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

About a week had passed since Snide's attack on the lab. It was slow, but the Rangers were starting to get back into their usual routine, despite their arrangements being very different.

With the lab in ruins, Kendall needed a new place to work. She had considered her office in the museum at first, but when Tyler brought up the good point about other employees walking by, or occasionally coming in to talk to her, Kendall realized she wouldn't be afforded the privacy she needed. So, she announced a leave of absence from the museum. She would use up all the vacation and sick days she hadn't taken in the years since the museum had opened. Also, since she owned the museum, and therefore didn't have to answer to anyone, it was easy enough to not come in for work.

She left Shelby to run the museum in her absence, simultaneously ensuring everything would run smoothly due to having already taught Shelby about the business end of the museum and Shelby's ongoing education in paleontology, and giving Shelby the break she had always been looking for. The other Rangers were asked to work their regular jobs in the cafe; however, they worked alternating shifts. This ensured that at least two of them would have time to be in the lab, cleaning up the mess. Once it was clean, Kendall could start to rebuild.

And until the lab was rebuilt, Kendall had set up a smaller scale lab in her parent's basement. She left enough room for Koda to recreate his caves, of course, but took up some room in order to work, peacefully.

Since the lab was set up in the Fisher basement, the Rangers would be walking in and out of the Fisher home throughout the day, either with updates on the progress of the lab, to pick up new Chargers as they became available, or after an attack on the city to debrief. However, the latter had fortunately yet to occur, allowing the Rangers a small sense of relief.

Since the Fisher home had become the new Ranger headquarter, Kendall felt it wasn't safe to keep her parents around. She gave them the keys to her apartment and let them stay there. They didn't protest much. They were allowed to visit their home, and Kendall's apartment was closer to the hospital than their place, making it easier for them to visit Jeremy after work.

The only real inconvenience of the set up was Cammy. Kendall's apartment was small. She bought it for herself, and only herself. There was just the one bedroom, which her parents had taken up. Cammy could, in theory, sleep on the couch, just as Ivan had for the couple of months he and Koda lived with Kendall, but that meant that once Cammy went to bed in the evenings, her parents couldn't do much except go to bed themselves.

So Kendall allowed Cammy to stay at home, full time. It wasn't ideal, but since the purple Ranger would be in the basement around the clock, there would always be at least one Ranger around to keep her safe in case Heckyl, Snide, or one of the other monsters targeted their new base.

"I can take Cammy to park?" Koda asked and both looked to Kendall with excitement and hope. Kendall glanced up from her work and nodded her head. They had spent the better part of the day playing in the basement. A little fresh air and sunlight would be good for both of them.

"Just keep an eye on each other, please!" she called out as they ran off, passing Chase on the stairs. He laughed to see them leaving in such a hurry, then smiled at Kendall.

"How's the work going?" he asked her. She took off her glasses and sighed.

"I'm starting to see double."

"You're working pretty hard," he said. He flicked his thumb towards the stairs. "I have dinner ready. I thought we could head down to the beach and have a picnic."

Kendall checked her watch, a little surprised to see it was late in the afternoon, and she had started work before sunrise that morning. She also knew she hadn't eaten since breakfast.

"That sounds good," she agreed and Chase smiled brightly, taking her by the hand.

"Great!" he pulled her in for a kiss, then smiled as he looked into her eyes. "I love you."

Kendall smiled in return. It was just what they did. Chase didn't often voice his love for her, though she knew he did love her. She, however, hadn't reached that point yet. She was still getting used to having a family, being a daughter and a sister, having friends in her life that cared for her; she wasn't at a place where she could honestly tell Chase she loved him romantically. Either she wasn't sure what she felt for him was romantic love, or she didn't feel it yet. She was still confused.

Chase knew it would take time. He fell in love with her knowing the relationship wouldn't move quickly and so had learned to accept a smile or a thank you as a response. Kendall knew it did hurt him, but they both agreed it was best she was honest with the way she felt, rather than lie to spare his feelings. Chase always kept a position outlook, telling her and himself that once she did say it, it would mean a lot more.

However, lately Chase hadn't been responding to Kendall like normal. When she smiled or thanked him, his lip would twitch, his hands would clench and he would get a frustrated look in his eyes. On top of that, he was saying he loved her more often. Every day, and several times in a day, rather than just having it slip out. Kendall was starting to worry his patience was running thin. While he had been incredible to her up to now, he was still only human. There was only so long his love could go unrequited before he got fed up and left.

"A night just with you sounds like the perfect way to end the day," she told him, wanting him to know that though she couldn't bring herself to say the words, she did care for him. In her own way, she loved him, she wanted to spend time with him, and only him.

"To the beach, then," he answered and held her hand softly as they made their way out of the basement.