Mech-X4 S2 E3

## Plot

Two weeks ago, during the final battle of season 1, Harper's monster was destroyed. Just before it was though, Harper vacated it in an escape pod. It crash landed just outside the city. He tried to leave and contact Morris, but he was captured by Grey. Who just happened to be there for some reason. Now, he's being held prisoner by her. She's forcing him to make more of the gel that mutated her. It's untested though, and it could kill her. This would be pretty beneficial for Harper, so she decides to test it out on everyone at the school. Mark is trying out for the basketball team. This annoys Ryan, because he wants everyone to look for signs of Grey. They haven't seen anything all week though, and Mark promises to be there if she ever does show up… once tryouts are over. He'll be playing one on one with another guy the next day, and whoever wins will make the team. Harris tells Ryan to cut Mark some slack, since they all have their thing. Mark isn't on varsity anymore or popular, and those things pretty much made up a majority of his identity. It's like how the information on the data core they got in the last episode is a part of Ryan's identity. Harris can't decrypt it. He needs better software. Ryan decides to help Mark with the tryout… by cheating. Specifically, he puts gravity pucks on new shoes so he can use his powers to help Mark win the one on one game. Mark is none the wiser, until Spyder blurts it out and Harris takes the pucks off the shoes. Mark is mad at Ryan, because he wanted to make the team on his own skills and merits. Grey pours the gel into a bowl of batter for the free red velvet cupcake day at school. Harris tries to steal Veracity's tablet to gain access to an app she made to crack the data core. He needs more processing power though. And Veracity catches him because of a tracking device. I am not kidding. She's so obnoxious! There's one line in particular where there's this annoying uptick in her voice. Ugh. Sure, she claims that it's a purposefully bad impression of Harris, but still. Spyder makes up a story about the data core. He, Harris, and Veracity go to the computer lab to crack it. This means that she'll see all of Ryan's secrets though. You know who Veracity reminds me of, in a bad rip off kind of way? Felicity Smoak. And I mean the one from seasons 3, 4, 5, and 6, who cries a lot and is overly dramatic and a base breaking character and unintentionally unsympathetic and a creator's pet. No offense to the actress, I just hate the material she was given. She also reminds me of Laura from *Code Lyoko: Evolution*. Anyways, Mark tries to quit the team. He and Wade almost get into another fight. The kids who ate the cupcakes turn into monsters though, and they have to figure out what to do. Not gonna lie, it's not as impressive as Harris's transformations. When it was just him, I got a monster feel and they could do close ups because it's just one person. When it's dozens of people with little to no close ups with super strength and crazy teeth, I get a zombie feel. Except they're not zombies, they're uncontrollable monsters. There *is* a difference. Anyways, Mark and Ryan get separated in the chaos. Mark saves Wade with his fighting skills. Meanwhile, Veracity, Spyder, and Harris are attacked in the computer lab. They build a makeshift weapon and escape. Harris and Spyder look for Mark and Ryan. Veracity leaves with the data core. They discover that the gel can be neutralized by cold after examining a student that Mark had earlier locked in a freezer. They lure the students outside and spray them with the cold cannon of Mech-X4, curing them. The next day, Veracity gives the now decrypted data core back to Harris. She didn't look at it. I consider that to be her one redeeming quality. She also says that Harris is surprisingly brave. He and Spyder kept their cool in the lab because they're used to monster attacks. Ryan apologizes to Mark for cheating. Wade offered Mark a spot on the team after he saved him, but he declined. He wants to dedicate as much time as he can to Mech-X4 and stopping Grey. They all look at the data core. On it are thirty photos and names. The identity of Ryan's birth parents are in there somewhere. Grey is really mad at Harper for screwing the gel up, since it can be neutralized so easily. She orders him to perfect the gel and make more of it. *A lot more*. He assumed that it was for her, but she reveals that it's for someone else.