In the middle of an undisclosed desert region on planet Earth, is a stone fortress. Unnoticed by humanity for all of recorded history, the Command Center has stood as the Milky Way Galaxy's first and primary stronghold against the evil Negaverse, ever since the fall of Crystal Tokyo.

Ever since that day, Zordon and his assistant Alpha Five have patiently waited for Queen Serenity's return.

The year is now 199X, Anno Domini.

For the first time in human memory, the forces of evil are beginning to move once again...

The Negaverse...

In her private room, Queen Beryl nervously listened to her master's orders, relayed through her mirror.

"Since we haven't heard from that idiot Rita in centuries," the skinless humanoid began, "I'm entrusting the conquest of Earth to you."

A malevolent red light shone from the being's visor. "Do not disappoint me, Beryl."

The villainous redhead immediately bowed her head. "N-no, of course not! You have my word that I shall succeed in taking over Earth, Lord Zedd!"

On the moon...

"...hey, Ivanov."

"Da?"

"Do you really think it's a good idea to open up the random space dumpster?"

The cosmonaut scoffed at his partner's concern. "Is for science, yes? If horror movie space monster is hiding in dumpster, then our comrades will simply escape moon. Monster will be left isolated here, unable to harm anyone on Earth."

"When you put it like that, Ivanov, I guess you're right. It's just like President Roosevelt said: the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself!"

Ivanov wanted to facepalm through his helmet, but chose not to, and instead worked with his partner to open the space dumpster. "While our comrades are escaping moon, Robert, we will still have time to fear horror movie monster until it gets us." Under his breath, he muttered, American idiots, they are all the same.

With no real fanfare to speak of, the lunar dumpster was opened.

Then a woman with a funny headdress popped out, as if she were waking from a long nap. Of particular concern, was that she seemed to be totally fine in an area with no breathable atmosphere.

"AHHHHH! AFTER TEN THOUSAND YEARS, I'M FREE!"

Bob jumped back. "Oh, crap."

Ivanov also jumped back, and said the same thing in Russian.

Headdress-woman rose up, with a handful of bizarre monsters climbing out of the dumpster after her. "IT'S TIME TO CONQUER EARTH!"

In the Command Center...

A series of alarms started going crazy, and Zordon immediately turned his gaze to the viewing globe, allowing him to see the disaster unfolding on the lunar surface. "Alpha, Rita's escaped! We must open communications with Luna, immediately!"

No sooner said, than it had already been done. The image of a cackling space witch was replaced by a black cat with a crescent moon on its forehead, its eyes narrowed in concern. "Yes, Zordon? What has happened?"

"As you are no doubt already aware, the Negaverse has recently been stepping up its activity. However, matters have suddenly taken a turn for the worse - Rita Repulsa has escaped from her lunar prison."

Luna scowled, inasmuch as a cat was able to scowl. "If the situation is deteriorating to this extent, then I must find Queen Serenity and her Sailor Guardians as quickly as possible. But with Rita Repulsa in charge of their Earthbound forces..."

Zordon gravely finished her thought. "The war will soon spill into open conflict, and many innocent lives could be lost."

"If things have come this far, then... Zordon, if you still have the Power Coins, then I must ask you to make use of them. At least until I can find and awaken the Sailors... you will have to enlist a team of Power Rangers in order to fend off the evil forces of the Negaverse."

Zordon's assent was immediate. "Very well. I wish you the best of luck in your mission, Luna."

Luna nodded in return. "The same to you, Zordon."

The viewing globe grew dark, and Zordon turned to his assistant. "Alpha, assemble a team of five overbearing and emotional humans."

"No, you can't mean - teenagers?!"

Just an idea I got in the midst of arguing with somebody on an internet forum. Anybody think it's worth anything?