Lothor, once called Kiya was similar to her in many ways. They were both banished from their respective Ninja Academies for an atrocity committed against the system. They both hated their families with a vengeance. They both wanted revenge.
"How could you let her escape?" hissed Medusa. "What is your alibi this time, nitwit?"
Harlequin quaked in fear. His mistress' temper was not one to be tampered with. "It's not my fault," he whined. "Some teenager in yellow flannel did some kind of smoke screen and--"
"Yellow flannel?" squealed one of Lothor's dim-witted neices. "Ooh, that's the Yellow Ranger; he's hot, isn't he?"
Medusa rolled her eyes. How Marah and Kapri could be related to the most evil being on the planet was beyond her. A bunny slipper was much more menacing than these two buffoons.
Lothor seemed to share her sentiments. "Marah, Kapri," he said. "Get out of my sight, or I'll disintegrate you both." He turned to his pupil. "It seems as though your...shall we say victim? has allied herself with the Power Rangers."
"Not yet," replied the villain, touching her ivory mask. "Dragons, by nature, are suspicious and lack the ability to trust. Add that to the fact that she has suffered misfortune. She will succumb to my will. Remember the prophecy: her Balance can be swayed from good to evil."
Lothor snorted in disgust. "A do-gooder like that on my team? I'd be better off putting my useless neices to work as generals of my army."
"You cannot ignore the fact that the girl has power. Power that should have been mine." Medusa banged the butt of her staff on the floor in anger. "The Dragon Orb should have been mine. She does not know how to use her powers to it's fullest capacity." She stared upward, envisioning the day that Jade would be bleeding to death at her feet. "It's potential...Dragons are creatures of Darkness by nature. Creatures of evil. That's what the Orb should be used for."
"Well, as Harlequin failed, it's time to try one of mine. Zurgane!"
The alien walked forward and bowed stiffly. "Yes sir," he said. "May I present the downfall of the Power Rangers: Serpentra!"
Medusa curled her upper lip in disgust as she surveyed the new alien. He was certainly ugly; it was like someone had unsuccessfully cloned an overlarge cobra and a person. She moved farther away from the space ninjas and motioned for Harlequin to come closer. She grabbed a fold of skin. "Follow him," she commanded. "Make sure that the alien fails. Don't make me regret keeping you alive, Harlequin."
"Yes, mistress," he nodded nervously. "But I don't understand...I thought--"
She gave her servant a shake. "I don't appreciate being made to look like a complete idiot in front of my mentor," she hissed. "I want the Dragon dead before she realizes what she can do with the Orb!"
Harlequin stumbled off, disappearing in a flash of light.
a/n: Thanks for the reviews! BTW, Dragon is just a title. Y'know like in Tamora Pierce's book Lioness Rampant, there's a Shang Dragon?