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

Koda sat in his cave under the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum. Most would consider it his home away from home. They weren't wrong. His cave was the closest thing to home he had in this new world. But they weren't right, either. This cave, this new world, it wasn't home to home.

It was a new world. A whole new world: where people could order food and have it brought to them. No one hunted, no one had to kill to live.

In this new world, people built homes. It wasn't just a matter of finding a big enough cave to shield you from the elements that was also close enough to nature so there was a source of food and water nearby, but not too close that one would wind up a meal for a bigger carnivore in the middle of the night. These people made homes, with doors to keep other people out, and locks for added security. They built homes with heating for the winter, and A/C for the summer. They built big homes, small homes, vacation homes.

In this new world, people had homes everywhere. People, everyone, had somewhere they could call their own. In this world, there was a place for everybody.

Except Koda. This new world was not a home to Koda. As much as he tried, he couldn't get used to what this world had to offer. Something as simple as a cell phone scared him, only because he couldn't understand how one could be so far away from their families, yet still hear their voice. Cars baffled him. Trips that used to take days to weeks on foot now took mere hours when he rode in one of their cars. And airplanes! Koda didn't even want to consider having to fly somewhere! Only birds could fly. Men, like him, were meant to stay on the ground. Koda didn't understand how such a big craft could fly as easily as a bird, and he wasn't going to find out.

Of course, some things were easier in this new world. Food was a lot easier to come by. And it seemed to be everywhere. Back home, Koda was lucky to get a good meal every day. There was always plenty to gather around his cave, like fruits and nuts, but often he would go days without meat. Here, there was meat everywhere. People were killing animals by the tons, and throwing out the bits and pieces they considered too gross to digest because there was so much of the good stuff. Back home, no food ever went to waste. Koda and his family would eat right down to the bone, and often through it to get to the marrow inside.

Between the good and the bad, Earth had changed drastically from what Koda knew as his home. So much so, that even though he was part of a team, and he had made several new friends already, he still felt lonely. His friends seemed sympathetic, so he often put on a brave face for them. HE did enjoy spending time with them. But when he did freak out over something they considered normal, like how he attacked their new bikes, or Shelby's cell phone, he was reminded of just how different he was.

And if he was honest, this new world scared him. Nothing was like he remembered. Nothing was the way he liked it. The caveman days, and Chase often put it, may have been a lot tougher, but Koda would give anything to go back to feeling like he belonged. He would give up being a Ranger just to see his family one last time.

Koda just finished making new pictures on his wall when he heard someone walking towards him. He looked over and saw Kendall coming in with a tray of burgers. She had ordered extra, just for him. As she had once put it, he could eat a whole mammoth in a single sitting. It wasn't true. Mammoths were huge, and eating so much put him in danger because if another carnivore appeared, he would be too full to be able to fight or run. But he did eat more than the rest of his friends.

"I brought you dinner," she said. She set the tray down and then grabbed a burger for herself. Kendall often ate dinner with him, a gesture Koda appreciated, but struggled to tell her. Back home, his family would often eat together, usually because food could go back pretty quickly if left too long.

That was something else that made Koda feel like an outsider. He didn't have much of a language back home. Grunts and growls were often enough to let other people know how you were feeling. He did have a few words he could say. His own name, the name of his parents, his brother, the names he had once had for animals and the vegetables he could eat. But all that was different now. The only thing he knew with complete certainty about English was that his name was Koda. He struggled to say anything else.

The fact that he could rarely speak his mind made him feel trapped. He had so much to say, so much to tell his new friends about how he was feeling, or about what it was like back home. Yet, by the time he could get a couple of words out, they often spoke for him, or moved on to talk about something else. Then by the time he caught up again, they had switched subjects again. It was hard to get a word in edgewise when he didn't completely grasp the language.

"What did you draw today?" Kendall asked him and pointed to his latest art on the wall. Koda picked up a burger, shoved it in his mouth, then looked to his picture.

"My... home."

"What about it?" Kendall asked. Koda pointed to the picture of the cave.

"My home... different... than here," he said.

"It must be," Kendall agreed. Koda nodded.

"Koda share... uh, secret?"

"You've got a secret?" Kendall asked him. Koda gave a little nod, then moved in closer to his mentor.

"New world... make Koda, uh... feel... different."

"Can I share a secret with you?" Kendall asked. Koda nodded. She leaned in closer to him. "I feel different too."

Koda frowned deeply as he looked Kendall up and down. Then he shook his head. "Kendall ... not different. Kendall... uh... born here."

"I was born here, but that doesn't mean this world is suited to me," Kendall said, then caught the confused look from Koda. She shook her head. "I mean, I feel out of place too. Different."

"How... different?"

"My world is what you see upstairs," Kendall said, and pointed to the sky so Koda understood she meant the museum. "I'm... a little alone in my field. Kind of like how you feel alone here. You don't see too many female scientists."

"Scien... uh... what that?"

"It's my job," Kendall put it simply, so Koda understood. He gave a nod to let her know he did, so she continued. "There are a lot of men I work with. Sometimes, usually, I guess, I stand out. And not in a good way."

"Koda... stands up," Koda said and jumped to his feet. Kendall chuckled and shook her head.

"Sorry, that's my fault. I'm different from the people I work and study with. So much so, I don't go unnoticed."

Koda lowered himself back to the ground and shoved another burger in his mouth. "Koda gets it," he said. "People see Koda... people know..." he pointed to himself, "Different."

Koda then pointed outside his cave to Kendall's lab, "Bike roar. Friends... calm. But Koda was... uh... fear."

"They give me looks too," Kendall said. "When I know too much about something... it's like they can't believe I know what I'm talking about."

"Friends... like Kendall."

"I don't think they do like me, Koda," Kendall shook her head. "I think they like what I can do."

"Make... weapons?"

"Yeah."

Koda looked over to his new paintings, then back to Kendall. He moved in closer to her and put his arm around her.

"World is... uh, different," Koda said. "But... Koda likes Kendall."

"You do?"

"Others... upstairs," Koda said, and pointed upwards. "Others do... um... hanging out. But Kendall eat with Koda."

He picked up a burger and offered it to Kendall. "Like... family."

Kendall smiled, "I'll be yours, if you be mine."