"Agent William Cole, CIA."
"I've got something that I need to take care of, so I'll leave you two alone if you don't mind," Jack Hillard said as he left the office.
"I know this comes as a surprise to you Agent Hillard but we really do need your help," Agent Cole said as he took a seat.
"Look Mr. Cole, I'm sure that any one of our agents would be efficient enough for whatever it is that the United States needs," Kat said preparing to exit the room.
"But we don't want just any agent Ms. Hillard we want you," He told her.
"Why me of all the agents in the ASIS why do you want me?" Kat asked turning back around.
"Have a seat and I'll see if I can't clear things up for you," he said.
"Fine but I'm not making any guarantees that I'll agree to any of this," Kat told him.
"Fair enough, we've done extensive research on you Ms. Hillard and after learning everything we could about you we are certain that you're the right agent for this assignment," Agent Cole replied.
"What exactly is it that you know?" Kat questioned.
"Let's see, you were born here in Australia in the town of Surrey Hills to Jack and Marie Hillard, you lived there all your life and became a champion diver with the hopes of gaining a gold medal at the Pan Globals but you hit your head on the board and lost the meet by one point," he began.
"Is there a point to all this?" Kat asked.
"You moved to the Angel Grove, California while in high school and stayed until you graduated and during that time you took of the job of a power ranger, the pink ranger to be exact," he continued.
"How do know that?" Kat questioned shocked that he had discovered the one secret she'd kept even from her family.
"Things have changed Ms. Hillard from your time as a ranger, we know about you and all of the others who were rangers before and after you, but rest assured this information is only available to our agency and hasn't been released to the public," he told her.
"So is that why you think I'd be so perfect for this assignment, does it have something to do with the power rangers," Kat said.
"While your past as a ranger is remarkable, it's not the reason we sought you," he told her.
"Go on," Kat said.
"Ok, so you graduated from Angel Grove High and you were accepted into the Royal Academy Dance School in London where you stayed for a couple of years until your mother was diagnosed with cancer, your father decided to move back to Australia because your mother wanted to be close to her family and soon after you left the academy to be with your mother and enrolled at the University of Western Sydney where you received your degree in Environmental Science," he said.
"You weren't kidding when you said you researched me, are you finished," Kat said.
"Almost, after getting your degree your mother died, I'm sorry for that by the way, then you went back to school and got your doctorate so I guess I should address you as Dr. Hillard, but you never really had the chance to do much with it because soon after you were recruited by ASIS and not by accident I might add," he replied.
"No, my father was the one who had me recruited so it was definitely not an accident, I was so shocked, all those years growing up I thought my father was just a simple engineer and then I learned that my father was really a secret agent working for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service," Kat told him.
"You had the highest scores of any female agent in ASIS history, then you were paired with David Reed your old childhood friend who himself had been an agent for 2 years before you were recruited," Agent Cole finished for her.
"I assume you're aware that Reed was killed just a few weeks ago," Kat said.
"Yes, I'm sorry for your loss, Agent Reed was a good man," he told her.
"You knew Reed?" Kat questioned.
"Not personally, I spoke to him a few times before he died when we were considering you for this assignment," Cole told her.
"Wait a sec, Reed knew that I was wanted for an assignment with the CIA?" Kat asked.
"We wanted to get his opinion on whether or not you would be able to help us but we asked him not to say anything until we were sure," he explained.
"And now that he's dead you thought you'd seize the opportunity to get me to come and help you," Kat said.
"I assure you the timing of Agent Reed's death and my coming to get you is coincidental," Agent Cole replied.
"That's all well and good but you still haven't told me what it is that your country needs from me," Kat told him.
"There's a scientist and businessman by the name of Anton Mercer who years ago was hired by the United States government to do some top secret experiments, Mr. Mercer was given access to a private island on which to do these experiments but something went wrong and the island exploded, we were under the assumption that Anton died until a few months ago when Anton resurfaced in the town of Reefside, California," he explained.
"So this man is presumed dead for years and he shows up out of the blue," Kat said.
"Yes and Mr. Mercer has made no attempts to explain what happened or to explain what he was doing all those years that he was missing," he said.
"I still don't understand why you simply don't ask him," Kat replied.
"We've tried that but Mr. Mercer keeps insisting that the experiments were just a failure and that we should just let it go," he said.
"So why don't you?" she asked.
"Because there is technology in Reefside that is similar to the experiments that he was working on for us all those years ago and we want to know why and under our law, the CIA cannot obtain intelligence over the domestic activities of our private citizens," he replied.
"So you need me because technically anything I do I would just be doing it for the Australian government," Kat surmised.
"I think your finally beginning to understand things," Agent Cole told her.
"Not quite, Agent Cole, I mean this mission could be carried out by any agency in the world, why choose the ASIS, why choose me," Kat questioned.
"Oh that's right, I forgot to mention that Mr. Mercer wasn't on that island alone, he had a partner, a doctor of paleontology, we assumed that he died on that island too but he is alive and well too," Agent Cole told her.
"That still doesn't explain why you need me," Kat said.
"We need you because Mr. Mercer's partner is someone from your past, someone you know quite well if my records are correct," he said.
"Someone from my past?" Kat questioned.
"Yes, a Dr. Thomas Oliver."