Contraband

Contraband is the eight episode of Young Plumbers: Generations and the sixtieth episode overall of Earth-19.

Plot
[A figure is running down the street. He is wearing a dark grey cloak and carrying a massive weapon. He turns down the corner and sees two police officers in front of him.]

[Officer #1]: FREEZE!?

[Figure]: NO YOU!

[He blast the weapon which freezes the officer. He then pushes the frozen officer aside and jumps and roundhouses the other officer. He lands on the ground and looks behind him. Three officers round the corner and continue to chase him. He blasts ice at the three officers and manages to freeze them all in one shot. He turns around and continues to run away from the officers.]

[Figure]: This is too easy...

[He turns the corner again and sees two vehicles with several officers each in them in front of him. He turns around and sees more vehicles approaching him.]

[Officer #2]: Put your hands in the air and drop the weapon!?

[Figure]: Which is it?

[Officer #2]: Drop the weapon...

[The figure drops the weapon.]

[Officer #2]: Now put your hands in the air...

[He does so and then blasts a stream of ice all around him. The ice explodes off of him in all direction, damaging all the police vehicles. He runs forward and then kicks the officer who was talking down to the ground. He forms two ice swords and then stabs them into the one of the police vehicles that arrived behind him. Officers from the vehicles in front of him begin to fire energy shots out of weapons at him. He drops to a knee and then spins around, sending a wave of ice around, trapping them in place. He rushes forward and then kicks all the officers over. He turns around to finish off the next vehicle, but a device gets thrown at him. It activates in front of him and electrocutes him, knocking him to the ground. The police chief exits out of a vehicle: it is Rylton, the old champion fighter.]

[Rylton]: I'll call the Plumbers; we've got a galactic prisoner...

[He takes out a Plumbers' badge and soon a hologram of Hornbok appears. He is still at Plumbers' Galactic-Command. The camera cuts there. He is in a room with all the other Magisters and recruits.]

[Hornbok]: Rylton! Long time no see...

[Rylton]: When you can you stop by to pick up a galactic prisoner...

[Hornbok]: I'll send a Magister as soon as possible...

[Rylton]: Thanks...

[Hornbok hangs up and then spins around to face the rest of the group.]

[Hornbok]: Jopius, you can head out to Hitalbur and pick up the prisoner...

[Sci]: I take it the ruse was successful?

[Hornbok]: It appears so... We're very lucky...

[Nick]: Maybe it's minor, or maybe I missed it, but what is the purpose of this mission?

[Hornbok]: To check up on Paper... We haven't had contact with him since he was arrested...

[Ivada]: Now in the mean time, are there any more questions about Galactic-Command?

[Will]: Can we leave? Do we really need to stay?

[Ivada]: If you're done here, then you can go...

[All of the recruits leave, leaving just the Magisters.]

[Relgo]: I'm surprised they took it so lightly...

[Hornbok]: Just another good surprise lately... What have we gotten ourselves into...

[Ivada]: It will only get easier...

[Hornbok]: No, I'm afraid this is the most dangerous thing we've ever done...

[Theme Song]

[The camera shows a Plumbers' prisoner transport ship flying through space. It then cuts onto the ship. Two Plumbers' are at the controls of the ship and two prisoners are sitting in the back section of the prison. One is the figure from earlier, and the other is another figure.]

[Figure #1 (the original figure)]: So, you've ever been in this situation before...

[Figure #2]: Nope, but it can't be too bad... I've definitely seen worse...

[Figure #1]: Ah, tough guy?

[Figure #2]: Only on the outside, guy... The name's Nylexx...

[Figure #1]: My name's Cryson.

[Plumber #1]: Hey, quiet down back there, will ya? We've arrived...

[The camera cuts outside. The ship is docking at the Southern Plumber Prison. The back of the ship opens up, and the two prisoners are seen inside.]

[Plumber #2]: Follow me...

[The camera cuts inside the prison. Some prisoners are in the common area below the entrance; others are throughout the halls and corridors of the prison; others are working in the prison; the remaining few are in their cells. A Plumber walks into the balcony overlooking the common area.]

[Plumber #3]: TWO ARRIVALS!

[Cryson and Nylexx are led into an elevator by the two Plumbers. It heads down to the lower level and then opens up into a chamber. The door to the elevator opens and then the two Plumbers open another set of doors, leading into the common area of the prison. Cryson and Nylexx exit as the doors close behind them. As they begin to walk throughout the prison, the elevator returns to the other level and the two Plumbers get out. Meanwhile, the camera cuts to near Cryson. He looks around, but Nylexx has wandered off. The camera suddenly cuts to the Plumbers' Academy. A ship docks at the Academy and soon, the old recruits exit and begin to head throughout the Academy. Brian, Zon, Aevan, Jack, and Ben are seen walking off down one hallway.]

[Brian]: Was I the only one who wasn't surprised?

[Aevan]: Nope...

[The camera cuts to Will and Cassie being the last ones to arrive in the lobby.]

[Cassie]: Were you surprised?

[Will]: Not really...

[Cassie]: Well, see you later!

[She starts to walk off.]

[Will]: Wait...

[Cassie]: Yeah?

[Will]: Nevermind...

[She turns around and walks off, leaving Will alone in the lobby. He looks disappointed and then grunts and turns around and heads back into the docking bay. He gets into a smaller ship and then sits down at the command chair when, suddenly, there is the sound of another ship entering the docking bay.]

[Will, confused]: What?

[He gets out of the ship and sees a ship land in the bay as the new recruits exit.]

[Will]: What are you doing? Where have you been?

[Ray]: We're coming back from a mission?

[Will]: You weren't sent on any mission...!?

[Holly]: Yeah we were...

[Chris]: Sci told us to--

[Reg]: Actually we just sneaked out--

[Several of the recruits grunt.]

[Will]: Look, we just got back from-- confidential matters... You just report whatever you did to Sci...

[The recruits slowly begin to head towards the lobby, but Will grabs Roy on the shoulder.]

[Will]: Tag, you're it!?

[Roy]: Huh?

[Will]: We're going on another mission...

[Roy]: If you say so...?

[They board the ship as the camera cuts back to the prison. The prison's mess hall is shown. Cryson is wandering around looking for Nylexx when he bumps into another cloaked figure, this one with a hood over his head.]

[Cryson]: Sorry...

[Figure]: Don't apologize... This is prison...

[The figure walks past Cryson, who turns back at him and then takes a few steps and starts walking towards him.]

[Cryson]: Wait...

[Figure]: Yes?

[Cryson]: Sorry, I thought I recognized you...

[Figure]: For the last time stop apologizing...

[Voice, very loud]: No, Ny, for the last time, you can't join our gang...

[Cryson and the figure turn to the voice. One prisoner is surrounded by several others, with Nylexx standing across from them.]

[Nylexx]: Fine Harvyx, don't let me into your stupid gang... And don't call me Ny!

[Harvyx]: Whatever you say... Ny

[He grimaces in anger as he hands curl into fists.]

[Harvyx]: Oh, this boy wants a fight!?

[Meanwhile, Cryson and the figure look on.]

[Cryson]: He's been in this prison for what, two hours and he's already starting fights...

[Figure]: He's been here a lot longer than that... He's been here since long before I got here...

[Cryson]: Well then he's a liar...

[Figure]: Again, this is prison... What do you expect?

[The camera cuts over to Nylexx and Harvyx.]

[Harvyx]: I'll give you one more chance to back out?

[Nylexx]: Never...

[Harvyx]: You're on...

[The two prisoner's charge at each other. Harvyx punches Nylexx to the ground. He grows twice his size and then charges at Harvyx, who catches his punch. Harvyx also grows and then retaliates by punching Nylexx backwards, who crashing into a group of onlookers. One punches Nylexx, which leads to several punches between the onlookers, and soon an all out melee of punches, kicking, and other forms of fighting. Cryson and the figure manage to stay out of it.]

[Figure]: You want to stay out of the fights?

[Cryson]: Huh?

[Figure]: Follow me...

[They manage to walk directly through the crowds and down a hallway where the fighting has stopped. There are closed cells on either sides of them. Some cells are open, either empty or with a few prisoners inside. A few guards patrol the hallway.]

[Plumber #1]: Hey only four in a cell at once!

[Plumber #2]: Get down from there!

[Plumber #3]: Don't make me go in there!

[They arrive to a section of the hallway that forms a "T" with another and walk right past it. They find an open cell on the right and close the door behind them.]

[Cryson]: Man, the guard are strict...

[Figure]: They only rules I've had problems with are the maximum people in a room... Four when it's open, two when it's closed, but I think we're all right for now...

[Cryson]: Yeah... Hey, what did you say your name was?

[Figure]: I didn't... I'm wearing a hood for a reason... I try to lay low... A lot of people here would do bad things to me if they knew I was here... So, before you go any further, I've got a little test for you...

[Cryson]: Bring it on...

[Figure]: Tell me all you know about the Hotshots...

[Cryson, confused]: The what?

[Figure]: Congratulations, you've passed... Now follow me...

[Cryson]: Hotshots!? Follow you? Where can I follow you, there's no where to--

[The figure pushes the bed to a side, revealing a secret passageway behind it.]

[Cryson, shocked]: Oh my, secret passageway...

[Figure]: Now hurry, before the guards come...

[Crsyon heads through the secret passage, and the figure follows. He pulls the bed back into place and then continues to crawl down the narrow passageway as the camera cuts to a Plumbers' ship flying through space. The camera cuts inside to Will flying with Roy sitting next to him.]

[Roy]: Okay, why me?

[Will]: Because you're the first one I saw who I remember being on the mission to the temple on the Haven....

[Roy]: Oh, are we going back there?

[Will]: Not exactly...

[The camera cuts ahead to them arriving at the temple in Solaris. They get off the ship and then walk towards the temple.]

[Roy]: What else could be at the temple...?

[Will]: It's not what's in the temple... It's what's underneath...

[The camera cuts Will and Roy in the Darwin as it cruises through the Mare Glacies.]

[Roy]: You're telling me that the last time you were here you just found this ship...

[Will]: And met two alien fish people...

[Roy stares at him in disbelief.]

[Will]: You've seen plenty of other weird stuff, why shouldn't you believe this?

[Roy]: Okay, even if this is true, how are you going to find the aliens again?

[Will]: We can track their DNA...

[He takes out his Plumbers' badge and soon a holographic screen appears above it. He types in "Lantovorians" and soon he gets a map of the sea with a beacon over the colony.]

[Will]: Their colony is just through that cave...

[He points to a cave in ocean floor. The camera cuts and shows the Darwin flying through the cave. It is dark, but the ship continues on until it eventually arrives in the colony. Thousands of Lantovorians and other fish-like species are swimming around in the waters. The Darwin slowly glides through the water and then stops in front of Eshus and Tayvir, the two Lantovorians that were previously met. The door of the Darwin opens and Will and Roy exit in full Plumbers' suits.]

[Tayvir]: Welcome to our colony...

[The camera cuts back to the prison. Cryson exits the passageway into a secret room. Six other prisoners, three males and three females, are sitting around the room. The figure exits just after Cryson and then closes the passageway behind him.]

[Figure]: Cryson, I'd like you to meet our gang... We're all in here for the same reason; being falsely accused of crimes we didn't commit...

[Cryson]: Well, I don't think I fit into that category...

[Figure]: It's okay... There can be an exception... This is Whip, Razor, Blade, Screw, Claw, and Hook...

[Razor (a female)]: Those aren't are real names, mind you... We all try to lay low...

[Cryson]: I'm Cryson... Do I have to change my name?

[Claw (a male)]: Only if you want to associate yourself with us kid...

[Cryson]: I'll pass...

[Screw (a male)]: So, you introduced yourself yet...?

[He looks at the figure.]

[Figure]: I was waiting until I trusted the boy...

[Cryson]: Huh?

[Figure]: You see, not every species takes kindly to a human in a galactic prison...

[He takes off his hood, revealing him to be Paper.]

[Paper]: So I'm glad I've made a couple friends... Call me Paper...

[Commercial]

[Cryson]: Great, more codenames...

[Paper]: Actually, that's just my name...

[He sits down on a chair and points to another open chair for Cryson to sit down in.]

[Paper]: But the problem with me is that I'm not just a human, I'm a Plumber... And a highly ranked one at that...

[Hook (a female)]: So should we share why we're all in here?

[Whip (a male)]: I was in the wrong place at the wrong time... Stupid police thought I had stolen it because I had no identification... One of my crew members had stolen it to get me arrested...

[He shakes his head back and forth.]

[Blade (a female)]: I'd rather not share...

[Screw]: Maybe it's not a good idea to share...

[Paper]: I'll share... I was framed for killing the Rotolysian Ambassador... They even sabotaged the security footage that would have proven my innocence...

[Hook]: What about you, Cryson?

[Cryson]: My brother gave me weapons that he stole... I tried to resist, but...

[Razor]: Well you do fit into our group then!

[Cryson]: But I resisted arrest...

[Whip]: Son, who wouldn't resist?

[Paper]: Maybe we should move on to business?

[Cryson]: Wait, I've still got questions... What is this gang? Why are you here?

[Blade]: We hate the Hotshots...

[Cryson]: That's the second time I've heard that... What are the Hotshots?

[Paper]: You saw Harvyx... He's the leader of the Hotshots... They're a gang who's been scheming for years to get their revenge of the Plumbers, but as you saw they're highly selective... Even Harvyx doesn't let his own brother in...

[Razor]: Oh, Nylexx is back?

[Screw]: Now it seems he's getting arrested just to get into jail...

[Whip]: If you ask me, Harvyx is just a big bully...

[Hook]: Which is why we formed this group: To oppose the Hotshots...

[Paper]: We've been planning something big...

[Cryson]: To escape?

[Paper]: No, to expose Harvyx and his gang, and we'll tell you exactly what you need to do...

[The camera cuts to the mess hall of the prison again. Nylexx is sitting far away from Harvyx and the Hotshots. Cryson walks into the prison and notices Nylexx.]

[Cryson]: There you are... I've been looking everywhere for you...

[Nylexx]: Don't talk to me... I'm not in a good mood...

[Cryson]: What happened?

[Nylexx]: My brother happened...

[He points at Harvyx.]

[Cryson]: What did he do?

[Nylexx]: He won't let me join his gang...

[Cryson]: Maybe I could talk to him...

[Nylexx]: You could try--

[Cryson stands up and walks over to Harvyx.]

[Nylexx]: --If you want broken limbs...

[The camera cuts to Cryson approaching Harvyx and the other Hotshots.]

[Harvyx]: Ah, the other new guy? Nylexx tell you about me?

[Cryson]: Yeah...

[Harvyx]: No can do then... Any friend of Nylexx isn't a friend of mine...

[Cryson]: I'm not his friend....

[Harvyx, after coughing]: Any associate of Nylexx isn't a friend of mine...

[Cryson]: So I've got no chance of joining the Hotshots?

[Harvyx]: You beat me in a fight... And when you get out of solitary confinement, you'll be in the Hotshots...

[Cryson]: You're on...

[Harvyx stands up.]

[Harvyx]: This is gonna be a fair fight, so don't try anything cheap...

[Cryson]: I would never dream of it...

[The two prisoners charge at each other as the camera cuts to Will, Roy, Tayvir, and Eshus swimming in the Lantovorian colony.]

[Eshus]: We are glad you finally made good on our offer to visit our colony... We hope you will find that it is quite peaceful...

[Tayvir]: Most of the people who live here are Lantovorians... There are a few others...

[Eshus]: A few... undesirable others...

[Will]: Undesirable? Like whom?

[Tayvir]: Our race has had a rivalry with the Eketophians for centuries... Some live in the outskirts of our colony and cause trouble from time to time...

[Eshus]: We have not heard much from them lately, but we did spot one of their scientists doing work at the bottom of the trench near here...

[Tayvir]: We guess that he is up to no good. The Eketophians have been known to worship a being known as Medullus, an ancient sea god with an unfathomable psychic prowess...

[Roy]: A sea god? Really?

[Eshus]: The Eketophians at least worshiped him as one... Until they claim he died long ago... They must think that they can revive him...

[Will]: Is that what they're doing over there?

[He points to the outskirts of the town, where there is a mysterious ship. Several unknown aliens are loading cargo onto the truck. The boss alien watching over them.]

[Tayvir]: Those are Eketophians all right...

[Eshus]: What could be in those crates?

[Will]: Nothing good...

[Roy]: Maybe we should follow them...

[Tayvir]: I do not think that it is worth it considering we know where they are working...

[Will looks at the alien who appears to be the boss. His skin is dark red, almost maroon in color and appears to be scaly. He wears a black armor on his legs and chest, with his arms open. His face is covered by a mask with two glowing yellow eye slots.]

[Will]: Is that the boss?

[Tayvir]: I believe that is Mantox... We think he is the head honcho of the Eketophians...

[Roy]: That's they're leader? All out in the open?

[Eshus]: He said that we think he is the leader... We are not sure...

[Will]: So, are we following or not...

[Eshus]: Again, we know where they are going...

[Roy]: But we don't know why they're going there...

[Tayvir]: We can all follow in the Darwin...

[The camera cuts to the bottom of the trench near the Lantovorian colony. The Eketophian ship docks at an ocean floor facility. Inside, Mantox exits the ship as other Eketophians unload the cargo and begin to take the different pieces of it throughout the base. Back outside, the Darwin slowly makes its decent down into the trench. On the ship, the four on board discuss their plans.]

[Will]: I say we do simple recon... Figure out what the enemy's going to be doing and then see what the Plumbers are going to do in response...

[Eshus]: That sounds good... It is simple enough, as long as you two don't get caught...

[Tayvir]: Eshus is right... Two Lantovorians getting caught down there is bad enough, but two Plumbers...

[Roy]: Then maybe you two should go down there...

[Tayvir]: You two also have better training than we do...

[Will]: Okay, Roy, let's get to it...

[They get into the air lock of the Darwin and then eject out into the trench. They begin to swim down to the bottom, with the base in the distance. It appears to be a circular complex.]

[Roy]: There's no way they're base is that small...

[Will]: I was thinking the same thing...

[The two Plumbers reach the floor and then swim along the bottom towards the base. There are some Eketophian guards on the path. They look similar to Mantox, but they are less muscular, with different masks: the overall shape is different and the eyes glow an aqua color.]

[Roy]: Maybe we should avoid them?

[Will]: Yes, this is a recon mission, only...

[Roy]: Right, let's be careful...

[One guards turn in the opposite direction and then Will and Roy swim by. They notice a fence surrounding the base, with several guards patrolling the area above the fence.]

[Will]: Now what?

[Roy]: I think it's too late for recon...

[Will turns and notices that Roy is staring at several soldiers who are staring at them. One points at the two Plumbers and then the group of soldiers charges at them.]

[Will]: I'm fine with that...

[He teleports and then appears behind the group of soldiers. He kicks one of them and then grabs one and throws him into the fence. Roy swims at a soldier and then pushes him into another. More soldiers converge on them as they fight some of them off. A soldiers form a sword made out of pure water energy and then slashes it at Will. He avoids and then punches the soldiers right in the armor, which effectively does nothing. The soldiers punches him in the face, knocking him back. Roy punches one solider back, but then gets smashed on either side by two others.]

[Roy]: If we could just get inside then this would be so much easier...

[Will punches a soldier and then nods his head.]

[Will]: Going up...

[He activates his rocket boots and then swims up and over the fence and towards the base. Roy follows him with the rest of the soldiers close behind. The camera cuts ahead to Will looking for an entrance. He sees the ship from earlier that is docked into the base. He swims underneath it and then punches at the bottom of the ship repeatedly. Roy arrives and then starts to fight off the soldiers as they arrive.]

[Will]: Where's Water when you need him?

[After a few moments, Will punches through the ship and they are sucked into it as the water pours into the ship. The ship is empty.]

[Roy]: Quick, through that door...

[They run through a door, which closes behind them just as the soldiers were about to enter it. They take off their masks and then take a moment to catch their breathes.]

[Will]: If they get that door open, this whole ship fills with water... We have to get into the main section of the base.

[They stand there for a moment before running through the ship. On the way, they fight more guards. Roy makes his Plumbers' suit retract from one arm to his can fire a laser at the soldiers. Will jumps and kicks one before teleporting and landing on another. Roy blasts through the final door, which leads them off the ship and into the base.]

[Roy]: There... We're off the ship...

[Figure]: You're going to wish you had never gotten on that ship...

[Mantox steps out into the room.]

[Will, worried]: Mantox...

[Commercial]

[Mantox]: Plumbers... I should have known... I will kill you...

[Will]: No, you won't...

[Mantox]: I will try, and I will most likely succeed...

[Roy]: Then start trying...

[Mantox grunts and then forms two water energy swords. Roy blasts at Mantox, but he jumps to avoid. He lands and then lunges forward at Will. He hits him back and then swings his sword to block another blast from Roy. He blasts again, which disperses Mantox's other sword. he takes out his own sword and then slashes it directly through the water, dispersing it. He forms two more swords and then slashes them both at Roy. He jumps back and then slashes through the water again. Mantox backs up and then forms two water whips. He whips one around Roy's arm and then sends an electric charge at him. Will jumps and kicks him in the face before teleporting. He reappears and then runs and jumps at Mantox in the back, but turns around and whips him with the other whip. Roy breaks free of the first whip and then blasts an energy beam at Mantox out of his cannon. He forms one giant water shield to block the blast and then forms it into a bubble, blocking Will's punches from behind. The bubble bursts, knocking both Will and Roy back.]

[Mantox]: Fools...

[He tosses a device from each hand. They flip around as he catches them and then forms two new water swords from them.]

[Mantox]: This is my element...

[Will]: Roy, the water bearers!

[Roy]: Got it...

[He puts away his sword and then takes out a long staff. He charges at Mantox, who charges at him as the camera cuts to Harvyx charging at the screen. The camera cuts to a side view and shows him crashing into Cryson against the wall. Cryson drops to the ground, but then gets grabbed by Harvyx and thrown along a table. He slides, knocking all the trays and glasses onto the floor. Cryson manages to form an ice slide along the edge of the table that slides him around so he lands on his feet. He forms several ice shields, which keep breaking as Harvyx punches them. He forms two ice swords and then jumps over Harvyx and then slashes them at his back. Harvyx flips over and then kicks Cryson to the ground, bounced off, and lands on the ground behind him. He immediately charges forward and then punches at Cryson as he forms an ice shield. He forms a large shield, which Harvyx breaks through only to be slashed at by Cryson's ice swords, which are then grabbed by Harvyx and crushed. He forms another shield, but Harvyx immediately breaks it.]

[Harvyx]: Ready to give up yet...

[Cryson]: I'm surprised no guards are stopping us...

[Harvyx]: The guards here almost encourage fighting... They use it as a means of controlling us, by giving us harsh punishments afterwards... So no, they won't stop us...

[Cryson]: Fine... Next move is yours...

[Harvyx grins as the two prisoners charge at each other again. The camera cuts to Nylexx watching the fight, with a fiery prisoner next to him.]

[Fiery Prisoner]: You know, Nylexx, you could really impress your brother if you help him defeat that punk...

[Nylexx]: No way Tydrus... My brother would get angry for not letting him fight alone...

They see Cryson jump and then spin around in midair and kicks Harvyx in the back. He spins around then grabs Cryson with one arm, but he uses his free arm to blast ice at Harvyx's face. He throws Cryson back, who slides to a stop, as he crushes the ice around his head.]

[Nylexx]: Besides, you're a Hotshot...

[Tydrus]: You could still help... It doesn't look like this fight is ending anytime soon...

[Nylexx]: How do I know Harvyx didn't put you up to this...

[Tydrus, sincere]: He didn't...

[The two prisoners look at each other. Nylexx then looks at the fight. Cryson blasts several ice crystals at Harvyx, but this isn't stopping him from closing in on Cryson.]

[Nylexx]: Oh what the heck...

[The camera cuts to a shot showing Cryson's face as Harvyx walks towards him. He winds up a punch as Cryson puts his arms up to defend, but Nylexx tackles Cryson to the side, leading Harvyx shocked.]

[Harvyx, angry]: Nylexx...

[The camera shows Tydrus grinning.]

[Harvyx]: Why'd you do that?

[Nylexx]: I was just helping...

[Harvyx punches Nylexx in the face, knocking him into the wall. Meanwhile, Cryson lays on the ground, weakened.]

[Harvyx]: Where did you get it in your mind that this was a good idea?

[Nylexx]: Tydrus told me...

[Tydrus has a worried look appear on his face. Harvyx turns and sees Tydrus, now emotionless, staring right at him.]

[Harvyx]: You would dare suggest that I couldn't handle him on my own...

[Tydrus]: No boss... I would suggest it would be quicker with Nylexx's help though...

[Harvyx]: I don't like that... I fight my fights myself...

[He puts a finger on Tydrus' chest.]

[Harvyx]: Don't let it happen again...

[He turns around, and Tydrus breathes a sigh of relief.]

[Harvyx]: As for you...

[He looks around, but Cryson is nowhere to be seen.]

[Harvyx]: Where'd you go?

[Harvyx turns around back to Tydrus. He sees guards preparing to break up the fight before it goes further.]

[Harvyx]: Did you see where he went?

[Tydrus shakes his head. Suddenly, Cryson runs up behind Harvyx and then forms an ice hammer and hits him in the back. Harvyx falls unconscious and then falls forward. The guards rush in and takes Harvyx out. Two guards apprehend Cryson, too, and hold him against a wall. A third stands in front of them and checks his bios.]

[Plumber]: He's off with a warning... Next time, solitary confinement...

[The two guards let go of Cryson and send him off.]

[Plumber]: But Harvyx... One week in solitary confinement...

[He grunts, but a Plumber places a collar on him that prevents him from using his powers. He looks at Cryson.]

[Harvyx]: You'll be hearing from me again...

[They lead him off down the hallway to the solitary confinement wing of the prison. Cryson walks down the hallway and eventually finds Paper sitting in his cell with the door open. He closes the door behind him.]

[Paper]: Well?

[Cryson]: I beat Harvyx... He'll be in solitary confinement for one week...

[Paper]: That's better than nothing...

[He walks over to the bed and pushes it to the side.]

[Cryson]: Back to the secret room?

[Paper]: Just follow me...

[The camera cuts to them arriving at the secret room. The others are waiting for them.]

[Razor]: How'd it go?

[Cryson]: One week solitary confinement...

[Whip]: Great job!

[Claw]: That's awesome...

[Paper]: So that's taken care of, but I've got to let you know something...

[Screw]: Go on and tell us then...

[Paper]: My trial starts in just 8 days... I'll only be here on weekends from now... So Claw, you're in charge until then...

[Claw]: Yes sir...

[Paper]: We'll all get through this...

[Cryson]: Yeah, and by the way... Does this group have a name? I mean, there's the Hotshots, so what should we be?

[Hook]: We don't need a name, kid...

[Paper]: No one knows about us... We don't want to advertise ourselves... And so we will remain unnamed...

[Cryson]: I understand...

[He stands up.]

[Cryson]: Now I've got to go find my real cell... They never showed me where it was...

[He laughs and then heads back through the tunnel, leaving the other seven members of the group in the secret room. One by one, they begin to leave through different secret passageways back to their own cell. Once they've all left, the camera cuts back to the underwater base. Will jumps and kicks Mantox, in the face, knocking him back. Roy takes out a lasso and grabs one of his arms, pulling it back and making him drop one of his water bearers. Mantox checks something at his wrist and then looks forward and sees Will rushing towards him. He jumps and kicks Will back before blasting a water blast at Roy and grabbing his second water bearer back.]

[Mantox]: You've failed, Plumbers... The package is already delivered...

[He puts his water bearers at his side and then backs up behind a door.]

[Mantox]: I'd suggest you leave...

[The door shuts closed. A hole opens up above the door and water begins to flood the room.]

[Will]: We've got to get out of here...

[Roy]: Okay, then let's hurry!

[They put their masks back on and then run back towards the ship.]

[Roy]: We'll be in for a fight...

[Will]: So get ready!

[They arrive in the docking bay and then open the door to the ship. Instead of an army of soldiers there is simply a gush of water towards the two Plumbers. They activate their rocket boots and then swim against the current and through the ship. They burst through several doors on their way to the back of the ship where they swim out of the ship and then underneath it until they can see the Darwin in the distance. It moves in to pick them up, and they enter through it's airlock. As the Darwin starts to move away, the base underneath explodes, sending the Darwin hurtling upwards to the top of the trench. The camera cuts to Will and Roy arriving back at the Plumbers' Academy. Hornbok is waiting for them in the docking bay.]

[Hornbok]: Explain--

[Will]: We went to the Lantovorian colony on the Haven...

[Hornbok]: And...

[Will]: It went well... Tayvir and Eshus told us a lot about their rival race: the Eketophians. We--

[Hornbok]: You can explain to me later... With the rest of your team...

[He looks at Roy.]

[Roy]: I was there!

[Hornbok]: It's still a highly confidential matter...

[Roy] But...

[Hornbok]: No...

[Roy]: Fine...

[He exits the docking bay.]

[Hornbok]: Anything connecting it to the other events?

[Will]: Surprisingly nothing... We weren't able to discover anything...

[They stand in silence for a moment. Hornbok looks like he is about to say something when Will stops him.]

[Will]: Two names you may want to know, however. Mantox and Medullus...

[Hornbok]: I'll research those names...

[He nods his head in confirmation and then exits the docking bay. Will stands alone for a moment and then exits the docking bay as the camera cuts to an Eketophian ship cruising through an extremity of the Mare Glacies. It eventually surfaces in a damp cave. A door opens and Mantox exits. He stands with his back to the ship. Another Eketophian exits and stands just behind him.]

[Mantox]: I hope you like your new toy, Stingma... You have no idea what I had to go through to get you want you wanted...

[Stingma]: Psychobos' asking price was very high, but I know have what I need to complete my research...

[He holds up a vial of Psychobos' Amber Ogia concentrate.]

[Mantox]: In a matter of hours we will be back at our colony, with the concentrate and the leftover technology Psychobos and the girl didn't need. Then, Medullus will return...

[The End]