Alien Quest: Chapter 1
What if the aliens in the Omnitrix were turned human? Watch how Ben, Gwen and their newest human allies come together to stop three evil forces from taking over Earth. Expect new friendships, romance, comedy, action and suspense!
A young ten year old boy was looking out the window of his grandfather's RV. His emerald green eyes were full of boredom. They drifted down to the green watch like device on his wrist. It was called the Omnitrix. He had found it at the beginning of summer. It was a special device that allowed him to transform into any alien whose DNA was logged into it. So far, he had nineteen aliens in it, but it was capable of containing up to ten thousand. But, right now, he had no reason to use them. It was the first boring day he's had all summer.
"Aw man..." he mumbled.
"Bored Ben?" someone asked from behind him. Ben turned around and met a pair of eyes the same color as his.
"Gwen, what do you want?" he asked in a bored tone.
"We're stopping to get some food from the store. Seeing as you're bored to all heck, why don't you come with us?" Gwen offered.
"I guess so...it's better than sitting here doing nothing." Ben replied.
"Then let's go, doofus." the red haired girl said.
"Hey! You'd better watch it, Gwen!" the brunette boy shouted after her as she ran, laughing all the while.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Ben shouted again. She slammed the door to the RV and locked it, keeping him inside.
"Dammit! I'll get you for this!" he said.
"Maybe someday." Gwen replied, enraging Ben further.
"Fine! But expect a nasty surprise when you get back." he said.
"Whatever." she said nonchalantly. She left with their grandfather to go shopping. Ben sat on the floor and stared up at the ceiling.
"It's no fair. I'm bored as all hell, and she used that to just make me mad. She can be such a dweeb sometimes." he mumbled to himself. Then, he noticed a large objects sitting on a high shelf.
"What is that?" he asked no one. He grabbed a chair from the table and used it to climb up. He took the device from it's perch and looked at it. It was an old computer monitor and keyboard, with a weird claw-like appendage connected to it where the mouse should have been.
"This thing is weird. Let's turn it on and see what happens." Ben said to himself. He pressed the button on the bottom of the monitor and turned it on. The screen changed to a dark green color.
"SEARCHING FOR DEVICE...OMNITRIX DETECTED! BEGIN DNA EXTRACTION PROCESS!" the computer beeped. The claw latched onto the green watch-like device on his wrist.
"H-Hey! Get off the Omnitrix you psycho machine!" Ben shouted. He shook his arm up and down furiously to detach the claw, but to no avail. Then, several images appeared on the screen. He recognized them as the aliens inside the Omnitrix.
"What is going on! Get off!" he shouted. The claw seemed to obey, as it detached itself from the watch. Ben quickly pushed a button on the watch and the face lifted up. The screen opened up, showing a green glowing plate. Normally, a black outlined image would appear of an alien he wished to transform into, but now none of them showed up.
"Hey, where did the aliens go? Wait a minute...they went into the monitor!" Ben exclaimed. He looked onto the screen and saw the images of his aliens on the desktop.
"This is so not good." he groaned. He touched the image of Heatblast, a flame using alien. Then, the image glowed and disappeared off the screen.
"What the-!" he said, surprised. Then, the monitor glowed a bright green color and beeped.
"DNA CONFIGURATION BEGIN." it said. Then, a bright flash of light blinded Ben. A strong burst of energy through him against the wall. He screamed as a wave of pain flew through his body. He fell to the floor and coughed a little bit. When he looked up, he saw something he never would've expected. A young boy, about his age, was unconscious by the computer monitor. He had spiky red hair with yellow highlights. His skin was a tanned color. He wore an outfit similar to Ben's.
"Who is that?" Ben asked. He crawled over and gently shook the boy on the shoulder.
"Hey, wake up." he said. The boy moaned slightly in his sleep and rolled over.
"Aw man, this isn't gonna be easy." the brunette said. Then, the machine beeped again.
"Now what do you want?" Ben shouted. Then, the symbols for XLR8, an alien that can run at sonic speeds, and Diamondhead, a crystalline alien capable of firing diamond shards from his body, disappeared off the screen. The monitor started glowing again.
"Uh oh." he muttered. He jumped behind the counter and heard the energy being released. He looked over his hiding place and saw two new arrivals. One was a girl with long teal blue hair. Her tips were dyed black. Her skin was light and soft. The second was a young boy. He had bright green hair and his skin was very smooth. It seemed to glisten in the sunlight.
"Dammit, what now?" the young Tennyson boy asked, about ready to tear his hair out. Then, Gwen opened the door.
"Sorry, I forgot-WHAT THE HELL?" she shouted in shock.
"Gwen! I-I can explain...oh who am I kidding? No I can't. HELP ME!" Ben shouted in desperation. She laughed a little seeing her cousin act completely helpless.
"Okay, now, calm down and tell me exactly what you screwed up with." she said in as serious a tone as she could muster at the moment. Ben explained everything that happened, starting from when he found the monitor on the shelf. Then, she noticed the machine glowing again.
"Um, Ben? You said that the monitor glowed when it was about to release energy, right?" she asked.
"I just said that." he replied.
"Well then RUN!" she shouted. He saw the monitor and jumped behind the counter again, this time with his cousin right next to him. The energy released at that moment almost threw them out the window. The two young Tennyson kids were forced against the wall, being blown back by the massive energy wave that was just released.
"Ow..." Ben muttered, rubbing his sore arm. Gwen looked over the counter and gasped. The three kids lying on the ground before were now on the other side of the room. But now, three new kids were in their place. The first newcomer had dark orange hair. His skin was a dark tan color, making him look like he was from the tropics. The second was another young boy with light silver, almost white, hair. He seemed shorter than the others. His skin was a pale white color, similar to the green haired boy from before. The last kid was yet another boy. He had sea-green hair and seemed fairly muscular. His skin was a dark peach color, showing that he seemed to be out in the sun a lot.
"Where are these kids coming from?" Gwen asked. Ben walked over to the monitor.
"After that last burst, it must need to recharge." he said, examining it.
"Well, we should look after these six new guys." Gwen said. They took the six kids to their room and lied them down in a comfortable position. Being somewhat trained in medical procedures, Gwen took their temperatures and checked for any injuries, both external and internal. After that was done, the two kids made sure they got their sleep, so they closed the door to the room.
"Now, what do we do with this?" Ben asked, holding the monitor.
"We need to hide it. If what you told me is true, then your aliens are still in that thing." she said. They looked into the screen and saw thirteen alien icons on the desktop.
"Um, Ben? You had nineteen aliens, so why are their only thirteen on the screen?" Gwen asked.
"I dunno. Wait a minute...you don't think that..." he started.
"Oh...My...God..." she replied.
"Those kids are the aliens!" they exclaimed at their sudden realization. Then, they heard knocking at their door.
"Who is it?" Ben asked, hoping it wasn't who he thought it was.
"Ben, Gwen? It's Grandpa Max. Open up." their grandfather replied. Both kids cursed under their breath.
"Gwen, go answer the door. I'll stay with the others in our room." he said to his cousin. She opened the door as Ben went inside with the others.
"Hi Grandpa!" Gwen said cheerfully.
"Hello Gwen. Well, you sure seem chipper today. I was wondering what was taking you so long." Max replied.
"Oh, well, I had to search for it, so it took me awhile." she said.
"Okay, but you should be a bit more responsible and make sure you clean up after yourself." he said. She pretended to look disappointed and nodded.
"Okay, Grandpa." she said. He put the groceries on the counter and looked around.
"Hey, where's Ben?" he asked.
"Oh, he's in his room. He told me not to go in, since he's doing God knows what in there." she said.
"I'm just gonna check on him." Max said.
"Oh no! There's no need for that! Ben has the watch, remember? He can handle himself." the young girl said. Max began to grow suspicious.
"Okay, what are you two hiding?" he asked.
"We're not hiding anything, don't be silly." Gwen replied as seriously as she could. Max, however, didn't buy it. He opened Ben's door...but found the young boy just changing his clothes.
"Ah! Grandpa, didn't your mother teach you to knock?" he protested, covering his topless torso with his shirt.
"Oh, um, sorry Ben. Guess I'll leave you to your business." the older man replied, still a little concerned. He walked out of the room.
"How did you? Where did they? What did you?" Gwen tried to ask her questions but she was too shocked to see Ben actually use his brain.
"I don't even know how it happened, but I just tapped them on the shoulder like so and they disappeared." the boy replied. He waved his arm in the air, and suddenly the red haired boy became visible. Gwen's jaw dropped. Ben made the others reappear as well.
"Do you have any idea how I got the power to do this?" he asked her.
"Well, maybe since the Omnitrix is woven into your DNA, you have the powers of the aliens as long as they're not in the watch. That intangibility power must come from Ghostfreak." she replied.
"So, I have the powers of all the heroes and I don't even have to go hero? That is awesome!" Ben said happily.
"I see. The energy bursts from the monitor must've allowed you to absorb the alien's powers." Max said, walking into the room. He had spotted the monitor and decided to indirectly get the truth from the two.
"That's gotta be it! Thanks Grandpa! Oh wait a minute..." Both Tennyson children looked up with fear at their grandfather.
"Um...um...um...um...we can explain, you see..." Gwen started.
"I'm sorry! I didn't know what happened! The stupid thing hooked up to the watch, I tried to get it off, but it just wouldn't and then the lights and these guys came out of nowhere and the aliens were gone and turned human and I have their powers and I have no idea what the hell I'm doing right now, but I'm sorry and I tried to stop it!" Ben shouted out. Max smiled.
"It's okay. I knew this would happen sooner or later." he said.
"You did?" the two kids asked in unison.
"Yeah, I figured this would happen." he replied.
"Oh great...we went through all that for nothing..." Ben muttered. Max chuckled a little bit as his grandchildren took a seat at the table.
"Now, that monitor Ben found is called the Omni-Conversion Module. It was designed to overpower the Omnitrix in case some evil force, like Vilgax or the Forever Knights, ever got their hands on it. However, a glitch occurred that would turn the aliens human and gave the Omnitrix's owner the powers of the aliens. Unfortunately, we haven't found a cure for it yet." he explained.
"So, the aliens are stuck like this?" Ben asked, looking at the watch.
"Hey, maybe this is actually better for everyone." Gwen said thoughtfully.
"How so?" Max asked.
"Well, the aliens get their own lives to live, Ben gets to still play the hero and we get some new friends. I don't see any negatives in this situation." she explained.
"Ugh...what happened?" someone asked from the other room. The three Tennyson family members looked into the room and saw the red haired boy finally waking up.
"That must be Heatblast..." Gwen whispered.
"Where am I?" Heatblast asked.
"Yo, Heatblast!" Ben said, alerting the red haired teen to their presence.
"Ben? What the hell is going on here?" he asked.
"It's a really long story that we'll explain later after we wake the others up." Gwen said, walking over to the unconscious girl next to him. She gently shook her, but she only sighed in her sleep and rolled over.
"C'mon, get up!" the red haired girl said, but to no avail.
"Here, let me try something." Heatblast said. He took a feather from the pillow and held it under her nose. She wrinkled it and sneezed, effectively waking her up.
"Huh, what? I'm up." she said tiredly. She rubbed her eye to wake up.
"Good work, Alvin." Ben said.
"Alvin?" Max asked.
"Yeah. That's Heatblast's human name. It means 'Noble Friend'" his grandson replied.
"You got that off the web, didn't you?" Gwen asked.
"Why would you think that?" the brunette boy asked innocently. He quickly closed the laptop under the counter and set it back in it's original spot.
"Alvin, huh? I like it." the newly named boy said, nodding in agreement.
"Heatblast? Or should I say Alvin? Oh My God what happened?" the girl asked.
"XLR8, please, calm down." Alvin said.
"XLR8 is a girl?!" Ben asked in complete shock.
"So, Ben, this means that every time you turned into her, you actually became a girl." Gwen said, a sly smile on her face.
"Shut up." he replied.
"It's a long story, but we're okay." Alvin said to her.
"Well, Alvin, you and Amy here are allowed to stay with us for the remainder of the summer." Max said.
"Amy? I wanted to name them..." Ben complained.
"That sounds like a nice name." Amy replied.
"Okay then, Amy it is!" Gwen exclaimed, obviously happy that there was another girl in the RV.
"Now, what about the others?" Alvin asked.
"We'll explain everything when they wake up." Max said.
"Well, I really wanna know, so someone get something to wake these lazy bums up." Amy said, poking one of the boys. The boy she poked actually starting waking up.
"Cool! I woke him up!" she said energetically.
"I can't really blame her for being so full of energy." Gwen said to herself, considering that Amy was XLR8. The boy looked around with his orange eyes.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"You're okay, you're with friends." Ben said.
"Ben! What the hell is going on here?" he asked.
"It's a long story." Alvin said.
"Heatblast? XLR8? Why are we human?" he asked.
"Diamondhead, they told us that they'd tell us when the rest of you woke up." Amy said.
"Well then, I'll just have to wake them up myself." the orange eyed boy said. He looked at the boy sleeping next to him and quickly jabbed him in the stomach.
"OW!" he cried in pain.
"Get your ass up!" Diamondhead said. The orange haired boy groaned in pain as he sat up.
"I think you punched him a little too hard, Danny." Ben said.
"Sorry." Danny replied.
"What the hell was that for?" the orange haired boy asked. The other three aliens-turned-human looked at him like he had three heads.
"What? Did I say something wrong?" he asked.
"Oh my God, Wildmutt is talking!" Amy exclaimed.
"I need to sit down for a minute." Alvin said, going to the table and pulling up a chair.
"It's a miracle!" Danny said. The three Tennysons laughed at their reactions. Then, a small explosion was heard outside.
"What was that?" Max asked. The seven looked out the various windows and saw a teenage girl in a purple robe blasting various buildings. She had long silver hair and purple eyes.
"Charmcaster!" Gwen exclaimed, her voice dipped in venom. She grabbed her spellbook and ran out the door.
"Gwen, wait!" Amy shouted, but it was too late.
"Everett, you stay here and guard these two." Max said, naming the new boy. He nodded in response.
"You can count on me!" he said.
"Wait a minute! With us out of the watch, Ben's powerless and so are we!" Alvin said.
"That's what you think." Ben said, a small flame burning in his hand. He ran out the door to assist his cousin.
"We're going too. We can't stand by and let those two get hurt." Danny said. He, Amy and Alvin left after them. Max sighed to himself.
"Everett, you want to go too, right?" he asked the last boy.
"Yeah, but you already gave me a responsibility." he replied.
"Go ahead. I'll watch these two. You can help the others." Max said with a smile.
"You're the best, Grandpa!" Everett exclaimed. He hugged the older man before rushing out to help his friends.
(Current Day: City Street)
Charmcaster was having too much fun causing this much trouble.
"This is too fun." she said to herself. Then, a blue blast of magical energy knocked her down. She looked at her attacker and grit her teeth.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Gwen? What a surprise." she said in a sickly sweet tone.
"Shut it, Charmcaster. I'm not here to play. I'm here to stop you!" Gwen said, preparing another spell.
"Are you still using those weakling spells? You've had that book for how long now? Surely you would've tried the more advanced spells by now. You must be too afraid to use them." the spell caster said, grinning evilly. If looks could kill, she would've been dead before she hit the ground. Gwen charged up more energy and flipped a page in her book.
"Are you so sure about that? Statos Imencia!" she called. A mass of magical energy took the shape of a giant star and hurdled itself at Charmcaster. The sorceress was taken aback. She was shocked that Gwen had been able to master this spell at only ten years of age. The star made impact, sending her flying to the other end of the street. She emerged from the small crater she made in the wall of a brick building.
"Ugh...I'll admit, you've improved since we last met. But, so have I." she said. She drew out a long staff and fired a large blast of energy from it. Before it hit Gwen, someone used super speed to grab her and bring her away from the blast.
"Gwen, you okay?" Ben asked.
"Ben? When did you get super speed?" Gwen asked.
"The Tennyson boy? I'm surprised he's not in alien form." Charmcaster said. Then, a large fireball was thrown at her from behind. She landed on the ground. Alvin revealed himself from the shadows.
"Who are you?" Charmcaster asked.
"Who me? I'm your worst nightmare." Alvin replied coolly.
"I'll enjoy seeing you twist in the wind." the sorceress said evilly. Then, Amy appeared and used her super speed to create a large funnel of wind around her.
"The feeling's mutual!" she said. As Charmcaster was lifted off the ground, Amy jumped into the air and kicked her into the ground again.
"Alright! They still have their powers!" Gwen exclaimed.
"We figured it out when Amy was able to outrun a jet flying overhead." Danny said, coming over to the two Tennyson children. Charmcaster looked around at her opponents. Everett had joined Alvin and Amy and prepared to attack.
"Six on one, huh That's too much for me. See you later." Charmcaster disappeared in a flash.
"Wuss." Gwen said.
"Are you okay?" Alvin asked.
"Yeah, we're fine." Ben replied.
"Hey, where'd that woman go? She stole something from me!" a man said.
"What'd she steal?" Everett asked him.
"It was an energy core that can power any device. I don't know what she plans on doing with it, but it can't be good." the man replied. The six kids looked at each other concernedly.
(Later: Max's RV)
"I think the Negative 10 are up to something again." Ben said.
"Yeah, but what?" Gwen asked.
"Maybe they needed the energy to power some new machine they built." Amy suggested.
"That just seems to typical. We may need reinforcement." Alvin said.
"You just want the others out in the real world." Everett pointed out.
"Is that a bad thing?" he retorted. Everett thought about it and shook his head.
"You have a good point." he said.
"Wait, what about us?" the silver haired boy asked. He and the other boy had woken up before.
"Grey Matter, or should I say George, you and Ripjaws – I mean Richard – are going to help out as well, so don't worry." Amy said.
"She still isn't getting their names right." Alvin said.
"Well, their names are close to each other!" she replied.
"Whatever." Richard replied, rolling his eyes. He moved his sea green hair out of his face.
"Back to business!" Gwen said, catching their attention.
"Right. We need to find out why Charmcaster stole that energy source." Max said.
"I think I know how, but we're going to need a new person on our team for this plan to work." Alvin said.
"Who is it?" George asked.
"We're going to need Fourarms for this one. He's the only one who can break into the Forever Knight's base." the red haired boy replied.
"So, you want to break into their base and eavesdrop on their plans?" Danny asked.
"That's it in a nutshell." Alvin replied.
"Wow, brilliant plan." Gwen said sarcastically.
"Gwen, shut it before I barbecue your butt." the ten year old replied. He approached the monitor sitting in the corner and turned it on. Finding the right symbol, he press the button and ducked behind the counter.
"Hit the deck!" Everett shouted. The others ducked somewhere as well just before the energy wave was released. When it passed, they looked over and saw a young boy unconscious by the monitor. He had short, ruffled red hair.
"It worked." Danny said.
"Phew, that was close." George said.
"Alright, who's waking him up, cause I sure as heck ain't!" Amy said. Gwen pushed Ben towards the boy while he was distracted, making him land on the boy's stomach. He woke up with a groan.
"Sorry." Ben said.
"Ugh...it's no problem, I'm fine." the boy replied. He looked at Ben with his dark brown, almost black, eyes.
"What the hell!? How did I turn human?" he asked.
"It's a long story." Ben said. They explained the current situation to him and he nodded.
"I get it. Now, it's just the matter of getting to their base, right?" he asked.
"Yeah, Freddy's right. We need to find the safest and sneakiest way inside." Gwen said. Freddy smiled at the name.
"Let's get going!" Amy said. Max took the driver's seat and headed towards the Forever Knight's base, with the nine kids in tow.
Okay, I'm pretty sure the "Aliens turn human" idea has been used before, but I decided to take a chance with it. I know I rushed some of them, but those seven aliens are imperative to the early plot. If one of your favs (Ghostfreak, Stinkfly, etc.) hasn't been featured yet, don't worry. They'll make an appearance soon. I hope you enjoy and please review!