(Meanwhile, at the middle school, the parents and families were all filing into the auditorium to watch the talent show that was starting.)
(Carl and Sandra, who was carrying Emma in a basket, apologized as they moved into the seats with excitement to see their kids perform.)
Sandra: "Sorry, I'm sorry."
Carl: "Excuse me. We're here for our kids. And yours too, I guess."
(Carl said.)
Sandra: "Carl, I didn't see the kids before we left."
Carl: "No, I didn't either. I guess they're just working out some last bit of preparations, okay? And remember not to show them too much affection in front of their friends and that we respect them as peers rather than parents, okay?"
(In the back, Jen's band, which included her childhood friends, was waiting for her as Casey stood by her piano and Simone strummed her guitar to herself as they looked at each other.)
Casey: "Where's Jen?"
(Casey asked.)
Casey: "She should be here by now."
Simone: "She is one of the leaders of a team of hero stuff, Casey."
(Simone said to her.)
Simone: "Superheroes are always busy. Maybe there's an alien attack happening right now?"
Casey: "Yeah, you're right. I'm sure that she's doing whatever she can to stop whatever it is that's keeping her busy."
(Back To scene.)
Matter Girl: "I can't believe that this is the thing that's keeping her busy!"
(Matter Girl shouted as she tried to absorb the metal from her chains, only to get shocked by the coil once she tried.)
Matter Girl: "Man, Era's clever."
Max: "Hey, Gwen."
(Max whispered to Lucky Girl who struggled in the chains.)
Max: "If you step up on that block behind you, do you think you can kick my back pocket and knock out my wrench?"
Lucky Girl: "I have no idea."
(Lucky Girl said, wincing.)
Lucky Girl: "Maybe."
Huntress: "You have to try or we're all doomed!"
(Huntress whispered.)
(Omni-Green looked in horror at what his sister was doing as she tampered with the Hands and Sofia picked at the lock with her hair pin.)
Samus: "Please don't drop it."
(Samus begged.)
(Lucky Girl stepped up onto the block behind her and kicked at Max's back pocket and the wrench started to come out of it, peeking out.)
Max: "Good."
(Max said.)
Max: "Now see if you can kick off the top of the wrench."
(Lucky Girl nodded and kicked the head down and the laser came out of the handle, blasting through his chains.)
(He then used the wrench to burn through the girls' chains as Sofia broke the lock and undid the chains and then fired a magic blast out that destroyed Samus' chains as she reactivated her Morph Suit around her much smaller body and Omni-Green activated his green energy swords to break through his chains.)
Samus: "Okay."
(Samus said as she bore her cannon.)
Samus: "Sofia and I are going to ward off Era's goons."
(She and Sofia then ran off to attack the minions as the rest of the Omni-Team looked nervously at each other at one of their own turning against them, and one of their leaders no less.)
Max: "You kids need to go and hide."
(Max said to them.)
Max: "I need to shut down the Hands of Armageddon before the time rift becomes unstoppable."
Omni-Green: "But what about Jen?"
(Omni-Green asked, extremely worried.)
Max: "Don't worry. We'll get her back."
(Max said as he kissed each of his grandkids foreheads and they ran off, preparing their weapons/powers.)
Matter Girl: "It's alright."
(Matter Girl told her friends.)
Matter Girl: "If Era's an Omnitrix transformation, that means she's still in there somewhere."
(Max snuck up on Era and picked up an electrical cable connected to the Tesla coils.)
Max: "Sorry, Jen. Please don't tell your parents."
(He then blasted her in the chest with the cable, sending her flying backwards and landing in a heap and he picked up a second cable and looked at the Hands, confused.)
(Meanwhile, back at the locked storage closet, the Plumbers stopped protesting and sat down moping.)
(That was when Ed came by and smiled at them through the glass window.)
Ed: "Miss me?"
(he asked.)
Whittington: "Oh yes!"
(Fire Chief Whittington said as they all started clamoring over each other and Ed held up his large key ring.)
Doris: "Please! Open the door!"
(Doris shouted as Ed smiled.)
Ed: "You guys would be lost without me."
(He then fumbled with the keys one by one as the Plumbers all groaned.)
Doris: "Over there!"
(Doris shouted as they all pointed to the wall... right where the emergency door release button rested.)
Ed: "Oh."
(he deadpanned as he pressed the button, opening the door and letting the Plumbers out.)
Doris: "Dear Lord, Ed. Could you have waited any longer to get here?"
Ed: "I'm sorry, Doris! I woke up in the school infirmary. The nurse wouldn't let me out of there. But at least I got these."
(He turned to show the weapons he had collected from the area and they all smiled at him.)
Hawkins: "Now that's what I'm talking about."
(Mr. Hawkins said as everyone took their weapons and charged them up.)
Doris: "Let's get Plumbin."
(Doris said.)
(Max held the two static cables up and looked unsure.)
Max: "Okay. One's negative, one's positive. But which one? Darn it, Max, don't blow up your own home town!"
(He then thrust both of the cables into the core of the Hands, sending out purple lightning everywhere as he glared out at the static that was being discharged from the core.)
Lucky Girl and Huntress: "Grandpa!"
(Lucky Girl and Huntress said as Omni-Green turned to Era as she stood up to see what was happening.)
Omni-Green: "Jen! Jennifer Heather Tennyson, you idiot, wake up! Grandpa's in trouble!"
(Omni-Green said as Era struggled to stand.)
(He then groaned and generated a large gauntlet before hitting her in the back.)
Omni-Green: "Guess that got your attention, huh?!"
(he asked.)
(Era glared at him as he stood up.)
Omni-Green: "I'm not afraid of you, you hear me? I'm not afraid because deep down, I know that you're still my sister! My twin!"
(Era glared at him as she tossed an energy ball his way, that he blocked by generating a shield that she used to knock it back.)
Omni-Green: "The same sister who shared the womb with me! Who cried when I broke her favorite toy when we were five! Who loves to sing and is the nicest person I know! And who always stands up for me when Gwen makes fun of me! I love you, Jen Tennyson, because you're a hero! I'm proud to call you my partner and my sister! You've never given up on anything or anyone in your life! Don't stop now!"
(he said, tears practically streaming from his eyes under his visor.)
(Era stopped him as she glared.)
Era: "Lovely speech, Benjamin. Too bad it will be your last. This is the end for you."
Ed: "No."
(Ed said as he and the Plumbers glared out to her.)
Ed: "But it's a permanent detention for you, Jen."
Era: "One against many?"
(Era asked.)
Era: "It hardly seems fair."
(That was when she summoned her minions that flipped into the room as they battled Samus and Sofia as the Plumbers joined in the battle against them as Era glared out.)
Omni-Green: "I know you're in there, Jen!"
(Omni-Green said.)
Omni-Green: "I need you! Gwen and Becky need you! Ally needs you! Grandpa Max needs you! The world needs you!"
(Era shouted out in pain as she held her hands to her head as Omni-Green smiled.)
Lucky Girl: "Yes! Fight it, Jen!"
(Lucky Girl said.)
Matter Girl: "You can do it!"
(Matter Girl said.)
(Era then generated her energy balls as Omni-Green braced himself... only to see her toss the energy balls out to her minions, vaporizing them.)
(She then zapped Samus with an energy ball and manipulated time to turn her back to her proper age.)
Omni-Green: "Is it really you?"
(Omni-Green asked as Era chuckled at him.)
Era: "For the record, I didn't cry when you broke my dolly. I had something in my eye."
Omni-Green: "Fine."
(Omni-Green said as the two hugged.)
Omni-Green: "I'm just glad you're you again."
Era: "Step back."
(Era said as she showed off her side, which had the Omnitrix symbol on it, which she pressed and transformed herself back to Omni-Pink.)
Huntress: "Jen!"
(Huntress said as the kids all gathered around and hugged her, like a true family would do.)
Matter Girl: "So good to have you back, girl."
(Matter Girl said.)
Jen: "Ally."
(Jen said, noticing her friend's face.)
Jen: "Are those real tears I see in your eyes?"
(Matter Girl jumped back and felt at her face before she felt at her eye to notice a strange liquid leaking.)
Matter Girl: "O.M.G. Please don't tell anyone I cried? I have a reputation to keep."
Lucky Girl: "Don't worry, your secret's safe with us."
(Lucky Girl said.)
Omni-Pink: "Did Grandpa take care of the Hands?"
(Omni-Pink asked.)
Omni-Green: "Uh, Jen. Grandpa..."
(Omni-Green said as Jen noticed their grandfather still overloading the Hands of Armageddon.)
Omni-Pink: "Oh no! Grandpa!"
Max: "I'm sorry, Jen. It was the only way. You're free now. Era's gone for good. Just know that everything I did was to protect you kids."
Omni-Green: "No! Grandpa, please don't leave us! We can't lose you now!"
Max: "You won't, Ben. Of all the things I'm most proud of in my life, it was you, my grandkids. I'll always be with you two. Now get out of here!"
Omni-Pink: "No!"
(Omni-Pink shouted as she and her brother grabbed him.)
Omni-Pink: "Not without you!"
Omni-Green: "We know who we are now, Grandpa! And we know it because of you!"
Omni-Pink: "But we're not finished learning yet!"
Max: "I said get out of here!"
Omni-Green: "Help! We need help!"
(Lucky Girl used her telekinesis as Sofia and Samus ran up and pried him away from the Hands, taking the cables out.)
(Everyone looked at the Hands as they shut down slowly, becoming pitch black.)
(Up in the skies above Bellwood, the Chronian ships all vanished back to wherever they came from and from orbit too.)
Max: "Well, that wasn't too smart, kids."
(Max said as everyone walked away.)
Max: "I didn't teach you that."
Jen: "We know."
(Jen smiled.)
Ben: "That's why we never listen to you."
(Ben said.)
Lucky Girl: "Oh man!"
(Lucky Girl said.)
Lucky Girl: "We completely forgot about the talent show! Ben and I are supposed to go on in less than ten minutes!"
Ben: "Grandpa."
(Ben said as the team deactivated their suits.)
Ben: "Mom and Dad- I mean Sandra and Carl are going to freak if we don't show up!"
Ed: "No problem."
(Ed said.)
Ed: "We could take my car. Don't worry, I'll drop you around back. Nobody will see you with the Principal. Okay, where's my car keys?"
Allison: "So."
(Allison said to Doris as she smiled.)
Allison: "Am I fired for this?"
Doris: "On the contrary, Ally. You're promoted to sous chef."
Allison: "Really?"
(Allison asked, stars in her eyes.)
Allison: "Thanks, boss!"
Jen: "You know."
(Jen said, walking off.)
Jen: "Even though I never want to go Era again, do you think I could access those cool powers of her's? Minus the body-snatching part?"
(Suddenly, Jen saw everyone slow down around her and her eyes dilated to pinpoints in fear.)
Jen: "Uh-oh."
(Era then appeared in a puff of smoke and glared at her.)
Era: "The answer to your question, Jennifer, is no! Those powers still belong to me!"
Jen: "The Hands are gone, Era!"
(Jen said as Era grabbed her.)
Jen: "Your world is gone!"
Era: "You could've been a god!"
(Era shouted as she tossed Jen away and she immediately suited up as Ben turned into Wildmutt and growled and snarled, tackling him with a roar.)
(Jen groaned as she struggled to stand up and felt her chest start to hurt from her heart hitting the back of it.)
(Her pupils started to shift from black to pink and she groaned as she stood up.)
Era: "So."
(Era said to Wildmutt.)
Era: "We'll play sitting ducks until your time runs out, Benjamin."
(She then started firing energy ball after energy ball at Wildmutt who dodged them as he growled out and bounded after him.)
(Jen groaned as her eyes glowed pink and she saw her brother in trouble and everyone frozen around her.)
???: "Let it out."
(A voice said in the back of her brain.)
???: "Just let the energy take control of you. You've got everything to lose."
(She stood on her feet and shouted out in fury as something amazing happened.)
(She changed into a whole new form without even touching the Omnitrix.)
(Her skin turned a dark pink and her clothes darkened and shifted to a form befitting a sleuth skintihgt pink outfit and a masquerade-like mask formed over her glowing pink eyes.)
(Her boots morphed into high boots with a heel at the end and she grew short gloves that reached her wrists.)
(Her hair turned a glowing pink and grew out into several long tendrils, fishe flew upwards and slammed directly into Era, blasting energy blast after energy blast at the Chronian, blasting her back.)
Jen: "You aren't me!"
(she shouted.)
Jen: "You were never me!"
(She then gathered up all of the guns in the room with her telekinesis and demanded them to fire on her, blasting her back and hitting her with a relentless assault.)
(She then glared and grabbed Era by the throat with her intense strength as she flew up and glared.)
Era: "No!"
(Era shouted.)
Era: "It's not my time!"
Jen: "Your time is up, Era."
(Jen said to her as she gave a shout and reeled an energy fist back that blasted her into the Hands of Armageddon, blowing it away in pieces as the energy blasted inwards and caused a blackout among the entire town for a few seconds, causing a kid at the talent show balancing a spinning plate to drop it.)
(Max flipped the circuit breaker back on and turned the power back on.)
Max: "I hope no one noticed that."
(he said as the group all saw Jen as she powered down and morphed back into her normal self as Wildmutt growled confusingly.)
Allison: "What was that? A new alien form?"
(Allison asked.)
Jen: "I doubt it. I transformed into her myself without even touching the Omnitrix."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "I think it may have something to do with my powers."
Gwen: "Hmm."
(Gwen said as she generated her own pink energy, confused.)
(Samus and Sofia smiled and Sofia created a portal back to the Mystic Isles.)
Samus: "Our work here is done for now."
(Samus said.)
Allison: "We'll see you and the Protectors again."
(Allison said.)
Sofia: "Sooner than you think."
(Sofia said, giving a wink before they disappeared.)
[To Be Continued...]