Chronicles of Atlantis: Children of the Gods

Title: Chronicles of Atlantis: Children of the Gods
Author: kazeko
Chapters: 22
Show: Power Rangers
Rating: R
Series: yes
Time: 1.5-2 years after Turbo, moved to January 2001, all of the original rangers are about 20 (except Kimberly & Tommy), Dulcea was the one who gave the rangers their Ninjetti powers, and no PRDT, whenever it was supposed to happen.
Disclaimer: Saban & Disney own the Power Rangers and they really oughta' consider releasing MMPR on DVD boxed sets so some of us can actually see all of the episodes instead of having to read online summaries.
Disclaimer 2: Everything that isn't Power Rangers (the crystals, the people of Uranus and Atlantis, and the history of Atlantis) belong to me and me alone. No stealing.
AN: This chapter is about the history of Atlantis (note the title) and even this breif lesson is complex. I spent a lot of time deciding the past. Remember, the old Atlantans also belong to me.


Chapter 6: History

Billy pounded on each door along the hallway, demanding an answer before moving on. Tommy's room was next-to-last, and Billy opened the door, knowing instantly that the perpetually-late ex-Ranger would never get up on his own. He turned the light on, shocked to find Tommy sitting on his bed, fully dressed, staring out the window. "Is it really morning already?"

"Yes. You're up early."

"I couldn't sleep," Tommy whispered. "I couldn't . . . I've never felt so responsible before. I led the rangers for—what, three?—three years, four. I can't remember. But I felt guilty every time that one of you got hurt, every time one of you was captured. God, especially Kim. But now, I hurt her because I was too busy being a Ranger, being the leader. In the past, I would have given anything for her. Remember when Lord Zedd kidnapped her and demanded that we serve him or lose her? I would have. I would have given the world for her. But now it seems that I ignored her, let the team come above our love. What kind of Power Ranger am I if I forget the woman who means the most to me? What kind of Ninjetti Warrior can I be?"

"Tommy, we'll work this out. I promise. Come on; breakfast is ready."

Tommy stood and followed the first Blue Ranger, standing to the side as Billy opened the last door on the hall, staring in shock. Katai was nowhere to be seen, and Trevor and Kim were curled up on the large bed. Tommy swayed and fell against the wall, dashing down the hallway at the sight, and Billy gathered his nerves. She had every right to be with another man. "Kim? Trevor?"

"That won't wake them up," a soft voice admonished from Billy's shoulder. Katai and Amari slipped into the room and jumped on the bed, tossing an indignant Trevor on the floor. "Wake up!"

"K'tai!" Trevor grabbed his sister and pulled her onto the floor, reaching for Amari an instant later. Kim laughed as Trevor tickled both elfin women, smiling at Billy in the doorway.

"Time to get up, I assume."

"Your deduction is logical," Billy managed. "Come down when you're ready."

"Just a sec." Kim slipped out of bed and landed on Trevor, pinning him with maybe 110 pounds, grinning as Katai and Amari turned to him.

"Attack us, will you?"

Billy followed the Rangers downstairs, trying to erase the image of Trevor and Kim sleeping together from his mind. She deserved someone who could be there for her, and Trevor seemed like a very nice Uranian. He suddenly wondered what Kim would do when Tr'vor returned to his home. Kim would be alone again.

When the three elves and Kim descended the stairs to the breakfast table, she managed to avoid making eyes contact with anyone. Tommy was nowhere to be seen as the thirteen men and women ate and gathered in the living room to hear the details of their quest. Billy and Jason promised to fill Tommy in later, and Kim looked around, wondering where her former boyfriend was. A moment later, all cares were forgotten as K'tai, Amari, and Tr'vor stood in front of the humans and began their tale. They decided to let Amari speak, and they would add their commentary if they saw fit.

"You all know the story of Atlantis and Uranus and their split. I feel the need for a brief history lesson, since most Atlantans consider most Humans backward and rather dumb, uncultured, and violent. That is not a reflection on any of you, but you must expect the stereotypes. Don't worry if you can't remember everything—just knowing the names of the important queens is enough. Anyway, seven thousand years ago, your year 5000 B.C., Gaiah was named the first Queen of Atlantis, and many suspected that she was a daughter of Eurynome. She married Unamus and had a daughter, Rheai, in 320, who took the throne in 378 and wed Kronoun. She birthed her daughter Haera, in 899, who married Lekoum and took the throne in 970. Hevebi was born in 1472, and she married Noulem when she was one hundred. Ten years later she assumed the throne, but her reign only lasted two hundred and ten years. She died giving birth to her daughter, Laredae, in 1792, but she was lost for two hundred years, and her father served as Regent. She married Asclepon while she was lost, ascending to the throne in 1992 and giving birth to her first child, Aremael, in 2508. Aremael was destined to be queen, but her sister Namirah, born in 2550, was, too. K'tai will tell you the story of Namirah's line soon.

"Apeno was born in 2685 and Laredae died in labor, leaving Aremael and her husband Endyrol to take the throne. Her only child, Malirah, was born in 3437, and her mother died three years later, leaving her brother Apeno to rule for sixty years. Malirah took the throne in 3500 and spent four hundred years trying to get pregnant. She died in childbirth in 3987, leaving her husband Timiyu in charge for twenty years. Their daughter Amiris became the eighth queen of Atlantis, ruling for 629 years with her beloved husband Peren, giving birth to her daughter Pijone in 4587. Fifty years later, she died, and Pijone's eight-hundred-year reign began. She was the best queen we ever had, and we called her reign the Glorious Age. Sadly, she died in 5437, leaving her daughter with King Vopent, Andira, in charge. Andira was born in 5395, and her life was a sad one. It seemed that she was destined to experience great pain for the sake of her people. She lost four boyfriends to the elements before she married Toume. Atlantis fell in 5535, and Andira grieved for the people lost and for the necessity of fleeing to the Moon. She had the shortest reign of any Atlantis Queen, and we say that the Grieving Queen died of a broken heart. Her daughter, born in 5580, was only fifteen when Andira died, and Toume ruled as regent for Bintrouh for five years. Bintrouh, the first queen of New Atlantis, and her husband Kandel took the throne in 5595, ruling until 5730. Zoules, born in 5699, took the throne and ruled with Perlem until 5931.

"Zoules was a powerful Ninjetti, and she died in a battle with Chaos child Pentk, killing him and saving New Atlantis. Daeli, born in 5900, ruled from 5931 until 6300, giving birth to King Geroul's daughter Misali in 6229. Poor Misali only ruled until 6353, dying in childbirth. Rimakh's father, Dimou, was regent for twenty years, and Rimakh then ruled until 6776 with her husband Revunej. She had many children, very rare for Queens, beginning with Selei in 6489 and ending with Faren in 6770, when she was almost four hundred years old. Selei was her only daughter, though all of her sons were strong in their own right and Faren is a Ninjetti. She died six years later, and Selei ascended the throne with her lover Cofern. They married the day she took the throne, and their only daughter Jakouy was born in 6900. Her story is so tragic. She is the first in the queen line not to assume the throne; she would have been the seventh queen of New Atlantis and the seventeenth Queen of the Children of the Gods. She died eighty years later giving birth to her first and only child. The Healers who were there say that it was born, a healthy, though tiny, girl, and Selei and the baby princess were the only ones left on the Moon."

"What happened to them?"

"We do not know, Jason. Selei's body was found by three brave scouts a year later, but there wasn't much left. A DNA revealed nothing useful, and we can only assume that the baby was so powerful Selei needed her to fight off Zedd. Her youngest brother Faren has ruled as regent since. Our history records that Selei and her unnamed granddaughter died saving our world from Lord Zedd in 6980."

"1980 on Earth," Billy murmured.

Katai tried to clear her throat, wiping tears from her green eyes. "That tale you will remember, no matter how hard you try to forget. There is a statue in the palace on Titania of Selei, clothed in her Ninjetti armor, a cloth-wrapped baby in her arm, one hand raised to the sky, fighting Lord Zedd with all of her power and the baby's, too. Even the Uranians respect her courage."

"It's very moving," Trevor whispered.

Katai cleared her throat again as she began her half of the tale. "The only part of the Line of N'mira that is important to non-Uranians is the queens' names and when they took the throne. Honestly, all you need are the three or four important ones. They believed that only one child was needed, so once the daughter was born, no queen allowed another pregnancy. Except F'jil. The Atlantan Queens are important because they are the Children of Eurynome; the Children of the Sky—referring to Uranus, the God of the Sky—are an offshoot of that line only destined to create a child that will help return Atlantis to its former glory. When Namirah, second daughter of Laredae and Asclepon, fled Atlantis with about thirty percent of its population, she was seen as a hero to those who believed her prophecies of catastrophe and as a traitor by those who thought that Atlantis would last forever. Some of us wish that she was wrong. She changed her name to N'mira, and all of her followers also shortened their names with a lost vowel and a well-placed apostrophe. When they named their children, the names of females had one letter before the apostrophe and the males had two. They found the moons of Uranus made a good sanctuary, and they used their power to make it a home. N'mira was the First Queen of Uranus, leaving Atlantis and founding her colony in 2600. She ruled until 2912, when L'foue took over.

"L'foue wrote most of the Laws of the Sky, the Atlantan Code of Honor and Integrity revised a little and a lot harsher. All nobility—every rank higher than Lord and Lady—was forbidden to marry a member of their own gender—in order to keep the lines pure, she claimed. No one was allowed to leave Uranus on pain of death—to protect us from the catastrophe, she claimed. Males were forbidden to inherit anything, though Atlantan sons were only forbidden title, not money or land if all of their sisters had already been provided for. Families were required to give a daughter to the military, so everyone had daughters. Sons became baggage, and titles were coveted and marriages arranged to increase land and influence. Honestly, men lost all rights under her. They have since regained some, but there is more equality on Fallen Atlantis—they live on Oberon now.

"After L'foue died in 3095, S'remi took over. She was weak, allowing her mother's reign to influence her. There was no strong queen for a long time. T'noure in 3360 was followed by V'noey in 3722, Z'auni in 4109, and G'maei in 4831. 4996 finally brought a kind queen, and A'voule outlawed death as a punishment for anything. We were no longer forbidden to leave, and the Lord rank was not restricted to male/female marriages. She did outlaw second marriages, but after more than two thousand years of restrictive queens, A'voule was a ray of light. D'soua's short reign began in 5230, followed by J'intu in 5335 and Y'rishi in 5729. D'nale took over in 5904, and she was concerned for our people's belief in the gods. She led the single greatest religious revival in history, convincing all Uranians to return to the service of the gods. I'm told that many of the gods showed up for the revival. She changed the laws again, changing second marriages to a moral decision and no longer forbidden, and she allowed everyone to marry as they wished. She was the first queen who gave a damn about gay rights. We found out after her husband died that she was, in fact, gay, and she had a lovely girlfriend for forty years. They died together in 6223, and R'vouse was perfectly happy to leave things as they were. My mother F'jil took the throne in 6574, and she was kind to second marriages. She was one of the kindest queens we had, and she reached out to the Moon, arranging a treaty. The first male born to her line was promised to the first daughter born to Selei's within a decade. Her only child with Gh'mauh, N'baru, was the only child of the Line of N'mira, and she was expected to produce the son her people needed. Gh'mauh died a year later."

"What about you, Trevor? Aren't you F'jil's son?"

Trevor nodded. "Yes, Billy, but I am not of N'mira's line. I am not a true son of F'jil. A second husband may not be illegal anymore, but the child of a second marriage if the previous one produced an heir may as well not exist. If we do not find the prince, then K'tai will be queen because there is no one else, but I will never be eligible to rule our people. Not like they would listen to me, anyway."

"True. F'jil married our father, Br'liim, who died a few months later, leaving the queen pregnant with Tr'vor and me. We were born in 6851, and Lord Zedd's threat reached our galaxy in 6980. Mother died creating a magical shield to protect Uranus and the colony of Fallen Atlantis, and N'baru took over. She had given birth to her first child, a son, the night before Zedd came, and she named him T'miyu after King Timiyu of Atlantis. She was a lover of Atlantan history and she was strongly in favor of the alliance. I was the ambassador for Uranus at the time, and I was there, on the Moon, when Selei learned of the birth and when she ordered the emergency evacuation. I watched the birth, though I never told anyone, and I wanted to stay and help Selei."

"K'tai?"

Katai raised her hand. "I've never said any of this to anyone because I thought it might dishonor Selei's memory. I see now that nothing could, especially if her sacrifice moves humans so. I saw her leave the palace and head to the courtyard where she was supposed to leave, but I think she knew that it would be dangerous to evacuate. Zedd would follow the path of her power and destroy New Atlantis and Uranus at the same time. She, as queen, could never allow it. I remember closing my eyes as a brilliant light filled the area, and the next thing I knew I was on Mars with the rest of the evacuees, heading for Uranus. I don't know who teleported me, but I remember the look of sadness and determination on Selei's face. I do not believe that she would sacrifice her granddaughter. I returned with the scanning teams, but we never found evidence that the princess lived or died." K'tai swallowed, hanging her head, her voice dropping to an even lower volume. "I think I heard her name, but I was never sure."

"What did you hear, love?"

"I heard Selei say 'Kamirli', and that could have been her name. I wanted to tell the people who made the statue, but they wouldn't listen to me. They did not believe that I was there."

"And?" Trevor knew that his sister was still holding back.

"And I think she's alive." Gasps followed her words, and K'tai nodded. "I think Selei gave Kamirli to the gods and had her sent somewhere safe, somewhere Zedd would never guess. And I think they are the ones who took T'miyu and sent him the same place."

"You think Kamirli is alive on Earth?"

"I do, Jason. And I think we, the last true Ninjetti, will be able to find her."

"You can't imagine what a morale boost that would be for the people of Fallen Atlantis," Amari whispered. "We have to try to find her."

Trevor smiled at the determination in the humans' eyes. "So," he began, his playful tone a wonderful way to lighten the mood, "who remembers the names of all of the Atlantan queens? Anyone?"

Kimberly hesitantly raised her hand, shocked glances turning to her. The petite brown-haired woman was just as surprised that she had no problem recalling every word of Amari's brief history lesson. "Gaiah and Unamus, Rheai and Kronoun, Haera and Lekoum, Hevebi and Noulem, Regent Noulem, Laredae and Asclepon, Aremael and Endyrol, Regent Apeno, Malirah and Timiyu, Regent Timiyu, Amiris and Peren, Pijone and Vopent, Andira and Toume, the fall of Atlantis, a little more Andira and Toume, Regent Toume, Bintrouh and Kandel, Zoules and Perlem, Daeli and Geroul, Misali and Dimou, Regent Dimou, Rimakh and Revunej, and Selei and Cofern. Jakouy married Unalet and died birthing their daughter Kamirli, who was sent . . . far away . . . so cold, so hungry . . ." She trailed off, a trace of green passing through her eyes. She stared at Trevor and Katai. "What was that?"

"Maybe you were channeling her," K'tai suggested. "It's been known to happen with two Ninjetti, and the princess is always Ninjetti."

Amari cleared her throat. "Kimberly, what did you say Jakouy's husband's name was?"

"Unalet," Kimberly whispered. "That's what you said."

"I never said that. I never mentioned his name because he's not important. He was never even king. How would you know that?"

"What about N'mira's Line?" Trevor knew that Kimberly was getting uncomfortable with everyone staring at her, so he hoped that someone else could name at least a few of the queens.

A voice spoke up from the shadows of the room, revealing Tommy, who had been there the entire time. "N'mira, L'foue the Strict, S'remi, T'noure, V'noey, Z'auni, G'maei, A'voule the Kind, D'soua, J'intu, Y'rishi, D'nale the lesbian, R'vouse, F'jil who reached out to Atlantis and had Tr'vor and K'tai with her second husband Br'liim, and N'baru, who died five years ago of a broken heart. Her son T'miyu was lost twenty years ago."

Tommy stepped into the light, staring at Trevor and Kim, pulling his eyes away. Amari shook her head, falling onto the couch. "I didn't think any human had good memory. How long have you two had perfect memory?"

"About five minutes ago," Kim whispered. "I've always found it easy to remember things, especially moves that I had to learn and copy, but I shouldn't have been able to remember all that."

"Me, either. But when you asked, I just knew."

"Why were you hiding in the shadows, bro?" Billy glared at Jason, and he silenced, wondering why the former blue ranger wanted him to leave Tommy alone. Tommy didn't answer.

Kat cleared her throat, sensing that Tommy was upset about Kim again. "Um, so, now what? We know the history—well, two of us do—now we need to access our Ninjetti powers. Where do we need to go?"

"Actually, the Moon."

"Not again," Tommy and Kim groaned simultaneously. The rangers and Atlantans burst out laughing.


To be continued