"Where's Mike?" asked Leo, not sure whether the one he was facing was a friend or a foe.
"Do not worry for him, he was hurt much more severely than you were, my assistant's treating him." Said the character, and once he noticed the concerned look on the Rangers' face, he added: "He will be alright."
"What I'm about to tell you, is a secret that even to this day, was known by only three beings. Two of them, sadly, are no longer with us." Said the character, and removed the hood from his head. He was a strange thing, some sort of a mixture between a man and a lizard. His skin was smooth, amber colored. His jaws extended forwards, giving his face a reptile-like appearance. His hair was purple, wrapped in dozens of braids behind his head. Instead of a nose, he just had two narrow nostrils. His eyes though, looked entirely like human eyes. He touched the wall, and six seats emerged from the ground. He sat on one of them, and signaled the five Rangers to do the same. Once they were all seated, and the Rangers were highly intrigued, he began talking.
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"The story takes place, roughly 3000 years ago. The war between good and evil, has reached its second peak. The first peak was 10,000 years ago, in a battle between the powerful being known as Zordon, and the minions of Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa and Master Vile. Zordon, the leader of the forces which thought for the side of good, has managed to imprison Rita Repulsa, and drive away Lord Zedd and Master Vile, but not before getting trapped inside a time warp himself."
"We know that story, carry on." Said Leo.
"Oh, you're a little impatient Red Ranger, aren't you? Yes, I know who you are, I know who you all are, don't look so surprised. I've been watching you since the moment you pulled out the Quasar Sabers from the stone. Ever since then, I've been taking different forms to monitor you. Most recently, I've taken the following form." He said, and stood up. His skin changed, and the new form seemingly melted on him. None can make a mistake. The long, curly brown hair that was wrapped behind his head, the green eyes and the sparkling earrings on her ears. He was Seline Milought all along.
Kai's face instantly turned pale, how could he work with that woman for that long and not realize she wasn't what she appeared to be? The character reseated himself, and reverted back to his normal appearance.
"I do realize this must look very weird to you, Blue Ranger. You must understand, there was nothing personal in that. I had to keep close to at least one Ranger, while still monitoring the colony. Working in the Command Headquarters with you and Mr. Corbett seemed like to most logical choice. My real name is Dokus. Now, may I continue?"
"The second peak came 3000 years ago, when the powerful warlord known as Scorpius, and his band of power hungry monsters took power and declared themselves as the new generals of the evil campaign, led by the humongous being called Dark Specter. Zordon has managed to keep touch with our dimension using an energy tube in a spaceship, which he called the Command Center. I was his assistant, connecting him with his warriors. The legions of good were led by 9 warriors, who were classified as the elite warriors. They came from two orders: the Quasar order, and the Trio Order. The Quasar order was based on six warriors, classified by colors and by the colossal beasts they commanded, the Galactabeasts: Red Lion, Blue Gorilla, Green Condor, Yellow Wolf, Pink Wildcat and Black Bull. The Trio Saber was based on three warriors, the best of the best, who commanded much greater Galactabeasts, and were known by certain codenames: Stratoforce Phoenix, Centaurus Rhino and Zenith Shark. The 9 warriors all wielded powerful sabers, and carried Transmorphers on their wrists. They were known as the 9 Galaxy Rangers, the unstoppable elite team who fought to release the universe of evil."
"When Scorpius realized he was fighting a war he may not win, he began working on a new weapon. He began working on a massive machine, one which you might call a zord. The machine was called Scorperil. After several hideous battles, the Galactabeasts were proven to be overpowered by Scorperil. One of the battles, even resulted in the loss of the Phoenix, Shark and Rhino Galactabeasts, which were sent dormant into space. Five more Galactabeasts were badly injured and were unable to keep fighting. The only Galactabeast left, was the Bull."
"You mean Torozord, don't you?" asked Kendrix.
"In a way, only he wasn't Torozord back then. Please, allow me to carry on."
"When he realized there was no other choice, Zordon revealed another power source. Three gems: one green, one purple and one orange. The three gems once belonged to an ancient warlord, whose devastating powers came from the three gems carried on his necklace. One of those gems was powerful enough to create holes in space, the power of all three was unimaginable. The warlord was able to harness their powers to his will, and was undefeated. He conquered a great deal of the known universe. But, not even his evilness and his thirst for power, were enough to dominate the gems. They finally destroyed him, but not before he escaped into a certain moon and collapsed a cave over himself and the gems."
Damon seemed to be concentrating on something, he finally said: "Wait, the Zenith Ranger had a purple gem on his belt buckle."
Dokus clearly didn't like being interrupted, as he said: "Green Ranger, you're not telling me anything I didn't know before. What I'm telling you has a great deal of consequence, you must listen."
"Zordon, being old and wise himself, knew the location of that cave. Black Bull and Zenith Shark, being the leaders of their teams, were sent to retrieve one of the gems, only one was needed, and more than that was too dangerous to possess. Using the only mean of long-term transportation, the two warriors were sent to get the gem. They rode on the Bull Galactabeast, and remained morphed throughout their journey. The cave was right where Zordon said it would be. It took days for the two warriors to remove enough rocks to enter the cave. Using their sabers, they began wrecking the cave from the inside, destroying rocks, knowing the gems cannot be harmed. Black Bull found the green gem, and the two were on their way out, when something caught Zenith Shark's eye."
"Zenith Shark saw the purple gem. He went back to get it, when Black Bull reminded him of Zordon's orders: to get only one gem. It was only a moment, a few seconds of bad judgment, in which everything went wrong. Zenith Shark reached for the purple gem, Black Bull wasn't able to stop him. You see, evil is contagious, and Zenith Shark got infected. The moment his hand touched the purple gem, he was filled with the evil, megalomaniac lusts of the ancient warlord. So much evil was too much for him to carry, and he turned evil himself, indefinitely."
"With all that in his body, Zenith Shark began threatening Black Bull to give him the second gem. He even used the gem, to transform into the Zenith Defender. Black Bull fled, and tried to escape the planet on the Bull Galactabeast. Unfortunately, he was hit while flying in mid-space by an energy beam that came from the Zenith Defender. That hit, involved with the zero gravity found in mid-space, triggered the green gem that was still in Black Bull's possession. Only, it went much differently than on Zenith Shark. The gem transformed Black Bull everlastingly into what you know today as the Magna Defender. Unlike Zenith Shark, he couldn't retransform in his old self. Magna Defender's Quasar Saber transformed also into the Magna Blaster. Also, the gem had an affect on his Galactabeast, transforming it into the mechanical beast, known as Torozord, forever. It was no longer a Galactabeast."
"With Black Bull and Zenith Shark missing, the other warriors faced terrible difficulties fighting Scorpius' forces. Magna Defender, formerly known as Black Bull, finally made it to the other warriors and alerted them, as well as Zordon and myself, about the new menace. Zenith Shark, also known as the Zenith Defender, went on a personal vendetta. He was power hungry, all he ever wanted was to have more power. It took him a year, but he finally figured out how to fold space to his wish, and was able to get out of the moon. He teleported himself to a planet called Onyx, where he met his former teammates Stratoforce Phoenix and Centaurus Rhino. They were prepared to meet him, but were unaware of his unprecedented power. He destroyed the two warriors easily, taking away their Trio Sabers."
"So how could they be here?" asked Kai.
"It will be explained Blue Ranger." Said Dokus.
"Later on, he met the warriors of the Quasar order, and the Magna Defender. Zenith Shark was a clever man, before he fought the Quasar order, he gave Magna Defender a note, telling him his son, Zika, was captured by Scorpius. The green gem also affected Zika, in an unexplainable way. Magna Defender was out of options, and left to seek his child. The 5 Quasar Warriors were effortlessly defeated by him, and were destroyed just as fast as the other two. Magna Defender lost his son to Scorpius, and went on a personal quest seeking for the Lights of Orion, the legendary power source that, combined with the green gem, would make him into an indestructible warrior. Unfortunately, as you already know, he was sent plunging a crevice by one of Scorpius' goons, Tracheron."
"Everything seemed lost. With seven warriors destroyed, one imprisoned and one evil, there was no hope for defeating Scorpius. That is, until one day, the powerful and clever Zenith Shark, had a plan. He created another rift in space, and with it he sent Scorpius and his palace, the Scorpion Stinger, into another galaxy. Then, he closed that rift, and left that galaxy out of anyone's reach. Ever since then, that galaxy is known as the Lost Galaxy. Zenith Shark, with his immense power, was apparently going to win. Only one sentient was powerful enough to match him, Zordon. Using a great deal of his powers, Zordon was able to temporarily release Zenith Shark of the evil that has possessed him for so long. That gave Zenith Shark enough time to come up with the only solution he could find- he created another rift in space, one which led to another time warp. He dropped his sword with the other sabers he took, and flew right into that rift. He then closed the rift, and was permanently locked in that time warp- or so we thought."
"With Scorpius and Zenith Shark gone, the peace has returned. Zordon then entrusted me with the five Quasar Sabers, and the three Trio Sabers. I put the Trio sabers in a cave on the Orcha Planet, and sealed them with powerful energies, so no one will ever get to them. I took the Quasar Sabers to Mirinoi, and sealed them in stone, for the chosen ones of the future to claim them, and become the new warriors. That is the end of my story Rangers, we now have a lot of work."