Some of you have asked me to do a story like this, so here it is. A Ben 10/Chaotic crossover! I hope you guys enjoy this story. And I'd like to inform you all ahead of time that this is a challenge that I accepted from fellow fan fiction author Justaquestion12. Now, let's get this show on the road, shall we?
Disclaimer: I don't own Ben 10, or Chaotic!
"Maxxor!" = Talking
"Maxxor!" = Thinking
"Maxxor!" = Yelling
In a frozen tundra right in the middle of a snowstorm, someone was running from something else. The individual in question was a male humanoid that was very muscular. He had pale green skin with dark purple tribal markings on it, red eyes, and spiky black hair with unexplainable white highlights. His choice of attire was a red, sleeveless tunic, a pair of red shorts, and what looked like a loincloth held up by a jeweled belt.
He seemed to be a warrior, but why was he running when he should be standing his ground? Well, that would be due to an enemy he's fighting. A formidable foe that has been chasing him for quite some time now.
Our mystery warrior had just narrowly dodged a ball of fire as this mystery adversary flew after him. But just who is this strange new enemy?
This warrior appeared to be another humanoid, only it was clearly female. She had a sleek and feminine figure along with red, bat-like wings that were slightly tattered on the bottom, brown eyes, long black hair, and yellow skin with dark red markings on her hands, arms, and neck. She wears a black leotard with an armored breastplate and knee guards. She also had wicked sharp talons on her feet instead of normal human toes, and five curved spikes on her head.
This demoness warrior landed, and took a moment to look for her enemy. Being a flying warrior gave this woman the advantage of extremely keen eyesight. But even she was having a little bit of trouble seeing where her enemy was through all of this snow and ice.
That's when she caught a glimpse of the male figure seeking shelter in a frozen cave. She smirked and flew off after him again, staying at a low altitude so she wouldn't get swept up in the wind. While the male was running away while under the cover of darkness, the woman flew into the cave and shot a fireball from her hand that looked like it had a flaming skull inside of it! The impact of the flames against the ground caused the fire to spread, but she flew through it like it was no problem.
"Playtime's over!" the woman said to herself.
She landed on the ground, and picked up some of the fire in her hand. She knew her enemy was hiding somewhere in this cave, but this minor setback wasn't going to stop her from destroying him.
"You can run, but you can't hide. Not from Takinom!"
She looked around again, but still saw no sign of her target.
"I have to admit, I'm disappointed." Takinom taunted. "I expected more from the hero of the Overworld."
She knew the heat from her fire attack was melting the ice above her, but paid it no mind. She had more important things to do. Like destroy this Overworlder and claim victory! As Takinom was looking around, she detected a presence behind her. She looked back and lo and behold, her target was on the ceiling!
"Ember Swarm!"Takinom cried.
She thrust her arm forward and unleashed what looked like a swarm of flaming insects! The man had no choice but to drop from his perch in order to dodge that devastating attack. Fortunately he landed on his feet. The man narrowed his eyes in determination.
"So, you wanna play hardball, eh? Well then, I'm going... What?! IT'S NOT ON MY WRIST!" the man said to himself.
He was reaching for something that was originally on his wrist, but now it wasn't. But whatever it was, he thought it was the key to his victory. And now it was gone! Whatever it was supposed to be.
The man yelped as he suddenly found himself dodging more fire based attacks. None of them hit, but they were all still very powerful in this icy environment.
"I can't let those attacks hit me! Not until I figure out how to fight back in this form!"the man thought to himself.
On his last dodge, he found himself sliding down an icy slope that led to another cliff. He yelped as he slid off the cliff and started falling. Takinom flew out of the cave just in time to see the man fall through a cloud and out of sight.
"What's he doing?!" Takinom asked herself.
Fortunately for the male fighter, he landed on another slope and stopped on solid ground. But he felt a little dizzy due to the rush of this battle. He grunted as a block of snow hit him on the head. However, he had no time to relax as Takinom flew after him in this seemingly never ending pursuit.
As the camera pans down to look at this male warrior, a voice belonging to a teenage boy begins to narrate about this situation.
"This green guy with the weird hair? That's Maxxor."
"COME ON! STOP BEING SO LAME, AND FIGHT!" Takinom demanded.
The now named Maxxor managed to dodge the initial aerial strike of Takinom's claws, and managed to summersault out of striking distance. He resumed running as the voice resumed his narration.
"Takinom wouldn't normally have Maxxor running for the hills. After all, he's one of the Overworld's fiercest warriors. Any other day, he'd stand his ground and blast away with a bunch of awesome attacks."
Maxxor yelped as he saw a higher cliff getting closer and closer. He dug his heels into the snow, and BARELY managed to skid to a stop without falling over the edge. He looked back in slight fear as he Saw that Takinom was getting closer and closer.
"He's the bravest of the brave. Really!"
"If I don't figure out how to fight back, I'm dead meat!" Maxxor said to himself.
"He's got power, he's got skills. In Perim he's the man! The problem is he's only Maxxor on the outside. On the inside he's... Me!"
The screen splits in half to show that on the inside surrounded by a bunch of blue zeros and ones, Maxxor was really a teenage boy. But how did this come to be?!
"Game over, Ben!" Takinom gloated as she floated closer to Maxxor. "Welcome to Chaotic!"
She opened her mouth, and exhaled a stream of concentrated fire at Maxxor. Our Overworld hero gasped in fear as the fire got closer and closer to him. No doubt the story behind this strange encounter was going to be one to remember.
Welcome to Chaotic: Part 1
Now you may all be wondering how this Ben kid managed to get himself into a situation like this. Well to answer your questions, let's back up a few hours to earlier this afternoon. The day started out in the city of Bellwood where school had just been let out, but some of the students had stayed behind in the cafeteria doing what they loved more than watching TV and reading comic books. They were playing a popular card and PC game known as Chaotic.
"Chaor launches a Lavalanche attack. You lose fifteen energy!" a student named J.P. said to a girl named Julie.
The girl put her creature in the discard pile, knowing that it was defeated. But over at a nearby table, we see two other students using their laptops to play Chaotic online. And one of these students happens to be who this story is about.
Ben Tennyson was a supposedly average teenager with well kept brown hair that was tousled slightly in the front, green eyes, and pale skin. He was wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans, a pair of black and green sneakers, and a green jacket with the number ten on it. But on his wrist was a strange gauntlet that looked like it was crossed with a wristwatch.
It was certainly like nothing that was made on Earth. It had a green and black coloration, and went from Ben's wrist all the way up to half of his forearm. There was a circular dial on it that gave this device the appearance of a gauntlet mixed with a wristwatch. It also had this odd hourglass mark on the faceplate. This is a device known as the Ultimatrix, and with it Ben is able to transform into many different alien life forms and use their abilities as his own. But let's focus on Ben's match with this kid named Cash, shall we?
"Any day now, UltimateBen!" Cash said arrogantly.
"Hmph! Don't be in such a rush to lose, Cash." Ben said, pressing a button. "Battle team locked."
"LET'S GET CHAOTIC!" they declared.
Both players gave it their all in an online three on three match with neither player giving an inch. They used their strongest attacks, their greatest Mugic, and their best Battlegear. It was definitely one of Ben's harder matches due to Cash having a lot of powerhouse creatures. But in the end, our hero emerged victorious!
"Oh yeah! That's how ya do it old school!" Ben said in victory.
"Hey, nice match there."
Ben turned around to see that the one who spoke to him was that girl that he spoke to a few times in the past. She was about a few inches taller than his cousin, and had this air of utter confidence around her. She had long blonde hair that fell halfway down her back, teal eyes, and pale skin. She wore a black shirt with long white sleeves, red pants, and a pair of black flats. She also had a gold hoop earring in each ear.
"Those were some pretty impressive moves you pulled back there." the girl complimented.
"Thanks... Sarah, right?" Ben thanked/asked.
"That's my name. What's yours?" she asked.
"My name's Ben. Ben Tennyson."
"Good to meet you, Ben. Hey, look at your screen!" Sarah suddenly ordered.
Ben took a look and saw that Sarah had a reason for the sudden urgency. It looked like Ben had received an E-mail from the Chaotic website. He opened the E-mail and saw that the message was just a jumble of letters and numbers. In fact if he didn't know any better, Ben would probably think that...
"Is that a... Code?"
"Ben, may I have a word with you in the hall for a minute?" Sarah asked.
"Okay." Ben replied.
Ben took a few minutes to put away his stuff, and followed Sarah out into the hall. She seemed to be a bit frantic about something, but he just couldn't figure out what. Sarah looked around to make sure they were alone. She didn't want any of this conversation to be leaked to any outsiders. When she was relatively sure that no one would hear them, Sarah looked at Ben with a bit of a crazed glint in her eye.
"Ben, you're probably gonna think I'm loony for saying this, but what you saw on your computer was a code to get into the real Chaotic!" Sarah explained. "Once you're there, you'll be able to play the game for real! Meet all of your favorite creatures! And you'll be able to scan lots of new creatures, Battlegear, Mugic, and locations! Look, I know it sounds insane, but-"
"Whoa, calm down! I believe you." Ben said. "I've honestly seen stranger things as a kid, and if you say that Chaotic is a real place, then I believe you. Just tell me how to get there."
Sarah sighed in relief. She really didn't want someone to think that she was crazy, and was glad that Ben was one of the more reasonable people around here.
"Okay, whenever you get the chance you need to input the password into your scanner. As soon as you input that password, an electronic avatar of yourself will be sent to Chaotic. Once the button at the top of your scanner starts flashing, press it and you'll get all of the memories of everything you did in Chaotic. As well as any new scans you get. But I'm warning you now, that password you got is only valid today! If you don't use it, who knows if you'll get another one!" Sarah explained. "I'll meet you in Chaotic, so don't keep me waiting!"
Having said her piece, Sarah grabbed her stuff and headed off for home. Ben followed her example, and started off for home. He wanted to get that code downloaded as soon as possible so he could see Chaotic for himself! Who knows? He might get a new scan when he actually gets there.
It took about a half hour to walk back home, but as soon as Ben was there he raced up the stairs to his room. It was a good thing his parents were on their second honeymoon, so they were going to be gone for a full month. He made it up to his room, and started setting his computer up. This didn't take him very long, so he was pretty quick in getting logged onto his account.
He opened up the letter that had the password, and started typing it into his scanner. The scanner was a rectangular device that had a screen, a D-pad with a button in the middle, and a button with the logo for the Chaotic game on the top. Unlike the other scanners which were the color of whatever tribe a player allied themselves with, blue for Overworld, red for Underworld, yellow for Mipedian, and brown for Danian, Ben's scanner wasn't any of these colors.
Instead, his was white which meant that he wasn't allied with just one tribe. Ben had just finished entering the code into his scanner, and narrowed his eyes.
"Now for the moment of truth!" Ben thought to himself.
He pressed the button on his scanner, activating the code. There was a pull on his consciousness, and next thing Ben knew, a part of him was heading off for the adventure of a lifetime. But Ben noticed something else while his avatar was being sent to Chaotic. His Scanner wasn't activating no matter what he tried.
"That's weird... And it looks like I can't access my online deck either. Oh well." Ben said, setting his Scanner on the nightstand. "I'm sure I'll figure it out later on. Right now, I need to find something else to keep me occupied."
***Unknown Location***
In a flash of blue data, the avatar of Ben arrived in a strange area. He looked around in confusion as he got a good look at the place.
It was some sort of pub, but way more futuristic. Everything was white with huge screens almost everywhere you look, there were little service droids floating about, and on the outside it looked like this place was in a never ending summer. All in all, this place looked like it could pass for a home away from home.
Ben didn't realize it at first, but he had been steadily walking around until he ended up almost bumping into someone. A certain someone who happened to be the very one who brought him here.
"There you are, Ben! C'mon, you're gonna be late for your first match in the Imthor Drome!" Sarah said.
Pretty soon, our hero found himself on a moving floor that was taking him and Sarah to a strange building. According to Sarah, this place was the Imthor Drome; a Battle Drome where all Chaotic players have a chance to face off against Codemaster Imthor himself. But there was one small problem here.
"How are we gonna battle when I don't have my cards?" Ben asked.
Sarah didn't seem bothered by this fact.
"Trust me, Ben. You don't need them." Sarah said.
"So are we gonna battle online, or something?" Ben asked.
"Not exactly." Sarah replied.
Without warning, she pushed him into the Drome. This made Ben yelp and trip over his own two feet.
Once Ben was inside, the Drome was lit up and something materialized in the center of the Drome. It looked like a giant, constantly rotating version of the logo of the Chaotic card game.
"Welcome to the Drome Imthor, Ben Tennyson. Chaotic codename: UltimateBen. Please step forward." it requested.
A strange stand that looked big enough to hold a scanner rose up from the floor as it was speaking. Wordlessly, Ben walked up to the stand as instructed.
"Dock your Scanner."
Ben did as instructed, and as soon as he did something amazing happened. A huge screen with five different rotators underneath appeared in front of him! It was so new, yet it seemed so familiar.
"Whoa! It's just like the computer game, only life sized!" Ben said to himself.
Out of curiosity, Ben spun the blue colored rotator and was both amazed and relieved to see that all of his cards were still there. But there was still one thought that came to mind here. He may be very much amazed by all of these advances to the Chaotic game, but...
"Who am I up against anyway?" Ben asked.
He gasped slightly as someone else walked into the Drome. It was a bespectacled boy with a slight overbite, and brown hair in a bowl cut. Unlike Ben's white Scanner, this guy had a red one to show that he primarily used Underworlders in his deck. The voice spoke up again as it introduced Ben's opponent.
"Samuel Murakami, A.K.A. SamShady."
Samuel seemed to be very confident about his skills, but that wasn't going to stop Ben from pulling out a win! He knew what he was doing for the most part. But these new controls seemed a bit confusing as to how one works them.
"First time here?" Sam asked.
"Yeah. How'd you know?" Ben replied.
"The confused look in your eye says it all." Sam elaborated. "But don't worry, you'll pick up on how this works soon. By the way, what tribe do you specialize in?"
"I really prefer not to ally myself with just one tribe. I use all of them." Ben said.
"Well it's nice to see that you're not revealing TOO much about your deck." said a sarcastic Sarah. Wait, Sarah?!
Ben looked around in an attempt to find the source of the voice, but the blonde girl was nowhere to be seen. And that worried Ben.
"Down here, on your Scanner!"
Ben looked down, and sure enough, Sarah was there on the screen of Ben's Scanner. Looks like she was using the video message system of the Scanners to talk with Ben. And a good thing too! This rookie's gonna need all the help he can get in this new type of playing field.
"You can't just tell him what kind of cards you have! He's the enemy!" Sarah scolded.
Ben facepalmed at his own stupidity, before Sarah began to explain how this version of the game worked.
"Alright, listen, this is just a beginner's match. One on one to get you started. The controls are pretty much the same as what you'd use on your computer, only instead of a keyboard..." she saw that Ben was way ahead of her, turning the rotator. "That's right, now you're getting it! Okay, Samuel's already chosen his creature and is moving in to Battlegear and Mugic. One of each. You can't see what he's got, and he can't see what you have."
"Okay, for this match I'll use an Overworlder. I have no idea what this guy is gonna use, so I better go big and choose Maxxor. For Battlegear... I saw that Sam has an Underworld scanner, so he probably uses Underworlders. And Underworlders use primarily fire attacks. I'd better equip Maxxor with an Aqua Shield. And for Mugic, I'll need one that can give me more power in a pinch. Maybe... Fortissimo. Yeah, that'll do it!" Ben thought to himself.
"Okay, now you've gotta choose your locations. Ten of them." Sarah instructed.
"Then I'd better go with all Overworld locations." Ben thought to himself.
"Okay, that's as far as I can guide you. The rest is up to you. Good luck!" Sarah said as the Scanner went blank.
"Players, lock your battle decks."
Both combatants did as instructed, and the screens expanded to show both players decks. Ben saw that he made the right choice in using Maxxor, but he also saw that he might have a slight disadvantage in this particular battle due to the creature Samuel had chosen. It was an Underworlder known as Takinom.
Ben took the time to weigh his pros and cons. While Takinom had low energy levels and no elemental affinities, she had the ability to fly which would give her a serious aerial advantage no matter the terrain.
"UltimateBen, since this is your first time here you will make the attack. Activate the Location Randomizer."
Ben used his right hand to spin the horizontal white spinner, and as it spun, his locations flew by very quickly. It soon slowed down and stopped on the location where this story began.
"Glacier Plains. Choose your attacking creature and target creature please."
"I guess I've only got one choice. Maxxor attacks Takinom!" Ben said.
"Very well. Touch your card."
Ben did as instructed and no sooner than he did, the screen disappeared. It seemed very strange to our hero, but his confusion was soon replaced with a sense of panic as blue and white data began to swirl around his hand. This data soon began to travel up his arm, changing it as he did.
The same thing was happening to Samuel, only his transformation was quicker as he turned into Takinom. Pretty soon, Ben's transformation was finished and he looked at himself to see that he had transformed into the creature on his card.
"WHAT THE-?! I'm... Maxxor?! What kinda sick prank is this?!" Ben asked in panic.
"Hah! If you think that this is a prank, then you won't last long against me!" Samuel as Takinom gloated.
"Transformations complete! Prepare to be transported to the battle ground!"
"Battle ground? But who's-?" Ben asked.
His question was answered when he saw "Takinom" cracking "her" knuckles. He gulped as he realized that this was going to be a very bad thing since he knew nothing about fighting as a creature from Chaotic.
He had no time to dwell on this as he and "Takinom" were engulfed in a flash of white light, forcing him to close his eyes due to how bright it was. He suddenly felt something very cold against his skin, and opened his eyes only to gasp for what felt like the umpteenth time that day. He was now in Glacier Plains!
"Well, it's official. I'm doomed!" Ben said to himself.
"This is so weird. It feels like I'm one of my aliens from the Ultimatrix, only I'm not. That must mean that I can control it as freely as my own body!"
And Ben was correct, because he was soon dodging hundreds of fire balls from "Takinom"! And she seemed dead set on coding him.
"Well? You wanted the full Chaotic experience, didn't you?" "she" asked in a taunting manner.
"Actually, things are getting a bit too hot up in here. So I think you should cool off!" Ben replied.
Before "Takinom" could counter attack, "she" was hit in the face by a snowball. This knocked her off balance for awhile, and gave Ben the opportunity he needed to stage a strategic retreat. And by "strategic retreat", I mean he ran away like a mouse running from a cat.
And that pretty much brings us back to the events that led up to Ben's Current situation. Especially since be had no choice but to jump off the cliff in order to escape Takinom's Torrent of Flame attack. But he started screaming as he realized that he had just made a huge mistake in doing this.
To Be Continued...
Well, what do you think? Love it? Hate it? Needs improvement? Let me know! And if there are any specific Creatures, Mugic, Battlegear, or Locations that you want Ben to scan later on, just let me know in the reviews! And know that all flamers will be attacked by the four Tribe Leaders!
