My second story, been on my mind for months. I could try and be all clever right now, but that would just keep you from the story. So read, review, and flame on!

The weather at Arden, ND, was spectacular. The sky was clearer than crystal, the sun shining with perfect clarity. A gentle breeze blew through the valley the small town was located in. a lake sat nearby, seeming perfectly picturesque against the forest background. Had it not been for the thirty-foot fire-breathing EVO grizzly bear, this day might have turned out peaceful.

At least someone was having a good time.

"I love my job!" Rex yelled as he dived from Providence Keep. He activated his Smackhands, and rammed into the EVO with force close to a train crash. The beast recoiled, spewing flames in protest. Rex landed on his mechanical knuckles, getting a minute of rest in. The bear had different ideas, however. It swiped at him with its bus sized paw, a dead-on hit. But Rex pushed himself into the air, giving the beast a right hook to the jaw before powering up his Boogeypack, and hovered a few dozen feet above the EVO.

"Finish this," Agent Six said into the com-link. "Now." Rex sighed. Typical Six. And just when things were getting good. He flew closer to the EVO, and fired the pistons of the Boogeypack at its feet. He flew a few times around, and pulled the cables tight. The bear tripped and fell sending tremors felt three miles away. Rex powered down, and walked towards the creature, removing his glove as he went.

"Shut 'em down, little guys." He said to himself, and reached for the bear. The second his hand made contact, blue vein-like lines appeared on the EVO. At a nanoscopic level, Rex's nanites went into the animal, drawing the infected nanites straight into Rex, reversing the mutation. What was left was a common grizzly bear, which turned towards the forests to the north and walked quietly away.

"So Six, looks like I didn't need you on this one after all." Rex said in his com-link. "Tell Bobo he owes me ten bucks." Ah, another day, another EVO battle, and another bet won against that sneaky little monkey.

"Rex, watch your back." Holiday radioed him, "I'm getting an energy disturbance in the area. It seems similar to Breach's portals, but slightly…off. It may be nothing, but try and get out of there soon."

"Heh, no worries Doc," Rex replied with his usual overconfidence, "Six's Jet's like thirty seconds away. Besides, I'm on a hot streak! Three giant EVO's, twelve hours. Nothing could surprise me today."

As if on cue, a flash of light blinded Rex, seemingly coming from nowhere. When he looked again, his eyes widened in shock. There, standing seven feet tall, was a huge swirling vortex, black and white, and seemingly to have just appeared out of thin air. Rex could hear something as well. Yelling, coming from the portal. He would have looked closer, but when he tried three bodies were launched from the portal, as if they were shot from a cannon…directly at Rex.

"I stand corrected." he groaned as he lifted himself from under one of the groaning people. Looking at them now, the oldest couldn't have been more than seventeen. "Hey, you guys all right?" he asked one of them as he helped them up.

"Yeah, I think we're good." He said wearily. He flashed Rex a weak grin. "I'm Ben, by the way. Ben Tennyson.

-Ten minutes earlier-

"I am Sssserpent, the sssnake that walksss like a man." The creature speaking was a monstrosity. It had the appearance of a giant emerald cobra, but its midsection seemed to be in the shape of a human's torso. At the arm joints the beast sported two arm-like appendages, resembling, you guessed it, two more snakes. An impressive green and black car roared up to the creature.

"Aw, come on!" Ben Tennyson moaned as he got out of the car. "Can't this guy take a hint?" He started messing with his omnitrix dejectedly.

"I thought you said this was a level five alert." Kevin said as he left the drivers seat.

"I did," Gwen replied to him, "Remember? The lower the number the worse the threat."

"You know, they really should change that." Ben added as his palm slammed down on the omnitrix. In an instant his entire DNA pattern was altered, becoming fused and altered with the genetics of an alien stored in the device. Left in his place was a giant humanoid creature, with huge moth-like wings. He was colored dark blue and black, but with neon green eyes. With a cry of, "Big Chill!" he took to the air, heading directly for the snake alien.

"Fool!" Serpent roared, "Charging blindly shall be your-" without warning Big Chill, a.k.a. Ben, became intangible, passing through the alien and freezing him solid.

"That was too easy." He said, and in a flash of green he was his old, annoying self again.

"Great, now can we get back to me?" Kevin added, somewhere between sarcasm and anxiousness.

"Fine, what was it again? Some teleporter or something?"

"A pocket null-void wormhole generator." He corrected, pulling out a remote-like device. It was about five inches long, with a numeric keyboard, a black screen, and other random buttons. A quartz ring was connected to the top. "This thing can generate a portal through the null-void, meaning we can go through it and end up anywhere we choose. Took me months to figure out."

Ben yawned. "Hey, can that thing get us to Mr. Smoothie?" As usual, completely clueless.

"Definitely. I've been meaning to test it out, might as well start small." He began to type in numbers to the small machine, the lights on the screen glowing blue.

"Wait a minute," Gwen interjected, "You haven't tested this thing yet?"

"Well, no time like the present." Kevin said, and flipped the switch. But instead of the expected result, the device fizzled and sparked. "Huh," he said, "Weird, it should've worked." He gave it the once-over, but the puzzled look he wore stayed plastered on.

"Here, let me try it." Ben reached out and snatched the device, fiddling with it intently. He, once again, overlooked the fact that he had no idea what he was doing.

"Uh, Ben?" Gwen said, "Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"No worries! What could go wrong?" and as if the universe just wanted to prove him wrong, he squeezed the quartz ring and the console together, eliminating whatever glitch was there. But the instant he did so, a bolt of green electricity sparked from his omnitrix to the machine. The quartz shone a white light, and Ben furiously tried to turn it off. A white beam blasted out of the device, stopping about ten feet in front of the trio, and expanding into a huge disc. The machine went silent, the beam dissipated, but the disc began to swirl, acting like a giant vacuum and sucking in the three Plummers.

"Well, at least we know it works!" Ben yelled out to the others. They attempted to grab at the ground, trying to stay away from the vortex. For obvious reasons, swirling vortexes were things you should usually avoid. It was evident they were losing their grip, and just before they were sucked in, Kevin turned his head to Ben.

"For the record, I blame you."

The force was too much to go against, and the trio was sucked in to the portal. They yelled in panic as they went through a wormhole, all thoughts leaving their minds. After what seemed like hours (ten seconds, actually) they saw a flash of the actual earth, heading at them at what seemed like sixty miles an hour. As usual, Ben had to have the last word. "This is gonna hurt!"

The three slammed into the ground (and incidentally Rex) with enormous force. Fortunately, it wasn't the worst fall they had taken. "I stand corrected." Ben heard a voice say. He looked up to see a kid standing over him, offering to help him up. "Hey, you guys all right?"

"Yeah," Ben said as he grabbed his hand, "I think we're good. I'm Ben, by the way. Ben Tennyson."

"Nice to meet ya. I'm Rex."

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Until next chapter,

Mr. Luke Bones.