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Kat's New Pet

"You got a what?" asks Boom slightly surprised. Several parts of the young male's face was covered in black ash, his hair was a lot messier than usual. Kat's lab was now a mess due to an explosion caused by Boom's newest experiment, another failed invention, a machine that didn't really seem to resemble anything nor did it have a purpose of any sort other than to blow up almost immediately after being plugged in. As a result of the explosion the entire room now smelled of smoke and charred metal. Some of the white walls had been burnt black completely, but Kat didn't mind after all, Cruger would probably get some misbehaving cadet to clean it up with a toothbrush as punishment for breaking one of the academy's many rules.

"I got a dog." Replies Kat in a slightly annoyed tone of voice as she helps Boom clean up his massive mess. "Jeez, just why does everyone keep having that reaction?"

Boom shrugs nonchalantly. "I'm not sure, it's just that I've always thought you were more of a Kat person."

Kat was silent for a second before she realized what Boom was talking about.

"Very funny." Says Kat before she turns her attention back to the massive SPD computers, now she was annoyed and she couldn't afford to be annoyed or distracted, after all this was SPD a place of work and professionalism not a place to converse about one's personal life, "Get back to work Boom."

Boom scowls softly before he goes back to cleaning up the mess that he made, a result of some new machine that could make toast in half the time it would take a regular toaster. Of course he had rearranged a few wires incorrectly and ended up nearly blowing up Kat's lab. "So what's its name?"

"What's whose name?" replies Kat nonchalantly, she's too busy reading the latest maintenance report on the Delta runners. Somehow Sky had managed to get two very large pieces of gum stuck inside of the gyros of his copter, and Jack's zord needed new wheels…..again.

"Your dog's?" says Boom as he picks up several slightly charred pieces of scrape metal and tossed them into a nearby recycling bin. Kat turned to Boom slightly embarrassed about the name of her dog. "Kat?"

"She got a what!" echoes Cruger in disbelief in the command center portion of the SPD academy, under the strict supervision of Commander Anubis "Doggie" Cruger and his team of Power Rangers, young promising individuals were trained to become the ultimate crime fighting force in the Galaxy, Space Patrol Delta, better known as SPD to criminals and civilians alike.

"A dog." Repeats Jack, "Even the cadets know by now, seriously commander you should know this, it's important for the Commander to know the rumors circulating the academy…."

Cruger gives Jack a long angry stare.

"….and catching criminals and saving the world, those things are also very important, probably more important actually." Says Jack quickly as he turns to leave.

"What'd she name her dog? Asks Cruger, Jack froze in his steps; the commander almost immediately sensed his hesitance. "Jack…"

Jack slowly turned around. "Well, that's the other big rumor going around, she kind of happened to name her dog…………"

"……..Kruger." Replies Kat casually,

"What was that now?" asks Boom, not believing what he had just heard.

"His name is Kruger." Repeats Kat a tad bit annoyed.

"Like as in Commander Anubis 'Doggie' Cruger?" asks Boom.

"No." says Kat, a beat, "My Kruger is spelled with a K."

Boom raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "And that makes all the difference? I sure hope the commander doesn't find out about this."

"Mmmhmmm." Replies Kat nonchalantly before the weight of his words suddenly sank in without warning. "Wait a minute, what's so bad about Commander Cruger finding out about my dog?"

"Oh, it's not the dog." Says Boom, as he grabs a towel and wipes his face, wiping away all of the ash and tiny bits of metal. Boom always kept a fresh clean towel in Kat's lab in case one of his experiments goes horribly wrong, which happens often, "It's the name of the dog and you."

"What are you talking about!" asks Kat incredulously.

"Oh c'mon, even the freshman cadets know about the sexual tension between you and the commander!" says Boom,

"Sexual tension!"

"Oh yeah, whenever you two argue there's this sort of sexual electrical chemistry emanating from the two of you. It's amazing really. I mean three fourth's of the academy knows that you're the only one here with balls big enough to challenge the Commander's decisions." Replies Boom, "and you're a woman meaning that you had to grow those balls, I'm sure the Commander admires you for having such guts to go with your brains."

If all of reality had suddenly turned into a cartoon of some sort Kat's entire jaw would have probably dropped to the floor. But it wasn't and Boom had absolutely no indicator of how uncomfortable this conversation was making Kat and so without any shamehe continued.

"And my god, your relationship with Commander Cruger happens to be very popular lunchroom talk down in the cafeteria." Says Boom completely oblivious to the unbelievable discomfort that Kat was currently experiencing, "People are constantly debating on whether or not it's your um….physical appearances, high ranking positions and that pesky little rule about no dating, are the only things stopping you two from hooking up."

The room was silent for a moment, the awkwardness was obvious now even to Boom, a pager suddenly goes off, and Boom quickly takes advantage of the opportunity. "Uh yeah, I promised I'd meet Bridge in the Cafeteria, we're planning to discuss schematics for the next generation toaster/oven/microwave. So….I'll see you later!"

Boom leaves the room in a hurry, leaving behind a very stunned Katherine Manx, taking a moment to clear her head she forms a V with her middle finger and pointer finger, before she lifts the two fingers up to lips. "Me……and him?" she wonders. "Is that even….possible?"

Kat knew, better than anyone else, that Cruger had been devastated by the death of his wife, but that was over 20 years ago, more than enough time for one to recover from such a devastating loss. But Kat still didn't want to risk her friendship, how would a relationship like that even work out? Maybe the only reason why it wouldn't work out was because neither party was willing to try. After all one of the most important parts of a relationship is wanting to make the relationship happen.

Feeling hungry and seeing that it was nearly two o' clock, Kat decided to head down to the cafeteria for lunch. Taking a seat at her usual spot, Kat was about to begin eating when a thought suddenly crossed her mind.

After Boom had spilled to beans about the supposed sexual tension between the commander and herself, Kat had suddenly become much more aware of the many different conversations being held in the academy's cafeteria. Being one of the last few Felenians left in the universe, Kat possesed senses far greater than those belonging to any human, amazingly her ears could pick up even the sound of a pin being dropped inside of a crowded room.

Of course no one other than Cruger knew about this, Kat preferred to keep her personal life secret. For now Kat wasn't focused on her lunch which consisted of a tuna sandwich, a cookie, and a glass of cold milk, instead her eyes were closed and her ears were trying their best to listen in on a conversation. She wanted to confirm for herself on whether or not the supposed sexual tension between her and the commander was a hot topic of discussion in the cafeteria. Kat's ears perked up and moved back slightly as she listened into one particular conversation.

"What, so the two really aren't married?" Judging

"Nope, they're not even sleeping with each other."

"But I see the way he looks at her."

NOW Kat was interested, her lunch had been forgotten completely. Judging from the distance of their voices they were about twenty meters away, close to the door.

"Yeah, so?"

"Well I also the way she looks at him when she thinks nobody's looking, especially him."

Kat's breathing and suddenly become very aware of her surroundings, it suddenly seemed like everyone in the cafeteria was talking about her and the commander. Could it be? Does the commander have feelings for her? Did she have feelings for the commander!

"I heard he bought her a freakin engagement ring."

"What! No way."

"Yeah, it's like a billion karats or something."

"Right…"

Kat suddenly felt the need for some fresh air, her lunch was quickly abandoned as she hurried out of the cafeteria, walking unnoticed past the cadets she was eavesdropping on in the process. She walked with incredible speed and grace, figure hugging brown dress flowing behind her as she walked past the talking cadets, cadets who were oblivious to her presence.

"I still can't believe that Sky and Syd aren't an item." Says one Cadet, his friends nod in agreement.

Kat hurried through the halls of the academy, quickly passing by Jack and the rest of the B-squad without even saying hello, leaving behind a very stunned B-squad.

"What's her problem?" asks Jack.

The others shrugged.

Kat quickly reached the lobby of SPD academy, she was desperate for fresh air, so desperate that she forgot to give her daily greeting to Lou, the 60-year-old SPD receptionist. Kat quickly pushed her way through the crowd and out of the academy.

"Excuse me, watch where you're going!" says an important looking lady with a British accent.

Kat turns her head back to apologize. "Sorry, sorry. Rough day." She says, while continuing to speed walk. She turns around only to crash face first into a very tall stranger wearing a leather trench coat.

"Oh sorry." She says, she looks up to see that it's Commander Cruger. "Oh…"

"We need to talk." He says.

To be continued.

A/N: I'm baacccckkkk, it's been a while, but I'm finally back writing fanfiction, to apologize I've started two stories, this one and a much more serious version of the legendary episode Forever Red, this time I'll include rangers up to mystic force, so be sure to check it out.