Zatch: "Wow! We got so many helpful reviews, guys!"
Saito: "Indeed we did, my fine electrified friend!"
Brook: "And such a splendid idea for an alien! A magnificent review from author PhantomDragon99 if I've ever read one! YOHOHOHOHOHOHO!"
Usopp: "But Don Patch still isn't back yet. Where is he?"
Jelly Jiggler: "He wanted me to tell you guys this. He's sticking with doing the author's notes for this other story called Ben 10, Ben's Quest of the Kaminatrix. He said that it's my time to shine!"
Brook: " Well good for you, Jelly Jiggler! Usopp, would you mind doing the disclaimer this time?"
Usopp: "No problem, Brook! SaurusRock625 doesn't own Ben 10 at all!"
"Normal Speech"
'Thoughts'
Songs
"Yelling"
Alien Index
Creation of the Nullitrix! Part 1!
Ben let out a pain filled groan as he started to regain consciousness. His eyes opened, but his vision was still pretty blurry. He could vaguely make out a mass of strange figures in his still blurry vision. He started to hear voices in the air, and they seemed to be talking about him.
"Is he going to be okay?" asked a voice that sounded feminine, but held an air of power.
"It is hard to tell at this point in time, but I am sure that Ben will be alright!" said another voice. This one sounded like an old scientist..
Ben's vision finally cleared up, and he could see who it was that was talking. It was none other than Azmuth, and the princess of the Tetramand race, Looma Red Wind. Looma was wearing her traditional armor, but had removed her helmet allowing her hair to fall freely to her mid back. Looma took notice of Ben's awakening.
"Look, Ben's awake!" cried Looma in joy.
"Where am I?" asked Ben as he tried to get up.
"You are in the heart of the Null Void, Ben. Looma and I followed you here, and stopped you from bleeding out. You came pretty close to death there, kid!" explained Azmuth.
Ben looked at his torso to see that most of his body was covered in bandages. This included the stump at his elbow where his left forearm used to be. Ben tried to use his remaining arm to sit up, but Looma gently had him lay back down. Being a Tetramand, she was able to lay him back down with no effort on her part.
"Try not to move too much, beloved. You are still hurt very badly!" instructed Looma. tears started to form in all four of Looma's eyes. "I was so scared… Scared that you were going to die."
Ben honestly hated to see a girl cry. Seeing Looma as sad as she was, Ben did the one thing that he could think of in a situation like this. He sat himself up, and pulled Looma into a gentle hug. This proved difficult since he only had one and a half arms. Looma let out a surprised gasp at this.
"I'm sorry that I worried you, Looma. You don't have to worry about me leaving you. That's never gonna happen!" said Ben.
With the last of her resolve not to seem weak in front of Ben destroyed, Looma clung to Ben, and started to sob into his bandaged chest. She was trying to be careful as to avoid hurting Ben any more than he already was. Azmuth couldn't help but smile at this display of affection. He knew all about Tetramandian customs, but was surprised that the two of them could show such affection to each other.
"As much as I hate to break up such a display of romance, I'm afraid there are still some things that we must discuss." said Azmuth.
Ben understood the seriousness of the situation, but continued to use his remaining hand to rub Looma's back in an attempt to calm her down.
"Now that the Ultimatrix has been destroyed with most of your arm, what will you do?" asked Azmuth.
Azmuth would never say it out loud, but Ben Tennyson was like the grandson that he never had. Seeing him missing half an arm like this made his old heart ache. Ben himself was feeling beside himself on what he should do. He knew that if he was gonna fight Albedo, he was gonna need some serious firepower. He would also need a replacement arm if he was gonna fight the Plumbers.
He looked at the stump where his forearm should be, and envisioned the Ultimatrix. Suddenly, he got an idea.
"Azmuth, Looma, I think I have a plan! If I can build a device that is similar to the Ultimatrix that can also act as a replacement arm for the one I lost, I can use the DNA from the many aliens of the Null Void, and we can take down Albedo, even if he creates another Ultimatrix!" explained Ben.
His plan stopped Azmuth, and Looma cold. It sounded pretty crazy, but at the same time it sounded crazy enough to work! Azmuth got out several sheets of blank paper, a battery powered pencil sharpener, and several pencils. Looma brought over a big rock with a flat surface so Ben would have a place to work.
Ben meanwhile began mulling over key details of the functions of the device. He knew that he wanted the Ultimate Function, but he would also need something to take the power of his aliens even further than that! He also needed a name for the device. It wasn't necessarily an Omnitrix, and it wasn't an Ultimatrix either. He was only using alien DNA from aliens that lived in the Null Void so… Wait a minute… That's it!
"Guys… Today marks the beginning of… 'Project Nullitrix'!" said Ben with pride evident in his voice.
Azmuth and Looma looked at each other. They knew for a fact that collecting DNA for this 'Nullitrix' would be a dangerous task. Most of the aliens in this dimension were quite territorial, and don't appreciate any intruders. But at the same time, they understood that it was a risk that was worth taking. Azmuth took out a small device, and pushed a button. Small mechanical mosquitos appeared in the cave they were in. These machines were roughly the size of a full grown Galvan, and their noses looked sharp enough to pierce the thick hide of a Tetramand. There were ten of them in all.
"These are the same devices that I used to collect DNA from the many different life forms scattered throughout the galaxy. We will use them to gather ten DNA samples to start with for the Nullitrix!" explained Azmuth.
The drones flew off to gather the required DNA, and with that, our heroes got to work on the creation of the Nullitrix. But they were unaware that a power thought to not exist in Ben was slowly beginning to awaken.
Jelly Jiggler: "This story is starting to get even MORE interesting! I wonder what sort of aliens are going to be the first ten for this 'Nullitrix' thing."
Zatch: "I have a few theories, but SaurusRock625 told me that one of them is DEFINITELY going to be a Null Guardian!"
Usopp: "This is gonna be so awesome!"
Saito: "Indeed! But I wonder what other aliens are going to be used. The author doesn't really know of a lot of aliens that live in the Null Void."
Brook: "Well, if any of the readers can provide a list of Null Void dwelling aliens for the author so he can look them up, that would be very helpful! Goodbye until next chapter! YOHOHOHOHOHO"
