Ben TennysonNo kidding. I've never smelled anything this bad.
Not since the last time you…
Let the easy ones go, Kevin. This is all man-made… all of it.
Ben Tennyson
How did this happen?
People were careless about where they threw away their trash. Regular debris degrades over time, but not plastic. It doesn't break down. The currents push it all together, and it becomes… this.
This reminds me of that show.
Ben Tennyson
What show?
The cartoon… The one we used to watch when we were kids. You know, the one where they're always fighting polluters. And those five kids fought evil with, like, the power to recycle? You know what I'm talking about. What was the name of that show? Was it, like, "Earth-man" or… or "Major Green"? Something like that? I have the theme song stuck in my head. [humming the Captain Planet theme song] You know it, right? It's gonna come to me, I know it.
Ben Tennyson
Gwen, you're okay!
DGDiamondhead/Gwen
Well, that sort of stretches the definition of "okay." We're trapped in your alien forms.
Ben Tennyson
Let me try something. [turns the Ultimatrix's dial and changes Gwen and Kevin back into their human forms]
Good job. Now don't hit the Ultimatrix again, okay?
Ben Tennyson
I'm trying to fix it.
[as the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest shows a hologram of Earth and the red dot represents Ben's location] The locator in his Ultimatrix says he's still on Earth.
Ben Tennyson
If you say so. All I know is that I'm in a Techadon factory.
I know where he is. It's the same Techadon factory Vulkanus used to attack Ben.
Why would they leave that thing in the middle of downtown, anyway?
AKAmphibian/Kevin
[to Ben] Maniac cat girl is right.
RGRath/Gwen
RATH HEARD YOU, KEVIN ETHAN LEVIN!
AKAmphibian/Kevin
You gotta fix this, Tennyson.
[Ben looks at the Ultimatrix while Ampfibian covers him, chaining lightning from robot to robot.]
Ben Tennyson
Boy, am I stupid?
RGRath/Gwen
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, BENJAMIN KIRBY TENNYSON! EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT!
Ben Tennyson
Ultimatrix, user access. Voice recognition mode.
User Ben Tennyson recognized. Voice command mode activated.
Ben Tennyson
Ultimatrix, hard reset.
Hard reset in progress. [beeping; showing Rath's hologram] Ultimatrix reset.
Ben Tennyson
[slamming down] Here we go...!
[As Rath jumps up and down on a Techadon, she transforms mid-air and lands back as Gwen. Kevin drops out of the sky, landing on his face.]
Can't fly anymore... We're back.
[charging her fists with manna] Powers and everything!
[coating himself in Techadon metal] Excellent.
I1Inspector #13
Deploy Meta Shackles.
[Inspector #13 summons two sets of metal shackles that fly toward the two and instantly bond to their arms and legs. Kevin tries and fails to pull them apart.]
[strains; to Gwen] What are you waiting for? Bust us out!
Can't! I told you, they adapted to me!
[Inspector #13 approaches them, smoke and electricity spewing around them.]
I1Inspector #13
You have damaged my vessel. You have damaged this factory. You have delayed acquisition of Galvan technology!
[Inspector #13 grabs each of them by the chin, evaluating them.]
I1Inspector #13
You, hybrid Anodite, will be studied to enhance our defense systems. You, hybrid Osmosian, will be repurposed to generate raw materials for Techadon forges. [raising his arms] Deploy--
[Four Arms rises up from behind and sucker-punches him across the factory. He hits the wall and a Techadon head falls on his unconscious body.]
FCFactory Computer
Alert! Alert! Tetramand present in factory.
[sarcastic] Oh! Who told you?! [smiles]
[Now nightime, the trio and Julie watch from outside as both the ship and factory start to lift up out of the crater downtown.]
Think they'll send anybody else after the Ultimatrix?
Ben Tennyson
Kevin purged Inspector 13's computer.
There's no way he'd embarrass himself by admitting he got spanked by a bunch of teenagers.
[The ship and factory take off, zooming through the clouds until they can't be seen.]
I was just thinking... The Ultimatrix gave us your powers, right? Did you even check to see if you got ours?
Ben Tennyson
[smacking forehead and facepalms in frustration] Oh, man!
[Ben and Gwen are in his car, leaving the hospital after he got his arm broken during his fight with Nesmith]
Ben Tennyson
[groaning as he wakes up] Are we following them?
[driving] No, we're just leaving the emergency room.
Ben Tennyson
You let them get away? [painfully with his arm in a sling] Ow!
By the time I came back, they were already gone. Besides, you were hurt. The E.R. staff wasn't very happy with me wheeling you out before the anesthesia wore off.
Ben Tennyson
Okay. So, how are we gonna find Nesmith.
While you were under, I called Kevin. He showed me how to hack into Jennifer's phone records.
Ben Tennyson
What'd you get?
She just wired money to the account of a Dr. Randolph Pervis, DVM. That's where we're headed.
Ben Tennyson
Great. [puzzled] What kind of doctor is a DVM?
[using her powers to scan the doll Jennifer had when she was 8 years old] Jennifer's aura is getting weaker.
Ben Tennyson
What's that mean? Is she out of range? Hurt?
No, it's more like… she's losing touch with herself.
Ben Tennyson
So, he's brainwashing her?
Not exactly. You ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome?
Ben Tennyson
Sure I have. Refresh my memory.
Victims start to identify with their captors, especially when they feel like their old life was empty and meaningless.
Ben Tennyson
Come on, she's rich, she's famous.
She has a mom from trailer park confidential, and a dad she never knew, plus, she dropped out of Vampire Summer 5 for "behavioral problems." Jennifer is a train wreck.
Ben Tennyson
[unsure] I don't know.
[pulls out prison records on her plumber's badge] Prison records show Jennifer sent dozens of letters and packages to Nesmith, sometimes several a week. She visited him almost every day. She was obsessed with him.
Ben Tennyson
So you're saying she's gone bad?
I'm saying she's a mess, and that, it's a lot harder to rescue someone who doesn't want to be rescued.
Ben Tennyson
All those aliens we fight? Usually, they want to steal something, or take over the world. Fine, I get that. But Nesmith. The prison guards, the limo driver, Dr. Pervis, that guy over there… Look what he did to them! And for what?
You don't have to be an alien to be a monster. Nesmith doesn't care who gets hurt as long as he gets what he wants.
Ben Tennyson
But what does he want?
You, Ben. [gives him the note Nesmith left] He left this in the truck. It says where he's going, dares you to follow him. It's obviously a trap.
Ben Tennyson
Obviously.
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