Chapter Fourteen:

Kira watched as her parents whispered together, at least that was how she would describe it, truth was nothing was being said out loud, telepathy never goes dormant so they could still communicate silently despite the bump forming on her mother's stomach.

"Something strange is going on," Ronny muttered stopping next to her younger sister as they watched the strange exchange, whatever it was it had their father concerned, and that was a big deal, seeing as they had never seen their father like that, ever.

"If you want I can tell you what it is once i find out," Kira offered.

Ronny narrowed her eyes,"What makes you think that you will find out what is going on and I won't?"

"I'm a power ranger, only something pertaining to power rangers will get them this round up," Kira pointed out.

"Just Because your a ranger does not make you Mom and Dad's favorite."

"You;re just jealous because I was chosen instead of you," Kira argued.

"And have to put up with your teammates, no thank you!"

"You know Ethan and Conner aren't that bad once you get to know them."

"What ever just keep them away from me during the field trip, I don't want to learn if their weirdness is contagious."

"What is that suppose to mean?" Kira demanded, folding her arms.

"Figure it out," Ronny snapped back, turning on her heels and stomping away.

Nick, who had been watching the whole thing, let out a low whistle, "Suddenly I'm glad I'm not in Dad's class, I don't want to spend the day on a bus with those two."

By the time that they had gotten to school half an hour later, Kira and Ronny still were mad at each other. Kira stomped into the room and slumped down in a seat next to Connor and Ethan, "You guys are so lucky that you don't have siblings close to your own age."

"I have a twin brother," Connor pointed out, "You just haven't met him because he's away at boarding school, he was accepted at Power Academy, which is on a private island off the coast of Florida, I don't know where exactly. I applied too, but I wasn't accepted, guess I wasn't smart enough."

Kira groaned, looking around to check to see if anyone was within ear shot, just Ronny, who was shooting her daggers, "The Island doesn't happen to be called Keeper Island, does it?"

"Yeah, that's it, how you know?"

"My aunt owns it," Kira admitted, as her father tried to get the students organized and on the bus.

Just then, Principal Randall appeared dressed as if she just escaped the set of some lame adventure movie.

Kira rushed over to her father, only to discover him talking to Principal Randall, who was leaning over too close and fluttering her eyelids a little to much for someone who was already married.

"Dad!" she called out, stressing the word out to warn the principal that she was treading on thin ice.

"Dad?" Principal Randall asked, raising an eyebrow, apparent;y she never heard that he had children.

"Kira is one of my older children," Tommy said, standing up, and dusting his pants off, "What's wrong?"

"Connor, Ethan and I found an egg, we need you to tell us what type of egg it is."

"I'll be right there," Tommy insisted, noting the shifty eyes that told him that Kira wasn't telling her the full truth. maybe he and his friends were good liars, maybe the only reason that their parents knew was because like he knew his children their parents knew them. They had found a zord egg.

A little ways away Ronny was wondering how she ended up in the same group as Cassidy and Devin.

"Devin," Cassidy hissed tugging on her best friends arm, "Does that seem weird to you?"

"We're suppose to be looking for fossils, not gossip."

"But Dr. O and Principal Randall are really hitting it off!" Cassidy hissed.

"I bet if they marry Principal Randall will calm down some and lighten up." Devin said.

Ronny looked at him in disbelief, "Dr. Oliver is married."

"How do you know that," Cassidy demanded, "He never talks about his personal life."

"He has a wedding ring."

"Maybe he and his wife aren't getting along?" Cassidy hissed, "That would explain why he is so withdrawn."

"That is not the problem," Ronny hissed, "Trust me, I've known him my whole life, he's marriage is fine."

That of course was when the Tyrannodrones attacked.

Ronny dropped down in a fighting position rolling her shoulders as she loosen up before landing a kick on one that got a little to close.

"How did you learn to fight like that?" Cassidy demanded.

"My father trains power rangers in his free time, gave me a few tippers." Ronny replied, completely true, while not giving away anything, as she punched another Tyrannodrone, away.

The next thing she knew Kira was pulling the creature away from her, "Don't worry sis, I got this."

"I can fight too you know," Ronny snapped, shoving Kira away.

"Well this is kind of my job, so..." Kira smirked, shoving back.

"Were did you learn to fight like that?" Principal Randall asked.

"Karate club," Connor said quickly.

The principal pulled Tommy to the side, "Does the school have a karate club."

"Of course, this is California isn't it?"

Just then there was a loud shout and a bundle of clothes and fists flew at their feet, Tommy's eyes twitched, flashing his eyes green, "Kira Elizabeth Ford-Oliver, Veronica Louise Robinson-Oliver, That's it, both of you are grounded, no concerts, no sporting events and no allowance!"

The two teenagers froze, "Kira started it, she seems to think because I'm not a power ranger that I can't defend myself."

Tommy rubbed his forehead, a headache forming, he'll need to up his medication, he couldn't cut any more stress out of his life at the moment? "We'll talk about it when we get home." He hefted the DinoZord egg up, "Come on, march."