Jack's voice came across the communication line.

"Commander, where are you?" he asked

"I'm not sure, Cadet, but have Dr. Felix on standby, Kat is injured… severely." Cruger said

"Consider it done, sir" Jack replied as he got back into the S.W.A.T. truck and headed for where Cruger's morpher signal came from and as he did so he contacted base and requested that a medical team be on standby and ready for the worst… he would be bringing in one severely injured felina. The next thing he knew Alexander had joined him in the EMS ambulance.

"You said 'severely injured' and I figured you'd need paramedics… so Ricardo and grabbed our truck and headed out"

"Thanks, guys" Jack said

"You can thank us later, I believe we're needed!" Alex said

"Yeah"

"Lead on!" Ricardo said

Cruger watched as Kat's breathing became even more labored and he knew her condition was deteriorating as fear took hold of her heart; she wasn't getting enough Oxygen and almost felt that she was suffocating slowly. Cruger could sense Kat's growing fear and he now held her in an attempt to comfort her. She appreciated not being alone and the fact that he wouldn't leave her unless given no other option.

Before they knew the Orange heads and Blue heads were locked in combat with some rangers, the other two Alex and Ricardo came to them. Cruger stepped back so Alex could assess Kat's injuries. Ricardo immediately applied Oxygen as he realized it was necessary.

To Kat, this assessment was a necessary evil, it caused her even more pain, but they had to know what was wrong with her.

"I'd say two to three fractured ribs and a punctured lung which is close to collapse!" Then with a huge, panicked, gasp she gave him the sign it had

"Hurry, we can't keep treating her hear… the truck isn't fast enough, requesting life flight helicopter!" He said over the medical communication line. Within mere moments they were putting Kat on the helicopter to take her back to SPD where Felix and his medical staff were waiting, ready for Kat's arrival.

Cruger knew he couldn't ride with her anymore so he went into combat, destroying the Orange Heads in order to take out his fury at Gruumm for the condition he had left Kat in.

After the battle Cruger tried to calm himself down, and knew the rangers now all realized he was upset about Kat's injuries and they stayed out of his way.

They got back to base to find that Kat was in surgery for her collapsed lung and broken ribs.

'Gruumm, you will pay' Cruger thought then began to silently pray for his friend's recovery.

The rangers all were praying for her to recover as well, for Cruger's sake. They knew it would take nothing short of a miracle. They didn't know if it were possible for her to survive her injuries period and realized that if she died, Cruger would never be the same again. As a commander and as a person he needed Kat more than he was willing to admit, even to himself.

Felix came out of the O.R., his expression showed no emotion and all the cadets read that as they ought to prepare for a funeral, Kat hadn't survived… or had she?

To Be Continued…

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