No 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.
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.
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.
BAgent Bryson
The bacterium mutated the garbage, turned it into a toxic ecological nightmare.
That explains the giant birds, and maybe even the island moving by itself.
LAgent Locke
That's just the beginning of the weird.
If only we had power rings, like on that show that I can't remember the name of, they could harness their rings with the power to recycle… or clean power, or something. Anyways, it was awesome. [turns to Gwen] You're not listening to me, are you?
Nobody's ever listening to you.
DGDiamondhead/Gwen
Well, that sort of stretches the definition of "okay." We're trapped in your alien forms.
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?
[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.
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?
[Ben slams the Ultimatrix, turning Gwen and Kevin into Clockwork and Wildmutt, and Kevin drives his car out of control and crashes into a fire hydrant outside of the Techadon factory]
WKWildmutt/Kevin
[whining as Clockwork/Gwen comforts him] Not my ride!
CGClockwork/Gwen
For all the good that does us, the army's been trying to get in there for weeks. What can we use if they can't?
[Ben presses the Ultimatrix again, turning them into Humungousaur and Way Big]
HGHumungousaur/Gwen
I withdraw the question.
WBWay Big/Kevin
We'll crack it open like an egg.
[Ben presses the Ultimatrix again, turning them into Upchuck and Nanomech]
UGUpchuck/Gwen
Not a chance.
NKNanomech/Kevin
Gwen, that's how the powers work. Lick it!
UGUpchuck/Gwen
[licks the wall of the factory's wall] This is too disgusting to be a superpower.
NKNanomech/Kevin
It's the only way in.
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.]
RGRath/Gwen
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, BENJAMIN KIRBY TENNYSON! EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT!
Ultimatrix, user access. Voice recognition mode.
User Ben Tennyson recognized. Voice command mode activated.
Hard reset in progress. [beeping; showing Rath's hologram] Ultimatrix reset.
[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?
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?
[smacking forehead and facepalms in frustration] Oh, man!
[In a motel room… Jennifer is in the shower after trimming her hair short and dying it black]
[wraps herself in a towel and steps out of the shower; to Nesmith] Problem solved. Nobody will recognize me now.
[looking at his reflection in the mirror] Captain Nemesis was never quite as famous as you, but he was famous enough that I'll be recognized.
You should have worn a mask. Maybe if you shave your mustache and dye your hair?
Unfortunately, my makeover is going to be a bit more… complicated.
[Ben and Gwen are in his car, leaving the hospital after he got his arm broken during his fight with Nesmith]
[groaning as he wakes up] Are we following them?
[driving] No, we're just leaving the emergency room.
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.
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.
She just wired money to the account of a Dr. Randolph Pervis, DVM. That's where we're headed.
Great. [puzzled] What kind of doctor is a DVM?
