TRANSLATIONS:

Shuí zài zhè'er - Who is here
Wǒ de péngyǒu - My friends
Gěi wǒ de nǚ'ér - Bring my daughter
Nü'er - Daughter
Jiā - Home
Wǒ de háizi - My child

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The last three rangers were all frozen; their eyes were wide as they stared at the open door across the room. Trini had a look of fear flash across her face before it was replaced with shock when a tiny human flung itself at her.

"Sis!"

A small Latino boy had his arms wrapped around the yellow ranger with his face buried in her abdomen. His shoulders were shaking as if he were crying. After a few moments, the shock on Trini's face faded and she wrapped her arms around the boy.

"Oh my God, Miguel you scared me!"

The boy pulled back and stared at his sister with tearful eyes. "Hermana I'm so sorry! I didn't know what mamá would do! I didn't mean to!"

Trini smiled softly at her younger brother knelt onto the floor to get on his level. She gently ruffled his already messy hair and wiped away his tears. The other rangers were slightly put off by her behaviour having never really seen the Latina girl act so compassionate. "It's fine, Miguel, Really."

"But—!"

There were more footsteps from outside the door and another boy ran into the room before Zack or Kim could close the door. "Miguel I found the..." The younger boy trailed off and stopped where he was to gawk at the scene in front of him. He dropped the soccer ball on the floor and ran up to his sister and threw his arms around her neck in a tight embrace. Trini hugged both her brothers with tears in her eyes.

Diego and Miguel both let go of their sister and took a step back. They looked down at the floor with glum looks on their faces. Miguel crossed his arms. "Are you leaving again?"

The yellow ranger took a deep breath and furrowed her eyebrows. She stood up and crossed her arms, and Kim couldn't help but see the family resemblance. "I have to, little bro. I'm sorry."

Miguel and Diego looked at each other then back at their sister. "We don't want you to go!" Diego sniffled.

"I don't really have a choice."

"But Trini!"

"Come on, no 'buts'." Trini patted her brother's head. "I'll visit you guys, okay? Just..." A sad look flashed across her eyes. "Don't tell mamá I was here."

Miguel kicked his leg out lazily. "Mamá talks like you were never here," He mumbled.

The look that appeared on Trini's face made the other two ranger's hearts ache. She may have said that this situation was whatever or not a big deal, the rest of her team knew how much this had hurt her. They knew it must have hurt for her mother to kick her out over something she couldn't control; for being herself. Zack clenched his fists to contain his anger. He loved his mother, and his mother loved him. He could never imagine being thrown out over something like the gender of the person he loved.

The yellow ranger glanced over at Kim and Zack across the room. "It's alright," she told her siblings in a strained voice. "I've got these two to help me out now."

The younger brothers looked at the two teenagers and then back at each other. They put their hands on their hips and glared at the pink and black rangers.

"You better make sure she's okay!" Miguel huffed. The Latino boy crossed his arms and puffed his chest out. If he wasn't so small – and adorable – Zack and Kim may have found the act intimidating. When they looked back up at their sister, she was raising an eyebrow at them expectantly.

"Uh..." Zack hesitated.

Kim, always better with children, smiled at the two boys. "We'll do our best. Promise."

The boys dropped their serious act and grinned at each other. Diego's eyes lit up, and with a quick 'be right back' He ran out of the room. When he returned he was holding Trini's silver pair of headphones. He held them out to his sister. "Here you go!"

She blinked and took the headphones. "Did you take these from my room?"

"No!"

She sighed and messed up his hair. "Thanks, Diego."

The boys beamed up at her. Unfortunately, the happy moment was lost when they heard footsteps coming up the stairs.

"Mis hijos, are you two alright?" A voice called up.

"Shit!" Trini yelped. Kim and Zack stared at each other startled. The shorter girl kissed her brother's foreheads, "I gotta go, love you both!"

"Sis—!"

"And I was never here, right?" She pointed at the two while Zack hopped out the window. The boys closed their mouths nodded at her. Kim grabbed her friend's hand and basically pushed her out the window then followed her down. The girls heard a woman in the bedroom asking what the boys were doing, but they didn't stick around long enough to hear their reply. Trini, Kim, and Zack booked it across the lawn and to the car. Jason had already started it for them so setting the car into drive and flooring it down the road was a very fast process.

The car ride was very quiet; no one wanted to break the silence. Kim kept her eyes on the road and Jason kept fiddling with the radio in the passenger's seat. Billy was staring out the window and Trini and Zack were leaning back in their seats with the duffel bag sprawled across their laps.

Silence.

Then laughter.

Everyone, save the driver, looked over at Zack in the back of the car like he was insane. Once he calmed down a little he looked down again and at his friends. "We just robbed Crazy Girl's parents," He said with a giggle.

Trini, Jason, and Kim all looked at each other then broke into laughs. Billy kept saying that what they did was illegal and if they had been caught they'd be going to jail, but the others were just laughing. Maybe it was because of what just happened and how close they were to getting caught, but for some reason, it was all just hilarious.

When they all arrived at Zack's they had calmed down enough to not make too much of a racket; it was still pretty early in the morning after all.

Trini pulled the bag over her shoulder and set her gaze on the trailer with a fond smile. She had been to Zack's place twice before, and she loved it. It was a nice, small home – not a house, a home – and she felt so comfortable here. His mother was the sweetest woman she had ever had the pleasure of meeting and the woman had even started to learn better English so she could speak with her better. Trini wished the woman was her mother, too.

The team opened the door to the trailer and made their way inside. They all took their shoes off and sat down in the living room. They were all quietly whispering to each other in case Zack's mother was sleeping.

Trini glanced towards the kitchen. "Hey Zack, you ran me staying here by your mom right?"

The Asian boy nodded. "Yeah, she's totally chill with it. She told me to give up my bed for you."

"As much as I'd love to steal your mattress, I think I'll be fine with the couch," She laughed.

The team quietly chuckled.

"Zack?" A hushed voice called from the back of the trailer. "Shuí zài zhè'er?"

The tips of Zack's ears turned red. "I may have forgotten to say when you'd be here." He laughed sheepishly. He turned his head to the back room. "Wǒ de péngyǒu!"

"Gěi wǒ de nǚ'ér!"

Zack looked at Trini. "She wants to see you. You up for it?"

The short girl rolled her eyes at him. "Of course. And I know she called, I would know what daughter means by now."

The Latina girl rose from her seat and left the other three rangers to follow Zack to the rear of the trailer. He pushed the door open the rest of the way. Ms. Taylor was lying on her bed with the covers up to her waist, eagerly waiting for the two to walk into the bedroom. She held her arms out and beckoned the girl forward for a hug. Trini accepted the hug, wrapping her arms around the older woman. Ms. Taylor patted her head comfortingly.

"Welcome back, nü'ér," She said kindly.

Trini pulled away and sat down at the end of the bed while Zack left to get his mother's snack. The older woman held the ranger's hand. "Thank you for letting me stay, Ms. Taylor."

"It no problem," She stated with a heavy accent. "You always have home here."

Trini smiled gratefully at her. The yellow ranger finally reflected on the past week properly. Her mother yelled at her because she liked girls and literally threw her out of her own house. She screamed at her and told her she wasn't allowed back then played it off like she never existed. Trini walked around the mountains for almost a week and her own mother never bothered to look for her or even call her.

The week – everything that happened to her – finally caught up with Trini. Tears filled her eyes and fell down her cheeks before she could stop them. She tightened her grip on Ms. Taylor's hand and closed her eyes to try to stop the tears. She felt a light tug on her hand and she opened her eyes to see Ms. Taylor holding her arms out again. Trini slid closer and wrapped her arms around again her with her head buried in the older woman's neck. Ms. Taylor gently patted her back and rocked the girl in her arms as she tried to stifle her cries.

"Do not hide tears," the elder told her. "Do not keep feelings inside. Let out, nü'ér."

And suddenly Trini is sobbing, tears streaming down her face and she's shaking. She finally got out all the emotions she had felt since she was thrown out: sadness, anger, hopelessness, bitter, neglect.

"You always have jiā here, wǒ de háizi."

It's Monday morning and Trini knows she'll have to return to the school. She missed almost an entire week and she can't avoid going back, even if Zack's mother said she could stay home for the day to get settled in ("Can I stay home too, then?" "No, you go school.") Not wanting to take advantage of the woman's hospitality, she told her she would go to school.

It took about half an hour to walk to the school building in Angel Grove, but it was seven-forty and the two teens still haven't left the building. Well they could miss first period, right?

About fifteen minutes later, after they both had gotten texts from their friends asking where they were, Zack and she finally make their way out of the house and slowly started walking towards the town. What Trini liked about Zack was that he was insanely easy to talk to; she could bring any topic up and the two could have a debate about it. Last night's episode of Pink VS Cyan? Pretty good fight scene. Their history teacher? Kind of an asshole.

He was also great because he didn't bring up her parents the entire walk to the school. He knew when to be serious and when to joke around and be funny. It's why he was one of her best friends (as long as no one ever told him).

When they got inside the building they parted ways and started to make their way to their second period class. Class started in about fifteen minutes so she had a lot of time to kill. The short girl made her way to the bathroom. She dropped her bag outside the stall but before she could push open the stall door she felt a tug on her collar and she was pulled backward.

"Hey!"

Her back slammed against the wall by the mirrors and a hand slammed beside her ear. When the short girl turned her head upwards she groaned.

"We haven't seen you for a while," Katie Jones said. "I had hoped you wouldn't come back but here you are."

Trini rolled her eyes at her and tried to move towards the door, but the redhead just slammed her arm against the Latina's chest to keep her there. "Thought you had died, to be honest."

The yellow ranger glared up at her. Katie laughed and bent down to get to eye level with her. "Aw, look at the scary tiny girl." She kissed her teeth at her. "Bet you like being pinned to a wall like this though, don't you? Fucking dyke."

When Trini tried to kick out at Katie's shin the redhead just moved her leg and cackled. "God, look at you. You're a literal abomination. Unnatural."

"Sorry to break it to you," Trini growled, "but the only thing unnatural here is your hair colour."

Maybe not her best comeback, but it was enough to make the taller girl mad. "You son of a—!"

A pair of hands grabbed at Katie's shoulders and pulled her off the Latina. The girl stumbled a few feet and scowled at the new person.

Katie glowered at the girl. "Fuck off, Tommy. This has nothing to do with you."

The Native American girl crossed her arms. "Yes it does. Leave her alone."

The redhead gave her a dirty look. "You can't demand anything out of me, you tranny!"

Tommy surged forward and grabbed Katie's collar. "Leave her alone."

"Aren't natives pacifists?" She asked harshly.

"You're about to see how much of a pacifist I am if you don't leave her alone."

Tommy let the girl go and Katie dipped. Once the bathroom door closed the taller girl let out a breath and turned to look at Trini. "I'm sorry about that."

Trini had a look of shock across her features while looking at Tommy. "Don't be, that was kind of, uh...cool."

The Native girl raised an eyebrow and a smirk appeared across her lips. Trini felt her face heat up and she looked away. A gentle hand was placed on her shoulder. "Are you okay though?"

Trini glanced back at the taller girl and nodded.

"Good." She took a step back and the two left the bathroom and started making their way down the hall. "So can you tell me where you've been? I was getting worried."

"Oh, uh..." The yellow ranger fiddled with her jacket zipper. "Do you think we can talk about that later? Like...not at school?"

Tommy eyed her curiously but nodded anyway. "No problem. We can go Domino's and grab a pizza later, sounds good?"

"Yeah, that sounds great." Trini beamed at her.

"Great!" The taller girl said joyfully and lightly touched her upper arm. "It's a date!"

When Trini processed what the other girl said she was already strolling down the hall. The short girl noticed she was at her classroom and blinked. Then smiled.

So I asked my friend if I could use her for the character of Katie cuz I was gunna make her name Katie and she said hell yeah but then this monstrosity popped out and I told her she ended up being homophobic/transphobic and a lil racist and she yelled at me. Katie is not this bitch in real life.

Also if it wasn't obvious, Tommy is trans. I hope I didn't write her poorly but if I did I apologize.

NOW alright! All finished. Thanks again for coming along for the ride!