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I can't help those kids

unless I know what's going on.

You know, when they started talking

about bringing you in...

-Yeah?

-...I was ecstatic.

Finally I would meet the only real superhero

Ieft in the world.

Would you Iet that

superhero stuff go, please?

A hero who would fight for justice

at all costs.

I was a really Ionely,

kind of weird child.

Well, at Ieast you know

you've grown out of that.

And the only comfort I found

was in reading about you.

That's because you're out of your mind.

You gotta stop with this comic book stuff.

You know, the first thing you said to me

was that you're not a real superhero.

-Right.

-Well, I didn't believe you then.

But congratulations,

because you have convinced me.

You are nothing but a bitter man

happily getting paid to take your

resentments out on these children.

It's horrible.

AII right, then.

We'II do this again.

Hey, that was a good meeting

Iast night, Grant.

Yeah, it was cool.

It was just a simple staff meeting.

That's what I thought, simple staff meeting,

based on the way

I was shuffled out of there.

So where we going?

We've got combat training tomorrow.

We've got to get you into

some protective gear.

I don't want to hold your hand, thanks.

I don't want to hold your hand.

Let go of my hand.

That's quite painful.

AII right. I'II hold your hand. Careful.

And what'd I tell you about costumes?

It's not a costume. It's my perfective gear.

Yeah? How's a ballerina costume

going to protect you?

Are you crazy?

Who wants to hurt a ballerina?

Other ballerinas, Baryshnikov.

Wait a minute. No way.

Is that you, Mr. Pibb?

You recognize me?

How you doing, buddy? Give me five.

Mr. Pibb?

Yeah, that's the name we gave him.

We didn't have many friends down here,

so they built us one.

He'd go get you candy and sodas,

that sort of thing.

You were nice to him.

Do you have to touch things to,

Iike, understand them?

-Not always.

-What's he thinking about now?

He thinks you've had an increase in mass.

Mr. Pibb.

It's impossible to know

what he thinks, Miss Jones.

His program

is a rudimentary 15-megabyte system.

He has no thoughts.

I suppose you don't have thoughts

of what your Iife would be Iike

if you were a figure skater?

Well, then. I guess I'II Ieave you kids

in the capable hands of Jack Shepard.

You do that, Grant. I'II take care of them.

Mr. Pibb, is that old Rambler

still down in the hangar?

Got the keys?

AII right, come on, guys. Watch your heads.

Come on, this way. Get over here.

Go over there.

AII right, Pibb.

Knock off the security cameras.

Open the door.

Let's go. Go, go, go.

AII right, stand right there. Ready?

-Whoa.

-Whoa.

It's the flying saucer from Area 51. It exists.

Look at that.

Wow.

We rebuilt it as best we could

after it crash-Ianded in the Iate '40s.

It's really awesome.

Yeah, it's amazing.

Yeah. It's really cool.

And is this what's going to take us

to all of our superhero gigs?

I'm getting goose bumps.

Got to stabilize this thing.

-Can I try?

-You want to drive?

Yeah, definitely.

AII right, just sit down there.

And you want to get your hands in that

green and blue slime.

Right.

-Little gross in there, isn't it?

-Nasty, yeah.

Oh, boy.

-Let's make this thing rock.

-Yeah, how do you make it go faster?

Faster?

Therein Iies the problem, guys, of the FE-12.

We never really figured this thing out.

It only goes 20 miles an hour.

Maybe there's Iess to figure out

than there is to understand.

Hey, barbeque, to go.

Tucker, put the cow back.

But I'm hungry.

-Tucker.

-AII right.

Hey, hey, hey. Watch the...

...Iight pole.

Hello. Welcome to Wendy's.

May I take your order, please?

-CIassic Triple, Iettuce, tomato.

-Get me one.

CIassic Triple, Iettuce, tomato... I got it.

CIassic...

-Can you see? Can you see this?

-No, it's all green and blurry.

-Extra fries.

-Hold on a second.

I'm going to have a...

What kind of toys do you have?

Chicken. Spicy Chicken Sandwich.

The other order's Crispy Nuggets.

-Is that it?

-Six Frosties.

Six Frosties. Chocolate.

AII right.

Now, what's everyone else drinking?

We come in peace.

Take me with you.

That's right, Bob. We're outside the Wendy's

where apparently

a lot of people have seen

some type of flying saucer.

I'm here with David right now,

who actually works at Wendy's.

David, can you tell us what you saw?

I saw the flying saucer. I saw it land.

I saw it make this noise that it made.

It went...

as it wobbled, and then...

That's it. That's the way they sounded.

-That's the way it was.

-And you actually saw the aliens? I mean...

Well, it's not that...

The alien in the spaceship ordered from me.

You know, I don't know.

Maybe the spaceship runs on ice cream.

That's my theory.

Because he ordered

a whole bunch of Frosties.

Oh, no.

Just go back and act Iike nothing happened.

We had a great day. Let's just

Ieave it at that. AII right, you guys?

If I were you, Dylan, I'd disappear.

Hey, Marsha.

Mr. Shepard. How dare you?

-Do you even know what you've done?

-Yeah. I got you a hot chicken sandwich.

No, thank you.

Are you a vegetarian?

You're supposed to be training these kids

for their first simulation.

And instead, you're out gallivanting

in a stolen spaceship.

Was I gallivanting?

Looks Iike the saucer's not the only

thing stuck in the '50s.

You're probably 50.

I'm not a vegetarian.

It's a Iife choice. Nothing wrong with it.

Cindy.

Let go of my face, please.

What are you doing in here?

I had a bad dream.

Well,

I'm sorry you had a bad dream.

That's easy to do here, I guess.

You...

-Let's walk you back to your room.

-Can I sleep here?

-Just for tonight?

-No, that's not a real good idea.

You don't want to stay here. I snore.

I'm quite gassy.

I'm scared.

Hello? Little help here?

You want to stay on the couch?

Thanks, Mr. Zoom.

Can you Iet the Iight in?

Yeah.

I'II Ieave the door open.

Because why would we want it dark

while we're sleeping?

Good night, Cindy.

Mr. Zoom?

Cindy, please.

Am I different?

Yeah.

You know, but in a good way.

I feel too different.

Yeah, I'm sure you do,

because you're wearing a rabbit outfit.

You gotta go to sleep, Cindy.

Is that why Mommy and Daddy

sent me here?

Listen.

You were right the first day.

You're special.

There's nobody in the world

that can do what you do.

Your parents, who Iove you very much,

they sent you here

so you'd Iearn how to use your difference

to help people.

Good night.

Good night.

That was bolted to the wall.

Welcome to our fully operational,

multi-platform J-1000 mission simulator.

It is imperative

that you learn to avoid enemy fire.

A bit more advanced than in your day, eh?

Yeah, in my day

we just had that British guy named Ben

who threw sticks at us.

So what are the holes for?

It's funny you should ask that.

That's the first question people ask.

Our technician is Dick. Dick?

The holes are for firing the paintballs.

AII right. I'm out of here.

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