Katherine parked her car about a mile away from Tommy's house and got out and started walking towards the house. She was relieved to see that the only car outside was Tommy's jeep. So far so good, Hayley and the others must have gone home for the night. Let's see if Glenn is as much of a genius as I think he is. She thought as she crept around to the back of the house and placed a keypad device on the wall next to the door. Immediately, the device began doing its job as it sensed the house's security system and beeped to let Katherine know the system had been disabled and she could enter the house freely.
"Now if I were Tommy where would I hide my secret lab," she aloud as she looked around the kitchen but seeing that there was no door leading to a basement she walked into the living room.
She searched around the room and paused to gaze once again upon the pictures of herself and their friends that Tommy had placed around the room. That seems like a lifetime ago. Kat continued looking around the room when she spotted a model statue of a T-Rex and tried to pick it up and in the process she touched the jaw. Then to her surprise she heard a wall opening. She walked down the passage until she came to a lab that was filled with a computer and all sorts of scientific equipment and in the middle of the room stood the fossilized Tommy.
"I don't know if you can hear me, and I should probably hope that you can't because then you'd know about me sneaking in here like this, but I couldn't help myself, I guess Hayley still hasn't come up with a way to get you out of that stuff, I wish I knew what to do, I have to find out what's going on around here, and what better place to start than your computer," Kat said as she walked over to the computer and sat down.
"Ok, Glenn said all I have to do is put this on the back of the hard drive and I should be able to access all of Tommy's files, without him or Hayley suspecting anything," Kat said as she began accessing the computer.
"Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I typed in Anton Mercer," she said as she typed in the words and waited.
The computer pulled up a log of notes that Tommy had apparently kept about all his experiments with Anton Mercer. Kat read the notes and learned that Tommy and Anton had been working on experiments to combine technology with dinosaur DNA. She also realized that those creatures the rangers continuously fought were known as Tyrannodrones and that Tommy had helped to create them.
"According to this, Anton disappeared right before Mesogog showed up and Tommy believing that Anton had died gave up on the experiments and settled here in Reefside, but that still doesn't explain the appearance of the Tyrannodrones here now or where Anton disappeared to, at least Tommy looks innocent in all this," she said as she logged off the computer.
"Hayley, I really hope you can figure out a way to get Dr. O, out of that stuff," she heard Conner's voice saying as footsteps were coming from the passageway.
"I'll do my best but so far I'm not having any luck," Hayley replied back.
Kat quickly looked for a place to hide the bug she was holding and stuck it to the back of the computer chair. Then she ran to the other end of the lab and luckily found a way out.
"That was too close," Kat said as she found herself outside in the woods and began walking back towards the direction of where she left her car.
A few days later, Kat walked in to Hayley's cyberspace and looked around for a table. The place was really packed and Hayley seemed to be frantic as she struggled to wait on all the customers. Kat decided to take a seat at the bar and pulled out some files so it appeared that she was working.
"Can I get you anything?" Hayley asked her.
"I'd love some juice," Kat told her.
"Coming right up," Hayley said.
"Hayley, we really need to talk to you," Conner said as he arrived with Kira and Ethan.
"Sorry guys but I've got my hands full here," Hayley told them as she brought Kat her drink.
"Anything I can help you with?" Kat asked as she turned around to greet them.
"It's just something we have to do with Hayley," Kira told her.
Just then Trent walked into the cyberspace and a look of relief appeared on Hayley's face.
"Trent, thank goodness, grab a tray I could really use some help," Hayley told him.
"Sorry Hayley but I only came here to tell you that I won't be coming into work anymore, I quit," Trent replied.
"Trent, you can't just quit, how can you do this to me," Hayley implored.
"I don't have a choice," Trent said as he turned and headed for the door with Kira following him.
Kat watched as Kira tried to get Trent to open up to her and just when it appeared that he was going to give Kira an explanation Cassidy walked in. Cassidy explains that she has a video of the white ranger's identity and explains that Devin will be arriving with the tape.
A short time later, Devin arrives but explains that the tape is in his camera which he loaned to his sister. Kat looked back at the direction of the door and noticed that Trent was no longer standing beside Kira. I can't believe I let myself get distracted by those two.
Sometime later, Kat searched various places in Reefside hoping that she would eventually run into Trent. She finally ended up at the lake where she spotted Trent sitting on a bench. She was about to go up to him and talk when she saw that Kira had beat her to it. She couldn't hear their conversation but she watched as Trent showed Kira some drawings that he was working on.
"Just wait here, I'll be back as soon as I can," Kira yells back to Trent as Kat watched her running off in a hurry.
Seeing this as her chance to talk to him, Kat started to approach the bench but is stopped as the Tyrannodrones appeared and threw a net over Trent and captured him. Kat noticed that Trent's sketch book is lying on the ground and she ran over to pick it up. Looking through it she sees nothing but drawings of the White Ranger. Does this mean what I think it means? She dropped the sketch pad back on the ground and decided to go check in at the office.
"Let's see what that bug I planted in Tommy's office has picked up," Kat said as she logged into her computer at I.D. and pulled up the recordings she had been making.
She listened to all the transmissions, which were mainly of the rangers getting alerted to monster attacks. Just as she was about to stop listening, she heard Kira arriving after talking to Trent at the lake and announced to the boys and Hayley that Trent was the White Ranger.
The next day, Kat sat in her car outside the Mercer estate and waited for any signs of Trent. After being parked there for a few hours, Trent finally emerged riding a motorcycle. Kat turned on her car and began following him. She drove until she saw Trent's bike heading into the woods. She got out of the car and ran as fast as she could to catch up with him.
Kat followed Trent who was now walking through the woods with what looked like a GPS tracker.
"Gotta get further away, it's not safe," Trent murmured.
He kept walking faster and faster and Kat was almost running to keep him insight so she was grateful when he stopped at a tree to rest. She hid behind another tree and waited for him to make his move again.
"What was that noise? It could be the White Ranger!" Cassidy said as she and Devin appeared.
"No Cass, it's only Trent," Devin told her.
"You two scared me half to death," Trent told them.
"Whatever, we thought you were the White Ranger," Cassidy replied.
"You're kidding right?" Trent scoffed.
"No, I didn't think that you…," Cassidy started to say but then a meteor came crashing down and landed with a huge blast.
"Everyone ok," Trent asked.
"Come on Devin, this could be the story of a lifetime," Cassidy said as she pulled Devin in the direction of the blast and Trent followed reluctantly.
"We're the first on the scene, Devin start rolling," Cassidy told him.
"Cass, I'm not so sure this is safe," Devin said nervously.
"Don't be silly, get going," Cassidy ordered.
"What are you three doing here?" Kira questioned as she arrived on the scene with Conner and Ethan.
"Hey Trent, you wouldn't happen to know what's going on here would you?" Conner asked.
"What are doing all the way out here any way?" Ethan asked.
"Guys don't start, let's just check this thing out," Kira told them.
Just as they were about to investigate the meteor, the monster Robobot appeared along with the Tyrannodrones. Kat watched as Cassidy and Devin wasted no time in getting away. Kat watches the fight and watched as the rangers were forced to morph. Knowing that she will have to find another time to talk to Trent, Kat decided to leave and didn't notice as the energy orbs hit the teens.
"And where did you disappear to again?" Will asked as Kat returned to the office.
"What do you mean by that?" Kat inquired.
"I mean that for the past couple of days you've been going off alone without telling anyone where you're going, so I want to know what's up," Will replied.
"It's nothing, I thought I had a lead on Reed's case but it turned out to be a dead end," she lied.
"Are you sure that's all?" Will questioned.
"You want to accuse me of something?" she asked.
"No, I was just worried about you that's all," he said.
"Look I'm really tired, I think I'm going to head home," she replied.
"Ok, I guess I'll see you later then," he told her.
Kat walked up the stairs of her apartment building and headed in the direction of her apartment. Arriving at the door she reached into her pocket to pull out her keys when she noticed something strange. I don't remember leaving this door unlocked. She gently pushed the door open cautiously walked inside and listened for signs that someone might still be there. She walked through the entire apartment and realized that nothing had been touched. Why would someone break in here and not take anything? She was about to reach for her cell phone to call Will when the phone in her apartment began to ring.
"Hello, this is Katherine speaking," she answered.
"Hello Kitty," a voice said back to her.
"How did you get this number?" she demanded.
"It was easy I took it right off the phone or hadn't you noticed that someone was in your apartment today," he replied.
"I noticed," she told him.
"I thought you might have, did you really think I would let you escape all the way to America without coming after you," he taunted.
"I wasn't running away if that's what you think, I will get you back for Reed's murder," she responded.
"And what about your good friend Dr. Oliver, do you think you can protect him?" he asked.
"You leave Tommy out of this, I'm not afraid of you, I'm won't stop until you're no longer a threat to anyone," she demanded.
"See you soon kitty," he said as the line went dead.
After the phone call, Kat decided to head back into the office so that she could listen in on the rangers and see if Hayley had been successful in breaking Tommy free of the amber.
"Back so soon?" Will asked as he saw her coming back to work.
"I just needed to check on something and I didn't want to wait until tomorrow," she told him.
"Ok, well I've got a meeting with the director so I'll see you later, don't work to hard," he called back as he headed for the elevator.
Kat quickly logged on to her computer and opened the database containing all her recordings of everything that was happening at Tommy's.
"Do you guys have the meteor fragment?" Hayley asked.
"Here it is," Ethan replied.
"You know maybe we could use this on Trent and bring back his good side," Kira commented.
"For now let's just cross our fingers that it releases Tommy, then we'll worry about Trent," Hayley told her.
"Great job Hayley, it worked!" Conner exclaimed.
"Thanks for freeing me Hayley, I can't tell you how good it feels to finally be free, I should warn you guys about Trent," Tommy replied.
"Unfortunately we know all about that," Kira told him.
"Power down!" Tommy called out.
"Um, Dr. O that's not funny," Ethan told him.
"I wish it were a joke Ethan but I'm stuck," Tommy revealed.
"How did that happen?" Conner worried.
"Well, when Trent froze me in the amber my dino gem and dino morpher's molecular make-up must have changed," Tommy explained.
"So we freed you from the amber but now we have to figure out a way to free you from the suit," Ethan replied.
"I'm afraid that's going to have to wait," Hayley said as the alarms went off and the monitor showed Trent attacking the city.
"You guys go and deal with Trent, I'll stay here and see I can figure a way out of this," Tommy told them.
Kat listened as the three teens morphed and went to fight Trent. She was still listening when Glenn approached her.
"Sorry to interrupt Kat, can I talk to you for a second," he said as he sat down.
"Sure Glenn, is there a problem," she replied.
"No, I just wanted to let you know that Will has been asking a lot of questions lately about all the stuff I've been loaning out to you, I told him I didn't know what you were using the stuff for but I just thought you should know what's going on," Glenn explained.
"Thanks for letting me know, I may be close to getting some real information that can help us break this case so I won't have to hide the truth much longer," Kat informed him.
"That's great because to tell you the truth, I was starting to get worried about keeping so many secrets," he said as he headed back to his office.
Kat once again began listening in on the conversations being held at Tommy's lab.
"It's not Trent's fault, the gem is controlling him," Kira argued.
"I don't care whose fault it is," Conner told her.
"Wait a second, I was in his shoes once and who knows what would have happened if my friends had given up on me," Tommy interjected. Or where would I have been if they had given up on me? Kat thought and realized that she might be the one person who could sympathize with what Trent must be going through.
"Ok, so we don't give up yet but what do we do?" Ethan questioned.
"Keep a low profile at school and Hayley and I will alert you if anything changes," Tommy told him.
"I've got to find Trent before," Kat decided.
She went to the warehouse district knowing that it was one place the White ranger often frequented. She was walking in the direction of the warehouse where Trent had frozen Tommy when suddenly he was in front of her.
"Are you lost Ms. Hillard?" he asked.
"So you do remember me?" she asked.
"Yes, you were in my father's office a few weeks ago, he says you're doing some kind of investigation on him," Trent replied.
"My investigation is on his business," she lied.
"If that's true then why have you been following me?" he questioned.
"How long have you known?" she asked.
"It doesn't matter, what do you want from me," he replied
"I want to help, Trent I know what it's like being controlled by evil, you can't give in to it, you have to let Tommy and the others help you," Kat told him.
"I don't need their help and if you were smart you'd leave me alone," he said as he started walking away.
Kat followed him but then he seemed to vanish into thin air and she saw Conner walking towards her. She quickly ducked around the corner but not before seeing Trent come out of a wall and head straight for Conner.
"Don't you know it's not safe to walk around here alone?" Trent asked.
"Am I supposed to be afraid?" Conner inquired.
Kat watched as both boys morphed and began fighting. The fight is cut short when Zeltrax arrives with his latest creation.
"Infect the white one only," Zeltrax commanded as a blast hit Trent causing him to fall to the ground and demorph.
Zeltrax and the monster left and Conner demorhed to see if Trent was ok.
"Are you ok?" Conner asked him.
"I'm fine, in fact I feel completely normal again, whatever they did to me, it seems to have weakened the gems affect on me," Trent told him.
Kat followed Trent and Conner back to the school where they wait at some nearby bleachers for Kira and Ethan. Conner explained to them about the blast and that it may have freed Trent from the gems control. Trent offers to make thing right with them and asks if they will meet him at the warehouse and they agree.
"No one gets freed of evil that quickly," Kat whispered and decided to go check things out at the warehouse herself. She doesn't notice the car that has followed her to the school and continues following her to the warehouse district.
Once at the warehouse seeing that the other rangers had yet to arrive, Kat decided to sneak in and see for herself what was about to happen. She quietly walked against the wall and ducked behind some boxes. Just as she was hiding, Trent arrived.
"The deal was we get our zords back, I don't see them anywhere," Ethan said once he and the other rangers along with Tommy arrived.
"I thought I'd give you my peace offering first," Trent informed him as he removed a tarp that was covering a black and gold ATV.
"Better let me check it out," Tommy said as he climbed aboard. "Is this a twelve stroke engine?" Tommy asked.
"Of course," Trent replied.
"They don't make twelve stroke engines," Tommy told him.
"And Mesogog doesn't make monsters who turn people good," Trent informed him as he started the ATV which was out of control and took off with Tommy riding it. Trent then called for his own ATV and he took off after Tommy.
"We have to go after them," Conner decided but the Tyrannodrones appeared.
"I knew Trent's sudden transformation wasn't real," Kat whispered as she quietly slipped out of warehouse and started to run in the direction that Tommy and Trent had driven.
"Not so fast, you're not going anywhere," a voice said as someone grabbed her. The person dragged her away from the warehouse and forced her inside a car.