Katherine was up bright and early the next morning. She didn't bother waiting on Will to show her the way back to headquarters instead choosing to rely on her memory. She drove her car downtown and pulled into the same parking garage that Will had drove into the day before.

"Good morning, Agent Hillard, uh, I mean, Kat," Glenn said as she passed him in the hallway.

"Oh Hello Glenn, it's nice to see you again," Kat told him as she continued to make her way to her computer station.

Katherine fought off the urge to begin searching the agency's system for any leads on the people responsible for Reed's death. Instead she decided to focus on the job that was at hand which meant learning everything she could about Mercer Industries and more specifically learning about Tommy's involvement with Anton Mercer.

"You look like you could use a break," Will commented as he approached her station some hours later.

"Hey, sorry about not waiting for you, I guess I was just anxious to get to work," she replied.

"That's ok, it's good that you're asserting your independence, and it also tells me that we did the right thing when we brought you in on this case," Will told her.

"You mentioned something about my checking out Hayley's Cyberspace," Kat said as he took a seat next to her.

"Yeah, it's a frequent hangout of Dr. Oliver's, you might be lucky and catch him there now since it is around lunchtime," Will replied.

"Well, I'm going to have to run into him some time or later so it might as well be now," Kat said trying to sound convincing.

"You don't have to pretend with me, I know this isn't just a job to you, I mean Dr. Oliver was a very good friend of yours," Will pointed out.

"That may be but I've never let personal feelings of any kind get in the way of my assignment and I'm not going to start now," Kat declared.

"All right, well let me give you those directions," he said as he grabbed a piece of paper and started writing.

Kat pulled into the parking lot of Hayley's Cyberspace and took a deep breath as she parked her car. She sat there several minutes before finally gaining the courage to get out and go inside. Once inside, Kat looked around and saw that the place was full of teenagers. Most of them were sitting at tables eating but a few were at the many computer stations that were set up.

"Can I help you?" a woman with red hair said as she approached Kat who was still standing in the doorway.

"I'm new in town and I heard this was a popular hangout so I decided to come check it out for myself," Kat told her.

"Well as you can see all the tables are full but I can seat you at the counter if you don't mind," she said.

"Um, sure that'd be fine," Kat replied.

"From that accent I'd say you're a long way from home," the woman said once Kat had taken a seat and the woman went behind the counter.

"Yeah, my job just transferred me from Australia," Kat answered.

"Wow, Australia that's pretty cool, I'm Hayley by the way," she said extending her hand to Kat.

"Oh so you're Hayley," Kat responded.

"Do we know each other?" Hayley questioned.

"No, it's just that this place is called Hayley's Cyberspace," Kat replied.

"Oh yeah right," Hayley chastised herself for not getting it.

"I'm Kat, it's very nice to meet you Hayley," Kat told her.

"I have the strangest feeling that I know you from somewhere," Hayley started saying but she was soon interrupted as three teens approached the counter.

"Hey Hayley, we're starving do you think you could hook us up with some food," a boy in red said.

"Excuse me, Conner, but I'm helping out a customer," Hayley replied.

"You'll have to excuse him Hayley it's feeding time," a girl in yellow joked as they sat down at the counter next to Kat.

"So sorry for the interruption Kat, what can I get for you," Hayley asked her.

"I could go for a burger and fries," Kat replied.

"Coming right up," Hayley said as she disappeared into the back.

"Hey Dr. O, over here!" the boy named Conner yelled.

"Wow, this place is really packed," said a voice that Kat immediately recognized.

"Hey Tommy," Hayley said as she reemerged.

"Hey Hayley, think we could get some food to go, I'm afraid if we're not back to school in time Randall will go all postal on me," Tommy told her.

"Sure Tommy, I'll tell the cook to put a rush on things, that is if Kat here doesn't mind having to wait a bit longer for her food," Hayley said bringing everyone's attention to Kat.

"No, it's all right Hayley, I don't mind at all," Kat said aware of all the eyes that were watching her.

"Oh my gosh, Kat?" Tommy questioned as he recognized the accent.

"Tommy?" Kat asked as she turned around acting as though she were equally surprised.

"I can't believe this, what are you doing here?" Tommy inquired.

"My job just transferred me," she answered.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Conner asked.

"Now I know why you looked so familiar," Hayley interjected.

"Kat and I are old friends," Tommy answered as Kat got up from her stool and they embraced.

"It's so good to see you Tommy, what on earth are you doing here in Reefside," Kat replied once he released her.

"I got a degree in paleontology and now I'm teaching science at Reefside High," he informed her.

"Funny, I thought I'd always be the one to go into teaching," Kat commented.

"You said your job transferred you?" Tommy questioned.

"Um, yeah I'm an environmental scientist and I'm working for the E.P.A. there's a new office downtown," Kat explained.

"What are the odds that both of you would become scientists?" Hayley pointed out as she left to go put in the food orders.

"I just can't get over your being here, you look great," Tommy told her.

"So do you, nice hair cut," Kat replied.

"I figured it was time for a change," Tommy said with a laugh.

"Here's your food Tommy," Hayley said as she came out with a couple of bags in her hands.

"Listen Kat, I'd really like to stay and catch up but I've got to get these guys back to school," Tommy told her apologetically.

"It's ok, I understand, I have to get back to work soon too," Kat replied.

"Hayley do me a favor and give Kat my number and address," Tommy told his friend.

"Will do, Tommy," Hayley told him.

"Ethan let's go, I'll see you later," Tommy said yelling at a boy in blue who was occupying a computer.

"Goodbye, Tommy," Kat called after him.