That was when Kat used her communicator to call for Sydney to come to her lab

"What is it Kat?" Syd asked as she walked into the lab quietly

"I have a plan for the commander's birthday… I was thinking that with the progress I'm making I might be able to walk into the party by myself"

"That would be amazing if you could do that I'm sure the commander would love to see you on your feet again, but how will we keep him from knowing that you are walking before the party?"

"You can leave that to me" Tommy said from the doorway "I'll handle distracting the commander by having him help me train my rangers, whom have been slaking ever since we got here and Sky and Jack will help with the therapy."

"Sounds good to me" Syd said

"But how will we keep Cruger from unraveling this plan, it has too many loose ends for my liking" Hayley said then handed them a plan cleaned up and dared them to find a flaw, which Kat immediately did.

"Well she knows Cruger best, how should we word this to him."

"I think Tommy's plan was the best, he said have Cruger train the Dino rangers it'll keep him busy, and I know how to keep him from suspecting anything" Kat's smirk told she had a plan that might require outside help.

"How will we get anyone to help us?" Syd asked

"Easy" Kat called Z in and she came up with the best plan out of the four, and the one that they would use.

The next month Kat and her therapist worked extra hard and she was able to walk enough to be able to call the plan plausible only three days before the party and she continued to make strides towards recovery. Cruger had no idea how far his friend had come, and it would be a shock to him once he saw how far she had come.

The day of his birthday arrived and the celebration wasn't too grand, but not too tiny either, just enough to disguise any underlying plans.

"I'm nervous about this" Syd said

"You're nervous?" Kat asked "Put yourself in my shoes I'm the one handing him the biggest surprise of the evening!"

"True" Syd smiled "good luck"

"Thanks" Kat smiled; as she knew he would be shocked as he was, just figuring out he had yet to see her.

"Cadet Tate, have you seen Kat?" he asked Sky

"No, sir" Sky replied "I haven't seen her at all today"

"This isn't normal, she would normally be around" Cruger said

"Commander" Syd called

"Cadet Drew, have you seen Kat?" he asked

"Yes sir, she's with me" Sydney replied as Cruger approached where Kat and Sydney waited

'Now or never' Kat thought as she watched Cruger approach and stop as he noticed something was different, very different

Tommy watched with great enthusiasm, he knew Kat was ready to walk, but was she confident enough to hold her head high and approach the Commander under her own power, that was to be seen.

Sydney asked the commander to stop short of his approach and he figured something was up, he had no idea what was truly about to occur, but as Kat stood to her feet he knew she was better, but what was about to happen would even top his thoughts.

Kat took a few hesitant strides away from her wheelchair and her confidence greatly improved as she approached him and he was floored along just about everyone else. She was walking on her own again.

To Be Continued…

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