Plunderwolf!

       Gaia summoned the Planeteers to the Crystal Chamber. "We've got an eco-mystery on our hands, Planeteers," she informed them. "Take a look." The screen showed a forest strewn with wolf corpses.
        "Aw, man," whined Wheeler, "another problem with wolves? I thought that after Looten Plunder's Robo-Wolf, he'd learned his lesson."
        "Their kind never does, Wheeler," said Gaia sadly. "But I doubt it's Plunder this time."
        "Who then?" Linka wanted to know. "Hoggish Greedly? Dr. Blight?"
        "Doubtful," said Gaia. "Look at the way they're dying." The scene changed, revealing a close-up on one of the wolves.
        The Planeteers gasped. The creature was not only killed, it had been skinned
        "Who...or what...could have done that?" Kwame asked.
        "That's what you're going to find out," Gaia said.

9:07 a.m., Washington, D.C.

        Scully and Mulder were discussing their next assignment with Skinner.
        "Somebody's been killing wolves somewhere in Alaska," the balding FBI agent informed them. "As you know, they're an endangered species."
        "Shouldn't that be a case for the EPA?" asked Scully.
        "It's how they're dying that puzzles me," said Skinner grimly. "I'll show you." He turned off the lights and then turned on the slide projector.
        "This was taken three days ago," Skinner said, showing the gruesomely mutilated wolf corpses. "Usually, they're shot. But this..."
        "They look like cattle mutilations," Mulder observed. The lights went on.
        "Okay," said Scully, "so obviously there's some kind of market for wolf pelts."
        "Maybe, but I have a sneaking suspicion about something," mused Mulder.
        "I want you to get to Alaska and find out what's going on," said Skinner.
        "Will do," replied Mulder.

        Scully and Mulder met the Planeteers at the site of the wolf killings. Scully whipped out her badge. "Scully and Mulder, FBI," she announced.
        "Wheeler, Kwame, Ma-Ti, Linka, and Gi," replied Wheeler. "Planeteers."
        "Are you associated with any particular government?" asked Mulder.
        "Let's just say we're an ecological preservation group," said Wheeler cryptically.
        Neither Scully nor Mulder had heard of the Planeteers.
        The two FBI agents and the Planeteers walked up to the skinned corpse. "What do you think, Scully?" asked Fox.
        "I think it's a dead wolf," Scully said sarcastically. Mulder rolled his eyes.
        "We think someone's killing these wolves for their fur," said Linka.
        "That's what I think," said Scully.
        "Know what I think?" asked Mulder.
        "What?" they asked in unison.
        "I think there's werewolf involvement."
        "Huh?" Linka asked. "Werewolf involvement?"
        "There's an old legend that if you take a wolf's skin and place it on you, you'll have the power to transform into a wolf," Mulder explained.
        "I thought werewolves only came out during the full moon," argued Wheeler.
        "That may just be a Hollywood fabrication," said Mulder. "Maybe some kinds of werewolves do."

        Finally, they reached a circle of vehicles. Wheeler recognized one of the cars. "It's Looten Plunder!" he exclaimed. "I'll bet he's causing this!"
        "Let us adults handle this," said Mulder. "We've been after Plunder for tax evasion for years."
        Scully and Mulder walked up to Bleak, Plunder's henchman. "Agents Scully and Mulder, FBI," said Mulder. "We'd like to talk to Mr. Plunder."
        "He ain't talkin' to nobody," said Bleak gruffly.
        "It's important that we get to him and discuss this wolf problem," said Scully.
        "Then I suggest getting a bloody Ouiji Board," said Bleak, growing angrier by the minute.
        "Why would we need -- " Mulder began.
        "BECAUSE HE'S BLEEDIN' DEAD, YA STUPID BLOKES!" Bleak screamed with rage. "A BLOODY WOLF CARVED HIM UP LAST NIGHT!"
        The FBI agents were shocked, as much by the message as by the volume of it.
        The Planeteers were shocked by the message itself. Looten Plunder, dead? It couldn't be!...

        The FBI agents and Planeteers hovered over the mangled corpse of Looten Plunder. It was a horrific sight, with blood and claw marks everywhere. Ma-Ti turned away. Even if Plunder had been a corrupt, selfish man, he didn't deserve this. Nobody did.
        Mulder and Scully looked at the corpse suspiciously. "Something's not right," Scully said.
        "Yeah," said Mulder, "I can feel it too." He reached down and touched the waxen face. It felt like latex rubber. Mulder pulled at it, and it came off in his hand. It was a rubber mask!
        "This isn't Plunder!" exclaimed Scully in shock as she gazed at the blond, tan face underneath.
        "No shit," swore Bleak. The grief-stricken face of moments before was replaced by a mask of cold anger. He whipped out his gun. "I'm taking you down!"
        But Scully and Mulder whipped out their own guns, and the Planeteers flashed their rings. Bleak realized that he was outgunned and dropped the pistol.
        "You always were an incompetent fool, Bleak," said Looten Plunder's voice. He stepped out of the shadows, clad in wolf skins. In his hand he held a wolf-skin mask and cape.
        "What the hell's going on, Plunder?" demanded Scully.
        "Yeah, Plunder, what's the big idea?" added Wheeler.
        "Do you Planeteers remember that Robo-Wolf fiasco a few years back?" asked Plunder. "Well, this time I've got a new angle: lycanthropy. Imagine the anti-wolf terror I'll spread when people hear rumors of an indestructible, bullet-proof wolf!"
        He slipped on the wolf mask. Suddenly, his muscles seemed to change, and restructure themselves. Soon, the agents and Planeteers faced not a man in wolf skins, but a creature with wolflike features and a humanoid shape-a werewolf!
       The agents fired. But Plunder's boasts of invulnerability to bullets proved true, as they went through without doing serious damage.
        "We've gotta stop him!" yelled Wheeler as Plunderwolf turned into a fully wolfen shape and leaped through.
        "Then let our powers combine!" ordered Kwame. "Earth!"
        "Fire!"
        "Wind!"
        "Water!"
        "Heart!"
        The beams shot from their rings and merged together into a burst of energy. The energy coalesced into a man-like shape. "By your powers combined," spoke a voice, "I am Captain Planet!"
        "Go, Planet!" cheered the Planeteers.
        Mulder blinked. "Scully, I know you're supposed to be the skeptic, but even I'm having trouble believing this!"
        "Tell me about it," said Scully. "Although...Mr. Blue's costume isn't leaving much to the imagination."

        Plunderwolf would have smiled if his wolfen jaws had permitted it. Those Planeteers summoned Captain Planet, just as he'd planned! Now they would see which was more powerful.
        Plunder lunged at the Captain, slamming him to the ground. Captain Planet reeled as Plunderwolf savagely lashed out at him with razor-sharp talons. "Ouch!" shouted Cap as the claws scratched his crystalline flesh. The claws could hurt the Captain due to their supernatural nature.
        Cap transformed himself into silver. When Plunderwolf attacked again, his claws broke against the silver form. "The old legends are right," said Cap grimly. "Werewolves don't like silver."
        But now what? The power of heart in his system meant that Cap was aware of the thoughts and feelings of all living creatures, even evil ones like Plunder, or Plunderwolf, as he now called himself. He couldn't use violence to stop Plunderwolf, even in silver form!
        Then, Scully and Mulder emerged from the bushes. "Cap!" yelled Mulder. "We think we know how to--"
Plunderwolf lunged at them before Mulder could finish. Scully fired -- but her gun fired ordinary lead bullets; they were ineffective against the murderous Plunderwolf!
        Just then, the silver Captain grabbed Plunderwolf. Pinning the lycanthrope, Cap grunted, "You were saying?..."
        "According to legends," explained Mulder, "one way to cure a werewolf is to strike iron or steel against its forehead. So..."
        He tapped the butt of his gun against the struggling Plunderwolf. The blow not only stunned Plunderwolf, it changed the werewolf body back into a normal man wearing wolf skins. The costume split open, revealing the powerless and unconscious Plunder.

        When Plunder regained consciousness, he found he was tied to a chair. "What the hell is this?!" he demanded.
        "Agents Mulder and Scully, FBI," said Mulder. "And Captain Planet, Eco-Hero," added Cap.
        "You're under arrest, Plunder," said Scully. "Most of your crimes have been against environmental laws, but now we're going to add murder to the charges."
        "Damn you, Captain Planet!" screamed Plunder in rage. "You'll pay for this!" He growled and gnashed his teeth.
        "Hmmm," said Cap. "You can take Plunder out of the wolf..."
        "...but taking the wolf out of Plunder is a different story," finished Mulder. "Thanks, Cap."
        "No problem," said the Captain as he returned to the Planeteers' rings. "The power is yours!"

The end.