Hunted

Vilgax's ship, the Chimeran Hammer, continues to orbit the Earth from when we last saw it. Inside, on a levitating platform, three spotlights shine on three individuals, standing stiff and cold. They are bounty hunters; the three of them look very different from each other. The first is thin with purple and black armor; the second resembles a robotic half-human / half-crustacean; the third wears bulky gray armor and has a pillbug-like shell covering their face.

Vilgax (VO): Begin the audition.

The first immediately fires up a jetpack and lands in a circle of basic combat drones. He pulls a small blaster from a compartment on his joint and shoots a few Mechadroids down. A few fire back; he rolls out of the way and fires small rockets from his wrist in retaliation. He pulls a grenade out of another compartment for a cluster of Mechadroids. The second bounty hunter jumps down to join, pounding one on his way down, grabbing another with a massive claw, and using them as a projectile against another. Two more come rushing; he catches one with his claw and pulls out a sword to split the other in two. A platform opens up on the ceiling and a gigantic Mechadroid falls to the floor ready to fire at the two. It's now the third bounty hunter's turn; he unfolds a hoverboard and rides it right into the Mechadroid's laser blast. When the smoke clears, he is completely unharmed. Without a moment to lose, he flies into the Mechadroid's chest and punches right through it. He folds his hoverboard back up, right as a still-recovering Vilgax is projected into the room.

Vilgax (VO): (laboured) Impressive. You are all hired. Your objective - is to retrieve the Omnitrix. (He shows them a picture of the watch.) The one who succeeds collects the reward. Do not disappoint me.

Three pods jettison from Vilgax's ship and fall to Earth.

*Intro*

On Earth, the I.M.P van is shown racing down the street at top speed, causing other cars to come to a screeching halt and crash into each other.

(Y/N): Don't you think you're going a little too fast?

Blitza: (Y/N), the client wants the target so as fast as possible, so we have to do it as fast as possible. Even if it means we have to break a few laws, like speeding.

(Y/N): Okay.

As they were speeding, they pass a police car that gave chase of them.

Moxxie: *here's police sirens* Um, ma'am, the police are after us.

Blitza: Shut your bitch ass up, Mox. Millie, grab the bazooka and deal with the pigs!

(Y/N): *snorts like a pig* Bazooka?!

Millie: On it, boss!

As the policeman continues to chase them down, Millie reaches the back of the van and grabs the bazooka, kicks open the back doors, and aims the bazooka at the policeman.

Millie: Bacon for breakfast, bitch!

Millie fires the bazooka at the policeman, making them scream in fear.

Policeman: Ahhhh!

The police car explodes, killing the policeman.

(Y/N): Holy shit!

Millie: Police took care of, blitz.

Blitza: Good, now let's go kill the target.

The group made it to their destination after dealing with the cops. They all exit the van.

Blitza: Alright guys, the plan is simple. We go in and kill the son of a bitch!

Moxxie: *rolls her eyes* Sounds simple enough.

Blitza: Exactly. Alright (Y/N), show us what you're made of.

(Y/N): What?

Blitza: You know, the alien thing.

(Y/N): Are you sure?

Millie: Of course, cutie. I've wanted to see you transform into an alien since yesterday.

(Y/N): Okay, stand back.

The girls stand back and (Y/N) activates the Omnitrix. He twists the dial and sees a slimy alien with a weird thing atop its head.

(Y/N): Here goes nothing.

As the light died down, the girls were met with a green alien made of slime with an anti-gravity projector on top of its head.

Millie: That... is so cool!

Moxxie: What kind of alien is that?

Goop: Beats me.

Blitza: Enough talk, let's do this.

Goop: Wait, why does the client want the mayor dead?

Moxxie: Well, the mayor committed murder, war crimes, taxing on the poor, and prostitution.

Goop: ...

Moxxie: (Y/N)?

Goop: Kill the bitch.

The group infiltrates the mansion. Blitza, Millie, and Moxxie shoot and killed all the guards while Goop slithers through the vents. The mayor has a gun in hand and shakes out of fear after watching I.M.P murder his guards on the cameras. It wasn't later when he hears a knock at the door.

Mayor: Who's there?

Blitza: Deez.

Mayor: Deez who?

Blitza: Deez Nutz!

Blitza kicks the down the door. The mayor points his gun at Blitza, Millie, and Moxxie while shaking in fear. Goop oozes out of the vent in the mayor's office.

Mayor: Who the hell are you freaks?!

Millie: Freaks?!

Goop: We're the Immediate Murder Professionals. Our client hired us in to take you out, and that's what we're about to do. Millie, Moxxie, hold him down.

Millie and Moxxie: Yes sir!

The mayor shoots at the two imps, only for his gun to be shot out of his hand by Blitza. Millie and Moxxie hold him down while Blitza holds his legs.

Mayor: What are going to do to me?

Blitza: I dunno. That's for him to decide.

Mayor: Him?

The mayor looks over to see Goop standing over him.

Goop: Open wide.

Mayor: What?

Goop:

Millie: Brutal~.

Blitza and Moxxie: Damn.

Goop: Moxxie, erase all the footage of us on the security cameras. We can't let anyone know we're here.

Moxxie: Consider it done.

After killing the mayor, (Y/N) reverted to his human form.

Blitza: Another job well done, guys.

(Y/N): I agree.

Millie: That was amazing how you killed the mayor, (Y/N). I wonder what else you're capable of~.

(Y/N): 😳 Yeah, sure.

They all enter the van and drive off.

(Y/N): Wait, why can't we just open a portal to hell where we parked?

Moxxie: Because (Y/N), humans can't know we exist, except you, of course. So we're going to a remote location where nobody is around.

(Y/N): Okay.

The group drove to an empty field. The I.M.P van starts sputtering and slowing down on the road.

Blitza: Ah shit, that doesn't sound good.

Meanwhile, the Hoverboard hunter monitors a tracker that has led him to the destruction of the mayor's mansion.

Hoverboard: This is where the Omnitrix was last activated.

The two other hunters, SixSix and Kraab, watch him from the road. The citizens ran away in fear of the bounty hunters.

SixSix: (He speaks to Kraab in an alien language, then flies over to Hoverboard with his jetpack.)

Kraab: You can say that again. A rock pile like this is better off space dust!

Hoverboard continues tracking inside the structure until his tracker points to a piece of metal melted by acidic sludge. Just as he reaches for it, SixSix snatches it with an extendible grabbing appendage. He tries inspecting it first, but Hoverboard grabs the appendage and tugs it until it breaks. The angered SixSix extends six more appendages. Hoverboard puts his hand on his gun.

SixSix: (alien language)

Kraab: Whoah! Big talk from a 'gearhead'!

Hoverboard: (He gets up in his face) Get in my way again, and I'll teach you how to say "dismantled".

SixSix backs down sheathing back up his appendages, fold-out wrist rockets, and an extra arm.

SixSix: (curses him in alien language)

He flies away. Hoverboard lets go of his gun and walks away. Kraab leaps up and spins his four legs very fast, acting like a drill and burrowing into the ground. As Hoverboard walks out of the mansion, he activates his hoverboard and flies away.

Blitza managed to park the van in a ghost town.

Millie: What is this place?

(Y/N): This is Slaterville. Incorporated in 1857 after the discovery of silver. Went bust in the late '50s when the mine ran out.

Moxxie: If Loona was here, she would call you a nerd.

(Y/N): 😑 Thanks, Mox.

Blitza: Aha!

(Y/N): What's wrong, Blitz?

Blitza: Out of gas.

(Y/N): Oh.

Blitza: I should be able to fill it up.

(Y/N): Let me help you, Blitza.

Blitza: Don't worry, (Y/N). I'll handle this.

(Y/N): (stunned) Okay... Guess I'll just check this place out! (He walks away.)

Millie and Moxxie watch (Y/N) head into town with a big smile on his face.

Moxxie: Maybe we should, um...

Millie: -Make sure he stays in one piece? (Moxxie nods; she winks.) Let's go, Mox.

(Y/N) strolls into an empty warehouse.

(Y/N): Oh, talk about old school. I bet this place was really booming back then. (He picks up an old wrench.)

Moxxie: (from outside) (Y/N)? (Y/N)?

(Y/N) peers outside and sees Millie and Moxxie walk past the warehouse. He gets a devilish smile and starts turning on the Omnitrix. A flash of green shoots out of the tall warehouse entrance. Millie and Moxxie spots it.

A tracker suddenly gets a bead on a location. It's on SixSix's hand. He studies it before flying away in that direction.

Millie and Moxxie stands at the entrance of the warehouse. The inside is darker.

Moxxie: Hello? (Y/N)?

Millie: Are you in here?

No response. They worryingly walks in. As they pass by, a creepy shadow follows after them. As it reaches them, it passes through them, causing them to shiver.

Ghostfreak: (appearing in front of them) What's the matter, guys? You look like you've seen a Ghost - freak! (cackles)

Moxxie: Never, do that again.

Ghostfreak: No promises.

The ground suddenly starts to tremble. Something underneath starts heading straight for the three. Ghostfreak pulls Millie and Moxxie away before it hits. Kraab emerges from the ground and walks menacingly to them.

Moxxie: Oh crumbs! (gasps)

The bounty hunter advances on them.

Ghostfreak: Don't worry, I'll handle this guy. (He flies up to Kraab.) Oh, man... You put the 'ug' in 'ugly'!

Kraab: Hand over the Omnitrix and I promise you won't suffer - much. (He pinches his metal claw.)

Ghostfreak: Dream on, 'claw-boy'.

Ghostfreak: (to Kraab) Sorry 'crabby', the watch and I are kind of - attached.

Kraab: Not for long. (Another pinch of his claw.)

Ghostfreak: You have no idea who you're messing with.

Kraab: I was just about to say the same thing.

Ghostfreak: Oh, yeah? Do you know this one? "Now you see me, now you don't"!

Ghostfreak disappears; Kraab only sees the two imps behind him, Moxxie was hiding behind Millie out of fear while Millie gets out her axe. Kraab steps back and carefully looks around for (Y/N). Ghostfreak tries to sneak up behind him, but Kraab's head spins around.

Kraab: You're as arrogant as you are dim-witted!

His thermographic vision is able to detect Ghostfreak. Kraab turns and fires from his large claw an orange liquid. It lands on Ghostfreak, uncloaking him.

Ghostfreak: Blech! What happened?!

Kraab: Your protoplasm is now solidified, making it easier to do - THIS! (winds up a punch)

Ghostfreak goes flying back. As he recovers, Kraab advances and tries to puncture him with his legs. Ghostfreak dodges and tries to tackle Kraab, but he bats him away with his claw, landing on the other side of the warehouse. Millie and Moxxie runs over to help him up.

Ghostfreak: Oh, man... (to Millie and Moxxie) Who is this guy?

Moxxie: We don't know? (Kraab catches up to them.) You're the super guy, do something!

Ghostfreak: (flies up to Kraab) You better keep your claws to yourself...

Kraab opens his big claw and now shoots an electric blast.

Ghostfreak: AAGH!

Ghostfreak goes flying back. Moxxie watches as Kraab stands on a platform, towering over Ghostfreak; struggling to get up.

Kraab: Hardly worth the hunt...

Moxxie suddenly spots a switch box behind the two, connected to the platform. She gets an idea.

Moxxie: (Y/N), GIVE HIM A LIFT!

Ghostfreak spins around, notices the switch box, and pulls the lever. Kraab's platform suddenly shoots up towards the ceiling, squishing him. Millie and Moxxie runs over as Ghostfreak detransforms.

Millie: (Y/N), you okay?

(Y/N): Yeah, I'm alright.

Moxxie: Come on. Let's get out of here before 'crab cake' wakes up.

The three of them runs out of the warehouse as Kraab's still-crushed body twitches. Unbeknownst to them, Hoverboard was inside, watching them.

They run back to Blitza at the van.

Blitza: What the fuck happened?

Moxxie: You know, the usual. Some jumbo-sized crustacean burst out of the ground and attacked us. It said it wanted the Omnitrix.

(Y/N): (smiling) Just let me go Four Arms, and I'll turn him into a mechonized seafood special!

Millie and Moxxie: 💭 Four Arms?

Blitza: No time. Van's all filled up and ready to go.

(Y/N): But Blitz-!

Blitza: No butts unless it's yours in the van or mine getting fucked!

(Y/N): What?! Ugh, whatever.

No arguing. The van pulls out and heads back on the road.

Moxxie: (looking out the window) No sign of 'crab guy' yet!

(Y/N): Well, he better not show up if he knows what's good for him-!

They suddenly feel a tumble on the roof. A circular bladesaw starts cutting open the ceiling.

Blitza: The fuck was that?!

Moxxie: I think we just picked up a hitchhiker!

(Y/N): *to Moxxie* Oh no that's a friend of mine. His name is "shit, Sherlock", first name "No".

SixSix tears open the ceiling and peers inside; Moxxie screams like a bitch.

Millie: Who's that?!

(Y/N): Beats me!

SixSix starts reaching for (Y/N). Blitza slams the brakes, causing SixSix to fall off in front of the van. Blitza confidently hits the gas, running over him. But her smile fades as the van comes to a stop right after. She gets out and sees the tires are all deflated, having been covered with spikes. SixSix starts getting up. Quickly searching for some cover, Blitza points to a mine entrance.

Blitza: In there!

The four of them run in. Before SixSix can chase them, tremors interrupt him. Their source, Kraab, erupts from the ground.

Kraab: Remember me?! (slamming down on SixSix)

(A/N: Nope.)

Inside the abandoned mine, I.M.P steer a corner and stop to catch their breath. (Y/N) slowly peers around it. He can see outside, no one is at the entrance.

(Y/N): Whew, the coast is clear!

Kraab then bursts out of the ground inside.

Moxxie: Don't you get tired of being wrong all the time?!

(Y/N): Now's not the time for you to bust my balls, Moxxie!

Kraab: The Omnitrix! Give it to me!

(Y/N): Go to hell, chrome dome!

Millie throws a nearby piece of metal at Kraab, who crushes it instantly with his claw. I.M.P runs away.

(Y/N): (tapping the Omnitrix) Come on, do something. Anything!

They avoid Kraab bashing into a wall. The tunnel they run through empties out into an open chasm, trapping them on one side.

Blitza: (gasps) Now what?

(Y/N): ((Y/N) looks around and spots a cable car.) We "take a ride".

Blitza, Millie, and Moxxie jump in, while (Y/N) starts the car by pulling a lever. Kraab has nearly caught up to them, but (Y/N) manages to get the car going and leap across the gap and catch the car as it goes across.

Kraab: What a pathetic excuse for prey!

Kraab prepares to cut the cable with his claw but is shot backward by SixSix. SixSix flies after the car, shooting at it and knocking I.M.P off their feet. Moxxie peers above the car and sees SixSix gaining on them.

Moxxie: We got company closing in fast! We need a plan.

(Y/N): ((Y/N) finally manages to turn on the Omnitrix.) Yes! Who needs a plan, when you have the watch? I'll take care of this! (slamming it down.)

Moxxie: No, (Y/N). That's just what it wants!

(Y/N) turns into Diamondhead and leaps out of the car, grappling SixSix and causing them to plummet down the chasm.

Blitza, Millie, and Moxxie: (looking down) (Y/N)!

The two fly back up and into the wall on the other side of the chasm. The cable car continues through a tunnel.

Blitza: (Y/N), come on!

Diamondhead: (getting up) I'll catch up. First, I've got to put some dents in this walking soda machine!

Diamondhead prepares to attack, but Kraab grabs him from behind and throws him into a wall. While they walk toward him, Diamondhead leaps at the two bounty hunters. He is unable to defend against both of their attacks, and Kraab throws him to the wall and on the ground again. SixSix starts walking to him, but Kraab holds him back.

Kraab: Back off! That reward's mine.

SixSix: (alien language)

Kraab: Well, you don't have to get personal-!

A metal ball falls to the ground at their feet and releases a gas that knocks the two of them out. A few feet away from them is Hoverboard, who fired the grenade. He flies over to Diamondhead, picking him up by his back spike and rushing him out of the tunnel.

Once they come out of the tunnel and back into Slaterville, he throws Diamondhead to the ground.

Hoverboard: Billions of beings on this planet, and the Omnitrix winds up on the wrist of adolescent youth.

Diamondhead: Well, like I told your buddies, this thing doesn't come off.

Hoverboard: Of COURSE it doesn't. Its power utilizes alien DNA, which binds to the host's own genetic structure. It cannot simply be removed like - taking off a hat...

Diamondhead sneakily readies a blade and rushes to attack him. Hoverboard, with his back turned, expertly dodges and counterattacks.

Hoverboard: Your choice of warriors is based SOLELY on brute strength, without regard for any strategy. Do you ever pause to consider your actions at all?

Diamondhead: Hey! I was trying to protect my friends.

Hoverboard: -Such as your recent success in the mine shaft with the bounty hunters.

Diamondhead: My friends and I were handling it!

Diamondhead attacks again; Hoverboard avoids and counterattacks as he talks:

Hoverboard: You were moments away from losing your life (block) -and the Omnitrix. (shove) Victory should've been swift (block) and effortless. (pushes him to the ground) The Omnitrix is not some toy for your amusement. It's the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. The key to an epic battle between good and evil.

Diamondhead: Then whose side are you on?

Hoverboard: ...You're still alive, aren't you?

Diamondhead: You're a good guy?!

Hoverboard: My mission is to retrieve the Omnitrix at all costs. Since it is attached to you, I will bring you back for its removal.

Diamondhead: Oh, no... I'm not going anywhere.

Hoverboard: It's not your choice.

Diamondhead: It is now...!

Diamondhead tackles Hoverboard, causing him to drop his folded-up hoverboard. He grabs Diamondhead by the face and throws him off, and gets back up.

Hoverboard: It's disturbing how little you know of this alien's strengths and weaknesses. You barely scratched the surface of its potential!

Diamondhead: (getting up) Yeah? So what makes you such an expert?

Hoverboard's helmet slides open and reveals a face almost identical to Diamondhead's; although his crystals have a more blueish hue and he has green eyes. This is another member of his species, whose real name is Tetrax!

Diamondhead: You're...me!

Tetrax: Wrong. I am Tetrax Shard, a noble warrior, and you are an impulsive annoyance! (The Omnitrix times out.) We have wasted enough time.

(Y/N): (He picks (Y/N) up.) Hey! Let me down!

Tetrax looks for the dropped hoverboard, but it's disappeared. Kraab suddenly walks out from behind a building, hoverboard in hand.

Kraab: Looking for THIS?! You're not getting off this planet with the Omnitrix, and just to be sure...

SixSix appears, holding Blitza, Millie, and Moxxie.

Blitza: Hands off!

Moxxie: Let go of us!

Kraab: See, we've decided to work together! And split the reward...and you in half!

He clamps his claw; (Y/N) is slack-jawed.

(Kraab attacks furiously)

Kraab: (Sixsix says something) Don't blow a gasket, metal mouth. I know what I'm doing.

((Y/N) argues with Tetrax)

(Y/N): What are we waiting for? We've got to save them!

Tetrax: (lifts (Y/N) by the shirt) Don't be foolish. Keeping the Omnitrix secure is the only priority here.

(Y/N): Not to me. Those are my friends.

Tetrax: You cannot save them. You would soon be overpowered and captured. The obvious choice is for me to retrieve my hoverboard so that we may leave the planet.

(Y/N): But-

Tetrax: (puts (Y/N) down) Stay here.

((Y/N) sees the Omnitrix recharged)

(Y/N): I can't just sit here and let my friends while my friends are in danger, it's hero time.

((Y/N) recalls Hoverboard's advice)

Hoverboard: Your choice of warriors is based solely on brute strength without regard for any strategy. Do you ever pause to consider your actions at all?

(Y/N): He's right. If I'm going to save my friends, I need an alien that's all brain and no brawn.

((Y/N) turns the dial and switches the silhouettes to an alien with a large head and a skinny body.)

(Y/N): Here goes nothing.

((Y/N) transforms into a small, grey alien that looks like a frog. He jumps on Krabb's head.)

Kraab: (tries to get Grey Matter off) Get, off, me, you tiny little...!

Grey Matter: (searches for something in Kraab's neck)' There should be a nerve cluster in here somewhere. (pulls the nerve cluster)

Kraab: Ah! Ah! Oh...! Ah...! (goes haywire and fawns)

Grey Matter: (gets out from Kraab's armor) One down.

(Blitza stops Sixsix from shooting Grey Matter)

Blitza: (Y/N)! Run! (Sixsix flips her over)

Moxxie: (Sixsix attempts to attack Blitza with a wheel saw) NO!

Grey Matter: (hops onto Sixsix's shoulder) Guess who?

Tetrax: I told you to stay out of my way!

Grey Matter: Wonder what would happen if I did this!

(Sixsix's jet-pack goes haywire and slams into the supports of a water tower)

(Sixsix lands near Kraab and the water tower starts to fall)

Kraab: (looking at the water tower) I hate this planet.

(After the defeat of Kraab and Sixsix)

Grey Matter: (to Tetrax) Only one way to beat the desert heat, don't you think?

Hoverboard: Pretty smart...for a human.

Millie: Aww, that alien is so cute. What do call him?

Grey Matter: Grey Matter.

Moxxie: Ahhhh!

Moxxie shoots at Tetrax, and the bullets have little to no effect on him.

(Tetrax takes the hunters with him; Grey Matter reverts to (Y/N))

Tetrax: I'll return as soon as I am able.

(Y/N): What about the Omnitrix?

Tetrax: It's in good hands until then. (gives hoverboard to (Y/N)) This may be of some use in the meantime.

(Y/N): Oh, man! Are you serious?! (smile disappears) Hold on. You said you needed this to get off the planet.

Tetrax: Selective disinformation.

Blitza, Millie, and Moxxie: Huh?

(Y/N): He lied.

(Tetrax leaves the planet)

Moxxie: How come you get all the cool alien stuff?

(Y/N): (proudly) Fits my style.

Blitza: Well, that was eventful. Let's head back home.

After calling Loona on her phone, the portal to hell opens.

Moxxie: Wait, the van has four flat tires.

Blitza: Shit, your right. (Y/N), think you can help us?

(Y/N): Sure thing, blitz.

(Y/N) transforms into Four Arms and pushes the van through the portal.

Millie: He can even turn into a sexy four-armed bodybuilder?! I'm can see why you hired him~.

Moxxie: Same.

Blitza: You're welcome.

(Vilgax sees Tetrax leaving the Earth)

Vilgax: (bitterly) Betrayed.

Robotic Lieutenant: Sensors indicate the Omnitrix is not with the mercenaries.

Vilgax: It would appear the creature who possesses the Omnitrix is as clever as it is fierce. But I shall not be denied.

*Outro


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