(Up in space, the Chimera Wrath unleashed three more drones onto the planet to search for the Omnitrix.)
the Bioid: "The drones have launched."
(the Bioid reported.)
the Bioid: "Equipped with the improved internal tracking system, they should be able to find and retrieve the Omnitrixes."
Vilgax: "They may find them."
(a still-healing Vilgax said.)
Vilgax: "But retrieving them will not be easy. Whoever possesses the Omntrixes continue to be opponents of extreme danger and inspiring brilliance."
(At a gas station somewhere in New Mexico, Ben walked by clutching his stomach as he groaned.)
Ben: "Man, I'm starved."
(He then noticed a stack of boxes of cookies by him.)
(He licked his lips and removed a box from the stack... which caused the stack to lose its balance and cave in on itself, burying Gwen who was on the other side in boxes.)
Jen: "Smooth move, bro."
(Jen said as she witnessed the debacle going on and face-palmed herself.)
(The kids then left the gas station to see Max fixing up the Rust Bucket.)
(He wiped off the window, clearing a sign in the dirt on the glass that said 'Wash me' with a frowning face.)
Max: "Nice artwork, Ben."
(Max said.)
Ben: "You know, makes a statement."
(Ben said.)
(Suddenly, an energy blast came from out of nowhere and destroyed a nearby truck.)
Jen: "No, that's a statement!"
(Jen shouted.)
(They looked to see three biker thugs wielding laser cannons.)
(They wore helmets that looked like they were decorated with graffiti.)
(The leader sent his lackeys out to rob the gas station as she looked to the Tennysons.)
The leader: "What are you looking at?"
(She asked as she aimed her cannon at them and charged it up and Max gasped.)
Max: "Kids, get down!"
(he shouted as he pushed them away from the blast as he ducked as well and the laser missed and struck a support pillar behind him.)
(He groaned as the kids gasped.)
Ben: "I've got to get grandpa!"
(Ben said as he slammed the core down and Jen glared as she looked at her Omnitrix.)
Gwen: "What are you doing?"
(Gwen asked as she looked at her Omnitrix and started fiddling with it.)
Jen: "I need something to surprise them. Frost Blight? No. Battlefly, no."
(The leader's lackeys returned with bags full of money before they heard a whistle and spotted Four Arms slam all four of his arms down and caused a minor earthquake in the ground that sent them flying.)
Four Arms: "Go!"
(he shouted to his family as they ran for cover behind the Rust Bucket.)
(He then looked to see the guard stumble out of the damaged truck dazed before he looked to see the giant alien in front of him.)
Four Arms: "You okay?"
(The guard screamed and ran away from him as he groaned.)
Four Arms: "I wonder if that was a 'yes.'"
(Suddenly, he was struck by the leader's cannon, sending him flying into another support pillar as he landed on the ground in a daze.)
(The leader fired her cannon again that struck one of the fuel dispensers, causing an explosion that engulfed Four Arms.)
Jen: "Ben! No!"
(Jen shouted as she glared at the thugs.)
(Luckily, Four Arms jumped out of the smoke completely unharmed due to his thick skin and slammed the ground where the thugs were standing on, sending them flying back.)
(Two of them landed in a heap by the truck as Four Arms walked over to them and lifted them with his lower two arms while using his upper two arms to remove their helmets... revealing that they were actually women!)
Four Arms: "Huh?"
(he asked, confused.)
Four Arms: "You're all women. I don't want to hurt..."
(He was then struck in the blast by the laser from the leader, named Rojo.)
Rojo: "Well isn't that sweet."
(she said.)
Gwen: "Clobber her!"
(Gwen said.)
(Four Arms then glared back at Rojo, when all of a sudden, the drones from when he and Jen first got the Omnitrixes appeared and started firing lasers on them as he gasped.)
Jen: "Not again!"
(Jen shouted, noticing the drones too.)
(The drones fired their lasers across the street, slicing through the gang's truck, sending cash flying through the air as Rojo grabbed it.)
Rojo: "Hey, this is my heist!"
thug: "You can have it!"
(one of her thugs said as they ran away, not wanting anything to do with the drones.)
(Rojo scowled as she walked towards Four Arms, who was distracted battling the drones that were out of his reach as Max gasped and picked up a tire from the truck and tossed it at her before she could hit him, knocking her to the ground.)
Max: "Ben, those drones must be after the Omnitrixes like at the campground!"
(Max said.)
(Rojo growled as she picked up her cannon again and aimed it at Max.)
Rojo: "You'll get yours, old man!"
(Rojo shouted as she fired her laser at him.)
(Max ducked out of the way, but the laser struck the gasoline canister, causing a major explosion.)
(Jen noticed this and gasped as the camera went into super slow-motion as the explosion expanded greatly outwards.)
Jen: "NOOOOOOO!"
(Jen shouted as she crossed her arms in front of her face to brace herself.. Suddenly, her eyes and hands started emanating pink energy and she instantly created a large energy barrier, surrounding herself, Max and Gwen, shielding them from the explosion.)
(Unfortunately, Max was knocked back by the force of the explosion, was struck against the side of the barrier, and was knocked unconscious.)
Gwen: "Grandpa!"
(Gwen shouted as the energy barrier dissipated.)
Four Arms: "No!"
(Four Arms shouted as his sister looked at her hands in disbelief, smoke emanating from her fingertips.)
Jen: "How did I do that?"
(she asked before looking to her unconscious grandfather.)
Jen: "Oh no! Grandpa!"
(Four Arms looked to the drones in anger and grabbed them both.)
Four Arms: "Nice try."
(He then smashed the two of them together and tossed the destroyed drones at Rojo, knocking her unconscious.)
(He then went to his sister and cousin, concerned over their grandfather.)
Jen: "We have to get him to a hospital."
(Jen said as Gwen pulled out her phone.)
Gwen: "I'll call 911."
(Gwen said, dialing the number before Four Arms picked the three of them up.)
Four Arms: "No time. The hospital's up the street!"
(Four Arms shouted before jumping his way to the hospital.)
(Once they were gone, Rojo recovered and started examining the destroyed drones.)
Rojo: "Who were you freaks?"
(She pulled off the head of one of the drones and started examining its circuitry.)
(Suddenly, it's eye glowed red and it stabbed its plug into her neck and started transferring its data into her.)
(Her skin suddenly turned a deep crimson red and the sleeves of her jacket and pants were ripped open by the sudden surge of growth in her muscles.)
(Spikes grew from her elbows and fingers and her eyes turned a deep red, the same color as the robots visors.)
(She also grew two sensors on her shoulders and two more eyes.)
(Suddenly, two police cars pulled up and the cops came out, guns drawn.)
cops: "Freeze!"
(Rojo, now a cyborg drone, turned around to face them, leaving them confused.)
Rojo: "Ha! I already did my time. It's time you guys paid!"
(Suddenly, the sensors in her shoulders came up from their sockets and fired two lasers at them, destroying the cars in the process.)
(She then smiled at her dirty work as she picked up the discarded bag of cash that her lackeys left behind and chuckled to herself.)
Rojo: "This is gonna be a blast!"
(At the hospital, the kids had checked Max into a room, now dressed in a hospital gown and lying on the bed, unconscious, his leg in a cast and resting on a sling.)
the doctor: "Your grandfather has suffered a severe concussion."
(the doctor reported.)
the doctor: "He'll be out for several more hours. He also has several lacerations and a broken leg."
Ben: "He's gonna be okay, right?"
(Ben asked, worried.)
the doctor: "For a man his age, he's remarkably strong. He'll be fine after some rest."
(the doctor said.)
the doctor: "Now it says on his admittance form that he was knocked unconscious. Did someone bump into him?"
Jen: "Actually, he was flown into the side of the gas station after this robot drone blew up a gas canister."
(Jen explained, twiddling her fingers behind her back.)
(The doctor chuckled and patted her shoulder.)
The doctor: "Vivid imaginations are good coping mechanisms in situations like these."
(Jen then smiled at that as the doctor looked away before she looked at her hand, which started to shake due to her nerves as she remembered what happened at the gas station.)
Gwen: "You didn't even go alien. How did you do that?"
(Gwen asked.)
Jen: "I don't know! One minute, the gas station explodes, the next this force field suddenly appears and protects us. If it didn't happen, we would've been toast."
(Back in Earth's orbit on the Chimera Wrath, the Bioid reported to Vilgax exactly what happened on the surface.)
the Bioid: "The drones were destroyed."
Vilgax: "Send out more!"
the Bioid: "We may not need to. The drones have somehow merged. I'm receiving a combined signal and that signal is on the move."
Vilgax: "Hmm."
(Vilgax pondered.)
Vilgax: "Perhaps one head is better than two."
(Back on the surface, Rojo was robbing a jewelry store, using her new tech to send the patrons out screaming in terror.)
(She then used her laser to melt the glass holding the priceless rings so that she could steal them. Unfortunately, she didn't know her own strength and she ended up crushing the rings to dust.)
Rojo: "What?! No! They're worthless now!"
(She then turned to the owner of the store and started growling angrily.)
(But before she could do anything, she got a massive headache and clutched her head in pain as she started hearing a voice in her head.)
???: "Listen to me, whoever you are."
Rojo: "Where are you?..."
(Rojo asked the voice.)
Rojo: "...Who are you? ...And how did you get in my head?"
???: "No questions! You are here to serve me!"
Rojo: "Guess again. I work for me and only me."
(Suddenly, she was forced to her knees and the next thing she knew, she found herself falling through a void that was happening inside her head.)
???: "You now possess powers that you could never imagine."
(She then found herself face-to-face with a giant squid-faced alien that she had never seen before.)
Vilgax: "But unless you find a way to use it, it will be worthless."
(Her eyes then widened in fear at the alien before her.)
Vilgax: "Fulfill my demand and I will teach you. Fail me and I will turn you to dust!"
(Rojo conceded to this, slightly in fear slightly in wonder at how to use her new powers.)
Rojo: "So what do you want?"
Vilgax: "Only two things. Two pieces of valuable technology missing from my possession. And luckily, you are already programmed to find them."
Rojo: "Yes, master."
[To Be Continued...]