Ben 10: Alien Swarm Page #4

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have some life left in them.

We've gotta get some

of these active chips

back to the lab right away.

Maybe they'll give us a clue about

what happened to my father.

Maybe we'll give you a call

because you're not

coming with us.

You're trouble in a jug.

Oh, l'm coming with you,

all right.

Ben, didn't Elena just

lead you into a nest

of techno-organic zombies?

She's coming.

One.. she's in too much danger

on her own now.

And two...

l trust her.

Speaking of which.

What's that?

A quick and trustworthy

cab service.

[ scoffs ]

MAN:

This is an all-point alert

from field operative 219.

Escalating incidents of

an unidentifiable nature,

presumed alien.

Request immediate assistance.

[ man speaking German ]

[ woman speaking French ]

[ speaking foreign language ]

Where in the Sam Hill

has everybody been?

l'm getting reports

on alien activity

from installed Plumbers

all over the globe!

Max, l...

We can settle our problems

later.

And she stays in the brig.

lt's the chips...

Validus' chips.

She told you that?

lt's true.

The chips Validus stole

have become active.

Very active.

These things were nothing more

than extraterrestrial hardware.

This is impossible.

BEN:

They also have a nasty habit

of burrowing into people

and taking over their minds.

They have an unusual energy

signature.

Can you use that

to pinpoint it?

Already done.

COMPUTER:

Targets reanalyzed.

Absolute locations appear

in a radial curve.

Target is experiencing

exponential growth

at an absolute rate

of 10,000 to 1

on an ascendant curve.

That's no 100-mile radius.

Millions of 'em.

And spreading

at an increasing rate.

So in other words,

they are a threat,

just like my father said.

Those things were not alive

three years ago.

Your father's tinkering

probably activated 'em somehow.

Now they're a threat

to the entire world.

You're wrong.

They were hibernating.

Just ask your know-it-all

granddaughter.

Knock it off, both of you.

Let's work on a solution,

not blame.

Well...

at least we know

where they are.

Well, what are we

waiting for,

let's start shooting.

What about the people

who are already infected?

lf it's between me

and a Ship-lt clerk,

l'm gonna pick me.

No, Kev, there's gotta be

another way.

- The queen.

- What?

That's right.

The infected people, they all

went on about their queen.

You mean a queen like

in an insect colony?

ln a beehive or anthill,

there's only one queen.

She lays all the eggs,

produces all the offspring,

and tells everybody

what to do.

The Science Channel.

How do you destroy a hive?

Remove the queen,

the bees disband.

The queen dies,

the hive dies.

We have to find the queen.

All right, people,

nobody sleeps tonight.

l'm gonna dissect these chips

to see what they're made of.

Kevin, we need to find

a more effective way around

those drones.

Gwen, find a way

to disrupt the connection

between those things

and their human host.

Ben, they're 100 million chips

out there.

Gonna be like finding

a needle in a haystack

to find the queen in there,

but get on it.

Now, Elena,

since you're here,

you'll help too.

l don't want her going two feet

without an escort.

Okay, people,

let's move!

COMPUTER:

[ lNDlSTlNCT ]

My calculations recommend

point-specific analysis

gradient to regional

demographics

as related to current

geographic coordinates.

Now commencing thermal

and spatial analysis

of all targets.

Duration...

[ snoring ]

Gwen, why don't you get

some shut-eye?

We need that brain of yours

working if things get hot.

Just for a few minutes.

And you'd better wake me up.

You too, get some rest.

No chance.

l'll sleep when my dad is home

safe and sound.

Suit yourself.

Thanks, Ben...

for taking the risk

to help me,

for going up against

the team.

Just like old times, right.

The guys didn't want you

on the soccer team

and l stood up to them

for you to join.

You ended up being

our MVP.

You're not doing this

for old times' sake.

No, l'm doing it

because l know what it's like

to be on your own

in a tough situation

you never chose to be in.

l didn't ask to get

stuck with this.

lt just happened.

And no one who isn't me

knows how that feels.

l think l do.

Max, we need help

with a map analysis.

Max?

Snap out of it, Max!

lt's Ben!

Ben, stop! Max!

We have to restrain him,

but be careful not to...

[ grunts ]

Hurt him.

What?

He's restrained.

Max, are you okay?

We're fine.

Never better.

Why are you all looking

at us like that?

We're great.

We're happy.

We're going to colonize earth.

He usually has a lot

of odd jobs for us.

But that one's new.

Grandpa!

Fight it, Max!

Come on!

You can't stop

what's coming.

The Plumbers are finished.

Mankind is finished.

[ coughing ]

Max!

Max!

Where did he go?

No one knows these tunnels

like Max.

He's long gone.

Now what?

Like it or not,

he usually tells us what to do.

We need him.

No, we don't.

He needs us.

We have to find the queen

and stop her.

Helping Max is gonna be

the least of our problems.

Wherever the alien queen is,

that's where we'll find

your father and Max.

We stop her, we stop the spread

of these chips.

And just how do you suggest

we do that?

COMPUTER:

Current geographic coordinates.

Does anything seem weird to you

guys about this map?

KEVlN:

Color choices are

a bit drab.

Try sea foam blue.

Check out the concentration

of the chips...

London, New York, Paris,

Munich,

and central Missouri?

There are millions of people

in all those cities,

but that part of Missouri is...

The middle of nowhere.

lt's barely a town.

The only thing in Barren Rock

is...

The world distribution center

for Ship-lt.

Right!

Those shipments from

the local hub would have been

the first wave

of sentry soldiers.

Now we're talking

total immersion.

And they need

a big enough base

to spread that many chips

across the entire planet.

Come on, they're taking over

the world by 24-hour shipping?

What's your brilliant theory?

Look, l think that's

where the chips

are being manufactured

and distributed.

And that's where

we'll find the queen.

Sounds like we're in

for a road trip.

What do you mean, ''we''?

Fine, she's coming.

Now we just have

to figure out how...

with Kev's car

out of commission.

Kev made this

for your birthday present.

My birthday was

two months ago.

You can't rush genius.

Oh, my gosh, Kevin.

lt's beautiful!

''She.''

She's beautiful.

You call a car a ''she.''

And you're right.

Don't be jealous,

you've got some

good qualities, too.

A car.

Your friend built you

a car.

Well, the weapons and defense

systems aren't online yet,

but she'll run.

Yeah, the fact is, she'll pretty

much eat anything in her path.

l don't know what to say.

l can't wait

to test her out.

Oh, you're not driving.

l said l was going

to give you the car.

That was before you bailed out

on the team.

l'm keeping her.

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