A/N: Here is the final chapter to "Kat's Daughter". I cant believe that I've finally finished it. I've done the best that I can on how to end this story and I hope that you guys like it. I know that you guys want an explanation as to how Astra got Derek onto Gruumm's ship after Kat left him there, thinking that he was dead, but for now, its how I wrote it.
"No, it's not. This morpher is special, just like the tracker I put in your necklace." said Kat, then tapped my nose gently.
"Does this mean what I think it means? If it is, then I accept. I know that it's a huge responsibility for me to take on, but I know that I can do it. I promise that I get hurt and I would protect you like you have done all these years." I said with a smile.
The look of being worried thinking that I was going to be hurt again turned to be the look of relief. Happy that I was taking my responsibility seriously, she couldn't help but just hugged me. "Good because I was thinking that you wouldn't take something like this. I'm glad you can do this and I know I'm going to be proud of you." said Kat and she left the room.
Not long after she left my room, I started asking myself if it was the real deal or just some kind of dream that I was having. Realizing that it was real, I went to the lab to get started on my homework. Before I even reached the doors, I had forgotten to ask the commander about my schedule for being homeschooled at the academy. I make my way around and ran to the command center to speak with the commander. I was half way to the command center when I heard the alarm going off.
When I had reached the command center, I walked over to my station and noticed that Astra was attacking the city with one of Gruumm's monsters. The rangers came in and noticed that I was fisting my right hand.
"Hey, don't worry Liv. When her day comes, she will understand the pain she caused." said Z as she placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder.
I nodded, knowing that it was the truth. My anger was quickly rising and sent the rangers out there, in hoping that they will capture her this time. Kat walked over to me, identifying that I would rather want to be out there helping the rangers than being stuck inside.
"I want to help them mom, but I don't know if I can do it." I said as I looked up at her, stressing myself out. Seeing that I was nervous about it, she reassured me.
"If it helps you with the way you're feeling, I'm nervous too. I'm also worried that every time we get a moments peace, he sends another monster." she said.
Before I could open my mouth to reply, Jack's voice suddenly came in on my morpher.
"Commander, we need some back up out here! I don't know how much we can take." said Jack. From what we could see, it looked like they weren't going to last very long. "I'm on my way, Jack. SPD, Emergency! Shadow ranger!" he said and went to go help the rangers, hoping that they would try to defeat Astra. When he left the command center, I started worrying about how this would finally end.
Then it came to me on why a new morpher was given to me in my room. Knowing what I must do, I looked at my mother and said, "Mom, I'm going out there. I figured out why you gave me this morpher. We both know that I have to do this because it's in my blood. Do you think you would be able to track me with my necklace once I use this morpher?"
She smiled and nodded, seeing that I was a spitting image of her. "I believe in you, my special child." she said, tucking some of my hair behind my left ear and kissed my head. I hugged her before I left and started running towards the rangers. When I arrived, both the rangers and the commander were on the ground. Astra noticed that I was standing there, watching in horror. "So good of you to join us you ungrateful little brat. Now you have two choices. Either join us or be destroyed by Gruumm." she said evilly.
I looked at the rangers and the commander, then back at Astra. "I am not an ungrateful BRAT! You think that I should help that weasel, that evil cockroach of a man conquer this planet when I can help those who care about me. I may have known you as a child but I was blessed with this power for a reason and I would rather be destroyed by Gruumm then destroying the rangers." I yelled.
I was ready to be who I was meant to be, even if I was scared deep down inside. I grabbed my morpher from my waist and said to myself, "I'm going to make you proud dad." I looked Astra again and stood my ground against her. Before she could start walking over to me, I yelled, "SPD Emergency!"
A bright purple light surrounded me and it gave me a new outfit. Once I was in my ranger suit, I suddenly felt more power than I ever had in my entire life, it was more power than my gifts alone.
"SPD Purple Ranger!"
The rangers turned around from the monster and saw what was going on. The rangers were stunned at what they were seeing. "I don't believe it. Is that who I think it is, commander?" asked Sky. Cruger didn't say anything to him and nodded, knowing the real reason that I was there. "Hey guys, I know that you're surprised to see me, but it's not pleasant to stare at someone." I said, turning to face them.
"It can't be! Six of them was bad enough and now there's another one!" said Broodwing, as he was getting angrier than ever that anyone has seen before. Astra looked at me in disgust, seeing that I was never going to help Gruumm. I took my stance, readying myself for her to attack me. "Krybots! Attack her!" she yelled and the Krybots started to attack. Before I could make my first move, my necklace started glowing and what came out was my first weapon. I was shocked as it materialized in front of me and I recognized it right away. I then aimed it at the closest Krybot towards me. "SPD Crossbow!"
Once I had pulled the trigger, the arrow replicated and went towards the Krybots, hitting them in their abdomen. I flew backwards after firing the first shot, my back landing on the ground. "Wow, this thing is really powerful. I knew that I should've taken up archery when I went to camp." I groaned as I looked down at the crossbow. Cruger ran over to me, with his hand stretched out to pull me up. Scared that I was going to attack him next, Broodwing flew off without a word to me. I turned to look at Astra and said, "It looks like you're on your own for this on Astra. I'm gonna have to take you in for custody." She glared at me, then summoned her own giant robot. I looked up at the huge machine in shock, I couldn't believe that I was so small compared to it. Before I could gather my thoughts about what I was going to do next, Cruger grabbed me from behind so the rangers could call for their zord vehicles.
"I've always wondered where the bad guys get those big things." I said to Cruger as he was pulling me away from the fight. "Trust me Cadet, you don't want to know that kind of information. Now let's get you back to the command center." he said to me. I nodded and acknowledging that this wasn't my fight. Just before I could seek shelter from the attack, I heard my morpher go off.
"Mom?" I asked into my morpher.
"Olivia. I just want you to know that I believe in you. Your father would be very proud of you, as am I." she said. I smiled under my helmet, knowing that she's right. "Hm…I wonder what other kind of weapons I have." I said to myself, hoping that my next weapon would be as powerful as the crossbow.
I pulled out a laser gun from my holster and aimed it at Astra. "What you did is unforgivable and you took what was dear to me. How could you do this to me, to my parents?" I asked.
"You worthless brat! I did this because everyone on our planet fawned over you. Even my family! Your father isn't dead as your mother thought he is. He's alive and locked up somewhere on Gruumm's ship." said Astra. I gasped at hearing this. Could it be true?
"You're lying. He died in my mother's arms when Gruumm invaded our home planet." I said to her. Astra starts laughing evilly and it just made me even more confused.
"Gruumm gave him something to make him appear to be dead before he exploded the planet." explained Astra.
"Why? What does he want with my father?" I asked.
"You know what Gruumm wants. If your mother ever wants to see her beloved husband again, you need to surrender yourself to him." said Astra.
"Don't do it, Olivia!" said Cruger as he and the rangers run towards me.
"I don't know what to do. Ahhh! I need to think about this." I said, grabbing my helmet. I stood there, thinking about what I should do. It didn't take long for me to make my decision. I turned to face Astra with my right hand behind my back. I crossed my fingers, hoping to let the commander and the rangers know that I would be lying to her.
"I'll go with you, Astra. As long as you're telling me the truth." I said, walking towards her.
"Good choice. Gruumm would be pleased to have you in his army." said Astra, impervious to what I was planning to do.
"I hope she knows what she's doing." said Z.
"I know exactly what she's going to do." said Cruger. Astra started jumping for joy just as I grabbed my morpher.
"You know something, Astra. There's something that I'm going to miss about being a ranger. Know what that is?" I said.
"What would that be?" she asked.
"Bringing in criminals like you. Judgement mode."
My morpher went forth between guilty and innocent. Astra started panicking, didn't know that I was going to bring her in. the judgement scanner landed on guilty. "Guilty. It's time you pay for your crimes." I said, closing my morpher.
"You'll pay for this." said Astra.
"Confinement!" I shouted, pressing a button and suddenly she was in a containment card. Everyone cheered and ran up to me, congratulating me. I didn't know what to expect next. Was Astra really telling me the truth about my father being alive? A hand was placed on my shoulder and I looked up at the commander. "Commander…" I started to say.
"If he is still alive and on Gruumm's ship, I promise you that he would come to you and Kat." said the commander and I gave him a smile.
"I just hope that Astra's information isn't wrong about him being there." I told him.
It's been a few months since I captured Astra and it took several more months to defeat Gruumm. During that time, I dealt with meeting both present day Sam and his counterpart from the future, the rangers fighting each other, S. . Training and A-Squad returning in order just to capture Cruger that I didn't have much time to start working on my personal projects. So there was an attempted recuse mission and we ended up being captured as well.
We were in a holding cell on Gruumm's ship when Piggy and another man, both disguised as Krybots, came to free us. "Thank you sir." I said to him and suddenly he hugged me.
"I can't believe you're here. He said th-that you and your mother perished when he destroyed the planet." said the Krybot. I was confused by this when the Krybot took off its helmet. Standing before me was my father. "I've seen pictures and videos of you. Mom couldn't believe it when Astra said that you…" I said and ran up to him.
"I know. You have grown into the beautiful young woman that I'd hope you be." my father said, placing his hand on my shoulder. He then looks up at Cruger and the rangers. "I know that you are wary of me rangers. But I do know a way to get out of here."
"How do we know if we can trust you?" asked Jack.
"Because I trust him." said Cruger and walks up to my father. "It's been a long time my friend. It's good to see you."
"I'm so confused and have so many questions." I said, looking between the both of them.
"They'll be time to ask them later, right now we need to get out of here." said Derek and he leads us out of there.
Several months later
So much has changed in S.P.D. We finally defeated Gruumm and his goons. Jack resigned and works for a non-profit organization, Cruger found his wife and Sky had finally become the red ranger like his dad. As for me, you're probably wondering what I'm up to. After Gruumm was in a containment card, my parents hugged each other after thinking that one had perished on our home planet.
I handed in my morpher and decided to go to the science academy like my parents. Mom was proud about it but dad however, not so much. He wanted me to continue bring a ranger but I talked him out of it. Dad started working at the academy with my mom in her lab and I found out that I'm becoming a big sister. I'm happy about it and I'm hoping that I get at least both a brother and a sister.