One day later. Davenport Tower, Centium City.
Skylar is seated on the couch while Bree does her hair. Oliver is standing next to Bree while eating a cheeseburger.
Skylar raises her head and says, "Bree, have I ever told you how glad I am I get to have you as the sis I never had?"
"Yes," answers Bree half-angrily. "And then you started tackling me. You even gave me a wedgie!"
Skylar chuckles, "Good times."
Bree finishes the final touches on Skylar's hair and says. "Your hair is now perfect!"
"Yay!" cheers Skylar, "and now I can do your hair."
"Nooo..." interrupts Bree. She then quietly and cleverly changes the direction of her tone. "I mean you don't have to."
Skylar turns to Bree and asks her, "Are you afraid of me doing your hair?"
"No... " replies Bree before adding. "Although to be fair Skylar, your fashion sense can be a little bit too alien for me."
Oliver then interrupts in Skylar's defense, "Oh look who's talking! Skylar, don't listen to the she-beast Bree. I think you're very beautiful." Oliver accidentally drips mustard on Skylar's hair. "Oops!"
Both Skylar and Bree angrily start chasing after Oliver.
Chase enters the living room running, "Guys, we have a new mission alert!" Bree and Skylar stop chasing Oliver and quickly rush to the Mission Command. They find Donald and Douglas Davenport looking at a paused video of Hiddenville Parks.
Kaz enters the room yawning. "Why did you wake me up so early?" says Kaz as he stumbles to stand still.
"It's 2pm!" says Chase.
"Did you just get out of bed?" asks Skylar.
But Kaz fires back at Skylar, "And did your hair get pooped on by a unicorn?" Oliver gives Kaz a high-five for the clever comeback but Skylar gives him a scary look that makes him cowardly retreat.
Donald begins to explain the situation, "I called you here because I invented a device that can track Roman and Riker and now - "
"WE invented!" interrupts Douglas.
Donald ignores Douglas and continues, "and now it looks like they have surfaced again in a city called Hiddenville." Donald motions Chase to replay the video footage.
Chase puts his fingers above his right ear, projecting a video to the monitor. In the footage, Roman and Riker are walking around Hiddenville park. The brothers shapeshift into a teenage girl and a boy - Phoebe and Max Thunderman. They walk behind a building that hides them from the camera view.
The team remains quiet for a second after viewing the footage.
"We have to go there and stop them before they hurt anyone," says Skylar.
"Even if we did," critics Chase, "How do we stop them when they can be literally anyone they want?"
"Shapeshifters, am I right?" laughs Douglas but everyone ignores his joke.
"Skylar is right," says Kaz. "We can't let them hurt more superheroes."
"At least we know where to begin," says Bree. Everyone looks at the images of Phoebe and Max on the screen.
Donald then continues, "And this time, we will have an element of surprise. When you arrive, Chase will scan all suspicious activity and that should bring you a step closer to Roman and Riker."
"Is that even possible?" wonders Oliver.
"You're talking to the smartest person on earth," Chase begins. "Of course it's possible! I can use my system to monitor people and areas with unusual energy levels based on -"
"Oh thanks a lot Oliver! Now you've set the nerd on a roll," says Bree as she walks out into the elevator.
Donald then stares at Skylar's hair, "I know you're an alien and all but here on earth it's customary to not put mustard on your hair."
Thundermans house. 7pm.
Max slides into his lair only to find Phoebe seated on his bed. "What do you want? Get out!" says Max trying to lift Phoebe to leave.
"I tried to kick her out but she wouldn't go," shouts Dr. Colosso from his cage. "I think we both know what we have to do." Phoebe hits Colosso with Max's underpants to shut him up.
Phoebe then turns to Max and says, "Max, I'm really worried about mom and dad. It's been over a day and we still don't know where they are."
"Relax Phoebe," Max says as he walks around lifting different gadgets as if he is looking for something. "Don't you see what this means? We get to have the house to ourselves, Phoebe."
Phoebe then asks, "You're not even worried that they could be in danger?"
"Mom and dad are superheroes", replies Max. "I'm sure they can take care of themselves in this city."
"Oh they are more than fine," says Colosso. "Can't believe it took them all these years to finally ditch you kids."
"What are you talking about?" both Max and Phoebe ask at the same time.
Dr. Colosso then continues, "Hmmm... let's see. You're all a bunch of ungrateful kids who fight each other all the time... And you forced them to leave their crime fighting life to bring you up. It's about time they ditched you little miscreants for good."
"This is serious Colosso," Phoebe shuts Dr. Colosso up and turns to Max. "You don't think mom and dad would do that, do you?"
"I know I would!" Says Max as he continues searching. "Have you seen my Max-10 rocket?"
Dr. Colosso quickly replies, "I bet Phoebe stole it." Phoebe freezes Dr. Colosso.
The Thunder Monitor beeps from upstairs, "ALERT! ALERT! INCOMING TRANSMISSION FROM SUPER PRESIDENT KICKBUTT!" The twins run upstairs to answer the video call.
"Phoebe Thunderman," says Kickbutt on the monitor. "I have some bad news. Your parents have been captured by the evil villain Dark Mayhem."
Max gets excited and says, "Way to go Mayhem!"
"How is that even possible?" asks Phoebe.
Kickbutt looks at Max and then says to Phoebe, "Your brother sold them out."
"Who? Max?" asks Phoebe.
"No Billy. Of course, it's Max!" says the sassy Kickbutt. President Kickbutt then plays a video footage showing Max and his parents.
In the video, Max buys meets Hank and Barb at the Hiddenville Parks. He gives them bracelets as a gift which they happily accept without questioning. After putting on the bracelets, Dark Mayhem and Rodissius appear from behind a van to capture the Thundermans. Chloe teleports away. Barb and Hank try using their powers but the bracelets are anti-superpower bracelets. Max helps Dark Mayhem handcuff his parents.
After the video, Phoebe looks at Max with anger and disgust and sadness at the same time. "How could you do this Max?"
Max defends himself, "No, I didn't. That's not me, Phoebe."
"I know you'd go low but I didn't think you'd go this low, Max."
Max looks at Phoebe in the eyes and asks, "C'mon Phoebe. Tell me you don't believe that. I would never do anything like that... Well, I would but the point is I didn't do this."
"What's wrong with you Max? Is this whole supervillain thing really worth it?"
Kickbutt interrupts them saying "Listen. Dark Mayhem is very dangerous and your parents will be lucky if they make it through the night. Dark Mayhem has teamed up with a former superhero called Rodissius to track down and kill all superheroes. Max, do you know where they are?"
"I told you! I didn't sell them out."
"Actually, Dark Mayhem called you yesterday, remember?" adds Phoebe.
"Yes, he did. And I refused to help him. You can even ask Colosso."
Phoebe confronts Max "How convenient that a former supervillain is your alibi?"
"But I didn't do it."
"Phoebe, I want you to freeze your brother. He's very dangerous. Chloe is safe at Cousin Blobbin's. You need to get Billy and Nora to a safe place as soon as possible. "
"Phoebe tell me you don't believe that, " Max begs. "Would I lie to you?"
"Yes, yes you would," says Phoebe as she freezes Max.
Phoebe then turns to the monitor and asks President Kickbutt, "So, what do we do next? Are you going to send the strike team to search for mom and dad?"
Kickbutt looks down for a few seconds then replies, "I'm sorry Phoebe but you're on your own on this one. The Hero League doesn't want to put other superheroes in danger. We are also disabling our communication channels to prevent the villains from tracking heroes down. So, you won't be able to reach us. I'm really sorry Phoebe."
"But President Kickbu-"
"Good luck, Phoebe. Super President Kickbutt out!" The Thunder monitor slides back down to its place.
Alone in the living room, Phoebe starts pacing all over. She then unfreezes Max.
Max regains his composure then asks, "Why did you unfreeze me? Aren't you afraid I'm going to sell you out too?"
"A simple thank you would have been just fine!" replies Phoebe.
"So, you believe me?"
"I don't know, Max," replies Phoebe. "But I know that if you did it, you would want credit for it. Either way, you're the only person I can turn to. The Hero League isn't going to help us. We're on our own. I'm really scared Max."
"What do we tell Billy and Nora?" asks Max.
"Nothing," replies Phoebe. "We tell them nothing. They cannot find out mom and dad are in danger or they will panic and be scared all night."
Max motions Phoebe to follow him back down his lair through the stairs. On their way, he says, "At least we should be safe for the night. We just need to reinforce the house with Thundertanium. No one will break into it."
In the lair, Max pushes a button to put the house in a lockdown mode. Thundertanium metal rolls down around the walls, protecting every entrance. He then unfreezes Dr. Colosso.
"Oh look, you locked the annoying girl inside!" shouts Dr. Colosso. Max threatens to freeze Dr. Colosso again. So, Colosso shuts up.
Phoebe then walks closer to Max and says, "Actually... can I spend the night here? I'm scared of sleeping alone in my room."
"Fine!" says Max as he walks towards Dr. Colosso's cage. "You can stay. Just don't touch anything." He picks up a bunch of Phoebe's pajamas from behind the cage and throws them at Phoebe's face.
Phoebe is disgusted as she gets the clothes out of her face. "Why do you even have my pajamas in your lair? And why do they smell like bunny pee?"
Colosso shouts from his cage, "Guilty!"
"Will you two stop yapping and go to sleep already? We need to get up really early tomorrow to find mom and dad."
Phoebe, while still holding her pajamas looks at Max and says, "Well, I would - if you looked the other way."
"Right!" Max says as he jumps into bed and covers himself.
