In a desert warehouse in the middle of the desert, a truck was titled as the pony that was driving it was tied up and gagged. A giant stallion wearing a hazmat suit is carrying a barrel and opened it up as toxic liquid was bubbling before he dipped his gloved finger in and took a sniff through his mask. He cringed in disgust and then carried it to a machine as he poured it in.
Then a pony with light tin fur and black mane came up and looked at the machine as he turned to his partner. “Is that all of it?” He questioned as his partner removed his mask, which revealed to be a cockroach’s in a pony’s body as it gave him a grunt as the fuel meter reached almost to full. “More. We need more!”
The stallion with the Cockroach body then noticed the cockroach headed pony was sniffing his hoof fiercely. "Are you seriously sniffing your own hoof again, Roach?!" The stallion questioned disturbingly as the Cockroach responded with its own noise. "Well it's a gross habit, so knock it off! Right now, we need to find more waste, or the very least, more power." The stallion then got a sniff in the air which made him cringe. "Whoa, do you smell that?!"
At the Omni-Copter, it and the mobile base are parked at the side of the road as the entire group was cleaning the inside. "Seriously, how did this place get so dirty when we have only been traveling for like a week?!" Manny questioned as he was carrying a few garbage bags while cringing at the stench.
“Because a couple of ponies with an ego and cheerful attitudes had a party here last night.” Applejack said while gesturing to Pinkie and Rainbow.
“What?! We have to have our first party inside the Omni-Copter!” Pinkie said cheerfully.
“And it was a fun party! Don’t judge us!” Rainbow said with her hooves crossed.
"Yeah, but thanks to that, you got the new copter all dirty." Twilight scolded the two. "It'll take us days to clean it up."
"I don't see what the problem is." Button spoke up as he helped Sweetie Belle sweep up some confetti. “Couldn't Helix and Misty turn into their fast aliens to do this faster with Helen?"
“That's what we ask before we’ve gotten started.” Helix said with a sigh. “But Mom and Dad, and the rest of the adults said that we shouldn’t rely on our aliens for shortcuts.”
“Or to use our powers to cheat and stuff.” Helen said with a sigh.
“That’s right, kids.” Delta said to them with a nod. “Even though it would get the job down quickly, you still need to learn the important lesson in responsibility and cleaning.”
"But I am responsible and cleaning stuff, I basically do that every day with a watch.” Helix mentioned as he was referring to his hero work.
“Then this should be easy for you.” Dust joked to her son with a chuckle.
“Yeah, I saw that coming.” Misty said with a chuckle as the rest of the young group sighed.
“Oh, I hate cleaning.” Gallus complained.
“You said it.” Smolder said in agreement.
“But we have tons of activities planned for our trip to the famous local backwando caves.” Twilight mentioned as Rarity did a double take at what you just said. "But now we're short on supplies and we're going to have to go into town to get more."
"Backwando what?" She questioned her.
“Yeah, but I don’t think those supplies matter if we don’t clean this place up.” Xylene said while gesturing to the mess.
“Yeah, we just got a new ride and flew across the lands in style, yet, this place smells worse than Stinkfly.” Attea said while clutching her nose as Zed barked in agreement.
"How about y'all go get the supplies while we clean the rest of it up?” Apple Bloom mentioned while gesturing to the young group before she leaned over to Helix. "And maybe it'll be done faster, hint hint." She whispered with a wink as Helix gave a confused look before looking at his Omnitrix before he smirked.
“Yeah. With us together, we might get this done sooner.” Helix said with a smirk.
Outside the Omni-Copter, the two body switched creatures were spying on them as the pony in the cockroach body looked through the binoculars. “Yes! That flying thing is bursting with waste!" The stallion said with an evil grin. "Execute phase one: Stomp the chumps! Uh, you got a pen on you right?” He asked as he looked at his partner who held up a pen.
“Come on, ponies. We don’t want to miss the cave of wonders after we get back with the supplies and the kids.” Twilight said as the adults walked off while Rarity groaned in disgust at the idea.
"Yeah, a cave filled with bat poop, can't wait!" Rumble called out before the young group quickly went back inside. "Okay they're gone. Go for it!"
"Way ahead of you." Helix before he slammed down on the core of his Omnitrix and transformed into one of his new aliens. He is a feline-like alien with a black suit-like color scheme, and his hands, legs, chest, and part of his head are colored blue. He has black mask-like fins around his green eyes, a triangle-shaped nose, a thunderbolt-like design down his chest, and a triangle one down his back. He also has spike-like blades on his arms and legs while the Omnitrix symbol is on his chest. “Whoa, this is a new one. I was going for Quillspeed or XLR8.”
"Hey, has anyone seen my bow?" Apple Bloom asked. "I could have sworn it was on me a moment ago."
"I'll check." Helix said before he started moving around inside of the counter which surprised the others as he was moving so fast.
“Whoa! He’s fast!” Spike commented before Helix stopped and held up Apple Bloom’s bow.
“Found it! It was on the table.” Helix said while the others looked at him in surprise. “What?”
“Helix, you just ran as fast as XLR8.” Lolaxx said to him. “You got a new speed alien.”
"Didn't you notice how fast you were going?" Misty questioned her cousin.
“Actually. Not really.” Helix said while tapping his Omnitrix. “Everyone just stood still around me while I was searching for Apple Bloom’s bow for the past few minutes.”
“Uh, dude, you just found it after 3 seconds.” Sandbar said in shock.
"Are you guys being serious right now?!" Helix asked excitedly. "Oh yeah, that means Fasttrack can get this done in no time."
"Fasttrack?" Attea repeated with a brow.
“Hey, he’s fast like a train on tracks.” Fasttrack said with a shrug. “It’s the best I could come up with for the new speed alien.”
“Well, since you're faster than me and Misty, how about you get started on cleaning this place up?” Helen asked with a smile.
“Sure thing!” Fasttrack said as he looked at the list on the table. “Huh, Twilight left us a chore list. ‘Kids clean bumper and windows now!’.” He read as it read just as Fasttrack said. “Huh, Twilight must really want that bumper and windows clean. Even call us kids.” He said while rubbing his chin.
"Huh, but why is there a sticky note on the list and why is it in red pen ink?” Misty questioned before Fasttrack took them all outside.
“Well, can’t argue with the future Princess of Equestria.” Fasttrack said with a smile as he prepared some brushes with some buckets.
“True enough.” Ocellus said, but before they could get started, they saw something wrong. “Hold on, the windows are spotless.”
“Yeah, you're right!” Fasttrack said while looking at the bumper. “And this thing is cleaner than clean!”
"What's that supposed to be, cleaning gear?” A stallion asked before they saw the stallion with the bug body. "What happened to that green ugly colt with that watch?"
“Ugly?!” Fasttrack questioned in an offensive before he and his friends realize who they’re talking to.
“Wait, how did you get--” Manny tried to ask before Helen realized something.
“Hold on a second.” Helen said before she sped off to the entrance of the desert to a sign. "'Devastation Flats, #1 in nuclear testing. Protection barrier is always up.' Yeah, should’ve figured that and it totally explains a lot." She then raced back before looking at the stallion headed bug. “Mad scientist, bug, head swapped, mutated, close?" She questioned him.
The stallion headed bug gave a smirk and clapped his bug’s hands. “Give the lady a pat on the cone and a hoof-full of peanuts with her friends.” He said with a smirk.
"Wait, if he's the mad scientist with the bug body, does that mean--?" Fasttrack was going to ask before each of them was punched back by the bug on the stallion body.
“Yep. Someone got that big pony fist.” Scootaloo moaned as they were on the ground next to some rocks.
The two bug/stallion swapped duos walked up to the mobile base. “Phase Two: Jack this ride!” He called out as the mobile base then drove with the Omni-Copter in tow on top.
"Hey, they're stealing our ride!" Zs'spoocy called out before Misty quickly transformed into her version of Quillspeed. She, Fasttrack, and Helen then raced over below the Omni-copter before they looked up.
"Hey fellas, I think we got off the wrong foot here!" Fasttrack called out. "So why don't you pull over and get out so we can put the right foot upside your heads?!"
The bug in the stallion’s body then poke his head out of the driver’s window as he spoke in its own tongue, which disgusted the three speedsters. “Okay, that’s completely nasty in many ways.” Misty said with a disgusted look.
"How is that even a thing?" Helen questioned in disgust before the cockroach unleashed some sort of goo onto their faces from his mouth.
"Grossgrossgrossgross!!!" All three of them shouted as they tried to wipe the goop off of their faces and ended up slamming into cacti.
After a few painful grunts, the three got their faces free from the cactus, but had a few needles and still got some slime on them. “Puked by a roach head on a stallion’s body?” Helen questioned in disgust as she plucked some needles off her face as she cringed.
“That’s so disgusting!” Misty yelled out.
“They do realize, this means war.” Fasttrack said with a serious tone.
“Oh, it’s so on.” Helen said as she and Misty have the same expression as Fasttrack.
The three of them then got ahead of the copter as they quickly spun around and created a cyclone right in front of it. “What?” The stallion in the bug's body asked in surprise as they drove up to the cyclone while the three speedsters stopped from behind.
“Now that’s what I call a cyclone.” Misty commented.
“They won’t be able to get through that.” Fasttrack said as the copter flew around in the cyclone before being tossed away and over a giant canyon.
“Wowzers! Someone loves us bugs.” The stallion on the bug’s body said with a smile. “We would’ve driven straight into that chasm if it wasn’t for that random cyclone.”
"OH COME ON!!" All three of them complained before they were swept up into their own cyclone. They yelled out before they were flung to a rock as they slammed on it before the three fell to the ground.
“Didn't see that coming.” Helen muttered.
"Are you guys okay?!" Ruby called out as the others caught up to them.
"Where's the copter?" Cozy asked them.
“Apparently, it went over a chasm thanks to our own cyclone.” Misty muttered while rubbing her head.
"How does that even make any sense?" Tender Tap questioned.
"Just help us up, I got a Plan B." Fasttrack told them.
A bit later, they were on a cliff where the mobile base and the copter are driving by as Helix was now Fourarms as he rubbed his hands together with giggles. “Manny, help me push this boulder down. It will stop them in their path.” He said.
"Okay!" Manny said before they both pushed the boulder as it seemed like it was going to hit the copter.
"Wait, stop this thing!" The stallion told his partner which caused him to stop as the boulder rolled past them. “According to this map, we're going in the wrong direction!" He called before his partner babbled to him. “Upside down?” He asked before he realized the map was upside down. “Oh, so it is.” He said as he got it right side up. “Keep going.” He said as they continued on.
The boulder kept rolling before it rolled up and ramp and back to the others. “Oh, man.” Fourarms groaned as he and Manny were crushed by the boulder as the others cringed.
"Is it me or are those two lucky?!" Manny groaned.
"Anyone got a Plan C?" Fourarms asked the others.
The mobile base and the copter kept going before Cannonbolt appeared with Misty’s version of Shock Rock with the others behind them. “Time for Cannonbolt to charge up and knock this train off its tracks!” Cannonbolt declared.
"Let me give you a shocking boost!" Misty added as she rubbed her hands together to build up a charge. Cannonbolt nodded as he then got into rolling position and started spinning. Misty then charged him up before Cannonbolt took off, fully charged as he rolled closer to the copter and mobile base.
The bug in the stallion’s body then spoke up. “Why are you so jittery?” The stallion in the bug’s body asked his partner as he spoke up. “I told you not to drink all that soda!” He scolded with a slap to his partner’s face. “Fine. Make it quick.” He said as his partner stopped the vehicle, which Cannonbolt tried to hit but missed as he crashed into a stone pillar as rocks fell on him.
The others cringed from the crash as they rushed up to where Cannonbolt is before Misty timed out and a green flash was shown in the boulders. Helix climbed out as the mobile base and the copter drove off. "Okay, what the heck do they want with the copter and the base for anyway?" Scootaloo asked when they went over and helped Helix up.
"Only one way to find out." Helix said before he slammed down on his Omnitrix, but saw that it was in the red. "Misty?"
“Sorry, timed out too.” Misty said while showing her watch was red as well.
“Well, guess the rest of us are walking since none of us have superspeed.” Ruby said with a shrug.
“Hey, cheap shot.” Helen said with a look as they stood up and started following the tracks on the road.
The Young Ones were calling out to the copter like it was a dog as they were heading to some sort of waste power plant. They got in through a big hole in the wall as they kept looking around for the base before Button Mash cringed his nose at a horrible smell. “Do you guys smell that?" He asked the others.
“It smelled like expired cupcakes Pinkie accidentally baked one time.” Siverstream said in disgust. “Mixed with seaweed.”
"Why would those guys bring our ride here?" Smolder asked in disgust.
“Don’t know, but we found our ride!” Sandbar cheered as he pointed to the mobile base and copter next to them.
"Yeah, but why does it look so clean?" Helix asked as Zed was sniffing the mobile base and the copter. She let out a happy bark before they went inside to see the rest of it had been cleaned out from any litter.
“So they took our ride just to clean it up for us?” Ocellus asked in surprise.
“If they wanted to help clean, there were other ways for them to do it instead of stealing our rides.” Silverstream commented.
“Well, whatever they did, it saved us the trouble!” Smolder cheered with huge relief. “Hey, anyone for a snack?”
“I don’t think it’s that simple, Smolder.” Cozy spoke up. “Why go through all this trouble just to clean our rides?”
"What do you mean it's stuck, butt-for-brains?!” They heard the stallion question before they went outside and saw him standing in front of some sort of machine as the cockroach with the stallion body replied. "Well if it's jammed, get in there and stop on it!” He ordered as the roach in the stallion’s body climbed up and started stomping on what appears to be the trash that was from the Mobile Base and copter as the bug lost his balance and fell as the fuel meter was then at full. “It’s fully functional, Roach!” He called as Roach rushed up to him as the machine fired a red beam. “My most ingenious invention yet is now completed! The Magg-O-Net!" He declared as a giant magnet was seen in the red beam.
"Uh, does anyone else make any sense of what's going on right now?" Ruby asked the others in confusion.
"Nope, but this is probably our cue to start punching things.” Helix mentioned before he activated his Omnitrix and transformed into Humungousaur. He then let out a whistle towards Zed as it activated her Omni-Collar and she transformed into her version of a Vaxasurian as she grew huge into Humungousaur’s size with a very long neck like a Brachiosaurus and a saddle appeared on her back. “Zed, sick the bug face stallion!” He called as Zed roared and charged at Roach and tackled him down to some barrels.
“Roach?” The stallion on the bug’s body asked in shock before Manny grabbed him as he and the others looked down at him. “First those speedy twitties and now this! Do I have a sign on my back that says ‘Please ruin my plans with weird alien heroes’?!” He questioned.
“Well, you made us chase you all over the desert!” Attea said with a look. “Because you wanted to use our trash from a party that went on for a week to power a giant magnet?”
"You haven't cleaned that thing in a week?" The stallion questioned them with disgust before he pulled himself out of Manny's grasp and went over to the magnet. "Thanks to all your disgusting habits, I've reached the Final Phase of my master plan! Now prepare to witness the genius that is Naiv Mind! That's me." He told them before he pressed a button on a remote and the magnet lit up.
Then suddenly, some tiny specks flew past them, which confused the group before Ocellus saw something. “Are those maggots?” She asked as they looked closely and realized they were maggots as Naiv Mind laughed as the maggots flew up to the magnet and then started forming arms and limbs.
“Yes!” Naiv Mind cheered as the maggots finished forming as they turned into a big giant maggot monster with the magnet in its chest as it gave a roar and started eating towers.
“Ew, gross!” Yona exclaimed in disgust.
“There’s something you don’t see everyday.” Rumble said.
“No you haven’t.” Scootaloo said in agreement.
“Now now for the coup-de-grace.” Naiv Mind said as he climbed up his monster’s head. “You see Las Pegasus over there?” He asked as he gestured to Las Pegasus that is closed by. “I want you to eat everything there! Except for the money.”
"So wait, the dude stole our ride so he can use the trash to create a giant magnet that attracts maggots to eat Las Pegasus?!" Sandbar summed it all up in confusion. "That makes no sense at all!"
"Whatever, it's hero time!” Humungousaur declared before he grabbed a nearby barrel and threw it at the giant maggot monster.
The monster yelled after feeling the pain as Naiv Mind fell and dropped his remote as Manny picked it up. “You won’t be eating anything without your remote!” Manny called as he crushed the remote with a laugh. “Problem solved.
“Manny!” Humungousaur yelled, which made Manny flinch. “You didn’t have to destroy the remote!”
“Why?” Manny asked before the maggot monster started roaring in rage.
“Your giant friend is right!” Naiv Mind called out as they looked down at him. “If you would have just hit the off button, it would’ve shut down!” He yelled, which made Manny realize his mistake.
“Uh, oops.” Manny said with a sheepish tone.
“Now there’s no way to stop it! It’s going to eat Las Pegasus, and then it’s going to eat everything else!” Naiv Mind yelled.
"Not a chance, even without your remote, we'll still find a way to beat that thing!” Humongous told him.
"Eh, it's your funeral pal." Naiv Mind shrugged before he screamed when he went over to Roach, who was still stuck in a barrel. “On your hooves, Roach, mush!” He called as Roach got up and ran off as the heroes turned to the maggot monster as it roared at them.
“We are really not looking forward to this.” Tender Tap said in disgust as Ocellus armored up.
"What are you complaining about?" Lolaxx questions him with a brow before she gestures to the superpowered team. "We're the ones who are going to have to fight that thing."
"And I'm going to be washing my hooves for a week after this." Misty mentioned as she transformed into her version of Overflow.
"Let's just do it." Humungousaur said as he turned the watch sideways and he activated his Omni-kix armor.
Humungousaur’s face, lower jaw, torso, arms, and knees are covered in white and orange plating, his neck is covered in grey and white plating, the inside of his mouth and shoulders are green, and the mace on the end of his tail is now cylindrical with grey spines running from his neck and back.
“Awesome armor. And another thing about the Omni-kix’s armor, I don’t have to feel to punch something.” Humungousaur said with a bit of relief.
“Again, I’m jealous.” Misty said with her arms crossed.
“Mind taking point first, Helix?” Helen asked him.
“Sure thing.” Humungousaur said as he charged at the giant maggot monster. “Time to test what this armor could do as this alien.” He charged at the maggot monster before swinging his tail right at its leg, but it quickly reformed its leg after it was struck. "Mega gross!" He called before he quickly dodged to avoid its stomp as he punched again, but then it caught him. “Ah, so mega extreme gross to the extreme!” He exclaimed before his helmet visor glowed green before he fired a beam at its face, which made the maggot monster let go of him as it stepped back. “Hey! I have laser beams! So cool!” He cheered.
Helen raced around the Giant maggot monster and fired lasers on it but it seemed to be unaffected by her blast. Same goes for Attea, Ocellus, and Lolaxx while Zs'spoocy used her ghostly telekinesis to throw barrels at it. “There’s no way to even stop this thing! It’s completely made of maggots!” Zs’spoocy exclaimed.
Misty then rushed up and shot some water beams from her wrist, which caused some of the maggots to wash off as they were on the ground before the maggot monster reformed its limbs and knocked the heroes back. “Okay, well, we know that water is effective, but it just keeps growing back.” She groaned.
“Well, how are you guys suppose to take that thing down?” Smolder asked while using her magic to keep the maggot from escaping before Humungousaur saw something in its chest.
“The Magg-o-net! That’s what keeps those maggots together!” Humungousaur realizes before he just found out what he said as he chuckled. “Oh wait, Magg-o-net. Like maggot magnet.” He said with a laugh as the others chuckled in agreement.
"Oh man, I just got that too!” Manny said with a chuckle. "That's actually pretty clever. Let's find something to throw right at it!"
“With what?! That thing already ate everything worth throwing!” Gallus exclaimed while gesturing to the area that was already eaten by the maggot monster.
“Well, there is one thing that might be worth throwing, but you’re not gonna like it.” Sweetie Belle said with a nervous look as the others turned to her as she gestured to the mobile base and the copter.
"Oh man…" They all groaned in frustration.
The maggot monster burst through Smolder’s shield as Humungosaur carried the two vehicles before throwing it at the monster as he frowned. “They were so clean.” He said as the copter and mobile base went through the maggot monster and removed the magnet as the monster desivoled and the magg-o-net fell to the ground, shattered into pieces as the maggots crawled away.
The young group looked at the maggot covered mobile base and copter. “Well, we did it. Hurry.” Humungosaur said unhappy as the others frowned.
“It’s gonna take a lot of time to clean these things again.” Ruby spoke up with a frown. “Longer if any got into the inside.”
“Well, we better get started and get back to the spot before Twilight and the others get back.” Misty said with a sigh as they all walked up to their vehicles.
Later, the adult ponies were walking back from town with a few bags. “Do you think the kids only told us to go on ahead so they can use their powers to clean?” Tempest asked rhetorically to the others.
“If they did, they’re in for a lecture.” Dust said to them.
“But what’s strange is that usually when they’re done with their powers, they would’ve come to us way sooner.” Fluttershy noted.
"Whoa, check that out." Rainbow told the others as they saw that the mobile base and the copter was clean from top to bottom.
They soon entered as they saw the kids doing the finishing touches on the mobile base with some cleaning equipment. “Kids?” Twilight asked in surprise as the young group turned to them as they had tired expressions from cleaning up the mobile base and the copter.
“Ta-da. All clean.” Silverstream said tiredly.
“And we did it all without our powers.” Helix said with a tired smile.
“Wow this place is spotless on the inside and out.” Rarity said with a smile.
"And to do this without any powers or abilities shows that you are all responsible." Celestia added with a smile.
"But why do you all look so exhausted?" Flash asked them.
“Trust us, we have to clean both the mobile base and the copter from top to bottom to even get it this spotless.” Manny said with his arms slug.
“Are my parties really that messy?” Pinkie asked in confusion before she saw a tiny little maggot on the ground. “And how did this maggot get in here?"
This made the kids' eyes widened before they turned and saw a maggot. “It’s a long story.” Scootaloo said tiredly.
“And trust us, we’ll clean it out.” Apple Bloom said with a yawn.
“As soon as we take a quick nap.” Sweetie Belle finished as she and the other young group fell to the ground and they started snoring in exhaustion as the adults looked down at them.
“Aw, they work themselves to the bone.” Twilight said with a small smile.
"But honestly, how do they get themselves tired just from cleaning?” Luna questioned as the adults were oblivious as to what happened when they were out.