//------------------------------// // Chapter 26: Mall Trance // Story: Equestrian Omni-hero // by Blaze-saber //------------------------------// In a town at night, the heroes are parked by a giant mall bigger than any mall they’ve encountered in Equestria as they walk back to the mobile base. “Five hundred stores. Seventy-two restaurants, forty-eight movie screens, and an indoor roller coaster?!” Helen asked in excitement while looking at a book with the indoor map of the mall. “We could just spend the whole summer here! This mall has everything!” Helix cheered before an went off as two shadowy figures jumped down from the roof and a bunch of cops came out of the door. "Halt, in the name of Mall security!” One of the Mall cops called out before they started chasing the two figures. "And apparently they also have their own police force too." Azmuth mentioned as he stroked his chin. "Didn't see that coming." Pinkie mentioned. "Looks to me that the rent-a-cops could use a hoof." Helix said with a grin. "Plus it gives me a chance to try out one of my new aliens. A hero's work is never done." He activated his Omnitrix before scrolling through the different forms and chose one he wanted to try out. After pressing the two buttons and the core popped up, he slammed it back down as he was covered in a green light. The mall cops continued to chase down the two shadowy figures before they jumped high up and off of a pole and into the parking garage. Then a green blur ran past them and followed the two shadowy figures inside before knocking them down the ground as they dropped the jewelry they stole. Then a mobian green hedgehog green and black shoes with the Omnitrix symbol on his chest stood tall in front of them. "Sorry, but no jew thieves can get away when Quillspeed is on the job!" He declared before he noticed that the two things were elderly ponies. "Oh… Oh man, I didn't mean to--" he suddenly stopped when he saw the two elderly ponies do ninja acrobatics which completely baffled him. "What the what?! Ninja-old-ponies?!" The elderly mare then rushed up the wall and delivered a kick to the hedgehog heroe back. “Okay, normally I wouldn’t hit the elders, but you’re not that elderly from how I felt.” He said as he rushed up to them, but the two elderly ponies avoided his strikes and kicked the hedgehog down. "This is officially the weirdest fight I've ever been in!" He exclaimed as he was having trouble keeping up as he was flung back far from the parking lot and stood up as he faced the two, who got into ready stances before the police security came up and aimed their weapons at the hedgehog, who saw the two elderly ponies vanished somehow. “Drats. They got away.” “They let loose some kind of green rat to cover their tracks.” One of the stallions said to his troops. “Hey, I’m a hedgehog! Can’t you tell?!” Helix questioned with a look. “The name’s Quillspeed by the way!” "Whatever you are, you're under arrest!" One of them told him before he quickly leaped over and ran away from the mall cops. “You’ll have to catch me first!” Quillspeed called as he sped away from the stallions, who followed after him as Quillspeed ran as fast as he could to get away from them. “These guys really are determined. Luckily, I have this speedy guy that could give XLR8 a run for his bits.” He said as he then ran faster, leaving a trail of dust behind. He soon came down a ramp where the mobile base quickly pulled up and parked before driving away. “They must be trying to escape in that carriage! Cut them off!” The chief called as they chased after the mobile base as one of the ponies got down the road, but when the mobile base tried to continue, Delta quickly served, which caused the mobile base to crash into a pole as the police got out and surrounded them. One of the cops soon entered the mobile base as the inside looked like a normal wagon while the passengers inside just looked at him. "Anything we can help you with, officer?" Twilight asked the cop with a brow. The next day, the young part of the group walked together while Misty gave her cousin, who was drinking a milkshake, a look. “Nice going last night, hero. Not only did you let the robbers get away, but because they thought your speedy butt was inside the mobile base.” She said with a look. “Hey, give me a break.” Helix said to his cousin with a look. “Those elderly ponies were ninjas! They caught me even with my new alien speed that I couldn’t keep up with them.” "Plus, you did say that they were like ninja-old-ponies." Manny added. “And like old ninjas are super fast despite their age, everyone knows that." "Plus, the mall will be repairing for all the damages they did and it brought us a few more days here while Azmuth and Helix's parents wait for the parts to repair our ride." Attea added in. "At the very least, we should be thanking him for at least having us stay a few more days." "She's got a point." Smolder agreed with Attea. “What I can't understand is why a couple of old ponies would even rob a mall in the first place." Helen mentioned. “Even I’m a bit confused by that.” Zs’spoocy said while being invisible, but they can see her so that she doesn’t spook the creatures. “I mean, a mall this big, it would be impossible to rob something, even with their own police force.” “Eh, it’s probably nothing.” Misty said before she gasped and looked at a billboard next to them. “The Amazing Mind Melder, Master of Hypnosis, last day?” She read as she gave an exciting smile. “Cool! Let’s check it out!” "You're seriously excited about a hypnotist?" Gallus questioned her before he looked at Helix. "You're right, your cousin is a geek." "Eh, but it might be just worth the show to see.” Helix said with a shrug as he ran out of his milkshake and threw away the cup. They walked out to a mini stadium set up in the mall while some crowds came in. “Ladies and gentlecolts, presenting Mind Melder, the Master of Hypnosis!” A raspy voice called out as purple smoke appeared while coming out of the smoke a short yellow unicorn stallion as he was wearing a red coat and purple glasses while he was coughing from the smoke. "Note to self: less smoke next performance." He said to himself before he walked forward but almost tripped on his own coat. "Behold the power of Mind Melder! I shall take you on a journey through the mysterious realm known as the mind!" He told his audience through a microphone. "First I require three volunteers!" "Yona think this lame." Yona muttered. “Yeah, I agree, Yona.” Helix said boredly. “Only somepony with half a brain can be hypnotized.” Misty looked at her cousin before lifting up his hoof. “Hey, here’s a volunteer for you!” She called. “Me?!” Helix questioned as he moved his hoof away. “Forget it!” “What’s the matter? Afraid you don’t have half a brain?” Misty questioned with a smirk as Helix growled as he walked off. “You are so gonna get it, cous.” Helix muttered as he stood next to two elderly ponies. "Now, focus your ears on my voice only while you clear your minds." Mind told them before he took out a pocket watch from his coat. "Have your eyes focus only on this pocket watch as it swings back and forth. Your eyelids are getting heavy, you're falling into a deep sleep…" He told them as they watched the pocket watch swinging back and forth, but none of them felt even a little bit tired. Mind then used his magic to stop his watch from swinging before pressing a button on its side to release some sort of yellow energy waves at them. Their pupils then suddenly shrunk before they suddenly fell asleep. Misty gave a smirk. “Oh, major blackmail time.” She said as she was about to take out her camera, but was quickly pushed down by Helen. "I mean, just something to show him if he doesn't remember what happened.” She said casually before she started recording. "You are completely under my power." Mind told his three volunteers as he paced around them. "The moment you open your eyes, you'll all become newborn foals." All three of them opened their eyes before they started wailing like foals as the crowd started laughing in amusement. “Now, you are now chickens in a barnyard!” He called as the three then started moving and acting like chickens as the crowd all laughed harder again. The young group laughed at Helix’s expression. “Okay, that’s funny.” Gallus said with a smirk as the adult ponies came up to them. “Uh, why is Helix acting like a chicken in a barnyard?” Applejack asked in confusion. “Helix is hypnotized into acting like a chicken.” Ocellus explained with giggles. “And it’s my early Heartswarming present.” Misty said with a smirk. "You're a ballerina." Mind told an old stallion before he started dancing like a ballerina. "You are a ferocious grizzly bear." He told an elderly mare before she started acting like one. "Okay, even I'll admit this is really funny." Manny mentioned with a smile. "And finally you my boy, you are an alien." Mind told Helix before Helix pulled up the Omnitrix and activated it. "And now it's not!" Manny exclaimed as Helix was about to reveal his secret without even knowing it before Helen quickly ran up on stage just as Helix selected an alien form before pressing the two buttons to make the core pop up. "Helix, don't!" She exclaimed as she pushed him behind the curtains before he could slam down the core and transform. A green light flashed before it died down and Mind peeked behind the curtains. “You are ruining the performance!” Mind exclaimed through his teeth. “Sorry. My friend had to… run to the little alien’s room.” Helen said with a sheepish smile before Mind closed the curtain and out of sight as Helen sighed in relief before turning and saw that Helix had transformed into Greymatter. "Take me to your leader." Greymatter said as he was still hypnotized. "Your will as my command." Helen chuckled. “Something tells me that the others are gonna have fun with you in this state.” She muttered. Later that night as the adult ponies with Azmuth were fixing the mobile base, Helix was now out of his hypnotized state as Misty showed him a video of what happened when he was as he didn't remember. "Oh man, I can't believe he made me act like that!" Helix exclaimed as he saw himself act like a foal and a chicken. "This is so embarrassing!" “Oh, but wiat, here’s my favorite part.” Misty said as she then showed the video of her laying back while Greymatter was feeding her grapes. “More grapes, Master?” Greymatter asked while feeding Misty some grapes. “Oh, man!” Helix groaned. “And here’s the next one.” Gallus said as the next video showed Greymatter doing the Young Six's homework. “That’s right, buddy. Do our summer homework. You’re down to one last question of mine.” Gallus said before a familiar beep was heard as Helix transformed back. “What? What just happened?” Helix asked, out of his trance while looking around in confusion while the others gave amusing looks. "Really guys?!" Helix asked as he looked at the six while they looked away sheepishly. "Hey, be glad you snapped out of it when the Omnitrix timed out." Sandbar told him. "I'm pretty sure Attea was going to make you give her a massage while she was in the bath." Helix blushed a bit from that as he took the camera away from Misty. “And it’s another thing they created an erase button for it!” “Give that back!” Misty yelled as she and Helix started fighting over the camera. “You guys should’ve at least not recorded that part.” Manny said as the adult ponies walked in. “Okay, okay, enough!” Flash called as he took the camera. “That’s a rap on the video. It’s been a long day, and we could all use some shut-eye.” He said as he put the camera away. “Time for the bed, kids.” "Just please keep her away from me." Helix muttered as he and the boys went to their side of the mobile base. “Doofus.” Misty retorted before Attea stick her tongue out and whack her on the head. “Ow! And ew! Gross!” She called while rubbing her head. “What was that for?!” "Oh nothing." Attea casually said before Helen nailed her on the shoulder. "You weren't really going to have him do that, were you?" She questioned with a glare. “No way!” Attea said with a shake of her head with a huge blush. “I mean, it would be interesting to feel his hands or hooves, but uh…” She stammered before turning to Helen. “What about you?! Were you gonna use him for something?!” She quickly asked. Helen’s cheeks blushed from the thought. “Um, uh, I mean, time for bed!” She quickly said as she rushed to her bed. “That’s what I thought.” Attea said with a smirk as she went to bed as well. The next day, the group entered the mall just as the clock tower chimed but Helix looked a bit drowsy as he let out a loud yawn. "Hey, are you feeling okay?" His father asked him. "You don't seem as peppy as usual." "I'm…I'm fine…" Helix replied as he rubbed his eye. "Just feeling a little tired, that's all." He assured as they walked up to the dragon ride with some police guards in the way. “Whoa, what happened?” Spike asked in surprise. “Somepony stole the motor from the sea dragon ride. Probably a prank by some punk kids.” one of the officers said before one of his partners came up to him. “What do you make of this?” He asked as he showed them a piece of Diamondhead shard, which made their eyes widened at the piece, especially Helix as the officers walked off while the group looked at Helix. "What? It wasn't me.” He told them as they continued to look at him. “I swear. You know it's not cool to accuse someone without full basic evidence." "But how did a Diamondhead shard end up here in the first place?" Twilight questioned with suspicion. “Well, don’t look at me. Because seriously, if I did do it, you guys would be the first to know.” Helix said as he walked off, while Azmuth had a thoughtful look. Later that night, as everyone was sound asleep, a familiar yellow wave suddenly washed over the parking lot as the clock chimed. Helix suddenly woke up from his sleep as his pupils were shrunken like during Mind's performance before he jumped out of bed and woke up the other boys. “Helix?” Sandbar asked tiredly. “Dude, do you know what time it is?” Manny asked while rubbing his eyes as Helix activated the Omnitrix. “Uh, Helix…” He said in concern before Helix pushed the core down and transformed into Upgrade. “Wait, dude! You can’t go out like that!” Gallus called as Upgrade squished through the door and exited the mobile home, which the others woke up and saw Upgrade climbing to the roof. “What is up with Helix?” Fluttershy asked in concern. “He must be sleepwalking.” Flash said in worry as a security light shined down on Upgrade. “Stop, in the name of mall security!” The stallion officer called as the unicorns ready their horns and aimed it at Upgrade, who then started running and climbing to the top of the clock tower while trying to avoid the lights. Upgrade started firing on the mall cops with his lasers as they dodged his blast. “Helix! Wake up!” Helen called out. “You’re sleepwalking!” Ocellus called out. “It’s no use. He can’t hear us.” Twilight said to the girls. “He probably has no idea what he’s doing.” "So what else is new?" Misty asked sarcastically before more cops showed up. “Besides, it's dangerous to wake someone up when they're sleepwalking." Sandbar mentioned. “We better get up there.” Manny said as the unicorns then started firing on Upgrade, which made him go splat on the ground as the others looked in concern, but Upgrade reformed and charged at one of the unicorns, surprising him before using his horn to fire at the police and then went towards the clock. “Look!” One of them yelled as Upgrade then turned the clock into a helicopter as he detached from the clock tower. “Time sure flies when you go alien.” Pinkie joked as Upgrade flew off into the distance, which the others watched in concern. Upgrade soon landed in front of a workshop just outside of town before a garage door opened. He came off the clock and landed in front of a familiar figure before reforming. Soon Mind Melder walked up to him with a brow. "Who are you?" He questioned. "What happened to the thing that looked like a walking chandelier? Oh that's right, you can't respond because you're hypnotized. Well, it doesn't matter as long as you do as I say. Now get out of here before the cops see you!" He ordered as Upgrade then possessed a bulldozer and took off while Mind Meloder watches. The next morning, Helix was sleeping soundly while the Omnitrix was still timed out before he started to wake up with a stretch and a yawn. “Oh, man. Some weird dream.” He said as he then noticed that he was on the bulldozer as he tripped and fell over the mobile base. “Oh boy.” He muttered tiredly. A bit later when the others found Helix, they explained to him what happened as they were now watching the news. “Despite last night’s bizarre attack and other burglaries, the mall representative had this to say.” The reporter said as they turned to the representative. “This was an isolated incident, the mall is open for business.” The stallion said. “Shopper safety is our number one priority.” He said. "So… why exactly would I go alien and steal stuff like a Sea Dragon ride motor and a big clock?" Helix questioned as Azimuth was inspecting the Omnitrix. "Well, according to this book, Sleepwalkers were in a hyper dream state.” Twilight told him as she levitated a book in front of them. “Nothing really makes sense in a dream, and the only one who can understand them is Princess Luna." "Yeah, but mostly walkers don't have a watch with alien heroes at their command." Misty pointed out as Helix's head fell face-first onto the table. "I don't believe it is sleepwalking to begin with." Azmuth mentioned. "If he was sleepwalking, he would have been fully rested and not exhausted. It might be something else completely." "What makes you say that?" Attea asked with curiosity. “The Omnitrix is connected to his DNA, which would include his brainwave." Azmuth explained. "I just checked his readings on his brain waves from last night and those readings are confusing as they show he was half asleep yet half awake, almost as if he wasn't in control of himself." “Isn’t he always insecure?” Misty questioned before Azmuth jumped up and slapped her. “Ow! Hey!” “Not the point! The point is, there’s something else inside Helix that would take control of him when he tries to sleep!" Azmuth exclaimed. "So that means we're going to have to keep him awake and away from other creatures until we can figure out what's controlling him and put a stop to it.” Delta explained which caused Misty to smile brightly. She then levitated a glass over before filling it up with mostly ice water before splashing it into Helix's face. "Hey!" He shouted when he felt the cold hit his face. “What was that for?!" “Just doing my job.” Misty said with a smirk and an innocent look while Helix glared at her. “We’ll try and keep her from going overboard, Helix.” Zs’spoocy whispered to him as the others nodded. A bit later, Helix was feeling tired as he was about to fall asleep, but Gallus came in and plugged his nose, which caused him to get startled awake from that as he breathed. The next one is when Helix tries to lean on the table, but Smolder then holds up an ice tray and pours it down his back, causing Helix to scream from the cold. And then sometime later, he slouched onto his bed, but then Misty took his sheet and pulled him off the bed as he fell to the floor. “Hey, you and the others are enjoying this, aren’t you?” He questioned before Misty blew an airhorn in front of him. “Now why would you say that?” Misty asked with a smirk. Soon it was night time as everyone inside the mobile base felt very drowsy. "Okay Attea…it's your shift…" Misty said before she fell asleep. A couple of minutes later, Helix then fell asleep as he laid on the table as they all fell asleep where they either sat or lay down. Up on the mixing clock hole, Mind Melder good with a sinister grin on his face. "It's time to wake up my slaves." He said with a mischievous tone. "Awake, and serve your master and his every command." He then pressed the button on his pocket watch as yellow energy waves were sent out. The energy waves soon hit the mobile base as Helix woke up and his pupils shrunk. He then got up as the sound of the Omnitrix activating was heard before he transformed into an alien. "Can somepony open a window?" Rarity asked as they felt a wave of heat inside the place. "I'm sweating a bit…" But then the sound of the mobile base door being opened and slammed shut instantly woke everyone up. "Helix!" Dust exclaimed with worry before they all went outside and saw Heatblast standing outside before he took off into the sky. "That's not good." "No, but luckily I put a tracking system inside the Omnitrix so now we can figure out what's causing this." Azimuth mentioned as he held out a tablet. "And I believe the cause is hypnosis. He's in a hypnotic trance." “Wait, you mean somepony is hypnotizing him?” Gallus asked in surprise. “How did that even happen to him?” Rainbow questioned with a brow. “Starlight is not even here for that kind of trick.” “We’ll figure it out later. Right now, we gotta get Helix before he hurts someone.” Twilight said as they rushed in the direction Heatblast went to. In a hardware store part of the mall, Heatblast was melting the chains together to form a big metal pole before blasting a hole in the wall, which the hypnotized elderlies to ride out with the metal pole. “Helix, listen to us!” Delta called as he and the others rushed into the shop. “You’ve got to snap out of this!” He said while Heatblast then ready a fireball. “Watch out!” Rarity called as she and the others moved aside. “Helix, listen to us! You’re under a hypnotic mind-control spell!” Dust called next while Heatblast ready his fireblast, but then security police came through the roof, which caused Heatblast to release a fireblast at them as they quickly moved aside. “You all, get away from that thing!” A security stallion called as he guided the group away from Heatblast before smoke bombs fell to the ground, which caused Heatblast to shoot fireballs blind as one of them realized where they were when they saw flammable tanks close by. “Everybody out. Move! Move! Move!” Another yelled as they rushed out of the hardware store before it exploded in flames. The next day, in front of the ruins of the hardware store, the news crew was in front of the manager. “This is an isolated incident. The mall is open for business. Shopper safety is our number one priority.” He repeated the same word he said to them last time. Back inside the mobile base, Azmuth was observing the footage of Mind's performance yesterday as they were waiting for his theory. “I believe that we found our culprit but haven't even noticed him until now." He told the group. "I don't know how just yet, but Mind Melder places post-hypnotic suggestions into his volunteers and turns them into his army of thieves without even them knowing." "That would explain the elderly ponies Quillspeed fought a few days ago." Helen mentioned. "But the sound of the Omnitrix timing out snaps Helix out of his trance." Attea added before they noticed Helix was fast asleep. “Hey, cous, wake up.” Flash said while nudging Helix, which he woke up with a yelp before he yawned and stretched. “But why would he have me steal all that weird stuff? The clock, the motor, and the chains, why would he need them for?” Helix asked while rubbing his eyes. "I have a theory but we must find him before it's too late." Azmuth told the group. "But what if he hypnotizes us the moment we find him to make us forget everything?" Gallus questioned before Azmuth hopped off of the table and went over to a cabinet before pressing the button. It opened up to reveal a few high-tech goggles inside. "I've already taken precautions in case of such an event." He told them. "We wear these and the hypnotic waves will not be able to reach your brains because they will block them out. Each of you take one and be on the lookout." Later the group went into the mall to find Mind Melder while Twilight went to the mall's representative and warned him about him. "This was an isolated incident. The mall is open for business. Shopper safety is our number one priority." The representative told her while he was in his chair facing the wall. "I know, you've said that plenty of times.” She told him. “But I'm seeing your Shoppers are in danger with Mind Melder on the loose." “This was an isolated incident. The mall is open for business. Shopper safety is our number one priority." The representative repeated. “Okay, this is getting us nowhere.” Twilight said as she stood up and walked out, but then once she exited the office, Mind Melder came out with a helmet and a camera. “Well done.” Mind Melder said with a smirk, having hypnotized the representative before his crime spree. “All the preparations are complete. It’s showtime!” He declared as he accidentally knocked a lamp over. With the others, Helix is getting a drink of water, but he falls asleep while the faucet keeps going while the others watch. “I don’t think Helix could take much more of trying to stay awake.” Hope said in concern. “He does seem pretty out of it.” Venus said with a concerned look as he walked up to him. “Wake up, Helix.” He said as he shook him before he got him out of the fountain. “Mom, I’m too tired to go to school.” Helix mumbled tiredly. “It’s alright, sweety. It’s summer break.” Dust said with a smile. “Has anyone seen Misty?” Ocellus asked while looking around. “We’ve been waiting for her for some time.” "There she is!" Pinkie called out as she saw Misty walking over to them with a small bag just as Twilight walked over to the group. "The mall's representative won't be much help, so we're going to have to find Mind Melder on our own." Twilight told the group. "Any luck finding him?" "Nope, not even a trace of him.” Flash answered before he looked at Misty. "What's in the bag?" “The solution to Helix and his hypnotized sleepwalking problem." She replied before she used her magic to pull out a couple of pairs of hoofcuffs. "He can't go alien if he can't touch the Omnitrix." “"Where did you get those?" Helix questioned. "Safety-R-Us, they have a very extensive selection." Misty answered before cuffing both his front hooves with each end of the two cuffs before looking at the group. “So, which one of you is going to make sure he stays away from the watch?" “Misty, I don’t know about this.” Delta said with a frown. “The last time you suggested an idea, you got Helix hypnotized.” "That was before we knew Mind was a criminal." She replied before she quickly put the other cuff on Helen and the other on Attea. "Besides, this is just to make sure he doesn't use Helix for more crimes. What could go wrong?" "Oh, you just had to say that." Rainbow complained. "And why is me and Attea cuffed to him?" Helen questioned while pointing to the Hoofcuff that is connected to Helix's right hoof. “I figure since you two are always around Helix, I thought I give him something he would feel slight comfortable with.” Misty said with a smirk before a huge clock appeared behind them from the ceiling. “Greetings, mall rats.” Mind Melder spoke up as his face appeared on multiple screens throughout the mall. “I am Mind Melder, Master of Hypnosis. You are all about to take a journey through that mysterious realm known as… the mind. No need to volunteer. Now all of you will obey me forever!” He declared as the watch started swinging around. "Your eyelids are feeling heavy. You are falling into a deep sleep." "Wait, he had me steal all that stuff so he can create a giant hypno-watch to hypnotize every creature in the mall?" Helix questioned before he let out a laugh. "There's no way that'll ever work!" "But just to be on the same side, I'm going to smash that thing up!" Rainbow declared as she put on the goggles Azmuth made and flew right towards the clock. "Rainbow, wait!" Azmuth tried to warn before Mind pressed the button on his pocket watch and hypno waves soon came out of the giant hypno watch and every creature started to fall asleep when it went by them. The moment it hit Rainbow Dash, she instantly fell out of the air and fell asleep. "I was going to tell her now that it's bigger, the goggles won't work because the hypno waves are stronger." "So I guess that means we run now." Attea suggested before they started running away from the hypno waves as they were getting closer to the group. “Don’t look at the clock! Don’t look at the clock!” Helix repeated as he, Attea, and Helen ran behind a pillar as the wave flew past them. But when they turned, they saw the others got hit and were fast asleep. “Oh no.” He said in dread. "Okay, come get these cuffs off!" Helen mentioned before she and Attea took off their ID Masks and she started to dig around in Misty’s bag. “Misty, wake up! Where are the keys for these things?!" She stopped when she realized something. "She didn't get the keys for these things, did she?" “Seriously? You’re cousin really didn’t think things through, did she?” Attea questioned Helix with concern. “She really doesn’t sometimes.” Helix mumbled. "But I'm really tempted to draw a mustache on her face." “All arise and obey my every command every minute of everyday.” Mind Melder said as the others opened their eyes, with their pupils shrunken, as did the other creatures as they stood up. “Now, bring me all the riches of this place!” He ordered as the creatures and Helix’s friends and family walked off while Misty held up her bag as the creatures started looting the mall for money and expensive things. “Yes, yes! First the mall, then all of Equestria! There will be no stopping me!” “That's what he thinks!” Helix called with a serious look. “Helen, you think you can reach the Omnitrix?” "But first we need to get these cuffs off." Helen mentioned before they saw a key sharpener up ahead. They got the same idea as they went in and used the blade to cut the chains of the cuffs. "Okay, so what's the plan?" Attea asked as Helix activated the Omnitrix. "You both do what you can to keep everycreature tied down so they don't steal any more stuff." Helix instructed as he scrolled through the different forms. "I'm gonna have a talk with the guy who made me act like a baby and a chicken. He may control every last creature in the mall." He then pressed the two buttons on the Omnitrix to make the core pop up before he slammed it back down. He was then engulfed in a green light as the Omnitrix transformed him.  His entire body was coated in black material while one eye formed on his head before tendrils with plugs at the end of them came out of the back of his head while another one formed a tail. He then had some gold batteries on his arms up to his shoulders as he gave off an electric charge from his fingers while his chest was green. “But let’s see him handle a Feedback.” He said to them with a serious look. “Hey, that’s the alien Twilight 22 went as.” Attea commented in surprise. “Yeah. I’m gonna call him Feedback.” Feedback said with a smirk as he went out the door. “You two try and keep the shoppers from doing any more shoplifting, I’m gonna give that mind freak a charge of his life.” He quipped as he absorbed some power from the sawblades and took off while shooting electricity as he started climbing. Helen then began to zip around the mall as she grabbed some chains before using them too tight down some of the shoppers. "Sorry!" She called out as she kept doing it. "It's for your own good!" Meanwhile, Attea charged at some shoppers before kicking them down and used a plumber blaster to fire some sort of goop that kept them on the ground. “Gotta give it to Azmuth, using a highly sticky substance can really keep anyone down.” She said with a smile while Mind Melder saw this through the cameras. “Hey, Plug guy, speedy, frog girl, stop! Obey me!” Mind Melder said as they looked at the screens they stood in front of them. "Yeah right." Feedback replied with a glare before he figured out where Mind Melder is at. “If you're able to see me and the girls, that must mean you're in the security room." He used an electric current to give himself a boost as he jumped higher onto another floor. "I command you three, obey me!" Mind yelled out in frustration. "Oh go suck on an egg." Helen told him as she continued to tie down some more shoppers. Mind Melder growled as he turned to the other shoppers. “Don’t just stand there! Stop them!” He ordered as Feedback saw a new bumper car with a yak riding on it rushing towards him as he held onto it before he climbed up to the top before seeing that they were about to crash into a toy store. “Time to drain the batteries.” Feedback said as he used the plugs on his head and drained the batteries of the bumper car, which stopped the ride as Feedback was sent flying and crashed into the glass window facefirst before he slid down to the ground. “Ow.” Helen soon zipped up to where he was before checking on him. "Are you okay?" She asked before she got blasted in the back. They both saw Ocellus in her armor as she continued to fire at them. Feedback quickly absorbed each blast before firing back at her as she fell to the ground before Helen chained her up. “I hope Ocellus would forgive us if we hurt her.” “She’s mind controlled. I don’t think she’ll remember it.” Feedback assured her. “Trust me, I know.” "Hey guys, I could use a hand here!" Attea called out before the two looked over the railing and saw that she was struggling to fight against Manny, Zs'spoocy, Hope, and Venus. "I'll give her back-up, you stop Mind Melder." Helen told Feedback before she raced down to help Attea. “On it.” Feedback said as he kept climbing up to the office. Back on the ground, Helen and Atea are fighting their friends together while making sure they don’t hurt them badly. “You know, from how things are, I’m sorta glad Misty hoofcuffed us to Helix so we wouldn’t get hypnotize.” Attea said while firing goop at Hope and Venus, which tied their hooves to the ground and prevented them from using their powers. “Yeah, well, I’m still gonna teach that filly a lesson for not thinking ahead of things or having a second thought.” Helen said as she then used her speed to punch Manny at his weakest point before finding some chains and tying him up. “I think she only got those cuffs to mess with Helix.” “You know, I agree on that.” Attea said before she pulled out a net and used it to trap Zs’spoocy inside and can’t phase out. “You think we could teach her a lesson together at what happens when she doesn’t listen to us?” “You read my mind.” Helen said with a smirk as they kept fighting together. With Feedback, he was close to the office as he saw it in his sight. “Going up.” He quipped as he jumped towards the window and crashed into the office where he saw Mind Melder. “Show’s over.” He said with a glare. “Unplug that freak.” Mind Melder said as some elderly creatures came out with makeshift weapons, but Feedback slammed his hands down and released a small shockwave, which shocked the elders until they fainted. He then walked up to Mind Melder, who tried to run away but Feedback quickly grabbed him by the tail as he held him over the head close to the clock. But as luck would have it, the Omnitrix timed out, which caused Helix and Mind Melder to fall before they landed on the arrows of the clock, which Attea and Helen noticed. “Helix!” They called out in concern. “You!” Mind Melder yelled when he recognized Helix as he brought out his watch. “I will put you in a trance from which you will never recover!” “Not this time!” Helix called as he grabbed another arrow and spun around before he quickly took Mind Melder’s watch. “I’ll take that!” “Give that back, you brat!” Mind Melder yelled. “Helen, Attea, cover your eyes!” Helix called out as the two girls did just that as Helix pressed on the watch, which released another hypno wave. “Everyone! Wake up! You’re all free!” He called out as the shoppers, his friends, and family were then snapped out of their trance. "Whoa…what just happened?" Zs'spoocy asked as she shook her head. “And why are we next to a bumper car?” Manny questioned while looking around in confusion. "Why am I chained up?" Ocellus asked before she removed her armor, which loosened up the chains for her to take off. Helen and Attea walked up to them with sheepish looks. “Uh, it’s a long story.” Helen said to them. “We’ll explain later.” Attea said to them as they got free from their restraints and looked towards the giant clock. “No, no, no!” Mind Melder yelled in anger. “It isn’t fair!” He complained. “Now, who’s the foal and chicken, pal?” Helix mocked as Mind Melder tried to grab him, but he missed and fell off the clock with a scream before landing in a bounce house before falling to the ground. Mind Melder stood up as he tried to make a break for it, but Flash elbowed him to the head, causing him to fall down unconscious. “Looks like your time is up.” Flash quipped with a smirk. "Good one, Flash." Twilight complemented before looking up at the clock where Helix was. "And great work, Helix! Helix?!" Fluttershy was flying over them as she shushed them to be quiet as she held up Helix, who was sleeping peacefully. “He’s sleeping.” She whispered to them with a smile. “Guess that rush really tired him out.” Rainbow said with a chuckle as they all smiled at Helix warmly as they watched him sleep. Soon the mobile base was back on the road as Azmuth was inspecting the Hypno watch. "Just as I thought, this watch is made out of alien tech.” He told the group. “That's how he was able to hypnotize and place hypnotic suggestions into his victims." "Okay, first that griffin that had that high-tech blaster, the Flim and Flam Brothers with that dimension jumper thing, and now a hypno watch?" Helen listed out. “Where do they get these things?” “If we had to guess, there must be leftover alien tech lying around in Equestria that was lost during our days in the Plumbers.” Delta said seriously. “We thought we collected them all, but I’m afraid that we’re wrong.” “So, there could be another alien tech out there that’s waiting to be rediscovered and be used in the wrong hands/hoofs?” Applejack questioned. "Well, just to be on the safe side, we better keep a lookout." Azmuth suggested before he hopped off the table as Helix picked up the watch. "I will work on something that will help us track all these missing alien tech down." "Sure, you do that." Misty mentioned while Helix had a mischievous grin on his face. "I think we had enough hypnotism for one day." "Yeah, I'm glad it's ove--" Smolder was about to comment before a hypnotic wave washed over her, Misty. and the rest of the Young Six, hypnotizing them before they suddenly fell asleep. "Not before we have a little payback about the grapes and making me do the homework." Helix mentioned. “Oooh should’ve seen that coming.” Manny said with a smirk. “Kids, what are you doing back there?” Twilight calls out while looking through the books while the adult ponies are doing their own thing. “Nothing!” They all said as Twilight went back to her books. "What are you going to make them do?" Zs'spoocy asked while rubbing her hands. “Oh, I have a few ideas.” Helix said with a smirk as he took out a marker. “But first." He then used the marker to draw not only a marker on Misty's face, but a unibrow, an extra eye near her horn, and a few other hilarious drawings on her face. "Now, who's up for some ice cream with a nice little show from Smolder and Gallus?” “We do!” His team called with their hands raised as they all laughed, going to enjoy humiliating the Young Six and Misty until the hypnowave wears off as they drove off down the road.