Origins: Part 1
-The Coins-
Millions..., maybe billions of years ago… Not even I remember and I was there. Just a long time ago, in a place Plato called Atlantis. Its original name doesn't matter. All of us who survived vowed never to utter its name again. So Atlantis is what we will call it.
It was a good place. Like all societies it had its issues, but for the most part it was paradise. We were a people of mostly peace. Descended and evolve from a similar lineage as you, the ape. Back then it wasn't an insult to say you were descended from an ape, monkey, whatever you want to call us. We didn't discriminate against differences back then. At least not my people. There was no such thing as race back then. Only species. We had traced our lineage to an aquatic ape. It was a type of monkey with gills. Where we got our gills. Much like your society searchs for its origins, further explorations and expeditions went on looking for the origins of the aquatic ape. We had questions like, where did he come from, how did we get from him to us? And there were also theories like we evolved from the Whale, and outrageous claims that we were the results of an unholy union.
You guys were there too, but not yet fully evolved. You were still primitive. Hunter gatherers. You lived on the out skirts of our society. Later, when we began to explore the rest of the world, we found you guys all over the place. We found your species very similar to our own. We considered you cousins. I don't think we ever figured out exactly which lineage of ape you evolved from. By the time explorers and scientist began to show interest in your kind it was too late.
In those days we and you were not the only ones on Earth. In the southern hemisphere ruled a species called the Annunaki. They were an arrogant reptilian species. At the time they enslaved another race that claimed to come from the heavens, another planet. They were very secretive. They even kept their species name a secret. Constantly changing it to the point you couldn't believe a thing they said. Whether the Annunaki knew where they came from is also not known for sure. But today you call them The Greys.
The Greys claimed to be on this planet for, at the time, thousands of years before us. They were very smart and very advanced in their thinking. One story they told was that they came here as settlers, escaping pursicution from another civilization. Another story they told was that they crashed here and were stranded until they could find the material to match things they needed to repair their ship and return home.
The Greys may have been smart but warriors they were not. They were taken over by the Annunaki and now worked for them. At first it seemed more like a partnership. The Annunaki supplied them with protection from the outside world and in exchange the Greys taught them technological secrets. But slowly the Annunaki began to tighten the grip on them. Taking away freedoms, such as time for themselves to explore and repair their ships. They began to be forced to invent things such as weapons and tools the Annunaki demanded.
As we the Atlanteans began to explore the rest of the world, the Annunaki began to explore also. Exactly when our paths crossed, much like the ways of history, is debateable. Many Atlantean expeditions were going on around the time and many people had stories of different peoples they discovered and came across. One thing is for sure, by the time we did know of them, it was clear, whether we liked it or not, we were in a power struggle for control of the world.
Atlanteans wanted to teach your kind so we could trade. Many of the lands you inhabited had resources unavailable to us. Climates different than ours. The Council of Seven, at the time, agreed that your kind was a possible ally and resourse if we could educate you to our level. But the Annunaki saw your kind as simply a resourse and choose to conquer the lands rather than, as the Atlanteans did, introduce ourselves and make friends.
Many times, an Atlantean explorer would arrive at a land where Annunaki had already landed and got run off the land. Chased back to their boat. Their life threatened. Since Atlantis did not have an army, we were unable to fight back. Soon that would change.
One of the Greys escaped and made their way to Atlantis and begged conference with the Council of Seven. He wanted protection and for his people to be freed of the Annunaki, in exchange he offered us information on the Annunaki and technology to fight them. The Council agreed and he gave us 4 sets of coins, 6 coins in each set. The first two, the Grey said, were design using dna of the ancestors of the Annunaki. They were designed to enhance the users abilities using the elements of the ancient beasts. The third set was inspired, he said, from their exploration of a land in the far east. The set, in a way, downloaded the knowledge of fighting skills into the user. Like a computer chip. Even if the user had no previous knowledge or ability of fighting.
The fourth set, the grey said, was their prize possesion. It was designed to harness the elemental spirits of the Earth itself. It used Cystals they called "Zeo Crystals". These crystals acted like antenas and the coins being like the remote control, giving the user the ability to defy the laws of the Earth. The limit of the power only limited by the imagination of the user, or so he said.
The information he gave us was horrifing. The Annunaki were ordering the Greys to do experiments on the Humans they found in these lands. He said they were searching to create an army that would be unstoppable. Mixing the human species with Annunaki and other species. The goal was to conquer the entire planet by force, including Atlantis.
Prior to this time we had never had use for an Army. I was in charge of security of the City. I over saw the construction of the city walls. They were impenetrable. At least that is what I believed. The Grey told us that was not true. He informed us that they had designed weapons that could certainly destroy our walls.
Being the closest thing to a military general they had, The Council of Seven charged me with putting an army together using these coins. With council from the Grey refuge, I put together a regular army, as large as I could make it. Then put together 4 special teams. Teams that could be sent in on special missions. The army being the distraction, the coin users being the trigger.
And it worked. We were able to save many of the Greys and your kind, the humans. We were able to defeat many of the Annunaki Armies and force them out of the lands. As we moved on we would leave someone behind to protect from a retaliating Annunaki. Many times we simply left the greys in charge with a military force.
But all was not as it seemed. The Greys we saved began to join our society. Years and generations went by and they would continue warning us of more threats by the Annunaki. Wars with them continued and grew. Sometimes even attacking Annunaki Cities in their home land as a preemptive strike. The Greys began to make us weapons and tools for our attacks on the Annunaki.
As new faces sat on the seats of the Council of Seven, we began to see Council Members who saw themselves more like rulers of Atlantis rather than servants of the people. They concerned themselves with expanding Atlantis to new lands and warding off those ruthless Annunaki.
And the attitude rubbed off on the people of Atlantis. They concerned themselves less with what the Council was doing and occupied their time with the new resources coming in from the new lands being discovered or added to Atlantis. New woods, new skins from animals unheard of before. Humans even began to be brought in as "help" to make our lives more easy. They weren't considered slaves since we feed and housed them. It was consided a good deed in fact since we would be bringing them in to "civilize" them. Even though their permission was never asked, you were having them do your house work, and you purchased them like a product.
The wars were many, and so many people died, that we began to use your species to fill our military, and so did the Annunaki. It began to be Atlantean, Human, Greys, against Annunaki, Human, and Greys. I began to see how mad it all seemed. I pleaded with the Council of Seven, in which by this time 2 Greys had taken seats, that an end to the wars needed to be found. Children were dying, our numbers were decreasing. The wars were killing our peaceful society. Head of the Council, Rita Rea, delivered the verdict, I was found unfit to lead the armies and I was removed.
Determined to find an end to the wars, I traveled to the land of the Annunaki, now southern Mexico, and requested conference with their leader, Lord Zedd. He accepted my request. Although when I arrived he was not hospitable. He was bitter and angry and I couldn't blame him. Most of the territory they previously inhabited was now in control of Atlantis. Even lands that were originally theirs. The population of his people were near extinction. He was under the impression that we were trying to wipe out his species. And that is when I figured it out. It was infront of me the whole time.
On the seats of his advisory sat mostly Greys. The Greys were playing us both. I tried to reason with Lord Zedd. Tell him of my suspisions of the Greys, but he wouldn't hear of it. The Greys had warned him of my lies prior to my arrival.
I decided to return home. Maybe Rita Rea would listen to me. This had to stop. Fear and Arrogance had crept its way into our society and was eatin at our souls.
Terrible winds, rain, and thunder accompanied me on my travel back to Atlantis. I found it on being the time of year it was. No purpose saying when it was. Seasons were different back then. And how we told time was different also. But I gave it no second thought. My main concern was my well being and alive. As far as I knew, I was the only one with this information and I had to make it back alive.
What should have taken me 2 weeks, took me 2 months to return. The weather was bad and many of the normal routes were flooded. But once I finally did arrive... well, you can say I never did arrive. What should have been the road to Atlantis was now a beach. I took a boat and traveled the waters for days but it was no use. The entire state of Atlantis was gone.
Rita Repulsa Rea
"The only people who survived were people who weren't in the capital city at the time," Zordon said. "Well, all except for Rita Rea."
The Rangers looked at each other all remainding silent for a moment.
Finally Jason answered, "Is this your way of saying you want the coins back?"
"'Cause if that's the case...," Kimberly started.
But Zack decided to finish, "You can kiss our ass."
"Yeah," everyone else except for Bill joined in.
"That's not what I'm saying," Zordon tried to explain.
"Well, that's what is sounds like," Trini responded.
Bill raised his hand for everyone to back off as he stepped out from behind everyone to face Zordon.
"With all do respect," Bill said. "You can respect our suspisious nature to your approach. You claim ownership to our power coins and telll us a fantastic story,which... I'm sorry to say sounds very far fetched. Science simply doesn't support it."
There was a moment of silence as Zordon searched for the words to respond, "Yet science supports the existence of your power coins."
The Rangers looked to Bill for an answer.
"He has a point," Bill had no choice but to respond.
"I have simply come to ask your help in protecting this world," Zordon answered. "I know what crashed here and know what is to come next if we don't act now."
"You know what crashed here," Kimberly asked.
"Yes," Zordon answered. "It was Rita Rea, or what she was later known by Rita Repulsa."
The Rangers brusted out laughing. Zordon lowered his head waiting for them to stop laughing.
"She purposely called herself that," Zack asked between breaths.
"How stupid," Kimberly said.
"Now I know your lyiing," Jason said. He started to walk away, giving up on the whole situation. Everyone else began to follow suit.
Zordon tried to call out to them, "She didn't name herself that!" But no one looked back. Then he quietly finished his sentence, even though they were all out of hearing range, "the name was given to her."
