Hello again everyone, did you enjoy my *Day of the Diesels*/*Island of Illusion* adaptions? Again, they were some of my best work thus far, and I'm happy that they all got some good viewership, but now it's back onto simpler adaptions. This one is based on *Rita's Seed of Evil*, and is actually based on an episode that happens AFTER *Doomsday* (the originally INTENDED finale of the show before it got renewed), just before all of the Zyu2 stuff came into play, but from this point onward, I'm now following the Zyuranger episode order (with some exceptions), and so I'm putting it here.
I have been taking a brief break from working on this story, because I had been working on the previous three chapters all at once, and I've also been busy making some huge adjustments to all of my previous chapters too, and it took a lot out of me. This is why this new chapter took me a pretty decent amount of time to work on.
Another note: While Stanley does appear in this chapter, his role will actually be VERY small. This is because the Green Ranger does not come and assist the others at all in it. And remember one more thing; like I mentioned previously: Don't get used to the whole entire school (and the whole island) now knowing the Power Rangers identities, they'll all forget them in the opening scene of this chapter (thanks to Zordon), but only Henry, Edward, Gordon, James, Lady, Jules, Mavis, and Nellie will retain the knowledge of the events that have just all occurred.
WARNING: This chapter will have some bleeped out swear words (mostly strong words) from one OC of mine, so some viewer discretion might be advised.
And something else: Thomas belongs to HIT Entertainment, and Power Rangers belongs to Saban Brands.
Chapter 36: Rita's Seed of Evil
MMPR Episode Basis: Rita's Seed of Evil
Thomas Episode Basis: N/A
It has been almost two hours after the epic battle with Diesel 10 (Satan-Mutitus) and PT Boomer, Sodor High was slightly in ruin (not too badly mind you, but it still could've been way worse) from the attempted hostile take over by the forces of evil…yet it was still in decent enough shape to remain opened in order for the students to attend while repairs were being done.
We cut all the way to the Command Center. Inside the interior, the Tidmouth Teens were talking to Zordon and Alpha. With them were Lady, Mavis, Jules, and Nellie.
"Power Rangers. Today, you have made me very proud." Zordon said to his students with pride. "You have dealt Rita a major blow, saved your island home, successfully learned the secrets of the Ultrazord, and defeated PT Boomer; one of my most deadly and hated enemies from a millennium ago."
"Ay-yi-yi-yi! Well done, Rangers!" Alpha added.
"It was our pleasure, Zordon." Thomas bowed.
"As long as we're around, we won't let evil win." Stanley added.
Then Edward spoke up. "Wait, are you saying that the PT Boomer Thomas and the others confronted on that Island of Illusion was the same PT Boomer that was part of that evil empire back in your own homeland, Zordon?"
"Yes, Edward. He was." Zordon confirmed.
"Simply amazing." Edward said quietly.
But alas, Zordon also wasn't finished yet with talking to the Rangers. "However, I also now have a lot of memories to erase."
"Memory erasing?" asked Percy.
"Yes, Percy. I'm afraid so." said Zordon quite seriously. "Too many civilians have discovered your identities as Power Rangers today, and because keeping your identity secret is one of the rules for being a Power Ranger, those who have found out will have to lose those memories. While I will spare Lady, Edward, Gordon, Henry, and James of this fate, I'm afraid this means…"
"Wait!" came from Jules, as she stepped forth nervously. "M-Mr. Zordon, sir. Please don't erase our memories. Nellie and I can both keep a secret."
"Yeah." agreed Nellie. "If you erase our memories of what happened today, then I won't be able to go out on a date with Percy because I would have never asked him about it."
Percy blushed when the orange-haired girl mentioned that.
"Besides." Mavis added, feeling ashamed. "It was my fault that my friends identities were revealed, because I was threatened by Diesel 10. So if there's anyone who should have their memory erased, it should definitely be me."
"Mavis…" Toby felt sorry for his new girlfriend.
"Zordon, maybe we should allow Mavis, Nellie, and Jules to keep their memories." Alpha suggested. "Mavis is sorry for what she did, and Jules and Nellie both seem to be very trust worthy."
"For sure!" Henry agreed.
"Just give them a chance!" added Stanley.
Listening to his students, Zordon thought about it for a moment, before a small smile appeared on his face.
"Very well, Power Rangers." he said finally. "Your three friends here can keep their memories."
"Really?" gasped Jules.
"For real?" added Nellie.
"Oh, thank you, Zordon!" said Mavis happily.
"However!" Zordon interrupted. "In order for you to keep those memories, I want you to repeat what I'm about to tell you, because it'll be a key element in allowing you to become immune to the energy wave that I'm about to unleash."
Mavis, Nellie, and Jules all nodded seriously.
"Now repeat:*I swear upon the forces of good.*"
"*I swear upon the forces of good.*" The three girls stated.
"*To maintain the secret of the true identities of the Power Rangers.*" finished Zordon.
"*To maintain the secret of the true identities of the Power Rangers.*" Jules, Nellie, and Mavis each repeated.
Upon finishing, the three civilians began to glow a mixture of diferent colors. Zordon knew what this meant and was pleased.
"Excellent." he said. "And now, Alpha, do it."
"Ay-yi-yi, at once Zordon."
Alpha went over and he pressed a few buttons on the console. Suddenly, Zordon's plasma tube started glowing gold for a few seconds. We immediately cut to outside the Command Center at the quarry, which it also started glowing gold before it started unleashing radiation-like waves all across the Island of Sodor.
The golden radiation waves sweep all over the city of Knapford.
The golden radiation waves sweep all over the small town of Ffraquhar.
The golden radiation waves sweep all over Sodor High School.
Back inside the Command Center interior, the teens all watched as Zordon soon ceased glowing all golden-like. Soon, the wise sage returned to his normal colour before a small smile appeared on his face.
"It is done." he said. "The whole Island of Sodor had their memories of discovering the identity of the Power Rangers wiped out."
"But because you three recited the chant Zordon told you to repeat, you've maintained those memories." said Alpha to Jules, Nellie, and Mavis.
"Alpha, that's wonderful." Mavis said gratefully.
"And thank you too, Mr. Zordon sir." Jules said to her new mentor.
"We promise you and the others we won't tell a soul about you all." Nellie added.
"I know you won't." said Zordon. "Because I believe in all of you."
"As do all of us." Edward spoke up, gesturing to himself, Henry, James, Gordon, and Lady.
"Yup." nodded Percy.
"Totally." agreed Rosie.
Thomas, Toby, Emily, and Stanley each nodded in agreement.
"Speaking of which." Alpha spoke up. "I wonder how Rita's taking this loss?"
Good question, Alpha. Let's go see.
High up on one of the Lunar Palace's towers. Inside on the balcony, Rita had just reappeared from witnessing Lokar leaving Earth, and also from seeing her whole entire master plan go up in smoke. Suddenly, her body was suddenly overcome with enormous amounts of pain, causing her to fall down behind the balcony railing.
"Oh, my aching head…" she groaned.
Finster, Baboo, Squatt, Scorpina, and Goldar all became concerned with her, pushing in to help her stand up.
"My Empress!" gasped Scorpina. "Are you okay?"
Rita grabbed onto the railing and pulled herself up very slowly with some assistance from Scorpina. She was looking visibly pained and very angry.
"Curse you, Power Rangers…" Rita seethed with pure anger. "You will all pay for ruining my master plan!"
"I assure you, my Queen. We will destroy those Power Rangers yet!" declared Goldar, while gesturing his fist three times.
Is this the end? Oh no, this is just the beginning of her latest plot.
The next day at Sodor High, the outside of the building was currently being worked on by a large number of construction workers that Sir Topham Hatt had hired to help repair the building from the devastation of the failed hostile take over. While inside one of the science labs, Emily, Rosie, and Lady were each showing Mr. Carlin, their science teacher, the three plants they were growing.
"So, what do you think Mr. Carlin?" Rosie asked.
Mr. Carlin took one look at the plants and a smile appeared on his face.
"Very nice." he observed. "Those are three f*$%&^$ fine plants you ladies are f*$%&^$ growing."
The three girls couldn't help but wince at some of the words that their teacher had just said. Those were definite words that they would never say to anyone, because it would surely get them into deep trouble with their parents.
"Um, thanks…Mr. Carlin." said Lady uneasily.
"No thanks needed." The elderly teacher grinned. "Well s%#*, I think you're now ready for phase two: Transplanting them to the park."
Suddenly, Percy came over with a cheeky grin.
"Did I just hear my cue?" he asked. "Sweet!"
The other male Tidmouth Teens (minus Stanley) all walked over to see what the girls were showing Mr. Carlin. Mr. Carlin, however, grew very annoyed with Percy's sudden appearance.
"F*%&!" swore Mr. Carlin in annoyance. "I didn't call for you, Percy. I was f*$%&^$ telling these three young ladies about transplanting these plants they were growing to the park."
Then he turned to face Emily, Rosie, and Lady again.
"Sorry about that. Now as I was saying; when the trees are planted there, they will grow into trees, and provide the environment with clean air and oxygen." He then started to get angry. "All because of those f*$%&^$ sons of b%#&*! They are needlessly destroying the rain forests around the world, so right now, every f*$%&^$ plant counts!"
Then he noticed the Tidmouth Teens all staring at him with puzzled looks. Mr. Carlin gave a cough and regained his composure.
"Well, keep me posted on your progress." He walked away from them.
The teens all watched the science teacher walk away to see the other students projects.
"Boy, did any of you ever see Mr. Carlin swear up a blue streak before?" James asked innocently.
"I have." Edward spoke up. "It was when Jules and I lost most of his insects from Diesel and Daisy's little stunt."
"Don't remind me." groaned Percy. "That memory still haunts me to this very day."
"Well, well, well." came a familiar voice.
It came from Dodge, one of the Smelter classroom teens who had tried to help Mutitus and PT Boomer take over the school and (unknowingly) capture Lady, and is also a member of Diesel's gang. He and his brother, Splatter, came in carrying something with a cloth covering it.
"Look what we have here, Splatter." snickered Dodge. "A couple of amateur tree planters."
"You're right there, Dodge." agreed Splatter.
"What do you two want?" asked Gordon irritably.
"What do we want?" mocked Dodge. "Just to come over here and ask you geeks how you exactly plan to grow those twigs you call plants."
"That's easy." retorted James, grabbing the small bag of fertilizer that Edward was holding onto and held it up. "With this special fertilizer that Edward and Toby have been working on."
Dodge and Splatter had positively bored looks on their faces as the former made a yawning face.
"Is that all?" snorted Dodge. "Because we're not impressed."
"You got that right, brother." nodded Splatter. "Because what we got here will totally blow you guys away!"
"Oh really?" asked Thomas skeptically. "And what may I ask is it?"
Dodge grinned. "You'll regret those words, Billinton."
He snapped his fingers, and Splattered quickly whipped off the white cloth that was covering what he was carrying: It was a tray with three pots of perfectly planted baby trees.
"Walla!" cried Dodge. "These are a set of baby trees *WE'VE* been planting."
"Yup, more healthier looking than those overgrown toothpicks you losers have been planting." added Splatter smugly.
As they laughed arrogantly to themselves, Rosie took a closer look at the plants they had. There, she noticed something attached to the stem of one of the baby trees. Just as quickly, Rosie went over to Dodge and Splatter's plants, and tore off what looked like a price tag.
"Uh-huh." she said sarcastically. "$19.95, right. You guys are real tree planting experts."
"NOT!" finished Percy cheekily.
This caused some students to burst out laughing, making Dodge and Splatter both unhappy.
"Idiot!" snapped Dodge at his twin brother. "I thought I told you to tear those tags off!"
"I knew I forgot to do something!" said Splatter dumbly.
The commotion of laughter caught Mr. Carlin's attention, and he came over to investigate.
"What the f*$% is going on here?" he asked firmly.
"Simple." said Toby. "We caught Dodge and Splatter here cheating with premade baby trees from a shop."
This made Mr. Carlin very cross. From there, he took the two Smelter Teens by their shirt collars.
"Come the f*$% with me, boys." he said. "You both are in deep s%#*."
Dodge and Splatter both gulped as Mr. Carlin took them out of class to go see Sir Topham Hatt, as the rest of the class laughed loudly.
High up on one of the Lunar Palace's towers. Inside, Squatt was gripping onto his bag tightly and Baboo stood about all nervous, both looking Earthward.
"It's that simple, my Queen." Baboo had finished explaining something.
Rita stepped into her balcony, and rests her right elbow against the railing while casually talking to the slight right.
"So you want to raise some trees, yes?" she questioned.
Baboo and Squatt both nod to their Empress eagerly, before Goldar started talking.
"I will send them both down, my Queen, to sow the seeds of your terrible Octoplant." he stated while pointing right finger forth, twice quickly each time, for a total of six points.
Flashback (or Vision)
In the city of Knapford, cars were driving along as everything shakes. In an unknown part of Sodor, a crack erupts on the ground as mist flows up, and a pair of vine tentacles shoot upward. Giant vines rise up over some buildings and dangle over them. Suddenly in outer space, a lot of vines wrapped all around the planet Earth quite tightly. The vine-wrapped Earth cut-out sat there in space, when it suddenly exploded into nothingness.
"The dreaded Octoplant will grow and grow until its tentacles encircle the entire Earth until it is destroyed!" Goldar narrated.
End Flashback (or Vision)
Rita, feeling quite pleased with this new plan, entered a laughing fit, eager to see if it will succeed.
Somewhere in Knapford park after school, the Tidmouth Teens (again minus Stanley) and Lady were busy getting ready to plant the baby trees that Lady, Emily, and Rosie had been carefully working on.
"We can plant the trees here." said Lady.
"Great idea." Emily agreed.
"Say, where's Stanley?" asked Rosie. "I haven't seen him at school today."
"That's because Stanley had volunteered with the school committee to travel to Edinburgh for the rest of the week." Thomas explained. "He's going to be talking to many students there about how to improve their studies and make school a better place."
"That's really cool." James admitted.
"Wish I could've volunteered." added Gordon.
"Zordon even promised not to disrupt him for it." Percy brought up. "But still, I'm sure we can handle whatever Rita throws at us for a couple of days."
As they all chatted, they also worked on getting the plants all ready. Once they've finished, Edward got out the bag of special fertilizer he and Toby had been working on.
"Our fertilizer should speed up the growing process."
He kneels to one plant and carefully spreads some of the fertilizer around the base of one plant.
"Very impressive work, Edward." grinned Henry.
"Thank you." Edward replied. "Now we just need to repeat this step for the other two plants, and we'll be done."
The others acknowledged, and the girls worked on one, while Gordon, Henry, and James worked on the other. When they were finished, Gordon took off his gloves before his nose wrinkled and catching a huge whiff of the fertilizer smell.
"PHEW!" Gordon reacted. "No offense, Edward and Toby, but maybe you could've made the fertilizer a little LESS stinky?"
"None taken." said Toby. "But while we humans might find it to be a little…smelly, yes, but the plants love it."
"Makes me almost wish I was a plant." Henry joked.
"Wow, the baby plants look so cute." Lady admired the planted trees.
"They sure do." Thomas agreed, approaching his new girlfriend.
"Still, it's hard to believe that they started out as little things." said Percy.
Henry chuckled and started pinching Percy's cheeks. "Well, even you were a baby once, Percy."
Percy slightly smacked Henry's hand away. "Right."
Suddenly, Emily started to feel hot and parched.
"Hey, guys. I'm starting to feel a little warmish." she groaned. "I know it's supposed to be late fall and soon to be winter…yet it feels really hot right now."
"That's the weather for you, Emily." stated Toby. "Mother nature loves to play with us."
"Well I could use some water right now."
"So could the plants." pointed out Edward, who then pointed down a sidewalk. "There's a Walmart nearby, we can go there to pick up some fresh water for the plants."
"And for me!" added Emily.
"And for you too, Emily." Edward chuckled.
And so, the Tidmouth Teens and Lady all left the plants to go get some fresh water for them. But as they left, nearby in the bushes, popping out of them was both Dodge and Splatter, wearing army helmets with plants attached to them.
"All right, they're gone." confirmed Dodge. "Now for phase two of our: *Get revenge on the Tidmouth students for making fools of us* plan."
"Um, what was phase one, again?" asked Splatter.
"We're wearing them, numbskull." snapped Dodge as he knocked on his brother's helmeted head thrice.
"Oh, yeah."
"Phase two is that we take these shovels." Dodge held up two shovels. "And we go dig up those planted trees and then plant them in a location of our choice, so that Mr. Carlin would give us those good grades instead of them."
The two Smelter Teens exit the bushes, before looking to see if anyone was nearby, but as they did so, nearby, Squatt suddenly teleported in.
"All right, I'm here." he said happily. "Now to go plant Rita's seeds."
He first looked around to see if anyone was present. Unknown to him, Dodge and Splatter were approaching him with their backs turned. Before they knew it, Dodge and Splatter had bumped into someone. The three all turned around and they looked at each other. When Dodge and Splatter had noticed Squatt, they began screaming in fear and then ran away from that monster as fast as humanly possible.
"Wow, that was weird." commented Squatt, before setting to work.
Dodge and Splatter ran through the park, trying to get away from that monster, just before they smash right into a tree. They fell down and lied unconscious. Back with Squatt, he was busy digging up the ground.
"Oh, I'm just *digging* this job!" he chortled, before holding some seeds up. "Now, some of these evil seeds I'll sow and soon the Octoplant will grow!"
As he finished planting the *evil* seeds into the ground, he rubbed his hands together gleefully.
"This will make Rita so happy, that maybe she'll give me that glow in the dark toothpaste I've always wanted."
But then, he heard some voices coming from the distance. It was the Tidmouth Teens all returning from Walmart. The guys were carrying large canteens filled with fresh water for the baby plants, while the girls had bottles of water for themselves.
"Whew! That water hits the spot." said Emily, as she took a sip of her water.
Toby nodded. "It will be even better for the plants once we-"
He didn't finish because he suddenly saw Squatt in the distance.
"Look over there guys!" Toby pointed nearby. "It's Squatt!"
"What's he doing here?" questioned James.
"Nothing good I'd expect." said Gordon.
"Let's move!" commanded Thomas.
The teens all left the canteens of water on the ground, and they charged towards Squatt. But just as they approached, three Putty Patrollers jump flipped off of some tree branches. Two Putties leaped up and over some bushes. And four Putties jump flipped through the sky. On cue, there was a total of fifteen Putties in the area.
"Putty Patrollers!" cried Lady.
"We're surrounded!" Henry exclaimed.
The Tidmouth Teens and Lady began to battle the Putties. Although the Putties were numerous, the teens were able to defend themselves well against them, either with karate, magic in Lady's case, or with whatever else they could get their hands on. Like Toby using a metal bucket to block incoming aerial attacks, and Edward using a rake for offensive purposes. Nearby, Squatt was watching the battle unfold.
"Well, looks like my time is up!" he said, before teleporting out of the park in a burst of fire.
With Dodge and Splatter, they soon woke up from being unconscious, both with a splitting headache.
"Ouch." groaned Splatter. "What hit us?"
"Who cares." Dodge replied. "My question is did we get away from that ugly beast?"
It would seem that they did.
"Sure looks like it, brother." Splatter said in relief.
And so, they've decided to just forget about sabotaging the Tidmouth Teen's plants, and just move on with their day. While back with the Tidmouth Teens, they had just finished off whatever Putties were left, and they regrouped.
"What do you think that was about, Thomas?" asked Lady in worry.
"Not sure, Lady." he answered. "But something tells me Rita is up to something."
"After that brutal defeat we gave her days ago, you'd think she'd finally give up." Percy complained.
"Doesn't look like the case, Percy." Emily replied.
All of a sudden, an earthquake started up, shaking the entire park up.
"Rumble my legs!" cried Rosie. "An earthquake!"
"Yup, Rita is definitely up to something!" Thomas concluded.
"Let's get over to the Command Center!" suggested Toby.
The Tidmouth Teens then all activate their communicators and they turned into beams of coloured light (Thomas: Red, Percy: Black, Toby: Blue, Emily: Yellow, Rosie: Pink, Gordon: Gold, James: Silver, Henry: Bronze, Edward: Platinum, Lady: Purple) and they all descend into the sky.
Inside the Command Center interior, the Tidmouth Teens and Lady were talking to Alpha and Zordon, and Alpha was panicking as usual.
"Ay-yi-yi-yi!" Alpha wailed.
"Power Rangers, my sensors indicate a disturbance in the Morphing Grid." Zordon told the teens. "Observe the Viewing Globe."
The Tidmouth Teens obeyed and the looked to the globe. It was showing images of Knapford experiencing the earthquake.
"Peachy." Rosie said sarcastically. "Rita's having one of her *usual* tantrums."
"When Alpha finishes entering all the data, the computer can initiate a search for the source of the disturbance." Zordon explained.
Alpha was typing away on the console, but all he was getting were blanks.
"Ay-yi-yi! So many figures, so little time!"
"Here, I'll help." Edward offered.
He started to help Alpha with the searching.
"Time is of the essence." said Zordon firmly. "We may be able to stop whatever it is Rita has planned if we can catch it in time."
Suddenly, Thomas spoke up. "Zordon, let me return to the park."
"Thomas?" quizzed Lady.
"I'll see if I can figure out why Squatt was there." Thomas explained. "It may tie into all of this."
"Excellent idea, Thomas." smiled Zordon.
"I'll let you guys know what I find down there." Thomas prepared to teleport.
"Good luck, Thomas." said Toby.
"Remain vigilant" added James.
Thomas nodded, and then activated his communicator and turned into a beam of coloured light (Thomas: Red) and it descended out of the Command Center.
Back at Knapford Park a little later on, Thomas was searching around for a possible clue to what Rita is up to now. Soon, his communicator goes off, and he answered it.
"Thomas, we've detected the source of the disturbance." Zordon's voice spoke. "Apparently, Rita had created some magical seeds."
"So that's what Squatt was planting." Thomas muttered to himself.
"You must hurry and find them." Zordon's voice continued. "If the bulb blooms, the monster will quickly reach full power."
Thomas turned off his communicator and he quickly made his way to the place where he and his friends planted their baby plants. Once there, he found the ground there glowing greenish blue.
"Looks like I've found them." Thomas said out loud.
He went over to the strange purple electricity emitting from the ground (the planted seeds), and tried to touch it. As Thomas touched them, all he received was a nasty shock. This caused him to fall back onto the ground, while briefly crackling with electricity. When he recovered, he activated his communicator again.
"I've found Rita's seeds, Zordon." Thomas spoke. "But they're protected by some kind of energy field."
Suddenly, a long root started creeping towards Thomas… and then wrapped around his left leg.
"Fizzling Fireplaces!"
He managed to break free of the root, but then a second one started creeping towards him. Thinking fast, Thomas went and readied his Power Morpher.
"It's Morphin Time!"
A stylized lightning bolt striking in front of a purple circle, behind which was a black background; crackling around the lightning bolt and circle were blue energy bolts (with some yellow and pink also present). The morphing sequence was as follows, with Thomas holding out his open Morpher inside the image of a giant open Power Morpher, with Thomas and surrounding Ranger-colored electricity shown within what would have been the Morpher's red inside area.
Thomas: "Tyrannosaurus!"
After the morphing call, the shot then zoomed in on Thomas' face, over which appears a fiery red grid; the grid splits vertically to reveal the Red Ranger helmet, then fades into white with a negative color effect.
Red Ranger jump flipped through the air while armed with Power Sword. However, the unborn Octoplant began glowing while raising its vine tentacle. A pair of its vine tentacles smashed through a drywall. One single vine tentacle slithered across the grass and shot upward to the right. Another vine tentacle slithered out from the bushes and shot upward to the right. One vine tentacle whipped up through the air.
Yet another vine tentacle extended across the greenery. Finally, a vine tentacle raised up in front of a bush and dangled there, when suddenly a second one shot out from the bushes. Red Ranger was leaping through air with his Power Sword when a vine tentacle suddenly cut across him sparkily, causing him to fall. Red Ranger flipped onto his back, but then got up to look to the left while the vine was moving behind him. Another vine tentacle slithered out from the bushes and shot upward to the right. Red Ranger faced the left when a vine tentacle sparkily slashed across his chest, causing him to stagger back. Another vine tentacle raised up in front of the bush and dangled there, when suddenly a second one shot out from the bushes. Concluding from before, Red Ranger turned and tried to stab at the other vine tentacle, but missed and got sparkily slashed down as a result.
Suddenly, a pair of vine tentacles slithered from under a bush and snapped upward. Red Ranger found himself with a vine tentacle wrapped around his neck, right arm, and each leg.
"Let go of me, you overgrown asparagus!" cried Thomas, as he was being choked. Eventually, he dropped his Power Sword
Inside the Lunar Palace, on the balcony, Rita stood near the balcony railing, smiling and excitedly shaking fist, as Squatt and Baboo both stood and watch the Earth by her side.
"Soon, my Octoplant will crush it!" she declared excitedly.
"And very soon the Octoplant bulb will bloom!" added Goldar, while pointing his right hand forth about three times, and then lowering his right arm.
Squatt gripped onto his bag tightly, and Baboo stood nervously twiddling his fingers. While their Empress erupted into another laughing fit.
Inside the Command Center interior, the other Tidmouth Teens were all waiting for Alpha and Edward to finish gathering the data.
"We've almost finished entering the data." Alpha said.
He was right, but then the alarm started going off.
"The alarm!" announced Toby. "The Viewing Globe!"
The teens all hurried over to it. There, it started showing images of Red Ranger getting strangled by the vines at Knapford Park.
"Oh no, it's Thomas!" cried Lady. "He's trapped!"
"Those vines got a hold of him!" Percy added.
Rosie looked over to Zordon. "What is that thing, Zordon?" she asked.
"Is it some kind of plant?" added Henry.
"It's one of Rita's monsters." answered Zordon. "It is known as the Octoplant."
The Tidmouth Teens all looked over to Zordon for a second, and then looking back at the Viewing Globe.
"Well either way, we have to save Thomas." Emily pointed out.
"You'd better hurry then." said James firmly.
Percy, Rosie, Emily, and Toby nodded, before Percy went and went for his Power Morpher.
"It's Morphin Time!"
A stylized lightning bolt striking in front of a purple circle, behind which was a black background; crackling around the lightning bolt and circle were blue energy bolts (with some yellow and pink also present). The morphing sequence was as follows, with each teen holding out his/her open Morpher inside the image of a giant open Power Morpher, with the teen and surrounding Ranger-colored electricity shown within what would have been the Morpher's red inside area.
Percy: "Mastodon!"
Rosie: "Pterodactyl!"
Toby: "Triceratops!"
Emily: "Sabertooth Tiger!"
Blue Ranger and Black Ranger both leaed up and forth with their Blade Blasters striking. Followed by both Pink Ranger and Yellow Ranger leaping up and forth with their Blade Blasters striking. From there, Blue Ranger, Pink Ranger, Yellow Ranger, and Black Ranger all slashed at the vine tentacles attached to Red Ranger together sparkily. The vine tentacles all fall, chopped and smoking, allowing him to fall to one knee, gripping neck in relief.
"Thomas! Are you okay?" asked Emily in worry.
"(coughing), I am now." Thomas coughed and wheezed briefly.
Inside the Lunar Palace on the balcony, behind her telescope, Rita was looking through it, and then she looked out with a grunt, and then looked into it again while adjusting it.
"Billinton's friends have saved him for now." growled Goldar, with a clenched fist.
Back at the Park, the Rangers were all around the planted evil seeds.
"Careful, Thomas." warned Toby. "That energy field could still be on."
Red Ranger kneeled down and touched it, but this time felt no shock.
"It's okay now." Thomas pointed out. "Alpha must have shut it down so we can get the seeds."
"Then let's hurry and dig them out." Percy declared.
"Affirmative." agreed Toby.
The Rangers grabbed the nearby shovels. From there, they began to dig into the ground, hoping to get the seeds out before it was too late.
On the Lunar Palace balcony, Rita pointed outward in anger. This was while Goldar, Baboo, Squatt, and Scorpina all stood inside the main chamber, anxiously.
"They're going to wreck everything!" she yelled.
"I'll lead the attack." Goldar spoke up, while motioning his sword just off-screen with right hand. "Who's with me?"
Scorpina raised her left forearm in front of chest and smiled and nodded. "I am."
This made Rita feel much better, as she looked back down towards Earth while gesturing her hand briefly.
"How delightfully evil." she remarked.
Back down in Knapford Park, the Rangers were still busy digging for the evil seeds. However, that ended when Goldar and Scorpina both jump flipped through the sky and into the area. Pink Ranger was the first to notice them.
"Goldar! Scorpina!" she exclaimed.
"Now it's time for you to leave those seeds alone!" Scorpina declared, while holding her boomerang-like sword.
Goldar then raised his left arm out, and pointed forth.
"Super Putties, attack!"
Four Super Putties materialized on the street, reverse-handspringing down the road together. This was followed by another pair of Super Putties jump flipped over some hedges, followed by another pair of Super Putties. The Rangers then posed with their Blade Blasters in Sword mode.
"HYAH!"
One extra-chunky Super Putty leaped into the air for a punch. Black Ranger dodged the strike, sparkily slashing the regular one with Blade Blaster, then he elbowed the extra-chunky Super Putty, before kicking it, then slashing it away. Pink Ranger handsprings onto the scene, sparkily slashing a Super Putty with her Blade Blaster, then doing it again to another.
Pink Ranger handsprings onto the scene, sparkily slashing Super Putty with Blade Blaster, then doing it again to another.
A Super Putty winded up its big fist and threw a punch. Yellow Ranger dodged and slashed a Super Putty sparkily in chest with Blade Blaster, then spun and did the same to another.
Blue Ranger leaped up as he slashed a Super Putty sparkily in chest, then turns around and does the same to another in front before posing.
Red Ranger slashed a front Super Putty sparkily in its chest, then doing the same to one on the left, then spun and got one behind him, finishing with a pose.
Inside the Lunar Palace, Rita was hitting at a table near the balcony, smiling, as she turned to see Baboo approaching.
"My plan is succeeding." she said. "While they fight the Super Putties, the Octoplant is getting a chance to grow underground."
So the Putty battle is just a distraction, eh? Let's go watch it anyway.
A pair of Super Putties held up their bladehands and then slashed them forth. Surrounded by Super Putties, Blue Ranger smacked aside one bladehand, then roundhouse kicked away another, but a third sparkily chest slashed him as it raced past, followed by another who struck him, causing Blue Ranger to fall and roll. He finished rolling, and slowly started to get up, making a fist with his right hand in determination.
"You Putties will have to strike with more velocity than that!" Toby retorted, before charging back into action.
He was now standing again with his Power Lance in hand. He smacked aside a Super Putty, then sparkily slashed three around him in one swoop, before sparkily poking a ballhand one.
As the Rangers battled the Super Putties, the evil seeds within the ground were beginning to sprout, and that was a bad thing…bad for the Rangers, anyway.
Either way, an extra-chunky Super Putty leaped up, and punched forth. Its fist missed Red Ranger by some inches, and it got sparkingly slashed down as a result.
Yellow Ranger, Black Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Blue Ranger battle some Super Putties all together, sparkily slashing them down with their Blade Blasters, a few extra-chunky Super Putties were in there, also.
Just then, Goldar and Scorpina both leaped in, while armed with their weapons. This caused the Rangers to look up in shock, some defeated Super Putties laid before their feet. Goldar and Scorpina landed and faced the left, near their enemies.
"Let's blast them!" Scorpina winked to her boyfriend.
"Together!" Goldar agreed.
With that, Scorpina started to leap up into the sky. Goldar jumped high into the air, with his right leg bent. Scorpina also jumped high into the air, with her right leg bent. From there, both Scorpina and Goldar leaped up at each other, clashing their boomerang and sword together, as they froze in place and unleashed various coloured energy, including a pair of yellow X bolts. Down below, Pink Ranger, Blue Ranger, Black Ranger, and Yellow Ranger all stand in a line as each began spark bursting, before the ground erupted with sparks around them. The four Rangers were thrown about as the ground erupted with sparks around them.
Red Ranger slashed a front Super Putty sparkily in its chest, then doing the same to one on the left, then spun and got one behind him, finishing with a pose.
"Hang on, guys!" he cried.
The Super Putty got knocked back, falling against another pair and they all fell down together. Red Ranger ran over to defend his fallen teammates from the combined power of both Goldar and Scorpina.
"You won't get away with this!" he declared fiercely.
Again, the Octoplant was started to finish growing and blooming. Back with Goldar and Scorpina, they leaped forth with swords out poised to strike. They both landed and began fighting the Rangers up close and personal. Goldar locked swords with Red Ranger, sparkily slashing down Blue Ranger and Yellow Ranger, and Scorpina slashed down Black Ranger then she duelled with Pink Ranger. Finally, Red Ranger and Goldar locked swords, until the latter broke free and sparkily slashed the former down.
Red Ranger, Blue Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Black Ranger each rolled onto the lawn, then slowly got back up into crouches. Meanwhile, Goldar leaped up with sword drawn in front of trees, staying in frame and slashed his sword forth. He landed with a sparkily slash into Red Ranger's chest, Pink Ranger failed to hit him, Black Ranger attacked with his Blade Blaster, got blocked, and then chest sparked. Blue Ranger's strike was avoided, leading to both Pink Ranger and Blue Ranger locking blades with Goldar at the same time, until he broke out of the lock with a shove up, sparkily slashing them both, before turning and hitting Red Ranger again.
Black Ranger rolled past Scorpina as she slashed at the dodging Pink Ranger, who then tried to kick her, but was deflected, leaving Scorpina to sparkily slash Black Ranger, and then Pink Ranger.
Red Ranger rolled on the grass. His three teammates regrouped around him as he staggered back up to one knee, all holding their Blade Blasters. Goldar and Scorpina watched with amusement.
"Red Ranger! I have some news for you." said Scorpina, rather wickedly. "You and your little playmates have met your match."
As she spoke, Red Ranger, Black Ranger, Blue Ranger, Yellow Ranger, and Pink Ranger stared on in defiance, but it wasn't enough. From there, Scorpina raised her left arm, charging it up as Goldar charged his sword, and they both fired their respective coloured flame attacks at our heroes. Spark bursts erupt around the Rangers, and they were thrown to the ground. Despite getting injured by the projectiles, Red Ranger grasped his smoking chest, and slowly crawled back onto his feet.
"Come on, guys, we can't let them beat us." Thomas said to his friends.
"Easier said than done." Percy retorted.
Inside the Lunar Palace, Rita was laughing harder than normal.
"My victory is near!" she proclaimed. "Who needed Lokar anyway? My Octoplant will soon crush the Rangers like bugs!"
Too bad Baboo had to put a dampen on her happiness.
"But the Bulb still hasn't bloomed yet, your Foulness." He pointed out, while holding up a finger and talking also to the left.
Rita looked over to the right irritated to her bumbling minions.
"You nutcase!" she snapped. "My victory is certain!"
Squatt and Baboo both embraced while quivering in fear, the latter was looking upward.
"Are you sure?" Squatt asked fearfully.
A wide evil smile grew on Rita's face, she then gave a bit of a thumbs up.
"Yes, you'll see."
At the Command Center. Inside, the Viewing Globe was showing images of the Rangers getting beaten down by Goldar and Scorpina, and this worried Alpha, Lady, and the other Tidmouth Teens.
"Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi! The Power Rangers are in trouble, Zordon!" wailed Alpha.
"Scorpina and Goldar are distracting them from getting those seeds out." added James.
"Yes." Zordon agreed. "I'm afraid that means Rita's Octoplant is about to bloom."
"You mean they're too late to stop it from happening?" asked Lady in dismay.
Zordon nodded slowly.
The Octoplant's base was glowing as lightning flashed, the white petaled top spewing mist upward. From te right side of its petaled top, a petal detatched and lowered. From the left side of its petaled top, a petal detached and lowered. The two petals came down, exposing Octoplant's face. The Octoplant sat there for a moment, before its eyes shimmer, causing an energy sparkle to swirl around its plant body, turning it into a crouching humanoid form. The Octoplant monster stood up as it motioned its hand.
"I am the Octoplant." she said. ""Gaze upon me, and tremble with terror!"
The Rangers saw the monster, and were stunned, upset that they failed to stop her from coming to life in time. While nearby, Goldar and Scorpina both only watched and laughed.
"Nice try, Rangers!" snickered Scorpina.
"Have fun with your new playmate!" added Goldar.
The two villains laughed maniacally as they disappeared in a burst of fire.
Back inside the Lunar Palace, Rita walked from the main chamber to outside on her balcony, smiling as happy as can be as Baboo and Squatt both followed her, while Goldar stood nearby.
"Just like I told you two." she said.
"Nasty, isn't it?" commented Squatt, as he ceased covering both ears with his hands, then he kinda gestured at each side of his gut before pounding on each side of his head twice with both hands.
"You were right, and I was wrong." admitted Baboo, as he looked to the left, then he quickly turned to the right.
On the balcony, Squatt started looking through the telescope, while Rita went and readied her scepter.
"I knew it would work." she stated. "And now I say grow!"
With that, she hurled her scepter off the balcony.
Rita's scepter soared to Earth through outer space. Soon it passed through the atmosphere. The scepter then staked into dirt from the side. It proceeded to unleash energy from its center orb. The scepter energy rippled into the ground beneath, thus causing a quake. Smoke bellowed from the big fault in ground.
Just seconds after growing from little seeds, Octoplant then grew even more…into a giant, amid the fading smoke.
"A tower of flowers, you puny animals!" she bellowed. "No one can stop the beauty that I possess!"
Down below, Yellow Ranger stepped forth. She clearly wasn't very pleased with hearing that insult.
"Puny, huh?!" Emily growled.
Octoplant looked downward at the five Rangers, and motioned her arms in a taunting-like way.
"That's right!" she boasted. "The destruction of you and your island will continue to grant me beauty!"
Yellow Ranger, looking high upward to the left as she spoke, gripped her chest before spreading both arms out.
"We'll see about that, you overgrown petal-pusher!" she shouted angrily.
She then looked in her teammates direction.
"Let's go get her, guys!"
Red Ranger, Pink Ranger, Black Ranger, and Blue Ranger nodded, with Red Ranger and Pink Ranger both giving a thumbs up. And then all five Rangers reached for the sky while facing the right, and summoning.
"Come forth! Mighty Dinozords!"
From the middle of nowhere, the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord rose up from above the fiery molten pit before straightening up amid flames and smoke.
The Mastodon Dinozord surfaced from its icy domain.
The Triceratops Dinozord appeared within the sands of the desert.
The Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord leaped out of the greenery.
The Pterodactyl Dinozord flew away from the smoking volcano and headed towards the trees.
The five Dinozords raced along the horizon.
Back on the balcony of the Lunar Palace, Rita, looking into the telescope, looked out while looking puzzled.
"Hmm?"
She then looked back into it and continued observing.
Red Ranger, looking upward, gestured an arm proudly before leaping up.
"Here we go!"
Red Ranger leaped up into the sky.
Red Ranger dropped into the cockpit of the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord, and he gestured an arm.
"Log on, guys!" he declared.
From there, he slapped his left hand down on palm activator. This caused the display of the Red Ranger helmet to lighten up. Then Red Ranger slapped his right hand down on other palm activator. This caused the console display of the Red Ranger helmet and Red Ranger Zord face to shoot energy to the Tyrannosaurus symbol at the top which began to glowed brightly. Red Ranger then just sat in the cockpit, moving his head and operating the controls out of frame.
"Power up!"
The Tyrannosaurus Dinozord roared and arm motioned in the foggy area.
Blue Ranger and Black Ranger both leap up into the sky, followed by Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger both leaping up into the sky.
Black Ranger dropped into the cockpit of the Mastodon Dinozord, and he gestured an arm.
"Ready!"
The Mastodon Dinozord curled up its snout in the foggy area.
Blue Ranger dropped into the cockpit of the Triceratops Dinozord, and he gestured with both arms.
"Affirmative!"
The Triceratops Dinozord lifted up its head and opened its mouth briefly in foggy area.
Yellow Ranger dropped into the cockpit of the Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord, and she gestured with both arms.
"Yeah!"
The Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord roared in the foggy area.
Pink Ranger dropped into the cockpit of the Pterodactyl Dinozord, and she gestured an arm.
"Let's kill us a plant!"
The Pterodactyl Dinozord raised and lowered its head in the foggy area.
The Tyrannosaurus and his fellow Dinozords all raced alongside the horizon. Just then, Octoplant's eyes flashed pink for a few seconds. As the Dinozords raced along the horizon, a fireball exploded, superimposed all over them, bursting sparkier outward. In the Tyrannosaurus cockpit, it began bursting with sparks, jolting Red Ranger about. In the Mastodon cockpit, it began bursting with sparks, jolting Black Ranger about. In the Triceratops cockpit, it began bursting with sparks, jolting Blue Ranger about. In the Sabertooth Tiger cockpit, it began bursting with sparks, jolting Yellow Ranger about. In the Pterodactyl cockpit, it began bursting with sparks, jolting Pink Ranger about.
Back on the balcony of the Lunar Palace, Rita, looking into the telescope, looked out with a happy evil shriek.
"Take that!" she declared, while making a slashing gesture with her hands.
Back in Knapford, Octoplant stood tall in the city, as a fire burned before her. In the Tyrannosaurus cockpit, Red Ranger gestured his right arm to his chest. He then proceeded to pull out his Power Coin from his belt buckle. Red Ranger held up his Power Coin, which glowed, forming his gleaming Power Crystal as he wiped his hand across from his Coin-holding hand.
"Enough playing around, guys. Ready your Power Crystal!"
He then flipped around his Power Crystal and prepared to insert it. With that said, he inserted his Power Crystal into his control slot with red energy results. Four square combo of each Ranger in their cockpits, each raising their respective Power Crystal and preparing to insert them.
"Ready!"
They each insert their Power Crystal into their control slots with coloured energy results. In the Tyrannosaurus cockpit, Red Ranger moved the controls forth.
"Let's see how you handle this, Octoplant!"
The Sabertooth Tiger roared out. Suddenly, it went and locked itself into Leg Mode. The Triceratops opened its mouth while in the desert. Just then, it went and folded up its tail. The Tyrannosaurus then went and connected with the Triceratops and the Sabertooth Tiger legs electrically. The Mastodon floated through the air in its component form. Soon, it went and connected with the Tyrannosaurus, causing a pulse of energy throughout.
The Rangers were all now in the main cockpit of the Megazord. Red Ranger gestured his left arm over his chest, and then grabbed the controls with both hands.
"Hit it!" Thomas commanded. "Megazord Battle Mode!"
Octoplant slowly approached, when she saw her enemy.
The Megazord Tank folded up into the body of the standing Megazord. The Tyrannosaurus head then folded down, revealing the Megazord's head as the Pterodactyl connected as the chest plate. Horns folded out of the new head, its eyes glowed, and a bright flash occurred.
"Megazord activated!" the computer said.
And the Megazord posed fully formed amid lightning.
On the balcony of the Lunar Palace, Rita looked out from her telescope in horror, slack jawed and wide-eyed.
"Get it, you lousy seed-lover!" she screamed.
The Megazord held its right hand out horizontally, and paralleled to its chest.
On the balcony of the Lunar Palace, Rita, standing beside her telescope, pointed with right hand briefly, looked on angrily, wincing a bit.
"I said go get it!" she commanded furiously.
In the Megazord cockpit, Red Ranger looked to the right, and then forward while gripping onto the controls.
"Let's finish her!" Thomas declared.
The Megazord started to walk through the city to the slight left. In the Megazord cockpit, the Rangers saw that Octoplant was also approaching.
"Here she comes!" cried Toby.
Megazord sparkily punched Octoplant, but she still stood, and sparkily kicked the Megazord in return. In the Megazord cockpit, Red Ranger raised his right fist, and the team nodded their heads, and then turned to their controls and get them to work.
"We can do this!" he assured.
The Megazord posed battle ready, and then marched forth in the middle of the city. Octoplant, meanwhile, swung her big green vine tentacle in her right hand while rushing forth as well. The Megazord sparkily punched Octoplant again, but then also got sparkily kicked in return. Octoplant and the Megazord both locked arm to arm, only to have the monster break free with a jerking up, giving it an open space to kick the Megazord back. It staggered back, smoking, but then posed battle ready in front of a building with mirrored windows.
In the Megazord cockpit, Black Ranger began speaking while Pink Ranger gripped the seat anxiously.
"She just keeps coming!" complained Percy.
Blue Ranger then spoke to Red Ranger worriedly.
"She's comprised of vegetable matter, so our punches have little or no effect on her." he explained.
Red Ranger gripped the controls dramatically in response. The Megazord nervously backed up a little, but then posed battle ready. From there, Octoplant held up her vine tentacle between hand, and then swung it, and released it. The vine then soared across the area… until the Megazord found itself bounded by the vine tentacle around its chest and arms, Octoplant stood in the foreground, swinging another tentacle around.
"You're finished now!" she said gleefully.
In the Megazord cockpit, Red Ranger was looking downward, jerking shoulders a little, while Pink Ranger grasped a hand over her mouth area in shock.
"She's got our arms pinned down!" cried Thomas.
Yellow Ranger gripped both sides of her helmet with both hands, then pounded right fist into left palm, nod-talking, and then threw her arms up in frustration.
"We're just sitting ducks!" added Emily. "We need a plan before it's too late!"
Octoplant lifted her right hand, and motioned the palm against her face, before quickly removing. This caused her eyes to flash with a fading pink energy. And the vine-bound Megazord stood still as spark bursts erupted all over its body, following by a big blinding flash on the ground below. Octoplant's eyes flashed again with a fading pink energy. The vine-bound Megazord continued to spark burst, followed by another big blinding flash on the ground below. In the Megazord cockpit, the whole entire cockpit got an explosion of sparks and bursts outside its front window, leaving a large plume of smoke behind, just as Black Ranger noticed something.
"Oh no, here she comes again!" said Percy in alarm.
It was true. Out the window, Octoplant was seen twirling her vine tentacle around amid the smoke, and was slowly walking over while the Rangers were weakened. Red Ranger, looking to the left at first, sat up and spoke alertly.
"One more blast like that, and we're finished!"
Octoplant swung her big green vine tentacle in her right hand while rushing forth. In the Megazord cockpit, Red Ranger looked upward to the right, summoning.
"We need the Power Sword, now!"
A sword plummet from the dark and stormy skies. The Megazord was still tied up by the vines, when the Power Sword slashed down from the sky, sparkily cutting the vine-binds. Quickly, the sword impaled into the middle of the city park, followed by a pile of smoking, chopped vinetacles. Octoplant charged in towards the downed Megazord, whipping her vine high… but then the Megazord dodged the approaching Octoplant, who lunged forth and missed, hitting only the mirrored building. The Megazord grabbed its Power Sword's hilt while diving past, and rolling back onto its feet. Octoplant, meanwhile, stood back up from her failed lunge attack, and was now mesmerized by her own reflection.
"Ooh, is that me?" she gushed. "I'm beautiful!"
On the Lunar Palace balcony, Rita looked out from her telescope with a look of both absolute rage and horror.
"Look behind you!" she shrieked.
Back in Knapford, Octoplant stared into the building's mirrored windows, stroking the top of her head, while the Megazord stepped into view, holding Power Sword up and ready to end her. In the Megazord cockpit, Red Ranger gripped the controls and spoke as it shook to imply movement.
"She's looking at herself." Thomas said. "Now's our chance."
The Megazord motioned its sword, pulsing with lightning and electricity, powering it up while raising it upward into the sky, which surge with a reddish storm. Octoplant ceased looking at her reflection in the mirror building and turned around, and jolted at the sight that awaited her.
"Oh no!" she cried.
Under the reddish sky storm, the Megazord slashes sword downward, leaving a visible trail. Octoplant gets slashed by the red energy, sparks and pulses of energy are released, as she fell to her knees in front of the mirrored building, as the sparkles and pulses ceased, her body glowed brightly before exploding massively, showering sparks amid a large smoke cloud.
Inside the Lunar Palace, Rita's eyes widened, as she gasped a word or so with a gaping frown, eyes rolling to the back of her head as they closed and she began to faint.
"Not…again." she groaned weakly.
Back in Knapford, the Megazord stood completely victoriously while holding onto its Power Sword.
The next day at Sodor High. Inside the science lab, the Tidmouth Teens and Lady were giving a presentation on how plants should be handled with care. When they finished, the entire class (Stanley was back too) applauded, and so did Mr. Carlin.
"Well done, you ten." Mr. Carlin said. "I'm very pleased with your presentation."
"Thank you, Mr. Carlin." Thomas replied, feeling proud.
Just then, a knock came from the classroom door, and Mr. Carlin answered it. Standing in the hallway was Dodge and Splatter.
"Dodge, Splatter. You're both late." He said sternly, but then he caught a whiff of a stench. "Yuck! What the f*$% is that s%#*^ smell?!"
"We were trying to grow our own plants." Dodge explained. "And…we kind of added a little too much fertilizer."
"Yup." agreed Splatter.
The smell was so strong that Mr. Carlin couldn't handle it, and thus he fainted. Dodge and Splatter both looked and felt a little insulted.
"I don't see what's wrong with us." huffed Dodge.
He and Dodge both sniffed their armpits…and they fainted from the strong smell too. The sight caused the entire class to share a laugh. The perfect ending to a perfect day.
The End?
And there we go. Was it a good adaption? And what did you think of Mr. Carlin? Who does he remind you of? Read and Review if you want to say anything, but NO flames or mean/rude comments.