"Jeez ... for being the smartest one in SPD, you can be so stinking DUMB!" Kathleen fumed as she glared at the door. She then looked at the fortune cookie in her hand she might as well look at it. She cracked it open unaware that on the other side of the door her mother was doing the same thing

“You only get one chance…”

“… To be with the ones you care about…”

“… So use the time wisely and remember now that when what you see...”

"... Is what you lack selfless love can change you back"

Kat sighed as she went back to the table, what was there she could do.

Kathleen joined them a few moments later and the dinner went silently.

Kathleen and Kat arrived at base and went into their own rooms still mad at each other… they didn’t know what they would wake up to the next morning.

Kat opened her eyes slowly… that wasn’t her alarm… she went to turn the alarm off and realized immediately that she was no longer in her own bedroom.

‘How did I get in here?’ she wondered as she looked around and saw the red stripe across the wall and could have died, this was her daughter's room.

She fiddled with her daughter’s makeup mirror before opening it. The crisp morning air heard her yelling in her native language as she realized she was in her daughter’s body.

Meanwhile: Kathleen sighed as she turned her alarm off, or was it her alarm, it didn’t sound right. She walked over to a large mirror then realized her room didn’t have that. She shrieked when she looked in the mirror.

‘How the hell did this happen… I… oh shit!’ Kathleen thought wishing this were some nightmare

Kat dressed in the Special Forces squad uniform that her daughter wore and went into her room…she had to check this out.

“Kathleen!” she said as she walked in

“Mom, what the hell just happened?”

“Apparently we got switched”

“What?” Kathleen demanded

“You’re in my body and I’m in your body…” Kat said

“State the obvious why don’t you, mom?” Kathleen deadpanned

“Kathleen, don’t get that tone with me”

“Okay… I have morning patrol in a about an hour so your going to have to cover for me patrol will be with Sky, your lucky, the bikes need repairs so you’ll be in a jeep…”

“And we need to tell Sophie, you can’t do my job”

“I can do some of the stuff I’ve done it before”

“True… but still I would feel much safer knowing Sophie is working”

“Now let’s get you changed… I can tell you some things to help you blend because we can’t let Cruger know this has happened… First of all, when there aren’t cadets or rangers around I always call him 'Doggie,' second, if he comes in the lab he’ll think it’s strange if you stand up because I never do I just look up to acknowledge him, third, remember always use good posture”

“I see you pick out your clothes the night before”

“Yes… didn’t know that would be so helpful” Kat sighed how the hell was she going to be a red ranger, she couldn’t call Cruger ‘Doggie’ as long as she was in her daughter’s body it would be a dead give away that it was her.

“Okay, now when is your patrol?”

“Let’s see, it’s in a little less than half an hour, why?”

“Just checking… okay, there isn’t much to do I did most of it yesterday evening after we got back”

“Okay, I think I can handle this…” Kathleen sighed

“Okay… mom, you might want to get going… remember your going with Sky”

“Okay…” Kat turned to Kathleen as she put final touches on the look; she looked right… maybe she could pull this off.

To Be Continued…