"Well, Doggie, they say I'll walk again"

Commander Cruger smiled at those words, Kat would make a full recovery.

"I'm glad to hear that" he knew that she would be okay and she would fight as long as it took for her to get back on her feet. "I have to say that it scared me when I heard what happened to you…"

"You aren't the only one it scared" Kat sighed "I really thought I would be paralyzed for the rest of my life"

Commander Cruger and Kat both felt relieved by the fact that she could recover completely… but it was going to be a long hard road ahead of her, and they both knew that the fact that Grumm was still out in the galaxy put a fire under their efforts to get her to a full recovery. Cruger started to leave but Kat got his attention.

"Doggie, it's going to be a long time before I'll be one hundred percent"

"I know Kat, and until then, you have the support of all of Earth Station… we couldn't be happier that you survived this and are willing to help you in any way we can"

"Thank you sir" she felt relieved that they were willing to wait to allow her all the recovery time necessary, it wasn't her fault she got hurt.

After Cruger left Kat began to reflect on all the time she had spent with Commander Cruger and remembered when they were working with the ranger parents. Her computer had began to act up as she fried another component and it started to blow,Wes Collins had been the one to save her by grabbing her from her chair and pushing her out of the way and placing his own body between her and the blast. She had been really grateful to Wes for that, she would have been severely injured if not killed if it hadn't been for him. If Wes saw her at that point he would have had a fit, she wasn't in a good way, a neck brace, not befitting of such a woman, but it wasn't her fault.

"Sky, you said it was impossible for her to have just fallen" Z said as they reinvestigated the seen "what did you mean?"

"Those railings, the top one is up to the middle of her shoulder blade, it takes a push to go over a bar that high" Sky pointed out

"Good point" Bridge pointed out and pulled his glove off and read the seen "she was chased by someone… and they pushed her… that's how she ended up there, she was there for over an hour and a half"

"Oh my gosh, she was here that long?" Syd said in horror

"Yes, she was unconscious for about half an hour" Bridge sighed

"If only I had been a little more insistent on escorting her, maybe she wouldn't be in that hospital bed now" Sky said

"Stop that garbage right now, Sky!" Z said in anger "You don't know that your going with her could have prevented this… no one does. So quit blaming yourself… we all feel guilty about what happened to Kat, but the best thing we can do for her now is support her through her recovery because she will recover!"

Sky was speechless, Kat would be fine she would get the chance to recover completely. He sighed happily and to himself that he would try and help her as best he could.

"She's going to be okay?"

"Yes Sky… the doctor said the paralysis was due to bruising and swelling as soon as the swelling goes away she should regain feeling, and when the bruising heals she can start physical therapy to get back on her feet" Syd said

"Whew, at least she'll be okay" Jack said

The rangers returned to the command center.

"How long do they think it'll take for her to recover?" Jack asked

"They don't know… it depends on her" Syd said

They stopped at the center console.

"Okay, who's going to tell Cruger that Kat was pushed off that landing?" Sky asked

"She was what?" Tommy asked from behind them… sounding about like Cruger would.

To Be Continued…

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