Challenge: Darkness – written by BloomingViolets
Last Revised: October 8, 2005
Summary: He would never be that dark.
Disclaimer: We don’t own ‘em, wish we did.
Ship: Syd/Sky
AN: Done in response to the Ars Amatoria’s Ranger Romance
Themes Challenge.
xxx
He stood above her, the bloody knife held high in his
hands. He felt the adrenaline pumping through him and he sucked in a deep
breath. The air smelled of dead bodies and of blood. She shuddered beneath him,
her breathing ragged from running and fighting him off. It was no use though,
he overpowered her so easily.
For a brief moment, he wondered by why hadn’t killed her
yet. The others had been so easy. Jack had been the first to go. He had never
liked the ignorant red ranger anyway. Arrogant and unreliable –he hadn’t
deserved to be the red ranger. That title should’ve gone to him –he had been
working for the red ranger powers for most of his life. Z had been next.
Annoying and sarcastic. Both the red and yellow rangers had been easy, SO easy
to kill. He felt no remorse. Bridge Carson had been a little harder to kill.
The little brother that he had never had. Well, at least his annoying rambling
would be gone now.
He glanced down at the woman in front of him. Sydney
regarded him with wide horrified eyes and he felt his heart tug a little. He
had loved this woman. Loved her enough to do anything for her. And
unfortunately, she hadn’t returned the feelings.
“Pl... please Sky… please don’t do this!” Sydney
whimpered.
His arm almost lowered then. But his mind, his mind
reminded him of her rejection. She didn’t want him.
“No,” he replied. “You had your chance.”
And with those words, he brought his arm down and plunged
the knife right into her heart.
“NO!” Sky bolted up straight in his bed, his heart pounding and
sweat dripping from his forehead.
The blue ranger glanced around his room wildly. He quickly
reached over and turned on his lamp, making the room semi-dark. Turning his
head, he glanced at the other side of the room. Bridge laid asleep and Sky
quickly jumped up and moved over to the green ranger’s side of the room. After
a minute, he calmed down a bit, realizing that his roommate was still alive.
He took a deep breath and then moved towards the doors. He
walked rapidly down the hallway, towards Jack’s room and entered without a
second thought.
Jack laid on his stomach, hugging his pillow tight to his chest.
Sky breathed another sigh of relief as he saw that his leader was also still
alive. Turning, the blue ranger left the room and headed towards his female
teammates’ quarters.
Entering the room, he saw that the room was in complete
darkness. He moved carefully and quietly so he wouldn’t wake the girls. He
stopped by the foot of the yellow ranger’s bed and listened. The sound of Z’s
even breathing filled his ears and he relaxed a little more. He moved towards
the pink ranger’s side of the room and stood by her bed and heard…
Nothing.
Panic rose within him. He quickly bent down and patted the bed,
feeling nothing. Sydney’s bed was empty. Where was Sydney?
Sky quickly turned and rushed out of the room looking for the
pink ranger, his nightmare still vivid in his mind. The Command Centre was
empty, and so was the Common Room. He checked every place he could think of and
couldn’t find Sydney anywhere. With desperation, he decided to check the last
place he hadn’t been to yet. The rooftop.
The blue ranger was panting heavily, and thoroughly sweating
when he arrived at the rooftop. There, standing, with a blanket wrapped around
her was Sydney, and she was staring at the moon.
Syd had turned when she heard the noise that Sky had made and
suddenly found herself wrapped up in Sky’s strong arms. She gave a gasp of surprise
and the blanket around her shoulders fell to the ground. “Sky…?” she trailed
off. She felt the blue ranger shudder in her arms and wrapped her arms tighter
around him.
And that’s when Sky broke down. They sank to the ground as Sky
sobbed and told her every gruesome detail of his nightmare. She felt tears come
to her eyes as she sat and listened. She had never seen Sky so vulnerable
before.
“Oh Sky,” she said softly when the blue ranger had finally
calmed down. “It was just a nightmare. You would never kill any of us.”
“But it felt so real! You guys were all dead… I put the knife
right into your heart, Syd!”
Sydney hugged Sky tighter. “You would never kill any of us,” she
repeated. “It’s not in your nature. It was just a nightmare, Sky. You would never
be that dark, never.”
“You were dead…” Sky mumbled. “You were literally right under
me, and I killed you because you didn’t love me when I wanted you to love me.”
“But I do love you,” the pink ranger grinned. “Don’t you
remember? I told you so a few days ago.”
Sky felt a smile come to his face as he remembered the events of
the last few days. He and Sydney had confessed their love for one another, and
he had been deliriously happy ever since. “I love you too.”
“Come on,” Syd stood up and held out a hand. “I’ll stay with you
tonight.”
The pair headed back to the blue ranger’s room and settled into
Sky’s bed. As Sydney rested her head on his chest, his arms wrapped around her.
Sky took a deep breath, inhaling her vanilla scent. His muscles relaxed and he
slowly drifted off with a soft smile on his face.
Sydney loved him and that had been enough to prove that his
nightmare hadn’t been real.
xxx