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 Ghost of a Chance 2
Author Notes: I made a video that is essentially a side story to Begotten over at my YT account that will make more sense once you read this chapter. Go forth and enjoy!


"Fran, you know you can't tell anyone, right?" Theo was asking as Kim made her way upstairs. Frowning, Kim leaned against the stairs, peeking her head up so she could see what was going on in the loft.

"I know. I just…" she was grinning outrageously. Kim smiled as she realized the young woman had discovered their secret.

"Does Kimberly know?" Fran asked suddenly and the three teens shook their heads as RJ talked quietly with the three other Masters. "Are you sure? Cause she said some things and I think she may know."

"She can't," Lily told her. "How would she have figured it out?" Kim made a face and walked up the stairs.

"Because I was once in the same position you three are in now?" she asked, making the three teens jump. RJ stared at her, a little wary. Kim smirked.

"Let's look this over a little bit," she suggested, noting that Casey was slowly grinning, a peculiar gleam in his eyes. The red ranger figured it out first. Huh.

"I'm from Angel Grove. I tend to wear an alarming amount of pink. I love Crane's and my father and brother are Pua Zhua masters," she told them, smiling at the flabbergasted expressions being sent her way. "Something you are gonna learn quickly is that when it comes to rangering, coincidences just don't happen."

Off to the side, RJ was doing a remarkable impression of a goldfish while her father and his friends just looked on in amusement. "How long have you known?" her brother asked and she shrugged.

"Not long," she assured him. "I didn't know when I came for a visit but I figured it out pretty quickly."

RJ nodded. "I see," he murmured before his eyes went wide. "Wait a minute--PINK?!"

Kimberly chuckled and stood back. She quickly morphed into her ninjette uniform, causing Theo and Lily to frantically bow their heads in respect. Kim made a face and waved them away.

"I'm not Pua Zhua, I'm Ninjetti. Different powers, same idea," she told them and RJ nodded.

"The Ninjetti are older than Pua Zhua," he murmured and Kim smirked.

"In more ways than one, bro," she told him. He raised an eyebrow and Kim smiled.

"I became Ninjette when I was sixteen," she told him. "According to what I heard, you became a Master at nineteen."

RJ sighed. "Older than me in almost every way," he grumbled and Kim laughed.

"Will you train us?"

Kimberly blinked and turned to Casey. "Say what?" she demanded and Casey looked like a deer in headlights.

"Well, Master Finn called you Master Wing, so I was wondering if that meant you were going to train us?" he asked. Kim choked.

"I'm not…I can't…I'M NOT TOMMY!" she almost shouted, much to the ranger's confusion. RJ, however, snickered. Quite a few things were suddenly making sense.

"Tommy is one of the originals, isn't he?" he asked and Kim nodded, still looking at Casey askance. "And he mentored the Dino Rangers in Reefside, didn't he?"

Kim nodded again. "I'm not Tommy, I can't teach," she whimpered.

"You teach gymnastics," Finn pointed out and Kim glared at him.

"That's gymnastics, not rangering!" she informed him hotly.

"Please?"

Kim turned back to Casey to find him looking at her like she'd just kicked his puppy. She glanced at Lily and Theo who had apparently followed Casey's leads and were giving her looks that would have made Orphan Annie proud. She gaped and then twirled on RJ. "What the hell have you been teaching them?!" she screeched, much to Finn's amusement. RJ's eyes went wide.

"I didn't teach them that!" he denied and Kim scowled.

"Likely story," she snorted.

"I didn't!" RJ yelled, almost frantically. Kim glared at him as he glared at his three sheepish students.

"Kim, I'm the only girl here, beside Fran and you were a ranger…" Lily trailed off and Kim gave her a sympathetic look. Suddenly, she realized what the yellow ranger was doing. She scowled.

"NO! I'm no mentor; I was the one who was constantly yelling for Tommy and Jason to save her!" she screeched.

"They could learn a lot from someone who's already been through this," Swoop said calmly. Kim twirled on him.

"Not you too!" she shrieked. Swoop leaned back, but stood his ground. Next to him, Phant nodded.

"You were a ranger for two and half years, Kimberly. They could learn a lot from your experience," Phant told her quietly. Kim gaped at him.

"Yeah, like how to have your power coin stolen!" she shot back. RJ raised an eyebrow.

"You've already helped them, whether you realize it or not," he told her quietly. "Having you here has been helpful for all of us."

"I know I really have no say in this but wouldn't it be better to have someone who's done this before as a second teacher?" Fran asked tentively. Everyone turned to her and she bit her lip. "I mean, RJ's obviously their main teacher, but they could use someone else around. Especially Lily."

Kim stared at her, trying, and failing, to refute the logic being thrown at her. "I left that path a long time ago," she finally murmured.

"Actually, going to help us says you haven't left it as much as you seem to think," Casey pointed out quietly.

"That was a…" she trailed off at the red ranger's expression.

"Fluke?" he asked and she nodded. He shook his head. "I don't think it was. I think it was just your inner ranger coming back."

She stared at him. The "inner ranger" was a term coined by Billy to explain former rangers' need to help in anyway possible, even after their powers were destroyed. It wasn't generally known outside of rangers, however.

"How do you know that term?" she asked, startled. Casey smiled slightly.

"My brother told me," he shrugged. Kim's brow furrowed.

"Your brother?" she asked and he nodded.

"Carter, my older brother from my mom's first marriage," he told her. Kimberly blinked at him.

"Lightspeed Red Carter is your older brother?" she asked and he nodded, looking amused.

"I haven't had a chance to call and let him know what's going on yet," he admitted and Kim nodded. She looked thoughtful before the initial argument came back to her.

"Point is, I can't mentor, I have my gym to run," she pointed out. Theo frowned.

"Didn't you say they said you weren't allowed back for a month, minimum?" he asked and she squirmed.

"…yes…" she muttered dejectedly, seeing what he was getting at.

"Please Kim?" Lily asked quietly, her expression completely serious. Kim made a disgruntled sound in the back of her throat as her expression turned resigned.

"Zordon is so laughing at me right now."


"So you know how I took a forced vacation?" were the first words Tommy heard when he accepted the phone from Hayley. He frowned.

"Kimberly, what did you do?" he asked suspiciously and she let out a little laugh.

"Well, let's just say going to visit my brother probably wasn't the best idea," she replied.

Tommy's face bunched up in thought as he absently stirred the soup on the stove. Nearby Hayley was setting the table. "You went to visit your brother?"

"Yeah, in Ocean's Bluff," she told him and then waited. He abruptly began laughing.

"You're a mentor now, aren't you?" he gasped out and she made an annoyed sound. He continued laughing as Hayley snickered.

"RJ's the main mentor of the new team and they asked me to help train once everyone figured everything out," she told him reluctantly. Tommy wiped tears of mirth from his eyes.

"Now you can't call me Zordon Jr. anymore!" he crowed, causing Hayley to outright laugh.

"I tell you I'm a mentor to my brother's team, and that's your response?" she asked incredulously.

"Karma, Kim, Karma," he told her, his eyes dancing in amusement. She snorted.

"Well, I want you to come down here next Saturday," she told him. He abruptly stopped laughing.

"Kim…" he started but she cut him off.

"One day Tommy. They're powers are similar to the Ninjetti. Rocky, Aisha, Adam, and Billy have all agreed to come next Saturday to help me work with the three of them," she told him. Tommy sighed.

"They have?" he asked and she made a little sound of agreement.

"Yeah. One day, Tommy, that's all I ask. Anything after that is entirely up to you," she pleaded and he sighed.

"Fine, I'll come by next Saturday," he agreed, catching his wife's eye. She merely smirked at him.

"And who knows, I might have just hashed things out with my dad by the time you get here," she chirped. Tommy blinked at the sudden topic change.

"What?" he asked and she snickered.

"My dad's a Shark," she told him. Tommy frowned.

"Explain to me how your dad is a Shark," he demanded and Hayley stopped and stared at him.

"He's a member of this really old Order of martial artists who have animal spirits, like us," she explained.

"And your father is a shark?" he asked.

"Yup," she replied and Tommy could hear what sounded like teens voices coming through the background.

"Kim?"

"Yeah?"

"Aren't you afraid of sharks?"

"And therein lies the irony."


End Notes: Thanks to all who reviewed!

SlothKeeper/Dark Yellow Dino: Yes, there will be, as evidenced by this chapter, cameo's by veterans. Certain members will pop up more than others but in the end, Kim is the only one who will be there as full on mentor.

Lauren: I'm still debating on ships, if any. And RJ and Billy will get their moment, but not for a while.

tptigger: I don't have a beta; I got through them alarmingly fast, especially when a bunny hits me like it has for Begotten. I usually go through all my chapters myself but I know I miss stuff. And apostrophes are not my friends. :) And for the record? I giggled like crazy when I saw you'd reviewed--I love your work!