Author's Notes: I'm guessing a lot of you had a lovely surprise this morning, if you saw that Faith updated Mystic Force. Turns out, it's going to be a three parter, but for now, we've got the begging done, and you now know how Kelly becomes a Ranger. This means there are no more spoilers for Once a Ranger, so you are free to read.

Enjoy this chapter. I guarantee it is not what you expected.

Spencer sat in his chair, petting Karly gently with one hand as he held a picture of him and the Rangers in the other. He missed them deeply, and was waiting for them to return. Even if they had been gone for a day, it felt like much longer, and the more time that passed, the more the old team became a distant memory.

"We're home!" a familiar voice called as Spencer heard bags being chucked onto the floor. "Spence? Hartford? Tori? Kayl? Anyone?"

Karly jumped off of Spencer's lap and ran for the door. Spencer followed her and laughed when he saw the cat jumped into Ronny's bag and steal the lucky socks.

"Dammit!" Ronny cursed.

"Rangers," Spencer smiled, seeing the overdrive team, and the retros were finally all home, with happy faces. "I take it you've forgiven each other?"

"Yeah, well Kira wouldn't let me bash her head in, and forgiveness was next on my list..."

"It was near the bottom! Right between beat with a power tool and dismember with a chain saw!"

Spencer laughed, taking all the Overdrive bags in his arms, leading the Rangers to the game room, where Tori and Kaylee were going through a picture book.

"Hey," Kaylee smiled. "I see you got them back."

"G'day, Sheila," Dax giggled as Xander rolled his eyes.

"Xander... what did you do?" Tori laughed.

"I... it was the only way," Xander sighed.

"It doesn't matter," Dr. O smiled. "Now that we're all here, we can really kick Thrax ass."

"How though?" Mack asked. "We don't have Ranger powers, and as you said, we're not going on the battlefield when we can't..."

There was a loud beep as the monitors pooped out, flashing videos of Thrax and the evil alliance, plus one.

Beside the evil master stood the newest monster, his face resembled that of Jordan's, but he was no longer human. He was now a scaly, evil mutant alien, created by Thrax, to fight the Rangers.

"Smart plan," Kelly mumbled when she saw Tori coward in fear at the sight of the new Jordan monster. "Freak one of us out to the point where it takes half the team to comfort, while the other half gets their asses kicked."

"Oh, an ass is going to be kicked alright," Kaylee growled, standing up and glaring at the monitors, clenching her fists to the point where her knuckles turned white. "But it's not going to be ours."

"Kaylee..."

"You guys deal with the other baddies," Kaylee ordered. "Jordan is all mine."

"What about Tori?" Kira asked, taking the blue Ranger's hand. "We don't know if she's going to fight, and she's a little... unresponsive..."

"Whatever you do, don't let Jordan near her, and she'll be fine," Kaylee said. She looked down at her sister softly, kneeling before her and putting a hand on her lap. "Tori, you have to fight with these guys. He's not going to hurt you... I swear. I won't let him."

"Kaylee... you're not going to kill him... are you?" Tori asked. Kaylee took a deep breath as she looked to Dr. O. He shook his head.

"Kaylee... he's human. You can't..."

"You don't know what he's done!" Kaylee snapped. "If you saw half the things I've seen... you would kill him too."

"Kayl, who is this guy?" Kelly asked.

"Tori's ex-boyfriend," Kaylee whispered. "An abusive, lying, cheating boyfriend."

Kaylee squeezed Tori's leg before nodding to her team, leading the powerless Rangers out the door.

"Lying?" Bridge frowned.

"Cheating?" Kelly followed.

"Abusive?" Kira asked, looking down at Tori. The scared blue Ranger nodded slowly, looking up.

"Kaylee's threatened to kill him more than once..."

"Kaylee would never kill someone... would she?" Adam asked. He didn't know Kaylee as well as the others, but from what he's been told, he would never imagine the sweet, bubbly Kaylee as the murdering type.

"I hope not," Tori breathed. "As much as he deserves it... I hope not..."

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

"Are you slow, or ignorant?" Kaylee asked, standing before the Evil alliance, with her team behind her. "Cause I really can't tell."

"Like my new look, cheerleader?" Jordan laughed, stepping forward and grinning through the scales at Kaylee. "It offers a little protection."

"You think a few scales are going to stop me?" Kaylee smirked. "You changing into a scaly freak just means I can destroy you!"

"Try me!" Jordan taunted.

Kaylee stepped forward, but Mack pulled her back.

"Kayl, he's still human... don't kill him."

Kaylee shrugged him off and stood face to face with the mutant. The battle was on.

The Retro Rangers arrived to see Kaylee battling it out with Jordan. As much as they knew they had to stop her, they knew that if they got involved, Jordan might be pushed to attack Tori. That was the last thing they needed, so they decided to leave them be, and attract the attention on Thrax and the others.

"Tell me, Thrax, did Rita not love you enough?" Adam laughed, pulling out his morpher.

"I don't need love from my mother," Thrax yelled.

"Aw, I think you need a hug," Tommy teased. "You ready guys?"

He turned to the Retros, who nodded. Tori smiled back at him, telling him she was ready for battle, even with Jordan in the area.

Tommy smiled at her then turned to the Overdrive Rangers. Though they didn't have Ranger Powers, they were still involved, "Ready guys?"

"Ready," they nodded.

"Ready, mate!" Dax answered.

"It's Morphing Time!"

"Ninja Storm, Ranger Form!"

"Dino Thunder, Power Up, HA!"

"SPD, Emergency."

Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

"Wow, only now do I realise how boring that is," Will yawned as his friends put on their spandex. "Morph calls, totally not cool anymore."

"Shut-up and fight," Adam laughed.

Meanwhile, Kaylee was giving everything her all as she focused on landing all her kicks, jabs and punches on Jordan. Though they all seemed to land, none seemed to do any damage.

"Why won't you die!" Kaylee yelled, swinging her arm around, connecting with Jordan's head. His neck snapped to the side, but he snapped it back in record speed and grabbed her arm, twisting it behind her back.

"These scales came with a few upgrades."

"Aw, afraid you were going to lose to the preemie?" Kaylee frowned. Jordan let out a cry as he pulled her arm up, farther than it should go.

"Just upping my chances," he smirked. "When I'm done with you, I think I'll take care of your sister. You know, do what we should have done in the first place."

Kaylee pulled herself out and spun around, bringing her leg up and smashing it onto Jordan's side, knocking him to the ground. She sat on top of him, grabbing a chunk of his scales in both her fists as she slammed his back on the ground.

"I will kill you," she warned him. "I will make sure you die slowly, and painfully!"

"What are you gonna do?" Jordan laughed, only making Kaylee angry. "You can't kill a fly, never mind a human!"

"You. Are. Not. HUMAN!" Kaylee yelled, bringing a fist down on Jordan's face, cutting her knuckles open on his scales, but landing a solid shot, finally injuring the monster before her. "You're a selfish, pervert who took advantage of a young girl! You beat her, then told her you loved her! You slept with another woman because you couldn't get in her pants! You weren't even man enough to own up to your mistakes! You're a heartless son of a bitch who deserves to die!"

"Go ahead, kill me!" Jordan yelled, smirking as he watched Kaylee's anger grow. "But what good will it do for you?"

"You'll be out of the picture!" Kaylee screamed, landing another blow on his face, cutting her other hand, but she didn't feel the pain.

"You won't be able to hurt my sister again!" Kaylee yelled, slamming Jordan's head on the ground. The scales on his skull broke on impact, causing it to crack. She continued to slam his down, before giving up, throwing him down one last time as she stood up.

"You can't haunt her in her dreams!" Kaylee kicked Jordan in the stomach, keeping him on the ground. The monster had not stopped laughing as he received a beating from the small Ranger, as if he had planned for her to lash out all along.

"And she will never have to fear you again!" with one final kick to the head, Kaylee felt Jordan's scales around his neck break, exposing what was left of his human body. Because the scales weren't there to stop his neck from snapping back all the way, his neck did just that.

"Kaylee, stop!" Kira and Ronny yelled, running over to the green Ranger and pulling her away, but it was too late... Jordan was dead.

Thrax had a smile as he turned to the other villains.

"Leave them," he told them. "This is working perfectly."

The evil alliance laughed as they disappeared in a flash of light, but that didn't mean the battle was over.

"Kaylee... what did you do?" Kelly asked, running to the youngest blonde.

"He's not coming back..." Kaylee whispered, looking down at the lifeless corpse.

"Uh, yeah, you kinda killed him," Bridge pointed out.

"He deserved it," Kaylee muttered.

"Kaylee... that was out of line," Dr. O told her.

"He's not human!" Kaylee yelled. "He never was! He was a heartless jackass!"

Kelly hissed, glaring at the small girl as she knelt beside Jordan, running her hand over his scales, "Kaylee Ann... you're lucky as hell he was a monster... but just because he was... doesn't make this right."

"And what he did..."

"I don't care what he did!" Kelly yelled, standing over Kaylee and grabbing her arms tight. "You, of all people should know better!"

"I kill monsters every day..."

"It could be reversed!" Kelly yelled. "He was human not two days ago... and he's still got some of the parts left in him! We could have turned him back!"

"I did what was best!"

"We'll talk later," Kelly snapped, turning toe and walking away. Xander and the boys followed her immediately, as well as the Overdrive Rangers.

Kira looked over at her friend, refusing to smile.

"Kir..."

Kira shook her head and walked away.

Tori was the only one left. The Blue Ranger pulled off her helmet and smiled at her sister.

"Thanks for looking out for me," she whispered. "But..."

Tori looked down at the body. Kaylee followed, feeling guilt wash over her.

"Kaylee..."

"I'm sorry... but he wasn't himself... he wasn't human... you know I had too!"

"I know... and the others do too... but Kaylee...."

"I'm not in trouble... am I?" Kaylee asked, like a five year old who had been caught red handed drawing on the walls.

"A little bit, sweetie," Tori smiled, hugging her sister.

"But he was a monster... like Thrax, and Flurious... and all the others..."

"I know... and it's okay... but it's... the way you did it."

"I let emotions get the better of me?" Kaylee asked.

Tori nodded, "Don't let it happen again."

"Am I going to be fired?"

"No... I'm make sure you don't," Tori smiled. "But I am going to let you suffer Kelly's wrath."

Kaylee laughed slightly, as Tori pulled away, gently poking her nose as she walked off with the others.

Kaylee stood there, looking down once more at the body.

She had taken a life. Sure, it wasn't a human one, and she had done it many times before in her career, but she still felt guilty.

Maybe it was because she knew the human inside the monster. She had gotten to know him. Granted, even when he was a human, he was a monster, but nevertheless, he had a family, and friends... just like her.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

It wasn't the easiest thing Kelly had to do. In fact, it was one of the hardest, but it had to be done.

Kelly wasn't the most experienced Ranger on the team, but she did know a thing or two about the rules.

One: never escalate a battle.

Two: never fight for personal gain.

Kaylee had broken both those rules.

Kelly hated lecturing Kaylee. She had only done it once before, when Kaylee was a child and thought it was funny to take out the batteries from the smoke alarms in the store. That time hadn't been so bad. Kaylee had been upset to being yelled at, but hadn't burst into tears.

This time, the blonde had done just that. What hurt Kelly most was that the tears were sincere. Kaylee truly felt guilty for going overboard in the battle. She was devastated about the blood on her hands, and had told the red head several times she wished she hadn't of done it... for personal gain that is.

In the end, Kelly had told her that the only reason she was avoiding jail time, was because Jordan was no longer human. But that didn't mean she avoided punishment. To learn to better control her emotions in a personal battle, Kaylee had been asked to train in a one-on-two battle against Tori and Kira, until she passed out, or until she got it her emotions back in line.

When the spar was over, Kaylee was leaning against the wall, wrapping a bandage around both her knuckles when Kelly sat beside her. The tears in Kaylee's eyes were still there.

Kelly wiped them away and hugged her friend.

"It's okay," she whispered.

"I kill him..." Kaylee shook her head. "It's not okay."

"Kaylee, you're too attached," she smiled.

"I killed a human..."

"You destroyed a monster," Tommy said, backing up Kelly as he knelt in front of Kaylee, offering her a bottle of disinfectant. "You did what you had too, but in the wrong way."

"And anyways, you don't have to worry about fighting for a little while," Mack said, reading a map. "We're going after the sword Excelsior, while these guys search for Alpha."

"You, little missy, think about what happened on the battle field, though," Kira told Kaylee. "You might as well come to terms with it now, because it's going to haunt you for the rest of your life, whether Jordan was human or not."

"I know," Kaylee nodded. She stood up, with the help of her friends, and turned to the Overdrive Rangers. "C'mon guys, you might want to get to the sword before I do. I'm a little dangerous right now."

Will laughed, ruffling her hair as she passed by him; the tints of navy where still there, but they had gotten much lighter in the past few days.

The Retros smiled as the others took the stairs. Xander turned to Kira, Kelly and Tori and frowned.

"I'll think twice before pissing Kaylee off," he said.

"I'll think twice before making Tori the butt of the joke, in front of Kaylee!" Kira laughed.

"Did you see how hard she hit his face?" Dr. O started. "If she had been like that with Mesogog, we could have had a normal semester!"

"Hit his face? I'm going to look out for those kicks!" Adam frowned. "And Conner better watch it next time he plays her in soccer!"

"I hear that," Bridge nodded.

Author's Note: What's this? Kaylee's not sweet and bubbly anymore? I guess we've learned not to piss her off. Now, before you all ask, Jordan is NOT human anymore. He still had some human parts, but he was a full on mutant, just like the Flurious and Moltor. So why is destroying him so bad? Because of how she went about doing it.

Let me know what you think.