"Oh Emily, come over here!" Emily and Jayden turn their heads at the sound of a girlish voice. They see Sydney Drew waving them over, still holding onto Sky's arm. Emily smiles and waves back, then gives Jayden a side glance.
"I guess I know where we're going next," she remarks as they head towards the Space Patrol Delta rangers. Jayden nods.
"Seems so."
"Hi Emily, Jayden." Sydney says brightly as they arrive at their little circle. "See Z? I told you that her dress was pretty." The girl in the yellow and black dress, Z apparently rolls her eyes at the blonde.
"I know Syd, I was at the wedding. I saw her walk down the aisle."
"Well still. I was just making sure." Syd flips her curls over one shoulder and smiles once again at Emily. "Anyway, Emily, Jayden, meet Jack and Bridge."
"It's nice to meet you," Jayden says, shaking the African American's hand. He nods, his dreadlocks swinging around his ears.
"Likewise, "Jack responds. Bridge hesitantly puts his hand out and only grasps Jayden by his fingers. Jayden looks mildly confused but lets it go. Z notices his expression.
"Oh, don't mind that. Bridge has psychometry. He doesn't like touching people."
"I'm sorry?" Emily asks, not knowing what 'psychometry' means. She hasn't heard it before but judging by the way Bridge is wearing gloves and not touching anyone or anything, she suspects it has something to do with sensing something.
"It means that I can sense people's auras," Bridge explains, adjusting his glove. "Which comes in handy when tracking criminals or even winning something simple as a card game, although it doesn't give me the exact answers, it just lets me know if the person is nervous when I do something or if they're confident and when using it on criminals, it's usually nervousness, although sometimes-"
"Bridge," Z says, cutting him off. Bridge looks at her, confused and then his eyes widen.
"Oh. Sorry," he apologizes. Z just shakes her head.
"He does that a lot," she admits.
"He's gotten better at it though," comments Sky. Bridge grins at him.
"Thanks Sky."
"I don't think that was a compliment," Jack joins in, raising his eyebrows at the others. Bridge thinks for a moment but doesn't say anything.
"So if he has psyme…psychmen…" Jayden struggles with trying to remember the word and Emily giggles quietly as Jack, Z, and Syd grin at his discomfort.
"Pschometry?" Jack fills in helpfully. Jayden looks at him gratefully.
"Yeah, that. If he has that, what about you guys? Do you have any special powers?" He had read that they all did have something out of the ordinary but there had been no specifics. Now that he was meeting with them in person, he would love to know what exactly they can do.
"Well, now that you mention it, we do," Z answers. "I can splint myself into other Z's. Kind of like cloning, only I can absorb them back inside myself."
"That's really cool," Emily says, interested at once. "I imagine you can get a lot done."
"You think so? She only uses it when fighting. She could've used it to clean our room," Syd says meaningfully, earning herself another eye roll from Z.
"I'm sorry I wasn't raised to be organized and clean like you but the streets are a little different than that," she retorts. Syd just huffs and crosses her arms.
"Whatever," she says but manages to give an amused expression.
"And what about you, Sky?" Jayden asks, passing over this side conversation. Sky looks at him, his face blank but a faint smile curving his lips.
"I can create barriers," he explains, standing taller. "Like shields but they can also be used as offensive tactics."
"I bet that comes in handy a lot," Jayden declares. "Wow, that makes our Spin swords seem really useless in comparison."
"That's not true!" Bridge breaks in. "You have…uh…oh, symbol power, right?" The married couple nods. "Well, then you can create anything you want, practically. I mean, within reason. You could create your own shield or your own weapon or even, like, a live animal which would be really helpful."
"I suppose so," Jayden says, kind of understanding the former green SPD ranger's logic. Emily laughs lightly, comprehending Bridge perfectly.
"And you, Jack?" she asks. "What about you?"
"Okay, brace yourselves," Jack begins while Sky and Z roll their eyes.
"He thinks he's all that," Z confirms as Sky nods. Jack looks insulted.
"Excuse me? I'll deal with you later." Syd chuckles at their expressions. "Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah. Okay, I can…phase shift!"
"What?" Emily looks a little confused.
"That's awesome," states Jayden, knowing exactly what it means. He looks down at his wife who is still a little puzzled. "Phase shift? That means he can phase his molecules through solid objects."
"Oh, phase shift," Emily repeats. "That makes sense. Wow, that is really cool. And I bet it's pretty useful as well."
"Oh, for sure," Jack answers. "It helped a lot when there were bad situations."
"Um, excuse me? Don't you want to hear mine?" Syd pouts, placing her hands on her pink-dressed hips. Sky takes her hand to reassure her to calm down.
"Of course, Syd. I was just going to ask you," Emily says, trying to cool things down a little and make everyone happy. Syd smiles at her, showing her white teeth.
"Well, I can transform my molecules into any substance. Like, I can change my hand into iron or steel, even diamonds. And diamonds are a girls' best friend."
"We heard," Z says, not fond of diamonds that much herself. Growing up on the streets, precious jewels were a luxury that she couldn't afford to have or even think about.
"She even carries around iron when we were fighting Grumm," Jack adds. "It helped, too."
"Well that makes me feel so great," Emily says half-jokingly. She is jealous of them a little, yes, that they are so great and con do so many amazing things with their awesome powers. For a moment, she feels a wisp of self-loathing from her younger days when she was teased. The feeling of being under everyone and not as important seep into her mind.
But then Jayden pulls her closer and smiles at her and the feeling vanishes. Instead, it's replaced with love and happiness.
"Hey, it's not all it's cracked up to be," Bridge reassures her. "Trust me. I mean, it does help us sometimes but other times it just reminds us of how alone we are. Actually ,everyone is alone…but then if we're all alone and we're all together, that means that we all actually have someone."
"That's good to know," Emily thanks him. "Thank you." He just smiles at her. "And I'm assuming the person you have is Z?"
"You got it," Z sighs. "But I'm more one to keep him in line then anything."
"And I'm sure you do a very good job of it," Jayden tells her. "I hate to say this, but we have to go." And he is a little sad. The SPD rangers are quite fascinating, having powers, being from the future, etc. but with other teams of rangers left that they have yet to talk too, it seems only fair to leave them.
"Oh, that's alright. Besides, we'll be seeing you in the future," Syd beams at them. Emily and Jayden laugh.
"I guess that's one way of looking at it," Emily answers. "Well, it was nice talking to you. Bye!"
"Good bye," Bridge waves enthusiastically until Z pulls his hand down.
"See ya, "she says, stll restraining Bridge's palm in her own.
"Bye," Syd and Jack chorus, then look at each other with amused visages.
"Later," Sky nods his head as they walk away.