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Kat's New Pet

"We need to talk." Says Cruger sternly to Kat, Kat suddenly felt her blood turn to ice, why was she suddenly so scared? It was just Cruger, a close friend that she had known for decades. "Would you like to join me for a walk?"

Kat nodded nervously.

A walk was actually what Kat had needed all along, something that would distract her from all the stress that she was currently going through, work and the current rumor that she and Cruger may possibly be romantically interested in each other. It felt great to be able to escape from all those stresses even if it was just for small amount of time.

Of course one of the problems Kat was currently facing happened to involve Commander Cruger, so her taking a walk with him wasn't really helping her THAT much. But to be honest it was a perfect day for taking a walk. The sun was out, shining its light over the entire city, birds were singing, the grass was green and nearly every single family in the city had decided to have a picnic in the park that Kat and Cruger were walking through.

But that didn't seem to change the fact Kat had learned less than an hour ago that at least half, if not all, of SPD's Earth branch believed that the Commander and her had a large amount of sexual tension between each other.

"So, rumor has it that you got yourself a pet of some sort." Says Cruger

"Yeah." She replies,

"I've also heard that your new pet happens to be a dog."

"Uh-huh." Kat could suddenly feel her heart kick itself into overdrive.

"So….what's its name?" asks Cruger,

"Um…."

"His name?" stutters Kat nervously as she nervously played with her hands, a habit which showed her nervousness. Her normally calm persona is missing from the current conversation. "Why would you want to know the name of my dog?"

"Just curious." Replies Cruger nonchalantly. He seems to be oblivious to Kat's obvious discomfort, the signs were really obvious, her slight squirming

Kat, who was a highly trained psychologist, couldn't tell whether or not Cruger was messing with her from his body language. "Oh, uh ok."

"Hey look out!!" shouts a kid,

Kat quickly turns her head to face the kid only to see a green Frisbee fly towards her face at an alarming rate of speed. Despite Kat's cat like reflexes and superhuman speed, she barely had time to blink before……….WHACK!!!

Kat went down like a sack of bricks.

Is this a dream...or is it a memory. Where am I?

Kat knew that what she was experiencing right now wasn't a real, it couldn't be real. It felt more like a dream or possibly even a memory. But it felt so real, she was being carried in his arms, Cruger's arms being carried towards the other five SPD rangers. She could still remember how it felt, the warmth of his body mixed with the warmth of her body, she remembered that that was the first time, in a long, she felt safe.

Oh right I'm in Cruger's arms, why is it that I feel so safe here? Here out of all places?

"Kat, let's go home."

"Yeah, let's."

Suddenly the ground opened up between them, almost as if the Earth was trying to swallow them whole. Cruger quickly reacts by quickly throwing Kat towards the rangers saving her but dooming himself in the process.

"NOOOOO!!!" She screamed as Cruger plunged to his doom her hand reaching out into nothingness.

"NOOOOOO!!!!" Kat woke up screaming and covered in sweat, the tiny hairs on the back of her neck stood up her heartbeat was fast, her nails had grown out into sharp curved talons and her eyes had suddenly gone from green to a much brighter tone of amber, all this were habits that most of her race exhibited whenever they were scared or angry.

Taking a second to calm down and relax, causing her breathing to go back to normal, her talons slowly retracted into her fingers turning back into nails, her amber eyes returned to their normal green. Kat quickly scans the area around her trying to best to understand just what was going on. The place seemed to be familiar, judging from the architectural design of the building along with the paint scheme she was inside of SPD, but she had never seen such a room before. Just where was she?

"Where am I?" she wonders.

"Where else but SPD headquarters." Says a voice from the door, Kat turned towards the door in alarm.

It turned out to be Boom, Kat relaxed.

"How are you?" he asks in a slightly concerned tone of voice.

"What is this?" she asked curiously.

"This is Commander Cruger's secret quarters, a room hidden behind his office, only a few individuals know about this room, it used to only be Cruger but he dragged me along so I could make sure that you didn't get a concussion." Says Boom, "You got hit in the face by a Frisbee remember?"

"Y-yeah." Replies Kat as she touches her forehead, now noticing that it was bandaged.

"Listen, I gotta take off, I promised a friend that I would help her fix her toaster, but I'm also planning to convert it into a microwave, a television, and a dishwasher all in one." Says Boom excitedly. "Are you sure you're going to be ok?"

"I'll be fine." Says Kat

Kat looked around the room, it wasn't anything special, just a dark little room with a small bed, a work desk, along with a computer and lamp. But like any normal cat, Kat's eyes were more accustomed to the dark, she could easily see the little details of the room, the thin cracks in the room's paint job, the dust buildup in the corners of the room, but the one thing that caught her eye was a small picture frame, not many people would have noticed the finely crafted silver picture frame much less the picture inside of the frame.

It was a relatively old picture, it didn't even move like current photos. It was a picture of him, long before he became a high ranking SPD officer, long before she became head of Earth's SPD research and development department. Cruger was wearing his standard SPD cadet, she herself was wearing a simple gray blouse along a white lab coat. Her hair was much longer back then. Anyone could tell from the slightly yellow edges that the photo had to be at least over 30 years old.

"I can't believe he kept it after all these years…." She says as she picks it up, tears welling up in her eyes.

Wet tears started to drip down onto the picture frame.

Kat found herself wandering the near empty SPD headquarters, most of the day workers had gone home for the day leaving mostly cadets, officers, and the rangers doing paper work and resting until they were needed. "Cruger's probably gone home for today as well." She says to herself.

After about half an hour of mindless wandering along with several pondering looks from several very confused and very curious interns, cadets and other workers at SPD, all this was ignored by Kat who continued to wander through the building until she found herself outside of SPD headquarters, for such a big and active city it was awfully dark, so dark that she could see the sky's yellow moon with ease.

Kat stared for a while, mesmerized by the moon's glow.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" says a familiar voice, Kat instantly recognized the voice as Doggie Cruger, or at least the voice belonged to someone who sounded an awful lot like him, he was a 5'11 human with soft spiky brown hair, slightly tanned white skin, and the bluest eyes Kat had ever seen in her life.

"I'm sorry……" says Kat mesmerized, the eyes seemed to draw her in and refuse to let go. "Do I know you?"

"You don't recognize me?" asks the stranger in a slightly hurt tone of voice. "It's me Doggie Cruger."

"Wha?"

Cruger smiled as he looked at the moon, "Unlike Sirius' red moonlight created by the reflection of light from our red sun, Keroberos, Earth's moonlight is created by the reflection of light from earth's yellow sun which mutates my physique when I'm exposed to Earth's moonlight my body turns into that resembling a human's."

"I didn't know that….." says Kat in complete awe.

"It's been so peaceful lately hasn't it?" asks Cruger with a smile, "but it rarely lasts, we should enjoy while we can."

"Yeah we should." Replies Kat, "Do you wanna go watch a movie at the Cineplex?"

Cruger stared at her, almost as if he didn't understand what she was saying. Like she was speaking a different language, and for a second Kat felt that she had made a mistake. It's just that, you're right, you know? I mean I barely get to spend any time with you, with all the new cadets, the paperwork, the zord maintenance, and the crime. Not that I want to spend time with you or not…"

"Kat." Says Cruger loudly, the voice broke Kat's chain of thoughts, "I'd love to go watch a movie with you."

Kat smiled brightly.

"The cineplex isn't too far off from here. Would you like to walk?" asks Cruger, he starts down the street. Since he's known Kat for so long, he already knew what her answer would be. Sure enough Kat quickly caught up with Cruger, the night sky was filled with stars despite the bright lights which were emitting from the towering buildings. Maybe it was the lights and sounds of the city, maybe it was her fear of being left alone, but for some reason Kat was feeling very brave.

Brave enough to wrap her arm around Cruger's arm and rest her head on his shoulder. Cruger didn't seem to mind. Maybe she'll tell him her feelings someday, and maybe he'll reciprocate and she'll get everything she's ever wanted. But for now, she'll savor the warmth of his arms, and the comfort she felt whenever she's with him. Most importantly she'll enjoy this rare moment of peace, after all they rarely
come.

FIN

A/N: Well that's it, I hope you enjoyed this story. Leave a review if you liked it. I had a hard time trying to figure out how to end this story...-.-