Of course, Gwen had no idea about the evil plot that was being hatched against her. Rather, she was learning as much as she could about their mysterious foes.
"This is weird" she commented "I've found profiles on a few of those villains, but not all. And there's no connection between the ones I did find. It's almost like somebody threw them all together at random."
"Why would they do that?" Ben asked.
"Maybe to help them with crimes, who knows?" Gwen said "I'll try to find more, but I'm not promising anything."
An hour or so later, Gwen had no more information than when she started. "Well, this hasn't gotten us anywhere" she said "and it's not like we can just ask those guys what they're after."
Suddenly, an explosion echoed from outside the RV; "what in the heck was that?" Max asked, peering out the window.
"Actually, you just might get that chance."
"Not these guys again" Ben said "how the heck do they keep finding us?"
"Never mind that, how are we going to get rid of them?" Gwen asked.
"I've got a hot idea" Ben said "stop the RV grandpa."
"Be careful Ben, they almost beat you the last time" Max warned.
"I'm always careful" Ben replied, before transforming into Heatblast.
Outside, the members of the BB waited for someone to emerge. "Remember the plan" CF said, "we take the girl instead of the alien."
"As long as don't have to get our butts kicked, I'm happy" Slipstream added.
Suddenly, the door swung open and Heatblast emerged, launching fireballs at the surprised baddies.
"How many aliens are there?" asked an upset CF as he dived for cover.
"Okay, I'm getting really tired of you jerks following us" Heatblast said "so here's the deal; you leave, and I don't barbeque you."
"How about this deal instead" WV said "we do nothing and I extinguish you."
So saying, she called up a rain cloud; Slipstream followed suit by firing a mild tornado at the firey hero.
"Not so 'hot' now, are you hero?" he asked.
Gwen, meanwhile, had already donned her Lucky Girl costume and ran outside to help her cousin.
"Well look who it is, lucky girl, seriously" Motor Ed said to Herring.
"First of all, the fish guy, not really all that frightening" Gwen replied "secondly, you'd better both give up if you know what's good for you."
"Well, considering that you totally gave me a pounding last time, you got it little girl, seriously" Ed replied.
"Wow that was easy" Gwen said, "a little too easy. Something about this doesn't make…" before Gwen could finish her thought, something struck her from behind, knocking her unconscious.
It was the Ottoman, "such a foolish girl" she said.
Meanwhile, Heatblast was doing his best to avoid Slipstream and melted the ground under the portly fiend.
"Time for a new target" Slipstream said, instead firing his tornado at the Rust Bucket, knocking it on its' side.
"Grandpa!" Heatblast shouted, only for a tornado blast to catch him in the back, slamming him into the vehicle's underside.
"Listen up" CF said "we've got you lucky little sidekick. If you want to see her alive again, come to the old duplex 10 miles from here. And be ready to reveal the secrets behind the aliens, or Lucky Girl will be very unlucky indeed."
With that, the Brigade retreated into their car and drove off. Heatblast tried to stop them with a fireball, but WV extinguished it. Getting himself to his feet, he noticed an electronic device attached to the Rust Bucket's floor.
"What's this?" he asked, "no, time for that later, gotta save grandpa."
He kicked open the door to the overturned RV, "grandpa, are you okay?' he called.
"I'm fine, just a little shaken" Max replied, "good thing I had this hazmat suit ready."
"Grandpa, the villains have Gwen" Heatblast explained.
"I know" Max replied "and we'll get her back, but first we need to get this thing right side up again."
"There's something else" Heatblast added, "I found something attached to the bottom."
"Looks like some kind of electronic tracer" Max said, after investigating the device "that would explain how they were able to find us."
"What do we do grandpa?" Heatblast asked, "those guys have kicked my butt three times now, I'm not sure I can face them again."
"You have to in order to save Gwen" Max began "but I think I have a few tricks that should help level the playing field. And we may be able to use their tracker to our advantage."
About 10 minutes later, the BB were at their headquarters, waiting for the arrival of their "guests."
"Are you sure they'll show up?" Jack asked.
"Oh, they'll show up" Hannibal replied "if they want ta see their little friend again."
His gaze drifted over to a nearby chair where Gwen, still dressed as Lucky Girl sans her mask, was struggling to free herself. But the thick coils of rope that lashed her to the chair were too tight, and she eventually gave a defeated moan through her gag and slumped into her seat.
I can't just sit here, I'm Lucky Girl she thought I have to find a way to warn Ben & Grandpa. She tested her bonds again this isn't going to work. Maybe I can get this gag off…
"Hey boss, I think you might want to take a look at this" CF said.
Gwen craned her head towards what the fat nerd was looking at. It was a radar screen, designed to follow the tracker on the Rust Bucket, and it was beeping like crazy.
"According to this, they're heading away from us" CF said, "what could it mean?"
"I don't know, but I intend ta find out" Hannibal replied, "or rather, I intend for you ta find out. Take some of the gang and figure out what that old man is up to."
A few minutes later, Control Freak, Herring, Jack & Gearhead were following the tracer.
"I don't get it, I'm sure the old man wanted to save little miss lucky in there" CF said, "why would he be pulling away from us?"
"I guess he just realized who he was dealing with and decided to go home" Gearhead replied.
"I don't know" CF replied "it's almost like he's leading us into…" he never saw the super fast punch headed towards him until it was too late.
Next time, Ben & Max launch an offensive to rescue Gwen. Will they be able to withstand the remainder of the Bean Brigade? Read the conclusion and find out.