A/N: For those who really like Dimitria…I promise you, you won't like this. There weren't many characters I didn't like in Power Rangers but Dimitria is one of them. For the Tommy/Kim fans out there, I actually like Kat but not Dimitria. With that said, I present the following. This is a little plot bunny that's been brewing for some time.

A/N 2: It's a "new era" as the last of Zordon's original Rangers are ushered out by Dimitria of Inquiris and four new Rangers are slated to take their places. But is this really a new era…or is it a diabolical conspiracy aimed at bringing down the Power Rangers? Remember folks…just like the title says, blood is thicker than water, always.

A/N 3: I own nothing as per usual. I've also got some nice little surprises in store for this coming week.

Prologue: Sister, Sister

September 1997

The Power Chamber

Angel Grove, California

As the old saying goes…blood is always thicker than water. No matter which side you are supposed to be on in the never ending war between good and evil.

In the four years that the Power Rangers had been saving the city…and the world for that matter…from countless alien invaders, they had beaten back all the challenges they had faced. Extraordinary young men and women, these teenagers were.

They had also beaten back the challenges of some of the greatest forces in the universe. Rita Repulsa, Lord Zedd, the Machine Empire…even Master Vile himself, as diabolical as he was, had never been able to seize Earth. Zordon and his Power Rangers had halted these evils at every turn.

What was funny to Dimitria of Inquiris, as she continued to berate her "partner in crime" Alpha 6, was that these so-called superheroes had been gullible enough to believe that their "time had come to step away."

As far as she was concerned, they were complete idiots not even close to being worthy of being in the same room with her. They also did not sense that their decision to step away would lead to the demise of Earth and a new era of evil.

You see, while Zordon of Eltar had many traits which were admirable, he was often too noble for his own good. He had actually been foolish enough to enter a friendship with Dimitria, and what was foolish about it was that she was the blood sister of the latest threat to Earth, Divatox.

But still, Zordon had been foolish enough to enter a friendship with her, which Dimitria had used to her complete advantage. Even before she had given him the go ahead to "go home" to Eltar (knowing full well that her friends led by Dark Spectre would soon conquer that planet as well, rendering Zordon's legacy completely useless), she knew the layout of the Power Chamber by heart.

And all this time, Dimitria had been plotting back home. While Inquiris was not by nature an evil planet, these two blood sisters were as evil as could be. The planet already knew of Dimitria's sister, but they did not know of the danger that lurked just outside Angel Grove itself, which had been deemed by most members of the Alliance as impossible to conquer.

Well, Dimitria had her mind set on changing all of that. As reckless and ruthless as Divatox could be, Dimitria was without question the brains of her family and had been for centuries. She hadn't gone off destroying worlds yet, as she preferred to wait for the perfect time and place.

She preferred that everyone think she was nice and easy to like, so that when she finally did unleash her ultimate wrath that it would take everyone by surprise. You know, like Scorpina had done once to that idiot Adam. How had he become a Power Ranger anyways?

Dimitria hated all of the first Turbo team but Adam was right near the top – he was too shy for his own damn good, he came off as a guy who had no friends and the guy was an ugly runt. How could anyone think of going out with him?

Then there was Katherine, who was second of the least favorite Power Punks in Dimitria's eyes. Actually, she hated both of Cassie's predecessors almost equally but at least Kimberly had made something of herself even though she was a ditzy valley girl.

She smiled when she thought of the stupid letter that Kimberly had sent – she actually hated Kimberly a little less because when it was all said and done and Earth was a barren wasteland, that Kimberly and her racecar loving ex would never get the chance to mend fences. That moron Dulcea had also claimed her to be the agile, graceful Crane Ninjetti. So far as Dimitria was concerned Dulcea was a failure at life and was nothing but Zordon's lapdog.

That brought Dimitria's thoughts back to Kimberly's racecar loving ex. Just the thought of that pony-tailed idiot made bile run up her throat.

As said bile ran up her throat, the one thought she had of Tommy was that when he had left the state of Arkansas to come to California (Tommy was an Arkansas boy through and through), he had decreased the IQ of California and increased the IQ of the state of Arkansas, as backwoods as it was, by a thousand fold.

Yet, as much as she despised every single member of Zordon's Original 12 (with the exception of maybe Justin who she almost felt sorry for), she had to admit they had proven to be worthy opponents.

They had proven that enough that at some point after their mother Mama D had tried her hand but lost, that it was probably best if Dimitria moved the older veterans out. They were getting ready to go off to…what was it…college, anyways, and it would give her the perfect out. No one would suspect what she was up to. And sure enough, it worked, the older senior Rangers had taken the bait.

When she did finally decide to attack, she said to herself, no one would ever forget it.

Yes, she would let the little runts that were replacing the last of Zordon's original 12 have their fun for awhile. She almost felt sorry for the newest members of the legacy…as stupid as their predecessors were these guys and girls were completely inexperienced and totally incapable of doing what their predecessors had done.

Dimitria's face suddenly lit up when she saw her sister on the globe. One of the things Dimitria had done (and it had been so successfully concealed that the Rangers wouldn't have been able to recognize it) was place a chip in the Power Chamber's controls which allowed Divatox and Dimitria access to contact each other.

Dimitria frowned when she saw that Divatox had a scowl on her face.

"What did Elgar do this time to make you upset?" Dimitria said.

"Oh he's just being his usual dumb self," Divatox groused. "It pisses me off enough that I want to find something that can give the Rangers a REAL challenge. I haven't even shown them close to what I'm capable of yet!"

"Maybe our brother General Havoc would provide them some competition?" Dimitria said. "I agree, they have had it way too easy so far. Perhaps it's time they were forced to go to the next level. Havoc and Metallosaurus can make them do that."

"Sure he can," Divatox said. "Maybe he wins and maybe he doesn't. If he wins, then all the better for us but if he doesn't, it keeps those idiots off our backs enough to continue to implement our real plan. Phase 1 was a success which I was actually scared about."

"Right," Dimitria said. "Remember, don't be too reckless. We don't want these Rangers to suspect a thing."

Divatox nodded. She understood that unless she played her part to perfection, then this whole thing would blow up in both her and Dimitria's faces.

"Very soon," Divatox said, "the Earth will be ours!"

And so, on the outside, there lay the barren wasteland of the California desert…and not too far away from that, Angel Grove. It was a city that knew not of the diabolical plot that was to come its way.

TBC…