Disclaimer: Don't own Power Rangers SPD
A/N: this is the much begged for back story that explains the things that I have left unexplained like Kat's lost husband and more importantly the baby boy she lost according to my storyline. This story has sat untouched on my jump drive for over a year and now I'm finally getting around to posting, hope you enjoy
Her Story
It was an early morning and Kat felt the strain of what was going. It hadn't been long since the destruction of Sirius and she feared they might be next on Gruumm's hit list, as many others did.
Yet life went on as it always did, Kat and her husband both went off to their respective jobs unaware of something that would rock their worlds forever.
Kat arrived at her job to see some odd individuals there in SPD uniforms. She was sure the main SPD academy had been destroyed on Sirius, were they building a new academy here? She wasn't sure, but she was determined to find out.
She noticed an official and began to ask questions to which he gruffly pushed her aside telling her that it was none of her concern. She gave a huff and began to walk off.
"Don't get too offended, ma'am, he's just a little on edge." a male said "We all are."
"Who are you?" she asked
"You can call me Cruger," he still hadn't come into her view so she had no idea what race of individual he was.
"I'm Katherine Manx-Andrews, it's good to meet you, but I really need go"
"You go ahead, and take care of yourself"
"You too" she replied and left, her curiosity still piqued by the stranger that just called himself Cruger, was he SPD, he certainly knew quite a bit about the individual that had given her the brush off.
She got to the lab where she normally worked and noticed that her friend and colleague was there.
"Hi Kat, how are you feeling?" she asked
"I'm confused... why are there SPD officials here?" Kat asked her friend Tanya
"I don't know, Kat, if I did I would tell you"
"I just got the brush off from one of the higher ups from SPD and one of those on guard duty told me not to get offended by that individual" Kat said
"What was his name?"
"Which one?"
"The guy that spoke to you…?"
"He told me to call him Cruger" Kat said she was very confused by this action.
"Does he know you're married?"
"I think he knows..." Kat stopped, something wasn't right in her body, she could feel it, and the smell of something was making her nauseous
"Kat, is something wrong?" Tanya asked
"Yes" Kat replied and headed to the nearest lady's room
Tanya followed her and found that Kat was sick
"Kat, are you sure you should be here?" Tanya asked
"Yes, I'm fine," Kat, replied stubbornly
"Kat..." Tanya looked worried, she knew Kat was stubborn and she would try to work no matter what.
They returned to the lab after Kat had been settled a little and Tanya noticed something odd.
"Kat, is it possible you could be pregnant?" Tanya asked
Kat looked up in surprise and then began to think about it and Tanya picked up that look
"Oh... so it's very likely that you are carrying a child," Tanya said
"Tanya!" Kat said in surprise, she wasn't sure but her friend didn't have to bring that up
"Kat you and Milton have been trying for a baby for a few months now, it's very likely that you are expecting."
"But Tanya, it hasn't been that long since the fiasco with Kathleen"
"I know that" Tanya replied, "But Kat, you're showing the early warning signs"
They got to what they could do and were surprised when someone got their attention.
Kat looked up and was surprised to see the Space Patrol officer that had given her the brush off earlier. He was an odd-looking alien; she had never seen anyone of his particular race before
"Dr. Andrews..." he said, "I'm Fowler Birdie I want to apologize about our earlier run in. I was in a hurry but that doesn't excuse the way I behaved."
"Consider it forgiven and forgotten" Kat replied
"If you are curious as to why SPD is here, we wanted to check your security to make sure that you would be warned if Gruumm should decide he wants to come here." Birdie explained
"Thank you, and Birdie, who is that Cruger that spoke to me earlier"
"Oh, Anubis Cruger... fine officer, Cruger is, but times have been especially hard on him lately. Gruumm hit his home world particularly hard. He lost his wife in the final assault. Rumor has it she might have been expecting their first child at the time of her death."
"Oh dear, he seemed so nice to me" Kat sighed sadly
"He's like that, unfortunately, he has a nasty habit of burring himself in other tasks to keep himself from having to deal with all he has lost."
"Sounds like you Kat." Tanya said
"Be quiet," Kat hissed
"Well, it's true" Tanya replied
Kat sighed, she was right, she had done that when Sudden Infant Death Syndrome clamed her baby girl. Kat walked to another portion of the lab
"Is there something wrong with her?" Birdie asked
"She lost her infant daughter rather recently, first child too," Tanya said
Little did either know, Cruger was near the door and heard what Tanya said.
'A mother should never have to bury her child' Cruger thought 'especially not when that child is just at the dawn of life'
"There is something else..." Birdie said
"She isn't feeling well, that's all," Tanya said, "I had better check on her"
Cruger gave a soft sigh and left before Birdie could figure out that he was there.
Birdie left and Tanya went to check on Kat, only to find her crying
"Kat, what's wrong?" Tanya asked
"It's just..." Kat wiped at her tears "Kathleen never had a chance, it wasn't fair."
"I know it wasn't fair, Kat, you know if I could bring your baby girl back I would" Tanya said gently
"I know, and I thank you for that"
After work Kat went and got a pregnancy test, she had to know if Tanya was right.
She got the test home and was relieved to see her husband wasn't there yet.
She went to the bathroom to take the test and sighed, this was going to be a long few minutes.
After what seemed like hours, the timer went off and Kat picked the test up, looked at the test and nearly dropped it.
To Be Continued...