Crazy Dave, Green Shadow, and Spider-Vine (still unsure about the name) began their search for the other affected Plant Heroes.

"So what do you think the other heroes will be like?" Viney was curious to see all the Plants that got affected. Green Shadow answered his question.

"Hmm… I'm not sure. I just hope they're not too far from us."

"Don't worry," reassured Crazy Dave. "If they are far from here, we can just use the portal at the Backyard Base." That's when Penelopea heard something at a house they were passing. It was a Sunflower sleeping on the lawn. But this one was different from the others. She had red goggles on her forehead and a shirt with a leaf symbol similar to the one on Green Shadow's pendant. Her attempt to wake the Sunflower up managed to accidentally startle her.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

"No, no, it's okay. It's okay. Hey, why do you look like that? You definitely don't look like any other Peashooter I've met. And is that a human fused with a Plant?"

"Yup," said Jordan. "So, do you remember a ray coming at you?"

"Nope. I've just been here naping then I guess I woke up like this. Could that ray be the reason I'm like this?"

"Possibly. This Peashooter was hit and looks like this, so chances are, that's the reason you're like this too." Everyone froze when they heard groaning. It was a couple of zombies who took notice of Dave and the others and proceeded to lunge forward. The Sunflower got worried as she was one of those Sunflowers who was not used to offensive fighting, causing her to get exhilarated. To the surprise of everyone in the near vicinity, she ignited herself on accident. Her fire ended up spreading to the rest of the lawn. Needless to say, she was on fire. And so were the Zombies.

"Whoa… you were affected by that ray! You are one of the Plants we were looking for!"

"Really?" The Sunflower was intrigued. "For what, exactly?"

"We are all searching for the Plants that were affected in the same way you were."

"You should come with us to the Backyard Base. We can keep going back there when we find new Heroes to aid in our cause. Oh, we never asked for your name! How rude of us! What's your name?"

"Sola R. Power. Hey, you wouldn't be doing nicknames by any chance, would you?"

"Why, yes we are!" Crazy Dave already had a name for Sola thanks to her fire powers. "I think I'll call you… Solar Flare. Mainly due to your fire powers."

"That's perfect." Solar Flare liked her new name. "Okay, so are we heading back to the Backyard Base?" Everyone agreed and planned to return.

Everyone found their own way to head back. Green Shadow used her super speed to run back, Solar Flare used her fire powers to fly back, and Spider-Vine dashed and ran on walls. Dave took a while to get there.

"Wow, this wall-climbing is kinda amazing!"

"I agree! I never knew you guys can be so fast!"

"Neither did I. I guess that Hero-Tron ray did more to me than I thought."

The four headed inside the tree in the middle of the Base, which was home to a large monitor in the middle that mainly showed the different stats of certain Plants. The rays were sent all around the world, so they can track down the different Heroes using the portal on the outside or, if the Hero is from a different time period, Penny, Crazy Dave's intelligent AI RV/time machine. Right now, the group was using the monitor to see where the next Hero is.

"According to this, the next traces of the effects go to… the Dark Ages." Green Shadow saw that the signal traced the Hero-tron's effects all the way to the year 948, where the Dark Ages was considered a time of knightly-knights and chivalrous chivalry.

"Did you just say the Dark Ages?!" Everyone heard a voice behind them. When they turned around, they saw Rose, a flower sorceress who also came from the Dark Ages. "I love the Dark Ages! All the knights and elegance… and, of course, the occasional zombie attack. Do you mind if I come with you?"

"Well, sure!" Crazy Dave welcomed her. "We're always welcome to have a new member to our party! Now let's go to Penny. She can take us there!"

Everyone rushed to Crazy Dave's garage, where Penny was powered down. Being an intelligent A.I., she woke herself up when she heard the garage open, and rolled out.

"Good afternoon, Crazy Dave! How are you this fine day?"
"Great! Sorry to bother ya, but we got a place to go!"

"O.K. Just tell me where and when."

"The Dark Ages, the year 948."

Penny then adjusted her time travel settings while Dave told Rose about what happened.

"Oh, I thought I heard something not far from me!" Rose remembered hearing something earlier today but did not think too much of it.

"Settings complete! Hop into me and we shall be on our way!"

Everyone loaded into Penny and she lifts off the ground.

"Time travel commencing in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

One trip through the time stream later, they landed in the Dark Ages.

"Trip complete! Welcome to the Dark Ages!"

They all got out of Penny and saw a renaissance fair ahead, which was seen by a pair of eyes in bushes nearby. Penny had a scanner downloaded during the time trip so she can help trace the signal, so she found some traces there. They all see a Wall-nut on the wall, wearing a belt with the leaf symbol on it. They all approached him but knew not to look too intimidating.

"Oh, hello there!" said the Wall-nut. "Welcome to the fair! How are you all?"

"We are good, thank you," said Rose. "How are you?"

"Amazing," said the Wall-nut as he blushed. "So you're the famous Rose?"
"Indeed I am!" Rose showed off her wand to impress him.

"I have heard a lot about you, but I did not remember any of these people being with you. No offense."

"None taken," said Crazy Dave. "Oooh, a taco stand! Excuse me, please. I'll be right back."

Everyone watched as he walked to the taco stand. Viney interrupts the strange silence by asking the Wall-nut if he was affected by something. "I don't know. I remember being hit by some ray that came out of the sky. I don't exactly know why this belt came on when the ray hit me, because nothing happened yet and- *GASP*!"

The Wall-nut stopped as he saw many zombies attacking the fair, from Peasants to Knights of the Living Dead to Jesters. Everyone except for the Wall-nut prepared to fight. Green Shadow expecting something to happen when she fired a pea and prepared herself. Solar Flare focused, put on her goggles, and ignited herself. Spider-Vine prepared to use whatever abilities they had and hope for the best. Rose got her magic wand ready to cast some spells. The Wall-nut was amazed to see something as unlikely as this.

Everyone headed into battle. Green Shadow used her super speed to get close to a Peasant and tried firing a pea. What she saw was a plasma-looking pea that exploded and almost instantly killed the Peasant. Solar Flare tried scorching some Jesters. She knew about that they can deflect almost every projectile, but the Jesters were no match for the undeflectable power of the fiery Sun. Jordan and Viney just ran around, discovering one of their abilities: webbing. The two realized this and while it was not entirely stable, they managed to tie Zombies together before sending them away via super-strength. Needless to say, they were impressed.

"That's new…"

Rose targeted a bunch of Knights and used her Time Snare spell to slow them down. Then she used her Goatify spell to turn them into Goats. She then killed all of them… except for one, who managed to knock the wand out of her petals and knock her down. The Wall-nut noticed this and jumped in front of her.

"Don't lay a tooth on her!" The Knight laughed this off and ignored him, getting close to prepare to chow down. He closed his eyes and got closer and closer… but his teeth felt metal and fell off. He opened his eyes to see that the Wall-nut who was wearing a belt is now donning a suit of armor. This distracted the Knight enough to allow Rose to get her wand and finish him off via Goatify.

"Thank you so much!" thanked Rose. "If it weren't for you, I would have been zombie food. Hey, what's your name? We never asked for it."

"Barry. Barry R. Nutstone."

"Cool!" said Rose as the other heroes as well as Crazy Dave came back to the two. "Hello everyone! This Wall-nut's name is Barry and he saved my life!"

"Wow!" exclaimed Crazy Dave. "That's some cool looking armor. I think I have a clever name for you."

"Name? You mean, like, an alias?"
"Yeah. How do you like Wall-Knight? You are a Wall-nut in shining armor! Ha, I just thought of that!"

"That's a cool name! So I guess that sky laser did give me cool powers!"

Solar Flare then said, "Can you come with us, please? We are gathering other heroes like you and us for the greater good."

"... of course! I would love to!"

Barry followed everyone else to Penny, whom Barry was surprised at seeing. Little did he know that there would be more for him to be surprised at…

"Hmm… looks like Rose gained some new friends…" There was a zombie who observed the battle from the shadows. He then vanished...

AU: I decided to go a different route with this rewrite. One idea that I tested here is the discovery of multiple Heroes per chapter. You know, so it would not seem short. What do you think?

You may also notice that there was another Hero watching the battle. What, you thought I was going to keep the Plants at a complete advantage…

And one more thing: should I do the Zombies as well? Like, all the Zombie Heroes as well?

Well, as always, leave a review! Never hurts to help!