Robot: REMARKABLE. THE GAME BOX PROCESSOR IS SO ADVANCED IT COULD OPERATE THIS MACHINE FOR YEARS WITH A BUROUT RATE OF LESS THAN TEN PERCENT! HAD WE NOT STOPPED THE MAULER TWINS BEFORE THEY ACTIVATED THEM THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN NEARLY UNSTOPPABLE. FASCINATING. SIMPLY FASCINATING. Mark: ROBOT?

Robot: HELLO, INVINCIBLE. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

Mark: I'M TRYING TO FIND EVE... DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS?

Robot: EVE AND REX ARE OUT ON A MISSION RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY SHOULD BE CHECKING IN HERE BEFORE THEY GO HOME FOR THE NIGHT.

Mark: CRAP... I REALLY NEED TO TALK TO HER. Robot: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE HER A MESSAGE? WAIT A MINUTE YOU KNOW SHE'S DATING REX, RIGHT? Mark: YEAH. ...THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AT ALL.

Mark: IT'S THESE MALL BOMBINGS. UM... WELL... THIS IS GOING TO SOUND WEIRD, BUT... SOMEONE IS TURNING KIDS FROM OUR SCHOOL INTO HUMAN BOMB.

Robot: I KNOW.

Robot: Hello, Invincible. What can I do for you?

Mark: I’m trying to find Eve... Do you know where she is?

Robot: Eve and Rex went out on a mission right now. But she should be checking in here before too long. She might be home for the night.

Mark: Crap... I really need to talk to her. Robot: Would you like me to give her a message? Robot: Wait a minute, you know she's dating rex, right? Mark: Yeah. That’s not what this is about at all.

Mark: It’s these mall bombings, man. While this is going to sound weird... someone’s turning kids into human bombs.

Robot: I know.

Mark: I mean, it’s late and all but I just wanted to let her know so that— wait what?

Robot: Residue found at the blast sites indicated that the timing mechanisms in all the bombs were organic in nature. More than likely, human circulatory systems provided the catalyst. From that, it was merely process of elimination to determine the age and relation of the humans that are being used as bombs. I didn’t know they were all from your school in particular, but I’m sure I would have... eventually.

Mark: Well... I’m only sure that the most recent one went to my school, but he's one of the three kids that are missing.

AtomEve: Well, if it isn’t our new pal, Invincible what are you doing here?

Mark: I think the mall bombing are connected to the missing kids at our school.

Rex: Oh, god, that’s awful. Rex: Bye, babe. Rex: *smeck* AtomEve: Any idea who’s behind it?

Robot: No, and there’s nothing we can do about that tonight. I suggest you two go home and get some sleep. Then keep your eyes open at school tomorrow. I’ll let you know if I figure out anything on my own.

Mark: Mom? What are you still doing up?

Debbie: Aren't I allowed to watch some late night tv in my own house? besides, I should be asking you the same question, young man. When you left after dinner you said you'd only be a few minutes. just because you're wearing tights doesn't mean you don't have a curfew.

Mark: I guess I just got tied up at the teen team's place... um... you're not worrying about dad, are you?

Debbie: I can sit here and watch him battle hundred-foot dragons on tv all day long, but for some reason... every time he's in another dimension... I can't help but assume the worse.

Debbie: I JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT TO THINK... THERE'S NO WAY OF TELLING HOW LONG HE'LL BE GONE. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE... AND HE WAS GONE FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS? HE MISSED YOUR BIRTHDAY THAT YEAR. Mark: It's GOING TO BE OKAY, MOM. DON’T WORRY ABOUT PAD. HELL BE BACK...

AtomEve: S0, MARK... WHAT PO YOU ΤΗΙΝΚ ОҒ ALL THIS? Mark: І САNТ BELIEVE THEY EXPECT US TO EAT BOILED CHICKEN FOR LUNCH... IT’SINHUMANE. AtomEve: NO... THIS MALL BOMBING STUFF.

Mark: I DON’T KNOW... IT’S UNSETTLING. I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND BAD, BUT, I'М TRYING NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

AtomEve: WELL, THAT’S A GREAT WAY TO FIGURE THIS THING OUT!

Mark: SORRY, BUT LET’S BE REALISTIC. SHOULP WE BE SEARCHING FOR CLUES RIGHT NOW? I FOR ONE АМ NOT PRESSED FOR THAT SORT OF THING, ΑΝD WE DON’T EVEN HAVE A DOG Mark: DON’T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT I DON'T WANT TO CATCH THIS GUY. I JUST THINK THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO GO ON RIGHT NOW... Right?

AtomEve: I guess. I mean, there are plently of possibilities but really nothing to point us in any direction. SIGH

Mark: No kidding. I wish it were just a big monster we could punch.

AtomEve: I hear you. the fighting part is so much easier than the thinking part.

Mark: To tell you the truth, I think that's really the only part i'm actually qualified for.

AtomEve: Oh, come on... you're not thattough.

Mark: Thanks.

AtomEve: Don't mention it. so, I guess i'll see you in mr. Hiles class later?

Mark: That's the plan... and i'll try to keep my eyes open for anything suspicious until then.

Mr. Hiles: ...АFTER TRIALS SET FORTH BY ΤΗΕ LORDS, ΤΗΕ FATHER AND UNCLE WERE PUT TO DEATH AND BURIED UNDER THE ARENA. THE FATHER’S HEAD WAS SEVERED AND PLACED IN A TREE AS A WARNING TO OTHERS.

Mr. Hiles: ONE DAY THE FATHER CALLED A GIRL OVER TO THE TREE. SHE COMPLIED WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO HOLD OUT HER HAND. THE FATHER SPIT IN HER HAND, IMPREGNATING HER.

Mr.Hiles: WHEN THIS GIRL’S FATHER FOUND OUT, SHE WAS ΒΑΝΙSHED TO THE MIDDLE WORLD OF HUMANS. SHE HAD TWINS WHO SHE NAMED HUNAHPU AND XBALANGUE, THE HERO TWINS. THESE TWINS WOULD ВЕ RESPONSIBLE FOR POPULATING THE ENTIRE WORLD.

Mr. Hiles: THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY FABLES FROM THE ANCIENT MAYAN CIVILIZATION. WE'LL BE STUDYING FABLES FROM AROUND THE WORLD OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SO I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT. NOW, IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR BOOKS TO PAGE THREE-NINETEEN, I'LL GO OVER YOUR HOMEWORK FOR TONIGHT...

AtomEve: Did you spot anything? Mark: Um... No I didn't see anything... strange.

Mr. Hiles: I'M SURE YOU’RE ALL AWARE THAT MIDTERMS ARE IN A COUPLE WEEKS. SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS TEST COMING UP CAN EITHER HELP YOUR BAD GRADE, OR HURT YOUR GOOD GRADE. SO PLEASE... STUDY FOR THIS ONE, OKAY?

Mark: What about you? AtomEve: Nothing.

Mr. Hiles: Excuse me, you two!

Mr. Hiles: SAMANTHA EVE WILKINS, JUST BECAUSE I ALLOWED YOU TO SWITCH SEATS WITH MR. DUNLAP DOESN’T MEAN I’M GOING TO CONDONE YOU AND YOUR NEW BOYFRIEND INTERRUPTING MY LECTURES. MR. GRAYSON, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T ALLOT ENOUGH TIME FOR TALKING WHEN YOU TWO ARE ALONE DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN MAKE UP FOR THAT IN MY CLASS. Mr. Hiles: QUITE FRANKLY, I EXPECT MORE OUT OF YOU TWO... lovebirds.

class: HA! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!

Mark: She's Not my girlfriend.

Mr. Hiles: Sorry. I was jumping to conclusions, but the fact reamins that you've caused me to waste the last ten minutes of my class today.

Mark: Sorry, sir. I'll try to make sure it diesn't happen again.

Mr. Hiles: You do that. Mark: Jerk.

Mark: ...

Mark: So... that was uncomfortable. AtomEve: Yeah...

Mark: It wouldn't have been so bad if-- AtomEve: hold on. phone: Ring, Ring!

AtomEve: Oh, look who it is.

AtomEve: hey, Robot. What's up?

Robot: I've BEEN USING SECONDARY OPERATING SYSTEMS TO RUN CHECKS ON ALL EMPLOYEES OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL. TEACHERS, CUSTODIANS, BUS DRIVERS, EVERYONE, AND I-- Holdon.

Mark: AS I WAS SAYING, I WAS CHECKING THE BACKGROUND, АМР EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES ON THE EMPLOYEES OF YOUR SCHOOL... sound: KRAK!

Robot: ...CROSS-REFERENCING THEIR INFORMATION WITH THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT A BOMB LIKE THE ONES USED IN THE MALL BOMBINGS.

Robot: I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A FUTILE EFFORT, RESULTING IN NOTHING BUT DEAD ENDS. THANKFULLY, I WAS WRONG.

Robot: SURPRISINGLY, YOUR PHYSICS TEACHER, DAVID HILES IS A FORMER WEAPONS ENGINEER FOR GLOBALTECH, A MILITARY SANCTIONED RESARCH FIRM. IT'S NOT DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF HIS GUILT, BUT I’M 99.8% SURE THAT HE’S WHO YOU’RE LOOKING FOR. sound: BOOM!

Robot: AFTER I GET OFF WITH YOU I'M GOING TO PUT IN A CALL TO ΤΗΕ POLICE AND SEE IF I CAN’T ATLEAST GET A SQUAD CAR SENT OUT ТО HIS HOUSE. Robot: I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU HIS ADDRESS SO YOU CAN CHECK THE PLACE OUT BEFORE HE GETS HOME FROM SCHOOL.

AtomEve: UH HUH OKAY... Bye.

AtomEve: You're not going to believe this! Mark: What?

AtomEve: I'll tell you on the way. C'mon, we've got to get changed. to the Cafeteria Dumpster! Mark: HA!

Mark: SO... He calls you on a... cell phone?

AtomEve: Sorry... The signal watch is in the shop. JEEZ, what do you expecthim to call me on?

AtomEve: OH!

students: Hey! why don't you guys find your spot!

Well, that really killed our time. What sould we do now? Ask him questions I guess. According to the robot, the police should be on the way. How dangerous could he be?

Mark: Hold it right there, sir.

Mr. Hiles: I didn’t expect to get caught quite this early, and certainly more conventional authorities when he time did come...

Mr. Hiles: Very well… Mark, Samantha, please do come inside.

AtomEve: How did you—?

man: Are you kidding me? You're not even wearing a mask.

Mr. Hiles: Follow me, I'll show you to the fourth missing student. I assure you, I have no intention of resisting. Mark: Fourth? Mr. Hiles: Yes. One of them hasn’t been reported missing yet.

Mr. Hiles: It's just through here. AtomEve: It?

Mr. Hiles: YES... IT. I САN'Т THINK OF A MORE FITTING SEGUE INTO MY CONFESSION... YOU SEE... IT WAS THE CONSTANT PESTERING AND BELITTLING FROM THINGS LIKE WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THAT CAUSED MY SON TO COMMIT SUICIDE. MY SON’S SUICIDE RESULTING IN MY DIVORCE... AND MY DIVORCE LED TO МЕ LOSING MY JOB.

Mark: DEREK!

Mr. Hiles: I'll spare you the boring details. IT’S NOT THE DEATH OF MY SON I'M AVENGING... THAT WOULD ВЕ FAR TOO CLICHE. NO... IT’S THE DESTRUCTION OF MY LIFE THAT HAS ΜΕ SEEKING REVENGE. IT’S THE DOMINO EFFECT OF PAIN AND SORROW THAT THESE MONSTERS CREATE. CHILDREN THAT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME AT THE MALL... ATTEND PARTIES... CONSUME... ALCHOL... AND PLAY SPORTS, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE STUDYING, AND DOING HOMEWORK.

Mark: What did you do to him?

Mark: WHAT I DID TO ALL OF THEM. I TURNED HIM INTO A LIVING BOMB, АN INSTRUMENT WITH WHICH TO EXACT MY EVENGE... MY CRUSADE TO END THE PAIN AND SORROW CAUSED BY THESE... "POPULAR" KIDS... AND I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE APPROPRIATE END TO MY CRUSADE...

Mr. Hiles: ...Than the death of two superheroes!

Mr.Hiles: OH Dear, I MUST HAVE STARTED THE TIMER TOO LATE AFTER YOU HERE. NO MATTER, YOU'LL HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS TO--

Mark: I'M NOT WAITING FOR this. c'mere.

boom

Mark: Tha stuff in class today was uncalled for.

Mark: Y'know you really ruined my afternoon

Mark: Well, now that i've got you all to myself...

cha-thoom!

THOOM!

Mark:

Mark: If I keep this up, I'm going to give myself a heart attack!

Mark: So... is it over?

AtomEve: ROBOT IS COMING BY ТО DO A SWEEP OF THE HOUSE TO CHECK FOR ANYTHING DANGEROUS. I THINK THE POLICE WILL BE WRAPED UP HERE SHORTLY. AtomEve: You can just go home if you want. I'm going to leave after root gets here.

Mark: Sounds like a plan to me. The sooner I put this behind me the better

Mark: Hey, is dad back yet?

Debbie: Not yet. Go upstairs and clean up so we can eat. I thought I was going to have dinner alone tonight.

Omniman: I need to shave...

Picture only.Thank god...

Debbie: So...

Debbie: ...Anything interesting happen to either of you today?

Mark: I FOUND OUT ONE OF MY TEACHERS WAS TURNING MY CLASSMATES INTO ORGANIC BOMBS IN ORDER TO TAKE REVENGE ON KIDS HE FELT WERE LIKE THE ONES WHO LIKE HIS SON TO COMMIT SUICIDE. APPARENTLY HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO A BOMB ALSO, AND TRIED TO KILL ME АND A FRIEND OF MINE, BUT I FLEW HIM TO ANTARCTICA BEFORE HE BLEW UP SO THAT HE WOULDN’T HURT ANYONE.

Omniman: I SPENT THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS ENSLAVED BY AN ARMY FROM AN ALTERNATE DIMENSION, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS MUCH LESS TIME HAS PASSED HERE. ABOUT A WEEK AGO I LED A REVOLT AGAINST MY CAPTORS AND REGAINED CONTROL OF MY POWERS. TODAY, A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS FROM THE REBELLION FOUND A WAY TO GET ME HOME.

Debbie: That's nicee. Who's ready for dessert?

Mark: Look out, world-- Here comes INVINCIBLE!