Chapter One: Unintended Results
(Female (F/F) Bwen)
It was dark as Gwen looked around the Null Void for her best friend Ben. After being stupid like he usually is when it came to the Omnitrix, Ben unlocked a Master Control function on the watch. Instead of listening to his Grandpa Max's warning, Ben kept the Omnitrix active and led Vilgax and Kevin straight to him. Gwen couldn't help but shake her head at Ben's stupidity. Hopefully, he'll learn something from this, and it will stick. The girl thought to herself as she flew from asteroid to asteroid looking for Ben. Then, she heard Ben as he glared at Vilgax while Kevin held the boy down. "You want the Watch? You can have it! It's caused me nothing but pain and sorrow!" Ben growled as she heard him sniffle and knew Ben was crying. The statement intrigued Vilgax. As he hoped to feed his love for pain in other beings, Vilgax grinned as Ben screamed in pain and asked the puny Earthling, "Why does it cause pain?" Ben sighed as he fought another wave of pain. "Quit being Doctor Phil, and let's smash him already!" Kevin growled impatiently. "Patience," Vilgax said as he held up a hand. "In order to fully enjoy your enemy's demise, you can be the only one to kill them, no one or anything else." Vilgax chided with a dark but almost fatherly tone before he let Ben continue. Ben took a certain strange comfort in the fact that he would be able to let out his feelings about Gwen before he died, even if it was to his archenemy. "I love Gwen Stacy with all my heart. (Any relation to the Marvel character is intentional in word only. I don't intend copyright infringement.) I've tried to impress her with heroics through the Omnitrix, but she's failed to notice."
Vilgax laughed darkly. "That's something you learn early: Love is a stone-cold bitch." Ben unconsciously shivered at Vilgax's statement. Ben thought love was more enduring and less vindictive. That's what I get for being forced to watch romantic comedy marathons with Mom. Ben thought as Kevin pushed down on Ben and caused him to scream in agony. The scream was hollow and lifeless. It wasn't forced either. Ben was in pain, but the emotional agony he was feeling made the physical pain feel as if he was being pinched on the arm by comparison. The scream awakened something in Gwen. Her eyes glowed blue as she yelled, "Syphos Auro!" Blue energy surrounded Gwen's hands and shot out toward Kevin. As Kevin began to shrink and grow weaker under the power of Gwen's unleashed magic, Gwen's spell began to make the Omnitrix spark with blue energy. As Kevin passed out, now reverted back to his human form by the spell, a blinding blue-green light made Gwen and Vilgax have to shield their eyes. As the light faded, Gwen saw that in Ben's place was a girl who looked like him but had longer hair, about shoulder length, and was leaner in figure. Gwen felt her cheeks flush as she looked at the girl unconscious before her.
Gwen was brought out of the daze by Vilgax's laughter. "This is too easy!" Vilgax growled as he lunged for the now female Ben. Gwen mentally summoned a force field and took the blow meant for the one unconscious on the ground. As she was pushed back by the impact, Gwen's resolve only hardened. "To touch her, you have to go through me!" Gwen growled as Ben groaned and slowly stood. Ben felt odd as h-she stood. The hero couldn't figure out why the odd feeling persisted but knew something had to be done, or Gwen would die. With an angry glare, Ben looked at the Omnitrix and slammed it down. She became XLR8, and whisked Gwen away from the monster. Why do I feel weirder than normal as XLR8? Ben thought to herself, as of yet still unaware of the change. As Ben set Gwen down in a temporary safe zone, the red-head got a good look at the female XLR8 and was pleased by what she saw. Gwen tried to get the words to form but found herself tongue-tied. Frustrated with herself, Gwen pulled it together, got on Ben's back, and raced out the waiting portal.
On the other side, Max wasn't prepared for what came through. There was a blur. Then, Gwen got off of who Max thought was Ben at first, but soon struck that thought down when he saw the Kineceleran had no mask and was therefore female. Gwen noticed the man's worried expression and asked, "What's wrong, Mister Tennyson?" "Where's Ben?" He asked her as Gwen blushed and scratched the back of her head in fear, nerves, and slight embarrassment. "What do you mean, Grandpa? It's me!" Ben finally spoke. Then, the watch timed out and Ben continued to feel strange in spite of being human again. "Uh…" Max was speechless. His grandson was now his granddaughter! "I had to save Ben!" Gwen tried franticly to explain. "A spell interacted with the watch because of Kevin's mutation. That, combined with my feminine energy used to create the spell, rewrote the Omnitrix's DNA samples…and its host as female." Ben suddenly felt dizzy. "I'm what?!" Ben screamed. Then, she began to weep uncontrollably as the realization hit. On impulse, Gwen took the frightened girl in a gentle hug. "We'll get through this together. I promise." Gwen whispered as she held the trembling brunette in her arms.
Please Read and Review. This was inspired by a dream I had, and I felt I had to write about it.