Power Rangers:
The Brave and the Bold
Episode 15: A flowery danger!
"I had heard that you were the man to talk to about flowers,"-Kendrix Morgan said to Danny Delgado.
"Well, I DID use to work at a flower shop. So yeah, I could make a comment or two about flowers,"- said Danny.
"Have you ever heard of a flower called the Lafresia Edenia?"-asked Kendrix.
"Yeah, it's a cryptid. Supposedly grows in this valley in the Orinoco called 'Tumba de la Mujer Flor'. But…"-Danny felt he didn't need to say anymore. After all, who was he to doubt myths?
"So… you must know where this valley is hidden,"-said Kendrix.
"Not really, sorry,"-Danny replied- "Why do you need it?"
"She doesn't. I do,"-said Xander Bly- "A friend of mine is sick. He needs the magic sap that grows from that flower."
"Well, you're from the Mystic Force, aren't you?"-said Danny- "Just use your magic to get yourself to that valley. IF it exists."
"It does, I've checked. It's entrance is sealed off by magic,"-said Xander- "It will only open to someone with knowledge about flowers."
"Which is where I come into play,"-said Danny- "Ok, I'll see what I can do for you guys."
"Thank you,"-Kendrix says, smiling at Danny. He had to admit, she was kind of attractive.
"When do we leave?'-asked Danny.
"Right now,"-said Xander. He grabs his Morpher, and calls Clare- "Ok Clare, he's in. Teleport us now."
The three are immediately teleported away to a cave. It is dark, damp and the air is stuffy. A large amount of bioluminescent mushrooms provided the only light available. In front of them was a wall of lush, green vines.
"Ah! I know these vines,"-said Danny- "They're Zordonites. Discovered by David Zordon in 1999, they only grow if there's a lot of magic to feed them."
"Is that guy, in any way, related to THE Zordon?"-asked Kendrix.
"No, it's just a coincidence they share a name,"-said Danny- "Anyway, these bad boys are pretty damn thick. Must be some REAL strong magic in here."
"So what do we do?"-asked Xander.
"If we direct the magic away from this spot, these vines will follow it,"-said Danny- "Trying to hack them away will not work."
"Ok, let me try something,"-said Xander. He takes out his Morpher, and uses his magic skills to draw out the magic on the ground. Doing so caused tiny flowers to sprout magically. The vines, sensing the magic's new path, followed it. Eventually, Xander had managed to open up a path.
"Come on, let's go"-said Xander. He, Danny and Kendrix passed through the new opening, and entered a hidden part of the cave.
This portion of the cave was not made by stone, but by the roots of a large tree. It was a cavernous area, but one penetrated by what appeared to be sunlight. The air here is much fresher. The large roots grow overhead, blocking out over 98 percent of the light over them. The ground is, for the most part, partially submerged. The three rangers are only ankle deep in cold stream water. Very large spores fly overhead, like jellyfish swim in the ocean. Insects the size of your hand scurry along the giant roots, as the trickle of the calm streams is interrupted only by the steps of the three rangers.
"So, you never told me, what happened to your friend?'-asked Danny.
"His soul got sucked away by a succubus,"-Xander replied- "Clare said that, unless we destroy the succubus, we could only heal him with the sap of the legendary Lafresia Edenia."
"He first came to me, asking me if I knew anything about it,"-said Kendrix.
"I was going to ask Rose Ortiz, but…"-Xander looks away for a moment- "Her guy got afflicted too."
"Oh…"-Danny could not think of anything to say.
Little did the Rangers know, they were being watched…
"My garden, my prison…"-said a voice.
Xander, Kendrix and Danny were climbing the root.
"If we could see how large this valley was, we could find that flower,"-said Kendrix.
Eventually, they managed to make it to the top. The valley was actually just one giant tree, with many smaller trees and plants growing within and around its roots. A few miles away, a large flower could be seen.
"Over there! That's it!"-said Danny.
"How do you know?'-asks Kendrix.
"A few years ago, I was on a world wide trip with my buddy Max Cooper,"-said Danny- "When we reached this little town in the Amazon, this old guy gave me a book on mythical plants as a thank you gift for saving his ox from an anaconda. That book is how I know about the Lafresia."
From afar…
"They will touch my precious… no…"-said a voice- "Not my garden… leave this prison…"
Finally, the three rangers make it to the Lafresia.
"Ok, if we hurt the Lafresia, it will die,"-said Danny- "If it dies, a new seed will emerge from it's 'corpse', which will take about a thousand years to grow. So… we gotta be careful."
Danny slowly and carefully makes a small hole in the stem of the Lafresia. The Lafresia is a large flower, over thirty feet tall. It resembles a cross between a rose and a lily. It is one of a kind, like a phoenix. A small trickle of sap emerges from the stem of the Lafresia. Xander takes out his tube, and collects the sap.
"Thirteen milligrams of Lafresia sap. This should be enough,"-said Xander.
"Are you sure?'-Kendrix asks.
"Pretty much,"-Xander replies.
"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY PRECIOUS!!!!!"-roared a voice. It sounded like the scream of a banshee. Kendrix, Danny and Xander ready themselves, taking out their morphers.
"Who… what IS that?"-asks Xander. The creature in front of them had flower pistils where hair should be, had her pink body surrounded by flower petals, and had large, fairy like eyes. Other than that, she appeared to be humanoid in form.
"Entia… name is Entia… my precious is bleeding…"-she says- "Animals are you… animals are Plant's enemies… Entia's enemies!!!!"
Her eyes flare up, as her petals rise. Like a lizard raising its crest, that is the best way to describe it.
"Come, my children! Serve Entia!!!!"-she says, as she releases several seeds from her mouth. The seeds begin to grow , becoming larger and larger. Suddenly, they grow legs and arms. The legs had the appearance of roots, whilst the arms looked like green twigs, with leaves for hands. From the tip of the seeds, a large bulb grows, opening up to reveal a single eye.
"Children of Entia. Sproutlings, is name."-says Entia, frowning- "DESTROY ANIMALS!!!"
All six sproutlings rush towards the now morphed Rangers. Xander takes out his Magi staff, and punches in the Spell Code for the Mystic Muscles. He rushes towards the Sproutlings, and grabs them by the abdomen (or what passes for it). He lifts them up into the air, and tosses them away. The sproutlings, however, merely get up. They scoop up some dirt, and begin to chew on it. They spit it out, and out grow some fungi. They pick the fungi, and toss them at Xander. Xander could never expect the fungi to explode on impact, and thus the explosions were enough to send him flying a few feet.
Danny takes his Bison Ax, and begins slashing away at the sproutlings. However, their bodies seemed to be invulnerable to the weapon, as his slashes did nothing.
"Weird, it worked for the orgs,"-he says. Knowing his ax was useless, he puts it away, and decides that maybe punches and kicks were the way to go.
Having seen Danny's failure, Kendrix decides that her Galaxy Saber would most likely be just as useless. She punches one sproutling in the face, and immediately winces as her fist lands on its face. She pulls back her hand, shaking off the pain she felt. She notices that the sproutling did not even flinch.
"Shit,"-she says- "Swords won't work, and neither will our fists or kicks…"
Xander gets up. He takes out his Morpher again, and this time, punches in the code for the Mystic Fighters. He gives a sproutling a left jab, and then a right hook. The sproutling does not even flinch. He goes for the old uppercut, and notices that it does nothing. The sproutling then takes out its leaves, and tosses them at Xander. This time, he dodges. Good thing too, for those leaves were razor sharp.
Tired from launching so many punches and kicks, Danny decides to take out his Armadillo Puck. He launches it like a discus… nothing happens. It does not affect them in the slightest.
"No, no, NO!!!!"-he says- "Damn it!!! Are these things invincible!?"
Kendrix took a kick to the stomach. Reeling in from the pain, she could not dodge the razor sharp leaves that one of the sproutlings had thrown at her. Her suit starts sparking off. She notices that, for some odd reason, the sproutlings back off when they see the sparks. This gives her an idea. She de-morphs, but keeps her Morpher in the ready. She rushes towards the sproutlings, and with a cry of 'Go, Galactic!', transforms again. The residue energy emanated from the Morphing Grid unleashes a small, non deadly explosion around her. However, the heat caused by the explosion is enough to set the sproutlings on fire. As the sproutlings try to put themselves out, Kendrix notices that Entia had gone.
Having noticed how Kendrix had defeated those sproutlings, Danny and Xander followed suit. With all the sproutlings defeated this way, the three can finally take the sap to Nick Russell. They soon leave the Valley.
Meanwhile…
Entia had taken root in a hidden area of the Amazon rainforest, unreachable to all mankind, called the Evergreen. It is a pristine forested area, with a clear pool of water surrounded by scores of rare, exotic plants. The sun shines brightly upon the canopy, as flowers bloom, their petals having all sorts of wild colors, ranging from turquoise to magenta, emerald green to fuchsia. Entia herself never looked more beautiful. As her roots spread across the Evergreen, scores of sproutlings began to form around her. Eventually, three odd flowers bloom around her roots: a red one, a blue one, and a yellow one.
"Plants, bring life"-says Entia- "Animals bring death. Plant life is animal food. Animal… evil…"
A small mouse scurries along her roots. Suddenly, her roots ensnare the tiny rodent. As she chokes the life out of the tiny creature, she envisions elephants, gorillas, antelope, and humans in her mind. She then says- "Must destroy… evil…"