Framed

***Framed*** is the seventh episode of *Clock 10: Choose Your Own Adventure*.

## Plot

In San Francisco, Clock is relaxing in the camper reading a new Batman comic he got after standing in line at the comic book store for about an hour to get. Geralt enters quite upset, pulling up the news to show Four Arms thrashing the same comic shop Clock was just at. Clock pleads innocent, but Geralt finds it suspicous that this Tetramand has the same outfit as Clock's transformation. Clock, however, notices a lack of an Omnitrix on the alien.

Returning to the comic shop, Clock hears a noise down an alleyway and sees Wildmutt who roars at him before running off. Clock runs after him, and rounds a corner to see Stinkfly atop a nearby mint.

Clock rushes inside to find guards being terrorized by Diamondhead. Clock opts to use his latest transformation, Cannonbolt. Diamondhead is surprised by the sight, enough for the guards to get away, remarking on not realizing there were more aliens. Diamondhead proceeds to use his crystals to drop a canister of coins on Cannonbolt, only for the latter  to change into his sphere form and ram Diamondhead, pinning him to the ground and demanding answers.

Diamondhead taunts Cannonbolt for having not figured it out yet, then changes his head to Ripjaws to Four Arms to XLR8 and then finally human, revealing him to be Kevin. Cannonbolt goes to punch him, only for Kevin to switch to Ghostfreak before becoming Four Arms again and throwing Cannonbolt into some of the machinery within the mint. Four Arms then switches to XLR8, dodging Cannonbolt each time the latter tries to hit him.

A smoke bomb is thrown into the building, and XLR8 shifts to Stinkfly to escape. The SACT suddenly raid the building, lead by Lieutenant Steel. Rather than try to talk or fight his way out, Cannonbolt simply becomes his sphere form and bursts out of the building despite the SACT's forces. Travelling a few alleyways away, Cannonbolt times out and decides to continue looking for Kevin.

Eventually the two meet up again, with Clock witnessing Kevin using Upgrade to control a trolley. Clock opts to use Four Arms, jumping to the trolley and using his enhanced strength to slow it down. Upgrade generates tendrils to wrap around Four Arms and shock him with bioelectricity before throwing him forward into the bay. Upgrade then detaches from the trolley and becomes XLR8 to speed away, leaving the trolley with no brakes. Four Arms leaps out of the bay and manages to stop the trolley before it falls in.

Later that night, Kevin is using Diamondhead to try to destroy the coils on the Golden Gate Bridge, while simultaneously beating on Lieutenant Steel. Clock becomes XLR8 and starts trying to get the civilians to safer locations, though realizes that even with his speed this may take too long and Diamondhead may kill Steel. He instead speeds up to the top of the bridge and tackles Diamondhead off the edge, the two plunging into the water below.

Diamondhead takes advantage of the situation and becomes Ripjaws, using the aquatic situation to get the upper hand against XLR8 before jumping out of the water and becoming Heatblast to fly into the air up to the top of the bridge again. XLR8 gets out of the water and speeds back up to the top where Heatblast changes into Four Arms. He goes to punch XLR8 but becomes human mid-swing, the force knocking him back as soon as he hits XLR8.

XLR8 goes to leave, which angers Kevin, who proceeds to change into his mutated form of the original ten aliens. Kevin attempts to use a mix of Stinkfly's flight and XLR8's speed to chase after XLR8, but the latter is far faster. XLR8 continues saving civilians from the bridge as Kevin tries to take out more of the coils. Kevin then manages to get the drop on XLR8, taking him back to the top of the bridge and pinning him, mocking him for not being able to do what would need to be done to stop him. Kevin is suddenly blasted away and falls off into the bay again.

XLR8 turns to see a giant weapon being manned by one of Steel's men, then rushes to Steel himself who is badly injured on top of the bridge. Steel refers to Clock by his actual name when thanking him for his help, but agrees to keep it a secret so long as he keeps doing the right thing. XLR8 then speeds Steel back to the ground and runs across the water, finding no signs of Kevin.

## Major Events

* Kevin makes his return and takes on his first mutated form.
* Lieutenant Steel discovers Clock's identity, but keeps it a secret in exchange for Clock having helped stop Kevin.

## Characters

* Clockwork Firefly
* Taryn Firefly
* Geralt Firefly
* Lietenant Steel

## Aliens Used

### Clockwork Firefly

* Cannonbolt
* Four Arms
* XLR8

### Kevin Levin

* Four Arms *(3x)*
* Wildmutt
* Stinkfly *(2x)*
* Diamondhead *(2x)*
* Ghostfreak
* XLR8 *(2x)*
* Ripjaws
* Heatblast

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to not include an alien debut.