A/n: The part where Kathleen was thinking out loud/praying may seem like something out of Shakespeare only because I wrote it right after watching part of "Hamlet" in my fifth period English class.


(POV: Kathleen)

I slumped back in my chair as my tears fell unchecked. My mother had to be placed on a ventilator! Those words were like taking a knife to the heart, I knew the ventilator had been a last resort because we all knew that the longer that one in a coma is on a ventilator the less likely they are to wake up due to the fact that the body loses the ability to breath on its own.

"I am sorry it came to this, Kathleen" Cruger whispered sympathetically.

I left the command center and went into my room.

"Why?" I whispered as the door closed "why must I suffer this pain, I just found my mother, why do I find myself so close to losing her?" I choked back a single sob "I don't think I will be able to carry on if I were to lose her. God, please, give her the strength to live if that is your will!" I began to sob hard as it began to dawn on me how bad my mother's situation actually was. I pulled out my morpher and tried to calm myself down before calling for someone.

"Sky, do you read me?" I called

"Yes, Kathleen, what is it?" he asked

"Will you come to my room?"

"I'm coming"

He knocked on my door a few moments later.

I opened the door and invited him inside my room.

"Kathleen, what's wrong?" He asked in confusion

"My mom was placed on a ventilator this morning, this means she has little to no chance of waking up!" I began to sob uncontrollably.

He hugged me tightly in his arms

"Shush now, she'll be okay," he whispered I knew he meant well, but I also knew that it was almost guaranteed that my mother wouldn't wake up from her coma. I managed to calm down then went to talk to my mom; I felt that I had to say something to someone about my relationship with Sky otherwise I thought I might explode.

"Momma, I… I just wanted to talk to you" I said, "I stared dating Sky, we've been officially together since before we finished our undercover mission. I love him, mom, I just hope that you'll understand that when you wake up."

I went outside to gather my thoughts before radioing the commander and telling him that I was leaving the base and going to the ice arena, which he thought was a good idea, so I took a jeep, and left.

I arrived and went inside and put my skates on silently and headed out to warm up.

Jessica, the SF pink ranger, was already there.

"Is there any particular song you want played?" Jessica asked

"Do you have 'Obvious' by Christina Agularia?" I asked

"Yes"

"Put that on"

"Okay" Jess put the song on as I assumed my starting position

Alexander walked in along with Sydney as I completed a triple toe-triple toe combination with a two footed landing and hissed quietly.

I didn't know that they were scheming about getting me out on a date with Sky. I paid their conversation little mind because I didn't want to seem nosey, and because I was to preoccupied with my own thoughts to pry into theirs.

The song ended and I skated to the edger by Jess.

"What's wrong, Kathleen, you don't seem like yourself today" Jess asked

"Nothing, I'm just drained"

"I know what you mean, I am too"

To Be Continued…


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