That morning came around and Kat pushed herself to get up and get some work done.
Boom watched in deep concern as she worked on her latest project tirelessly trying her best not to think about the fact that her daughter could be dead. She didn't know that an anonymous tip had gone out that they should check on the planet Zentar that Kathleen had been dropped off there and left for dead.
Sergeant Silverback didn't think that at the time that she was there on his planet, but put together a search party together anyway, and within a couple of hours of searching Sergeant Silverback had found her himself. The word went out among the search party members that Kathleen had been found, alive and for the most part unharmed.
Kathleen was just coming around as Silverback approached her. She was recovering from a deep, anesthesia induced, sleep to which she had been in for the last quarter of an hour. She noticed Silverback and attempted a insecure footing but lost her balance and fell.
"Don't worry about getting up," he said "just be glad you are alive" he gave her a canteen of water which she sipped on slowly as she regained her strength. She stood and went along with him to meet up with a medical unit, who were surprised that she was so well off, and was still, for the most part, healthy.
Commander Cruger sent Jack, Bridge and Z to pick Kathleen up from Sergeant Silverback and bring her back to Earth station. They had only seen pictures of her but they knew Kathleen as soon as they saw her.
"Kathleen?" Z asked
"Yes" she replied
Every one of the b squad cadets instantly looked relieved that she was okay.
"You are okay, right?" Bridge asked
Kathleen gave him a confused glance, "Yes, I'm fine" her confused look reminded them of the confused looks Kat would give when Bridge would start to ramble on with no understandable point. None of them could deny that Kathleen was, in fact, Kat's daughter.
"Come on, let's get you back to Earth" Jack said "your team is waiting for you there, along with your mother"
"How is my mom?" Kathleen asked
"She's on the verge of a nervous breakdown" Z replied
"Yeah, and I don't think she's getting enough sleep at all" Jack said "but I think she'll get better once we get you to her"
They boarded the shuttle and headed back to SPD Earth Station. Jack noticed instantly that Kathleen looked a little tense, but he didn't ask her why, he didn't want to make her problem worse, he didn't know that introducing her to Schuyler "Sky" Tate would be one of the biggest mistakes made that day.
They arrived on Earth and she looked relieved to see Commander Cruger, and the guys figured they knew why, but they had no idea the truth that lay beneath the happiness in her elegant green eyes; a truth that would appall even their blue ranger, Schuyler "Sky" Tate
Commander Cruger escorted Kathleen to her mother's lab.
"Wait out here" he instructed
"Yes sir" she replied
Cruger entered Kat's lab to see that she was working on her latest experiment.
"I have some news about Kathleen," he said
"What is it?" she asked and stopped what she was doing.
"She has been found and is just fine" he replied
"Prove it, I want to see her for myself"
Cruger knew that Kat's maternal instinct was taking over for the part of her that would habitually take his word to be true about things.
"She's just outside the door" he called Kathleen in and she came quickly.
To Be Continued…
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