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!


"WHERE'D SHE GO?!" Dai Shi demanded when Kimberly disappeared. The three Masters stepped forward. Dai Shi ignored them as they fought against the faraway rangers. Kimberly disappearing hadn't been part of the plan and he wanted to know what had happened.

"Dai Shi…," Camille began but one look from the man silenced her.

"I don't care about your petty rivalry with her, Camille," Dai Shi informed her with glare. "She has more power than you can imagine; if I can harness it, this world will bow to my feet."

"The Power isn't yours."

Dai Shi turned around, taking in the ghostly form of Master Mao. "What do you want, Mao?" he growled.

"The Power is not yours Jarrod, and you will never be able to harness it," Master Mao told him. "The power Master Wing possesses is older than you or I or the Order and it is free of evil."

"Not for long," Dai Shi growled. Master Mao sighed as another spirit appeared beside him. Dai Shi and Camille's eyes widened at the unknown man.

"Kimberly has a gift, Jarrod, and possesses the Spirit of the Crane," the man informed him with a proud smile. "What she does in the fight against you will not compare to what she will accomplish once this battle is over."

"Because of this power she possesses," Dai Shi sneered and the man smiled.

"No, because of who she is," the man said. "A woman of light who cannot be corrupted."

"Then where is she?" Camille demanded. "If she's so powerful, why did she die from the power of Rinsien?"

"Whoever said she died?" the man asked, genuinely surprised. "She is merely…displaced."


"Okay, how did I get here?" Kimberly asked, picking herself up from the floor of the rebuilt Command Center. The last thing she remembered was trying, futilely, to shield herself from the monster's blast of power.

"Welcome," a familiar voice said. Kimberly froze, unable to move. "Do not be afraid, Kimberly."

Slowly, deliberately, Kimberly turned around. When she saw who had spoken, she, in a time-honored, Kimberly tradition, fainted.


"Tadpole!"

Adam's eyes snapped open, looking around. Finally, he spotted Jadespring, his animal spirit, sitting across from him. Around them were meditation candles. Adam, who had grown used to the animal spirit's tendency to join him in meditation, straightened at Jadespring's slightly panicked look. And he'd definitely been spending too much time with Jadespring when he could tell the frog's feelings from his expressions.

"What is it?" he asked. Jadespring swallowed and morphed into his black ninjetti form which just so happened to be identical to Adam when he was in his ninjetti garb.

"Kimberly is currently in need of your assistance, tadpole," he told him. Adam's eyes widened before they narrowed.

"She was caught, wasn't she?" he asked and Jadespring nodded.

"Yes, she was, but not before she learned a few things," he agreed and then scowled. "Though Skysong won't tell me what those things are."

"How can I help?" Adam asked, ignoring the sullen expression on the frog's face. While he and Kimberly were best friends and hopefully more, Jadespring and Skysong could barely stand each other. They constantly bickered, which was one of the reasons the two rangers had refused to allow the spirits near them when they were together.

"You must go to her, tadpole," Jadespring said, looking worried. "You must go to her and guide her out."

"Out of what?" Adam asked, confused.

"The Morphing Grid."


"Kimberly, wake up."

Kimberly's eyes fluttered open as she gazed up at the man smiling down at her. "Am I dreaming?" she whispered, pain in her eyes. Zordon of Eltar's eyes crinkled as he smiled.

"No, child, you are not dreaming," he replied, helping her to sit up.

"But I don't understand…," she said as she stared at him. He chuckled.

"When Guardian's die, their spirits come here, to the Morphing Grid," he told her. "We become part of the Grid."

"So I'm…dead?" she asked. He shook his head.

"No, you're not dead," he informed her with a smile. "Something happened and using your Guardian powers, you teleported yourself to the one place you knew in your heart was safe."

"The Grid?" she asked and he nodded.

"Even after Zedd drained your powers, the safest place you ever knew was within the confines of the Power, was it not?" he asked and she nodded. "So, you teleported yourself inside the power."

"But how come it looks like the Command Center?" she asked. "The Jungle Fury grid is a jungle clearing."

"True," he agreed. "But while you are the Jungle Fury Guardian, you feel safer with your old powers. It also helps that this is where I live now, inside this facsimile of our old home."

"You guided me here," she realized and he nodded.

"I may be dead, but I still have my tricks," he replied with a grin. Suddenly and without even a hint of a warning, she threw herself into his arms. Smiling, he hugged her back.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do this, Zordon," she cried into his chest. He chuckled.

"I as well, my Crane," he whispered into her hair, tears in his eyes. "You, out of all my rangers, were my most cherished, the one I most saw as my daughter."

"You were always the father I needed when he wasn't around," she cried, her voice muffled. "I miss you so much."

"You've done so well, Kimberly," he whispered. "Grown into the kind of woman any man would be proud to call his daughter."

Kimberly cried harder. Out of all the rangers, she was one of the few who had never honestly dealt with Zordon's death. On the outside, she appeared to have come to terms with it, but Jason, Tommy, and Adam all knew this was a lie. Zordon had taken her father's place during high school and she had done everything to make him proud. The other rangers all knew that while she was a ranger because it was the right thing to do, she continued fighting, growing, because of Zordon. While she really had wanted to go to Florida, it was Zordon's pride and belief in her that truly made her go. As far as Kimberly was concerned, if Zordon thought she could do it, then she could.

"Let us get caught up, shall we?" Zordon suggested when her tears finally subsided. "You can tell me all the stories I haven't seen or heard about while watching over you all."

Kimberly laughed soggily. "What about getting out though?" she asked, looking up but not moving from his embrace. "The rangers are gonna need me."

"Because you are in the grid, body and all, you do not have a physical tie to the mortal world, Kimberly," Zordon informed her. "I have sent for someone to lead you out but it may take him some time to figure out how to get here."

Kim nodded, reluctantly moving away and wiping at her eyes. "Who did you send for?" she asked, her voice rough from crying. Zordon's eyes twinkled down at her.

"Adam, of course."