Survival: : Live or Die

Chapter 4

By: Kary G.

A/N: Sorry for taking too long to update. Happy New Year after 4 weeks, I doubt I'll be putting another chapter this month but I'll try to work on this story in the weekends. Thank you to moviemom44 for helping me with my punctuation the previous chapter and for giving me some ideas. Enjoy!

Sydney watched in horror as the water began to cover her ankles. She didn't have a hairpin this time in her hair. She looked around the room trying to find something that could help her to take the handcuffs off her wrists. She then looked at her friends.

"Erica, do you have a hairpin?" the petite ranger asked but Erica shook her head NO. "Alex, do you?" Sydney asked to the blonde D.A.

"I don't Sydney," Alex replied. Sydney then touched her ears feeling a pair of diamond earrings she was wearing.

"Gage, take my earring," Sydney told her husband. Gage reached for her earring as Sydney leaned down. Gage took the earring out and gave it to Syd. Immediately her hands began to work in Gage's handcuffs.

"Good job Syd," Gage congratulated her as he took the earring out of her hand and slowly open the other handcuff that he had around his wrist. He moved to help Sydney and as soon as the female ranger was out of those handcuffs with the help of her other earring she helped her friends to get out.

The water was now covering their abdomen. Walker stopped looking around the room and found a small door open in one of the corners in the room; it was the only way out of there. Walker and Alex swam to the door that and got out of there. Jimmy helped Erica, they were safe. Sydney followed Gage but her foot somehow got stuck in the handcuffs.

"Gage!" her voice made Gage turned around. The water was up to her neck. Her breathing became faster. Gage quickly swam to where her foot was stuck. He stayed underwater more than a minute and noticed that the water had fill the entire room and Sydney was now fighting for air underwater. Gage free her foot and quickly put an arm around her waist and pulled her up to the only door that was open.

After escaping from that room. The junior rangers fought for air. Sydney coughed and gasped for air; her body started to shake but stopped feeling Gage's arms around her. "You're okay Syd?"

"Yes, that was close," she said as her body leaned on Gage's chest.

"Walker, Trivette, you guys ok?" the blonde ranger question his friends.

"We are fine," Walker answered looking at Alex and then at Gage.

"We'll survive," Trivette was the next one to reply looking at his wife.

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Roger looked at the monitor in front of him. This couldn't be happening. He needed to find a way to get rid of those rangers. He took a microphone and pushed a button. "Congratulation Rangers! Looks like you passed level 1! But, will you pass level 2?"

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"What is this man talking about?" Erica said out loud. Nobody knew what was going to happen next. At the end of the long hallway there was a person standing. He laughed making the rangers to stand up.

"This is what Roger is talking about," A man yelled in the distance.

"I know that voice," Sydney said standing up and running towards the mysterious man. Gage stood up without saying a word to neither Walker nor Trivette and followed his wife.

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Sydney and Gage ran through the hallway of what it seem a never ending hallway until they stopped noticing that they were lost. This was not a normal room..this place was a labyrinth!

"Hello Ranger Cooke," Holly Davidson greeted Syd kicking her abdomen making her lose her balance hitting the dirty floor. Gage kneeled next to his wife.

"Syd, you ok?" the blonde ranger questioned his wife helping her to stand up. Sydney put a hand in the old and humid brick wall and slowly stood up.

"Yes, I'm fine," Sydney whispered to Gage. Her gaze moved to Holly and a smile formed in her lips. "Wow, Holly. You look like hell,"

"And you look hot," a male voice greeted the junior rangers.

"I should've known that you were going to be here. But, I guarantee you. You'll be back to Huntsville," Sydney fired back.

"Sydney, Sydney, my sweet Sydney. You think you can beat me? Mmm..I doubt it," He announced to Syd taking out a knife and a gun. "I'll explain the little game. It's called 'Dead or Alive'. You'll have to fight us and the one who wins decides which item he/she is going to use to kill us or to..KILL YOU!" Ramon lunged at Gage and Holly went against Syd.

Syd quickly pushed Holly to the ground and punch her several times. The blood started to run down Holly's lips. Holly kicked Syd in her leg making the female ranger drop to the ground. Holly did a back-flip and tried to kick Syd in the head but Syd moved and avoided the kick.

Gage punched Ramon and turned to deliver a powerful back spinning kick to Ramon's head. Ramon couldn't fight anymore. He was laying there in the floor unconscious. Syd took the artifacts in her hands and turned to see her husband.

"So, Gage. Which one do you want to use?" the raven-haired said putting the two items in front of his eyes.

"Syd, you can't be serious?" Gage told Sydney.

"I'm very serious. Besides the name of the name is 'Dead or Alive'. We're alive and they're dead. Come on honey; choose either the knife or the gun. I'm loosing my patience," she announced to her husband.

"Syd, I-" Gage was cut off by Holly throwing herself against Sydney. Sydney didn't think twice, she pushed Holly and took the knife away from Gage's hand and stabbed Holly. Holly gasped for air and died in a matter of seconds. The only thing that Gage did was looking at his wife.

"What? She was going to kill me. I defend myself," she simply said walking away from Gage. He stared at Ramon. Was Gage going to kill Ramon? Gage didn't know the answer to that question and so he hurried to where Syd was.

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