Author's Note; Alright, so first before I go on to the story I'm going to answer Princess of Destiny's question; "What I meant to say was, aren't Tori and Blake kind of young to get married?"
Answer; I don't think so. I'm pretty sure Tori turned 18 during Ninja Storm, so 19 in Dino, 20 in SPD or 21 by the end of SPD and I think Blake's a year older than Tori, so 22 and 21 isn't that old. And naw it isn't old considering my mom married at age 23 to my dad who was at the time 25 (arranged marriage in India).
Second; Please you guys, I'm warning you now to remove me from Author's Alert. I update some of my stories frequently and if I hate the email spam, you guys must not love it as well, so please do that.
"Oh, oh oh, this place is jumpin'." Z said sarcastically as she entered the command room, empty except for the other five Rangers doing things quietly.
"Tell me about it." Jack scoffed; "Cruger goes off for two days 'to an important galaxy meeting', leaving me in charge... and nothing."
"Don't jinx it." Lexi grumbled; "I like my days off."
Beeping from the computer made Bridge jump, losing his sleepy attitude; "Uh Jack-"
"In a minute." Jack said, waving him off; "No aliens vaporizing stuff, no giant Robots stepping on buildings-"
"Jack." Syd called, trying to get Jack's attention.
"In a minute!" Jack spoke clearly; "Not even somebody's pet five-footed sloths are even getting stuck in a tree. Nothing."
"Jack!" Sky, Syd, and Bridge shouted.
"What?" Jack asked annoyed.
"A UFO just entered our air space and is on a crash course for the center of town." Bridge answered nervously.
"Next time Bridge, don't wait until the last minute to tell me." Jack snapped; "Ready?"
"Ready!"
"SPD, Emergency!"
"Space Patrol Delta!" They jumped into the shoots taking them down into Zord Bay Two.
"Ignition Mode!" Sky called as they entered their vehicles; "Lets role!"
Syd charted the UFO's crashing time; "Only six seconds till' impact!"
"There's no time to bring it down!" Bridge realized.
"Better use the Megazord." Sky informed them. With the Megazord they calmly went to inspect the UFO for dangers.
There was a fire where the impact was, and Bridge knew just what to do; "Water Cannon!"
"I'm picking up signs of life." Sky told them as the fire was put out, and he shone the Megazord's flashlight down on the UFO, reading the letters SPD clearly.
"The ship! It's SPD!" Z shouted as a man climbed out of the ruins.
"I'll check it out." Sky nodded as he jumped out. He ran up to the UFO and the uniformed man; "Hey!"
"Boy am I glad to see you guys?" The man said cheerfully; "Sorry for causing all this damage. I was chasing a criminal and lost control."
"At least you're alright." Syd soothed as she and the others made their way through the ruins. Lexi was the only one on guard, feeling an evil presence.
The boy took off his helmet and began to breathe deeply; "Yeah, just a little shaken."
Sky seemed to know who the mysterious boy was; "Dru?" The boy looked up at him, frightened and afraid. Sky powered down, grinning at his friend.
"Sky?" Dru asked smiling. They hugged shortly, clinking SPD bracelets with one another.
"Dru and I started out at the Academy years ago." Sky explained as they gave Dru a grand tour of SPD; "We were best friends."
"Hey, more like brothers." Dru corrected him; "Then about three years ago I was assigned to the Nebula Academy to complete my training."
"Interesting." Lexi mumbled as she walked away from the group, something was off about the boy, she just didn't know what.
Dru turned back to his best friend; "So, is this guy still wild and whacky?"
Z couldn't contain her laughter; "Wild and whacky? Those aren't exactly the first words that come to mind."
"Don't listen to her." Sky muttered as he pulled his friend away; "So what happened to you? Last I heard, you were missing in action over a year ago. I thought you were-"
"Well, I'm not." Dru reassured his friend.
"Whatever happened, you look great." Syd shrugged a bit flirty.
"Thanks, but I do feel lucky to be alive." Dru said truthfully; "I was in pursuit of an interrgalactic criminal named Zantor, his ship broke up while entering Earth's atmosphere and some debris brought me down."
"It had to be something like that to bring this topgun down." Sky laughed as he patted his friend on the shoulder; "I'm just happy you're still alive."
"Yeah." Dru grinned as they clinked bracelets again.
"Whats up with the bracelets?" Jack chuckled.
"These? There are Tangarian coils. On my planet of Tangar, it's tradition to share a coil with your closest friend to always feel that connection no matter where you are in the galaxy." Dru explained.
"They're bracelets." Jack said plainly.
"I guess you don't have a best friend." Dru retorted.
"Well I know my best friend is my Monkeyzord." Lexi shrugged; "Do you think they'll make a bracelet for me that'll fit around his wrist?"
"Alright, well I see that this conversation is deteriorating." Sky huffed as he got up from his seat, Dru right behind him; "I'll go show Dru to his room."
"And I'm going to the Range." Jack announced as he shoved through them; "I didn't get my practice today because someone crashed their ship."
"I'll race you there." Lexi shouted, streaking off past Jack.
Jack took his time and focus, shooting down all three targets with the three bullets.
"Nice." Dru said shortly.
"Nice?" Jack asked confused; "I hit every target."
"Yeah but you took three shots." Dru explained boredly.
"There are three targets." Jack repeated.
"Dru, you ready?" Sky asked, smirking behind Jack's back.
"Yeah." Dru nodded; "I mean I haven't shot in a while but I'll give it a go. Can I use your blaster Jack?"
"Yeah." Jack answered, moving backwards; "Let me reload it, it only has one shot."
"It's all I need." Dru reassured him.
"Suit yourself." Jack laughed bitterly, handing over the blaster.
Lexi stood back, knowing what was happening and grimaced. Now she knew Dru was an impostor, but how could she prove it? The boy took one shot, destroying all three targets.
"Amazing." Jack gwacked.
"Yeah, but it was a little slow." Dru shrugged.
"Slow?" Jack asked in disbelief.
"Dru was number 1 in the Academy. He holds all the records." Sky said with a smirk.
"Perfect." Jack said sarcastically. Lexi just raised her eyebrows at the situation, it was the Tony/Brendan thing all over again.
Jack and Lexi stayed up waiting for Cruger, well Jack was, but Lexi dozed off until Jack screamed, but Dru was the only one there; "You scared me. What are you doing here anyway?"
"Couldn't sleep." Dru said honestly; "Thought I'd wander down and see if Commander Cruger was around."
"At four A.M?" Jack asked, face straight. Lexi got off the couch where she was sitting and stood by his side; "Commander Cruger is away at a conference and he'll be back later on this morning."
"I'll let you get back to work then." Dru nodded, turning to walk away.
"Dru." Jack stopped him; "Sky mentioned you were missing in action, I'm curious, where were you?"
"Interrogation much?" Lexi asked herself.
"Not much of a story really." Dru answered; "Truth is, I don't remember."
"Lie." Lexi mouthed to herself, all she needed was some proof.
Jack walked closer to Dru; "A whole year and you can't remember?"
"When they found me I had amnesia." Dru stated.
Sky wandered over to them curiously; "Hey guys, what's going on?"
"Nothing, I was just-" Jack began.
"Interrogating me." Dru said with a glare thrown at Jack.
"He was wandering arround the command-" Jack began, remembering his position; "I don't have to answer to you. Sky, take him back to his quarters, the Command Center is off limits to all unauthorized personnel."
"Dru's SPD." Sky snapped.
"He was SPD." Jack retorted bitterly; "He was missing in action and has to be re-evaluated."
"Yes sir." Sky mimicked and tugged on his friend as they began walking away.
"So in this dream right, I'm running away from this horrible alien and I can't move-" Bridge spoke endlessly as they were eating breakfast, him Z, Sky, and Syd; "My feet are like stuck to the ground. And then, the monster tears out its outer skin and it's me inside."
Lexi walked up with a tray of food she was able to eat that wouldn't mess with her Diabetes and cheered fakely; "Go diet food!"
"What do you think?" Bridge continued.
"It's simple, you were looking at your inner monster." Syd shrugged.
"Maybe you're just wierd." Z gave another answer.
Jack walked up behind them; "Hey, Sky... I uh, I've been thinking about it and... I owe you an apology."
"I don't wanna hear it." Sky said bitterly, looking up at Jack; "Stay out of my business. You don't understand friendship, you don't understand SPD. Dru, he's no concern of yours so do us both a favor... leave us alone."
"Breach in the engine room, alien intruder!" Kat said through the speakers.
"Out of my way Rangers, I have work to do." the alien hissed, but they stood grounded; "I said move!" He blasted at them, knocking them to the floor but they got up almost immediately.
"C'mon guys!" Jack called, taking out his blasters. They tried attacking the monster, but it slashed them away each time. Suddenly it pushed Jack into pipes, running off.
"Where'd he go?" Sky quipped.
"I bet I know!" Jack shouted, turning to run off; "C'mon!" The Rangers followed him reluctantly. He unmorphed and ran to check Dru's room and as he exited he bumped into Sky; "He's not in his room."
"Doesn't prove anything." Sky shot back.
"Sky!" Jack stopped him; "I know he's your friend and all but don't be blind. Dru lied to us, to you... he's a monster."
"Commander Cruger has returned to SPD" someone on the speakers said.
Cruger walked through the crowd of officers waiting for his lanbding, stopping before the B Squad Rangers; "There's been a security breach. How did this happen?"
"Sir, there are a lot of ways something like this could have happened." Jack replied.
"Like an air vent, or-"
"Or a stowaway, or-"
"Or a collective dream?" Bridge suggested, but they all just stared at him; "What, it could happen."
"Sir, I'm responsible." Sky told him honestly; "It's my fault. I let Cadet Dru enter into the Academy. Thought I knew him... I didn't."
"Cadet Blake this is a serious violation, we'll deal with this later." Cruger said sternly; "Lucky for you there was no apparent harm done-" Then a blast filled the air, and the monster shot Cruger backwards.
"Commander!" they shouted, trying to wake him.
"He's hardly breathing." Z said in a panic.
"We've gotta get him to an infirmary fast." Bridge spoke.
"Over there!" Jack pointed to the crook, before it took off.
Sky cut him the crook off while he ran; "Hold it right there! Your next move can be your last, so be careful what you do. Now drop your weapon." The monster turned into Dru, and Sky was shocked; "Dru? What was that?"
"My true Tangarian body." Dru answered, smirking; "Beautiful, isn't it? Even best friends have secrets."
"Why Cruger?" Sky hissed.
"Simple, the money!" Dru pointed out bluntly; "Grow up Sky! You think being a Ranger is everything!"
"We both did!" Sky retorted.
"I was young and naive." Dru replied; "Till' I met Broodwing."
"Broodwing?" Sky asked.
"He showed me the light." Dru continued; "All I have to do is take a few orders, just like the Academy."
"Dru you're talking crazy." Sky said in disappointment; "We can get help-"
"I don't need help!" Dru shouted, pointing then at Sky; "I don't need you! I don't need anyone anymore!" Dru walked away.
"Dru, stop Dru!" Sky called after his friend; "I have to bring you in! You're under SPD arrest."
Dru laughed at that; "You are such a fool!" Without warning he spun on his heel, shooting once at Sky, ruining the Tangarian coil he once gave his best friend, and he crouched down beside him; "I'll spare you this time, but next time only one of us will walk away."
"Is he going to make it?" Z asked Kat as they hovered over Cruger's dying body.
"If he were human he'd already be gone." Kat responded; "This old dog is tough, there's no telling."
"Ergh." Cruger groaned as he stirred; "Who you calling an old dog?" Everyone looked slightly relieved, even Lexi who was seconds away from using her Elemental Morpher's healing Powers to help her mentor.
"I found him!" Bridge told his teammates; "Drew-slash-evil, ugly monster dude is somewhere between... sector C and-"
Sky cut him off unexpectedly; "I know exactly where he is." He turned to his leader; "Jack, I need to talk to you... alone."
Bridge, Syd, and Z walked off but Lexi stayed around; "I ain't going nowhere. I actually know what you two have gone through."
Sky walked closer to Jack so Lexi wouldn't hear as much; "Look, Dru was my friend, I brought him here. Let me bring him in."
"I can't do that Sky." Jack argued; "That's against regulation. But by the time I get everyone together, Syd does her nails, etc., etc., you may have a 10 minute headstart on us, perfectly within Academy regulations."
"And Lexi's not gonna come out." Lexi added; "Your friend ruined my day off, and so I'm using this time to make up for it, nap time!"
Thanks." Sky whispered to the leader, running out the fastest he could.
Sky, being who he was was able to defeat Dru for the most part, until Dru went large and his friends joined him right in the nick of time, all except Lexi who really was taking a nap. Using the Megazord's gun, Sky blasted at Dru, destroying the ugly monster and turning it back into Dru, though he didn't want to do it and he clenched his fists, telling himself; "It was the only way..."
He stood in front of his fallen friend, Judgement Scanner in hand, showing the boy a wound he caused; "Old friend, you're under arrest." Dru didn't make a sound as Sky walked forward with cuffs.
"You have to do the entire entrance?" Jack asked his blue as Sky cleaned everywhere with a toothbrush and soap.
"Yeah, and all the other cement areas too." Sky answered, shrugging it off; "Seems Commander Cruger thinks that I'll remember that Academy regulations are meant for everybody. Even self righteous, pig-headed ego-driven Rangers like myself."
"He said that?" Jack laughed in disbelief.
"He wasn't so nice." Sky chuckled.
"Ouch." Jack smirked. He pulled Sky's coil out from a pocket; "Hey, I thought you might want this."
"Thanks." Sky said sadly; "I guess the bracelet alone doesn't make a friendship."
"No it doesn't, but I do admire what you and Dru had... once." Jack answered. He then turned to help Sky clean; "Hey, you missed a spot."
"Jack stop you don't have to do that." Sky reminded him.
"I know." Jack answered, and they both continued cleaning until Sky started to laugh; "What? What are you laughing at?"
"I can't say." Sky continued chuckling.
"What's so funny?" Jack wanted to know.
"Sorry." Sky laughed; "I'm using your toothbrush."
"Aw, isn't this just cute?" Lexi asked, hands on her hip as she watched them; "You guys are finally getting along."
"Don't tell anyone." Sky warned her.
"I won't tell anyone... until I do this." Lexi said, then sticking her hand out at them, and water came out from her hand, hosing them both, and then she took out her phone, snapping a picture and doubling over in laughter.
"My teammates are 5 year olds." Jack said in faked awe.