01x01 - Hero Rising Pt. 1

[bunniefuu]

[Catching his breath]

- Sir, they have the toxin!

[I'm giving chase!]
- Be careful.

If that toxin
is released in the city,

all is lost.

[And remember,
Souljacker is deadly.]

- Aah!

[Fighting yell]
I don't want to hurt you.

[Screaming]

[Fighting yells]

[Fighting yells]

[Moaning in pain]

- Gimme your watch!

[You lose, Mr. Hall!]

- Stan.

Dark Owl has
been compromised.

There's only one left.

Stan, get me Aaron Stone.

[Music and background chatter]

[Cheering]

- Come on, Charlie!

- Go!!!

- Go, Charlie!
- Do it, Charlie!

- Jump, Charlie!

[Buzzer sounding]

- Sir, I found the target.

- ♪ You only get one shot ♪

♪

- GooHello?t, coach.

[Laughing]
I was not scared.

You're gonna pay for that, bro.
- All right, boys.

Everybody ready
for cheeseburgers?

- You know, I'm not-
I'm not that hungry.

- No?
- No. And I told Bax
I'd go to a party with him.

- A party?
- Mm-hmm.
- Great!

- Yeah, so I'll see
you guys at home, later.
- Okay, yeah. So, have fun.

- Have fun, you two.
- Come on.

- Hey, I don't want to
go eat with Mom either.

Gonna play videogames. Ah,
you're gonna play Hero Rising!

- Shh! Just do this
for me tonight, okay?

And I promise, tomorrow
I will show you how to get past

Helix's army of genetically
altered snake men.

- All right, deal.

- Good.
- [Mom]: Jason, come on!

- Coming, Mom!
- Have fun.

Later.

[Dramatic music]

[Sighing]
All right!

Yes!

♪

- Seven genetically-enhanced
geniuses have forged--

- All right!
- ...an evil alliance
called the Omega Defiance,

with the sole intent
of taking over the world.

The seven will stop at nothing
to achieve their goal.

They have already begun
their insidious takeover

on every continent.

It looks like
the end of mankind.

The world is in desperate
need of a hero to rise
up and save it!

Will that be you?

- Yep. That'd be me.

Aaron Stone.

[Aaron Stone is in the house.]

- [Welcome, Aaron.]

We've been waiting for you
to finish this mission.

- [Actually, we've been
waiting for you]

so that this mission
does not finish us.

- Vesuvius, Lotus,

let's rock and roll!

[Souljacker.]

Ah! No, no, no!
You're not gonna get me!

No way! Mm-hmm.

I love these X-5 runners!

Whoo! All right!

Souljacker, can you
deal with this?

- [That was amazing, Aaron!]

I want a gauntlet weapon.

- Vesuvius, don't worry, man.

You'll get one. Keep playing.

- I will have grandchildren
before I get to that level!

Aaron, we must do something.

The Omega Defiance
is getting stronger!

- [They keep on attacking us
as soon as we log in!]

I'm running out of
invisibility shields!
- [I'm sorry, guys.]

'Cause that's just
how the game is played.

The Omega Defiance gets stronger
the higher the level.

[By the way, I haven't
seen you in days, Lotus.]

- Yes, well, because my brother,

who is a cursed
placed upon my family...

told my parents I did
not do my homework

and they wouldn't let me play
Hero Rising for a whole week!

[Screaming and fighting]

- Charlie. We're home.

- Hey, life's calling. Gotta go!

- Hey.
- Hey, Mom.

Hi. I just got home
too, it's weird.

- Already?
- Yeah, it was not
much of a party. It was lame.

- You should have
come with u--

I think your brother is
trying to tell you that, uh,

you left your
videogame on.

I cannot believe you
didn't go to the party!

- Ma, this is a great game!

I'm telling you.
- Maybe it is, but it
can't be better than life.

- No, it's not better.

But it's more fun!

- I am super-fun.
And look at him.

Your brother is fun!
And speaking of fun
with your brother,

I need you to take him
to the orthodontist
tomorrow after school.

Because...

because I have
a job interview.

- But Mom, he's 14!
Can't he walk himself?

- Well, I'd like to think so,
but he didn't make it there

last time, remember?
- Right. No braces for me!

I remember when Charlie's got
stuck in the rug, though.

[Cynical laugh]
- Yeah. That was embarrassing.

- Not as embarrassing
as this over here, right?

Oh, my gosh!
- [Mom]: Oh!

- That's a great photo, man!
- Gimme that.

- You should keep that.
- Ugh!

- Later.
- See you guys.
[Electronic noises]

Oh!
- Ah!

- Sorry. The ball just went...
You're the girl from next door.

- Emma. And you're Charlie,
the guy who peeped in my window.

- No, I wasn't peeping. I just
looked over and you were there.

I'm- Uh- Peeping I don't do.
I'm a looker.

Uh... Not my looks looker,

but um...
I'm just gonna shut up now.

- Good.

- Okay.

- Hey, I heard you
missed that big shot.

- It was just one lousy shot!

- Yes, that's it! Lousy.

- Yeah.
[Emma laughing]

Look, I know you just
moved in and I should
have come over sooner,

but honestly, I've
just been going through
some really rough times.

- Oh, I know. I know.

You lost your dad.

I'm very sorry, Charlie.
- It's okay.

- Um, I'm walking home.
How 'bout you?

- Sure, yeah.
- Oh, good.

- Oh, you know
what? Ah! no.

I gotta go pick up my brother,
walk him to the orthodontist.

- Okay. Well, that's cute. Um,
I'll see you later in my window.

- All right, I'll s--
- Bye.

- See ya.
[Background chatter]

Ah! Nice.

Okay.

Perfect.

That's great.

[Truck reverse beeping]

Whoa!
[Tires squealing]

I'll give it right back.
- Dude!

That's my board, man!
- See that?

- That's my board!

- Thanks!

[Action music]

Later.

- Boys, I didn't want
to have to do this, but...

I'm turning your dad's home
office into a guestroom
and I'm renting it out.

- But Mom, you can't!
- That's totally unfair.

- Mom.
- I'm sorry. We need the money.

So, how'd it go at
the orthodontist?

- Good. Charlie never showed,

so I went by myself.

Told you I was responsible.

Can I have a monkey now?
- No.

Charlie?
- I was going to, Mom.

All right? I was on my way- I
was on my way to go meet him.

Right? And...
- And what? I want the truth

or you're...

doing all the dishes.

- I was chased by sort of a...

like a deranged spy.

- Spy?

Ah! I think Mom was right.

Way too many videogames.

- ♪ One, two, three, go ♪

- ♪ Bully bully! Bully bully! ♪

- ♪ One, two, three, go ♪

- Okay?
- Yes. Good.
- Oh. Sorry man. My hand shaked.

♪ One, two, three, go
- Bully bully! Bully bully! ♪

- I want to introduce the toxin

with the most impact to
the most amount of people.

Souljacker, I need you

to find me a
rocket launcher.

- Not a problem.

And this?

- I thought it wise to run a
small test trial of the toxin.

- But Dr. Necros,

these are your own men.

- Yes.

Yes, they were.

- Girl: [Why are just standing
there watching, Aaron?]

[You're the best player in
the game! Please, help me!]

- Okay. Listen.

Wait until Souljacker
swings his sticks,

all right, and then move in.

[Just remember, move fast.]

[Got that Dr. Mom? Aah!]

That wasn't fast.

[Girl screaming in frustration]

Hey, Emma! You all right?

- No. I just took some
bonehead's advice

and got my avatar demolished!

I'm way fast! If I ever
get my hands on him, I'll...

- Wait, you're--

You play videogames?

- Yes.
- Me too.

[Laughing]

- [Mom]: Charlie,
take out the trash!

- I gotta go.

- Okay, bye!

- Bonehead?

- Aaron Stone?
[Startled scream]

- You're the guy who chased me!
Look man, I know karate!

All right, I'll...
I'll hit you with this!

- I'm not here to harm you.

- Then why did you
chase me this afternoon?

- Because you ran. We must do
that again sometime. It was fun.

- You're really strange.
- No, I'm Stan.

I work for T. Abner Hall.
We need to go to Austria.

- Austria? Hmm, okay.

It's- It's midnight
and I gotta go to school
tomorrow. I'm really sorry.

- Oh, you'll be home
in plenty of time.

- What is that?

- The J-960
supersonic jet.

The Black Arrow. The latest
design from Hall Industries.

The "J" stands
for "jet" and "960"

for "miles per minute."

- Oh dude, if you think
that I'm getting in that,
you are out of your mind!

[Screaming]

- Buckle up.
- What?!

- Or will be sucked out
through the air grid and
torn into one 1,299,000 pieces.

- Yeah, right.
- I'm serious.

[Screaming]

- Wait.

Nothing happened.
- On the contrary, Mr. Stone.

We are not 872 miles
from departure.

- What?!
- Nine-hundred--
[Screaming]

- Welcome, Mr. Stone.

I am T. Abner Hall.

- Okay, there are laws against
this, all right? And both of--

Wait, Hall?

As in Hall Industries?
The creator of Hero Rising?

I love that game.

- Thank you.

A few years ago,

I asked 7 of the world's
greatest minds to
gather together

with the sole purpose
of bettering mankind.

- Oh yeah. Yeah.

The seven, they genetically
altered themselves,

became the Omega Defiance and
they're taking over the world.

Blah blah blah, you know.
I know the story of Hero Rising.

It's just a game.

- Ever read
the billboards?

"It's not just a game."

Well, it's not.

It was a horrible mistake,

and now you have to stop them.

[Laughing]
- This is...

And my mom said that I played
too many videogames!

Look, what you're
saying is impossible!

- As is my jet.

As is Stan.

- Okay. I'm gonna give you
the jet, but Stan here--

Stan is just a guy.

[Mr. Hall chuckling]

- S-T-A-N.

Sentient Tactical
Assisting Neo-human.

Stan is an android.

[Laughing]
- Yeah, right.

- Sometimes when I'm
like this, my neck tends
to whistle in the wind.

- Uh, your...
your head's on backwards.

- Hmm? Oh, my bad.

- I created Hero Rising

to find the best
player in the world.

Your thought processes and
athletic abilities
are exceptional.

The Omega Defiance will not stop

until they take
control of mankind

by any means.

They are the disease,

Aaron Stone.

You...

you are the cure.

- Okay.

You're asking
a kid in boxer shorts

to save the world.

- Yes, I am.

If you refuse...

we are all doomed.

- Mr. Hall...

I want to go home now.

- Very well.
- Okay.

- Think about it.

There's not much time.

orning, Mom.

- Hey! The
sign blew over.

- Mom, do you think you can
drive Jason to school today?

- Yeah, sure.

- Cool.

Ma? Everything's gonna
be okay, isn't it?

- Of course it is, Charlie.

- Okay. Good.

All right, I
should get going.

- Okay. Love you, Charlie.

Bye, baby.

- Good morning,
Mr. Stone.

Mr. Hall needs your
answer. Will you help us?

- Tell Mr. Hall that I
thought about it, okay,

and the answer
is no, Stan.

Look, I'm not
Aaron Stone, okay?

It's just my avatar.

- Of course you're Aaron Stone.
Why else would Mr. Hall want
you to save the world?

- Stan, I can't, okay?
I've got- I've got school.

My family.
- All the more reason to help.

As we speak, a horrible crime
is about to take place that will
change the face of the world,

including your school
and your family.
- My family?

But no! No, no, no!
What am I thinking?!

Stan, I'm not Aaron Stone, okay?

- I've triple-
checked our files.

You are the only Aaron Stone.
You leave me no choice.

- No choice? What are-
What are you gonna do?