Note: Hi. This is a thank you story for SilverMidnight52, for all the hard work, kindness, and putting up with me. I do not own Haven or Ben 10, the people who created them did.
I do own the villainess who appears in the story . . . well, kind of; I'll explain later.
The story takes places in Season 3 of Haven. I apologize if I got any of the character's personalities wrong. Oh, like an episode of Haven, there will be Stephen King references.
From the Other Side of the Multiverse
Ch.1: Newcomers to Haven
Audrey and Nathan didn't know what to make of the Duke's phone call. All he said that a Trouble appeared in the Grey Gull, and they need to see it.
As Nathan and Audrey exited the Bronco, they saw Duke sitting outside, with the radio on, reading a book. Duke looked up from his book as he saw Audrey and Nathan walking towards him.
"Duke?" Audrey asked as he stood up, turned off the radio, and picked it up. "What are you doing out here? What about the Trouble?"
"I couldn't take their squabbling anymore," Duke said as he opened the door to the Grey Gull.
Audrey and Nathan had no idea what Duke was talking about until they stepped inside.
"It's your fault we're stuck in this boring dimension, Blukic!"
"You can't blame this on me, Driba!"
"Yes, I can!"
"No, you can't!"
"Yes, I can!"
"No, you can't!"
"Yes, I can!"
"No, you can't!"
In the middle of the Grey Gull was some sort of machine that looked like the classic sci-fi teleportation unit. Standing on the equipment were two small grey frog-like creatures, arguing with each other. One was thin and wore overalls, while the other one wore a white outfit and was pudgy.
Watching the creatures argue from the bar stools was a teenage boy with green eyes and short brown hair; he kept working on a strange high-tech device around his wrist, like a watch. Next to him was a teenage girl with short orange hair and wore blue rimmed glasses over her green eyes. She was busy reading a small leather-bound book.
Sitting on a stool was another teenage boy with black hair that went down to his shoulders and black eyes. He had a start of a beard and a cross-shaped scar on his chin. This teenager was bouncing a small ball to entertain his dog, or some creature that looked like a dog crossed with a dinosaur. This . . . dog was bluish-grey in color, had a jagged upper jaw, pointed ears, long legs, and three pointed toes on each foot. It also had sharp red eyes, black lines on the neck and legs, and a grey spike-fin starting from the top of the head and ended like a tail. Audrey and Nathan both surmised that whatever this creature is, it must be a pet, since it wore a light blue collar with a gold bone-shaped dog tag.
Sitting in a booth was a humanoid being wearing a blue and black outfit, working on a strange gun. It was tall, with very short periwinkle-blue fur, with very short white fur in the middle of the face. There were black markings around the face and on top of the head, a flat nose, and small pointed ears. The sclera was yellow, the irises were red, and the pupils were cat-like.
Before Nathan or Audrey could speak, the two small creatures began arguing again.
"Well, it's not my fault that the teleportor broke," the thin one, Blukic, said. "You were the one messing with the controls."
"I wasn't anywhere near the controls!" the pudgy one, Driba, retorted.
"You were too!"
"Were not!"
"Were too!"
"Were not!"
"Were too!"
"Were not!"
Duke locked the door to the Grey Gull and placed his book and radio down, before he looked at the small creatures. He sighed and rolled his eyes, then walked up to Blukic and Driba.
"Listen to me," Duke said, bending down so Blukic and Driba could see him and they paused in their fighting. "If you don't shut up soon, the special for tonight's dinner is going to be frog legs."
Blukic and Driba blinked their eyes in an inhuman way before grumbling and began working on the teleportor. Duke straightened himself up and looked at the brown-haired teenager.
"I don't know how you put up with them," Duke said.
"Eh, you learn to ignore them," the boy said in a casual tone.
"Yes; I believe you humans refer to it as 'white noise,'" the humanoid being said.
"'Humans?'" Nathan questioned. "Duke, what's going on here?"
"Shouldn't we wait until he returns?" the teenage girl asked.
"Gwen, we don't know when he'll return," the black-haired teenager said. "He'll return when he'll return."
"Kevin's right, Gwen," the brown-haired teenager said. He then walked up to Audrey and Nathan, extending his hand. "Nice to meet you; I'm Ben Tennyson, the universe's best hero."
"And has the ego the size of the universe," the teenage girl said, rolling her eyes and joining Ben. "I'm Gwen Tennyson, Ben's much more mature and humble cousin."
Ben glared at Gwen, who gave him a teasing smile in return. It was obvious to Audrey, Duke, and Nathan that the teasing was just an act and these cousins really did care about each other.
"What's up?" the black-haired teenager said, walking up to them, "name's Kevin Levin." The dog-creature barked, making Kevin smile. "Oh, yeah, she's Zed, my . . . uh . . . alien dog."
"Greetings," the humanoid alien said in a friendly tone, joining the others. "My name is Rook Blonko. I am pleased to meet the law enforcement of this town named Haven."
"You're not human, are you?" Nathan asked, as he shook Rook's hand.
"You are correct. I am a Revonnahgander," Rook said, revealing large pointed upper canines as he spoke.
"And you met our Galvan tech support, Blukic and Driba," Ben said, indicating the small aliens, "the dumbest geniuses in the Milky Way Galaxy."
"Don't believe him! We are real geniuses!" Driba yelled out, indignantly, "although, I am the wisest in the duo."
"No, you're not! I am!" Blukic retorted.
"I am!"
"I am!"
"I am!"
"I am!"
"I am!"
"I am!"
"Oh, good, you're all here," a new voice said behind them.
Audrey, Duke, and Nathan turned around to see a man with dark brown hair and dark eyes walking towards them. He wore a faded white lab coat over a white shirt, a black tie, and a dark mustard yellow vest. He wore black pants and shoes. Around his neck were green-tinted goggles.
Nathan and Audrey were confused. Didn't Duke lock the door? Why didn't they hear him come in? The man stopped in front of Duke.
"Duke Crocker, you look stressed; have a gumball," the man said, taking out a gumball from his coat pocket and placing it in Duke's hand. He then looked at Nathan and Audrey.
"It is nice to meet you, Nathan Wuornos. Is it Chief or Detective now? You must forgive me, I'm still getting use to your dimension," the man said to Nathan. He then looked at Audrey and smiled.
"Might I say, it is both a pleasure and honor finally meeting you, Audrey Parker. If I may be so bold," the man said, bowing and kissed Audrey's hand.
"Um, thank you, Mister . . ." Audrey said.
"Paradox; Professor Paradox at your service," Paradox said.
"Professor Paradox?" Nathan asked in an incredulous tone.
"It's what I call myself. I forgotten my real name several hundred years ago," Paradox said and sat down on a chair. He looked at Nathan, Audrey, and Duke. "You have some many questions in your heads right now you don't know where to start, then I shall start for you: 'How did we get here?' You already know the answer: a Trouble."
"Again, I ask, what is a Trouble?" Kevin asked.
"They'll explain it for you," Paradox said, indicating Audrey, Nathan, and Duke, returning his gaze to them. "From your reaction to Rook, it is fair to say aliens have not visited Earth in your dimension."
"Our dimension?" Audrey asked.
"Imagine your universe as a tree, if you will," Paradox said, standing up, "and our universe as another tree growing somewhere else. We are just a leaf that just landed on your branch."
That actually made sense to Audrey, Nathan, and Duke.
"Can't you . . . go back to your home now?" Duke asked. Paradox smiled, as if amused by Duke's question.
"Oh, if only it were that simple, my dear boy," Paradox said. "To go back to the tree analogy again, someone glued our leaf to your branch."
"You can't leave?" Nathan asked.
"No matter how hard I try," Paradox admitted.
"So this person is bringing people and aliens to Haven from other dimensions?" Nathan asked.
"Not just anyone," Paradox said. Audrey, Nathan, and Duke looked confused. "Think about it: I walk in eternity, the Galvans were testing their teleportor with the children . . ."
"Travel," Audrey said, figuring it out. "The Trouble only works on beings who can travel without human built vehicles."
"Oh, I like her," Paradox said in a low voice to Duke and Nathan, smiling. "Well, since you solved that part, now you know what you must do next: find this Trouble person and free us."
"Wait, don't you know?" Ben asked.
"Me? Weren't you listening? I'm still getting myself use to their dimension," Paradox said. "Besides, I have important issues to attend."
"Like what?" Kevin asked.
"There might be hostile life forms brought here," Paradox said. "Did you even think about that?"
"Um, no," Kevin said.
"Then I should be going," Paradox said, and looked at Audrey, Nathan, and Duke. "Take the children with you, they'll be helpful, and, no, it's not a suggestion."
"Wait," Rook said. "You said aliens have not visited this Earth. Would not my appearance frighten the townspeople?"
"Not at all," Paradox calmly said. "From what they've been through, you'll be a . . . benign surprise."
"Actually, he's right," Duke said.
"Wait, Paradox, how can we—" Audrey started to say, but Paradox was gone. She then looked at Ben and his friends.
"He does that," Ben said and shrugged. "You'll get used to it . . . some day."
"Paradox talked to you like you dealt with these situations regularly," Gwen said to Audrey, Nathan, and Duke. "What do you usually do next?"
"We can stop by the Haven Herald and see if Vince and Dave heard anything like this before," Audrey said.
"Hey, would it be all right if Zed joins us? She's getting antsy staying inside," Kevin asked, indicating Zed pawing at the door.
"I . . . think that will work," Nathan said and Zed perked her ears up and wagged her tail. "But we do have a leash law in Haven."
Zed whined as Duke looked for some rope to use as a makeshift leash.
"Please continue your work on repairing the teleportor," Rook said to Blukic and Driba. Once Zed was ready, they started to leave.
"WAIT!" Blukic and Driba yelled, getting everyone's attention.
"You can't leave us like this! We need nutriments to continue!" Driba exclaimed.
"You want something to eat?" Duke asked.
"Well, if you want to put it in laymen's terms: yes," Blukic said.
"What do you want? Fried cockroaches?" Duke jokingly asked. He did not expect to see Blukic and Driba looking thrilled.
"Can we also have baked snails in blue sauce?" Driba happily asked.
"And metallic favored smoothies?" Blukic asked with a smile.
Duke sighed as he ran his hand down his face.
Cthylla smiled as she dropped the dead body to the ground. She did not know how she arrived in dimension, but she will find out. This place was excellent. These humans with their Troubles were so delicious to feast upon.