This is my first Ben 10 story so please don't hate me if it's not that good. There won't be too much of Ben in it but many aliens.
This was inspired by GoldGuardian2418's numerous one shots in the Grant Mansion. It seemed like a really good idea and I have no intention of stealing her ideas.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10. I only own Abigail.
Prologue - IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE!
Now, I've already learnt this Summer that I don't come from an exactly ordinary family, so the fact that I am normal makes me very proud. I mean sure, I could kick the bad guy's butts along with my cousins and my grandfather, but I was still normal. I didn't turn into aliens or cast magic spells. I didn't even use fancy technology that I'd gained from old secret organisations. I was just me. Normal me. My parents had been called out on a last minute business trip at the end of the school year so they'd asked my grandfather if I could accompany him and my cousins on their Summer road trip. To say I'd been ecstatic was saying that the Pope was a Muslim. Definitely not true. But when one of my cousins, Ben, found an alien watch called the Omnitrix that came from outer space you could say that life started getting less and less of a drag.
It was quite good for a while. We battled aliens, criminals and general foes that just could not get the hint that they were meant to stay in prison. We'd even met some friends along the way, one of which we were with right now trying to find out how to fix something that of course, Ben made a mess of. He'd only gone and set the Omnitrix to self destruct somehow which could probably wipe out half the universe with it if it was to blow up, including Earth. Idiot. Tetrax, one of our allies, had come to Earth to pick Ben up in order to find the creator of the Omnitrix so he or she could cancel the self destruct mode. However, when we were told only Ben could go, Gwen and I weren't exactly pleased with that and snuck aboard onto the space ship. That's where we are now: space. Well actually, we were on the planet called Xenon. Ben and I had just found out that our cousin was in fact alive after she'd been taken by a load of Wildvine's species. Weird thing was, she was with Gluto who'd also been killed by Vilgax. She was going on about how Gluto's species could regenerate form little pieces, like what was left of him on her shirt. How… fascinating.
We'd met Azmuth as well. He was, to excuse my language, an absolute dick. Very rude as well. I hope he's not like that all the time. He's not even going to turn off the self destruct mode.
"I don't know why you're not going to help us! If that watch self destructs, then half the Universe is going to die!" I screamed at him over all the noise of the battle and blasters that was surrounding us. I couldn't really fight Vilgax's robots very well so I was mainly defence and giving us some ground to stand on. I was only human after all.
"The universe if full of selfish beings. They don't deserve saving." Azmuth replied as some debris from a robot flew over the rock formation we were using as shelter.
"While I do agree that there are many who are selfish, there are innocent men, women and millions up on million of children on the planets you're willing to half get blown up. While some are selfish, they don't deserve to die. And the innocent, selfless and generous people definitely don't deserve to die. Don't you have anyone special that you would do anything to keep them alive?" I asked him rhetorically. "Because that's what me and my cousins are doing right now. All the friends we've made have become family and you always look after your family." I yelled at him in order to be heard. I felt that I hit a nerve when asking if he had someone because his eyes became a bit wider. They were already wide at the fact we were in the middle of a battle. Then, a robot came around the corner and started blasting at us. I quickly got up and started tearing it's arm off, only for Tetrax to send a diamond through it's body, short circuiting it. All of a sudden, a massive wave of energy went across the entire battleground, sending me flying into a boulder. I only heard one thing before my world went dark:
"I will never understand humans and their sentiment."
When I came to, all of the robots and Vilgax were gone, no where to be found. The only thing that made me know it wasn't just a dream was the fact there were still smoking craters from blaster fire in the ground.
"Abi you're okay!" I heard Gwen shout, snapping all my attention to her. "How do you feel?" she asked me.
"Like I just got hit by a bus. Did you get the number plate?" I asked her, already cracking a joke. I couldn't act very serious because it would make my younger cousins worry. I was six years older than them after all. I had to be the one that took care of them while grandpa Max wasn't there. The best way to do that was making it look like not a big deal and making a joke about it. "How much longer do we have on the countdown?" I asked Ben who was next to Gwen.
"It's been cancelled. Azmuth turned it off." he told me. I looked over at Azmuth who was a couple feet away with Myaxx, Tetrax and Gluto.
"Why'd you change your mind Azmuth?" I shouted over to him as I sat up from the uncomfortable, solid floor. Not the best place to be lying down let me tell you.
"You were able to convince me Abigail. I am willing to give the Universe a chance if it's all you claim it is." he explained to me.
"He also gave me this cool new alien. He was huge! Massive! I called him Waybig." Ben started talking at me excitedly. "You missed all the action. Thanks to me, Vilgax won't be bothering us again."
"You? We helped as well!" Gwen protested in anger at his claim to have done all the work himself.
"Well what did you do? You're not the one who got rid of Vilgax." Ben boasted.
"Ten year olds." I groaned to myself before heading over to Tetrax, Azmuth and Myaxx. In the distance, I could see my cousins already starting to brawl. "Hey Tetrax, when will you be taking us home?" I asked the Petrosapian as I came over.
"Gluto is bringing the ship around now. We'll be leaving in a few minutes." he replied. I was wondering where Gluto went.
"Before you leave, I must speak with you in private Miss Tennyson." Azmuth told me from the boulder he was standing on next to what I assumed was his own ship.
"I'll leave you then. Make sure to come to the ship when it gets here." Tetrax told me before going to sort out my still fighting cousins. How one of them aren't dead yet is a miracle. Once he had moved out of earshot, it was only me, Myaxx and Azmuth.
"What's up Azmuth?" I asked him. Why he would want to talk to me, I have no idea. Ben's the one with his omnitrix so if anything I thought he'd have wanted to talk to him.
"What you said, about family and how your friends became family. Why is that?" he asked me, looking at me with his beady eyes.
"Well, I just care so much for my friends that I would do everything I would do for my family for them. So I just automatically consider them my family because I love them so much." I explained to him. "You don't have that?"
"No. But seeing how you do, I have a special mission for you." he replied.
"What? Me? Why not Ben?" I asked, stuttering in confusion and surprise. I mean, I get that I'm older than him, but he's the one with the alien transforming device on his wrist. Shouldn't Azmuth be going to him for this?
"Because frankly, he's immature. However you are the only one here that I can see being able to successfully do this mission." Azmuth told me.
"What mission is this?" I asked him suspiciously, crossing my arms.
"When the omnitrix was created, there was a… glitch of somewhat." Myaxx started explaining to me.
"What glitch? It won't affect Ben will it?" I asked, suddenly very concerned for my cousin.
"No. It's harmless to him. But the aliens he transforms into are another story. When my assistant and I created the omnitrix, there was a side affect. Whenever young Tennyson turns into a new alien, that alien is 'brought to life' if you will. So for example, when Ben transformed into a To'kustar during the battle for the first time, a copy just like him appeared somewhere on Xenon. Because Ben has already unlocked and transformed into multiple aliens,-" Azmuth started.
"-There are copies of each alien wandering around on Earth." I finished.
"Yes." he confirmed sharply, annoyed that I'd cut him off. There was a pause.
"But what's this got to do with me?" I asked the watchsmith and his assistant.
"There needs to be someone on planet Earth to find these aliens and to take care of them. Aliens aren't accepted by your kind so they must be kept hidden. Your mission is to find the aliens when your cousin turn into them for the first time and shelter them." Azmuth explained to me.
"But there are thousands of aliens in that thing. Plus, my parents would freak with aliens living with us." I protested. "I am not the person for the job. Sorry Azmuth, but no can do. I'm not an alien babysitter." I told him, my arms falling to my sides, shame spreading across my face.
"Miss Tennyson, Abi is it?, I have chosen you because you care for all those like one would their family. And that is exactly what each alien will become to you: family. There are multiple aliens down on Earth with no where to go and no idea as to why they're there. They will need to you guide them and help them. I know that your grandfather knows of a place where you can stay and look after each alien with enough space to get the job done." Azmuth explained to me. Did he just expect me to drop my life and go to who knows where to help a bunch of people I don't even know? He's a nutty Galvan who's been inside that suit of his too long! Yet, I'll always feel bad if I don't take this chance to help those aliens who have no one and no where to be right now.
"Fine, I'll do it. If only, for those guys down there who need help. But you better realise how much you're asking me to give up." I told him, finally admitting defeat after a minute of thinking it over and deciding to accept my mission from him. "Do you know how many aliens there are on Earth already?"
"How many aliens has your cousin transformed into?" Azmuth asked as he hopped down from the boulder and started walking over to his ship.
"A little under twenty I think." I replied, following him.
"Then there's 'a little under twenty'."
"Your agency known as the plumbers already know where several of them are and will be able to help you find them." Myaxx told me.
"Okay. I'll take care of them." I told them. The ship I then recognised as Tetrax's ship showed up, already in the air, the airlock open and waiting for me to get in. "I won't disappoint you Azmuth." I let him know, waving as I jumped onto the ship and started heading back to Earth, my home. A home where I'll be starting anew and making a whole new family.
Well, I hope you liked the first chapter. There will be more OC's than just Abi, but they won't be in the story for a while.
Please let me know what you thought about this chapter and R&R! :)