[Ben and Julie reattach the antenna to the ship.]
There. Now it's on tight.
Ben Tennyson
I, uh– I guess this is probably the worst date you've ever had, huh?
No, not the worst. Just different. And being different is fine.
[Ben and Julie smile at each other.]
[Nightime; Ben, Gwen, and Kevin are sitting in Kevin's car]
This is crazy. She didn't show yesterday and she's not gonna show tonight.
[Kevin sighs in annoyance. Ben repeatedly pushes the lock and unlock button on the door. He turns to see Kevin glaring at him. Ben opens his mouth as if to say something, but turns away. Ben pushes the lock and unlock button again.]
[Annoyed] Do I look like I'm kidding, Tennyson?
[Annoyed] You guys! I have to find a bathroom.
Ben Tennyson
Real debonair, Kevin.
[Gets out of Kevin's car] There's a gas station a couple miles back.
No. Keep watch. I'll be right back. [Closes the door and walks away]
[Ben and Kevin continue sitting in the car. Ben repeatedly pushes the lock and unlock button on the door. Kevin gets so enraged that he grabs Ben and gets ready to attack him.]
Ben Tennyson
[Points at Verdona approaching the tree] Look.
[Kevin turns to see Verdona approaching the tree.]
(talking to Gwen) Did you say Max was your grandfather? [Hugs Gwen] Kiddo!
Ben Tennyson
Um, he was my grandpa, too.
Really? Ooh. Can you project pure energy like your sister?
Ben Tennyson
Cousin and no.
Shame. Gwendolyn, I'm Verdona. We'll talk again soon.
Ben: Tennyson
I think we just met our grandmother.
[Gwen is sitting on the roof.]
[Joins Gwen] You would go up on the roof. Some of us can't fly, you know.
Ben Tennyson
[Joins Gwen and Kevin] Dude, be supportive.
This is not how I expected my day to go.
Ben Tennyson
Still, it's pretty cool to find out about your powers, right? Grandma could teach you to do all that stuff she can do.
I'd be gone for a long time, I guess.
I've always felt like an outsider, like I'm in the wrong place. But then, I think, oh, that's high school for you.
Ben Tennyson
We'll miss you if you go.
Ben Tennyson
Sure, but we've been recruiting more and more Plumber kids, so we'd still have a pretty, powerful team.
Ben Tennyson
When I was trying to decide whether to use my powers again, you told me it was my choice. That's all I'm saying. Anyway, maybe you owe it to yourself to try turning into a cosmic mana master.
Ben Tennyson
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Kevin? Do you feel the same way?
No. Why would you even think about it? I want you around. The whole thing's lame.
[Gwen kisses Kevin on the cheek and leaves. As Gwen leaves, Kevin turns to watch her.]
[wipes the smoothie on his clothes as the other teens laugh at him; to Ben, angrily] Now look what you made me do!
Ben Tennyson
[threateningly tries to activate the Omnitrix, but thought of other reasons] You know what? You two aren't even worth it.
Ben Tennyson
It's ridiculous. Could you at least try being original for a change? [grabs some napkins to wipe off the smoothie] You've been doing the same old bully routine since the second grade, Cash. It's tired. Spilling my drink, seriously? I can't believe I used to be afraid of you. Look around, Cash. We've all grown up. But you're still the same pathetic loser who has to torment others just to feel good about himself. You're just sad.
(yelling at Cash and J.T.) Hey! What did you do to my car?!
(tells J.T.) Grab something!
(puts hand on Kevin's shoulder) Kevin.
Ben Tennyson
They won't get far. (turns on Omitrix)
Ben Tennyson
I can fly after them. I'll find them.
Then what? Give up your secret? Like you said, they're not worth it. Besides, they can't hide forever.
You guys thought I was so funny?! WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!
Ben Tennyson
[walks up to Cash, facing him] HEY! What is your problem?
You're my problem, Tennyson. But now I've got power. And no one can stop me, not even your friend, Kevin. That's right. I kicked Kevin Levin's butt. And you're next, Tennyson.
Ben Tennyson
I'm not gonna fight you, Cash.
Well, then, this should be over pretty quick.
[showing up with Gwen] Cash! Look, this is messed up. We were supposed to be having fun. This ain't you, man.
You ratted me out! [tries to blast at J.T., but Gwen saves him]
Nice friend you got there.
[The team arrive at the abandoned military base of Los Soledad]
You didn't need to come. Gwen and I could've handled this alone. It's nothing really.
Ben Tennyson
It doesn't sound like nothing. Weird noises, unearthly lights, rumors of weird creatures out here.
Yeah, the dudes I heard it from aren't totally reliable.
GTGwen Tennsyon
Isn't that like a big bad boy thing to do? Come out here to the ghost town to drag race.
How should I know? I just know them from autoshop.
[Ben and Gwen spot a graffiti on the wall that reads: "Kevin Rules!"]
Ben Tennyson
Grandpa Max said Los Soledad used to be a big military base back in the 50's. Some kind of research facility.
Yeah, must've been some serious research. Check out these walls. Fifty years later and there's still no way in. [spots some large holes in the walls] No way! These weren't here.
[They enter the base]
Did anyone notice some of them are vaguely person-shaped?
Ben Tennyson
Weird. Maybe something, I don't know, burned through the wall.
Ben Tennyson
The same thing that burned these weird trails everywhere.
[Zoom out to reveal burned ash trails everywhere]
Look. [points to a skeleton of a bird on the ground]
Ben Tennyson
This is a bird. [picks up a fossil skeleton of a lizard] And these are lizard bones. They're fossilized.
And they're not the only thing. It's like someone turned this slate into sand just by standing on it.
These films are really corroded. But it looks like this base was built for some kind of time experiment called, "Project: Paradox."
Who wouldn't pick the desert outside Bellwood to do top-secret research?
Ben Tennyson
They built it here because of the huge quartz deposits.
"Quartz time?" Maybe they were trying to build the world's biggest wristwatch.
Ben Tennyson
[signifying the picture of the professor] His name's been censored. Whoever he was, his paradox theory was the basis of some kind of experimental tunnel through time.
[They enter a lab with materials sucked into the time portal]
Looks like my place after that big party I threw last weekend.
[spots a trail on the ground] Look, that thing's been here, too.
Ben Tennyson
Only one trail. It either came in here and vanished.
Those trails. They're not burned marks, they're age. The creature accelerates time!
[charging at the trans-dimensional creature] Not so fast, ugly! [punches the creature, but it causes his hand to wrinkle and ages forward into an old man]
Ben Tennyson
[reverting back] Just touching that thing aged him, 60, 80 years? We've got to get him to a hospital.
What are you doing? Get your hands off me.
Come on, Kevin, we're going to get you some help.
What do you mean, "help?" I'm gonna kick that thing's keister! [kicks his foot and his back spine pops] Oy!
My back is killing me, my legs ache, and what's up with these shoes? Is it too much to ask for a little support?
He's like a real irritable, short-tempered, crotchety old man.
Ben Tennyson
In other words, aside from the male-pattern baldness, he's pretty much the same as always. Come on, old man. I'll take those. [takes the car keys out of Old Kevin's hand as he's trying to insert them into something]
What do you think you're doing?
Ben Tennyson
Driving.
Don't even think about it, you don't have a license.
Ben Tennyson
Grandpa Max taught me, and it's an emergency. You're nearsighted, arthritic, your reflexes are shot, and you're trying to unlock a cactus.
[Zoom out to reveal that Old Kevin was trying to unlock a cactus, mistaking it for his car]
[sitting in the backseat; to Gwen] You should've gone out with me when I was young and handsome.
Ben Tennyson
[backs up and accidentally bumps into some trash cans; embarrassingly] Whoops! (My bad.)
[to Ben as he and Gwen carry him after getting out of the car] You are never driving my car again!
[Parts from Kevin's car fall apart]
Ben Tennyson
True.
Where have you been? You were supposed to get here six seconds ago. Or this thing running fast?
Ben Tennyson
Who are you anyway? What are you doing here?
There's something different about you. Is it your hair?
Yeah, I'm parting it down the middle now, and I also got real old!
Don't talk to me about old. I walk in eternity.
Well, you better start running ineternity, smart guy!
SSquire
The Dragon escaped. (The team is shocked) Ben we need you to help us.
Ben
You're saying you want me to be a part of all this? Be a knight?
SSquire
Yes Ben. Join us in our most noble of causes.
Ben
Do I get some of that cool armor?
Ben
What do you mean?
You see a bunch of old swords and axes and you're ready to jump in and be a knight in shining armor? There's still a lot we don't know.
Ben
Like?
Like if there even is a dragon. I mean all they've got for proof are these things... (Tears a decor on wall) Sorry!