- Feeling confident in his new abilities, Mark risks a team-up with a local villain to take down a crime lord, while simultaneously juggling school and a new relationship.
- invincible teams up with a minor-league enforcer villain, Titan, to take down Titan's boss Machine Head. But Machine Head has super-powered henchmen of his own, who defeat Invincible, Titan, and the Guardians when they come to Invincible's aid. Meanwhile, Amber gives Mark one last chance to be on time for their "date", and ends up bonding with Eve.—Gislef
- Two workers come out of a secret criminal drug distribution center, out into the alley, to grab a smoke. A man come down the alleyway and they draw their guns. He removes his jacket, transforms his skin into rock armor as he transforms into Titan, and charges at them. Titan smashes through the men, pasty the armored door, and into the center. The men inside open fire on Titan, whose armor protects him.
Titan picks up a nearby forklift and throws it the men, who scatter. One man grabs a heavy gun and opens fire, and Titan takes a discarded pistol and throws it into the man's head. One man is pinned beneath the thrown forklift, and watches as Titan takes out some of the others and the survivors run. Titan grabs the pinned man, frees him, and tells him to tell Mr. Lu that the next time he finds any of Lu's men on his turf, he won't be so gentle. The intruder then snaps the man's neck and tells the kid pointing a shotgun at him the message was for him. The kid shoots Titan in his face, temporarily destroying his armor on his face. It regenerates, and Titan tells the kid to go. Once the kid runs, Titan looks at his torn pants and swears.
The next day, Kill Cannon is on the streets shooting at Invincible. Invincible beats Kill Cannon unconscious and later at school, kids watch the battle on phone video. Mark arrives to see Amber, who walks away because he's late. Mark has brought her Japanese cheesecake in way of an apology, and she points out that it's crazy for him to be late to get cheesecake to apologize for being late.
Across town, Titan emerges from a burning building with a can of gasoline. He tosses it back in and it explodes. As Titan starts to walk away, one of the residents who got out asks him what they ever did to him. Titan walks back to the man, Kevin, and gives him and the other residents money to move into a hotel until they can find homes.
Invincible continues fighting villains as the people cheer him. He goes to hold up a building that was damaged in the fight, and is late to his job at the Burger Mart. Mark's boss, Mr. Sayre, tells Mark that he's been late 12 times in the past three months, and says that he's going to dock Mark's pay. Mark tells Sayre that he quits, flies off, and drops his apron on Sayre.
Titan holds a businessman up from the top of the tall building and threatens to drop him if he doesn't pay up. The thug, Gary, gives Titan his wall and Titan sees a photo of Gary and his daughter. Titan tosses Gary back onto the rooftop and gives him two days to pay.
Invincible and Omni-Man hold a super-villain above the city and threaten to drop him if he doesn't tell them where his gravity bomb is. Invincible hesitates to drop Isotope to scare him, and Omni-Man drops Isotope to show his son how it's done, and says that he'll catch the super-villain in a second.
Mark arrives late for class and runs through the hallways. Principal Winslow is waiting and tells Mark that if he plans to attend college then they need to have a conversation about Mark's recent attendance issues.
Titan breaks into a lab and takes a secure chip. Security guards arrive and aim their guns at Titan, and he advises them to shoot their guns in the air and they can all walk away happy and alive. The guards do so, and Titan walks out.
Invincible texts Amber that he can't make it for their date. She texts back that he's treading on dangerous ground standing her up, and he goes back to his fighting.
Titan goes to crime boss Machine Head and gives him the chip, and Machine Head inserts it into a slot on his head. He moans in ecstasy, and Titan says that it's the last and he's done. Machine Head tells him it isn't, and that Titan's problem is that he's too useful to be let go. As Machine Head's henchman Isotope looks on, Machine Head tells Titan that Titan needs the money and can't live a normal life, and he's a headbreaker. When Titan threatens him, Machine Head says that he knows where Titan's family lives so Titan works for him. Titan smashes Machine Head's desk in frustration, and Machine head tells him that he's never letting Titan go.
In space, Invincible tries to hold back an asteroid heading toward Earth. Omni-Man is calmly waiting, and when Invincible stops it, his father tells him to throw the asteroid back into space. Invincible does so, and Omni-Man tells him that it was a small one. The younger hero gets a text and tells Omni-Man that he has to go, and his father tells him that his training is more important. Omni-Man finally lets invincible go, and his son hugs him and flies off.
Mark arrives at Amber's house for dinner with her parents, apologizes for running late, and offers dessert. Amber walks off in frustration. They study in Amber's room, and she complains that Mark was two hours late as he eats leftovers. She asks Mark if she's important to him, and when he says that she is. Amber points out that when they make plans, Mark is late or doesn't show up and his excuses suck. Mark says that he has family responsibilities and it's hard making it fit, and Amber tells him to make the choice and she's not going down the road.
Mark tells Amber that he's going to do better, and Amber tells him to prove it. As Mark walks home, he kicks a rock in frustration and it goes through a house and into orbit. Nolan calls and tells him that a super-villain is robbing a store and he'd be good practice for Invincible. Mark tells his father that he's not in the mood, but reluctantly agrees.
Titan, in his unarmored form, goes into a fancy apartment in a rundown tenement, and gives the young girl sitting on the couch the ice cream that he brought. She greets him as "Daddy", and Titan's wife comes out and figures that they're not out. Titan tells his wife Vanessa that is isn't that simple, but Vanessa doesn't want to hear it and walks away.
Titan goes out on his fire escape and drinks, and his daughter Fiona comes out to sit with him. She points out Invincible overhead, flying his opponent Elephant to prison, and asks Titan if he's a good guy like Invincible. Titan doesn't have an answer for her.
Debbie goes to her closet, feels a chill, and finds the journal that Damien left hidden there. She looks at it and remembers what Damien said about being the only survivor of the Guardian massacre. Nolan comes in and Debbie hides the journal behind her back. Once Nolan leaves, Debbie locks herself in the bathroom and reads the journal. She finds a note saying "Costume" and remembers Nolan asking for his bloodstained costume back, at the hospital.
Eve tells her parents that she doesn't need to tell them when she breaks up with someone, and her father says that he only agreed to Eve being a superhero is because Rex was there to take care of her. His daughter says that she can take care of herself, and points out that Rex cheated on her. Her father tells eve to forgive Rex, saying that all guys make mistakes. Eve breaks into tears, and her father tells her that she can't be a superhero on her own and shouldn't be doing it at all.
Turning on her father, Eve tells him that for one thing she can do anything she wants and demonstrated her power. For another, Eve says that she's not sure that she wants to do it anymore. Her father says that it's about time, and Eve flies out and off.
The next day, Invincible is out flying in the clouds and salutes the passengers inside of a passing airliner. He notices his hero name written on a rooftop in the city, flies down, and finds Titan waiting for him. Titan tells Invincible that he got lucky when they fought a few months ago, but he's not there to fight now. He explains that he owes money and can't get out, and isn't a criminal. Titan wants Invincible to help him take down Machine Head.
Invincible has never heard of Machine Head, and Titan explains that Machine Head runs the city. When Invincible suggests that Titan call Fight Force, Titan tells him that he's just flying off and forgetting the "little people'. Invincible picks up Titan, who shows invincible Machine Head's operations. They spot Machine Head and Isotope leaving a club, and Isotope teleports them away.
Titan tells Invincible that if he helps him takes down Machine Head, he'll help real people with real lives. They land near the community center that Vanessa and Fiona are leaving, and Titan says that he didn't borrow money for him. He goes over to his family, and Fiona hugs him.
That night at home, Mark tells Nolan that he can't take Machine Head by himself while Isotope is helping him. The Graysons are eating dinner, and Debbie is distracted by Damien's journal. Nolan tells Mark that he's making a huge mistake helping Titan, and that Titan is using Mark. Mark insists that he can tell that Titan isn't lying, and that he never wanted to be a criminal in the first place. Nolan says that the whole thing is beneath Mark, and Debbie only says that sometimes people aren't who they appear to be. Nolan agrees with her, and Debbie also says that helping someone is never beneath Mark. Mark says that he'll sleep on it as his mother picks at her food.
Later at the New Guardians' base, the team return after fighting the Lizard League. Rex has brought in beer for his teammates to drink in celebration, and Black Samson uses sonics to shatter the others' bottles and says that two dozen civilians are in the hospital because they didn't fight like a team. Robot replays a video of the fight, and Samson shows where Rex and Monster Girl let a bus of civilians crash.
Rex angrily says that they did their best and won, and dismisses Samson's opinion since he has no innate powers. Dupli-Kate intervenes and tells Rex that Samson isn't wrong, and Rex and the others leave Samson and Robot alone.
At home, Debbie is doing the dishes and asks Nolan why he told Mark that saving lives is beneath him. Nolan says that Mark needs to think big, and Debbie isn't helping because she's not a superhero and doesn't understand the choices they have to make. Debbie reminds her husband that she's one who taught Nolan how to be a hero, and now Nolan thinks she can't do the same for Mark. Nolan says that isn't what he meant, and he thinks that Mark is putting his trust in someone he shouldn't. He tells Debbie that he doesn't want Mark to make a choice he'll regret, and Debbie agrees. The couple hold each other, and Nolan says that he didn't think it would be so difficult.
The next day at school, Mark tells eve that his superhero career is destroying his GPA. Eve snaps at him, and Mark asks if she's okay. She says that she doesn't know what she's doing at Atom Eve. Amber comes up and asks Mark if he's coming that night, and Mark says that he is. Irritably, Amber tells him not stand her up and tells Eve that Mark agreed to volunteer with her at the community center downtown. Mark realizes that it's the same community center he saw Titan's family at. As he leaves, claimed he said he'd help Debbie with an open house, Amber tells Eve that she no excuse not to come help. She then asks Eve if Mark has been acting weird lately. Eve assures Amber that Mark is into Amber, and Eve says that she'll be at the center to volunteer.
That night, Titan takes Invincible overlooking Machine Head's penthouse and details the crime boss' security precautions. Titan explains that he "took care" of Isotope by paying the woman he sees to keep him there extra long.
Invincible asks Titan about Fiona, and Titan says that the community center is his family's second home. After considering, Invincible says that he's in but he has to make it clear because he has plans later.
Mauler is dozing at his secret warehouse base, wakes up, and activates his new clone by placing his own memories in it. The "brothers" immediately start arguing about which is the original and which is the clone. Robot steps out of the shadows and wonders why Mauler creates a clone who thinks he's the original, and easily avoids the brothers' attack when they come at him.
Robot jumps onto the replication chamber, and one brother stops the other from attacking Robot and damaging the chamber. Robot says that he needs their expertise in tissue growth, shows them the vial with the sample, and says that he'll make it worth the brothers' time.
The next day, Debbie calls Nolan from her car and asks him to pick up a few things for dinner. She has him fly over the globe, having calculated how long it will take Nolan. Once Nolan flies off, Debbie starts a timer on her phone, and goes through her house. With three minutes left, Debbie finds Nolan's bloodstained costume where he hid it. Nolan returns and Debbie kicks the costume under a counter.
Titan and Invincible smash through the penthouse's bombproof windows, then break into Machine Head's office. The crime boss isn't impressed, and says that he knew when Titan would betray him. Isotope teleports in and Machine Head says that the chip Titan got for him lets him calculate quantum probabilities. Isotope teleports in several villains that Machine Head has hired: Battle Beast, Kursk, Furnace, Magmaniac, and Tether Tyrant.
Eve meets Amber at the center kitchen, and Amber shows her around. Amber says that Mark isn't there, and she's giving him 15 minutes.
Invincible and Titan fight Machine Head's hired villains, but are outnumbered. Omni-Man watches from above as Invincible gets repeatedly beaten, and Invincible loses his temper, rips free of the holds on him, and fights back until one of the villains, Battle Beast, slams him to the floor.
At the center, Eve and Amber look at the time as Mark doesn't show up. Amber checks her phone, and discovers that Mark hasn't reached out to her.
Battle Beast continues to beat Invincible, and the Guardians arrive in response to an anonymous call that Cecil got. The villains take down the Guardians, and Battle Beast complains that he was offered worthy opponents but he found none. Samson recovers but his suit malfunctions, and Battle Beast beats Invincible with his mace and licks his blood from his lips.
Samson jettisons his armor and attacks Beast, who easily breaks Samson's fist and slams him against the floor repeatedly. Monster Girl attacks next, and Beast easily beats him to a pulp. Robot fires an energy cannon at Beast, and the alien just chuckles as Rex, Dupli-Kate, and Shrinking Rae join Robot. The heroes say that the villains just messed up, and attack as a team, Beast says that the battle is beneath him and teleports away.
Robot cradles Monster Girl as she transforms back to her human form, and Machine Head discovers that Isotopes has fled, just before Rex knocks out the crime boss. Titan tells the barely conscious Invincible that he didn't mean for it to end the way it did but he has to take care of his own.
At the center, Amber and Eve serve food. Amber tells Eve that she thought Mark would be there.
A GDA squad arrive and tend to the fallen heroes. Cecil tells Donald to do whatever it takes to bring Invincible back, and get a sample to the lab. As the soldiers take Machine Head away, Cecil removes the chip from the crime boss's skull.
At the center, Eve gets a call. She then tells Amber that she has to go.
The medics take Samson away, while Robot tells the unconscious Monster Girl that he's there for her.
As Omni-Man flies back, Debbie gets off the phone. Crying, she turns to her husband.
Eve tells Amber that Mark loves Amber and he'd be there if he could. She then walks out.
A GDA helicopter takes the injured heroes away. Isotope teleports into the penthouse and tells his secret boss--Titan--that his plan worked. Vanessa and Fiona come in, and Fiona runs to her father. She asks if the penthouse is their new house, and Titan smiles.
At the GDA, Donald goes to a secret level. A scientist tells him that nothing they can throw at the Viltrumite cell samples can harm them. Donald figures that blood is still the answer, and the scientists should keep trying.
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