Author's Notes: - Thanks to Stonedtoad for betaing.

I have three chapters finished just now. Until then – enjoy.

Kate sat with the others watching Dagwood's trial, stunned by what she was seeing. Dagwood wasn't a killer, she knew this. Kate knew killers, had worked with a few and Dagwood was nothing like them.

"It isn't fair," Lucas snapped frustrated.

"Oh, come on, Lucas," Miguel sighed, "He killed a man. They got it on tape."

"But he wouldn't do that," Lucas stated with certainty.

"Hey," Tony spoke up, "Maybe Dagwood blew some kind of genetic fuse in his head. I mean, the guy's like been using this fake brain."

Lucas rolled his eyes, "It's not fake, Tony. It's genetically engineered."

"Piccolo," Tim spoke up, "I thought you liked Dagwood."

"I do," Tony defended himself, "But if Dagwood was a new car, come on, he'd have been recalled to the dealer."

Henderson started to pace, "I don't believe it either, Lucas."

"It doesn't matter," Tony reminded them, "Dagwood's going to the House of Many Doors for life."

"Life?" Lucas snorted in derision, "How can they even sentence him to life? They don't even know how long an Alpha Model K will live."

"He stops breathing," Tony shrugged, "They let him out."

"Oh for crying out loud," Kate snapped making them all turn to her shocked, "Of course Dagwood didn't do it. He doesn't have the capability to hurt anyone on purpose."

"But the video," Tony reminded her.

Kate rolled her eyes, "Did anyone actually listen to what Dagwood said?"

"Of course we did," Henderson told her.

"Then think about," Kate told them. She shook her head when they all stared blankly at her, "Okay, think about this, Dagwood is basically simple."

Henderson shook her head, "He's not stupid."

"Simple as in uncomplicated," Kate clarified rolling her eyes at Henderson, "What he said was 'the man on the wall picture is not the same man that I am here in front of you now. And Dagwood is saying that I am a different man'."

"We heard," Tony shrugged, "So?"

She shook her head in disbelief, "So, Dagwood is a Gelf and considering what we know probably isn't the only Alpha Model K."

"You think another version of Dagwood did this?" Miguel asked.

Kate rolled her eyes at him, "The hair got longer and the IQ shrunk. Of course that's what I think. It's the only thing that makes sense."

"What do we do?" Tim asked softly.

Kate shrugged, "We find him and prove Dagwood is innocent."

"I'm gonna kill that kid," Kate snapped annoyed when she realised that Lucas had taken Nathan's motorbike and disappeared.

"He's pretty upset about Dagwood," Tim reminded her as they headed up to see Nathan.

Kate rolled her eyes, "I know he is, we all are but going off half-cocked is not the way to help Dagwood."

"Come on…"

"Nathan is working on it," Kate cut him off, "And we have to do this properly so that we get Dagwood's conviction overturned. Look, you go and try to contact the surly teenager while I talk to Nathan."

Tim stared at her for a moment, trying to gauge what she was thinking before he nodded and they split heading in different directions. Jogging to the boardroom Kate thought over the events of the past few days.

Nathan looked up when Kate walked in, "And you have an idea."

"I do," she nodded, "Though I need to tell you first that Lucas stole your bike."

Nathan gritted his teeth, "Should I ask what your plan is?"

"No," Kate replied, "Plausible deniability. I may kill Lucas when I find him though."

He stared at her for a few moments before nodding, "Be careful."

"Don't worry," she told him, "I'll head out with Henderson when she goes to meet up with Ford."

"Should I know why she's going to meet him?" Nathan asked.

Kate shook her head, "You don't want to know, plausible deniability remember? Trust me I'm going to find out what happened."

x

"Do I want to know why Henderson is meeting Dagwood in a hotel room?" Kate asked with a smirk as she stood looking up at Ford.

He rolled his eyes, "She's teaching him to dance."

Kate opened her mouth for a second, before shutting it forcefully trying very hard not to say anything.

"Why are you here?" Ford demanded before she could make a comment.

"I have an idea," she told him, "To prove Dagwood's innocence…possibly."

Ford folded his arms interest in his eyes, "How illegal is it?"

"As I told Nathan," she smirked, "Plausible deniability. Just keep Dagwood here where he will be out of the way."

"We have to get him to the prison soon," Ford told her glancing over at where Brody sat, "Do what you need to."

She nodded.

"Kate," he called after her, "Try and stay out of too much trouble."

She smirked at him before leaving the hotel.

x

It wasn't often that Kate slipped into the persona of Kitten but she found, as long as it was temporary, then she enjoyed the freedom.

Her contact had given her a possible location for where the lab Dagwood had come from could be, although he hadn't been completely happy about it. She smirked to herself a little that she'd had a chance to go back to her old ways just for the afternoon. Parking the car she'd borrowed, legitimately as Nathan would kill her, Kate stared at the over grown grass and plants surrounding it. This looked as good a place as any to have a secret genetics lab.

Pulling out the camera she climbed out the car and looked around for a place to break in, stopping when she saw the huge gaping hole in the fence.

"It's just so lazy," she murmured with slight disgust before she walked straight through the fence and onto the property.

Kate checked the camera once she was inside before stopping and staring in amazement at the contents of the building. Everywhere she looked was Dagwood. Kate quickly started filming everything she could, hoping this would help prove that their Dagwood hadn't killed his creator.

A crash from behind her made Kate turn, for a split second she thought Dagwood was there before she saw the rage in his eyes. With a roar he charged towards her. Kate ducked before throwing herself over one of the benches looking up to find another one standing there.

"Kate," he said revealing himself to be the real Dagwood, "Get out, help Lucas."

She nodded and started out before turning back to catch Dagwood vs Dagwood on camera for a few moments. This was what they needed.

Wendy finished cleaning up Lucas before joining with Nathan and Kate in glaring angrily at him.

"Captain?" Lucas asked hopefully.

Nathan shook his head, "Oh no. This time your punishment is being handled by Kate."

His face fell, "Kate?"

Nathan nodded before he and Wendy left the room.

She smirked at him, "And considering that I specifically told you I had an idea then you ignoring me as well as stealing Nathan's bike then do not expect to get off lightly."

"Kate…"

She held up her hand cutting him off, "Don't try and cute your way out. I am not Nathan. I won't let you off because you apologise and promise not to do it again. Get some rest," she patted his shoulder, "You're going to need it."

With another smirk she left him sitting panic covering his face.

x

Kate found Dagwood mopping the gym; she stood and watched him for a few moments seeing contentment on his face.

"I am almost finished," Dagwood said suddenly.

Kate smiled at him, "Don't worry about it. I just wanted to make sure you were doing okay."

"I am fine," he told her, "Dagwood is home."

She patted his arm, "Yes, you are and trust me we are never letting that happen again. You belong with us, Dagwood. When you're finished, come and join us for tonight's movie."

Surprise covered the large man's face before he smiled and nodded. Kate patted his arm once more heading out with a slight smile. She had a weeks' worth of punishments to think up for Lucas.