I can feel, everything. As I stand here on this barren world that would normally be inhospitable to any sentient forms of life. I was completely comfortable. Even the high radiation of this world didn't faze me. But it was more than that. It was as if the planet was alive to me. I could feel every tactile sensation, every pulse. The magma flowing deep beneath the crust was like blood flowing through veins. The atmosphere above my head like thick skin, keeping everything tightly bound. The wind, the moisture in the air, even the gravity I could feel more imperceptibly. Even the core of the planet that acted like a giant beating heart I could sense. I was at one with it all. Now it was time to test my abilities at full tilt as I transformed. Eleven different DNA's all amalgamated into a single being; I guess you could say I'm the ultimate chimera. Well then let's see what I can do, I bent my knees and rocketed into the sky. I could feel every shift in the airs currents as I cut through them at mach 3. I could see every rock that zipped by bellow me clearly. I couldn't help laughing to myself, how come I never thought of this before. Probably because I wasn't smart enough to before. Then I had an idea, an idea I now had the power to make a reality. I wanted to go faster, but mach 3 was apparently my speed limit in unaided flight. So I decided to create two auxiliary boosters on my back with my mechamorph powers. My idea worked - of course it would - as my speed doubled. I was now hurtling toward a mountain twice the size Everest. But I didn't feel anxiety or dread, I felt... humour.

Now I could easily just phase myself right through the entire mountain, but where's the fun in that. So I decided to take the more direct approach, literally, and I hit the mountain swinging. It didn't even take me a minute nor did I have to slow down as I tunneled my way through the mountain. My arms moving at lightning speed to hammer away at the rock before me. I did a battle cry as I burst through the other side and turned around to observe my handy work. It was a surprisingly smooth and leveled tunnel straight through, my subconscious must've been maintaining professional calculations as I beat my through. I took off once again leaving the glowing hot tunnel to cool. From driving to the bottom of the sea, to swimming through molten lava; nothing bothered or even proved difficult to me. I wasn't quite satisfied with my test here so I spent the next week visiting other worlds. I tested my limits under every atmosphere and climate imaginable. Now that I knew my upper limits it was time to find a worthy adversary to see how I did in battle. But before I go do that I decided to go pay Gwen a visit. I haven't seen her in over a week and I was already missing her like crazy. Plus I wanted her to be the first person to see the new and improved me. So I set the navigation to Anodyne and headed to the training room to do some one-on-one sparing. Oh and by one-on-one, I mean cloning then fighting myself.

It took four hours to get there, which isn't that long if you take the distance into consideration. But with the upgrades I made to the Rust-Bucket it was now so much easy to get to anywhere I wanted to go. I decided to leave the ship in orbit and descend myself. Zet was more than comfortable staying on board the ship sleeping on my bed in the mean time. I smiled to myself upon realizing that I didn't need a spacesuit to leave the ship. I simple opened the air lock and drifted put into the void. Gazing down at the world before me, wondering where on this planet Gwen was. Now you'll have to forgive my French but as I entered the planet's atmosphere I couldn't help thinking, what the fuck is going on here. I mean like seriously, I couldn't make sense of anything I was seeing, and that's saying something. The sudden charges in the geography and topography of this world seemed whimsical at best. Like if the planet just decided. I don't like that mountain being there anymore, I should move it to over here. Nah I change my mind. Everything kept shifting positions, raising and falling, or vanishing completely. How was I supposed to find Gwen in this madness?

Oh wait I could just track her aura. You know I sometimes forget just how much smarter I am now. Memories clicked into placed when I needed them to, I now had total recall. I remembered back to that last time I really went berserk, when I had grabbed the omnitrix in order to defeat Aggregor. Back then I had lost control and was hunting down all my friends and taking their powers. But I tried to stay away for Gwen; I didn't want to hurt her. She's the best thing that has ever happened to me, the greatest achievement of my life. I didn't change my ways because Ben offered me a second chance. I changed because I wanted to be near her, be with her. I guess she felt the same because she tracked me down, risked her life to save me. Even using herself as bait to lure me into a trapped. When she did that I had absorbed some of her energy, her manna. So I could track her then, and I can still track her with it now.

I flew off in a westerly direction, almost running face first into a mountain that just popped up outta nowhere. I was getting closer to her, I could feel it. I was about to up my speed when I noticed something making a bee line for me from my right side. I instinctively dodged as a ball of manna whistled pass my head by inches. "Halt intruder, state your business here or be destroyed." An Anodite – male from the looks of him – shouted and it probably wasn't a good idea to snicker. Yeah right, as if you people could hurt me in the first place, I thought to myself. There were four of them in all and judging by their muscular builds they were all males. Plus the way the manna that represented their hair rose into the air rather than flowing down their backs help in my deduction. It was a good thing I wasn't in my transformed state too. I don't think they would have extended the same courtesy if I was. Furthermore it was probably I good idea if I politely asked them for what I wanted, for now at least. "Look I just came here to surprise my girlfriend" their face clearly told me they didn't believe me. "Her name is Gwendolyn Tennyson" – still nothing – "She's the granddaughter of Verdona."

That name seemed to register with them; clearly they knew who I was talking about. "W-wait, you mean Verdona, as in the Verdona." One of them sputtered out as if he was scared of her, I saw another one gulp hard. "Well you should have just said so from the beginning. Come on, we'll escort you right to her," Ordered the same one whose been questioning me in the beginning. I heard the two guards at his flanks whispering about me, saying

"That guy is dating Verdona's granddaughter, brave guy."

"Yeah, he's either gotta be seriously strong, or seriously stupid."

Now you see, in the old days a comment like that would have started a fight. But I was better than that now, smarter, plus a fight now would not serve my purpose at all. And neither would their escort. "Listen guys I appreciate the offer but I would rather go alone. Like I said I want to surprise my girlfriend, wouldn't really be able to do that if you guys followed me. I give you my word, should you chose to believe it, that I have come here for no other reason." I tried to placate, I really didn't want this to come to blows. They wouldn't stand a ghost of a chance against me. They deliberated amongst themselves for a short while; they honestly thought I couldn't hear them. Although I had discovered early on that I couldn't read the minds of energy beings. Beings with no nervous systems that function on bio-electricity were impossible for me to read. Not that that would help them much as I could read lips just fine. Plus I had outstanding hearing. "Alright then, you can go search on your own accord. But know that we will be watching you." The guard leader warned "no problem, that's perfectly understandable." I gave them a good gestured wave then was on my way once more. That was way too close.

Gwen's energy signature was getting stronger by the minute. In fact I knew she couldn't be more than five hundred meters from me. I was closing in on her location faster and faster. Way too fast. I came to a dead stop in the air. Now that I really concentrated, I could feel her energy drawing closer to me, thing is I wasn't moving, which could only mean that she was. "KEVIN, OH MY GOD IT IS YOU." She shouted as soon as she spotted me. I couldn't help the confused look that sprawled across my face as she flew towards me. How did she know I was here, did she sense me coming, no that couldn't be it, could it, I mean she wasn't able to track me before, not like this anyway. "BABE" she cried out as she barrelled into my now outstretched and waiting arms. I didn't quite get a chance to express my joy as she wasn't done expressing hers. She crushed her lips to mine effectively sending all thoughts of conversation to the back of my brain. We made out for like fifteen minutes, neither of us needing to pause for oxygen apparently. Finally however her curiosity won out and she pulled away to stare at me. "Kevin, why are you here, I mean, h-how did you even find this place." I could see in her eyes that she was trying to hold back the flood of other questions she had. I also sensed my own frustration at the fact that I couldn't read her mind either. Oh well, she was in her Anodite form after all.

"Do you really have to ask me why I'm here? But anyway as for the how, well that's a long story that can wait." I could tell she wanted to ask more, but this time I didn't give her the opportunity as I crushed my lips to hers. The pleasured moan that rumbled in her chest told me she didn't necessarily mind asking her questions later. Her lips were like the sweetest drug to me and I was already heavily addicted. Was she always this incredible, or were my senses to dull to notice the true radiance of her before. I could stay in the moment, this exact same place with her for centuries and never get bored of it. In fact we probably wouldn't have stopped if not for someone politely clearing their throat in front of us. Someone Gwen was clearly annoyed with after pulling away to quickly glance at. "What do you want Sunny, didn't I say I'd be back in a minute." Gwen said agitatedly, to which her cousin crossed her arms and began tapping her foot, in midair I might add. "Oh yeah, a minute you said, which is why I'm here. You do realize you've been sucking your boyfriends face off for like the past half an hour right." She huffed; this news shocked the both of us. There's no way it was that long, I mean we've only been here for a couple minutes, right. If Gwen could blush in her Anodite from, I'd definitely say she was doing so right now. "W-what oh shoot, Sunny I'm so sorry, I didn't realize it was that long." Gwen said apologetically to which her cousin just huffed again. Wait a minute, did I just detect some jealously there. "Whatever let's just get back, Grandma is already getting bored. And you know what happens when she gets bored." She turned and flew off, Gwen turned to me with a dazzling smile on her lips. "C'mon, I'll give you the grand tour of the place."

We held hands as we flew and she pointed out the sights. She explained to me that the whole planet was basically like a giant cluster of manna. This is Due to it being located at the center of many intersecting lay-lines of manna that flow throughout the cosmos from legerdemain. Which is why nothing here has a stable from, always changing, even at the whim of powerful Anodite's themselves. It was good to have that weird little fact cleared up. It was only at this junction however that Gwen seemed to notice that I was flying. She wanted to know how and I told her I'd Explain it later. When we arrived to our destination – which was a floating house by the way, Verdona was already waiting for us. "Oh ho, so that's why you flew off in such a hurry. Ah the power of young love. And it is quite a pleasure to see you again young man. You've grown greatly see the last time I saw you." Even though she said this cheerfully I could sense the double meaning in her words. Clearly she wasn't talking about my height, but the growth in my power, no doubt she sensed the massive increase. A portion of my new and improved mind ran calculations as to whether I could beat her in a fight. The end result was 60/50, 60% in her favour. The factor she had in her favour was experience, decade's worth of it. I could probably match her in strength speed stamina and durability. But her edge came in the gap between our experiences.

All this took me no more than a second to calculate in my thoughts. I figured it would be more polite – and less detrimental to my health - to be respectful towards her. "It's nice to meet you again Verdona. I missed Gwen a lot more than I expected so I decided to come pay her a visit. I hope I'm not imposing." I replied and again wondered if Gwen could blush in her Anodite form. "Oh quite blushing like an idiot cos." Sunny chided, unwittingly answering my internal question for me. "Oh it's no problem at all" Verdona smiled then snapped her fingers. Instantly there was an extra room added to the house. Man, even through I've gotten so much stronger; Gwen's grandmother scared the shit back into me. "Um, grandma, could you excuse me for the rest of the evening, there's a lot I want to discuss with him." Verdona smiled mischievously

"Oh really now, just talking is it" she teased

"Grandmother" Gwen said indignantly.

"Ok Ok, you two can run along and have your little talk. Just make sure you are 'safe'.

"GRANDMOTHER" yelled Gwen.

We were now deep in discussion, telling each other everything we've been through. This was actually our second conversation. The first consisting of her crying out my name – and a few other choice words – and me moaning hers. I told her everything that I had been up to, from the amalgamation of all those alien races to training to watching movies with Zet. And she told me all about the training she's been doing under her grandmother. The places she's been and the wonders she's seen. We talked for hours while rapped in each others arms till Gwen finally got tired and fell asleep on my chest. Then next day we decided to have a sparring match, me in my transformed state, her in her Anodite form. Gwen had grown far stronger than I had anticipated. She had learned how to focus the manna within her body to drastically boost her speed strength and stamina, also to my levels. Plus her magic had gotten stronger. She was now using the charms of Bazil and the Staff of Ages in tandem with each other. She quickly realized that her manna attacks really had no effect on me, so she switched up her tactics and started using magic. And it worked, well sort of. I had an extremely high resistance to it but it still affected me. Gwen explained that magic was manna in another state or form. Like if you can't drown in water, that doesn't mean you can't suffocate in ice.

Over the next few days we got into a rhythm. She would spend the morning training with her grandmother while I took care of Zet. Then we'd eat lunch and go exploring. We'd spend the late afternoon sparring until nightfall. Then we ate dinner and spent a few hours talking till Gwen fell asleep on my chest. She had basically turned me into her new pillow, not that I'm complaining. At the mark of the end of the first week here, Gwen and I were in the midst of a very particular kind of dual. We had begun to challenge one another in areas other than fighting. Like foot races or hide and seek, which may sound like a children's game to you. But when you can run at over 700 mph, or track someone almost anywhere they go, it becomes very difficult. So this time we were power lifting, but not with our hands, and we were in human from just to spice it up. Gwen was using her telekinetic abilities while I relied on my gravitational control. So far I was in the lead with lifting 250 tons, now it was Gwen's turn. "Beat that baby" I teased, but it didn't faze her at all. "Oh consider it beaten babe" she whipped back. But she didn't have a chance to, because the next thing we knew. We were standing in a massive arena surrounded by thousands of people.

"WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO BATTLE PLANET. FOR YOUR BATTLING PLEASURE, TODAY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST FIGHT." Boomed an enigmatic voice through loud speakers. "Kevin what's going on?" Gwen shouted over the noise of the roaring crowd. "I don't know, yet. But something tells me we're about to find out." Ok three main things you should know about Battle Planet. One, it's not actually a planet, it's an asteroid. Roughly two thirds the size of earth, but still an asteroid. Two, it's untraceable. The plumbers have been trying to locate and shut this place down for years. But it can only be found through invitation. And three, it was the place in the galaxy where fighters could test themselves. No holds barred, anything goes, if you die, tough luck. If you were a warrior and you've never fought here, then you were a self-proclaimed warrior. Not to mention the special request fights. Say you wanted to see Vilgax and Volcanis duke it out, if you could get 70% of the people in here to back your vote. Then the powers at be would make it happen, which is probable why we were teleported here. All that matter now was who requested what.

"TODAY WE PIT TWO OF THE GALAXY'S MIGHTIEST AGAINST EACH OTHER TO DETERMINE, WHO, IS, STRONGEST." This announcement was followed by another round of uproarious applause.

"TODAY WE PIT KEVIN ELEVIN VS. BEN TEN."

The crowd hit a fever pitch at that point. "Wait what; what the hell is he talking about. Ben isn't even-". Just then said person materializes right in front of them with Kai Rook and Rook's girlfriend Rayona in tow. "Oh, never mind then." Gwen quickly corrected herself. "Um, somebody mind explaining just what's going on here." Kai asked first. "Hey don't look at me, we just got here too." Gwen said. "The short version is, this is battle world, a place where fighters can test themselves without rules or regulations. And it would seem that Ben and I have been chosen to be the next contestants." I quickly caught them up to speed.

"EXACTLY SO MY FRIEND, YOU SEE THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DEBATE AS TO WHICH OF YOU IS SUPERIOR. TODAY THOSE DEBATES WELL END WITH ONE OF YOU STANDING VICTORIOUS. SO FIGHTERS, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE. OR WILL YOU FORFIT AND GO HOME. THE CHOICE IS YOURS."

The crowd began to jeer in an attempt to goad us into fighting. But why should I, I already know I'm stronger than Ben, I mean there's only one way he came beat- wait, I could use this. Yeah I could finally get my hands on the last DNA sample I need to become complete.

"Fine I accept, but I can't speak for Ben over here. The last thing he wants is to get his ass kicked on inter-galactic TV." If I phrase it like that then there's no way Ben would refuse. "Heh, big words from someone who's barely ever won a fight against me, Count me in." Please, like I would lose to you again, he thought to himself. God he's so gullible, he doesn't even know that I can hear his thoughts. And just what are you thinking baiting him like that. Gwen thought out loud for me to hear. Gwen and I can communicate telepathically so there was no need for words. Don't tell me you're after that, you are, aren't you. Kevin-. I cut her off right then, relax babe I'm not gonna hurt him, too bad. Besides even you have to agree that his ego needs to lose a few pounds. This will be for his own good. I told her, you know, in my head. She nodded at me.

"VERY WELL THEN SINCE BOTH PARTIES HAVE ASSENTED, THEN LET THE MATCH, BEGIN." With that everyone expect me and Ben were teleported into the stands. "Wait you mean like right now, but I don't even know the rules yet." Ben protested. "RULES, HA, THERE ARE NONE," The voice boomed. I had already figured out where it was coming from but that didn't matter right now. "Ben you should have walked away while you had the chance. There isn't anything you can throw at me that I can't beat."

I might as well start buttering him up from the get go. "Oh yeah, that's not what our track record says. Let's see you talk big to" – he's gonna use Humungousaur, then charge in with a tail sweep followed by a right hook – "Humungousaur". Pffft predictable, oh well, might as well act the part for now. I bent down and placed my hand on the ground, absorbing the stone. This should give him a decent excuse for my strength increase. And just like he planned it in his head he charge straight in. I was supposed to jump over the tail sweep, leaving myself vulnerable in midair for the right hook. In his plan anyway, but I saw it coming so I quickly moved backwards. Then I grabbed the incoming punch, using all of his momentum against him to judo throw him, causing him to dig a ten foot trench. With his face. "Did you honestly believe that would work? Just how stupid are you? Rhetorical question, I already knew the answer. What the, how did he counter me so easily? Whatever let's try that again. And there is one of Ben's greatest weaknesses, repetition of the same stupid action. "Hey dumb-ass, don't you think you should switch out with something else. You're not gonna beat me like that." I might as well point out his flaws here so he can learn from them. "I don't need another alien to kick your ass." He boosted and I had to sigh at it. "Then at least grow to your full height, trust me you're gonna need to."

Why the heck is he telling me that? Is trying to make it look like he lost on purpose" Oh well, you don't look a gift horse in the mouth I guess. "Thanks, I think I'll take you up on that." he said then grew to Humungousuar's full height. He charge in again but I just dodged backwards again. He might have the edge in physical strength right now, but I was faster. And time was my ally. After ten minutes of relentlessly swinging at me the omnitrix timed out and I placed a well timed spin kick dead center in his chest. The force sent him flying back 4 meters and he hit the ground hard. The crowd went wild and I could clearly hear Kai's concerned call to Ben. "What going on, why can't Ben hit him at all?" Kai asked Gwen. "Because Kevin is far stronger than Ben is right now, to Kevin, Ben's predictable, easy to manipulate. This won't be an easy fight for Ben." Gwen answered and Rook nodded. "It's true, not to mention that the way Kevin has been dodging Ben's attacks indicates one clear thing. Kevin is holding back, and greatly." Even Ruk girlfriend was in agreement with the easements.

"OH MY GOODNESS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE GREAT HERO BEN TEN HAS JUST BEEN PUT FLAT ON HIS BEHIND. THIS IS CERTAINLY UNEXPECTED."

"Do you know what your biggest weakness is Ben, you're overconfident." It was time to bring his ass down to earth a bit. He transformed into one of his best aliens, Diamondhead and fired a volley of shards at me. I dodged them with ease and continued. "You think because you have the omnitrix that you're unbeatable. While I admit that you have done incredible things with it – heck you've saved the universe. But Ben you have to realize that you've barely done any of these things by yourself." Ok his attacks were starting to get annoying, so I decided to use a bit of my powers. I hit him with a sonic attack on the same frequency as his diamond body. It was bit too powerful as Ben fell to his knees, his body cracked and chipped all over. He reverted back to human from panting heavily.

"ANOTHER ON BITES THE DUST. BEN TEN HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN YET AGAIN FOLKS." Came the commentator's voice again.

What the hell, a sonic attack just like echo echoes. How in the world can he do that? Something's not adding up here, he's dodging me like my attacks are moving at two miles an hour. And he keeps doing the opposite of what I expect, like he's reading me or something. Good, he's beginning to panic, just a bit more. He got to his feet and transformed into Big Chill. "Alright then, if I can't hit you, then you can't hit me." He shouted and the crowd was loving it. Oh is that what you think. Well I'm sorry Ben but I'm going to have to disappoint you. "I knew he was holding back but I didn't expect that, he countered Ben perfectly." Rook commented. "Gwen you know what's going on don't you. C'mon spill it, how did Kevin just do that?" Kai grilled Gwen but Gwen just smiled. "Oh you'll see. Just try not to freak out," was all she said. Ben charged me yet again, intending to phase into the ground and flash freeze me from behind, so I let him.

"OH WHAT'S THIS, KEVIN LEVIN HAS BEEN FROZEN SOLID. IS THIS THE END FOR HIM? NO, WAIT A MINUTE PEOPLE, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING DOWN THERE."

He was right; this ice couldn't hold me, not with my (NRG) powers. I was immune to cold, my entire body glowing red as the Ice evaporate quickly, leaving me perfectly dry. Ben stared at me in dumb shock, not believing what he just saw. It was like his brain was on repeat, asking 'how' over and over again. This time I charge him, throwing a straight punch to his chest. He went intangible almost on reflex, Heh told you you're not hitting me, he thought smugly. Oh really, is that what you think. I fired back into his head and watched as his eyes went wide. I sent a current of electricity though his body, pulling his molecules back together. Then driving a punch into his face and flooring him once again.

"OH DOWN AGAIN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN KEVIN ELEVIN IS OWNING BEN TEN. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

I waited till Ben got to his feet, his nose bleeding profusely and his legs wobbly. "Like I was saying, you overestimate yourself too much and underestimate your opponent base on past experiences. Face it Ben, without the omnitrix you would be just another nobody. Not to mention you wouldn't still be breathing if not for the help of friends like me and Gwen, Ruk and your grandfather. You have nothing special about you apart from the omnitrix and even that you haven't mastered yet. That being said, it is a fundamental fact that a weapon's greatness is determined by he who wields it. And in that regard Ben, you deserve and have the utmost respect. However there's no way you can beat me, well there is one way, if you're brave enough." I was laying the bait thicker now.

Our fight degenerated into him picking an alien and me beating it. However after about twenty minutes I got bored of it and decided to raise the stakes. As he was about to transform into (Water Hazard) I used my speed to grabbed his arm before he could hit the omnitrix. I landed a punch in his gut, knocking the wind out his lungs. "Here's another one of your flaws. If you can't reach the omnitrix you're practically powerless. Not to mention that all someone has to do is outlast you for ten minutes and you revert back into your human from." I said as I held him dangling by the wrist. "Um isn't he basically telling everyone Ben's weaknesses? That could be extremely bad for Ben if his enemies are watching this broadcast right now." Ruk pointed out. Kevin, tell me this is all a part of some plan of yours. Gwen asked me through telepathy. Yes it is, just trust me ok, I got this. I grabbed hold of the omnitrix and started using my Technomorph powers. With my boosted intellect it was easy to understand the inner workings of the device. I had to hand to Azmuth though; this thing was a truly brilliant piece of tech. After awhile I release the omnitrix and Ben. He got to his feet shakily and I was impressed by his spirit, the guy had an iron will.

"W-what did you just do to the omnitrix Kevin." Ben asked angrily. I raised my hands in front of me in mock surrender. "Relax Tennyson; all I did was unlocked the master controls. Now you don't have those pesky weaknesses. And this fight can really get swinging.

"Wait you did what. Why would you do that? At this rate you could win easily." Ben said cynically and I was surprised he had the guts to admit he would lose, but. "Yeah you're right, I could win this easily. But who said I wanted to win this easily in the first place." I grinned back. Well that confirms it, the guy's gone crazy. I might as well give him want he wants then. And I think I have a plan for that. Alright let's see how you handle this move. Oh ho, the plan he just formulated in his head was borderline genius. Oh you're in trouble now. You know you're going to have to fight seriously now. Gwen said to me, clearly listening in to Ben's plan too. "Don't come crying to me when you lose, remember you asked for this." Ben declared and then shouted out 'echo echo'. He then cloned dozens of copies of himself and had then all revert back into his human form.

"UM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DOES ANYONE HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT'S GOING HERE. CAUSE I, AM, LOST." Said the very confused announcer.

Each Ben held up his hand with the omnitrix as each clone of him shouted out a different alien name. Soon the three mile wide arena was filled with every alien Ben has every turned into, including the one I was truly after, Alien X. The entire crowd went completely silent, never have they ever seen anything like this before. I couldn't contain my excitement and began to loudly laugh. "Excellent Ben this is what I expect from you. Now I can finally get serious." I transformed into my ultimate from and produced the same amount of clones as he did. It was like two small armies staring each other down. I didn't give him the chance to gawk. "Ready or not Ben, here I come." The battle spiraled into complete chaos after that, it became a small scale war, energy attacks and bodies flying everywhere. However I had the upper hand, for every one of my clones Ben took down; I took down ten of his. Then I headed straight for my prize as I phased through the ground to come up behind alien X. I planted my palm flat on his back and absorbed a missive amount of energy, live-graphing it's DNA onto my own it the process. I now possessed the powers of the celestial-sapiens, minus the second and third consciousnesses. The rest couldn't even be qualified as a fight. I set off a celestial level EMP, effectively shutting down the omnitrix, along with the rest of Battle Planet. Then just knock Ben out with a strike to the back of the head. I didn't feel like staying to celebrate so I snapped my fingers and returned everyone to where they had come from. And just like that, Gwen and I were back on Anodyne. Gwen just stared at me.

"You planned for this for the very beginning didn't you? That whole fight was nothing but a stepping stone in your plans." She questioned me and I gave her a smug smile.

"Yep, pretty much, although I had planned it to happen elsewhere under different circumstances, but no matter. I got what I wanted, and Ben's the stronger for it, it's a win-win wouldn't you agree." I termed

"Well, when you put it that way. I guess it is. So what's on your agenda now?" she asked while wrapping her arms around my neck. "Hmm, why don't you read my mind and see." I said seductively, and then watched as her face flushed as she read my thoughts. "OH, oh wow I guess this really is a win-win for everyone." She spoke softly, too embarrassed to look me in the eye now. I tilted her face up to mine and kissed her softly but deeply, the little moan that travelled up her throat already exciting me.

"Yep, you included."

TBC