The final part of the Western Arch. It has nothing to do with ranger business, but it does provide some important plot twists that are very crucial for future chapters. Also, I have one question. For the Ninja Powers saga, does anyone want me to write out the Power Rangers Movie, with Ivan Ooze? Now, if you decide that I should, I'm still going to write the Ninja Quest episodes as they are also important. I just want to know if you want to see that.
I don't own Power Rangers! I do own Kaleb and his family and all of the family that is never mentioned (Kim's Dad).
Kaleb's PoV
After this whole fiasco with Kim getting trapped in the past, I had to cut this reunion short. It was seven thirty in the evening, and I'm supposed to be home no later than eight, as I have to watch Sofia and the twins. Rosa has to work and Ant, Maya and Mom were going to go out together for dinner. I never minded when I had to watch the kids. I mean, the last time I was left alone with them a giant camera monster attacked me and dislocated my shoulder, but times have changed. I got powers now.
Anyway, I teleported back to my house, landing in the yard, looking around to see if anyone saw me. When I noticed that the coast was clear, I walked into my house, closing the door quietly. I really didn't need Maya or someone teasing me about my date. I'm so glad that Rosa was at work and that the twins and Sofia didn't understand how dating worked yet.
But, like everyone other than me in my family, my older brother came sliding down the rail on the stairs, jumping off landing in front of me. "Hey there, squirt." He greeted, rubbing my hair. I couldn't really yell at him, considering he's family, but I gave him a nasty glare. He ignored it and continued speaking, "How was your date with this Rocky guy?" He asked, nudging my arm with his elbow.
Why must people always butt into my social life? It was my business, not anyone elses.
"It was fun. Not going in detail, as it's none of your business, but I had a great time." I told him. It was enough for me not to reveal anything specific about the date itself, but I let him know that I had fun. I just hated how nosy my family could get. It was really annoying.
Ant sighed, "Well, fine, don't tell me about it. I'm just trying to be supportive of you." He told me, walking away, heading towards the living room.
I walked after him, sighing as well, "I know, I just don't think it's anyone's business other than myself and him. If it ever becomes serious, I'll be sure to tell you all about it." I told him. Ant laughed, nodding, "Okay, I can live with that."
Looking around, I decided to test the waters with a question I had ever since Kim told us about our old ancestors. "Ant, I have a question." I told him, quietly. I didn't want Mom to hear, as it was about her.
He looked to me, "Yeah?"
"Does Mom have any siblings? Or did Dad?" I asked.
Ant thought for a minute, "You know, before you were born, I remember something about a sister of dad's visiting Connecticut from a town close to Angel Grove. I think it was Stone Canyon or something like that." He told me. "Why?"
I just shrugged, "Just curious. Did this sister bring a family?"
Ant nodded, "Yeah, she brought her husband, who was of Korean descent, and their baby. I can only remember their son's name though, not the sister or her husband." He answered.
I raised an eyebrow, "What was his name?"
He thought for a bit, before speaking, "I think it was Adam. I'm not 100% positive, but that's what I think it was. Is there something going on?"
I shook my head, "Not sure yet. Do you remember their last name?"
He frowned, thinking. "No, not that I can think of."
I sighed, hoping that this was a good guess. So far all of the evidence was pointing towards it, so if he says yes, it's a fact. "Was it Park?" I asked.
Ant's face lit up, "Yeah! How'd you know?"
I just sat there, falling into the couch, looking in front of me in disbelief. Adam was my cousin, and I didn't even know. The first friend I made in Angel Grove, turned out to be my dad's sister's kid. That meant, that Mom knew about this. That must be the reason that she was so happy when I first told her about Adam.
"Hello? Kaleb? Are you in there!?" I heard Ant call for me. I shook my head, before looking to him, "What?"
"How'd you know that the last name was Park?" He asked me.
I just sighed, "One of my friends. His name is Adam Park." I said simply.
Ant's eyes widened, "You're kidding! Really?" He asked, shocked.
I nodded, "Yeah," I had to think of some lie that would convince him on how I knew, "His mother told me that I looked like her brother did once, and then she got all upset at mentioning him." I told him. "I just thought I'd ask to see if it was a possibility that they lived here." I explained to him my reasoning, or should I say my fake reasoning, as I have not yet even met most of my friends' parents.
Weird right? I've been here for close to four to five months, yet I have not yet met my teammates' families.
Ant nodded, "Well, I can bring it up tonight at dinner. Mom says she's bringing a date with her though, so lets see how this turns out." He joked. I laughed a bit too, because it's been a long while since Mom actually saw anyone other than my father.
"When is he getting here?" I asked.
There was a knock on the door, and I raised an eyebrow, looking at my hands, "I will use this power for good!" I shouted up to the ceiling.
Antonio just shook his head, laughing, "You're the weirdest brother I could ever have."
I pouted, "Hey! Tyler obsesses over the Power Rangers, and that isn't weird?" I asked.
Ant got up to answer the door, "No, it isn't. Those guys are pretty damn cool!" He said, reaching the door. Mom came downstairs, looking rather nice. I guess she hasn't lost her touch. I heard a little girl crying, making me smile. Maya was walking down the stairs also, with Sofia in her arms. I stayed in the living room, just so I was out of the way.
Ant opened the door, and Mom spoke, "Ah, Ryan! Come in." She said, hugging the man first, then turning to her family. "This is my oldest son, Antonio, his fiance Maya, and their daughter Sofia." She introduced them.
They all shook hands, and Mom looked and saw me in the living room, "And over there is my third oldest child, Kaleb. My two youngest are twins and they are upstairs, and my second oldest is working late tonight." She told the man known as Ryan. Why was that name so familiar?
Ryan smiled, waving at me, before gesturing to someone behind him, "Well, I brought my daughter to meet you, and I was hoping that her and Kaleb would meet, because they are around the same age." He said.
Oh boy, here comes the most obvious cliche ever. It's going to be her, isn't it?
The girl poked her head around the side of the door, smiling, "Hey Kaleb! Didn't we just see each other, like ten minutes ago?" She asked.
I rolled my eyes, "Kim, really? You couldn't let your dad introduce you? I was waiting for the suspenseful entrance!" I whined to her.
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever Drama King, you're just mad because I'm going to be staying with you the entire night to bug you about Rocky." She said.
Ryan and Mom looked confused, as they walked over to the side of Kim. I turned so I was sitting sideways on the couch and looking over the back. Mom spoke, "Kaleb, you know her already?"
I rolled my eyes, "Mom, I told you about her. She was one of the people that Adam introduced me to at the Youth Center." I explained to her.
Mom laughed, "Oh yeah, my mistake. I guess I forgot about that."
Ryan however, looked to his daughter, "You have said nothing about this to me. You could've warned me." He complained.
Kim winked at him, "But that would spoil the fun, wouldn't it?" She asked, before hopping over the couch and sitting next to me.
I rolled my eyes, before getting up, "Excuse me for a minute." I then proceeded over to Maya, who was gesturing me to come over to her. I raised an eyebrow, and she shook Sofia in her arms, making me laugh. Wow, she just called me over so I could take her child? Talk about lazy.
I grabbed the little girl out of her arms and smiled at her, "Hey, princess. How are you today?" I asked.
She sniffed, "Mama and Papa leaving me home. They no love me." She whined, about to start crying again. I raised an eyebrow at Maya and Ant, and they both sighed. Ant spoke up, "Ever since she was born, we haven't had a night out, so this is new to her." He explained.
I nodded, before turning back to my niece, "Aww, come here then. I still love you." I told her, kissing her cheek.
Sofia giggled, before hugging me around my neck. I walked away from the family as I went back to Kim. "Hey, Sofia, this is my friend, Kim. Say hi." I told her.
The little girl in my lap just buried her head deeper into my chest, shaking it. She was always a shy little girl. I looked to Kim and she just smiled. This was her first time meeting my family, and my niece that I talked about a lot to my friends.
Mom turned to us, "Well, I guess we can go then. We'll be back whenever. There's money on the table, just incase you want to order something. You could also cook, but knowing you Kaleb, you'd burn the house down so…." She trailed off.
I glared at her, "Mom!"
She just smirked, "Don't make me tell the story about the time you succeeded in burning water." She said, before holding a hand to her mouth, faking a shocked expression, "Oops." She said flatly.
Kim started cracking up at that, making me switch my glare to her. Mom then chose that moment to quickly gather everyone and leave. I went to turn to her but she just closed the door after leaving. I sighed, looking back at Sofia, who was still hugging me. I tried pulling her away, but to no avail, "Princess, please. You're hurting me." I told her.
She quickly lifted her head, looking at me with shocked eyes and let go of my neck, sitting down on my lap. I rubbed my neck, it being a little sore. That girl had an iron grip.
She quickly made herself busy, getting off of my lap and going to the floor where I just noticed she had a bunch of princess coloring books and crayons. When did she get those?
I just shook my head, laughing. Kim looked at me, "What's so funny?"
I looked to her, "Nothing, just this whole day. Too much action."
Kim hit my shoulder, "Don't tell me you had too much action. You're not the one who was swept back in time and had to fight a bunch of Putties, Goldar, Needlenose and deal with being in the middle of a love triangle between Adam's ancestor and Tommy's ancestor." She told me, glaring playfully at me.
I rolled my eyes, "Not the type of action I meant, but okay. I was talking about all the drama."
She gave me a confused look, tilting her head, "What do you mean?"
I smiled, "Me and Adam are really cousins, my mom is dating your dad, Rocky and I are together and you and Tommy are together, or at least I believe you are, after he kissed you." I told her, smirking at the last thing.
Kim blushed, "Shut up. You know Rocky would've done the same thing if you were trapped in time." She told me.
Sofia looked back at us, "Twapped in time?" She asked, looking at Kim.
I gave Kim a warning look, as she was only mentioning things that happened relating to us being rangers. Sofia was young, but she was very smart, so anything you say, she'll take seriously.
Kim smiled, "It was a game we were playing Sofia. I was trapped in time and Kaleb and our other friends had to save me."
Sofia grinned, "Like pwetend?" She asked, hoping Kim would say yes. That girl loved playing pretend games, so if Kim actually said yes, then she would be in trouble.
Unfortunately, I didn't have telepathic powers, so I was stuck just watching in amusement as Kim nodded. Sofia giggled and stood up running over to her, grabbing Kim's hand and pulling. Kim looked to me, but I was pretending not to even be paying attention, looking at my communicator as if it were a watch. I saw, out of the corner of my eye, Sofia drag Kim up the stairs and off to her room probably. Oh well, that's my family for you. Crazy, energetic, bubbly and just plain nuts.
I just felt sort of bad. The thing with Kim almost revealing she was a Power Ranger to Sofia got me thinking. Sure, she was a little girl, but she was family. I wish that I could just tell my family, so that I don't have to keep secrets from them. I'm putting my life in danger every single day by fighting these monsters. In almost every fight so far, I've gotten injured in some way. Granted, so did the other rangers, but I was focusing on my family.
Why'd Zordon want us to keep it a secret from our families anyway? I mean, wouldn't they like to know that their children are actually superheroes, saving the planet from evil? I wasn't going to doubt Zordon's ability as a leader, but really, what was his deal? We're teenagers, meaning we have other stresses, like grades, school, social stature, all that stuff. We don't need this giant burden placed on only our shoulders.
I guess that's just the price that we have to pay in order to save the world, which was a sweet deal in itself. How many people can say they've been a Power Ranger? Okay, how many people who are actually alive today? Exactly, only ten people. I count Trina, Zane and Justin too, as they were former rangers. At least, I think those were their names. Yeah, I think so. They were the former Yellow, Black and Red Rangers. (I know that their names are Trini, Zack and Jason, but Kaleb never met them, so he doesn't exactly know their names by heart)
I was glad I was the replacement for the Evil Green Ranger, and that his powers now reside with me. The dangerous DragonZord was now asleep for all eternity, so we can sleep easy knowing that. But now, with the added power that I gained from the Dragon Coin, Rita and Zedd will want me to join their side even more than before. It wouldn't happen though, at least, not willingly or if I was planning something, like destroying evil from the inside.
But, lets face it, that type of plan would never work with Rita and Zedd. They are way too paranoid about destroying us that they probably have Goldar as a personal body guard.
Silly villains, trying to destroy the world. Good will always win, no matter how bad the odds are against us. At least, that's what I learned from the movies.
So, the ending to that chapter was a little boring, but it was just Kaleb reminiscing over his opinions over the past couple of months being a Power Ranger. And, now that I re-read over all of my former chapters, I feel like I've made Kaleb a bit of a Gary Stu character. I don't know if he is, but I would love all of your opinions. So along with my movie question at the start of this chapter, please answer me if Kaleb is a boring Gary Stu.
Review and Read on!
Next time: It's the Season 2 Finale! Rocky is still scared that people might judge him for being with a guy, so with only the rangers, Zordon, Alpha and Kaleb's family knowing, they date in secret, away from prying eyes. A statue that is the complete replica of Billy is transformed into a clone of Billy by Goldar and the real Billy is captured. The rangers must find out why Billy is acting so weird all of sudden, and save the real Billy before its too late. Also, a very important life changing event happens with Rocky, and it isn't so pretty.
