SZ: Hey folks. Just to let you know, we're finally getting to some action in this chapter, so no fears of it being short like the previous chapters. So before we begin...disclaimers! I don't own anything in this story, nor do I own the Ben 10 series, or the BlazBlue series. I do though own any OC and OC Alien forms you'll see in this story.
"Let's see...Port 5 should be around here somewhere," Ben pondered as he and Noel looked around a rather large port like area, though unlike ports he had seen before, he saw nothing but sky over the railings with a few, high tech ships docked in different parts of the area.
Ben was a bit confused by that at first when he and Noel first arrived at the port, but then he recalled Paradox telling him that the ground below was covered in dangerous amounts of Siethr, so it would make sense to use ships in the air in order to transport people and stuff from city to city.
"Port 5….Port 5...Oh! Here it is," Noel spoke up as she spotted a sign post with an stylized '5' on it in front of what looked like a large bronze clock face, the clock hands being a goldish color.
"That was fast," Ben noted as the two entered the port.
"Hai," Noel nodded as she began looking around a bit, "Ano...Makoto said someone was waiting for me here, right Ben-san?"
"She did."
"Then wh-"
"Ugh…" a voice groaned, causing the two to scan the area for the source before they spotted someone.
It appeared to be a boy that was a couple of years younger than both Ben and Noel with short light blonde hair and blue eyes behind a pair of jam jar glasses. His outfit reminded Ben of a puppeteer from 1800's London. He wore a white and purple shirt with long white sleeves ending in purple cuffs, and purple shorts, a few evident tears in the shirt with bits of dried blood in some of them. These were accompanied with purple military style boots which end in steel toecaps, a gentlemen's purple top hat that covered his head, and a short purple cape that was attached to his body by a metal fixture in the shape of an 'X', a sort of cowbell hanging from it. he was currently clutching his arm, one of his pure white gloves being stained by blood from a rather nasty cut on his arm.
Standing behind him was what looked like a large, female like robot...puppet thing with light blond 'hair', arms that almost reached down to its feet, and a white face, a crack being seen over one of its pure white eyes. It seemed to be wearing a purple dress with a white collar, a purple hat with a gold ring hanging off the side of it, and purple separate sleeves.
"Eh?! Carl?!" Noel gasped in worry as she ran up to the injured boy, Ben following behind her to see if the boy was alright, "What happened to you?!"
"Miss….Noel?" the boy panted as he looked up, "Please, don't worry about me. It's...nothing...really."
"'Nothing?' Carl, you've been hurt badly!" Noel stated in worry as she knelt down to check on him, "Now tell me, what happened to you?"
"Really...it's nothing," Carl panted, "Please...leave me."
"Do you really expect me to just leave you here?!" Noel shouted.
Ben had to agree with her on that. Telling by the wounds Carl had, someone must've wanted him deal. But the question was...who would want to try and kill someone as young as him? Before Ben could say anything, Noel began to wince in pain as she held her head.
"Huh? Noel, what's wrong?" Ben asked in concern.
"No...ugh! Wh-what is...this ringing...in my head…!" Noel whimpered in pain as she held her head, the blond falling to her knees.
"Miss Noel, what's wr-?" Carl began before he began to hold his head in pain as well before he began to scream out in pain as he fell to his knees..
Ben started to get worried as he saw the two holding their heads in pain. He tried to look around for what was causing this, but found nothing. However, just as he was about to check on Noel…
"S...sis…" Carl whispered, his entire body shaking in a mix of pain and sadness before he growled a bit, "Damn you, father...give her back...give me back my sister."
Ben's eyes widened at that. Just from hearing that alone, he could tell something must have happened involving his family, and it seemed to mainly focus around his father and sister. But..what exactly did Carl's father do to make him hate him so much? Ben was about to check up on him before he heard Noel speak up.
"These are...Carl's memories…" Noel panted as she got back up on her feet, "Why am I...the power of an Observer?"
'An Observer?' Ben mentally repeated, 'Wait...does that mean she's like Para...' his eyes widened when he saw the puppet robot thing about to smash Noel, "Noel, move!"
"Eh?" Noel blinked before she felt an urgent warning go off in her head as she quickly reacted and almost reflexively leapt backwards, causing the robot/puppets fist to smash into the ground, "Nani?! Th-that could've killed me! But...no. how could I…?"
"Sis...thank you," Carl whispered as he slowly stood up, his glasses giving off a reflective glare at Noel as he stood next to the robot/puppet, "Yeah...yeah, of course. Miss Noel is an enemy...I see it now. Alright…" he paused as he crossed his arms and positioned his fingers, making it look like he was holding strings, "Let's get started."
"Eh?!" Noel gasped before she narrowly dodged another strike from the robot/puppet, the blonde immediately pulling out her guns, "Carl, what're you doing?!"
"Sis says you're an enemy, miss Noel," Carl stated as the robot/puppets fingers became claws, "I'm sorry, but I have to kill you."
'Huh?! Why...wait, 'sis'?' Ben thought as he looked at the robot/puppet, "Is he talking about that robot puppet thing?"
"...Don't call her that," Carl frowned, having overheard him say that, "Don't call my sister a...huh? What's that sis?" Carl asked as he looked at the robot/puppet, who seemed to be glaring at Ben now, "...I see...so he's as dangerous as miss Noel...That makes him an enemy as well."
"Huh?! Woah wait! I-woah!" Ben yelped as he narrowly rolled out of the way before the robot/puppets claws could impale him, "I'm not an enemy, kid! And neither is Noel! Besides, you shouldn't even be fighting in your condition!"
"H-he's right, Carl!" Noel spoke up, "You need to stop this now, otherwise your wounds will o-"
She couldn't finish as the robot/puppet tried to smash her again before the blond fired what looked like energy bullets at the machine, only for it to raise its arms up to block them. She was about to charge at it before she felt something grab her leg, making her look down to see a small, bronze-ish gold toy soldier holding her in place.
"Cantabile!" Carl declared as he made a pulling motion, causing the toy soldier to move back as it flipped Noel into the air, causing the blond to yelp in slight surprise, "Con Brio!" he shouted as the robot/puppets claws extended out towards Noel in an attempt to stab her, only for the blond to barely recover mid-air and dodged it, the claws just barely hitting her in the arm.
Noel winced in pain as she landed, holding the arm that got cut before she leapt back as the robot/puppet attempted to smash her again, only for it to fake her out as it delivered a hard strike to her stomach, causing the blond to gasp out in pain as she coughed up some blood and landed hard on the metal floor.
"Noel!" Ben cried out as he ran over to check on her, only to be blocked by the robot/puppet as it tried to impale him as well, only for him to roll out of the way in time, 'Damn it. For something so big, it can move pretty fast. I better turn into Loadstar a...no no. If I do that, I'll attract all the metal in the area, including the floor beneath us. Maybe I should use Water Hazard a-' he couldn't finish as he quickly leapt back before the robot/puppet could smash him once him, 'Well...that is if I get a chance to transform that is.'
"Carl...please stop this," Noel panted as she struggled to get up, holding her gut as some blood dripped from her lip, "You...you're not like this."
"...You know nothing about me, Miss Noel," Carl frowned, his hat shadowing over his eyes.
"Y...yes I do," Noel panted, "I can't explain it, but...I know what you and Nirvana we-"
"That's not her name!" Carl shouted in anger as he glared at her, "Her name is Ada, and you'll never know about the pain I went through...the pain my father caused!"
"But Carl…"
"Shut up!" Carl snapped before wincing a bit as his arm began to bleed a bit more, "I won't give up...I won't give up until I find him! And you're in my way, Miss Noel! Ada, Con Fuoco!"
With that, the robot/puppet, or Ada as Carl calls it/her, reeled her arm back, said arm starting to spin faster and faster until it was like a drill. She then charged straight towards Noel, thrusting her arm forward in an attempt to stab the lithe blond once more. Noel tried to dodge it, but soon found herself backed against a metal wall, Ada's arm almost within reach.
Time seemed to slow down for Noel as her body seemingly locked up, Ada's arm slowly inching its way towards her. Noel braced herself for the impact to come, only for Ben to tackle her out of the way, causing Ada's arm to impale the wall instead.
"Damn it…" Carl cursed as Ada pulled her arm out of the wall, the boy glaring at Ben as he helped noel up, 'He's going to be a problem...I'll have to get rid of him first.'
"Noel, are you alright?" Ben asked the blonde.
"H-hai," Noel nodded before wincing a bit, holding her torso as she struggled to stay up.
'That blow she must've received from that...puppet robot thing must've broke a rib or two,' Ben thought before turning his attention towards Carl, who seemed to be panting heavily as his arm continued to bleed, 'And he's not doing any good either...I need to stop this before anything bad happens.' "Noel, I need you to stand back."
"Eh?" Noel pondered, but complied.
Ben placed two fingers on his Omnitrix, causing the holographic wheel to appear above it. Quickly moving through the images, he settled on one and moved his fingers away. The hologram disappeared and the faceplate moved back, allowing a hidden cylinder to rise up. Ben quickly pushed it down and a flash of green light occurred, momentarily blinding everyone that was looking. When the light faded, Carl let out a yelp as he was ensnared in a strange green slime.
"Wh-what is this?!" Carl exclaimed as he tried to get out of the slime.
"Sorry, but I can't let you hurt yourself further, kid," a nasally voice noted.
A strange miniature UFO that was hovering over the slime moved down to just above Carl's face. The slime twitched before a bit of it moved up, shaping into some sort of head with just a pair of solid green eyes.
"Was gonna try Spidermonkey, but I'm glad I got Goop," the slime noted.
"G...Goop? Wait...you're not like that Arakune creature, are you?!"
"Ara-what now?" Goop 'blinked' in slight confusion before Nirvana's hand went through his 'head,' "..." The UFO spun around, the 'head' following it to have the eyes look at her, "...That's quite rude, you know."
Nirvana's response was to try and grab the UFO, only for it to fly out of her reach. The UFO spun around Nirvana and the slime that was Goop engulfed her as well. As Carl and Nirvana tried to get out, Noel just stared at the sight with wide eyes. She rubbed her eyes and blinked twice before looking at the sight once more. Once she was sure of what she was seeing was real...
"L-Living slime?!" Noel paled.
"So, are you two going to calm down now?" Goop asked the two as he kept his grip on them.
"Gah…! I guess...it was too much to hope for…" Carl panted, "Especially with all these…" he let out a small gasp as he held his injured arm tighter, "...injuries." he looked at the struggling Nirvana, "Sis...please...I'm sorry..."
'Why does he keep calling that robot...puppet thing sis?' Goop mentally pondered as Carl passed out.
"C...Carl!" Noel gasped.
"He's passed out," Goop noted, the UFO moving and having the slime move away from Carl, letting him gently onto the ground, "He's lost a lot of blood, too." he then looked at Nirvana, seeing it was stiff as a statue, "...And I think this thing won't move while he's knocked out."
"R...right," Noel nodded as she ran over to Carl to check on his injuries, "...We need to hurry to a hospital. If he's not treated soon, he could…" she quickly shook her head to get that thought out, "L-let's hurry and find one."
"Good idea. Know any hospitals around this area?"
"...W-well, there's one in Orient Town a-' Noel began.
"Stop right there, villains!" a voice exclaimed loudly as a blur landed between Noel, Goop, and the currently knocked out Carl.
"What th-?!"
"Let evil run in fear, for international ninja Bang Shishigami is here!" the figure exclaimed as he revealed himself. The figure was a young adult man with spiky swift back, slightly long brown hair, amber eyes, and a long, X-shaped scar across his face. He wore a dark green modified ninja outfit with a big red scarf, silver gauntlets, black fingerless gloves, and dark green hakama pants that exposed his thighs. On his back was an very large nail, the size of it alone making it look like it could cause some heavy damage if used right.
"...You know, saying your name like that and showing your face and hair...Are you sure you're a ninja?" Goop asked, removing himself from Nirvana and taking a humanoid shape, the Omnitrix emblem bared proudly on his torso.
"Silence, demon!" Bang exclaimed as he dramatically pointed at Noel, "You there! How could you!? Of course, I know better than any man that a duel is a duel, but this child was injured...and was a child! How could you do this to a child?! And to make it worst, you enlist the help of a demon to do your dirty work!"
"Alien," Goop corrected, "And did you not see the doll that tried to slice her up?"
"A...ano…" Noel nervously gulped.
"Aggghhhh! My ears burn when they hear the lies of fiends!" Bang exclaimed.
"Lies?!" Goop exclaimed, 'This is Harangue all over again...'
"Be strong, Carl!" Bang shouted as he looked down at Car's unconcious form, "I, Bang Shishigami, will avenge you!"
"W-Wa…" Noel began before Goop moved between her and Bang.
"It's like talking to a brick wall, Noel," Goop informed, "I don't think Goop's gonna be able to handle this not-ninja either."
"NANI?!" Bang exclaimed, "How dare you say that I, Bang Shishigami, am not a ninja!"
"...You want the list or just the key points again?" Goop deadpanned.
Bang narrowed his eyes at Goop. The Polymorph slapped the symbol on his chest, creating another flash of light. Standing in place of Goop was now a thin figure, standing just a few inches taller than the average human. While its thin, toned body seemed to be completely black, it was actually in the darkest of blues in color. It had three fingers on each hand, each one ending in a claw, with three clawed toes on each foot, two pointing ahead and one pointing behind. While it appeared to have a scarf in the same dark blue, it was actually a part of its body, ending in spikes. Its head had a pair of bat wing-like extensions on the sides with a pair of solid green eyes. The Omnitrix emblem was situated on its torso, but the colors were muted.
'...This alien doesn't have vocal chords,' the alien thought.
"He changed forms again!" Noel's eyes widened.
"What manner of demon are you?!" Bang demanded, only to get silence in response, "...Coward! Answer me now!"
"..." the alien waved his hand while pointing at its neck.
"...Fine. Then prepare yourself! For I, Bang Shishigami, will show you the power of a ninja!" Bang exclaimed as he got into a fighting position.
"..." if his eyes weren't a solid green, Ben's new alien would have rolled them...But seeing there was no convincing the guy, he stood ready, waiting for whatever Bang had in store for him.
Bang was the first to move, rushing at Ben with impressive speed. He performed a right hook, only for Ben to move along the swung arm, taking his back. Ben slammed his fists into Bang's back, sending him into the ground. Bang got up and noticed the strange shape-shifting creature was missing.
"Nani? Wh-" Bang began before he felt something hit him on his side, causing him to stagger a bit before he quickly brought his arms up, barely blocking an incoming axe kick from the strange shape-shifting creature, "You accursed fiend! How dare you act so...so…dishonorable?!"
'Dude, this is what a ninja does,' Ben sweatdropped, 'You're sure you're a ninja?'
"I see that look of yours! I am a true ninja!" Bang growled before his free fist was covered by a flat metal surface, "Hah!"
Ben used his free leg to push himself away from Bang, avoiding the blow. The wall beside them, however, did not and ended up with a hole the size of the item covering Bang's fist. Bang pulled it out and looked at where Ben had landed, only to see he was missing once more.
Noel couldn't keep track as every time Ben appeared, he seemed to disappear instantly the moment he landed on the metal floor. Was he camouflaging himself, or was he moving so fast, he was invisible to the naked eye?
"Grr…! To think the Library would hire such a cunning creature," Bang growled as he stood his ground, keeping a close eye out for that strange shape-shifter, 'But...it is odd. I don't feel any killing intent within his blows…' he then turned his gaze towards Noel, 'Nor do I feel any from her.'
Bang stumbled back from another blow Ben sent and quickly threw a set of nails with a red cloth on them at Ben. The ninja-like alien performed a backflip, letting the nails hit the wall behind him. Looking over his shoulder, Ben blinked twice as he saw that the wall was now covered in a glue-like substance.
'And now he's leaving evidence that he's been here...' Ben facepalmed while shaking his head, 'I'm fully convinced now that he is not a ninja...in fact, I'd say he's the worst insult of a ninja that I've ever seen! And I saw that lame guy in Sumo Slammers 5 and his attempts at being a ninja, even!'
'I must admit, he's truly a formidable opponent. None of my blows can even reach him, nor can I sense where he's going to appear next,' Bang thought as he reached behind his back, pulling out a pair of folding umbrellas, 'I will have to resort to this then.' "Shishigami Ninpo!" he shouted as he tossed the two umbrellas high into the air before they stopped mid-air as Bang made a few hand signs, "Nail Storm!"
'Aaaaand he's now calling out attacks. Yep. Worst. Ninja. Ever,' Ben mentally sighed before noticing something, 'Aw hell!'
"Eek!" Noel yelped before a dark blur zipped by, the nails that had been raining down hitting where she had been.
After a few moments of silence, the umbrellas fell to the now nail covered floor, a few embedded in said floor as Bang stood his ground, searching for the strange shape-shifter. After using a move like that, there was no way that creature couldn't have dodged it. However, just as he was about to move, he soon felt something sharp against his neck.
"?!" looking down, he saw a three-fingered clawed hand holding one of his nails, a yellow fabric on the flat end, to his neck, "...Impossible. You were able to avoid my attack?"
Ben narrowed his eyes at Bang, a visibly shivering Noel in his free arm. Spinning the nail so it pointed away from Bang, the two moved back from each other. Ben then pointed at where Carl and Nirvana were, barely at the edge of where the nails had hit. He then motioned to the scattered nails while giving Bang a raised brow of disbelief.
"I...I almost hit Carl…" Bang whispered, his fist visibly shaking, "If any of my nails had hit, his life would've been in further danger...I nearly hit an innocent bystander..a child no less!"
'This guy gives me such a headache...' Ben facepalmed.
"...Please...will you at least TRY to listen?" Noel pleaded, "We weren't the ones who inflicted those injuries on Carl. We were only trying to help him when his doll suddenly attacked me and then Ben, and I…!" it was then she realized both were looking at her, "So...I um...Anyway, we're not the ones at fault here!"
"I see...I see," Bang slowly noted, "Yes, yes! It's just as I suspected all along! You young lady have the aura of one of Ikaruga's legendary perfect women! I knew you couldn't be at fault! Dah ha ha ha ha ha!"
'Don't you 'Da hah hah' us!' Ben thought as his Omnitrix timed out.
"Don't 'Dah ha ha ha ha ha!' us…" Noel snapped before sighing, "Geez...That's what I was trying to tell you all along."
"Oh yeah...You were shouting something, weren't you?" Ben asked, looking at Noel, "What was it?"
"...W...well...n-nevermind! We still need to get Carl to a hospital!"
"Leave it to me," Bang spoke as he walked over to the still knocked out Carl and carefully picked him up, "I will take master Carl to the infirmary as soon as possible."
"Y-Yes...I was thinking the same thing myself," Noel nodded.
"Uh...Is it okay if I carry Carl and you take the doll?" Ben asked, looking over at the still Nirvana, "Not sure if it's just pretending or not."
"Ah...yes...hm. Yes. I will be...going to the clinic now, but...Would you two care to accompany me?" Bang asked.
"Ano...well…" Noel pondered a bit. Carl was injured, but there was quite a few things she still needed to do, "...Ben-san, if it's okay with you, could you go with Bang-san? There's...still some things I need to take care of."
"...Are you sure, Noel? You did get hit pretty hard when Carl's puppet started attacking us."
"Yes, I...I'm sure," Noel nodded.
"...Alright. If you're sure," Ben nodded, "Though I'm sure next time we meet..there's probably some questions you'd like to ask me."
"Um...Yes," Noel nodded.
"Indeed. I myself have a few questions of my own about your strange ability," Bang noted.
"Right, but we'd better hurry and get Carl treated," Ben stated, "The more we talk, Carl's wounds will no doubt get worse."
"Ah! Indeed!" Bang nodded, "Hold on, master Carl. We shall get you treated at once!"
"Wait! What about th-and he's gone," Ben facepalmed as Bang rushed out of the area quickly, "Great...I'm stuck carrying the puppet, and I have no idea where that clinic is…" he then turned towards Noel, "You said you knew where it was. Mind giving me some directions? I'm...still kinda new around and stuff."
"Okay," Noel nodded, "You head to the center of town from her, then take a...ano, was it east, or west to get to Orient Town? ...N-nevermind. Once you're in Orient Town, look for someone named Miss Litchi. She owns the clinic there."
"Got it," Ben nodded as he took in a deep breath, "Alright. Now to g-" he began as he turned around to look at Nirvana, only to see that it was gone, "...What the? Where did…?"
"It vanished?!" Noel squeaked, "Is...Is it possessed by some sort of Yokai?!"
"I don't know. I mean, it's not like it got up on its own...right?" Ben asked, which only made Noel even more nervous, "...nevermind. Forget I said anything. For now...I guess I'll leave you to your own things."
"R...right. Demo...before you go, c-can I ask you something?"
"...Sure," Ben shrugged, "Ask away."
"How...did you change into that slime creature and that ninja creature?" Noel asked, "You...you didn't get infected with Seithr, did you?"
"No," Ben shrugged before holding up his wrist, showing the Omnitrix, "It's because of this; the Omnitrix."
"Omni...trix?" Noel repeated as she looked at it.
"Yup. Basically, it lets me transform into different kinds of aliens, such as Goop and...uh, that other one you saw earlier," Ben replied, "To be honest, that was the first time I changed into that one, so I don't have a name for him yet."
"I-I see...wait. Aliens?!"
"Yeah," Ben replied, "What? You thought I turned into some sort of...uh...Yokai, was it?"
"Ano...h-hai," Noel meekly nodded.
"There's a lot of living beings out there, Noel," Ben shrugged, "The Omnitrix lets me 'walk a mile in their shoes' to put it simply. The alien who made it meant for the watch to be filled with nothing but good intentions."
"S...soka," Noel noted, the shy blond taking all this info in.
"Last time I had Master Control unlocked, it said I had roughly over a million aliens, but right now I can only use around sixty," Ben shrugged, not noticing Noel's eyes widen and her jaw drop in shock.
'O….over a million?!' Noel mentally exclaimed, the shy blond mentally hoping the N.O.L doesn't find out about the Omnitrix, especially him.
"Hmm...Maybe I can use Wildmutt or Blitzwolfer and just follow the guy's scent," Ben noted as he looked at the Omnitrix, "...Then again, people here would probably freak if they saw a giant vicious-looking animal running through the streets."
"..."
"Ah well," Ben shrugged, "I'll go try to find the clinic. Good luck, Noel."
"H-hai. You too, Ben-san," Noel replied.
"Right. Just...promise me one thing before I head out," Ben said as he walked over and whispered to her, "Don't tell anyone about the Omnitrix. I'm afraid of what'll happen if someone got their hands on it."
"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone," Noel assured.
"Alright, good," Ben nodded as he turned around, "Well, I guess I'll catch you later, Noel. Stay safe."
With that, Ben began to walk off, leaving Noel by herself, the shy blond now deep in thought.
So many things were floating inside Noel's head at the moment, including the info Ben had told her. But...there was one major thing that kept buzzing around her head...why was she able to see into Carl's memories? What was the power of an Observer? Why did she have this power? Why? While she was in deep thought, she had accidently bumped into someone, causing her to lose her train of thought.
"Oh...ano, I'm sorry. I...I didn't look where I was going a-" Noel began before looking at the man before her.
It was an older man, possibly in his mid-thirties. He wore a magenta outfit that would be fitting for someone of the victorian times while his hair was blond and short. He wore a golden opera mask, a purple shirt with black rimming and had a knee-length magenta cape flowing over it. Much like Carl's cape, his had a golden X-shaped fixture to hold the cape in place and had two rings protruding out of the lower front halves of it. His baggy white tights were tucked into his stylized black and purple boots, these boots had golden toecaps that had a silver colored nail-like fixture on the top; the mouth of the boots also had a white and golden cuff to them.
"Well now…" the man muttered to himself.
"Y-you're not injured...are you?"
"...I see...Number 12. So...you're the 'eye' now?" the man asked, causing Noel's eyes to widen.
"How...just...who... are you?!" Noel demanded.
"Heh heh heh...truly a masterpiece," the man chuckled slightly.
"Answer my question...!" Noel shouted.
"I was under the assumption that it was an utter, dismal failure. But…" the man began as he started to approach Noel, "Giving my considerable years, it seems I still have much to learn."
"A-answer me!" Noel shouted, the blond beginning to feel nervous as she backed away from him, "I...I demand you answer my question!"
"I think I need to take you home...and give you a thorough examination…" the man noted, "I am excited… Truly, the anticipation is almost palatable."
"St…stay away from me!" Noel began to whimper, 'No...I need to run away! Huh? Wh-what's this...my feet...th-they won't...move!'
Noel had no idea where this sudden wave of fear was coming from. All she knew was that the man standing before her was the most terrifying person she had ever encountered. She couldn't resist...she couldn't run...the crushing fear was made even worse due to the fact that she had no idea why she was so afraid.
"N-No…" Noel shivered, "Please… No…!"
Before anything else could be done, Noel's slender arms suddenly became tangled and were pulled by an unknown force, making the man stop in his approach.
"It seems as if someone wishes to interfere," the man noted, "'Ignis,' show yourself..."
For an instant, a red shadow appeared in Noel's vision… After which everything became distorted…
'Eh? What? This is Carl's…?' Noel thought.
"What are you doing?! We must leave quickly," a voice stated to Noel.
Gathering what little strength she had left, Noel crawled towards the unknown force...finally falling into the portal. And as she was losing consciousness, Noel caught one glimpse of that abhorrent man's face.
SZ:...hoo boy. No matter how many times I see that scene, it still unnerves me. Still, this chapter's done, and it's a bit longer than the previous chapters. Apologies if the fight scenes were a bit short for you folks…*yawns* Started to get a bit tired when me and my friend, GammaTron, were working on them. Now before we end things off here…*yawns*you're probably wondering about that other alien Ben turned into when he went up against Bang. Well...that's an OC alien I kinda came up with, this one being based on Zan from Monster Rancher, said monster being basically the ninja of said game series. And what better way to fight a ninja than with a ninja. Haven't come up with an official name for him yet, but we'll call him Shinobi for now. So unless you have a name suggestion, leave it in your review. And please...no flames or anything. Much like GammaTron, I do not like those types of 'reviews'. But other than that…*yawns* I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and tune in next time for the next chapter of Omniverse...Shift...I'm Seanzilla115...and…*falls asleep standing up*Zzzzzzz...