NL: Apologies for the late update! I was busy with my other works. Including writing a few pages for a magazine.
Mystery: Nobody cares about your life. They only care about your stories. Get over it. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 3: Ben's Reason
Rose was growing worried. Ben/Jetray has been carrying her through the sky for a while now. "Ben, I think the Omnitrix is going to time out any second," she said.
"Yeah, I know," Jetray agreed. "But all I doubt I'll be able to land quickly because I'm afraid the sudden change of air pressure will crush your lungs."
Rose gulped. "Well, there's that. But us falling out of the sky isn't a much better option."
"If only we can catch up with the Rustbucket," Jetray muttered, eyes set straight ahead.
Rose perked up her ears. "Do you hear that?"
"I'm kinda busy here, Rose…"
Rolling her eyes, Rose turned around. "Um…Ben?!"
"What did I just say?" Annoyed that Ben is as oblivious as her boyfriend, Rose grabbed his antenna and directed it behind them to allow Ben to see that his grandfather's RV airship was a hairbreadths behind them. "Heh, guess we overshot it…" Ben/Jetray chuckled with embarrassment.
Suddenly the Omnitrix symbol on his chest began flashing red. "Ben, land NOW!" Rose screamed.
Without a reply or another thought, Ben swiftly dove onto the expanded motor home's top and dropped Rose off just as he returned to his natural human self. "Phew, that was close…" he sighed in relief. Ben looked round the top and scratched his head. "How in the world did they actually make a small RV into the size of an oversized alien ship?" Rose shot him a look of askance. "Ah, right. Alien technology. Of course."
"Who could've taken your grandpa's RV?" Rose asked, crossing her arms.
"I don't know. But they must be pretty desperate. I mean, stealing an old man's home?! What are they thinking?!"
"Sooooo not what I meant." She rolled her eyes. "Come on, let's head toward the cockpit and see for ourselves."
"Yeah, good idea, Rose-WATCH OUT!" Ben quickly tackled the unsuspecting girl to the ground from being blasted by lasers that were directed for the motor home. The two teenagers looked to the sky to see the flying modified school bus firing upon the ship.
"Someone's trying to stop the Heartless from getting around," Rose said.
"Yeah, well at least do it without SHOOTING DOWN MY LATE GRANDFATHER'S RV!!" Ben shouted angrily at the "KND" ship. It fired multiple rounds of lasers at the far more huge ship but didn't seem to be doing any damage. The Rustbucket, on the other hand, merely shot one blast at the "KND" ship and destroyed its left wing.
"It's going down!" Rose gasped.
Ben's eyes widened. "And it's heading right for US!" They attempted to avoid the crashing ship but it brush the two off the shell of the Rustbucket as it went down. Rose screamed as they dropped out of the sky and to the Earth. Thankfully through his years dealing with dangerous situations, Ben knew what to do: Turn into an alien with a fancy transformation sequence clearly rehearsed earlier like in Japanese cartoons. Ben activated the Omnitrix, made a quick adjustment in alien, and slammed the face down again. In a bright flash a green, Ben had transformed into a large blob of green goo in a humanoid form with a little UFO flying above it. "Goop!" Ben called out the alien's nickname in a bubbly sort of voice. Ben/Goop surrounded Rose with his body as a protective globe as they neared the ground. Goop's soft body made the perfect absorption of the impact as they touched landed.
Reforming his body, Ben separated from Rose and helped her up. "Thanks, Ben…" she smiled appreciatively, breathing heavily as he held her knees for support.
"No problem," he replied, but looked up as the alien-tech ship flew away. "We have to keep moving."
Rose never caught it before but she realized something. Ben seemed extremely determined to catch his grandfather's ship. "Ben…"
"Yeah?" he responded, not taking his eyes off the trail of smoke the ship was leaving behind.
She now understood. That ship was the where the last time Ben was able to spend time with his grandfather before he… Rose shook her head. "Nothing. Let's just get that ship back." She smiled encouragingly.
Ben nodded with a fierce determination.
End of Chapter 3
NL: Heh, I thought I should throw in that last bit for drama.
Mystery: (sarcastic) Very nice…
NL: And sorry for the short chapter. I didn't feel like writing action this chapter. (sweat drop) But I'll be sure to feature more NEXT chapter!
Mystery: Read and Review, please!
