Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

This marks the end of the second story to the trilogy. I know many of you might be wondering where is the spiritual part to the story. Well, it can't be defined by the usual clichés of spirituality of praying and constant blather on God, but rather the moments that pass for every one of us everyday.

The use of blood is the result of my recent introspection on what I was raised on in my Catholic/Christian family, despite me being an atheist now. But truth be told, I was more inspired by the Catholic symbolism in Spanish and Italian art. So this story like the upcoming third and final one to the trilogy is a personal trip to what being spiritual means, and exploring my own limitations as a writer/student.

This chapter will probably have more mentioning of music I personally enjoy, but you have to read to see and perhaps...hear.

"Are you done with my hair yet," Julie asked impatiently at Silvia who dried her hair quickly with a blow-dryer, "Almost…" she then set down the blow-dryer, "There, done. Have a look Julie," she brought Julie to the door mirror. Julie now had dyed edges of intense red, "Wow," Julie said surprised, "I look…cool," and sounded happy. Silvia was happy with the results and her gratitude, "You're welcome Julie, now we have to get ready for tonight," she rushed to shower herself, leaving Julie to pick out her outfit. She chose a black sweater, her Vans sneakers, a black t-shirt, and a pair of jeans. Not form fitting, but enough to look good and to stamp out the cold, 'Tonight's going to be awesome,' she thought and proceeded to dress up.

Day 3

(Monday-7:45pm)

As Julie got ready and Silvia still in the shower, she picked up Silvia's iPod and put it on her iPod stereo stand and have the music play throughout the room. She turned it on and selected Silvia's favorite's list and the first song played automatically:

O Cristo inerte preso à cruz

A luz da vela que a reduz

A sombra triste na parede entrecortada

Dos lábios solta-se, indulgente

A prece inútil do não crente

Entre palavras que por si não dizen nada

Não fui eu

Não fui eu

Não deixi a porta aberta

Não fui eu

Não fui eu

Ficou-me a casa deserta

She couldn't believe the music playing, it was…beyond words and any form of description. The foreign language didn't matter it felt so beautiful in its subtle nature. As the song continued, she closed her eyes and swerved to the music and let her emotions come to the surface, letting few tears stream down her face. She mouthed to the lyrics as best she could, trying to capture the fleeting essence of the music.

The song ended and continued to another one, again in the same language and surprisingly with some Spanish thrown in:

Vaga, no azul amplo solta,

Vai uma nuven errando.

O meu passado não volta.

Não é o que estou chorando.

Lo que lloro es diferente

Está en el centro del alma

Mientras, en cielo silente

La nube se mece en calma.

The fusion between the two similar languages breathed in fresh air into Julie's soul. As the song continued to the end, she was deeply moved by the lyrics she half understood:

No se lo que es, ni consiento

Al alma saberlo bien.

Não sei o que é nem consinto

À alma que o saiba bem.

Visto el dolor con que miento

Dolor que en mi alma es ser.

Visto da dor com que minto

Dor que a minha alma tem.

The song ended, she then heard other songs on her friend's playlist. After 15 minutes, she turned off the iPod and put it back in Silvia's bag, "I suspect you liked the music huh," Julie turned around and noticed Silvia at the doorway with her hair partially wet. She wore her black long coat, dark jeans and her Vans sneakers, "Yeah…"Julie nodded softly, "I didn't understand it, expect for half of the second song, but for some reason…it touched me in a way I thought was…just overwhelming," Julie said semi-exasperated from her trip to the mind, "That's fado for you," Silvia said saying about the music she heard, "I takes longing and nostalgia to the extremes and to the extremes in between the two," describing the nature of the music. Julie looked at her and gave a soft smile, "How come after only three days…I feel sad that you're leaving…it makes no sense…" Julie said, sounding both happy and said, "It's because I'm an Angel Julie…I come and go as I please," Silvia said with humor and put on a mock posh accent…Julie just laughed at this. The two put on their shoes and headed out, especially Silvia who carried her backpack and duffle bag with her clothes and few belongings.

"So who sang those songs anyway," Julie asked, "Ana Moura, a fadista from Portugal. And for the Spanish bit, she sang with Patxi Andion," Silvia answered while looking at her phone and noticed her brother sent her a text to meet her at the bus station around 11pm. The two got to the living room and noticed Julie's parents watching the news, in this case BBC America.

"Julie, make sure you come back by curfew. Its still 11pm okay," Julie's mom said eyeing her daughter, "And Silvia, have a safe trip home and make sure Julie stays out of trouble," Julie's father said, "Dad," Julie said slightly embarrassed, "I will thank you both and Julie," she smile to the parents and Julie. She took in a breath and headed out with Julie, "Well, its been real and...heading out. Come on Julie," both the girls headed for the door, "Stay safe you two," Julie's mother called out and returned her attention to the news, where it continued what was broadcasted from the day before with what was discussed at the UN's Security Assembly.

Outside, Julie locked the door and followed Silvia to the cab she called ahead of time. They got in and told the driver to head for Silvia's secret location. She turned on her iPod and picked "Who am I" by Peace Orchestra, remixed from the Animatrix soundtrack. She offered Julie an earbud and both listened to the song and drowned out thoughts they've been thinking. They rode on, looking at the street lights and their faint, almost-eerie orange glow. The window was cold to the touch, signaling that cold weather was coming and when they got on the freeway, the lights from cars passing by, the increasing darkness above, and downtown approaching. The town did look better in the dark...

Meanwhile, behind the girls, Kevin's familiar muscle car was a good mile behind the cab, far enough to be undetected buy close enough for the trio's badges to survey the cab for any unusual sign of activity. Kevin remembered what he and Gwen discovered about Silvia's true form and past identity from yesterday...

(flashback to Day 2)

After Kevin dropped off Ben at his home, Kevin and Gwen drove off to her house so they could do research on who Silvia was for real, "Do you really think this is going to give us anything to work with," Kevin asked skeptically, "From what we've seen from the past two days, she can take us out without a hitch."

Gwen listened and typed away on the Plumber's database and uploaded on whatever data they collected from the past two days, "That's why we need to do research on whoever we're dealing with and...maybe even helping her," Gwen said the last part in a hushed tone, but Kevin caught it, "What do you mean helping her? She tried to fucking kill us in case you've forgotten," Kevin semi-shouted about the prospect of helping Silvia.

Gwen stayed quiet for moment, "...When she pinned me in the bathroom back at the mall, she started to cough up blood...She then told me she'll return home tomorrow and her problem will go away," Gwen said and Kevin for once didn't give a sarcastic comment relating to Silvia. Instead Gwen continued to search through the archives on the PLUMBERS'S database in search for any alien resembling anything like Silvia and perhaps she's part of a covert group of law enforcers on Earth in order to prevent anything happening on the scale of the Highbreed. What she found and read shocked the hell out of her. As did Kevin who also read the new information.

After reading it, she logged out and immediately texted Ben about what she found, "Kevin...this is starting to feel like what happened back in La Soledad when we met those eleven people," Gwen said quietly and Kevin sat on Gwen's bed and clenched his hands together in contemplation, "Yeah...they were fucked so much by their pasts...I kind of agree with their position," Kevin said and paused, "But I also noticed that for some reason, they were the same as us but on a level that's...different," Kevin explained his confusion and semi-understanding on the 'heroes' that came in from New York and elsewhere.

Gwen looked at him and nodded in agreement, "You have a point, but I just don't think they would be able to do what they set out to do. The case they're secretly working on is going to ruin what they've worked so hard for," and expressed her worries about the 11 people they met months back, "Maybe, but they know what they're doing...they have experience in this. They're not newbies, they're just...more experienced in dealing with the world at large rather than what is local. Or if they've done local hero shit, than they've moved on to what's more important," Kevin honesty took Gwen by surprise, but she agreed completely, "I agree with you," and looked at Kevin.

Both got up and headed downstairs, "Has Ernesto been in contact with them at all," Gwen asked, "I don't know. He rarely talks about his cousin and since the summer, he's been a little distant with him. And the Highbreed invasion from before the summer didn't help much between them either. But I'm not going to push it, if he wants to talk about it he will," Kevin said as he opened the front door, "I'm going to meet him up at the auto-shop to work on a car he found. It's a Lancia and I don't know why he would want that piece of scrap metal," Kevin sighed at the audacious choice his friend made, "But its his car and I respect that," and gave a small smile to Gwen. She smiled back.

"Yeah...I'll see you later," Gwen said and gave Kevin a quick kiss on the lips, "Later," he replied back with a soft expression and Gwen shut the door. She went back upstairs.

(Return to the present moment)

The cab stopped in front of a two story warehouse, Silvia and Julie got out and paid the driver. The driver said he would return to pick them up in about two hours in order to take them to the bus station. Silvia brought her bags inside with her and Julie followed; as the driver drove away Kevin parked his muscle car in front of the warehouse. The trio got out and head for the building where they already hear the faint humming of music, not the most unusual place to bring out an alien with a past that's nearly as dangerous as her abilities.

Kevin stopped and put his bag down too, "What are you doing," Ben asked, "Well, if we're gonna do this...might as well blend in," Kevin said and handed the two Tennysons two black hooded sweaters. He got out his own and put it on, "Why," Ben and Gwen asked in unison, "Because I don't the people to come to us as flies when they ask Benji here for an autograph," Kevin said to Gwen and gave Ben an annoyed looked. Kevin dumped the bag and headed inside, followed by Gwen and ultimately Ben.

Silvia and Julie were in the crowd now, Silvia put her bags in one of the lockers that were available for people to keep their belongings safe. The music that was coming out of the speakers was mostly electronica from Europe but around 9:20pm, local bands performed their music. Their music wasn't bad, mostly rock that had a Radiohead vibe to them and some rap groups from the south and west side of Bellwood. They were mostly Latino, and of course the main event was the talk of the night.

"What do you think the event's gonna be," Julie asked loudly enough for Lin to hear, "I don't know, all I've heard was the group who's going to present it flew in from New York and Istanbul," Lin said loudly and Julie gave a confused look, "That's what the group's website said, but gave nothing else," Silvia added so Julie got the full picture.

"I think its a video art installation, or at least that's the rumor going around," Ernesto said loudly as well. He's one of Julie's classmates and he sneaked out in order to get to this cruise line of a show, "Does your cousin know anything," Julie asked, "No, he hasn't said anything and he's usually on top of shit like this," he replied and then the lights dimmed. The event was about to start...

At the other end of the warehouse, Kevin noticed Julie with Silvia, a hot Asian chick with a cool mohawk, and...'Ernesto? What the hell is he doing here,' he thought to himself and moved through the crowd toward them. Ben and Gwen followed suit, but they too noticed the lights dimmed and the music from the stage stopped. The crowd groaned in agitation and when the screen on the stage glowed with the first credits they cheered jovially. The event began...

The screen flickered to life and the credits rolled with the group's name then rolled into video footage: Starts with traffic footage of overlooking a main street in Salvador, Brazil with a haunting tune from an Ud accompanied by drums providing a soft bossa nova rift and after a few moments cuts to New York overlooking a neighborhood in Brooklyn with the introduction of a cello playing the melody with the other instruments silent. Then cuts to Rome, Berlin, and Moscow at once and performing the same melody with the Ud returning but now accompanied with an industrial electronica beats providing the basso continuo. Then silence with a black screen...then voices in multiple languages of Spanish, English, Portuguese, Arabic, Farsi, German, Italian, Tagalog, Cantonese, and Russian reciting different prayers and sentences from great writers.

Then cuts to a mosque in Queens during midday prayer and footage of Muslims praying in the direction of Mecca. The translation of the Arabic prayer is shown in the languages previously spoken. The film ends with credits and thanks to the people involved and immediately shows people back stage talking in their native languages and cussing in English. The group then came out on stage where they were met with applause from the crowd.

"Holy shit! My cousin's on stage! MY COUSIN'S ONSTAGE," Ernesto screamed enthusiastically and jumped up and down like a psycho fangirl. The 25 musicians on stage sat down in their respective chairs and began playing a piece that got them attention from international ensembles, Jean-Philippe Rameau's Overture to his opera Castor et Pollux. The crowd stood in admiration with the musicians playing, the majority were normal people; cultured without being pretentious. They came for good music, regardless of the genre and what they loved about this group is they didn't mainly focus on baroque music. After four minutes the overture ended and the audience clapped enthusiastically.

One of the musicians took the mic from the event's organizer, "Thank you for your support over the three years we've been around and we apologize for the boredom you might've suffered," the crowd laughed a bit from his statement and clapped, "And now, we'll perform another piece. This time, a new piece we found on one of our explorations but already performed by the now disbanded Musica Antiqua Koln and its more...aggressive than what you've just heard," he handed the mic back to the organizer and rejoined his friends and colleagues.

The piece was a part of Rebel's symphonic work 'Les Élémens,' Le Cahos. The piece started so aggressively it startled everyone in the audience, even those who've listened and appreciated the classical genre for years, or those who just found out about its beauty and important influence. Their performance lasted for six minutes, but the development from the harshness to a relative edged softness kept the audience interested. When the conclusion was played, the crowd yelled in ecstasy. The musicians bowed and waved in gratitude...as well as did some random punk gestures...like showing the finger to the camera, another up yours to the ridged establishment.

Once the group left the organizer calmed the crowd, "All right! Let's head for the night with noise to shake fear into the unbelievers and the paranoid and the arrogant," the crowd yelled and the music started. This time, another electronica piece, from Germany via a link from the group's website. The piece started with aggressive beats like heart beats but then developed into something very sexual. Julie got really into it, dancing very sensually with Silvia and Lin while Ernesto left for the area surrounding the stage...hoping to score with older women.

A hot guy gestured to dance with Lin leaving Silvia and Julie alone together, both looked in each other's eyes and felt immediate joy in dancing and the energy around them. As the song headed for its climax, a momentous yell gathered around and both Silvia and Julie felt themselves lifted up into the air by an unknown energy. The energy so positive, it was almost orgasmic verging on experiencing the divine...the divinity of humanity.

The song ended and the crowd went nuts, even Kevin did while the Tennysons looked and felt astonishment at what just occurred. This event was not like any other, it felt...fresh and almost intimidating. Gwen saw the energy that flowed around them, it was palpable but also a translucent field, 'Somebody or some group of people here who was capable of doing this...man...nothing but props,' Gwen thought.

Ben looked at Julie, who looked awesome in his eyes as she danced with Silvia to a now, much softer electronica piece with ethereal voices providing the melody, Mody's Memory Gospel. Like Silvia and Julie, other people danced more softly with shut eyes raising their arms into the air. Even Kevin started to bob his head lightly and swerved his body to the rhythm, Gwen joined him by wrapping her arms around him. Ben then finally let go and felt the music consumed him, not for a long time he felt such...peace and warmth from this new and mysterious energy that was still flowing around, 'This feels so peaceful, but sad too. Why? Shouldn't something like this feel good all the time? Why have this sadness mixed in? This feels...universal, why,' he thought and when the song ended, he focused again on Julie with Silvia.

Silvia told Lin she had to go now, Lin gave hug as a goodbye and kissed her on the cheek. Julie followed Silvia to where the lockers were, "Guys, Julie and Silvia are leaving," Ben told Gwen and Kevin, "Then its time for us to move," Kevin said. With that said, the three made their way through the crowd and followed the two to the lockers. When the three got there, Silvia and Julie already made their way to the street and their cab arrived on the dot, the cab drove off and the trio went back to Kevin's car and made their pursuit.

(10:45pm)

The cab dropped the two ladies at the bus station. Silvia paid the driver and offered extra, the driver thanked her and drove off into the night. Julie and Silvia waited at one of the benches as a bus in front of them was getting ready to go, passengers were already onboard. The cold air got to Julie a little so she zipped up her sweater while Silvia left her black coat open, she loved the cold. Unknown to Julie, Silvia felt extremely unwell since the amazing energy felt throughout the warehouse, she had the desperate urge to cough up something nasty...or killing someone and the latter scared her the most.

To calm herself, Silvia started her last conversation, but the pressure building up in her body was slowly killing her with pain, "Julie...what will you do after I'm gone," she asked and Julie looked at her, "Well, I guess I'll go home and go to school tomorrow," Julie answered but slightly put off by Silvia's question.

"Sounds like a plan...speaking of school, how was school today," Silvia asked, "It was good, my boyfriend arranged for us to go out tomorrow night," Julie answered with a small smile, "That's nice. How come you didn't go out with him tonight," she asked, "Well, he was busy with 'work' tonight and I was going out with you before you leave," she answered with a hint of teasing to Silvia who laughed, "I knew you had a crush on me," Silvia said with a playful smile and earned a playful punch from Julie. Both laughed a bit and took out their iPods in order to pass the time while waiting for Silvia's brother to arrive.

Silvia noticed a vending machine to her right, against the wall and still lit, "Julie," she said and Julie looked at her and took off her headphones, "Yeah," she asked, "You want something to drink? Like water or something," Silvia offered, "Um...sure. Water please," Julie accepted. Silvia gave a smile and walked to the vending machine. After a few moments, she returned to the bench and gave Julie her water as Silvia drank hers. After a few minutes, Silvia finished her bottle and unplugged her iPod. It then began playing a flamenco song which Silvia danced to while Julie watched.

Silvia was graceful with her dance, gesturing her hands to move as if she held fans and did excellent footwork, but not aggressively, she was still exhausted from the warehouse. The music was graceful with the flare of the flamenco guitar and the singing prompted Julie to get up and dance with Silvia. Silvia placed her hands on Julie's hips and both swerved to the music. Nothing but bliss between them, 'I feel so at peace...why? It's kind of scary, but...' she looked into Silvia's face, 'But I'm not afraid...' Julie moved her hands from Silvia's hips to her shoulders, "Who are you exactly," Julie asked softly, curiosity took over now...she wanted the truth.

The trio arrived at the bus station and walked to where Silvia and Julie were, but out of sight...for the moment. From where they were, they saw Julie and Silvia dancing to what sounded like soft flamenco music. They overheard Julie asking Silvia, "Who are you exactly?" They overheard the rest of the conversation...

Silvia looked at Julie's face and it looked serious, but had a softness she couldn't place. Silvia took in a deep breath, "I'm...an Angel," Silvia couldn't bring herself to tell the truth, "No more games anymore," Julie shook her head, "Tell me...who are you," Julie asked again. Silvia couldn't bear to lie, but she didn't want to put Julie in danger, "I'm Silvia, a girl you started to befriend over the course of three days. Does it matter who I am for real," Silvia asked, "Yes it does," Julie said now looking straight into Silvia's eyes, "Because for some reason...for the past few days together, I felt SO at peace with you. As if my worries and concerns just vanished and...feeling a type of love from you that's...scary. It's too intense. So please, who are you," she sounded as she was pleading for answer for emotions that's coming out.

Silvia bit her lip, the pressure to tell the truth was becoming overbearing. As the song neared its end, she noticed the same three people she encountered days ago at the mall and the same girl she had a talk with in the bathroom at the clothing store. The three got out from their hiding place and walked to them. Silvia couldn't do anything, she didn't have the strength to fight herself out and with Julie in her arms...she was stuck. The singing and guitar reached the peak of their emotional output and ended. The song ceased and the dancing...stopped. Silvia now had to face the three...and possibly her own death.

Silvia stood there and Julie noticed her look, she turned around to see what Silvia was looking at. To her shock, her friends were there, "Guys...Ben...what's going on," Julie asked now deeply confused, "We want to talk to your friend here," Kevin said, rather than looking to fight, he looked calm enough to have a descent discussion on Silvia's actions.

Silvia let go of Julie's hips and went to stash her iPod back into her backpack. She gathered her stuff and prepared to leave, "Julie...I'm sorry..." and as she just started to walk away...it happened. She collapsed on the ground and started to cough up blood violently, "SILVIA! What's wrong," Julie asked worriedly and held Silvia up walked her to another nearby bench. The bus behind them groaned to life and drove off into the night for parts unknown and the trio walked quickly to the two girls.

Silvia's body shook as she coughed up more blood and she felt on the verge of collapse, "Silvia! Please, tell me what's wrong," Silvia only managed one word, "Water..." Julie quickly got her bottle out of her bag and gave it to Silvia. She tried to drink, but the coughing made it impossible. She then gave one last violent cough which sprayed blood onto Julie's jacket and Silvia fell forward. Julie caught her and cradled Silvia in her arms, "Silvia! SILVIA! WAKE UP," Julie shook Silvia in her arms to get her to wake up, but she remained unconscious. The sight looked unreal, a young woman filled with life now on the verge of death with blood smeared around her mouth. Julie only had one option left to save her new friend, she laid her down on the ground and proceeded to give CPR. She pumped Silvia's chest 25 times and breathed air into her. The taste of blood was unmistakeable, but she continued a few more times...until she relented.

A few tears flowed down Julie's face and splashed onto Silvia's face. She cradled the now comatose-like body in her arms and rested her on her lap. The three looked on the scene before them, unsure what to do. Gwen walked over to the two, "Let me try something," she said calmly to Julie who only nodded. Gwen's eyes and hands glowed and proceeded to try healing Silvia's body. After a minutes, nothing happened, "Damn...Why isn't working," Gwen said under her breath, and tried again. But then there was an opposite energy feedback and pushed Gwen's own mana back into herself, causing her to stumble back and fall on her ass.

Kevin rushed over, "Gwen! Are you okay," he asked as he grasped her shoulders, "Yeah, but I couldn't heal her," Gwen said and sadly looked at Silvia, still held by Julie, "Let me try something," Kevin muttered he got up and walked to the two. Kevin knelt down and placed his hands on Silvia's body, trying to absorb whatever that's causing this, but met with the same feedback as Gwen and stumbled down to his ass. Ben rushed over, "Kevin, feeling all right," he asked, "Yeah, nothing serious...but whatever that's causing this...for some reason won't let me or Gwen to do anything. She probably needs Level 12 tech or something similar to help treat her," Kevin said and got up to where Gwen was.

Ben looked at Silvia and then at Julie, 'Julie...' he knelt down and clenched her shoulder gently. He then positioned his Ultimatrix over Silvia's body, "Ultimatrix, repair genetic and bodily damage," the device responded, "Attempting to repair genetic damage and multi-organ failure." The Ultimatrix scanned the body and after a few seconds, the Ultimatrix responded with what no one wanted to hear, "Unable to repair genetic damage and multi-organ failure." The three looked at Ben and now knew no doubt, Silvia is dead.

Kevin grabbed Gwen's shoulders to calm her, Gwen appreciated it. Julie shook with sadness, but most of all...confusion. Why did she die was the question that kept playing in her head over and over again. Ben knelt down and hugged Julie from behind, "Julie, we tried, we really did...sorry," he said quietly in her left ear. She nodded, appreciating his words and continued to hold Silvia's head. Then the four teenagers heard a car parking behind them. Then heard footsteps approaching them, and this got them to pay attention and see who it was. They saw a young man, probably around 22 years old wearing a black jacket, a dark blue shirt, jeans, and a pair of Vans. He had the same grey eyes Silvia had...

He walked around the kids and knelt down to Silvia's level, "Silvia..." he then placed his hand over the body and immediately, the human form disintegrated and revealed an alien that looked like an Anodite, but made of flesh and blood. She had the color resembling her attire, black, grey with a faint white glow. The kids immediately saw the damage was, over the abdomen area. The man picked up the body and Julie got up with her hands still grasping Silvia's head.

"Thank you for looking after her miss. She means everything to me," he expressed his gratitude with a kind smile, never accusing the kids if they were responsible for his sister's death, "You're welcome, I just want to know why she died," Julie said now looking at Silvia's face, which now looked peaceful, 'Huh, she kind of looks like the dead Virgin in Caravaggio's artwork.'

"She died because of a degenerating condition that's been afflicting her for 40 years since the disbandment of the Black Brigade...uh kind of like the ultra left wing group on your planet. She's part of the Galactic Census and was once of the Plumbers's Special Ops group. During that time, nano machines were inserted in her in order to help treat her. But that only sped up the degenerative condition...so she said Earth would be her last assignment."

The kids stood silent, "How long has she been on Earth," Julie asked, "She's been here since 2005," Gwen said and the man and Julie looked at her, "We had a run in with her back on Saturday in the mall after we fought the Forever Knights. Then again yesterday where I first saw the condition she had, so I did research on her and it said she's been on Earth since the beginning of 2005."

"You knew about this," the trio nodded a yes. Julie got it, they were trying to protect her from the worst case scenario in case Silvia attacked out of fear and mistrust, 'Wish they didn't withheld stuff from me that's all,' "What was her purpose," Julie asked, "She took on the liberty to give progress reports on developing planetary civilizations. Earth was the last on her list of 14 distinct planets in this part of the galaxy. She's hard headed this one," the man responded, "Well, its been nice meeting all of you," he began to walk away to his car and placed Silvia in the passenger seat. He got in and before he started the engine, Julie knocked on his window.

He lowered the window, "Hey," Julie said, "I just want to give you this," he handed him the bracelet she bought while shopping with Silvia on Sunday, "Thank you...I'm pretty sure her report would be more hopeful than depressing," he started the engine and began to drive away, "GOOD LUCK," he yelled and drove away and Julie and the trio looked on until the car was out of sight. Julie breathed in and calmed down, "Well, I guess I'll see you guys," she turned and smiled at her friends. She walked to the bus stop, but Ben caught up with her, "Julie! Uh...why don't I give you a lift home? T-That is...if you want," Ben asked nervously.

Julie looked at him, "Sure...beats the bus," she smiled and so did he. Ben mingled with his Ultimatrix and transformed into Jetray. Julie held onto him and both flew for Julie's home, leaving Kevin and Gwen, "I'll drive you home Gwen," she smiled at his offer, "You better," and gave a small banter to him. He chuckled and got into the car. His car groaned to life and the radio turned on, apparently it was a live interview with the group that performed at the warehouse.

"So when did the group officially establish," the interviewer, "Well...it first got off the ground in 2005," the main co-founder of the group responded, "As it said on your website," the interviewer said, "Yes, but in fact...we started in 2004 as nothing but a group of my friends and I just kicking it after school before heading home. And sometimes during lunch or nutrition."

Kevin changed the station to one that played hard rock, "Hey, I was listening to the interview," Gwen said now a little annoyed, "I know...the group's cool, but I don't want to hear about them now," Kevin shifted gears and drove into the night, "Whatever you say," Gwen said, too tired to argue.

Throughout the event with the group performing pieces of music, that's the link to the crossover. As well as the interview in the end and the mentioning of Ernesto, the cousin to one of the main characters in the planned crossover and part of it as well with his own abilities.

Thus ends part two to the trilogy. Expect part three in the coming months and in that one, four main characters of the crossover will be mentioned. And I'm not talking about Danny and his friends, yes OCs, but trust me, not the run of the mill OCs. More true to real life and more based on my own experiences of high school.

* The flamenco was taken from what I heard and watched on Current TV with the video "La Vida Flamenco." Beautifully done in my opinion.

Take care...