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.

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


"Hey Kimberly!" Fran chirped as she walked into the Loft. Fran let out a strangled shriek when Kimberly dashed forward, a dagger at her throat.

"I don't know who you think you are, but get out of her form!" Kimberly growled. Fran whimpered as she looked up at her in fear. Kimberly frowned, a confused look on her face. She breathed deeply as she closed her eyes. A second later she snapped them open and scrambled back, wide-eyed.

"You're dead!!" she exclaimed, confused. Fran stared at her, mouth slightly agape.

"No, she's not," a very familiar voice said from the kitchenette. Kimberly looked up and nearly fainted. Standing there, arms folded, and an angry if bemused look on her face, was another Kimberly. Behind her, looking intrigued and confused, was RJ, Casey, Theo, and Lily. Kimberly swallowed as tears sprang to her eyes. She shook her head.

"No, no, no, this isn't possible," she whispered. "It's a trick of Dai Shi's."

The rangers and Fran all started at that but the other Kimberly looked resigned, like she had figured something out.

"Why does this always happen to me?" she asked no one in particular. RJ looked at her in concern as Kimberly's eyes widened.

"Oh, I didn't…." she murmured. The other Kimberly nodded sadly.

"I'm afraid so," she murmured, moving down to help up Fran. Kimberly sighed as she watched the two enviously.

"I'm not in my world," she whispered and the other Kimberly nodded as RJ tilted his head as the puzzle came together.

"Okay, I'm confused," Casey butted in, his hand raised in the air. Both Kimberly's turned to him with a raised eyebrow and he stepped back. "That's just freaky."

"They're both Kimberly, but she's from a different world, one where Fran died, I take it?" RJ asked and Kimberly nodded.

"So did you," she murmured, a pained look on her face. RJ's eyes widened. She motioned to the three teens. "And you three never came back from the Spirit realm."

"Until we get you out of here, you're Kimberly, I'm Kim," the other Kim suddenly said, a pensive expression on her face as she ignored the semi-horrified looks on the teens faces. At Kimberly's raised eyebrow, Kim just smirked. "My reality, my rules."

Kimberly snorted as the teens just gaped. RJ suddenly blanched, causing the two women to look at him in concern.

"What is it?" Kim asked and RJ swallowed.

"Now I have two big sisters!" he groaned. Kim snickered but Kimberly just looked a little heartbroken.

"Wait a second, if we never came back, and RJ and Fran died, then what happened with Dai Shi?" Casey asked, looking worried. Kimberly grimaced and held up her wrist where a pink morpher sat. Kim stared at her incredulously.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" she groaned and Kimberly nodded, a small smirk on her face.

"Who's your team?" RJ asked curiously, as Dominic wandered into the Loft. Kimberly smiled slightly at his double take.

"Dom, Dad, Swoop, and Phant," she murmured. RJ and Kim both grimaced.

"Bad mental images," they murmured at the same time, causing Kimberly and Casey to both snicker. Kimberly froze, looking pained again. Kim gave her a sympathetic look and then motioned for the teens to leave.

"Go, skedaddle, I'll call Billy and figure out how to send her home," she told them. Casey, Lily, Theo, and Fran all left after sending Kimberly one last curious look. RJ and Dom hesitated but Kim stood firm.

"Go, work, explain to Dom that he's not hallucinating and yes, there are two of us," she said. When they still didn't move, Kim sighed exasperatedly. "This isn't the first time I, we, got sent someplace on accident."

"At least there's working toilets this time," Kimberly offered wryly and Kim smirked.

"Outhouses are gross," she agreed. Once the two male rangers had left, the two women just looked at each other.


"Fascinating," Billy murmured, staring at the two women in awe. Kim grimaced from where she stood in his office.

"You say fascinating, I say weird," she murmured. Next to her, Kimberly nodded her agreement. For all intents and purposes, they were the same person. The only differences they had found was their appearance…and the fact Kimberly was not the Jungle Guardian, but a Jungle Fury Ranger.

Where Kim's hair was long, Kimberly's hair just brushed her shoulders. Additionally, she had three scars Kim did not have. And her outfit was simply…odd. Nothing Kim could see herself wearing in this universe but figure could happen if she had gone through what Kimberly had in the other universe.

"So Casey, Theo, Lily, Fran, and RJ are all…dead…in your reality?" Billy asked, stumbling slightly over the distasteful word. Kimberly nodded, pain in her eyes.

"Have you and dad hashed out your differences?" Kim asked curiously. Kimberly snorted.

"Not even remotely; we bicker all the time. It drives Swoop up the wall. Literally, on occasion," she added with a wry smile. Kim smirked.

"At least some things are still the same," she murmured and Kimberly snickered. Billy just looked between them in amusement.

"Let's got to the Loft," he suggested, standing up and adjusting his glasses. "I want to see if there is any residual rift energy to explain how you were transported to our dimension."

"Whatever you say, Billy," Kim said, moving forward. Kimberly hesitated before joining the trio. The three teleported back to the Loft. As Billy moved around, the two women moved to the bean bag chair.

"You know, I think this is the weirdest thing that's happened to us yet," Kim murmured.

"Oh yeah," she agreed. The two were quiet for a moment, watching as Billy went over the Loft with his little scanner.

"I never asked to come back," Kimberly said softly, abruptly. "I wish everyday I hadn't had to."

Kim didn't reply; she couldn't reply. She herself didn't want to return as a full time ranger like RJ or Dom and she couldn't imagine doing so with Dom, her father, and two men she barely knew.

"Losing them destroyed me," she said again. "Don't let history repeat itself here."

"I'll try not to," Kim replied softly and Kimberly nodded.

"How bad is it for you?" Kim asked and Kimberly grimaced.

"There was one battle recently…" she trailed off, looking deeply unhappy. Kim swallowed.

"What happened?" she asked, unable to help herself. Kimberly bit her lip, tears in her eyes.

"Dom was hurt trying to shield me," she said softly, "Swoop brought him back to the Loft and I was brought here when I teleported to try and see if he was okay."

The woman's eyes traveled up to the kitchenette where the aforementioned ranger and RJ had just appeared. Kim's eyes widened at the look in her counterpoints eyes.

"Oh," she whispered, looking pole-axed. "That's a complication I really don't need at this point."

"It just…happened," she shrugged. "We were talking about Rage and…."

Kim bit her lip as Kimberly trailed off, a small smile on her face as she remembered. "I'm dealing with Jason and Adam right now," she confessed as Casey joined RJ and Dom in the kitchenette. Kimberly snapped from her daze, turning to Kim.

"Jason? Really?" she asked, surprised. Kim nodded, looking bemused.

"You don't seem surprised by Adam," she observed and Kimberly shrugged.

"We tried, but with everything that happened, it was too different. I was too different. I don't…I don't talk to any of them all that much," she confessed. Kim bit her lip. "That doesn't mean it won't work for you here, though."

"But if it didn't work between you and Adam and you're technically me…" she trailed off, looking unhappy. Kimberly leaned forward; the two counterparts were unaware the three male rangers were listening in.

"Kim, let me tell you something," she said. "Rage and the kids' deaths…it destroyed me. I'm not the same person you still are. I've seen too much, faced too much, to go back to who I was when I walked through JKP and met Casey.

"But you and the team, you still have hope. We're fighting a losing battle; all five of us know that. We lost our war the day we lost Rage, Fran, Casey, Theo, and Lily. Dominic and I, we're know that we're not going to survive this fight, so we're living every day to the max, together. When we fall, Dai Shi and the Overlords will be take out, I can promise you that, but we won't be around to see it. I'm not afraid of dying; I dealt with that fear when I lost my brother."

"Then what are you afraid of?" Kim whispered, her voice pained. Kimberly's eyes filled with tears.

"I'm afraid I'll get back and he'll be gone. I'm afraid, I'll go back and my lover won't be there to make some wise ass remark about Rhino's having tough hides," she said, wiping away a stray tear. Kim felt tears come to her own eyes and she leaned forward to hug her counterpoint. When Kimberly pulled away, she wiped at her eyes again.

"So, point is, you need to take your chance with Adam. I don't know what happened with Jason, but if things went the same way here as they did in my world, then its rebound on his part, nothing more though he may want their to be," she told her. Kim nodded, wiping at her own eyes. A voice cleared and the girls looked up to find Billy shifting on his feet.

"I can send you home now," he told her, his voice calm and quiet, not betraying the fact he had overheard everything. Kimberly smiled at him.

"I knew you could," she agreed. The two girls straightened as Casey disappeared downstairs. A few minutes later, he returned with Theo, Lily, and Fran.

One by one, they moved forward to hug her, knowing how much it would mean to the pink ranger. Kimberly buried her face in RJ's chest and he simply held her, knowing she was finally letting go of his death in her world. Finally, she faced off with Dominic. He stepped forward, his face unreadable. She tensed as he wrapped his arms around her but relaxed a minute later.

"We Rhino's have tough hides," he whispered and she choked on a cry. "He'll be fine, you'll see."

"Thank you," she whispered, going to move back. Behind them, Kim raised a surprised eyebrow as Dom leaned down and kissed her alternate gently.

"Go to him," he whispered against her lips and Kimberly nodded. Dom stepped back, arms wrapped around his middle as RJ laid a supportive and proud hand on his shoulder.

Kim stepped up. The two women simply stared for a long moment before lunging forward. They hugged for what seemed like forever but were only a few minutes.

"Hold onto them Kim," Kimberly said softly against her counterpoints shoulder. "For both our sakes."

"Keep the hope and know we're with you," Kim replied in kind. The two separated as a multi-colored portal appeared nearby. Without a word, Kimberly morphed. Unlike the others armor, Kimberly's Jungle Fury uniform was dark pink with gold lining and seemed a surprising blend of ninjetti and Pua Zhua. Without another word, Kimberly walked through the portal and disappeared.