The Incursean Invasion-Part 1
Bellwood Expressway
"Hey! What's the holdup?" Ben Tennyson yelled out the window of the Plumber truck. He could see a traffic jam that seemed to stretch for miles. "Isn't this supposed to be the expressway?" he fumed. "Bellwood needs to fix this congestion!" Ben started tapping his fingers on the armrest.
"Cut that out Ben!" said Rook Blanco, Ben's new alien partner after Gwen and Kevin left for university.
"Sorry!" Ben said. "I need a way to pass the time. This traffic doesn't seem to be moving anytime soon."
"Well, playing the violin with your thumbs is not helping," said Rook.
"Oh, you mean fiddling with my thumbs."
"These Earth expressions you use make no sense at all," complained Rook.
Suddenly, a loud explosion occurred and a giant hole appeared in the middle of the highway. Out of the hole zoomed one alien ship after another.
"I wonder what the population of Undertown is so worried about. Why are they all fleeing the city?" exclaimed Ben.
A green alien with five eyes provided the answer. "The Incurseans are coming! The Incurseans are coming!" he screamed.
"Pssh!" Ben snorted. "The last time I beat those toads, they swore they would never come back. This is going to be a piece of cake!"
"Let's head back to Plumber HQ just in case," said Rook.
Plumber HQ
When the duo arrived at the headquarters, the place was in full panic mode. Alarms were blaring and people were running all over the place. A lone figure stood on top of the crisis management desk trying to restore order, but nothing seemed to be working. Just then, the person spotted Ben.
"Hi Ben! How's my grandson been?" he asked.
"Hi Grandpa Max! Can we cut short the chitchat? I hear there's going to be an invasion," yelled Ben. It was the only way Grandpa Max could hear him over the din.
"For starters, you can calm these plumbers down so we can organize a defense plan. Try transforming into one of your aliens, preferably Echo-Echo," screamed Max into Ben's ear.
Ben transformed into said alien and projected his sonic boom attack around the room, shattering the glass windows. That seemed to wake everyone up.
"Ok everybody, listen up. We need to stall the Incurseans long enough for us to prepare a counterattack. What do you guys suggest?" Max said as Ben transformed back to normal.
"We have a planetary shield that should delay them for a bit Magister Tennyson," one Plumber said.
"Go erect it. We don't have much time before the Incurseans get here," said Max.
The plumber pushed a button and a satellite projected a dome of pick energy that enveloped the planet.
"What can I do Grandpa? I want to help!" asked Ben.
"Sorry buddy, you'll have to deal with a more immediate problem," said his grandpa.
Max turned on the television and they watched as hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the headquarters.
"You want me to deal with this?" Ben asked. "I could be out there repelling an invasion and you want me to speak to angry residents?"
"No doubt they're angry about the alien population in Undertown. Because you wear the Omnitrix, you might be able to convince them that the aliens are all right. We don't want to be fighting a two front war, you know," explained Max.
"All right, I'll see what I can do" said Ben, resentfully.
Low Earth Orbit
"Finally we have arrived!" exclaimed Emperor Milleous. He pulled out a microphone. "Time to give a little speech to our puny defenders."
"Attention Earthling scum. This is your conqueror, Lord Emperor Milleous, light of the Incursean Empire, destroyer of galaxies, keeper of the conquest ray, all beings tremble- oh forget it. You won't live long enough! Resistance is futile, although greatly encouraged for my amusement." He was met with silence.
"Hey, what gives?" he asked.
"Hello? Planetary shields are up? They couldn't hear you even if they wanted to!" declared Princess Attea.
"Be quiet before I put you in a stasis pod!" Milleous thundered.
"You wouldn't dare daddy. After all, who's in charge of your fleet?" asked Attea.
"You are in command of only a small portion of my fleet," he corrected. "I am still in charge here."
"Ram that shield until it breaks!" Milleous ordered. Incursean ships began to ram the shield until cracks started to form. It won't be long now, Milleous thought.
Outside Plumber HQ
The crowd outside grew to over a thousand screaming protesters egged on by none other than Will Harangue, the infamous host of Harangue Nation, a network dedicated to a Ben Ten smear campaign. "How do you explain the alien population living right under our city?" Harangue asked.
"Those aliens are just like you and me. They're honest creatures just trying to make a living," Ben replied, nervously fiddling with his Omnitrix.
"Randomizer function activated," said the Omnitrix. Uh- oh, this can't be good, Ben thought.
"It's time to expose you for the menace you are Ben Tennyson! How do we know that you're not working with your alien friends to take over the Earth?" asked Harangue.
"Look, I said it once and I'll say it again. You have nothing to fear from- "
Suddenly, Ben transformed into Way Big and crushed half a dozen cars. "See what I mean? He's a menace!" screamed Harangue as people looked on in horror.
"Sorry folks. I have no idea what happened. You have nothing to fear," said Ben.
Ben transformed into Nergy (pun on energy) and blasted a nearby building. Flames shot up 20 feet into the air. "I can fix this!" Ben shouted as he escaped from his radiation suit. "There's no need to panic, but you might want to start backing away from me. The radiation might be harmful."
Ben's next transformation changed him into Water Hazard and he doused the flames with his cannons. The water fell on and drenched Harangue.
"I'll get you Tennyson! Somehow, someday, I will find a way to expose you!" vowed Harangue.
"My work here is done," exclaimed Ben. "Now I'll go see if Grandpa Max needs my help."
Low Earth Orbit
"Are you buffoons almost done with that shield?" asked Emperor Milleous. Finally, a small section of the shield gave way.
"Team Supreme, you're with me!" yelled Attea. "It's time to invade Earth!"
Plumber HQ
"Warning! Breach detected in sector 5!" informed a mechanical voice.
"All right, the situation is serious. We need to launch an all out assault on their flagship if we're going to have a chance of defeating this invasion. Everyone, let's move!" ordered Max.
"Ben, you and Rook jump in a Plumber craft and follow me. If you can get inside their flagship, you can stop the invasion" said Max.
"Sure thing Grandpa," said Ben.
"I have a bad feeling about this Magister," said Rook.
"Relax, everything will be just fine," responded Max.
The Plumber aircraft zoomed out of the tunnels and engaged Princess Attea's squadron. She ordered a tactical retreat back to space.
Low Earth Orbit
"There's Milleous' flagship! Destroy it!" yelled Max. The six ships spewed green laser fire at the giant flagship, but to no avail.
"Ha! We have a shield up Tennyson! You won't destroy our fleet that easily! Now give them a taste of our firepower!" Milleous ordered.
Giant turbolasers emerged from the depths of the ship and began peppering the area with heavy fire. The Plumber ships weaved around this storm of fire. Suddenly, Max saw something that made him gasp. Four Incursean fighters were chasing Ben and Rook, firing all the while. Max watched as their Plumber ship was hit once and then again moments later. Over his comm., he heard Rook say, "We're too heavily damaged. I'm going to crash the ship into Emperor Milleous' ship."
"No! That's suicide. Don't do it!" ordered Max.
"We don't have a choice. We're going to get shot down eventually" replied Rook. A moment later, he angled his ship and crashed kamikaze style into the side of Milleous' flagship.
"Nooooooooooooo!" yelled Max as a giant fireball erupted. Unbeknownst to his grandpa, Ben shielded Rook from any damage with his Bloxx transformation.
"We're fine!" Ben reported.
"Not for long you're not!" said a voice behind Ben.
Ben turned to see Emperor Milleous holding a blaster. "I have something that involves you, a lot of pain, and destruction on a planetary scale!" announced Milleous.
"Sorry toad face, but I'm not interested," replied Ben.
As Rook fended off Milleous with his handy proto-tool, Ben struggled to find something good to transform into.
"Come on Omnitrix! Don't fail me now!" he pleaded. There was a flash of green light and Ben transformed into Rath.
"Lemme tell you something you obese toad! No one messes with Rath's planet and gets away with it!" Rath roared.
"Oh yeah? Let me see you handle this!" yelled Milleous as he jumped in the air and pinned Rath to the floor with his weight.
"Lemme tell you something you piece of fat that's slowly crushing me! Rath's not going down without a fight!" Rath wheezed. With his last bit of strength, Ben transformed into Big Chill and slipped out from under Milleous thanks to his intangibility ability. He then froze the emperor solid.
"Attention all Incursean fighters. The plumbers have infiltrated this ship. Trust no one but me. I order you to fire on this ship!" Yelled Ben in Emperor Milleous' voice.
The flagship began to roll over from all the friendly fire and enter Earth's atmosphere. Emperor Milleous unfroze and grabbed hold of Big Chill.
"Hey! Let go of me. Ben transformed back into Rath.
"A very poor choice of words I'm afraid" said Emperor Milleous as he threw Rath out the window of the burning flagship.
"Lemme tell you something gravity!" screamed Rath as he hurtled towards the ground. "Rath doesn't believe in physics! And that means, as far as Rath's concerned, you are going to lose!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Will Rath survive his plunge from outer space? Will the Incurseans manage to take over Earth? Find the answers to these questions in Part 2!
