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The stand-off between the Martins was fierce; the rest of Cody's crew was just standing on the side, too nervous to intervene.
"So he's my brother," Zack repeated
"Half brother," Kurt said, "We thought it was best not to tell you."
"But Cody knew," Zack said
"It's different with Cody," Kurt attempted to explain
"What about you?" Zack asked his dad, "I feel like I don't even know you."
"The entire family history is very complicated," Kurt replied, "Now is not the best time to talk about it. We need to focus on Simon."
"What about Simon?" Simon asked, sarcastically, "I've done nothing wrong."
"You're being charged with uncalled-for revenge," Kurt explained
Simon snorted.
"My contacts at the Delta Directive will drop the charges," he replied
"Contacts?" Kurt grinned, "Oh, you mean like The Advocate of the Forbidden Patriot?"
Kurt took out a gold triangular badge.
"And The Representative of the Untouched Exploit?"
He took out a gold octagonal badge.
"They were you all along?" Simon gasped
"Uh huh," Kurt nodded, "I thought I could let a few of your crimes slide, maybe you'd learn. But not anymore. I don't care if you are my son."
"So…you work for the Delta Directive?" Zack asked "What does that make me?"
"It means you're the son of an advanced species from another dimension. That makes you half-human, from your mother, and half…not human, from me."
"How 'not-human'?" Zack asked
"Well…one heart, two lungs, no appendix, but one-point-five brains."
"One-point-five?"
"Yeah. You've got half a brain in addition to an above average brain."
"Don't say anything!" Zack warned, turning to the gang
"I wasn't going to say anything about how funny it is that you have one-and-a-half brains when it barely seems like you have one!" Woody said, in his defense
Zack punched him.
"I deserved that…" Woody groaned
/
"So, that's your big secret?" Bailey spoke out, "That your dad is an inter-dimensional policeman?"
"It's not that simple," Cody replied, "There's more to it…"
Suddenly, Simon pulled out his gun, firing a blast of electricity at Kurt. He clasped his chest in pain, dropping his badges. Simon grabbed one of them, gripped onto Bailey's collar, and disappeared…
/
"What was that?" Zack exclaimed
"The badges contains an emergency two-man teleport to my ship," Kurt groaned, clasping his heart, "Simon's now got one of the most advanced spaceships in the known universe."
"Is there any way of stopping him?" Cody asked, frantically
"My other badge also has a teleport," Kurt took out the triangle, "But I'm too injured to go after him."
"Let me do it," Cody begged, "I can do it!"
"No," Kurt wheezed, "It's too dangerous to go on your own. I'd rather have the whole universe be at risk than loose one of my sons."
"So we're doomed?"
"I'm afraid so…"
/
The gravity anchor was disengaged from the ocean floor, and floated up to the ocean's surface. Lucky for them, the SS Tipton had turned around.
"Attention Cody and crew!" Mr. Moesby yelled, over the loudspeaker, "We're lowering down the rescue boat!"
/
The gang was brought back onto the ship, but they weren't too glad about it.
"Why are they all so glum?" Mr. Moesby asked
"Simon's escaped and took Bailey and my ship," Kurt sighed
"Oh no. What about the…?" Moesby began
Kurt shook his head.
"Am I the only one who didn't know this?" Zack groaned
"It wasn't safe for you to know," Cody explained, "You're different from the rest of our species."
"Well I'm sorry to disappoint…" Zack growled
"No, Zack, it's a good thing," Cody said, "People like Dad and me, our brains are science-minded, they stop us from functioning in normal society. Even in the home dimension, everyone's bad at communication; every moment is an awkward silence, every personal conversation is an epic fail. But you have social skills; you're great at talking to people, talking to girls, you go on lots of dates, you've got about 50,000 Facebook friends, and you can hold down a cool job."
"Really?" Zack asked
"Yeah. You don't know how lucky you are."
/
The gang headed to the CHARIOT after changing out of their swimsuits; Kurt collapsed onto an armchair, he was not doing so well.
"Drink this," Cody opened up the time console, and took out a bottle of clear liquid, "It should calm your heart down."
Kurt took the bottle, and drank it.
"Thanks Cody," he grimaced
"Guys, we need to figure out what Simon will do," Ms. Tutweiller said, "Mr. Martin, what exactly is your ship capable of?"
"Well, it has standard chemical engines."
"That's not so bad,"
"Plus hyperdrive transport, warp drive, vortex manipulation, time travel within a billion years of current location, laser torpedoes, photonic shotguns, food machines, and a hydroponic oxygen machine."
"Does it have a clock?" Woody asked
Everyone gave Woody a withering look.
"Of course it has a clock, it has almost everything," Cody said through gritted teeth
"Woody, did that helmet damage your brain?" London asked
"What?" he groaned, "I just thought it would be funny if it had everything but a clock!"
"That's an interesting thought, Woody," Kurt sighed, "But it has everything but the kitchen sink. We've got no transport, no weapons. We can only hope Simon's feeling merciful."
Suddenly, the colors in the room changed from red to blue, then black, and when it cleared, Arwin Hawkhauser stood in front of the CHARIOT door. He was dressed in his standard blue jumpsuit, and had on his big glasses, but he stood proud, holding a badge just like Kurt's.
"Need a hand?" he asked