It had been nearly ten thousand years, ten centuries since the war witch Rita had been imprisoned in an inter-dimensional device by the wizard, Zordon. Yet, she was finally free, free to carry out her plans of universal domination. And she would start with the nearest inhabited planet.

"Rita, wake up, you're free!" Baboo, a 5th dimensional imp that had always followed Rita around, stated as she opened her eyes.

"At last," she said with a start as she rose and psychokinetically urged her staff into her hands, "How were we freed?"

"It was those two 'hu-mans'," Squat, another 5th dimensional imp, told her, "I believe they're called 'astronauts'," the two men in EVA suits cowered in fear as Rita advanced toward them.

"Well, let me give you two a gift," she held out her hand and gestured, the helmets lifted off of their heads as they attempted to keep them on in vain. Shock marked their faces as they discovered that they were able to breathe the air of the planet they called Mars, "A reward for my rescuers." Rita continued to advance, the two men frozen in place, but not by fear. They had begun to feel a certain attraction to this strange woman, and they couldn't help but wait and see what they were to receive. With the slightest movement, Rita bent over and kissed one of the astronauts as he screamed in pain. In seconds, where the astronaut stood, a pile of dust and an empty space suit were all that remained.

The second astronaut finally snapped out of the trance and began to run. "Allow me the pleasure of this hunt, mistress," a strange man who appeared to be human with ebony skin and bright yellow eyes, stated as he exited the device that had imprisoned Rita for so long.

"Attack him, Goldar, my reward to you for your centuries of servitude," Rita commanded as the man, Goldar, ran toward the second astronaut at speeds beyond the capability of normal humans, "Finster!" Rita beckoned to a third being, a humanoid male with pale-green skin and gleaming silver hair.

"Yes, my queen?" Finster asked lazily.

"Build me a palace close to the nearest habitable planet. I want to be able to see the inhabitance scream as their world is burned to ashes."

"Right away, Mistress Rita," Finster responded as Goldar returned with a severed head in his right hand.

"It's beautiful," Rita remarked as she entered the castle that had been built only hours before.

"I certainly agree, mistress, but where's the arena?" Goldar asked as he began to sniff around.

"Down the hall to the right," Finster told him, then remarked, "You don't think I'd forget about you, Goldar. After all, we've been together for nearly 10,000 years."

"Whatever. Create some opponents for me to face," Goldar stated, anger that had been building up for a fraction of a millennium surged through his veins, "And be sure they're worthy, not like those so-called 'putties' that you create."

"Save your strength for Earth, Goldar," Rita spoke softly to her henchman as he drew closer to her, "There's a whole world for the taking down there. I just need you to seize the opportunity. Earth has no protection from us, wipe them all out."

"As you wish, my mistress. But I would like to test these so-called humans in combat," Goldar remarked.

"As you will, my pet, but heed my call when it is time," Rita declared as she teleported Goldar down to Earth.