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Chapter 8 Of Lies and Betrayal.

Sky walked back to the Academy. His steps were rushed and quick. When he got to the front steps, he ran to the top. He felt like Rocky Balboa, he wanted to celebrate. He had finally gotten the courage to walk up to a girl and talk to her. And Cyndi was not only a girl, she seemed more than a southern belle with cute hair and blue eyes. She seemed familiar but he could not place her face anywhere.

Z, Jack and Bridge were talking abou Grumm's latest monster when Sky rushed inside the room. A huge smile plastered across his face. The three turned to face the Blue Ranger. Z raised an eyebrow when he saw Sky's grin. She stood up and inspectioned him closely.

"Did hell freeze over?" Z questioned the Green and Red Rangers, the she turned to Sky. "Now, there's something we have not seen before, Sky, Mr-Stick-In-The Butt, Tate, grinning from ear to ear."

"That must have been a great walk in the park." Jack said as he turned to Bridge's opinion.

"What exactly happened in the park?" Bridge asked. Sky sat down next to him and grabbed a red apple. The apple reminded him of Cyndi. A coat of beauty on the outside, a sweet center on the inside.

"I met a girl." Sky stated lamely. Z spat out her drink and dropped her jaw. "Her name is Cyndi Jones and she just moved here. She's from Louisiana, I evern have her cell phone number."

"So are you two little lovebirds going on a date sometime soon?" The Yellow Ranger gushed.

"Maybe. Her father is overprotective. I hope we can go out sometime. She's pretty and she's really nice. She even mentioned that she would love to meet all of you sometime."

"Tomorrow's our day off, we were planning on going to the park. Why don't you call her and tell her our plans for tomorrow?" The Red Ranger asked. Sky grinned and dialed her number on her phone.

The Terror

Rogue sat in her room reading a book. She was bored out of her mind. She flipped through the pages mindlessly. Not even the bright illustrations could get her attention. It was clear that not even 'Evil Planning for Dummies' would do the trick, she closed the book and stared at the bight yellow cover. She threw the book, it made a loud thump as it hit the wall. She gazed at her collection of books, she ran her slong lendr fingers on the ledge of the books.

She took a few books and picked one from her secret hiding place. She hugged the book and smiled. The book was part of her secret and most beloved collection. She sat on her bed and began reading 'A Walk To Remember' by Nicholas Sparks. She sighed dreamily and read the printed words on white paper.

"Oh, Jamie! You are so lucky to have such a nice guy like Langdon." She echaled in her dreamy voice. She snapped out of her thoughts when her phone ringed. She celebrated silently when she read the caller ID. She cleared her throat and answered.

"Hey Sky, Cyndi Jones speaking." The perky blonde channeled her inner Calleigh Duquesne.

"Hey CJ. Its my day off tommorow and I was wondering if you would..." He paused and formulated his words caefully. "Like to come with me and meet my friends?"

"I would be delighted to join you. I will even bring you that picture of my pet pig." She heard Sky's laugh. "I'm kidding, I will be there."

"I will see you tomorrow then." He was all smiles. Z stared at him as he spoke on the phone. He heard her hang up.

"You are doing exactly the things I want you to do, Blue Ranger. You are eating right out of the palm of my hand. Soon... Blue Ranger... very soon." She smiled and practiced her evil laugh. She suddenly heard footsteps approaching her room. She his the book underneath her pillows and layed on her stomach.

"Poor Blue Ranger. So naive and unaware of my true self. You will know my plans soon enough. Everything is going as it should and you, my dear, are just another pawn in my little evil game of chess..." Her doors opened and someone she knew very well stepped inside. It was not Grumm, but an alien. She rushed to him and hugged him.

"Dru! Dru Harrington!" She exclaimed happily as her arms embraced him. She let go and took a sit on her bed.

"Still talking to yourself?" He asked grinning. Rogue shrugged and patted her bed. He nodded and took a seat besides the girl.

"A bit. What are you doing here? I thought you were undercover in an SPD Base in Helix Nebula."

"I was. But, I 'disappeared' two years ago. Im here to help you and Grumm." She grinned and clapped her hands.

"Well, I do have a plan. Are you still friends with the Blue Ranger, Sky Tate?"

"With him? Our friendship ended years ago when I went to the Helix Nebula and started working for Grumm. The fool thinks we are still friends."

"And he needs to keep thinking that. I need to destroy SPD from the inside. Starting with Commander Cruger, and then the Rangers. I want you to infiltrate SPD." She fixed his collar and patted his chest.

"Have you been reading 'Evil Planning for Dummies' again?" He held up the book. She blushed and nodded. "Its finally rubbing off on you."

"I just happen to come up with this things." She told Dru smugly, shrugging. "Anyway, we need to start as soon as possible or the Rangers will get stronger."

"I still have my SPD-issued ship with me. That is my free ticket to enter Earth. I will have this to communicate with you." He paused and gave the girl a small earpiece. Dru stood up and walked out of the room with confidence radiating out of him. She sat on her bed. Debating on wther to say goodbye or a 'see you later'. The mission would be hard enough, infiltrating SPD, what was she thinking?

She stood up and cursed herself as she rushed to the docks. She ran to the docks and saw him there. Before Dru could step inside his ship, she took him by the wrist and raised it up. She removed her hand from his wrist and locked hands with him. Dru stared into the young villian's blue eyes. Her eyes were full of hate and anger, but deep inside he knew that Rogue's eyes were full of hope and compassion.

She sighed and looked down at the floor, embrassed by what she had done. He lifted her chin with his hand and looked at her eyes again. He stroked her cheek and put a lock of blonde hair behind her ears.

"Be careful. The mission is already dangerous. If it fails, you will end up in those little cards." Rogue exhaled softly and kept her eyes on his.

"Don't worry, ok? The plan is perfect. If it fails, I will do everything to protect you. You are much more important than me." He told her softly, stroking her soft, pale cheek. He kissed her cheek before getting on the ship. She took a few steps back and watched the galaxy as Dru took off. She let out a melancholic sigh and headed to her room.

Earth

Z was already starting to catch z's when the alrms went off. Her eyes snapped open and looked at the screen. She stood up and rushed over to the intercom. She pressed the red button and cleared her throat.

"B-Squad Rangers, please report to the Command Center, and I mean now!"

After 20 seconds the Rangers were in the Command Center, uniforms and morphers in their hands. Z laughed loudly when he saw that Bridge was wearing his SPD t-shirt backwards, the tags were visible and DSP was the word that could be read. The Green Ranger raised his eyebrows, he was as confident that nothing was wrong with him as always.

"What?" Bridge questioned to his teammates. Everyone stared at him and stayed quiet. Bridge kept staring at them.

"Oh, nothing Bridge, we were just looking at DSP shirt, its quiet cool, where did you buy it?" Z asked, trying to sound girly, everyone said that she should be more femenine.

"DSP? Its SPD, Z. Obviously you have not read your manual correctly, Space Patrol Delta stands for SPD, which is where we work and where we are at the moment. This shirt was given to me when I became a B-Squad Ranger...." Bridge paused and put a finger on his chin. He looked down at his shirt and saw that his shirt was backwards. "I should really take some lessons to identify sarcasm." Z grinned high-fived Jack.

"Rangers movilize, there's a ship that just crashed on the city square, coordinates are on your Delta Runners." The Rangers nodded and mophed. Once on their vehicles, the Rangers started patroling the town square, looking for any signs of life that might have escaped from the ship. Sky flew his helicopter closer to land so he could take a good look at the ship. He looked at the ship closely, the word SPD was written in one of the sides of the ship.

A semi-human form started to emerged from the ship. Sky prepared his weapons so he could take down the enemy. What he saw next amazed him. A man, a tad shorter than him, started to come out of all the debris caused by the forced landing. He glanced at his wrist, the alien was wearing the same metallic bracelet he had on his wrist. He gasped and retrieved his weapons.

"Don't fire! I kniw him, he's a cadet from Helix Nebula." The Blue Ranger ejected from his Delta Runner and landed on the ground. He demorphed and adjusted his uniform, he wanted for Dru to see him as a Ranger, not just a cadet. He looked for Dru, he could not find him. He walked around the debris and called his name several times.

He finally heard his voice and another familiar voice behind the ship. He ran and found Dru. He also found her. She was there in all of her beauty and her grace, standing in front of him, helping his friend.

"Dru! Are you ok?" The Blue Ranger put a hand on his estranged friend's shoulder. "Cyndi, what are you doing here?"

"I was taking a walk and saw him coming out of the ship, I could not just stand there and let him get hurt." She told the Blue Ranger. Sky stared at her hand, a large bloody gash was visible on her hand and her cheek. He moved closer.

"You're bleeding."

"It's no big deal, he's the one who needs help." The other Rangers came running to him, panting and gasping. Sky supported Dru on one side, while Cyndi helped him on the other side. They walked slowly to the other Rangers.

"What's wrong with you? We've been training for months, man! You just like screwing us up, don't you?" Z panted as she spoke. The girl stared at the blonde before her, she moved closer and smiled, she extended her hand. "I'm Z."

"Cyndi Jones, nice to meet you." She shook the other girl's hand. Maybe being a 'goody-goody', as she called them, was not all that bad. She actually felt a bit of warmth inside her. The warmth she needed to break the ice that had covered her heart and her soul.

They walked to the Jeep and placed Dru on the back seat, Cyndi gently layed him down. She grabbed a blanket from the trunk and covered him with it. She smiled gently and wrapped some gauze on the wound in her hand. A sudden blast sent her flying to the brick wall behind her, she groaned as she hit the floor. Her head hurt and everything was blurry. Sure, she had received plenty of blasts but not while she was unmorphed. She stared at the Jeep, Dru tried to sit up and take a look at her. Sky rushed over to her side. She lifted the petite girl on his arms, carrying her princess style. Cindy wrapped her arms around his neck and layed down, resting her head against his chest.

"Are you ok, CJ?" She smiled and nodded her head a bit. "You need medical attention, you may have a concussion. We are putting you in the medical wing of SPD until we find what exactly hit you, ok?" She coughed and nodded.