Yup. Finals.

I much rather be spending my time with this.

I only own my character and the plot of this fanfiction. Everything else belongs to their original owners.

-ShockScythe

"What the heck did you do?" Zeke asked me as we sat on the couch. I threw my hands up, "I don't even know!" She laughed, taking her notebook and tapping me on the head with it, "Calm down, you just used the wrong formula."

"If you knew, why did you ask?"

"To see if you did."

I sighed, putting my hands behind my head, "This isn't making sense..." Zeke looked through the list of concepts I had a hard time with in Physics, then at our material, "Sorry, I'm just not the best teacher."

"Nah, you're fine," I told her, "It's just this stinking subject."

"Didn't Julie help you last time? You did well on the test then."

"Julie has her own things to do. Besides, I can't keep asking her for help."

She rested her chin in the palm of her hand as she looked at me, a slight smirk on her face, "Uh huh." I frowned lightly, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No reason," Zeke said, looking at the problems I had written down, "While I correct this, can you tell me about your aliens?"

"Which ones..?"

"The ones from when you originally got the Omnitrix."

I grinned before leaning forward, playing with my pencil, "Wow. I had 10 at first; HeatBlast, Cannonbolt, Grey Matter, StinkFly, Diamondhead, Wild Mutt, Ripjaws, XLR8, Four Arms, and Upgrade. Ghost Freak was one of them, but that was a nightmare." Then I went on this whole ramble. I could've talked for hours, had Zeke not shoved my paper in my face. Rolling my eyes, I looked at all of the red-pen marks she had made. "Am I that bad at this..?"

"'Fraid so," she said, rubbing at her face. I frowned a bit, tapping her shoulder so that she'd look at me. "Are you alright..? You've got bags under your eyes again."

"I just haven't been sleeping well, that's all."

"If you say so."

I looked over my mistakes a few times, almost 100% confirming my high-level suckage. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Zeke stood up and went to answer it. "Julie..?"

"Zeke? Why are you here?"

I sprung to my feet, hurrying to stand by Zeke, "Julie! I thought you had things to do!" She looked at me, a small frown on her face, "I did, but I finished it early so I could help you."

"Thanks, Julie," Zeke said before I could respond, crossing her arms, "but I've got this covered."

Julie's eyes narrowed, "Are you sure..? I thought you were bad at Physics." Zeke's eyes widened and I had a bad feeling in my stomach. "Bad at Physics..? Granted, I'm not the absolute best like you, but I'm definitely not the worst."

I put my hands up, "Ladies, ladies, I'm feeling a bit of hostility here. Did something happen?"

"Not a thing," they said in unison. Well, that was unsettling. I put a hand on my forehead, taking a deep breath when the Omnitrix suddenly beeped. That wasn't normal. I lowered my hand to look at it. The green hourglass became red, "Virus detected. Firewall breached." Then came the sparks. Zeke stared at the watch then looked at me with wide eyes, "It does that whenever Addex is involved..." she said. She was right. The Omnitrix glowed bright red and I knew something big was coming. There was a flash and Julie let out a scream. My eyes widened in horror as a black goo covered Humungousaur stood in the door way, with glowing red eyes. "Um, Ben!?" Zeke demanded, backing up slowly as she tried to move Julie away. "It's not me!" I shouted, "Something's wrong!"

"No kidding!" she shouted back as Humungousar raised his fist with a roar.

Julie let out a cry as she fell over, covering her head with her arms as Zeke went flying, landing on the farthest part of the lawn. "Ze!" I shouted before glaring down at the Omnitrix, "God dammit!" Humungousar roared again before standing in the lawn as he grew in size. I couldn't send him back, or even change in to an alien! Unless Zeke went Ninja, we were screwed. Still, Julie didn't know Zeke was the Ninja, but secret identities were totally not important right now. Humungousar raised his fists, about to slam them down on Julie, but when he struck the ground, he barely missed Zeke, who had pushed Julie out of the way. Incoming came a giant dinosaur-alien fist, which Zeke grabbed hold of for dear life. "B-Ben..!" she yelled, sending a fierce look towards me as I stood in the doorway, "Do something!" With Zeke still holding on, Humungousar swung his fist as he tried shaking her off. I slammed down on the dial, but it refused to budge. What more could I do? I tried twisting it. There was a sudden flash and Zeke screamed. A black Goop was wrapping itself around her, restricting her movement. "Don't do that..!" she gasped out as she struggled to keep the slime away from her face, "Anything else!" I rushed forward before reaching for and grabbing Goop's Gravity Projector, pressing the little button that immobilizes him. Goop fell into a puddle under Zeke, who landed in the muck. She looked up at me, "Thanks..."

"Let's just hope it can't change on its own," I said, extending a hand to her before pulling her to her feet. Then, I looked at a shaking Julie, who still couldn't believe her eyes. "Are you okay, Julie?" I asked, tilting my head slightly. She nodded a bit, "I-I'm fine..." Zeke frowned lightly before tugging my arm, "I have an idea."

"What is it?"

She tapped the button on the Projector before jumping away as Goop's goop suddenly swallowed me. I wanted to start yelling at her, when she told me what to do; "Punch it!" Nodding, I slammed down on the Omnitrix's dial. This time, it went down and, with a flash of violet, Dark Goop was gone. I glared at Zeke for a moment, "Tell me before you throw me to the hounds next time." She smirked, "Yeah, yeah, you got it." Julie stomped towards Zeke, jabbing her finger into the other's chest, "Ben could've gotten hurt!" This caused Zeke to frown heavily before swatting away Julie's hand, "In case you didn't notice, he's fine. And, if you were paying attention, you would've noticed that Goop hesitated once he had Ben."

Two girls arguing, both dangerous with their weapons of choice - Julie with her tennis racket and Zeke with her sword. This was terrifying. I mean, really, I could practically see the evil bolt of lightening that locked their gaze.

"Benjamin Tennyson!" barked a voice. I looked around for its owner before I finally looked at the technology on my wrist, and at the holographic projection standing on the dial, their hands behind their back. "Azmuth! I swear it's not my fault!" He lifted a hand to silence me, "I know, Ben."

"You do?"

"Yes, now listen to me; I need you to travel to Galvin Prime immediately - no questions asked."

I scratched my cheek, "Yeah, no. What's wrong with the Omnitrix? What kind of virus has been infecting it? Why can't it make my aliens come out?" I swear I saw his eye twitch in annoyance, like usual. "Just get here. Oh, and bring Zeke with you." Zeke stared as the holograph disappeared, "Me? What does he want with me?" I shrugged before looking at Julie with puppy-dog eyes, "Um, do you think we could borrow Ship for a while?" Her stare was like ice, and I had a feeling I'd have to bargain for it.