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[alarm beeps]

[sighs]

Nice try, Dmitri, but... checkmate.

[sighs]

Omnia is the key.

We're going to bring you home, Taylor.

Hey, Ellis.

[Ellis, on speaker] Any inside word from Raquel?

No. Radio silence.

How are we going on Omnia research?

Any breakthroughs?

Not yet. I'm heading to the lab now.

I'm thinking I need to break down

its molecular structure in a centrifuge.

Sounds great. What's a centrifuge?

It separates liquids and gases into their various elements.

It could reveal how the Omnia works.

Don't dream it, Ellis, do it.

One small problem.

The centrifuge is in a restricted lab

and totally out of bounds for interns.

But... it could help us get Taylor and Uncle Charlie back.

Alright. I'll do it. For Taylor.

Yes!

[door beeps]

Oh, no, it's busy!

Shouldn't be too long.

[Meesha, on phone] Hit control-alt-delete.

No, Meesha,

you can't just 'force quit' someone else's experiment.

Find a way to hurry it up.

Oh, no.

Not now.

[grunts

My lytes!

Okay. Good thing the other scientists are messy.

Lock you away, safe and sound.

[sighs] Door stop!

This will keep you open.

Quick bathroom stop, then process the Omnia.

[sighs]

No, no, no. The Omnia!

♪ It's a curious situation ♪

♪ A strong case of speculation how ♪

♪ It takes more than intuition ♪

♪ To work the situation out ♪

♪ It's right before your eyes Can you feel it? ♪

♪ It's right between the lines Try to reveal it ♪

♪ So look until you find all of the pieces ♪

♪ Put them together ♪

♪ Now you see it ♪

♪ Rock Island Mysteries. ♪

[Ellis] I'll never get into the restricted lab now.

-Hello, Ellis. -Ah!

Oh! Hi there, boss lady.

I mean, my boss, uh, Annabelle.

Why are you in my lab?

There is no easy way to say this...

The internship program has been defunded.

Sorry. What did you say?

I hate to deliver bad news.

This doesn't make sense.

It must have been an administrative error.

Someone forgot to carry the one!

Who forgot to carry the one?!

You have been doing such valuable work.

We just don't have the money

to fund the intern program.

Institute property.

But... they're my babies.

We will take very good care of them.

And I'm going to have to take your security pass.

Oh. Just... Not that. Please.

Can I keep it as a kind of souvenir of my time here?

Afraid not.

I'll walk you out.

'Bye slime babies!

It's okay, Ellis.

[Nori] You'll be alright, buddy.

-I've let you all down. -Never!

What you did was brave.

Yeah. You know, getting fired happens.

Fired? I was not 'fired'.

The internship program was defunded.

But... Doesn't anyone else think this is a bit suss?

I mean, you did go in a restricted lab and get fir...

...defunded.

Did anyone see you there?

No. Maybe.

I don't know. I'm not sure.

I shouldn't have broken the rules.

They're there for a reason.

What if someone finds the Omnia?

I locked it in a drawer but someone...

-We'll get it back! -Yes!

Let's sleep on it. We'll meet first thing tomorrow.

[Nori] Try and get some rest, buddy.

We'll need your big brain tomorrow.

At least I reached my hydration goals for the day.

[sighs]

[ominous music]

[grunts repeatedly]

Ouch!

It's almost 8:30. Ellis is always early.

-I'm calling him. -[phone rings]

[Ellis, on phone] Yo, Liles, what's up?

You sound... perky.

[Meesha] Why didn't you meet us?

Hmmm, let me think. That's right, I didn't want to.

[Lila] So you're not feeling any better?

Oh, I feel bulletproof!

Arggh!

Then you'll be happy to know

I've arranged a chat with Annabelle

so you can ask for your job back!

And by "arranged a chat",

Lila found out when she gets her coffee.

[Lila] Point is, we're meeting Annabelle in 23 minutes.

Oh, I definitely have some things I'd like to say to her.

See you there.

[Lila] Bold wardrobe styling?

-You made it. Finally. -Punctuality's for losers.

This from the guy that secretly changed all our clocks

so none of us are ever late?

Go easy. He's been dealt a big blow.

Grief presents itself in different ways.

This is... denial?

-How are you feeling? -I'm great.

When's that ex-boss of mine coming?

She thinks she can get rid of me just like that?

She picked the wrong intern to mess with.

After denial comes anger. And this is... anger?

-Are you okay? -Are you having a muscle cramp?

-Ellis, what is happening? -What are you doing?

-Hello? -Ellis?

Ellis, stop!

What?! How did I get here?

-You don't remember? -What's going on?

Okay, I'm not exactly sure which stage this is,

but quick recap -

you were fired from the Institute, lost our Omnia,

and you're not dealing with it that well.

I was defunded!

-So not complete memory loss. -Something is not right.

Am I sick? Do I need a doctor? I don't like doctors.

Annabelle is here.

You need to ask to reinstate your internship.

[wails] I'm not speaking to her!

Powerful women are terrifying!

-Don't make me go. She hates me! -Okay, Lila, what stage is this?

I don't think we're dealing with grief anymore.

Whoa.

-[heart thumping] -He's doing that thing again.

[grunts and gasps]

Now, where's Annabelle?

Wait, Ellis!

You can't stop me!

Ellis. Hello.

What exactly are you doing in the restricted lab, Bella?

Why did you boot me out?

Did I got too close to something?

[laughs] Now is not the time.

No! Arggh!

You cannot break the rules without consequences!

So you admit.

I was defunded because I broke into the lab!

I'm sorry. Ellis just isn't himself right now.

Or maybe I'm the best version of myself!

What are you up to?

-Why are you spying on your... -No!

I'm sorry, Ellis, but you have left me with no choice.

You are permanently banned from the Institute.

[Ellis] We need to get back into the Institute.

She's up to something in that lab.

Why didn't I grab the security pass?

What's gotten into you?!

It's not what's gotten into me... It's what's gone.

Goodbye fear, my old friend.

Goodbye, old Ellis

and his obsession with following rules.

Old Ellis?

Sneaking into the security lab was... exhilarating.

Breaking the rules... rules.

How can yousay that?

It's the new me.

I might buy a chihuahua.

You're terrified of chihuahuas!

[laughs]

Anyone else think a personality switch has just been flipped?

Serious Dr Jekyll vibes.

Or is Hyde the evil one?

Whatever it is,

I don't think it's as simple as Ellis being evil.

The other Ellis isn't himself either.

He's all fearful and scared, way more than usual.

It's like he split into opposites.

But how?

And...

-[Ellis laughs] -What is he doing?

Hey! I didn't send that yet!

Email to all Institute staff.

"Your leader, Annabelle, is corrupt

"and needs to be brought down."

Delete.

You can't stop me.

I need to...

[grunts and groans]

Not now!

Arghh!

[gasps]

Did it happen again?

It's okay! We'll figure this out.

The how, when, why...

Oh, there's a lot to figure out!

[Nori] So, let's start at the top.

What were you doing before this all began?

I don't know. I can't think.

-Well, he got fired... -Got defunded!

For being in the restricted lab.

What if the lab's off-limits for creating evil alter-egos?

Doubtful. But other Ellis is right.

The lab is ground zero. We need to get in there.

See if what they're doing could be the cause of all this.

And get the Omnia back, remember?

How do we get in? Any bright ideas?

I want my mums. [whimpers]

Woah, he's fast when he's scared!

I'll get Ellis. You two find out how to get into the lab.

I've never seen Ellis so scared before,

even in his most scared era.

[Annabelle] I've taken care of the security breach.

But we should move everything to the new location immediately.

Brockuccino Annabelle? I want to see if you...

Is Ellis the security breach?

"Taken care of it" sounds like it.

We really need to get into that lab.

What about Emily? Can she sneak us in?

I'm not letting anyone else I care about get in trouble.

What about someone we don'tcare about?

[Ellis] Nowhere is safe. Must hydrate.

Whoa. What's in that?

Hydrolytes, electrolytes and vanilla-lytes.

That's a lotta lytes.

Have been drinking this all day?

[grunts and groans]

[sighs]

Did you have your bottle in the lab?

-Affirmative. -Hmm.

If it was in the restricted lab with the secret experiment,

could your water bottle have been contaminated?

Standard safety protocols are always in place.

But what Annabelle's up to is definitely not standard.

Also the cleaning cloths were haphazardly stored.

[Nori] So, that's a maybe?

[Ellis] Hack complete.

Oh, hey! Whoa!

The new, improved Ellis.

And I have important work to do.

-Alone. -What?

Wait!

Ellis!

Let me out!

So... Whattaya say?

Please.

Risk my internship?

Never.

[grunts]

Can't believe he won't sneak us in.

And I was actually nice to him.

Kind of missing my mind control powers about now.

[phone buzzes]

Ellis has locked me in his room and done a runner.

What? So he's flipped again?

Yep. No more Mr Nice-but-terrified Ellis.

We have to find him. Where was he heading?

No idea. He was doing something on his computer.

I'm checking his search history.

It's all portals and...

...line dancing!

Well, keep looking.

There must be a clue on where he was going.

[sighs]

I know where he's going.

But you're not gonna like it.

[door beeps repeatedly]

I can't believe he left it open and didn't cover his tracks.

He really is reckless.

[Annabelle] I assure you you have nothing to worry about.

I don't understand how this kid's allowed

to be wandering around in your facility.

Ellis found a point of weakness, that is all.

-We should be grateful, really. -Grateful?

That he broke into your secure lab

compromising our research!

You don't think that's a problem?

[Annabelle] That lab was not designed

for large-scale secure testing.

Your operation is safe here. The move is already underway.

Fine.

But if I hear of any more leaks,

I'll be holding you directly responsible.

Annabelle and Darius are working together!

I did not see that coming.

I totally called it.

I knew we couldn't trust Annabelle.

[all squeal]

Why am I here? This is the South Section.

I'm not allowed here. Get me out!

Bad timing for you to go all meek.

Ellis, we get that you're scared

but we need your help getting back into the lab.

Our Omnia is in there.

Don't you want to stop the other you from putting you in danger?

Ellis, we need you.

We need your help to get Taylor back.

I really do miss her.

[beeping]

We need to go!

Come on.

We don't have a lot of time. Ellis, what are we looking for?

I can't do this. This is breaking and entering.

Well, I guess it's up to us.

Darius is behind all this.

It has to be Omnia related.

-But why? Is he testing it? -I'd say so.

Well, whatever test they were running on the Omnia,

could be why Ellis is so...

No! I did not touch any!

Okay.

Before, at your place,

you agreed that your water could've been contaminated.

I used a cloth to clean my water bottle

It must have had traces of Omnia on it.

[shrieks] It's the lytes!

It must have mixed with the Omnia and the minerals and...

Created Dr Ellis and Mr Grouch.

-[whimpers] -Centrifuges separate mixtures.

[Ellis] It was on when I broke in.

They must've been separating Omnia and it was on the cloth.

So, separating the Omnia

might've separated Ellis's personality.

I've created a monster. And it's me!

Ellis, how do we reverse it?

No, no, no!

What if we reverse exactly what you did?

It'll undo the personality split.

Guys, we have Omnia.

We have the water. We can do this!

No, no, no! That's stealing!

Ow!

[music intensifies]

Not again.

You can't change now!

Oh.

You came up with an antidote.

I don't think so.

-Ellis, no! -Ellis!

No, Ellis!

I'm here to stay.

Finally!

Someone can start filming what Annabelle's up to here!

Ellis!

There's no more Omnia.

Just wait till I upload this!

This must be where the real Ellis hid our Omnia.

-Look. It's locked. -[chuckles]

He must still have the key.

Alright, give us the keys, Grouch.

Oh. You mean...?

Oh.

[gasps] Ooh!

I have had enough of this guy.

[Nori] Give us the key!

Pass. I'm leaving now.

Ellis! Wait!

There's gotta be a part of you in there

that wants to help.

Ellis.

We love you. All of you.

Bit mushy, even for you.

There are so many sides to you.

We've got the brave Ellis, the smart Ellis,

the fearful and reckless ones too.

We love them all.

I love the fact

that you'll do whatever it takes to help your friends.

Especially Taylor.

[grunts]

Oh. Taylor!

Even at your worst, you care about her.

It's not...! I'm not...!

[screams]

I can't...! I can't... No!

Yes! No!

It's... me!

-I'm here! -How do we keep you here?

We need to not separate the Omnia!

I can't hold them back for long.

Here. It's all we've got.

I don't know much longer. I don't even know if this'll work.

Well, there's only one Ellis, so do it!

[gasps]

Please be the real Ellis.

I think it's the real me.

There's no more tingling.

Okay, quick personality check.

Favourite food, drink, biggest fear.

Salted caramel macaroons,

apple and kale smoothies, chihuahuas.

-It really is you! -[all laugh]

It's so good to have you back

but we don't want to be caught where we're not supposed to be.

Oh.

-Don't let her see you. -[Ellis] Good thinking.

Actually,

there's something I don't want to do

but need to do.

[mutters] Take that.

Wait...

We did fix him, right?

Full disclosure. I broke into the lab.

You had every right to... fire me.

Rules are rules.

I know what you're working on. I saw it.

And I think everyone on the island

would be very interested to hear what's going on in there.

I'm not sure that testing Omnia is in the Institute's brief.

What do you want?

[Nori] Way too many lytes.

With my Institute access now restored,

nothing's going to stop me

figuring out how to bring Taylor and Uncle Charlie home.

Even though you can't use the lab unsupervised anymore?

Annabelle thinks she can keep an eye on me,

but that goes two ways.

And now we know

Darius is working out of the South Section,

maybe you could break a few rules

and see what he's up to.

Me? Break rules?

Let me guess. Only on the dance floor?

Oh, yeah.

Which version of Ellis is the line dancer?

Oh, that's all me.

[country music plays]

-Okay! -Wow!

Thank you.

Five, six, seven, eight!

Let's do it!

[giggles]

♪ Rock Island Mysteries. ♪