The next day, the bounty hunters returned and stood in front of the Rustbucket, waiting for the kids to come out. Instead, they found themselves caught in an ambush set up by them. Helen ran by, taking down as many as she could. Alan backed her up from the air, causing a fire storm.

"Watch it!" Manny called. He was busy taking down a few that surrounded him. One of them had come up behind Cooper, but he noticed in time and hit him with one of the weapons he'd found. Pierce helped him out by covering him.

Just then, another group of bounty hunters showed up. One of them was holding Max. "Nobody move…" He said, pointing a laser lance at him. "Or this one gets it."

Everyone stopped fighting. The Helpers felt useless and had no idea what to do. For once, nobody could find the strength to stand up to them. "What'll we do now?" Alan asked. The bounty hunters surrounded them.

"Everyone just stay close and don't attack." Helen said. "We can't risk losing our teacher." Nobody moved. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Even Max didn't know what to say.

Suddenly, something flew past Helen really fast. A red stingray had flown into the air and shocked them from above. Then it took on the form of a blue moth-like creature. "There's only one person I know that can shape-shift like that." Cooper realized.

On another end, two energy spheres hit four of them. They looked up and saw Gwen. She tied the rest of them up with her energy ribbons. "Hey, guys." She waved as soon as she was finished on her end.

On the exact opposite side, Kevin was busy fighting off a group of them, until one of them fired at him. Big Chill flew over and froze the remaining few. "Next time, we're splitting up the normal way." He told him.

"Okay, but you can't blame a guy for trying."

They all made their way over to the one holding Max. Ben changed back into Jetray again. "Let him go or you'll end up like the rest."

"And who are you to talk?" The bounty hunter asked.

Jetray fired at his side, forcing him to let go of Max. Now that he was free, he knocked the bounty hunter out.

A while later, they all re-grouped. "How did you find us out here?" Helen asked.

"We received a distress signal from this area." Kevin explained. "It took us a while because something kept jamming it."

"I knew you'd come help us, Gwen." Cooper said.

"Just part of the job." Gwen told him.

"It looks like you guys managed to do a good job without us here." Ben said.

"But when those guys had your grandfather hostage, we didn't know what to do." Alan said. "We felt so useless."

"We'd have done the same if we were in that situation." Ben reassured them. "Besides, you managed to get them off your backs."

"All of you did great." Max told them. "You're teamwork's really improving. I'm really proud of you kids."

"I guess we'll see you three around." Manny said.

"Hey, anytime you find yourselves in a real jam, just call us." Ben told them. The three then walked off.

"Well, I say it's time we head home, too." Max told them. "There's still a lot to work on, but after this adventure, we could probably use a break."

"I'll say," Helen said. "It was hard leading the team."

"Excuse me, I thought I was the leader here." Pierce said.

"When were you helping us form a plan?" Manny asked. In seconds, the five were arguing again.

"This is going to take a lot of work." Max said.

"Sorry," Pierce said. "You did a great job, Helen."

"Thanks." They piled into the Rustbucket and headed back home.