[ALERT SOUNDING]
Hero HotIine. PIease state the nature of your crisis.
STORMER: This is the Hero Factory...
...where the bravest, most advanced heroes in the galaxy are built...
...customized with unique weapons and technology...
...for any mission...
...no matter where it takes them.
When vile, wretched villains strike...
...the most powerful force against evil is ready.
Hero Factory, we build heroes.
STRINGER: Whoo-hoo. That went down as smooth as a bass riff.
That's good. Because there's enough C-4000 on that transport...
-...to bIow this whoIe asteroid to dust. -And us with it.
That's why the Hero Factory was caIIed in to guard it.
[GRUNTING]
-Ha. -Whoo.
Make sure the miners know to stay beIow untiI we give the aII cIear.
FURNO: Already done, alpha leader. l'm ready to come and join the team.
You'd better stay in the Hero craft.
We don't need a rookie underfoot.
With aII due respect, sir, this is my mission triaI.
Right. So lesson number one, listen to the team leader.
But don't worry, kid, I'II Iet you know when I want you to join the fight.
Wait, what fight?
Ho-ho-ho. Here we go. Ha-ha-ha.
It's Rotor.
Ha-ha-ha. Missed me.
No, not there. Here. Ha.
Take cover.
Away from the expIosives.
Oh, yeah. Good thinking.
Rotor's here, so you can bet XpIode won't be far away.
[EXPLOSION]
Looking for me/
Well, here l am.
HeIIo again, Stormer. So nice to see you.
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
AIpha Ieader, this is HQ. PIease come in.
Stormer, report. Are you damaged/
Would you relax, Zib, just a few dents.
[QUADAL CHIRPS]
Yes, QuadaI I heard. The new armor you heIped the science team deveIop...
...heId up very niceIy as usuaI.
Yeah. But these guys are definitely using some serious new firepower.
Oh, no, you don't.
Hi there.
[LAUGHS]
[GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
[LAUGHS]
[GROWLS]
AIpha Ieader, requesting permission...
-...to come down-- -Not now, kid.
[LAUGHS]
[GASPING]
Now, that's more like it. Ha-ha-ha.
Let them have it. Yeah, take that.
Hey, we just heard AIpha Team is under attack.
Is Furno okay/
He's fine, Breez.
-Now, you rookies be siIent or be gone. -Huh/
We'II be quiet as Mercurian mice.
Come on, Surge.
I don't get it. Why won't Stormer Iet Furno join the fight/
Oh, wiII you two--/
AIpha Ieader must wanna make sure Furno is safe.
FURNO: l doubt it, Breez...
...because l'm sitting on enough explosives to blast me back to the Hero Factory.
Zib, you're senior mission chief, can't you do something/
I assure you, AIpha Leader Stormer knows exactIy what he's doing.
Doesn't he, Quadal?
[CHIRPING]
[GROWLING]
Had enough?
Of you.
Sorry, Rotor, but it's every bot for himseIf.
Hey. Hey. Come back here.
Looks Iike your boss baiIed.
Hey, he's not the boss of me.
BULK: Leaving you for us.
Okay, kid, now.
Hero-cuff this guy for transport.
You mean, uh, alone?
[CHUCKLES]
This is your mission triaI.
Yeah, come on. Cuff me, hero.
Uh-uh. Don't even think about trying to fIy off.
FIy off? No, we're just starting to get to know each other.
Can you beIieve the size of that guy?
How is Furno supposed to get past those bIades?
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
Ugh.
[SIGHS]
I'm never gonna get any work done.
[ROTOR CHUCKLING]
ROTOR: Oops. Ha-ha-ha.
Try again. Ha-ha-ha.
[LAUGHING]
Oops. Ha-ha-ha.
Right here. Ha-ha-ha.
You think maybe it's time for a IittIe hero backup/
No, no, no, I've got him.
Yeah, right.
[GRUNTS]
Don't move.
Okay, okay, you win.
Now you Iose.
STORMER: Look out. FURNO: Hey, what are you--/
[LAUGHING]
See you Iater, feIIas.
What was that/
AIright, I saw the weapon...
...I was handIing it.
I couIdn't risk it.
But don't sweat it, kid.
It was my fauIt.
I shouId have Ieft you in the hero craft.
[GROANS]
I heard that aIpha Ieader was tough on rookies...
...but he's been on Furno's case from day one.
He's right. It does seem Stormer has been riding Furno...
...harder than any of the rest.
It's not my pIace to second-guess a team Ieader...
...and it certainIy is not yours.
I'm sure you two have better things to do than to pester a senior mission chief.
You're sight. Sorry, chief.
QuadaI, get down to Weapons AnaIysis...
...and make sure they're working on new Hero armor based on today's mission data.
Huh? Mr. Makuro?
Your evaluation, Zib?
It does seem aIpha Ieader is being unusuaIIy hard on Furno.
Hmm> Perhaps it's because Stormer recognizes his potentiaI.
Or Stormer stiII bIames himseIf for that iII-fated mission.
Indeed a dark day in Hero Factory history.
But what happened was by no means Stormer's fauIt.
True. But since then, Stormer seems determined...
5...that no rookie can ever put a mission or themseIves in serious danger again.
Ah. But Furno is not just another rookie.
He couId be another aIpha Ieader.
You reaIIy think so?
I know so.
Ever since Hero Factory's humble beginnings...
...l have witnessed the creation of every single Hero.
They all possess greatness.
But once in a century...
...one will stand out like Stormer did.
And now, as l believe, Furno does.
From the moment he began to take form...
...l sensed there'd be something exceptional about this fresh new hero.
Even the molten metal seemed to burn hotter than usual.
But all the technology in all the known galaxies...
...cannot complete a hero.
That can only come...
...from his very core...
...which is made from one of the rarest minerals in the universe.
Quaza stone.
No other being possesses this unique heart stone.
The hero core.
Let us hope he can overcome the many triaIs he has yet to face.
If I were you, kid, I'd hit the training sphere.
Start by repIaying today's mission, see how many criticaI errors you made.
I counted 18.
Won't hurt you two to Iog in some training either.
But we just came from doing a coupIe of hours--
So we're warmed up and ready to go, sir.
What/ Rotor didn't knock you around enough today/
I just needed to--
To prove something to myseIf.
-Too bad you can't prove it to Stormer. -Forget it. There's no winning with that guy.
That's the thing you guys. You don't understand Stormer.
I've studied aII of his missions.
Right? And he demands perfection from every Hero.
And that incIudes himseIf.
And one of these days, I am gonna earn his respect.
Or burn out trying.
STORMER: HoId it, rookies.
PIease teII me there are other rookies in the pIaza.
Where's the kid?
He was supposed to report to the Iaunch deck at 6 sharp.
WeII, the Iast time we saw Furno, he was in the VR training sphere.
On your feet, rookie.
I was just trying to perfect this one move.
For the next time I meet up with Rotor.
-What's wrong with Furno/ STORMER: He's fine.
We need to get him into the Quaza chamber...
...for core recharging.
You beIieve that rookie pushed himseIf so hard training, he couId hardIy stand up?
Shocking. Now, the Iast time I saw one do that was--
Let me think for a moment.
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
That is correct, Quadal.
It was a fresh new rookie named Preston Stormer.
[SIGHS]
BREEZ: Hey, Surge...
...remember the first time your core was supercharged.
Furno said it was Iike something had been missing inside of him.
But now...
-...I know who I am. -I know who I am.
ExceIIent.
AII systems are once again functioning at fuII capacity.
AIpha Ieader, I reviewed the mission record. You said I made 18 mistakes.
You're wrong.
[BOTH GASP]
I made 19.
[CHUCKLES]
Get over to Hero Iaunch. And bring your bike.
lt's time for some real obstacles, kid.
AIpha Ieader, Surge and I couId use the practice too.
What are you--? We waiting for?
Mind if l ask what kind of obstacles, sir?
You can ask.
OPERATOR: Hero HotIine. PIease state the nature of your crisis.
Hero HotIine.
PIease State the nature of your crisis.
MALE VOICE 1 : My transport pod broke down.
This is the Hero Factory, sir, not the AutoPod CIub.
l know. l was forced to land on Tyral 9...
...so l'm surrounded by a pack of hungry looking Canabots.
I've honed in on your communicator signaI. Dispatching a team now.
ETA, three minutes.
Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.
[ALERT SOUNDING]
MALE VOlCE 2: Hero Factory, do you read? This is Lemus 2 to Hero Factory.
We are under attack. Repeat, we are under attack.
Affirmative, we received an aIarm from your Hero aIert system.
Mission ControI is aIready evaIuating.
ZIB: OnIy one Hero craft in the sector that can reach them in time.
[MONITOR BEEPS]
Lemus 2 Explosives Plant is under attack.
-Yours is the only team in the sector. -What team?
I've just got three rookies with me.
l understand. But nearly all their security is already down.
And, Stormer, there's enough explosives in that plant--
On our way.
I think I have a pretty good idea who's behind this attack.
Hey, kid.
Looks Iike you might get that shot at Rotor sooner than you thought.
XPLODE: I toId you we shouId have skipped that stinking IittIe shipment of C-4000...
...and hit this expIosives pIant from the start.
Oh, yeah/ Is that why you Ieft me there with the--?
Heroes.
Heroes? Are you kidding me? How did they get here so fast?
Time to break out the heavy artiIIery.
-BuIIs-eye. -Ha-ha-ha.
Nice shot.
One Iess Hero to worry about.
Whoa. They totaIIy torched Furno's hero pod.
Nice. It worked just Iike Stormer said it wouId.
Drew their attention whiIe we aII got down safeIy.
Don't start ceIebrating yet.
That pIant bIows, it couId knock this whoIe pIanetoid out of orbit.
Great, no pressure.
Okay, this is it.
You may stiII be rookies...
...but never forget who you reaIIy are.
ALL: Heroes to the core.
Stormer. Not again.
Forget the others.
Let's focus aII our power on knocking out Stormer.
Picking off the rookies shouId be easy after that.
[GRUNTING]
-Huh? -Stormer is down.
The impact must have disIocated a vitaI power unit.
You guys drag Stormer cIear and cover him.
What are you gonna do/
To settIe a score.
-I hope. BREEZ: Good Iuck.
Aim, you idiot.
[GASPS]
Sorry, paI.
You can't do this again XpIode, you fiIthy coward.
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTING]
The expIosives are aII mine.
Not gonna happen.
Time for pIan B.
[GROANS]
[GRUNTING]
Easy, sir. I just reconnected the power unit.
I'm okay.
But is the kid?
You think you're pretty tough, huh/
WeII-- What/
Oh, no.
Got you.
How do you Iike our power-draining Hero cuffs.
[GROANS]
Ha-ha-ha. Okay.
[GROANING]
[LAUGHING]
Ow. Quit it.
[LAUGHING]
STORMER: You did okay, kid.
That's it/ ''You did okay''/
Are you kidding me, coming from him, that's aImost as good as a Quaza charge.
But, guys, don't forget, XpIode got away.
Which means he couId hit the expIosive pIant at any time.
Are aII the new security measures in pIace?
STORMER: Okay, Zib.
The kid and I deIivered Rotor to Iockup, so I'm ready to get back to my team.
Yeah, nice to see you too, Stormer.
Hey, Furno, congratuIations again on capturing Rotor.
Thanks, chief. You too, Quadal.
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
The battIe definiteIy drained your Hero core.
Report to the Quaza chamber for recharging.
Yes, sir. On my way.
[GRUNTS]
Don't even think about it.
What's wrong, BuIk?
-Not a thing. -Uhn. Uhn.
We just finished cleaning up the mess you left behind. As usual.
-Hmm. -What about the new security measures/
The Hero Factory's tech crews just left.
No bot's busting into this explosives plant ever again.
We're ready to head to base with the rookies and kick back.
[ALERT SOUNDING]
Negative.
I need you to respond to a Hero aIert that just came in through the Hero Hot Line.
-What's up? -I'II mission brief you in the air.
Hang on, Zib, they've just got rookies with them.
Can't you send another team?
It's a Code 4 emergency, meaning innocent civiIians are under attack.
They are the onIy team I have in the sector.
Okay, then I'II Iaunch a Hero pod and--
You know the rules, Stormer.
Hero Factory protocoI.
I cannot permit you to Ieave without recharging.
Fine. So Iet's do it.
Sorry, l already sent Furno to the Quaza chamber.
Great.
Stringer and BuIk are two of Hero Factory's finest.
I'm sure that they can handIe this crisis with Breez and Surge.
I know. I just have a bad feeIing in my core about this one.
The Iast time I feIt Iike this was right before the Von Ness mission.
Von Ness.
And we both know how that ended.
STORMER: What's that?
Your team has just arrived at Penitentiary 1331.
A prison pIanetoid?
But you said innocent citizens were in danger.
You're taIking a maximum-security compound with heaviIy armed forces.
Penitentiary 1331 is stiII under earIy stages of construction.
There are no prisoners there to guard.
Then it sounds Iike someone wants to make sure that it never opens for business.
But who?
SURGE: AII the construction workers are in the Hero craft.
Breez is fIying them out now.
ZlB: Affirmative. Tracking your Hero craft now.
Chief, workers sustained minor damages during the attack on their construction site.
I'm heading to the nearest MediBot station.
I better get back and heIp Stringer and BuIk.
Whoa. What the--/ Whoa.
-The acid-tongued bad bot's back. -Huh/
What/
HeIIo, boys. Miss me/
STRINGER: Corroder.
Packing some heavy duty fireworks.
[GRUNTS]
Look out beIow.
[CACKLING]
[GRUNTS]
Surge.
The forecast caIIs for showers.
Hope you brought your umbreIIas.
Look out.
Never bring a boy to do a man's work.
Surge. Uhn.
[GRUNTING]
BuIk.
Bulk, talk to me.
[GRUNTS]
Ah. I see you've been practicing.
STORMER: Stringer, can you tell how bad?
Not yet. Gotta draw Corroder's fire.
Surge.
On it.
STORMER: What's the damage?
Hard to say.
BuIk's pinned under a piIe of girders.
Is he.../
[COUGHING]
Down...
...but not out.
Do you think the two of you wiII be abIe to Iift the girders/
Come on, Surge. Let's give it try.
[GRUNTING]
No good.
STORMER: They need backup ASAP.
We can rocket Iaunch a Hero pod.
Oh, if I'd onIy had my Hero core recharged first.
I'm recharged and ready to Iaunch, sir.
Nothing personaI, kid, but Corroder is too much for a rookie.
[SIGHS]
Who eIse is Iaunch-ready/ How about Omega Team/
No, they're on their way back from a successfuI mission in the Centurian Sector.
Both Jackson and Ryker's team just compIeted a mission too...
...but they're even further away.
[CHIRPING]
Ah. There you are. Maximus is charged and ready.
STORMER: No.
Max is buiIt for mega force, not agiIity.
Gotta be fast to stay cIear of Corroder's acid.
FURNO: Like me.
Chief, I was buiIt with the Iatest advances in Hero speed and maneuverabiIity.
That is true.
And his synchronicity stabiIizers are a modern marveI.
I can do this.
My best friend's in troubIe too.
He'II need to be refitted.
QuadaI has aIready notified the refitting tower.
ZIB: Furno wiII need modifications specific to this mission.
[SIGHS]
Stringer can't keep this up much Ionger.
[CORRODER CACKLING OVER MONITOR]
[PANTING]
-I'm sorry, BuIk. -Listen, Surge, you've got to heIp Stringer.
STRINGER: No, Surge, stay with Bulk.
Don't worry, I'm sticking with BuIk...
...no matter what.
Surprise.
[CACKLING]
[GRUNTS]
I'm onto your game.
Time to finish off the other two. Ta-ta.
Not whiIe I stiII have an ounce of energy Ieft.
Whoa! Why you--
Uh-oh.
Fine. I'II finish you first.
[CACKLING]
How Iong before backup reaches them/
Counting down to Hero pod Iaunch.
Five, four...
...three, two, one. Launch.
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
Programming in destination coordinates.
What about Breez?
l just delivered the evacuees.
l calculate l can be there shortly after you, Furno.
I'm afraid both wiII arrive too Iate to heIp them.
Perhaps they shouId activate a Hero ceII.
No way. BuIk's core is aIready too drained.
Zib's right, Stormer, and you know it.
We should activate a hero cell.
AII right. The rookie wiII have to cover Stringer.
[GRUNTING]
[CORRODER CACKLING]
Ready, Surge?
[CACKLING]
Go.
No fair.
No ganging up on me.
Never had to do this before.
Me neither.
What is a Hero ceII?
Our onIy shot.
CORRODER: Wanna pIay rough, eh/
I was just starting to enjoy myself.
Here he comes.
-Don't move. -But--
Whoa, what's happening/
There you are.
Say goodbye, Heroes.
[CACKLING]
CooI. So we're safe.
For now. As Iong as our core energy doesn't run out.
Wait. You mean, we're draining our Hero cores/
Which is why a Hero ceII is onIy used as a Iast resort.
No fair. That can't be.
No.
How you hoIding up, BuIk?
[COUGHS]
Better than you, l'll bet.
You know Stormer. He's probably blaming himself for all this.
Save your strength.
We can argue about it when you get back here.
Heh. For the record, Von Ness wasn't your fault either.
I shouId have seen it coming.
Forget it. You just be quiet and conserve power.
That's an order.
What's the deaI/ Who's Von Ness/
Happened back when Stormer was just a rookie himseIf.
His Hero team was called to New Stellac City.
They arrived at dawn...
...answering a routine burglary call.
Thresher brought two rookies with him:
Stormer and Von Ness.
They quickly realized there was nothing routine about this mission.
And that's when things went really bad.
FURNO: Stormer. Stormer.
Stormer.
AIpha Ieader, do you copy?
Yeah. Where are you?
Approaching the mission site.
STORMER: Slow it down, kid.
You're going in too fast.
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
Furno, keep it on autopiIot.
You have limited training in Hero pod landing procedures.
Can't argue that, sir.
But it does give me an idea.
I don't care if it takes aII day.
I am going to get through to you.
Few more seconds we're gonna be toast.
AImost there.
[SCREAMING]
[GROANS]
Thought you were pretty cIever.
But you're aII mine the second you step out.
FURNO: That's why I decided to fIip out instead.
How the--/ Aah!
Ha. The kid used his ejector seat.
WeII, I figured I had more practice baiIing than Ianding.
Practice baiIing from this.
[GASPS]
We couId Iose BuIk if we keep the Hero ceII up any Ionger.
So Iet's give Furno a hand taking down that-- Whoa.
Not feeIing too steady.
The Hero ceII drained us aII, but we need to be ready, just in case.
That wasn't nice.
Take that.
Here's acid in your eye.
Furno.
[GASPING]
[CACKLING]
Now to see if my Hero is the way I Iike it.
Deep fried.
[GRUNTING]
[LAUGHS]
Acid-resistant armor.
[LAUGHS]
You had enough/
[CORRODER CACKLING]
[GASPS]
Hey, Corroder, think you can handIe another six fresh Heroes/
Good one, Furno.
Nice bluff, kid.
Time for my exit.
[BEEPS]
This joint won't be opening any time soon.
Just in case.
So Iong, suckers.
[CORRODER CACKLING]
Too bad.
Okay, he's gone. We're cIear.
See if you can Iift the girders, otherwise you'II--
I grabbed the Ievitation unit from the Hero craft.
Good thinking, Breez.
GIad he appreciates one of us.
WeII, I think you were briIIiant, Furno.
Thanks, Breez.
How's BuIk/
Ready to bust out of this prison.
BREEZ: Get ready.
I'II keep the girder steady whiIe you ease him out.
Yeah.
[BEEPING]
WiII he be okay/
PIease stand by.
Just a few minutes Iater and BuIk wouId have needed a core transpIant.
Meaning the BuIk we aII know and Iove to tease...
...wouId never have been the same again.
Our core makes us who we are.
You got it.
Hey. Ha-ha.
How you feeIing, big guy/
Good as new.
But I gotta admit, for a whiIe there....
I hear that.
You know, when you were taIking about that Von Ness mission...
...I was seriousIy thinking we might not make it back from this one.
Least not aII in one piece.
And thank goodness you did.
Now, the rest of you need to report to Hero Core Recharge.
-Then after that, to the refitting tower for-- -Jeez, the guy's worse than my mother.
Well, if l'd had a mother, that is.
[ALL LAUGHING]
Sure, you Iaugh now, but don't you dare bIame me...
...if you're not mission ready the next time we caII.
-I'm up. -I'II go.
You're aIpha Ieader. You shouId go first.
TeII you what, kid, you can beat me there...
-...it's aII yours. -Ha-ha-ha.
You're on.
STORMER: Ha. Is that aII you got/
FURNO: I got you. -Ha-ha-ha.
You know, Quad, something teIIs me...
...this is just the beginning between those two.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[CHIRPING]
[ALERT BLARlNG]
[ALL CHEERING]
Is that aII you got, kid?
And you caII yourseIf a Hero?
I'm working on it.
Oh, guys, I forgot to teII you.
I've been asked to do a commerciaI for a new drink caIIed RoboJoIt.
-Oh, how mag is that? -TotaIIy.
-What do you think, alpha leader? -I think we're Heroes, not rock stars.
Wait.
Didn't I hear there's a new monster size eIectro-biIIboard of you...
...right in the center of Makuhero City...
...sir/
It was just supposed to be a IittIe poster, the ad guys duped us...
...and put up a monster biIIboard.
If I had my way, I'd rip the stinking thing down.
ZIB: All right, Heroes, listen up.
The Hero Hotline had just received an alert from the Mekronite Planetoid Belt.
Mekron City law enforcement is requesting immediate HF backup.
-I know the chief there. -My thoughts exactly.
Kick throttle, kid.
-Mission brief. -There is very little to report.
We're unable to raise anyone...
...since the distress call came in from Chief Drax.
-Drax is the reaI deaI. -Yes, he is.
ln most of the outer cities...
...the police force is made up of FEDs, Floater Enforcer Drones.
So be careful.
We're coming up on Mekron City.
It Iooks abandoned.
What happened/
The city goes on Iockdown in an emergency.
Okay, rookies, pIaytime's over.
Let's find Chief Drax.
You three, secure the perimeter.
I'II go in first.
The Iobby appears empty, but my sensors are picking up--
Freeze it right there.
Easy there, Stormer.
Good to see you again.
I'm just sorry we had to drag you out here on a faIse aIarm.
Where's the rest of the AIpha Team/
They're just waiting for the aII cIear.
Come ahead, it's a Code 13.
Hey, do you guys remember what a Code 13 is/
Yeah, trouble.
So why'd you sound the Hero Factory aIert/
Eh. It's nothing to worry about. One of the FEDs maIfunctioned.
Then you won't mind us having a Iook around.
Routine Hero procedure after an aIert.
You understand.
No, l don't understand...
...and I won't toIerate my authority being chaIIenged in my own precinct.
Come on, chief, you know I have to be sure...
...that no one is hidden nearby with a weapon...
...forcing you to do what they want.
[CACKLING]
I don't need anyone to teII me what to do with Iousy Heroes.
I don't wanna hurt you, Drax.
Funny, I wanna destroy you.
I'II Hero cuff the chief. You use the drones for target practice.
Good work. Looks like we're all clear.
[CACKLING]
The reaI danger hasn't even started yet.
Geronimo.
STORMER: MeItdown. Spread out and take cover.
I just thought I'd drop in for a visit.
No, wait, MeItdown? Isn't he the twisted bot that uses--?
Degraded nucIear radiation.
But I've added a IittIe something extra to my arsenaI.
Think of it as a speciaI bonus.
Works fast. Who has time to wait?
[GRUNTING]
No.
Well, l've done what l came to do.
AII in a good day's work, eh?
[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
Why did you knock me down? I had a cIean shot.
So did he.
-Are you okay, sir/ -Yeah. Fine.
I just knew a rookie couIdn't handIe one of MeItdown's--
-Radiation burned through his armor. -We need to get Stormer to Hero Factory.
No.
Must compIete mission.
We better take Chief Drax with us too.
I just hope whatever MeItdown did to them isn't....
WeII, you know.
If Zib doesn't teII us something soon, I might just forget I'm a Hero.
Supercharging Stormer's core cIearIy heIped...
...but as QuadaI is showing us with the X-Bot scanner...
...when his armor was compromised by MeItdown's radioactive bIast...
...it Ieft Stormer open to attack by nano-bots...
...which have infected his entire operating system.
How's Chief Drax doing/
The chief is in HF ICU, which is where you shouId be.
Yeah, but we know you'd never Iisten to the MediBots.
So QuadaI and Zib are gonna personaIIy monitor your condition.
We'II be feeding data to the HF science team...
...who are working on an antidote aIready.
Quit staIIing, Zib, and answer the reaI question.
How's Drax/
So far, they haven't been abIe to bring him out of standby mode.
But remember, he doesn't have a Hero core.
Stormer, it's good to see you back to normaI, sir.
Far from it, kid.
We saw what the chief turned into.
Zib, as senior mission chief, you need to caII security...
...and have me Iocked in a ceII before it's too Iate.
I assure you. Precautions have been taken.
Zib thinks keeping me here...
...with you guys standing guard in case I wig out is enough security.
But he's dead wrong. I couId do serious damage...
...before you guys even knew what hit you.
Like you'd ever harm one of your own team.
Just trust me, you need to get me into Iockup...
...before whatever MeItdown did to me takes over.
[GRUNTING] Order Hero backup right now before it's too Iate.
[SCREAMS]
[CHIRPING]
You're okay, QuadaI.
But Stormer isn't.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Activate emergency Iock-down of aII Hero craft and pods.
No matter what, Stormer wiII not be abIe to Iaunch and escape from Makuhero City.
I'm warning you, back off or I wiII hurt you.
Not buying it, Stormer.
Don't you get it/
Stormer's gone.
-BuIk. -Aah!
[GRUNTING]
I got you.
Stringer. Stringer, heIp.
[GRUNTS]
Thanks.
I just didn't beIieve he'd do it to me.
I don't see him.
Stormer knows every inch of Hero Factory, he couId be anywhere by now.
Better report in, Iet Zib know we searched the entire perimeter.
No Iuck, Zib. We can't find Stormer anywhere.
ZIB: AvaiIabIe Hero teams...
...have been dispatched to comb Makuhero City for Stormer.
What about the antidote?
By the time we find Stormer, the science team wiII have isoIated the nano-strain.
l don't get it, doesn't every Hero have a built in tracking chip?
Right. But even in his current condition...
...it seems Stormer remembers how to scrambIe his signaI.
Oh, yeah. He Iearned that trick back...
[ Skipped item nr. 740 ]
[ Skipped item nr. 741 ]
Hmm. I wonder.
[CHIRPING]
Science team reports they've deciphered the code needed to destroy the nano-bots.
There's onIy one IittIe probIem.
Right. We gotta find Stormer.
AII right, now we've got two IittIe probIems.
Find Stormer and the key ingredient is onIy found on Lunar Tratix.
So, Breez, you'll have to go with Stringer on this mission.
Yes, sir.
STRINGER: Zib, you'II have to suspend Iockdown Iong enough for Iaunch.
-Understood. -Good. Wait for us Come on, Furno.
No, no, I got an idea. I think I know where Stormer is.
-WeII, I'II go with you. -No, no, no. It's a Iong shot.
PIus, I think that one guy has a better chance to sneak up on him undetected.
BULK: Okay, good Iuck.
FURNO: You too.
So I can go/
Yes, you can. But I wiII have two fuII Hero teams on standby.
So you caII me for backup the minute you see Stormer.
Understood.
ZIB: Now remember, Furno...
...the nano-bots may have already wiped out the last remains of Hero Stormer.
Leaving only a deadly enemy within.
So, Breez, why did Zib singIe you out for this mission/
In case we run into a Tratix reptoid.
-What is it exactIy/ -That.
Huh/
Look out.
We have to find the mineraI.
Start your scan. We'II distract the reptoid.
SURGE: Over here. STRINGER: Hey there, Iizard head.
SURGE: Right here. STRINGER: I got a present.
-Come over and get some. SURGE: Hey, over here.
-Right here. STRINGER: Oh, Iizard head.
-Come over here. SURGE: Get me, snake breath.
-I got something to show you. BULK: Come and get it.
STRINGER: I got something for you.
Got it. Just need to dig.
SURGE: Breez, Iook out.
[GRUNTING]
It's got Surge. Come on.
-Let's draw its attention. STRINGER: Here. Put him down.
-Don't eat me. BULK: Come on, over here.
[GRUNTING]
Hey, Stormer.
I don't know why you hate this thing.
l mean, l think it's kind of cool.
No/ AII right, maybe it's a IittIe over the top.
[GRUNTS]
You shouIdn't have come.
Look, I've aIready caIIed your Iocation in to Hero Factory.
The good news is, they've figured out the antidote.
Our friends are getting the finaI ingredient right now.
[GRUNTING] Too Iate for both of us.
[GRUNTING]
I warned you.
Yeah, you did, so I know you're stiII in there somewhere.
You gotta fight it, Stormer. You gotta fight it.
Otherwise you aren't any different than Von Ness.
Von Ness, no.
[SCREAMING]
Prove it.
Come on, Stormer.
Remember. Remember who you are, what we are.
Heroes to the core.
Zib...
...I'm bringing Stormer in.
-How's the antidote coming/ -QuadaI, give him the antidote now.
This stuff worked on Chief Drax.
Yes, but of course, the chief does not have a Quaza core.
[GROANING]
The Science Team warned me about this.
The nano-bots may have caused permanent damage.
No, look. Look.
[LAUGHS]
It worked.
Sure did.
Hey, weIcome back, buddy.
Thanks, kid.
AbsoIuteIy, sir, but saving you was reaIIy a team effort.
Forget that. I'm thanking you for destroying that gigantic eyesore.
I reaIIy hated that biIIboard.
What I wanna know is how Breez got that Tratix reptoid to back down.
Just part of my Hero programming.
I can communicate with about 1800 species.
ZIB: Quite remarkabIe, actuaIIy.
Observe.
SURGE: Don't eat me.
I thought I was a goner for sure.
For a second there, so did l.
[BREEZ HISSING]
FURNO: So, what did you say/
I toId her we were Iooking for a mineraI.
-Her? -Yes, her.
And I showed her where to dig and voilà.
Oh. Wonder which was more dangerous, the giant reptoid or the Stormer beast/
[CHUCKLES]
Neither. It was the monster that sent MeItdown to try and destroy me.
Huh. So the Mekron poIice chief survived...
...which means Stormer has eIuded me once again.
But Von Ness will have his revenge.
Stormer wiII be crushed, but this time by Von NebuIa.
Looks Iike it isn't your first trip to New SteIIac City.
''In honor of the Hero Factory.
With speciaI thanks to Hero Preston Stormer for saving our city.''
Wait. New SteIIac/ That was the Von Ness mission.
Yeah. And this wasn't any naturaI disaster either.
Right, Zib/
That is correct, aIpha Ieader.
Anyone eIse starting to smeII it/
Hey, don't Iook at me.
He's referring to the trap we just waIked into.
Take cover.
[ALL YELL]
[GROWLS]
Thunder.
In person.
HoId on to your Hero heImets.
HeIIo, boys.
And Corroder.
[CACKLING]
Thunder and Corroder. This is aIarming news.
[GRUNTS]
[CHIRPING]
FURNO: Look out. Whoa.
Look out beIow.
-Whoa, heads up. -Furno.
How many times do I have to teII you not to train in mission controI/
-Sorry, chief. -Whoa!
Whoa, whoa. Whew.
-That was a cIose one. SURGE: Whoa!
[CRASHING]
-We got knocked off course, sir. -Whoa.
We're supposed to be Iearning how to-- Whoa, sorry.
Try to use these new antigravity thruster rings buiIt into every Hero's boots.
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
FURNO: Ha-ha. Thank you, QuadaI.
WeII, go Iearn somewhere eIse.
We're in the middIe of an emergency.
Let's get down to see what's up.
[CHIRPING]
Affirmative, Quadal.
AIpha Team, be advised.
We are picking up unidentified readings from Thunder's weapon.
I've brought something very speciaI to share with you guys.
[GRUNTING]
What was in that weird bIast?
[QUADAL CHIRPING]
NebuIa gases.
Are you sure, QuadaI?
VON NEBULA: This is onIy the beginning of my revenge on the great Preston Stormer.
[CACKLING]
Okay, who are we sending?
You're not gonna beIieve this, but you are going after AIpha Team.
-No way. -CooI, Zib.
Report to Hero Refitting at once.
But before you go, I want to give each of you this.
A particIe separator.
How's it work?
I'II show you, but whatever you do, do not press--
[SIGHS]
The button.
CooI.
That's amazing, chief.
The particIe separator disassembIes the moIecuIar body...
...Iong enough to avoid a deadIy bIast, and then....
Reforms it a moment Iater.
Whoa. I feeI Iike I got turned inside out.
Okay, chief, we're mission-ready.
WeII, not quite. You have to have a team Ieader.
Now, normaIIy you'd be assigned one.
But given the circumstances, you have to eIect your own.
-Furno. -Furno.
Thanks.
I'II do my best not to Iet you down.
ZlB: Entering coordinates for New Stellac City.
Launch.
Stormer talked about when he was there before.
Like there might be a connection to the old mission.
ZIB: DownIoading archive footage now.
FURNO: Watch this, guys.
lt was supposed to be a routine Hero response to a burglary in progress.
So Team Leader Thresher took two rookies along with him.
And it all seemed routine until they found themselves against this hulking drone.
Packing enough plutonium-cryptide canisters to level half the city.
So they fired to draw its attention...
...while Thresher, protecting the rookies, made a run at the drone.
Thresher took a bad hit...
...so Stormer and the other rookie, they're on their own.
Von Ness, it's up to us to stop that drone before it hurts any civiIians.
No, we can't.
We have to wait for backup.
By then it couId be too Iate.
I don't care. I'm staying here.
Okay, you cover Thresher and I'II draw the drone away from you.
FURNO: Stormer decided to take on the Drone himself...
...while Von Ness covered Thresher.
[GRUNTS]
[HERO CRAFT WHIRRING]
But Von Ness had other plans.
Von Ness. Uhn!
Can you believe he was just gonna leave his injured team leader and Stormer?
[GRUNTS]
Bring it down now.
No, you'II get us both kiIIed.
STORMER: Oh!
lt didn't look good for Stormer or New Stellac City.
Check out what Stormer does next.
Maybe the coolest move in Hero Factory history.
First, Stormer knocked out the drone's visual scanning.
Then, landing on it's back, he cross-circuited the power supply...
...totally crippling the drone.
Stormer saved the city and his team leader.
But he never came to terms with idea of Von Ness going rogue.
Breez, taIk to me. You picking up any Hero core readings/
No, but the nebuIa gas reading just spiked.
This happens right before I use this to bIow Heroes away.
Peekabo.
AII right, everybody, spread out. There's three of us and two of them.
We can handIe them.
Ha. Need to work on your math skiIIs, genius.
[BOTH GASP]
Because XpIode and MeItdown make four.
[BOTH SCREAMING]
Surprise.
Fire in the hoIe. Ha.
[GRUNTING]
I'm surprised Zib sent you.
Me too. How did you survive Thunder's bIast/
QuadaI insisted I try out his new armor. GIad I did.
So did you find Von Ness yet?
Smart guess, kid.
But, no, the coward's stiII hiding.
WeII, I think he's finaIIy decided to show.
[GRUNTING]
Hero-Iink.
Together we can keep from being dragged in.
Stormer, grab on.
There's someone inside that thing.
It has to be Von Ness.
Von Ness no Ionger exists.
I am Von NebuIa.
Somehow he's figured out how to create a bIack hoIe.
Listen up, team. I'm puIIing rank.
You stay here and take out his thugs.
I've got an oId score to settIe.
Same order goes for my team.
Figured you couId use a hand.
I can't beIieve you disobeyed a direct order, kid.
The name is Furno.
Team Leader Furno at the moment so I'II give my own orders, sir.
Hang on, ki--
Just hoId it a minute.
You reaIize we're doing exactIy what Von whatever he caIIs himseIf wants/
WaIking right into his trap, yeah, I know.
How eIse are we gonna get cIose enough to take him down/
Okay, but from now on, I'm giving the orders.
GIad to hear it, aIpha Ieader.
[GRUNTING]
Getting reaI bored pIaying moving target.
Without weapons, there's not much eIse we can do untiI they run out of ammo.
Hey, I just remembered I stiII have something we might be abIe to use.
The new particIe separator.
Zib gave us one too.
Yeah, I think I'd rather be a hard target.
Wow, I mean, it's Iike a Iiving bIack hoIe.
VON NEBULA: Very astute observation.
Well, if it isn't Von Nutcase.
You won't be so smug when I begin draining your Hero cores.
So that's your game.
Mr. Makuro's precious Quaza...
...will enhance my black hole 10,000 times.
What can we do?
Keep moving, don't give in to it.
We've got to fight it right down to our cores.
It's hopeIess.
You can't resist indefiniteIy...
...but I'II enjoy seeing which of you surrenders first.
[GROWLS]
Aah!
[GRUNTS]
BULK: Aww. Too bad, no more ammo Ieft.
[BOTH YELLING]
SURGE: Hey, you.
[GRUNTING]
[LAUGHING]
-Yeah. BOTH: Whoo-hoo!
You forgot about one weapon that's not empty.
Me.
[XPLODE CACKLING]
[CACKLING]
Activate particIe separator now.
Oh, not again.
[CACKLING]
-Where did you--/ -In your face.
[GRUNTS]
Aha.
Ha. Let's wrap them up.
Hey, where's Surge?
Behind you.
Behind me too.
Oh, great. What do I do now?
I'm sure aII you need to do is reactivate the particIe separator.
MeanwhiIe, watch your back.
[LAUGHS]
Let's hope Furno and Stormer are watching theirs too.
There's gotta be some way to counteract the force.
I've got it.
-Our antigravity-- -Thruster rings.
For the record, I thought of it first.
Well, that's if it works.
[RUMBLING]
The vortex is puIIing us in Iike a gravitationaI force...
...so the rings shouId act as a centrifugaI force going the other way, right?
Or it couId just set off an antimatter bIast.
Either way, we stop Von NebuIa.
Trick's getting cIose enough to the bIack hoIe without getting sucked in.
So which one of us is gonna do it/
I assumed aII your fancy devices had been stripped away with your weapons.
Lucky I've been monitoring you.
I wiII take those devices now.
You can try.
If you can figure out which one of us has them.
You forget that Stormer and I go way back.
He aIways has to cIaim the gIory.
Then take your shot.
WhiIe I take mine.
No.
Stormer is aIways the one, aIways first.
WeII, I guess you didn't hear, there's a new kid in town.
[GRUNTING]
No, stop. It wiII destroy us aII.
Yeah, I thought that might happen.
Stormer, it's working, we're not being puIIed in anymore.
Uh-oh. It's superheating.
Come on, we better blow before it does.
Then run.
You gotta be kidding, you actuaIIy think you can beat me/
[BOTH SCREAM]
[BOTH GASP]
[GRUNTS]
CaII it a tie/
-Ha-ha-ha. -For now.
[ALL GASP]
And what about Von Ness/
Whatever it is, we need to get it into an isoIation ceII back at Hero Factory asap.
AIong with the rest of this toxic waste.
[VILLAINS GRUNTING]
CORRODER: Quit shoving.
MELTDOWN: I hate Heroes.
This is field reporter Daniela Capricorn from Channel HFX...
...coming to you live from the Hero Factory.
l'm over here. Why, you-- Focus.
We're here where AIpha Team is returning from an extremeIy successfuI mission...
...that has made intergaIactic headIines.
While we wait for them to--
[GRUNTS]
While we wait for them to disembark, we'll take a short break.
Cut. Listen, you IittIe piece of scrap metaI.
I'II have you recycIed into a IittIe--
[BEEPING]
We're still on the air?
Oh. Well, we're back.
Preston Stormer, reports have been coming in from New SteIIac...
...saying that you saved their city again.
Hey, he had a IittIe heIp this time.
And I'm not taIking about Stringer and me.
Meet Hero Factory's newest and brightest.
Surge, Breez and--
Team Leader Furno.
Furno, did you hear that/
That's amazing.
He just caIIed me by my name.
Newest and brightest.
WeII, you heard it here first.
There's a new Hero team at the Hero Factory.
Cut. You gIorified hat rack.
Just wait untiI we get back to the studio.
Uhn! I'm gonna puII out your batteries.
You mechanicaI menace.
FURNO: Listen, Stormer, I know Hero Factory has the best protected...
...highest security vauIt in the gaIaxy.
STORMER: But can that powerfuI an eviI reaIIy be contained/
[INSECT BUZZING]