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A/N: Kendrix Morgan… what exactly happened to her after she sacrificed herself? This is my interpretation of it.
Chapter 9- Kendrix's Kingdom
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Palm's Casino and Hotel
Mia, Tanya, V, Katie, Lily, and Z made their way up to the suite. Once inside, they were greeted by Kim, Aisha, Ashley, Jen, Taylor, Trini, Kendrix, Kat, and Summer. The three former Mighty Morphin rangers, one former Turbo/Space, one former Wild Force, a former Galaxy, a former Mighty Morphin/Zeo/Turbo, and a former RPM ranger had just got back from shopping.
Tanya looked at all of the bags. "Did you guys buy the whole mall?"
"Nope." Jen answered.
"Kim did." Kat teased.
Kim was drinking a beer. "Hey, they had some good sales." She tried to defend herself.
"I don't know how your husband deals with the credit card bills." Summer giggled.
"Easy, she hides the statements from him." Trini disclosed. Kim glared at her. "I love you too sis."
"We should get some rest before we head out tonight." Taylor suggested. The women nodded.
"I can't wait to experience the night life in Vegas." Mia excitedly said.
"You will love it." Aisha told her. "After keeping up with Mrs. Shopaholic," Her attention turned to Kim. "I need to give my feet a rest before I place them in some high heels."
"Oh come on, Kim's not that bad." Ashley said.
"Thank you, Ashley." Kim acknowledged.
Kendrix rolled her eyes. "Compared to who?" They all looked at her. "Paris Hilton." She smirked at Kim. The Crane Ninjetti rolled her eyes.
Katie smiled. "You must have gotten that from Leo."
They all went to their separate quarters. Kendrix was on her bed. She took out a photo album. It was one that she always brought with her. When these trips occurred, she always got a little homesick. Being a mother of three, a dutiful wife, and an Advanced Microbiology Professor, it's a crazy life, but it was her life.
(Flashback)
Science. That one word defined my life up until I died. I'll explain why. By the age of three, I understood how temperature affected the rate of transpiration. See, when a flower, a white carnation for example, is placed in a cup of water with blue food coloring, the rate of which the water will travel through the stem will be affected by the weather condition.
For instance, if I placed the cup of water with blue food coloring and the flower in the refrigerator, the cold environment won't color the petals of the carnation because that type of setting can halt transpiration. So, after three days, the flower will look the same. It would be similar to Alyssa's power suit. From that conclusion, if another cup of blue dyed water with a white carnation was placed on a counter top at room temperature, the flower, after three days, will turn to the color of Tori's power suit, light blue. The room tempature of usually 72 degrees, will help the water travel throughout the base of the stem. Furthermore, if we did the same process, but placed the flower outside in direct sunlight, then the flower would start to transpire quickly, and it would be the color of Kai's power suit, blue.
All of that, I understood by the age of three. See, I wasn't as smart as maybe, Dr. K, Gemma, or maybe even Rose and Billy. From what I understood, Rose could understand Morse code by the age of four. I still don't get that crap. Anyways, I was only very smart in one category, Science. By the age of 5, I memorized the Periodic Table of Elements.
Element number one, H, is for hydrogen. It has the atomic weight of 1. Then there is Element number 12, Mg, Magnesium, don't get it confused with number, 25, Mn, for Manganese. Anyways, Magnesium's atomic weight is 24. B is for Boron, AU is for Gold, not Alternate Universe, Zn is for Zinc, Xe is for Xenon, and so on. Noble Gases are the last column of the Periodic Table, and they always have 8 valence electrons. You should remember that from Chemistry class, right?
As I got older, I became more advanced in science. Basically, I would enter science fairs, and I got first or second place in all of them. I even made it to the nationals, and I traveled to Washington DC. Because of that science pretty much became my life.
I never had time to date, go to the prom, or have fun, I pretty much stayed to myself. I always played everything by the book. Everything I did, I always came at it with an analytical personality. I was chosen to be a part of the GSA, Galactic Space Alliance, and I was a science officer. There, I met Kai. We quickly became friends. After I met Kai, I met Mike Corbett.
I noticed both of them had an attraction to me, but I didn't know how to handle that. As an adolescent, I was really awkward. Once puberty struck, I didn't understand why I had boobs, or why I needed to have a menstrual cycle. So when I had two guys after me, I did the natural thing girls did. I did a 'Pros & Cons' list. Ugh, I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I didn't have any girlfriends, my sister was overseas in Korea because she was in the army. My mother was in England visiting her parents. I wasn't going to ask my Dad. Guys- was a complete foreign subject to me. So, I denied both of them.
That didn't deter them from having feelings for me. Once I met Leo, I suddenly realized what to do. The love at first sight thing happens a lot for ranger women. Anyways, I had no clue that Mike had a younger brother. So when I found that out, I was um, yeah shocked but a little happy that I had a conversation starter with Leo.
After pulling a Galaxy saber, I had no clue what I gotten myself into. First of all, I'm science geek who wears glasses, how the hell Billy, Original Blue, fought foot soldiers with glasses was puzzling. On top of that, once I morphed, my glasses flew to God who knows where. Second, I'm a science geek who can't even catch a big, rounded ball. Seriously, if a ball came right at me I couldn't catch it. Then I would be the most uncoordinated girl and kick the damn thing away from me while trying to get it. So, how could I knock out Sting Wingers? Third, I'm a science geek who would've preferred to stay behind the scenes. You know, I could've been a technical advisor instead. Maybe I wouldn't have died. I'm winking at you, by the way. Fourth, could I really handle being a ranger after seeing what happened to Mike? When he fell through the abyss, I couldn't believe it. He had faith in Leo though, but I had known Mike for a few years, and it would be really hard going through these adventures without him. I have the utmost respect for him, and I consider him like an older brother.
Maya and I became very close. It was nice to have another woman to deal with the testosterone filled men. Kai likes routine, and he has a certain way of dealing with things. He's extremely smart in math and science. The thing I disliked about him was, he was often rude to Leo. We know Leo was a stowaway, but without his help, Mirinoi would've been destroyed. Even Commander Stanton had faith in Leo to be an officer after a few days. Next, Damon is pretty witty. His smart mouth could get him into a lot of trouble. Not to mention his smart mouth was pretty annoying. I felt he was like a little brother type. Like the one that would raid his sister's room to find her diary so he could find out juicy details. Wait that did happen, that's how he found out about me liking Leo. Leo… I have to smile every time I hear his name. Coincidently, Leo means lion in Latin, which could possibly explain why the Lion Galactabeast felt most connected to him. Of course Leo had to speak to Lion with his heart. The only thing that got annoying about Leo was when him and Damon would spar. Their grunts and karate yells, plus the bets they had would make before they sparred made them more intense. Maya will tell you how she really felt about that. What is up with the Power Ranger men and sparring? I really should give a piece of my mind to Jason, Zack and Tommy, since they are the ones who started it.
I adjusted to being a ranger, and then I started to develop feelings for Leo. When he fell for Ginger, I really didn't like it.
I walked to where Damon, Maya, Kai, and Mike were. "Where's Leo?"
"He's on a date with Ginger." Damon excitedly informed. Maya smacked his arm. "Ow!" He rubbed it. "Are female rangers abusive?"
Kai was disgusted. "I don't know what she sees in him."
"Have you seen her?" Maya asked. She didn't know what she looked like, and she was being nosy.
"I know I did." There was a gleam in Mike's eye. Damon and Kai's heads nodded up and down in joy. "She's so… so… hot!" The guys high fived each other.
"Date?" I finally repeated after I found my voice. They all nodded. I thought Leo liked me, I don't understand why he would be out with another girl. "Who is she?"
"Why, are you jealous?" Mike asked. Maya smacked his arm. "Ow!"
I smirked. "No, I am not jealous, I'm just curious as to who our fellow teammate is dating." They all looked at me. "I mean, I don't want her to be a distraction to him." They all looked at me. "What?" I got frustrated. "What does she look like anyway?" I needed to get out of the spotlight.
"She's Asian. I believe she's Chinese, full lips, dark hair, nice body, gorgeous skin, a great smile, and very athletic." Kai eagerly described. The spotlight then went to Kai. i screamed 'Thank Goodness' in my head. Our friends' jaws were dropped at his vivid description. "Well, I mean, that's what I saw from where I was standing."
"And where were you standing? Right in front of her?" I retorted.
Leo walked in. There was a smile on his face. "What's up?" He sat down with us.
"How did it go with Ginger?" His older brother asked. I just sat there listening to everything. From what he said, it seemed like things were going well. I admit I was jealous and hurt. However, I guess it had to happen.
My toughest opponent when I was a ranger was definitely Psycho Pink. When the battle with the Psycho Rangers happened, it was scary. I've read archives from KO-35, and the Space Rangers had their rough patches while trying to defeat these menaces. Ashley and Cassie told me they're morale was at a low point when they fought with the Pyscho Rangers.
When the Psycho Rangers had captured us, it was up to Leo and Mike to save Kai, Maya, Damon and I. Of course I had faith in him. We were saved, by the Corbett brothers and Andros. Then, the reinforcements came. The Space Rangers minus Zhane aided us in our battle. The Power of 10, no 11, we can't forget Mike, made the battle a lot less grueling.
After the battle, we got more acquainted with our predecessors. They had told us about their past battles, what they were doing now, and about Zordon's Original 12. I was in awe about the legacy Zordon had upheld, and I hoped I was carrying it well. There is a sixth member, Zhane, but he couldn't be a part of this mission because his Astro Morpher landed on the planet of Onyx. Karone and him were trying to retrieve it. Cassie and TJ make a really cute couple. She's quick to get on his case. I love that he listens to her. Leo, Cassie, TJ, and I were trying to find Ashley and Andros. From what Cassie, Carlos, and TJ told me they were very much in love, but had some problems. We all walked in on them kissing. TJ interrupted them, and Cassie quickly got on his case about it. I had to laugh. Then Ashley asked me a question.
"Are you related to Carolyn Pickets?" She asked me.
My teammates and I looked at her. "Um, no, why?" I replied.
"You look a lot like her." Cassie interrupted. She had the same thought process as Ashley.
"Maybe that's why I had to stand in for her once she got injured." I added.
They screamed and wanted to know about the time I acted for her. Their enthusiasm was kind of teen like. I giggled.
While we spent time with the Space Rangers, I would take random glances at the Red Galaxy ranger. Leo smiled at me. I think it was confirmation that things between him and Ginger weren't going to work out, and maybe it was our time. That gave me hope. My hypothesis was wrong... at first.
Psycho Pink is really... psycho. When she took the Savage Sword, Cassie and I went after her. That fight was very harsh, strenuous, and challenging. The powerful blow Cassie suffered was bad enough, but when her morpher was destroyed, Cassie became too weak to go on. Her life force was being extracted. That kept fueling the Savage Sword, and I needed to stop it. Every time I walked through the tornado of energy, I was whacked with a powerful swipe. It was excruciating, and I could feel my skin burning through my power suit. It was hit after hit, and I felt a hand guiding me through the energy. Cassie wanted me to stop, but I didn't and couldn't. I did my job, and I broke the Savage Sword. My body gave out on me, and I left all of my friends. At least I saved Cassie, and I got to say my goodbye. I took one last look at Leo, and I left. On purpose, my sword was sent to Onyx. Karone's destiny was to become a Power Ranger. She'll explain that to you.
After I died, I arrived to a beautiful planet. Everything was so fresh, alive, and there was no pollution. I was amazed. It reminded me of Mirinoi, but it didn't seem to be inhabited by monsters, and no one looked frozen. A figure approached me. "Kendrix, welcome to the Kingdom." He said.
"Kingdom?" I repeated. He nodded. "Who are you?"
"You've continued my legacy well." He informed. I gasped. He nodded. "How?"
"The Kingdom is a wonderful place. Fallen rangers and allies live here." He told me. "All of your friends are in good hands, and they will be waiting for you when you go back."
"When I go back?" He nodded. "I thought I'm deceased though."
"You are, but you aren't meant to be gone forever."
"What, huh, how? That's not physically possible. The way death works is you die, either by another person, an illness, or because someone chooses to end their life. That's it, then the person is kaput, done, gone, bye-bye."
"Don't be so analytical. If that were true then how could you be talking to me? How could I be in this figure, remember I used to be a floating head."
He made sense. "So, wait does that mean the inhabitants of here can come back to life?" He shook his head. "Then certain people can come back to life?" I asked, and he nodded.
"Sometimes people leave her to help the rangers." He informed.
I looked at my wrist. I still had the morpher. "Oh my God, I have the morpher still!" I panicked.
"Do not worry. You already have a successor. You will help her. I have a feeling Trakeena will try to overthrow her somehow."
"What do I do until then and after?"
"Enjoy your rest, your body did take a beating." He looked at me. I finally took a look at my body. I gasped. All over my body were cuts, scrapes, and burn marks. He knew the question I wanted to ask. "The Kingdom can heal the body physically and cleanse the mind mentally." I nodded. "Oh and by the way, Leo and Ginger would've never worked out. When you get back, both of you will realize your feelings." He floated away.
In the Kingdom, I spent my time being carefree. I didn't need to find the mole of an atom, by the way the unit is usually expressed by 6.02 x 10 to the 23rd power, which is really Avogadro's number. Just to let you know.
Back to the point, I stayed on the Kingdom. It's really a distant plant called, Eris. It's named after Zordon's daughter, who I met. I've met his wife, Alessandra, as well. I did some gardening, spent time with the Phantom Ranger, Alpha 4, and Dimitria. You're probably wondering what happened to Dimitria… have you not thought of the reason for her demise yourself? Sorry, after talking to her, you kind of pick up on her lingo. Unfortunately, after she tried to flee back to Inquiris, Bounty Hunters from Titan killed her. Now, I understood why no one ever liked that Goldilocks Monkey Bitch.
Zordon instructed me it's time to pass the powers to Karone. I floated away to Mirinoi. My spirit helped to save Karone from falling off the cliff. Is it me or did those cliffs look like something Kelsey wouldn't mind climbing? Karone had completed her part of the power transfer by obtaining the Pink Wildcat Quasar Saber, and I completed my part by handing her the Galaxy Transmorpher. I'm guessing this was a dream come true for her to be a ranger. I went back to the Kingdom. The former Mentor to the Original 12 brightly smiled at me for helping to complete Karone's destiny.
I loved helping people that's what it means to be a Power Ranger. One day, the Phantom Ranger and I had a talk. Something, or someone, was on his mind, and he wanted to make things right. This feeling stemmed from abruptly leaving after the Countdown to Destruction.
"Kendrix, can I talk to you?" Phantom Ranger asked.
I got up from the gardening I was doing. "Yes."
He paced for a bit. "How is Cassie doing?"
"Um, she's fine." I was a little taken aback by his question. "Why do you ask?"
"I'm sure you only talked to her for a little bit, but did she tell you about me?"
"No." I honestly answered. His body expression changed.
"Is she with TJ?" He contritely asked. I nodded. "I really did care for her a lot, but I was never meant to stay on Earth. Can you tell her she's always in my thoughts?"
"Did you really fall in love with her?"
He demorphed. The Phantom Ranger is Japanese, he has black spiky hair and skin color like Kai, the eye color like Mike, he's slightly built like Damon, and of course he has the sweet personality that reminded me of Leo. I wondered if the Phantom Ranger always looked like that or if he's just able to embody aspects of the male rangers of a certain team. If that was the case, what would he look like when it came to the Space Rangers? "Yes I did." He informed. "I liked her naivety, and I knew she would grow into a beautiful woman. She was so caring, and I loved that about her. Is she happy?" I nodded. He smiled at me, and then he walked away.
I stood there for a moment. When I got back, I needed to talk to Cassie.
The final battle for my team was coming. Zordon, Dimitria, and Alessandra could feel it. They informed me that I would be leaving soon. There was so much ahead for me in my life, and it was time I accomplished them. Sadness took over me because I loved the Kingdom. I felt bad for leaving, but according to them, my time wasn't up. I had an obligation to my team, so I went back. Zordon had some parting words for me, and he wanted me to tell the previous rangers. I agreed.
Karone placed the Galaxy Saber into the holder. Leo could feel my presence, and he was the first person I could make out. I rematerialized, and I walked towards my friends. Obviously they were shocked. I hugged them all. Later that night, I told them my story. They were amazed. Zhane flew in on his galaxy glider, and Karone said her final goodbyes. She promised to keep in touch. They left for KO-35.
After that, everyone went to bed. Leo and I stayed up and walked around Mirinoi.
"That's really amazing." He said.
I giggled. "It shouldn't be, I mean think about it, the same thing kind of happened to Mike."
He thought about it. "You are right about that one."
"I missed you." I confessed.
"I missed you too." He admitted as he leaned in. I leaned in too. For the first time, we kissed. It was my first kiss, and I wondered if I was good at it. After we parted, he didn't look upset.
"Um, that was my first-"
"Kiss?" He finished for me. I nodded. He smiled. "It's okay." We kissed again. I pulled away and punched his arm. "Ow!"
"That's what you get." I smirked. He got confused. "Why the hell would you battle Trakeena by yourself?" There was definitely a change in me. I had no fear.
Things were fairly normal after that. All of us were living on Mirinoi, and I was still helping at the Galactic Space Alliance. After his time as a ranger, Leo started going to school. He didn't tell me what his major was, and I was curious as to why. Our love was definitely blossoming, and I couldn't believe I found who I was really meant to be with. Maya and I are still close, Kai, Damon, and Mike are still my best guy friends. Everything felt right.
Then, Leo pulled the Red Galaxy Saber to battle against these random foot soldiers, not Sting Wingers, but Ghouls, and a villain named, Triskull. I didn't find out about this until after Leo had left for Earth.
"Where's Leo?" I asked Mike.
He got nervous. "Um. You know, he's just talking to his Lion Galactabeast."
"Really?" I found that odd. His Galactabeast always had a set schedule. Up by 6, breakfast by 7, nap by 10, lunch at 12, run and play around, by 7 it was time for dinner, and finally sleep would be at 10. I looked at my watch. "It's 10:17 am. I believe Lion is sleeping."
"Oh, um he's taking a ride on the Shark Galactabeast then."
"The Shark Galactabeast went back to the planet of Mercury." I informed.
"He's taking a ride on Damon's Condor?" I wasn't convinced. "He had a race with Maya and her Wolf, so he took your Wildcat Galactabeast..." He wondered if I would beleive that.
Damon ran up to me. "We gotta go."
"Go where?" I looked at him.
I could hear Mike doing something with his arms. I speculated he was trying to tell Damon not to say anything. Damon got confused.
"Leo, Kai, and Maya are on Earth." The former Green Ranger revealed.
"WHAT!" I yelled. My scream ignited my nature powers. The wind blew Damon and Mike back. What was my boyfriend doing on Earth? Second, since when did Kai and Maya run off? Third, how? "Shit!" Mike and Damon looked at each other. "Yes, I can use expletives. Let's go!"
"I'll stay here just in case." Mike informed.
Damon and I arrived in Mariner Bay and just in time. We met up with our team, and we teamed up with Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue to defeat Trakeena. Poor girl, she's always mutated into something freaky. The Galactabeasts followed us to Mariner Bay. We combined our Megazords and defeated Trakeena. I thought Heather was so cute. Not to mention, she was really brave after the ordeal she went through.
We were about to leave, but Joel ended up hitting on us. Leo's face was priceless, and Joel almost pissed in his pants. Leo ended up giving Joel a stern face, and the Green Lightspeed Rescue ranger felt the daggers being bored into his eyes. I wondered how Ms. Fairweather felt about that. From what I heard, Joel was in a courtship with Ms. Fairweather.
That was also the first time I had met Carter and Dana. They are so cute together. So, when I got their wedding invitation a year later I was really ecstatic. At that point, Leo and I were engaged. A few months before his proposal, I had given birth to our first child together. Lillian Kara Corbett weighed in at 5 pounds 13oz and was 19" long. Everyone calls her Lily K for short. Doesn't sound so short once they added that damn K in. All three of us went to the wedding, and we met the other former Power Rangers. I informed them of the time I met with Zordon and told them the parting words he gave me. Some of them had tears in their eyes. I could tell they missed their mentor a lot.
Shortly before my wedding, I found out I was pregnant… again. Of course Leo didn't mind I was pregnant, but I did. Why couldn't my little sucker have waited until after the honeymoon. So the day of my wedding, I was the most crankiest bride anyone had ever met. I was pretty sure Cassie was ready to throw me out the window. The rest of the ranger women were getting fed up with me as well. Trini kept healing everyone because of the headaches I was causing them, but we made it. I finally became Mrs. Kendrix Morgan-Corbett.
Six months later, Leo Stanley Corbett III was born. What? You didn't know Leo was a Junior? Guess since Mike was first born he should've been the one named after their dad, but nope, he wasn't. Leo was. However, we call Leo Stanley Corbett III, Junior. Junior prefers to be called Junior. Going on, Junior weighed a hefty 10 pounds 13 oz. I had the record for the biggest baby amongst the ranger women, but someone had to upstage me. I roll my eyes at that one.
Then the stupid Forever Red mission happened. At that point, I was pregnant with our third child. I was only five months, and I know Ashley was ready to give birth. Andros teetered on a fine line for going to the Moon. I know if I was in Ashley's position I would've flipped. After all the men came back from the moon, the former female rangers and I met them. They all got an ear full. Seriously, who allows only Red rangers to go to the moon? Who does that? Luckily, Andros left, so the only other person to blame was their leader for the mission, Thomas James Oliver. Poor guy, he surely did suffer a chewing out. Not to mention, there was a sparring session, oh man the handicap match was brutal. I had to smirk when I watched it. Even Jason didn't want to help him with that, no wonder the male rangers after Wild Force are scared of the ranger women.
Once Lela Kara Corbett was born, I had my tubes tied. I didn't want to get pregnant again. She weighed in at 7 pounds even and was 20" long. She has Leo's eyes, and Lily K and Junior have hazel ones.
After Lela's birth, we moved to Angel Grove. Leo finished school, and he then worked on the bar exam. Yup, Mr. Corbett wanted to be an attorney. He worked hard at it. I was a stay at home Mom to Lily K, Junior and Lela (I'm so thankful she didn't want to have a nickname). I took online classes then became a professor for Microbiology.
After Leo passed the exams, he opened his own firm. Then, I began teaching honor students. We definitely live a comfortable life.
That's how I got to this point. I'm no longer the uptight, analytical, and shy woman. I became a laidback yet smart mother who doubles as a Professor. It's crazy to think I died, and then I came back to life. I owe a lot to Zordon. His Kingdom helped me to heal from the 'Savage Sword Incident', and I realized I had a lot more to look forward to.
Leo and I are more in love than ever. My first born is 11, Junior is 10, and Miss. Lela is 8. This was everything I wanted and more.
(End Flashback)
Maya woke up Kendrix. She smiled at the photo album her best friend was holding against her. The former Pink Galaxy ranger started to stir. "Wake up sleepy head, we need to get ready for tonight." She told her.
A smile formed on Kendrix's face. "I'm up."
"Let me guess, you were thinking about Leo, Lily K, Junior, and Lela?"
"Yup." She got up and walked out the room. It was already a mad house. All of the former rangers were talking loudly. The women were tossing clothes at each other, make up was all over the counter, some ladies were already intoxicated, others were in the showers. "How come it wasn't this bad the first night?"
"Who knows?" Emily walked up to them. She looked just about ready to head out.
"Why is that Syd and you have gorgeous waves?" Taylor felt Emily's hair. "I wish my hair was like this."
Kelsey was in a towel and laughed at Taylor's comment. "I'll give you some of my hair. You know how long it takes to straighten this mop out?"
"I'll straighten it." Ronny offered. "I'll be done in about 5 minutes." Her super speed really did come in handy.
Kendrix smiled at the craziness in this suite. "The Kingdom was never like this." She murmured. Mrs. Corbett went to get ready along with her friends.
A/N: Next chapter... Alyssa, White Wild Force ranger.