Virgil transfers to a school for advanced students, where he works on an electricity-absorbing prototype. Trouble is, the school turns out to be funded by Edwin Alva, and the prototype is used to make a robot that Alva wants for his nefarious ends.

Rubberband Man must overcome his dyslexia to help Static and Gear disarm a fusion reactor stolen from Edwin Alva's lab as part of a "disaster matrix" plan hatched by Specs and Trapper to wreak havoc in the city.