(After deactivating their suits, the team walked out of the Chem Lab towards the Rust Bucket.)
Ben: "Guess we won't have to go back to school."
(Ben said.)
Gwen: "Not the point."
(Gwen said.)
Jen: "He's got a point."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "We have to find this Era and the Hands of... whatever."
Allison: "Armageddon."
(Allison said.)
Allison: "It means 'The End of the World.'"
Ben: "I know that... now."
(Ben said.)
Jen: "Maybe we should start with this super secret hideout Constantine was talking about. What was it? The Hardware Store?"
(Jen asked.)
Ben: "I'll bet it's in this super secret location surrounded by hidden traps!"
(Ben said.)
Ben: "Am I right?"
Max: "Yeah, yeah, yeah."
(Max waved it off.)
Max: "Now get in, kids."
(The team arrived at the Hardware Store which appeared to be from the front gate... what it says on the cover.)
Becky: "Um, Ben? This doesn't look like a super secret location."
(Becky said as everyone got out of the Rust Bucket.)
Jen: "Miller's Hardware? In Bellwood?"
(Jen asked.)
Ben: "A regular hardware store? Is this a joke, Grandpa?"
(Ben asked.)
Ben: "Because it's not very funny."
Gwen: "Ben's right. Why would the Plumbers hide out here?"
(Gwen asked.)
Max: "Okay, kids. Come on."
(Max said as he took out his keys.)
Jen: "Grandpa, we've been here a hundred times."
(Jen said.)
Max: "Good. Then you kids should know where everything is."
(He then put his key into the lock and he nodded.)
Max: "Counter-clockwise is the key. One. Two. Three."
(he turned the key three times before turning to Ben.)
Max: "It's impolite not to flush."
(Ben then walked over and pushed the valve down, which made a flushing sound.)
(Two seconds after that happened, an elevator suddenly shot up from the ground in front of the store and the kids stumbled back in awe.)
Max: "I thought you said you two had been here before."
(Max smiled as he gestured the kids into the elevator.)
(After everyone was inside, Max pressed a button and the elevator shot down to who knows where.)
(Little did they know, one of Era's goons was watching the whole time and leaped off the balcony to tell his master.)
(The kids waited in the elevator as Kenny G's "Songbird" played over the radio and Gwen looked at her watch and sighed.)
Allison: "How far down does thing go anyway?"
(Allison asked.)
(Max then pulled out a plastic bag from his pocket and offered it to the kids.)
Max: "How about some cricket antennae? Helps to pass the time."
Becky: "No thanks."
(Becky said.)
Jen: "Pass."
(Jen agreed.)
Max: "More for me."
(Max said, munching on the crickets as the elevator reached the bottom floor.)
(The doors opened and the Omni-Team looked around, stunned, as the twins and Allison looked up to see the symbol from the diner emblazoned on the front wall.)
Ben: "Hey we've seen that icon all over Bellwood."
(Ben said.)
Max: "Well that's no surprise. It's been the icon of the Plumbers for centuries."
(Max explained.)
Gwen: "Check out the security in this place."
(Gwen said as she looked at the wall.)
Gwen: "Geometric scanners. Delta full motion trackers. This is sweet."
Max: "What did you kids think? That we were just gonna ring a doorbell?"
(He then rang a doorbell to prove his point and the doors opened to show four adults standing in the background, working on something.)
Max: "Ben, Jen, Gwen, Becky and Allison, I'd like to introduce you to the last of the legendary Plumbers."
(Max said, leading the kids in.)
Max: "No doubt you'll recognize some of them."
Jen: "No way."
(Jen said in awe as her jaw dropped as the Plumbers turned around.)
Allison: "Mrs. Dalton? Boss?"
(Allison asked.)
Doris: "That was sure some ice cream party that Grey Matter and Frostblight threw those kids."
(Doris said, impressed.)
Gwen: "Mr. Hawkins?"
(Gwen asked.)
Becky: "The postman?"
(her sister agreed.)
Hawkins: "Good to see you kids."
Ben: "Fire Chief Whittington?"
(Ben asked.)
Whittington: "You kids have been keeping me very busy."
(he said.)
Jen: "And Principal White?"
(Jen asked, the most shocked of all.)
Principal White: "Sorry about that detention the other day, Ben and Jen."
(Principal White said.)
Principal White: "Didn't want to blow my cover."
Ben: "Okay, now I'm officially confused."
(Ben said.)
Jen: "Ditto."
(Jen said, awestruck.)
Principal White: "Explanations will have to wait till later. Let's move people."
(Principal White said as he got his headset on and flipped a few switches as the floor they were on moved outwards.)
Gwen: "Why didn't you tell us, Grandpa?"
(Gwen asked.)
Gwen: "Our neighbors are Plumbers?"
Max: "Take us to the Hands, Ed."
(Max told Principal White.)
Allison: "Wait."
(Allison asked.)
Allison: "You mean the Hands of Armageddon are here?"
Ed: "Of course. Where else would we store them?"
(The kids looked out in awe at the huge area of technologies and alien weaponry before them.)
Jen: "Whoa."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "You mean that all this has been under Bellwood all along?"
Becky: "No, Jen."
(Becky said.)
Becky: "They just put it in last week. What do you think?"
(Ed stopped the track at an open area and the group looked out and Becky had her spear ready.)
Ben: "So, Bellwood?"
(Ben asked.)
Ben: "All of this was built underground to protect the Hands of Armageddon?"
Jen: "I guess Bellwood's not as boring as we thought it was."
(Jen said.)
(Max stopped them by the Tesla coils by them and pointed to a device that looked like the Mayan Calendar in design.)
Gwen: "Is that-"
(Gwen began.)
Max: "The Hands of Armageddon."
(Max confirmed.)
Allison: "Why didn't you just destroy it?"
(Allison asked.)
Doris: "We've tried, honey."
(Doris said.)
Doris: "Over the years we Plumbers have thrown everything we've got at it, both human and alien. But the Hands have this... annoying way of deflecting us."
(Ed then stepped up to them.)
Ed: "First time we tried, the force of energy accidentally created the Grand Canyon, or so our predecessors said. One of the next times started the Chicago Fire. Mrs. O'Leary's cow, that was a cover story. And I personally kicked off the Great Quake of '89. That was a rocky afternoon, I'll tell you what."
Ben: "This thing is a disaster waiting to happen."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "No wonder they call it the Hands of Armageddon."
Max: "We've devoted our lives to making sure that the Hands are never used for their true purpose."
(Max explained.)
Whittington: "But it's been quite a few years since we last had to fight Eon off the darn thing."
(Fire Chief Whittington said.)
Doris: "But we're too old and too few now."
(Doris said.)
Jen: "IT sounds like you need a team to help you save the world."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "Heroes."
Gwen: "That would be us."
(Gwen nodded.)
Ben: "It is us you're talking about, right? Because you have no problems. We're ready to fight."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "We promise not to let you down."
Allison: "We're there with you."
(Allison said.)
(They heard a beeping and Mr. Hawkins pressed his radio to hear...)
System: "Security breach, Sector V."
Hawkins: "They're here."
(he realized.)
Hawkins: "Let's go. Get the weapons."
(Our heroes suited up as Ed and Doris ran over to a chest and Ed fumbled with his key ring that held several keys.)
Doris: "Let's go, Ed!"
(Doris said.)
Doris: "Hurry up!"
Ed: "I'm going! My memory's not what it used to be."
Doris: "Oh for the love of Pete!"
(Doris said as she grabbed a large wrench.)
Doris: "Get out of the way, Ed!"
(Ed moved and Doris smashed the lock in with the wrench and opened the trunk as Ed found the key.)
Ed: "This is it. I kept a little ring on it so I'd recognize it."
(The team then got out their weapons and ran upstairs.)
Matter Girl: "Let's do this, people!"
(Matter Girl said as she absorbed the metal from the floor and readied her axe arms with a glare as the hooded goons showed up with parkour flips towards them.)
(The Plumbers shot out their blasters towards them as Matter Girl smashed one in the head with her massive strength and cut one's arm with her axe hand.)
(He roared to her before he was struck in the chest with an arrow.)
(He fell over as Huntress stood behind him with her bow ready and she stood beside her friend as she readied her spear.)
Matter Girl: "I could've handled him you know."
Huntress: "You're welcome!"
(They ran towards the twins to protect them as the Plumbers stood side by side and smashed one of the goons with a wrench, sending him flying back.)
(Omni-Green and Omni-Pink aimed their wrist blasters and fired out at the goons as they approached and Omni-Pink dodged a swipe with a flying kick.)
Ed: "I have to buy another lock tomorrow, you know."
(Ed said to Doris as they dodged.)
Doris: "Are you kidding me? Keep firing, Ed!"
Ed: "I have to get a combination so I won't have to remember what key it is."
(As the chaos continued, a Plumber stood by the Hands when Era suddenly appeared in a flash of purple energy and pushed him back.)
(She looked around at the chaos in the Plumbers base and looked to see the Omni-Twins battling as hard as they could.)
(She turned around and saw what she had been looking for.)
Era: "After so long, you are mine."
(She then generated an energy ball and tried to shove it into the device, but it disappeared.)
Era: "Just as I feared. Nothing."
(Max blasted out with his blaster as Lucky Girl sent out multiple spells from her hands that blasted the goons backwards and turned to the twins as they stood back to back.)
Lucky Girl: "Don't just stand there, go hero!"
Omni-Green: "Right!"
(Omni-Green said.)
(He dialed in the core and transformed into Four Arms.)
(He shouted out and slammed the goons backwards with his immense strength.)
(As Omni-Pink was about to slam her core down to transform, she shouted out in pain as her Omnitrix was enveloped in a purple energy.)
Omni-Pink: "What the?"
(she asked as she was suddenly caught by Era as she smiled.)
Era: "Hello, Jen Tennyson."
Omni-Pink: "Let me go!"
(She then grabbed the young heroine and carried her out of the complex.)
Omni-Pink: "Ben! Help me!"
(she shouted.)
Four Arms: "Jen!"
(he said as he ran through the fortress to try to catch up with his sister and rescue her.)
Omni-Pink: "What are you doing to me?!"
(she shouted as Era went for the Omnitrix.)
Era: "Rescuing you. Helping you fulfill your destiny."
(She then enveloped the Omnitrix in her energy and tried to dial it in before Omni-Pink gave a pink energy punch and sent her back and ran away with a scream as she ducked into an alleyway and tried to adjust her malfunctioning Omnitrix as she shouted out.)
Omni-Pink: "Come on! Don't malfunction now!"
Era: "There is nowhere you can run now. Just surrender."
(Omni-Pink ran away and ran away and gulped nervously.)
Omni-Pink: "Help!"
Era: "Come out, Jennifer."
(Jen's eyes then spotted the diner as she saw her bike sitting in the rack and she deactivated her Omni-Suit and drove away on her bike as fast as she could before she looked back and saw a car's lights open and start following her.)
Jen: "Oh, come on!"
(She then rode on her bike as fast as her little legs could carry her as Era followed her in the car, manipulating it with her energy as she dodged other cars and a truck followed her into an alleyway as she dialed in her Omnitrix.)
Jen: "What is with this thing? Somebody help me! Please!"
Era: "Nobody can help you, Jennifer. What is happening here is inevitable."
(Four Arms suddenly leaped in and smashed the truck and sent it flying back with a shout as he looked up at Era and held Jen back.)
Four Arms: "You died. We burned you up ourselves."
(he said.)
Era: "Allow me to explain. In the world where I came from, my people have the ability to manipulate time at its base level. By distorting the molecules around my form, it was but a simple manner to create the illusion that I wanted you to see. Nothing more than a cheap parlor trick, really. But sufficient to test you and your sister's powers."
(The twins stood at attention as Four Arms timed out.)
Jen: "Why don't you go back to your home world where someone cares what you think?"
(Jen asked.)
Era: "Sadly, I cannot do that. Not without the help of the Master Spark. You see, Omni-Twins, I am a prisoner of time as is the entire Chronian race. But not for long."
Ben: "We're not going to let you have either of the Omnitrixes, Era."
(Ben said.)
Era: "You don't have a choice. None of us do."
(Out of nowhere, laser blasts flew out and Era shot back in pain as they looked to see the old man from the restaurant climb the staircase nearby and blast at Era as she glared at the twins.)
Era: "You got lucky. This isn't over."
(She then enveloped herself with energy and teleported away.)
Ben: "She's right."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "It isn't."
old man: "Go on! Get, you ugly junebug!"
Jen: "You?"
(Jen asked.)
Jen: "You're a Plumber too?"
old man: "Of course I am!"
(he said.)
old man: "Don't you know a disguise when you see one?"
Ben: "That's a disguise?"
(Ben asked.)
old man: "No. Ha! Got ya! Now you two hustle on home before she gets back. I'll clean up this mess. To tell you the truth, this is the most fun I've had in years!"
(The twins sighed and took their bikes back home.)
[To Be Continued...]