The Rangers muttered amongst themselves at Zordon's gloomy words. This was not good. The most the Machine Empire had tried to tackle at once had essentially been Angel Grove, not entire civilisations.

"What exactly does this mean? When will the....Zha'khee-ree'aa get here?" Tommy asked urgently.

"It is not certain when it will arrive and the chances of it targeting Earth are slight. The Wardstones are deep within the Galactic Void and even at top speed it will take nearly two earth years to reach Phaedos." Zordon explained.Dulcea shrugged. "I am afraid I do not know that, Ashley. They will, of course, be in your Morphin color, rather than the color of your principal power. Other than that, there are really no indications. The six of you are not a full, self-contained team, so the costumes will have no conforming element. It will depend entirely on the images you hold within yourself."
          Tanya, looking over at Billy, saw him staring deeply into the fire. "This is changing you, isn't it?" she asked quietly. Billy sighed.
          "I don't know if it's really changing me, Tanya. The Morphin Power is a part of me, and according to Zordon, it always has been. Maybe it's just bringing out the parts of me that were hidden deeply." "Zhane's more than willing to try," the disembodied voice answered. "I'm curious too... what do you say we try again?"

"If at first you don't succeed," Jay said cheerfully. "It's all or nothing, after all. He'll either show or he won't; it's not like he'll switch--"

He stopped, and Justin gave him an unreadable look. "That wouldn't happen, would it?"

"I don't think so..." Jay frowned, then caught sight of Andros' expression. "No, of course it won't. I'm sure it'll be fine. Let's do it."

"Right," JT agreed, and a moment later, there was Zhane.

Adam shook his head slowly "But why? This may be a stupid question but why is it coming?Why a war? If it just waltz's in and takes over all of the evil going on in the galaxy there doesn't need to be a war."

Zordon looked troubled as if he had hoped that this particular issue would not be raised. "It despised the Ninjetti and all the forces of Light, and would need no other reason than revenge for an excuse to wage war."