Author: Jadelyn Tate

Story: Begotten

Characters: RJ, Kim

Disclaimer: I own no one, the idea of RJ and Kim being siblings is all Tara's over at PRU's, I'm just expanding it into a fic.

Summery: A Shark. A Crane. A Wolf. And you thought your family had issues.

TimeLine: Set after One Master Too Many

Author Notes: I made a couple videos for Begotten over at my YT account. Go forth and enjoy!


"RJ, why do you always keep these six together?" Kim asked a few days later as they prepared for the lunch rush. The Wolf Master had given Kimberly the pre-rush job of making sure all the shakers were filled with peppers and parmesan and let Casey, Theo, Lily, and Fran get things ready in the kitchen. Once the rush began, Lily, and Fran would come out to work alongside Kim and he would go back to the kitchen to cook. He had been serious when he said she wasn't cooking in his kitchen.

"Dad told me a story once, about the six sacred animals," he told her once he saw what she was holding. She raised an eyebrow and he scrambled to think of how to tell her the legend without giving his secret away.

"According to Dad, the story said that an ancient evil would be released and the sacred animals would find six warriors who would be able to harness their power to fight him. They would introduce him to the fire of the heavens and he would be destroyed forever," he told her, leaving out that the legend was also considered a prophecy by the Order of the Claw. He and Master Mao believed it to have been fulfilled in 1995 when the Power Rangers of Angel Grove battled, and defeated, Ivan Ooze by tossing him in front of Orion's Comet. The clincher was that the new powers they used to do it were of the six sacred animals. This was one of the reasons he knew his dad had accepted his finding his own animal—if it had been anything but a sacred animal, chances were they'd still be on unfriendly terms.

"So you keep them together as a reminder of the story?" she asked, her voice strangled. He nodded, noticing for the first time that she was clutching the Crane in her hand. He frowned but didn't get a chance to ask what was on his mind due to Lily and Fran stumbling out of the kitchen amid a cloud of flour. RJ sighed as he saw Casey and Theo inside, covered in white. Next to him, Kimberly smiled slightly. As RJ went to deal with the kitchen crisis, Kimberly gently put the Crane back down.


"Hey Fran, can I ask you something?" Kim asked as she and the younger girl worked in the parlor. Fran smiled at her, glad the rush was over and that she had someone who seemed more dependable than the three other teens.

"Sure!" she chirped.

"Do they do that a lot?" she asked, motioning to the carelessly tossed aprons behind the counter. Since she had arrived three days before, the three teens had disappeared twice and both times had corresponded with monster attacks. Kim wasn't stupid; she knew the signs of rangers ditching to go fight a battle.

Fran made a disgruntled face and nodded. "Every day or so they get this sudden need to take off. And whenever they leave, RJ disappears upstairs for an hour or so," she told her. Kim nodded, looking thoughtful.

"Do you know what their favorite colors are?" she asked, realizing that either Fran had no clue what was going on or she was one really good actress.

"Not really but whenever I see them out of their uniform they are wearing at least one thing of red, blue, and yellow," Fran told her with a shrug. Kim smirked, looking at the kitchen door as she realized who their guide had to be.

"Well what do you know? Not-so-itty-bitty mentor," she murmured a small smile on her face. At Fran's confused look, she waved her away.

"It's nothing, family stuff," she told her and Fran nodded in acceptance.

"So you're from Angel Grove, right? Casey told us," she added at Kimberly's surprised look. The older woman nodded.

"Yeah. I was born here in Oceans Bluff though. Same as Rage," she smiled slightly and Fran's brow furrowed.

"Rage?" she asked and Kim smirked.

"His real name is Requiem James," she whispered and laughed delightedly at Fran's baffled look. "Our dad loves sharks and Requiem sharks are the most common type," she explained with a grin. Fran's expression cleared and a small smile appeared on her face.

"That's really his name?" she asked with a giggle and Kim nodded.

"Mom named me and agreed Dad could name Rage," she told her. "Of course, Mom had no clue what Dad was planning on naming their son but couldn't argue when he told her."

"Why not?" Fran asked and Kimberly's eyes twinkled with mirth.

"The nurse had already walked away, shaking her head as she wrote it down on his birth certificate," she told her with a grin. Fran giggled.

"So why do you call him Rage?" Fran asked as the man in question appeared in the kitchen doorway.

"She couldn't pronounce RJ when she was a baby; it kept coming out as Rage," he told her and Kim nodded.

"It just kinda stuck," she explained with a shrug as the three teens sped in. Fran smiled at them.

"Have a good break?" she asked kindly and the three nodded.

"Sorry Fran, Kim," Casey told them, motioning for them to take a seat. "We'll take it from here."

Smiling, Kim undid her apron and handed it gratefully to her brother. She was not cut out to do this for a living. She'd much rather face Tommy when he was evil than some of the customers she'd had to deal with the last few days.


"I can't believe them!" Fran ground out as she pounded on the dough. Kim raised an eyebrow as she walked down from the Loft. An alarm she had taken to mean signaled trouble had sounded and her brother had almost forced her down the stairs, rambling on about his meditation hour. If she hadn't known better, the young woman almost would have believed him.

"I take it they split?" she asked sympathetically and Fran nodded, looking irritated.

"Why doesn't it bother you?" she asked and Kim shrugged.

"I used to do the same thing to Ernie so it'd be kinda hypocritical to be throwing stones," she told her. Fran huffed.

"Its not the same, all you ever did was lose your food and drinks!" she scowled, having heard about the man from both Kim and her brother. "I don't know why RJ puts up with it!"

"He's RJ," Kim shrugged and Fran snorted. They let the matter drop; Fran didn't want to anger RJ's sister and Kim knew that Fran would probably understand a lot better once she found out. She better find out, Kim though to herself. If she doesn't, I'm gonna have a long talk with that man.


Kim was in the back of the parlor when Casey, Theo, and Lily came walking back in. She hid a smile at their exuberance and then abruptly walked into the kitchen when Fran cornered the three. She knew if she stayed, she'd give herself away. She wasn't ready to spill her secrets so soon, despite knowing theirs.

When RJ and the three rangers sped up to the loft, Kimberly glanced out the door and quietly went up. She stopped just short of poking her head up over the floor. She was safe in the knowledge that while she could hear what they said, they couldn't see her and therefore didn't know she was there.

"Masters?" RJ asked, laughing. "Not quite."

"What do you mean, we're fearless fighting machines, we're unbeatable!" Casey exclaimed and Kimberly just stopped herself from bashing her head into the wall. Is he trying to jinx himself?! She asked incredously.

"Confidence is good, but overconfidence is dangerous. It's time to go back to basics," RJ told them and Kim grinned in triumph as she slipped back down to the kitchen.

"I'm not sure if I should be scared or proud that RJ is the most level-headed out of the four of them she muttered to herself as she went to the front to switch places with Fran.


Kim looked up at the loft. It'd been quiet since the three teens had disappeared with RJ. She was half tempted to sneak up to take a peak at what they were up to. Before she could actually do it, however, RJ himself came barreling down and out the door without a word. Kim frowned. She recognized that tenseness, that expression. She and the others had worn it enough times to recognize the worry that a battle was about to go very wrong.

"Casey!" Kimberly shouted, running forward. The young man stopped and turned his face neutral as he faced his master's sister. Behind him, in the side courtyard, Theo and Lily waited impatiently.

"I don't have a whole lot of time, what's up?" he asked. Kim frowned.

"Where's RJ?" she asked, her tone leaving no room for argument. Casey hesitated before saying the first thing that came to mind.

"He went to the market to get something. He called and asked us to come over to help get everything he bought back to JKP," he told her. Kim raised an eyebrow, knowing he was lying and guessing she knew why.

"When you see him, tell him we have something we need to discuss when he gets back," she told the red clad boy and he nodded before heading out with his teammates.

Kim's jaw tightened. She couldn't just sit back and let them do it; as much as she wanted to, the part of her that would always be a ranger forbid it. Pulling out her cell phone, she texted the one person she suspected had the answers she sought.

An hour later she heard his semi-familiar footsteps coming up the stairs. Standing, she turned to great the blue clothed man. His face showed nothing but shock when he entered the room and saw her.

"Kimberly?" he asked, surprised and she smiled grimly.

"Long time no see, Dad."


End Notes: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Normally, I'd name ya'll but there's quite a few of you (holy shit, 32 reviews for two chapters?!) so I can't. Hope you all enjoy!

Someone asked if this will be Tommy/Kim. I'm gonna get that out of the way now--No, it will NOT be Kim/Tommy. While I occasionally read Tommy/Kim fics, I almost never write them myself. As far as I'm concerned, that ship sailed and is over. I ship Tommy with Hayley most of the time (not all of the time tho--he marries Kat Manx in Heritage and occasionally I slash him with Jason). Kim typically either ends up with Adam or Jason in my writing. So please, don't ask me to make it Tommy/Kim. It will only irritate me.