TITANUS SPEAKS
by Joe Rovang

Legal Disclaimer: I acknowledge that I am using concepts and characters 
from _Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers_ and _Power Rangers Zeo_ without the 
knowledge or permission of Saban Entertainment, Inc.  This story was 
written solely for entertainment value and may not be distributed for 
profit of any kind.  When reproducing this document, all parts, 
including this disclaimer, must be kept together in their original, 
unaltered state.

Note:  This story takes place in the Power Rangers Zeo storyline, 
between "A Golden Homecoming" and "Where in the World is Zeo Ranger 5?".  
Only Billy and Titanus appear in this story.  If you're looking for 
action and intense battles, this story probably isn't for you.  But if 
you're looking for a story which tells the history of all things Power 
Rangers and ties together a lot of loose ends, read on!

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	It took both hands for him to flip the cumbersome master switch.  
As he did so, hundreds of spotlights high above filled the enormous 
hangar with light.  He slipped his hands into the pockets of his jeans 
and gazed upward at the robotic dinosaur he planned to dissect.  The 
monstrous entity towered over him, dwarfing him with its sheer 
magnitude.  It was over fifty stories tall, he guessed.  And yet, he, an 
insignificant speck  worlds below the beast, would meticulously 
dismantle the colossus until nothing but parts remained.  It was all 
very ironic, he had to admit.
	His tan hiking books treaded silently on the smooth concrete floor 
as he walked toward the lift which would take him up to the giant's 
head.  He stepped onto the iron grating of the lift and flicked the 
control switch into the up position.  The motor whined as it came to 
life and sent the lift on its journey upward.
	His emerald eyes absently fell upon the behemoth's dull white 
armored hide as he mentally planned out his journey down the creature's 
elongated neck and into its core, removing vital pieces all the way.  
After he'd extracted everything of value, he could use the cranes to 
disassemble its body into its component materials.  Such was the fate 
that had befallen all of the others before this dinosaur.  And now it 
was the last of its kind.
	The lift jerked to a stop as it reached its peak, and he found 
himself staring down the jaws of the beast; its teeth alone were half 
his height.  He bent down and opened a black case which lay at his feet.  
From it he removed a large apparatus, which he strapped to his back, 
connected by a thick black cable to a high-powered laser gun.  He 
clutched the gun tightly and looked up into the dinosaur's blank red 
eyes.  The old creature had served them well, but now it was of no more 
use to them.  He held the laser close, pressing it against his black 
turtleneck, and stepped toward the beast's mouth.  Suddenly, the metal 
jaws came to life.
	"Billy," echoed the noble voice of the dinosaur, "what are you 
doing?"
	Billy gasped in alarm and threw himself backward.  His back 
slammed against the iron railing of the lift, and he quickly released 
the laser gun in order to grip the railing behind him.  The laser fell 
and struck the floor of the lift, sending a clatter echoing through the 
immense hangar.
	"T..Titanus!" Billy exclaimed.  "You're operative!"  He blinked 
and tilted his head forward.  "And you can talk!"
	Titanus paused for a moment to consider Billy's observation.  "Are 
you telling me Zordon never explained to you who I am?" he asked.
	Billy took a moment to take a deep breath and compose himself.  He 
then replied, "Zordon doesn't tell us a whole lot."
	"Well then," he said with growing enthusiasm.  "I'll explain it 
all from the beginning.  The history of  everything from the Power Coins 
to the Zords to the Zeo Crystal."
	Billy frowned in confusion but decided to go along with the 
dinosaur.  "Okay," he agreed.
	Titanus cleared his throat.  "Where do I begin?  Ah, I know."  
Billy nodded to tell Titanus to go on.  "All right, ten thousand years 
ago, Zordon and I were both peacekeeping beings sent from Eltar to watch 
over this sector of the galaxy.  He lived in a temple on the Earth, and 
I lived in a temple on the moon."
	"I guess your temple must've been pretty big...?" Billy asked.
	Titanus was silent for a moment, as if to savor the humor of 
Billy's question.  "No, I didn't always have this form," he soon 
replied.  "Zordon and I were originally humanoid beings, similar to you 
in size and shape."  Billy glanced over the edge of the lift to look at 
the fifty stories of robotic mass below, and Titanus continued.  "There 
was also another being named Ninjor, whom Zordon befriended by giving 
him a home in a pocket dimension which Ninjor would name Zordnia in 
Zordon's honor.
	"And then," said Titanus, "Rita Repulsa arrived.  In order to help 
Zordon defend the Earth, Ninjor used two magical swords, the Sword of 
Light and the Sword of Darkness, to create seven Power Coins - red, 
blue, black, yellow, pink, green, and white.  As Ninjor meditated in his 
temple in Zordnia, putting the finishing touches on the coins, Rita 
attacked and caught him off guard.  She crippled Ninjor and stole the 
Power Coins.  I confronted her outside the temple, and I sacrificed 
myself to win back five of the Power Coins for Zordon - Rita still had 
the green and white coins, and I was trapped in a pocket dimension.  
When Rita tried to use a powerful spell to banish Zordon to a similar 
pocket dimension, Zordon used the Power Coins to reflect the spell back 
at her.  The result:  both Zordon and Rita were banished to alternate 
dimensions.  Zordon, Ninjor, and I took measures to allow us to keep an 
eye on your universe.  Zordon established a teledimensional link to this 
universe inside his temple on Earth, Ninjor assumed an armored body, and 
I assumed the form in which you now see me."
	"Woah," Billy remarked.  "Zordon told us you were a friend, but I 
had no idea you were partners!"
	"Fearing that Rita would one day return," Titanus continued, "I 
created seven robotic creatures similar to the robotic form I had taken, 
each creature powered by one of the Power Coins.  I named them 'Zords' 
in Zordon's honor."
	"Seven?" asked Billy.
	"The Tyrannosaurus, the Triceratops, the Mastodon, the Sabertooth 
Tiger, the Pterodactyl, the Dragon, and Cyclopsis," Titanus replied.
	Billy thought about it for a moment, then asked, "But why would 
you make Zords for the coins that Rita had?"
	Titanus answered, "I created them in hopes that Zordon could one 
day reclaim the green and white coins and use the power of the Dragon 
and Cyclopsis against Rita.  I buried them, along with the other Zords 
and myself, deep within the Earth.  From there, I watched as the galaxy 
evolved.
	"I watched as three ancient beings used a magical golden staff 
thousands of years ago to create the Zeo Crystal, a powerful object with 
five different wavelengths of power, as insurance against the forces of 
evil.  They buried the Zeo Crystal beneath my old temple on the moon.  
Following my example of creating Zords powered by the Power Coins, the 
beings created their own robot warriors powered by the Zeo Crystal - 
they were known as the Super Zeo Zords.  The beings locked the Zords 
within Super Zeo Gems, tiny fragments from the Zeo Crystal, and hid them 
within a giant pyramid Zord on their home planet of Triforia.  The robot 
known as Warrior Wheel was then created to guard the pyramid, Pyramidas, 
and the golden staff of power was passed down through the royalty of 
Triforia."
	Billy shifted his position slightly and listened intently as 
Titanus continued.
	"I watched as, centuries ago, the Aquitar Rangers lost their 
mentor in a fierce battle with a new enemy and sought the help of 
Ninjor.  Also following my example of creating Zords, Ninjor constructed 
robot warriors to help the Aquitar Rangers in battling their new foe.  
These robots, dubbed Battle Borgs, were based on creatures Ninjor had 
encountered on one of his many visits to Earth.  The Red Battle Borg was 
based on the ape, the Blue Battle Borg was based on the wolf, the Black 
Battle Borg was based on the frog, the Yellow Battle Borg was based on 
the bear, and the White Battle Borg was based on the crane.  The Aquitar 
Rangers eagerly accepted their new weapons, and Ninjor, pleased with his 
proficiency at constructing such robots, designed a stronger version of 
the Battle Borgs, known as the ShogunZords, as well as a fleet of 
animals known as the NinjaZords, to serve as backups for the Battle 
Borgs.  Finally, he constructed the mighty FalconZord, lord of all his 
robot creations and the key to the NinjaZords and ShogunZords.  
Ironically, the Aquitar Rangers, using telepathic modifications, used 
their Battle Borgs so efficiently that they never needed the 
replacements Ninjor had built for them."
	Billy stroked his chin in contemplation.  "You're saying the 
NinjaZords and the ShogunZords were just unused Zords originally 
designed for the Alien Rangers?"
	Titanus nodded.
	"But what about our animal spirits?" Billy asked.  "I thought they 
were the basis for the NinjaZords."
	"Actually," said Titanus, "it was the other way around.  You 
modeled them after the Zords."
	"But..." Billy protested, "the animal spirits felt so real!  I 
could feel the wolf within me."
	"I do not doubt that," Titanus told him, "You may not have been 
born with the animal spirits, but, as you inherited the NinjaZords and 
the power of Ninja, the spirits of your animals were born within you."
	Titanus fell silent, expecting Billy to respond.  There was a 
moment of awkward silence, then Titanus asked, "Billy, are you all 
right?  I didn't mean to disturb you."
	"I'm fine," Billy said, shaking his head.  He stated, "Just 
because we created the ninja spirits within us after we became Ninja 
Rangers doesn't make it any less real than if we'd been born with them."
	"Right," Titanus agreed.
	"Please, go on," Billy insisted.
	"Very well," said Titanus.  "A decade ago, King Lexian of Edenoi, 
growing old, announced that he would pass on the powers which enabled 
him to become Masked Rider to his young grandson, Dex.  Zordon, hearing 
the news, watched from afar as Dex's uncle, Dregon, infuriated that he 
was not the heir, had his own brother killed and planned to do the same 
to young Dex.  Zordon secretly warned Lexian of Dregon's plan, and 
Lexian immediately banished Dregon from the planet.  To show his 
gratitude for warning him, Lexian sent Zordon one of his finest robots, 
Alpha Five."
	"So Dregon spent the next few years in exile, brooding over his 
banishment," Billy concluded, "until he had enough power to overthrow 
Lexian and enslave the Edenoites?"
	"Correct," Titanus replied.  "Then, three years ago, Rita escaped 
and took over my old temple as her base of operations.  Zordon then gave 
his five Power Coins to you, Jason, Zack, Trini, and Kimberly to become 
the Power Rangers.  Rita, having obtained the Sword of Darkness with her 
evil powers, used it to corrupt both Tommy and the green coin and create 
the evil Green Ranger.  When Jason destroyed the Sword of Darkness, 
Tommy's mind was cleared of evil, but Rita still had control of the 
green power through Tommy.  This is how she was able to use a magic 
candle to sever his connection to the green power.  But when Tommy gave 
Jason the green coin, Rita no longer had access to it.
	"Giving up on the green coin, Rita turned her attention to the 
white coin.  Without the Sword of Darkness, Rita was unable to gain full 
control over the white coin's powers.  However, she did manage to 
manipulate its power to allow Goldar to use it to pilot Cyclopsis.  When 
Cyclopsis was destroyed, Zordon seized Cyclopsis' remains and the white 
coin, planning to create the White Ranger to pilot Cyclopsis once it was 
repaired.  To prepare the white coin, Zordon created a new underground 
research facility which would eventually become the Power Chamber in 
which you now operate."
	"Aha, my theory was right!" Billy realized.  "That chamber I found 
where Zordon and Alpha were making the White Ranger _was_ the Power 
Chamber!"
	"Yes, that is where he prepared the White Ranger," Titanus 
answered.  "But in the meantime, Tommy again became the Green Ranger 
using some of Zordon's energy.  If Tommy had been reconnected to the 
green power, Rita would have again had control over it.  Then, when Lord 
Zedd arrived, Zordon and I realized your Zords would not be powerful 
enough to combat his monsters.  Therefore, I called forth my energy from 
my dimension and upgraded the Zords into ThunderZords whenever they were 
needed."
	"Why 'Thunder'?" Billy inquired.
	"The 'Thunder' was coined by Zordon when he noticed that the 
summoning of my energy resembled bolts of lightning."
	Billy smirked, having trouble imagining Zordon being creative.
	"The Tyrannosaurus became the mighty Red Dragon," continued 
Titanus, "the Triceratops became the Unicorn, the Mastodon became the 
Lion, the Sabertooth Tiger became the Griffin, the Pterodactyl became 
the Firebird, and Cyclopsis became the White Tiger.  The DragonZord was 
not upgraded since the ThunderZords required more power to operate than 
Tommy's temporary powers could have given."
	"Okay," said Billy, "but why was the Lion green?  It even had a 
green lightning bolt.  And yet it belonged to the Black Ranger."
	"You're very observant, Billy," remarked Titanus.  "I failed to 
mention that Ninjor's construction of backup Zords for the Aquitar 
Rangers prompted me to design a set of backup Zords as well, the 
ThunderZords.  When I originally designed the ThunderZords, the white 
and black ThunderZords - the White Tiger and the Pegasus - were both 
non-essential Zords, meaning they weren't crucial parts of the MegaZord; 
the green Lion was.  When I learned that there could be a black 
ThunderZord but no green ThunderZord, someone had to pilot the Lion, as 
it was an essential part of the MegaZord.  So I gave the Lion to the 
Black Ranger, and the Mastodon became the Lion instead of the Pegasus, 
as was originally intended.  Had the Green Ranger ever been able to 
power a ThunderZord, his DragonZord would have been upgraded into the 
black Pegasus."
	"Are you serious?"  Billy asked.  "A Pegasus ThunderZord?"
	"Indeed."
	Billy thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, 
go ahead."
	"After Tommy's temporary powers ran out," Titanus proceeded, 
"Zordon gave him the white coin and the White Tiger.  Zordon then used 
the untapped green power to..."
	"Hold on a second," Billy interrupted.  "Who or what was Saba?"
	"I was Saba," replied Titanus.
	Billy blinked.  "Excuse me?"
	"My essence was Saba," said Titanus.  "My essence was also Tor, 
whom Zordon powered by the untapped green power."
	"Wait, I thought the Lion used the green power."
	"No, the Lion was a green Zord powered by the black power," 
Titanus explained.  "The Lion was originally created for the green power 
but ended up being powered by black.  This type of situation happened 
again later with the Crane NinjaZord, but I won't go into that now."
	"Okay," Billy said, ignoring the issue for the moment, "so you 
remotely controlled Saba and Tor?"
	"Yes," Titanus answered.  "Now, when Jason, Trini, and Zack 
resigned, Zordon had to acquire the lost Sword of Light, as it was the 
only way to remove their connections to their respective powers.  
Morphers may have been handy for infusing you with power, but they did a 
messy job of it and made the process difficult to undo."
	"Okay, here's something I've wondered forever and could never get 
a straight answer out of Zordon about," Billy stated.  "What happened to 
the green coin after Jason gave up his powers?  The next thing we saw of 
it, it was in the hands of evil when they cloned Tommy."
	"A very good question," said Titanus.  "When Jason gave up his 
powers, the now unowned green coin, finally being acted upon by the 
power of Rita's green candle, was transferred into the ownership of 
evil.  This didn't concern Zordon, however, since Tommy, the only 
possible way evil could get to the green power, was currently the White 
Ranger.  As long as he remained the White Ranger, his connection to the 
green power was blocked, similar to painting over a pre-existing color.  
Zedd and Rita got around this, however, by cloning Tommy - the clone was 
able to use the green coin."
	"Okay, something else I've always wondered..." Billy said.  "When 
the clone turned good and took the green coin with him into colonial 
times, wouldn't that have created two green coins for a while, from the 
time the clone arrived in the past up to the present when the clone 
departed for the past?  Shouldn't there be a green coin somewhere that's 
been lying around ever since the clone eventually passed away in 
colonial times?"
	"Indeed," Titanus responded.
	"But where is it?"
	"Billy, something tells me that there's more than scientific 
curiosity behind that question," said Titanus.
	Billy shrugged.  "Well, naturally.  Of course I'd like to find a 
way to be a Ranger again.  But even without powers, I'll always try my 
hardest to help.  I guess powers or no powers, I'll always be a Ranger 
at heart."
	"Exactly," Titanus agreed.
	"So, what happened next?" asked Billy.  "The ThunderZords got 
destroyed?"
	"Yes.  When all of the ThunderZords, excluding Tor, were 
destroyed," said Titanus, "the power surge overloaded the Power Coins, 
cutting off their connection to the Great Power.  When you went to 
Ninjor for help, he recharged the coins by relinking them to their 
respective powers, as well as linking them to your life forces for a new 
bond with the coins, the Ninja Ranger powers."
	"What exactly is the power of Ninja that Ninjor referred to?" 
Billy inquired.
	"It is the concept of honor which served as the basis for the 
creation of the Great Power.  It lies at the heart of the Power Coins.  
In linking the coins to your life forces, Ninjor put you in touch with 
the force of Ninja."
	"Ah," said Billy.  "You know, I had a dream about us losing our 
powers and getting the Ninja powers the night before it actually 
happened."
	"Oh?" asked Titanus.
	"Yeah.  It was like a premonition," Billy said.  "I didn't 
remember it at first, but then when it actually happened, I had a sense 
of déjà vu that eventually grew into my memory of the dream."
	"What happened in the dream?" Titanus inquired.
	"Well, our problems started when a new villain arrived," Billy 
explained.  "Only instead of it being Rito, it was some weird slime guy.  
And our power suits were different, and we had these weird weapons.  
Anyway, we tried to stop him, but he ended up wiping out our powers and 
knocking Zordon out of his time warp, and he was an old, dying man.  
Which is weird, because Zordon's just a transmission from another 
dimension, and I knew that when I dreamed this up.  Anyway, we went to 
another planet, where a woman in a green bikini told us about the animal 
spirits deep within us.  I guess that's where I got the idea that we 
were born with the animal spirits within us."
	"Interesting," Titanus remarked.
	There was an awkward silence for a moment, until Billy chuckled 
and said, "Sorry.  Please go on."
	"Well," said Titanus, "since you were without Zords, Ninjor 
decided to give you the unused NinjaZords.  However, as there was no 
pink Aquitar Ranger, Ninjor was short a pink NinjaZord.  His solution 
was to give the FalconZord to the White Ranger and the white Crane to 
the Pink Ranger.  Similar to the black-powered green Lion, the Crane was 
a white Zord powered by pink power.  Since Tor was designed to link up 
solely with ThunderZords, I took its place by helping you in person and 
linking up with the NinjaZords and, later, the ShogunZords.
	"Then, when Rita and Zedd stole Kimberly's Power Coin, the danger 
of Ninjor's linking the Power Coins to your life forces was revealed, as 
Kimberly began to die with her coin in the hands of evil.  To save her 
life, Alpha used the Sword of Light to sever Kimberly's connection with 
the pink power, similar to what the green candle had done to Tommy.  And 
like Tommy temporarily using Zordon's energy to become the Green Ranger, 
Kimberly temporarily used the combined energy of the other Power Coins 
to become the Pink Ranger."
	Billy nodded, and Titanus continued.  "Now, when Rita and Zedd 
stole the ShogunZords from Zordnia, the ShogunZords would not work for 
two reasons.  First, they were not connected to a source of power.  
Second, both the ShogunZords and NinjaZords were designed to operate 
only when they were owned by the owner of the FalconZord.  Therefore, 
Rita and Zedd stole the FalconZord, thus cutting of your access to the 
NinjaZords, and then kidnapped Ninjor so that they could connect the 
ShogunZords to your Power Coins through Ninjor."
	"Ah, that makes sense," Billy remarked.
	"After you seized the ShogunZords and FalconZord from Rita and 
Zedd, Kimberly's temporary powers were not strong enough for her to 
power the White ShogunZord, as she had done with the white Crane.  
Instead, Tommy powered the White ShogunZord, and Kimberly rode along 
with him.  When Kimberly resigned, the pink coin was linked to 
Katherine, and the pink powers could be used again.  Therefore, when the 
NinjaZords were needed to battle Master Vile's Globbor monster, the pink 
power was able to power the Crane.  The rest of you simultaneously 
powered your respective NinjaZords and ShogunZords, with Tommy powering 
the White ShogunZord and the FalconZord."
	"Was it the added power of Ninja that allowed our coins to power 
two sets of Zords at once?" asked Billy.
	"You are quite right," answered Titanus.  He then continued, "When 
Master Vile set his sights on the Zeo Crystal, Tommy had to prove that 
he was pure of heart in order to take the Zeo Crystal from beneath Rita 
and Zedd's castle.  Once the Zeo Crystal was obtained, Tommy, with the 
assistance of Zordon's energies, broke it into its subcrystal 
components.  Zordon then sent the subcrystals through a portal in space-
time, which scattered them to various locations and times on Earth."
	"Various?" Billy questioned.  "Why did the five subcrystals go to 
the places of each of the other Rangers' origins except mine?  Why was I 
excluded from the very beginning?"
	"To understand the reason behind this," Titanus said, "we must 
first look at what happened when the Orb of Doom turned the Earth back 
five years.  Everything was affected, with the exception of the Power 
Coins, the Zords, and your memories and physical locations.  Your 
bodies, however, _were_ turned back - to the time before they were ever 
linked to the Power Coins.  Now, when you, Billy, used the energies of 
the Power Coins to age yourself, you became a temporal anomaly - you 
would not have been able to possess a subcrystal.  Thus, the subcrystals 
were linked to the five other Rangers when they retrieved them in the 
past.  Then, five years later, when Tommy broke the Zeo Crystal apart 
and Zordon sent the subcrystals through time, they were already assigned 
to the other Rangers."
	Billy waved his hand out, as if to protest.  "No, wait, that can't 
be," he said.  "An event can't be its own cause.  It's impossible."
	"Each event was actually caused by the previous event," Titanus 
tried to explain.  "At one point, there _was_ some other origin before 
this loop occurred.  But it is now invalid, as we're inside the loop."
	Billy blinked and thought about it for a moment.  "Wow, you're 
right," he admitted.  He tilted his head and said, "You know, when the 
other Rangers were on their quests for the subcrystals, I happened to 
notice that all of them but Rocky never actually went into the past to 
retrieve their subcrystals."
	"That is true," replied Titanus.  "Even though the subcrystals 
arrived at their locations at some time in the past, they remained in 
that same location as time passed.  Therefore, Zordon was able to simply 
teleport the Rangers to the locations of the subcrystals, where they 
remained to that day.  This was the case for all of the subcrystals 
except for Rocky's, for his began causing volcanic disturbances upon 
arriving in the past.  Rocky was transported back in time to the moment 
just after his subcrystal had arrived so that he could prevent the 
disturbances.  He then returned to the time from which he left, whereas 
time elapsed as the other Rangers retrieved their subcrystals."
	"Ah, so that's why Rocky came back so much quicker than the 
others," Billy realized.  He then frowned and said, "Hold on.  You said 
the other Rangers didn't time travel when they retrieved their 
subcrystals.  For Adam and Tommy, I can buy that.  But what about Kat 
and Aisha's quests?"
	"Katherine was in present-day Australia," Titanus said.  "The 
older versions of herself that she saw were simply apparitions created 
by the pink subcrystal to test her sense of compassion."
	"Okay, that explains that," said Billy.  "But what about the Aisha 
and Tanya situation?  I lost sleep nights trying to figure out the 
implications of Aisha never moving to Angel Grove!"
	Titanus chuckled gently.  "Let's see if I can explain this well 
enough," he said.  "All right, when Aisha went to Africa for her 
subcrystal, she was simply teleporting to the 'present-day' Africa, 
which, to you and me, means the Africa of five years ago, since when she 
went there the Earth was five years in the past, correct?"
	"Right," Billy agreed.
	"Okay.  According to the original history of Aisha's family, the 
Campbells moved to California because of the animal plague.  They would 
have moved shortly after the time when Aisha showed up.  Now, that would 
mean that, at the time the Rangers sought out the subcrystals, Aisha 
should have still been living in Africa, since that was before they 
moved, right?"
	"Yeah," said Billy.
	"Well, as you know, the Power Coins caused the memories and 
physical locations of the six of you to remain the same as they would be 
in the time before the Orb of Doom activated.  Therefore, Aisha should 
have been in Africa at the time, just as Tommy, Rocky, and Adam should 
have been in Stone Canyon at the time, and Katherine should have been in 
Australia.  They all should have been where they were five years ago, 
but they weren't, due to the Power Coins."
	"I gotcha," Billy told him.
	"Okay.  So Aisha teleported to Africa, where she should have been 
at that time, in search of her subcrystal.  She ran into Tanya, who, in 
the original timeline, would have grown up in Africa.  But, by sending 
Tanya to the Command Center in her place and staying to use her 
knowledge from the future to help the animals, Aisha changed the course 
of time."
	Billy frowned.  "This is where it gets a little confusing."
	"When the Zeo Crystal was united," Titanus explained, "it restored 
the Earth to the proper time.  But, in order to rid the timestream of a 
possible paradox, the Zeo Crystal only updated the Campbells' tribe to 
the temporal changes.  Everything and everyone else, including Aisha, 
remained the same.  Think of it as if the tribe is the only group of 
people who are currently valid in this timeline.  Everyone else is like 
an abnormality left over from a previous, invalid timeline."  Titanus 
paused to see if Billy understood.
	"Okay, so Aisha remembers moving to California five years ago and 
becoming a Power Ranger, while her family would swear that they, 
including Aisha, have always lived in Africa?"  Billy asked.
	"Precisely."
	"And that leads me to believe that Tanya also remembers her 
original yet invalid history, in which she grew up in Africa," Billy 
continued, "while the tribe would not remember seeing Tanya after she 
teleported to the Command Center with the yellow subcrystal five years 
ago."
	"You are correct," said Titanus.
	"Great, there's one mystery solved," Billy stated.  "Now what 
about the Power Coins?  When Rita and Zedd destroyed them, we should 
have died, since they were linked to our life forces, right?"
	"While the six of you were in the past," Titanus answered, "you 
were not yet linked to the Power Coins.  Therefore, when Rita and Zedd 
destroyed them, you suffered no consequences.  However, when you 
returned to the present, the six of you would have died, had the Zeo 
Crystal not, when it restored time, unlinked your life forces from the 
destroyed coins.  It did this to save your lives.  In addition, the Zeo 
Crystal, in restoring time, made you, Billy, no longer a temporal 
anomaly."
	"Now, when Rito and Goldar stole the Zeo Crystal and blew up the 
Command Center," Billy said, "what happened?  How did the Zeo Crystal 
end up in the rubble of the Command Center, and how did Rito and Goldar 
end up in Angel Grove with no memories?"
	"Ah, you knew about Rito and Goldar?" Titanus asked.
	"Of course," Billy replied.  "I had to fine tune the alarm in the 
Power Chamber so that it wouldn't go off every time those two wandered 
out of Bulk and Skull's garage.  I showed Zordon that they weren't a 
threat anymore, and he gave me permission to reconfigure the alarm's 
sensors."
	"Interesting," Titanus remarked.  "Now what happened is that when 
Rito and Goldar picked up the Zeo Crystal and began to teleport, the 
crystal reacted to the evil within them.  In mid-teleport, the Zeo 
Crystal ended up wiping their memories and redirecting their teleport 
destination to Bulk and Skull's neighborhood.  Itself immune to the 
magic of evil, the Zeo Crystal resisted Rito and Goldar's teleportation 
and reappeared in the Command Center, only to be lost within the chaos 
of the detonating implosion device."
	"During which I absorbed antiprotons which repel Zeo energy," 
Billy added with a sigh, "denying me of my last chance at being a Ranger 
again."
	"Billy," said Titanus, "if there is one force in the universe 
which can overcome all, it is the power of hope.  Remain positive, and 
anything can happen."
	Billy looked down, taking in the dinosaur's words of wisdom.  "And 
now, Billy," Titanus spoke, "I grow weary.  It is time for me to sleep."  
Billy looked up into his deep red eyes.   "I thank you for taking the 
time to speak with me," said Titanus, "and I wish you well on all your 
endeavors."
	"Thank you," Billy whispered.  He watched with a sad smile as the 
mighty creature grew still, and silence fell upon the hangar.  He gazed 
at the majestic giant for what seemed like hours.
	Finally, he looked down at the laser gun which lay at his feet.  
He frowned in disgust at the ridiculous idea of cutting apart such a 
wise and noble creature, and he quickly slipped the power pack from his 
shoulders and dropped it to the floor of the lift.  With a flick of his 
finger, Billy sent the lift earthward.  As he descended, he watched the 
dinosaur's strong, brilliant white armor go by.  Soon, the lift jerked 
to a stop as it reached the floor.
	Billy walked over to the hangar wall and put his hand on the 
master switch.  He took a final look at the dinosaur.  "Good night," he 
said softly, "and thank you.  I'll never lose hope."  He flipped the 
switch, and all went dark.  He began to walk through the darkness toward 
the exit.  As he made his way toward the exit, his foot kicked something 
in the darkness.  He bent down and picked it up - it felt like a small 
box with a bow on it.  He blindly untied the bow and removed the lid of 
the box.  Feeling around the inside of the box, his hand brushed against 
something metallic.  He held it tenderly in his hand and identified it 
to be a coin.  He felt the three claw designs on the surface of the 
coin.  It was the mark of the dragon.

THE END