Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Dino Charge. This story is fan-made.

"So this is it?" Mrs. Fisher asked as she and her husband toured the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum. They had always wanted to see it, considering their foster daughter owned and operated it herself, but never got the chance. Kendall had run from the family as soon as she was legally allowed to leave, distraught that the people she was slowly beginning to form a new family with rejected her for adoption. The Fishers had always wanted Kendall to be a part of their family, but tough times on their part meant adoption just wasn't ideal. Of course, Kendall couldn't understand at the time, so the Fishers opted to patiently wait for the day when she would come back to them. In the meantime, they knew they needed to give her her space. Showing up unannounced at her place of work would likely only push her further away.

Now that Kendall was back, her parents were eager to see just what she had gotten up to in the eight years she had been away.

"You've collected a lot of dinosaurs," Mr. Fisher pointed out before he offered his phone to his wife so she could take his picture. "Did you find all these yourself?"

"Many of them were discovered by my dig team," Kendall nodded. "But a lot were donations. It's very rare we find a complete fossil of a dinosaur, so we rely on donations of various bones to complete our collection. What we can't find, we fabricate."

"Read the diagrams, honey," Mrs. Fisher said and pointed to the posters in front of each exhibit, which explained not only the dinosaurs, but where they were discovered and which pieces were authentic bone and which were fillers.

"So, is Amber Beach full of fossils?"

"There's a pretty good supply of them," Kendall nodded her head. "But we send teams out across the country and sometimes overseas to do some searching. You never know what you're going to find and where. It's kind of like looking for anything tiny in a haystack."

"This is all very impressive. And you did all this yourself?" Mrs. Fisher asked. Kendall shrugged.

"Well, I've had some help on the business end, but this museum is... my baby, really."

"And just wait until you see the awesome plesiosaur!" Cammy announced as she raced over from the Dino Bite Cafe. She saw Kendall had finished up her tour with her foster parents and wanted to come over to meet them. She knew Kendall had only just been reunited with them, and that they seemed like good people. Cammy wanted to see where her mentor had come from. "Spoiler alert, it's not a dinosaur, but it's still cool."

"And who is this?" Mrs. Fisher asked, leaning over to get a good look at the little girl. Cammy smiled and offered her hand.

"Camille Holt. Kendall's little sister."

"Little sister?" Kendall frowned. Cammy looked up with a nod.

"What? It's easier than saying I'm your foster mentee from a foster mentorship program your employees came up with," Cammy turned to the Fishers. "My dad took off before I was born and my mother drank herself to death. Now I live with two foster parents and see Kendall after school two nights a week. And I'm eight. I like dinosaurs, flowers, rainbows and the Power Rangers!"

Cammy nudged Kendall with a smirk. Kendall rolled her eyes.

"Um... Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, this is Cammy. The girl I was telling you about before," Kendall introduced them. "Cammy, I guess you already know these are my foster parents."

"Yeah, I know," Cammy smiled and looked up to the Fishers, "Thanks for looking after Kendall so well. I don't know what I'd do without her."

"You are just the sweetest thing," Mrs. Fisher smiled as she pinched Cammy's cheek. Cammy pretended to enjoy it only until Mrs. Fisher turned away. Then she frowned and rubbed the side of her face.

"It's great to see you opening up to someone, Kendall," Mr. Fisher said to his daughter. "I always knew you had this side to you. And it's going to make a world of a difference for you and for Cammy."

"It already is," Cammy said and put her arms around Kendall, "She's the best. She takes me on special tours, helps me with my homework and takes me to the park and stuff to play when my parents are too busy."

"I try to help out when I get the chance," Kendall shrugged. "If I can keep her from feeling as rejected as I did at her age... well, she's better off."

"Well, now that we're here," Mrs. Fisher said. "We were hoping to invite you and Cammy to dinner this weekend."

"Dinner?"

"Jeremy's coming in with his wife and daughter. She's about your age, Cammy. We hoped to get the family together."

"It's really no pressure," Mr. Fisher assured his daughter. "Jeremy's looking forward to seeing you again and it's not like there'll be much expected from you. Just show up, tell us more about what you've been up to lately and, you know, we'll take it from there."

"At your pace. Whenever you're ready," Mrs. Fisher added. "Though we were hoping you would be ready this weekend?"

"I... I guess I can try to make it," Kendall nodded. "Should I bring anything?"

"Just Cammy," Mr. Fisher said, then knelt before Cammy with a smile, "You'll love our granddaughter, Anna. She likes rainbows and flowers too."

"How does she feel about the Power Rangers? Because that's the deal breaker for me," Cammy said, then smirked. Kendall sighed and shook her head.

"Be nice..."

"I'm just saying," Cammy said.

"Anna's a little more into princesses than superheroes," Mr. Fisher admitted, "But I'm sure you two will be able to find common ground."

"Okay."

"You'll try," Kendall insisted to Cammy. "It'll be nice if you had a real friend your age to play with."

"But I have you and Chase and Koda and Shelby and Tyler and Riley!" Cammy said. "That's six whole friends."

"Who are all a decade older than you."

"Yeah, but Koda talks like he's four and Chase still acts like a little boy, so really..."

"Go play, Cammy," Kendall shook her head and gently pushed the little girl off to the cafe where the Rangers were waiting for her. Cammy went, and as she ran off, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher followed her with their gaze. They saw the five friends Cammy had mentioned and couldn't help but smile.

"Are those your friends?"

"Friends? Kind of. We work closely together."

"Kendall," Mr. Fisher sighed. "You can't tell Cammy she's got to work to make friends and then isolate yourself. Lead by example. Show her a family can be made. That's how this mentorship stuff works."

"They're the closest thing I have to family," Kendall admitted to her parents. "But... I'm not quite sure where I stand with them, yet. I'm not like Cammy. I don't have the same confidence she does when it comes to reaching out to people."

"Seems to me that kid's only confident because she knows she's got someone to fall back on if things get tough," Mr. Fisher smiled. "You know, that little girl really looks up to you. She really trusts you."

"I do my best to make sure she knows she can."

"There's nothing stopping you from being as free as her, you know," Mrs. Fisher said. "Look, we've got an extra space at dinner. Why don't you just approach one of your friends and see if they'd like you join you?"

"Just one?"

"Use us as an excuse," Mr. Fisher said. "If they get upset, say we've only got room for one."

"I..."

"Go on, Kendall. The worse that can happen is they all say no."

"And how is that supposed to help with my apprehension of rejection?"

"Just do it," her mother said and gently pushed her to the cafe. Kendall knew she had to do as she was told now and so nervously approached her friends. On the way over, she looked to each of them and tried to decide who would be the least likely to refuse her offer. She settled on Koda.

"My... uh... parents have an extra spot to dinner this weekend," she said to the blue Ranger. "Do you feel like... um... maybe joining?"

"Eat dinner with family?" Koda asked. Cammy grew excited.

"He gets to come too! Yes! We can play Purple Ranger rescues the princess from the evil cave man?"

"Evil?" Koda frowned and pointed to himself. "No. Gentle."

"It's just a game," Cammy shook her head. "Please, please come to dinner with us. Pretty please."

"Just Koda?" Tyler asked. "What about the rest of us?"

"Uh, there's only room for one more," Kendall said. "It's not that big of a house and my foster brother and his family are already coming."

"Please, Koda," Cammy continued to beg, though there was no need. Koda was eager to go and meet Kendall's family. He nodded his head.

"Must warn parents, I like lots of meat," he said. Kendall nodded.

"I'll make sure there's enough there for you," she said with a bit of a smile, then glanced over her shoulder to her parents, giving them the thumbs up to let them know their idea worked.