Katherine walked around the ruins of what was once the Power Chamber. It had been destroyed by Divatox years ago after Kat had passed down her powers to Cassie. She remembered another time when it was destroyed right before she became the first and only Pink Zeo ranger. At least then, the Power Chamber had been rebuilt. Now all that was left was a pile of rumble. I can't believe everything's gone. She thought but her thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of a helicopter. It landed about fifty-feet away from where she was standing and she watched as Will got out and climbed the up the hill to meet her.
"Where exactly are we?" Will asked once he reached her.
"This is where the Power Chamber once stood," Kat informed him.
"Wait, so you're saying this is the actual site of the Power Rangers' base?" Will questioned.
"What's left of it anyway," Kat told him.
"Mind explaining to me how you got here," he said.
"I used my old ranger communicator, I wasn't sure if it would even still work but it did and it brought me here," Kat explained.
"Why do still carry that thing around?" Will asked.
"Its not something I do everyday but when I thought about going through that portal I knew I might not be able to find it to get back from wherever it was going to take me, so I needed some extra insurance," Kat replied.
"Speaking of that portal, where exactly did it lead," Will said eager for her answer.
"Do we have to discuss that here, I'd really like to get back," Kat told him.
"We can't talk in the chopper it's too noisy and I don't want to wait for the answers, I want to know everything that you discovered," Will replied.
"As you know, the portal was in Mercer's office, when I went through it I landed in lab like fortress or something," Kat told him.
"So Mercer has created a portal to a secret lab?" Will inquired.
"That's what I thought at first too but it wasn't Anton that I saw it was the creature Mesogog," Kat explained.
"Are you actually telling me that you found the secret lair of the power rangers' biggest enemy?" Will questioned.
"Yes, I hid in the air vents so Mesogog has no idea that I was there," Kat told him.
"This is crazy, how could a portal in Mercer's house lead to Mesogog's lair," Will wondered aloud.
"That's what we need to find out, I mean maybe Mercer has no idea this portal even exists, and if he did I can't believe he wouldn't say anything about it," Kat decided.
"I've seen this kind of thing happen all the time in Reefside, those kind of portals pop up everywhere in the city depending on where the monsters show up, as much as I would like to investigate more into it I think it's best if we just concentrate on our mission and let the Power Rangers deal with Mesogog," Will told her.
"But Will we have the chance to help rid the city of one of its biggest threats, we can't just ignore the fact that we know how to get to Mesogog," Kat said.
"Kat you know as well as I do that the only way to truly stop Mesogog is to let the Power Rangers deal with it, we're secret agents Kat, not superheroes, our job is to find out everything we can about Anton Mercer," Will replied.
"I know your right, we don't have nearly enough resources to take on Mesogog, I'm sure the rangers can handle things themselves," Kat said.
"Good now that, that's settled why let's head home," Will said as he headed off toward the helicopter.
The next evening, Kat was in her apartment getting ready for the fundraiser that was being held at Anton Mercer's house. She had just finished putting on her earrings when she heard the doorbell ring.
"Wow, you clean up nice," Will told her as he stood at her door wearing a tuxedo.
"Thanks, so do you," Kat said as she closed the door behind her and they made their way down to Will's car.
Arriving at the Mercer mansion, they saw a lot of cars parked on the hillside leading to the estate.
"It seems like half the town is already here," Will remarked as he parked the car.
"The rich half at least," Kat said noticing expensive cars that they were parked next to.
"Kinda makes you wonder why he invited us," Will said with a smile.
"I imagine he's trying to butter us up so that his company will pass E.P.A. inspection," Kat said as they walked to the front door.
"Alright so all we have to do is mingle long enough that it won't seem suspicious if we slip away in the middle of the party," Will told her as he rang the bell.
"I'll follow your lead," Kat said as they were let inside.
The butler led them through the house and outside to the backyard that had been set up with tables and a dance floor in the middle.
"Come on let's go thank our host for inviting us," Will said as he spotted Anton talking to a couple in the crowd.
"Katherine, Will, I'm so happy the two of you could make it," Anton said turning around to greet them.
"We just wanted to thank you for inviting us," Kat told him.
"It was my pleasure, allow me to introduce Dr. Thomas Oliver and Hayley Viktor," Anton said stepping aside to allow the two couples to greet one another.
"Kat, I didn't expect to see you here, you look beautiful," Tommy said and the two of them hugged.
"Anton was nice enough to invite us, this is my partner William Cole," Kat said as the two men shook hands.
"So Katherine how do you know Dr. Oliver?" Anton asked once the introductions were over with.
"Believe it or not we went to high school together," Kat told him.
"Well what a small world, if you'll excuse me I must tend to my other guests, enjoy yourselves," Anton said as he left them.
"I'm surprised to find you here too Tommy, I thought you said you hardly spoke to Anton anymore," Kat said.
"Yeah I was a little surprised to be invited too but then again half the scientific community of Reefside is here," Tommy told her.
"It also helps that you're his son's teacher," Hayley joked.
"So Kat, would you like to dance?" Tommy asked.
"Of course, you don't mind do you Will," Kat replied.
"No, I don't mind at all, maybe Hayley could introduce me to some of the locals," Will said as Hayley took his arm and they walked away.
"I didn't even want to come here tonight but I'm glad I did now," Tommy said once he and Kat were dancing.
"I know what you mean I wasn't looking forward to it either but Will insisted that we come," Kat told him.
"How long has he been your partner?" Tommy asked.
"We've only been working together since I moved here to Reefside, we don't always agree on the way things should be done but I couldn't ask for a better partner," Kat told him.
"That's how I feel about Hayley, I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't met her," Tommy replied.
"You care a lot about her don't you," Kat said.
"Yeah I guess I do, I mean she's been the only close friend I've had around for awhile, she reminds me of a female version of Billy," Tommy told her.
"I wish we hadn't grown so far apart, I've really missed you," Kat revealed.
"You have no idea how many times I've wanted to call you over the past years," Tommy replied.
"Then why didn't you?" Kat asked but Tommy never got to answer her because it was announced that dinner was being served. They rejoined Hayley and Will only to discover that they were assigned to different tables.
"Disappointed?" Will asked as they sat at a table across the room and he caught Kat glancing in Tommy's direction.
"What?" Kat asked as she snapped back to reality.
"Never mind, are you done eating," Will said.
"Yeah, I am," Kat answered.
"Good then I'd say its time we got down to business, I'm going to slip inside the house and head to Mercer's office, think you can keep him busy," Will said as he got up from the table.
"Excuse me Mr. Mercer," Kat said as she approached his table.
"Please Kat, call me Anton, you seem to be missing your partner," Anton replied.
"Yes, I think he had to go to the bathroom, I'm not interrupting anything am I," she said.
"No, no sit down, in fact now that you're here maybe we can finally change the subject on this new white ranger that's appeared," Anton told her.
"What white ranger?" Kat asked.
"My dear didn't you see the news today, there's a new white ranger in town and he really gave our rangers quite the beating, he's evil if ever I saw it," an older lady told her.
"I was out of town for a little while today, I guess I missed all the action," Kat said.
"I'm bored of all this ranger talk, after all we're here to discuss science," Anton told them.
After sitting at the table for awhile, Kat realized that Will wasn't back yet and decided to go and find him.
"If you'll excuse me, I need to go use the little girl's room," Kat said getting up from the table.
"What's taking you so long?" Kat asked after she found Will in Anton office.
"I've been looking through all of these files but I can't find anything about his projects that were done on the island," Will told her.
"We should have known he'd be to smart to leave them here where they could be found," Kat replied.
"I guess you're right, but I did manage to bug his computer so the next time he uses it, it will link up to Glenn's computer in the office," Will said.
"Great so the only thing to do now is wait, we'd better get back to the party before someone notices how long you've been gone," Kat told him.