"It's over, Ben," Gwen said frantically. She put a hand on his shoulder. "You have to stop searching for the Omnitrix. We all saw it explode at Mirazzi Labs."
"Yeah, man, you can't go after something that's not there," Kevin said.
"I know I'll find it!" Ben replied angrily.
"Don't yell at us! We're only trying to help you!" Kevin replied angrily.
"Wait-stop here, Kevin, I think I just saw something," Gwen interrupted.
Kevin stopped the car in front of an old-fashioned gas station. It was nighttime, and they were in the hot Texas desert.
"Hi, Ben Tennyson," said the girl. She had on a red dress that matched her red eyes. "You're famous where I come from."
She grinned, twirling her long black hair with her left hand.
"Anyone else seeing red?" Kevin joked.
"Not funny," replied Ben, getting out of the car. "Who are you?"
Gwen rolled down her window. "Be careful, Ben."
"I'm fine." He turned back to the girl. "Now who are you?"
"I am Sadako," she smiled. "And I hear you lost your Omnitrix. Too bad you're not in the hero game anymore."
"How do you know all this stuff about her?"
"I told you, you're famous," she said in a bored voice. "Do you want to know how to be a superhero again?"
"What do you mean?"
"I'm a lab technician who has been experimenting with a substance that can make the subject superhuman. I just need a test subject." She smiled.
Gwen didn't like the way this girl smiled at Ben. She looked like she wanted to kill him. Gwen got out of the car.
"Don't trust her, Ben. I have a bad feeling." Gwen glared at Sadako.
Sadako smiled back. She handed Ben something. "If you inject it, it works within hours. Bye, bye."
She vanished suddenly, no flash or sign that she had been there at all, except for the little syringe in Ben Tennyson's hand.