Interlude - The roundtable of Zodiacs
Prince Zedd sat at the large round metal slab that acted as a table before him. Moira leaned against his golden throne as always, a seductive grin plastered on her face. Evenly spaced around the table were holograms. The shadowed faces of the Zodiac generals sat bickering and growling at each other over recent events.
"We must put a stop to this outrageous act of disrespect, the humans cannot be allowed to gain too much confidence from this. " The rough voice of the Ox General cut over the low arguing.
"Let the dog and snake clear up this mess, it is after all only happening in their territory." There was a sharp crunch after the Rabbit generals response.
"The Red Ranger, has plagued two territories now, how long before he comes to all territories?" The snake general hissed back. To which the dog general huffed in an agreement.
"If you had dealt with them already then we wouldn't have to worry about our territories." Rooster said, to which Monkey and Goat mumbled their agreements as well. The Tiger, Dragon, Pig, Rat and Horse generals sat silently watching the whole affair unfold.
The table erupted again as the generals began to argue the best way to handle the situation. Other than the silent few. The galaxies most fearsome and deadly warriors, creatures that defeated the legendary Power Rangers. Bickered like earthlings. Zedd felt the anger boil, his father would have slaughtered them all by now at this display of weakness.
Moira giggled slightly, noticing how Zedd was about to explode. Zedd clenched his fist tight, purple lightning sizzled around his fist as he slammed it damn hard into the metal slab. The table buckled and bent at the force. Silence filled the room.
"Your all pathetic, fighting over squabbles of land and whose fault is what. This whole world belongs to the zodiac empire, to King Zeal. Therefore none of it is your land, you are simply letting humans embarrass and shame the entire empire!" Zedd roared out, anger causing his voice to strain. The lightning still crackled over his fist.
"You may have helped defeat the Power Rangers but that doesn't mean the battle is over. Have you all gone soft? Puny humans too much for you?" The Zodiacs all bowed their heads but none spoke.
"Dog, Snake I wish to speak with you alone. The rest of you get out of my sight, my need for you is done." Zedd lent back in his chair as the lights flickered out one by one until two remained.
"My Prince what it is you wish for us to do." They spoke almost in unison a mix of gruff words and hisses.
"Bring me the so-called Power Rangers heads. Their brief rebellion will serve as a highlight to the Zodiac empires dominance. I, like my father, shall make an example of them for the world to see." Moira giggled again at his worlds, Zedd merely sounded bored, the subject had worn thin.
"It will be done, my prince." The snake general hissed as he flickered out.
"I will ensure your dominance reigns for a thousand years." The dog generals light flickered out as well.
Moira skipped around sitting on the edge of the deformed table.
"What if they should fail my brother." Moira's words sounded sinister, almost hopeful. She truly was filled with evil.
"If they should fail my sister," Zedd stood drawing his long blade from where it was holstered at his side, the hilt was silver a Large 'Z' in honor of his ancestor.
"They shall feel pain beyond anything they have felt before, then they shall die for failing the Zodiac empire." Zedd let lightning dance across his blade, bringing up and slicing the round table in half. Moira danced back out the way, the whole time her face was plastered with a smile, giggling echoed throughout the chamber. Zedd simply huffed and settled back into his throne.
Author Note:
The next Phase will commence. Zane and Zoe take the fight to Dog sector. Phase 3 - The Dogs of War.