A/N: This is still the same story as years ago but I felt this thing needed some editing/revising. Nothing's changed but I did add a little something to add substance. Please R&R.

Disclaimer: I do not own Captain Planet and Planeteers. The cartoon belongs to Ted Turner and them. But my OC Kim and her pet are mine.


Chapter 1: Mission

"Planeteers to the Crystal Chamber!" rang out Gaia's voice.

The Planeteers dropped whatever they had been doing and ran to the Chamber. "What's up, Gaia?" asked Wheeler when the five of them had arrived.

"See for yourself," Gaia replied, waving her hand in front of the screen. On it, they saw a wide clearing of tree stumps, which was at least 100 feet across. "Dr. Blight is at it again."

"Why would she be cutting trees? She has never done that before," Linka said, puzzled.

"Oh, yes she has," Kwame stated, on the same page with the spirit. He had always cared about trees and seeing all the cleared space made him sad. "Remember the Tree of Life?"

"Why would she…?" Ma-Ti asked. Then it occurred to him. "Does she think there are more of them?"

"It seems that way. We know the tree she cut down was the only one," Gaia replied.

"I doubt she'll listen to us if we tell her she's doing all that for nothing," Wheeler said.

"Well, we have to at least try," Gi said. "Let's go!"

Gaia told them where to go and watched them run to the Geo-Cruiser. "Good luck," she called after them.


Blight was doing tests in her RV-turned-lab with the sap she had collected from the trees she'd felled. "Where is it!" Blight raged, getting impatient.

"Like I told you before, Doctor," MAL, Blight's computer sidekick, spoke up. "The tree you felled some time ago might very well have been the only Tree of Life."

But Blight wouldn't hear of it. "I refuse to believe that MAL!"

"Have it your way, then." All of a sudden, MAL's sensors detected something. "Excuse me, Doctor."

"What is it, MAL? Can't you see I'm busy?" Blight said impatiently.

"It's the Planeteers." One of MAL's screens lit up and showed the Geo-Cruiser approaching.

Blight sneered. "I was wondering when those Planetpains would show up," she said.


"At this rate, there will soon not be any trees left in this forest," Kwame commented, looking at the clearing.

"Or any forest," Ma-Ti added, thinking about his home village in the Amazon.

"Look at that!" Gi exclaimed, pointing. "Those have to be the things she uses to cut the trees down so fast."

All of them looked in the direction she was pointing. They saw four huge machines with two sets of arms. The upper sets were normal looking arms. The other had circular saws. The upper set was probably used for lifting the trunks to the nearby trailer. Attached to the trailer was a RV: Blight's lab-on-wheels. At the moment the 'bots appeared to be inactive. The Planeteers landed and cautiously approached the robojacks.

When they were just a few feet away, they heard Blight's voice, "Attack my beauties, and get rid of those Planetpests for me!" The robojacks came to life and started advancing toward them, the saws coming to life as well, and reaching for the kids. The Planeteers started to back away.

Well, all except one. Wheeler took a few steps backwards, and then turned to look at the 'jacks. "Is this the best you can come up with for an army, Blight? These things don't look so tough," he said pointing his ring at the lead robot. "Fire!" However, his blast didn't leave a mark on the thing. It kept coming. "Okay. So they're fireproof. Now what do we do?" he asked the others, catching up to them.

"Let me try," Kwame said. He stopped retreating and pointed his ring at the ground under the lead 'jack's feet. "Earth!" A hole appeared in the ground and the robot dropped inside the hole. But it climbed out with ease. The rest just sidestepped the hole and all four resumed their advance, saws extended and buzzing wildly. "It is no use. We cannot stop them."

Wheeler looked at him. "Time for a team-beam?" he asked, ready for what he knew was coming next.

Kwame nodded. He pointed his ring upwards. "Let our powers combine! Earth!"

"Fire!"

"Wind!"

"Water!"

"Heart!"

Five streaks of light shot out from the rings and merged to summon the most powerful being on the planet. "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!"

"Go, Planet!"

The eco-hero saw the robojacks closing in on the Planeteers. Without taking his eyes off them, he said, "Planeteers! You catch Blight and I'll take care of these tin-cans!" With that, Cap dived for the 'bots.

"We're on it, Cap," Wheeler said. "Let's go, guys!" The five ran towards Blight's RV.

"Ha! You'll never catch me!" Blight shouted and jumped inside the vehicle, started the motor a drove away.

"Come on! To the Geo-Cruiser!" Kwame exclaimed, and they ran to the plane. Getting in they took off after Blight.


Cap had taken care of two of the 'jacks, which were lying on the ground in a melted heap. The first thing he'd done was put the circular saws out of commission on all of them. Now he was bounding the third one full on and then gave the final blow, sending a blast of fire.

"Three down, one to go," he said to himself, glancing in the direction Blight's lab-on-wheels and his friends had gone. "I hope the Planeteers catch her and put the not so good doctor where she belongs."

That momentary distraction was all the remaining robojack needed. With one powerful swing of one of its remaining arms, it sent Cap flying across the clearing.

"Whoa! That thing packs quite a wallop," he muttered, trying to stop himself but his momentum made him hit a tree quite hard and the superhero fell to the ground. Before Cap had a chance to do anything, the 'jack grabbed him again and threw him deeper into the woods. As he was flung he sent a burst of fire and the 'bot was melted enough to cause its circuits to fry and it stopped in its tracks.

"That's all of 'em. Now to…" As he hit the ground, he hit his head on a jagged rock and cried out in pain. The trees started to blur in his eyes. Cap tried to clear his head enough so that he could return the powers to the rings and go recover.

But then everything went black as he lost consciousness. The blood from the cut on his forehead stained the ground.


The Planeteers had caught Blight. Now they were waiting for the police to arrive, having short-circuited MAL's control circuits, just in case if he could control the RV.

"You cut those trees for nothing, Dr. Blight," Kwame told her. "The tree you cut down some time ago was the only one of its kind. The only Tree of Life there was."

"You're just saying that, because you don't want me to find your precious tree," Blight said, still refusing to believe.

"Whether you believe it or not, it's still true," Wheeler said, leaning against the side of the RV.

"Once you're behind bars, Blight, we'll have one less villain to worry about," Gi said, tying Blight's hands behind her back.

The villain glared at them all. "I hope my robojacks finish that do-gooder of yours!"

Wheeler smirked. "I doubt it. He's probably finished with them."

"Then why has he not returned yet?" Kwame asked, glancing at his ring. It had never before taken the superhero this long to get a job done.

"He's probably taking the 'jacks to a recycling center," Wheeler said with a shrug, not worried. "Wouldn't be the first time."

"Recycling center, my foot," Blight muttered.

"Still, he should be back by now," Kwame insisted. Even if the superhero was taking the robojacks to a recycling center, that wouldn't have taken him long either.

A moment later, they heard the sirens. The police had arrived. The Planeteers watched as Blight was ushered inside the police car.

"You better take that RV along, too. Her computer sidekick is in there," Gi called to one of the officers.

"Right," he said and climbed in the RV.

"We better go and see what is keeping Captain Planet," Kwame told his friends. So they climbed aboard the Geo-Cruiser again and went back the way they had come.