A/N: So, I am going to go ahead and do this. Even though I have only a few supporters. The plan currently is to do the back-to-back sequels and the Charmcaster prequel concurrently-basically, I'll do two chapters from this (and the third when I get to it) and then I'll do one chapter from Charmcaster's story (which *is* going to be rated M). Updates will probably be slow at first, but I do want to get this stuff finished so I can move onto some other fanfic categories.
So without further ado, let's begin Ben 10 and the Alternate Reality Part 2.
Chapter 1
Kevin and Gwen continued to watch the milling people around the crater where the remains of Vilgax and his ship lay. "You think Ben and Charmcaster are getting busy right now?" Kevin smirked, to which Gwen elbowed him. Then suddenly she raised her eyebrows as she thought of something that had escaped their notice earlier. "Where's Julie's body?" she asked, unable to find it.
Kevin realized Gwen was right: it had completely disappeared. Even the robotic fluids that she had spilled onto the ground were gone as well. "What the heck?" he muttered, going over to the spot in a pile of rubble where she should have been. "Where could she have gone?" Gwen asked, "And who could have done such a good job of cleaning up the mess?" "Maybe..." Kevin thought for a moment as he remembered Julie's dying words. "Find the Plumbers...find them...they do still exist."
"She mentioned the Plumbers before she died," Kevin informed Gwen, "Oh yeah, and she mentioned that before too that she believed they were the ones who saved her and made her a cyborg in the first place." "She thinks the *Plumbers* did that?" Gwen asked in shock. "Remember, anything's possible here," Kevin reminded her.
"Well," Gwen sighed, "I guess we'd better go find Ben and Charmcaster. If there is still a threat to this Bellwood remaining, then we need to eliminate it before..."
It was at that point that a loud gunshot rang out.
"Before something like that happens?" Kevin asked. "Exactly," Gwen muttered, looking in the direction where the gunshot had come from-Vilgax's ship. There was a shadowy figure standing on top of it, holding a gun. They couldn't make him out yet, but he was clearly trying to assume an authority position.
It was then that they noticed that several more figures-all masked-were flooding into the area, all wearing masks and carrying guns. And were randomly gunning down citizens. "Heads up, Gwen," Kevin warned her as one of the masked men ran towards them and fired his gun at them. Gwen quickly shielded them with her mana. The masked man looked startled, then he pulled out a radio and shouted into it, "Hey, I've got a couple weird ones over here!" Then a few more of the men approached them. Kevin immediately put his hand on the concrete and absorbed it, and yelled, "You try to touch us, you're dead!"
"SHUT UP!" one of the figures yelled, "You're not in control anymore!" "Who said we ever were in control...?" Gwen asked in confusion, but then one of the figures tried to smash her head with his gun to silence her. Gwen sent him flying with a blast of mana, and then put up a shield over them so that the men couldn't do anything.
"Now what?" Kevin asked. "Let's wait and see what this guy wants," Gwen suggested, gesturing over to the apparent leader figure who was standing on top of Vilgax's ship, who was firing a couple more gunshots into the air as the screaming people started to silence-whether by will, or whether it was due to being shot by one of the other men.
The leader figure took another step forward, and proclaimed, "People of Bellwood! My name is Joseph von Nelson. You may already know me if your memory serves you well. You might not. But honestly, I don't give a damn. Because you'll all know me by the day's end. I am taking over this city with the help of my men. You may know us as the Society Of Silence, and you may know me as Lord Nelson.
"Now, where are the ones who defeated that space crustacean for me?" he asked, and then one of his men next to Gwen and Kevin yelled, "Oh, you mean these guys? Yeah, this one's got some weird magic or something..." "That's them!" Nelson exclaimed, and then he proclaimed to them, "Put down your shields, you two. My men will not harm you."
Gwen cautiously lowered her shield, and the two approached in the general direction of Nelson. "What do you want?" Gwen asked pointedly. "A little attitude," Nelson smirked, "I like that. Well, I think you already know what I *want*-control of this city. It's time for control come back into our hands. Probably wouldn't have happened without you and your friends, wherever they are now. I'm offering you people a position in my group. Do you accept?"
"What happens if we don't?" Kevin asked warily. Nelson's gaze hardened, and he replied, "Then we will treat you as we would any enemy. Or rather, as we would any enemy with supernatural powers." "What do you have to offer this city that will make it a better place?" "This isn't about the good of the citizens," Nelson snarled, "This is about the good of *US.* This is about control. You join us, you get a good life filled with riches and your desires filled. You don't, your life-what remains of it-is likely to be pretty damn miserable."
"It's your life that's about to become damn miserable," Gwen retorted, "Because we aren't supporting someone who doesn't hold the lives of his people as important." "Too bad," Nelson replied, "I guess that means we'll have to kill you. Men?"
Gwen put up her shields quickly, and it was a good thing she did because the masked men were already firing on them. "Crap," Gwen spat, "Now what?" "Oh my goodness Gwen, you're a freaking ANODITE!" Kevin yelled at her. "Oh, right!" Gwen slapped herself for her stupidity, and then yelled, "Exieis!" which was a teleportation spell which sent them to Ben's house.
"So," Nelson muttered to himself thoughtfully, "This group really does have supernatural powers. Men, I want our main efforts to be focused on finding these people and putting an end to them. It's best to eliminate a threat before it truly becomes one."
