Chapter 2

True Forms

(Blitz's P.O.V.)

I watched Gwen set the phone down looking at Sunny. I hid back further in the couch. I was scared right now. Mom had warned me never to let on what I was to anyone. She always said the Anodites and Grandma should never see my true form. But I had to let out some of my powers to save Gwen when she was in these battles.

Sunny floated into the air "Come on Gwen. You could never master this power! Just admit it already like you should. Your just a weak pathetic girl on this backwater world!"

She scowled then let out a scream as she went full Anodite. She looked at Sunny angrily.

"I'm stronger than you think Sunny!"

She hurled an energy blast which Sunny dodged easily.

Sunny smiled "Ha looks like I won. You just destroyed your own body silly cousin. You won't be able to make a new one until your taught."

Gwen immediately looked at her hands then curled them into fists. She closed her eyes focusing hard then cried out collapsing to the floor.

I came out a bit from my fortress. Gwen began sobbing shaking her head.

"This can't be happening! I can't have given up that easily!"

I placed a hand on her shoulder "Gwen?"

She turned to me then away "Leave me alone Blitz."

I leaned down "Gwen?"

Something hit me hard sending me to the wall. I looked up to see Sunny smiling.

"Energy beings talking now. Beings like you should leave when they talk with each other."

She turned to Gwen "You'll have to learn with Grandma Verdona now on Anodine. Give up everything you've got here on this world."

Gwen got up and hovered into the kitchen "I'll contact Verdona to take us back to Anodine. I'll leave a note for the others to tell them what happened. They have a right to know."

I walked toward her only to have a wall appear in front of me made of manna. Gwen looked at me then at a pen making it hover in the air.

"I'm sorry your stay wasn't more pleasant Blitz."

"Focus your manna to make the form." I said "You can do it!"

She shook her head "No I can't. Not this time."

I sighed looking at the energy. Guess it's time to help out.

I placed my hands on the wall and walked forward passing through it. Gwen looked at me then the note. The pen fell onto the table. She and Sunny both turned to me surprised.

Gwen came up "How did you?"

I remained silent. She leaned down looking at me.

"What race was your father?"

I rubbed my neck then looked at her "I don't know."

"What did he look like?"

I sighed then pointed to myself "Same race as me."

"He was human?"

I shook my head "I don't know what he was. But he's not human like everyone believes his kind to be on another world."

Sunny leaned back hovering in the air "Anthony here I come! I'm going to be so happy to get back there to my world."

Gwen sighed setting the note on the fridge. I looked at it then the two. Gwen turned to me kneeling in front of me.

"We'll be outside waiting for Grandma. You stay in here until Grandma arrives. It's a storm right now so I don't want you getting sick waiting in the rain."

I nodded as they went outside. I sat down on the couch.

What should I do? Gwen seemed so sad about what had happened. I couldn't stand it when people were sad. She looked like Mom did after Dad had taken us to safety but had vanished somewhere we couldn't find him. Even with my tracking skills I couldn't find him and I was one of the best of our entire race.

I sighed picking up the broken Plumber's badge. My Dad and the Plumber had been good friends from what I knew. But when it broke I knew the man had died.

I set it down then looked outside.

Gwen and Sunny floated. Gwen looking around at things she believed she'd see for the last time. I looked at my hand then heard a meow from behind me.

I saw a cat outside. I immediately felt my hands tinge. Should I try too?

I looked at the cat then at Gwen. She sat on a swing depressed about the whole matter as the rain fell on her. I had to show her the ways to construct a form. I walked up to the cat and petted it. The hairs clung on shifting me slowly as I concentrated on the new form. The fur was navy blue and my eyes golden. I stood up and felt myself shift slightly as I made myself for speed.

I let out a roar as I fully transformed scaring the cat away.

I walked slowly in the bushes. I was incredibly quiet due to the new skills. I wonder what else this form is capable of?

Grandma landed smiling.

"Gwen I heard you're ready to accept my offer finally and come to Anodine."

She nodded getting up "Yeah I can't reconstruct my form anymore so I don't have a choice. I don't know what happened when I did this. I need to learn to command my powers."

"Alright but first we must collect Blitz." Verdona said "Come on let's see how he is. I want to see if he has changed a bit with his time here on this world."

Sunny smiled "Probably scared stiff about the whole thing."

"He is not!"

I leaped up landing in front of them. The three energy beings looked at me surprised. I extended four inch claws looking at them carefully. I was more than ready to fight them. Gwen scowled immediately as did Sunny.

Verdona though looked at me "Who are you?"

"My tribal name is Shatal."

"Shatal why are you here at my home for?" Gwen said "What purpose does you being here have to do with us Anodites?"

I rose up fully "Not you three, Blitz is another matter though. One you'd wish to follow more thoroughly. Catch me if you can."

I shot off to Ben's house. I'm glad I could sense manna. I heard the sound of flight behind me but I was losing them. I reached the front door and transformed back.

I knocked as hard as I could then looked behind me carefully. I didn't want them catching up to me that fast. At least not right now.

Ben opened the door and smiled "Hey Blitz. What is it?"

I turned to him then ran pass into the living room. I constructed a fortress of pillows around me and hid inside my knees up to my chest again.

A dark haired girl looked at me then smiled "Hello there."

I looked at her then saw this thing look at me "Ship?"

I looked at it then smiled slightly as I looked at the being. I saw one of these things before. They were so much fun to play with and train to do various things.

I touched it's head then brought my hand in. I looked at him carefully then got an idea.

"Can you do a ball?"

"Ship ship!"

It transformed into a ball. I laughed coming out as it transformed back looking at it.

"You seem to like Ship."

I turned to her. She held out her hand.

"I'm Julie Yamamoto."

I held out my hand "Blitz Tennyson."

She smiled shaking my hand. Ben came up to me.

"You warmed up to her faster than I thought."

I looked at the Ultimatrix then him "Azmuth made part of that didn't he? I know his work well sent I got to see Galvin a bit."

Ben looked at it then me "You've opened up a lot."

"Anodites make me nervous to speak and other things. You remind me of my Dad on the other hand making me incredibly comfortable."

Ben smiled "Well how about I introduce you to video games."

I swung my arms up smiling "I won! In your face Ben!"

"No far." Ben said "How did you do that? I've played this games for years and not once has anyone been able to beat me."

I turned to him "Skills that's all there is to it! You should have seen the look on your face! It was so funny to see."

I laughed collapsing onto the couch. He looked at TV then leaned back.

"Alright let's go again. I will beat you!"

A knocking made us turn. He sighed immediately.

"Never fails just when I was about to get into the streak."

Julie smiled "Well it's better than watching you lose to him."

He sighed setting down the control "Alright I'll get it."

He walked to the door and opened it "Hey Grandma why are you here for? Also for the matter who are these two?"

I watched Gwen come into the room. She flew toward me immediately. I let out a scream and leaped behind the couch. I looked at them from behind the couch. She stopped raising her hand.

"Blitz please! I'm sorry I didn't mean too."

Ship leaped in front of me and looked at her carefully. Julie folded her arms then came over leaning down.

"Come on. You don't need to be scared."

I got up looking at her. Verdona came up in her human form and sighed.

"Who is Shatal?"

"A relation."

Gwen scowled "From your father's side?"

I didn't respond. Grandma rose up turning to Ben.

"We're taking your cousin back to Anodine. She needs training sent she lost her form when she did something with her powers."

"No she doesn't!"

I covered up my mouth immediately as everyone turned to me. Grandma came up to me.

"She does need the training. I'm going to take you back to your mother as well."

I took off immediately.

"Blitz come back!"

I transformed again and shot like a rocket so they wouldn't be able to follow me. I stopped at a valley holding the broken Plumber's badge. I tried fixing it with what I knew of the technology.

I wanted to get back to Dad.

I raised it up as it began flashing. Someone would lock on and I would wait for them to come and pick me up.

I couldn't go back.

I sat on a rock arms around me. I wasn't scared on this world. It was so much like home. Except for the cities and stuff. But places like the forests felt more like a safe haven than anywhere else. I grew up in a jungle environment. Until the war came and Mom and I fled with Dad help.

I curled up eventually letting sleep come to me.

When the Plumbers came I'd be safe. No matter who it was.

(Gwen's P.O.V.)

I flew outside looking around for Blitz. I sighed shaking my head. He was gone again without any trace just like before. No signs of where he had gone and I couldn't sense him with manna. Grandma came out placing a hand on my shoulder.

"How did he do that?" Ben said "I mean I knew he was fast but I know your faster and able to track living beings."

"We cannot track him like others Ben." Verdona said "His mother told me never to let him out of my sights or I may never find him again unless I stumbled across him somewhere. His manna is hidden from Anodite power."

"But I thought Anodites were able to track anyone's life energy?"

Verdona sighed "Technology is a problem and a few other things are for our race. I'm not sure who the father is so that makes it more difficult for us to track the child. For all I know he's got some living technology inside of him hiding him from us."

Ben raised his Ultimatrix "Wildmutt should be able to track him."

He was about to smash down when Kevin came out "Guys we've got a Plumber down right now a few miles from here. Come on we need to head out."

He looked at me then shock came on his face. He came up slowly.

"Gwen?"

I looked down "Hi Kevin."

He touched me gently then sighed "What happened?"

"I lost my human form during a fight I should have walked away from instead of letting my anger get the best of me. I used my powers destroying it completely letting the Anodite take full control."

I moved a few feet away "I was a fool."

He came up and held me close. I felt him kiss me as best he could. He stepped away.

"Come on. One last mission."

I followed above with Grandma and Sunny while Kevin, Ben, and Julie, rode in Kevin's car. I sighed scanning the area. Grandma looked around then turned to me.

"I can't sense anyone around here. I wonder what race he is?"

Kevin stopped the car and we landed. I walked up beside them as Kevin looked at the Plumber's Badge. He walked forward immediately looking at it.

"Hello!" Ben shouted "Anyone out there."

Julie shivered a bit "It's getting a bit cold out. I sure hope it can stand this temperature."

Ship made himself into an armor surrounding her. She smiled immediately.

"Thanks Ship. That's much better."

We continued forward. Eventually Kevin raised his hand.

"The Plumber's straight ahead of us."

We walked out and I was surprised.

"It's that Shatal guy from before." Sunny said "The one that took Blitz before from my house then ran off somewhere."

"Took him?" Ben said "Blitz knocked on our door and came into the house like nothing at all. Said he ran from your house. Never mentioned being kidnapped by anyone."

"I don't care." I said "I want to know where Blitz vanished too. Get ready to fight him. He's as fast as XLR8 if not faster."

Ben nodded and transformed "Humungousaur!"

Shatal looked up sleepily then closed his eyes again laying his head down on the stone once more. They immediately shot opened looking around scared. He let out a scream and hid behind the boulder peering out at us from behind it.

Kevin had his stone armor on "Alright what did you do with the Plumber!"

He held up a Plumber's Badge "It's mine!"

I looked at it then him "Where is Blitz!"

He looked as us scared. I moved forward only to have him step back. I floated toward him making him stumble backwards. He nearly went to the cliff.

I raised my hands "Stop!"

He froze looking behind him then ahead at me with a fear in his eyes.

Sunny smiled running ahead and hurling a disc. The whole side came down sending Shatal downwards off the cliff. I ran toward the ledge as the landside when down.

I turned to Sunny furious "That was our only lead to Blitz!"

"He kidnaps Blitz. We needed to off that guy."

Verdona came up beside her "Sunny we need to find Blitz."

"Hey you three look!"

We turned to see Shatal on a ledge above us. He seemed to be breathing hard holding his arm in pain at the moment. Humungousaur walked up immediately and grabbed him. He squirmed in his grip trying to break free of the massive hand holding him. Ben shrunk but brought his arms around him completely so he couldn't break free.

He seemed to grow more scared by the second.

I walked up slowly "Where is Blitz."

He stared at me then closed his eyes passing out. Humungousaur let him go gently.

"What happened?"

Kevin came up scowling "He passed out from fright I think if I know anything. But why did he get so scared of us when we snuck up on him?"

Verdona came up "Does it matter. Time to wake him up."

She made water appear and drop down on him. He coughed immediately then turned over.

"Five more minutes."

She scowled then did it again making him shot up "Mom stop it!"

He looked around then scowled slightly confused. He looked at his hands then us.

"So you call for your mother?" Sunny said mockingly "How old are you? Twelve?"

He scowled his hands curled into fists as she laughed. He charged forward but Ben stopped him in his tracks.

"Alright that's enough! Who are you?"

Shatal turned to him than the others "Does it matter?"

He was about to run when Ben slammed his other hand down beside him. He looked at Ben carefully then the other way. Kevin blocked him immediately.

"Don't even try it whoever you are. You're not going anywhere until you tell us where Blitz is."

He looked at us carefully then downwards. He sighed lowering his head.

"Fine."

Ben removed his hands folding them over his chest "Alright let's have it."

He immediately looked at the open with a grin and tore off. A blast sent him flying into the side of the cliff. He gave a cry collapsing to the ground.

Julie immediately ran up looking at his unconscious form "I'm so sorry. I didn't know that would happen when I used that weapon! I just wanted to have him knocked out."

I walked up to Shatal only to have his body shift into Blitz. We all scowled immediately more confused than before.

Kevin scowled leaning down. He took out a device running through the races he had. He set it down turning to us.

"I currently have no idea what he is."

Ben transformed back. He walked up looking at Blitz. He turned to us.

"It does explain a few things though when we fought him. Perhaps his other race is scared of Anodites. Make sense why he reacts that way."

Verdona sighed "No that happened because of an incident on Anodine actually. An Anodite used too much power near the poor child. I think that's what frightens him."

"But we have another name now." I said "Shatal."

"Let's just get him out of here and patch him up." Kevin said "I have a medical kit in my car that should do the job just fine."

I stroked Blitz's hair as he laid down. He was still out from the blow to the head. I wonder if the fright made his heart race spike too much.

Ben sat down beside me "So you'll be?"

"Leaving once he wakes up? I guess so."

He sighed "Kevin will miss you."

"I don't have a choice. I need to learn how to make a form so I can at least go around pretending to be normal."

"Good luck then. On Anodine that is."

He got up "Just remember there is always a place on Alien Force for you."

I nodded smiling "Thanks Ben."

He got up and took Julie's hand. The two went off to be alone I guess. Kevin came up and sat down looking at the fire.

"Leaving Earth?"

"I guess."

He looked at me carefully then the flames "Just come by once and a while for a visit Gwen. I'm going to miss you while you're gone."

"I'll try. I'm going to miss you so much. I wish I didn't let my temper win."

"It's alright. Gets the best of everyone once and a while."

I sighed "Thanks for understanding."

He got up "Take care alright."

"I will."

Blitz stirred opening his eyes. He looked at me then got up bringing his knees to his chest.

"Did you always know?"

He looked at me then away "Yeah, I always knew."

"What can you do?"

He looked around carefully then turned to me "I can do what Anodites can do on a weaker scale at the moment. My Mom's not sure why."

"You tore through the manna wall I had made."

He smiled "My father's race is sort of immune to the effects of manna based weapons. He told me they developed the power to defend against those that had come three decades ago."

I scowled "Evolved?"

He nodded "Yes evolved. That is where my powers had come from at the moment."

I looked toward the flame "Why are you scared of Anodites?"

"Instincts I guess. Fight or flight you know."

"You're starting to get over the flight."

He nodded "Yeah I guess so."

He poked the flames with a stick looking at them. Verdona came up to us.

"Blitz are you ready or do you want to ride in a ship for some of the journey. We'll stay with you no matter what."

He rose up "I guess I'm ready."

He looked at her then the bubble of manna. He circled around himself.

I sighed then walked up to Kevin. I kissed him on the lips then moved back.

"Stay safe until I can return."

"I'll try. Come back soon please."

"I will."

I hovered into the air then took off with the others heading toward Anodite.

I looked at Blitz briefly as we rocketed forward. He seemed to shake a bit scared of what was happening. I wonder if his flight instinct would cause him to run?

(Ben's P.O.V.)

I stood watching my cousin leave for a new world and life beyond the solar system we had called our home. I sighed then notice Kevin actually staring into the sky wondering if she'd return at all in the future.

I placed a hand on his shoulder "Come on. She's not coming back until she can rebuild a form for herself."

Kevin turned to me "Yeah I guess you're right. Still going to miss her though."

He got into his car as did Julie and I. Ship sat calmly on her lap. I looked toward the sky and sighed.

"Stay safe Gwen."