Author: BashfulC

Story: La Familia

Disclaimer: Don't own anyone except Olivia and the Wind rangers parents.

Time Frame: um....Cam has his powers but it's going to be kinda AU.

Pairings: Wouldn't you like to know....

Summary: What if Kelly, owner of Storm Chargers, was Kim's cousin who was kidnapped by Zedd all those years ago?

Notes: Hey everyone. I officially have the storyline panned out into chapters. I think this will become part of a fic series though. Hope you like!

Chapter Two

Later that evening, Kim, Kelly, and a small petite brunette came back to Storm Chargers. Kelly, standing in the front of the entrance hid a smile at Dustin, Hunter, and Blake's exhausted expressions.

"Well, well, well. I'm in shock. The shop's still standing." She said loudly. Hunter gave her a tired smile.

"I don't know how you do it. We had six people asking for help and only three sets of hands. Luckily, Shane stayed behind." Hunter told her. It was then the three ladies saw Shane, sprawled asleep on the couch. The little girl giggled, drawing Hunter's attention. He smiled down at the little girl who was clutching Kim's jean-clad leg. He kneeled so he was eye level with her.

"Hey you. You must be Olivia." She gave a shy smile and hid her face. Hunter laughed softly as Kim reached back and plucked her in front of her. Hunter glanced back at Shane. Holding a finger to his lips he beckoned to the sleeping ranger. He got up and walked over to him. Tapping his shoulder he bent down to his ear.

"Shane, Kapri's here for your date." He whispered loudly. Blake chocked on the water bottle he was sipping and Dustin patted his back attempting not to laugh. Shane mumbled something before twitching once and shooting straight up.

"Our what?!" he yelped, falling off the couch. Olivia giggled, Dustin, Hunter, and Blake laughed while Kim and Kelly exchanged bemused glances.

"Not funny, Hunter." Shane growled, picking himself up off the floor. His anger melted, however, at the little girl's giggles. Glancing at Hunter, who was holding her, he realized why he had done what he had. He rolled his eyes but smiled. Kelly walked over to the register, grabbed the money and heads to the couch to count. Kim followed as Olivia inspected the surfboards.

"Guys!" Tori was standing in the doorway to Storm Chargers. "Cam needs us."

Kelly smiled at the group. "Go on, I'll close up." They nodded and ran out, but not before Hunter teasingly bopped Olivia on the head.

"Hey!" she cried. He grinned at her as he ran out the door. Kelly chuckled. Kim raised an eyebrow.

"I take it that happens a lot?" she asked as Olivia went back to inspecting the kiddy surf boards. Kelly grinned.

"I'm this generations Ernie." She told the former ranger impishly. It took a few minutes for Kim to absorb the full meaning of her comment.

"You mean they're..." she trailed off. Kelly nodded.

"Yup, Shane's red, Tori is blue, Dustin is the first male yellow ranger that I know of, Hunter is dark red, Blake is dark blue, and Cam, the guy in the glasses from yesterday, is green." She rattled off. Kim shook her head.

"I feel sorry for them." she told her cousin. Kelly stopped and looked at her in surprise.

"I thought you loved being a ranger?!" she cried softly. Kim gave her a strange look before realizing what she said.

"I meant I feel sorry for Dustin and Tori. He's the first male yellow ranger of Earth and she's not only the first female blue ranger of Earth, she's the only girl on the team." She explained. Kelly nodded.

"That makes much more sense." She murmured. Kim smiled.

"Compared to us, who are they?" she asked curiously. Kelly put down the stack of bills she was counting.

"Hmmm. Lets see; Tori is really smart and level-headed. Not a complete genius like Billy, but logical like Trini. Cam, from what I hear is always coding. Don't know what that is exactly but it sounds technical so I'd have to say he's Billy. Shane's trying to be a good leader and not always succeeding. He's either Jason or Tommy." Kim grimaced.

"Most red rangers have a tendency to be a broody leader. I think has to do with the fact they feel they're responsible for everyone in the team. Which, in some cases, they are." Kim mentioned. Kelly nodded.

"Dustin is a bit of a goof, but one of those lovable goofs. Sometimes he acts like brunette blonde, you know, a complete airhead, but I know better. He' reminds me of Zack and Rocky. Blake is really laid back, has a rather noticeable crush on Tori, and has that quiet calm you tend to unconsciously fallback on. Reminds me of a male Trini or a louder Adam. As for Hunter, he has an Angel complex." Kelly smiled at Kim's laughter.

"Does he have a black duster that he whips around like Dracula during battle?" Kim asked jokingly. Kelly busted up laughing as a mental image of Hunter in his ranger uniform, but with a black Angel duster over it appeared in her mind.

"No, thank god. What I meant is he's dark, broody, and reminds me way too much of Tommy on a guilt trip." She clarified.

"Ahhh.' Kim nodded, remembering Tommy's many guilt trips after battles. Jason after Miranthius also came to her. She wrinkled her nose. Kelly smiled.

After her kidnapping episode in Jr.High, she'd figured out Kim's identity. Realizing they kept their identities a secret for a very good reason, she hadn't said anything. However, when Kim had taken her to lunch to explain she was moving to Florida to train, she had accidentally let it slip that she knew. Kim had taken her to the Command Center and she'd met "the friendly giant head in a water cooler" as Zack referred to Zordon. She'd swore never to tell a soul and she'd kept that promise.

Kelly knew that while in Florida, Tommy, Billy, Rocky, Kat, and Aisha hadn't wanted to worry Kim while she was training so they'd downplay battles in their letters, if they mentioned them at all. Adam, honest as always, and Kelly, were her only source for the bad battles. No matter how tough a monster was, Adam always told her the truth. If a battle looked bad from her point of view, Kelly mentioned it. Kelly also knew that after Kim sent her letter to Tommy, Adam and Billy were the only ones who continued to write her. Then, after Billy left for Aqualand (as Kim called it), Adam and Kelly became her only confidents. She didn't have many friends in Florida and even if she did, she couldn't mention that particular 'extracurricular activities.'

"Do they know you know?" Kim's voice brought her from her memories. Kelly gave her head a good shake.

"Nope. I don't watch the battle if they're on TV because I worry enough as it is. One time Shane limped in here after a battle and I had to leave the room before I made some smart-ass remark about the monsters needing to learn to play nice." She confided. Kim nodded her understanding. She'd had the same problem while in FLA. Getting Angel Grove networks added to her satellite hadn't been her smartest idea.

For the next hour they'd talked about their past, what Adam was up to ("He and Tanya broke up...He's working with Billy on Lone Wolf Technology."), and how hard it was to be knowledgeable ranger spectator. Once they were done setting the store up for the weekend rush they headed home.

At home, Kim set Olivia in her bed, dodging the various boxes. Once in her own room, she bit her lip at the boxes lined on the wall.

'Big day tomorrow." she muttered as she changed into a pair of women's boxers and a black muscle shirt she'd found at her apartment in Florida after Adam came for his surprise visit. Pulling back the covers of her bed, she was asleep before her head hit the pillow.

At Ninja Ops

"Dad they look dead tired. Why don't we get them in the guest rooms?" Cam asked his father.

Sensei nodded his furry head. "That is a good idea, my son. Please see them to the appropriate rooms while I finish my meditation." Cam nodded and looked down at the half-asleep group.

Hunter and Shane were sitting against the wall, there legs crossed. Blake had his head in Hunter's lap, and was facing Tori. Tori had her head in Shane's lap, was facing Blake, and Dustin was using her stomach as a pillow and Blake's knees as a foot stool. Hunter, Shane, and Dustin were snoring softly. Tori and Blake were smiling, there eyes half closed, half asleep. Cam gave a rare smile. They were indeed becoming a close knit group.

Knowing that there were two rooms available for the wind rangers in time of an emergency, he studied the group, trying to decide who to take first. Finally, he chose Dustin since he didn't have anyone on top of him, only under. Realizing how that sounded, he grimaced. He needed a girlfriend.

"Hey guys, Dad says you can stay here." He said loudly. He got two responses. Blake and Tori mumbled and Shane snorted. He shook his head. Bending down, he picked up Dustin, frowning at the weight. Ranger metabolism aside, he was way too light. He walked down the hallway leading to his, his father, Blake, and Hunter's living quarters. In front of a yellow and red door, he kicked it open. Inside was a set of bed bunks, like the ones in Hunter and Blake's room. Thanking his dad for insisting the yellow sheets and comforter were to be put on the top, he lifted Dustin over his head and placed him in the bunk. Stepping on the bottom bed, he quickly took Dustin's shoes, socks, unzipped his pants and slid them off him. Now in the ninja top and boxers he slid the ninja top off him. After struggling with the comforter and sheets he was able to gently tuck Dustin in. Stepping down, he checked his watch.

"I better call their parents before I get the others in bed." he muttered. He walked out of the room and over to the phone. Looking up Dustin's home number, he dialed.

"Hello?" a woman's voice answered after the third ring. He sat down.

"Mrs. Brooks?" he asked calmly. He could hear her breath catch over the connection.

"Yes?" he nearly smacked his head at her tremble. He took a deep breath.

"Yeah, this is Cam, Dustin's friend." he told her.

"Is he okay?" she asked. Cam grimaced.

"Yes he is. He's just asleep. Here at my place." He explained hoping the fact her son was fine would calm her down. He didn't do well with hysterical females. He heard her sigh over the phone.

"He is? Alright. I can come pick him up." she offered. He grimaced again.

"Actually, I live outside of town, in the woods to be exact. I'd take a while for you to get here." Not to mention I don't have the traditional house. He added in his head.

"Oh. Well, I won't mind..."she trailed off. He sighed.

"Ma'am, it's Friday and both my younger brothers and Shane and Tori fell asleep watching a movie too. I was thinking he could just stay over and come home tomorrow morning." He offered, hoping she'd accept.

"Dustin hasn't mentioned you before." The sudden change of topic caught him off guard and he had to scramble for an answer.

"I know him through my younger brothers, Hunter and Blake. They met him on the track and they've had him over a couple times." He explained knowing that the Wind Rangers parents didn't know they were secret ninjas.

"Oh, Hunter and Blake. Charming boys. They never mentioned a brother and I thought they said both there parents died many years ago." she sounded puzzled.

"My father took them in after there legal Guardian, ah, moved away. They didn't want to leave California. I've been at college for the last couple of years." He explained. He could hear the phone switch to her other ear.

"How old are you?" she asked. He sat down.

"27 ma'am."

"What college did you go to?"

"UCLA."

"Major?"

"Uh, computer software design and I minored in technological engineering."

"You're into computers?"

"Yes, Ma'am."

"You live with just your father, Hunter, and Blake?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Girlfriend?"

"No ma'am."

"What does your father do?"

"He owned his own martial arts school. Now he's semi- retired."

"Do you do martial arts?"

"I've studied it a bit."

"You live with a Sensei for a father and you've never seriously studied martial arts?"

"My mother came from a long line of Samurais. My father is a ninja. They couldn't decide which for me to study. So I only studied it a bit." This was a half truth.

"I see. Do you have a job?"

"Not at this time. I've been helping my father around the house."

"Do you drive?"

"Since I was sixteen."

"Do you drink?"

"No, ma'am."

"Do drugs?"

"No ma'am."

"Have you had sex?" At that question, he looked at the phone.

"Ma'am? I still have to call Shane and Tori's parents." She chuckled.

"Okay, I get the point. Not my business. Still, you answered more questions than any other friend of Dustin's. He can stay." Cam shook his head.

"Thank you, ma'am." She laughed again.

"You're welcome. Tell Dustin I said he has to be home by noon." He nodded.

"Yes, ma'am." He heard her sigh.

"If only the rest of Dustin's friends could be that polite. Still you may rub off on them." she sounded so hopeful.

"I try." He told her honestly. She laughed again.

"Okay, well, goodnight."

"Good night." They hung up. Glancing again at his watch, he could only hope that Shane and Tori's parents weren't so inquisitive. He dialed Shane's house.

"Hello?" a gruff voice answered. He took a deep breath.

"Hi Mr. Clarke, this is Cam, Hunter and Blake's older brother? Shane was over at our place and fell asleep. My father has offered to put them him, Dustin, and Tori up for the night. Is that okay?" he asked, quickly.

"Who are Hunter and Blake?" the man asked. Cam made a fist.

"Hunter and Blake work with Dustin at Storm Chargers. Shane met them through him." He explained.

"Oh, the motocross riders. Okay, tell him he has my permission to stay over but I want him home by noon." Shane's father told him.

"Thank you, sir. I'll tell him. Good night." Cam told him.

"Good night." They hung up and Cam dialed Tori's house.

"Hello, Hanson residence. And no, not the singers." A woman's cheerful voice answered. He smiled slightly.

"Hi, this is Cam, Hunter and Blake's older brother. Tori fell asleep while she, my brothers, Dustin and Shane were watching a movie. I don't feel like waking them up, they look too sweet. We have two extra guest rooms. Shane and Dustin are going to sleep in one and Tori will have another." He explained.

"Okay, I trust Tori as well as Shane and Dustin. Besides, Tori speaks very highly of you. Let her know she has to be home by noon." She instructed. Cam, slightly reeling from the fact Tori spoke highly of him to her parents, nodded.

"Yes, ma'am. I'll let her know." he promised.

"Okay, then, goodnight."

"Good night." He replied, hanging up. He shook his head and headed to the training room. It was empty.

"What the..."

"Don't worry bro, I got you covered. Shane is in the bottom bunk, Blake and Hunter are in their room." Cam twirled around. Cyber Cam had gone and changed his clothes into green boxers and a green muscle shirt. He rolled his eyes at the legs.

"Very funny, Cyber. I do not have hairy legs." He frowned as the thick hair on his cyber clones legs disappeared. Shaking his head, he walked out of the room. Checking the rooms, he was surprised to see they were all in the right rooms and Tori was still in her ninja uniform, minutes the sneakers and socks.

Over his shoulder he called out, "Thank you Cyber."

Once in his own room, he stripped out of his own ninja uniform and into some boxers. Setting his glasses on the bedside table, he crawled into bed.

"Sometimes I really hate being the oldest." he murmured. As his eyes closed, he smiled. His mom was laughing.

In the hallway, Sensei smiled at his son's peaceful expression. He too could her Miko's laughter on the wind. He went his room, moving the rolling house to the Ninja Ops main room. Twirling on the mat he called a bed, he lay down.

Cam was becoming something of an older brother to all the Ninja's, not just Hunter and Blake. He knew it was a little hard for him to nearly ten years older than the other rangers. What Cam needed, Sensei decided as he fell asleep, was someone his own age. Someone a bit more mature. Someone Cam could talk to. A female someone. Sensei smiled as he heard Miko's gentle murmur on the wind.

"Silly old man. Let him forge his own destiny. No meddling." Sensei sighed.

"You know best, Miko." He murmured as he fell asleep.

The Astral Plane

Miko's spirit smiled as she gazed at the sleeping occupants of Ninja Ops. through the looking glass. With a touch of her hand, the water rippled and smoothed into the image of the sleeping child and her mother across town.

"It will all work out, Kanoi. Just let destiny run its course." The man standing next to her smiled as he watched the former pink ranger.

"She is so lonely Miko. I never would have thought..." he trailed off unhappily. Miko nodded understandingly.

"I know. I feel the same way about Cam. I have to pray they'll be fine." He sighed.

"I hope so, Miko. I hope so."

Authors Notes: Anyone want to guess who the man is?

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