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“Perhaps they should activate a Hero Cell?"
"No way! Bulk's Core is already too drained.”
Nathaniel Zib and Preston Stormer
Core Crisis
Core Crisis Title Screen in HD
Television Show Episode
Year September 21, 2010 (United States of America)
Director Mark Baldo
Previous Episode Trials of Furno
Next Episode The Enemy Within

Core Crisis is the second episode of Rise of the Rookies.

Synopsis[]

William Furno and Preston Stormer report to Nathaniel Zib and Quadal after locking Rotor into a Hero Factory prison cell. Quadal scans Furno's Hero Core and realizes it is running out of power. Furno dashes away to recharge it. Quadal attempts to scan Stormer's Core, but the Alpha 1 Team Leader refuses to allow him. Meanwhile, Zib speaks with Jimi Stringer and Dunkan Bulk, who are cleaning up the aftermath of the team's battle at the Explosives Plant on Lemus 2. Suddenly, Zib gets an emergency call from Tantalus 5 and sends Stringer and Bulk there with a pair of rookies, Natalie Breez and Mark Surge.

Some time later, Natalie Breez leaves the other three Heroes on at the construction site for Penitentiary 1331, in order to fly the wounded workers to the nearest Medi-Bot Station. As Surge runs to aid Stringer and Bulk, laser bolts fly past him. He turns to find Corroder perched in the skeletal structure of the prison wall, firing down at Stringer. The two battle for a while before Surge runs up and fires lightning at the villain, though he misses. Corroder seizes the chance to spray acid at a rope holding metal girders above Surge, and the load falls towards the rookie. Bulk shoves Surge out of the way and takes the blow for him, becoming trapped under the girders.

Hero Cell 2

The three Heroes form a Hero Cell.

As Stringer continues to battle Corroder, Surge checks on Bulk. Surge reports back to the Hero Factory, saying that Bulk's presently pinned under a pile of girders. Thankfully, he's intact, but Surge is unable to free him. The situation appears grim when Furno returns from the Quaza Chamber fully charged and ready to rock. However, Stormer advises against trusting Furno with this mission since Corroder is too heavy a hitter for a rookie. Stormer suggests sending out another team, but none of the other best candidates they can think of are anywhere near the sector. Zib decides to send Maximus Team, but Stormer vetoes the idea right away because Max is built for mega force, not agility, explaining that dealing with Corroder is going to require speed and agility above all else. That's when Furno sees his chance, citing that he was built with all the latest in maneuverability technology. While Stormer still has his doubts, he accepts, telling Zib that he'll need to be refitted. To that end, Furno is suited up with modified armor specific for the mission at hand.

Eventually, Stringer joins them, as Corroder bears down upon them. On Stringer's instruction, they link Hero Cores and form a Hero Cell. Corroder rages at them upon realizing that they are free from harm. Meanwhile, Furno is fully recharged and is sent off in a Hero Pod. Zib advises him to switch to auto-pilot, and Furno gets an idea.

Corroder finds himself struck by a Hero Pod, and snarls at the Hero he assumes to be inside. Furno then attacks him, revealing that he ejected before crashing the pod into the villain. Corroder and Furno do battle for some time until Corroder nails a direct shot with his acid at Furno. Just when Corroder thinks he's deep-fried the rookie, Furno emerges unscathed thanks to his new non-corrosive armor upgraded by Big Joe before he left the Hero Factory. Eventually, Breez returns in the Drop Ship, and Furno bluffs that the Hero Craft contains six more Heroes. Corroder weighs his options and decides it best to form a smokescreen and flee. With the added help of Breez, Surge and Stringer are able to excavate Bulk, and the Heroes return to Hero Factory. Bulk's quaza core is recharged in the nick of time before Bulk would've needed a core transplant. The team reconvenes with Zib explaining that everybody is due for reports to the Quaza chamber and then to the assembly tower. Furno and Stormer both volunteer to go first, but Furno offers it to Stormer for him being Alpha Leader. However, Stormer decides for the both of them that it's all for whoever can get there first and the two of them race for the Quaza Chamber. As they charge off, Zib says that this quite possibly a prelude to the excitement to be had between those two.

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