Guest Stars

Khary Payton voiced Punk #3, Hex

Recap

The episode starts in a witchcraft museum. Ben is looking through a tribal mask while Gwen and Grandpa Max are with an old, female tour guide. The guide is describing a book in a display case called the Archamada Book of Spells, said to contain ancient spells and rituals dating back to the 16th century. As the guide explains this, Gwen echoes her word for word. The guide says that maybe Gwen should work at the museum. After she walks off, Ben makes Gwen feel better by saying that she is probably older than the book itself and makes a face to illustrate that fact. Gwen laughs at this. All of a sudden, everyone is suddenly lifted off the ground and pinned to the ceiling. Grandpa Max makes the obvious observation that this isn't part of the tour. From a window, a stream of red smoke passes through and materializes into a man wearing a red and black robe. He carries a staff with a bird's head and a necklace with several charms on it. As he breaks the bookcase with a spell and calls the book to him, he says that all of its power will soon be his. With Hex focused on the book, Ben prepares to activate the Omnitrix. Before he can do so, however, the man cancels whatever force was pinning them to the ceiling, causing them to plummet uncontrollably. Luckily, Ben is able to transform into XLR8 and get ahead of them. He ties off a large hanging banner to act as the slide, catching everyone before they end up on the ground. He orders them all to go outside. Grandpa Max warns him to be careful, since he doesn't know what the magician could be capable of...

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