Yep! I'm back again! I'm going to keep the ball rolling as much as I can though I might need a break after all these chapters. In the meantime, I'll keep going and bringing you more chapters. This chapter comes with a profanity warning and a reminder that this series is AU. I'm takin Andros' backstory a little differently and messing with some ranger lore.

Anyway, there's a lot in this chapter so strap in and take your time. I'll see you at the bottom.

The Manor

The Dining Room

Conner, Kira and Eric sitting around the table on with their laptops open and sharing a pizza between them.

These young adults were going ahead with their plan to give Kailen the best Halloween ever and were scouring their area of California for any pumpkin patches and kid friendly events. The trip to the costume shop was already a given, and with the Miscreants, more fun could be had.

"Hey, look at this one." Conner said as he turned the lap top around. "Spooky Acres Orchard and pumpkin patch. They're having their annual kid friendly harvest festival all this month. It's open from 5 to 9pm Friday through Monday, but their mom and pop country store is open everyday."

Eric looked up and typed in the web address and brought up the page. He scrolled down it and smiled. "They've got a petting zoo, face painting, a spooky hayride, kid friendly haunted house… and the price is reasonable." 10 bucks per kid and 15 per adult. For all that you get for the night, I'd happily pay for the tickets.

"I've heard of that place." Rocky said as he walked through the door. "They have the best apple orchard around; I'd love to get a bushel from them."

Conner clicked on the side bar and smiled. "They'll let people pick from the orchard for 20 bucks and you can take everything you can fit in the basket.

Rocky grinned at the idea. "I'm all for it, I might just accompany you for that part of the trip. I've always wanted to see if there was a difference between the farm fresh and what I get from the…" he trailed off as Trent stormed through the house and out the front door.

The four of them looked up as Trent hopped in his car and burned rubber out of the driveway.

"What the Hell is going on?" Conner asked as he pulled out his cellphone, hit Trent's number and then put it on speaker phone.

Trent didn't answer for a few seconds and then finally he answered.

Trent here.

"What's going on? You peeled out of here like a bat out of Hell!"

"That fucking bastard is making his move. Tommy and Kim think they're being stalked."

"Do you need us to join you?"

"No, Tommy and Kim are already there at the Flea market and thrift store. I'm going to end this right now."

"Just don't do anything stupid, we need you alive."

"Duh, Conner, I'm not going to kill him, but I'm going to end this threat to my son's life. I don't murder people, but I'm going to make him wish he was never born."

"Keep us in the loop." Kira ordered. "Whatever you need, we've got your back."

"Will do. Trent out."

The call ended and Conner looked up. "So, I'm guessing we may have to move plans up sooner than we thought."

"I know that tone of voice." Kira commented. "I haven't heard it since Trent was under the power of the white dino gem."

"It's the voice of an angry father; he's ready to open up Hell on this guy."

About an hour later

Trent came back even angrier than when he'd left. He. Was. Seething. His teammates were there with their computers in front of them, ready to help him however they could.

"What happened, Trent?" Kira asked as he sat down at the table.

"The donut muncher has a whore helping him out. She showed up with that vile piece of shit teacher Hatche to attack Katsume. She spewed out all kinds of lies for everyone to hear and she humiliated him. The police were called, and they were carted away to jail, but I won't be satisfied until I make sure there's no possible way he can hurt any kids ever again."

"We're with you, Trent." Conner said as he sat down at his own laptop. "What do you need?"

"Yeah, what's your game plan?" Ethan asked.

"Three plane tickets out of state. I need to get Katsume and his girlfriend to safety. She stayed with him the whole time and now she's part of this, I wouldn't put it past that bastard to use her to get to him."

"Ok, three first class plane tickets, what else do you need?" Conner answered as he typed in the request.

"A hotel in Portland, that's where I'm taking them. We'll regroup there and decide what we're going to do."

"Got it, what else?"

"Make sure that at least one of those rooms are accessible for Elisa. Tomorrow, when we've all had sleep, I'll need to reserve a vehicle to get us around the city."

"An accessible van?" Kira asked.

Trent nodded. "Yeah, if you can find one. Now I need to call Gabriella, let her know that Katsume won't be returning to school."

"Good idea, but then you need to go pack, we'll take care of the escape."

"Yeah, as soon as I call my dad and let him know I'll be using that expense account again."

"One thing at a time, Trent." Kira calmly reminded him. "Let's just work on getting you out of California first."

"Yeah, do that. I'm going to get packed."

It felt really good to be working as a team again. By the time Trent came back downstairs, the teenagers had come back and had hurried to pack their own bags.

That's when their next challenge presented itself. Meeting the grandparents.

~The living room~

Conner and Kira stood in the arch way watching everything. The scene was adorable.

"You can come closer, Kailen. I won't bite." Diesel said with a welcoming smile. I'm your grandpa."

Eric smiled down at his son. "It's okay, buddy. We've got this."

Kailen looked up at his dad nervously and asked a question in their alien dialect and Eric shook his head. "Use English, buddy. Your grandpa doesn't understand what you're saying. He just wants to say hi."

Kailen took a deep breath and walked hand in hand towards Diesel. Next to him walked Spirit. The husky pup was almost as big as Kailen now and the boy held his collar as he walked to the big scary guy that was beckoning him.

"Hello, Grandpa." Kailen said mustering up all his courage.

"Hi, Kailen. Your grandpa David told me all about you."

"He did?" Kailen said looking nervous.

Diesel nodded. "He told me that you really like drums, like the ones my friends were playing at the Pow Wow."

Kailen looked up at his dad and Eric nodded at him encouragingly. "I'm going to be with you guys both now and when we all leave for SeaWorld. Maybe I can have them come over for a day…let you play with them?"

That brought a grin to the little boy's face. "Really?"

The beaming grandfather nodded. "Yep. I'm the acting chief of the tribe till they find a replacement for me."

Eric breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his son was more relaxed in the old warrior's presence.

As they talked, he heard a sudden commotion at the door.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Rocky walk towards the door with Andros behind him.

In a muted voice, he heard the words 'FBI' and someone asking for Ambassador Andros. After some quiet conversation, Zane walked up behind and offered to go with them to straighten things out.

When they left Andros was shaking his head and saying something in his native language that Eric only understood parts of.

Eric gave a last look at his son who was pre-occupied and then walked into the kitchen.

"What's going on?" he asked. Conner and Kira had followed just behind him to the kitchen and were giving the former ambassador an amused look.

Andros looked up at him. "You remember when I told you I found a way to get that specialized equipment for you and Kailen?"

Eric nodded.

"Well, after getting fired from my diplomatic position, I had to find another way to get what we needed; I called up an old friend of mine. Her name is Carina and she's a smuggler. We were very close at the academy and she was the yellow ranger from my old team, a couple of years before I met Ashley. It's a long story for another day, but through some mutual friends, she was able to smuggle the equipment off KO-35 and get it here."

"Those men were FBI agents and they came for help because she's literally holding officers from AGPD bay with her powers along with her son AJ. They attempted to arrest for her for driving a car that was not road worthy and because she was speeding. She's really got no respect for authority."

She went all crazy on them when they tased her son. Zhane is handling things, but now I need to have a long talk with my kids. They're about to learn that they have a stepbrother they've never met."

"AJ's yours?" Conner asked.

Andros nodded. "I wasn't always this stoic. Back in the days before the war, I was pretty rowdy, though Carina had me beat by a mile at the time. We were the newest Ranger Team and fresh out of the academy when we were handed our biggest loss. We were only patrolling the outer area of the planet when our ship was taken out by the alliance of evil. Out of the 6 people on our team, only three of us survived. Zhane, myself and Carina. We crammed ourselves into the only escape pod that wasn't damaged and flew back home to a ruined planet. It was our first time seeing a decimated planet and the horror was too much for us. Her parents were killed in the initial attack and she came to me for comfort."

"We realized that there was no hope for us and while Zhane was checking on his parents who'd been hospitalized and Dad was busy trying to muster up a resistance, Carina and I treated that night like it was our last night on our planet. We had all kinds of fatty food and we both took in copious amounts of Pharamonius Seductionous and well…I think you can figure out what happened once we lost all our inhibitions."

Connor nodded. "Yeah, I think I can figure that out. Your son is proof of that."

Andros nodded. "That's the shortened version of what happened. All these years later, my past is coming back to me and they're bringing the special equipment with them."

"What special equipment would this be?" Kira asked.

"It's a pair of gauntlets that would give me telekinetic abilities like my son's. I wanted to be able to practice with Kailen in the mornings, and with this tech, I'll be able to do that."

Along with the gauntlets, I asked for translating gear to help bridge the gap with your grandparents. When I first came to earth, I had a hard time assimilating with the Terrans, I wish I'd had this kind of equipment back then. Kailen has really come along way in such a short time, this will just make the process easier."

"Cool!"

Andros nodded. "And now if you'll excuse me, I need to go break the news to my kids."

Later That Night

The Kitchen

With the kids in their bunkbeds for the night, the adults, mainly Conner, Kira, Eric, Diesel and Annabeth, could finally talk freely. They all sat at the dinner table with their various drinks and snacking on the left-over pizza and breadsticks from earlier that night. Rocky and Aisha had brought it home with them after returning from the airport.

"Kailen is a special boy, isn't he? He's not quite human." Diesel observed quietly.

Eric shook his head. "He's human…but with enhancements." When Diesel nodded in understanding, he continued. "People, like Andros and his kids are from a human space colony called KO-35. They're humanoid but have telekinetic powers and they all live in an advanced society. My son is part me and part them.

The woman who birthed him was the daughter of a scientist on another of their colonies. In trying to create a designer baby; she seduced me, thinking I was Connor and I slept with her. I didn't see her for almost three years after that and then she suddenly shows up with my son and was really pissed off at me for lying to her and pretending to be my twin. I guess she hoped that by sleeping with a power ranger, she'd get a baby with advanced powers…in Connor's case, super speed."

"I don't like to speak of this around Kailen, because of his complex; He was a broken little boy when she dropped him off, he was scared that I would abandon him because of his freakishness and wore himself out trying to be the perfect little boy. Kayla's done a wonderful job helping him to come out of his shell and he's loosened up a little bit more, especially when we went to Poseidon's Cove and then again when went to the Pow Wow.

"David mentioned that when I asked him how I could break the ice with Kailen."

Eric nodded. "He was just mesmerized by the drums, and I had to work harder at keeping him with me. He kept stopping to watch the dancers and the drummers. If we could have stayed the entire day watching them, he'd been perfectly happy to do so."

Diesel grinned at that. "He's going to be a good drummer one day. I wasn't kidding when I said I could bring some drummers around for a day to play with him. My tribe has been working hard to rebuild the houses after the attacks, a day to let loose and play around would be welcomed."

Eric smiled. "Then you have full license to spoil him. I really want him to have as much fun as he can handle."

"And what about you?" Annabeth asked. "Don't you get to have fun too?"

Eric deflated. "Honestly, I haven't thought about myself in the past couple of years. Sudden fatherhood really makes you grow up fast. All I've focused on was my training and providing for Kailen."

"Then we need to start there." Conner answered. "We're going to let loose and ride every ride, eat all we want." Then he pasued and looked at his wife. "Sorry, Rockstar…"

Kira tussled his hair. "Hey, I'm perfectly fine with you going crazy with your twin and the others. I made the choice to get pregnant. Once this baby is born, we can go back and have all the fun we want."

Conner couldn't resist stealing a kiss from his wife. "You're too good to me."

Annabeth then turned her attention to Kira. "It's no so bad having to sit out. I'm not much of a fan of roller coasters, we could just sit and talk and pig out on sweets and ice creams…and do lots of shopping!"

Kira grinned. "I could do with more shopping! Conner and I are doing an ocean theme for the nursery, going to SeaWorld is the perfect opportunity to find the right décor."

Diesel sighed dramatically; my poor credit card is going to need CPR by the time your done with it!"

Annabeth gave her husband 'the look' and then answered. "Right, and you're not planning to spoil all our grand kids rotten with plushies and Halloween candy."

Diesel busted out laughing. "Yes, Dear. I stand corrected."

Conner laughed and shook his head but said nothing.

"So, do you have any idea where we're you're going to take them this week?" Connor asked once he caught his breath.

"Haven't thought that far ahead. From that look on your face, I have a feeling you've been thinking it over."

Eric nodded. "Before everything happened today, we were looking around for some fun activites for Kailen to enjoy. He's never celebrated Halloween before or even worn a costume or gone begging for treats. I wanted to find something that he could enjoy before the big night. We found something and only just started searching for lodging nearby. I guess with everything that's happened, we'll need to go ahead cement those plans early."

The Next Morning

The Kitchen

A very sleepy Conner and Kira walked into the manor with their furry daughter by their side. The kitchen was full of wonderful smells, all of them breakfast related with Rocky at the stove and in his element. There were more people in the room than he expected. David, Shawnee, Raine, were there along with baby River who was happily playing in his car seat.

At the center of it all was Diesel who was being chattered at by both Kayla and Raine while Belle sat by her master's feet and Spirit sat by Kailen who was sneaking little pieces of sausages to him.

Athena and Apollo had officially taken over the yard and were busy running around the yard with Junior. Mama was sitting on the porch contentedly watching all the action. Beside her was her food bowl which was already half empty.

Suddenly Belle sat up on her hind legs and let out a loud barrooo!

Kayla looked down at her puppy. "What is it Belle?"

A minute later, Zhane and Andros walked into the room, the former looking weary and the latter with a face of irritation. In his hand was a case that was definitely not made from Earth materials.

Eric looked up them as they walked in. "Good Morning! Is everything okay?"

Andros nodded but Zhane said something in his native language that had Eric raising his brows and he answered back in a tone that made Zhane apologize, at least that's what Diesel assumed from the quick reply. All this was in a language that was impossible to understand.

Andros sighed and sat down at the end of the table, which was the only place that was clear of breakfast plates. "Don't ask me to translate what he just said. It was a rough night at the police station; those overzealous cops have watched Men in Black way too many times. If Carina and her son were scared to come here the first time, they're terrified now."

"Wait, they're scared to come to our planet?" Diesel asked.

Andros nodded. "Yeah, in Terran terms, Earth is one of the most dangerous places in the galaxy to visit. The other aliens think we're crazy to be staying here. Coming to Earth is about as dangerous for them as it would be for a bleeding human to jump into water infested by great white sharks. They're scared of you. Carina has always been the gutsy fearless space smuggler. Coming here was the bravest thing she's ever done, but after last night, neither her nor her son will be willingly showing up here again. From now on, should I need anything, I'll have to go out to orbit to meet up with her."

"All for us?" Eric asked.

Andros nodded. "For sake of our friendship and she has a soft spot for needy children."

"What's in the case then?" Diesel asked.

Andros opened up the case and inside were a set of high-tech looking gauntlets and a few other gadgets that reminded everyone of a Bluetooth.

Eric got up and walked over to the case and held out his hands as Andros put the gauntlets on both forearms and then tapped a button on the side. There was a soft buzzing and Eric flinched just a little bit and then looked up at Andros. "What was that?"

Andros wasn't the least bit worried looking. "It's scanning your brainwaves and neurological system so that it'll know who much power to put out." Another moment passed and then a quiet beep sounded, and Andros nodded. Okay, now you should be able to use the gauntlets.

The power to move objects is already in you since your species and mine are not so different, these gauntlets are designed to help you harness what you've already got. It's similar to the morphers that my teammates used, but without the connection to the morphing grid."

"How do I harness it?" Eric asked as he looked at his arms.

Andros smirked. "Be a Jedi. Those movies are actually pretty accurate, as far as harnessing powers of telekinesis. You're going to do the same." Saying this, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a plastic expandable ball and used his power to make it expand to the size of a beach ball. "Focus on this ball and I'm going to pass it to you. I'll go slowly this first time."

As everyone watched Andros made the ball float over to Eric who held out his hand. "Tell me when you have it."

A moment passed and then Eric nodded. "I have it."

Andros lowered his hands and laughed when the ball was still floating between the gauntlets.

"I think you've got it. Now send it back to me."

When Eric did as he asked. Kailen spoke up. "Next me! I want to play!"

Andros passed it back to Eric who then slowly passed it to his son. Kailen laughed infectiously and then so did Eric.

"That's really something!" Diesel commented. "I never thought I'd see something like that, not in my life time!"

Andros nodded. "I could have done more, if I hadn't been fired from my position."

"And what are those things?" Annabeth asked pointing to the earpieces.

"These are universal translators. I ordered these for you guys. Kailen has been speaking Kerovian his entire life. He's done really good learning English which is one of the most difficult earth languages to learn. But learning an alien dialect is just as challenging. I wanted to help bridge the gap between you guys, so I ordered these for you guys."

"These will allow us to understand any language?" Annabeth asked as Zhane took out the earpieces and handed them to the grandparents.

"Eventually. These are only calibrated for English and Kerovian. The more languages you come in contact with the more language options will be added. Rocky could probably help you add Spanish to the library, and so on. When I was ambassador, these came in handy when I visited all the different worlds I had to visit."

Diesel nodded. "Okay, so how do I use it?"

"Simple, you put it in your ear like you would a Bluetooth. Once it's switched on, I'll say something in my language, and you should hear it in English."

"Once they both put the tech in, Andros spoke a common phrase and Diesel grinned widely. "I understand you!"

While Kailen and their grandpa spoke, Kayla sat in her seat, looking worried. Did this mean that she was going to lose her place as Grandpa's favorite?

As if sensing her mood, Annabeth smiled and gathered her granddaughter into her lap. "I know that look, my little Princess. Your grandpa and I both have plenty of love to give. We just one more grandson to share it with. Now, why don't you guys get cleaned up, we're going to get your costumes today!

Diesel looked over at Kayla. "You're grandma's right. Now that we're here, the fun begins!"

Instantly, the worry melted away and excitement replaced it. Eric smiled at his son and then at Kayla. "You guys better go get cleaned up and dressed. We're going to have so much fun today!"

Kayla grinned and ran out of the room with Belle following on her short legs. A second later, Eric picked up his little boy and put him on his hip. "That goes for us too. You get your first costume today! You ready for this?"

Kailen grinned and nodded. "I wanna find the perfect one!"

Well then, we better get dressed too! He kissed his little boy's cheek and then looked over at Andros. "I really owe you for this. Thanks for everything!"

When they were gone, Diesel sighed happily and then looked at Andros who was helping David calibrate his own.

"These are wonderful. I feel like I connected already!"

"My pleasure, but for the time being, we need to keep this technology to ourselves." Andros cautioned. "These were illegally imported according to the Kerovian Government. No one can know that you have this tech."

"Are things really that bad on your home world?" David asked.

Andros nodded. "Yeah, my superiors believed that opening trade with Earth is a bad idea. They were willing to strip me of my title and then ban me from ever returning to make sure that doesn't' happen. Earth is my home planet now."

"That's pretty severe." Annabeth commented.

"Maybe, but I don't really care anymore." Andros replied. "I spent all these years living under their microscope, having to be someone I'm not. Now that they fired me, I have all the freedom in the world."

"So, what are you planning to do with all this freedom?" Shawnee asked.

I'm teaching my kids all about earth customs; Halloween is the first one on the list."

Conner grinned at Kira. "I think it's time to resurrect the HMS Tyrro-Rex from it's watery depths!"

Kira laughed at his words. "Hoist the sails and fly the flag!

David laughed "Drink up me hearties Yo ho!"

Whew! There was a lot in this chapter! I'm going to need a break after this chapter! LOL! So, feel free to leave some constructive criticism. I know there's not a lot of Conner and Kira romance here, but I promise to make up for soon. I know there's not a lot of pregnancy stuff happening in this part of the story, but really nothing huge happens until the second trimester.

Anyway, I guess that's it for this chapter! See you next chapter!