to Sky, studying his friend. Sky truly believed Syd's accident had been his fault.

Sky and Syd Sky and Syd Sky and Syd

Sky was allowed to see her a little while later. "You're family," Uncle Carter insisted.

Sky paced back and forth, his footsteps the only noise in the still of the room. Sky kicked a chair out of his way. Metal screeched against tile as it flew across the room. Scowling, Sky retrieved the chair and replaced it next to the bed. He sat himself on the stiff red vinyl cushion.

"You must hate me Syd," Sky breathed. "I was cruel to hurt you the way I did." He paused for a moment to grasp her hand tightly in his. Tears stung at his eyes. Sydney's image swam before him, then refocused when he blinked and the tears leaked out. "But I know you still love me too. And that's why you have to pull through, Syd. I need you. I promise, I will work things out. Come on Syd; I know you're in there," Sky pleaded.

Scooting the chair back, Sky rested his forehead against the cold metal bed frame.

A few hours later, Sky woke up to see Uncle Carter and Aunt Dana slumped over in slumber. "Mom? Daddy?" a soft, feminine voice wondered. Syd glared coldly at Sky and looked back at her parents, who were stirring..

"Oh Syd you're awake," Dana exclaimed happily. "Would you tell the others, Sky?"

Sky and Syd Sky and Syd Sky and Syd

The last person Sydney wanted to see was Sky. But since she'd already visited with her parents and the blue and yellow rangers, he was the only one left.

He ambled into the room, holding a breathtaking bouquet of red and pink roses. "I thought you would like these," Sky mumbled, looking at the ground.

"What are you doing here, Sky?" Syd demanded. The roses….pink and red. Their ranger colors. "You don't care about me."

"Don't you ever tell me I don't care about you, Sydney, he growled. "I was so worried I would lose you."

"I hate you."

"You love me."

"What makes you say that?" Syd challenged defiantly, crossing her arms over her chest. But she knew what he said was true.

"Syd…" Sky said, perching himself on the edge of her bed. "Come on. I'm sorry. I want things to be better," he apologized, sincerity blazing in his eyes.

Syd looked up at him with soft blue eyes. "I'm listening."

"Can I maybe have a second chance?" he asked. "I swear I will never hurt you again. I was an idiot."

Sydney sat up and hooked her arms around the back of his neck. "Of course you can. I love you, remember?"

Sky kissed her and then gently eased her back among her pillows. "Get some rest." He pecked her on the cheek. "Good night."

OK…maybe the ending was too fluffy…and clichéd…but come on. They're so cute together. And I wasn't intending for her parents to be in this, but the staff would never let Sky see her if he didn't have the family's permission…

Reviews? Please? I would really appreciate feedback for this one…