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Power
Rangers: Ninja Storm
Episode
21--
All
About Beevil
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Opening
Credits Roll
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Scene
opens on the dirt track, which our biker boys are tearing up at the moment, the three of them far ahead of the other riders.
Dustin leads for a brief moment, but then the Bradleys take the lead, and keep it, finishing together.
Dustin
pulls up to the two afterwards and takes off his helmet, not looking at all happy. “You guys smoked me again,”
he says, frustrated. “I feel like I’m losing time every lap.”
“You’re
on a 125, dude,” Blake says. “You’re supposed to.”
“I
just put that new carbo-fiber airbox in,” he continues. “Maybe I have to change the jets.”
Cut
to a little while later, Dustin is putting his gear back in their van. A man comes over, leaning on the back. “Hey,”
he says. “You’re Dustin Brooks, right?”
Dustin
looks at him suspiciously. “Yeah,” he says.
“You’re
having trouble with your top end on the straights,” he notes.
“How’d
you know?” Dustin asks, going over to his bike and getting his helmet and gloves.
“I was just watching you out there,” he says, following him. “Listen,
I designed a new four stroke pipe and silencer, full race titanium. It’ll blow you away.”
Dustin
smiles a little. “Really? How much is it?”
“Well,
it isn’t even on the market yet,” he says. “But, if you want I could put one on for you. Let you do some
testing.”
Dustin looks down at his bike, then at the man. “No one else has one?”
“Nobody,”
he answers. “I can do it at my shop, you can pick up your bike tomorrow.” He takes a card from his pocket and
hands it to him.
Dustin
nods. “Okay, cool.” He shakes hands with the man. “Sounds good.” He grins as the man pushes his bike
away, then looks down at the card.
--
“Six twenty five, Brown Road,” Dustin says, reading the card. He
stands in the middle of an abandoned district. “This can’t be right.”
--
“Remind
me again,” Lothor says in the throne room of his ship. “How a massive army of alien warriors, aren’t able
to defeat six kids, who are barely out of their feetie pajamas!”
“In
all fairness, sir,” Zurgane says. “They’ve got that gerbil on their side.”
“I
thought he was a hamster,” Choobo says. He turns to Marah. “You told me he was a hamster.”
“No
I didn’t,” she says, slapping him. “Anyway, she said that he was a—”
“I
didn’t!” Kapri objects. “I—”
“Never
mind,” Lothor cuts in. “Isn’t there anyone here who’s good at being bad?”
“I
am, Uncle!” Marah says eagerly, raising her hand and rushing over to him. “I’ll take care of those Power
Rangers once and for all.”
Lothor
groans and she picks up the PAM, as Choobo begins objecting. “No, no, no . . .”
“What are you doing?” Lothor asks. “Put that down, Marah!”
They
all begin to warn her but she ignored them and flamboyantly presses a finger to one of the buttons. A purple blast shoots
from their ship, then turns around and hits them. “For once, it’s not my fault!” Choobo claims quickly as
the smoke clears.
“You’re
supposed to destroy the guys in the shiny-colored suits, Marah,” Lothor says angrily. “Not ourselves! I have half
a mind to trade you in on another relative!”
“I’m sorry,” she whimpers, standing up to reveal a blackened
face and tear-filled eyes.
--
At
Storm Charger, Shane and Tori are talking to Dustin, who stands behind the counter. “Dude,” Shane says. “You
just gave him your bike?”
“He
seemed cool,” Dustin defends himself.
“Dustin,” Tori says. “When are you gonna realize that not
everyone deserves your trust?”
“Maybe
someone at the track’s heard of this guy,” he says. “I’m gonna go find out.” He leaves.
--
“Okay,”
Marah says happily, and much cleaner than before as she leads in a red ,bee-like person. “So, we’ve established
that I’m not so good with electronics. But my friend Beevil, is so good at being bad!”
“Since
when do you have any friends?” Kapri asks dryly.
“What
a dump!” Beevil exclaims.
“She
doesn’t look so scary to me,” Lothor says.
“Well,
actually,” Beevil says. “I’m wanted on twelve planets for theft, forgery, conspiracy, destruction of property—”
“And
don’t forget littering,” Marah puts in giddily.
“Littering?”
Lothor asks, suddenly interested. “The most underrated of intergalactic crimes. I’m impressed!” Marah smiles.
“Ugh!”
Beevil says. “Look at these dreary Kelzacks! Haven’t you heard, Lothor? Red is the new black!” She
blows a spray of red mist over them and suddenly they are all garbed in red. “Kelzack Furies!” she introduces.
“More powerful than ever!”
Kapri
stands and puts an arm around Beevil. “I like your style, Beev!”
“Yeah, I told you,” Marah says, leaning in. “She’s totally
evil.”
“Which
is more than I can say for you,” Lothor says flatly. Marah’s smile fades immediately. “From now on, Marah’s
out—and Beevil’s in! All in favor!” They all cheer.
“But,
but she’s my friend,” Marah protests weakly.
“Now,”
Lothor says, leaning in to Beevil. “Tell me your plan to defeat the rangers. I’m all ears.”
Beevil
begins to whisper in his ear, and Marah’s eyes fill with tears again as she tries to keep from crying. It doesn’t
quite work, and her whimpers go unnoticed as she walks away.
--
Dustin
is walking around the tracks as Hunter and Blake ride up on their bikes, stopping behind him and taking off their helmets.
“Any luck tracking down your bike?” Blake asks.
“Probably
in another state by now,” Dustin shouts over the sounds of the races.
Hunter’s morpher sounds and he lifts it. “What’s up, Cam?”
“I’m
picking up a signal at the power plant,” Cam says, sitting before his computer as always.
“Blake
and I’ll check it out,” he says.
Blake looks at Dustin. “Keep asking around. We’ll call if it gets
ugly.” Dustin nods quietly and they put their helmets back on, riding off.
--
Beevil
is walking through the upper levels outside the plant. “Destroying the power plant will score me big points with Lothor!”
she shouts. But two rangers streak in, barely visible as they reach her heights and slam into her, sending her falling to
the ground. “Who did that?” Beevil demands angrily.
“Crimson!”
Hunter says as they stand together.
“Navy!”
Blake calls.
“You
wanna rumble with the bumble?” Beevil asks. “Come on!”
“How
does this grab you?” Blake asks as he grabs her with his weapon.
“Oh
stop that!” she says. “It tickles.” She grabs the ends and pries them open, shoving him away.
“No
way!” Blake says in disbelief. Beevil grabs his shoulders and throws him high, and he slams against the stone wall of
the plant hard, falling to the ground.
Hunter
is beside him immediately, weapon raised. “I’ll get her.” He fires at her.
But it has no effect, and Beevil shoots a blast at him, hitting him and knocking
him backward to the ground. Blake is up and runs over to him. “Are you okay?” he asks quickly. But before Hunter
can answer, Beevil fires more blasts at them, and they both go flying, hitting the ground hard.
Blake
looks up weakly. “She’s brutal,” he says.
“You
said it,” Hunter agrees.
“You
wanna play with Beevil?!” she asks, ready for another fight. “Come on, boys!”
--
The
bikes still race by at the tracks, as Dustin looks around dejectedly. Then his eyes widen as he spots a young woman walking
down the path, the riders approaching fast. “Hey!” he shouts. “Hey, look out!”
She doesn’t seem to notice, and he runs towards her, pushing her out of
the way just in time. She shouts in surprise as hey both fall and roll down the slope, and she ends on top of him. She sits
up quickly and Dustin helps her stand. “Hey,” he says. “You almost got mowed down out there.”
“I
guess I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going,” she says, her voice broken as she stares into nothing absently.
She
takes a deep breath, then finally looks at him, surprised. “You’re . . .”
“Dustin,”
he says after a moment, giving her a small smile. “Do I know you? You, look familiar.”
“I
get that a lot,” she says. “You’ve seen one airhead, you’ve seen them all.”
Dustin rubs her arm comfortingly. “I know how you feel,” he says.
She
frowns. “You do?”
“Yeah,”
he says. “People think I’m a space case too, but, you can’t listen to them.” He puts a hand on her
shoulder again. “As long as you’re a good person, that’s what really counts.”
She
nearly bursts into tears and turns quickly, sitting down on the ground.
“What’s
the matter?” he asks, concern in his voice.
“I'm not a good person,” she says, crying now. “I’m
not even a good bad person.”
Dustin
looks completely confused. “Okay, you lost me there,” he says.
“Hello,
don’t you recognize me?” she asks. She takes a breath and stands up. “Maybe this’ll help.” She
snaps her finger and turns into her alien garb.
Dustin stands quickly and gets ready to fight. “No way. You’re that
evil chick who’s always trying to vaporize us!”
Marah snaps her fingers again and returns to her civilian
form. “Relax, you’re safe,” she says. He relaxes slightly as she continues. “They kicked me out cause
I’m not evil enough.” She starts to cry and sits down again.
“Hey,
that’s crazy,” Dustin says softly, going over to her. “You’re like . . . one of the worst people I’ve
ever met.”
“You’re
just saying that to make me feel better,” she says, her voice cracking.
“No,
seriously I’m not,” he says.
“Well
anyway,” she says, looking up at him. “They replaced me with my friend, Beevil, and she’s like way meaner
than me.”
Dustin pauses, then pulls up a chair and sits before her. “Hey, Marah,”
he says quietly. “You ever thought about turning good?”
“What,
like forever?” she asks.
“Yeah,”
he says.
“Yuck,”
she answers.
“How do you know something is yuck, unless you’ve actually tried
it?” he asks eagerly. “And besides, it’d be a great way to get back at Lothor and all them.”
“Hey,” she says, brightening a little. “Wait
a minute, maybe that’ll teach those ingrates a lesson!” Dustin grins. “But, if I wanna make them really
mad, I have to do something so good, so disgustingly nice . . . and heroic . . . ” It dawns on her and she stands, smiling
brightly. “I have to become a Power Ranger!” Quick daydream shot of Marah in a uniform like Tori’s only
a pink/purple color.
“Uh,
wait a minute,” Dustin says. “I think you might be getting a little ahead of yourself.”
“No, think about it!” she says, going over to him and kneeling before
him. “I could help you destroy my uncle—it’ll be so much fun!”
--
Hunter and Blake are still fighting Beevil, and still losing miserably. Hunter gets thrown into a pile of boxes and
sits up as Blake comes over. “Time to call in some back-up,” he says, raising his morpher.
--
Dustin’s morpher chirps and he looks at it, standing slowly. “I’ve gotta go,” he says reluctantly.
Marah stands. “Okay, well, meet me tomorrow at Blue Bay Point, same time?” He hesitates and she continues.
“I’ll tell you how to beat Beevil.” She smiles. Dustin nods and smiles a little before running off, and
she laughs a little to herself. “Wow . . . I like being good.”
--
The Bradley brothers are getting it bad from Beevil as she fires yet another volley at them. They fall to the ground
and she prepares to fire again when she is shot in the face and drops her weapon. She turns and sees the green ranger standing
on a bridge not far off. “Time for you to go back to your hive,” Cam says. “Buzz off!”
“I’ll fly when I’m good and ready,” Beevil says, before firing a burst of shots at him, which
all hit him squarely. He falls and lands hard on the stone walkway, and the three Wind Rangers run up to him. “Are you
okay?” Tori asks, worried.
“There’s a new queen Beevil in town,” Beevil says. “And she’s
gonna take you down!”
“Don’t bet on it,” Shane says.
“Bye, honies!” she calls, before turning and leaping into the air, disappearing
from sight.
“Beevil?” Dustin asks. “That’s who Marah was talking about.”
He pauses for a moment, then says quietly, “She was telling the truth.”
--
The
next day, Dustin walks by the lake, looking around. “Marah?” he calls quietly. “Hey, Marah!”
She pops out from a bush, a headdress of leaves and branches
on her head and a smile on her face. “You showed up,” she says, surprised. She takes off her newfound hat and
goes over to him.
“I,
met Beevil,” Dustin says, meeting her. “You’re right, she’s seriously bad.”
“I know,” Marah says. “That’s—”
she breaks off as Dustin takes a leaf from her hair, smiling at her. “That’s why you need me,” she finishes.
He
pauses a moment, taking a nervous breath and looking down. “I—I don’t know,” he says.
“Just,
give me a chance to be good,” she says. “Please?”
Dustin looks at her a moment, then nods. “Okay. What do
I have to do?”
“Okay,”
Marah says, smiling as they sit on a nearby bench and she brings out a device. “So, I stole this from Uncle’s
ship. It can neutralize Beevil’s energy, but it has to be charged with a power source equal to her strength.”
“Where
am I supposed to find that?” he asks.
“I
don’t know,” she says. “Don’t you guys have some sort of secret headquarters with really cool stuff?”
--
Cut to Dustin entering Ninja Ops, using his handprint to get
in. The room is barely lit and silent as a tomb as he enters slowly and accesses the main computer. A table folds down and
he goes to it slowly, about to place the device on it, when a voice speaks. “It’s five in the morning.”
Dustin turns quickly, startled, and sees Cam standing there, clad in a green t-shirt and looking tired. Sensei is by his side.
“Would you mind telling me what you’re doing?”
--
Later
that day, the other rangers are with them as Dustin tries to explain. “I’m telling you, Marah wants to change,”
he tells Sensei. “And I believe her.”
Blake
speaks, and Dustin turns to him. “Dude, did you miss the whole Choobo thing? He told us the whole thing and it ended
up being a trap.” Dustin turns away, looking down.
“How
do we know it’s not a bomb?” Tori asks calmly. “Or a tracking device?”
“Lothor’s
goons can’t be trusted,” Hunter says coldly.
“Marah’s not a goon,” Dustin says. “She’s,
just a little confused.”
Shane laughs, draping an arm around Blake
and leaning over to Dustin. “Dude, you are so into her!”
Blake smiles, and Dustin laughs sheepishly
as Hunter glares on. “No, I’m not,” he argues vainly. Tori and Cam smile knowingly as he continues. “I
mean, she’s kinda cute, but . . . No, she, she really wants to help us.”
The
alarm sounds and Sensei watches as the computer screen shows Beevil attacking. “We shall see,” he says, sounding
almost suspicious. “Beevil has returned.”
“Let’s
go,” Shane says.
They
all nod and follow except Hunter, who stops as Dustin speaks. “Wait, I have to charge this thing up.”
“Sorry,” Hunter says, and Dustin looks at him. “But
that’s your choice. We gotta go.” He follows the others out of Ninja Ops.
Dustin
turns back to Sensei, who looks solemn. “Are you aware of the risk you are taking, Dustin?”
He takes a breath. “Sensei, you’ve always told us
that a ninjas most valuable weapon, is his instinct.” He pauses. “I just know there’s some good, somewhere
inside Marah.”
“I
hope you are right,” Sensei says.
Dustin
looks down at the device Marah gave him, then grabs it, going over to the table and placing it on top. Electricity starts
to spark as it charges up.
--
“There
she is!” Cam says as he spots Beevil. The rangers all pull out their sabers and prepare to fight.
“Well,
well, well,” Beevil says. “Five little rangers, all in a row!”
“Back
off!” Shane yells.
“Yeah,
right,” she laughs. “Kelzack Furies!” A swarm appears before her.
“Nice
suits,” Tori says. “I’ll bet we still kick your butts.”
“Attack!”
Beevil commands.
The
Kelzacks run to the rangers and they begin to fight. Unfortunately, it doesn’t go as well as the rangers anticipated.
Almost all their blows go unnoticed by the Kelzacks, when theirs in turn are much more powerful. It doesn’t take long
before they are all on the ground, and Beevil approaches with the Kelzacks.
She
laughs. “I’m evil! With a capital B!”
She
advances on the fallen rangers, when a blast suddenly hits, knocking all the Kelzacks to the ground. They all turn quickly
to see where it came from. And Marah walks slowly and coolly through the smoke.
“I
knew she’d show!” Dustin says, leaning over Cyber Cam’s shoulder and watching on the screen in Ninja Ops.
“You see, Marah really has changed!” Neither Sensei or Cyber Cam answer.
Meanwhile,
Marah meets Beevil on the street. “What’s the deal, Marah?” Beevil asks.
“I'm
not here for a quilting bee, Beevil,” Marah says. “I’m gonna take you down.”
“Give it your best shot!” she shouts. She runs at
Marah with a yell.
Marah tips her hat calmly, and meets Beevil’s
attack with a solid kick, driving her back. She continues and manages to block most of Beevil’s blows, throwing in a
few impressive ones of her own, but it soon becomes obvious that she isn’t much of a fighter. Finally, Beevil grabs
her arms and twists them painfully, then throws her back roughly and sends her flying through the air, landing in a flower
plot.
“Marah!”
Dustin shouts from Ninja Ops. The device finishes just in time and he goes to it. “It’s ready.”
“Dustin,”
Sensei says. “Be careful.” He nods and leaves.
Marah
is slowly coming to her senses and groans slightly as she opens her eyes and looks around. Beevil comes toward her. “So
sorry,” she mocks. Then she laughs loudly. “Now for the final sting!”
Dustin
comes running into view, still in his ninja uniform. “Marah!” he shouts, and she looks. “Catch!” She
stands and he throws her the device.
“Got
it,” she says, catching it and aiming it at Beevil. It starts to emit a beam and drives Beevil to the ground with a
burst of sparks.
“Yes!” Dustin exclaims, grinning happily.
Marah
kneels and places the device on Beevil’s head. “This won’t hurt a bit.” Beevil shakes violently for
a moment, then is still, and the other rangers come running up excitedly to meet Marah.
“That was awesome!” Dustin says. “She stopped
that alien freak from destroying us!” The others seem a little convinced, and some of them smile in relief.
“Of
course I wouldn’t let Beevil destroy you,” Marah says. She waves a hand and turns back into her alien clothing.
“I wanna do that myself.”
Shane
lunges at her angrily, but Hunter keeps him back, and Beevil stands triumphantly. “At last! The truth!” She fires
a blast at the rangers, but they flip out of the way and are unharmed. She turns to Marah, and Kelzacks gather around them.
“Thanks for the energy boost, girlfriend! Our plan worked like a charm!”
“You
can thank the dum-dum ranger for that,” Marah says, staring at Dustin levelly.
Dustin is crushed. “You lied to me,” he says simply.
“Well,
duh!” she says.
Tori places a supportive hand on Dustin’s shoulder as
she looks at Marah angrily. “Dustin was the only one who trusted you,” she says. “Who saw any good in you.
And this is how you pay him back? That’s low, even for you.”
Marah stares at Dustin, regret obvious and
her eyes suddenly moist, as she stares into his own, which are tear-filled. Then she puts on a smile. “Hey, it’s
not my fault he’s dumber than me!”
Dustin
is fighting back the tears, and it takes a moment before he can answer. Then he shakes his head, his voice shaky as he
replies. “No one, makes a fool of me.” He raises his morpher. “Ninja Storm, Ranger Form—Ha!”
He
morphs, and Beevil and the Kelzacks swarm forward. “Oh goody!” Beevil says.
The
rangers ready their weapons and get into stance, and Marah snaps her fingers. “Get him,” she orders flatly.
They
charge and Dustin takes on Beevil angrily as the others take the Kelzacks and Marah simply watches, laughing slightly. The
rangers don’t do well, as the new Kelzacks are a tough lot, and soon they are losing. “They’re swarming
all over me!” Cam says as he tries to fight them off.
“Me
too,” Hunter says, driven to his knees.
Shane
is held down, a weapon at his neck. “Any suggestions, Cam?”
“Cyber
Cam,” Cam contacts him. “Activate Ninja Sword Gold Mode.”
“I was wondering when you were gonna bust those out,”
Cyber Cam says back in the base. He types something in the computer. The swords of the three wind ninjas begin to glow immediately,
and they start to seriously kick butt, gaining new moves and sword modes along the way.
The
slowly setting sun shows that time has passed, and casts an orange tint to the battleground. The rangers appear to have finished
off the Kelzacks, but Dustin and Beevil are still engaged. “Had enough?” Dustin calls over, sword raised.
“You
wish!” She raises her staff and runs at him, striking hard and fast. He is immediately on the defensive and is driven
back, falling to one knee as she gets a hit in. She slams her staff down on his shoulder, then flips him over her head as
he tried to lift it off. “You’re strong,” she says. “But foolish!”
They continue to fight, and finally Dustin gets his ground.
As they lock weapons, he activates gold mode, and a surge of energy runs up their swords. He leaps forward, rolling on the
ground and turning to face Beevil before using his Dirt Blade and stabbing it into the ground. A series of explosions run
through the ground, and Beevil falls into the flames.
The
sun has now completely set as Dustin powers down his blade, then turns to Marah as she comes over. “You didn’t
think I’d come unprepared, did you?” she asks. She takes out the PAM and punches some of the buttons, releasing
the scroll of empowerment.
Beevil
grows enormous and laughs happily. “Who’s the queen bee now?” she shouts.
The
rangers look up quickly, and Dustin turns to Marah. “I thought we were friends,” he says, his voice not quite
steady.
Marah
looks down, then back up at him slowly, taking a breath. “Smell you later,” she says lamely, before disappearing.
Dustin
takes an angry breath and looks up at Beevil. “This one,” he says. “Is all mine!”
“Go
for it,” Shane tells him.
“Yeah,”
Hunter agrees.
“Cyber
Cam,” Dustin says. “Restore megazord for one!” He jumps into the air and lands in the zord.
“Manual
solo drive, in effect,” Cyber Cam says with a small salute.
“Let’s
do this,” Dustin says, breathing heavily in the cockpit.
“I'm
waiting!” Beevil taunts.
Dustin
receives a power disk. “Thanks, Cyber Cam.”
“No
worries, dude,” he answers.
“Locked,
and dropped,” Dustin says, activating the disk. “Star blazer!” he shouts. He attacks using the new mode
and Beevil falls, screaming as she is engulfed in a huge explosion. Dustin watches through the flames, sighing deeply and
suddenly looking exhausted. “What a day,” he says.
--
“Well,
Marah,” Lothor says back on the ship. “I must say I’m impressed. You may have failed, but at least you did
it with style.”
Choobo
leans in. “Did you see the look on the yellow ranger’s face when she called him a dum-dum?”
They
all laugh loudly and Lothor continues. “The way you gained his trust, and then cut him down . . . What a performance.”
They all nod in agreement, even Kapri. “Bravo!” And they start to applaud and cheer.
Marah comes into view, not looking at any of them and a look
of complete misery on her face. “Yeah,” she says. “I sure got him good.”
Kapri
steps forward slowly, a grin on her face. “Wait a minute . . . You like him! You really, really like him!”
“That
is a lie!” Marah says. “I’m evil through and through!” She turns to Kapri angrily. “And don’t
you forget it.” She fires a blast from her hand at her sister. Kapri turns, a look of disgust on her blackened face,
and coughs dramatically, but something tells us it doesn’t help Marah at all.
--
In
Storm Chargers, Dustin is fiddling with some small tools, looks like he’s stripping a wire or something, and the other
four come over slowly. “Hey,” Blake says, his usual smile on his face.
Dustin glares up at them. “You okay?” Tori asks.
Dustin shakes his head, taking a frustrated
breath. “Man, I’m such a chump.” He pauses. “I’ll never trust anyone again.”
“Hey,”
says Hunter. “If you hadn’t trusted us we wouldn’t be here.”
“Yeah, everyone makes mistakes,” Shane says.
He
shakes his head again, blinking. “You know, first that bike guy, then . . . Marah—”
“Hey,”
Hunter says. “Don’t blame yourself.”
“That
girl is bad news,” Blake agrees.
“It
was just, something about her eyes, it . . . seemed so sincere,” Dustin says.
Blake
laughs lightly. “Don’t even go there, man,” he says.
Kelly
comes over. “Uh, Dustin, there’s somebody here for you.”
Dustin turns away. “Can you, tell ‘em I’m
not here or something?”
She
smiles. “I think you’ll really wanna see this,” she says.
Dustin
looks at her, then towards the door quickly. His eyes widen and he races over to where the man from before is standing with
his bike. “Dude, I'm so sorry,” the man says as they clasp hands. “Turns out the printer messed up the address
on my new business cards. You must’ve thought I was a coot.”
Dustin
laughs in relief as he looks at his bike. “You have no idea how stoked I am right now!” The others watch
them, amused but happy for him.
“So
your bike’s all dialed in,” he says. “Let me know how it rides.”
“Hey,
sweet,” he says, grinning as he shakes the man’s hand. “Thanks, man.” He smiles before leaving the
shop. Dustin gets on his bike and grins over at the others. “See, sometimes you just . . . gotta trust people.”
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