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: During Ghost of a Chance Part 1 & 2
Author Notes: I made a couple videos for Begotten over at my YT account. Go forth and enjoy!


"Kimberly, what are you doing here? Where's RJ?" he demanded. Kimberly crossed her arms, grim determination etched painstakingly on her pretty features. She always hated confronting people but her father was the worse. He always seemed to make her hackles rise in a way not even Rita or Zedd's presence could—and she'd spent an ungodly amount of time with those two since Zordon's death.

"I've been here visiting RJ. And as for where he is, that's why I texted you," she told him. He frowned.

"You texted me? RJ is the only one who has that number," he said, his eyes catching two familiar forms moving from the shadows. His daughter stared hard at him, not surprised by his outburst. RJ was his favorite child, she had always suspected that. After all, she hadn't seen him in nearly ten years, and the first thing he asked wasn't how she was but where her brother had gone.

"RJ gave it to me. Said that if something happened, you would know what to do," she finally told him, sensing the two intruders. She raised an eyebrow. "Friends of yours?"

Finn stared at her, surprised she had felt the presence of his two companions. "How did you know they were there?" he asked suspiciously. Kimberly smirked.

"There's a lot you don't know about me dad," she told him dryly. "I have more secrets than you could ever imagine."

"This coming from someone who spends her days flipping around on a little beam," he replied, the disappointment clear in his voice. The two mystery men exchanged looks as Kim scowled.

"Flipping around saved my life more times than I care to admit," she told him, annoyed he had the gall to question her career choice when he'd been so absent in her life. Finn snorted.

"Why did you call us here?" the one who reminded her of an overgrown bat broke in quietly. Kimberly glanced at him before glaring at her father.

"I called him here, not you. You're the ones crashing," she told them. Batman's expression didn't change but the other man looked irritated.

"The number was only to be called for emergencies," he informed her gruffly. Kim raised an eyebrow and turned to her glowering father.

"And I think Rage missing qualifies as an emergency, don't you?" she asked him and was surprised when the older main straightened, something like panic on his face.

"Missing?" Swoop asked sharply and Kimberly nodded, slightly taken aback at their worry.

"Casey seems to think he has it under control but I know something's up. And you're not leaving until you tell me what it is," she told her father. He scowled, his eyes snapping in anger.

"Now see here young lady! I am your father and you will not speak to me like that!" he bit out.

"Calm yourself, shark," a soft voice called out. The three men and young woman looked to the corner as a figure in black and red outfit appeared from thin air. Absently noting the various emblems resembling cats placed strategically on his outfit, Kim glanced at her father to find him watching her in confusion.

"This isn't the first time I've seen someone appear out of thin air," she told him dryly. The new man smiled slightly at Finn's incredulous expression.

"Indeed, it is not Shark. You're daughter was not lying when she said she had more secrets than you knew," he told her.

"Master Mao," Finn and the two men nodded to him as Kimberly just smiled grimly.

"RJ gave himself over to Dai Shi to assure Casey, Theo, and Lily's safety," Mao told them calmly. The three men shot him shocked looks as Kim just shook her head.

"I knew I should never have let him hang out with Jason and Tommy," she muttered to herself before looking at Mao. "I take it Dai Shi is the big bad?"

Mao nodded. "Dai Shi is the spirit of a great evil originally vanquished ten thousand years ago," he told her.

She shrugged. "Can't be any worse than Rita or Zedd."

"That remains to be seen," Mao told her and she made a face.

"Wonderful," she responded dryly.

"Can we get back to RJ's predicament?" Batman asked and Mao nodded.

"I will go to Casey, Theo, and Lily now. However, you all need to be honest with each other. If they fail, it will fall to you four to protect earth," Mao told them. Finn frowned and Kim made another face. Despite her determination to discover what the hell was going on, she did NOT want to be in charge of saving the world again.

"How can Kimberly help fight Mao? She's not a Pui Zhua," Finn argued. Mao smiled.

"No, her power is older than the Order of the Claw," he told the three living Masters as he faded from sight. "Much older."

"What does he mean?" Batman asked quietly. Kim smiled grimly; if it was anyone else missing, she would have told him to take a hike. But this was RJ who was missing, the one family member who had never had had any expectations when it came to her. And these three guys seemed generally worried about it. It also helped that she'd finally noticed the three animal emblems on the men's outfits. If her suspicions were correct, her father's obsession with sharks suddenly made a whole lot more sense.

"This," she finally replied, stepping back. Kim brought her hands together and bowed her head, concentrating. Swoop's eyes narrowed as his sensitive hearing picked up the sound of a bird crying out joyfully. Phant and Finn stared in disbelief as Kimberly was suddenly engulfed in a bright light. When it faded, the young woman was dressed head to toe in pink cloth with gold lining. Her doe brown eyes peaked out from a mouth cowl and hood. Finn stared at the emblem on her chest and nearly stopped breathing.

Phant, on the other hand, suddenly started laughing. "Only you, Finn, would have both children end up with a sacred animal!" he guffawed as Kimberly pulled her hood and mouth guard down. Swoop smiled as Finn simply stared. Kim smirked at him, feeling absurdly proud at her father's bafflement.

"I am the Crane, agile and graceful!"


"So what does Phua Zhua mean?" Kim asked once her father and the two men had calmed down from her revelation.

When Zordon had died, he had left his "children" gifts in the form of their powers restored. Jason, Trini, and Zack's old powerless coins were suddenly recharged and raring to go while Kim and Billy had discovered they could morph into both their Morphin uniforms and the Ninjetti ones. Adam, Rocky, and Aisha had not officially been re-given the Morphin powers; Adam believed it was due to the fact they were not the original owner of the power. This theory also explained why Katherine hadn't been given a Crane coin in addition to her reassembled pink zeonizers.

Tommy's gift, however, had shocked them all. All three of his old power coins had been restored to him, including the Dragon. While he'd never used the first three powers since Zordon's passing, it was common knowledge among the original sixteen that he could if he wanted to. Outside of the sixteen rangers who had known Zordon, none knew about the restoration until Adam's appearance to help the Overdrive rangers.

The Sentinel Knight had originally gone to Zack to request his assistance and had found both him and Adam. Zack, having to work on a new music video, had regretfully declined joining the veteran's team. He did, however, insist that Adam use the Mastodon rather than the Frog; the two black rangers agreed it was only fitting that the leader be in an original uniform rather than a second generation one.

After the Overdrive rangers had regained their powers, the original sixteen had met up to discuss the situation. After numerous tests, it was concluded that anyone who had held the same power could share it but anyone who had never worn the power couldn't. So Rocky and Jason could share the T-Rex if they had to, but Jason couldn't become the Red Ape. Katherine and Kimberly could share Crane if they wanted, but Katherine hadn't been able to morph into the Pteradactyl. Andros had said it was likely Zordon had made the powers hereditary when he died, like the gold Zeo's tended to be. It would still be several years before they could determine if that was true or not since the oldest child of the original sixteen was only six years old.

"Pha Zua, the Order of the Claw. We are masters of Kung F with individual styles based on various animals. I am the Master of the Bat technique," Swoop told her, rising a few feet in the air to demonstrate.

"I am the Master of the Elephant technique," Phant told her gruffly. Kim smiled and turned to her father.

"Shark technique, I take it?" she and he nodded, his eyes guarded.

"It's a family tradition passed from father to son," he told her. She frowned.

"So RJ…," she trailed off at her father's expression.

"No, he said it wasn't who he is, despite my training," Finn told her reluctantly. "He went looking for his own animal."

"Which would be…?" she asked, guessing that this was the root of all the issues between her father and brother. She wondered at his less hostile behavior but chalked it up to her revealing her animal spirit to him. She was surprised when her father smiled.

"The Wolf," he replied proudly. Kim smirked; Phant comment from earlier suddenly made sense.

"The Wolf and Crane, begotten by a Shark," she snickered, causing Phant and Swoop to chuckle.

"Kimberly?" Swoop inquired, "Why did you come to Ocean's Bluff? It wasn't just to visit your brother, was it?"

Kim sighed. "My girls realized I hadn't taken a vacation in almost four years so they forced me to," she admitted. Finn didn't respond but Swoop and Phant nodded.

"If one takes on too much, all things will fall apart," he told her wisely.

"I know. I love what I do and I enjoy training the girls so I didn't see the need to vacation," she shrugged.

"Even the strongest person needs a break now and then," Phant told her knowingly.

"If you don't take breaks, you'll gradually lose the love you evidently have for what you do," Finn told her quietly before his expression turned wry. "Though I don't think coming to Oceans Bluff was probably the best idea for that."

Kim's lips quirked at her father silently amazed at how much tension had disappeared between them with the simple act of revealing the Crane to him. She still had things she knew she needed to hash out with the old Shark, but a lot of things from her childhood suddenly made a hell of a lot more sense. She could almost even forgive him for not being around the last several years. Almost.

"What should we do now?" Swoop asked suddenly. Phant, Finn, and Kimberly suddenly remembered why they had all come together. Kim bit her lip.

"You three should leave; keep an eye on the world. I'll stay here and keep things going at JKP until RJ and kids get back. It'll be much less suspicious that way," she told them reluctantly. Finn opened his mouth to argue but Kim shook her head.

"Dad, please. This is a lot to take in for both of us. I just need time," she told him. Finn frowned but Swoop nodded.

"I agree with Master Crane, Finn," he told the man. "You both need time to come to terms with what you have learned before you try to reconcile your differences."

"Master Crane?" Kim asked, confused. Phant and Finn both frowned at Swoop as well.

"She's not a Pua Zhua master, you old bat," Phant reminded him irritably. Swoop quirked his lips in a small smile.

"No, as Master Mao said, her power is older than that," he agreed. "Nevertheless, I believe that same power deserves some measure of respect."

"Not Crane, though," Finn agreed, seeing what his friend meant. "If she has a Master title, it will be traditional."

"I'm not changing my name, dad," Kimberly told him with a frown. Finn nodded.

"My family name is the exception, not the rule. You can keep your mother's name," he told her and she nodded.

"Master Rane?" Phant suggested, looking bemused. Coming up with Master names was always fun.

"Master Cray?" Swoop suggested.

"Master Wing," Finn put forth decidedly. Kimberly raised an eyebrow.

"I am Finn, Master of the Shark. Though he informed me he never uses the name, RJ is Paw, Master of the Wolf. You should therefore be Wing, Master of the Crane," he told her and Swoop and Phant nodded in agreement.

"Masters Finn, Paw, and Wing," Kim said, rolling them around in her head. She nodded.

"I can work with that," she agreed. As the three men stood to leave, Kim had a thought.

"Once RJ gets back, I'll text you. But I want you three to promise me something," she requested, her voice deadly serious. The three looked at her as she took a deep breath.

"I don't want you telling RJ about me; I want to do it myself."


End Notes: THanks to everyone for the comments!

Some people have expressed interest/derisiveness about the possibility of Kim becoming a ranger in this fic. As shown in this chapter, Ninjetti/Morphin are the only ranger powers she'll have. She is not Pua Zhua, so she can't use the Pua Zhua morphers. She may join them in battle as the Crane if they need sneakiness or simply extra help, but she is mostly a mentor/ally, kinda like Kat from SPD or Sentinal Knight from OO. So to answer the question, she may power up into Ninjetti once in a while but she will not join the team as a full on JF Ranger.

As for RJ's name...while I love mythology, Romulus or Remus would have been too cliche for my tastes. And Requiem fits Finn better.