Alright! My first fanfiction! I know people find OC's annoying, but trust me, you'll love them! This history is similar to that of the show with some changes due to my characters involvement with Ben and the team. Don't forget toR&R!
"ARRGH! Your mine Tennyson!"
Siphon raised he arm and tried to hit the defenseless boy with his tentacles. But Ben had managed to jump out of the way, the tentacles missing him by an inch. Siphon growled and tripped the boy with the coils, causing him to land on his stomach.
Ben clawed at the ground as the coils wrapped around his legs, dragging him back towards the insane Siphonian that was out for his blood.
Riley smirked. "You may be able to dodge my tentacles, but you can't dodge me!"
Ben's struggles grew weaker as he could feel his life force being drained from him. The Siphonian's body was now surrounded in a faint blue aura. His blood red eyes glinted savagely as he felt the rejuvenating energy restore his body and give him strength. But his rejuvenation and the feeling that came with it dissipated as the Tennyson boy disappeared in flash of green light.
"Fourarms!" the human-turned-Tetramand exclaimed.
Riley snarled and brandished his coils. The behemoth put up a good fight, but even he would eventually succumb to the Siphonian's death spores. When the Tetramand attempted to pound him into the ground, Riley rolled out of the way and ensnared all four of his arms. The coils started to retract back into his wrists, dragging their victim towards his opponent. Once Fourarms was less that three feet away, he released his death spores, knowing it would be over soon.
But Ben wasn't about to give up. He struggles and thrashed in an attempt to free himself, but the coils were stronger than carbon steel. His four yellow eyes widened as he heard the Omnitrix's timer go off. In a flash of red light, the four-armed behemoth was replaced with a skinny ten-year-old boy.
Ben struggled to reach the watch's dial but the coils were holding him back. Riley raised the coils so Ben was now looking hi in the eye. He gave a sadistic smile as he saw the boy's eyes widen and his face pale in fear.
"Aw, what's the matter?" Riley said mockingly. "Don't tell me your afraid of your old pal Riley." He laughed as the younger boy squirmed around in a vain attempt to free himself. The Siphonian's red eyes burned like the flames of hell as he stared straight into Ben's green ones. The prypiatium chips embedded in his skin became even more defined against his chalk white skin, which seemed to glow in the blue aura. Riley gave a frightening snarl that exposed his fangs, his voice low and menacing. "It's payback time for turning me into a freak!"
Riley felt his blood boil as the memorys filled his mind again and again, like his brain was set on replay. His skin was no longer death-pale and embedded with prypiatium chips but a pleasant shade of olive. His blood red eyes had returned to their normal shade of jade and his canines, while still pronounced, had returned to their normal size.
But even so, he would never forgive Ben for what he did. Being trapped for five years in an interdimensional jail was no different than spending five years in hell. Five years living on wits end. Fighting and killing just to gain a few more hours to live. Surrounded by danger, looking after no one but yourself. He remembered how the other prisoners cowered before him, even when all he did was look in their direction. At the time, he loved being feared. He could use his powers unchecked, mostly because it was to survive. He didn't have to worry about anyone but himself, not that he had ever really related to people when he was on earth.
But he was only thirteen when he had been imprisoned. Thirteen years old, just out of childhood. A hormone-ridden teen with anger issues and deadly superpowers! Not exactly a good combo. And to top it off, he was stubborn. He knew he would never let this go.
Riley scuffed his leather boots against the concrete as he walked. Every time someone walked in his direction they would immediately step aside. Simply being in his presence frightened people, even if it wasn't caused by his great height and bulk. At one point he would have enjoyed seeing the wariness and intimidation in the eyes of others. But not now. He had a score to settle with Ben. And this time, he was coming out on top.
Okay, so Riley met Ben when he was thirteen (Ben would have been ten years old) and ends up trapped in the Null Void. Like Kevin, Riley was also subjected to a feedback of Omnitrix energy, but unlike Kevin, he didn't absorb it. Rather the energy ended up turning him into his full Siphonian form permanently, though it eventually wore off. But Riley, being a stubborn, pig-headed guy, wont let it go. And just as a heads up, he is from Brooklyn but made his way to Bellwood after being released from the Null Void.
Now for some extra info: Riley is a Siphonian/human hybrid. The name Siphonian is a pun on the word "siphon", a device that uses hydrostatic pressure to cause a liquid to flow uphill, over an obstacle, and discharge it at a level lower than the original reservoir. It can also be used to describe any process that conveys, draws off, or drains (as if by a siphon).
Siphonians are a very rare species of sapient beings that live on earth. They have the ability to release bodily pheromones that leave any living creature within their vicinity severely weakened or dead, though the severity of the effect is based of the endurance, health, and relative proximity of the victims. These pheromones have no official name, but they are typically referred to as "death spores" or their "death factor". Normal humans can be incapacitated or killed within seconds of exposure, while human hybrids and nonhumans can sustain exposure for several minutes. Early ancestors of modern Siphonians had to use this pheromone regularly or it would back up in their system and begin to erode their own body. In order to stabilize this condition, they began to consume a metal called prypiatium, one of few materials that can stabilize their death spores.
As a result of eating prypiatium, they eventually developed coils housed in their arms composed of a substance called prypiatium-B, bits of which are embedded on the surface of their skin. Prypiatium-B is basically an organic form of prypiatium (Siphonians are born with their coils). Like prypiatium, prypiatium-B is able to neutralize their death spores and protects them from radiation (the metal is able to stabilize radiation). It is also vastly stronger than carbon steel, allowing the coils to be used as highly effective offensive weapons, causing devastation to just about anything they come into contact with. However, prypiatium-B is also malleable, allowing Siphonians to use them as grappling appendages and extend them up to great lengths (Riley can extend his coils to lengths of over 30 feet). They can also be used as a conduit for their lethal pheromones and absorption powers.
On their own, their pheromones simply weaken and kill their victims. However, by channeling their parasitic pheromones through their coils, the pheromones allow Siphonians can absorb the life force of their victims by drawing it back through their coils and into their body for a rejuvenating effect. The more life force they absorb, the stronger they become and the faster they heal.
Siphonians can absorb, hold, redirect, and discharge virtually any type of energy through their body, though Riley favors electricity due to its offensive capabilities and convenience. He can use this energy to activate and overload machinery or project it as energy blasts. However, the energy they use is finite and they are required to steal more.
In addition to life force, Siphonians can absorb the DNA of any living being to temporarily take on their attributes and powers. If exposed to gene-altering energy or that of the Omnitrix or Ultimatrix, they will mutate into a chimerical fusion of the creatures they absorb, though they can only access the powers most prevalent to their form. Like Osmosians, a Siphonians DNA will eventually restore itself, causing them to lose their chimerical form and return to their previous state.
While Siphonians can absorb large amounts of energy and life force, their system can only take so much if they absorb continuously. If they absorb a massive amount of energy without control, their system will reject it and release the energy in a feedback, leaving the Siphonian drained and weakened. This can also cause Siphonians to become mentally unstable If they are drained of the energy they have absorbed too quickly, it can cause their system to weaken if the draining process is not done at a safe rate. Their death factor can also be be neutralized with raw prypiatium and similar substances. However, if their death factor is inhibited without them being able to release their pheromones, the pheromones will back up in their system and they will end up being slowly poisoned to death unless they can find a way to release them.
