CHAPTER 1: Ben Tennyson
Earth. A place identical to our world, Remnant. Despite their near identical attributes, like it's government, it's forces and it's dangers, Remnant and Earth are lightyears away from each other. However, the current Earth is now more advanced than our own. They are capable of using technology, which allows them to go to places far from their planet. They are capable of traveling through time, destroy other celestial bodies into dust, and even create an entire universe from scratch.
Something we have not achieved yet.
But among all their weapons is the Omnitrix. It allows the wielder to be in the shoes of different beings in a single flash.
It's current and only wielder is a boy who, despite his naive personality, has used its power to for selfless acts to save multiple innocent lives.
We need someone like him.
Remnant is doomed to fall...should he not save us from the coming storm...
Have no doubt, dear friend. There is an unknown force in our multiverse that helps all those in need...Your world will be saved, the least you expect it.
~ O ~
"I'll just see you later, Rook. I need to go say hi to mom. After all, it's been a year." Ben said to his partner on the Proto-TRUK. It has indeed been a year since Ben, Rook, Gwen and Kevin traveled the universe, hoping to see wonderful sights during their field trip.
"Are you certain? I can drive you there. You have no need to walk there." Rook responed, smiling at Ben.
Ben showed his Omnitrix. "Hey. Who says I'm walking there?" He said, and smirks. Rook simply chuckled.
"Very well. You take care...Partner." Rook said as he closed the door's window and left.
Ben waved as he sees the high tech truck drive awy. "You too, partner." He said to the wind. Ben then fiddled with his watch. Spinning the dial, looking for something fast, something that can fly, or probably both.
"XLR8...Fasttrack...Jetray...Meh. Let's try Astrodactyl." He said and slams the dial. However, instead of his pterodactyl alien, he accidentaly turned into...Blitzwolfer.
"Really? Darn it. Sometimes I hate this watch." He then looks at the sidewalk and road infront of him and sighed. "I guess I'm gonna walk after all." He said as he picks up his bag and began walking.
Until he hears a nearby explosion.
"Right now?" He sighed. "Fine. I just hope Blitzwolfer's the right form for this job." He said as he ran towards the chaos.
Blitzwolfer arrived in time at the city to see Fisttrick holding an orange bag. It seems loaded. And when Ben sees a criminal carrying a loaded bag while an explosion occurs behind the criminal, it's bad news.
"What's in the bag, Fisttrick?" Blitzwolfer growled at the wrestler. Fisttrick just laughed.
"Bro, its been a year. Where have ya been, bro?" The wrestler taunted. Blitzwolfer growled, angrier than before and charged forward, running on all fours.
"Here. Catch this, bro!" Fisttrick said as he takes out a small cube from the bag and throws it at Ben. The cube then broke into pieces and released a small black hole. "What...did...you...do...to me?" Blitzwolfer said as he gets sucked into the black hole. And disappeared.
"It's called a Dimension Rift Grenade, bro! Very illegal in 5 galaxies, bro. Consider it as my welcome gift to ya." Fisttrick said and laughed evily as he runs away with a bag of DRGs.
~ O ~
Ruby, Weiss and Blake go through the Emerald Forest, looking for Yang. Why is she missing, you ask? Cardin apparently messed with her hair, and now Yang is chasing after him and his team in the forest of Grimm.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaang!" Ruby shouted. Weiss covered her mouth.
"Shush. We don't wanna attract any Grimm." Weiss said. Ruby took Weiss' hand off her mouth and whispered.
"How will we find Yang then?" The red hooded girl said to the Ice Queen. Weiss was about to say something, until they hear Blake shout and stumble as she backs away from a bright purple light.
Blake rubs her head and stands up. "What was that?" She asked her allies. Ruby and Weiss looked at each other then looked at Blake and walked towards her.
"What was that light?" Weiss asked. Ruby, Weiss and Blake all leaned forward to see what made the flash...and saw a giant werewolf. The three all jumped back. "A Beowolf?" Ruby asked.
The werewolf stood up and looked at the three girls. "Man that hurt. Where am I?" the werewolf suddenly spoke. The girls jumped back further.
"A TALKING Beowolf?!" Weiss screamed. Ruby brought out her scythe, Weiss brought her rapier and Blake brought out her sword. "Kill it!" Ruby yelled.
Blitzwolfer tried to protest. "Hey, hey, hey. Calm down. I'm just a dude-" He was about to press his Omnitrix to turn back to human. But he was cut off when Ruby makes a huge scythe swing at him. Blitzwolfer managed to dodge.
"Stop. You don't understand. I'm-" He tried talking it out again. But Weiss slided forward, attempting to impale him. Blitzwolfer opened his quadra-hinged muzzle and made a sonic howl to throw her off. Weiss was blown away from the powerful howl. "Didn't mean to do that!" the alien werewolf said.
But then he was knocked out when Blake hit him on the head. "I didn't know Beowolves could talk and make sonic howls." Blake said. Blake was about to behead him, but then a beeping sound was heard coming from the werewolf and then, after a bright green flash, the wolf was now a human boy.
RWB was shocked at what they saw and at what they nearly did. "What...how...is that even possible?" Weiss said. Ruby just had her mouth opened wide. Blake knelt down to check the brunette boy.
Blake observed and looks at his face. "He's...human?" The girls just have their jaws open, looking at the boy.
Ben woke up and stood up. "Sheesh. What is it with me and women trying to kill me?" He yelled to himself.
Blake pointed her sword at Ben's neck. "Who...or what are you?" Blake questioned.
Ben was startled and raised his hands up, as if he was surrendering. "Woah, woah hey! Come on! It's me! Ben Tennyson! Greatest hero of Earth? Savior of the Universe? Ring any bells?" Ben responded.
Ruby and Weiss stared at each other while Blake still aimed her sword at the brunette.
"What's Earth?" Ruby asked. Weiss facepalmed and said, "Earth is a mythical planet that can be found on the books of children. That or the very floor we are stepping on now."
Ben stared at Weiss. "What? Earth is an actual planet! Earth is this very planet we're living on!" He yelled. but Blake aimed the blade at Ben's forehead this time.
"Earth is a myth. We are in Remnant." Blake responded. Ben blinked. Was this another alternate dimension like Rex's world? Or is he dead and these girls are angels? Wait...What?
Ben stood up and touches the blade with his finger. "Now whatever misunderstanding we had, let's talk it out. I'll try to explain this with whatever knowledge I have right now. Assuming I have one..." He said to Blake. Blake calmed down, sheathing her sword on her back.
"Don't freak out okay?" Ben said as he reached out for his Omnitrix. RWB all stared at him in confusion. Ben activated the dial and searched for Grey Matter. "Come on, please give me someone smart enough to expalin this." He whispered to his watch. He slammed the power watch and created a bright emerald flash, nearly blinding the girls, who just covered their eyes.
Ben then starts transforming into a mechanical humanoid in a green outfit, with the exception of his head and shoulders being a bluish-purple color. He has four fingers on each hand, which are apparently gloved. He has nozzles/openings, from which he can eject gas. He has two on both of his arms, one on each of his shoulders, three on the rim in between his shoulders, three on his head, one on his back and one in the center of his posterior. He has a belt with a window on his stomach so that the gas he uses can be seen.
Ben is now...Gutrot. "Seriously?" Gutrot said and sighed. "Fine. At least Gutrot's smart enough." He said. RWB was still dumbfounded by what they saw. This boy could turn into other creatures!
"What are YOU!?" Weiss shouted. Blake took 3 steps back. Ruby however...
"How did you do that? Quick! Turn into something else!" She said, starts seemingly replacing her eyes.
"Now now, settle down. Lemme explain." Gutrot responded.
~ O ~
After 10 minutes, Ben, with Gutrot's form and inteligence, explained about the timestream, a point in space-time where all past, present and future timelines meet and intersect. It's a place where the timelines branch and shift. He also explained about the multiverse (or meta-universe), the set of infinite or finite possible universes (including the Universe they consistently experience) that together comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, and energy as well as the physical laws and constants that describe them. The various universes within the multiverse are sometimes called parallel universes or "alternate universes".
And for obvious reasons, only Weiss understood. And then Ben and Weiss had a conversation.
"So let me get this straight. You're from another universe?" "Yes."
"From Earth, a real planet in your dimension?" "Yes."
"Which is a mythical planet in our dimension?" "Yes."
"And you're a hero in your dimension?" "How many times have you said dimension? And yes."
There was silence. "...How the fu-?" Weiss was about to say something but she was interrupted when they heard team CRDL running away and towards Beacon.
"Finally, Yang's here." Blake said. However, to RWB's surprise, she was also running away and towards her team.
"3...Never...MORES!" She shouted as she ran. RWB was startled. They could handle one, but three? Well, shit.
"Uhhhh...what's a Nevermore?" Gutrot said. "Trouble!" Ruby said as she pointed at the sky. Take a guess. Three Nevermores.
Ben looked at them. He wasn't fazed one bit. He's fought giant birds like that, similar to Animo's creations.
"Those bird brains? Meh. I got this." Gutrot puts his arms in front of him and released his sleeping gas. However, to his surprise, it did not let the giant Grimm birds sleep, and only made them angrier as the they swoop down on them. Fortunately, they managed to duck in time to evade. RWBY, including Ben, stood up.
"You just made them angrier, you...what are you?" Yang said.
"In this form, they call me Gutrot. So, sleeping gas doesn't work on these things, huh? Better try something else." He replied. A beep is heard from his Omnitrix logo and he turns back to human form after a bright flash.
Yang was dumbfounded at what she saw. She looked at her teammates. "We'll..I mean, he'll explain later. Right now, we need to run or fight." Weiss responded.
Ben fiddled with his watch. Humungasaur can't fly. Way Big would be overkill... He said in his mind.
"Meh. Bigger is better." Ben said as he stopped the dial, prompting Way Big's icon. He slammed the dial and starts transforming and growing to a titan-like size.
Team RWBY stared at him as he grew in size and change appearance. Ruby was thought it was cool, Weiss shivered in fear, Blake, unknown to herself, drops Gambol Shroud and Yang...smirked.
"I've seen bigger." She said. Bow Chika Bow Wow. I mean...right right, the story... Way Big now towers down the three birds. Now, the Nevermores are now as small as pidgeons to him.
"Heh. Not so tough now, huh?" Way Big taunted the Grimm. However, the Nevermores just starting flying and pecking on him, similar to how actual birds try to annoy humans. "Ow ow ow, hey! Cut that out!" The giant said, as he claps his hands together to smash one Nevermore.
RWBY saw the action (if there is even one) and were impressed a little. "One down." Blake said.
Way Big then swatted the next Nevermore to ground and, crossing his arms in front of him like a giant "X", blasted it with his cosmic ray. The giant bird monster was incinerated.
"Woah." Ruby just said, totally fangirling deep inside, while her teammates just turned pale white at what they saw. He destroyed two Nevermores with ease when it took the entire team to kill just one.
Way Big was about to stomp on the last one, but then the Omnitrix timed out and changed him back to human. "Oh come one. Really? Right now?" Ben complained. Team RWBY ran up to him.
"You were awesome!" Ruby yelled.
"What are you doing? You were killing them left and right? Why'd you change back?" Yang said.
Ben pointed at his Omnitrix. "This thing turns me into those alien things. And it needs to recharge every after transformation." He explained. Then the Nevermore landed near them and made a loud screech at them.
"Alright. At least we can handle this without your help. Thank you for your assistance." Weiss said as team RWBY ready themselves.
Ben still fiddled his Omnitrix, hoping to find something that can at least help. Looks his hero spotlight is being stolen. "Where's Rook when you need...oh right. He's still at Earth." He said as he spins the dial.
Meanwhile, team RWBY now fight off the bird. They don't have the mountain or the pillars to help them this time. They'll have to improvise. "Blake, Yang. Cover us. Weiss, you and I will-" Ruby was cut off when they heard a zapping noise behind them. She turned to see Ben transforming into a feline-like alien with a black suit-like color scheme. His hands, legs, part of his head, and chest are colored blue. He has spikes on his hands and legs. He also has black Wolverine mask-like fins around his green eyes. He has a triangle-shaped nose, and a thunderbolt-like design down his chest.
"Fasttrack!" the blue alien yelled and ran towards the Nevermore with enourmous speed. Ruby, this time, was just surprised. He had a form that could match her speeds. Ruby just froze.
Fasttrack made a tornado below the Grimm by running in circles. The Grimm was starting to get thrown off.
"ComeonandhitthisthingalreadyIthinkI'mgettingdizzy!" Fasttrack said in a very fast pace that would make Oobleck jealous.
"Ummmmm...what...exactly did he say?" Blake asked her friends. Yang shrugged.
"Dunno. Let's just pound that thing!" the blonde replied and shot multiple shells at the beast. Blake and Weiss followed, firing and blasting at the Grimm. Ruby, however, was still in awe.
He's fast. He's strong. He's...AWESOME!
She thought to herself and started firing.
10 minutes later...
Team RWBY, alongside Ben, who is now in human form, are now tired after dealing with a bunch of Grimm. "Man...You guys are cool. I mean girls." Ben said as he pants and wheezes for air. However, Ruby rushed over to him.
"Are you kidding me? You can do what we can do! Quick! Turn into something that can fly!" Ruby said, surprising Ben.
"No. We need to go back to Beacon. Who knows how many more Grimm will attack us." Blake said as she sheathes her sword. "And you're coming with us." Weiss said, as she pointed at Ben. Ben looked at his left and his right, then at his back. Then he points at himself. "Me?" he asked. "YES YOU!" Weiss yelled, scaring Ben, making him jump backwards.
"Man, you're just like Gwen!" Ben replied. "We don't who and what you are. You better explain this to our headmaster. He's the best we can talk to right now." Blake suggested.
"Headmaster. You guys from a school of heroes or something?" Ben said sarcastically and laughed.
"Actually, we are." Yang replied. Ben stopped laughing and had a shocked look on his face.
"Well, are we headed or what? My knees are starting to ache." Weiss said. Team RWBY then walked back to Beacon, with Ben, still confused, following behind.