(A fire was going on in an apartment building in Washington D.C.)
(A mother and son were running for the door only for flaming debris to fall around them.)
(They were about to be crushed and they braced themselves.)
(But the crushing blow never came.)
(They opened their eyes and looked to see Ben as the fire alien that he now called Heatblast holding up the debris.)
the son: "Who are you?" the son asked.
Heatblast: "*grunt* I'm here to help,"
(Heatblast said.)
(He tossed the debris aside and rubbed his hands together and then started absorbing the flames in the room into his body.)
(He then led the family out the door.)
(They went out into the hallway to a staircase.)
Heatblast: "This way!"
(As soon as he said that, the staircase caved in.)
Heatblast: "Uh, on second thought, that way."
(He pointed to the hallway and they looked to see a dead end with a window.)
(Heatblast then fired a heatray and blasted a hole into the wall and then punched it out of the wall.)
(After the hole was made, Jen flew up as a new alien.)
(She was a fuschia pink humanoid butterfly alien with pink and purple-patterned wings and two antennae sticking out of her short pink hair.)
(She wore a sleeveless one-piece pink dress with the watch symbol on her belt and no shoes.)
(She was hovering in the air as her wings flapped 12 times per second like a real butterfly.)
(She called this form Battlefly.)
Battlefly: "Come. Trust in me."
(Battlefly said as she held out her hands in a reassuring gesture.)
(The mother looked nervous as she gestured her son forward and Battlefly took him in her arms as she flew him down to the ground.)
(She then flew back up and did the same for the mother.)
(She then flew back up to her brother and smirked at him.)
Battlefly: "You know, I would say Heatblast isn't really a good choice for this situation, but we don't have any aliens that can jetison water."
(Battlefly said.)
Heatblast: "At least this guy can absorb fire."
(Heatblast said as he vanished in a tornado of fire and turned back to normal on the ground as Battlefly flew down.)
(The civilians gasped at the sight of the two aliens.)
(Heatblast more so than Battlefly.)
Heatblast: "I'm sure you want to thank us personally."
(Heatblast said.)
Heatblast: "But really, it's all in a days work for- no way! A Gold Sumo Slammer card!"
(He saw that the kid that they had just saved had three Golden Sumo Slammers cards in his hands.)
(Sumo Slammers were Ben's favorite media.)
(He had tons of video games, watched the cartoon, and even collected the trading cards religiously.)
(He had ever colored card except for Golden.)
(He had tried every single card pack he could get his hands on and never got it.)
Heatblast: "Where'd you get it? I've been searching all over for that!"
(Battlefly face-palmed and shook her head.)
Battlefly: "Don't hold your breath, Heatblast. You'd just burn those things to a crisp the way you are now."
the boy: "It was a prize inside a box of Sumo Smacks cereal."
(the boy explained.)
(Then, the two heard a honk and saw the Rust Bucket pulled up and saw Gwen and Max in the front seat.)
Gwen: "Hey, Super Doofus!"
(Gwen explained.)
Gwen: "The fire was just a diversion to cover up a jewelry store robbery! The bad guys are getting away!"
Heatblast and Battlefly: "What?!"
(Heatblast and Battlefly explained.)
(Heatblast looked to the cards and then back to Gwen.)
Heatblast: "Uh, I knew that."
Battlefly: "Let's go, Heatblast!"
(Battlefly ordered as Heatblast got into the Rust Bucket and Battlefly flew beside it as they took off.)
(At an intersection in the city, a car that was driven by the robbers sped right by, ignoring the stoplights and with no regard for the lives of the civilians as they ran away to the sidewalk.)
(As they looked in the rearview mirror, they saw that the Rust Bucket was on their tail with Battlefly flying next to it, beating her wings rapidly.)
(As Max drove, he smelled something burning.)
(He looked to see smoke coming from the seat Heatblast was in due to his molten skin.)
Max: "I knew I should've bought those asbestos seat covers when I had the chance."
(he deadpanned.)
Heatblast: "Sorry, Grandpa, I can't help it."
(Heatblast said.)
Heatblast: "I'm hot."
(Soon, Gwen blasted him with the fire extinguisher to put out the fire he set to the seat.)
(It put out the fire on his head that instantly reignited.)
Gwen: "Ten superheroes on that stupid watch and you pick the one with the flaming butt?"
(Gwen asked.)
Battlefly: "Well, Heatblast is all he has that can deal with fire."
(Battlefly said into the open window.)
Heatblast: "Jealous?"
(Heatblast asked as Gwen blasted his butt with the fire extinguisher again.)
(The two cars turned a corner and Heatblast leaned out the window as his sister flew slightly next to him.)
Battlefly: "Ready?"
(she asked, readying her arms.)
Heatblast: "Born ready."
(Heatblast said as he put his hands together and formed a fireball in his hands that he tossed at the robbers' car that hit the back, sending it flying in the air.)
Heatblast: "Stee-rike!"
(The car slammed back down, still on its course.)
(Battlefly then spun her arms rapidly in a circular motion and created a small cyclone that she blasted at the car, sending it flying right into a brick wall as the driver screamed and the car crashed down to the ground as the robbers rubbed their heads in a daze.)
(The twins then pulled the ruined doors off of the car and glared.)
Heatblast: "Unless you guys want a permanent sunburn, hands against the wall."
(Heatblast ordered.)
Battlefly: "That means you."
(Battlefly said as the robbers obliged.)
(Then, the watch symbols started beeping and Jen looked nervous.)
Heatblast: "You guys picked the wrong day to be bad-."
(Heatblast said as Battlefly crossed her hands over her neck a few times as the watches gave out a flash of red and purple light and the twins returned to normal, Jen landing on the ground as she was still hovering in the air as Battlefly.)
Ben: "-guys."
(Ben finished.)
robber: "Huh?"
(one of the robbers said, noticing the change in his voice as Ben looked to see the twins, Ben looking confident and Jen looking worried.)
robber: "Hey! It's just two kids! Get the jewels."
(Ben then looked over himself and then saw his dead watch with the red faceplate.)
Ben: "Wow, time sure flies when you're having fun."
Jen: "Why can't these things have clocks so we can tell how long there is until we turn back?"
(Jen sighed before chuckling.)
Jen: "We've decided to let you guys off with a warning this time."
(Luckily, some police cruisers came riding up and the cops got out and pointed their guns at the robbers.)
cop: "Freeze!"
(one cop ordered.)
Jen: "They're all yours officers!"
(Jen smiled.)
Ben: "Now I know you all want to thank us but-"
(Ben started.)
cop: "Step aside, kids, this isn't playtime."
(the cop said, handcuffing one of the robbers.)
Jen: "Playtime?"
(Jen asked.)
Jen: "But we're the ones who captured them!"
(The officer ignored them as he and his partner carried the robbers away.)
Ben: "It's not fair!"
(Ben shouted.)
Ben: "We're the heroes! Aw man!"
Jen: "Sometimes I wish we could just reveal what we can do. Just to see what it's like to get credit for being a hero."
(Jen sighed.)
Max: "I know, kids. But it's not just for your own safety. It's for your families as well."
(Max said.)
(The next morning elsewhere, a man with a bald spot on his head in a suit was knocking on an apartment building with a sign hanging over the door that said "Dr. Animo.")
the man: "Animo!"
(the man said.)
the man: "I know you're in there! Open up!"
(The man entered the apartment and heard a bunch of animal sounds and saw a bunch of cages with a bunch of animals in them.)
(There were birds, reptiles, and mammals of all sorts. he took a whiff of the air.)
the man: "Ew. Smells like a zoo in here."
(he said.)
(That's because it kind of was a zoo.)
(As he wandered, a shadow appeared behind him.)
(He looked into one of the cages, a bullfrog leaped out of a log with a ribbit and the shadow walked up behind him, stepping into the light and startling him.)
(The shadow was revealed to be a man with ultra pale-almost green skin that obviously hadn't seen the sunlight in a few weeks.)
(He had white hair in a ponytail, brown eyes, and crooked teeth.)
(He wore a blue shirt with a brown vest, orange pants, and black gloves and boots.)
(This was obviously Dr. Animo.)
Animo: "How did you get in!"
(he demanded.)
the man: "Past key."
(the man said.)
the man: "I am still your landlord, remember? Probably not since your rent is six months past due."
Animo: "All of my funds go into my research."
(Animo said.)
Animo: "Now get out! You're disturbing me."
(He went back to his animals.)
the landlord: "Looks like you were disturbed long before I got here, pal."
(the landlord said.)
the landlord: "Listen, Doc, you and your furry friends are out on the street unless you pony up the green."
Animo: "Pony up."
(Animo said.)
Animo: "Interesting choice of... phrases."
(He said the frog down onto a table.)
Animo: "You must be an animal lover. Then you're gonna love this."
(He placed some sort of helmet on his head that looked like it was made from a pasta strainer and other parts.)
(It had two antennae-like protrusions on it and a strap on the bottom of it.)
(He also placed some sort of strap over his vest with some sort of dial at the strap that connected it.)
(The landlord just laughed at how ridiculous Animo looked.)
The landlord: "What's that? You're a member of the moose lodge or something?"
Animo: "This is my Transmodulator."
(Animo explained.)
Animo: "Phase Number One: It creates and accelerates mutations at the genetic level. Observe."
(He turned the dial on his chest, boosting the power.)
(Red sparks shot out of the Transmodulator and blasted the frog.)
(Right before their very eyes, the frog began to grow and mutate into something truly monstrous.)
(It was now about ten times its normal size and now had four red eyes, multiple orange growths all along its body, some crests on the its head and it now had two horns sticking out of its temples, making it seem like a literal bullfrog.)
(The landlord screamed as the mutant frog chomped down on him and started chewing him.)
(He continued screaming, but it was muffled inside the frog's mouth.)
Animo: "I'm sorry."
(Animo said with an evil grin.)
Animo: "I can't hear you. Sounds like you have a frog in your throat. Hahahaha Or is that the other way around!? Hahahahaha"
(The frog then spit the landlord out and he crashed against the wall, covered in gross green saliva.)
(He groaned in pain before passing into unconsciousness.)
(Animo held up a photo and glared.)
Animo: "So close to having what is rightfully mine. All I need is a few lousy components to finish my work!"
advertisement: "So whatever you needs from hairspray to state-of-the-art electronics, you'll find under one roof at the grand opening of the district's newest Mega Mart!"
(an advertisement said over the Television, (which, for some reason I can't explain, Animo left on) conveniently.)
Animo: "Ah, just what the Doctor ordered."
(Animo said, grinning evilly.)
[To Be Continued...]