Ban gasped in shock when he walked into the Lab and saw Jasmine standing in the lab.
"Jasmine!" Ban said
"Ban!" Jasmine turned as Hoji, Sen, Tetsu and Umeko began to pile up behind the, now frozen, Dekared, knocking him off of his feet.
"Ban, where is Z?" Swan asked
"I'll get her," Hoji said
"Tell me where she is, I'd like to meet her before she leaves" Jasmine said "I've learned a lot about her from her friends, I'd like to be able to see the girl, I was learning about in her dimension."
"Here is a translator"
"I already have one" Jasmine replied revealing her ear where Kat's version
"What kind of gloves are these?" Umeko asked
"These are the kind that their green ranger wears, he gave me these when I accidentally tore a seam out of mine" Jasmine explained "they seem to fit better than mine… I like them"
Hoji told Jasmine where Z was and she went into the room
"Z?" Jasmine asked
"Yes?" Z looked up to see a strange girl standing in the doorway.
"I'm Marika Reimon, but my friends call me Jasmine"
"So you're Jasmine… I've heard about you, and your powers" Z said
"I've heard about yours as well."
"Oh, you mean this" Z replicated and the replica waved when Jasmine looked at her
"Yes, that" Jasmine smiled as Z's replica disappeared "I have a way for you to get home"
"Really?"
"Yes…" Jasmine smiled, "your friends miss you… and I'm sure you miss them"
Z arrived home to almost be smothered by hugs from Jack and Bridge!
"Guys!" Z said
"Sorry, Z" Jack said
"Sorry, Z" Bridge said
The other rangers were glad to have their yellow ranger back welcomed Z
The time soon came that it was insisted that Kat went on maternity leave, but she refused, she felt that she was needed in the lab. She didn't want to give up her job and Felix shouldn't have been surprised by the fact that she refused to go onto maternity leave, she liked to work… her daughter often referred to her as a workaholic
It was three days before Kat was suppose to have her baby and the rangers were called to battle a strange monster, they didn't know what it's power was.
Kathleen and Cruger pulled their swords and the monster began the battle, using Krybots to split the rangers.
Kathleen fought off the robots to the best of her ability until she got slashed from behind
"W… What?" she turned around to see that Cruger was the one that had struck her.
"Commander, we're on the same side" she protested "why did you strike me, sir?"
Cruger didn't respond
"Commander?" She said and put her sword up to block his next attack with a strike of her own.
"Commander, you've got to snap out of it," Kathleen cried as she fought her commanding officer with whatever strength she could muster.
The Krybots were long gone and the rangers were watching in horror as Kathleen and Cruger fought each other, and it quickly became apparent that Cruger had the advantage in their fight.
Kathleen was soon forced to dimorph and lay on the ground
"Commander, you have to stop, you're going to kill her if you continue!" Sky said
Cruger hesitated as he looked into Kathleen's eyes… he had married her mother, she was his stepdaughter, could he strike her, no… he might not be able to remember at that particular moment why she was so important to him, all he knew was he couldn't strike her.
"Guys, we have to reach him, otherwise we may never get our commander back" Z exclaimed "Power down!"
Cruger looked up as Z powered down… he remembered her… vaguely.
"Oh no, my brainwash is failing!" the monster said
"Z's right! Guys we've got to demorph, let him see our faces!" Jack said and powered down and stood by Z
"I agree" Syd said "Power down!"
Sky looked at Bridge who shrugged and then they powered down as well and joined their comrades. Cruger backs off and then turns on his enemy.
"You… you tried to turn me against my own power rangers, for that, you will pay!" Cruger said angrily, the monster was judged to be guilty of the crimes he had been accused of and placed in containment.
The rangers gathered around Cruger when his communicator went off.
"Yes?" answered
"Commander, it's Sophie… Kat is going to have her baby… today!"
To Be Continued…