ps. forgive me for any ooc-ness in this chappie in advance, I am not sure how Kat would react in such a situation(sp?)

The day finally came for Dr. Katherine Manx to go back to the SPD base for further treatment, she would finally get the neck brace off! That in itself was a reason for her to celebrate. She arrived at the base to fine that another team of power rangers had taken up temporary residence there until they could find a way home, she didn't mind them, but she was concerned that their tech expert was trying to do the job of lab technician. She was doing pretty good, as good as could have been expected for someone from two thousand five.

She would start physical therapy in a few more days, but she was allowed some freedom, but going back to work was out of the question, but try convincing one, very bored, very stubborn, felina not to do her job… it isn't easy (actually its down right impossible).

That evening, Hayley had left the laboratory after finishing a project and Kat decided to do some investigation of her own. When Commander Cruger went to check with Hayley on her progress on the latest project, he saw that Kat had taken it upon herself to add her two cents to the project.

"Katherine…" he said in a frustrated whisper "I thought I told you myself that this was taken care of, Sophie, Boom, and Hayley have been working just fine"

Kat was surprised to hear Cruger use her full name, he typically called her Kat like everyone else did.

"Doggie, I'm fine" Kat insisted

"You've been telling me that since you got back" Commander Cruger said then told her he didn't want to see her in there again until she was given medical release to go back to work

Kat sighed jadedly, saved what she had done and left again.

Cruger watched her for a moment and decided that the only way to keep Kat out of her lab was to lock her out, by changing the pass code and, temporarily, removing her from the voice recognition for the areas that were off limits to her.

Physical therapy for her went uneventfully, for the most part, she was getting no where… barely able to feel her legs, much less use them yet, but it was coming.

Kat went to her lab the next day to find her pass code didn't work, she did an id scan, that didn't work either, a jaded sigh left her to last resort, vocal override. She attempted that, nothing.

"Kat, you should just rest, you went through a lot" Hayley said and knelt to her new friend as she sat the electric wheelchair she had been given. "Don't worry, everything is fine"

Commander Cruger knew that if he hadn't changed the codes Kat would have continued working against her doctor's orders.

Finally after about three weeks she was given release to go back to her job and Cruger gave her the new codes and gave her access to her lab again.

"Finally" she muttered "I can get back to my job"

Sophie knew that Kat had wanted to work for a while, but didn't think that it was a good idea to allow her to get back to work yet, but it seemed to do wonders for Kat.

Within the next month Kat regained the ability to stand with assistance of: Jack, Sky, Tommy or Commander Cruger… it was typically Sky because he was still blaming himself for what happened to her to begin with. She could also stand if she could hold onto something, but only for a few moments then she had to sit back down, her legs were weak. That day Tommy was watching the session to give help where it was necessary, he noted that Kat was ready to push forward, but the therapist was being more of a hindrance than a help. After a few minutes Kat pointed out that she wanted to try and take a couple of steps, but the therapist thought it wasn't a good idea, he just didn't say anything. Tommy stepped forward to spot for Kat and she managed three steps before nearly falling down.

"That is just what I thought would happen"

Tommy lifted her easily and placed her back in the wheelchair.

"I would like to know what that was supposed to mean" Tommy asked after standing up fully again.

"I mean she clearly wasn't ready" the therapist said

"It's a start, its more than she could do when we got here a little while ago" Tommy replied angrily

"He does have a point" Kat said then thought for a second "if I didn't know any better I'd say you didn't want me to recover"

"That's just what I was thinking" Tommy agreed angrily "Believe me, Commander Cruger will hear of this"

"You can tell him all you want, I'm not sure he'll believe you" the therapist said

"Oh but you can bet your life he'll believe me" Kat said

The therapist bit his tongue knowing perfectly well that if Kat Manx reported him, he'd lose his job.

Speaking of Cruger, he still didn't know that her fall hadn't been more than an unfortunate mishap, but Tommy planned on telling him as soon as he could.

"Commander Cruger" he said

"Tommy, IguessI haven't informed you yet, but you may refer to me as 'Doggie'" Commander Cruger walked up to Tommy "I believe you have something to tell me"

"I found out that what happened to Kat that day wasn't an accident"…

To Be Continued…

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