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: Enjoy!


Kim was doing the dishes when RJ wandered downstairs, a pensive expression on his face. Kim smiled at him. "Whats up, bro?"

"Labels, Kim?" he asked disapprovingly. Kim smiled slightly.

"You heard about the training?" she asked and he nodded.

"While I get that you're gonna teach them the ranger part, why labels?" he asked. Kim sighed.

"First of all, you know I hate labels just as much as you do," she pointed out and he nodded.
"I've fought over being labeled my whole life."

"So why with the labels now?"

"Well," she hesitated. "It wasn't that we stuck them with the labels. It's just, we've been rangers and onlookers for so long that we can tell who's gonna end up as what and we wanted to try and head off some of the problems we had."

"But why tell them about the labels?" RJ persisted, his expression confused. Kim smiled.

"Because it's an official ranger thing, not just something we came up with on the fly," she told him, grabbing another plate from the water.

"What do you mean?"

"When Billy spent those two years on Aquitar, he learned a LOT about the powers that we hadn't known before," she told him. "The least of which was how the Grid really works."

"Wait, Aquitar?" RJ cut in with a frown. Kim paused.

"Different planet where the people are related to fish," she explained. "Billy fell for one of their medics and stayed. It was this whole big thing."

"I see," RJ murmured, looking surprised.

"Anyway, there are certain…requirements….to be a ranger and to have a team of rangers," she said. "You got very lucky Hartford was able to connect the glasses to the Grid. If your team dynamics had been even slightly off, the Power would have rejected the cubs."

"Woah," he murmured and Kim nodded.

"But the Power is sentient and cosmic and according to Billy, it can usually tell who's gonna end up with a power before the person does," Kim told him with a wry smile. "That's why so many random morphers have a tendency to pop up. Essentially the Power is working its will so what has to happen, happens."

"Ahh," he looked as if something had just become clear to him and Kim raised a curious eyebrow. He waved her away with his hand, shaking his head. Kim shrugged.

"Anyway, the basic team requirements are always the same. You must have one person for each so-called label, even if they're keeping two labels," Kim told him. "That's how scientists are able to create powers, though Billy swears the Grid usually helps it along in cases where the Morphers are truly needed."

"How so?" he asked, eyes flicking up the stairs.

"Lightspeed Rescue wasn't even close to creating rangers three months before Carter, Chad, Joel, Kelsey, and Dana were brought in," she told him. "But suddenly, Angela got hit with inspiration after inspiration and three months later Mariner Bay had a new team."

"Woah," RJ murmured and Kim nodded.

"We had been keeping an eye on the project since we first heard about it," she told him. "We have what Trey of Triforia calls a 'Double Triumvirate Council' to deal with Ranger matters. Billy, Cassie, Dana, Taylor, Ethan, and Mack are that group as of right now."

"Dude…," he trailed off and Kim smiled.

"So, point is, from what I saw, what we taught them was what they were gonna need as they fully settled into the roles they had taken. We didn't label them; we simply told them the terms for what they had already noticed," she informed him with a smile and he nodded.


"So, you three ready for another fun-filled day of training?" Kim asked an hour later as she eyed the three students. It was the one day they remained closed and Kim was going to train the teens while RJ taught Fran the basics of his tech center, something Kimberly had insisted upon.

"What?" Casey asked, surprised and Kim smirked.

"You two are gonna spend the morning with me while Lily works with Fran and RJ. Then, after lunch, you two are gonna go spend a few hours with Billy while I take Theo to do the grocery shopping," she informed them with a smile. The three exchanged surprised looks and Kimberly grinned.

"What? You thought just because we told you what positions you'd more or less found yourself in that we'd let you go without knowing the others?" she asked rhetorically and the three blushed. Kim smirked.

"You don't get off that easily."


Kim and Theo were getting gas when Kim saw it. A warehouse with a giant for sale sign. Pursing her lips, she moved away from the car and towards the building where a man was unlocking the doors with two older people.

"Excuse me, have you sold this place yet?" she asked and the man turned around with a smile on his face. When he saw her, however, his expression fell.

"No, and I don't think you would be able to afford it," he told her bluntly, causing the couple to shoot him surprised looks. Kim simply rolled her eyes as she felt Theo bristle next to her.

"That's too bad, I'm trying to find a new building for a gymnastics academy," she told him with a shrug. "You know, I want to branch out a bit, give the girls the choice of staying in Angel Grove or moving to Oceans Bluff."

"You own a gymnastics academy?" he asked, skeptical. Theo snorted at her side.

"This is Kimberly Hart, three time Olympic medalist, four time Pan Global medalist, and six of her girls have placed at the national and international levels with her coaching them. She was also Sports Illustrated Athlete and Coach of the year several times," he told him disdainfully. Kim elbowed him, causing Theo to grunt.

"Oh, my granddaughter adores you!" the woman exclaimed, moving forward to shake her hand. As Kim smiled at the couple, Theo smiled smugly at the bewildered man. Hiding a smirk, Kim allowed herself to be pulled away by the self-satisfied blue ranger.

"Come on Kim, we can find someplace else to build you new academy," Theo said loudly and Kim snickered under her breath. "Though I don't know why you don't just build an entirely new facility, you have the money and the resources."

When Kim was back at the car, she looked over her shoulder at the man and had to stifle a laugh; he was looking wistfully in her direction and the original pink ranger could almost see the decaying dollar signs in his eyes. Shaking her head, she got in the car. Once Theo was settled on the passenger side, she leaned over and kissed his cheek, causing him to blush.

"Thank you for doing that, Theo, it was very sweet," she informed him with a smile. Theo ducked his head and Kim giggled.


"Has anyone seen Rage?" Kim asked worriedly the next morning. Casey and Theo were in the kitchen getting ready for lunch while Lily and Fran worked in the front. The blue ranger shook his head.

"Not since last night," he told her. Kim bit her lip worriedly.

"Don't worry, Kim, you know RJ," he told her. "He's probably off communing with the wolves or something."

"Maya's on Mironoi, Billy's in Angel Grove, Merrick's...somewhere, and Leanbow's in Avalon, so I doubt he's communing," she murmured absently in reply. Casey and Theo exchanged amused looks but didn't say anything; they had learned quickly it was better that way.


"I never thought I'd see the day my little brother would run away," Kimberly said. She'd gone up with Fran to find her brother packing a knapsack and looking rather guilty. With a look, she motioned for Fran to leave. With a worried look at the wolf master, she did.

"Kim," he started but shut his mouth at her look.

"Rage, what's going on? I'm your sister, your fellow mentor, I deserve to know," she informed him coolly.

"It's my animal spirit," he finally told her reluctantly. "Ever since Dai Shi attacked me, I can't control my animal form."

"So you're running away instead of asking the rangers for help?"

"They wouldn't focus on Dai Shi if they knew," he reminded her. "I just need some distance, just until I'm back in balance,"

He moved towards the door. "Until then, trust me, I'm a major hazmat around here."

"You can't abandon them RJ, you can't abandon me," she told him quietly, making him stop. His entire body was tense but he didn't turn around.

"I'll hurt you all if I stay," he whispered.

"Abandonment leaves scars deeper than the eye can see," she told him, her voice filled with pain. He hesitated but finally left without looking back. Kim stared at the door, willing him to come back but knowing in her heart that her brother would rather die than stay and possibly harm her, Fran, and/or his students.

"Good luck bro."


"Being in animal form is too powerful for the human spirit to handle," RJ told them, holding his chest as Fran applied a cold towel to his forhead. Off in the corner, Kim leaned against the wall, her arms crossed, her expression neutral. "If I stay there too long, that fur? Doesn't go away."

"You mean…you'd be stuck?" Theo asked worriedly and RJ nodded.

"Well, unless you can crawl into my head, this is one mess only I can undo," he told them when they informed him he was going to have to reclaim control.

"Lil, stay with RJ--" Casey started but Kim decided enough was enough.

"Fran and I will stay with him, you're gonna need all three of you to deal with the insane monkey," she told them quietly. The three rangers nodded, taking off. Soon after, Fran left as well to get water, leaving the two siblings alone.

"You and I are gonna have a very long talk later, buddy," Kim informed him coolly. RJ shot her a disgruntled look.

"Can we not do this right now, sister-mine? I don't feel so good," he asked pleadingly before staring at his hand in horror. Kim straightened, staring at him as he slowly transformed with a scream. Looking grim, she silently transformed. He turned to her with a snarl. She glared at the monster impersonating her brother.

"Alright, Requiem, you want a fight, you'll get a fight."