"Fire so cold...it burns..."
Act I
An ominous shadow creeping just outside his bedroom window hovered for a moment, then fading. It was the whoosh of a flying creature that caused Benjamin Kirby Tennyson to stir from his deep slumber. He had only seen the shadow for a fraction of a second through bleary eyes. But it was enough to put in in a cautious alert.
"What was that?" he mumbled aloud to himself as he sat up in bed. The moth like silhouette blurred past the curtains again, making the young super-hero more alert. Over the years as wielder of the Ultimatrix, barely the unnatural sounds and visions he notices is barely enough to wake him up. Most of the time anyways.
"Aww hell, what is it now? It's in the middle of the fucking night! If it's just someone looking for revenge, I'm so going to beat their ass farther beneath Undertown and into the molten core of this world," vowed Ben as he dialed the 'watch' a few times until the hologram of the Ultimatrix's sample of a Necrofriggian appeared. Slamming his palm down on the 'watch', his body began to morph from his feeble human form.
From the brown haired human, Ben turned into an insect-like alien he'd dubbed as 'Big Chill'. Phasing through the window, Ben flew into the night sky, his green eyes scanning for any unnatural activity. With eyes that seemed to catch everything, Ben saw a moth-like form hovering low over a lake just outside of Bellwood, Pennsylvania.
Flapping his wings in pursuit, Ben tucked his wings in a nose-dive, almost as if he were going to tackle the alien hovering over the lake. A lake that should not have ice in it during the middle of a heat wave in July.
Of course, the target swerved to avoid being hit and flew high. Unfurling his wings, Ben launched himself from the ice floe into the air to resume chase. The alien was fast, if not faster than Ben himself, and flew in complex patterns and corkscrews until it landed near an abandoned factory just outside of Bellwood. Of course, Ben chased and landed a good ten meters from the alien.
"I give...you caught me," came a phantom like whisper from the shadows where a slender figure stood, masked in darkness.
"Who are you? Or shall I freeze you where you stand?" smirked Ben. He always thought his banter was pretty classy.
With hands raised, the figure walked closer to Ben, talking, "I am a Necrofriggian from Kylmyys. My brood mother called me Sapphire." It wasn't until the insectoid alien revealed her name, did Ben realize the Necrofriggian was female. "I have come a long way to see you, Ben Tennyson. I survived the long flight through the vacuum of space to meet you."
"A fan? I don't see why you'd come all this way just to meet me," said Ben. "I mean, I am pretty awesome, but it's a bit crazy to travel all this way to Earth just to meet me. Or did you just lure me away from Kevin and Gwen just so you can assassinate me? Who put the bounty on my head?!"
Sapphire shook her head, "I am not here to harm you, Ben Tennyson. I know much of your heroic deeds throughout the universe. I have no wish to harm the wielder of the Omnitrix. You have done a service to even my people by ending Dr Psychobos' reign of terror."
Ben frowned as he reverted back to his normal human form, "If you're not here to kill me, then why are you here? How did you even find me?"
"Because Ben Tennyson, I need your help," pleaded the female Necrofriggian. At Ben's skepticism, she elaborated. "I am not in danger, being hunted if that is what you think. No, it is something more...personal. I have a favor to ask of you..." She paused, and then said, "I first learned of your existence when my hatchlings came home to me. At first, I did not believe they were mine, until I saw security footage of the one you call 'Ultimate Big Chill'. It was then I realized...you have the exact same DNA as my mate."
Ben stood there in horror. When the incident occurred when Big Chill had taken control of his body for some time to make a nest, he had assumed the Necrofriggian sample was female. "Wait... you're telling me, that Ultimate Big Chill is your husband? That's impossible! The Ultimatrix makes a blank slate to give me these alien form, not actual aliens. Wait... your babies?"
Shaking her head again, Sapphire said, "No, Ben Tennyson. You misunderstood me. I am not so good with terran phrases. What I mean to say, is your Necrofriggian form shares the exact same DNA as my deceased mate. He died a few centuries ago and was one of the few to inhabit Mykdl'dy and make it a shrine to sacred artifacts. I was in grief for several of your Earth years. I did not take another mate, for he was the strongest, the only one. It is...difficult to pronounce his name in your language." She paused letting her words sink in. "My favor to ask of you...is to let me see him one last time. It... would give me closure of Frelzok's death. Would you grant me this one wish, Ben Tennyson."
"Closure? That's all? I do that," scoffed Ben arrogantly, his left hand moving to the Ultimatrix and dialing it to the alien he had been moments ago. Slamming down on his wrist, he exclaimed as his Necrofriggian form appeared, "Big Chill!" Pressing his palm to the Omnitrix on his chest, his form flared into a bright, flame patterned alien. "Ultimate Big Chill!"
As the fire hued wings folded up to appear like a phantom hood, Ben gave a grunt as Sapphire embraced him. He hadn't expected to be hugged by a Necrofriggian; he'd always thought they weren't the type for petty emotions.
"What's the problem Ben?" called Rook as he jogged up the road, wearing his full proto-armor. "You need help there? Magister Tennyson sent me to help subdue the illegal Necrofriggian that migrated here without clearance.
Ben hesitated for a moment before answering, "Well... she's not much of a threat at the moment. She came to Earth to get some sort of closure from Ultimate Big Chill. Sapphire will probably leave once- Mmph!"
Rook was blushing as he watched Ben being kissed by the female Necrofriggian. Backing up, the feline alien said, "I apologize Ben dude. I was unaware she was your mate. If you need me to, I can come back later to have her registered on the planetary ledger of processed alien immigrants."
"What the hell are you talking about? I don't have a mate! I don't even have a girlfriend you idiot!" Ben hissed spasmodically.
A small series of purrs and chirps came from Sapphire's throat. She squeezed Ben tighter as she said, "Do not leave me! I need you! You're mine!"
A/N: So yeah, this is where the first chapter ends. I'm not expecting a lot of reviews. I like the Necrofriggian race a lot and thought it'd be cute to make a sort've drabble fic. Might make it more serious between Ben and Sapphire and possibly adding an Anodyte Gwen that loves Ben (non-incest because that would be creepy (unless some of you want it). So probably Ben x Sapphire and minor Ben x Gwen.
