Mech-X4 S2 E6

## Plot

Starting where we left off, Mark enters the robot. They have no idea what's going on. They think it could be Grey. Almost the entire city loses power after something happens at the power plant. The only places that still have power are the ones with backup generators, and Veracity's house. Hers is the one with the most power. Harris and Spyder will go there to find out how her place still has power. Mark and Ryan will go to the power plant to see if Grey or Harper is behind this. Ryan tells Mark about meeting his birth father. Harris and Spyder see that Veracity's having a party, and Harris is upset that he wasn't invited. She tells him that she didn't throw the party. There was one nearby, and when the power went out, they moved the party to her house. You know, if she wants to get rid of them, she could just call the cops. She has something in a case that's giving her house power, but she refuses to show it to Harris. She agrees if he can get the party to leave. Harris tells Spyder to go all out and be his weird, awkward, annoying, slightly stupid self, which makes everyone leave. Ryan and Mark find a red liquid at the power plant. Luckily, it's red monster ooze, not blood. They find a hole in a building that leads to the reactor. They learn that the monster is stealing power for something, so Veracity's house is likely the next target. She shows Harris a homemade clean energy generator. Something about potatoes and the Earth's magnetic field. Wade was at the party, and calls Veracity a nobody. Harris tells her to not let him get to her. She says that he can charge anything he wants, but he has to do it there. Suddenly, a giant pterodactyl-mosquito monster arrives and steals all the power from the house. Mark and Ryan show up in Mech-X4 to fight it. Before they can destroy it, it steals their power. Grey, seeing that she has enough power, calls the monster back to her hiding place. Harris and Spyder take the generator and leave through the back door. Leo shows up too. He should have the robot back online in a few hours, but they need to find the monster now. They could track it down on foot, but that's really dangerous. Ryan says that they can come back and destroy it with Mech-X4. Leo has another potato power source to speed up the process. Ryan convinces the others to track down Grey. She's been messing with them since they started high school, and with her gone, they'd be one step closer to having normal lives again. Spyder nicknames the monster Pterasquito. They find it at an abandoned building. Inside, they find Grey. The monster transfers the energy to the man made of ooze. The guys come out of hiding and confront her, but she says that they're too late. She runs, and the power transfer is completed. An explosion knocks them off their feet. The man already has pants, because of course he does. His skin is red with glowing veins. He asks them if this form is correct. I mean, I'd appreciate it if he put a shirt on, because seeing a red man with glowing veins have a less than super muscular physique is weird, to say the least. What can I say, I'm used to Hugh Jackman in the *X-Men* movies. Also, I can't take him seriously with all the special effects and makeup, plus I can see his nipples. Anyways, he wants them to recognize him as their ruler. He gives himself the name Traeger. So… he named himself after a grill? Leo restores power to the robot, and Ryan immediately calls it there. Traeger gives himself a leather jacket (complete with hood!) and gloves. Ah, I see this thing came from the *Matrix* universe. Ryan tries to step on him, but he holds up the robot's foot with super strength, and throws it really far. Because no one was secure in a harness or seat, everyone fell to the back of the head. Traeger steps on the robot's visor, but leaves. They wonder why he didn't just kill them. They suspect that it's for a larger plan. They have no idea who or what he is, or how to stop him. Harris and Spyder return to Veracity's house. Charging the robot destroyed the generator. Harris apologizes, and she surprisingly accepts it. They stay to help clean up her house. In the woods, Grey asks Traeger why he didn't kill them. He says that they're insects, and he can swat them whenever he wants. When she tries to argue again, he stops her. He can also control the gel that made her part monster. Yay, my favorite antagonist, who happens to be female, is once again subservient to a male villain. And worse, this one can physically control her, and once or twice their relationship has romantic vibes, at least to me. He even tells her that while he feels indebted to her, she can't forget her place. She asks what's next. He says that they'll do that which he was born to do: Make this world his own. Terraforming from *Man of Steel*, got it. Since he came from the ooze from Harper's ultimate monster, the one he personally controlled, it's possible that he got the idea from him.