A SINISTER PLANT, PART 1.

Diana Prince was in the botanical gardens of Gotham City contemplating and observing how many beautiful plants there were. She wanted to take a plant, only one, to be able to take it to the base and place it in her bedroom. It was a shade plant, so sunlight would not have to worry if the plant did not receive light.

Diana was doing this because Major Wayne gave her, and the other Rangers, some freedom to decorate their room, just as they could go buy casual clothes as well. This was something that excited all the Rangers, but obviously, the commander established certain limitations.

Commander Wayne gave them this freedom to stop complaining about how bad they felt in Gotham City, even he got fed up with the complaints, so this would help them with his mood. He also did this on J'onn's recommendation, to establish a better connection with his Rangers.

So the Rangers went by different ways. Shayera wanted to go for casual clothes, since all the devices she wanted to buy (a coffee maker and a television) were in the limitations that Major Wayne had placed. Kal decided to go with Shayera to buy clothes, to catch up with his friend, that and he did not have anything to decorate his room. Kal did not have many ideas. With John and Barry it was very different, since John asked to be sent by mail photos of him and his family, since he did not want cheap copies of photos printed on paper; Meanwhile, Barry went for a horn, since he wanted to listen to music, although he could only hear it in his room in low volume, since Major Wayne would put a harsh punishment on him if he made noise throughout the base.

Diana wanted a plant with five branches, because it reminded her of Themyscira, and she wanted to animate a little the cold, metallic atmosphere of the base with that plant. Since her encounter with Cheetah, Diana had begun to feel more united and more included in the base, as well as with members of the League and their fellow Rangers. She was already beginning to show her playful personality most of the time, and everyone began to rejoice just by seeing her. So, she wanted to further enliven the base, and the base was not in a constraint imposed by Commander Wayne.

Diana took the plant and took it to the register. The employee attended without complications and kindly. For any man and woman would treat a very pretty woman in an excellent way. Diana showed him her badge, so the employee gave it to her. Another great privilege of being from the Justice League. Diana left the botanical gardens and headed towards the patrol car.

At that moment, a few shouts began to sound inside the botanical gardens. Diana turned around and ran back inside the botanical gardens. Upon entering, she saw the plants that she had seen before becoming flea-sized plants. The plants did not attack the employees, but they left the gardens breaking the glass wall.

"What happened?" Diana asked the employee who registered the plant.

"I do not know. A green cloud leaked and the plants began to grow into it. "The employee replied.

"Hold the plant." Diana said giving the employee the plant she wanted and ran towards the plants. She started kicking several plants, but the plants were harder. Diana fell to the ground, but got up quickly and used her Morpho to get a gun.

Diana shot towards the plants, managing to knock down some, until she was hit by a mysterious plant man. Diana stood up, and saw a small group of green planting men. Diana knew it was time to address matters on her own.

"Justice League, activate!" Diana said.

Diana launched herself again against the plant men. It was better for her to do this all at once, since with the missions she always had to go with her companions. She liked being with her fellow Rangers, but like anyone else, she wanted time for herself. Diana hit two men plant on her head, the other men plant attacked her with kicks, which Diana intercepted and used to throw them to the ground. Other men plant attacked her head and legs, but Diana jumped and hit the men plant in the face with a powerful kick. Only one remained, so Diana grabbed the plant man's head, lowered it and hit him with his knee.

Diana turned around, and saw that the large plants were gone. 'Maybe they have not gone far,' Diana thought. Diana went to the vehicle after picking up the plant she wanted to take to the base. The employees would have to repair or replace the wall that destroyed the plants. Diana jumped and got into the vehicle, lit it, but before she drove to the plants, she was interrupted by her Morpho, which was ringing. Diana grabbed him and answered the call.

"Diana." It was John.

"I'm busy," Diana snapped.

"Forget that, there are plants attacking the center of the city, and Wayne gave us orders to go," John said. "And I do not think you want to take another punishment for disobeying the commander's order." He added.

Diana sighed. "I'm going there." Diana drove downtown.

XXX

The same plants that Diana had seen were attacking the city, firing green spheres in different directions. The Rangers, except Diana, were attacking the plants. Kal used his fists as always, Barry used a gun this time, while Shayera electrocuted the plants, and John used a chainsaw that he created with his mind. The plants were strong, so the Rangers needed to attack otherwise.

Much to his chagrin, Kal used his laser vision against the plants, and John ordered a gun with his Morpho. Shayera asked for a sword, but Barry kept firing. At the end there were three floors, but they were bigger. The Rangers were about to hit the plants, but a bomb was fired before they attacked. The Rangers turned and saw Diana standing, very imposing, with another grenade in her hand, which threw the plants. The plants fell. The Rangers congratulated Diana, including John.

"Congratulations!" A female voice shouted.

The Rangers turned around and saw an attractive woman, but with a red dress, like her hair, but the strangest thing about her was her light green skin, but that did not take away the attractiveness, or at least for Barry. The Rangers thought she was a relative of J'onn.

"Stop, Justice League!" Kal shouted. "We do not want to hurt you."

"Poor male Ranger." The woman said. "No one can hurt me like this."

"Do not move," John said as he quickly removed Barry's gun.

"Friends..." the woman said as she raised her hands up. A larger group of plant men came out of the ground. "... teach them that nobody hurts Poison Ivy or her plants."

The men plant attacked the Rangers, but they defended themselves. Kal burned all his attackers using his laser vision, John used a giant lawn mower, Shayera and Barry made a double team, and Diana used her sword against the men plant.

When they finished, the Rangers looked towards the buildings, as they were satisfied with the people they had saved. The satisfaction was short lived when they saw that the spores that shot the plants were no longer there, they had been replaced by larger plants that had spiny stems. The Rangers did not know what to do. Ivy was not anywhere.

"It's time to call J'onn," said Kal. Kal took his Morpho and called J'onn. "J'onn, we have problems."

"I know, Kal." J'onn answered on the other side of the line. "I saw it on the monitors. I have been analyzing the plants, but I can not discover their genetics. They are very different from normal plants. "

"Rangers, now you know what the mission is." Major Wayne intervened. "Get a sample of the plants and go back to the base."

"Understood commander," Kal said and hung up. "Very well, collect several parts of the plants and let's go back to the base. Now J'onn and the city need us. "Kal ordered his team.

"Understood," the Rangers said.

"But now that there is no danger, we should turn off the suits," Kal said gently.

"Power off," the Rangers said.

"Power off," said Kal. "To work."

John went to the walls of a building, Shayera to the first floor of a building, Kal and Barry went upstairs, while Diana went up to the middle of the building.

Diana could not think how curious the situation had become, since in her multiple missions she was surprised that there were not many plants in the city, but now there were stems of plants all over the center, but they were of a sinister plant that the green woman had planted. Another curious fact is that Commander Wayne was beginning to be right about the evil women.

Kal and Barry reached the top floor, while the other Rangers were about to remove the plants with their hands. The Rangers hurt their hands.

"Oh. I forgot. "Kal said. "Better use your swords or a knife." Kal said using his Morpho. Kal pulled out his sword and began cutting the stems of the building. This lasted a minute before Barry returned.

"Ready," said Barry holding a bag of stems that highlighted the peaks of the plants. "Can I go now?" He asked.

"Sometimes I forget how fast you are," Kal said. "Here." He said this, handing him the plant stalks, but Barry moved his bag away from Kal.

"I already did my job, and the bag can not take any more stems, Kal." Barry said. "I'll take it to the base. But do not worry, I'll tell the commander that you helped me with this." Kal smiled.

"Good, but say it. Remember the covenant, "Kal said.

"I do not forget it, that's why I ask you permission to leave. We're wasting time. "

"Run, Allen. We'll see you later."

Barry entered the elevator, closed it and went downstairs. He hoped this was what they needed to earn a better reputation. After leaving the elevator, Barry ran to his motorcycle, climbed on it, turned it on and went to the base, leaving some confused Rangers still picking up the plants. Kal came down a few minutes later very calm as his fellow Rangers left the stems they cut in a trash can.

"Sorry guys, but Barry is very quick, and I ordered him to go to the base and we reached him later."

"Do not go over again," John said.

"Yes, because it's not fair that you make us strive for something vain Kal," said Shayera.

"We're going to the base," Diana said. "We have to leave our things, and clean our hands." Diana said already inside the vehicle. Diana ran a hand over the plant she had chosen for the base. She was happy that it was safe.

XXX

It had been an hour since the Rangers returned to the base to leave the belongings they had bought before Ivy's attack. Not even J'onn or Major Wayne had called them, but at first this was good. John left his photos on his nightstand and would wake up with the image of his family animating him every day; Barry left his horn, but made sure to connect it, since the horn had no battery and he wanted to listen to good music before sleeping; Shayera left her clothes just like Kal, while Diana put the plant in a corner of her dormirtorio.

Diana sat down and caressed her plant again. She thought what to say to the plant. She had heard that plants were like humans, that they needed love to grow, so this would establish a relationship with their plant. The door opened and Shayera entered Diana's room.

"Yes, of course, you can pass." Diana said standing up.

"Did you buy a plant?" Shayera asked. "I do not get it."

"The base, like the city does not have much nature. This plant will help. "Diana said looking very intently at Shayera.

"I understand you," said Shayera. "It's good that Major Wayne does not have a limiting effect on the plants."

"I'm happy about this. Surely soon I will be able to bring more plants. "

"After we finish this fight with that green woman."

"Well, I hope so. As long as the gods allow us to do it. "

"Why such devotion for your gods?"

"It's a question called religion, Shayera, and my gods are in that religion. You were not taught to believe in the gods? "

"I come from Thanagar, a planet that teaches that no god helps, you are the one who helps." Diana thought to retort, but the alarm went off.

"Rangers, to J'onn's lab." Major Wayne said over the horn.

"Go, I'll catch up," Diana said to Shayera.

"Hurry up." Shayera said and left.

"Hello little plant." Diana told the plant. "You are a great gift from the gods to this base, like all plants in the world. If Hera allows it, you will grow up and make this base more cheerful. "

Diana left and left the plant alone. In J'onn's lab, the Rangers watched J'onn keep looking through the microscope at the samples Barry had brought. Major Wayne was nowhere to be found. No Ranger knew what to say. J'nn finally looked up and addressed the Rangers.

"Rangers, I have good news and bad news." J'onn said.

"Say it now, J'onn. The mission can not be delayed by taking detours." Major Wayne said, entering a wheelchair. The shot he had received from Cheetah had almost disappeared, but he still could not walk much.

"Good, commander." J'onn replied. "The bad news is that these stems did not yield enough information on how to eliminate the plants that Ivy planted in the center of the city. I would need a larger sample to discover its genetic makeup. "

"And the good one?" Barry asked.

"The good news is that I've been able to triangulate Ivy's position, but not as expected. There are two possible locations, one in the Botanical Gardens of the city, and the other near Ace Chemicals, the largest chemical and nuclear power plant in Area C. "

"So what do we do?" Barry asked.

"It's obvious, cadet Allen." Major Wayne said. "You should go to each place but separate to get the sample of Ivy's plant, as well as beat it."

"Well, then Diana, Barry and I ..." Kal said before being interrupted.

"No, Cadet El. This time Shayera and Diana will go to the Botanical Gardens, while Kal, Barry and John go to Ace Chemicals."

"What?" Kal asked.

"I already told you. You have to accomplish this mission by groups, Rangers. "

"By the way, the sample can not be just one stem. I need the root commander. "J'onn intervened.

"They already know what to do, but first they must know who it is." The commander showed the hologram of the green woman. "Pamela Lillian Isley, aka Poison Ivy, was an expert in botany before an experiment turned her into a hybrid of plant and human that can control plants and people. Purpose: to fill Zone C with its plants, totally. "

"Is he related to J'onn?" Barry asked. All the Rangers, the commander and J'onn stared at Barry.

"I'm sorry," Barry said.

"All right. Now go, "said the commander. All the Rangers left.

"You must be kinder," J'onn said.

"They hardly know what it is to be a Power Ranger, this must help, J'onn." Said the commander, sitting back in his chair and leaving the lab.

"Take care, Rangers." J'onn thought.

XXX

"I can not believe Bruce sent us here," Diana said.

"Yes, in this place there is nothing," added Shayera.

"He thinks we're weak," Diana said.

"Maybe." Said Shayera.

They had arrived at the Botanical Gardens, which was already closed, looking for a plant or Ivy, which was not shown anywhere.

"We should go," Diana said. "There is nothing here."

XXX

Kal, John and Barry had arrived at Ace Chemicals a few minutes ago. They had entered showing their identifications and were investigating the underground level.

"How ugly is this place," Barry said.

"Yes." Agreed John.

"I can not believe we're arresting J'onn's relative."

"We already made it clear that she is not related to J'onn, Barry," Kal said.

The Rangers began to breathe a green smoke. A green smoke that was fainting. They tried to fight, but fell to the ground. It was not known what they breathed, but now they were in trouble. Ivy emerged from the shadows and stood in front of the three unconscious Rangers.

"Stand up," said Ivy. The three Rangers quickly got up. "Now that they have found my lair, they have earned the right to be my servants."

"Thank you, Goddess Ivy." The Three Rangers said.

"Excellent. Now, let the plant grow. Protect her at all costs, "said Ivy.

XXX

There was an Ace chemical earthquake, since Ivy had hidden in the sublevels while controlling scientists with her love potions, to bring her chemical samples to improve her plants. Now a large plant was walking straight into the city, having destroyed half of the Ace Chemicals building. The plants would soon reign in Zone C.

XXX

Shayera and Diana answered the call of their Morphos.

"Yes?" The two asked.

"Shayera, Diana, go back to base. We are being invaded." J'onn said.

"By whom?" They asked.

"Plant Men." He replied.

NEXT: A SINISTER PLANT, PART 2.