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The universe is filled with mysteries

waiting to be discovered, forces of energy beyond anything

we could imagine.

There is an element so powerful it

can bend the fabric of time and space to our will.

It could be used for the greatest of good

or the worst of evil.

So when this element was discovered

by a brilliant scientist, she left it

with the person she trusted above anyone else,

and it changed my life forever.

-I'm up.

James, it's time for school.

Get up!

Stop messing around, you're going to miss the bus.

And that takes twice as long.

-No it doesn't.

-Don't argue, just hand it over.

-OK.

Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Ready or not, here I come.

Got you!

Oh, no.

Come on, wait!

What did I say about missing the bus?

I'm supposed to be at the station by now.

Look, I know you're not used to riding the bus,

but I can't take you to school every day like mom did.

You'll learn to be more responsible.

You're old enough to know better.

Are you listening to anything I'm saying?

James!

-What?

-You going to start being more responsible?

-Sure.

Energy which comes from natural resources

such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal masses,

which are all naturally replenished.

Today we're talking about geothermal energy.

Geothermal energy harnesses the heat energy

in the crust of the Earth.

The hot springs are a great example of geothermal energy.

Before human beings could read or write,

we were taking advantage of geothermal heat

to bathe in hot springs.

But today, geothermal energy is best known

for generating electricity.

Geothermal power is cost-effective, reliable,

sustainable, environmentally sound,

but it is often limited to areas of--

That's lunch.

Be back when the bell rings.

-What is this dumb stuff?

-Give it back.

What are you making, a map?

BULLY 2: Is it a comic book?

What is this?

Hey dudes, he's wearing a necklace too

like a little girl.

KARA: Give it back to him, Kyle.

-What are you going to do about it, Kara?

-I'll tell everyone you still sleep with your little Teddy

Weddy at night.

-Like anybody's going to believe you.

-Oh, they'll believe me.

Don't bother, I've got copies.

-Where'd you get those?

-Does it matter?

-Come on, guys.

Whatever.

-I'm Kara, what's your name?

-James.

You didn't have to do that.

Any chance to get Kyle in my cross-hairs

is a good day for me.

-Well, thanks anyways.

-Wait.

-What?

-What is that thing?

-Oh, it's nothing.

Not now, I'm busy.

All right.

Kyle broke the chain on mom's necklace today.

He's such a jerk!

And his stupid gang-- why can't they just leave me alone?

At least I've got you.

Whoa.

Let's go, boy.

Come on.

Initializing clean slate protocol.

Self-destruct commence-- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5.

4, 3, 2, 1.

-James!

What did I miss?

-Well--

-Come on, out with it.

-Um, a metal capsule landed, creating that crater.

-Where's the capsule?

-It destroyed itself a few minutes ago.

-Was there anything inside?

-There was a robot cat.

-Well, where's the cat then?

-It blew this hole in the wall and then just floated away.

-And I missed the whole thing.

Why do you think it came here?

-I don't know.

Knock it off!

Quit it!

Hey, do you want to come over to my house for dinner?

-Sure.

MR. MILLER: James?

Oh, I didn't know you were having a friend over.

-Kara Reese-- James and I go to school together.

-Well that's good.

So I guess this calls for some pizza.

Well you should have seen the look on this guy's face.

-Dad, she doesn't want to hear this story.

-He gets this puzzled look and he says--

-Dad!

-He says, what are you supposed to be, a wart hog?

-It was pretty obvious.

I was the Wolf-man.

No one watches those movies anymore.

-So James, he looks at the guy like he's dumber than dirt,

takes his candy, walks off, no trick or treat or anything.

-That's awesome.

-Me and mom spent a lot of time on that costume.

We used to watch old black and white horror

films all the time.

This is 2 News at 9:00.

Tonight's top story-- fire in the sky.

What was this mystery meteor?

MR. MILLER: Did you guys hear about this?

Um--

-Apparently some sort of meteor.

The strange thing is, though, no one

can find any piece of the rock.

-Meteor?

-Yeah, I can't believe I missed it.

It flew right over the house.

-What if it wasn't a meteor?

-But what would it be, then?

-I don't know, maybe a robot cat?

-Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's right.

I'm pretty sure it was a robot cat.

-Well, I can see why you two are friends.

-What is it, boy?

-What?

Don't be frightened.

I'm here to help.

-Where did you come from?

How did you get here?

ROBOT VOICE: You sent me here from the future.

-Come out with your hands up.

I'm armed and dangerous.

-Your landscaping is much thicker than I anticipated.

Probably should have used the gate.

You're not supposed to say you're armed and dangerous.

-What are you doing here?

-A meteor flying through the sky and landing in your yard?

I have to investigate.

Hey!

What did you do to my camera?

ROBOT VOICE: No pictures, please.

Can we trust her?

All right, then.

-Wow, he looks a lot like you.

-Hello, James Miller.

Allow me to introduce myself.

I am you from the future.

I sent Roborex here to contact you.

-Roborex?

You mean he's like Rex?

-He is Rex.

I loved Rex so much growing up that I never

wanted to be without him.

So I downloaded him into this robot,

allowing Rex to live forever.

-Cool.

James, something terrible is about to happen

and you're the only person who can stop it.

I need you to listen carefully to everything

I'm about to tell you.

The crystal around your neck is a powerful tool.

It holds the key to unlocking immense power that

can be used for great good or unthinkable evil.

There's an evil man in my time who

calls himself Professor Apocalypse.

He worked with your mother years ago as a lab assistant,

but over time his desire for power has taken over his life.

In your time he's known as Randy Jenkins.

So far I have successfully kept Professor Apocalypse

from getting his hands on the crystal,

but that could all change forever

and I would be powerless to stop it.

That's why I need your help.

Professor Apocalypse has sent a robot cat,

which he calls Destructo Cat, back in time

in order to steal the crystal from you

and bring it back to the future for him.

-The cat from the crash site.

If he retrieves that crystal, the future as I

know it will be destroyed and Professor Apocalypse

will reign over the world in tyranny.

James, whatever the cost, he must not get that crystal.

There's too much at stake, and Apocalypse will stop at nothing

to get that crystal.

So if you can, destroy Destructo Cat.

Don't take any chances.

The future depends on you, James.

Roborex will be able to assist you with anything you need.

Good luck.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

KARA: You lead a crazy life James Miller, but I like it.

I will need a charging stations tonight.

-You and me both.

I am equipped with a dynamic wattage adapter that

allows me to utilize a wide range of power supplies.

I assume the most practical choice

for our current situation would be a common 120

volt, alternating current domestic grade receptacle.

MR. MILLER: James!

Time to get up for school.

James, you up?

-I'm up.

-All right.

-So what will we do first?

I've been scanning to locate Destructo Cat,

but until I find him we need to stay together to keep you safe.

-But I have to go to school.

You designed me to fit easily into your backpack.

-Awesome.

-Come on.

Come on.

Ah.

-Here we go.

This is it.

This is it.

-I'm Randy Jenkins, also known as Professor Apocalypse.

-No, I-- I'm Randy Jenkins.

-You imbecile.

I'm you from the future!

I have sent Destructo Cat back to you from the future

to help you in my-- well, in your quest--

for future success.

Don't do that!

-OK.

-There is an object that should belong to me

but instead it was given to James Miller.

-Katharine Miller's son?

What does he got to do with this?

-She gave him a crystal with a special piece of code on it.

This code is the answer to harnessing

a great source of energy.

It is everything I've-- that you have-- that we have-- that--

everything we've been working on our entire life.

And she figured it out.

-She figured it out.

Why didn't she tell me?

All this time--

-She didn't want you to have it.

-What do you want from me?

-I need you to find the crystal, and build a time machine,

and send Destructo Cat back to me with the crystal.

-I didn't even know time travel was possible.

-It is, but it only works with robots.

Very inconvenient.

-What is that?

-Instructions for building a time machine.

Have you been listening to anything I've been saying?

Stop it!

Listen up, this is for your own good.

Was I ever really this dumb?

The crystal is the key.

Get it, and send it to me.

Destructo Cat is at your service.

He'll get you anything that you need.

-I-- I'm going to need materials to build a time machine from

the schematics that you had, and the crystal.

Once you have the materials for me, you go and get the crystal.

I'm also going to need a new lab.

Today we're talking about nuclear power.

Nuclear power stations generate energy by splitting atoms.

The reactor uses a process called fission,

which releases a large amount of energy.

This occurs inside a nuclear reactor.

The process continues as a chain reaction

with other nuclei, which creates energy-- heating

water to create steam which turns in the turbine generator,

producing electricity.

A nuclear reactor is only part of the process

in utilizing nuclear power.

The process starts with mining uranium.

Uranium ore is extracted and usually converted

into a stable and compact form and then transported to a--

If you take a look at page 45, you'll

see a diagram of a nuclear reactor Do you see where the--

-What is it?

What are you doing in there?

I'm zeroing in on Destructo Cat's signal.

He's nearby.

-What's in the bag?

How do you open this dumb thing?

Give it to me!

-Just leave me alone, Kyle.

-Come on.

Let me see it!

-Let's get out of here.

-What just happened?

Sometimes it's best to walk away from a fight.

-But we didn't walk.

We--

Teleported.

-You can't teleport?

It drains a significant amount of my battery power,

so I can only do it once per charge, but yes.

-That's incredible, but we're downtown.

That is correct My calibrations must

have been affected be travel through time.

I meant to take us home.

-Well, we'd better get home soon.

How long does it take you to recharge?

A few.

Hours

-I'm in trouble.

All available units,

we've got a 1080 at O-Chem Laboratories on Valley Parkway.

-Jones.

-Yes sir.

-Tell me what we got here.

-It seems to be in a very localized area.

There was only one person working

in the lab at the time-- a Randy Jenkins.

Mr. Jenkins seems to be missing.

-Find him.

-Yes sir.

-Shepfield.

-Hey, Robert.

-Any idea what could have done this?

-Well, the way the pattern broke it

seems like it's some kind of sound wave that did this.

-Well what kind of machine could do that?

-I don't know of any that can.

-Sorry.

Hello.

Mr. Miller,

this is Ms. Nelson from school.

James didn't come back from lunch today.

-Ms. Nelson, I'll check on him right now.

Yeah, thank you for calling.

Hi, you've reached the Millers.

Leave us a message, we'll get right back to you.

-If you get this message, call me.

Next time pick up the phone.

-Just got a call.

Another explosion coupled with robbery.

-You take it, I gotta go.

-Is everything OK?

-That should do it.

What's this?

Wireless mental sync.

Place it on your forehead.

It allows me to mentally sync with any living thing.

That device is how you originally

downloaded me into this robotic body.

-Wow, that's incredible!

Run James.

-Rex!

Don't stop for me, James.

He must not get the crystal.

James, look out.

-How are you doing?

I'm almost charged.

-We'll be home soon.

-No, I just found him.

Thanks.

Ms. Nelson from the school, she said

you didn't come back in from recess today.

Where were you?

The kids at school giving you a hard time again?

Is that what it is?

-No.

Dad, that has nothing to do with it.

-Well tell me.

Come on.

-Remember that robot cat I was telling you about?

He att--

-No, stop!

James, stop lying.

-I'm not lying!

-One of these days you're going to have to take responsibility

for the things you do.

You can't just make up stories and expect

people to believe you.

I'm telling the truth.

Mom would believe me.

-Go to your room.

You can come down when you're ready to tell

me what really happened today.

-What are we going to do about Destructo Cat?

I'm not sure.

I did not expect him to be this capable.

We have to assume that he has found Randy Jenkins if he

is actively seeking the crystal.

Randy will be helping him get back to the future with it.

-It said use in case of emergency.

-I know.

What happened?

-Destructo Cat found us.

-Where did you go today?

-Downtown.

-Downtown?

-Yeah, Roborex took us there accidentally.

He meant to send us home.

-You mean to tell me you actually teleported

into the city?

-Yeah.

-Wow, that's crazy!

And that's where Destructo Cat found you?

He was looking for the crystal.

What does the crystal actually do?

It is not so much the crystal

itself but the code that is encrypted within the crystal.

The code is the base of a new element

that is a great source of energy.

James's mother spent her whole life working on it.

-Where's your mom now?

-I don't know.

She disappeared the day after she gave me the crystal.

-So how do we get the code off the crystal?

I don't know.

James-- the future James did not give me that information.

-Can I see it?

Look!

-Whoa!

-Well, it's a start.

Here, hold this.

Are you going to ruin my camera again?

No, I will not.

I need you to find the crystal.

-I'm doing it my own way.

I'm improving it.

-Send Destructo Cat back to me with the crystal.

Was I ever really this dumb?

-The old man doesn't know anything.

I can figure out the time machine and the code on my own.

I don't need Katharine's stupid crystal.

-Let's see what this really looks like.

-How are we going to put all these pieces together?

I think I can help.

I've almost got it.

-Wow, it's so beautiful.

-If I had enough time I could decode it.

Someday you will.

Now if my calculations are

correct I will send this stopwatch forward

in time by one minute.

-Listen up, this is for your own good.

The crystal is--

-Why don't you go do something useful?

-And send it--

-That's right.

I'm in charge.

We're going to need a better conductor

if we want this thing to work right.

Go and bring me some better materials.

-Miller.

Miller, we've got an emergency.

Can you be over here in 10?

-I'll be right there.

James!

-Um, oh, get under the desk.

-I just got an emergency call.

I gotta go.

Be in bed by 9:00 and don't leave the house.

-OK.

-Is there something you want to tell me?

-Nope.

-OK.

-This is perfect.

-What are you doing?

-This gives us all night to investigate.

Now that we've got the code, we have

to find out more about this Randy Jenkins character

and stop Destructo Cat.

-Didn't you hear my dad?

-Come on, he won't be back for hours.

He'll never know.

So are you coming or not?

-We have to get to the bottom of this.

The future depends on it.

No, I need you to stay here.

Keep Dad safe.

We'll be back soon.

Promise me you'll stay here.

Shake on it.

-It's the same MO as the last break-in.

It's as if a very localized blast just

breaks a hole in the wall and then

whoever's doing this just walks right in undetected

by regular security.

-What did they take?

-Just some basic stuff.

You know, high grade metal conductors.

-Hey Jones, I need you to come take a look at this.

We go the analysis back from Shepfield.

He's saying it's sound waves.

What is it?

-I told you this would work!

Didn't I tell you this would work?

Now if my calculations are correct this time

I will send this stopwatch forward in time by one minute.

-The crystal is the key.

Get it and send it to me.

Destructo Cat is at your service.

He'll get you anything that you need.

Don't do that!

-I don't need his crystal.

I need my notes from the other lab,

from the time that I was working with Katharine.

Go get them!

-This is where my mom used to work.

Hide.

Is everyone all right?

KARA: I'm OK.

Are you, James?

-Yeah.

-What was he looking for?

-It looks like old research.

-For the power source.

He's looking for what makes the crystal so powerful,

but he won't find it there.

The one you have is the only version.

-Have you been listening to anything I've been saying?

The crystal is the key.

Get it and send--

-If you don't stop playing that thing I will break you!

-Was I ever really this dumb?

-Bring me the crystal.

-What are we looking at?

-Security footage from each one of the crime scenes

involving round hole explosions.

And this is the primary suspect-- Randy Jenkins.

He still hasn't surfaced since that incident at O-Chem Labs.

And this is the one part that no on can figure out.

Well, what is that thing?

-It can't be.

-What?

-It's a robot cat.

-What?

-What does the code have to do with time travel?

The code is the key to a power source

that is so strong it can send things through time,

generate power for the world.

The future is a completely different place.

Because of you and your mother it's a good place.

-Rex?

What's the matter with you?

-James!

-Kara!

Kara!

-James?

-I'm here, Kara.

-Where are we?

-I don't know.

-I see my trusty assistant has come back

with the final piece of the puzzle.

You're a feisty little fellow, aren't you?

-You can't do that.

-Yeah, that's his personal property!

-His personal property?

No, it should've been mine.

I was Katharine's partner.

We were supposed to discover the energy source together.

I didn't even know if she had figured it out

until this little beauty told me the truth.

-What are you doing with all this then?

You got what you wanted.

-Now that's the best part.

It all became clear to me, like I

struck a tuning fork in my brain.

Why should I give this amazing little thing

to some ungrateful old man when it can make me

the most powerful person in the world?

And you three will have front row seats to all the action.

-There's a reason she didn't want to have the crystal.

-Well she didn't want me to have it

because she wanted you to be famous, not me.

She always thought you were smarter than me.

Not anymore.

Now everyone will know me for what I really am.

-What is it, boy?

-Good boy, keep looking.

-Oh, Katharine, you thought you were so smart

putting the code on a little child.

-Professor Apocalypse!

-That's not my name.

My name is the Great Jenkins!

-The Great Jenkins, then.

-Yeah, Jenkins, how do you even know the time machine's

ready for time travel?

I mean, don't you think it needs a few test runs first?

-What do you know?

You're just trying to stop me from completing my destiny.

You want to take my fame and fortune from me.

Well not you or that stupid old man.

-You mean you?

-That's not me!

-We have to get out of here.

-What happened to Rex?

Why isn't he moving?

-It's that thing on his head.

We have to get it off of him.

He's our only chance of making it out of here.

-I have an idea.

-OK.

-Hey, watch it.

-Perfect.

-We're clear.

-OK, I need you to do exactly as I say.

On three I need you to breath out.

Let out all the air in your lungs for as long as you can.

James!

Turn back!

-Sorry.

-James!

-Oh, sorry.

-You can breathe now.

-What?

How did you--

-Not many people know this, but I

wanted to be a magician all growing up,

until last year of course, when I decided

I was meant to be a journalist instead.

I had been reconsidering that occupation as of late,

until I met you of course.

And now I know this is the life for me.

Rex, what'd they do to you, boy?

-This isn't supposed to be happening.

KARA: Here kitty, kitty, kitty.

-Nice shot.

-Thanks.

James, James, James, James, James James James James

James, James, James, James-- thank you.

-No problem.

What'd they do to you?

Short wave magnetic disruptive dart.

I'll be fine.

It just took a while to come back online.

I've been scanning the time machine.

It's not properly equipped for time travel.

There is only one thing that can happen in this scenario.

-All that energy has to go somewhere.

It's going to explode.

-You got this?

You stop that machine, James.

I've got a score to settle.

Hurry!

-Jenkins!

-How did you--

-You have to shut it off!

It's going to blow.

-What?

-Jenkins, Randy, the time machine's going to blow up.

You have to shut it off.

-You don't know anything.

I just have to make a few adjustments.

It's going to explode isn't it?

We have to shut it down!

There.

-It's not working.

-No no no, just-- just give it a minute.

You know, I don't think it worked.

Destructo Cat, come on!

Wait.

Jenkins!

What are we going to do?

-We've got to shut this thing down.

-Stop right there!

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you

in a court of law.

You have the crystal necklace that belongs to my son.

-Did you see that?

-What?

-This is much more than a power source.

It's a gateway.

My mom left me a message in the code.

That's why she gave me the crystal.

She left me a way to find her.

I believe there's a slightly more pressing matter

at hand.

If this machine blows, it will destroy

approximately a four block radius of buildings.

It's powered from the top.

-How are we going to get up there?

I have a way.

-That's all the switches down here.

It won't turn off!

-We're going to have to pull the core!

We should be able to shut the machine down

by manually removing the power cells.

-It's not coming!

-We have to get out of here!

The core's over here.

If we can't sufficiently cool it down,

we can't stop the machine from exploding.

-Take me down.

-You're never going to get away with this.

I am the great--

-Rex!

Rex!

-James, be careful!

What are you doing?

-I'll show you.

Just help me.

Here, help me.

-Wow, you really are a genius.

You did it!

-We stopped the machine.

But the machine has weakened

the structure of the building.

James, we have to go now.

-Rex?

James.

I am so sorry.

-I'm OK, Dad.

-Here, I think-- I think this belongs to you.

-You got it back!

Run.

-Move.

-We have to stop him!

-I'll do it.

-No.

I thought I lost you once.

I'm not going to lose you again.

I'll do it.

You can't get close enough.

I'm the only one that can do it.

-What are you doing?

I can stop him.

-How?

Wireless mental sync.

I'll upload myself as a virus and shut him down.

-But how will you get back?

I won't be coming back, James.

-No, there has to be another way.

This is the only way.

-Then, thank you for the adventure of a lifetime.

Thank you for saving the future.

-No!

-Not you, too!

Help!

Please help him.

I'm sorry, I don't think he's going to make it.

-No, that's not fair.

I wish I could save you, pal.

I wish I could-- wait, I can save you.

That's exactly what I can do-- wireless mental sync.

Come on, boy.

Hold on just a little bit longer.

-What is that?

-I'm saving him.

I'm saving him onto Roborex's memory bank.

This must be right.

This has to be how it happened.

Come on.

Come on!

Come on.

-I'm sorry son, but he's gone.

-No.

-James, look!

-It worked!

You're alive!

I knew it would work.

-You did it!

-More on that tonight.

But first-- citizens struggle to return

to normal after what meteorologists are calling

an inexplicable sudden freak snowstorm.

News specialist Brandi McCoy has more.

-Good boy.

Dad.

-Rex!

Wow.

-Hey James.

-Hey Kara.

Oops.

Time for a little tune-up.

-Perfect.

The universe is

filled with mysteries waiting to be discovered.

Now I know my mom left me the code not

just so I would keep it safe, but so I could use it

as a map back to her.

Like I said, it changed my life forever,

and the adventure has only just begun.