Mech-X4 S2 E17

## Plot

The episode starts with Harper in a chair in some sort of industrial place, staring straight ahead blankly. Traeger weakly walks up to him and grabs his arm. Something happens, and whatever it is, it stabilizes Traeger. He wasn't sure it would even work. It will be awhile before he's back at full strength. Morris asks him why he can't just heal himself. He's a combination of gel and human DNA. He needed an infusion from the original source: Seth Harper. This means they don't need him anymore. Back at Mech-X4, Harris is unconscious, and Ryan is trying to perform brain surgery on him. He's able to get a sample of the residual gel left in his brain. Veracity examines it. Its response to stimulus is really aggressive. It's been weaponized by Traeger, which is why the old antidote doesn't work anymore. It is susceptible to a certain kind of enzyme, but they have to steal it from the hospital. When Harris wakes up, he's restrained, and pretends to be his old self again, but Mark and Spyder don't fall for it. Mark tightens his restraints and demands to know where Traeger is. Spyder is horrified, and points out that it's still Harris. Ryan agrees, pointing out that he's still their friend. Someone has to stay there and watch him. Mark volunteers, and Ryan tells him to make sure he doesn't escape or hurt himself or someone else. Harper wakes up in the secret base. Traeger removed the Red Bloom from his body so he would be free of his influence for this conversation. He doesn't want to kill him. On the contrary, they want the same thing, they just had different ways of going about it. Traeger and Harper share the same DNA. They're brothers. When Harris tries to tell Mark that Ryan hates him, Mark tightens his restraints again and leaves the room. Grace comes in, and being none the wiser about what happened to Harris, frees him. Mark comes back with a taser and tells Harris to get away from her. He runs through a window in the robot and gets away. It's revealed that Mark asked Grace to free Harris as part of a plan to lead him to Traeger. She thinks Ryan knows about it though, which he doesn't. Veracity, Spyder, and Ryan get into the hospital and wear lab coats to try and blend in. Mark is following Harris in his flying car. When Harris tried to get into his head, Mark put a tracker on him before he left. Traeger tells Harper that he shouldn't fear him. He has his ambition, dreams, and even his memories. Their mother's name was Constance. They liked it when she made sour lemonade. When she died, Harper remembers crying. Traeger doesn't like the emotion of sadness. Harper changes the subject and asks about the Red Bloom. It's an improvement of the brain bug that he used on Grace. Combined with the flower, its spores can infect many victims at once. Then Traeger will rule the world. He will end war, hatred, pollution, etc. Mark sneaks into the base after Harris, but he's caught by Morris and chained up. He's learned that Grey is looking for a place to grow more flowers, and Harper and Traeger are planning to head to Brazil. Ryan, Spyder, and Veracity get the cure, head back to Mech-X4, and see the busted window. Grace tells them what happened. Ryan gets a message on his communicator from Mark, and hears him getting caught by Morris. Before Harris can kill him, Harper tells the others that they're missing an opportunity. If Mark is here, then Mech-X4 won't be far behind, and they can use him as a hostage or a distraction. Harper ties him up in his car and sets a collision course for a nearby mountain. Mech-X4 saves him at the last second, allowing Traeger, Harris, Morris, and Harper to escape. Ryan is really mad at Mark for what he did. He's not even sorry for lying to him and putting Harris in danger. Ryan refuses to work with someone he can't trust, and kicks him off the team.