Author: BashfulC
Story: La Familia
Disclaimer: Don't own anyone except Olivia and the Wind ranger's 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 have sorta changed how I was originally going to have it. Instead of being simply a MMPR/PRNS fic, it's going to have pretty much every ranger up to PRNS. I will rewrite this the original way I wrote it, but uh....yeah. Hope you like!
A Month Later
Storm Chargers
"Okay, that was Jason. He has work tomorrow at six in the morning so he can't come. He did send her present in the mail though. It's at home as we speak." Kelly told Kim. The two of them were at Storm Chargers discussing Olivia's fifth birthday party which would take place that afternoon on the beach. Olivia had already had one party at the house with her new gymnastics and day care friends and was at that moment with Tori at the skate park to watch Shane practice.
"Damn. Eddie and Janice called me. There was a huge pile up on the highway outside of Angel Grove. Eddie has to oversee the investigation and Janice has her hands full with the victims at the hospital. Sam and David have some government problems with the reservation and they have to go to LA to sort it out. Tommy's still trying to peice together his house and can't come unless I want his house to cave in. I called my brother and he, Becca, and Tyler can't come either. So, it's only going to be us two since you have to work." Kim blew air through her teeth.
"That sucks. I am sorry about not being there. Olivia was really looking forward to seeing Tommy and Jason, wasn't she?" Kelly asked sympathetically. Kim nodded.
"Tommy wasn't there for her fourth birthday either but of course that was because his island explode andtheyrefused to let him leave the hospital until they were sure he was okay. Damn! We went and bought all that food. What the heck are we going to do with a dozen steaks?" she asked.
"Olivia's birthday is today?" Hunter asked, setting a box down on the ground. Kim shook her head.
"No, it was Thursday. We had a friend's only party on Friday after classes and today was going to be the family party. But no family can come." She explained. Hunter frowned as Blake and Dustin gathered around the two women.
"What about us? I mean, she calls us Uncles. We'll come." He offered. Kelly tilted her head.
"I suppose I can do without the three of you for a few hours." She admitted. Kim smiled.
"Do either of you know how to cook a steak on a fire pit?" she asked. Hunter frowned.
"Not really, but I know someone who does." He told her. Blake grinned.
"Cam?" he asked. Hunter nodded. Kim smiled.
"You guys just want the steaks." She teased. Hunter grinned at her. Kelly rolled her eyes.
In the past month, Kim had become firmly encased in her new life. She taught her classes, went home, cooked dinner and prepared little play dates for Olivia and her new friends, Erin and Jason Collins, fraternal twins who lived next door. There father was Wes Collins and their mother, Jen. Neither of them realized who Kim was, or that she knew who they were. Kelly knew from Kim, who knew from Jason who knew from Tommy, that Jen had found out she was pregnant when she got back to the year 3000. The Time Force officials, after three years of arguing, finally agreed to let Jen come and live in 2003 with Wes. By that time, the kids were three years old. Jen was allowed to keep her morpher and she had been "on call"as Wes liked to view it. Most of the time she was a homemaker which was, Kim knew, starting to annoy her greatly. Kim had been planning on blackmailing Jen into getting her gymnastics coaching liscense so she could work at Collins with her. Kelly came out of her little reverie to hear the tale end of Kim and Hunter's conversation.
"I and Blake will get Cam, Tori and Dustin can get Shane, and we'll meet you and Olivia at the beach." Hunter told her. She nodded. Kelly smiled. Going back into the stockroom, she came out with a long, wide box, wrapped in pink metallic paper. Seeing it, Kim groaned.
"You didn't!" she accused her grinning cousin. Kelly smiled.
"Auntie Kelly, what's that?" Olivia asked as she walked in with Tori. She smiled down at her.
"It's your birthday gift." She told her. Olivia's eyes lit up. Tori shot Blake a look and he pulled her aside to explain the situation. She nodded.
"Can I open it?" she asked, jumping up and down. Kelly nodded.
"Since I can't be at the party today, yeah, open it now." she told her. Olivia grinned and began ripping off the paper. Once over she tore the top off.
"Oooh. It's pretty! And it has my name!" Olivia exclaimed. Inside the box was a small kid surf board in white and pink strips with a picture of a cartoon girl (who looked suspiciously like Olivia) in the center and Olivia in flowing black script across the top. Kim eyed the thing.
"I hope you do realize that I couldn't surf if my life depended on it, right?" she asked Kelly. Tori smiled.
"Don't worry, I can teach her if you want." She offered. Kim smiled at her. Olivia hugged Kelly, then turned around and hugged Tori. Laughing, Tori hugged her back. Kim gathered the paper and placed it in the box.
"C'mon, Olive Oil, we need to go home and get ready for the party." she told her daughter. Olivia smiled.
"Bye Auntie Kelly I'll see you later. Thank you for the surf board." She hugged Kelly and then proceeded to hug Tori, Dustin, Blake, and Hunter. Just as Kim and Olivia were walking out the door, Shane walked in. He eyed the board Olivia had insisted on carrying to the car.
"Uncle Shane! Look what Auntie Kelly gave me for my birthday!" she showed off her new board. Shane smiled and obediently oohed and aahed. Kim went to the car and got everything in. She walked back over to the duo.
"Honey, we need to go and get ready for the party. Let's put your new board in the car." She instructed. Olivia nodded. She gave her mother the board and hugged Shane.
"You'll be at my party, won't you?" she asked. Shane opened his mouth but Dustin, who had been watching the trio, broke in.
"Don't worry little Dudette, he'll be there." He promised. Olivia giggled and hugged him again.
"Olivia! Come on!" Kim called. Olivia ran over to her mother. The two got in the car. From there spot in front of Storm Chargers, they saw Olivia chattering with Kim as they drove away. Shane frowned at him.
"Why did you tell her that? We weren't invited." He scolded him. Dustin held up his hands.
"Yeah we were. You're coming with Shane. We promised Olivia all six of us would be there." He told him firmly. Tori backed him up.
"He's right. Besides, Olivia adores you. She kept exclaiming over your skateboarding tricks." She told him with a smile. He gave them a small smile and nodded. He wasn't happy but the deed was done. At least he'd have another chance to ask Kim some questions.
Ninja Ops
"And why on earth did you say I would come?" Cam asked, studying the screen. If he were to look behind him, he would have seen Hunter and Blake exchanged looks.
"Look Cam, we need someone to cook the steaks. We also thought that since it's for Olivia, you wouldn't mind." Blake told him truthfully. He looked up.
"Steaks? Olivia? How on earth did that happen?" he asked. Steaks weren't something e expected a five year old girl would want. Hunter grinned.
"Kim asked Olivia what she wanted and she said she wanted Uncle Jason's steaks. Kim knew the seasoning he used and thought he would be coming. She says she'll season them if you'll cook them." Hunter explained. Cam raised an eyebrow. Finally, Sensei broke in.
"Cam, I think it would be good for you to get out of Ops. Go." he commanded, leaving no room for argument. Cam sighed but nodded. He stood up.
"Do either of you have presents?" he asked. Hunter and Blake shook their heads. He sighed again.
"Alright, let's go. Bye dad." Cam told them.
"By Sensei." Blake and Hunter chorused as they followed Cam out the door. Sensei smiled and moved towards the training room.
Toys R Us
"Excuse me, ma'am? We're looking for three birthday presents for a five year old girl." Cam asked one of the employees. She smiled.
"Alright, well, what's she into?" she asked. Cam looked to Hunter and Blake.
"Barbies, surfing, gymnastics, motocross, and skateboarding." Hunter rattled off. Cam gave Hunter a look but didn't say anything since Blake was nodding. The woman smiled.
"How about gymnastics Barbie?" she asked, plucking the doll off the shelf. Cam nodded, taking it and looked over at the Bradley brothers who shrugged.
"How about one of those pink ranger dolls with the zords? Olivia loves the pink rangers. I saw her room once when I went over to drop off some stuff. It has three different posters of pink rangers and a bedspread with a picture of a pink ranger in the center. Her sheets and pillow have little zords too." Hunter told Blake. Cam raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't know they had bedspreads with pictures of the rangers on them." he mentioned. Hunter shrugged.
"Olivia said her Grandma Oliver made it for her." he told them. Blake and Hunter, both nodding, went over a couple aisles while Cam said thank you to the woman and walked over to pay for the Barbie doll. The brothers finally found what they were looking for. Ignoring the action figures of him and the team, Blake went over to the pink rangers. He looked up to Hunter for help. Hunter scanned the dolls before he found the right one.
It was a mega pack. In it were every pink ranger with there respective Zords and weapons. According to the box, a poster, a page of stickers, and little collectors informational cards were also included. Each card had the full title of the pink ranger, their respective teammates, their weapons and Zords, and some had the biographical info of the civilian. There were only four like that, the Pink Space Ranger, the Pink Lightspeed Rescue Ranger, and the two Pink Galaxy Rangers.
Hunter checked the price. $39.95. The brothers grinned at each other and walked over to the cashier Cam was waiting by. He had already purchased the gymnastics Barbie, plus some pink wrapping paper. Blake, seeing pink ranger wrapping paper and a complicated bow shaped like the original pink rangers helmet, grabbed them. Cam shook his head as the cashier smiled.
"Can I ask who the lucky little girl is?" she asked as Blake and Hunter grabbed the two bags.
"Our niece." Hunter replied. She nodded knowingly.
"Well, she has some very sweet uncles." She told them as they walked out. They went to Cam's car and, knowing they didn't have a lot of time, started wrapping the two presents then and there. They got some interesting looks but most peoples seemed to understand. Once the presents were wrapped, they took off to the beach.
Above Earth: Lothor's Ship
"Well? Make your report!" Lothor ordered the two girls. Marah and Kapri bit there lips and then grinned.
"Well, Uncle, the girl, according to what we've seen, is the Thunder rangers and the yellow ranger's boss' cousin. The little girl is her daughter. The rangers seem to adore the girl. The little girl's birthday party is today." Kapri told him. Marah stepped into front of her sister.
"Well, I was watching her and I heard her talking to Kelly. That's her cousin. She used to be a ranger." She reported triumphantly. Lothor, who had been watching a fly, snapped his head towards her. Noticing she had the attention of everyone in the room, she faltered a bit.
"She, she use to be the pink ranger. In the beginning. She gave up, uh, her power to fulfill her dream of gymnastics. She caught the attention of Lord Zedd, when he was still evil and single. He tried to marry her. Do you think she's pretty?" She pushed an oversized picture of Kimberly up into his face. Lothor grimaced but took the picture. Kapri was glowering. She hadn't gotten anything nearly that juicy. Lothor studied the picture before slowly grinning. Marah and Kapri gave small shudders.
"Zurgane! Go down to earth and bring me this woman. And if possible, the little brat as well. It'd be nice to have a real woman onboard." He started laughing as Zurgane took off.
The Beach
"Hey!" Kimberly looked up as Hunter, Blake, and Cam walked down the beach. She, seeing the pink ranger wrapping, nearly groaned. This was just what she needed, Olivia getting more pink ranger stuff.
Shaking her head, she walked back to the folding table and chairs Shane and Dustin had set up. There was a cake, a dozen steaks seasoned and waiting to be cooked, and chips, corn on the cobs, and Olivia's favorite macaroni salad. Another table held a bunch of mismatched boxes and that was where Kim instructed them to put the gifts there. Near the shore, Cam saw Shane and Dustin in waist length water and two surfboards with Olivia and Tori on them. He turned back to Kim as Hunter and Blake were banished to help Shane, Dustin, and Tori.
"Okay, you just want me to cook the steaks?" he asked as he checked the steaks.
Kim nodded. "Yup! I called Jason and he said after they're seasoned you just cook them like normal. 'Course, he completely forgot that I can, and have, burned soup." Cam chuckled.
"No problem. Let me just set up the barbeque and we'll have some steaks in a few." He told her as he began piling on the charcoal. Kim smiled.
"Thank you, Cam." She told him and kissed his cheek. She headed over to the chips and began arranging them.
Cam continued to set up the barbecue, not giving any outwards reaction to the kiss and his racing thoughts.
That was…okay, not going to go there Cam.
"Can you hand me the steaks?" He asked, catching her eye. He accepted the steaks and ignored the electric shock when there fingers touched. Turning back, he began to arrange the steaks. Kim, realizing she couldn't arrange the chips, corn, and salad anymore than they already were, eyed the group laughing in the water. She looked over at the green clad genius figure. He was concentrating on the steaks.
"Cam? Do you think you can handle the steaks? I want to go and help them teach Olivia. And maybe get a few pointers myself." She joked lightly. She saw him nod his head.
"Sure. Have fun." She bit back a sigh and went over to her backpack. Kelly was right, he really was a loner. Slipping off her sandals, she shimmied out of her shorts and threw off her tank top. She took off her watch, necklace, and bracelet before heading towards the water.
Cam watched her out of the corner of his eye, eyeing her lithe body. For a mother, she was very skinny. Remembering her position as a gymnastics coach, he realized she had to keep up her body. She was wearing pink female swimming shorts and a string bikini top. Her stomach was fairly flat, her legs, though a little pale, were muscular and smooth. He sighed. He really needed a girlfriend.
"Right Hunter?" Blake asked. Turning to his brother and trying not to get pulled under, he saw his brother watching Cam and Kim with a thoughtful expression.
"Do you think he likes her?" Hunter asked Blake. Blake frowned. Studying the two, he saw Cam working at the barbeque and Kim taking off her shorts and tank top. They seemed to be ignoring each other.
"I don't know bro. They, uh, don't really know each other." he told him. Hunter frowned, his thoughts racing with ideas.
"Yeah, but she kissed him." Hunter murmured thoughtfully. Dustin started laughing. Hunter gave him a look.
"Sorry, dude, but Kim kisses all her guy friends. Yesterday she kissed me on the cheek when she was leaving the store. A couple days ago she kissed you when she left the store and before that she kissed Blake. The only one she doesn't kiss on the cheek is Shane because he tends to be a bit standoffish." He pointed out. Hunter frowned even deeper.
"So she see's Cam as a friend." He sighed. Blake patted his back and Dustin shook his head.
"Dude, don't tell me you're going to try and play matchmaker are you? Cause, no offence, but I know Cam and I can guarantee he would not appreciate you messing around in his life." he warned them. Blake and Hunter stared at him. He actually sounded logical. Dustin gave them a funny look.
"What?"
"Hey! Leave me alone!" The three startled rangers looked up and saw a dozen Kelzacks attacking Kim. They glanced at each other before heading towards them. Out of the corner of his eye, Blake saw Tori grab Olivia and swim down the coast and away from the fight and Shane struggling to get to shore.
At Kim's yelp, Cam turned around, the steaks forgotten. He rushed over and kicked his way to her side. She was crouched in a fighting position with her back to his. Cam saw the other four male rangers rushing but no sign of Tori or Olivia. As the group fought, Cam found he could easily tell what Kim was going to do before she did it and was therefore able to set up the Kelzacks. He grabbed a Kelzack just as Kim did and they smacked there heads together. The Kelzacks slumped unconscious just as a yelp was heard from behind a couple rocks.
"Help Tori, we'll take care of these clowns." Shane instructed Cam and Kim. The two rushed over the rocks and found two dozen Kelzacks attacking Tori. Zurgane was struggling with Olivia who was using every move she remembered from Jason and Tommy's teaching. Judging by his grunts, Zurgane wasn't fairing well. Out of the corner of her eyes, Kim saw the figures of Wes and Jen hurrying down the hill. Seeing Cam and Kim, Zurgane laughed.
"I have what I came for." With that, he disappeared, taking Olivia with him and leaving the Kelzacks. Cam, angry at the kidnapping of a young child, jumped into the fray. Kim, however, slumped to the ground in disbelief. Shane, Hunter, Dustin, and Blake rushed into the fight. Wes and Jen ran faster.
Suddenly, everyone stopped as a bright light enveloped the small petite figure. Shane, shielding his eyes, saw a small bird rushing through the Kelzacks, disintegrating them. Squinting, he saw Kim surrounded by purple and pink light. When the light faded, he shook his head in disbelief. Kim was wearing a purple outfit similar to the uniforms he'd seen the legendary Ninjette masters wear while they were studying Ninja History. The gold emblem on her chest was the bird that had rushed at the Kelzacks. The beach was silent, but for the labored breathing of the rangers, the sobs from Kim, and the thump thump of Wes and Jen rushing to Kim's side. The Kelzacks were ashes in the wind.
"Kimberly!" Jen, who had grown rather close to the older woman, hit her knees in front of her. Wes, who felt like an older brother to the petite gymnast, knelt down as Jen wrapped her arms around Kim.
"Kim...?" he asked in disbelief. Kim, sobbing, moved herself out of Jen's embrace.
The light returned and to anyone watching, it was like glass shattering as Kim returned to her bikini. She slumped down, unconscious. Before anyone could blink, Wes was cradling her prone form in his arms. Dustin and Blake exchanged glances as Shane and Hunter walked over. Wes looked up.
"We'll take care of this." Wes told him firmly. Shane frowned. Jen looked them over, gave a small smile, and placed a hand on Wes' arm.
"Wes, look at their left wrists." She nodded to the group. Glancing at the morphers, his eyes snapped with anger.
"Why the hell didn't you guys morph?" He demanded angrily. Shane eyes hardened.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." He said. Wes snorted.
"Your clothes and morphers are a dead give away." He pointed out. Jen, rolling her eyes, stood up. Moving away from the group and making sure no one else was around, quickly morphed and then powered down.
"Wes and I are Time Force Rangers. Kim's our next door neighbor. Whatever happened with her, we're going to help." Jen was using her leader voice and Shane reluctantly nodded. Cam stepped forward.
"Give her to me. I'll take her back to Ninja Ops while you guys take them. Dustin and Tori can clean up so our stuff doesn't disappear. Again." He instructed them. Shane nodded in agreement. Wes and Jen looked at each other. Jen smiled softly and Wes nodded. He stood up and handed the petite woman to the man in green. Cam nodded to the group. Holding her close, he streaked away. Wes and Jen hid their shock well as Dustin and Tori quickly went to pack up. Hunter grabbed Wes while Blake grabbed Jen. The two brothers streaked towards the portal, Shane following close behind.
Response to the Reviews
Wow! The response to this fic is amazing. I'm just so overwhelmed. Anywho, thanks go out to CamFan4Ever, rembrandt, Alana Xavier1, Silver Rider, always krissy, Silver-Psycho, krys, Kendra, and not gonna say, thanks so much for your reviews! Now some had questions or made comments that struck my eye,my answers/responses are below.
Talia's Rolan: Thanks for the heads up. I'll fix that eventually.
Fantasy of Wonder: I like Jason/Kim as well but like I've said before, no Kim romance in this fic, possibly the sequel. I can and will tell you this, any Jason/Kim in this fic is going to be purely platonic. Sorry. :(
Manders1953: I will update LWP eventually, right now I'm focusing on La Familia and Family Secrets, which I really have to update. And yes, Adam will arrive, next chappy in fact!
Hope everyone has had a happy holidays and a good start to the new year! My resolution was to update all my series by the end of May. We'll see how that goes.