All Hail The King Pt 2
George, Enoch, and the two guards walk toward our heroes, eager to kill. Gwen throws up a shield which the four enemies walk into.
"This will not hold us forever, girl," George says with hate in his heart.
"D-dude," Ben stutters. "Why are you doing this? I thought we were on good terms! We helped each other in the fight against Daigon!"
"It was a temporary alliance, you imbecile," George replies harshly. "You've been a nuisance to the Forever Knights for far too long now. It ends here.
"No, it doesn't," Ben tells him. He activates the Omnitrix, swipes around and presses down on it. "Fasttrack!" Ben grabs Gwen and Kevin, and speeds away.
"You can run, Tennyson, but you cannot hide!" George calls after him.
*theme song plays*
Ben, as Fasttrack, runs with Gwen and Kevin on his shoulders as fast as he can. After a while, the Omnitrix times out and the trio fly in the air before landing on the ground and sliding for a few feet. They finally come to a stop and lay in pain.
"Smoothe landing, Tennyson," Kevin moans on the ground.
"Sorry," Ben says in regret as he and Kevin get up. They look at Gwen who is still unconscious.
"GWEN!" Kevin yells in fear. He and Ben run over to her. Kevin lifts her upper body up. "Babe, speak to me, come on!"
"Gwen, I am so sorry, please be okay!" Ben says.
Gwen begins to stir in Kevin's arms. She slowly opens her eyes and looks up at Kevin and Ben.
"Oh, my gosh," Kevin says in relief as he hugs Gwen, tears almost forming in his eyes. He pulls away, but still holds her in his arms. They lock eyes and he smiles at her.
"What even happened?" she manages.
"I made a quick escape with the two of you on my shoulders. The Omnitrix timed out and we sort of crash landed." Ben admits.
"Oh, well, at least we got away from the Forever Knights," Gwen says. Kevin helps her up.
"So, you're not mad at me, then?" Ben hesitantly asks with a slight nervous smile.
"Oh, I am," Gwen confirms. "I'll get you back when you lose the bet, don't worry."
"Oh," Ben says, taken aback. "Well, you're not winning, Gwen."
"What makes you so sure?"
"Well, since my stomach didn't growl after running, I think I'm all good." Ben says with a confident smile.
"Don't get too cocky now, Tennyson," Kevin chimes in. "There's still a few more hours left. And I'm sure all the fighting we're about to do again will certainly rumble your stomach."
Ben looks at Kevin with an annoyed look on his face. "Jeez, Kev, you're totally whipped! You really are a lackey!"
"What'd you just say, Tennyson?!" Kevin says angrily while clenching his fists.
"Boys, play nice," Gwen says, stern.
"You should worry about fighting us instead of fighting one another," a voice comes from their side. They turn and see George, Enoch, and the two guards standing a few feet away.
"What the-! How did you find us so quickly?!" Ben asks frantically.
"You mustn't have heard me, Tennyson," George begins. "As you were running away like a coward, I told you that you can run, but you cannot hide."
Ben immediately activates the Omnitrix, swipes around, and presses down. He turns into Four Arms.
"Okay, it's time to rumble!" he shouts. George steps out of the way as Ben tackles Enoch. The two guards then attack Gwen and Kevin.
George looks on as his men fight his enemies. He focuses his attention specifically to Enoch and Ben. Ben, as Four Arms, punches Enoch in the chest which causes Enoch to slide back a few feet.
"Give it a rest, Enoch, I just defeated you earlier, do you really think you stand a chance?" Ben says with confidence.
"Oh, you young people and your stupidity. You still haven't realized that I let you win," Enoch snaps back.
"You didn't let me win, I beat you fair and square!" Ben insists.
"Very well then," Enoch says in annoyance. "Come at me, Tennyson. I will not move."
"You're inviting me to beat you up again? Wow, this is great!" Ben lunges at Enoch, upper right arm ready to strike. Ben attempts to land the punch on Enoch's face, but fails as yellow electric energy deflects it. Ben looks at Enoch with a shocked expression on his face.
Enoch smiles evilly at him. "The Esoterica sure did have extremely powerful technology." Ben punches again, but this time as his fist touches the yellow electric energy, it fries him and sends him flying away.
In between defending herself, Gwen looks up as Four Arms flies through the sky. "Ben!" she screams in worry. She immediately returns her attention to her attacker as she quickly deflects a blow.
Ben lands hard on the ground about a mile away from the action. He reverts back to human and passes out. Back at the action, George looks at Enoch.
"Well done, Enoch," he begins. "Now, go finish him."
"It will be done, sir," Enoch responds. He begins running over to where Ben is.
Kevin, who has been unable to absorb anything this entire time, does his best to dodge the guard that is swinging at him with an electric sword. The guard stops swinging and pushes his sword toward Kevin in a stabbing motion. Kevin only barely manages to dodge.
"Hey! Watch where you point that thing!" Kevin says with a hint of fear in his voice.
A few feet away, Gwen continues to dodge her attacker by throwing up shields. "Ugh, these guys just won't quit! Do they ever get tired?"
"No, they do not, little girl," George responds calmly.
Kevin dodges another attack. "Whao, bro, you might not wanna call her little girl."
George gives a slight chuckle. "Do you think I actually fear this inferior, weak, little girl, Levin?"
"Well, welcome to your funeral," Kevin says, dodging another attack. George, Kevin, and the guard freeze as a loud cracking noise is heard. They turn and look at Gwen, who is standing above the guard she was fighting. She looks up at George, her eyes glowing with Mana.
"I dare you to call me little girl again," she warns.
George keeps a calm demeanor. "As I said, I do not fear you… little girl.
Gwen lifts her arm and points two fingers at George. A beam of Mana is released and smacks into George, sending him flying away from the scene. Gwen does the same to the guard fighting Kevin. She then falls to the ground. Kevin runs over to her.
"Gwen, are you okay?" Kevin asks eagerly.
"Yes, I'm fine," she responds. "I didn't wanna have to do that, but he forced my hand, literally and figuratively."
Kevin smiles. "He sure did," Kevin helps her up. "Let's go help Ben before it's too late.
Fade out & fade in
Enoch reaches Ben who is laying in a crater created from the impact of the fall, still unconscious. He grins as he looks at his fallen opponent. "So what now, Tennyson? Oh, that's right, you die." Enoch raises his arm to Ben, ready to deliver the final blow.
Before Enoch can finish the job, a loud noise is heard from behind them. He turns around, but cannot see the cause of the noise. He turns back to look at Ben who is no longer laying where he once was. "Tennyson!" Enoch screams angrily.
"Yeah?"
Enoch looks around. "Where are you, you pathetic peasant?!"
Enoch's answer is given when he is hit on the top of his head. The hit causes him to fall to the ground in a dazed confusion. He turns over to see Ben standing over him.
"I was in the air the whole time, idiot," Ben mockingly exclaims. "Who's the peasant now?" Enoch passes out. "Yeah, you are."
Gwen and Kevin reach Ben. "Ben, are you okay?" Gwen asks.
Ben turns around to face them. "Yeah, I'm fine," Ben's stomach begins to growl aggressively. He puts his hands on it.
Gwen gives a cocky smile. "You sure?"
Ben mockingly smiles back at her. "Yeah, I'm sure."
Alright, let's go, I wanna make it home in time for dinner," Kevin says.
Enoch begins to regain consciousness. As he opens his eyes and his vision refocuses, he sees George and the two guards standing above. He then remembers the events that recently transpired.
"Get up, Enoch, do you really think you are going to rest here forever? Enoch gets up immediately. "I am highly disappointed in you. You were not supposed to fail this time."
Enoch looks at the ground. "I am sorry, m'lord," he says weakly. "I will not fail you again."
"You'd better hope not… for your sake."
Ben, Gwen, and Kevin are at Kevin's garage. Kevin looks at a clock nearby. "30 minutes left," he says.
"Gwen, just accept that you're not winning this bet." Ben says confidently. "I have a stomach of steel!"
"You'll probably puke seconds before the bet ends, so I'm not worried." she shoots back.
"You will not live long enough to see the results of your petty bet," Enoch's voice comes from the garage entrance.
Kevin gets up. "Hey! Get out of my garage!"
"No."
"Don't worry, Kev, we'll force him out of your garage. It's hero time!" Ben shouts as he transforms into Big Chill and yells out his name.
"Stop yelling out their names!" Kevin says angrily.
"No." Ben says as he flies toward Enoch. Ben makes himself intangible as he flies through Enoch, causing Enoch to become frozen in ice.
"Well, that was pretty easy… for us." Gwen says.
"And embarrassing for him," Kevin adds, nodding toward Enoch.
"I highly doubt that it's over," Ben says. "Those two guards are probably hiding somewhere."
Ben's theory is proven correct as he is shot out of the air and smacks into his teammates. They look up at the garage entrance and see the two guards walking inside.
"Why does everyone always wanna mess up my garage?!" Kevin moans.
"Quit whining and fight!" Ben snaps as he gets back up and flies toward the guards. Kevin rolls his eyes at Ben.
"I'll get you a new garage for your birthday." Gwen says sarcastically as she gets up, ignites her Mana, and runs after Ben. Kevin sighs as he absorbs wood from a shelf behind him and joins the fight.
The two guards put up quite a fight against their three enemies. This long fight allows Enoch to unfreeze himself.
"Ah, much better," he says. Before he can finish composing himself, a guard is thrown into him sending both of them flying out of the garage. The same thing happens to the other guard.
"Just face it, Enoch," Ben, still as Big Chill, begins. "You will never beat us." We're too much for you to handle."
Enoch growls as he and the guards are teleported away. Ben reverts back to human and Kevin exudes the the wood.
"20 minutes left by the way," Kevin says, breaking the silence. Ben and Gwen look at each other.
"You're gonna feel like such a chump when you have to buy my smoothies, I can't wait!" Ben says, excitedly.
"I think it's gonna be you who feels like a chump when you have to do all my chores because there's no way I'm wasting money on smoothies." Gwen says back.
"But you're gonna have to when you lose," Ben says, smirking.
"We'll see in 20 minutes," Gwen responds.
"I didn't realize my lieutenant was such a failure!" George says angrily. "What have you to say for yourself?"
"So many attacks in such a short period of time has done a number on my energy, sir," Enoch quickly answers. "If you allowed us to wait the night and strike again in the morning, I can assure you that we will get the job done."
George stands right in front of Enoch's face. After a few seconds, he slaps him. "Fool! There is no waiting! You must end them before their little bet expires! I have already told you this! Is there something I am saying that you do not understand?!"
"No, sir, I understand. I apologize."
"You have one last chance, Enoch, one last chance. Lead the guards to victory. If you fail me again, you will suffer consequences." George warns.
George walks back to the throne and sits on it. Enoch turns around and exits the room, eyes almost filling with tears.
Fade out & fade in
"Can they just come back already, I'm so ready for this next attack." Ben says impatiently. "I really wanna have the satisfaction of not only defeating Enoch so many times in one night, but also beating Gwen in a bet. I don't know what else could make it the best night ever once those two things happen."
Gwen gives Ben a death glare which causes him to laugh nervously. The nerves cause his stomach to growl which puts a confident smile back on Gwen's face.
"There's still 10 more minutes, your stomach is really cutting it close." Kevin says.
"Wow, Kevin, I'm quite disappointed in you," Ben begins. "What happened to bros before… nevermind."
"Bros before what, Ben?" Gwen asks calmly.
"Oh nothing," Ben answers. Gwen gets up and backs Ben into a wall.
"No, tell me," she insists. "I wanna know what you were about to call me."
Ben begins to sweat and his stomach begins to growl again. "I-I didn't call you anything. If you noticed, I stopped myself."
"Ah, I see we arrive in another instance of your fighting one another instead of us," Enoch says. The trio turn their head and Ben smiles.
"Yes!" he screams. Ben slides away from Gwen. "Back for one last beatdown?"
"Ha, you are so funny, Tennyson?" Enoch says sarcastically.
"I know right?" Ben answers mockingly. He motions at Gwen and Kevin. "These two laugh at my jokes all the time!"
Enoch looks at Gwen and Kevin, who are looking at Ben with annoyed expressions. "By their lack of response as well as the expressions on their faces, I would assume that what you have said is not true."
"Whatever. The only thing that's gonna be true is when I kick your booty again." Ben counters. He activates the Omnitrix, swipes around and presses down. He transforms into Swampfire.
Enoch unsheathes a sword and holds it in attack position. "It looks like your friends are not interested in helping you."
Ben turns around to see his two companions standing there, arms crossed. "Seriously?"
"You got this, Tennyson, he's just one dude," Kevin begins.
"Yeah, you said you were gonna beat him again, so do it." Gwen finishes.
"What about the guards?"
"The guards have not joined me this time," Enoch answers for him.
Ben turns back around to face Enoch and smiles. "Oh, this is gonna be great then!" He ignites fireballs in his hands and throws them at Enoch who deflects both with his sword.
"You're going to have to do a lot better than that, Tennyson."
Ben tackles Enoch out of the garage and they both begin attacking wildly; punching each other in the face, kicking in the stomach, sword swinging, fireball throwing.
"Wow, you're actually putting up a fight this time," Ben says, surprised.
"I could say the same to you," Enoch counters. Enoch catches Ben off guard and cuts his right arm off with the sword. "Ah, that felt nice."
"It sure did," Ben agrees. His arm grows back, shocking Enoch. Ben lifts his hand up and sprays gas in Enoch's face.
Enoch growls as he moves back, shielding his eyes. Ben runs forward and punches Enoch in the face again, which causes his enemy to fall to the ground. Ben then throws seeds at Enoch, which turn into vines and wrap themselves around the Knight.
"Just face it Enoch, you're no match for the legendary Ben Tennyson!" Ben mocks.
Enoch opens his eyes to look at Ben, revealing all the red in his eyes. "Yikes!" Ben says. "Looks like I got you good with that gas."
Gwen and Kevin walk up to either side of Ben. Kevin nods in approval. Enoch is then teleported away. Ben reverts back to human.
"Honestly, I wish that fight would've lasted longer. I'm quite disappointed with him." Ben admits.
Enoch kneels before George.
"I am extremely disappointed with you Enoch," the old man says. "I expected more from you." It seems that good looks cannot help with fighting performance." What have you to say for yourself?"
"I am sorry, King, I am. I truly believe, though, that if I was allowed rest, I would have performed better." Enoch replies.
"The oldest excuse in the book. Guards, bring Enoch to the punishment room and teach him a lesson, please."
Enoch looks up at George with horror on his face. The two guards grab Enoch's arms and drag him out of the throne room.
"Peasant."
Ben's stomach begins to growl aggressively. "Uh oh, I feel something coming up!" He says.
"Bad timing, there's 20 seconds left." Kevin says.
"Well, looks like I'm gonna win," Gwen says pleased.
The aggressive growling continues for 15 more seconds. Ben makes a motion with his head as if he is going to throw up. He runs over to Gwen, but instead of throwing up, he burps loudly and aggressively in her face.
"And with that, the bet is over." Kevin tells them.
Gwen's face is mixed with disgust and shock.
"I told you, Gwen, I have a stomach of steel." Ben says happily. "You'll probably wanna get a job soon because you're gonna be spending a lot of money on smoothies for a while."
Kevin walks over to Ben and gives him a high five. "Honestly, Tennyson, I was on your side the whole time. I was only pretending to be on Gwen's side so that she'd let her guard down. I've seen how many smoothies you can drink, I know how well your stomach can handle it."
Gwen looks at Kevin. "You're sleeping on the couch tonight." she says annoyed. She then walks away. Kevin chuckles and walks after her. Ben looks after them with a smile on his face.
"Ben?" a voice calls from behind him.
He turns around and is filled with surprise and joy. "Julie!? You're back!" They hug each other and share a kiss. It's so good to see you again, but I thought your family would be on vacation for a lot longer?"
"We were, but we had to come back early. Something about my dad's job." Julie tells him.
"Oh, well, I'm glad that you're back. We just defeated the Forever Knights and I beat Gwen in a bet. And now the day ends with my girlfriend returning, this is awesome!"
Julie smiles and chuckles. "Well, I have even more good news for you."
"What is it?"
"I spoke with Max before coming over here, and I'm now officially a Plumber! And not only that, but I'm also part of your team now!"
"Julie, that's incredible!" Ben says with glee. Ben takes out his phone. "I wanna take a picture with you and post it on my Instagram story."
"Oh, okay," Julie says.
They take the picture and Ben opens Instagram. His eyes open wide with shock.
"What's wrong?" Julie asks.
"I just got a follow from someone who I haven't seen in a while. And I also didn't expect them follow me." Ben answers.
"What's the account name?" Julie asks.
Ben shows her and she becomes surprised as well.
"Let's not dwell on this too much, because I wanna catch up with Gwen and Kevin so we can tell them about the exciting news of you joining our team!" Ben says, excited.
"Yeah, let's do it!" Julie agrees.
The two of them run after Gwen and Kevin to tell them about the good news…
End
Credits
Characters:
Ben Tennyson
Gwen Tennyson
Kevin Levin
Julie Yamamoto (first re-appearance)
Villains:
King George
Enoch
Forever Knights
Aliens Used:
Fasttrack (first re-appearance)
Four Arms (first re-appearance)
Big Chill (first re-appearance)
Swampfire (first re-appearance)
Trivia
• Julie becomes a Plumber and joins The 10 Squad.
• Swampfire was originally not planned for this episode. Rath was going to be used instead.
• Gwen loses the bet against Ben and now has to pay for his smoothies, which will be a recurring theme throughout the season.
• After failing George again, Enoch is taken to the punishment room to be taught a lesson. There he was beaten and tortured.
• More details about the person who followed Ben on Instagram will be revealed throughout the season. The person themselves will return in a later season in the series.