Boy, who's been waiting on this for like, forever? Hey folks, I know that it's been a while since "Titan's Loyalty" where I left you with that vague indication of a sequel, and it's finally here! Well, for the most part. I'm also going to be setting up "Evolution" and working on the chapters for "The Mega Protocol" and such before the summer starts. Granted, I don't think this'll be too much of a challenge.
I have a general idea of how I want things to go with this fic, so there shouldn't be any problems. But I am open to suggestions and would love to hear from you guys, so please leave comments in the review section.
With that said, here's "Going Wild"!
GOING WILD
"Mmm…" a bored Cana Alberona groaned while sitting alone at a table in the Fairy Tail guild, placing her head against the wooden surface while having a bottle of booze right beside her. She normally was drinking all day before heading back to her home, but today she was feeling rather mellow while in deep thought.
"Hey Cana!" a familiar voice greeted, catching her attention as she turned to see Lucy Heartfilia jogging up to her, "What's up?" she asked curiously as she folded her arms behind her back.
"Not much…" she muttered in response, much to her surprise as she could instantly tell her tone sounded negative, "Just sittin' here bored and waiting for something to do…" she grumbled, placing her left hand against her cheek.
"You wanna come along on a job with me and Natsu?" the celestial wizard offered, looking over at the request board to see the dragon slayer and his exceed deciding on which flyer to pick, "As soon as we pick one, we'll head out and… uh…" she tried to say, but stopped as she noticed the despondent expression on her friend's face, "Everything okay?" she questioned, seating herself down beside her.
"Remember how Ben broke up with Hinata?" she asked back, much to her surprise as she blinked, "Could've had him all to myself if I didn't think he needed some space…" she explained before taking a quick swig of her drink, "Instead, he gets a new girl," she continued, "and she seems like the perfect match for him," she admitted with a heavy sigh, "Guess I'm never gonna get a boyfriend…" she realized, puffing her cheeks out in frustration.
"Hey, don't say that…" the blonde haired girl pleaded while holding out her hands in a placating manner, "You know how Ben's world has so many different dimensions like Edolas?" she questioned to her, making her perk up slightly, "Maybe there's a world like ours where you and he get together," she suggested smartly, chuckling cheekily.
"It ain't the same…" the card mage muttered before taking another sip of the alcohol through the bottle, "I just hope Dashie can be the kinda girl that'll give him what he's wanted," she mentioned, sitting up straight, while her friend blinked in confusion.
"Sorry…" she apologized to begin her sentence, "but didn't you just say that you wanted to be with him?" she inquired while arching an eyebrow.
"I just want him to be happy and stuff," Cana replied, setting her bottle down onto the table, "Anyways, you shouldn't worry about how I'm doing," she advised, gesturing over towards the request board.
"Oh, right!" Lucy yelped in realization, jogging over to her teammates and leaving the alcoholic to continue to mope, "So did you pick something yet?" she asked them, hoping for a job that had a large reward.
"Hold on a sec, Luce…" Natsu answered, much to her confusion as he appeared to be in the middle of something else. She then noticed the fact that in his right hand was his MPG with the holographic image of a certain female just over it.
"What's… going on?" the celestial wizard questioned worriedly.
"Natsu's MPG started lighting up all of a sudden," Happy replied, getting her attention, "He answered and he's been talking to her ever since…" he pointed out as he glanced back up at him.
"You need her help?" the fire dragon slayer questioned to the device, tilting his head as his comrades blinked in surprise, "All right, fine," he agreed after a moment, turning to locate a certain person in the guild, "Yo, Cana!" he called out, causing the card mage to immediately perk up and look over at them, "We've got a job for ya!" he yelled, much to her confusion as she blinked, widening her eyes.
"A job…?" she uttered, perplexed as to what the task might be.
EPISODE I PART I
"YOU ARE A GREAT BIG IDIOT!" Rainbow Dash's voice roared angrily to her boyfriend, echoing throughout the valley as flocks of birds flew out of trees in fright. Just recently, she, Ben Tennyson, Rook Blonko, and Sunset Shimmer went up against the infamous huntsman, Khyber, who they managed to apprehend. However, the whole day had started from the so-called 'luck' of the leader of the group, managing to get him into one event after another. When the alien bounty hunter had stolen the Nemetrix from Plumber Headquarters, everyone aside from the Omnitrix bearer was seriously concerned about what could come of it.
What proceeded was the villain gaining a new ally in an extraterrestrial parasite known as Skurd, who enabled to take on the feral forms of his device to fight against his prey. Several silly situations conspired afterwards, with the Galvanic tech support inventing a somewhat functional teleporter that transported the team to the sight of the criminal's ship. After a duel against him that led to the Slimebiote attaching itself to the Omni Force leader's contraption, the group apprehended the hunter easily. However, that ended the streak of 'luck' for the brunette haired teen as finally got his just desserts for acting all arrogant.
"You know," the Equestrian magic user began, having transformed back from her ponied up state, "we could've avoided the whole 'slime ball on your watch' thing if you didn't act so full of yourself!" she yelled, hitting him on the left shoulder with her right fist.
"Ow! Hey!" he yelped in pain, rubbing the hit part of his body, "I said I was sorry, sweetheart…" he claimed with shame evident in his tone.
"Sure…" she responded sarcastically while rolling her eyes, "Your 'luck' got you that thing!" she exclaimed, pointing at the slimy creature.
"Tis true," he concurred in a proud tone, "You could have attempted to subdue Khyber in a more… effective manner…" he commented, causing the one he was upon to gnash his teeth together angrily.
"Listen here, slimy…" he started to say as he grabbed his head, "you better get offa' my watch right now before I rip you off!" he demanded, tugging at the mucus-based lifeform, stretching him out as he tried to yank him off of the device. Unfortunately, he sprang back onto it like a bungee cord, still attached to its lid.
"There's no point, my friend," he reprimanded bluntly, "I'm practically impossible to remove," he stated somewhat mockingly to him.
"Guh…" he groaned in frustration, turning over to his girlfriend, who had her arms crossed as she turned away in a huff, "Rainbow, I'm really, really sorry about all this," he apologized sincerely, grabbing her left arm with his hand and suddenly spinning her around in a yelp until she found herself in his arms, "I didn't mean to act so… cocky and full of myself…" he added, definitely ashamed for his actions, "Isn't there anything I can do to make it up to you?" he asked her. She blinked for a moment while letting a light blush appeared on her cheeks, developing a small smile as she couldn't help but admire his kind offer.
"Well… I am a little thirsty…" she admitted as a response, looking away out of embarrassment.
"Then Mister Smoothy's it is!" Ben replied with a snap of his fingers, "I've even got a coupon for a month's worth of free ones!" he noted, pulling out the pink slip of paper from the right pocket of his pants.
"You mean the same one that started this whole mess?" the rainbow haired girl inquired, raising her eyebrow in annoyance. Her boyfriend just let sweat roll down the side of his face as he chuckled nervously.
"Uh… I-" His sentence was cut off by her giggling, which turned into hearty laughter.
"I'm just kidding, babe!" she reassured with a cheeky grin, "As long as we get smoothies, nothin' else matters to me," she promised, looking into his eyes flirtatiously as she placed her hands onto his shoulders. He blinked in surprise, but then smiled back, pulling her close as he closed his eyes and readied his lips for a kiss, while she did the same.
"Oh, these 'smoothies' sound most delightful!" Skurd chimed in, halting them from making out, "Perhaps I could have a taste of-"
"Shut it, snot head!" Rainbow yelled in interruption, squashing him down with her right fist as hard as she could, pressing him against the Omnitrix lid firmly.
"Huh…" its user sighed, "Guess we're gonna have to get used to that…" he realized disappointedly, while his girlfriend growled angrily. They then took notice of Rook walking toward them with Blukic and Driba, with the latter pair still arguing over their incomplete teleporter.
"It totally does!" the plumper of the two exclaimed.
"No it doesn't!" the taller one retorted.
"Does!" his partner yelled.
"Doesn't!" the cap-wearing Galvan shouted, getting right into his face. Meanwhile, the Revonnahgander walked over to his teammates, sighing deeply.
"Those two just don't know when to stop…" Ben noted with a concerned expression as he let go of the rainbow haired girl, standing beside her while his letting the alien Plumber walk over to the other side of him.
"No they do not…" he concurred with his arms folded over his chest, "So," he began, "I assume that your 'luck' has officially run out?" he guessed.
"Yep," his partner responded bluntly, "And she made sure I didn't forget it…" he mentioned, while the Equestrian magic user beside him just smirked.
"Where is Sunset by the way?" the extraterrestrial officer asked, changing the subject, "I have not seen her since we were teleported to the ship…" he pointed out to them.
"You mean that lovely lass with the astounding fashion sense?" the Slimebiote questioned with a small chuckle. Before he could even receive a reply though, the rainbow haired girl flicked him on the head by using her fingers, causing him to wiggle back and forth uncontrollably as he screamed.
"Yeah, she and I were put in Khyber's ship when we got teleported," the Omni Force leader explained to his teammate, "We got separated after he turned into Tyrannopede," he mentioned, placing his hand onto his chin, "I think she's still in there somewhere…" he admitted, wondering what she was up to.
"Blonko! Guys!" a familiar voice cried out, causing them to all perk up and turn to see the red and yellow haired girl running towards them, having deactivated her own ponied up state. Her Proto-Glasses were upon her forehead, reflecting some of the sunlight.
"Sunset!" her classmate exclaimed, running up to her with the boys to follow, "Are you all right?" she asked as they came to a stop at a midway point.
"I'm fine," she reassured in response as she walked over to her boyfriend, who smiled out of relief, "but… I think there's something we should check out…" she told them with a suspicious look on her face, much to their surprise as they all raised their eyebrows, while Blukic and Driba were still bickering from afar. A while later, the group of four were back in the hull of the broken vessel, with the Revonnahgander leading the way as he had the Proto-Tool upon his shoulder activate a flashlight, illuminating the area to allow them to see, venturing forward.
"So what's this… thing you want us to check out?" Ben asked while walking alongside the former pony.
"Something… odd…" she replied vaguely with narrowed eyes, "Whatever it is," she began to say, "I kinda thought it seemed pretty weird…" she admitted as they found their way into the ship's study, with all sorts of hunting trophies such as felts, bones, and many other forms of prizes. The lights were still on despite the destruction done to the area, enticing Rook to turn off the flashlight of his device.
"Uh… where'd you say this thing was?" Rainbow asked, raising her eyebrow in confusion again.
"Oh, don't go doubting your lovely friend, my dear," Skurd advised, chiming into the conversation, "She will most definitely-! GAH!" he yelped, interjecting his own remark as he was grasped by the girl, who started yanking him by his head.
"Quit being creepy!" she demanded angrily, clenching her teeth together as she tugged as hard as she could, "And get off of my boyfriend!" she yelled, continuing to struggle.
"Uh, Rainbow?" the Omni Force leader chimed in, trying to get her attention, "I don't think that's gonna-" Before he could utter another word, she was suddenly flung onto him in a yelp, with the Slimebiote reeling himself back and knocking them both down to the floor, as the rainbow haired girl was on top of the Omnitrix bearer.
"Here it is," the former pony pointed out, having not seen nor heard the scene that conspired just behind her, trotting over to the end of the hall where a nothing but a metal wall was with a red dot in the middle of it, large enough to place a hand upon. Rook went up to her side upon seeing it, eyeing it with suspicion.
"It looks as if this could be a storage unit…" he noted while rubbing his chin out of thought.
"Could be…" his girlfriend agreed, keeping her eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Maybe it's where he keeps his ship's hyperdrive…" Ben suggested.
"Or where he keeps the rest of his 'trophies'…" the athletic girl guessed in addition. Suddenly, the two glanced at each other, both realizing the awkward positions they were currently in.
"AH!" they yelped simultaneously, quickly getting back onto their feet while blushing a bright red.
"Uh… sorry 'bout that…" the rainbow haired girl apologized, sheepishly rubbing the back of her head.
"Oh, uh… no, it's uh… my fault…" her boyfriend stuttered, chuckling nervously.
"Ah, love is in the air…" Skurd said with a dreamy sigh, making the both of them gnash their teeth together angrily as they glared at him.
"I wonder what this red circle's for…" Sunset pointed out before placing her hand up against it. All of a sudden, it lit up, much to her surprise as she gasped while seeing it scan her appendage. It then sounded off with a loud buzzing noise, indicating that the scan was incorrect.
"A handprint scanner…" the Revonnahgander commented, "Very clever of Khyber…" he admitted, crossing his arms over his chest.
"But that makes whatever's behind this wall all the more important," the former pony retorted while pulling down her Proto-Glasses over her eyes, activating them as green icons began appearing upon the lenses.
"Aren't we gonna take the whole ship back to HQ?" Rainbow questioned as she folded her arms behind her head, "We can make Khyber open it there," she pointed out.
"Oh nonsense, my dear," the Slimebiote chimed in, catching her attention, "Let's have your boyfriend do the work," he recommended, winking at the Omnitrix bearer before he began to fiddle with his device.
"Wait, what?" he uttered in confusion, raising an eyebrow. The mucus-based creature scrolled through the holographic index of aliens that had appeared over the contraption's lid, sliding it open afterwards to let its dial pop up while staying stuck to it. He then pushed it back down with his head, creating a green flash of light as the user's body began to morph. When it vanished, the luminosity revealed that he had been turned into a large, robotic-like humanoid with yellow plated armor, including a helmet that had his long ears protruding out of it. He had a gray tail and jackhammer parts on his elbows, wrists, and hands. There were bolts upon his shoulders and a metal circle on the top of his head. His fingers, tail, and the black parts of his limbs all had small, horizontal line-like designs upon them, his feet were yellow while having grey toes, and his arms, upper arms, and thighs were chain-like. His forearms and shoulders were bulky as well. On top of that, he had the hourglass symbol of the machine upon his chest.
"Huh?!" he yelped in surprise at his appearance, while Skurd rested upon the device's symbol.
"And to add to it…" he continued as a slimy substance oozed from his body, stretching over the Talpaedan's left arm, merging with it as it suddenly shined a bright red and emitted plenty of heat, "how about we melt that wall down rather than demolish it?" he suggested cleverly.
"Don't do that!" Armodrillo demanded angrily, much to his surprise as he looked up at him, "It's bad enough that you're stuck to my watch…" he muttered out of frustration, "I don't need you giving me alien germs…" he mentioned sternly to him.
"I am not a germ!" he claimed loudly in response.
"Guys, knock it off!" Sunset yelled, causing them to all perk up and look over at her, "We're trying to figure this thing out…" she told them, turning back to the sealed wall, "Maybe we are gonna have to bring it back…" she realized with a heavy sigh. Rook gave her a sympathetic look, but then noticed something lying on the floor right beside them. It was a large metal glove, which seemed more like a gauntlet as it was so big. He walked over and picked it up, placing it over his arm before flexing his fingers within it. He widened his eyes upon remembering something, trotting over to the panel.
"Maybe we do not need Khyber after all…" he suggested, catching the attentions of his comrades. He placed his gloved right hand upon the scanner, which analyzed the covered extremity as the others watched on. All of a sudden, steam emerged from the opening in the wall as it began to slowly become accessible to the group, much to their delight as they gasped in excited surprise. In the meantime, the Slimebiote morphed the large extraterrestrial's arm back to normal just as the Omnitrix symbol started to time out. It finished beeping in a green flash of light, transforming its user back into Ben.
"Okay…" he uttered nervously as they lurked inside of the secret room, "what's the big secret?" he questioned in an uncaring tone, evidently bored and ready to leave. The only thing within the area was a containment that had a subject bathing in a red liquid inside of it, infused with several injectors. "No way…" he said out of disbelief, widening his eyes upon seeing who exactly was in the pod.
"Ben?" his partner responded with an arched eyebrow, seeing him trembling slightly.
"Is something the matter, babe?" Rainbow asked while becoming concerned for his frightened state.
"It's not possible…" he claimed, moving closer to the containment and placing his right hand against the glass, seeing that the subject inside was a well-developed, male, adolescent Tamaranean, "That's… Wildfire…" he stated in complete shock.
X
"WHAT?!" the rainbow haired girl exclaimed upon hearing her boyfriend, "That's Wildfire?!" she inquired out of shock, "The same guy you've been looking for since six years ago?!" she added in question. Her classmate was more so dumbfounded, as she literally had no idea what they were talking about.
"This person does indeed look like a Tamaranean…" Rook commented, going up to observe the pod at a closer point, "but how can this one be the prince?" he asked, while his girlfriend was still perplexed.
"Um… guys?" she tried to chime in, raising her hand as if to ask a question.
"Tamaraneans aside from Starfire and Blackfire don't normally leave their home planet…" Ben explained while narrowing his eyes, "There's no doubt in my mind that it is Wildfire in there…" he stated, closing his hands into fists.
"HELLO!" Sunset screamed, making them all flinch in surprise before looking over at her, "Anyone care to fill me in on this… 'Wildfire' guy?" she asked as she folded her arms before her chest in annoyance.
"Wildfire was an alien prince on Tamaran who was separated from his family after a war led to his parents sending him off the planet for safety," the Revonnahgander explained to her.
"Ben was there when it happened, too," Rainbow mentioned somewhat somberly, knowing that the subject of the Omnitrix bearer's promise was touchy, "He saved Star and her family, but they ended up sending Wildfire away…" she finished, glancing over to see the brunette haired teen still staring at the pod.
"Did you know about this?" he asked the Slimebiote upon his device, glaring at him.
"N-Not in the slightest!" he stuttered as a response, "And even if I did, I would condone it!" he stated in addition, gesturing towards the containment, "This is not how royalty should be treated!" he yelled proudly with a scoff.
"We need to get this thing out of here…" the Omni Force leader advised, tapping the lid of his contraption before sliding it open, letting the dial pop up and pushing it back down. Enveloping himself in a green light, his skin became red as he grew in size, gaining an extra set of arms. When it dissipated, the luminosity revealed that he had turned into a humanoid alien that was approximately twelve feet tall with bulky muscles, two pairs of four-fingered arms, and red skin. Black lines were designed upon his face similar to that of a moustache, and he had four eyes. With three spikes upon the top of his head, he wore a black tank top-like shirt with a large green stripe running down the middle and black pants. He also had black fingerless gloves with green cuffs, while the symbol of his device was upon his belt, where Skurd was.
"Can you guys unhook it from the wall?" he asked his comrades in a deep voice, enticing them to immediately go over to the containment and check to see. The former pony went over to the panel that lurked beside the pod, using her Proto-Glasses to analyze it for a moment before pressing a button, suddenly causing the clamps against the containment to unlatch themselves. At that moment, Four Arms took hold of it, hoisting it up over his right shoulder.
"I will inform Magister Tennyson…" Rook said, taking out his Plumber badge out of one of the packs upon his armor, activating it as they began to walk off. In the meantime, Rainbow looked over at the Tetramand worriedly, noticing his serious expression rather than relief. A long while passed before the whole group arrived back at the secret base underneath Bellwood, having regrouped with Blukic and Driba as they had walked with them there.
"Unbelievable…" Max Tennyson uttered within the laboratory as he and a couple of other officers observed the pod that was brought to them, "Who would've thought Khyber was the one who found Wildfire…" he pointed out, evidently stunned.
"Title of greatest huntsman doesn't sound so silly now…" Patelliday chimed in, rubbing his scaly chin with his left hand.
"I doubt we're even gonna get any answers from Khyber after the Nemetrix was used on himself," Molly Gunther mentioned as she folded her arms over her chest. From afar, the group of four listened in, with Ben having transformed back to normal.
"What concerns me the most is what those injectors are putting into him…" the Revonnahgander noted while seeing the others continue to survey it.
"Yeah, it looks weird…" Sunset concurred with narrowed eyes, "Not to mention," she continued, getting the attentions of the others, "why would Khyber be hiding someone of such importance hostage?" she asked curiously.
"We don't even know if he was a hostage," the rainbow haired girl chimed in, "Maybe Blackfire knew about this…" she suggested smartly.
"Possibly…" the alien officer with them agreed, "And yet… how did Khyber find Wildfire in the first place?" he questioned, placing his hand onto his chin.
"None of that matters now," the Omni Force leader stated, causing them to all perk up and look over at him, seeing him start to head, "I'm gonna go back home and get my T-Communicator," he told them, walking past his grandfather and the others.
"Ben, wait a sec," the old Magister said, making him stop for a moment, "You've gone through quite a bit today with that parasite on your watch and now this," he noted to him as he just arched an eyebrow, "Maybe it's best you take a load off and worry about this tomorrow," he advised as concern was evident in his tone.
"Yes, listen to the wise man," Skurd agreed from upon the Omnitrix, "You've had to deal with Khyber, me, and now-! GEH!" he grunted as he was squashed against the lid of the contraption by the brunette haired teen's right hand.
"Thanks, Grandpa," he said in gratitude, "but this was a promise that I took too long to get done," he stated, much to his surprise as he blinked, "So I'm gonna make sure it gets done today," he declared before finally heading out of the room through its sliding doors.
"Huh…" Max sighed deeply, "Ever since he found out that Starfire was the princess he saved and made that promise to, he's always been touchy about it…" he noted as the Equestrian magic users and the Revonnahgander listened on worriedly.
"What exactly was the promise Ben made?" Sunset questioned, holding her left arm behind her back.
"He was going to get Wildfire back for Starfire all those years ago," her boyfriend replied while from afar, his partner had boarded the elevator, heading down to the docking bay, "but he had gotten caught up several things afterwards, including giving up the Omnitrix for a time," he pointed out as her eyes widened slightly.
"I thought finding Wildfire would be great for Ben…" Rainbow added as he was getting onto his custom made motorbike, the Tenn Speed, "but he's acting like everything's not okay…" she noted worriedly, glancing down at the floor.
"Maybe it's because he wanted to find him in a condition that's not like this…" Sunset suggested, gesturing towards the pod where the subject lied in his comatose state, "We should find out what Khyber did to him and make sure he's okay," she told her teammates, "That way, Ben can rest easy knowing that he'll get to keep his promise," she mentioned with a smile, causing them to do the same. Elsewhere, the Omni Force leader was riding out onto the highway, having a serious expression on his face while heading home.
END
And Ben's finally achieved his longtime goal of finding Wildfire. But what was up with that strange introduction with Cana?
Everyone will get answers and more as the story continues! See ya later!
QUOTE
We could've just gone on a simple date, but no…
Rainbow Dash
To Sunset about Ben in "Fight At The Museum"