A fusion fall fanfiction based on lightning bird's AU. Enjoy!
"Are you feeling alright Ben?" Asked his best friend Dexter. The silence coming from the older teen told Dexter that the answer was no. Dexter looked thoughtful for a moment remembering the argument that he Gwen and Kevin had the other day. They left him for college a few months ago and they never told him. It just goes to show how terrible they really were. On the other hand Dexter was still amazed that Ben was going through a social crisis and can still be seen slurping down a Mr. Smothy without a care in the world.
"Is Ben with you Dexter? We have some kid and a Galvin claiming that they know him and they won't leave until they see him." Said Number 4 calling Dexter on the monitor looking a bit annoyed. Dexter then sighed knowing that he just couldn't ignore a C.O.M.B.U.S.T even petty ones like this one. After sighing once more out of frusteration he said,"Bring them in." As if on cue the mysterious boy and the Galvin teleported themselves inside the laboratory with both of them cover in goo with the Galvin looking as though he were annoyed before leaving. Dexter then stared at the boy who didn't budge from the spot. Ben was still sitting in Dexter's favorite chair with his eye wide surprised at what he was looking at when he saw him dropping the smoothly in the process.
"Ben. Do you know him?" Asked Dexter clearly not understanding what he was looking at. Once out of his state of shock Ben said,"Dexter, I would like you to meet the me from dimension 23." Ben 23 then offered Dexter his hand but refused to shake it since he was still covered in goo.
"Oh yeah, I bet you are wondering why Azmuth brought me here. You see there was this slime monster attacking the town. Totally kicked his but. Used electrity to defeat it but it left a big mess which is why Azmuth brought me here so who's the kid? Are you babysitting or something?" Said Ben 23 as Dexter continued to stare.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Dexter said still confused as to what is going on.
"You never asked." Ben replied.
"Hey, what does this button do?"
"Touch that button and I swear that I will break your fingers one by one until you can't write!" Dexter threatened as Ben 23 began to turn white stepping away from the controls. Both Ben's then stuttered realizing that Dexter can be scary when he wants to be. That was when Ben's phone began to ring. It was Kevin trying to apologize along with Gwen but Ben put the cell on ignore. He was still angry at them for abandoning him for collage and not giving him a heads up in advance. He was cool with them going to college but he still thought that it wasn't right for them to just leave him in the dark like that.
"Apologizes." Dexter said as an effort to break the awkward silence.
"Whoa what happened between Ben and that Kevin guy? He looks mad." Said Ben 23 asked clearly concerned as they both stared at him. "I saw his name on Ben's cell. There is that and I am trying to empathize with people better."
"Honestly, I did not expect that word to come out of you." Said Dexter still staring.
"Hey, I know what the word empathy means! Azmuth taught it to me!" Ben 23 snapped.
"Sorry... my mind is still trying to process this... situation." Dexter admitted while Ben 23 accepted his apology. "So... do you know me in your... dimension?" Dexter asked while Ben 23 looked thoughtful for a moment.
"I guess that we could just run and find out wether or not you exist in my dimension. Good luck trying to get to my dimension though, they are still trying to clean up the mess I made and Professor Paradox is nowhere to be seen." Replied Ben 23 only to be ca bit concerned when Dexter had a smirk on his face. Surprisingly the three agreed on going to Mr. Smoothy first before agreeing on a plan. Though the trio couldn't help but feel like they are being watched. Ben motioned the two to follow since he was the first to noticed that there was something behind the trash can.
"Guess we finally found our stalker." Said Ben while Dexter stared at the stalker not believing what he was seeing. The 'stalker' looked like him back when he was still eight years old but the only difference was that this Dexter was a red head and had green eyes. In fact this Dexter didn't have the accent and he seemed to have number twelve's personality. Dexter on the other have couldn't help but worry about the kid since he had scars that could barely be seen.
"Don't hurt me. I'm working, I'm working." Said the younger version of Dexter who appeared to be a bit traumatized while the regular Dexter only rolled his eyes at this and muttered,"Great, this is the ego trip incident all over again."
"Say what now?" Said Ben with Dexter not realizing that he has overheard.
"It is a very long and complicated story." Dexter said not feeling up to explaining said incident to his best friend. He then looked at his other self and said,"Look, we are not going to hurt you. Why don't you just come out and explain to us why you are here." The younger boy then gave the trio a thoughtful look still decided if he should tell them.
"Let's just say that I came here by accident with one of my experiments and my folks are rather... abusive. I honestly would prefer it if I didn't come back." The younger Dexter said shyly. This shocked Ben but mostly Dexter since he knew that back in his dimension his parents were neglectful but not abusive. It explained those small scars that his counterpart had and it horrified him to think what his parents would be capable of if they ever turned absive towards him. However there was one thing that the thee could agree on if this version of Dexter's claim was true and it was that they were going to make sure that this Dexter stay out of that home.