Hey guys, welcome to my latest weird idea, Ben 10 Prime. Yeah, the name kinda sucks but I can't think of anything else that'd work!
This is set at the end of Predatory. With events happening a little differently, causing Jack to show a secret he hoped he wouldn't have to reveal about his father.
Episodes will be used out of airing order for this, because it makes it easier for me to introduce the people I will be bringing into this fic (the name of the story should be enough of a clue for you ;) ) and it gives a lot more room to play around with the characters.
Jack won't be the only one with secret parentage. You can probably guess who and I already have a few ideas bouncing around for that. June and Fowler will be fully human though, before anyone asks.
Pairings from Ben 10 will be kept, but for Prime I'm considering Jack x Miko, with Arcee as a big sister figure to Jack. Or may I leave pairings out of the Prime characters. I'm not sure yet.
And on that note...Here. We. Go!
Arcee growled in anger as she pulled on the webbing pinning her to the canyon wall. She'd been careless and allowed her anger to get the better of her due Airachnid's Presence. As a result, she was separated from Jack while that demented spider hunted him down like he was prey.
She was almost free, but she knew it would still be a little while before she fully freed herself. She just hoped he managed to survive. She'd already lost 2 partners to this war and she was not ready to lose a third.
(Scene Change)
Jack grunted as the webbing pinned him to the tree. While it shouldn't have really affected him, it took him by surprise. He'd honestly thought Airachnid had been caught in the explosion of her ship and killed. Turned he was only partially right.
Airachnid had just managed to escape the worst of the blast and had the burns to show it, but she survived. And she wasn't very pleased about losing her transport and all of her trophies.
"I was going to make your end painless," she purred as she dragged a claw down the side of his face, making Jack shudder at the contact. "But now, I'm going to make it as long and painful as possible. And don't bother waiting on Arcee. I made sure to use stronger webbing just to make sure she didn't interrupt my fun with you."
Jack's teenage mind couldn't help but make an innuendo of that and make him gag slightly at the thought.
"So, any messages you'd like me to give Arcee when I show her your remains?"
Jack didn't have long to think as Airachnid reared back an arm, ready to pierce him through the heart. While he had been hoping Arcee would arrive in time, he could now see that waiting was no longer an option. This meant he was left with one choice and it was one he'd hoped that he'd never have to take.
The only problem with it was that this was a secret only his mother knew. His friends, Raf and Miko didn't know, the Autobots didn't know and he could only hope Fowler didn't know. It was one that he'd hoped to keep hidden for much longer, considering it directly involved his father. However, he had no choice if he was to survive this.
"How about I give her that message myself!"
Airachnid barely had time to react before a mass of Green Diamonds erupted from the webbing, releasing her prey and forcing her to jump away. Her eyes widened as she took in the sight of the crystals as they retracted, revealing Jack.
"What in the Allspark!"
Or at least, what she thought was Jack.
The figure that had emerged was wearing Jack's clothing, albeit slightly torn, but that was the only similarity. The figure's skin was completely made of a green diamond like material, identical to the crystals that had almost impaled her and stood a couple of inches taller than Jack. Its eyes were the same shade of blue-grey and they looked far more determined than the humans had. Before Airachnid had a chance to contemplate this change, the figure spoke in Jack's voice, proving that it really was him.
"My turn."
That was the only warning she had before Jack suddenly raised his arms, which began rapidly firing smaller diamond-like projectiles. Not wanting to take a chance, Airachnid automatically dodged to the side, though one of the shards did manage to hit her arm, causing her to cry out in pain. When she looked at the injury, she couldn't help but blanch at the sight of the diamond going STRAIGHT THROUGH her arm.
'How is that possible? Cybertronians have the strongest metals used as skin. How did this crystal go straight through my armour?'
Before she could ponder this any further, she jumped into the trees as Jack leapt towards her, his arm now formed into a lethal looking blade. She'd already taken one injury because of her surprise, and she wasn't about to let him get any more advantages. She waited until Jack landed before firing a blast of webbing at him.
As she expected, his newly formed blade cut through the webbing with ease, but it served its purpose of distracting him just long enough for her to attack him without getting injured herself. She was so focused on Jack, she never heard the sound of a motorcycle rapidly approaching them. Jack however, did notice as he cut through the web blast.
He looked up at the approaching Airachnid just in time to see Arcee's vehicle mode slam into Airachnid at high speed, sending the spider bot flying into a tree and nearly felling it with the force of the impact. She had just enough time to regain her footing before Arcee transformed into Robot Mode and delivered a devastating combo that knocked Airachnid to the ground and putting her out of the fight.
"Wow, that looked like it hurt."
Arcee turned to face where Jack's voice came from, happy that he survived, only to freeze when she saw the diamond skinned being stood behind her, with Jack nowhere in sight. She automatically bought her blaster up, aiming it at the stranger who immediately raised their hands in surrender, a look of shock on their face.
"Who are you? And where's Jack?"
POV Change-Jack
"Who are you? And where's Jack"
Jack couldn't help but wince at hearing that question. While he'd decided to use his powers to help keep him alive until Arcee arrived, he hadn't even thought about how she'd react upon seeing him in this form or just how he was meant to explain this to her.
Quickly going over the options in his head, he sighed and decided to be blunt. With that, he started changing back to his human form. He just hoped Arcee didn't hurt him for hiding this from everyone.
POV Change.
Arcee kept her weapon trained on the stranger as they winced at her question. She didn't like the sound of that wince, and was about to fire a warning shot when the being in front of her sighed, before it's diamond skin started retracting. She couldn't keep her jaw from dropping as the being changed before her eyes with diamond retreating under skin, revealing an alive-but nervous looking-Jack Darby, who simply raised his arm in greeting.
"Hey Arcee."
Arcee kept her blaster trained on him, her anger slowly building. If this being though they could really make her think that they were Jack by changing right in front of them, then they must not be very bright to do so when they're being held at blaster point.
"Don't 'hey' me as if you know me! Who are you? You're not Jack-he's human and he is DEFINITELY not capable of changing his form just like that!"
"Arcee, it is me I swear!"
Arcee raised an eyebrow in disbelief, weapon still armed. "Uh-huh. Then prove it. What did I say to you after the first time you saw me fight a Decepticon?"
"I don't exist. Tell anyone about me, and I'll hunt you down."
Both of Arcee's eyebrows jumped up upon hearing the person in front of her answer the question without hesitation, while her sensors indicated that they were telling the truth. It was with a stunned expression that Arcee finally lowered her weapon.
"Jack! But-how…"
Her question was cut off by the sound of drilling. Both of them turned to see Airachnid drilling underground in escape. Arcee managed to fire of a few shots, but it was too little too late as the spider bot vanished completely below ground.
Arcee growled in anger and frustration before turning back to Jack.
"I think you owe me an explanation."
"And I'll give you one Arcee," replied Jack, "as soon as we get back to base. We don't know if Airachnid is still around and I don't want this getting out-especially to a Decepticon. "
"Fine," growled Arcee, still irritated her nemesis had escaped," but when we get back, you're telling me everything about…whatever you are. Am I clear?"
"Crystal. But before we go back, can you not tell the others about this? I barely feel comfortable telling you about this but I don't want the others to know. I'm not ready for that yet."
Arcee nodded her head in agreement. She could see Jack was uncomfortable with talking about this, so she decided to keep it between them for now. It was his secret, and she respected that it was his too tell. With that, she activated her comm.
"Ratchet, I need a ground bridge back to base."
"About time you contacted us," came the gruff reply from Ratchet. "It was a routine scouting mission Arcee. What took you so long!"
"We ran into a little trouble up here and my comm link was jammed," replied Arcee. "I'll brief you when we get back to base. I want to get my partner out of here before any more bugs try to eat him."
"Understood."
"Partner, huh?" Asked Jack as he slapped a mosquito away, a bemused expression on his face.
"Junior partner. I can still pull rank on you." As she finished her sentence, the Ground bridge for base opened up in front of them. "Now come on, I have a feeling that this explanation of yours will be a long one."
"Yes ma'am."
With that, Jack and Arcee entered the ground bridge back to base, unaware of the dangers that were looming in the near future or the people and beings that they would soon encounter.
And there's the prologue. Not sure when I'll carry this on due to Uni and my still needing to work on Digital Death God, but hopefully this'll shift the block I had and get me working on what I have from Mirani.
In any case, hope you guys like this. Please leave a review and if you're gonna criticise me, please make it constructive criticism, as any and all flames will be used to spit roast Cristiano Ronaldo.
Until next time, Ja Ne!