KKD: *appears from a silver mist* Huh… back here again.
SZ: Oh...hey again, aibou.
KKD: Oh, hey Sean. Didn't expect to travel back here. Those mists sometimes take me to random spots, other times it takes me in circles.
SZ: I see...well I was just about to work on the next chapter of AR Redux while I wait for the mail. Still waiting on my copy of Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution.
KKD: Okay. I can help then.
SZ: Sweet. I have some snacks for us while we work...though all they had at the store were meat buns a-
KKD: Whoawhoawhoa! ...Did you say meat buns? Oh man… if Tao finds ou-
Taokaka: *blurs in* Meat buns! *pounces at the mini fridge in the room and begins chowing down*
SZ: Oi oi! Those are NOT for you! *tries to pulls Taokaka out of the fridge*
Taokaka: Oh c'mon! Tao want meat, Dark Robo guy!
?-?-?: *off-screen*oh my~
SZ, KKD: DAMN IT TAKEI!
Taokaka: Who's that?
KKD: No one important, let's just get to the story. *reveals sack* I got more snacks to be ready, including meat buns actually meant for Taokaka. *pulls out Meatbuns* Pre-heated, too. Here Tao.
Taokaka: Nyay! *grabs hte pre-heated meatbuns and chows down*
SZ: ...You could've told me you brought snacks before, KKD.
KKD: I didn't think Tao would just pounce in here like she did. *looks at her* But it is nice to have her here. She is cute, too. *pets Taokaka, making her purr a bit*
Taokaka: Thanks, Blue Guy.
SZ: ...R-right. Ahem. L-let's just do a small recap of what happened last chapter, and then post the disclaimer
KKD: Okay… so recap before disclaimers? That's new.
SZ: It's just a one time thing to those who haven't read the first chapter, or are too lazy to read it and skipped to chapter 2.
KKD: Okay? Anyway, last time we established Ben ending up on Mobius with a new set of aliens, and he had to fight with Sonic and Tails. And that was just the flashback.
SZ: And a few days after that, Makoto appears on Mobius...albeit with a few injuries, and was soon found by Sonic, along with Takeshi and Luna, the latest Freedom Fighter recruits.
KKD: After Egghead appeared on the battlefield, and after the Freedom Fighters took out the Eggpawns, Makoto took on Egghead's latest robo with help from Ben with his second new alien.
SZ: Slashsteel, who is owned by another friend of mine, Kamen Rider ZER0. Course the two manage to beat Eggman,but Ben and Sonic's group bring Makoto to the medical wing of the Sky Patrol, the Freedom Fighter's flying base.
KKD: Makoto's fine, thank goodness, but she told Ben of a certain snake, and now he's more determined than ever to make sure he doesn't harm anyone again. And now… Disclaimers.
SZ: Hai…*rolls down the screen*
Disclaimer: Neither of us own anything in this story, nor do we own the Ben 10 or Blazblue franchises as they belong to their respective owners/companies. We do though own any OCs that appear in this story.
Sometime later, Makoto was all healed up and ready for action, the Squirrel girl unwrapping the last of the bandages on her head. She was about to leave before she stopped, looking at her cloths...or at least what remained of them since they had quite a few tears in them.
"Damn it… I need some new duds," the squirrel girl muttered to herself before she noticed a note sticking to the closet door, "Eh?"
'I know it's a bit much, but I got you some clothes so you don't have to walk around in those rags until their new...but promise you'll won't wear them around the ship once they're fixed. -Luna. PS; You wouldn't believe how hard it was to find a bra in your size'
"Well… that was nice of her," Makoto smiled a bit as she opened the closet door.
Ben took a deep breath as he had finally calmed down, the teen leaving his room as he left to meet up with the others. Currently, he was wearing a black t-shirt with a white line going down the middle. In the center of the white bar was a black space that separated the bar with a '10' in the middle. He wore a dark green jacket on top of the shirt, the bottom half been lengthened to his knees. He wore a pair of black jeans with white and black running shoes. He walked around a bit before he bumped into someone.
"Oops. Eheh...sorry about that," he heard someone reply before looking up to see Makoto, the squirrel girl wearing a rather interesting outfit. She wore a chestnut-colored jacket that went down to her waist with a brown and black tee that was stretched by her assets and exposed her toned, flat belly. On her shapely rear and hips was a pair of chestnut short-shorts with black leggings that covered her lovely, well-toned legs, her feet hid in black and acorn-colored running shoes. On her hands were a pair of brown, black, and chestnut fingerless gloves with the backs exposed in an acorn design and went up to an inch below her shoulders.
"Uh…" Ben droned, blushing a little before he shook his head, "I-it's okay. I should've been paying attention."
"Right… so, Ben, right?" Makoto asked, earning a nod from the teen, "...I… wanted to thank you again… for getting me out of that mess."
"I...it's no problem, really," Ben nodded, rubbing the back of his head.
"R-right," Makoto chuckled a bit, scratching her cheek a little, "So uh...what is this place anyway? And what were those mutated Beastk-"
"Mobians."
"Eh?"
"Mobians; they're the locals of this planet," Ben explained, "Oh, and the name of the planet we're on is called Mobius."
'Oh...I see," Makoto noted, "...So this is definitely not my home then."
"Yeah...took me a bit to get used to it too," Ben admitted, "But I've been helping the Freedom Fighters out and stuff during my stay here."
"Freedom Fighters?" Makoto repeated in confusion.
"The Freedom Fighters are a group of Mobians set out to free Mobius from the control of Dr. Eggman, the guy you sent flying before," Ben explained before frowning a little, "And you can thank him for the current state of Mobius."
"Eh?" Makoto blinked before Ben pointed at a nearby window, the Beastkin walking over before her eyes widened, seeing various fissures on the ground below, "What...the…?"
"From what Sonic told me, Eggman had this machine that could rewrite a world's history,' Ben explained, frowning still, "Eggman used it too many times, and...well, you see the results."
"Man… it almost looks worse than my world," Makoto whispered as she saw the destruction below.
"What do you mean?"
"Well...the ground below is so contaminated with Seithr, a substance that can kill or mutate you if you inhale too much of it, people had to live in the Hierarchical cities, places build on top of very high mountains just to get away from the stuff," Makoto explained.
"Wow… that's…" Ben began with wide eyes.
"Yeah… the cities were built after the events of the Dark War," Makoto added as she turned around, leaning against the handlebar a little, "I'll probably tell you more about it some other time."
"Yea… that's a lot to take in right now," Ben admitted as he stood next to her.
"Yeah," Makoto nodded slightly before she turned her heads towards him, "So, what's your world like? I ask because...well, I can guess you're not originally from Mobius, right?"
"Yea, I'm not… I come from a world where aliens are starting to become much more commonplace," Ben answered as he looked at the sky,"Ever since I was ten, I've been using the Omnitrix to help people out and fight back some Alien criminals...though…" he paused as he gave a small sigh, "Some people actually wish I disappear once my secret got out."
"I see…" Makoto sighed as she frowned a little, "Ungrateful jerks."
"Tell me about it," Ben rolled his eyes a bit in agreement. It was then Tails came running in, panting a bit, "...is something wrong, Tails?"
"Yeah. Come on, Sally wants you to come to the main room," Tails informed, Ben nodding in response as he and Makoto followed the fox.
"Good. Everyone's here," a female Mobian chipmunk (who wore a light blue jacket on top of a black top, a pair of black shorts, blue boots, and blue bracelets on her gloves) noted as Ben, Tails, and Makoto sat down, a holographic image of a train floating above the table, "Hours ago, Dr. Eggman sent a hoard of Badniks to attack Spagonia University. The badniks raided the office for documents, scientific samples...and researchers. They took Uncle Chuck and his colleague, Professor Pickles."
"Uncle Chuck… oh no…" Sonic said with wide eyes.
"I know," the chipmunk nodded sadly, "Luckily, thanks to the access codes I 'borrowed' from the Death Egg, we know they're being transported for pick up at the train station in Rail Canyon."
"How far is that from our current location?" Makoto asked.
"Not too long if we take the Tornado and Twister," Tails spoke up.
"Good idea, Tails," the chipmunk nodded as she gained a serious look, "Freedom Fighters, we are not letting Eggman get away with this, which is why I devised a plan. Nicole?"
"On it," the lynx nodded as she did a swiping motion with her hand, causing the hologram to change to headshots of the team.
"Team Freedom will cover the rescue. Tails and Antoine, you'll take Sonic and Amy down on the Tornado and Twister. Sonic and Amy, you two will whisk the professor and Uncle Chuck to safety."
"Anything we can do to help, Sally?" Ben checked, referring to himself and Makoto.
"Actually, yes," the chipmunk, Sally, nodded as she motioned to one of the cars, "In the car just behind the one Uncle Chuck and the professor are in, there are a few guard robots. You two will keep them distracted while Sonic and Amy free the professor and Uncle Chuck."
"Roger that, princess," Ben saluted as Makoto nodded in response.
"Takeshi, Luna, you're with me, Bunnie, and Rotor. We'll be taking control of the train before it could reach its destination."
"Understood, Princess," Takeshi nodded.
"Good," Sally nodded as she looked at her team, "Freedom fighters, let's move out!"
A bit later, Sonic's team flew through the sky as they began to approach a crimson and gunmetal train, Ben and Makoto sitting in the back of the two planes, said planes being piloted by Tails and a Mobian coyote.
"The view's amazing from up here," Makoto awed a bit as she looked down at the ground, seeing some trees and birds passing by.
"Agreed, but don't get too used to it. We're about to lower down to the train now," Tails informed as he and the coyote piloted the planes down towards the train, the two trying their best to avoid any incoming trees.
"Okay… almost…" Ben began before the coyote piloting the plane yelped as he moved teh plane upward, "H-hey! Easy, Antione!"
"Sorry, but vou trying and pilot zis thing without crashing!" the coyote shouted in a near french accent.
"Ignoring that," Ben groaned before Antione managed to fly back down next to the plane, "Okay. Just keep it steady…." he instructed as he climbed out of the seat, trying to time his jump.
And once it was in place, Ben made the leap, the teen tumbling in the car's roof before he stopped himself.
"...Okay. I'm g-" Ben began before Makoto landed on top of him...which pretty much ended in an awkward situation as his face was buried in her chest, the teen blushing a bright red.
"Whoops… sorry, Ben," Makoto chuckled sheepishly as she got off him.
"Uh...b...da…" Ben spoke incoherently as his face was still a bright red. He then quickly shook his head, ridding himself of the blush a bit, 'I-it's okay."
"R...right," Makoto nodded, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly before Sonic and a pink furred female Mobian hedgehog landed next to them.
"You guys alright?" Sonic checked.
"Y-yeah," Ben nodded as he stood up, clearing his throat, "Let's hurry and sneak inside before anyone notices us."
"Right."
Further up the train, Sally, Takeshi, Luna, a Mobian walrus, and a Mobian rabbit with a cybernetic arm and legs were trying to get into the front care.
"Any luck, Rotor?" Sally asked the walrus, who wore a pair of goggles as he tried to open a panel with a welding torch.
"No good. There's no control hatch, and this doesn't have enough juice to cut through the armor," the walrus spoke as he turned his welding torch off."
"Here, let me help," Luna replied, igniting her finger on fire at the level of a blow torch, but being careful as she tried to make an opening, only to get the same result Rotor got, "Mou...no good."
"Stand back, sugah. Ah'll make us a way in," the rabbit spoke up in a southern accent, aiming her cybernetic arm as the spot Rotor and Luna tried to open as she fired a blast from the palm, creating a small opening, "...Huh. Well that's embarrassing'."
"...Actually Bunnie, that's good enough," Sally spoke as she pulled out a handheld device with a gold ring attached to it, "Okay. Ready Nicole?"
-Wait wh-ahh!- Nicole's voice yelped from the device as Sally dropped it into the hole, the lynx appearing via a swirl of data as she held the device, "Gently, please. My components are one of a kind."
"I'm sorry Nicole, but you were the only one that could fit," Sally replied from above, "Can you take control of the train's systems?"
"I can try," Nicole nodded, placing the handheld on a nearby console as she plugged it into the machine. The lynx then waved her free hand, causing a few screens to appear as she got to work, "It's running on the standard Egg-O's program. I can get in, but it'll take me a few minutes."
"Hurry. We don't know what kind of defenses Eggman set up," Sally stated.
Nicole nodded in response as she hurried up, only to stop when she heard the sound of metal hitting the floor. She slowly looked over her shoulder to see a silver-ish blue and white robot with a pair of spiked fist, the numbers '106' and 'Eta' etched into its body.
"...Uh...I don't suppose you're one of those rogue Badniks that want to join us?" the Lynx asked with a nervous smile before she rolled out of teh way as the robot tried to hit her with its spiked fist, the robot destroying the console instead, "I guess not!"
"Nicole, what's wrong?! The train just started going faster!" Sally shouted from the hole.
"It's worse than I thought, Sally!" Nicole replied as she quickly dodged another strike from the robot, "It seems Eggman set some of his E-series Robots here to guard the train!"
"Shoot! Bunnie, can you try and make the hole bigger?!"
"Ah can try!" Bunnie's voice replied as she prepared to fire another blast, only to reduce it to make a makeshift welding torch, "It may take me a bit, though."
"Right. Takeshi, Luna, the moment the hole's big enough, you two and Bunnie rush in to help Nicole. Me and rotor will keep an eye out for any more of Eggman's machines."
"Roger," Luna nodded, jumping in first, followed by Takeshi and Bunnie once the latter managed to make the hole big enough
The robot quickly noticed the new intruders before it charged at them, the three jumping out of the way as the robot's spiked fist left a very noticeable dent on the metal wall.
"Yowza," Luna gulped before Takeshi grabbed her jsut as the robot tried to slam one of its fist on her, "Th-thanks, Takeshi."
"No problem," the hedgehog nodded as the robot glared at them, "Let's just hope Sonic and his team are faring better than us right now."
Back with Sonic's group, the pink hedgehog, Amy, was slamming a red and yellow hammer on a black panel.
"Grr…! come on you stupid thing! open!" Amy growled in frustration as she tried hitting it again.
"Here. Let me try," Makoto offered.
Amy nodded as she stepped back, allowing Makoto to kneel down towards the panel. She reeled her fist back before punching the panel, causing it to shoot down.
"There. Now w-" the Squirrel Beastkin began before she noticed the car was filled with weapons and explosives, a missile having a noticeable dent in it as the panel layed next to it, "...Uh...we may want to head further up."
"Why's that?" Sonic asked.
"Because I may have accidently set off a missile," Makoto chuckled nervously.
"What?!" Ben, Amy, and Sonic gawked before the group immediately bolted for the next car before the one they were on exploded, the resulting shockwave sending them further up the train.
"Sheesh! That was too close!" Ben panted as he stood up, his hand unintentionally grabbing something soft.
"Ahh~"
Ben tensed up at that as he slowly looked down to see that his hand was on one of Makoto's breast, the teen yelping as he quickly shot up, blushing like mad.
"S-sorry! I didn't mean too!" Ben panicked just as Makoto stood up, the Beastkin blushing a bit as well.
"I...it's fine. W...we'll call it even for what happened earlier," Makoto replied.
"F-Fair enough," Ben nodded before they helped Sonic and Amy up.
"Ugh...What was Eggman thinking not putting windows on this thing?" Sonic groaned as he dusted himself off, "It would've been at least helpful to find out which car Uncle Chuck and the professor are in, and NOT explosives."
"Agreed," Ben, Amy, and Makoto muttered before the former had an idea.
"...Hold on. Maybe I have an alien that can help us out with that," Ben responded, checking his aliens before settling on one before slamming his hand down, creating a bright flash of green light.
In his place though, was a bipedal, have strong reptilian bodies with dark green-black leathery skin, a snake-like neck with a sharp beak at the end of his heads, tyrannosaurus-like feet, three claw-tipped fingers and a thumb on each hand, measuring to a height of seven feet in adulthood. The most notable feature is that he had huge, long blades all over his body: the elbows, wrists, feet, legs, head, and tail.
"...Blade-Rex? C'mon, you stupid thing, I wanted Biobot!" the creature snapped at the symbol on his chest, "Ugh...does this thing have something against him or something
"No idea," Sonic shrugged before a crash caught his attention, the hedgehog turned towards the front car to see a metal fist trying to impale Sally and her team, "Sal! Oh crap, uh...Ben! You, Amy, and Makoto handle the rescue mission!"
"Wh-" Amy began before Sonic took off, "Sonic!"
"Let him go, Amy. He can handle himself," Makoto told her.
"...R...right," Amy nodded slowly as she looked over at Blade Rex, "Any ideas where the Professor and Chuck are?"
"Not a clue, this alien doesn't have good tracking abilities, it's mainly a peaceful race from what I learned, but it can uses these blade for cutting openings in metal objects, so…" Blade Rex started before using his claws to cut an opening small enough for him to see in, "...Okay, There are some robots inside, 4-5 in total."
"What's the plan here?" Makoto whispered.
"Same as before. You and me are gonna distract them while Amy goes and rescue the professor," Blade Rex stated.
"Gotcha. Just give the word," Makoto said as she pulled her tonfa out.
"Right," Blade Rex nodded as he peeked back inside, "Okay...they're turning around...and…" he paused as he stood up and held his claws against the hole he made, "Now!"
The robots (who were more of a gunmetal grey color and had a pair of blasters for arms) froze a they heard a tearing sound, turning to see Blade Rex leap down from an opening in the roof. The robots aimed their blasters at him before Makoto dived down from above and smashed the head of one with a punch, Blade Rex going on to shred the bots there, the reptile-like alien dodging the robot's gunfire as he slashed one clean down the middle. While the bots were distracted, Amy climbed down the hole and snuck past them.
'Good luck, Amy,' Blade Rex thought to himself as he ducked under an attempted swipe from one of the robots.
'Okay. Just a quick turn a-" Amy began mentally as she ran into the next car, only to see it full of robotic dragonflies and scorpions, "...Uh…"
The machines immediately turned on as they gave Amy a death stare, making Amy nervous before she yelped as the machines charged at her.
"What's going on down there?" Tails asked himself, seeing the chaos downbelow before some of the robotic dragonflies flew out of the car Amy was in and opened fire at the twin tailed fox and Antoine, "Woah! Antoine, evasive maneuvers!"
"Gyeep!" Antoine yelped as he and Tails quickly maneuvered their respective planes out of the dragonfly robots' gunfire, said robots hot on their tails, "Zis is too much!"
'Ugh...you've gotta be kidding me!' Sally mentally groaned as she, Rotor, and Takeshi dealt with the scorpion robots pouring out of the car Amy was in, a few coming in through the hole Blade Rex created, "Bunnie, help the Tornado and Twister with air support!"
"Ah'm on it!" Bunnie shouted as the bottoms of her cybernetic legs flared up, the mobian rabbit flying off into the air as she used her cybernetic arm to fire a few blast at teh dragon fly robots.
"Takeshi, Luna, see what's going on in the hole these Badniks are coming out of," Sally ordered as she jumped back form a tail slash from one of the robotic scorpions.
"Roger!" Takeshi nodded as he and Luna rushed by the scorpion robots.
"Rotor, remind me why I didn't have Omochao and T-pup Coordinating comms?" Sally asked as he bracelets glowed, a pair of energy blades coming out of them as she used them to slash at the scorpion Badniks.
"Because they couldn't fly fast enough to keep up with the train," Rotor answered as he swung a pair of Scorpion Badniks by their tails.
"...Right. Remind me to have you and Tails to build us some headsets before the next mission," Sally said as she sliced a Scorpion Badnik in half, releasing the small chicken that was trapped inside it.
"Can we worry about this mission first?!" Rotor shouted as he slammed the Scorpion Badniks he had grabbed, releasing the chickens that were trapped in them.
"Of course," Sally nodded, about to attack a Scorpin Badnik before a blur shot by her, said blue instantly destroying the Badnik, "What the...Sonic?!"
"Sorry. Saw the situation you guys were in and decided to help," Sonic answered as he skidded to a halt, "It's better to make sure you stay alive during the operation, Sal."
"R...right," Sally nodded, panting a bit as she slashed another Scorpion Badnik, the Mobian Chipmunks quickly pulling out Nicole's handheld, " Nicole, any luck with the Train's controls?"
"No. With the main control console destroyed, it's hard to get in," "Nicole replied, the screen showing a ':(' afterwards.
"Damn it!" Sally cursed before the train began to swerve, the princess looking ahead before paling, "Sonic, Rotor, hold onto something!"
"On it!" Sonic and Rotor nodded as they held onto the train just as it did a sharp turn, causing the Scorpion Badniks to fly off.
"That was too close," Sonic sighed in relief as he stood up, "Let's hope Ben's having an easier time."
"Rah!" Makoto shouted as she punched a dragonfly Badnik, "These things just keep coming!"
"Yea… and I can't keep this up forever," Blade Rex added before slashing one of the guard robots to shreds. He was about to attack another before a beeping noise was heard, "...Oh come…!"
*FLASH*
"On!" Ben complained as he turned back to normal, dodging attacks from the bots before hiding in some nearby crates, "Of all the times for this to run out of juice!"
"Is everything alright, Ben?!" Makoto asked as she uppercutted a sCorpion badnik into the roof of the car.
"The Omnitrix ran out of power! It's gonna take a while before it recharges!"
"What?!" Makoto gasped before yelping when a scorpion Badnik tired to hit her with it's macedstinger, "Uh..okay. hold these things off until it's fully recharged! It shouldn't be too…"
A spike first destroyed the doorway leading to the next car, the owner of said face stomping in as it glared at the intruders, which happened to be Ben and Makoto.
"...Hard...crap baskets," Makoto groaned.
"Oh, you say that, too?" Ben noted before yelping as the robot smashed the crates he was hiding behind, causing him to roll out of the way before it could smash him.
The scene paused as a fourway split screen shot soon happened, each one showing the predicament the group was in.
(To be continued)
SZ:...*pulls out a mustache and puts it on* Well...this is a fine pickle our heroes are in, isn't it?
KKD: Why the 'stache?
SZ:...sorry.*puts the 'stache away*I was watching the Game Grumps play Super Mario bros 2 earlier before we started this story.
KKD: Ok…
SZ: Yeah...but seriously, seems our heroes are in quite the bind.
KKD: I'll say.
SZ: Hai. Will they be able to pull out of it? That readers...is something you'll have to wait for in part 2.
KKD: Hoo boy.
SZ: Yup...hard to say if there was a favorite scene in this chapter...unless you managed to find one, KKD.
KKD: Not really. That's a really tough call.
SZ: Ahh...that is true...so...anything you'd like to add or talk about?
KKD: I got nothing.
SZ: Ahh...then I guess we'll end things here
KKD: Yea. Until next time, this is KKD Silver…
SZ: And Seanzilla115 signing off
KKD: Jaa ne.
SZ: Have a good day
