Chapter 4: Attack at the Track

Hello everybody! Behold the new chapter of Power of the Omnitrix! In this chapter I introduce Marcus's love interest. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Ben10.

A week after the attack on Bellwood, we find our hero as Humungosaur fighting a blue samurai-like robot in the middle of the night just a mile from Azmuth's warehouse. The fight was taking place in the desert.. Humungosaur uppercuts the robot and sends it flying on its back. The robot gets up and fires red lasers from its fingertips. Humungosaur dodges and swings his tail at the robot. The robot caught his tail and threw him away. Humungosaur hits the dirt and says,"Ok that's enough. It's time to go big or go home." He stands up and sees the robot charging in his direction. Before the robot got close to Humungosaur, Humungosaur started to get bigger. He was gaining more mass and growing more dinosaur-like features. Like spikes on his tail, spines on his head and back, and plated shoulders. He grew to about 60 feet. He lifted up his foot and crushed the robot to pieces. "That's what I call a big problem." said Humungosaur in an even deeper and boomier voice. Then he ran to Azmuth's warehouse as big Humungosaur because it wouldn't take that long to get there being that big. But then he thought someone might notice him so he reverted back to human form. When he got to Azmuth's place he opened the door and walked in. "Azmuth? You home?" called Marcus. He heard s faint rustle and then the lights came on. "What do you want?" asked a grouchy Azmuth. "Shouldn't you be at home in bed asleep?"

"Yeah, but I just had to tell you i was attacked by a robot when I went outside my house. I went outside because I thought I heard something. It turned out to be a robot with some serious issues. I went Humungosaur and crushed it out in the dessert."

"What did the robot look like?"

"It was blue. It was tall and bulky. It also looked kinda like a samurai."

"Then it is just as I feared. That robot you fought was a Techadon."

"What's that?"

"A Techadon is a war machine created by a Weapons Master. He must have learned of your existence. Now he is sending out Techadons to destroy you."

"Aw man. Well, it's not really a problem cause I crushed the first one easy."

"It will not be so easy next time. Techadons learn and adapt from their previous battles. The Techadon that comes after you next will not be so easy to crush. And it will find you. These will rack you by scanning for the Omnitrix. You go home for now. I will work on locating the Techadon factory."

"Alright. See ya tomorrow." Marcus left the building and walked home to bed. Good thing he snuck out and his mother never knew he was gone.

The next day, Marcus was about to leave the school grounds of Bellwood high when he was stopped by a feminine call,"Hey, Marcus!" turns to see a blonde girl jogging towards him. "Hey, Natalie." Natalie Rodriguez has had a crush on Marcus since she moved to the school six years ago. Marcus never thought much of her, she was cool and all, but he never really thought about her in a girlfriend way. She jogged up to him and asked,"Um, Marcus?"

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if you come to my track meet tonight. You know to like cheer me on or something." she uncontrollable twirled her hair. A thought had occurred to Marcus,'Wait a second. Does she like me?'

"Yeah, sure. What time?"

"Great! Um, I mean 6:00."

"Cool. I'll be there."

"Ok, well, um, bye." And she practically sprinted away from that spot. Marcus walked to Azmuth's warehouse thinking about Natalie. When he got to Azmuth's house he marched in and said,"Hey, Azmuth. Any luck with finding the factory?"

"No. Maybe if you had brought me some hardware from the first one we could have found it and destroyed it by now."

"Sorry. Look I can't stay. I'm going to my friends track meet."

"Who is this friend?"

"Natalie Rodriguez."

"Aw, a girl."

"Yeah, so?"

"Be wary of the problems that might ensue if you develop a relationship with this girl. You don't want her getting involved in all this. She might get hurt."

"Don't worry Azmuth nothing like that is going to happen."

"Fine, but be careful. We don't know when a Techadon is going to pop up."

"Ok, bye." Marcus grabbed his backpack and rushed out of the door. He went on walking down the sidewalk towards his school's track field. Meanwhile, a camera was hovering over him. The live video fee was being sent to a green humanoid alien in a white suit. The suit had number 27 stamped on the front. It was a Weapons Master. "Prepare a Techadon for launch." he said into a microphone. "The Omnitrix-bearer will be eliminated."

Marcus arrived at the track field and took a seat in the bleachers. Natalie's race was about to begin. She scanned the crowd for her the boy she liked, Marcus. When she saw him she waved. He waved back. The announcer told the runner's to take their positions on the starting line. Natalie and the other girls lined up on the starting line and got ready to sprint. The race would go around the track and finish on the starting line. A whistle blew and the girls bolted off from their positions. Natalie had immediately taken the lead. The crowd was cheering her on including Marcus. Natalie had almost reached the finish line, but before she could a something fell from the sky and landed on the finish line, creating a hole in the ground and making a shock wave that knocked the girls off their feet. The crowd, consisting of aliens and humans alike, freaked out and stormed out of the stadium and so did most of the track runners. Except Natalie. She sprained her ankle and couldn't stand. The Techadon looked down at her and picked her up. "Ahhhhh!" she screamed.

"Oh no. It has Natalie." Marcus said. He ran down the bleachers and hid behind a dumpster. "Time to get my alien on." he activated the Omnitrix and slammed down the dial. "Humungosaur!" He jumped over the dumpster and ran over to the Techadon. He stopped in front of the robot,"Put the girl down, metal head." commanded Humungousaur. The Techadon scanned the Vexasaurian and saw the Omnitrix symbol on his chest. "Primary target in sight. Attempting to eliminate." The robot said. Then the Techadon tossed Natalie aside and she landed hard on the grass, unconscious. "Hey! You're going to pay for that!" Humungousaur charged the robot readying a punch, but the Techadon blocked it and punched Humungousaur in the gut then in the face. Humungousaur stumbled back. "Uh. Ok, tough guy. How about I scrape you off my foot?" With that he grew to his gargantuan size and stepped on the Techadon, but the Techadon held up the foot and tossed Humungousaur backwards. He fell onto the bleachers leaving a giant hole in them. Humungousaur reverts back into Marcus and disappears into the hole, out of the Techadon's view.

"Holy crap! That thing took that like it was nothing! Azmuth was right when he said they adapt. I'll have to try someone different." He activates the Omnitrix. "I'll go with, Big Chill!" He slams down the dial. "Fasttrack!" He turned into a very humanoid alien with black skin, except for the parts that looked like blue sleeves on his arms and legs. His chest was blue and the Omnitrix symbol rested in the middle of his face looked like a blue mask. And he had blue spikes on his forearms and calves. "What the hell? This isn't Big Chill! Oh well, he'll have to do." Fasttrack ran back onto the field at an incredibly fast speed. The Techadon was taken by surprise at how fast his enemy became. "Woah! Super-speed! Cool!" Fasttrack ran at the evil robot and punched it. Fasttrack crumpled in pain. He almost broke his hand. "Ow! So much for super-strength." The Techadon back-handed him and flew across the field, landing on the other side away from Natalie. The Techadon turned its attention back to Natalie and fired a laser at her. Before the laser hit her she disappeared from the spot in trail of blue. Fasttrack ran into the girls locker room and placed her down on a bench, then ran back outside in a matter of seconds. "Now I think there's something you need to get through your head. Innocent people are off-limits!" Fasttrack ran out-of-the-way of a laser blast. He stopped at the javelin carrier. "Hm. I've got an idea." he reached for a javelin, but the shelf exploded via laser blast. Fasttrack was blown away by the blast. He got up and ran to a nearby javelin. He picked it up and kept running towards the Techadon, dodging lasers on his way. He ran behind the Techadon and jammed the javelin into the back of the robots neck. The Techadon swung around to try to hit Fasttrack, but he just dodged out-of-the-way.

Fasttrack then ran up a football post and jumped of it landing on the javelin sticking out of the robot's neck. And like a crowbar the javelin forced the head off the Techadon. The decapitated body fell to the ground twitching. "Yes! I made fast work of that guy!" He spots the head of the Techadon and picks it up.

"I'll give this to Azmuth. I think I should check on Natalie." But before he could run to her aid a Plumber ship flies near the field. "Sorry, Natalie, but I have to go." And so Fasttrack ran off at high-speed back to Azmuth's warehouse. When he got there he ran inside and stood next to Azmuth startling the old Galvan.

"Gracious! What are you trying to do? Give me a heart attack!"

Marcus reverts. "I was attacked again. This time I managed to get its head."

"Good. With this I should be able to find the factory by tonight and even uncover the Weapons Master's plans. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow."

"Ok. Bye Azmuth."

"Oh, wait! What else happened?"

"Well, the Techadon attacked Natalie before it attacked me."

"Hm."

"I understand how the Techadon found me, but the Techadon that attacked Natalie must've known that we had a personal relation. But how did it know?"

"Erm, good question. We'll figure it out soon enough. In the meantime watch your back any suscipicous characters. Now what else did you learn?"

"Huh. I learned that if Natalie became my girlfriend she is more likely to be killed because of me."

"Yes, but remember. If you care about her and are willing to protect her then no amount of danger can hurt her."

"Thank you, Azmuth. Goodnight and thanks for the advice."

"No problem, kiddo." Marcus leaves the building and walks home. While he walks away a camera watches him go. Then the camera turns back to look at Azmuth through the window. Weapons Master watching him says,"Blast! Now it is only a matter of time before the Galvan uncovers our factory! Well, I will let them come. When they get here I will have an army ready for them." He sits quietly and watches the Galvan.

Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. I did. Now I've begun to notice that this story has attracted many viewers. Which is awesome. I thank everyone who reads this fanfic. I am also grateful to the people who have posted reviews for the story. Thanks! Well, see ya and tune-in next time to Power of the Omnitrix!