I do NOT own Ben 10.
It all started on a quiet morning, Ben and Rook were on patrol in Undertown when they recieved a message from the Plumbers telling them a distress beacon had been sent out near their current location. Rook answered "Were on our way" while Ben just slept in the seat next to him. Rook decided he'd wake Ben when they arrived.
A few minutes after driving they arrived at a run-down warehouse, Rook shoke Ben awake "Wha- whats up?" asked Ben as he shifted into an upright position, Rook pointed at the warehouse "We recieved a distress beacon from this warehouse" .
Ben looked at the warehouse, opened the door to the truck and stepped out "well then lets go" He said as Rook walked up to him. Together they walked towards the warehouse and snuck inside. In the center of the warehouse were a group of aliens, one of them was holding a small electric cage and inside was a... cat?
Ben turned to Rook "Are you sure this is the right place?" he asked the lavender alien. Rook pulled out a small device and looked at it "This says that the distress signal is emitting from this warehouse" he responed.
"So wheres it coming from?" Ben asked Rook, Rook just pointed at the cage holding the cat. "You mean were on a rescue mission for a cat?" Ben gave Rook a disbelieving stare. "I agree it seems foolish but thats what they said" Rook said to Ben.
Ben just shock his head and activated the Omnitrix, after shortly scrolling through his choices he slammed it down activating it. There was a green flash and in Bens place, there was a large fly-like creature that smelled atrocious. "What Stinkfly, I was going for XLR8" Ben said in his new form.
After a moment of Ben scolding the Omnitrix he flew up into the air, by this time the aliens were aware of their presence "get them!" the one that was most likely the leader shouted, as Ben and Rook fought the aliens, the cat sat quietly in its cage and watched the fight "Saved by Ben Tennyson, very interesting" it said in a half purr.
Once all the aliens were defeated, Ben turned back into his human form "now lets go free that cat" Ben said as he walked over to the cage that was still on the table, "How do I open this thing?" he said, Rook walked up behind with a key in his hand "This was on the largest one" Rook said as he handed Ben the key.
While Ben looked for the opening for the key, the Omnitrix started to flash a yellow color meaning it was going into DNA retrieval mode. The cat watched the Omnitrix with a keen interest as it flashed. Finally Ben found the opening and unlocked the cage.
Once the electronic barrier was shut off, Rook stepped over and pulled the cat out of the cage. "There now lets find out who your owner is" Ben said as he looked over and looked at the collar on the cats neck. There was a tag on the collar, when Ben looked at the tag all it said was 'Shard'.
"Well now we know your name but who is your owner" He said perplexed, "Oh, I don't have one" Shard said in a voice that gave away the fact she was female. Ben stared at the cat astonished "You can talk?!" he said startled. "Yes, and i'd appriciate if your partner would put me down" she said in a impatient voice, Rook gently placed her on the ground "thats bett-!" she cut herself off as the aliens started to wake up "I think now would be a good time to leave" she said quickly as she climbed onto Rook's shoulder.
Once Ben, Rook, and Shard were safely driving away from the warehouse, Ben turned to Shard "Ok, I'm gonna ask you two questions, one. How can you talk and two. Why were you locked in that cage in the warehouse", Shard looked at Ben "Well to your first question, the first reason I can talk is I was born that way and the reason I was in that cage is..."
NOTES: Well this is my first story so please don't be TOO harsh on me with the reviews and the reason I ended this chapter with "..." was because the story of why Shard was in the cage will be told in the next chapter.