Author's Note: So some of you have theories as to why Kaylee's been throwing up. Unfortunately I can't answer or tell you if you're right and wrong, nor will you find out in this season of the Kaylee series. But, if you look in my profile, you will see that the story that comes after this is called Earning the Leopard and the summery may give you a clue to if you're right or not. In that story you will find out what's wrong with her.
Anyways, thanks for reading so far, and don't forget to review!
Kaylee tossed and turned in her sleep that night. She wanted to figure out how to deactivate the chip resting on hers and Ronny's shoulder, but she didn't know how. She knew that medically, the chip could do no harm, except maybe to Mack, but it was still a nuisance. Teleportation, water manipulation and super speed could come in handy when exploring the world, or even when Kaylee needed to run to the bathroom like she's been doing lately.
Kaylee got out of bed and slowly made her way to the kitchen, where Spencer was already up, making pancakes for the team. She sat down on a barstool and sighed.
"Kaylee, is something the matter?" Spencer asked, turning away from the stove to look at her.
"I didn't sleep."
"Well, seeing as you are up this early, one can only assume you're worried about the little chip on your shoulder," Spencer smirked.
"Can you stop doing that?" Kaylee laughed softly, "Psychic butler scares me more than sock loving kitty."
Spencer chuckled as he dumped some mix into the frying pan, "Chocolate chips?"
"Yes please," Kaylee nodded, handing Spencer the bag of chocolate chips sitting next to her. "Need any help there, Spence?"
"If you wouldn't mind making my toast, I would appreciate it," Spencer smiled.
"Toast? No problemo," Kaylee smiled, getting up and walking to the toaster. She put the bread inside and popped it down.
"Anything else, dear butler?"
"Wait for it to pop," Spencer laughed.
"Wait... got it," Kaylee saluted, before turning to the toaster, "I'm watching you."
Minutes seemed to go by as Kaylee glared at the toaster. She began to grow bored as her face slowly dropped out of her hands and hit the counter.
"I think it's broken!" she told the old man, rubbing her chin.
"Miss Kaylee, it's only been a couple seconds," Spencer laughed.
"Really?" Kaylee frowned, "Well, I just got back five minutes of my life."
Suddenly, the toast popped, scaring the poor blonde. Kaylee growled as she turned to the small appliance, only to realise the toast was stuck.
"Damn it," Kaylee groaned, carefully trying to grab the toast. As her finger touched the bread, her engagement ring slipped and hit the coils of the toaster. Because it had just been used, it sent a small shock up Kaylee's arm, reaching her shoulder.
"DAMMIT!" Kaylee yelled, pulling away and putting her ring back in place as she massaged her shoulder, "That hurt!"
"Kaylee, you okay?" Spencer asked, walking over to her.
"Yeah," Kaylee smiled, "Not the first time that happened. Blake once told me to use a fork..."
Spencer rolled his eyes as he turned away.
"Kaylee, you're lucky you're cute," he muttered.
"...I went zap... it was awesome! But Tori got mad at him and jabbed him with her fork... highlight of the day."
Spencer shook his head as he put the last pancake onto a plate then set it on the table. That's when he found Karly and gave her one of Ronny's socks.
"You'll get the other when those lazy kids are in their seats," he told the cat. Karly grabbed the sock and took off towards the stairs.
Kaylee sat down in her seat and reached out for her pancake. Spencer slapped her hand away as he glared.
"Do I have to remind you of proper table manners?"
"C'mon! They're going to take forever!" Kaylee whined, "I want a warm pancake."
"You will have to wait for everyone else."
"Fine..." Kaylee crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. Suddenly, her eyelids started feeling very heavy. She decided to close them while she waited.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
When Kaylee woke up, she found herself in a beautiful room, filled with big dresses. Each dress seemed to have a person inside it, dancing around the room, just like in the fairytales Kaylee loved as a kid.
"Um... where am I?"
"The palace," a handsome young man smiled, extending his hand to help Kaylee up. She accepted it, getting to her feet, with the help of the young man, and then she dusted herself off.
"The palace?" she asked, looking around.
"My palace," the prince motioned to the room, "Tonight is the night I choose my queen, and you, lady Kaylee, must now dance with me."
"Engagements in fairytales are so stupid," Kaylee muttered. She didn't want to dance with the prince but something inside her forced her to do so.
"Kaylee, wake up, there's only one pancake left," the prince called, waving his hand in front of her face.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Where am I?" Kaylee asked, opening her eyes, "Whoa... déjà-vu."
"You're at the table, silly," Ronny laughed, "And there's only one pancake left, do you want it?"
"One pancake... CLAIMED!" Kaylee yelled, diving for the plate of food.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty," Will laughed.
"Funny you should say that," Kaylee frowned, "I had the weirdest dream. I was dancing."
"You have two left feet," Rose smiled.
"I know... but... I was with a prince... I think... you know what, never mind," Kaylee shrugged, eating her pancake.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
A few hours later, the Overdrive team was sitting in the game room, bored as hell. No one had any ideas of anything fun they could do, and no monster was attacking the city.
"The one day we want to fight, and there's nothing to do!" Dax whined, tossing his video game controller to the side once pacman ate all the little dots for the eighth time.
"We could play football in the backyard," Mack suggested, digging out a football from between the couch cushions.
"You keep a football in the couch?" Rose frowned, wondering what else was under her ass.
"What about golf?" Will suggested as his hand pulled out a golf ball and a putter.
"Oh, we could race windup toys!" Dax giggled, reaching under the cushions to pull out eight toys.
"Earth couches can hold objects?" Tyzonn asked, reaching between the cushions. He felt something and pulled it out. "Hey, look a stereo!"
"We could have a dance!" Dax exclaimed.
"No... still tired from Halloween, Ronny laughed.
"Yeah, and right now, just the smell of punch makes me gag," Kaylee commented. She reached under the cushions and giggled as she pulled out her guitar, "That's where I left you! You must be horribly out of tune."
Rose slowly got up and went to sit on a footstool, where no one was going to pull stuff out from her ass.
"Tune it and play a song for us," Mack smiled.
"Meh..."
"If I reach in, will a car come out?" Ronny asked, glaring at the couch like it was diseased.
The boys breathed in happily as they began clapping, "C'mon Ronny! Try it!"
Ronny shrugged, reaching her hand inside the couch. She felt something brush against her hand and grabbed it before pulling.
"ARMA!" Dax cried as Ronny pulled out his little toy car, better known as his wife. He snatched it from her and held it close to her chest.
"Well, it was a car," David laughed.
As Kaylee tuned her guitar, the music, though out of tune, lulled her to sleep and she suddenly found herself dancing with the prince once again.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"What?" Kaylee frowned, looking down at the green dress she was now wearing, before realising she was spinning around with the prince charming, "Aw man, it's you."
"What's wrong, my lady?" the prince frowned, "Are your slippers hurting you?"
Kaylee raised her eyebrows as she pulled up her dress. She was surprised to see that she was wearing glass slippers, just like in Cinderella.
"This dream just gets weirder and weirder," she groaned.
"This isn't a dream, Lady Kaylee," the prince explained as he dipped her slightly, "It's a fantasy world."
"Same thing," Kaylee stated, pulling herself up before the dip was complete, "now, can I go home?"
"Home?" the prince frowned. "But you belong here, with me."
"Yahuh, which way to the draw bridge?" Kaylee asked, pulling away from the prince.
"My lady, you cannot leave this world," the prince called to her as she walked away. "Once you are in, you're trapped forever. There is no escape."
"Yeah, and talking bunnies exist," Kaylee rolled her eyes as she reached the door. The guard stepped in her way before she could push it open.
There was something weird about his figure, so Kaylee lifted his helmet. To her surprise, the guard was a giant bunny.
"Mommy..." Kaylee whimpered.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"KILL THE BUNNY!" Kaylee yelled, waking herself from her sleep, scaring the other Rangers.
"Whoa... okay... backing away," Dax said before every Ranger took a step back.
Kaylee was breathing deeply as she looked around. She was back in the mansion, with her friends and family, where there were no prince charmings and guard bunnies.
"Kaylee, you okay?" Mack laughed.
Spencer ran in when he heard Kaylee yell, and sighed when he saw everything was fine.
"Between being dropped on your head and electrocution from the toaster, I'm amazed you can lead a normal life," he commented, turning to walk away.
Kaylee shook her head to clear her thoughts, before turning to the others.
"Hey, any of you see a guard bunny hopping around here?" she asked
"Nope," Rose laughed, "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I didn't sleep well last night," Kaylee frowned, "You think that might be it?"
"Well, try getting some sleep, we won't wake you, we swear," Ronny smiled.
Kaylee nodded, getting up off the floor and walking to her room. Maybe she did need some rest.
She crawled into bed and turned off the lights before closing her eyes. The dream wasn't going to come back. After all, she had just been taking cat naps. If she went into a deep sleep, then maybe she was going to dream of something else... like farting monkeys or duckies.
"Just in case," Kaylee reached over to her inflatable duck and her monkey and held them close.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Nice... bunny," Kaylee muttered, backing away from the rabbit, only to realise she was back. "Okay, shit idea, you guys can wake me up now!"
Kaylee shut her eyes, hoping one of her friends would shake her away, and this nightmare would be over with.
Nothing happened.
"Dammit!" Kaylee yelled. The bunny grabbed her shoulder and spun her around, before pushing her back towards the prince. Kaylee groaned, walking back to the center of the room.
"I'll have you know, I'm only here because that is the biggest freaking bunny I've ever seen," she told the prince as he took her hand.
"It's a fantasy world, my lady," the prince smirked, "It's going to take some getting used to, but by the time my heir is born, you should be used to it."
The prince leaned it for a kiss, but Kaylee put her hand up.
"Whoa there goldilocks," she frowned, pushing him away, "Your what now?"
"Heir, the one who will take my place as king or queen."
"Alright, dude, I don't plan on having kids for a long time," Kaylee told him. "And I don't plan on having kids with you... EVER!"
"That will change, my lady, as soon as the wedding's done, we will work on it."
"Wedding? Don't you still have to do that dancing engagement thing with the other girls?"
"I have chosen you."
"You chose wrong, my lady-man," Kaylee frowned, "You see this ring, it means I'm engaged to another man... I like him better."
"Then this other man must go!" the prince announced, drawing his sword, "Where is he?"
"In the world where bunnies are cute and fluffy, not... that."
Kaylee pointed to the guard bunny and shuddered.
"Well, if he is not in this world, then I have nothing to worry about," the prince smiled, putting his sword away.
"Um, yeah, you do," Kaylee frowned, crossing her arms and kicking off her heels, "I'm not getting married to you, or your freakishly large bunny."
You cannot leave this world, Lady Kaylee," the Prince reminded her. "You're trapped here forever. You will never see that peasant again."
"His name is Dustin, and I'm getting out of here," Kaylee tried to run, but the prince grabbed her shoulder and spun her around, into his arms.
"HELP ME!" Kaylee yelled, hoping someone in the mansion would hear from screaming in her sleep. "Mack! Ronny! SPENCER! ANYBODY!
"What if I had the deactivation code for this," he whispered, tracing the chip, "You never have to worry about not having powers, ever again."
"Miss Hanson," came a voice from the sky, and suddenly, Kaylee was pulled from her sleep.
------Operation-Overdrive-----
"Kaylee, wake up," Spencer gently shook the blonde, before she bolted into an upright position.
"Spencer!" Kaylee yelled, throwing herself into his arms. Spencer held her close as he looked down.
"Kaylee... what happened?" he asked.
"He wants to marry me?"
"Dustin?" Spencer frowned, "Of course he does."
"No... the prince... from my dream."
"Ah," Spencer sighed, "well, that might be a problem."
"Spencer... what do I do?" Kaylee asked, looking up at the butler with teary eyes. "Every time I close my eyes... I'm back there."
"Then I suggest you don't close your eyes," Spencer smiled.
Kaylee glared at her friend. Crossing her arms, she huffed, "Be realistic," she told him.
"Face you fears, Miss Kaylee," Spencer whispered, "The best way to get rid of a nightmare, is to defeat it."
"How do I defeat this one?" Kaylee asked.
"What is it?" Spencer frowned.
"The prince... he wants to marry me," Kaylee explained, "He wants me and no one else..."
Kaylee thought for a better explanation of her dream, until she remembered the last thing the prince told her.
"He can deactivate the chip!" Kaylee yelled.
"The chip?" Spencer frowned.
"Yeah... he said he knows how!"
Spencer thought for a minted, before looking at the chip placed on Kaylee's shoulder.
"Miss Kaylee... when did these dreams first begin?" he asked her.
"I don't know... this morning I think," she told him.
"Before or after the toaster electrocuted you?"
"After... but what does...?"
"Kaylee, the shock when to the chip, did it not?"
"Yeah... I felt it burn for a second... you don't think?"
"I think the chip's malfunctioning," Spencer smiled, "I believe, when you zapped it, a current must have gone to your brain."
"Yahuh," Kaylee frowned.
"The chip is giving you these dreams!" Spencer explained, "The only way to get them to stop is to figure out how to deactivate the chip and to remove it."
"No..." Kaylee shook her head as she backed away, "I'm not going back in there! Spencer, he had guard bunnies!"
"He doesn't sound that mighty."
"Guard. Bunnies," Kaylee repeated as if it was supposed to phase the butler.
"Miss Kaylee, if you would allow it, may I suggest coming along to protect you from these cute, fluffy bunnies while you get the secret to the chip?" Spencer smiled.
"As long as you stop mocking me," Kaylee frowned, taking Spencer's hand, "So, what do I do now, oh mighty bunny killer?"
"Go to sleep," Spencer told her, "I'll be right there with you."
Kaylee nodded, squeezing Spencer's hand before resting her head on her pillow. As she slowly drifted to sleep, she would randomly squeeze Spencer's hand, just to make sure he was there.
Spencer smiled down on the girl as he watched her sleep. This reminded him of when his biological daughter was a child and she was having nightmares. Spencer would sit by her bed and wait for her to fall asleep, before kissing her forehead and leaving, but not before leaving a little note for when she woke up. The note would always read: I told you, you could do it, sweetheart.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"AH!" Kaylee yelled as she opened her eyes and found herself in the prince's arms.
"What's wrong, my dear?" the prince asked her, leaning in for a kiss.
"You!" Kaylee yelled, pulling away and turning to run.
She suddenly lost the ground as something picked her up by the back of her dress. She turned around and saw the guard bunny holding her in the air, laughing.
"Man... you are the worst pet bunny ever!" Kaylee groaned as the rabbit carried her over to one of the two thrones on the other side of the room. The prince sat beside Kaylee and smiled, taking her hand.
"Now, you and I shall be married, and there will be no more Dustin, no more reality."
"No more reality?" Kaylee frowned. "Does that have to do with the being stuck here forever thing? I don't agree to that? Do I get a say in the wedding?"
"NO!" the prince yelled, slamming his fist down on the arm of the chair, "the lady does not get a say in the marriage, only her father and the groom do! You don't have a father! You are mine!"
"I have a father," Kaylee frowned, crossing her arms.
"He's dead!"
"He still counts... ish," Kaylee groaned.
The doors to the palace burst open as a figure walked in, parting the crowd. He slowly made his way over to the prince and Kaylee.
"Actually," Kaylee giggled, getting up from her seat and running over to the figure, "Prince Scary bunny, meet Lord Spencer."
Spencer smirked as he turned to Kaylee, taking her hand.
"I'm her father," he said.
"What?" the prince yelled. "You cannot have a father! He passed away!"
"Fantasy world! Spencer now playing the role of father!"
"NO!"
"Judges ruling.... YES!"
"That's not fair!" the prince yelled.
"Judges rule... its fair!" Kaylee grinned.
The prince growled, drawing his sword. He pointed it to Kaylee and Spencer.
"Tell me now, Lord... may I marry your daughter?"
Spencer drew his sword as well as he pulled Kaylee behind him, "No."
The prince growled as he attacked the butler. Spencer held him off for a bit, before turning to Kaylee.
"Find the secret to the chip!" he yelled.
"But, Spencer... he's got a sword!"
"I've got one too, Kaylee," Spencer smiled. "Don't worry about me. This reminds me of my time in the army."
"Spencer, one day I'm going to have you tell my kids all your stories," Kaylee giggled.
"Go now!" Spencer yelled, pushing her to the door, leading deeper into the castle.
Kaylee ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She knew she had to be quick. Spencer may have been doing a good job at holding off the prince, but there was only so long he could go before his age kicked in.
Kaylee turned down the hall, only to find a row of guard bunnies. She quickly hid behind the wall.
"Okay... scary bunnies are everywhere," she whispered, "Okay, Kaylee... breath and find another way..."
Kaylee looked down at her dress and smirked. She ripped it at mid tight and started twirling the fabric around in her hand.
"Hey, you bunnies!" Kaylee yelled, stepping into view, with the fabric in her hands. "Scram!"
Kaylee whipped her dress, just like she would her old spino whip. It cracked it the air, scaring the bunnies and causing them to scatter in different directions. Kaylee giggled as she ran for the door down the hall.
She pulled the heavy door open and walked in.
Looking around, Kaylee could have sworn she entered a time traveling room. Computers, holograms, monitors and video game mother lode
"Ethan would have loved this room," Kaylee smiled, walking around, looking at everything she could, before a file on the main computer opened up.
"Welcome test subject 2974678."
"Call me Kaylee," Kaylee frowned, before realising her chip was now blinking red. "Oh... you two are connected. I see."
She looked around for a computer mouse, but found there was none.
"Okay, finding the code if going to be harder than I thought," she groaned.
"Accessing codes."
"Or not..." Kaylee grinned as a new file opened up, showing her all the codes that the little chip contained.
When the files stopped downloaded, Kaylee looked through all of them.
"This is going to take way too long," Kaylee groaned. "Deactivation code!" she called, feeling powerful as the computer ran a search at the sound of her voice.
"One result for deactivation code. Would you like to download it into chip 2974678 and 2974677."
"Um... who are they?" Kaylee asked.
"Chip 2974678: Kaylee Ann Brooks. Powers: Water manipulation, Teleportation, and semi-spontaneous regeneration."
"Download the code," Kaylee nodded.
There was a quick swishing sound, before Kaylee felt her chip fall off her shoulder.
Chip 2974677: Veronica "Ronny" Robinson. Powers: Hyper Speed."
"Download!" Kaylee giggled, listening for the swishing noise.
"Download complete," the computer suddenly shut down, and Kaylee felt the ground shake.
"Shit!" she yelled, running for the door. "If this is chip dream world... then no chip means... AH!" Kaylee yelled, jumping over a hole in the floor that had just been created.
ZWOP!
"Spencer!" Kaylee yelled, grabbing onto the butler. Just as the Prince was going to land a deadly blow with his sword, Kaylee and Spencer disappeared in a cloud of green smoke.
ZWOP!
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"DAD!" Kaylee yelled, falling off the bed as she was woken from her sleep.
Spencer jumped beside her, finally letting go of her hand and looking up.
"Did you get it?" he asked her.
Kaylee nodded, showing him her shoulder, which was now bare. Spencer smiled, pulling her into a hug.
"Glad to have the old Kaylee back," he breathed.
"Okay, I know we promised we wouldn't wake you... but what the fuck if going on?" Ronny asked as she and the others walked into the room.
"Ronny!" Kaylee yelled, jumping out of bed and running to her best friend. Instead of hugging her, like everyone thought, she pulled down Ronny's shirt collar, exposing her shoulder.
"It's gone," David frowned, tracing the spot on Ronny's shoulder where the chip used to be.
"It is?" Ronny asked, reaching back. When she felt it wasn't there, she jumped for joy, before taking off at super speed around the house.
"Well, you guys are back to normal," Mack sighed. He was happy for his friends, he really was, but he was a little jealous that their problem was so temporary and his were permanent. He would never again be the Mack he thought he was. He wasn't even sure he actually was the Mack he thought he was. Everything about him was programmed. He was supposed to be who he was... he didn't choose this.
"I'm fast!" Ronny cried happily, coming to a stop in the room, before taking off again, running circles around the bedroom.
Kaylee giggled as she started zwopping everywhere, leaving green clouds of smoke all over the place.
Spencer coughed, waving the smoke away from his mouth as he watched the two girls.
"Glad to have you both back to normal," he smiled.
"Spencer!" Kaylee laughed, appearing right in front of him, "Thanks... for all the help. I would never have done it if you didn't pretend to be my dad."
"Nothing I did was pretend, Kaylee," Spencer smiled, "You truly are the daughter I once had."
"I don't want to take her place, Spencer," Kaylee whispered.
"Oh, Kaylee, my dear, you will never take Anna's spot," Spencer told her. "You've always had your own, right with her."
Kaylee hugged the butler tight happy he was in her life. After losing her own father, Spencer was the medicine she needed to make it through the day.
Spencer lost his daughter when she was close to Kaylee's age. It was nice to be able to continue from where he left off. And this time, he wasn't going to lose her.