I do not own. The episode I'm taking this from is supposed to be Adam mentoring a boy but I've changed it to fit with Kadie and give us a bit more into her back story thanks!

thanks for pointing out the Tor mistake in chapter five Alex...man auto correct can b such a bitch sometimes! :)

Rocky and Adam had roped Kadie into helping them teach their karate class and the boys were currently showing what they hoped their students would be able to do at the end of the course.

They started the basic training but the only girl in the group ended up bumping into a taller boy. "Watch it girlie!" He snapped with all the snide of a nine year old.

She did it again and the boy turned around and ordered her to leave that she didn't belong on the team.

"Hey. That's not how we handle things around here."
"But she's going to ruin everything. Girls can't fight."

"Excuse me?" Kadie asked raising an eyebrow. "That's not very nice."
"She sucks! We won't stand a chance in the junior karate competition with her on the team."
"With an attitude like that we won't have a team at all." Kadie told him and he shrugged.

Rocky and Adam dismissed the group and the girl walked away head down.

"Hey Sam. Come here." She cocked her head at the girl who came over to her.

Rocky and Adam watched as she sat down on a bench with the girl.

"Don't let them get you down Sam. I know how you feel the same thing happened to me as a kid. I was the only girl in my group and I had to suffer a lot of heat and it sucked…but it pushed me to work harder."

"Yeah but they're probably right…I'm not very good. I'll probably just let the team down." She sighed.

"Don't give up so fast. If I did that I wouldn't be helping Rocky or Adam here today and I wouldn't be able to drive me motorcycle home if I didn't learn how to drive it on the dirt as a kid and I wouldn't be able to surf…three things I love to do because I didn't give up." She told her smiling. "Look at me Sam. For a girl my age I'm short. And I was the shortest kid in my class but I grew….sort of but I got better all I needed was a bit of practice." She said.

"Think so?"
"I know so." Kadie grinned and Sam hugged her.

"Thanks Kadie!" She chirped.

-LATER-

Kadie had agreed to mentor Sam until Sam felt she was up to scratch.

"She's doing well." Aisha said to Rocky and Adam.

"Yeah well Kadie's a great teacher….we should have in the class more often the boys crushing on her big time." Rocky chuckled. "They listen to her more then us."

Kadie was giving Sam some pointers. "Just use your inner strength. Confidence is a massive part of this Sam. It isn't about brute strength or height it's about belief in you."

Sam nodded and smiled.

Then Bulk and Skull showed up dressed up like they were about to take a karate lesson.

"Oh dear god no." Kadie stated shaking her head.

"They're scary." Sam muttered.

"No they're idiots." Kadie told her gaining a loud laugh from the little girl.

"What are you doing boys?" Kadie asked them.

"Isn't it obvious we are working on our karate skills!" Bulk stated.

"What skills?" Kadie asked cocking an eyebrow.

"Huh! Our MAD skills!" Skull stated huffing.

"If you say so." Kadie stated.

"We know so! We need to be well trained so we can keep up with the power rangers! That way we can learn who they really are."

"Uh huh. Run along." She told them and they did shouting he-ya as they went.

Aisha, Adam and Rocky left to go meet the others at the basketball courts.

Sam and Kadie decided to leave the Youth Centre in favour of the park since the idiots (Bulk and Skull) were taking up so much room on the mats.

The two girls walked through the park.

"As a kid I didn't have a lot of friends and I moved here when I was five…. A new girl straight off of the sandy beaches of Miami who was short for her age and knew no one. The only friend I had was my surfboard and karate lessons I took back in Miami. My mom forced me into it here and I was nervous. I made mistakes and kids picked on me for being new and small and my hair…pretty much everything. But karate made me confident sort of, it helped me believe in myself. I still surfed since it calmed me down and when I was twelve a cousin introduced me to dirt biking which led to my need for speed….for a while surfing, my bike and karate was all I had…all that made me happy. I proved to everyone who picked on me that I could be made stronger. No matter what."

"Really?"
"It takes a while and karate didn't make me taller….I've got bad genes my mom was small too so I'm still pretty short…" Sam chuckled at Kadie's words as the baby blue ranger continued. "But it helped me believe in myself…and it led me to the guy who'd become my oldest and first friend. Jason."

Sam nodded. "I don't get it….Kadie you're really pretty all the boys in the karate class like you and so does Sensei-Adam."
"What you've got to be kidding me….Adam and I are just friends."
"But I know he likes you! He looks at you the way my dad looks at mommy." Sam smiled widely.

Kadie looked at her sideways. "Uh….whatever you say Sam. Let's get started."
For the next hour or so they trained with little bits of advice thrown in here and there.

"Keep your knees bent…."
"Try and keep your legs shoulder width apart…arm up here and punch….kick…punch look you're doing it!"

After a while longer.

"You got it perfectly!" Kadie grinned and she grinned too hugging Kadie around the waist.

"Thank you Kadie! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Kadie laughed. "Your welcome Sam…you're welcome."

Sam ran off toward her home and Kadie picked up her gear bag turning around to find Goldar and Putties.

"Come on Goldar you can't beat me…and you know it."

"Maybe not but I've got a surprise for you! Attack my Putties! Teach the human a lesson."

"Here I go again." She muttered dodging three punches and kicking the Putty in the Z.

"PUNY RANGER! Meet the Mirror Of Regret!" Goldar shouted the large mirror appearing in his hands.

"What are you up to Goldar?" She snapped. "I'm not in the mood for this!"

"Behold the truth!"

In the mirror she saw it….her first wipe out in her competition. Tumbling through the water unable to get up scared and panicked.

She flinched but stood her ground. "Old memories can't hurt me. I'm better then that!"

She tried to attack him but two Putties held onto her arms as Goldar forced her to watch. "And become what you once were…."
A man, a large man grabbing her arms too tightly and shaking her shouting at her for failing…..not being good enough….bruises the next morning that she had to wear long sleeves in scorching heat.

Bullies laughing at her long sleeves and her desire to stay in the shadows because it was to hot.

"STOP IT!" She shouted.

"You see it's happening already! You can never escape your past!"

Sitting on the stairs listening to her parents shout at each other then seeing her mom walk out the door for the last time slamming it and never looking back.

A man standing over her shouting in her face calling her every swear word under the sun blaming her for how bad the marriage turned out all while smoking that damned cigarette….the ashes dropping off it and down her back accidently on purpose….

Trying not to shriek as it burned and trying to stop the tears from falling as he grabbed her wrist and screamed at her to go upstairs he didn't want to see her.

She didn't know that at the same time the rangers were watching through the viewing globe.

"What's making her fall apart like that?" Rocky asked.

"I'm not sure Rocky. But whatever it is it's working…all of Kadie's confidence and strength is leaving her."

Adam watched it then got an idea. "Zordon I think I know….I have to help her."

"I'm sorry Adam but…"
"No seriously Zordon I'm sorry too but I think I know and it's not just something someone can just move past….I'll meet you guys later with the laughing monster but we can't do this without Kadie."

"Okay Adam. Rangers teleport out."

They nodded five going one way and Adam going to Kadie unmorphed.

"Kadie!" He shouted taking out the Putties that surrounded her as the girl clutched her head tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Kadie come on you can beat this…" He whispered glaring at Goldar then turning kneeling in front of Kadie.

"Can't…I can't…Adam he hurt me I…I…"
"Who hurt you Kadie…?"
"My dad…he…he hurt me…he hurt me and he laughed…every time…I wasn't good enough…I ruined him and moms life it was my fault she left I…I'm weak Adam I can't beat him…not alone I can't do this again."
He took her hands in his seething at what she just told him. "You can beat this. Because you beat him every day you walk around outside. Every time you morph every time you show up on your bike…"
"Angel…my bike…"
"Yeah Angel named for it's owner….Kadie you can beat this guy, because after everything he did to you, you have the strength to morph and save the world even if it means saving the man who tried to break you. You can beat him Kadie. You've got all the confidence in the world and you've past that onto Sam."

She froze and looked at him the haze of fear and doubt in her mind so he did the one thing he had left.

He kissed her.

Clutching her face in his hands he poured everything he had kept bottled up inside for Kadie flow into it pulling back only when the need for air was becoming desperate and looked at the Mirror of Regret.

The images that were haunting her were changing from the man who hurt her to winning surf competitions, her Nan revealing her bike to her as a birthday present exercising puppies at the Animal Shelter.

Sam and how good she had become under Kadie.

Kadie looked up at him and blinked away every bit of doubt she held and stood up.

"What the…you should be getting weaker! Not stronger!" Goldar shouted enraged.

"Go find a hole, crawl into it and hide until you die Goldar because I'm back." She told him going into her stance getting ready to morph. "And I'm pissed off."

"Very well Baby Blue you have won the battle this time!" Goldar shouted and he teleported away.

"Hey Adam…" She said looking up at him.

"Yeah?"

She kissed him this time one hand going to the back of his head to play with his curls. "Thank you." She whispered.

He ran the back of his hand down her face. "Any time Kadie. I won't let him or his memory hurt you….not anymore." She smiled widely white teeth sparkling.

"Thank you." She told him as their communicators went off.

"We read you Zordon."
"Very well done indeed rangers. However your friends need you at the other end of the park."
"Okay Zordon we'll get there as soon as possible. It's Morphin' Time!"

"MASTODON!"

"PLESIOSAURUS!"

The arrived at the other end of the park. "Jokes over bone head!"
"Kadie! Adam it's good to see you."
"Sorry we're late. But I'm ready for action."
"Good because we could use you. POWER RANGERS! PREPARE TO RECEIVE POWER CANNON!"

"Lock and Load!" Kadie ordered.

The Power of the Cannon had the laughing monster destroyed.

"Oh yeah!" She nodded. "Gotta love it!" She high-fived Aisha.

-LATER-

Sam showed off the routine in front of everyone and did it perfectly leaving the boy from before speechless.

"Uh…Sam….how did you learn it so fast?"

"Just practiced!"

"I'm sorry we gave you such a hard time….could you uh help me practice sometime?"

"Sure!" Sam nodded.

"Awesome!" The two kids high-fived.

"Up top!" Kadie proclaimed putting both hands up for Rocky and Adam to high five.

"Way to go Sam!" Tommy grinned down at the little girl who nodded and smiled.

"That practice really paid off huh?"
"Yeah Kadie's a greatest."
"Don't tell her that her ego is big enough…" Tommy fake whispered then. "OW!" As Kadie yanked a lock of his hair.

"Ha-ha-HA!" She smirked.

"You found the confidence in yourself Sam to learn the routine….now you know that size has nothing to do with it!"

"Yeah, that's right." Kadie nodded and gave Sam a hug.

"Have you thought about what I said earlier in the park about Se…?"
"Yeah!" Kadie yelped putting a hand over her mouth to silence her as the boys looked at each other and shrugged. "I have and…thanks…you were right." She winked and Sam grinned.

"What?" Adam asked.

"I'll tell you later." She said patting his arm.

He took her hand and kissed it grinning as she blushed.

"Okay when did this happen?" Rocky and Tommy shouted.

The two looked at each other. "Let them sweat about it desperate for information?"
"Definitely." Adam agreed and the two told them nothing just as Bulk and Skull crashed.

Yes I mean CRASHED into the Youth Centre.

The two of them proceeded to make idiots of themselves in front of everyone.

"Oh lord….I thought they might have learned by now." Kadie sighed and shook her head.

"They're never going to learn." Adam told her.

She sighed. "Pizza?" She offered the boys. "I'll buy?"
"Yeah." They nodded and headed out with one last hug and goodbye to Sam.

Right now everything was perfect.

Tomorrow she'd deal with the letter.

BYE, BYE! SEE YOU NEXT TIME!