Chase, Tyler, Riley and Shelby spent the morning working, but knew today was different from any other day. Koda wasn't at work with them, and it was past Kendall's usual lunch hour and she hadn't come to the cafe. Worried something Ranger related had taken place, when the rush at the cafe died and more staff came in for their shift, the four Rangers used their break time to head down to the lab.

"Kendall?" Chase called out and looked around, only to quickly be hushed by Koda.

"Sleep," he said, and pointed to the cot where Kendall lay. Shelby frowned.

"I didn't peg Ms. Morgan as being the sleeping in kind," she said. Koda shook his head.

"Come down late," he told her. "Then toss and turn long time before hear snoring."

"Ms. Morgan snores?" Tyler chuckled. "I didn't imagine her doing that either."

Koda frowned, "Not funny."

"I didn't mean anything by it," the red Ranger lifted his hands up. He knew how defensive Koda could get when it came to Kendall. The blue Ranger didn't like when people made fun of her and often stepped up in her defence even for the silliest of things. "I was just teasing."

"Rough night," Koda said, and waved the others to get in a little closer. It was then they noticed a couple light bruises on Kendall's arm, and one on the side of her face. "Not there last night," Koda told them.

"Think she ran into a couple of Fury's guys?" Riley asked.

"She's not stupid," Shelby frowned. "She'd have called for help."

"She did try to go after a rogue Zord on her own," Tyler reminded her. Koda shook his head.

"Worried."

"We'll talk to her when she wakes up," Tyler promised him. "But hey, she's here, she's safe now. It's okay."

"Holy..." Chase's voice suddenly gasped from over by Kendall's work station. The Rangers turned to him, all to remind him to keep his voice down, when they saw him holding up a huge stack of cash. Chase looked to them with a big smile. "Kendall's loaded!"

"She walks around with that much money on her?" Shelby frowned. "Wait, what are you doing going through her stuff?"

"I wasn't," Chase shook his head. "It was just sitting on the desk. Opened," he pointed to the envelope. "So I gave a little peek. Think she'll notice some of it missing?"

"No steal," Koda frowned and snatched the money from Chase. "When work hard like Kendall, Chase make just as much money."

"No way," Chase shook his head. "I will never make this much money, no matter how hard I work. Who knew Kendall was a millionaire!"

"I doubt that's a million dollars," Riley rolled his eyes.

"If this is her pocket cash, she's bound to have ten times this in the bank, at least!" Chase said. "What if we at least talked to her about making this Ranger stuff a paid gig? Like, five bucks for every Vivik we take out. Twenty for Fury or Sledge's guys and a hundred for each of them?"

"Plus, some for training," Riley smirked. Koda frowned, shook his head and started to put all the money back in the envelope.

"No take money from Kendall," he stated. "This Kendall's. Saving the world for good, not for money."

"We can do both?" Chase suggested. Koda frowned as he continued to put the money back, but he pushed a little too hard, ripped the envelope on the other side and all the cash fell out.

"Shoot," Koda muttered and bent over to pick it up. Chase and the others offered to help. Chase gathered up a good wad and stared at it longingly until Koda held out his hand.

"No keep," the blue Ranger reminded the black. Chase sighed and passed it over. But just before Koda could get his hands on it, Chase pulled it away.

"No, Chase!" Koda growled, but the black Ranger dropped all the cash in favour of what appeared to be a note. He couldn't stop himself from reading it.

"Dear Kendall," he read out loud to the others, "My mother was wrong. Gambling does pay off. Hopefully this money will make up for me not being there for you growing up. Here's the money I borrowed, plus birthday money for the nineteen years I missed, and for the coming years. I'll be using my share of the winnings to move down to Florida to start a new life there. Best wishes, dad."

"Gambling?" Shelby frowned. "I thought Kendall cancelled that check she gave him."

"Maybe it was too late?" Riley shrugged. "Maybe he cashed it before she could get to the bank."

"Wait, you mean he won with her money?" Chase frowned. "And he's only giving her a share?"

"A hefty share," Tyler said and held up the money he had in his hands. "I've counted ten grand right here, and there's still a lot more to pick up."

"I've got about twelve grand," Riley said as he held up one hand, then the other, "And this is fifteen."

"Thirty," Shelby said with a sigh as she passed the money over to Koda. "I'll never get to hold near that much again."

"Keep it," the Rangers suddenly heard Kendall say, and looked over to her cot to see her getting up. "Go ahead, keep everything you pick up. I don't need it."

"Sweet!" Shelby muttered and snatched the cash back from Koda. She looked to it for just a second before it was taken from her hands by Chase. "Hey!"

"Kendall," Chase walked over to her, with Shelby's money. "Who cares where this money came from. It's yours. It's to make up for all that stuff your dad did."

"Or didn't do," Riley said. Kendall looked to the Rangers, then shook her head.

"You think cash came make up for him not being around? For leaving me and my mother? For forcing me into foster care?"

"You're a foster kid?" Tyler asked. Kendall realized she had said too much and walked over to her computer, pretending to move past the issue. The Rangers, all forgetting about the money, followed her over.

"You never mentioned anything about foster care," Chase said. Koda looked to his friends.

"What foster care?"

"It's how the government looks after kids whose parents won't look after them," Riley explained to him. "How did you end up there, Ms. Morgan?"

"It doesn't matter," Kendall shook her head. "It's in the past. I've moved on."

"Ms. Morgan..."

"Can you all just drop it?" Kendall snapped and looked to each of them. "I don't want to talk about it. I don't want you guys giving me those pitiful looks. I'm not a child anymore; I'm your Ranger mentor."

"Yeah, but Kendall..."

"Enough," Kendall said. "Now, you guys can keep the money. Split it five ways, or fight each other for all of it. Consider it a bonus, or pay for being a Ranger. I don't care. Just... get back to work, alright?"

"Kendall..."

"Please, just drop it, Koda. That money came from my father. I want nothing to do with him and by extension, nothing to do with the money. I'm doing fine on my own, the museum is doing well, so I don't need it."

"You're sure?" Tyler asked. Kendall nodded her head and groaned.

"I've never been more sure of anything."

"I guess, it's ours," Tyler picked up what was left of the money around his feet. The others, minus Koda, did the same. As they were about to leave, Koda called out to Kendall one more time.

"Buy yourself a lot of burgers," Kendall responded to him. "Enjoy it."

Koda sighed and followed the others back up to the museum. Just as they were about to walk into the cafe, he called for them to stop.

"She doesn't want it," Chase shook his head. Koda looked down at the few bucks in his hands. It didn't feel right keeping it. He didn't completely understand what was going on, but something inside him told him it wasn't right to profit from the strained relationship between Kendall and her father.

"Not ours," he told the Rangers. Chase sighed, looked up to the blue Ranger and nodded.

"He's got a point," he whispered. The others groaned.

"Not you too..."

"This money would do wonders for me," Chase said. "But... the big guy's right. This money isn't ours."

"But it's Kendall's," Riley pointed out, "And she gave it to us. You wouldn't turn down a raise. Think of it..."

"This isn't a raise," Chase shook his head, then looked to Koda one more time, just to be sure he understood the blue Ranger correctly. Then he turned to the others, "This money's tainted. We might not know the details, but Kendall's father's trying to pay her off. He thinks any amount of cash can make up for what he did. After all, what would you rather have? A family, or cash?"

Tyler, Shelby and Riley looked down at the money in their hands as they thought of their family. For Tyler, the decision was quick as he thought of his father, and all the money he had spent travelling to find him. All this money, if he kept it, would help him continue that search, and take him places he knew his father had visited that he couldn't get to in his jeep.

But when he thought about where the money came from, how someone else had to lose their father for him to stand a chance at finding his again, he couldn't do it. It wasn't right. Kendall wasn't open about it, but it was obvious her father's disappearance had hurt her. Tyler couldn't profit off that pain. He would find his father the right way, and while he did, maybe he could help Kendall with her own problems.

So he offered his handful to Koda. Riley followed. Shelby hesitated. This money would take her far in life. She already had plans to use it to get into the best college and continue her education. This money would help her reach her dream of being a leading dinosaur expert, just like Kendall.

But when Shelby thought of her mentor, she sighed. Kendall had worked hard to earn her status. She had taken the same steps Shelby planned on taking, but had done so with a lot more weight on her shoulders. Back home, Shelby had a family that loved her and supported her. They believed she could do anything she set her mind on, and would do anything to help her.

Kendall had accomplished Shelby's dream alone, it seemed.

Shelby gave the money back to Koda. "I can save up my tips. Who needs thirty grand?"

"People tip bad service?" Riley teased her and Shelby gently shoved him.

"But, if we're not taking the money, and Ms. Morgan won't take it... what's going to happen to it?"

"Who cares?" Tyler asked.

"Give back," Koda said. Shelby shook her head.

"Ms. Morgan won't take the money," she reminded him.

"No," Koda said. "Foster home. Government take care of Kendall. We take care of government."

"Whoa, whoa," Chase grabbed the blue Ranger's shoulder before he left. "The government doesn't need Kendall's money. They won't know what to do with it."

"Money like fire," Koda said. "Need money to live. Government..."

"Take enough money from people, believe me," Chase said and snatched the envelope, but, I get what you're saying."