Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait, it wasn't intentional.Thanks for the reviews guys, keep them coming. I know there are a lot of readers out there because this story is getting massive hits and I'd love to hear what the rest of you think. If not, I'm happy with the reviewers who have remained loyal to this story. I couldn't do it without you.
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Kat stirred slowly out of her peaceful sleep to the sounds of her doorbell ringing. Grabbing her robe from the foot of the bed she put it on and got up to answer the door.
"Rise and shine sleeping beauty," Will said as she opened the door.
"Will, what are you doing here, I have the day off remember," Kat said annoyed that he had woken her up.
"Oh come on Kat, you know we never get a day off," Will replied as he walked inside the apartment and sat down on her couch.
"Make yourself comfortable," Kat said sarcastically as she shut the door behind him.
"Sorry for waking you but I have news to tell you that couldn't wait," Will told her.
"Does this have to do with the rangers?" Kat questioned as she sat down next to him.
"No, as far as I know that situation is well under control," Will answered.
"Ok, if this isn't about the rangers or Anton, then it must have something to do with Chang," Kat realized.
"Give the lady a prize," Will replied.
"Please tell me we've been able to pinpoint his exact location in Russia," Kat hoped.
"No, but our people are continuing the search on the files that we stole from Dr. Lee," he replied.
"Just tell me what's going on," Kat said.
"Remember those files that you and Reed were looking the night that he was killed?" Will inquired.
"Yeah, what about them," Kat said not too eager to remember the details of that fatal night.
"We were able to use Dr. Lee's files to locate them," Will explained.
"Please don't say what I think you're about to say," Kat said as she looked at him.
"If you don't want to go I understand but I just thought you should know that I'm leaving later tonight to retrieve the files," Will informed her.
"It's just that this mission is way too similar to the last mission that Reed and I were on," Kat said with a sigh.
"Take some time to think about it and I'll call you later," Will said as he got up.
"You'll keep me alerted on what happens with the rangers?" Kat asked.
"Only if necessary, try and enjoy your day off," Will said as he left.
"Easy for you to say," Kat murmured.
Meanwhile, at Reefside High Tommy is teaching a lesson on volcanic activity.
"So in conclusion, when sulfuric acid is released into the stratosphere, by a volcanic explosion it can alter the entire planet's climate temporarily, I hope you guys got all that," Tommy said as he finished his lecture.
"Before we go, I have a couple announcements, our very own Ethan James is going to be competing at the Detonation Man Video Game competition at Hayley's Cyberspace this week, so I hope you will all go down and watch, Oh and also I want to let you guys know that we'll be having a sub tomorrow, someone who knows a lot about volcanoes, I think you're going to find what he has to say very interesting," Tommy told them and then the bell rang signaling the end of class.
Outside the school, Kira and Conner stop Tommy as he is getting into his jeep.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Tommy asked.
"Please tell us Dr. Mercer is not the sub," Kira said.
"Don't worry I promise it's not Anton Mercer," Tommy answered.
"Why are you missing class anyway?" Kira questioned.
"Zeltrax, after what happened to Krista I don't want to take any chances, I need to get to him before Mesogog," Tommy explained.
"Good Luck, we'll be at Hayley's cheering on Ethan," Conner told him as they walked away.
The next day, the substitute whose name is Dr. Morton is teaching Tommy's class. He tells the students that there used to be a volcano in Reefside a million years ago. Elsa overhears the lecture in the hallway and transports herself through an invisiportal.
That same day after school, the sub is alone in Tommy's classroom when the Tyrannodrones appear along with Elsa. She kidnaps him and takes him through an invisiportal. At the lair, Elsa throws Dr. Morton into the Geno Randomizer and turns him into a monster capable of creating volcanoes.
At the cyberspace, Ethan enters wearing a t-shirt proclaiming "I am Detonation Man." A crowd of teens runs up to him and begins begging for his autograph.
"No pushing, there's plenty of me to go around," Ethan told them.
"I guess in the realm of Cyber Geeks, Ethan reigns supreme," Conner said as he stood with Kira and they watched Ethan.
"Boy am I thirsty," Ethan comments and the crowd runs off to order him a drink.
"I can't watch this," Kira said.
"Right behind you," Conner replied as they decided to leave.
Back at home, Tommy walks down the stairs into his lab where Hayley is working.
"Any luck with the Zeltrax hunt?" Hayley asked.
"Nothing, it's like he's vanished into thin air," Tommy replied.
"Where are you off to?" Tommy asked as Hayley stopped her work and made her way over to the stairs to leave.
"The Gaming's about to start, I need to be there for it, call me if you need anything," Hayley told him.
"Do you think Dr. O's had any luck finding Zeltrax?" Kira asked as she and Conner were walking in the park.
"I hope so, that dude has some serious issues," Conner told her.
"Well hello rangers," the evil White Ranger said as he appeared.
They morphed and began to fight with him but Zeltrax appeared and began to attack all three of them. However, Zeltrax's life force is still too weak and he is easily defeated by a battilized Conner, forcing him to retreat. The rangers headed back to the lab to inform Tommy of what happened.
"He just vanished?" Tommy inquired.
"Yeah, not that, that's a bad thing," Kira responded.
"His fight with you must have taken a lot out of him, he needs Mesogog to keep him alive," Tommy informed them.
"And Mesogog needs us to defeat Zeltrax," Conner said.
"Now that we know that, what's next," Ethan said as the monitors began to beep and an image of the monster was shown.
"You guys fight the monster, I'll stay here and monitor the Zeltrax situation," Tommy told them.
At the cyberspace, Hayley and Trent are monitoring the games.
"You think Ethan's going to believe who he has to fight in the final round?" Trent asked.
"I want to be here to see the look on his face, it's going to be classic," Hayley replied.
"The only thing is do we hold this off until he gets here?" Trent inquired.
"Barring a natural disaster, I think he'll have to forfeit," Hayley answered as everything in the cyberspace began to shake and the machines started malfunctioning.
"Whoa, did he do that?" Trent questioned.
"No," Hayley said as Trent contacted Tommy.
"Dr. O, its Trent, what's going on?" he asked.
"Trent, I'll have to call you back when I figure it out, my computers are calling it volcanic activity," Tommy told him.
"Do you need me?" Trent asked.
"No stay there, that place is filled with innocent people they come first," Tommy responded.
Volcanic ash was falling all around the city and people were running in hysteria trying to take cover. Cassidy was walking downtown carrying a load of books in her hands when ash fell on her head causing her to fall.
"Cassidy, are you alright?" Kat asked as she spotted her sitting on the ground.
"Yeah but my hair is totally ruined," Cassidy replied as Kat helped her to pick up her books.
"You should get home quick, it's not safe to be outside with all this ash falling around," Kat informed her.
"Then what are you doing out?" Cassidy questioned.
"I was on my way to work when the volcano erupted, do you need some help getting home," Kat said.
"No, I'll be fine," Cassidy said as she walked away.
Tommy soon joins the fight and the monster summons Triptoids. While the other rangers fight them, Tommy knocks the monster down in Super Dino Mode. Conner then defeats him using his battlizer. The monster grows and the rangers summon their megazord. Using his Brachio Staff, Tommy creates a tidal wave and the rangers use the Stegozord as a surfboard. The monster is destroyed and the substitute reverts back to human form.
"Are we clear for takeoff?" Kat asked as she settled into her seat on the private plane.
"Yeah, now that the rangers took care of that volcano monster, the skies are clear of ash so we've been given the go ahead, "Will told her.
Back at the Cyberspace, Tommy joined Kira and Conner as they arrived to watch Ethan compete in the finals of the competition.
"It's the final and here he is, last year's champion, Ethan James," Trent announced as Ethan walked in to the cheers and claps of the crowd.
"Who's Ethan playing in the finals?" Kira wondered.
"And your challenger with the highest score of the day so far, Devin DelValle," Trent announced.
Ethan is shocked as Devin arrives and they begin competing. Everyone stood around watching and waiting for the outcome.
"Yes, 21, 400, 000 points I win," Ethan proclaimed as he finished playing.
"Not so fast Ethan, Devin's still playing," Trent told him.
"21 million points and counting," Kira replied.
"21, 200, 000," Conner informed him as Devin continued to play.
"Why are they cheering?" Ethan asked as he began to get worried.
"21, 500, 000," Tommy said as he read Devin's score.
"That's it Devin wins, game over," Trent finally said.
"How could he win and I lose?" Ethan questioned in disbelief.
"No practice," Conner said.
"Swelled head," Kira pointed out.
"But I am Detonation Man," Ethan said sadly.
"You are now," Tommy told him as he put a hand on his shoulder.
PARIS
"You sure you can handle this?" Will asked her as they were in their hotel room preparing for the mission.
"As long as everything goes according to plan, I'll be fine," Kat answered.
"Chang has no idea that we know where the documents are, we should be able to slip in and out with no problems," Will told her.
"That's what Reed thought too and look where it got him," Kat remarked.
"What happened to Reed was unfortunate but that's no reason to think the same thing's going to happen again tonight," Will replied.
"I hope you're right but can we go over everything again," Kat said.
"Khasinau is one of Chang's associates, he owns one of the most exclusive Jazz clubs here in Paris, we learned from Dr. Lee's files that the documents we're looking were given to Khasinau by Chang and that the documents are stored in a vault inside the club," Will informed her.
"And we're sure that Khasinau will be in the club tonight?" Kat inquired.
"He is there every night without fail, according to Glenn the vault uses biometric access control, which means there's no key, no code, nothing, Glenn made this ring into a cardiac event recorder and you can use it to detect heart signatures, Khasinau's is a very unique one because he suffers from atrial fibrillation, now all you have to do is put the ring kind of or you know on top of his thorax or anywhere else you might get a pulse, once its finished it will transmit ECG data to my cell phone and I'll use it to fool the biometric sensor," Will explained.
"Thereby gaining access to the safe," Kat replied.
"Yeah, piece of cake," Will said.
"Easy for you to say, you're not the one who has to entertain the crowd," Kat replied.
That night, Will and Katherine made their way to Khasinau's club. Kat was wearing a bright pink wig, along with a black corset and tight black leather pants and bright pink lipstick. Will was wearing a simple black suit. They arrived at the door where they were stopped by a guard.
"Bonsoir," Will said as he stopped them.
"Quelles sont vos affaires ici?" the guard asked.
"Elle est l'amusement pour ce soir et je suis son directeur," Will explained as he handed over some papers to prove their authenticity.
The guard waved a metal detector over Will's body and it beeped. "C'est mon telephone," Will said as he took the phone out of his pocket.
"Madame?" the guard said as he let Will inside and began to run the metal detector over Kat and again the stick beeped.
"Un présent de ma petite amie," Kat explained with a smile as she showed the ring to him. Once the guard was satisfied that they had no dangerous weapons he moved aside and allowed them to go into the club.
"It's showtime," Will told her.
"How will I know where to find Khasinau?" Kat asked.
"He'll be sitting at a table in the center of the room and wearing his trademark white suit," Will told her as she left him in the back of the room.
Kat approached the stage and whispered to the person playing the piano. She then took a seat on top of the piano as the music began playing and a spotlight was placed on her. Taking a deep breath, she began to sing.
You
Made me leave my happy home
You took my love and now you're gone
Since I fell for you
My Life
Brings such misery and pain
I know I'll never be the same
Since I fell for you
Kat continued singing but got off the piano and made her way down the steps of the stage and to the center table where Khasinau sat all alone. She sat on the table and faced him still singing and placed her hand with the ring on it near his chest so that it could pick up his heartbeat.
It's too bad
And it's too sad
But I'm in love with you
And then you snubbed me
"Almost got it, just a couple of more seconds, you put on a nice show by the way," Will's voice said into her ear.
I'm still in love with you
"Ok Kat, got it, I'm heading for the vault," Will told her.
Well, I guess I'll never see the light
Kat got up and walked back to the stage where she leaned against the piano to finish the song.
I get the blues most every night
Since I fell for you
The spotlight turned off as she finished and the crowd started cheering and applauding and demanded another song.
Will headed for the back room where the vault was located. As he entered the room a man was there sitting at the computer. He got up to tell Will that no one was allowed back there but Will responded by punching him and then elbowing him in the face and the guy fell back unconscious. Will then ran over to the safe and got out the cell phone. The vault opened and Will was relieved to find that this time the documents were there.
"We're good Kat, I'll meet you out back in two minutes," Will radioed to her.
Kat was walking toward the exit when she noticed a man enter the club. She watched as a waiter informed Khasinau of the arrival and he got up to meet his guest. Kat realized in an instant that his guest was Chang. They went into a room behind the bar and Kat decided to follow them. She made an excuse to the crowd about technical difficulties and she ran off the stage.
She kicked in the door of the room that Chang was meeting in. The guards rose up from the table and pointed their guns at her. Kat wasted no time and quickly kicked the gun out of one the guard's hands and flipped him over behind her back onto the ground. Then the other guard came charging at her and they began to fight but he too was soon on the ground. During all of this, Khasinau led Chang into a passageway at the back of the room. Kat picked up a gun off the ground and ran down the passage in pursuit of them.
"Will, I can't meet you at the extraction point yet, Chang is here and I'm going after him," Kat said.
"No, Kat wait, it's too dangerous," Will replied back.
Kat continued running down the passageway when bullets flew past her and one of them hit her in the arm. She paid no attention to the wound and fired her own gun as she continued to chase after him. The passageway led to an alley outside the club. Kat made it at the end just in time to see Chang jumping into a car. She fired the gun in an attempt to stop him.
"Maybe next time, kitty," he yelled as the car sped away.
"Kat are you alright?" Will asked as he came running up to her.
"I'm fine," she replied as she touched her arm and felt the bullet still inside.
"We better get that taken care of," Will told her.
"I can't believe he got away," Kat said in frustration.
"We'll get him next time, at least we managed to get the documents," Will said as he called for an extraction team and medical unit.