EPISODE THIRTEEN
Mystic Island, apart from having the big metropolis on it, also had a few small farmlands, and Equestrian Clubs, and things like that.
It had been a week since Summer Vacation, and Star Camp would be open soon for attendees. Though none of the rangers would actually be able to attend this year since they all had work and college studies, as well as their ranger duties, but today, they were all at a horse ranch on the western side of the island where the fields were wide open and very lush with forests and trails all around…
All the rangers were helping ride horses to help determine which ones were perfect to send to Star Camp as part of the horse activities. Twilight was with them too, and so was Principal Celestia; as an ex-champion horse-rider and jumper, this was her perfect activity, test riding the horses.
The girls found this all wonderful too as they all walked their horses through down the trail. Fluttershy giggled as she felt the wobbling of the horse walking, “This feels kind of funny.”
Celestia rode up alongside her and instructed, “Squeeze your knees more, then you won’t wobble so much.”
Fluttershy did as she was told, and she stopped wobbling. She took a moment to pat the horse kindly, to which the horse nickered happily.
Buddy and Rhymey on the other hand didn’t feel so optimistic. They weren’t exactly into horses like the girls were.
“I feel like a fool.
This is so uncool.” Rhymey groaned.
“Ah, come on, Rhymey. This is fun.” said Twilight, “I wish I had done this sooner.
Buddy could only sigh, “Whatever it is that draws chicks and horses together, I’ll never know.”
The girls could only roll their eyes at the typical boy-mannter.
“Hey, the field’s wide open here.” said Sunset “Maybe we could gallop?”
“Ah, yeah, I’m up for that.” said Rainbow.
“Did she say “gallop”?” Buddy asked, and you can bet both he and Rhymey were not up for it.
“No Sir'ee!
Not Me!” said Rhymey. Buddy argeed and both decided to just get off, but Celestia rode up behind them, “Oh, no, you don’t, boys.” she scolded, “We need to test the horses' speeds and durability, and that means galloping. If we do it, then so do you. Okay?”
The boys sighed but they complied.
Soon everyone was galloping across the fields and feeling the wind in their hairs. “YEE-HAW! Ride ‘em, girl…!” Rainbow hollered.
“This is so neat!” cried Twilight.
The boys were bouncing up and down like eggs in a frying pan, and they looked really silly.
“Okay, get ready to stop!” Celestia called, “And… Whoa!” the girls all stopped their horses perfectly, and Rhymey did too, but while Buddy stopped his horse he felt so numb from all that rough bouncing that he slipped right off the saddle and landed on a pile of dung in the ground.
“Eww…!!” everyone else exclaimed, and Buddy carefully got up and observed the stained back of his pants, “I guess it was number two.” he grumbled. That’s when the others couldn’t help but laugh at him softly.
(Que Intro)
The gang rode back to the stables. Buddy’s filthy pants stained the saddle seat. “Luckily for me I keep spare pairs in my backpack.” he said, and he went off to change. The others were still chuckling softly at how funny it was for him to fall in horse dung.
The Ranch Owner, whose name was Bill came out of his house with Celesto after discussing a business deal for the horses, “I’m truly grateful for what you’ve done for us.” Celesto said. “Oh, it’s nothing…” replied Bill “The horses get well-treated, everyone gets a fine ride, and also… a little cold hard cash never hurt anyone either.”
Then Bill headed off to do some of his own chores, but he stopped a moment and sniffed the horrible smell. “Ooh, is that what I think it is?” he asked.
Rainbow came with the dirty saddle in her hands, “It sure is.” and she went off to clean it. Celesto gave her a hand and showed her the proper way to clean a saddle from his experience as a former stable-hand. “That’s right, don’t use too much polish or the seat will be slippery.”
Fluttershy helped to feed the horses. “There now, some nice oats for you, and if you eat it all… I’ve got sugar-cubes.”
The horses eyes twinkled and they began to eat up their lunch.
Sunset and Rhymey were mucking out the stalls, and wearing clothes pegs on their noses to block the horrible smell. “Ugh!” Sunset groaned as she scooped a bunch of dirty hay into a wheelbarrow, “This stuff is way gross.”
“You’re telling me
It sure is nasty.” agreed Rhymey, and the horse in the stall next door let out a huge toot followed by a huge plopping sound.
Sunset and Rhymey gawked at one another, not liking how that sounded and almost not wanting to go get it right away.
Celesto could only chuckle at them, “Trust me,” he warned them, “It’s grosser than it looks.”
He then heard the sound of a horse neighing outside. He walked out of the stables and saw Celestia still ridding.
She looked so proud and beautiful with the wind blowing in her long hair. Celesto sighed heavenly at some of the good memories it brought back, of when he was a simple stable-boy working at the Equestrian club. That was where they met and began to fall in love, and when he made enough money, he bought a horse for her; Bud, whom, everyone remembered, was euthanized after a serious accident that broke two of his legs.
The years after that were hellish, but everyone already knew the story and it was all well behind them, and they preferred to focus on the here and now.
Meanwhile, at the prison tower, The Sirens smelled something awful. “Eww, what is that!” Adagio groaned. “Ugh, it makes me want to gag!” said Aria. Sonata took a whiff off the air and fainted.
Even the Lingos couldn’t stand the smell, despite not having visible noses.
That’s when Keto came in, holding his nose, “I think I found just the monster we can use.” he said, and that’s when a large skunk-like creature entered the room, and he spoke in a French accent. “Enchanté, Ladies. I am Monsieur Odeur. My name, s'il vous plaît, means…”
“…I think we get it.” groaned Keto.
The girls held their noses, and Adagio asked “You think you can beat the rangers by stinking them to the ground?”
The monster felt insulted, “Madame, you insult me! My odor, if you will, is strong enough to burn through even zee metal plating on zis tower. Regarder…!” and he turned to face the wall and unleashed a wave of powerful spray his tail, blasting a hole right through the metal… and stinking up the place worse.
The Sirens and Keto began to cough and gag. “Fine, you got the job!” cried Aria. “Just get him outta here!” shouted Sontata.
Keto agreed, “Come on, fella.” and he lead the giant stinker away, but his smell still remained much to the girls’ disdain.
As Celestia continued to ride about exercising the horse, Spike snuffed. “I don’t get what the big deal is.” he asked Twilight “All people do with horses is ride them around; that hardly seems like much a use.”
Twilight shamed him for that, “Spike horses are strong and swift creatures. They help pull heavy loads around farms, and way back in the days they were quite a way to travel, either by horse and buggy or just riding along. In fact, a horse’s top speed is almost 50 kilometers per hour, that’s as fast a car. That’s where the term “horsepower” came from.”
Spike felt overwhelmed, “Oooo-kay then.”
Celestia rode up to her husband and smiled down at him from up on the horse. “You ever thought of riding with me?” she asked. “No way…” said Celesto “If I never rode a horse when I was a stable boy, you’d never catch me on one now.”
“Ah, come on, it’s easy and fun.”
Her husband refused, and the rangers took note of this. “Sir…?” asked Buddy “You wouldn’t by chance be… scared, would you?”
Celesto looked nervous and began to sweat a little, “Uh… s-s-s-scared? Me? Of horses?” he cleared his throat, “Of course not. I used to work with them all the time.”
“But did you ever ride one?” Sunset asked. Celesto hesitated, and Celestia recalled, “He never did, and I think it’s clear why.”
Celesto had no choice but to come clean, “Alright, I admit it: I am… a little bit scared.”
Rainbow held in the urge to break out laughing, and Celesto explained his reasons why. “Working at the stables I’ve forgotten how many riders fell of and got hurt. Celestia was one too, after all. Sprained arms, broken legs, a few sore bottoms... I didn’t want that happening to me, especially considering any injury like that would probably ruin my chances of getting into the air force, and I’d never become an astronaut.”
Rainbow couldn’t laugh at that. “He’s a point. Those people could reject you for so much as having a small kink.”
Fluttershy approached Celesto, “If you’re really scared, we won’t force you, but you could still try it.”
All the rangers gave him the same expression, even the boys despite their earlier non-enthusiasm. Celesto looked up at his wife, and she held out her hand to let him climb up on the horse with her.
It was impossible for him to resist the loving look she gave him, and he found himself reaching up to take her hand… when suddenly he stopped and sniffed the air…! The others sniffed too. “Ugh! What’s that smell?” groaned Sunset.
Rhymey plugged his nose and rhymed, “I can’t tell!”
The smell was getting stronger and stronger, and it annoyed the horse, and Spike too. “Ugh! I can’t stand it!” he groaned, and he dashed off and actually jumped into a wheel-barrow of mucky hay from the stalls, “Ahh, that’s mildly better.”
Celestia’s horse was getting fussy and she had to jump off and get it into the stables where they air wasn’t quite so bad.
“Where’s it coming from?” asked Fluttershy.
“Salut, Rangers!” shouted a voice, and Odeur leapt down into the field. “Well that explains it!” growled Rainbow.
“Hon-hon…” laughed the monster, “You think I am stinker, Non? When I thorough with you, you shall look like… how you say… roadkill!”
The rangers all stood together, and Sunset still holding her nose sneered, “I don’t think so you, overgrown stench! It’s Morphin’ time!”
“Morphing Sequence… Ready!”
“STARFLEET MAGIC… POWER ON!!”
Once they were morphed, the air-filters inside their helmets made it easier to breath. “That’s much better.” said Fluttershy.
“Okay, guys… Time to shine!” said Sunset, and the rangers did their role-call.
Sunset: “Evil’s Dread! Starfleet Red!”
Buddy Rose: “Let’s make the scene. Starfleet Green!”
Rainbow: “We’ll see things through. Starfleet Blue!”
Rhymey: “Though peace and Woe! Starfleet Yellow!”
Fluttershy: “Quick as a Wink! Starfleet Pink!”
And altogether they shouted “…POWER RANGERS… SUPER STARFLEET!!”
“Pah!” snapped Odeur, “You think I am zee scared?! Lingos, Attention!”
A swarm of Lingos appeared, all wearing gasmasks, and they rushed forth. “Let’s go!” shouted Sunset, and she and the others leapt in and attacked!
“I don’t know what’s worse!” Rainbow growled as she kicked two Lingos down, “The monster, or these stinkers!”
“Perhaps it’s all of them.” said Buddy and flipped another Lingo over, and the others fought valiantly as well until all the Lingos were gone-- knocked into bits of dandruff. “So much for them, now let’s go after Stinker there.” said Sunset.
The monster chuckled, “Did someone say… Stink?!” and he unleashed a wave of his potent spray, clouding the air and making the rangers gag. Even with their helmets on, “Ugh! That’s horrible!” cried Buddy.
“Ugh! The smell,
It’s making my nose swell!” shouted Rhymey.
“I can’t stand it!” shrieked Fluttershy!
“Hon-Hon-Hon…!” Odeur laughed “I do better than zat!” and he fired his stronger spray which burned away at the grass and trees, shrivelling them up, and which hit the rangers hard, making sparks and explosions fly. Their suits were still able to take the blasts, but it only made the monster laugh at them more.
The smell reached the barn and Bill’s house, and everyone covered their noses hard. “Mercy! What is that?!” cried Bill. He had no idea of what was going on outside, and the stench was so horrible that he collapsed on the floor.
“Bill!” cried Celesto.
Celestia coughed and gaged, “I… can’t… breathe!”
“Celestia!” her husband called.
Twilight suddenly came in, wearing a respirator masker with a small oxygen jar. “Here, I brought these from the base!” She tossed two more to the adults and they quickly put them on and stressfully caught their breath.
Spike came in, very filthy from the manure he rolled in and wearing a mask of his own. “The horses!” he cried when he noted they were starting to look faint.
“We’ve got to drive them all out of here!” said Celestia.
Twilight agreed, and they quickly tacked up two of the horses and hopped on their backs to drive the rest out of the back entrance.
Celesto opened the gates of the stalls and drove the other horses out by hand, “Come on! Hurry!” he called to the horses as they all dashed past him.
Spike had to leap out of the way as the horses charged at him on their way out, “Hey, watch it!”
The horses were all safe, but the rangers weren’t as the monster blasted them again, knocking them all over in small explosions.
“We can’t let him… get us like this!” Sunset groaned as she stood. The rangers all struggled to their feet and charged at the creature. “En garde!” he thundered at them as he extended his sharp skunk-like claws.
The rangers tried their hardest, but the smell and lack of air slowed them down and made it hard to concentrate. Odeur, unaffected by the stench of his own smell, slashed at the rangers hard making sparks fly, and sprayed again making more explosions.
“This isn’t working!” cried Rainbow “Our suits have almost had it!”
“Sunset, can’t you use your natural magic?” asked Buddy. “I can’t concentrate enough in all this.” replied Sunset.
The smelly fog was getting thick, but even from the barn, Celesto could see the danger the rangers were in, and he knew he had to help them-- maybe distract the monster to give them a chance to get away…
…but that would mean himself getting close to the danger; really close, and be able to get away fast himself. Fortunately there was still one tacked up horse left. “Oh, my…!” he whimpered, but taking another look and seeing what danger the rangers were in, what choice did he have?
He decided to go for it, but he would need something to distract the monster with… and he had just the idea, regardless of how gross it was.
The rangers rushed forth to try again only for Odeuer to slash at them again, knocking them all away and causing them to de-morph. The poor rangers lay on the ground, feeling very weak from lack of air as well as the beatings they had just taken.
“You Stinky-Face rangers!” the monster taunted “I have won zee battle, now you shall lose zee war, Oui!”
The rangers could barely struggle to their feet. “We’ve… gotta… get outta… here!” groaned Fluttershy.
“We’re… too… weak… I fear!” rhymed Rhymey.
“We’ve gotta… get out of the fog!” cried Buddy, but really, he and the rangers were so weak they could only limp softly. “Hon, Hon…! You try to run… you cannot get away!” the monster sneered, and he rushed towards them to finish them off, when suddenly… SPLUT!! A great big slab of horse dung hit him right in the face and blinded him! “A’RGH!!” Odeur thundered “Qu'est-ce que c'est ! Ugh, it smells horrible!”
The rangers were confused, but looked up and saw Celesto, actually riding a horse out to them, with a respirator over his face, and an extra-padded feedbag over the horse’s face so it could breathe better.
“Rangers, catch!” Celesto shouted, tossing them each a respirator. The rangers put them on and caught their breaths to regain enough strength, “Hurry!” Celesto shouted as he rode off with the rangers dashing after him.
By the time the monster brushed the smelly muck from his face, he saw the rangers had gone. “Ha! They run off like scared little cats! The city, she is mine to conquer! Hon-Hon-Hon…!” then he vanished out of sight to head off and cause more destruction.
The rangers had safely made it to base; Celesto didn’t join them as he had to ride off to get his horse to safer grounds with Celestia and Twilight, as well as call and ambulance for Bill, whom was still unconscious, but they all kept in close contact with one another via the monitors.
“We managed to get the horses to safer grounds away from the smell.” Celestia said, “Are you all okay?”
“We are, thanks to Mr. Grandruler.” said Sunset “That was some quick thinking and riding out there.”
Celesto was still in shock that he actually rode a horse like that, and without any proper lessons either, but then again his years of being a stable-boy and overhearing and watching lessons, as well as watching Celestia ride a lot taught him much.
“Is Bill alright?” asked Fluttershy.
“He’s fine.” replied Celesto, “The doctor just called, he just needs to rest and catch his breath. The bad stink will also fade away into nothing and the air will be cleared soon.”
The rangers were glad of all that, “But that monster’s still out there, and it’s got to be stopped.” said Buddy.
“Which means we’ll have to endure the smell,
The last time it didn’t work out so well.” said Rhymey.
“Maybe not…” Celesto said, “But you should be able to fight the monster back using his own style. Remember, when I threw that muck at him, even he couldn’t stand the smell of it.”
Rainbow felt a little queasy thinking about it, “I don’t think I would either.”
Even Fluttershy felt it was disgusting, “But how are we going to do all that stuff?” she asked. That’s when Professor Brain came into the room, “I believe I have the solution to that.”
He presented them all with their morpher badges, “I have enhanced the air-filters within your helmets, so you should be able to withstand the scent and a special coating of a resident formula so the fumes shan’t affect your suits either.”
The rangers graciously accepted their morphers back, “Well that takes care of that,” said Sunset, “…But what can we use to fight the monster with?”
The professor answered her by handing her a special can of spray. “This formula, when sprayed shall producer a rather foul odor, similar to that of… er… I believe you understand. It should stun the monster long enough for you to able to attack.”
Sunset took the can of spray, and that’s when the alarms went off. “Looks like I’ll be using it sooner than I thought.”
Twilight spoke to the rangers, “I used my laptop; I found the monster. He’s heading east towards the city from the ranch, but he’s not alone; Keto is with him!”
The rangers, already armed and ready for action, left for the jump-tubes.
Meanwhile, a load of trees were blasted by Odeur’s horrible stench, shrivelling them to the point where they fell over. The monster then leapt right through laughing, “That was too easy, Non?”
Keto popped through wearing a gasmask followed by more Lingos, also masked up. Keto grumbled “How do you stand with yourself?”
Odeur didn’t bother to comply and just gazed out at the open city ahead of him at the bottom of the hilltop. “Oh-Oh-Oh…! The city is defenseless, and not a ranger in sight.”
Keto chuckled, “The perfect time for us to conquer the humans!”
“Not if we can help it!” thundered Sunset, and she and the other rangers jumped onto the scene with their weapons ready. “Zut A lors!” snapped Odeur “You stinky faces, you have some nerve to show up again!”
Rhymey scoffed at the monster and said,
“Nerves have we,
And it’s you who is stinky!”
The monster growled, and Keto was growing annoying. “You’re not going to get the best of us this time rangers! Get them, Lingos!”
The Lingos charged, “Go!” shouted Sunset, and she and the rangers charged forth.
Sunset leapt over one Lingo, kicked another away and used her scepter to blast another one down.
Three more charged for Buddy, and he lassoed them all at once with his whip, “Sorry, line’s busy.” He joked and charged his whip, sending a blast of energy along the line and blasting the Lingos to bits.
Rainbow shot every Lingo that came at her with her cannon, “Too slow, fellas.” the taunted.
Rhymey slashed his sword at each Lingo that tried to get at him.
“Nice try!
Sorry guy!
How’re you doing, Fluttershy?”
“I’m doing just great!” Fluttershy hollered as she used her shield to block the Lingo’s attacks, and then kick and punch back at them.
“I’ll show you!” snapped Keto and he waved his staff around conjuring a mugic, “Cannon of Casualty!” which blasted a huge wave of fire at Fluttershy. “No, you don’t!” she thundered at him and charged her shield up.
“Strong Shield… Engage!”
She intercepted the blast and sent it sailing straight back at him and Odeur, hitting them both hard. “Good shot, Fluttershy!” said Sunset.
Odeur was furious, “You are thinking it is funny?! Ah! Then taste my spray!”
“Give it your best shot.
Show us what you’ve got!” taunted Rhymey.
The monster roared and unleashed his treacherous spray directly at the rangers, hitting them full force. “Touche!”
“Nice shot.” cheered Keto.
Suddenly, in a bright flash, the rangers came running through the smog, much to the villains shock. Odeur sprayed them again, but nothing happened. Not even a small spark or a gag from any ranger.
“C’est Impossible!” cried Odeuer. “How are they doing that?!” added Keto
“Never mind that!” shouted Sunset “Now, try this…!” and she aimed the spray-can at the villains, hitting them with an abnormally strong puff of fumes that burst from the nozzle.
The horrid smell actually made the monster gag. “Sacrebleu! What is this?! I… I cannot stand zee smell!”
“It’s working!” cried Sunset “Now’s out chance! Everyone, get him!”
The rangers complied and dashed forth.
“Oh, no you don’t!” shouted Keto, and he poised his staff ready to cause more mischief, when suddenly, Spike jumped in from out of the shrubbery and leapt up to Keto face knocking his mask off and exposing him to the rancid fumes. “Ugh!!” he groaned, and accidently threw his staff towards the bushes, “Oh, no!” and he scrambled to look for it.
Spike snuffed behind his own mask, “So much for him.” and then he watched as the rangers went at the monster, attacking him fiercely and making sparks fly. Odeur tried his best, but the stench from the spray, as well as the rangers being unaffected by his own stench put him out of a chance.
He got punched, kicked at, blasted and slashed. Sparks and explosions flew all around and the creature was sent rolling along the ground. He got up furiously spouting French slurs in a tantrum.
“Alright, guys! Let’s do it!” said Sunset, the rangers agreed and…
“Weapons Combine!”
“Star-Slammer, Ready!”
The Star-slammer was formed. “Time to cage this stinker for good!” sneered Sunset.
Keto finally emerged from the shrubs having found his staff, but as he looked up, “Oh, no! I’m too late!” he cried as the rangers already shouted, “STAR-SLAMMER… ULTRA-STRIKE!!”
They struck the monster hard with their weapon, and Odeur screamed and flailed about screaming, “I AM ZEE STINKING OUT!!” and he exploded and was imprisoned before Keto could make him grow.
“No! I don’t believe it!!” he thundered, and he vanished out of sight.
Back at the tower, the other villains saw the whole thing on the monitors. “Not only did that monster reek, but so did Keto’s plan.” grumbled Adagio.
“It’s not over yet.” said Bronc, and he called out “Send out a Robotic-Knight!”
POW!! A robot was fired in a ray of light from the tower, all the way to Mystic Island.
“Whoa!” cried Buddy “Looks like we’re not through yet.”
“Time to bring in the heavy artily.” said Rainbow. Sunset agreed and activated her morpher, “Ultra-Star Megazord…!”
“Summon Zords!”
The massive hulking machine was already combined and appeared on the scene, beaming the rangers inside and ready to deal with the metallic-menace.
The robot charged forth and swung it’s sword at the zord, but the zord zipped off to the side. The robot then started up his buzz-saw.
“Watch out for the saw!” cried Fluttershy.
“No problem.” said Sunset, and she pulled on the controls and made the zord leap way up and over to the backside of the robot.
“Surprise, big boy…!” Rainbow taunted, thrusting on the controls hard for the zord to rush forth and shoving the robot hard onto the ground with a crash!
“Now’s our chance before he gets up again!” cried Buddy.
“Right!” agreed Sunset “Charge up energy wave!”
“Energy Charge, Ready!”
With the energy systems charged, the rangers all shouted together, “STAR BLAST WAVE… FIRE!!” and at once… POW… the zord fired the wave, striking the robot hard and blowing it to bits!
Spike leapt for joy on the ground and he howled victoriously, and inside the zord, Sunset made the call, “…Mission Complete!”
Back at the tower, The Sirens were forcing Keto into mending the damage to the walls and to clean out the entire tower of the smell that Odeur had left, as punishment for his failure, and without a mask or peg for his nose. “Ugh! This is so gross!” he groaned “Why do I have to do this? I’m not even a mechanic!”
The Sirens could only pitifully look at him; shake their heads, and all remark, “Poor little stinker!”
With the monster gone, the air soon cleared up. The rangers helped to drive the horses back to the ranch, and Celesto got off the phone with the hospital.
“Is Bill alright?” Twilight asked.
“The doctor says he’ll be just fine, but he won’t be able to come back until tomorrow. So, we’ll all have to take care of the ranch until then.”
The rangers all agreed, and felt it was fair, especially since it would give them all a chance to fix any damages caused by the villains that they could.
The team worked all afternoon, replanting the grass, fixing the fences, and Fluttershy tended to the animals, as well as helping give Spike a bath considering how dirty and smelly he was from the muck.
“This is my reward for helping?!” he groaned as the girls washed him, and he retaliated by shaking himself dry! “Ah, Spike…!” Twilight scolded.
After a good cleanup and lunch, they decided to head out riding again, to keep the horses in shape.
Rhymey and Buddy were still not too fond of riding like the others were. “I was hoping we wouldn’t have to do this again.” said Buddy.
Rhymey sighed,
“Well, there’s nothing more we can do,
We’ll have to take another ride or two.”
The girls couldn’t help but giggle at how cute the boys looked being so stubborn and grumpy, but then, they all looked up ahead and saw two figures already walking their horses out in the field; Celestia and Celesto.
They were riding side-by-side, and actually holding hands. “I’m so happy you got over your fear of riding.” said Celestia. Her husband chuckled softly, “You know… this is sort of fun. Maybe I should’ve tried this years ago.”
The leaned over and kissed on the lips. “Care to race to the end?” she asked. “You’re on!” and they rode off across the trail.
“Aww…” the rangers all said as they watched the couple ride off, and then they themselves rode off to catch up with them all, on a sunny afternoon.