The Metal Bat Cousin

Underwraps

(A/N): didn't like Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures. Some episodes past Season 2 I don't like very much.

Dairyville

Thunder crashes overhead, as purple lightning strikes on a remote farm. Beside a sign reading "Welcome to Dairyville", two boys pry a barbed wire fence up with a stick and crawl under, another mud-covered boy with a piglet reluctantly following.

Todd: M-maybe we shouldn't be here!

The red haired teen leading the charge and the other in a pair of dungarees turn to look at the boy holding his pig, still on the other side of the fence. The pig oinks with a smile.

Red Haired Teen1: I knew we shouldn't have brought him. He's nothing but a big baby!

Teen2: Come on, Todd. Don't wimp out now. It's just a little fun. You push over the cow, and it can't get back up.

Red Haired Teen1: <laughs> We'll even let you tip the first one, unless... the baby wants to go home so mommy can change his diaper.

The red-haired teen mimes sucking his thumb. The mocking spurs Todd on to go up to the cow and push with all his effort, as well as his pig's. Todd grunts as he slips over, landing in more muck with a splash, and covering his piglet in the muck too.

Teens: <laughing>

Teen2: Priceless! Dude!

The animal, turns to the teens and they see it to be a bull as it bellows. The teens scream as they flee, the piglet squealing as it also runs.

Todd: Hey, where's everybody going?

Bull snorts on the back of his neck, as it looks ready to charge.

Todd: <defiantly> Back off, cow chip!

Bull bellows before it turns and runs away.

Todd: Yeah. That's right. You do not want to mess with Todd Maplewood!

Todd turns around to see a glowing purple-highlighted silhouette as it rears back and roars.

Todd: Mommy/Mummy! (I don't know what he actually said)

Electricity crackles around the figure as more lightning strikes.

Elsewhere

Inside the R.V., as it's parked beside a lake somewhere in South Carolina, Hope was teaching Gwen about spells while Ben's portable games console lets out beeping sounds as he plays it. Wade was nowhere in sight.

Ben: You got to love summer vacation! Nothing to do all day long but sit around and-- oh! Hey!

Ben jolts up as Max puts his hand on his shoulder, while in his dressing gown and covered in shampoo.

Ben: Grandpa, what gives?

Max: What gives is that I ran out of water in the shower... again. <takes the towels off his hair> It's your job to keep the tank full, Ben.

Ben: I will. Just... later.

Gwen: Sure. The same way you're "going" to make your bed, or take out the trash?

Both the bed and rubbish bin are shown to be in a state, overflowing and a mess.

Max: Well, you're a fine one to talk, young lady. You think those dirty dishes are just gonna wash themselves?

Gwen: <scoffs> But it's summer vacation, Grandpa.

Ben: Yeah. If we wanted to do chores, we could have just stayed at home.

Wade: <comes in> ok. I cleaned all the windows outside and made sure there was oil in the engine.

Max; at least one of you does their chores.