To all my readers, if you don't like the way I write SPD, then you don't have to read it and this goes for all of my Power Ranger fanfics, both current and future ones. I'm not gonna force you to read them.
A word of warning, to those of you who like to announce the next chapter (i.e. episode) title of the fanfic, don't ever do that. It's extremely annoying to me and I don't like it. If you continue to do it again for all of my Power Rangers fanfics, you will be blocked until I have posted more than enough Power Rangers stories in order for me to trust you again. You know who you are because it's not a joke and I'm not playing around. As always, no negativity and Happy Reading!
I DO NOT OWN CHARACTERS OF POWER RANGERS SPD! I ONLY OWN THE OC!
Shoutouts:
On the planet of Xentor, the rangers (Minus Leah, who had previously went through the training as a 'special assignment') were about to battle an alien. The alien attacked them, causing them to hit the ground hard. "Brutal." said Z.
"No doubt." said Sky.
"Come on, guys." said Jack as Bridge and Syd were groaning.
"Watch out!"
"Tell me when it's over!"
A green light suddenly appeared and in the alien's place was Silverback. "Hoo-hoo, hoo!"
"What?" asked a shock Jack and Leah suddenly teleported next to Silverback.
"Rangers, ten-hut!" ordered Silverback.
"That was terrible, man." Leah said to herself as Silverback goes to her squad.
"What just happened here, cadets?" asked Silverback.
"We were preparing to battle that monster." said Jack.
"Preparing?" asked Silverback.
"Oh, god help me." said Leah, face palming her head.
"You'd prepare to go on a date. You'd prepare dinner. You'd prepare to go on vacation." said Silverback as he went down the line. "You do not prepare to go to battle."
"I'm smaller than the five of you and even I knew better than that." said Leah, placing a hand on her hip.
"Cadet Manx, what do you prepare for, since you have something to say." said Silverback.
"Yes, sir. I prepare for training, I prepare for my lessons in school, I prepare to study for exams. I do not prepare to go to battle, I do not prepare to get hurt in my mother's lab." Leah said, listing things on her hand and Silverback turns back to face the others.
"See? You are already prepared." said Silverback. "You do not wait for the enemy to come to you. You go to your enemy! Do you understand me?"
"Yes, sir." they said.
"Now that was weak." muttered Leah and Silverback started shooting.
"What was that?" he asked. "You are the sorriest squad of rangers Cruger has ever sent me!"
"And I've got to admit, I'm sad to even be on this squad right now." Leah added.
"You have come to me full of yourselves. But at the first sign of disappointment, you hang your head." said Silverback. "You are a disgrace to your uniform! You are a disgrace to those who fought for you! You are a disgrace to S.P.D.!"
Silverback then presses a button, causing them to power down. "You've lost your color!" he tells them. "Hand over your morphers."
"Wait just a…" Sky started to say.
"Do not question my orders, blue boy!" Silverback said, cutting him off. All five teens reluctantly handed over their morphers to the sergeant. "D-level cadets…welcome to S.P.D." he said to them. Leah stands in front of them, shaking her head.
"Since my morpher was already handed over when I was picked up, I get to relax while you guys do the course. All I can say to you is…I can't believe that I was here to see you guys get demoted." said Leah. "I can't believe that I won the bet."
"You did what?" asked Z.
"What bet?" asked Jack.
Back on earth, Stench and Thresher had just robbed a jewelry store. "Let's rob that one over there." said Thresher.
"But what about S.P.D.?" asked Stench?
"They can't stop us now that we have their armor." Thresher answered. At the base, Cruger growled at the screen as he watched them on their crime spree. "This is all my fault." said Kat, feeling guilty. "I should never have gone to Piggy."
"I will not disagree with that." said Cruger. "However, Kat, I've never known you to feel sorry for yourself."
"I've never messed up this badly." she tells him. "On top of that, I didn't even check to see if Leah was even alright after it happened."
"Then I suggest you forgive yourself, get over it and then get on with your work." said Cruger. "When Leah gets back, you both can have a real mother to daughter talk."
"I can't. The holographic virus has rendered the quantum enhancer useless." said Kat. "And I don't even know if Leah can forgive me right now."
"Well, I know you can do it and Leah will forgive you." said Cruger. "But as far as I know, you can't fix it in here."
"Yes, sir."
In the shadows, Sam was hovering over them. "I've gotta help somehow." he said to himself. "Maybe Piggy knows something."
At his café, Piggy was pacing and freaking out. "If Gruumm finds out that I had S.P.D. technology, and didn't give it to him, well, he'll vaporize me. If Broodwing finds out I'm working for Gruumm, well, he'll vaporize me." Piggy said to himself as he paces. "And if Gruumm finds out I'm working for Broodwing, well then, he'll vaporize me. If the rangers find out I'm working for Gruumm or Broodwing, well, they'll vaporize me."
He then stops himself from pacing and realizes that the rangers didn't vaporize aliens.
"Oh no, wait. They don't vaporize. They stick guys like me in those little, teeny cards." he then tells himself and shudders. "Ohh, I'd rather be vaporized."
Suddenly Broodwing was behind him. "That can be arranged." said Broodwing.
"You know, somebody should attach a bell to that water cooler head of yours." said Piggy, failing to make a joke.
"You are going to help me get S.P.D. technology back from your friends, and then we are going after Gruumm." said Broodwing. Neither of them notice that Sam was hovering over them in his light form.
Back on Xentor, the five rangers were running through the sand. "Move it, move it, move it!" shouted Silverback as they stopped in front of him. "Come on! We don't have all day!"
"This should be interesting." said Leah as she watches them do the course from a faraway distance.
"One, two, three, four!" shouted Silverback as they went through the course. "Come on, faster, let's go!"
When they finally were back on the ground, they decided to take a breather. "D-level cadets…this is my worst nightmare." said Sky.
"Rangers, ten-hut!" shouted Silverback, as he saw them on the ground. "I didn't say you could have a break! Gruumm is not gonna give you a break!"
"Sir, may I ask a question." said Bridge.
"You may do so, cadet."
"Why isn't Cadet Manx training with us?"
"Good thing you asked." said Silverback. The robotic bull dog next to him dropped a transmission and Leah popped up.
"Hey guys. Sorry I couldn't be there. You see, I did this course when I was here on my 'special assignment'." Leah said as she used quotes with her fingers. "Remember how bad the smell was? Yeah, that's because I developed an allergic reaction to the course so, I'll be there with you guys in spirit. Just do me a favor….Don't kill me when this is over. Love you guys. Bye!"
The transmission had ended and they all looked at each other. "That makes sense." said Z.
"Yeah, it actually does." said Bridge.
Still angry, Sky then rudely said to Silverback, "We did your course. We played your game."
"Drop and give me 100! All of you!" Silverback said as he got in Sky's face and went down the line. "On my count, and one, two…"
Back on earth, there was a heated argument in an unfamiliar building. "And what do you think we need to align ourselves with you Broodwing?" asked Thresher as Broodwing walks in the room. "We rule this city!"
"Au contraire." said Broodwing. "That is why precisely why you need me. I can give you an army to do your bidding." Unknown to Stench and Thresher, Piggy was behind them, hiding in a plant.
"So what are you proposing?" asked Thresher. Piggy knocks down some empty boxes, causing them to turn around. "Who cares!" shouted Thresher and Sam comes around the corner.
"S.P.D.-you're all under arrest!" said Sam.
"Big mistake." said Broodwing.
"Stench, get him!" said Thresher.
"Okay." Stench said and goes after Sam. Both fought until Thresher joins in and Broodwing decided to leave. "No need for me to stay." said Broodwing as he left the room.
It was two against one and Sam was getting beat. "What a loser!" Thresher said as Sam was on the ground.
"No one can beat us!" said Stench.
"We'll see about that!" said Sam. "Omega Morpher, electro mode!"
He aims his morpher at the armor, but electro mode didn't do any damage. "What?" Sam asked, confused. After being tossed to the ground by both of them, Sam realized that he was outnumbered.
"I've gotta get out of here, now!" he said to himself and goes into light form.
"Hey!" said Stench as they see Sam leave.
"You better run!" Thresher said after him.
Back on Xentor, the teens were doing pushups at different speeds with Bridge forgetting what number he was on. "Enough!" shouted Silverback. "You five cannot do anything together. I'm sending you all back to earth with a recommendation for dismissal from the academy."
All five of them were talking over each other, trying to convince Sergeant Silverback not to dismiss them. "Sir, you've got to give us another chance." said Bridge.
"Another chance?" asked Silverback. "You've had plenty of chances."
"Please?" asked Bridge. Silverback looks at them before turning to face his robotic dog, who then nods at him. "Hmm. Huh? I will think about it." he said to them. "In the meanwhile, go for a little run. Do the short course. It's only 20 miles."
"Well, I know one thing…" said Sky as Silverback turns away from them. "He didn't say we have to run together."
"Fine." said the other and went off to do the short course. Not knowing that there were cameras in the trees, Leah was back at the vehicle with her morpher next to her, watching them go their separate ways. "Sergeant Silverback? Come in, Sergeant Silverback?" Leah asked as she picked up her morpher. "Should I proceed with Plan B, sir?"
"Go ahead, cadet. They're all yours." said Silverback.
"Sweet. This is going to be fun." said Leah and went to work.
Back on earth at the base, Sam was debriefing Cruger. "It was wise to retreat. Clearly, we are being overpowered at this time." said Cruger.
"Oh, this isn't over yet." said Sam. "I can't wait to get my hands on those two again."
On Gruumm's ship, Morgana drags a groaning Piggy in front of Gruumm. "You know what's funny?" Piggy asked Gruumm. "I was mere moments away from calling you when Morgana came to get me. Has that ever happened to you, huh?"
"Silence!" shouted Gruumm as he rose from his seat. "The only noise that should be coming out of your mouth is an explanation as to why you haven't made good on your part of the bargain!"
"I'm working on it, your massiveness." said Piggy, cowering from Gruumm. "I had some top-secret S.P.D. technology at my fingertips."
"And?"
"But some of my acquaintances stole it." Piggy tells him.
"Hmm. yes." said Gruumm. "Betrayal seems quite rampant around here."
Back on Xentor, Leah was setting her plan into action for her squad. In one direction, on the dunes, Jack was making his way until he hears Syd's in the distant. "Jack, help!" shouted Syd's voice.
"Syd!" Jack yelled out. "Syd!" He then runs back up the dune to find her. In the grassland, Z was making her way in the course until she heard Sky. "Z, help!" said Sky's voice.
"Sky?!" she shouted, looking around for him.
"Z, I need help!" Sky's voice shouted.
"Sky!" screamed Z. In the woods, Syd had heard Z's voice. "Syd!" shouted Z's voice. "Syd! Help!"
"Z!" shouted Syd and turns around to find her. In another part of the grassland, Bridge was shaking his canteen when he heard Jack's voice. "Help, Bridge!" said Jack's voice.
"Jack?" asked Bridge, looking around. "Jack!" In another part of the sand dunes, Sky was on his knees when he heard Bridge's voice. "Sky, help me!" said Bridge's voice.
"Bridge?" asked Sky. "Bridge?! I'm coming, buddy!"
Jack was the first to arrive in the forest when he called out, "Syd! Syd, where are you?!"
Falling on his back when he came out from the bush behind him was Bridge who then looked up at him. "Jack, are you okay?" asked Bridge, grabbing his shoulders.
"Yes, are you okay?" Jack asked in turn.
"I think so." said Bridge as he checked himself.
"Okay, I think Syd's in trouble." said Jack. "I can use your help."
Bridge takes off his glove and waves his hand, looking for Syd. "Okay, good news…I have her trail. Not so good news…Krybots followed her." said Bridge as he tells Jack what he was seeing. The next thing that Bridge saw was bad. "Also more not so good news…the Krybots have Leah."
"Come on!" said Jack as he taps him on the arm and the both of them take off.
"Syd! Leah!" shouted Jack as he and Bridge were running through the forest until they stopped as a tree was falling down. Just then, Sky knocks them down to safety. "Whoa, nice save." said Bridge.
"Thanks." Sky replied. "I heard you call for help, so I came running."
"I didn't call for help." said Bridge.
"It's Syd and Leah…they're in trouble." said Jack and just then, Syd runs up to them.
"Hey, has anyone seen Z? I heard her call for help." said Syd.
"Syd!"
"Hey, I didn't call." said Z as she ran up to them. "Sky called for help."
"Hey, I don't call for help." said Sky.
"So we all came running here because we called for help, but we never called for help?" asked Bridge and looks at Jack.
"Guys, this has got to be one of Silverback's plans." said Jack. "He wanted us all to be together."
"You know what? When I was running, I realized so do I. I want us to be together as power rangers and as friends." said Sky. "From now on, we need to take Leah more seriously when she says about fighting in front of her. So I want to apologize."
"I'm sorry." said Syd.
"I'm sorry." said Z and both girls hugged each other.
"Me too." said Jack.
"Me three." said Bridge and then he realizes something. "Oh, no Leah!"
"What about Leah?" Z asked.
"When I looked for Syd's trail, Krybots captured Leah." said Bridge.
"She must be the one who's in trouble." said Jack.
"Kat's gonna kill all of us if she gets hurt." said Sky.
"It's more me getting killed by Kat than you guys." said Z, paling a bit. Then suddenly a shot was fired at them.
At the S.W.A.T. vehicle, Leah was explaining to Silverback about what was recently going on with her and Kat. "It's like she doesn't even care about me anymore." Leah said in frustration.
"Maybe you should tell her about this." said Silverback. "Otherwise you'll both regret not forgiving each other."
"But she didn't even see if I was alright." complained Leah. "I could've been hurt!"
Back on earth, Thresher and Stench walked in with more jewelry in their hands. "More riches!" said Thresher as he puts his share in a box.
"This a lot of stuff!" said Stench.
"Yeah bit we need more. And with this armor, it's ours for the taking." Thresher tells him and walks over to a computer.
"Yeah!" Stench said in agreement.
"Juice them up." said Thresher as he pushes a few buttons. At the base, Kat notices what was going on. "It can't be." Kat said as she sees S.W.A.T mode appear on the screen. "Doggie, I've just picked up the S.W.A.T. energy signature. The power braces are powered up again."
"Omega, it's up to you and me now." said Cruger.
"Yes, sir." said Sam. Back on Xentor, a small laser cannon popped up behind a tree and shot a couple lasers at the teens. "We need to do something!" shouted Jack as he hid behind a tree.
Syd then looks at Z's necklace and rips it from her neck. "On it!" said Syd, then used her power to deflect the lasers coming at them and redirected them.
"(Laughing) Yeah. Nice one, Syd." said Z.
"Can't beat 24-karat gold." said Syd, handing back Z's necklace. Suddenly a small group of Krybots ran at them. "Let's go!" said Syd but they didn't make it far when a huge group of Krybots surrounded them, with a duck taped Leah tied to a tree.
"Help!" shouted Leah as it came out muffled.
"There she is." said Jack.
"Great, we're surrounded." said Bridge.
"Okay, simulation or not, this can't be good." said Jack.
"Come on, Jack, we've taken on this many Krybots before with Leah's help." said Sky.
"Yeah, but we used to have our morphers." said Syd.
"And we used to be a team." Z added.
"We still are. At least I still are." said Bridge.
"I are too." said Jack.
"We are a team." said Z.
"Remember what Silverback said…let's not wait for the fight. Let's bring the fight to them." said Sky.
"All together!" said Jack and all went behind Sky as he created a force field. They ran towards Leah, knocking every Krybot to the ground as they went. Once they reached Leah, Bridge unties her as Z goes for the tape. As her hand was just about to make contact, Leah suddenly vanishes.
"Was that the real Leah or was that a…" Bridge started to say when Z holds up a hand.
"I've got to give her credit. She's getting smarter every day." said Z, with a smile.
"She's becoming the next Kat." said Sky.
"Better yet….she is the next Kat." said Syd.
"Cant argue with that." said Jack.
In the distance, Leah and Silverback were watching them work together. "Whoo-hoo!" shouted Silverback.
"Alright!" said Leah. Back on earth, Cruger and Omega were heading towards Stench and Thresher's location. "With this new armor, the whole city will be ours!" said Stench, then looks up. "Hey, you again!"
"Yeah!" said Sam as Cruger
"Ok, who wants to mess with me?" Stench asked them.
"Force from the future! Hyah! S.P.D. Omega Ranger!"
"Defender of the galaxy! Huh! S.P.D. Shadow Ranger!"
"You fools, I'll beat you with your own technology!" shouted Stench.
"No way!" said Sam and goes at him. They started to fight until Sam said, "try this new technology…Omega morpher, hyper mode!"
Sam starts to jab Stench, who caught every single one and pushed him back, causing him to hit the ground. "My turn! Shadow Saber!" said Cruger and goes at him.
"Come on, Commander!" said Sam when Cruger was knocked back towards him.
"Get the picture? I'm in charge of this city now!" said Stench.
"Never!" shouted Sam and goes for Stench again but was it by an unknown laser.
"Sam!" Cruger called out as Omega was knocked to the ground.
"There you are." said Stench. Thresher comes out of nowhere and hits the sirian commander. "Grab them!" he said and Stench goes to get them. "We're unbeatable!"
Back on Xentor, the five teens ran towards the vehicle on the sand dunes and Silverback stepped out. "So, what do you have to say for yourselves?" Silverback asked them.
"Sir, we thank you for giving us this opportunity, and we apologize for not seeing it sooner, sir!" said Jack as he stepped forward.
"And…we are rangers, sir!" Sky said next as he steps forward. "Our strength is in our team, not as individuals, sir!"
"Excellent!" said Silverback. "Congratulations. You have graduated from S.W.A.T training." Just then, Leah pops up, safe and sound with a sleepy look on her face.
"B-squad back?" she asked with a thick voice.
"We're back." said Bridge.
"Good. Wake me up when we get back to earth." said Leah and goes back into the assault vehicle.
"Cruger, your team is ready to come home." Silverback said into his communication transceiver.
"Sergeant, Cruger's not here." said Kat. "He's in trouble. We need the rangers now."
Suddenly S.W.A.T Mode finally came through on the computer. "Sequencing complete." said the computer.
"At last!" said Kat.
"Everything you need is on the S.W.A.T. truck. The truck is yours to defend earth." said Silverback, then added, "Don't be too hard on Cadet Manx. She has every reason to do what she did. Dismissed!"
"Sir, yes, sir!" they shouted and saluted.
"This is a sight to behold." said Thresher as he looks at both Sam and Cruger at their hideout. "Are you ready to give up?"
"No!" Sam shouted.
"Never!" growled Cruger.
"Hey, listen up, this city is mine." Stench said to a group of Krybots as he entered the room. "I want you tin cans to surround the building and find those other rangers. And if anymore show up, smash them!"
Just then, shots were fired a wall was knocked in and smoke was everywhere. "Hey, you have something that belongs to us!" said Jack as the smoke started to clear.
"No! S.P.D.?!" Stench said in shock as he was on the ground.
"Special Weapons and Tactics!"
"It can't be! They have their gear!" shouted Stench.
"It's not just any gear." said Jack. "S.W.A.T. Mode Red!"
"S.W.A.T. Mode Blue!"
"S.W.A.T. Mode Green!"
"S.W.A.T. Mode Yellow!"
"S.W.A.T. Mode Pink!"
"S.W.A.T. Mode Purple!"
"S.P.D. S.W.A.T.!"
"Krybots, get them!" Stench ordered and Krybots went at the rangers.
"If that's the way you want it!" said Jack. "Delta enforcers, Fire!"
All six Delta enforcers discharged at the Krybots, causing them to finally go to the ground. "That did it." said Jack.
"No! You can't catch me if you can't see me!" said Stench as he pressed a button on the power bracelet.
"Okay, team, lets sweep the area!" said Jack as they went to do so. "Let's split up into three groups. Radio if you find anything."
"Roger!" they said and split off to find Stench. Leah and Jack went off in one direction and Krybots had followed them. Both Red and Purple rangers discharged their weapons and they went down to the ground.
"This area is secured." said Jack as he and Leah held up their weapons.
In another area, Sky and Z were searching for Stench. "Looks clear." said Sky and the lights went out.
"Looks dark. Let's try some new toys." said Z and tries one. "Night vision. Krybots, incoming."
"Fire!" said Sky and both fired at them, destroying the Krybots. On the rooftop, Bridge and Syd were on the search until a blue head fired upon them. They returned fire and Bridge then said, "Interscope!"
Once it was activated, Bridge found Sam and Cruger being held hostage. "I found them." said Bridge.
"Can you change into light form and get us out of here?" Cruger asked Sam.
"No, I can't. The energy of this grid is keeping me in solid form." replied Sam.
Apparently overhearing their plan, Thresher then said, "Don't bother planning on escaping. No one can get out of that chamber."
"Jack, I found Thresher." said Bridge. "He's in the lab at the top of the building."
"Roger that, Bridge!" said Jack. "Leah, you know what do."
"Copy that!" said Leah. She held her weapon close to her and teleported towards the lab. Once she was inside the lab, Thresher turned around, and said, "Well, what do you know? It's another ranger!"
"Leah, you shouldn't be here!" shouted Sam.
"Get out of here, cadet!" shouted Cruger.
"Don't worry. Backup should be arriving any second now." said Leah. Soon as she said that, Jack kicks down the down behind her.
"Hey!"
"Jack!" said Sam.
"Who invited you?" asked Thresher.
"I crashed." said Jack. He and Thresher went at each other until Thresher was on the ground. "I order you to remove that armor at once!" he tells him. "It's the property of S.P.D.!"
"Who's gonna make me?" Thresher asked.
"Me." said Leah. "I watched my mother work hard on this upgrade. You're gonna give it back."
"Don't make any harder than it has to be, Thresher." said Jack, not knowing that Stench was sneaking up behind them, in stealth mode. "You're in a lot of trouble."
"I think you're the ones who's in trouble." said Thresher. Just as Stench was about to attack them from behind, Sky and Z rushed in as fired at him.
"What?" Thresher said in shock.
"Nothing like teamwork." said Sky.
"No!"
Suddenly Thresher attacks Jack and Leah, but when he gets back up from the ground, he tells them, "Time for a quick getaway."
"Nice try. Thermal detector!" said Sky, scanning the room for heat signatures and finds them. Both Jack and Sky fires at them, causing them to become visible again. "Run!" shouted Thresher.
"Okay!" Outside of the building, Bridge and Syd were scaling down the side of the building, crashing the window as they make it inside. "Sorry guys, didn't mean to drop in." said Bridge.
"Yeah, just thought we'd swing by." said Syd.
Z shoots the control panel. "Time to get you out of there." she said as Cruger and Sam walks out of it.
"Excellent work, Z." he said.
"My pleasure." she replies.
"You haven't finished us yet!" said Thresher
"Yeah!" said Stench and both of them went for the rangers.
"They'll never learn." said Leah as they see Stench crash into a wall.
"I'm outta here." said Thresher, going after his friend.
"Come on, team, lets finish the job!" said Jack as they go after him. Piggy suddenly walks in quietly towards the computer and inserts a disk. "This should prevent me from being vaporized." he said to himself.
Outside of the building, Stench was rolled to the ground. "Get up, Stench!" shouted Thresher.
"You have nowhere to run!" Jack shouted.
"Oh, we're not running!" said Thresher, sending a blast towards them. Sky and Bridge were able to get out of the way while the others took the hit, firing first at Thresher. Syd and Z had their shot next, hitting both Stench and Thresher. Both Jack and Leah were running, firing at they went, knocking them both to the ground.
"You're being charged with hacking S.P.D. computers, breaking and entering, and theft of top-secret technology." said Jack.
"But it wasn't our idea!" said Thresher.
"You pay the price for the choices you make." said Jack.
"We'll give it back!" Thresher tries to explain.
Taking his morpher out, Jack said, "Judgement!" As the scanner went back and forth, Stench was confused at what was going on. "What's going on, Thresher?" he asked.
"We've been had!" he tells him. When the scanner landed on the 'X', Thresher was shocked. "No!"
"Guilty!" said Jack. Grabbing a containment card, he slides it through his weapon and locks it in. "Delta enforcers, confinement mode! Power up!"
All six rangers aimed their delta enforcers at Thresher and Stench. "Ready!" they shouted.
"Activate!"
The weapons charged up and fired at the same time, heading straight for Thresher and Stench, getting them into confinement cards. "Where are we?" asked Stench.
"I don't believe it!" said Stench.
"Perfect." said Sky.
"Rangers, this is what teamwork is all about!" said Sky.
On Gruumm's ship, Gruumm felt disappointed. "Piggy failed, didn't he?" asked Morgana.
"On the contrary." said Gruumm. "I now have S.P.D. S.W.A.T. technology…which I will use…to defeat them!"
Back on earth in an alley, Piggy hands a disk over to Broodwing. "S.P.D. technology for you, oh dark one." he said.
"Excellent Piggy." said Broodwing. "Excellent."
"Stop." said Piggy.
At the base, the rangers were getting along better. "Smile." said Z as she takes a picture of Sky and Bridge. Sky poses for the picture as she takes it. "Very nice. Very, very nice."
She then walks over towards Jack to take his picture while Syd paints behind her. "All right, Jack…one, two, three. Oh that was good." she said, then takes the picture.
"Okay, Syd." Z said as she walks over to her and takes a selfie with her. She looks around to find the youngest member. "Have any of you guys seen Leah?" she asked.
"She's probably hiding." said Jack, pointing behind her and Z turns around to see Leah, peering out of her room with an uneasy look on her face.
"I'm not going to chase you all over the base or the city just to take a picture of you." said Z.
"Promise?" asked Leah, peering out further from her room.
"I promise." said Z, raising her right hand. Leah runs up to hug Z just as she took the picture. "Hmm. I'm glad to see you all finally getting along." said Cruger as he and Kat walked in.
"Yeah, you know, I think we just needed some fresh air to clear our heads." said Jack. "Good call, D.C."
"Not me. I did my S.W.A.T. training months ago." said Leah.
"And that's why you're lucky." said Jack as she sticks her tongue out at him. Leah then looks over at Kat and walks up to her. "Mom, I…" said Leah but was cut off when Kat held up her hand.
"Leah, I'm sorry. I should have asked you if you were ok when the quantum enhancer blew." said Kat.
"I understand. You were stressing out and I could've been more supportive." said Leah.
"I know, but still I should have checked to see if you were ok. You could've been burned by the sparks." said Kat, brushing a strand of hair out of Leah's face.
"From now on, we'll talk about things like this." said Leah.
"Ndiyo, Sisi." said Kat.
"I'm just glad we were able to pull it together before it was too late." said Sky. "No telling what technology of ours he was able to get his hands on. And now we have to learn more about that then ever. The battle for earth has only just begun."
Translations:
Ndiyo, Sisi-yes, we will