(Speaking of the Mega Mart, our heroes were shopping there now.)
(Ben looked to his side and noticed the cereal isle.)
(He then stepped aside to find the Sumo Smacks cereal and at the bottom left corner, there was a caption that said "Free: Inside Sumo Slammer Cards.")
Ben: "Sumo Slammer cards! Cool"
(he exclaimed.)
(He then grinned mischievously as he got an idea.)
(Back with Jen, Gwen, and Max, who were standing with the shopping cart, Max picked up a can.)
Max: "Only canned octopus? I thought this store prided itself on wide selection."
(Max complained.)
Gwen: "Uh, Grandpa? No offense, but can we please, please, please have a normal dinner just once on this vacation? One that doesn't involve stir-fried tentacles?"
(Gwen asked.)
Jen: "Please. I don't know how much more of your cooking my stomach can take! I'm not Japanese!"
(Jen said, practically crying.)
Max: "Nonsense."
(Max smiled.)
Max: "Now where do you suppose they keep the sheep's bladders."
(At that, Jen looked like she was about to burst into tears at when the cousins saw a blast of green light and instantly knew what that meant.)
Gwen: "Ben!"
(Gwen scolded as the two looked to see the cereal isle absolutely ransacked and was an absolute mess as Jen rubbed her temples in frustration.)
Jen: "Sorry, Gwen. I can't take him anywhere."
(Jen said.)
(They walked down the isle to see a box fumbling around.)
???: "Aw man, another Red Card!"
(a nasally voice complained from inside the box.)
(Jen pulled out Ben and held him in her grip.)
(He was a four-inch-tall grey-skinned frog-like alien with large green eyes with rectangular pupils.)
(He wore a green jumpsuit with a black stripe going down it and had the watch symbol on his back.)
(Ben called this form Grey Matter.)
Gwen: "What are you doing?"
(Gwen asked, angry.)
Grey Matter: "Uh, looking for the Gold Sumo Slammer card. Duh!"
(Grey Matter said.)
Jen: "Ben! We're supposed to use our powers to help people. Not find some stupid trading card!"
(Jen scolded.)
Jen: "As Spider-Man always goes by, 'with great power comes great responsibility.'"
(Unfortunately for the kids, one of the employees named Regis as it said on his name tag walked up behind them.)
(Jen panicked quickly and held Grey Matter behind her back to hide him.)
Regis: "Just what do you think you're doing, young ladies?"
(Regis asked angrily.)
Jen: "It wasn't us! It was my brother!"
(Jen said.)
Regis: "Well, no matter who it was, somebody is going to have to pay for all this!"
(Regis said.)
(The girls groaned in frustration.)
(The family's shopping cart was now filled with cereal as Jen slammed her head against the wall, not caring about the headache given how much of a headache she already had with her brother's antics.)
Max: "So, why are we buying all this cereal?"
(Max asked.)
Ben: "Well, we would've only had to buy the one I found the Gold Sumo Slammer Card in if Gwen didn't but in with her big butt!"
(Ben yelled, now back to normal.)
(Jen gasped at that and twitched her right eye in shock.)
Gwen: "Hello! You were trashing the whole cereal isle just to find some stupid piece of cardboard!"
(Jen walked over and placed her hands on her brother's shoulders.)
Jen: "Ben, I appreciate how much this card means to you. But don't you think you're getting a little obsessed?"
Ben: "Maybe you're right, Jen. I don't deserve a Gold Sumo Slammer card. I mean, it's not like I saved a bunch of people from a burning building or anything like that!"
Jen: "One, we saved those people together. And two, if we could reveal that we were the ones who did it, we would get so much more than just a measly card! Now I know that you're obsessed."
(Jen said.)
Gwen: "Superhero guilt?"
(Gwen asked.)
Gwen: "That's pretty low."
Ben: "Whatever it takes."
(Ben said.)
Jen: "Why? Why would you embarrass me like that?"
(Jen asked, disappointment clear in her face as they walked on.)
(As they continued into the electronics isle, Ben noticed a stand with the cards in it.)
Ben: "Wow! Sumo Slammer Cards! The complete set!"
Max: "Let's check out the pet department."
(Max suggested.)
Jen: "I'll stay behind and make sure he doesn't get into trouble."
(Jen said as Max nodded.)
Gwen: "Please tell me you aren't looking for our breakfast."
(Gwen begged.)
(Jen looked confused as they walked away.)
Jen: "Yeah, why are they going to the pet department. We don't even have a pet."
(She walked over to Ben who was staring at the cards.)
(There were 5 different cards: two red in a different pose, two blue in a different pose, and the rarest of them all: the gold sumo slammer card.)
Ben: "Someday, you will be mine."
(Ben said as the other cards faded from his view and the gold card shined brightly.)
Jen: "Ben, look. I'm a fan of Sumo Slammers too, but I'm not obsessed with it. Don't you know it's wrong to destroy tons of unpaid cereal boxes just to get a card?"
(Jen asked.)
Ben: "It's not just a card. It's something that almost nobody has! I'll do what I can to get it and nobody is going to stop me."
(Jen sighed and face-palmed.)
Jen: "Seriously. Sometimes, I can't believe that we're twins."
Ben: "Me either."
(Then, there was a sudden rumbling and the television showed static and shook before some fell off the shelves.)
(Sensing what was about to happen, Jen tackled Ben out of the way as the wall caved in and Dr. Animo appeared, riding on his mutant frog.)
(He was now wearing red goggles and had discarded his vest.)
(The twins then looked at each other in worry and shock.)
(Animo then jumped off of his frog and then started gathering the chips from one of the shelves into a bag.)
Jen: "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!"
(Jen shouted, getting the doctor's attention.)
(The mutant frog then shot it's tongue out at them, which they narrowly avoided by side-stepping, only to hit a stack of boxes which caved in on top of our two heroes.)
(They then stuck their heads and arms out, dazed.)
(Animo then stepped up to them once their vision cleared.)
Animo: "Don't be a hero, kids. Just run along and play!"
(Animo ordered.)
(Ben looked at his watch, which was still in the red.)
Ben: "You are so lucky that I can't go hero."
Jen: "Maybe if you weren't so obsessed over a certain trading card, you could stop him."
(Jen whispered.)
Ben: "Alright, I'll give you that one."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "It's up to you."
(Jen then looked at her watch and crawled back into the boxes just before Animo walked away and got back onto his frog and two security guards ran up to the scene.)
security guard: "Get down off that... giant... frog and put your hands up!"
(one of the guards ordered.)
(The frog then leapt away in the direction of the pet department.)
security guard: "Uh, we got a grab-and-dash in electronics. Male, 5'6", riding a on a giant, uh, frog or toad."
(the security guard reported into his walkie-talkie.)
security guard: "Trust me, you can't miss him."
(Then, there was a flash of pink light out of the pile of boxes and then, Jen's feline alien form that she now called Wildcat came bounding out with a snarl and ran after Animo.)
(Ben then looked at the guards and shrugged.)
Ben: "Strange day, isn't it."
(He then ran after his sister.)
(In the pet department, Max was looking at his shopping list while Gwen played with a hamster.)
(Suddenly, Animo and his frog leapt in and Animo adjusted his Transmodulator and used it to mutate the hamster into a giant version of itself with 8 red eyes like a spider and then did the same to a parrot in its cage.)
Animo: "Arise to your full potential, my pets!"
(That was when Ben arrived from one corner and Wildcat pounced up onto one of the shelves, seeing the giant pigeon and hamster, which were normally food for felines.)
(She then narrowed her eyes with a smirk, smiled, and licked her lips in anticipation.)
(Ben went running after them and saw the new mutants and Gwen and Max went running for their lives, screaming.)
(The mutant hamster pursued them before being tackled off of the shelf by Wildcat as she then kicked him off of her with both legs, into a stack of boxes.)
Ben: "Oh, man. What kind of pet food are they selling around here?"
(Ben asked, surprised.)
(Wildcat then stood in front of her brother, cousin, and grandfather protectively as Animo and his three mutants stood in front of her.)
Max: "Back down, Wildcat. There's no way that you can handle all three of them by yourself."
(Max said, putting a hand on her shoulder and she purred disappointedly.)
(Animo spread out his arms and announced his presence.)
Animo: "Behold! The genius of Dr. Animo! Nothing can stop me from getting what I deserve! Mark my words: today, I will make history! Or should I say pre-history!"
Gwen: "If you didn't go cereal-diving, one of those heroes could seriously help your sister stop us from becoming hamster chow!"
(Gwen whispered.)
(The hamster attacked, causing them to run away.)
(Wildcat then tackled the hamster and they started clawing at each other as Wildcat slashed its arm, causing it to screech in pain.)
(The hamster then slammed her in the gut, causing her to fall net to Ben, but not before adjusting her falling body and landing on all fours.)
(Ben looked at his still-charging watch and then at the giant hamster.)
Ben: "I don't need to go hero to stop an overgrown furball."
(Wildcat snarled at him.)
Ben: "Sorry."
(The mutant hamster stalked Gwen and Max before it was hit in the head with a football.)
(It then turned its head to see Ben, wearing a helmet and riding a scooter.)
(It then charged after him as he went on his scooter before Wildcat went charging after the two.)
(The three raced through the store's aisles before the hamster pounced, knocking over several jars of mustard as Wildcat tackled him and bite him in the shoulder.)
(Ben then skated over the pair, the shelf acting as a ramp, before the hamster broke free and almost ate Ben like a Piranha Plant.)
(Ben then landed on another shelf and it tipped over, trapping the hamster underneath the two shelves as Wildcat backflipped off of the shelf and transformed back into her default form in a flash of purple light and landed in a crouched position as Ben took off his helmet.)
(Gwen and Max walked by as the hamster collapsed from exhaustion.)
Ben: "Uh-huh! That's right! Not even giant hamsters can beat the Tennyson Twins!"
(Ben cheered.)
Jen: "Right here, bro."
(Jen said as Ben high-fived her.)
the manager: "Clean-up on Isle 6."
(the manager said over the intercom.)
(Then, Animo's frog landed near them.)
Animo: "Young fools! You cannot stop me! I will turn Washington D.C. into Washington B.C.!"
(Then the mutant parrot flew by and Animo leaped onto it as it flew out of the skylight, destroying it, with the frog following close behind.)
(Jen dusted off her shirt and pants and gave out a sigh.)
(Then, a couple of store employees walked by them as Jen fell to her knees and started breathing heavily.)
employee: "You saved the store! If there's anything I can do to repay you, just say so."
(Jen then perked up and zipped away.)
(Ben then smiled as he thought about the Gold Sumo Slammers card.)
(But before he could say what he wanted, Max picked him up.)
Ben: "Grandpa! I was finally about to score the Gold Sumo Slammers card!"
(Ben complained.)
Max: "No time for that, now, Ben. We have a giant parrot to follow."
(Max said as he went for the Rust Bucket.)
(Gwen smirked as Ben stared disappointedly and followed them.)
(Outside as they got in the Rust Bucket and Max strapped himself in.)
Max: "Wait. Where's Jen?"
(Jen then burst through the doors with a shopping bag in her hands and ran for the Rust Bucket and tripped on the step, collapsing inside and spilling a bunch of DVD cases all over herself.)
Jen: "Sorry. Can't turn rewards down. Just went through to get a few more movies for my collection."
(Jen chuckled, picking herself up.)
(Gwen and Ben then stared as they picked through the DVDs she had gotten.)
Gwen: "Inglourious Basterds? Pulp Fiction? Django Unchained? You're a Tarantino fan?"
(Gwen asked, shocked.)
Jen: "Um, yeah. He's only my favorite director in Hollywood. I've also picked up some Coen Brothers films, some Spielberg, some Scorsese films. Oh, and even some Cameron films."
(Jen said, holding up a copy of Aliens.)
(Max then sighed and drove off.)
Max: "These kids are never going to be able to sleep with these kind of movies in the car."
[To Be Continued...]