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Science

Kat looked around the room, she was supposed to meet a foreign scientist today, but she wasn't sure if this meeting was going to go very smoothly.

Swan wondered the very same thing as she walked towards the room where Kat now waited for her.

'I hope this goes well' Swan thought as she entered the room and saw Kat… there was obvious tension immediately, one was a cat-like alien, the other was very much bird-like. Both women figured it could have been worse.

"Hello, I'm Kat Manx"

"Swan Shiratori, it's good to meet you" Swan smiled as the duo shook hands

"Well, Swan, I guess this is time we could use just getting to know each other" Kat shrugged, she wasn't sure what there was to do, the assignment for them hadn't been sent yet, and it was apparent they were to work together, otherwise the wouldn't have had to meet so awkwardly

They began to talk about their carriers, but Kat was thinking about her family. Swan could see in Kat's face that she was thinking about something other than work.

"Kat, what are you thinking about?" Swan asked

"Oh, I was just thinking about my daughter, she just had a pair of identical twin girls"

"Congratulations, so you're thinking about your granddaughters"

"Yes, I have a picture of them in my purse" Kat smiled and went through her small handbag and found the image of the young babies.

"They're pretty, what are their names?"

"Erin and Emily, they were four weeks old yesterday…" Kat paused "the biggest surprise about their birth was the fact that it happened on my birthday"

"So I assume you see this as the best birthday surprise you could get" Swan wondered

"Yes, Swan, it would take a lot to top this" Kat smiled "you haven't said anything about your family"

"There isn't much to say," Swan replied "I'm single and working at Special Police Dekaranger, I have for several years now"

Kat sighed, she had someone she had her eye on, but she too was single… widowed rather, thanks to Gruumm's forces.

"I was widowed when my home planet was conquered by the Troobians"

"I'm sorry" Swan said gently

"I'm okay, Swan, it's been over twenty years since Milton died, and I guess you could say I have feelings for someone new now, but unfortunately… his heart will never be mine"

"Why do you say that?"

"It still belongs to his late wife, Aisynia" Kat sighed, "his home was destroyed as well, and she was allegedly killed during that fight, and it is hard for me to watch him and know he doesn't return my feelings for him."

"You don't know that" Swan countered gently "for all you know he might feel the exact same way you do, you've never said anything; have you?"

"No, I… I haven't"

"Then there is no way for you to assume that he sees you as nothing more than a friend" Swan said "you never know, he just might be biding his time for the right moment"

"You may be right" Kat smiled "I guess I came to that conclusion back when we were told that she might be alive, I convinced myself of that back then and I guess, even though I know now that Aisynia is dead I figured he wouldn't fall in love again… unlike me" Kat sighed "I fell… I guess they call it falling because you only really realize it when you've hit the bottom and there is no where left to fall"

"Maybe, or maybe because there is no other way to describe it" Swan smiled "you'll find a way to talk with him, and once you do you will learn the truth as to how he really feels about you…"

"Hopefully soon"

Then the assignment came down

"Okay, I guess its time for work" Swan shrugged

"Yes it is" Kat agreed

"Kat, why don't you keep in touch with me and tell me how this goes between you and this guy… you never know, you might have found the one you've really been looking for"

"I'll do that, Swan" Kat smiled "I have a feeling we're going to be good friends"

"Me too" Swan laughed slightly.

The End