At the Command Center, Rocky and Billy were the only ones left from the last time that the monster appeared.
"Now what do we do?" Rocky wondered, "Four of us couldn't take the guy down, and now there are only two of us."
"Why weren't you fighting with the others, Blue Ranger?" Zordon asked him.
"I was looking for that guy again." he answered.
"What makes him so important that he has you all taking your mind off your duty?" Zordon asked them, but they looked back with vague expressions.
"He means why do you put him before saving the world?"
"Didn't you tell us we have to keep our identities secret?" Billy asked.
"Forget it, Billy." Rocky told him, "We said that before."
"If this person knew who you are, he would've told the papers." Zordon spelled it out for him, "After giving away your team-name and a way of dealing with the Putties, don't you think he would also share your identities if he knew them?"
"I... hadn't thought of that." Billy replied.
Zordon was about to continue his scold: "You kids don't seem to th..."
"Did you at least notice something unusual about the monster?" Alpha interrupted.
"Unusual?" both Rocky and Billy questioned.
"Well, no matter how strong that monster is, there has to be something about him that we can use."
Both thought about this, but it was Billy who spoke: "I did notice he began acting strangely when he saw himself in the mirror."
"Of course!" this seemed to have triggered a memory with Zordon, "Octophantom was always a vain one."
"So if we could find a way to use his own vanity against him, we could beat him and save the others."
"Speaking of which, where are they?" Rocky asked.
At Zedd and Rita's palace, that question was being answered. Octophantom opened his urne, to show his two masters what he had captured. Both Zedd and Rita had to look inside to see the four of them trying to jump, climb or mount to the opening. Some even tried to teleport, but for some reason that too failed.
"Excellent work!" Rita congratulated the monster.
"But not excellent enough." Zedd growled, "You got only four of them."
"So?" Rita questioned, "With four in here, there are only two out there. We can handle two of them."
Zedd needed time to think about that, but that didn't last long: "Yes... yes, that should work. Octophantom! Use these four to lure the other two out. Use the Putties to help you."
"Yes, my master." Octophantom replied.
"Goldar, you help him too." Zedd turned to said monster.
"Me?" Goldar couldn't understand.
"You want to prove your worth? Or do you want me to destroy you myself?" Zedd asked him.
Goldar was scared to hear him talk like that: "... I... I will not fail you."
"Good." Zedd hissed.