[Max enters a diner and sits down at a booth.]
OWOld Woman
Like to hear about the special?
OWOld Woman
Don't get too many strangers here. What brings you to Santa Mira?
Great fishing. Great weather.
OWOld Woman
Our fish are all farm-raised. And this is the rainy season.
[Takes off his fedora] I was misinformed.
OWOld Woman
Here's your special. [Puts down a covered plate]
OWOld Woman
It's on the house.
[The old woman pulls up the cover, revealing a Xenocite inside that leaps at Max. Max easily swats away the Xenocite. The old woman grabs Max from behind, but he hits her with the back of his head.]
You're one strong lady. Or are you?
[Max pulls off an ID mask on an old woman, transforming it into a DNAlien. Max pushes his legs against the table and kicks back, slamming the DNAlien into another table. The Xenocyte starts approaching Max, prompting him to grab and slam a coffee pot on it.]
Uh, no. Or let me put it in another way, no.
Come on, Kevin, he's my cousin. He was supposed to be home from college 2 days ago.
And you want me to waste my time driving my car looking for your cousin?
I know how it sounds. The police said to wait. I'm sure he's fine, but we just don't know where he is.
Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale. He's a college student.
No. He called from the road and said his car broke down in some town called Santa Mira. We haven't heard anything since. His folks are worried.
And I'm supposed to care, why?
(everyone is silent for a moment)
[reading the sign] "Welcome to Santa Mira."
For a guy who's so cool, he sure picked a lame spot to have spring break.
Ken IS totally cool. And he didn't pick where the awesome-mobile broke down.
His car... I told you he's cool.
(sarcastic) Oh yeah, who could doubt it.
I say, we hit the garages in town. Find Ken's car, find Ken.
Good idea. I mean, how many garages can this whole support? Five -- five garages. One-horse town, five garages?
Five garages so far. And if the Awesome-mobile isn't in this one, we'll have to keep… [spots Ken's car] Bingo!
That's the Awesome-mobile? That thing makes the Rust Bucket look like a Ferrari!
[finds more slime in the container] More slime?
Okay, that's it. What is that stuff, anyway? What was in here?
[The two workers are revealed to be DNAliens in disguise by a flash of lightning]
Check it out. It's the DNA hill-billies.
[The group finds a DNAlien handcuffed in the back of a truck at a diner]
[yanks the torn shirt piece out of the alien's mouth] Okay, start talking.
[as his Omnitrix beeps] What is up with you?
Unknown DNA sample acquired.
Ben, you want to look at this. [picks and holds up a torn piece of Grandpa Max's shirt]
[gasps] This is from his favorite shirt!
Grandpa Max! [grabs the DNAlien with her magic beam; demanding] Tell us who tied you up, now!
DDNAlien
(scared) Max Tennyson. He wanted to find some kid.
DDNAlien
(referring to Grandpa Max) I don't know. He cuffed me and left me here.
Not him. He can take care of himself. The kid. Where is my brother?!
[The three come across Ken, who's nearly turned into a DNAlien]
That's Ken? He's actually less cool than his car.
He was fighting us. Whatever they did to him affected his mind.
KKen
What this did to me, is… SET ME FREE! [picks up an unconscious DNAlien and throws it at them]
No! Don't hurt him! [wraps her brother in manna tendrils] He's just sick! [referring to the Xenocyte] It's that thing on him, it's making him do this!
Then let's get it off him. [grabs Ken's head and starts pulling him too hard]
Kevin, wait! You're hurting him!
MGrandpa Max
No, but without the focusing lens, this thing will do a pretty good imitation of a hand grenade. I figured it would take out half a mile.
You wouldn't dare! You would be destroyed, and your offspring.
MGrandpa Max
Gwen, throw an energy field around you and your boys and... be a good girl.
(scared) Grandpa Max, no, please!
MGrandpa Max
Sorry, Ben, it's the only way to make sure they can't do to the rest of the world what they did to Ken. You'll have to take it from here. I know you can do it! I believe in you... in all of you. (winks)
(desperately) Grandpa, NOOOOO!
[Grandpa Max presses the button and everything blows up; Gwen covers the team with an energy dome]
That was, pretty hardcore.
He… he saved the whole world.
Yeah, he did. For now, but I don't think those things are giving up anytime soon!
I'm saying that it's up for someone to protect this planet. And like it or not... I think it's up to us.
