"I saved the universe a hundred times," Ben grumbled, his latest glitch-form—a gelatinous Upgrade that melted keyboards—dripping between the mana bars.

He tried Jetray. He got a mantis-like creature that could fly through walls but couldn't stop phasing. He fell through three floors of the mall.

The Ultimatrix flashed red. Then purple. Then a color that didn't exist. A simulation error cascaded through the alien DNA database. The watch face cracked, and a digital scream echoed across the parking lot.