Shock and Awe

**"Shock and Awe"** is the 8th episode in the first season of Bubble, and 8th episode overall.

### Summary

A Storm hits the town! Jason Make gets hit by lightning, and loses all energy and powers, and Evan Harris has to be the Hero.

### Recap

While working outside, a group of Workers get a bad surprise when dark clouds arrive. Thunder starts to echo, and a lightning strike strikes the room there in.

At the School, the class is let out early. Lisa is thrilled, but Evan and Jason are concerned about the town. They look up at the sky, and see the clouds, gray, and relise that a storm is brewing. There theory is further backed up by a flash of thunder. The 2 run off to warn the town. On the way, in a forest, Jason notices a lightning strike. Evan doesn't see the flash, but Jason is terrified. Then, a Lightning bolt comes down to where Evan is standing.

In order to save his friend, Jason pushes him out of the way, and takes in the strike instead. Evan gets up from the ground to see Jason standing there, hurt but alive. Jason then says: "I--I don't have my powers--" and Evan is worried that they might not save the day. When Jason gets a cut on the arm by a tree branch, Evan relises that he isn't lying, he really doesn't have his powers.

Due to Jason being to weak to stand himself, Evan has to carry Jason into the town, and they have to warn everyone. Jason notices a lightning strike about to hit a little girl, and so he uses his last remaning strength to run over to the girl, and pushes the 2 of them out of the way of the bolt.

Evan is impressed by Jason, and runs back over to get him. Evan tells him: "Your a true hero, Jason. You can hardly stand, but you still helped that little girl." Jason then says: "I need--water." Evan takes him to a lake, and puts Jason in. Then, a lightning strike hits the water, making a small explosion. Then, in the balls of water, Evan see's Jason, fully powered. Jason runs off to the rescue.

The Storm gets worse, with bolts of lightning striking everywhere. Jason runs across town, putting everyone in there houses for there protection. Then, Jason see's a little girl, about to be crushed by a falling telephone pole. Jason runs over and pushes the girl out of the way. "Get in your home." Jason says to the girl.

Pretty soon, everyone is in there houses, thanks to the actions of Jason. The next day, while the town is in ruins, almost nobody was harmed in the storm. Evan gives Jason all the credit, but Jason says: "You helped to, Evan. Without you, I'd probably still be weak, and frail. You put me in the water, and without you, I wouldn't have been able to get there." Evan asks how Jason is, and Jason replies by saying he feels like he just recovered from a hangover, and the 2 walk home together.

### Title

* Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a tactic based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight. Though the concept has a variety of historical precedent, the doctrine was explained by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in 1996 and was developed specifically for application by the US military by the National Defense University of the United States.

### Notes

* Jason uses the following powers in this Episode: Super Speed
* There is no antagonist, as the main villain of the Episode is the Thunder and Lightning, not a Super-Villain or a Small time crook.
* This is the 2nd time Jason make was in mortal danger, the 1st was Burn.
* This is the 1st Episode where Evan Harris was the Hero of the Episode.
* When Jason says that "Without you I'd probably still be weak," but the hole reason Jason is weak in the 1st place was because he was trying to save Evan. Without Evan, Jason would probably not have gotten hit by the lightning.
* Lisa Sprinkles makes her 2nd appearance in this Episode.
* This introduces us to Bubbles 2nd weakness, as his 1st is fire.