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Author's Note: I do seem to be doing this a lot and I apologize. I ended up getting pneumonia right after Christmas and I'm just now feeling better. I hope to go back to how I used to be when I would update. I will try my hardest. Thank you for those who are still reading and being patient with me.
A Clue Comes Forth
"Sky, that's it." Sky moved back into the last room Z had checked, "Sky!"
He came out and looked at her, "What?"
"Don't be mad at me. We have looked everywhere. They aren't here. Nothing is here."
Sky shook his head and went into another room. This time Z went to the door way, "So help me Z—"
"What? Look I know you're upset about Bridge, guess what so am I? Look at Syd, she's lost two important people. But stop and think about what you're doing."
He didn't say anything but he thought about what she said. Looking in these rooms again weren't going to make either of them magically appear. In fact this was probably wasting time at trying to get something else taken care of.
He exhaled slowly, "Fine, let's go back to the base."
A smirk flittered across Z's face as she realized that he also meant 'You're right', but then changed back to a softer expression, "Come on."
He nodded and slowly moved after Z picking up speed as he went.
Sky missed his best friend, as annoying as he could be, he still liked him. If only he had kept his eyes open just a bit longer or morphed sooner, everything would be so much easier. But of course it wasn't. He didn't know how he could help his friend, which was…he shook his head, he had to just continue. He couldn't give up. He would find Bridge.
They got back to the base and found Syd waiting for them in the hall outside the Command Center. They both looked at her, "Kat told me you were on your way back. She and Doggie are in Kat's lab. She wants us to go there."
As they headed over to the lab Z looked at her friend, "How are you doing?"
"Fine. I'll explain when we get there."
Z nodded and patted her on the back. Doggie and Kat were both in the middle of a conversation when they entered. Doggie turned towards the three rangers, "Good, you're here. First, Syd would you go first?"
Nodding she looked at everyone and then started, "My Dad and I looked through the tapes at the front door and the phone conversations. We found one guy came to the door just before they were taken, he wanted to speak to my Mother. Jaymes took a message, but he didn't look at it. The man's name is Jason Jones. But no number, and…Kat is going through everyone's name, but I don't think it is his name."
Sky nodded, "We found nothing at all."
"Yeah, the entire place was empty."
"Well I have some good news." Kat held up Bridge's morpher which was now fixed, "There wasn't any blood, it was a chemical that was meant to jam the signal. I was able to remove it and fix his morpher."
"That's some good news." Syd said smiling a bit.
"Hey, we'll find them, don't worry." Z said then looked back at Doggie, "So now what?"
Doggie thought for a minute, "I think we should see if Kat can find matches to that name and then go from there."
"Permission to go back to my house?"
"Yes."
Syd turned and left the room while Sky and Z headed to the Common Room. They both quietly sat down on the couches. "How are you?" She asked Sky.
He shrugged, "How am I supposed to be? We have to wait to hear if Kat can find the name Jason Jones? Those are both very common names."
"Come on, Kat will be able to work it out alright?"
"I know."
Syd made it back to her house. She started to go in but stopped. She didn't want to be in there, not again. Recently the house only had given her bad memories. She went to the gardens and began walking around them. They were really quite lovely. She enjoyed being around all these flowers, they were really pretty. She remembered when her mother had first walked through the garden with her. She was three and the walk didn't seem to take long at all because Syd was blown away by all the pretty flowers she had only seen from a distant. Before that she couldn't really remember because she was too young.
What had made her Mother suddenly become so upset and…well mean towards all her friends? She hadn't always been like that. In fact her mother was a bit odd, but she told school, why would she behave like a complete rich snob at times?
That was something she was definitely going to have to ask her Mother if she came back. Syd shook her head, not if, but when she came back. Thinking that way brightened her up just a bit.
She brought herself back to the here and now and saw that she was out of the garden and instead by the window through which her Mother and Bridge were kidnapped. As she slowly stepped closer something flashed from the ground reflecting the sunlight into her eyes. After blinking a few times she saw that there was a gold pen there.
A gold pen?
That didn't look like hers…or…maybe, just maybe it was a clue?
No, it couldn't be. Why didn't anyone see it before?
But…
Bridge heard the door open; he looked around and realized that even if he wanted to he couldn't go anywhere, he couldn't even see anything. He was tied to a chair and he couldn't speak or see. He wondered if it was Derek coming back. He knew there was something off about his aura.
Too late now.
Now Rebecca was who knew where having who knows what done to her. The image of Syd when he and Z had found her and Zeni.; Zeni was already almost dead. Syd. He shuddered thinking about what she had been through. He didn't like that either girl had been tortured, or even all those people who had died, but it was different seeing Syd laying there, so helpless.
All at once the blindfold was off his eyes and he looked around and saw Rebecca untying the gag in his mouth.
Once she got it off she began working on his knots, considering her profession before and after he realized this made sense. "Rebecca! You're safe."
"Yes. He was trying to get me on his side. Believing that you did all of this."
"I didn't."
"I know. And I also know that it was Derek."
"I knew his aura was off." Somehow she was finished untying him and he stood up, "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Thank you for trying."
Bridge nodded, but was a little surprised, this was not the Rebecca he had met, or was around just a bit ago. But before he could say anything he looked around, "Where is he?"
"I suspect he's looking for me."
"Then we should get going." Bridge moved over to the door and peered out, "There's no one, let's go." He moved forward with Rebecca right behind him.