Cruger growled in frustration as he watched Kat go through her jewelry box to find what was missing. She used a pair of rubber gloves so she didn't disturb any evidence that might be on the items.

"Can you tell what's missing?" Cruger asked gently.

"My wedding set, watch, and the bracelet you gave me for Valentines day this year. That's all I can find missing so far." She sighed and finished her search "that's it, that is all I'm missing."

"Okay" Cruger said with contained anger, he knew that those were valuable pieces to Kat and hated the fact that it was all too likely that she would never see them again. They didn't know that Brandon had used the chaos surrounding the disappearance of Kat's belongings to steal the commander's watch that Kat had given him for Christmas the year before. He also managed to get Z's necklace and an expensive pair of earrings from Sydney.

Not many people would have suspected that Brandon was the one stealing things from his fellow cadets along with the employees of SPD and the base commander, no one except Kathleen.

She had her suspicions about him from the start and they were being reinforced by his behavior that day. She kept a close eye on him as she didn't want to let him get away with whatever he was trying to hide.

'He's up to something' Kathleen thought 'and I'm going to find out what.'

She didn't know at the time that he had stolen from her as well. She knew that she was missing a ring and a necklace that she had gotten from an old friend, but she thought she had just misplaced those, she had no idea they were stolen.

Her teammate and friend, Alex, had talked her into reporting to the commander that those items were missing and filing a formal report about it, and she did, reluctantly.

The next day Kathleen caught Brandon stuffing a suspicious white, legal sized envelope in his pocket while they were standing in the rec. room.

"Brandon, what is in that envelope?" she demanded

"Nothing that is any of your business" he said, mistake!

"Cadet Richards, empty your pockets!" Kathleen ordered

"Yes ma'am" he said and emptied the contents of his pockets including the envelope.

"Open that envelope, and spread the contents on the table." She ordered and he did obediently and there was all the stolen property.

"Brandon, I don't believe this, I am very disappointed in you" Kathleen scolded angrily and pulled her morpher "Commander" she said into the communicator "I think I've found our thief, sir"

"Okay, I'm on my way" Cruger replied

Brandon considered running for a split second then reached back and punched Kathleen in the face and took off, but ran directly into Kathleen's boyfriend, Sky Tate.

"Cadet Richards, you do know that adds to the charges against you" Sky said angrily as Cruger walked in.

"Cadets, what is the problem here?" he asked

"Cadet Richards thought he could get away with stealing from those around him in the base and when he found he couldn't he punched Cadet Manx in the face and tried and get away using the chaos as a cover.

"Cadet Richards is this true?" Cruger asked

"Basically, yes" Brandon replied

"Then you are under arrest for theft and the assault of a red ranger…" Sky said as he pulled his morpher out and switched it to Judgment mode "Judgment!" it only took a few seconds for the scanner to come up with a guilty verdict "Contain the criminal"

After they confined Brandon, Cruger walked over to see exactly what he had stolen and was surprised to see his own watch among the stolen items.

"I guess it's time for us to return these things to their rightful owners" Sky said as Cruger put his watch on.

"Yes, Sky, it is" Cruger said as he picked up the few items that he knew were Kat's, he'd return them personally.

Kathleen took her ring and necklace and grabbed Z's necklace and Syd's earrings. Sky began to identify other items that they knew where they belonged and set up a special lost and found for the rest of the stuff, which got redistributed to the rightful owners.

Cruger walked into Kat's lab quietly. She was working quite hard that day and he didn't want to disturb her just yet.

Then she looked up to realize he was nearby.

"Is there something you need, Doggie?" she asked

"No, but I found something of yours" he said and gave her the items back.

"Thank you" she said; happy to have her jewelry returned… then put the bracelet on first, then hid her watch under her sleeve so she could just pull it out, look at it and then put it back in place. She then looked at her wedding set and felt the tears building in her eyes… she missed her husband dearly… as Cruger did his wife.

"Kat, I know you've been hurt, but… I guess it's time for us to both move on" Cruger said weakly.

"Your right" she confirmed, wiping at her tears.

Then Cruger realized something, she'd never really mourned her husband's death, she just picked up and moved on… he couldn't remember her crying very much, back then he thought that was just how she handled loss, turn out it was how she avoided dealing with the loss, and he was realizing that as he watched her.

'She may act like she's moving on, but she hasn't let go yet…' he thought 'she still holds tightly to him, even thought she knows he's gone'. It hurt him to realize that fact as he loved her, and hated to see that she was hurting herself, but there was nothing he could do, it was up to her, but she was happy for the time being. He didn't want to disturb that and cause her any more pain. He'd have to deal with the truth another day.

The End

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