A Rita Reunion

"This ends now, Rita." Tommy said as the rangers walked towards the space sorceress, who edged back towards the dumpster.

"Do something!" She screeched at her robotic assistant. Scrozzle turned towards her silently before taking out a device.

"Good luck, my queen." He giggled, pressing a button and blue light wrapped around his form, whisking him away to parts unknown.

"You traitor!" Rita yelled before turning towards her enemies.

"Shocking but not unexpected." Billy scoffed. "Pretty hard to inspire loyalty when your word means nothing."

"I may be an old witch but I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve!" She placed her palm on the red gem on the dumpster.

"NO!" Jason yelled, his eyes widening behind his helmet as he drew his blade blaster and opened fire on the sorceress, who cackled with glee. "STOP HER!"

The others charged at her, only for the lid to slide open and fall on the barren surface with a thud and a wave of dark energy to burst out of it, which threw the rangers back.

Four beams shot out of the cannister and materialised into four beings the rangers never thought they would see again.

"Welcome back, my minions!" Rita laughed.

"Empress?" Goldar asked hesitantly.

"How?" Finister whispered.

"Wait, I thought she was sealed with us." Baboo tapped his chin with his long fingernail.

"Maybe our minds were scrambled because we are locked out for so long!" Squatt blinked. "And since when was Empress a robot?"

The four henchmen turned to look at the sorceress, who snorted.

"After ten thousand years, I am free!" A screech came from the dumpster as the past version of Rita emerged from the dumpster, before looking at her other self and blinking. "Who are you?"

"Why you, of course!" Robo Rita chuckled.

"Huh?" Rita stuttered.

Goldar scratched his head and pointed his sword from one sorceress to the other. "Two Ritas?"

Finister adjusted his glasses and Squatt gawked at them.

"What do we do?" Kim asked slowly as the rangers regrouped.

"Rita has already changed the timeline." Billy said. "Best course of action would be to defeat them and put them back in the dumpster."

"Rangers!" Goldar snarled, spotting the rangers.

"What?" Rita screeched.

"Yeah. Goldar, do us a favour and kill those brats, while I have a long conversation with myself." Robo Rita waved offhandedly.

Goldar looked at the past version of Rita, who gave a nod of approval. He lunged at the six rangers.

"Here, let me help." Robo Rita extended a hand towards Rita, helping her out of the dumpster.

"How can you be me?" Rita asked.

"Oh, don't be a simpleton." Robo Rita snorted. "I am you from the future!"

"I travelled back in time?" She asked disbelievingly. "But the time space continuum…"

"Have you forgotten everything Father Dearest taught us? If you want a decisive victory, you got to cheat." The robot said.

"How can I be sure you are me?" She asked suspiciously.

"Why else would I free you?" Came the snarky reply. "The only thing I want is for us… for you to win against Zordon and claim your rightful place as the supreme ruler of the universe! With my knowledge of future events, we can squash our enemies before they even become a threat!"

Rita peered at her robotic self closely, before cracking a grin. "I believe you."

"Well, then let's get the show on the road!" Robo Rita laughed heartily.


"No…" Minh murmured. Her eyes drifted to the time portal which closed in on itself. Their way back home was gone and Rita had succeeded in her plan to free her younger self.

Last time, her mom died while all the rangers faced a lone witch and now, they faced two sorceresses along with Rita's henchmen and they were down a ranger.

She watched as the younger Rita slammed her staff to the ground and the pieces of Robo Rita's staff flew up from the ground and merged back into a new sceptre, gently falling into Robo Rita's hands.

The two witches crossed their staffs and let loose a barrage of lightning that sailed past Goldar and struck the rangers, throwing them back and forcing them out of their morphs. They hit the hard surface of the moon, the impact knocking them unconscious.

"NO!" Minh yelled, running over to them.

"Uncle Zack!" She shook the black ranger, who didn't respond.

"Don't bother child!" Robo Rita scoffed. "Our magic depleted their reserve powers. It would take hours for them to regain consciousness. Time that they don't have. Nor do you, for that matter."

She swung her staff, crimson energies swirling around her.

Minh gulped, standing up and stepping in front of the unconscious rangers protectively.

"Send Trini my regards!" She laughed menacingly, aiming the staff at the young girl.

"The Forbidden Spell…" Rita pursed her lips. "It's chaos magic!"

"Oh, don't be a party pooper, young me!" Her older self said disdainfully. "If you want to get rid of the power rangers, you got to stop holding back!"

"And now, back to you, Minh!" Robo Rita snarled, the energies converging on the front of her staff. She was just about to fire when Minh gasped. White electricity cackled around her body as well as around the other rangers, before they teleported away.

"NO!" She snarled.

"What happened?" Goldar asked.

"What do you think, you baboon!" She spat.

"Zordon." Rita gave the robot a knowing look.

"No matter. He and his pathetic charges will all die soon enough and this time, I will have the pleasure of personally executing them!" She vowed darkly.

"Future Rita is scarier." Squatt whispered to Baboo, who nodded.

"Oh dear…" Finister wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief.

"Now what, empress… empresses?" Goldar asked.

"Now it's time to conquer Earth and then the universe!" Robo Rita laughed, her past self and the henchmen joining in.