Power Rangers: Legacy
"Brotherly Love"

It was a bright and sunny afternoon in Angel Grove as Carri pulled her car into a parking space in the airport. She climbed out and headed in, walking over to the giant board which listed the arriving and departing flights. It wasn’t hard to find the terminal she was looking for. She quickly headed up the stairs and through the concourse, stopping right before the metal detectors and the security guards, who were checking tickets and scanning luggage for entrance to the gates. The wait wouldn’t be long, and she could see the gate from there. Flashing the guard a smile she sat in one of the cold plastic chairs along the wall.

She was more than a little exited to be there that morning. She was waiting for a flight from New York, for her brother’s flight from New York. He was flying in on a USAir flight and should be arriving any minute. Carri couldn’t help but be amused at thinking about the flight and how her brother protested her father’s refusal to have the private jet leave Paris early just to take him across country. Not that he minded flying on commercial airlines, he did fly first class, but he enjoyed the privacy and calmness on their jet as opposed to the craziness that tended to occur on commercial flights. Carri couldn’t blame him, the last time she flew to New York she spent the entire trip trying to ignore the advances of the man sitting next to her. She had almost thought he was going to chase her through the airport when they landed.

After ten minutes passed she heard them announce the arrival of Josh’s flight. She couldn’t believe she was finally going to get to see her brother after almost five years. She had only been to New York once since she’d been back, and at the time he was in Australia. Carri glanced out the window and watched as the plane came to a complete stop. A few minutes later passengers started spilling out of the door. She stood as Josh walked out, then watched as he headed past security.

As soon as he saw his sister, Josh dropped his carry-on and went to give her a hug. "I was beginning to think I’d imagined having a little sister." he teased

"Yeah, yeah." she replied returning the hug. He pulled back and she smiled at him. "So how was your flight?"

"Five minutes of peace followed by hours of me going insane." he said smiling at his little sister as he went to pick up his carry-on. "Just like I told dad it would be."

"Shall we go get your suitcase?" Carri questioned. Now that he was here, she just wanted to get out of the airport and get home.

"You don’t have to tell me twice." he replied, his feelings toward standing in the airport about the same as his sisters.

Josh allowed her to lead him back out and toward the baggage claim. "Hopefully this won’t take too long. I want to get you settled then we can go for lunch." she said glancing up at the baggage claim, waiting for the red light to go off

"Where are we eating?" asked Josh

"Bulkmeier’s. It’s owned by some guys we went to high school with. It’s really good." she said flashing him a smile. "Rocky and Kim are going to join us." she added

"Cool." he replied looking up and waiting as well. He hadn’t seen Rocky or Kim in ages. He was surprised that Rocky and Carri had hooked up again so easily when she got back. But then again, just because she didn’t keep up with her family while she was traveling around the world didn’t mean she didn’t keep up with him. He was glad that Kim was going, he hadn’t seen her in ages and out of all of his sister’s friends that he’d ever met, she was his favorite.

"Finally." Carri muttered as the light came on and the belt whirled, bringing luggage with it. "How many suitcases?" she asked

He laughed. "Let’s not forget, we’re not all you. One week equals one suitcase."

She grinned up at her brother. "A girl never knows what kind of situation she will be in, therefore she must be prepared."

"Five outfits for one day is more than prepared. It’s insane." he said as he stepped away from her

Carri laughed as she watched him head over to the baggage claim and pick a piece of luggage up. He pulled the handle out of the top and wheeled it over toward her. "Let’s get out of here."

"This way." she replied. They worked their way through the airport crowd and Carri led them back outside. They headed for the parking deck and worked their way through once more until Carri found her car. She clicked a button and her trunk popped open. Josh tossed his stuff in before slamming it shut.

Josh took a few minutes to check the car out as he made his way into the passengers seat. "Nice car." he commented

"Thanks." she replied cranking the engine and reversing out of the parking spot

"How fast does it go?" he asked, an evil smile on his face

She stopped and shifted gears, returning the smile. "You’re about to find out." she replied as she took off

Twenty minutes later Carri managed to work her way through traffic to arrive at Rocky’s apartment complex. She wanted Josh to drop his things off before they went out to lunch. She felt bad that he couldn’t stay with her as Kim stayed in her guestroom. She hadn’t wanted him to have to stay in a hotel, and was thrilled when Rocky volunteered to put him up. They had always gotten along and he didn’t think twice about letting Josh stay with him.

Carri came to an abrupt stop in a parking space in front of Rocky’s building. "So what did you think?" she asked

"Well when I asked you how fast it went, I didn’t mean for you to try and kill me." he replied giving her a sly smile

Carri crossed her arms and rolled her eyes in a Kim-like fashion. "Please. I never got it above fifth."

"Fine then you just drive like a crazy woman." he joked as he jumped out of the passengers seat

"Whatever." she replied stepping out and popping the trunk open once more. Truthfully, she knew exactly what she was doing out on the road. She just got a kick out of screwing around with her brother. After all, little sisters were born to drive older brothers crazy. At least that’s what Josh told her when they were kids.

Josh grabbed his things out of the trunk and slammed it down once more. He took a deep breath and thought about how much he missed the warm California sun on his face. Strangely, as much as he loved California he never had the deep desire to move back there like his sister did. He didn’t understand it, he always figured she just never adjusted. He couldn’t blame her, it didn’t take an idiot to see that she was miserable and not herself the few brief years she spent living in the city. The Carri who lived in California was a much different Carri, and as far as he was concerned a much better one. He was glad she wasn’t like the girls she hung out with in New York. He knew how they’d grown up, his mother ran in the same social circles their mothers did. They were all prissy and snooty, nothing like his sister.

He turned and looked as his sister gestured for him to follow her. They walked toward the building, up the stairs and down a bit before they stopped. Carri knocked on the door and heard a muffled "come in" from the other side.

She opened the door and greeted Rocky with a big smile as he was walking out of the kitchen. "Hey." she said walking over and putting her arms around him

"Hey babe." he replied putting his arms around her and giving her a quick kiss. When he finished greeting her he looked up and smiled at Josh. "Hey how’s it going?" he asked taking one arm off of Carri and extending it to Josh.

"It’s going." he replied with a smile, taking Rocky’s had and giving it a firm shake before dropping it. "It has been a long time. How have you been?"

"Same old." Rocky said smiling at him. "I got two new schools, so between all three of them they’ve been keeping me busy. How about yourself, anything exciting?"

Josh shook his head no. "Same as you. Crammed with a lot of work."

Rocky took his other arm off of Carri and gestured around the apartment. "Let me show you the guest room so you can throw your stuff down."

Josh went toward the door and grabbed his bags. "Thanks for letting me stay here."

"No problem." Rocky replied as he led him off

Carri watched as the two boys exited the area. She headed toward the couch and looked around the apartment. She hadn’t really spent much time in his apartment in the month they’d been back together. She figured it had to do with the fact that Jessica probably spent a lot of time there and she didn’t really care to.

She flopped down on the end of the couch to wait for the boys. As she sat she noticed that the middle pillow was falling off. She chuckled to herself as she thought about how although Rocky wasn’t messy, he didn’t spend a lot of time straightening up. She lifted the middle pillow up to push it back. As she did, something caught her eye.

After she pulled it out of the couch she put the pillow back in place, then pinched the item with two fingers and lifted it up to examine it. As she was realizing that it was a piece of underwear a bit more raunchy than anything she’d ever worn, Rocky came walking out in the livingroom.

He stopped dead in his tracks when he realized she was holding up a pair of another woman’s underwear. "Where did you find that?"

She gave him a look. "In the couch pillows." she said as she held it out like it was carrying some sort of disease

"Baby I swear I didn’t cheat on you. Jessica never payed attention to her underwear and it must have got stuck there and I would never look for it and"

"I believe you." she said. She new that he loved her, and never dug through the couch looking for stuff, not to mention he really didn’t have time to cheat. "I just want you to make these go away." she said making a face

Rocky quickly grabbed them out of her hand and threw them in the trash can. He didn’t think Jessica would miss them and he didn’t really care. He walked back over to her and smiled. "So you’re not mad?"

"Of course not." she said smiling back. "But just out of curiosity, did you two have sex on the couch?"

"Yeah why?" he asked. She didn’t reply, only made a face as she stood up and went to sit in the recliner. Rocky found himself slightly amused by the fact that she didn’t want to sit where they had sex. "The chair too." Although it was true, the only reason he told her was to see her reaction.

She made a grunting noise and rolled her eyes as she walked over and plopped into a chair in the dining room, propping her elbows up on the table. She couldn’t stand Jessica and she seriously didn’t want to touch any place that her bare parts touched.

"Carri I hate to tell you this but..." Rocky let his voice trail off as he looked at the dining room table and gave her a goofy grin. The table wasn’t the truth but he was having too much fun with her at this point.

"You’re kidding? On the table we bought?" she asked as he nodded his head yes. "That’s just wrong." she said scoldingly as she stood up. "This whole apartment needs to get attacked with a bottle of Lysol before it’s sanitary for people to sit in here. I’ll be in the car. You guys come out when you’re ready."

"Ok." Rocky replied as he watched her flash a half smile before heading out the door. He waited until it shut before he burst out laughing. Once he calmed down, he went to sit on the couch to wait on Josh.

It wasn’t long before Josh appeared back in the living room. "Where’d Carri go?" he asked looking around

"She’s in the car." he replied

"You two get into a fight or something?" Josh asked

"Nope. I just disgusted her with all the places my ex and I may or may not have had sex." Rocky replied trying not to laugh again

Josh didn’t hold back as he let out a roaring laugh. Knowing Carri it didn’t take much of Rocky’s antics for her to get fed up with it and leave. He just wished he could have seen the look on his sister’s face as Rocky was telling her these things.

"You ready to go to lunch?" Rocky asked. It was around one thirty and he was starving.

"Sure let’s go." Josh replied. He waited as Rocky grabbed his keys, wallet and phone. Both men then headed out the door and back down to the parking lot where Carri was waiting for them.

Kim sat at a table at Bulkmeier’s waiting for her lunch dates to arrive. Well they weren’t really dates, just friends. Kim hadn’t been on a date in years. She refused to count the lame affair one of the girls at work set up for her. The man had been a total bore and she had paid for everything. The girl at work apologized, he had been a friend of a friend and she had no clue he was such a loser.

Kim sighed. It was just as well, she couldn’t imagine juggling dating a civilian and being a ranger anyways. Of course Tommy had been dating blonde big boobs for the last three weeks. She didn’t ask him about it, although she hadn’t hesitated to drill Jason. Jason told her that he was trying to help his friend get back in the swing of things, to which Kim pointed out while helping one friend he was doing nothing but aggravating the other. From what Jason told her they had been out on a few dates but he didn’t think it was serious.

Still to Kim, blond big boobs was serious. The more she thought about her, the more she thought about how she deserved something serious. It was just going to be more than hard to find it. She supposed it was partially her fault, as she hadn’t made the time to go looking for anyone. Carri promised that in the near future she would take her and introduce her to some of the guys that worked for her. There was no guarantee that the guys working for Carri would be any better than the one the girl at work set her up with. It was hard to find a decent person anymore.

Kim propped her elbow on the table and rested her head in the palm of her hand while using her other hand to mindlessly stir the straw in her drink. There were four menus strewn around the table. None of them had been opened yet. Kim wasn’t going to even bother thinking about what she wanted to eat until they got there, it would only make her hungrier.

Josh’s flight had gotten pushed back that morning so it arrived later than they had anticipated when they first decided on meeting for lunch. Which was alright, but Kim would’ve held on for breakfast if she knew lunch was going to be forever. Carri called not too long ago saying that they were at Rocky’s and as soon as the boys were ready they’d be heading that way. Then she droned on about Rocky’s apartment needing disinfecting. Before she could actually tell a story that made sense she said she had to go and the phone clicked.

Who knew what that had to do with. She was sure she would find out eventually as Carri would still want to share it and Kim was now curious to hear it. As she thought about it she stretched her hands above her head and looked around. It was a nice Saturday afternoon. It was so nice that Jason was spending a day on the lake with some girl.

Kim shook her head as she thought about Jason and his dates. He had taken out several different girls since he they had been back. She and Carri had gotten on him about that. He assured them that he wasn’t taking them out for sex, that he was just trying to find the right girl to explore a relationship with. Carri said privately to Kim that she thought it had something to do with the fact that he had been in and out of ranger activities over the years and was now active again. He wouldn’t want to get a woman involved in all that, regardless of whether she knew his secret, unless he knew she was right for him. She basically thought he didn’t want another Emily. Kim agreed, he probably didn’t want to pull a woman into his life, to have her unknowingly risk hers by being with him, just to crush him in the end. It wasn’t worth it and she didn’t blame him.

"Hey!" a voice called out, pulling Kim out of her thoughts

"Hey." Kim said back as she waved at her oncoming friends

Carri approached and took a seat next to her. "Sorry we’re late." she said as Rocky set down as well

"Hey Kim." a voice said from the side as he walked behind Kim’s seat to take the chair beside of her

Kim turned to see Josh standing there. "Hey how are you." she greeted as she stood up to give an old friend a hug. As he pulled her in for a hug she got close to his neck and realized how nice he smelled that day. He relinquished his embrace and she stood back, flashing him a quick smile before sitting.

"I’m doing good. Still working for dad in New York." Josh said answering her question as he sat down and looked Kim over. The last time he’d seen her was the last time he saw his sister. She had always been cute, but now she has grown into quite an attractive woman. He tried not to think about his sister’s friend that way as he gave her a smile and continued. "And yourself?"

"Pretty good. I’ve been working for Ashley Hammond. And Carri’s been kind enough to put me up." she said as she took a moment to check him out as well. She had been with Tommy all the years she knew Josh so she really never paid him much attention before, but now she was noticing all his attractive features.

"I would tell you how sorry I am that you have to live with her but after the first time I’m sure you were well aware of what you were getting in to." he joked. He noticed that she was kind of gazing at him, and he couldn’t help but gaze back.

Carri gave Rocky a look, one that neither her brother nor her friend noticed. She wasn’t sure what to make of the soft smiles and googly eyes they were giving each other, and she definitely wasn’t sure if she liked it. "So should we order our drinks?" she asked trying to pull them back to the rest of the table as she flagged down a waitress

"Of course." Josh said giving Kim another smile before looking over at his sister. "So you say this place is good?"

"Absolutely fabulous. We eat here all the time." Kim replied as she opened up her menu

The waitress came over and took the drink orders as everyone else opened their menu’s as well. A few seconds later the waitress returned with their drinks and took their orders, before leaving them to talk amongst themselves.

Josh tapped his glass with his spoon. "I have an announcement." he said once the waitress was gone

Carri looked at him oddly. She hoped the announcement wasn’t "I’m going to move to California to try and date Kim."

"Dad was going to tell you earlier, but I said I would love to be the one to share the news." Josh continued. That got his sister’s complete attention as she was now solely focused on him. "TLC has picked up your show. They’re going to air eight episodes in the summer and they’ll order twelve more for January if it’s a success. And," he said holding up a finger to keep Carri from exploding before he finished, "you got your first sponsor. Travelocity."

Carri couldn’t hold it any longer as she let out a yell. "Oh my god, that’s amazing!"

"Congratulations babe." Rocky said as he leaned over and pulled her close, giving her a quick kiss

Kim reached over and squeezed her best friends hand. "Yeah that’s awesome."

Josh looked over and made eye contact with Kim and smiled as he waited a few minutes for Carri’s excitement to calm down. "Which means dad thinks you should go ahead and start production on episode two bright and early Monday morning."

"Wow." she said absorbing it all. "I have people I have to call. Give me a minute I’ll be back." she said as she excitedly grabbed her cell phone so she could start spreading the word around her crew

"That’s just incredible. I hope it works." Rocky said

"We love it. The networks love it. TLC made her the best offer though. It’s not technically official until she reads the terms and signs the dotted line, but the execs at TLC should have all the paperwork signed and a copy to both her and dad by Monday morning." Josh explained

Rocky nodded and smiled. "That’s just so great for her."

"So what about you?" Kim questioned turning toward Josh. "Are you producing anything under your own name or are you still working for your father?"

"Strangely enough Carri was the one of us who loves the production stuff and loves the idea of having her own company. Which will be good for her. This show’s her personal project at the moment but her company will be able to take on so much more and she’s going to love it." Josh replied. "Personally I like being heavily involved with one project from start to finish. So I’m still mainly helming a television drama for dad."

"Wow that sounds like a lot of fun. And it’s always nice to do something you love." Kim said admiring his work

Josh tried not to blush as he took in Kim’s words. It was nice to talk to a woman who didn’t say "wow you must make a ton of money" as soon as he told her what he did. "It is a lot of fun. And I get to work with Adam a lot." Josh said turning toward Rocky for a moment

"Adam said he’s having a lot of fun working with you guys." Rocky replied. He didn’t get to see his best friend much as ever since he started working as a producer for Hilltop Productions his schedule was often full. Between Adam’s work and Tanya’s tour schedule, the Park’s were rarely in California.

"If you can get into the business, it is easy for the work to be fun." Josh replied. "Of course that can be said about partially any job you can find. "Just like I’m sure that for someone who loves clothes and shopping just as much as you do," he started turning and smiling for Kim, "working for Ashley Hammond has got to be the time of your life."

"Well." Kim started letting out a slight laugh. "Don’t get me wrong I love what I do and I adore working for Ashley. It’s just that the woman working above me can be a slight bitch."

"I’m sure she’s not that bad." Josh replied giving her a sympathetic smile

Kim raised an eyebrow. "Trust me. She’s hated me from the beginning and she loathes the fact that Ashley likes me. She wants me to be miserable."

"Well as long as you like your job and Ashley likes you, things will be alright." he assured her momentarily gazing into her eyes

"Alright." Carri said snapping them away from each other as she approached. "I’ve started the train going, everyone should know within the hour." she said as she took a seat back at the table. "This is just unreal."

"You earned it." Josh assured her

"Still I can’t believe," before Carri could finish her sentence communicators went off for the three rangers. Carri sighed and glanced down at it for a brief second before looking up at Josh. "I’m sorry we’ll be right back."

"What? All three of you?" he asked. Suddenly he started to get the strangest sense of deja vu. He looked over at his sister with a slightly angry expression. "Wait, are you..."

"I’m sorry we’ll explain later." she whispered as they took off

He watched them until they were out of sight, than watched as the pink, yellow and blue streaks flew through the sky. He sat there in silence and shook his head. He couldn’t believe that his sister was involved again with the power rangers. He always thought rangers were younger than that, not to mention she had more important things to worry about than saving the world. Plus he certainly didn’t miss the days of trying to find the Angel Grove news, looking up anything he could about monster attacks to see if his sister was dead or alive.

Not only her but her friends, Kim... he shook his head. He wasn’t sure if he should think about Kim that much. He wasn’t sure if she liked him like that. And what about Tommy, weren’t they attached at the hip? Of course she was checking him out as well, so maybe that fell through. Maybe he should ask her out. However he wasn’t sure if he could handle worrying all the time about his sister and his girlfriend. Maybe it was worth it. He sighed and looked toward the sky. Only two hours back in California and already everything was complicated.

The pink, blue and yellow Turbo rangers arrived on the scene slightly after the red and green rangers got there. They found themselves face to face with a monster who called himself Bearinator, and looked like a cross between a grizzly bear and the metallic parts of the terminator.

Kim looked at the monster and shrugged to herself. Rhianna had yet to make anything that she deemed frightening, but this one was a step up from the last one. The last one was part fish and it kind of reminded her of one of Zedd’s worthless monsters from a long time ago. This one at least looked like it could kill you. Eventually though Rhianna would get the hang of it, which was a rather upsetting thought.

"What’s his deal?" Carri asked

"He shoots lasers out of his eyes and shocks you with electricity with a swipe of his claws." Tommy said after being thrown back from a claw swipe

"Just great." Carri replied with a sigh. Hopefully they could take care of him quickly and she could get back to her brother. If the monster didn’t kill her, Josh looked like he was going to.

Fortunately for Carri’s sake Cratus and Goldar had declined to show up this time, they had only sent down Bearinator and about a dozen or so Cirranadrones. Carri went to face the Bearinator along with Tommy, while the other three rangers went to hopefully make quick work of the Cirranadrones.

Jason started to fight in hand to hand combat with the Cirranadrones. There was something different about them that day, they seemed somewhat stronger. Jason shook his head as he thought about how Kim and Carri kept saying Callisto wanted to make them perfect. He hated to see what perfect was. For now though they were just a strong pain in the ass. Out of the corner of his eye, Jason saw Tommy and Carri attack the Bearinator, only to get slashed back by its claws. He was sure they could use some help and he didn’t want to fool with Cirranadrones, so he decided to call on his weapons and make quick work of the warriors.

Kim kicked a Cirranadrone back as she stood in a group of them. She couldn’t concentrate on the Cirranadrones as her mind kept drifting to Josh. She wasn’t sure if she should even be thinking those kind of thoughts about her best friend’s brother. As she pushed a few more Cirranadrones back she stopped and shook her head forcefully as if she could get the thoughts to go away. Carri was going to kill her for having those kind of thoughts if the distraction of the thoughts themselves didn’t get her killed on the battlefield. Of course Carri did want her to move on and be happy. And she did say she was going to introduce her to someone. So if Kim and Josh ended up together then Carri would probably actually be happy for them.

Kim’s thoughts got the better of her as a Cirranadrone suddenly kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying. She grunted as she hit the hard ground with a thud. She knew one thing for sure, and that was that she had to hurry and take care of these guys before the thoughts got her in trouble. Stepping it up a notch, Kim called for her Turbo weapons as she ran back into battle.

On the other side of the battlefield, the monster fight raged on. Carri and Tommy both flew back with another swipe from the Bearinator’s claws. Carri growled as she stood back up. "That’s it. I’ve had enough of his shit."

"You’re preaching to the choir." Tommy told her. He was definitely done with this monster as well. An idea came to him. "How many weapons can you hold in your hands?"

"Why?" Carri asked looking at him curiously and raising an eyebrow under her helmet

"Why don’t we hit the bastard with everything we got." he replied. His thought was to slash him with their Turbo Blades before shooting him with the Auto Blaster and finishing off by hitting him with the full power of their Turbo weapons.

"I like the way you think." Carri said grinning at the red ranger

The two wasted no time before going to attack. It worked almost exactly as Tommy had planned, with them issuing the final blows before bouncing back off Bearinator as he fell down. They stood there feeling like they had accomplished a job well done.

Tommy glared at the monster, suppressing the urge to groan."He’s getting up?" he questioned as the monster recovered

"How about testing out the Turbo Ram cannon mode?" Jason suggested coming up on the duo from behind. Billy had introduced the Ram the previous week and told them about the cannon mode on it, they just hadn’t had a chance to use it yet.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Tommy replied

Kim and Rocky joined their teammates just as they were calling for the Turbo ram cannon mode. They pooled their weapons then fired the cannon, knocking the monster down. A few seconds later he was standing high above them. They called on their zords and took him down for good before returning back to their Saturday afternoons.

Josh sat in the restaurant alone waiting for the others to return. The waitress came over and put their plates of food down and Josh flashed her a smile as she looked oddly at the three empty seats. He looked heavenward and sighed after she walked away. A few seconds later three figures hurried over to the table.

"Sorry." Carri apologized as she sat down and pulled her chair back up to the table. When she was situated she flashed her brother a smile.

Josh looked at her sternly. "So were you going to tell me about this if I didn’t find out?"

"Of course.... well..." Carri stopped and sighed before continuing. "No I wasn’t. I didn’t want to worry you."

Josh couldn’t help but shake his head at her. "You’re too old for this. Not to mention you have a job and a life to worry about. And friends and family and a boyfriend who all care. Why would you want to go back to that? Besides after spending four years traveling the world you would think you would want to settle down in some sort of normal life."

"Yeah..." she started drawing out every letter of the word. "About that. You see, I wasn’t exactly traveling the world. More like the galaxy. It was all related to." she didn’t say a word as she simply pointed to her communicator, a gesture which Josh understood. "I was going to try and find Callisto to kill her before she could get here to kill me. I thought I did but I guess I was wrong because now here she is and I’m out there trying to take care of her." she explained leaving out the part about how she actually enjoys ranger duty regardless of the bad guy and doesn’t mind fitting in real life around ranger responsibility.

"What about the postcards?" Josh asked referring to the ones his family received from her monthly from countries around the world

"Billy fabricated those." she said with a sigh. He had used her writing style and the way she speaks to create them and send them to her family so that they wouldn’t worry about her.

"I can’t believe you were out there alone in space for four years." Josh said in disbelief

"Actually she wasn’t alone." Kim pipped up giving him a smile. "Zhane, a friend from KO-35 was with her. And me."

The two girls he thought were worth worrying about were out in space doing ranger missions, putting their lives in danger daily... it was a big much to digest. "Well it all makes sense. Kat’s wedding, grandma’s funeral... no wonder you didn’t show."

"There was nothing that could have gotten me to come home from my mission. I was doing it to protect my life, yours, the rest of my family, my friends, hell even the world. That was much more important than a wedding or a funeral. I know it’s hard for you to understand since you’ve never been one of us. I’m just asking you to trust that I had to do it and forgive me." she said doing her best to give some sort of apology. Apologizing for something that she didn’t feel sorry about doing was not something easy for her. But when it was for someone she cared about she would try. She supposed she eventually had to do it with Kat as well.

It didn’t sit easy with him, and now he was going to have to worry about his sister as a ranger again. But she was still his sister and he did still love her which is why he couldn’t help but forgive her. He let out a sigh before he spoke. "Just keep me in the loop alright?"

"So you don’t hate me?" she asked giving him a smile

"I don’t hate you. You’re just aggravating as hell that’s all. Of course I’ve known that for twenty eight years now." Josh said with a smile

Kim suddenly reached out and put one hand on Josh’s and one hand on Carri’s. "Since that’s said and done, let’s eat before our food gets ice cold." she said

"Hear hear." Rocky agreed. He didn’t say anything one way our the other during their discussion. He hadn’t really felt like it was his place, it was their disagreement and they should take care of it.

Josh looked down at Kim’s hand on his before looking up and making eye contact, flashing her a huge grin. Kim removed her hand from Carri’s before grinning back and letting her hand linger on his for a few seconds.

"Hey Kim." Josh said as she removed her hand from his. She smiled at him and once he was sure he had her full attention he continued. "How would you like to go out to dinner with me tonight?"

Kim didn’t even notice the clanging of the silverware on the ground on Carri’s side of the table. She blushed at him as she formulated a response. "That would be great."

"Seven ok?" Josh questioned

"Seven’s good." Kim replied

Josh grinned at her. "You may have to pick me up as I don’t have a ride."

"Not a problem." Kim told him

Neither party noticed as Carri crawled into the floor to get her fork, shooting Rocky a look on her way down. Rocky just smiled at her and she sighed. When she told Kim to move on, she wasn’t expecting it to be with her brother.

Jason pulled his motorcycle away from his parking spot by the lake and sighed. He was leaving alone, which was definitely not the way he had planned the afternoon. He had taken a pretty girl named Amber to the lake and was planning on spending the entire day with her. They had met at a bar the previous weekend and talked on the phone a few times during the week. He thought she had potential, but it didn’t take long for him to change his mind about her.

She was more than aggravated when he returned from fighting the monster. She didn’t understand how he could have disappeared without a trace for so long with no good explanation of where he was. Knowing that a relationship with him meant a lot of disappearing, Jason told her that if she didn’t except the fact that he sometimes had important things to do, then maybe they should just end the date right there. So she called a cab and he took off on his motorcycle.

It was for the best. It was going to be hard for Jason to find a woman that he could completely trust and want to be with, while at the same time she could trust him when he ran off to answer his communicator. Ever since Emily broke his heart he had been very picky about the kind of women he wanted to be with in long term relationships. He had always tried to keep up with what went on in the ranger world, he even ran a mission with them. Now here he was a full fledged ranger again.

To get a woman involved in his life was dangerous. Bad guys had a tendency to go after the ones you cared most about. He figured he really wanted to be able to love and trust someone before he would even think about pulling them into a life where just by being with him they were unknowingly putting themselves in danger everyday. Jason especially didn’t want to go through the cycle of having to protect someone, them maybe even finding out his secret, only to find them in bed with another man. Which is why for now he was just going on a lot of dates.

He sighed as he barreled toward Tommy’s apartment. He was going to try and get Tommy to go out and have a drink with him before he went on a date. He couldn’t believe Tommy was taking out Danielle again. Or blonde big boobs as Carri called her and had gotten Kim to start calling her. There wasn’t anything really between them, at least he didn’t think there was. Of course they’d find out the first time Tommy got called to ranger duty while on a date. That was when things usually went to hell. Tommy has no idea what it’s like to date someone who’s not in the ranger circle. The only two girls he has seriously dated were Kim and Kat, and they were both rangers at the time. Things change when you’re with someone on the outside.

Jason parked his motorcycle outside of Tommy’s apartment before heading up and knocking on his door. He waited a few seconds before he got an answer.

"Hey bro what are you doing here?" Tommy asked. He was in the middle of working on some of his research and was surprised to see his friend standing there.

"Getting you for a beer." Jason replied. After a bad afternoon it was always better to down beers with friends. Since Kim and Carri were unavailable, he was dragging Tommy whether he liked it or not.

"I’ve got stuff to finish then I’ve got a date with Danielle tonight." Tommy said trying to reject his beer offer

"First it’s Saturday. Second you don’t have anything better to do in Angel Grove than work so you might as well come with me." Jason pointed out. Ever since Tommy had gotten his PhD he concentrated on nothing but work. The few times Jason had spoken with him had been brief and he had tried his hardest to stay professional. Now that they were all in Angel Grove and all back together again, Tommy needed to try and remember how to enjoy life. Danielle was certainly helping, but Jason was going to try and get Tommy to remember to have a good time if it killed him.

Tommy stood there for a moment before letting out a long sigh. Jason smiled at him, satisfied in knowing that he won. "Fine let me grab my keys. I’ll go for a beer." Tommy replied. It wouldn’t hurt anything to go for a beer with Jason. As long as he was back for his date with Danielle. He was having fun going out with her. He didn’t find her serious relationship material and he didn’t think she thought of him that way either, but for now they was definitely having a good time.

"Good." Jason said as he watched Tommy walk off in search of his keys. He had a bar in mind that would be the perfect place for him to forget about that afternoon’s date. He waited for his friend then the duo took off, with Jason trying to make the most out of his ruined afternoon.

Callisto sighed as she sat in her chair and looked over the planet Earth. Bearinator turned out just as useless as their previous attempts. The monsters were getting better though, as the rangers did have some difficulty with Bearinator. But much like the others, he went down in the end.

If Cratus and Goldar weren’t searching the galaxy for something to help improve the Cirranadrones, she would have had them in the fight too. Of course that was more important that another failed monster attack. She was going to step production up a notch. She had figured out a way to make her creations stronger, faster and even smarter. Which meant that in upcoming battles they were going to give the rangers more trouble than they ever had before.

She knew enough to realize that making better Cirranadrones wasn’t a magical guarantee that they would defeat the rangers more easily. They could always power up, or they could be stronger than what they were letting on. Besides Callisto wasn’t stupid, she knew these were master rangers and wouldn’t go down as easily as some of the other rangers across the galaxy did.

Still it made her feel better to be able to continue to work on her Cirranadrones. With each step she took she was getting closer to perfection. And that was her goal, to build the ultimate warrior.

Although in the end none of that would really matter. If she couldn’t get the Cirranadrones to destroy the rangers, she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that by the time she was done with Rhianna she would wipe them out. Callisto was going to get her revenge, and Rhianna was going to get her planet. She knew Rhianna’s interest in Earth was purely do to her parents previous interest. There were planets across the galaxy that were much easier to conquer and who’s status was much higher than that of Earth.

Of course Callisto was grateful for Rhianna’s interest in Earth and the Turbo rangers. That was what gave her an ally that was going to end up being very powerful and very destructive.

Later that night Kim and Josh walked out of what was probably the most expensive restaurant in town. Kim had never been there before, she never even had anyone volunteer to take her. Josh had told her before they parted after lunch to wear something really nice. She assumed they were going somewhere fancy but never expected this.

Dinner had been absolutely fabulous. She couldn’t believe how much she clicked with Josh. He was gorgeous and charming and so incredibly sweet. She didn’t even mind when he led her in the opposite direction of the car. Josh put and arm around her as they walked and she easily fell into him.

"So where are we going?" Kim asked as she smiled up at him. It really didn’t matter to her, she was mostly just making conversation.

"To enjoy the view." Josh said as he gestured toward the lake. The restaurant was located in a ritzy shopping area at the far end of Angel Grove Lake. There was an amazing view and it was a beautiful night to go sit out in one of the gazebos with someone you cared about.

"Sounds nice." Kim said absentmindedly. For the first time in a long time she was with someone and didn’t feel like she had a care in the world. She couldn’t believe that she would allow herself to feel this way about Josh so quickly. Suddenly Josh stopped and took his arm off of Kim. She turned to see what had gotten his attention.

Josh was standing at a vendor buying a dozen pink roses for his favorite pink ranger. He handed the man some cash and turned to Kim with a smile on his face. "I got them in your color." he teased. He knew well enough to know that as rangers they tended to stick toward their ranger colors. Even though Kim was wearing a red dress that night. Red was only a darker shade of pink, and it didn’t matter as the dress was stunning and she looked amazing in it no matter what color.

Kim blushed as she took the flowers and proceeded to smell them. She was glad that it was too dark out for Josh to actually see her blush. "They’re beautiful, thank you."

"Anything for you." he replied, putting his arm back around her and leading her off once again. He smiled down at her as she studied the flowers. He was thrilled that he’d had the opportunity to ask her out. She was the kind of woman he could see himself with long term. He pulled her in a little closer as they headed toward the lake. Scanning the area he found an empty gazebo which he led Kim to. They entered and sat on the bench, staring out over the lake.

"Thank you." Kim said softly after a few moments

Josh leaned back and put an arm around her, watching as she rested her head on it. "For what?"

"Tonight. It’s been one of the most wonderful nights in a long time." she replied as she looked down at the flowers in her hand. It had been a while since she had allowed herself to drift away from the realities she was faced with everyday. Not once had her job or Callisto and Rhianna crossed her mind.

"The night’s not over yet." Josh pointed out

Kim turned so he hopefully wouldn’t see her blush yet again. When she turned back towards him, his face was close to hers. She looked into his eyes and smiled softly at him. He smiled back before leaning in and grazing her lips with his. They kissed softly at first, then both of them leaned in for a very passionate embrace. They were so swept up in the moment that everything around them lost meaning. When they finally parted they sat there staring into each others eyes.

The wind around them picked up and Kim shivered. "Maybe I should get back to the house. Besides these flowers need water." Josh nodded and Kim could see the sad look in his eye. "You’re welcome to join me. Carri and Rocky are out on a date, we’d have the house to ourselves." The duo had gone out to dinner and to a club, where they were going to meet up with some of the other people from Carri’s show. They planned on having a celebration, and Kim didn’t expect to see her roommate until late.

"I’d like that." Josh said. He took his hand and gently brushed her arm with the tips of his fingers, following it all the way down until his hand met hers. Slipping his fingers in between hers he gave it a squeeze before standing up and pulling her with him.

They walked hand in hand back to Kim’s car. Josh opened the passengers side door for her before climbing into the drivers seat and leading them off. Kim directed them back to Carri’s house, which wasn’t too far away from the restaurant. Josh pulled into the driveway and rushed around to her side so that he could open the door for her.

He stopped for a moment, only to get a glimpse of the house that his sister had bought. He felt Kim take his hand and he turned back toward her and let her guide him to the front door. She unlocked the door and the duo walked in. Kim quickly flicked on a few lights. "Welcome to casa de Carri." she said with a smile as she took her flowers into the kitchen so that she could dig out a vase. She hoped she could figure out where Carri ended up putting them.

Josh took a few moments to walk around the living room and glance out onto the back porch. "I have to say I’m impressed." he said as he turned toward Kim and smiled. "Just don’t tell her that."

She grinned at him as she pulled a vase out and ran water in it. "She’s already got enough to get big headed about with her show, I won’t add nice house to the mix." she joked. She put the vase aside and placed the flowers in it before walking out into the livingroom and smiling at Josh. "I’ll be right back."

Josh watched as she walked away, then took the time to look at some more of what his sister had done around the house. As he stood there he thought he heard Kim say something but he couldn’t be sure. "What?" he called out

The response he got was much of the same. Josh figured he’d have to go see what was going on so he headed off in the direction of the bedrooms. Light was pouring out of one of the rooms so he headed in and saw Kim standing there. "What?" he questioned once he was face to face with her

Kim looked startled for a second, she hadn’t been expecting him. "I said give me a second I’ll be out there."

"Oh. Sorry." he apologized for taking it upon himself to walk into her room

"It’s ok." she assured him as he turned to leave

Josh turned back around and started to look around the bedroom Kim was staying in. He smiled to himself as he recognized the furniture. Their grandmother had bought it for her two granddaughters to sleep in as well as the other young females in the family. She had gotten it with Carri in mind, as she was her favorite. She called Carri her little princess and purchased a bedroom set to convey that. She made the room up and told Carri that it was her room.

Kat loved the bedroom set as well, and had been more than a little angry that it had been willed to Carri upon her grandmother’s death. Especially considering Carri hadn’t seen her in forever. She had a hard time believing that Carri was still her princess considering she had been the one who had called and wrote and visited over the years. Despite Kat’s protest, their family had stuck to their grandmother’s wishes and turned the set over to Carri. Josh had helped his father get the stuff back to the states, where they placed it in Carri’s storage unit until she returned.

Now here it was in her guest bedroom. She had slightly changed the furniture. The pink lace had been removed from both dressers, the mirror and the night stand. She had also removed the pink canopy from the bed. It was obvious that she had taken it somewhere and had it sanded then repainted in the same shade of white with a glossy finish that it didn’t originally have. He was glad that she was taking such good care of it. It had all gotten more than its share of use over the years, especially the bed. With the canopy on there, the kids loved to jump on it and play games. More than once the weight of several children jumping on that bed had caused the frame to crack. He was surprised that the frame and the posts were still salvageable.

Josh turned toward Kim and noticed again how stunning she looked in that dress. She was standing over the dresser taking her jewelry off. She paused to turn toward him and flash him a smile. "What?" she questioned while grinning at him

"Nothing." he said giving her a smile back. "I was just thinking about how beautiful you look, that’s all."

Kim was losing track of the number of times Josh was causing her to blush. She turned away from him again as she put her earrings down. "Thank you. You’re not so bad yourself you know." she replied as she took a deep breath and turned back

"Well I suppose that’s a compliment." Josh said with a grin as he walked over toward her

"You would suppose right." Kim replied as she gave him a grin back

Josh stood in front of her smiling and found himself staring into her eyes once again. Without thinking about it, he cupped her face in his and pulled her close, pressing his lips against hers for another passionate kiss.

As he pulled away Kim paused for a moment before wrapping her arms around his neck and bringing him back toward her. She kissed him forcefully as she felt his hands fall down to her hips, pulling her in and kissing her some more. She had no idea what was going on around her, only that they weren’t standing in one place. Suddenly she felt Josh lift her up and put her on the bed on her back.

Kim ignored the cracking noise that the bed made when she hit the mattress as she was waiting for him to climb on top of her. Slowly he made his way toward her, kissing every inch of her body on the way up. Kim grabbed his body once he reached her lips, swinging him around so that she was on top of him.

It didn’t take long before she could feel his fingers running down her bare back. She had been so enthralled with him she hadn’t even realized that he’d unzipped her dress. Kim didn’t have a care in the world as she let him pull the straps off of her shoulders. She leaned down and started unbuttoning the buttons on his dress shirt, kissing him softly on the chest.

Josh pulled her dress off and turned her back over. They both started removing clothing from one another and it didn’t take long before they were intimate. The sex was hot and heavy, and neither were paying attention to the sounds around them. Which is why both were surprised when in the middle of it all, the mattress fell to the floor.

"What the hell?" Kim said as she and Josh started to look around them. Kim jumped up once she realized that the metal bedframe had pulled right out of the wooden posts of the bed. Both the headboard and the footboard were leaning in, with the tips of the posts meeting near their heads. "Oh shit!" she exclaimed as she jumped up. "Carri’s going to kill me!"

"Don’t worry about it." Josh said as he sat up and took her hand in his. "I’ll take care of her tomorrow. We still have the rest of the night and the mattress still works." he pointed out grinning at her

Kim thought for a moment. He was right. Carri would hopefully get over it. And Kim wasn’t about to let a little broken bed get in the way of one of the most romantic night’s she’d had in years. "You’re right." she replied. Kim allowed Josh to pull her back down to the bed and they picked up right where they left off.

Carri walked groggily out of her room just before eleven the next morning. It had been a late night as she was celebrating with some of her cast and crew TLC’s announcement to pick up the show. She had stayed until well after the club closed, making sure that everyone with her group who was drunk had a safe way home. Rocky dropped her off around four, and by four thirty she was out cold. She got up shortly after ten and took a shower before heading out into the world of the living. She was going to try and get her cup of coffee in before Rocky came by.

As she walked through the living room heading straight for the kitchen and the coffeepot, she noticed Kim sitting on the couch as though she was on cloud nine. Carri raised an eyebrow as she passed. "How was your date?" she questioned figuring that was the reason for Kim’s good mood

"Good." she replied. Actually it had been more than good, it had been wonderful. Dinner was fabulous, he bought her roses, the lake was pretty, the sex was... well the sex was amazing. They probably didn’t go to sleep until around six. They heard Carri wonder in sometime around four, but by that point they were just sitting up talking. They talked for hours before they finally drifted off. Josh got up that morning before his sister so he could get out and return without her noticing. "Josh is bringing me breakfast." she added

"That’s nice." Carri said thinking about how it would have been kind for her brother to bring her breakfast as well. It didn’t matter though, she was going to leave with Rocky soon. She made her way to the coffeepot and noticed the roses in the vase on the counter. "Did Josh give you these?"

"Yeah he bought them for me last night. Isn’t that great?" she said beaming as she thought about it

Carri shrugged although Kim didn’t see it. "Yeah that was good of him." she replied. She didn’t realize her brother was such the romantic. She also couldn’t believe that he gave her a dozen pink roses on the first date.

It didn’t take Carri long to fix herself a cup of coffee. She brought it out to the livingroom and curled up on the recliner, closing her eyes and getting a whiff of it before taking a few sips in an attempt to wake up.

Kim watched as Carri drank some of her coffee, then sat the cup down on a coaster on one of the end tables. She smiled at her for a few seconds and Carri looked at her oddly. "What?" she asked trying to figure out what was going on with Kim. She found it hard to believe that she was that enthralled with her brother.

"We had sex." Kim blurted out. She couldn’t keep that from her best friend any longer, even though she was afraid of how she would react.

"What?" Carri asked as her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. She never in a million years thought that they would be having sex.

"And, well, as long as we’re on the topic.... how much did you like that bed?" Kim said giving her a nervous smile

Carri raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" She was pretty sure she didn’t like the way this was going in the slightest.

Kim grabbed her hand and stood her up, hooking her arm into Carri’s as she led her into the bedroom. "I hope you’re not mad. It was an accident." Kim said as she walked into the doorframe and hit the lights

Carri was in shock as she looked at her childhood bed and realized that the mattress was in the floor and the footboard and headboard had practically collapsed on top of it. "What the hell happened?" she asked her tone suggesting she was far from happy

"We were having sex and the next thing you know..." Kim let her voice trail off as she took her hands made a motion that suggested that the bed fell down

"You and Josh were in my bed and you broke it and" Carri wasn’t sure how to convey her feelings so she let out an agitated yell

"Carri?" a concerned voice called out from the other side of the house. A few seconds later Rocky appeared by the bedroom. Carri turned at him and looked like a bull ready to attack. "What’s wrong?" he asked walking over and putting his hands on her shoulders

She turned back around and pointed. "That." she said simply. She sighed and brushed past Rocky and Kim before storming out into the livingroom.

"How did the bed break?" Rocky asked looking at Kim curiously

Kim felt a blush creep into her cheeks. "Sex. With Josh." She watched as Rocky tried hard not to laugh at the situation, knowing that he didn’t want to be on Carri’s shit list as well. Kim let out a long sigh. "Do you think she’ll hate me forever?"

"Of course not." Rocky replied grinning at her. "Just for the next few days is all."

Suddenly they heard Carri yelling again. They ran out into the living room and found her face to face with her brother.

"I can’t believe you broke my bed. The one grandma left to me. You knew it was fragile." Carri said glaring at him. She was so angry to find the bed in shambles that she could just about kill her brother for that.

He let out a laugh. He was amused by her anger. Fortunately he knew his sister well enough to know he could diffuse the situation. That and there wasn’t much he could do to make her hate him for long. "I didn’t think you liked the bed that much in the first place."

"First I loved that bed it had sentimental value." she said harshly crossing her arms. "Second, you had sex with Kim in that bed. Kim’s like my sister. You’re my brother. That’s just wrong." she said with a hint of disgust in her voice. The way she was acting an outsider would think she really was talking about incest.

Josh couldn’t help but laugh at her again. "She may be like your sister but she’s not your sister and I happen to really like her." he pointed out after he composed himself

Carri picked up on the sincerity in her brother’s voice. "Well fine." she said as her body let out a little tension. "But what about the bed?"

"I’ll fix it today I promise." Josh assured her. If he could get it in one piece again, eventually she’d forget about the whole incident or at least laugh it off.

"I can help." Rocky pipped up as he put a hand on her back. He smiled at her as she turned to look at him.

"Fine." she said letting her arms flop down to her side. "Whatever." she added as she walked off in the direction of her bedroom.

"So was that a complete disaster or only a partial one?" Kim questioned as they heard the door to the bedroom slam shut.

"Partial." Josh assured her as he walked over toward her and put his hands on her arms. "Don’t worry by the end of the day the bed will be fixed and you’ll be best friends again." he continued. When he finished he planted a kiss on her forehead.

"I suppose you’re right." Kim replied giving him a smile

Rocky grinned at them. He couldn’t help but find the entire situation amusing. Kim slept with Josh and broke the bed, and on top of it all it seems as though they really do like each other. Poor Carri was probably about to go mad. "Since I haven’t done anything wrong this morning, I’ll go to talk to her." he volunteered, walking off in the direction of the bedroom

Kim sighed before smiling up at Josh. "So is there breakfast?"

"But of course." he replied. He went to get the bagel’s and coffee he had brought in with him so that they could enjoy breakfast before Josh had to survey the damage and get started on fixing the bed.

Late that afternoon Kim convinced Carri to let her take her out to lunch while the guys were working on getting the bed fixed. Carri was still feeling a bit ticked, but she wasn’t going to stay mad at Kim forever so she agreed to go.

They were sitting there sipping their sodas in silence for a few minutes before Kim spoke. "I’m sorry about all that." she apologized

Carri shrugged. "It’s ok. It’s just a bed. The whole thing is kind of weird for me that’s all." Weird was a bit of an understatement. Her best friend dating her brother really bothered her and the fact that they had sex... well that was rather disturbing.

"I really like him you know." Kim said as she let out a happy sigh and smiled. "It’s been a long time since someone made me feel like that. Like I was at the center of their universe. Like we really bonded and belonged together." The last year with Tommy was not like that. She was well aware that at that time his masters was above her and she accepted that. For Josh to make her feel the way he did last night was just wonderful.

It didn’t take a genius to look at Kim and realize that she was head over heels for someone. She couldn’t hide the dreamy expression on her face, or the look in her eyes that suggested he was all she could think about. Which is why Carri declined to tell her how she really felt. She was the one encouraging Kim to find someone, and now that she did she couldn’t very well rip them apart. Not now anyway. "I’m sorry for the way I acted earlier. I’m glad you and Josh had such a good time last night. You both needed it." she said giving Kim another one of those I’m apologizing because I care about you, not because I’m sorry apologies.

"Thank you." Kim replied. She felt relieved that Carri seemed alright with it all and wasn’t about to jump across the table and strangle her. "You were right. I did need to move on. I was lonely and Josh was exactly what I needed. He came at the right time."

Carri nodded in agreement. She did have to admit Kim was glowing like she did when she and Tommy started dating again in college. She hadn’t seen her friend like that in a long time and it was a nice change. "It is good that he could fill a void and help you move on."

"It’s just, I’m so excited." Kim said about to burst at the seams. "I can’t wait to see where this goes."

"I’m excited for you. This should be amazing." Carri said flashing her a smile as their food arrived. Carri took a bite out of her sandwich as she started thinking about the whole situation. It was going to be amazing for Kim throughout the next week. Her brother was a nice guy and would be good for getting her back on her feet. As for the long term, well Carri wasn’t going to worry too much about it. She would pretend to be happy for now, but Josh was flying back to New York in a week. And if anyone knew Josh it was Carri. One week with a woman would not be a huge commitment for him. She took a sip of a drink, satisfied that their relationship would only be a temporary fling. After all, how long could it last?

The End

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