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Author's Note: I am still working on getting back to my rhythm; it's a lot harder than I anticipated. Thank you for being patient.

Finding the Way Out

Bridge and Rebecca quickly spotted the stairs; it was further down the hall they were currently in.

"Come on." Bridge calmly said. They still had to make it down the stairs and then get to the front door. They last window they had looked out made it seem like they were on the second story. But it was still just a guess, a quick guess at that. He wasn't sure if one could really call it something for sure.

They made it to the stairs and began moving down them. It was too easy. Much, much too easy. Bridge looked around and still didn't see Derrick. It wasn't like he wanted to be caught, it would be nice to get out of there and get back up to help contain him and his men, however…considering all the work Derrick went through in order to get Rebecca here…Bridge had a feeling that he wasn't going to give her up too easily.

At that moment he heard Rebecca gasp. She had been slightly behind him. Turning he saw her stopped just a few steps up from him reaching down to her ankle.

"What's wrong?"

He stepped up closer to her. She shook her head, "I sprained my ankle."

Bridge looked up at Syd's mother, "Can you walk?"

"I can try."

He held out a hand and without a moment's hesitation she took it. Even though he was surprised at this he just shook his head and helped her down the stairs. They just needed to get out, that was it. Once they were out surely they would be able to get the help they needed. He knew that there had to be someone near by…perhaps at least someone that Rebecca could stay with so he could go back and deal with Derrick.

Bridge saw the door, the front door, it had to be it. They were almost there. He was still holding Rebecca's hand but she was lagging behind a bit, limping. He knew that she was trying to go fast. She wasn't even complaining.

"We're almost there."

She nodded and then froze in place which brought Bridge to an abrupt halt, and since he was partly turned to Rebecca he almost fell. He stumbled another step and turned to see where she was looking. Men were now before the front door. He stepped to the side and saw that men had moved to that place too, checking the other side confirmed what he thought. The stairs were too far away now, and they would only be going deeper into the house, if they could make it up the stairs and into some other part of the house before all these men got them. Both sides and the entrance were covered. They were trapped.

Syd felt hopeless as they pulled down the street.

"Who would live out here?" They street was deserted, and the buildings around were obviously abandoned and completely run down.

"Hey," Z looked over at Syd before returning her gaze to the road, "Jack and I would stay wherever we could."

"Alright, but this guy, he's rich. Why would he live here?"

"For all we know, he used to live here and has moved away from here years ago."

"Well still." She turned her head from the house and back to Sky where he was parking his bike. Z parked behind him and they all got out and off their vehicles.

Sky shook his head, "It's highly unlikely that anyone is here, however we should still check."

Z nodded and Syd shrugged, she knew it made sense, she just didn't see how it would help looking in an abandoned place when her Mother and Bridge could be in so much trouble.

Sky had already moved up the stairs and held out one of his hands to them signaling them to be quiet then he beckoned them to come forward. The two girls looked at Sky who shook his head. He knocked on the door, "SPD open up."

They didn't hear any noise. Sky knocked again and still there was nothing.

"I doubt anyone is there. Let's just go inside and then leave." Syd pressed. The only way they would be able to see inside the house was to open the door; all windows were covered in one way or another.

"She's right Sky, let's go."

"I'm giving them one more time." He knocked louder, "SPD open up."

After another moment Sky opened the door. As soon as he did a shot blasted out past him as he moved to the side. Luckily Z and Syd were enough out of the way that it went past them too.

Quickly all three drew their weapons as Sky kicked the door the rest of the way open. Z multiplied herself and one of them gave a kick at the one who had fired the shot causing him to fall on the ground. Quickly she picked up the weapon and they moved in.

Syd scanned the room, there were about 20 men and then her eyes focused over the men, and Bridge and her Mother were there! Despite the situation she couldn't help the smile on her face before she adjusted herself to the fight that was now coming.

Z had moved off to the left with the other clones of her spreading out around her. Sky moved to the front and center leaving Syd to move to the right. Quickly she moved forward and began fighting the men holding her Mother and Bridge captive. Slowly she was able to get men down and out, but it still wasn't fast enough.

Looking up she saw that some of the men had gone after her Mother and Bridge. He quickly moved to the front of her Mother and began fighting them off. She hadn't realized how distracted she was from her own fight until she felt hands grab her from behind. She felt the weapon in his hand and quickly changed her hand to the metal. Once done she shoved it into his stomach causing him to double over.

"Stop it!" A voice yelled loud and clear. Syd looked up and saw a man coming from the stairs. "I don't like this. It's all wrong."

Her mother turned to him, "Derrick, please, just let us go."

"I don't think so Rebecca. You're mine. You were mine before marrying that ridiculous men or joining that ridiculous organization. Those were just distractions. That's all."

Syd turned when she heard another body fall; Sky and Z were done with their men, and there was only just one Z. There were a few left, one in front of Syd, and the rest between Sky, Syd, Z and Bridge, Rebecca and Derrick.

"SPD, you are charged with kidna—"

"I said to stop it!" Derrick pulled out a weapon. It was an old weapon, one that hadn't been used in years. It was a gun. A gun.

Syd looked over at Z and Sky. Z and Sky shared a look. Sky looked at Derrick, "You have one more chance."

"I don't think so! Rebecca is mine!"

Bridge took one step closer with his hands up, "Look Derrick, I'm sure we can talk rationally about this."

"I don't think so." Derrick put the gun on Bridge, "I didn't even want to take you. You just happened to look out the window." He then turned to Rebecca, the gun shifting its focus onto Sky, "You didn't believe me. You should have."

"With what?"

Derrick cocked the gun, "Don't go anywhere. Just ask her, I've had training on this. I'm very good."

Syd looked over and saw that Sky had taken a step forward, "Go ahead. I'm sure I can handle it." Syd knew Sky would be safe because he could use his shield, Z…what about going up behind him? Syd looked over at her friend who was once more looking at Sky, then Bridge, then Syd's mother and then Derrick. Z's eyes finally moved to Syd's. She hoped that the Yellow Ranger would realize that she could handle it and make sure everything was okay.

"Look," Sky started speaking again, "You're at the disadvantage here, not us. I think you should put that gun down."

Derrick nodded, "You're right. You are almost completely at the disadvantage. Except…"

Syd heard Z gasp. She looked over and saw her friend in a choke hold from one of the men who had fallen to the ground. Bridge spoke up, "Let us go. You can't have Rebecca."

The older man nodded once more, "Alright, if I can't have her…" he trailed off and looked at everyone. "No one can."

Without any hesitation he turned to Rebecca and pulled the trigger. Syd moved forward but she was to far away, one of Z's clones finally came from behind Derrick and knocked him down at the same time that Bridge ran and jumped in front of her Mother. The Pink Ranger's mouth fell open as the bullet from the gun collided with Bridge.