Chapter 16.

An hour later and Kat and the medical team had successfully stabled Z and Syd however their male team mates had alot of questions about what had happened to the girls and so Kat decided to run the security tape from earlier that day.

To say that Kat was shocked beyond belief at what she was witnessing would be the biggest understatement of the year. Here she was viewing Sydney Drew attack the commander as though she was merely swatting at a fly. Then to see Z attack her as though she was Grumm himself was completely baffling to her. Even the lads seemed to have a difficult time viewing the battle from an outsiders point of view. But what really crushed them all was seeing Syd battered and bruised pinned down by Z's duplicates and begging for Z to just kill her. Sky unconsiously clenched his fists and tightened his jaw as he saw Jack grab him and stop him from running to Syd as Z raised the sword above her head and prepare to bring it down upon Syd's head, however the blow never came as the building on the tape was once again rocked by another explosion, and as Z made the second attempt to kill a now hysterical Syd, Sky's pain filled cry could be heard through the speakers and Kat began to tear up but before she could do anything she saw a blue orb fly across the room from Skys outstreched hand and hit Z in the stomach, where she flew back and hit the ground in a pool of her own blood. The rest of the tape flew by in a blur as Sky realised that it was not only Syd's powers that had been amplified but his own aswell.

"What the hell just happened?" Jack swung his arm towards the tape to emphasise his point.

"1'm not sure but it appears that your powers are growing."

"Kat we need answers what could have triggered this off?"

"It could be any number of things Sky but I would like to run some tests on all of you as soon as Syd and Z are out of the infirmary of course."

"And when will that be?"

"In about a week Bridge. But for now I think you 3 should get some rest, after all you've had a tough day and Grumm seems to be taking a break for now so you might aswell enjoy it"

"With all due respect Kat I just want to check on Syd" with that Sky exited the command room and headed towards the infirmary.

In the infirmary

Sky walked in and shuddered at the silence in the room. The amount of times the team had been in here because of the injuries sustained in battles and yet he'd never hated this room more than he did at that moment. His eyes wandered around the room, across the white walls, past the sheltered window, across the floor and up to their beds.

The two most important women in his life were lying in hospital beds wearing plain, loose fitting hospital gowns, hair messy, and hooked up to various machines. First he walked over to Z's bed. When he first met Z he was disgusted by her and couldn't believe that Cruger had let a thief, a criminal become a ranger but as time went by he began to respect her and she became very much like a sister to him. Next he walked to Syd's bed. Sydney Drew, the SPD Princess. Never a golden lock out of place and yet here she was, hair a mess, no make-up, chipped and brocked nails and wearing a very unfashionable gown that did nothing for her figure, and yet Sky still thought that she was the most beautiful girl ever. No. Not girl, woman. Yes thats right, Sydney was no mere girl she was a talented, smart beautiful woman whom had captured his heart.

Sitting down on the chair next to her, Sky carefully took her hand in his and let the emotional walls he had kept up for so long, fall down. He could't stop the tears from falling, he couldn't stop the sobs escaping, and truth be told he didn't want to. He was sick of hiding his feelings, he was tired of always being in control, he just wanted to be happy. And thats when he realised that the only times he was happy was with Syd. She was his goddess, his princess and at the same time she wasn't his at all. Well he was going to change that. With that in mind he stood up and planted a soft kiss on both Syd's and Z's foreheads, he left the infirmary, but not without looking back at Syd and whispering,

"I love you Syd and I'm going to make you mine."

With that he left and failed to notice the small smile that crept onto Syd's lips.

Authors Note.

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