It took us a while to think of this idea and much longer for mikepd to actually write it out. So I hope you enjoy it. We left off...
Recap:
The older male looked down at the kid and said, "What's the hurry kido? You should know the Null Void isn't for kids, you'll just become someone lunch if you can't protect yourself." As he finished, the older Man give him a creepy smile and extended his hand to the fallen boy.
Shifting Time
Chapter 1: Figuring Kevin
The smaller alien looked at the extended hand, but after a few a moments he took the hand and allowed himself to be pulled up. He smiled at the seemingly nice guy and took a step back. He bowed as he started to speak. "Hello my name is Shino; I would like to thank you for saving me."
The older male smirked a bit and introduced himself. "Names, Kevin. 'Aight kid what the hell are you doing here anyway?" Looking closer at the kid, he noticed that he had long silver hair pulled back into a loose ponytail and had forest green eyes. They were nice to look at but they were nothing compared to the ones that haunted his mind every night. The next thing he noticed was the kid was dressed in a pair of blue jeans, and a nice red shirt that clung to his body.
Shino pouted about being called a kid and retorted, "Well Kevin, I'm no kid I'm actually 254 years old, but for my race I'm still considered a teenager."
One of Kevin's eye brows rose at Shino's comment and said, "Don't matter any too me, so why stuck here? Old Benji created this pocket dimension just to hold me." The last part of Kevin's words abounded somewhat sad to Shino so he asked, "Who's Benji and why would he create another pocket dimension just for you?"
Kevin looked at the like he had just grown another head. "You mean to tell me you've never heard of me? The Kevin Levin?"
Shino shook his head no since most of his time was spent watching over history and making sure things stay on track. Kevin thought it was weird for the kid not to know him, so he decided to tell the kid. After about an hour Shino was surprised to know that someone who had just saved his life was actually a real bad guy. "So now that you know who I really am you scared of me?" Kevin really wanted to scare the kid since there were few things for him to do and the kid was just a new toy for him.
Shino looked up at Kevin and said, "Not really, I mean yeh you did do some horrible stuff but you've been nice to me so far."
Kevin was now struck stupid part of him wanted to beat the kid within an inch of his life while his other half was glad someone wasn't afraid of him. "Hmph, now your sounding like the Ben I met when I was a kid." When Shino heard Kevin say that a brilliant idea popped into his head that would help Kevin and maybe get out of this pocket dimension.
"Hey Kevin, have you ever wondered how your life would've been like if you had joined Ben in the first place," Shino asked innocently. Kevin glared at the young alien and said of course. Hearing the answer was a yes was all Shino really wanted to know. "Well how about I send you into the past so you can correct your mistake and not lose the friend you so wanted?"
Kevin laughed at Shino and said, "There's no way for that to happen, besides Paradox would probably stop me anyway." At the mention of the idiot doctor who now was like his people, Shino growled lowly and said, "That idiot has no right to the power he has, and even if he tried to stop you, I'd stop him. My powers stronger than his so don't worry about him. This is a one way ticket so do you want your only chance of making things right with Ben or jut rot here for the rest of your life?"
Shino began looking at his nails waiting for the no brainer of a question to be answered. "Alright brat let's just get this over with already," Kevin said rolling his eyes at the Timeshima. Shino smiled and began to gather as much energy as he could. With his eyes closed Shino called to his father to ask for help since he was already low on mana. Hearing his son's psychic call for help, the ancient Timeshima, passed along the energy his son needed. Shino began to glow with an unearthly aura and was lifted off the ground. Kevin took a step back as he felt some of the power the kid was giving off. 'Damn I'm glad I didn't try to absorb anything from this kid. The power he puttin out woulda killed me,' Kevin thought as he tried to wrap his mind around the considerable amount of power flowing from the kid.
After a few moments of floating, Shino opened his eyes and looked down at Kevin. With a new deep and dark voice, Shino began to speak. "Kevin Levin, I, Shino of the Timeshima, grant you passage through the corridor of time to relive the past. However in doing so you must give up living in this timeline, as well as your will to hunt Benjamin Tennyson. If you agree to these terms, you will be allowed to go back and try to find a new future. Do you accept?"
Kevin looked at the glowing alien and wondered what the kid really was. He had never heard the kid's race, but that wasn't important right now. "I agree to your terms kid, just get me out of the damned place," Kevin yelled still wondering what the kid was about to do. A smile spread across Shino face as he lifted his arm and pointed at Kevin.
Without warning, the overwhelming aura gathered at the tip and Shino's finger and was shoot directly at Kevin.
As the energy collided with him, Kevin yelled in absolute agony. His entire body felt as if it was being torn apart and set a flame all at once. "Kevin, I'm sorry for this pain but hold on a moment more," Shino said as Kevin's cries of mercy boomed in his ears.
After what felt like an eternity, Kevin's soul was ripped from his body and pulled into a small white vortex that formed behind him. Shino followed right behind him and fell into the vortex as well but his destination was different from Kevin's. Shino was now in a spiral like tube and held every moment in history. He looked around at the familiar setting and spotted Kevin's soul. Wanting to say good bye to Kevin, Shino floated over to a white orb that floated in the endless void of time. Shino reached out for the orb and pressed a kiss on it for luck and said, "Take this soul to the moment were his life was changed forever and give him the chance to live a new one." With that said Kevin's should drifted away from him and entered the spiral of time to live a brand new life.
Shino smiled as he looked around. "Okay so now to get out of here." Shino then proceeded to use what energy he had left to exit the time stream and exit out in the headquarters of Ben 10,000.
The Null Void Egg that held him and Kevin began to crack as Shino exited the dimension. As he fell to the ground from exhaustion, he heard a siren go off. "Damnit can't I get at least two minutes of peace," a gruff voice said as he entered the Null Void containment room. The man who walked in looked to be in his early 40's or late 30's. His build was impressive to Shino, but as he looked at the man's arm he figured he was in trouble. The brunette in front of him, with a streak of white running around the rim of his head, was none other than Ben 10,000.
Ben looked around the room and saw a silver haired kid sitting on the floor, in front of the Null Void Egg that Kevin was imprisoned in. On closer inspection the Null Egg was cracked and it looked empty. Becoming angry with the teen in front of the pedestal, Ben stormed to the boy who freed his worst enemy. Shino know he was in trouble but didn't have the energy to get away yet. He slowly pulled himself up, but was soon grabbed by the front of his shirt and stared into the eyes of a very pissed off Tennyson. "Who the hell are you and what did you do with Kevin," the Tennyson asked in a menacing voice.
Within seconds, Kenny and Devin Tennyson ran into the room and spotted the cracked egg and looked at the kid who Ben had jacked up. Shino stared at Ben with a stoic face and answered, "Kevin's still in there, well his body is anyway, but his soul is in the past. Since you asked nicely my name's Shino, and let me go Tennyson!" Ben growled at the kid but dropped the kid. Shino began to rub his backside and he heard Ben go off.
"So you have any idea what've done? You let one of the universe's most wanted criminal go lose! What the hell possessed you to do that?"
"I owed him a debt and I needed a way out of the dimensional pocket so I sent his mind in time so he could correct a mistake he made. And for your information he'd not as bad as you think. Remember Benji you all were a team once," Shino shouted standing to his feet and spoke Ben's old nickname with as much venom as he could muster.
"Why you little brat I should put you in the Null Void for this!" Ben said ready to lock the seemingly teenage alien boy away.
"Tennyson I would just escape it without your notice so don't even try it. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to be going." With his final words spoken, Shino allowed his eyes to glow in a ghostly white color and began to absorb the mana around him.
Ben stared in confusion as huge amounts of mana began to flow into the boy, but he wasn't ready to let the kid go. Quickly turning into XLR8, Ben ran and got a pair of mana cuff and clasped them on the boy's wrists.
It took only a moment for the cuffs to activate and cut Shino off the power of life. When his eyes returned to normal he growled at Ben and told Ben to release him. Ben smirked at the kid and told him no.
"Let me go Tennyson, I've spent way too much time away from home, and I need to get back," Shino spat at the future hero.
"Not until you bring Kevin back," Ben said playfully, wanting to tease his captive for now.
"I can't fool; it would kill him if I ripped his soul from his body again. I won't be responsible for the death of someone in this era I actually like," Shino said with a hint of fondness in his voice.
Ben glared at the kid and decided that sending the kid to the Null Void may be a bad idea so he asked, "Alright then brat, if you can't bring him back then what can you do?"
Feeling this may work to his advantage, Shino answered him. "I can show you what decision he makes and then let you watch and history changes between the two of you."
Ben believed the kid could do more than that but without proof he couldn't do anything. "Alright then show me."
Ben lowered the power of the cuffs and granted Shino access to a rather small amount of his power. Using it sparingly, Shino created viewing portal to for Ben to watch, and for himself to enjoy…
TBC…
I know mikepd needs to stop "stopping" at the good parts...and here he was griping about me doing that…(mikepd now) Yeh well I'm the one doing the typing for the bloddy story so sue me…lol Well I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and please read and review its really helps use get our mojo going….
