"Zombies?" April asked, giving Alice a weird look. I swear, if I meet one more crazy person today I'll do something to someone, and you don't want to be that someone I do something to, Alice. Maybe Pete ."Ok Alice, so what's our job?" asked Pete. "Simple," Alice replied, then pointing to the front of the lawn. "Shoot those zombies down!" "Are you kidding?" April said. "There's no such thing as-"
"Braaaaaiiiiiiiiinnnnsssssssssss….."
April and Pete turned slowly, and lo and behold, there was a horde of zombies trudging towards the lawn.
"….Zombies…."
The two Peas were dumbfounded. April thought that zombies only existed in the movies! Whatever Pete thought wasn't readily apparent. "Well," April sighed. "A job is a job, and I'm pretty desperate for some cash…" She and Pete went to work, Pete shooting twice as fast as April, and April's frozen peas slowing the zombies to a shuffle. The Wall-nuts held the zombies off just long enough for all the Peashooters to shoot their heads off, and the Sunflowers were producing just enough sun to energize all the plants. Eventually, the last zombie was defeated, and the lawn was safe…for now.
"Man, when those Wall-nuts said this wasn't a lady's job they weren't kidding. You know what?" April said to Pete, panting. "That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. In fact, I think that was kinda fun!" "Ditto." Pete replied, equally exhausted.
"Good job, everybody!" Alice said, beaming with pride. Just then, a mail truck rolled by the drive, and a postman set down a package labeled "Fragile. Shipped from "Zombies?" April asked, giving Alice a weird look. I swear, if I meet one more crazy person today I'll do something to someone, and you don't want to be that someone I do something to, Alice. Maybe Pete ."Ok Alice, so what's our job?" asked Pete. "Simple," Alice replied, then pointing to the front of the lawn. "Shoot those zombies down!" "Are you kidding?" April said. "There's no such thing as-"
"Braaaaaiiiiiiiiinnnnsssssssssss….."
April and Pete turned slowly, and lo and behold, there was a horde of zombies trudging towards the lawn.
"….Zombies…."
The two Peas were dumbfounded. April thought that zombies only existed in the movies! Whatever Pete thought wasn't readily apparent. "Well," April sighed. "A job is a job, and I'm pretty desperate for some cash…" She and Pete went to work, Pete shooting twice as fast as April, and April's frozen peas slowing the zombies to a shuffle. The Wall-nuts held the zombies off just long enough for all the Peashooters to shoot their heads off, and the Sunflowers were producing just enough sun to energize all the plants. Eventually, the last zombie was defeated, and the lawn was safe…for now.
"Man, when those Wall-nuts said this wasn't a lady's job they weren't kidding. You know what?" April said to Pete, panting. "That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. In fact, I think that was kinda fun!" "Ditto." Pete replied, equally exhausted.
"Good job, everybody!" Alice said, beaming with pride. Just then, a mail truck rolled by the drive, and a postman set down a package labeled "Fragile. Shipped from Timişoara, Romania . Alice took the package to the porch and opened it. Beneath the packing peanuts, a voice called out,
"Alo? Is this America?"
"Oh, you must be the third applicant!" Alice said. "Welcome! Can you come out for me Miss…Iona Trancuba?" "Da,da doamnă! I am Iona." A plant jumped out of the box, which Alice instantly recognized as a Hypno-Shroom. What struck her as odd, however, was that Iona was wearing a loose, pale green bandanna around her cap and bore violet eyes, as opposed to the red eyes of most Hypno-Shrooms.
"You are Miss Alice?" Iona said, purple eyes shining with a mixture of admiration and curiosity. "Yeah, that's me. Welcome to the team!" Alice greeted. " Da, doamnă! I shall do you very good!" Iona replied with confidence. "That's awesome!" Alice replied. "Hey, maybe you should meet the other two newbies, Iona. You know, since you don't know much about Americans and their lifestyles, they could help you get used to things." "Da! Good idea!"
April and Pete made their way to the porch where Iona was standing. "Alo? You are America lawn job newbies, no?" "Yeah, that's us!" April said. "This country confuses me…You can teach Iona?" Iona asked with earnest. Clearly she couldn't speak fluent English. "Sure, Iona. Consider me your friend now." April said with a wink. "Oh, thanking you comrade…?" "April." "Ah, da. April and Iona shall do job good together!"
"Hey, I just noticed something! April has her barrette, and Iona has a bandanna. How come I don't have anything?" Pete whined. Just then, Alice came out. "I couldn't help but hear what you said, Pete. Hold on a sec." Alice disappeared into the house and came out a few moments later. "Here, Pete. Thought this would fit you since you seem to be such a tough guy." Alice hung a thick silver chain, the kind used for pendants, with a small padlock hanging from it, around Pete's neck and left.
"Whoa, real silver! Lucky dude…" April muttered. Pete was in a daze again. "She said I was a tough guy…" Pete said dreamily to himself, grinning and half-closed eyes still pointing where Alice had been.
"Ooooh! Pete likes Alice! Pete like Al-ice!..." April chanted. "Wh-wha? That's not true!" Pete said with his best tough-guy face, though his reddening face made his lie apparent. "Suuuure…", April said in a mocking tone. " Pete and Alice, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Pete got even redder. "Why you little…" Pete started to shoot at April, who shot back in self-defense. This squabble soon escalated into a full-blown fight, and all the plants congregated in a group around the two Peas. Iona was just standing on the porch, watching the brouhaha with a look of confusion.
"…This country confuses me…" Iona muttered to herself.
END OF EPISODE.